why do we need sbmm in pubs when theres ranked?
uhh title says it all why do we need sbmm in pubs when theres ranked?
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@a24zxc5411011abx From the Game Developers perspective and endless research from numerous other games. SBMM improves player retention with about 88-92% of the player population. It depends on the game and it depends on how difficult the game is as to how much it improves player retention.
Before SBMM you would have the top 25% getting paired with the bottom 25% in pubs. The bottom 25% don't stand a chance against the top 25%. I had a period in which I was in the top 15% or so. While that was going on, I would occasionally have streaks in which I was not playing well or SBMM would not work and I'd end up in the lower skill lobbies some how. I would shred absolutely everything that came near me. 1vs3 is no issue for me in those lobbies. How do you think those players feel? It's not a fun or positive experience for them. If that happens every round, they will give up and find something playable. This is especially true, when they would down my squad mates and I'd coming running up and melt all 3 of them.
Not many people are going to push through weeks or months of getting slaughtered, trying to figure out the game. SBMM gives them an opportunity to advance slowly and find lobbies that are competitive for their skill level. They'll have some success (fun) and as they do, push up into harder lobbies.
Before SBMM you would have the top 25% getting paired with the bottom 25% in pubs. The bottom 25% don't stand a chance against the top 25%. I had a period in which I was in the top 15% or so. While that was going on, I would occasionally have streaks in which I was not playing well or SBMM would not work and I'd end up in the lower skill lobbies some how. I would shred absolutely everything that came near me. 1vs3 is no issue for me in those lobbies. How do you think those players feel? It's not a fun or positive experience for them. If that happens every round, they will give up and find something playable. This is especially true, when they would down my squad mates and I'd coming running up and melt all 3 of them.
Not many people are going to push through weeks or months of getting slaughtered, trying to figure out the game. SBMM gives them an opportunity to advance slowly and find lobbies that are competitive for their skill level. They'll have some success (fun) and as they do, push up into harder lobbies.
- @DarthValtrex Yeah. It's because these players make comments that are self-serving. They don't care about any one else's experience. They don't (know, let alone) care that if the change was made, and SBMM was removed, that those new players would just quit the game after being matched against people far above their skill level. No one enjoys being beaten beyond a reasonable chance to succeed; and it would be a shotgun in the foot of the game, leading to its quicker end.
But these players never see anything in life from a perspective other than their own.- @Aegis_Kleais I don’t know if it’s entirely that. The higher skill lobbies are definitely difficult, especially if you’re on the lower end of that lobbies skill level. When I end up in the lobbies with 5+ pred trails and endless diamonds, i rarely last long And it’s difficult. But it ends up improving my game play slightly.
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