Sbmm rant
Why do I only get master/predators lobbies in public matches? Sbmm is a big problem for fragile casual like me and no, I don't want bot lobbies either, I want lobbies that match my skill, I have pl...
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@reconzero "And just like in ranked, the game tries to group players of similar skill within a match, though not necessarily within a squad. There will always be variations."
when the match is filled with similar skill, how can there be such huge skillgaps within a team ... makes no sense at all ... dont drink the respawn Cool-Aid 😉
when the match is filled with similar skill, how can there be such huge skillgaps within a team ... makes no sense at all ... dont drink the respawn Cool-Aid 😉
@r1ggedgame
"when the match is filled with similar skill, how can there be such huge skillgaps within a team ... makes no sense at all"
Here's the official koolaid:
https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/news/matchmaking-2023
It makes sense that the odds of having 60 identically skilled players on in the same region in the same playlist at the same time... is pretty low. Hence there will always be variations. And again, the original poster is no kind of soft player. He might like an easy match once in a while, especially in pubs, but that's not what sbmm games do for anyone except maybe the top few percent of players - the players least likely to have equal matches available at any time. For the rest of us we have to accept that with the availability of sunshine we may also have the availability of rain.
Now if a player is saying they get rain 99% of the time then that's a different story. But I've seen many such complaint posts here and read through them only to find that they end much the same way this one does. "SBMM is screwing me over... just pay no attention to my 10% win rate or high k/d or the master dive trail I got in seasons 12 through 14" or some other such scenario where expectations and reality don't align.
No, it isn't a perfect system. There is no perfect system. All I can say is that what they talk about in their description of the old system described my experience fairly accurately. The new system, while it's a little too early to say for sure, seems to also describe my experience accurately.
@reconzerospare me that phony blogpost ... its simply not the truth for quite some of us. and its written so vague and leaves out crucial information eg. what those other variables are or how that hidden skillvalue is even remotely calculated. imho that post was just to calm the horses for a brief amount of time and make people hyped on stuff that never came to light. Things might work out in the math they invented ... but as so often ... real life doesnt care about well crafted statistics
@reconzero
" "SBMM is screwing me over... just pay no attention to my 10% win rate or high k/d or the master dive trail I got in seasons 12 through 14" or some other such scenario where expectations and reality don't align."
This drives me crazy. If you have a 2.5 KDR and a 10% win rate, you are very good at Apex or cheating. People with those kinds of stats complaining are either naive, have unreasonable expectations, or are just humble bragging to get attention.
Try walking in the shoes of the truly average solo queue player (like me) . . . ~1.0 KDR at most, <5% win rate, and long streaks of matches at a time (sometimes 10 or more) where you are getting absolutely obliterated in record time with absolutely no chance. Queue, drop, die, quit to lobby . . . lather, rinse, repeat until SBMM decides to throw you a bone with a lower lobby. Then you'll do well (4+ kills and maybe a W) and SBMM will immediately bump you up a lobby to get destroyed again for another hour or so.@Twizted3k_tvIMO, people that enjoy pubstomping for more than just a game or two are just immature trolls. If it is rampant, how does that help keep the game alive? The answer is that it wouldn't because people don't play video games to lose repeatedly in humiliating fashion. They'll go find something else to do that's a more positive experience. Too many people do that and the game dies.
