The official Matchmaking blog post
Here’s the most awaited blog post about matchmaking https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/news/matchmaking-2023
Forum Discussion
I have no idea if the new sbmm system is in place or not, but if it is, then it's not working on consoles on the Sydney servers, i returned after a few seasons off, i do well in 2 games, the other last few games i am loosing right off the bat, then i see why, nearly every single player has been diamonds, masters or even Preds, even got killed by 4k dmg badges and 20 bombs, most of them have over 10k kills each. The team i get given are basically new with only a hundred or so kills or less.
"Any Free to Play Online game that does not consider the below average casual player will eventually die to population issues."
Yet here you are.
Honestly, you sound mad for not being good at pvp and expecting the games to bend to your will. Be honest with yourself here.
the Day 1 No Lifers
What's your point? You expect to be good at something you spend time on, right? YOU, yes you. Imagine you never got better at your art while spending loads of time on it? That is essentially what you are saying should happen. You wanna walk in and be good, day 1. Imagine someone in the gym for 2 hours per day and his counterpart spending 30 mins and the rest at McDonalds and demanding to look the same/pulling the same amount of dates/compliments. It's absurd to expect that.
The average life expectancy of a human is 20 000 odd days.
The average expectancy to reach pro level in anything is around 10 000 hours for the average human.
1 Hour per day for 10k days means half your life to reach pro level.
Some reach that level a lot sooner, and some don't, should they be punished so you can feel good about yourself? Or should everyone just show up and be "adequate"?
The Try-Hards
I understand the frustration, but what is the point? If you don't try-hard you will stay exactly where you are. At least they are trying to learn gun fights and those who don't and just drop mindlessly - I agree with you. Sorry, but t is to be expected without a team.
The Regular Casual
In any shooter you should know what you are sighing up for. There is no such thing as a "relaxed experience" pvp game. Sweat exists on every level, just the amount that differs.
So what is it that you actually want? You want an easy time? Put in time.
SBMM will prob ruin it for you anyway, but the point is it seems you want an easy pvp experience - not gonna happen in any game, in any lifetime, in any way without YOU putting in some work. People want to win just as bad as you so yeah...not an option..
The issue with games these days is that they try to include everyone - even people who never actually like/play pvp shooters. So a population of 2mil isn't enough anymore. instead 5mil is the minimum - just so they can include more players and make more $. You really think this is good for the players? Bring in SBMM to compensate those players and you have a game/mode that is a former shell of itself. It's a joke really. You want basketball players to compensate for cricket players all of a sudden joining their team? NO, just no to all of it. Clown shoes industry atm.
If you want a pve game, let it go and look elsewhere. Apex is not that and it is not Titanfall even if it tried. Not ever gonna happen.
