Discussion: Apex Legends dials back Ranked matchmaking experiments after mixed test results

[GAMER2GO Newsroom]

Respawn says its temporary Ranked tests did not improve the experience enough to become permanent, but future changes are still planned.

Read the full story. What do you think?

[Mark F]

The one-tier party limit sounds like the least bad option to me, but 8% less Diamond opposition is tiny for how much friction it would add. If friends can't queue together normally, players just log off sooner.

[aegis2003]

yes, that is the point. If the gain is tiny and the lobby feeling gets worse, no need force it. In PUBG we had same thing with strict team rules, the queue got weird fast.

[YetiJungler]

The weird part is Respawn saying solo queue technically worked. That usually means the spreadsheet won and the actual game lost, which is very on brand for matchmaking.

[sophie.2005]

yeah but the article says the problem wasn't just party size, it was Masters and Preds getting spread into more matches. that's the kind of fix that looks good on paper and feels awful in-game

[beth.80]

Spreadsheet won, queue died. Love that for Ranked. If they keep iterating on the skill display maybe at least players won't get baited into terrible lobbies by the UI.

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