![]() QUEUE TIMEWe believe queue times are too short, contributing to a higher chance you’re matched outside of your MMR. Season 18 focus: updating matchmaking to better handle players that are actively challenging their MMR to ensure a competitively challenging match that mirrors their current ranking. We believe this will be less of an issue with reduced LP distribution in Season 18. This wasn’t intended and meant that your match-over-match experience varied much more than desired. In Arsenal, you’ve been matching with a wider range of skill of players, even at the highest Ranks. ![]() This effectively creates a game full of players with lower MMR than their current Rank, nullifying the effect of this mechanic. Unfortunately, too many players in a game have inflated LP because of the generous tuning. ![]() If players succeed in these more difficult matchmaking situations, we allow them to continue climbing. This is to ensure MMR and LP ranking are connected and can both help guide players to their accurate Rank. In an extreme example, if a Gold MMR player has a LP ranking of Diamond, this player will be matched into a Diamond lobby. While we generally matchmake based on MMR, we start using Ranking (LP) in place of a player’s MMR when their ranking exceeds their MMR equivalent. GENEROUS LP’S EFFECT ON MATCHMAKINGWe need to talk about a specific detail with the Arsenal matchmaker that wasn’t in our previous ranked blog. Ring damage tuning to enforce playing inside the ringįixed a number of "ratting" spots with more fixes to come Season 18 has some updates to target this, and more are coming in future seasons to address the core gameplay issues around inactivity and avoidant playstyles.Īdjusting ring timings to increase mid-game encounters Hiding and avoiding firefights isn’t a rewarding way to play Apex Legends™. We’ve noticed a particular pattern in both Ranked and ALGS levels: teams stay outside of the ring and delay interacting with other teams to gain points. Pretty sure you’re not all doing squat reps between rings… While exciting endgames are happening, there is room for improvement with the recent increase of ratting.Ī portion of this is due to an increased number of players waiting for ring closures, but we can safely say that it is mostly due to players hiding and avoiding others (while crouching or standing). PERCEPTIVE PLAYPerceptive Play is more macro focused, where play is centered around ring positioning rather than all out aggression-an extreme variant of this is often referred to as "ratting". Thank you for your passion, your feedback, and for taking this journey with us. We’re going to take a deep breath and take the time needed to prepare for an even tighter and more competitive Ranked system. They are contributing to the tuning problem and we’re feeling confident about our upcoming fixes.įuture Changes: Season 18 will focus on refining Ranked tuning and stability. We are tightening the amount of LP awarded and bonuses included for Season 18.īugs: We love to hate them. Its current tuning is causing a series of cascading issues with the rest of the Ranked system. Overly Generous Ladder Points (LP): Arsenal’s LP tuning was intended to be generous, but not this generous. Let's take a deeper look at these issues and discuss some upcoming changes that will help us move towards a more stable and competitive Ranked for future seasons.įor those who just want the gist, here’s the TLDR: We hit some aspects of our goals, and also missed the mark with some of our tuning and bugs, which caused the inflated number of players in Masters and occasional unfairness in matchmaking. The art of game development is rarely a straight line, it often involves building upon and refining ideas-Ranked is no exception. In an effort to address as many questions as possible, we’re hosting a live Ranked AMA on Jfrom 9:30-11:30 am Pacific Time. Today, we’re able to share our thoughts around the state-and immediate future of-Ranked Play. Now that players have had a solid amount of time playing the Arsenal update, we’ve been able to analyze the data behind-the-scenes. In the Arsenal Ranked update, the team rolled out a series of changes that were intended to create consistently competitive matches by adjusting the scoring system to focus on playing the Battle Royale and as a team.
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