EA can’t appear to catch a break with Apex Legends’ matchmaking system, and it’s stunning contemplating the repeated efforts Respawn has been placing in to make it “higher” since early 2023.
In a Reddit submit dated Nov. 5, a person named u/Alphalion135 shared their painful expertise within the fashionable battle royale title, calling its skill-based matchmaking system “horrendous.”
It’s price noting the participant describing the expertise logged in after a yr and issues in Apex’s matchmaking have modified quite a bit since 2022.
Respawn introduced a major shift in early 2023, the place it claimed to be enhancing matchmaking by segmenting the participant base’s ability pool into extra buckets. It was imagined to make Apex a extra balanced expertise for each the extremely ranked and inexperienced persons.
Sadly, the adjustments made ranked method too straightforward, with gamers reporting little to no competitors in reaching Masters. Respawn reacted to the reports and complaints by bringing extra tweaks to repair its mistake, however the sport’s matchmaking has simply refused to really feel proper ever since.
Like all different latest seasons, Respawn promised to make matchmaking for the ranked and battle royale (pubs) modes higher with the continuing season 19, however issues look the identical previous up to now. Now, gamers need Respawn to return to the previous ranked system, however it looks as if a far-fetched expectation for now.
“Respawn/EA actually making dangerous selections now, appears like they WANT this sport to die,” one participant wrote. One other participant shared that their rank icon feels meaningless as a result of pubs and ranked really feel “equivalent” by way of problem, because of MMR-based matchmaking.
Some gamers blamed the scenario on the rumored, anti-skill EOMM (engagement-optimized matchmaking) system that Respawn and EA have reportedly been utilizing for Apex since 2020. Explaining what the system implies, one participant wrote, “Your video games suck as a result of they’re rigged lmao.”
Whereas a substantial a part of the participant base feels it’s a false declare, Respawn has assured us of not implementing EOMM in Apex.
“Ranked is absolute hell for me rn,” one participant wrote, summing up Apex’s present expertise for a lot of.
As a noob in Apex, I haven’t been having fun with my pubs matches both, solely as a result of I get pitted towards significantly higher-skilled gamers. I’d like to play much more of this sport, however proper now, I’d higher be taking part in The Finals or VALORANT to maintain my sanity intact.
