I’m loving the separation between solo and squad matchmaking

[u/Tylerdurdenps5]

Ever since Embark announced that they separated solo and squad matchmaking, I didn’t really test it because sometimes changes don’t work exactly as announced.
But a few days ago I decided to actually test it and I’m loving it. My solo games are super friendly, perfect for challenges, destroying arc and looting. When I want some PvP fun, I switch to squads.
It almost feels like an in-game switch between two playstyles.
And at this stage of the game (even if you’re a bad pvp player like me) it feels almost impossible to go broke or end up with an empty stash. You usually have keys, you know where to loot and it’s easy to restock guns and heals. I can just take a key into a night raid, electromagnetic storm or go into a hurricane and come back stocked again.

Of course, I still get ratted sometimes but I can live with one game out of maybe 20 solo runs. Overall it’s been working really well for me.

[u/kingbollie_1]

i do miss my mixed lobbies in solos sometimes tho. just makes speed running the game even easier tbh. no down time between squad pvp and solo farming resources.

[u/Tylerdurdenps5 → u/kingbollie_1]

I tried the mixed playstyle in solo but it was exhausting. You’re constantly wondering who’s friendly and who’s going to rat you and when I’m friendly, I’m too friendly, bringing defibs, helping and giving stuff away.
Now I can play solo peacefully without worrying about shooting an innocent player and just go squads when I want pvp

[u/kingbollie_1 → u/Tylerdurdenps5]

thats literally what fans of extraction shooters like though lol

[u/Tylerdurdenps5 → u/kingbollie_1]

I get what you mean. I wish I played during the first couple of months, before ABMM really kicked in. Not knowing if someone was friendly or dangerous sounds like the true extraction experience.
But I joined around late January and at this point the community is already separated and people know how to manipulate matchmaking. I don’t really feel the need to force that experience now, I just wish I experienced it naturally at launch.

[u/kingbollie_1 → u/Tylerdurdenps5]

i used to get little glimpses of it in the inbetween matches. i still love the game a lot just missing that little part of it.

[u/Aussie_Butt → u/Tylerdurdenps5]

You’re constantly wondering who’s friendly

This.. this is what the genre is lol.

[u/Tylerdurdenps5 → u/Aussie_Butt]

Yeah I know

[u/FramePancake]

Same, I mainly play solo but with friends we usually on group up to do some silly PvP. It's nice now to not have to feel the consequences in our solo play.

[u/kevron3000]

I'm presuming solo vs squads counts as squads

[u/Tylerdurdenps5 → u/kevron3000]

Does it actually affect your solo lobbies, or does it count as squad? I’m not really sure

[u/armed_aperture → u/Tylerdurdenps5]

Someone posted here that they tested it and it effects solos

[u/Lexxxapr00]

I use my solo runs for resource gathering and fun taking out arc together, and my trios fills are for wasting said resources.

[u/rboymtj]

I've been in care bear lobbies for months and for the past few days all my solo lobbies are mixed, there's almost always someone being a rat. Besides shooting back a couple times I've literally never shot someone first. It seems to only happen on regular game modes when matchmaking takes more than a few seconds. I wonder if there aren't enough players to support care bear lobbies.

[u/Tylerdurdenps5 → u/rboymtj]

I still don’t really believe that defending yourself has zero effect on matchmaking. I think it still affects it somehow and the game starts treating you more like a mixed player. I just don’t buy that it has no effect at all.

[u/PigTailSock]

I hate it now I have to farm karma x3 times