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Re: Mixtape and BR share a Matchmaking Rating

@Axs5626Sxa5001Noted. But having 5-9 matches of total destruction might already be enough for a player to stop playing when the player is put on the wrong lobby to begin with. Its a good thing to know about the shared MM. I used to play some Arenas as a method of warmup before jumping in to BR. Did the same with Mixtape, which apparently was the mistake. Also Mixtape was somewhat method of getting some self confidence in between of getting destroyed in the BR but as you wrote if you plan on enjoying BR you should just keep dying on it and not even touch the mixtape because the MM will throw you a ridicolous match up where you will win even if you AFK through it.

After few days off I have to say I miss Apex but not that much. Grinding Fishing Planet and occasional Quake Champions against bots has been good for mental health 😃

4 Replies

hayhor
Hero
2 years ago
@Airish85 There's a difference between being in lesser lobbies and the 'right' lobbies. Too many people think the 'right' lobbies mean they are guaranteed to get some kills and/or win a game. In 5 to 10 games it is really easy to have a few unlucky, a few where the person made poor plays and a few where they just got outplayed by similarly skilled opponents. Sometimes people need to really look at what happened. It's the only way to improve.
meece
2 years ago
Problem comes in two directions:
1) Matching isn't granular - by design it's destroy or be destroyed. They intentionally match crap players with good ones so they get a sense of 'achievement and progression'
2) Way too easy to pingpong between those extremes
Real fkin simple
Airish85
2 years ago
@hayhor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c 🙂

Got outplayed by a better player. Or beamed by some 20B 4K trio (wonder how that happened with the new fair MM that these SoloQ sweats got in the same team... or even worse if the premade got in the same lobby). So what you are saying is just Git Good right? Dont make mistakes. Because with the MM we have now you cannot make any mistakes or miss shots.
hayhor
Hero
2 years ago
@Airish85 1- I never said the MM is good right now. The whole pairing of one great player with a mediocre and low skill level team is poor.
2- The MM blog post talked most about premades so if you are solo q, it probably does not affect you as much.
3- We have no idea if the new MM is even on all servers yet.
4- From what I can tell the new MM has not rolled out on servers I play. The above still happens.

My point still stands that it isn't the MM that kills people every match. But like AA to mnk people or my legend is underpowered it is a crutch people cling to instead of looking in the mirror. I make excuses for my deaths too.