Solid Matchmaking Feedback

"To be fair, the following is not exactly what happens in the actual algorithm, since we also need to consider queue times and other variables outside of skill rating. "
Ask for those other variables and you likely get to the bottom why ppl are upset.
I think it has only remotely to do with skill metrics.
Matchmaking was okish before they made Crossplay mandatory, something you would expect out of a random pick with somewhat even distribution of worse,same or better skill team mates as you are. 
Since around S7 i have the strong feeling the System is set up to make you fail and that feeling never vanished. 
The amount of unskilled players as mates (<100dmg a game) is so off the charts that you cannot explain it away being a "bug" that exists since 13 seasons ... its likely on intention.

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@E9ine_AC wrote:

Hey all, I was hoping to get a positive feedback page going on your experiences with matchmaking. Please do so in a positive way. I get some may be upset by the current set up as a lot of us have had our own bad experiences with it. 

But, for us to get a better understanding on our experience lets compare stats. So it would be nice to see some stats and a brief explanation of what your matches are like with the current stats you have.

1: K/D 

2: Hours Played

3: Matches Played

4: Account Age For Apex

5: Total Damage Done Account Wide

6: Highest Rank Earned

These 6 stats should help with a good comparison to see if other experience the same or something different with similar stats or stats completely different. 

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Those stats aren't going to help.

Regardless of what account I'm using, the experience is EXACTLY the same.

Recently I was bored, and made a new account. The game is just brutal to newcomers. I'm getting paired with teammates that are just not very good at the game or maybe they're just very new, meanwhile, the enemies are much higher skilled pre-mades teams. If I were new, I'd probably uninstall this pretty quickly these days.

I know you want positive feedback, but holy hell is this game frustrating. There are a lot of things I love about it. The graphics are top notch, you guys really have that game engine figured out. The general movement mechanics are pretty good, I'm just not a fan of bugs being considered "skilled" game play. Like jitter aim for example.

The biggest change needed:

You need to make more space for casual players. There's a lot of really interesting spots to explore on the maps, the game is really good looking, some of the PvE stuff has been fun. You need to give players a little more to do then just straight up murder each other, and in some ways Respawn has already done that, but it needs to be expanded on.

When the only way to gain satisfaction from playing is winning gunfights, you're inviting people to become the most competitive version of themselves. So then those remaining players start become pretty Toxic. A lot of that is due to them being frustrated, and not knowing what to do in order to improve.

I feel like competitive shooters are being completely ruined by cheaters, and part of that is due to game design, in my opinion. If you give players different ways to play the game beyond just having the most "cracked" aim, I think the cheaters would subside a bit.

TLDR;

Regardless of what account I'm using, if it's the one with a 3.0 KD or 1.0 KD, a thousand hours played or just 20, all the Pub games feel the same. Even playing ranked, which is what I primarily play, the games feel the same across all my accounts. A lot of the Rookie games feel, and are, impossible to do well in. Often times, the games in Plat feel much easier. After a certain time though, ALL rounds feel horrible. I'm located in the US for reference, so I would think I'd get paired with people relatively close no matter what time of day I'm playing.

@E9ine_ACThat was a quote from Samy Duc out of the official Matchmaking Statement.
Doesnt make sense to discuss MM anymore since we all know by now that its rigged to the core.
Every iteration makes it slighly worse, they should have just reverted all the crap to the one we had in the beginning

I don't get stats from having been a Mixtape/Control LTM player for 7 seasons. All I know was that my season win rate from a bit of ranked and pubs this season, as Thunderdome ruined Mixtape and forced you to go somewhere else, was around 5%. Then came the proper BR mode, Straight Shot, and after two weeks of that my win rate had jumped to around 11%. Amazing what happens when teammates can't grief your game and purposely tank your stats on the jump.

As I've said before, matchmaking has worked better the last 2-3 seasons. Teammates are still mostly of questionable quality, but the MM will allow you to carry in more games than previously. It's still exhausting and you have to literally break your sticks, as you have to run around GR and do 18 kills or do +18 kills on TDM, to secure the win.

You still get games where MM puts you in a tank fight armed with two nerf guns, but they are fewer.

It should be evident by now that "skill" doesnt play a huge role in the Matchmaking when you get concrete blocks as mates for 50 matches in a row.
Queue Time combined with those mysterious other variables play a more important role for Respawn.
Also the fact that you often get matched up with the same "unskilled" players in a row , but never with the players you had a good match tells me that they set you up to fail on purpose.

@reconzero you mean smth like this ? thats what one gets most of the time ...
Impossible to win with two concrete boots