IP address is useless we have 3 accounts in 1 house. The IP address is the same on the server side. I know this because it was a big issue with playing in the same lobbies early on with apex.
so if they did as suggested with up bans, people would be falsely banned. And honestly the devs haven’t addressed any glaring connection issues to date. I took a week off from apex and came back tonight first game out in premade and code net error near end game shut me out of apex completely. Had to restart my ps4 to even log back in.
as far as smurfs ruining ranked, they will either advance out quickly or get bored. Either way the end goal of apex will be achieved 90% of players will be at 1 k/d as planned.
I do have a smurf account as well to play with my nephew. He cannot play in my normal lobbies at all. Granted we don’t play ranked, but you should check the reddit feeds. This is becoming the norm. Boyfriends smurfing so they can play with their girlfriends it is creating problems for people and will Continue to do so. But if their matchmaking ( I refuse to call it sbmm anymore as it really isn’t) is going to stay smurf accounts will too.
@mastiffslingerIf they don’t get it sorted out I’ll be done playing. I’ve already quit in game purchases and I really want the pathfinder heirloom. But I’m not going to throw down $70 for in game purchases, in a game that is unenjoyable. I’m sick of getting 2 shot killed by pros with a wingman.
The lag is another issue. The game has been unplayable since Thursday. The event kicked off the lag and it’s not improving.
I’d rather not have these events if they are going to create lag issues. Right now my best server is Salt Lake and it’s 46 ping. But it’s playing like I have 100+ ping.
I’m sure they could identify smurf accounts. Just start deleting the ones they know are smurfs and suspending the primary account for a week. Word will travel and most people will knock it off. I’m sure they’ll cry rivers like they do about SBMM. But they have to decide what they want, them or us.
it appears they have turned SBMM off. I’m being matched with players who have 1+ Million damage and. 5k or more kills. I can assure you I’m not that good of a player. So I guess smurfing won’t matter anymore.
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