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3 years ago

No longer a place for regular players

I tried taking a break after my last remaining friends gave up on Apex due to terrible SBMM and cheating Smurf scum. I honestly thought a couple of weeks away would be enough to refresh me after over...

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Axs5626Sxa5001

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3 years ago

@swift07I call it PBMM: Performance based matchmaking. And I’m fairly certain it works on a ladder system.

The issue is: Going up the ladder is super easy (just one game can put you in a lobby where 80-90% of the players are Diamond to Pred). But going back down the ladder takes much longer and requires really poor performances (depending on the account, it can take up to 30 matches with no damage and no top 5 placements to get knocked down into easier lobbies). THIS is a huge issue.

It’s a horrible system for a non-ranked mode.

Unitee01

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3 years ago

@Axs5626Sxa5001 Agree. I feel that with the amount of players available and the state of things they might as well just remove the mm and let everyone fend for themselves. I think we would still have a better time in comparison.