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r/apexlegends•
Dominnor

If SBMM is supposed to match me with lobbies around my skill level......

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Why is it that 9/10 times I'm solo matched with terrible players going against premades at my skill level...... if SBMM is doing it's job, then this shouldn't happen. Since it is happening....why not just take away SBMM so it doesn't feel like the damn game is broken.....

There are people that LOVE this game, like myself, that never thought i would need to find an alternate game to play. So long as things kept on, I would spend money here instead of other game/games. This season has flipped the script for me and I'm considering the opposite entirely. I'm considering taking up a different game to replace this one almost entirely. There are many things that need fixing right now (PK, SBMM, beam rifle, among others), that are making the game a pain to play. I never thought in the first two seasons that it was possible for this game to get to that point for me......and yet it has.....this progression patch is just a band aid.....fix the problems with real substance please.

Posted Dec 2, 2019, 3:36 PM UTC · edited

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SerpentsEmbrace•

I feel like that's maybe not the message you should be getting from who SBMM is matching you with.

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DominnorOP•

I have a 1.4 KD.... getting teamed with players that can't even do any damage after surviving in game for ten minutes.....that's a problem....

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AltForBadKarmaPathfinder :pathfinder:•

I average 1.9-2.1 K/D and I get paired with a lot of people who get like 300 damage maximum when my friend and I who queued together get easily 1500+ and 7+ kills in the win. How can we get 21 squad kills and you have 300 damage? Were you not even shooting when we're fighting? Why are you here?

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DominnorOP•

If I happen to get paired with teammates like that I tend to have high damage and low kills. I do like to be a communicator and not be the rusher. I try my best to do damage from range while letting my teammates know where the enemies are if I can see them...but also do know when to rush in and get kills (on a down)....

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JesterCDN•

so you dont meaningfully engage and are afraid to take fights. just sounds like your lobbies got a little harder and you arent prepared to accept your shortcomings or get better.

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dribblesg2•

Ill always remember my favorite was one time playing with two randoms. One dude dc'd instantly. The other one fought with me shoulder to shoulder the entire game (one of those non-stop fighting games). We won. I had 2600dmg. He had 30. He was shooting the entire time and I assumed was helping me wipe squads. But literally 30.

Not sure how thats even possible. You're talking 2 hits out of hundreds of shots taken lol.

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AltForBadKarmaPathfinder :pathfinder:•

Hey, at least he didn't steal any of your deserved kills since he didn't hit anyone.

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SerpentsEmbrace•

😬

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DominnorOP•

If more casual players than myself (5-10 hours per week) want SBMM, I don't understand it at all.....it isn't good for the game....and this is coming from a person that has climbed from a 1.0 kd in season 1 to 1.4 kd this season..... the game was more enjoyable for me in season 1.....and I was a worse player by far then...

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mbru623Wraith :wraith:•

I have a 1.3kd on PC and I'm getting paired with people that legitimately can't/won't pick up armor.....for like ten minutes in game. It's bananas. And we're up against full teams of 2k+ kills, literally every single game. I'll legit have to coach these people through chat on basic shit, which would be fine if we were fighting other potatoes but wtf. Literally EVERY SINGLE GAME is me trying to rescue a teammate that got massacred in 2 seconds running face first into a 1v3. EVERY SINGLE GAME. This has gone from my favorite game in almost a decade to basically unplayable at this point. Solo Queueing is broken completely. I really need to start finding people to play with I guess or just quit. Hopefully they fix it with this next update.

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DominnorOP•

100 percent.

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bboci21Nessy :Nessy:•

I honestly think they are adding in legitimate bots.

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FloridaFixings117•

20k pathfinder here, and I have to say I feel your pain bruddah. All of my decent friends got off this game a while back, and since sbmm playing with randoms is infuriating. Why should I carry two new players while we try to fight off sweaty three man predator squads game after game?

That being said, try Titanfall 2. I just hopped back onto this game and fell in love. It’s all the same weapons as apex (pre nerf) with the exception of the charge rifle which is useless against anyone not in their titan. (I recommend pilot vs pilot mode, no titans just fragging out)

Coming from apex this game feels insanely easy to learn, the movements and buttons are all the same with the exception of double jump and better wall climbing.. also most of the character got their start from this game, so check the ability list. (The grapple is satisfying as hell for anyone that likes pathfinder)

Also the game is free on PS plus this month, and only $4.99 if you download the version without all the skins on Xbox. Have fun!

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DominnorOP•

I hear ya brother! I have TF2! GREAT GAME! I might just have to play that a bit again. Great idea!

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ToroRubioCrypto :crypto:•

I’m leaving Apex then. Going to give Titanfall II a chance!

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thetruthseerPathfinder :pathfinder:•

I wonder if the free PS plus deals (I’m guessing Xbox might have something the same?)

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mogop•

there is a MEGA thread for this now

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DominnorOP•

I’m glad it’s finally getting more attention, however I lack the confidence that they will actually address this regardless.

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mogop•

they will

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DominnorOP•

I sure hope so. Otherwise I’ll be finding a new game.

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marvelousmango•

Well said.

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1106DaysLater•

SBMM just means I NEVER solo queue into matches so I have to find something else to play when my friends who play apex aren’t on. Sucks

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DominnorOP•

It also means you can't play with your friends unless they are as good as you, or you are as good as them..... it's a great way to divide and piss off your player base.

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1106DaysLater•

Yeah it sucks I don’t even invite my brother to play anymore cuz I know we will both get frustrated.

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dbern707•

Why don't you play ranked?

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thetruthseerPathfinder :pathfinder:•

I’m diamond and my pub games are HARDER than my ranked matches right now. I so wish I was lying dude.

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DominnorOP•

I'm plat 4 in ranked....play it plenty....still get paired with people that don't know how to play well....at all....

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dbern707•

But your complaint was SBMM.

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DominnorOP•

yes....not sure what you aren't understanding here.....

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dbern707•

If you don't like it dont play it.

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G3ck0•

Ranked isn’t even possible in Australia.

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ken051•

I'm still in queue with 1 people in matchmaking... That being said, played to plat iv on Singapore servers ~135ms ping

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Thekillerants•

Sbmm been in the game since season 2.

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FloridaFixings117•

Not to this extent, it was there but hardly felt.

The day they took Duo’s away they rolled out SBMM v.2

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kylewestmoreland14•

That may be true but seems more the devs tried to cover their a****. I'm not sure about you but at the end of duos, I've been paired with nothing but 25k top 100 plus predators fully squadded up vs me and maybe 1 buddy and a completely terrible random that deals 200 or less damage up until end game, if not 2 bad randoms, no comms, no pings, lands solo in the middle of nowhere. Then quits even if they are with us the instant they go down. I have almost a 3kd with 16k kills but there is no way my teammates are near that, but the predators slaying have like 4k games with 25k kills. Something shifted the day duos left.

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thetruthseerPathfinder :pathfinder:•

It was tweaked to be more deviant a few weeks ago, try again.

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DominnorOP•

I didn't mention when it came out, just that it is, in my opinion, not doing its job.....consistently....

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