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
@HappyHourSumwur Agreed. Seems broken on a fundamental level. Either that, or the pros have figured out a way to game the system.
MM is broken both in BR and in Mixtape modes.
Not even joking, keep having games where the MM puts a bunch of randoms together who can't even get more than 500 damage each against two full stacks of clubs. Games are going back to 50-10 blowouts again.
Same with BR, where I get matched with TimTheTTVGawd0057Wraith who has more kills than I have damage on my entire account. Good stuff.
MM is broken both in BR and in Mixtape modes.
Not even joking, keep having games where the MM puts a bunch of randoms together who can't even get more than 500 damage each against two full stacks of clubs. Games are going back to 50-10 blowouts again.
Same with BR, where I get matched with TimTheTTVGawd0057Wraith who has more kills than I have damage on my entire account. Good stuff.
@LaughingSharko Can honestly say I thought it was impossible for the SBMM to get worse, and I crossed my fingers when they explained they were working on the situation to place people into fairer matches with more skill buckets available…..absolute garbage!! It’s worse than ever, and that’s a crazy place to be at. My average pubs game (as an average joe gamer/ getting a bit old) is apparently with lobbies filled with diamonds, masters and preds ( guess who wins) it’s sucking the last tiny bit of enjoyment out of what should be the best shooter out there. And hopping into the lower ranked brackets feels barely any different and I don’t even know how that’s possible ( less master/ pred badges but lots of lvl 50 ish players….wink wink) some other studio out there needs to give us a decent contender to Apex with good SBMM……I’m gone like a rocket!
what's the point of ranked if you're penalized for playing good rounds and rewarded for playing bad ones?
I really only play apex from time to time and am bronze at the moment, but get ranked with platinum players every round. However, cannot play with friends who are platinum. Sense?
A friend of mine gets bad lobbies every round as he's really no good (0.4k/d) and is now currently diamond just for playing for placement. As a diamond player, he has easier lobbies than I do with bronze!
Prior to this season, he just barely made gold 1. In summary, the developers have really done everything wrong that can be done wrong. Ranked is dead. Will only play again as soon as something changes fundamentally. By far the worst season!!!Ok, the MM in ranked isnt that bad since i reached diamond/masters imho ... i dont mind that the games are very challenging at times ( am i the only one without a dive trail ? lol) but you dont get those 50kill teammates anymore ... and thats what i wanted from the begin with.
In pubs it is still the same as it ever was, 9 out of 10 games you get the low kill count casual that plays an incompatible playstyle to me (frustrating for them and for me) ... i dont feel any changes being applied there.
