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4 years ago

SBMM is not actually SBMM

Hi I've been playing since launch and this season by far the worst in terms of sbmm I get potato teammates rather than my rank if it does go by skill level and determines your stats in the way that i...

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Redmattgame

4 years ago

@Cheese9ManI agree but isn't Overwatch's problem that the substantial drop in players over time (moving to other game) has affected lobby numbers rather than their rigid MM plus they have more game modes than Apex.I'm in no way advocating lengthy waiting times for Apex but surely there has to be middle ground for us 'casual players' than just being stomped by teams & players who dedicate most of their time to this game.As I mentioned in another comment short waiting times has left players like me with teammates short before the match has even started.

I only mentioned a solo queue only lobby to at least bring an element of fairness back into the game & got mugged off by someone who just wants quick waiting times.

Cheese9Man

4 years ago

@RedmattgameYeah Overwatch isn't the best example since it's also just a 6v6 game compared to apex where you have to fill a 60-player lobby. The queue time problems in the game is definitely multi-factorial not just the drop in players.

It got me thinking of possible solutions to the MM without sacrificing queue times. Does removing some of the servers from a same place help? I play in Tokyo and we have 6 servers. What if we only have 2 Tokyo servers so that there would be less separation of players across different servers, increasing the number of players per server, and having a better MM so noobs aren't forced to fill pred lobbies. I'm no dev so feedback is welcome.

Redmattgame
4 years ago
@Cheese9Man All good suggestions but does the player count that Apex claim it has stack up when I frequently have lobbies that struggle to fill over 50 players & I play on London servers & play between 6-9pm GMT (depending if Worlds Edge is on 2 hour map rotation of which I wont be playing).Maybe an idea would be to reduce the lobby in a match to 45 players (15 teams).