In Apex Legends, players can either solo queue or queue in a group of two to three players. While this makes sense for a gameplay standard, most players have more than just two friends. With the introduction of the new Limited Time Mode (LTM) Control, bigger in-match teams were introduced for the first time ever: The game is a 9V9. That said, the queue sizes have remained the same.
According to Karen Klee, aka kalyrical, the Senior Community Manager for Apex Legends: the way that queuing for Control works is that you can still only queue with a party of up to three players. On the back end, the queue works because three teams of three are made separately and only matched together for the actual game.
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This disappointed many players who have been eager to queue in bigger groups, but not all hope is lost. In reply to a player on Twitter, Klee stated, “I hear you on the squadding up with more friends,” along with a smiley face emoji. The Apex Legends team is known to listen to player feedback on a lot of things, so perhaps there will be support for larger queue types or bigger parties in the future.
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