[11:30AM PT]: Thanks for joining us! Our Matchmaking AMA has now concluded. For those that didn’t get a direct reply, please check out the dev’s replies as there may have been an answer to a similar question. 

There were a couple of anti-cheat questions as well. While these were off topic and couldn’t be answered today, we’re looking at hosting an AMA for anti-cheat soon.

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Hey, r/ApexLegends!

This is a big one. We’re going to be diving into your matchmaking questions and feedback. If you need a jumping point, here are our last two matchmaking updates: December 18 and February 5.

We’ll be answering as many Matchmaking related questions as possible tomorrow, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, from 9:30am-11am PT. Drop your questions here ahead of our AMA and tune back for replies when we go live. As always, feedback is also welcome and we’ll be collecting everything to share with the team. 

Here’s our Matchmaking team on deck:

• u/RSPN_C4: C4, Associate Design Director
• u/rspn_bilal: Bilal, Principal Designer
• u/RSPN_KM02138: Chris, Advanced Analyst
• u/RSPN_Skeptikal: Josh, Sr. Software Engineer

Reminder: please keep your questions focused on Matchmaking and limit 1-2 related questions per reply to help us stay organized. If you’ve got off topic questions, let us know which AMA we should host next.

Chat soon! 

From our ZH community:

Why is the match intensity in normal matchmaking noticeably higher than in the ranked?

From our ZH community:

Since the SBMM mechanism causes matches to become increasingly unbalanced with fewer players, what measures could be taken to bring more people back to play?

From JP Community

Is there a particular reason why skill-based matchmaking is not applied in Mixtape mode?

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

The team touched on solo queueing a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

The team touched on solo queueing a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

The team touched on solo queueing a bit here.

The team touched on solo queueing a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

The team touched on part of your questions with solo queueing a bit here.

The team touched on RP loss a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

And there's a callout for lower tiers in another reply here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

The team touched on matchmaking in Mixtape a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds side of things a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

While not reset related, the team touched on what's happening with Masters/Preds a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds side of things a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here. Anti-cheat is a separate team, but we're looking at an AMA to cover these questions soon.

The team touched on Masters/Preds a bit here.

Not related to matchmaking, but we are looking to host an AMA for anti-cheat (smurfing incl) soon.

We book the two hour window with the team to answer questions, but with all comms they generally have to go through some checks before they can go live. Tis a good callout though and we can look at ways to make this tighter so answers can get out faster.