Self explanatory title, I hopped into like what, 3 matches and dropped in random places. The first two were extremely hot and I died near instantly, the third one I survived for a bit longer but same outcome, near instant death, even in a cooler area. Do I just gotta hope I get matched up with less experienced players and move up from there? Because I feel like im playing against pros here.
I’ve played the game since it came out and have thousands of hours and have paid attention to how the game has felt through the different phases. Right now it’s pretty bad with SBMM you can see in feedback other players have commented on how bad it feels right now. I’ve noticed a couple things throughout the years. What time you get on and play has a big impact of how sweaty it feels. If you play during morning or day it’s usually pretty reasonable. If you play at night (6-10) it’s pretty sweaty but more hit or miss. Lately even if I get on at 9 it feels super sweaty. 11pm on it gets really bad. It’s usually when the people like me who have no life and are on a dysfunctional sleep schedule play because I work nights. Usually the people who are good don’t get burnt out and can play longer into the night which means all the players who are recreational or not as serious get exhausted of playing because they can’t get past the first circle and they just give up and get off. I honestly feel although it’s random the day of the week is noticeably deferent. It’s never been consistent but I usually have good luck on Saturday nights because a lot of the good players go socialize and like to go out on Saturday nights. It can also be the opposite where good players might’ve gone out Friday and want to lock in Saturday night. Mondays lately have been not fun for me and I don’t know why. I seriously think the SBMM is seriously all out of whack since this last update and it needs to be fixed. They have a tab somewhere on her that the topic is how ranked works. I was hoping it would go into detail on how their skill based matchmaking works so I could understand it but of course it’s just how ranking placement and all the information that is already available in game. In my opinion it’s going to suck for a bit until they make changes unfortunately. You can voice your opinion all you want but until an overwhelming amount of people express dissatisfaction they will ignore your insight. That’s just my experience. I really don’t think they care that much about what their everyday players think at least that’s my take. Hang in there my dude this game a majority of the time is anguish.
@homenko2It's sweaty, but they have a blatant cheater problem as well. Don't let anyone try to convince you otherwise.
If you're new however, there is a steep learning curve. You should be playing for your life over getting kills. It's tempting to want to win every 1v1, but it rarely plays out that way. The game is designed around team play, you need to understand the flow of the game and how to work with your teammates to be successful.
If you can find anything else to play, I'd HIGHLY recommend doing that instead. While It can be very rewarding to get better at Apex, that quickly diminishes due to being constantly cheated by players that are clearly using wallhacks and aimbots.
If you are going to stick with it, go into the firing range and get the meta guns dialed in a bit. When in game, stick with teammates and prioritize getting into the circle before it's closing. Especially in the lower ranks, everyone in bronze to silver camps the edges of the circle. Try to start playing ranked soon as you can, the casual mode is not balanced and is full of cheaters.
TLDR; Game has a cheating problem and low tick servers for an FPS game. You will die often in ways that will leave you unsatisfied because there is absolutely NOTHING to learn from getting insta-killed by every other player.
@homenko2 If you have friends who play I'd suggest teaming up with them. As mentioned above it's designed for teamplay but if you are just playing with random people that is rarely the case which makes it harder than it needs to be.
It's nice to read that someone new is starting Apex, but I'm so terribly sad that every new player has such terrible matchmaking as someone who has spent several thousand hours in this game. This is so unfair that I know exactly how you feel.
Unfortunately, EA/Respawn does not comment on difficult topics or those for which they do not have ready answers, so don't expect anything to change.
Someone wrote that the matchmaking system was changed in season 3 (I didn't play then and I don't know if it's true). If this has been a problem for nearly 20 seasons, it means that EA/Respawn is unable or unwilling to change it.
As someone has already mentioned - matchmaking is one thing, but in fact there are many cheaters and, unfortunately, they are becoming more and more difficult to detect. Less and less people use aim bot alone, and more often use wallhack + various scripts that do reduce recoil, e.g. Cronus Zen. Apex cannot cope with this at all, and it has only gotten worse for about 2-3 seasons.
Either way, I wish you good luck and I hope you will find something cool for yourself in this game. 🙂
@masohle1Kudos to you for jumping into Apex at this point. Apex is and always has been super sweaty. It is also infested with cheaters and smurfs. It is made worse with anti cheat that does nothing and horrible matchmaking. All of that leads to it feeling even sweatier. Enjoy!
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