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Am i being punished for getting bad teammates each game cause i did not fork $$
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"Am i being punished for getting bad teammates each game cause i did not fork $$"
The answer to that is, no you are not.
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"Am i being punished for getting bad teammates each game cause i did not fork $$"
The answer to that is, no you are not.
Yes I am 100% certain.
- @espadakillar69
I'm shocked and surprised that this hasn't opened a floodgate of whales sharing their tales of matchmaking hardship. I'm sure their experience is no different than ours. Wouldn't Respawn's marketing dept. have started a viral campaign of reddit whispers and YouTube conspiracy theorists talking about how they plunked down thousands of followers' dollars and their experience got so much better, thus encouraging the rest of us to pony up as well? Every time I play this game it makes me hate myself 100 fold only bad thing is there is nothing else to play right now. All the games are complete a s s.
- @espadakillar69 The game mixes you with players of your skill level 🙂
Well the only source of actual information we have on the subject is the matchmaking post EA made in 2023.
That post in short:
- if you are playing Pubs and get bad teammates, its because you are good and they are trying to make the lobby even skilled.- if you are playing Ranked and get bad teammates, its because all three of you are bad compared to the rest of the lobby.
With that I have my own EOMM theories on how some days even though I am below average skilled I would get those good teams in ranked.I would basically fly through certain ranks on one day and then on the next day my games would just be waste of time.
Offtopic: Sometimes I wonder if devs have actually watched any actual sport ever as what could be seen as good quality match. Coaching junior footie I don't mind losing 2-1 if its a close contest as it makes everyone try their best & kids learn the most from close games. Winning or losing big is not that.
Somehow this is still considered well thought-out SBMM recipe. This is why I stopped playing Mixtape since there was hardly ever any middle ground. One team would get absolutely mollywhopped most of the games. I know making a close SBMM is probably very hard thing to do so having totally lopsided SBMM seems like an easy (or even lazy) way to code it...
What I have also noticed is that playing your off meta legends can also have a positive effect on the MM.
I personally havent purchased any Apex content with actual money but I still get those good days every now and then.@reconzeroHere I come. I've spent thousands on the game. My MM is as bad as everyone else's. I stopped spending during the last year and a half. My MM is still bad.
- @Airish85
"- if you are playing Pubs and get bad teammates, its because you are good and they are trying to make the lobby even skilled.
- if you are playing Ranked and get bad teammates, its because all three of you are bad compared to the rest of the lobby."
That is exactly how it works. In pubs I get it. It's the only way to achieve anything even close to balance over an entire 60 person lobby.
The description of how it works in ranks, which I also believe is 100% accurate, should be enough in and of itself to stop anyone from ever again entering a ranked match as a solo queue player. In ranked play the matchmaker should favor accuracy over speed, but it doesn't and it never will. You get steamrolled by players you should never have been matched against AND you lose RP because of it. That's the definition of adding insult to injury.
@hayhor
I KNEW IT! - @hayhor i also dont think bad mates are related to money spend.
The "key" is likely those unspecified "other variables" mentioned in the MM Blogpost.
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