Apex Legends Smurfing and Matchmaking
Apex Legends Smurfing and Matchmaking Smurfing needs to be made an Ip Bannable offense permanatly i see countless smurf's everyday I play and I'm getting literally sick and tired of it Matchmaking ...
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@lightning_5o They don't get practice out of it. They just get destroyed by the higher skill players. I solo in ranked and get the people who camped up into Diamond as teammates. They don't even stand a chance vs the 3 stack master type players. They don't learn anything, they are lucky to do 50 damage.
SBMM isn't about stats, it's about player retention and providing everyone with an area where they can compete/have fun. It's not fun to get 1 clipped over and over and over...
SBMM isn't about stats, it's about player retention and providing everyone with an area where they can compete/have fun. It's not fun to get 1 clipped over and over and over...
@DarthValtrex The people one clipping you put the work in the firing range to gain that ability. They deserve to be able to one clip someone who has not put in the practice to be elite. I get it from a dev standpoint but it absolutely sucks for those of us who worked hard to become great at the game. Do you think high skilled players were just magically born good at apex or did they practice?
- @lightning_5o
There are some really nice people here in the forums but unfortunately, I think the absolute majority of people don’t care about higher skilled people being rewarded.
Most people (unfortunately) subconsciously resent people who are competent at certain competitive activities— because their existence is a potential threat to their own ability to win.
And while not all casual players are playing Apex to win the match, I can confidently say that most are. Yes people may try to do challenges sometimes but the majority of people are playing the match to kill their enemies, survive, and be the last team alive. This sounds really negative but plenty of below average players want the same outcomes of above average players even though they aren’t as dedicated to improving their skill set.
Sometimes it reminds me of how some people want Doctor or Lawyer money without actually going to medical or law school. Obviously video games and professions are two different things— but if people think about in-game performance and “wins” as a commodity (like money), its not difficult to make the connection. If you want more money you need to work hard towards a specific field. If you want to win more in a multiplayer video game you should invest time into improving. Unfortunately, the way SBMM works in modern games, improving doesn’t really benefit you (unless you are so good that you’re in the top 1%).
Anyway TL;DR = Many people don’t care about what’s fair, they just want certain outcomes.Asking an already very toxic community, not to abuse a simple, and very easy process, to opening a smurf account is ridiculous.
If you don't want players to abuse it, which is already highly abused, implement different layers to discourage players to opening new accounts.
Don't give me the generic "It's so I can play with my friends" reason, we all know the vast majority of smurf accounts are created to stump new players.
Maybe start with influencers, if thousands of subscribers watch these challenges, what do you actually think little Bobby will do seeing how easy his favorite Youtuber is ranking up, he'll open a smurf account duh! It's a pyramid effect.
Respawn should put on the big boi pants, cause smurfs will eventually detract new players from sticking around, if not already done.
Like what I’ve said in another thread, smurfing is not a problem in pubs since they’re immediately placed in higher tier lobbies after a few games. But the problem is in rank. It’s so easy to reach level 10 and enter rank. I suggest raising that level requirement to at least level 50 to at least detract some smurfs. If I were a newbie at this game, it would have been so demotivating and frustrating for me in ranked to play against diamond up players in bronze/silver.
I know most of us here are competent or above average players but look at it through the eyes of a new player.
'they deserve to be able to one clip someone who hasn't put in the practice'
Hang on while I just quit my job, so I have time to do that. Sure who needs food, or to pay bills... And of course, every person that plays, plays to be the best - not just for fun or anything like that - who ever heard of something so insane as playing a game for fun?- @SewerTierGamer I work too, and I understand not everyone has time to practice like others. However, if someone puts in the work to be elite they deserve to win more than someone who does not. So your job, does someone who works hard deserve to be paid less or the same as someone who doesn’t? That’s literally what SBMM does to above average players. Are you in favor of everyone having the same win rate despite skill level? Why should my win rate be near the same as my fiancés when I’m a master pred skilled player and she’s never gotten out of plat?
- @lightning_5o I’m still waiting for someone to answer this.
