How does the SBMM actually work?
hello everyone,
how does the SBMM actually work? I'm around level 460 with 4k Kills on wraith, a 20 kill badge and a 4k damage badge but my winrate is only like 4%. There's literally at least 5-6 predator dive trails in every pub that I play while I'm mostly getting teammates below level 50 that are super new to the game. Chances to get high ranked teammates or someone with more than 1k kills on his character are as low as getting a heirloom for me lol. I really can't believe fresh players getting into the same lobbies as me is "skillbased" matchmaking so how does it actually work? Kills, KDR, Winrate?? or is the player base just so small that the matchmaking is completly random in the end? It really doesn't feel "skillbased".
Hope you all understand, I'm not a native english speaker.
thank you
- @TXC_Rafael
I am NOT a dev. But I do have plenty of time played on the game and have played over many accounts of varying stats. My main account has 26,000 kills on Pathfinder. I have made other accounts where I specifically perform poorly to see what kind of lobbies SBMM puts me in. So here are my observations:
-If you load into a lobby solo, the SBMM algorithm will try to build BALANCED teams, to the best of it’s ability. On my main account, that means my two teammates are often far less skilled and experienced than me. On my “intentionally bad” accounts, that means that I am often paired with one player who is pretty decent at the game.
-If you load into a match with your friends, the SBMM algorithm tends to put you against other players who have partied up with their friends. This is a good thing, because premade squads should probably be playing against other premade squads. Unfortunately there is a serious issue with this too. I have plenty of friends I enjoy playing with who aren’t as skilled or experienced as myself. So when I party up with them and we jump into a game, the SBMM algorithm places us in premade lobbies based on MY skill level and stats (if I’m using my main account). This means my friends get absolutely melted each and every gunfight. They now hate playing with me. I sort of find this unacceptable. A game should NEVER discourage others from playing with their friends.
