January 2020
Product: Apex Legends
Platform:Sony Playstation 4
Please specify your platform model. Sony PlayStation 4
What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? Kinorhynch
Please provide your squad mates' gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name if possible.
Are you using any software with an overlay? No
Which Legend were you playing (if applicable)? Octane
Which Legends were your squad mates using (if applicable)?
Where did the issue occur? In a match
Which part of the map or menu were you in? If you don't remember the exact name, please describe the area or what you were trying to do in the menu. The whole mode
What were you doing when the issue occurred? E.g. respawning a squad mate at a beacon, using an ability, a squad mate left the game. Playing
Did your squad mates also experience the issue? Yes
How many matches had you played in a row before the issue occurred? Before sbmm
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm)
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
How severe is your issue? Major impacts to gameplay
What happens when the bug occurs? Skill based matchmaking (literally the exact same thing as ranked because you play against people at the same skill level as you) has ruined apex legends. Completely a waste of time if you’re a good player and your real life friends are not good at the game because they get destroyed playing in your lobbies and this ultimately results in not playing with friends, which results in not playing apex anymore. If the complaint for having public matches was because newer players were being killed so easily then why don’t they play ranked so they play people on their skill level (which is exactly what skill based match making is...) the normal and competitive modes are literally the exact same thing and it makes every single game a sweaty ranked game, and I’m an apex predator so I don’t have a problem with it most of the time but being a try hard every game takes away from the fun of using the less popular weapons or making it almost impossible to solo a game after your team dies. Really dropped the ball with SBMM.
What should be happening instead? No SBMM
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Watch anyone play apex and everyone complains about SBMM because it’s another ranked mode.
Remove skill-based-match-making
January 2020
January 2020
whole summer i used to play this game for 17 hours a day.because i loved this game and i got really good at it but im done.i dont want to compete against full sweat squads when im queuing solo.this game is dead to me
January 2020
sbmm is the only thing that’s wrong with this game
February 2020
February 2020
Is SBMM really the problem? The game has been out for a year. This means everyone playing has had an entire year to improve their skills. This greatly increases the total number of skilled players available at any given moment. Many "noobs" have stopped playing. So this too increases the total number of skilled players in the matchmaking pool.
Do you want to wait 10+ minutes to find a match of exactly equal opponents? Of course not. So the matchmaking criteria widens to opponents better AND worse than you.
I feel that SBMM works best with a wider range of skill. This is most evident during weekdays at non prime hours. You play with the best and the worse players out there. The game is truly exciting when you dont know the skill of your opponent. Maybe you will trample them or maybe they will trample you!
February 2020
February 2020
February 2020 - last edited February 2020
SBMM needs to change significantly, I started playing this game almost a year ago because it was fun and i'm a pretty good player; a little above average I would say. With that being said I have NEVER had a worse time playing this game than I have right now! It's not even a competition with some of the teams I go up against, along with getting paired with total potatoes for teammates. If my luck continues I'm done playing this game after this week. I know the developers probably don't give a crap about any of this, they just care about how many people are playing their game. If they don't care about the concerns of their core players like me, then I won't continue to support them. Leave the SBMM in ranked. #makeapexgreatagain
February 2020 - last edited February 2020
@SpareParts7560SBMM only works for picking your opponents..
Random queueing seems designed to only find low skilled players or high skilled players do not random queue solo often. Looking for group tools exist outside Apex Legends on all versions. You just need to spend 5+ minutes looking for similar skilled teammates. It would be nice if Apex did this automatically when queueing....