My previous seasons all had positive KDThis season is negative.Constantly paired with people who literally drop late and drop in the middle of nowhere near no loot.They can't down an empty plastic bottle between the pair of them.It's making this game absolutely unbearable. I feel like my only option is to play toxic - if teammates drop bad, instant quit.If teammates get downed. Quit. If I get downed quit.Starting to feel like it's the only way to play - is this behaviour supported?

@1ronKeysThe way this game "balances" matchmaking is to put high-experience solo queue players with much less-experienced teammates. They don't try to balance within the squad, only within the match. This is why I get something very similar to what you're getting, only in my case the two inexperienced players ALWAYS drop into some center-of-map dumpster fire where they're lucky to survive 45 seconds, and I'm the one who always drops alone on the edge, as far from danger as possible.I never used to quit when they went down. I used to play on as far as I could go as a solo. But the last few seasons I usually just quit and re-queue and hope for better matchmaking. But, as noted above, there isn't any better matchmaking. Even when I get squadmates with banners that show they're capable of getting kills, they still drop center and die early. All anyone cares about in this game is kills. It's like they're not even aware of the fact that this an objective-based game.

@1ronKeys I hadn't played for a week. Tonight I tried as Iike 3 strikes. I made it through 3 games. Players had no idea how to shoot or prioritize a fast rez. I had to stop as it was triggering me. I went and played Finals solo mode and had a blast.

@reconzero Definitely try The Finals. Its free to play, Unreal 5 tech, and the devs have pumped out more content and fixes in a few weeks than Respawn has delivered for Apex in several seasons. It doesn't replace Apex for me but is really well done and super fun.

@1ronKeysI just want to stop being matched with Duos who don't want to play with their 3rd & go die in the 1st round. And also stop getting 4k 20 kill players as opponents. If Apex is trying to make me a better player I'm not enjoying it.@hayhorA game that actually knows to put in a solo mode as players can get tired of team play. Love Finals for that.

@reconzero I don't mind the odd hot drop now and then... but at least drop correct.They'll fly past the drop drop backwards see 10 enemy squads landing then drop to the middle random point no near loot spots or bins and get erased. How do they even enjoy that?Equally I hate dropping far and slowly looting your perfect loadout seeing not a single enemy for 20 minutes and then they teammates get wiped immediately.Whether we're pushing or strategising just do it with at least half a brain or ounce of competency.

Stop matchmaking with incompetents

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reconzero
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@HappyHourSumwur

If only it had a battle royale mode....
Lord_Scorpion34
Legend
2 years ago
@1ronKeysI just want to stop being matched with Duos who don't want to play with their 3rd & go die in the 1st round. And also stop getting 4k 20 kill players as opponents. If Apex is trying to make me a better player I'm not enjoying it.
@hayhorA game that actually knows to put in a solo mode as players can get tired of team play. Love Finals for that.
EA_Illium
EA Staff (Retired)
2 years ago
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hayhor
Hero
2 years ago
@reconzero No PvE modes. It does have a lot more to think about than a regular arenas shooter. And those things you think about but your randoms don't will make you a bit crazy at times. It is free to try. My suggestion is to play bank it to learn the game from a gadget and gun play perspective. The cash out mode in tournament play is fun. Don't bother using light builds in cashout. They are useless from a team perspective.
USAno54
2 years ago
Can someone explain? Was Matchmaking better in season 13?
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reconzero
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@USAno54

If I'm reading that right, it's not about the matchmaking algorithm per se, but about the ranking system in general. The only thing on that list that might affect matchmaking is the "removed MMR," which, if I understand correctly, will not have any effect on a normal player, but only on people where performance and time-in-game do not match up to the statistical average. Smurfs, basically. Someone correct me if I'm misunderstanding the purpose and function of MMR.
hayhor
Hero
2 years ago
@USAno54Removed MMR should mean matching with and against people around your rank. This should stop a current silver from being in a current master lobby.