Match making... again.
I play with my wife/brother on weekend. Apex sessions used to be 2 hours. Quit early after 30 mins. Why? Matchmaking. Again. Every team we meet destroys us, mostly headshots (because, when you ...
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@RockDokRock
I had a little hill billy moment there when you wrote "wife/brother," wondering if that was the new "uncle/daddy." I get it though. Finally. You meant wife and/or brother.
But on topic: Yes, matchmaking is bordering on tragic. Problem one: smurfs. Problem two: cheaters. Problem three: dev can't do anything about problem two, won't do anything about problem one, and honestly still believes that the matchmaking algorithm should be "skill-based," which is, imo, very wrong. It should be play-style-based.
I'll tell you one thing though: don't play with wives, brothers, friends, anyone at all that you know, irl or in game. MM punishes people who stack, and if your stack isn't made up of three people who have perfect communication skills and almost identical skill, then the system will pit you against cheaters/streamers/pros and the rest you already know. Solo queue is hell, but it's a cooler corner of hell in my experience. Just a thought.
I had a little hill billy moment there when you wrote "wife/brother," wondering if that was the new "uncle/daddy." I get it though. Finally. You meant wife and/or brother.
But on topic: Yes, matchmaking is bordering on tragic. Problem one: smurfs. Problem two: cheaters. Problem three: dev can't do anything about problem two, won't do anything about problem one, and honestly still believes that the matchmaking algorithm should be "skill-based," which is, imo, very wrong. It should be play-style-based.
I'll tell you one thing though: don't play with wives, brothers, friends, anyone at all that you know, irl or in game. MM punishes people who stack, and if your stack isn't made up of three people who have perfect communication skills and almost identical skill, then the system will pit you against cheaters/streamers/pros and the rest you already know. Solo queue is hell, but it's a cooler corner of hell in my experience. Just a thought.
@reconzeroSolo queue is hell, but it is better than a premade duo in Trios. MM somehow always makes your 3rd completely useless and pits you against even crazier enemy teams. The "premades are better than solos" assumption just doesn't work , especially in that case. A full premade is the best option if you have friends to play with, but even that isn't a guarantee.
The lack of anything in the patch notes related to anti-cheat, anti-smurf, or matchmaking improvements is telling. All the content and gameplay changes will just fade away if they don't do anything about those issues. It will be just a prettier & different looking way to die in the same humiliating fashion, over and over again.
All these changes are, in my opinion not meant to make the game better - at all!
However, made to make it feel different as to say, we the devs are still working on Apex and bringing the players new changes and things to keep it fresh and from feeling the same and becoming monotonous. Also gives a false sense that the game's life is thriving still.
These changes will not make this game better, only different.
Better game = better servers, better audio engine, and less or no hackers and smurfs.
Like Recon said, no way in hell are these ever going to be rectified or implemented into a game that is over 4 years old with a declining player base.
Apex prime state is well long and gone.
