Apex Legends dev responds to smurfing request after SBMM overhaul Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends\u2019 Technical Director has responded to a player inquiry about smurfing in the aftermath of the battle royale\u2019s new skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) system being revealed. Skill-based matchmaking has long been a tense and fraught subject. While it has long since been established as part of Apex Legends, the devs have faced criticism for unbalanced matches across the duration of Season 15. As a result, they promised improvements and, on January 17, unveiled in detail their new SBMM system, designed to \u201crapidly improve\u201d the quality of multiplayer matches. Because of the way the two issues are semi-interlinked, some players wondered whether the new SBMM system would have an impact on \u2018smurfing\u2018, which has also been a major problem in Apex Legends. Responding to the inquiry, Respawn confirmed that it likely won\u2019t have an impact and the two are \u201cseparate\u201d issues the devs have to overcome. Apex Legends smurfing update after SBMM update Asked by one player whether it would \u201csolve [or] help\u201d the smurfing problems in Apex Legends, Samy Duc, the game\u2019s Technical Director, said: \u201cnot really, it is a separate endeavour.\u201d Although he did not delve into details, we do expect further improvements to Apex\u2019s anti-smurf systems across 2023. In a second tweet though, Duc did hint that it may help them identify \u201coutliers\u201d faster. In other words, players who are being placed into the wrong skill brackets may be identified and corrected faster than under the previous SBMM system. He also highlighted one of the major issues with solving smurfing \u2013 that it\u2019s naturally difficult to distinguish between those simply performing well and those deliberately using new or low-ranked accounts to ensure they are placed into rookie lobbies. Regardless, many praised the dev\u2019s commitment to communication, as well as Respawn\u2019s wider efforts to make Apex Legends Season 16 the most enjoyable and balanced yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends dev responds to smurfing request after SBMM overhaul Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends\u2019 Technical Director has responded to a player inquiry about smurfing in the aftermath of the battle royale\u2019s new skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) system being revealed. Skill-based matchmaking has long been a tense and fraught subject. While it has long since been established as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}