Thanks for the suggestion! The community as a whole seems to be revisiting the idea of implementing some type of SBMM to help improve the new player experience. The common suggestions I've been seeing are a modified type of SBMM to allow new players to be in a group by themselves for a bit, and allow them to join after playing for a bit.
The problem with a system like this is determining what a "fair" cap would be to determine when someone should be ready to play with other experienced players. Considering the only leveling system in the game currently is the Battle Pass, I don't entirely think it is a valid level to base skill off of since you can earn tiers just from watching streams. Alternatively, you could base it off of hours put into the game, but that also doesn't necessarily show someone's skill either. Someone could be decent at the game but only have about 5 hours into the game. I suppose the other decision would be to base it off of stats, but again it can be a ...
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