August - last edited August
...arent built for ranked hot dropping. In pubs you might get lucky with the guns and get few kills before 5th party kills you. In ranked its just stupid.
Yet many people decide to do it and around they go with their 17 dmg back to lobby. Aaand due to the ranked SBMM if you play poorly you will get worse and worse teammates.
Vicious cycle to get stuck in for a SoloQ player like me. For me playing like this in ranked is just mentally draining.
If I want hot-drop insta action I play pubs. Thats totally fine. Separate gamemodes = separate playstyle.
Pubs SBMM works the opposite way. If your RNG gamble works poorly for you, you get better teammates eventually.
https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/news/matchmaking-2023?isLocalized=true
PLEASE EA / RESPAWN PUT IN THE ALGS STYLE DROPSHIPS TO RANKED.
August - last edited August
plz dont quote that old matchmaking blog post, we all know its "alternative facts".
Occam's razor : If it feels rigged, its most likely rigged
August
August
As a solo Q guy I agree add drop ships to ranked remove health bars but it won’t matter if there 17 damage isn’t going to go up cause they get a few guns other players will have guns as well and if your not good your just not good and I watched some of these randoms I play with some of the things they do there’s no rhyme or reason to do it
August
you can remove the health bar in the game settings under Gameplay and it will be labeled enemy healthbar just found that out like 20 minutes ago. It won't do any good if you turn it off because everyone else will leave it on.