Apex Legends SBMM doesn't work anymore HELP
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@Axs5626Sxa5001 wrote:
@StelioRokosOk, I hear you.
Quick question:
-Should pubs be a place where everyone always plays their equal?
Yes. Why is that a bad thing?
@RockDokRock
It’s not a bad thing on the surface.
But a mode that ALWAYS pits you against your equal becomes pretty stressful. This is call a “curated” lobby. The lobby has been specifically designed.
If everyone is always playing their equal, then players of all skill win at the same rates. Want to win more consistently? Too bad. The moment the game realizes you improve, the SBMM algorithm goes and finds someone to beat you. This is not how the casual mode in any game should work.
This is probably exactly how ranked should work. But public matchmaking should probably provide variance. No SBMM all together is probably not the answer. There should 100000% be SBMM for people learning the game. But after a certain experience point, a casual game mode should loosen its SBMM.
It’s not a bad thing on the surface.
But a mode that ALWAYS pits you against your equal becomes pretty stressful. This is call a “curated” lobby. The lobby has been specifically designed.
If everyone is always playing their equal, then players of all skill win at the same rates. Want to win more consistently? Too bad. The moment the game realizes you improve, the SBMM algorithm goes and finds someone to beat you. This is not how the casual mode in any game should work.
This is probably exactly how ranked should work. But public matchmaking should probably provide variance. No SBMM all together is probably not the answer. There should 100000% be SBMM for people learning the game. But after a certain experience point, a casual game mode should loosen its SBMM.
@Axs5626Sxa5001 No. It isn't. That's completely false. I find I tend to get very green team mates and come up against very good players (smurfs? Who knows). Over and over again. I've tried ranked a few times and I get just destroyed. It's not against "equals" at all. I 100% reject that claim. Not my experience what so ever.
- @RockDokRock It might be completely false for you but I know a HANDFUL of people that are under average but win their “fair share” of ranked matches (typically in Bronze and Silver).
Do they see smurfs? Yep. But 3 smurfs in a lobby feels MUCH different than 50 Masters players in your lobby. Please don’t tell me those two things feel similar.@Axs5626Sxa5001 Glad to hear some people are having some success. My experience was awful. I tried it for about 50 matches. No desire to go back to it.
I'm an average player. My KD dropped from about .7 to less than .1 in that time period. This was Bronze IV. Just getting hammered over and over again. Someone sees you, you're dead. Nobody misses. I do fine in pubs.
Won't touch ranked again anytime soon. Genuinely felt like I was just being farmed for easy kills. No thanks.
Don't get me wrong, if it works for you and you enjoy it then go for it. That goes for any of the modes. I'm not a huge fan of arenas but other people love it and that's great. It's just not for me that's all.
Having said that... I would entertain trying it again with a proper pre-made squad. Randoms were incredibly painful. I'm sure they did their best but it just didn't click. Many were very green. On two occasions I actually had to explain why getting the Blue Body shield was a good idea over their white one. Seriously. That's what I had to work with. Then we'd get destroyed by a squad with 10,000+ kills between them or a level 15 guy with 50 kills. Over and over. My experience is the match making is broke. I am pushing 13,000 games played so I suspect the match making takes this into account and inflates my ability higher than it actually is when forming squads which is why I get really green team-mates. I'm not mad at them, we were all noobs once and I tried to coach them as best I can. It's not their fault they were matched with me so I don't take out my frustration on them. I try to help. But Ranked was just destroying my stats and was a really unpleasant experience.
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