Im done playing Apex.

@Dnewhouse1990 Howdy! Sorry to see you go, but to each, their own! I'm just an average player that has been playing since launch, and I still manage to have fun playing on a somewhat daily basis. Some matches I get stomped, and some matches I do the stomping.

I definitely agree that the matchmaking is very up and down. I end up playing against people that I definitely should not be playing against, Lmao! That being said, merely matching k/d's for matchmaking would improve absolutely nothing. K/d is a terrible stat to try to compare skill level. Unfortunately, matchmaking in a BR is going to be chaotic. I dealt with this back when I played Fortnite. I deal with it on PUBG when I hop on there from time to time. It's just a part of the BR genre. There are a lot of variables in every single match. I don't even play the same way in every match. Everything is situational in a BR.

I wish you the best of luck with CoD! I stopped playing those games years ago, and haven't regretted it once, Lol. Couldn't tell you how many times my 3 buddies have uninstalled the game because they say it's trash, but then an update comes out and gets their hopes up, so they reinstall and end up uninstalling within a day or two XD

Different stroke for different folks! Might not hurt to check back each season or major update, to see if things have improved from your perspective. Best of luck, with whatever you do!

@Dnewhouse1990 Play what makes you happy. I’ll also leave Apex if ever I reach a breaking point. Good luck.

@LarppaRaksunen I didn't mean that there are variables with the matchmaking. I meant there are just too many play style variables, when it comes to BR games. Even with a single gamer, myself, I don't play the same way every single match. It just depends the drop, what loot I get, where the enemies are, available cover, lines of sight etc..

Myself, I stopped grinding ranked after I solo-queued to just Plat, back in season 4 or so. As soon as I hit Plat, the skill level of my randoms dropped off a cliff, and I just don't have enough gaming time, to dedicate to a ranked grind. These days, I pretty much just use ranked to avoid a map in rotation, if I'm not feeling it. Then I'll switch to ranked until the next rotation.

The matchmaking definitely needs work. I just don't really know how to go about it. Plus, I don't work for EA, so I have no say, Lol! You can't just put people together with similar k/d's and expect it to be any better. It would have to be a mix of a bunch of different criteria, in order to better the matchmaking process. Personally, I would factor in k/d, win rate, shots fired per match, shots connected per match, average placement, drop proximity to map center/flight path etc., and I'm sure I could come up with more, if I had more time to put thought into it. I don't really care about getting into a match within seconds. I would prefer to have more even matches, in general. My highest damage is BR is just over 2,500, so there's no reason I should ever be in a lobby with anyone that has a 4k or has ever made it to Pred/Masters. That's just my opinion though.

All in all, I still have a blast playing Apex, whether my buddies are with me or I'm playing solo. I don't play for hours on end each day, so that might be a contributing factor. My typical day consists of some Apex, followed by one of the single-player games I'm currently working on. Bouncing between Dead Space, Farming Simulator and Lego Skywalker Saga at the moment, when I'm not on Apex.

Lastly, just in my opinion, I never expect high-tier ranked lobbies on any game, to be "fun". Up at those levels, you're playing with all the people that take this game extremely seriously, and a lot of them are being paid to play it, or making money simply by playing (streaming). I've never really understood why people would expect highly competitive matches to just be for fun. The game basically becomes your profession at that level. Back in the Halo 3 days, I grinded to a 50 in SWAT and team doubles, and I can assure you that I did not really have much fun on the top end

@Dnewhouse1990 EA fails to understand the nuances and high standards that come with competitive gaming.

@Dnewhouse1990

I can't even try to soften the blow here. MM in this game is pretty bad. The only thing I will say, not by way of excusing it - just by way of explaining, is that I've never played a competitive shooter that could do any better. 18 years of Halo, and not one single Bungie title or 343 title could do any better at all. All I can say is that good matchmaking must be a lot harder than anyone realizes or someone would have cracked the code by now. And no one has that I've seen.

@dSKyNafinchin you’re a OG player somehow having fun on APEX? I question your sobriety