December 2019
"Skill-based matchmaking"
I want to say that I haven't enjoyed a game more than Apex Legends until the so called "Skill Based Matchmaking" came out.
Apex is my first BR game after playing Uncharted 3&4 and Battlefield 1 and was really eager to get better by learning movement and when to push/not to push people. Yes, I had a hard time in the first season, but in the 2nd season I got better and better and this season I got to Predator in 3 weeks. If I want to play against players who have similar skill, I play ranked. If I wanted to chill a bit and have a good time without getting 4th partied I played pubs, until this skill based matchmaking came out.
-It's not rewarding to get better in the game anymore, as you are getting queued up with more sweaty people the better you get.
-It doesnt affect anything, besides the true sweatlords are going to make smurfaccounts to dominate the easier lobbies.
-qeue-times are increased now
-sometimes the servers are trash, because the focus is on playersmatching instead of servermatching
-This afternoon I played like 15 games, without getting a single(!) level 100+ as a random, with not even relateable banners comparing with mine (I am level 114 atm with 4k badges and 20k badges), while I have to fight fully decked squads who do have those stats. I honestly don't know the actual reason why Respawn implemented the skill-based matchmaking, but I notice that the game isnt as fun as it used to be anymore for me.
Yeah, I know, who cares that 1 guy doesnt like the game anymore, but just wanted to see how your opinions are on this subject.
December 2019
you’re definitely not the only one who dislikes SBMM, all the youtubers and pro players are raging atm
me on the other hand, i don’t mind the SBMM as a general idea of creating an equal playing field, however there seems to be something really wrong with it in Apex - as you have pointed out yourself, your teammates are usually nowhere near your own stats while the opposition seems often way above....and i honestly have hard time seeing how exactly this is ‘skill based’