Apex Legends outage proves we need a matchmaking update more than ever

Are you being faced with long queue times and matchmaking issues with Respawn Entertainment's battle royale shooter Apex Legends? Well, you're far from being alone in that regard. The game's latest Ranked Split is providing players with further proof that an Apex Legends matchmaking update was due yesterday - or, more like, a month ago.

As the Apex Legends Season 15 Ranked Split 2 start time rolled around, this battle royale's players were met with somewhat horrendous matchmaking issues. As you can see in this Reddit post from disgruntled Apex Legends player 'Putrid-Strawberry-79', some players were stuck in matchmaking queues anywhere from eight minutes to well over half an hour - with crossplay switched on.

This isn't even the worst of it, really. Another battle royale player, 'TheArdenial2010' reported that even Apex Legends' Firing Range was inaccessible during the post-Ranked Split outage. Not only this, but stat-tracking site Apex Legends Status reported a huge spike in complaints.

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