Reporting

not a thing its pointless to actually report anyone EA doesnt care about the casual players

Yes.

reporting people does nothing because you can report people over and over again game after game and they never get banned for cheating, teaming, sabotage or anything else. This game is in shambles and they refuse to fix it. They ignore the problem the item shop is still up and good 

This is how it looks like my reports -> Your player report in Apex Legends helped us take action.

I’ve literally dealt with so many smurfs recently it’s like every other game I get killed with a low level but a 4k 20 bomb 

Wouldnt make me wonder if one of the "other variables" mentioned in one of the matchmaking blog posts is the reporting rate.
kinda like a "shadow ban". Would partly explain why the matchmaking isnt working as "advertised"