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Axs5626Sxa5001
3 years ago

Does Pub Matchmaking reset each Season? Let’s test

In anticipation of S15, I decided to conduct another matchmaking test. This time, I intentionally threw a multitude of public matches over the course of two days. I completed a total of 150 consecut...
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Axs5626Sxa5001
3 years ago
@hayhor

Yikes. I haven’t had the chance to queue with friends yet. Is it like that start to S13? That was literally the most aggressive matchmaking I have ever seen in Apex.

While I don’t think the algorithm has a hard rule on premades, premades are definitely 100% prioritized higher on the PBMM ladder.

One thing I haven’t tested is intentionally losing matches in a premade. I ASSUME the there are already triple stack masters/Preds doing this, as it explains those outliers I see when testing. 3 preds in a mixed lobby might sound egregious but it’s not NEARLY egregious as 3 preds in a lobby comprised of very low level players— that’s just bullying.
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hayhor
Hero
3 years ago
@Axs5626Sxa5001 Yes, it felt like season 13, only season 13 never ended. Tonight things improved a bit but you can tell there are a lot of former sweats that came back.

Played 24 matches. Did not win a match. KD is around 1.2 so I killed some people but I had to work hard just for that.

I did not play any solo q.
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    Cheese9Man
    3 years ago

    @Axs5626Sxa5001 Holy cow our matchmaking was all over the place today. 1 game up against preds/masters with 35k kills then the next game up against below average players regardless of placement or kills. I can’t seem to find a pattern. 

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