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 approximately 8-10 accounts that I currently test the matchmaking on— I have often shared my findings here on the forums.
I have accounts that are intentionally bad (no kills and no damage). I have accounts that are intentionally average. I have accounts with very high matchmaking ratings.
I am beyond confident that I have an understanding of what goes on in an average lobby. And of course, I was average at one time myself.
As an average player, sometimes you run into lower skilled players and sometimes you get higher skilled players that get easier lobbies due to constantly losing to the highest skilled players.
The most important point here of course, is the fact that high MMR (top bucket) pub lobbies exist. Please think about that. At ANY given point in time, there is a lobby that is essentially all high diamond to Pred players.
If these lobbies exist (which they do) that means that THOSE EXACT players are NOT abusing the rest of the player base— because they can’t simultaneously be in your lobby and in their own lobby.
Do I see some 4k 20 bomb players on my average accounts? Yes. But they are very limited. Compare this to my main, where the majority seems to be better than me despite being a Masters-level player.
So again, what does this all mean?
It means that the bulk of highly skilled players are playing each other most of the time, despite the belief that they are not.
In Axnumbers defense I have the same experience only I need to be a premade. Anyone who has played with friends and without can speak to how the MM does try to seperate. Anyone that's played to Masters can also speak to how the MM tries to seperate the very top from the rest.
Will you see crazy good players and full teams in random lobbies? Yes, definately. In my solo q lobbies I see them too. But there's a huge difference when you jump and see all purple, blue and red trails and that happens way more when in a team or your account is classified in a certain way.
