Yeah I already know this is gonna sound like a whinge post, but gotta get it off my chest. I play the game for maybe half an hour after work each day as a way to de-stress. I've been playing off-and-on since May of this year. Started off as crap, only wins from carries but about two weeks into it I was knocking squads and actually feeling like I'm of use to my squad. Come October or so, I've noticed getting matched with lvl 200+ with over 1k kills fairly regularly. I'm lvl 45 with 280 kills on my main (Wattson) and starting to lose confidence with the game even though I practice near daily. Rainbow Six has the gold standard of tier-based matchmaking and I'm wondering why it still hasn't been implemented here as a way for (frankly) n00bs like myself to avoid the TTV tryhards.

Backing away slowly, avoiding eye contact....cough* SBMM threads everywhere cough*

SBMM? What's that? Never heard of it. XD

@TheMutilatingOne Skill based matching is in the game. They are matching you with those lobbies based on a lot of unknowns statistical data. So your anger should actually be towards the fact that it is in the game. You hit the nail on the head and your frustration is from the fact that you don't see any progress from the time you've spent in game. You'll never get easy lobbies because they place you with [sic] "equally skilled based" players. The formula doesn't work in a br. Too much rng.

@TheMutilatingOne wrote:Yeah I already know this is gonna sound like a whinge post, but gotta get it off my chest. I play the game for maybe half an hour after work each day as a way to de-stressUhhhm... yeah.... so..... That's like looking for sober people at a sports bar. Don't get me the wrong way but Apex is not a "lets chill" kind of game.You either put your sweatband on, or you're just gonna be a target dummy.If you wanna chill then Skyrim or Dragon Age inquisition is more to chill out.

Guess I'm headed back to Titanfall then. Love the mobility of the games, but sweating isn't something I enjoy.

How do we still not have skill-based matchmaking almost a year into launch?

19 Replies

Gabrielmojo26
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Backing away slowly, avoiding eye contact....cough* SBMM threads everywhere cough*
n1xon99
6 years ago
@TheMutilatingOne Skill based matching is in the game. They are matching you with those lobbies based on a lot of unknowns statistical data. So your anger should actually be towards the fact that it is in the game. You hit the nail on the head and your frustration is from the fact that you don't see any progress from the time you've spent in game. You'll never get easy lobbies because they place you with [sic] "equally skilled based" players. The formula doesn't work in a br. Too much rng.
MandatoryIDtag
6 years ago
SBMM? What's that? Never heard of it. XD
Gavlad99
6 years ago
@TheMutilatingOne you're getting matched with people at you're skill level doesn't mean they have high level an loads of kills or so we are lead to believe.
I started off the same totally crap got better over time got to plat in ranked happy with that for my skill level yet now well I mean when I did play every game was sweaty very sweaty all my friends have quit playing as well now an I don't play now so GOODJOB RESPAWN EA
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago
@n1xon99 You have no idea what you're talking about. With or without SBMM the RNG will still be part of the game they are two entirely separate things and do not impact each other.

Can you please explain how RNG based loot impacts SBMM? I'm rather curious..
jonesy0218
6 years ago
@DarthValtrex I think it's just a general frustration with "rank" and "luck" being in the same sentence... I share similar thoughts. What does "rank" even mean if all your kills come from hot dropping and getting a weapon first? That's not skill. I know they don't impact each other dramatically and they'd exist if the other didn't, but the frustration remains since they're both in the same matches now.
Wingmannedbro
6 years ago
@TheMutilatingOne wrote:
Yeah I already know this is gonna sound like a whinge post, but gotta get it off my chest. I play the game for maybe half an hour after work each day as a way to de-stress
Uhhhm... yeah.... so.....
That's like looking for sober people at a sports bar. Don't get me the wrong way but Apex is not a "lets chill" kind of game.
You either put your sweatband on, or you're just gonna be a target dummy.
If you wanna chill then Skyrim or Dragon Age inquisition is more to chill out.
TheMutilatingOn
6 years ago
Guess I'm headed back to Titanfall then. Love the mobility of the games, but sweating isn't something I enjoy.
DoYaSeeMe
6 years ago
@MandatoryIDtag Sweat Boys' Mega Meeting 🙂
n1xon99
6 years ago
@DarthValtrex Skill based matchmaking impacts your initial drop and early game. For instance, you have Player A (high skill cap) vs Player B (high skill cap). Player A and Player B land in the same area, but due to RNG, Player B is unable to find a weapon within the first few spots he checks. As the result of Player A finding a weapon and having superb aim, he proceeds to insta kill Player B. Before SBMM, another layer or RNG existed (player skill). So if Player A is a lower skilled player and misses a few shots this allows Player B to escape. Now if you get a string of poor RNG in a high skill cap lobby this can lead to a string of 10 plus games of frustration.

In a game like COD everyone is of equal health and has weapons, so skill is the only determining factor.

You don't have to agree with me but that's what makes this games SBMM so frustrating for my friends and I. I've actually started playing other games because I'm not having fun. Every game is punishing and like a ranked game but there is no reward for your effort. I don't enjoy beating up on new players, I enjoy the randomness of fights that it provides. You win some and you lose some. You have fun along the way.