Fortnite skill-based matchmaking reportedly removed in Squads Epic GamesEpic Games has reportedly removed skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) from Fortnite\u2019s Squads playlist, after months of fans begging the battle royale\u2019s devs to bin the contentious Chapter 2 feature. SBMM has been one of Fortnite\u2019s contentious features since it was first added at the start of Chapter 2. Epic implemented the game-changing search function with good intentions, but has been facing fan backlash ever since. The battle royale\u2019s devs have been fine-tuning their flagship title in Chapter 2 though, and it looks like SBMM is the latest feature to come under the spotlight. According to leakers and pro players, it has reportedly been removed. Epic pulls the plug on SBMM in Squads playlists At least, the much-maligned matchmaking feature seems to have been switched off in the battle royale\u2019s four-player Squads playlist. There has been no word on Solos or Duos though, leaving many to suspect it\u2019s a single-mode change. YouTuber Ali \u2018SypherPK\u2019 Hassan also revealed in a May 5 upload that he had confirmed with his Epic contact \u201cskill-based matchmaking has been removed\u201d. Epic\u2019s plan, he said, was to make the title\u2019s playlists \u201cmore casual,\u201d and \u201cless sweaty.\u201d Other stars seem convinced the much-hated feature has finally been stripped away too. Ali-A said he had \u201ctested the rumours\u201d and was convinced after he dropped 23 kills, while 100 Thieves star CouRageJD praised Epic for the move. For mobile readers, the related segment begins at 0:53 in the video below. SBMM still reigns in Warzone, Apex Legends too Epic has yet to comment officially on this alleged change, however. That\u2019s no small surprise \u2014 Fortnite\u2019s devs often make unannounced tweaks to the title\u2019s map, as well as weapons and equipment. They\u2019ve become famous for their silence. Epic isn\u2019t the only battle royale dev team to come under fire for their choice to implement an SBMM feature recently either \u2014 Infinity Ward and Respawn have both been slammed by Warzone and Apex Legends fans respectively too. In late March, Call of Duty superstar Matthew \u2018Nadeshot\u2019 Haag took a swipe at the Modern Warfare devs over SBMM. Respawn was also forced to respond to Apex players after fan outcry over the feature reached fever-pitch last month. Fortnite appears to be the only battle royale to have actually pulled the trigger on removing the contentious feature, however. The only question is: considering Epic has yet to comment, will it be permanent? Unfortunately, only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite skill-based matchmaking reportedly removed in Squads Epic GamesEpic Games has reportedly removed skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) from Fortnite\u2019s Squads playlist, after months of fans begging the battle royale\u2019s devs to bin the contentious Chapter 2 feature. SBMM has been one of Fortnite\u2019s contentious features since it was first added at the start of Chapter 2. […]<\/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-74466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74466","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=74466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}