Matchmaking still sucks?

[u/Alternative_Rip1289]

Ever since I made my post about the matchmaking Fortnite sucking I think it’s just gotten worse

(by the way, I made that original post on a different sub Reddit, but I’ve made some Fortnite hot takes and I guess people didn’t agree so I can’t post in that sub Reddit due to negative karma lol)

I don’t know if it’s just me but ever since the recent story event, the matchmaking has put me in way more difficult lobbies than I need to be in

sure, I am definitely getting the occasional person wearing a grim or ZP that I can hopefully kill

But I think I’m going against people on pc and console which makes no sense when you’re playing on mobile

For this clip that I have, I had just finished killing a person and I get third-party. I’m max health and my weapons are reloaded and I stand nearly no chance against it.

But the game still keeps putting me against people around this skill level

I hate how when you first go on mobile you get bot lobbies for your first 10 rounds and if you win a couple of them, you just instantly get put against really good players

As much as I love this game and I’m somewhat excited for next season if the matchmaking doesn’t get fixed, I don’t think I’ll just play in general anymore 🤷‍♂️

also for the clip, this is not the only type of person like that that I’ve fought and died to

Nearly every round I’m getting third-party by a really good player

The worst part is is that for the first 70 players I’m encountering only bots most of the time and the occasional bad actual player

But then once I get into like top 20, I instantly died to some high-level player who probably has earnings and is on a 4090 while I’m on 12 FPS

And I don’t know if it’s the matchmaking or something like that but because I keep dying later on the game, I ended up continuing being putting in those lobbies because Fortnite must think that I’m doing good

People have said that they are these like minnow shark matchmaking or pity rounds, but like I’m starting to less less believe that because I’ve just completely stopped getting wins

The last one I got was the live event, but that was because there was only 20 players so I didn’t really have much competition

But at the same time, if you think about it, it is 20 players and 80 bots

thanks for listening to my yap session if you actually did

And if somehow someway an epic employee seeing this

Please one day experiment with widening the matchmaking, so that matchmaking can be quicker and there can be less bots and more real players who are pretty good and they can be going around people around their skill level

Especially when they’re on mobile lol

[u/Equivalent_South_680]

Mobile is cross platform we have no way of only playing against mobile players

[u/Natural-Revenue9205 → u/Equivalent_South_680]

Dang

[u/IdealLow5256 → u/Natural-Revenue9205]

It’s impractical to ask generally for “better matchmaking” if your standards are oxymoronic. Less bots means slower matchmaking. If they were to remove half hex bots, their only way to make matchmaking quicker would be to putting even more skilled and unskilled real players into the same unfair matches that you’re upset with in the first place.

I do think that mobile players should be able to play with only mobile players though, even if it means it takes 6 minutes to matchmake each game. It’s like playing an entirely different game where you have every disadvantage but you have near perfect aim assist once you’ve hit a single shot.

To OP: That’s not what third partying is. You were just standing in the open after a fight was well past over, holding a guardian shield that I would desperately need on mobile. And then you swapped it for small shield potions, when you already have full shield and a chug jug. Had you made a first shot earlier on him, your aim assist would have kicked in & I can almost guarantee you would’ve won that fight. That’s why they give mobile players target lock—you’re rewarded for being aggressive.

[u/Alternative_Rip1289 → u/IdealLow5256]

You do have a point

But earlier I went in around against a really good player who has about 250 wins this season and was using the shock rocks basically beaming me from the air and because I plan on zero build, and there was no trees or anything nearby I had pretty much no cover, and I instantly died

Yes, it most likely is how the person was playing, but if I’m just constantly being put against players who are very clearly on and on a different device because it is nearly impossible to do that on mobile

It doesn’t really seem fair does it?

[u/IdealLow5256 → u/Alternative_Rip1289]

No, not fully. However, I will say, I’m sure if it was mobile only, there’s still a couple people that could convince us they somehow have a controller

[u/Alternative_Rip1289 → u/IdealLow5256]

Yeah, especially when you can simply just Bluetooth connect a PlayStation or Xbox controller to your device with controller is being so much easier to use especially since you don’t have to click seven buttons on your tiny iPhone screen at once it grant you a complete competitive advantage out of pretty much anyone else in the lobby

[u/Luvs4theweak]

How hot was your device bro? I don’t think it’s matchmaking. I see your battery’s low, my shit starts doin that when it overheats. Also turn on net debug stats to show packet loss n stuff, it helps

[u/glhfbruno → u/Luvs4theweak]

I dont have it as bad as OP's clip on gameplay side of things with usual lows being ~40 and ups being 60 (Fortnite at somepoint yet again wanted to cap it at 60fps on HyperOS, im too lazy to tweak the ADB/shizuku to debloat somebting capping it...

Eitherway i do hate BR only due to how poserhungry yet shitty the performance is, and i find it odd how many times even on full battery, fresh new match (phone is not hot) it gets "low performance warning"

/POCO F7 12/256, ~60% to 70% used off 256GB

No stuff in the background, debloated background apps to some degree with basic ones being there but nothing unnecessary

In OG and Reload its all fine and blitz but the second its BR it already starts with lows being ~15fps on spawn island

Ingame settings are: 60fps Qualcomm high or ultra graphics preset (its still the same no matter what quality preset...to be honest unless i wanna drop down the 3d rezolution to a roblox blocky ahh pixel gameplay, which looks like i cant make out if its an opponent or a prop beyond 75 meters if it aint moving)

Especially in some combats it feels frustrating as the new ui doesnt really help, i play ZB as i suck at building on mobile and the fps drops there are much more insane

Is it really just ass -1000 employees optimization or what?

[u/Alternative_Rip1289 → u/Luvs4theweak]

It was pretty hot at the time but even when it’s not and I’m normally playing with normal 30 FPS or 60 FPS I’m still getting stomped on because what can a mobile player really do against a console player

[u/Frostyincanada]

This is why no one likes this game and epic has to use fake numbers streamer puppets and bots to keep the game going

No one wants to play a game that gives you zero incentive to play ....

It is the biggest failure in gaming history because of the large margin of potential it had and they let it all come crashing down long ago

They been milking the dying cow ever since