Not a new Topic. FIX YOUR SBMM PLEASE

@AREYOUSITHREOUS naming and shaming isn't condoned on AHQ. It would probably be best to remove the picture attached to your post,  before a mod removes it for you. 

Who am I shaming? That picture is used as justifiable evidence of what smurfing is, which is a reportable offense. Why would a reporting system in a game offer the option to report smurfs if I cannot provide evidence.  Also, the players name is exclusively listed under "streamer mode" so no real names are disclosed other than numbers. Should an actual mod find it necessary to modify my concerns regarding this game, then a mod can remove it for me. But I am not posting this to shame or imply to 'moderators' to ban them or make an example of them other than suggest the state of this game as I experience it. 

Thanks for your concern and message, OldTreeCreeper.

SBMM and Smurfing are both separate issues and the same issue for Respawn to deal with, but I do agree both are serious problems. I’d argue that Apex would be superb if both these problems could be improved on greatly. Smurfing in ranked seems to be getting worse every season, it’s pretty crazy right now how many I see, feels like 25% of every lobby I’m in. I strongly suspect it is a numbers game for Respawn, the more they genuinely clamp down on the less over all players they have spending £££. Streamers haven’t helped in ranked starting the trend of Smurf accounts getting from bronze to masters in a day blindfolded with a wooden spoon up their arse whilst whistling Dixie. As for SBMM, it’s far to aggressive on the average players. My friends and I are above average gamers, we know Apex well but we’re old and our aim and movement is never going to be fantastic sadly, yet we get matched up with high lvl players all the time, and god forbid we struggle like mad for a win because the next 5 matches will be full of diamond, master, pred stacks. And that is from observing the same SBMM formula over years.

Well said and thank you for your response. I'm genuinely humbled to read responses like this. Seems like the newer generation kids have the one to two word mentality these days so I am glad you stumbled across my post. I'm also thankful to hear from someone who can identify these issues with the game and it saddens me thinking that Respawn isn't doing anything about it. Most importantly, it isn't a frustration only to me but for others alike.

I'm sure Respawn has multiple 'projects', plans of action and milestones making it hard to satisfy the community with unanswered questions specifically regarding SBMM and such. It all boils down to prioritization. If it doesn't involve money acquisition, I'm sure that's why the priorities are elsewhere.

I'll say this though and I'll probably create a new post elaborating on this but hopping on different servers helped me gain a better perspective on the state of Apex. I play on Oregon servers because that's the lowest ping available to me but also one of the most sweatiest servers. Recently, I've been playing on Tokyo servers and the ping is not so good. About 120+. Regardless, the experience is 1000% better than American servers.

We all know that it's a win or lose game, but the people you play with definitely helps with maintaining a positive experience. In Tokyo servers, (this might sound weird) people generally apologize when they get knocked as well as thanking you when you res them. That alone makes my day.

Most importantly however, is the combat experience. People tend to miss more in these servers. Not to confuse that with it being an easier lobby...it just feels like hardly anyone in Japan care to apply Auto Hot Key/Macros, Strikepack, Chronus or cheats in general. Not saying they do not exist, but it is not frequent like say Smurfs are 25-50% of the time in American servers.

American servers....well...being beamed from 300 meters seem like a normal day and that is the difference I've noticed between the two...

Thanks again for your response, @IdleHandsNo1 

@AREYOUSITHREOUS

"Do the research and consolidate low level accounts with high K/D ratios. Please make it a project because I know it will take time."

Very good idea. But why would it take any time? Add two data points to each unique player and then two or three lines of code to the current sbmm algorithm. I'm no programmer, but it seems like a monkey could do it in between meals.

Haha I'm with you on that. I only say that "it would take time" because I can only assume that Respawn has their "priorities" driven elsewhere. How many seasons has it been... I'm no programmer either but I agree that a monkey could do it too especially if I could think to mention it in my post lol.

It would probably be too easy @reconzero . The question these devs are probably asking is, "Are we going to lose money if we cleaned up SBMM?" XD

@AREYOUSITHREOUS imo it's the demotion that's the cause of all this and itt cannot be fixed using 6 tier demotions. 

I think once you have reached a level, say diamond,  then there you stay. All diamond tiers are demoted to diamond IV at the start of each split. It's that simple in my mind.

To encourage play, you only get the current season split  reward if you go up at least a tier, maby 2.

they have a Model.. aslong as the game makes a sertain ammount of money. hands off thats a pressy for EA.

changes will come when the next big BR game comes around and they start to fall below their tresshold of what they have in their model for making at a month.

untill then for them this game is a serious gold mine. it doesnt make millions but billions.

and for them its not broken. and if it aint broken they dont fix it.

if you don't like it play something else like this.... oh wait there is nothing like this.

but if it comes i'm out aswell bc this game is broken as hell.

conclosion its just EA being EA.

You're right.  This isn't a new topic.  Admins please add a button "Not a New Topic"

@B3ntar Well said. "If it ain't broken, don't fix it" When I was in the military, that saying goes around a little too much XD. In just a few sentences, I feel like this is what literally makes up EA/Respawn. Thank you so much for your response!