The official Matchmaking blog post

EA fixing or rigging Ranked games, never!

oh wait, didn’t they script Fifa Ultimate team? Yeh so they did…

they ultimately don’t care. As long as the pro’s are happy, thats all that matters.

i would even go as far to say that even the devs don’t play the game anymore. Too sweaty.

trying to get gold 4, against preds and masters, thanks EA/Respawn.

problem is, CoD or Fortnite? Nah neither are skill based. 

bring back Titan fall!!! Or make Apex Legends 2! game needs a MAJOR overhaul. IMO.

Player base is dying! Fortnite brought in 40+ million. Apex can only dream those numbers…..sad really as well loved Apex.

SBMM in Mixtape is just too obvious. Have been only playing mixtape matches to get my daily BP stars. You are either on the winning team or you are on the losing team. If you lose enough matches you will be put to the winning team. If you win you get to the losing team or if you are highly skilled you can be the carry on the next losers win team. EOMM shines through like a sun on a clear day. You had your treat now is time to give others some.

Its been very long since I played an actual close mixtape match. Wins feel unrewarding and losing is just pointless attempt to do some damage. 

And its the same thing in ranked. Not sure if its because the player numbers are down but it seems like there is no average skilled lobbies where I would fit. 
Either you get annihilated completely by trio that plays really well together or you do good. If you accidentally manage to rat /position yourself well in high skill lobby be prepared for nightmare mode for the future matches. 

Game is rigged. Matchmaking algorithm has already decided your odds before you drop depending on your previous match success. 
Another theory I have is Respawn thinks I am somehow committed to completing my BP since I am at Lvl 99 so they can just pour manure on me and I would still keep on playing. 
Thats where they are wrong. Badges, some Rampage skin (2nd worst gun in the game after Devo) is not something I am willing to get ship on. 

I was back to Apex after a long break.. leaving the game in large part because of the matchmaking i didn't like.

Been back in Season 18, i was so happy to see it was working so much better, with much more balanced opponents ! I'm often playing with a friend, mostly in Duo... and from time to time with random players in trio.

I don't know what they did with Season 19... but it seem the matchmaking is broke once again ☹️

players with 2500+ frags in every game... that obliterate me and my team in seconds.

Plz EA !! put back the matchmaking as it was in season 18.

Whatever you guys were trying to implement to make matchmaking more even has spectacularly failed. 

Again you guys ruined it. It was really playble until three strikes event ended. Then normal pubs came unplayable again. THANK YOU AGAIN RESPAWN. 

Was it too easy or why do you have to change it? Only mixtapes is playble at this moment. If i go to normal i die in 15 sec. And that is fun?

@LivingDead408"...This means teammates are performing more equally, and the need to carry is lessened under this new matchmaking system."
"However, this skill gap should still not be large because we limit the range of skills in each match."
https://www.ea.com/en-au/games/apex-legends/news/matchmaking-2023

There is maybe 1 match out of 100 that works like its writtenin the official announcement ...

In every other competitive game there is an OPEN rating , like ELO, Trueskill, whatever.
The fact that Respawn has a hidden one and their reasoning for hiding it tells a lot.

"This number is intentionally hidden from players to avoid exploitation." ... ok ... thats why we have e.g. "smurfs" a.k.a. an exploit for exactly that hidden number.
So this cannot be the whole truth for it being hidden. 

This is literally every game. I don’t think the "hidden MMR even exists. I think it’s like big foot. How if I continue to drop between 5-10 kills a game do I get literal AI teammates. As previously stated multiple times in multiple post the MM this season is by far the absolute worst it’s ever been. I’m not happy with the MM however what really isn’t cool is lying about something that obviously doesn’t exist. So no solos no abandonment penalties for leaving pubs and the worst MM in the history of the game fantastic. I’ll just keep shouting into the void because I have a feel things will only get worse not better.