Re: Actions that matters towards Positive Play
I agree with your comments WreckingVi & whilst DoYaSeeMee seems to be defending the indefensible at times with their comments that seems to absolve Respawn of any of the blame for the issues in the game that you mentioned.And whilst Respawn aren't exactly responsible for the servers & data centers the game operates from in fact EA don't own them either.They are in fact owned by a company called Multiplay who signed a 6 year lease deal with EA in which the servers have been used for Titanfall,COD & Apex games.According to various reports the 6 year lease deal with Multiplay is supposed to end sometime in August 2021 (this month) & if true does EA sign a new leasing contract with Multiplay knowing how problematic the server issues have been over the past few seasons or do EA provide their own servers for Respawn to operate on or sign a lease contract with another company,I guess time will tell.Respawn however are responsible for the patches for new events etc which are consistantly laden with bugs & various & various performance issues.Respawn are also responsible for play testing their games & patches to recognize & iron out the faults/issues.Frighteningly though whatever testing mechanism they have clearly doesn't work & if I'm honest judging by tweets written by various devs & how late they respond or how oblivious they are to issues that have affected the game for weeks I very much doubt they even play their own games.The devs only tend to respond on gaming issues when Pro Players,Youtubers & both media & social media complain.
WreckingVi I would like to add some additional points to yours & they are;;
1)More fairly balanced loot/weapon layout across the map.There is nothing more infuriating in game like Apex particularly when one lands in a Hot Drop & either cannot find a weapon no matter how many buildings or chests we look in & if we are lucky we may just stumble across a P2020 or a Mozambique.This happens to me more often than not certainly when a Pred team approach you armed with Spitfires,Havocs,R99's etc.It's situations like that that convince me us mere mortal players are treated like nothing more than cannon fodder to these Pred teams. Also another thing that infuriates me is the annoyance in opening a chest trying to find a weapon,a scope or ammo only to find either 3 shotgun bolts or 3 level 1 backpacks or even 3 thermite grenades.what is all that about!.
2)Having Level 1 scopes pre-fitted to all weapons.Okay there are a few weapons that have a small scope of sorts like the Flatline or the Volt when looking down Iron Sights but there are other weapons like the G7 -Scout,Devotion etc Iron Sights is nothing more than blind shooting on instinct.I'd ideally like to see a Level 1 scopes fitted to all weapons & by all means keep all other scopes available for discovery in the game.
3)A proper Report system in the game.Whatever the Reporting system is in the game clearly doesn't seem to work.As primarily a PS5 player who experienced more & more cheating in the game Reporting these cheaters/hackers maybe simple if they are an XBOX,Switch or PC player but when reporting a fellow PS player I am expected to go through the whole rigmarole of going through Playstations own report system which quite frankly is a complete ball-ache & not worth the hassle.
4)Remove all non-white armour/shields until at least mid-game.I've encountered on numerous occasions not just players but all teams fitted with Gold Armour at the beginning of a game. I'm not sure (but I susoect) if there is a cheat or hack where players literally can start the game with a pre-fitted Gold Armour but also a Gold Shield (in case they get dropped) but encountering these players/teams literally at the start of a game removes the fairness in the game.The progressive Armour system the game currently uses (where the more damage you inflict on the enemy the better your shield becomes) is the most fairest way the game can be played & would be a disincentive for these teams that like to hide for the majority of the game.
5)Fairer Matchmaking system-The whole problem around SBMM is always a contentious issue no matter what the game & whatever the alga-rhythm or mechanisms devs use as a measurement to determine a fair game but it has been clear for a few seasons now whatever mechanism Respawn uses it clearly hasn't been working.As a level 400 player with just over 2000 kills with my main character I find myself mainly playing against opponents with over 20,000 kills a piece.And with the increasing appearance of Smurf players match-making can be tricky.One resolution to making the game a bit fairer would be to create two separate tiers to each mode.There would be one tier/game mode for solo players to team up in Trios/Duos & another Tier/Game Mode for Teams.That way Pred teams are free to play their own mode & solo players like myself can play another.
6)Next-Gen Uprades for PS5 & Xbox X/S.Most if not all other cross-play multiplayer games already have it but no mention or sign of it happening on the PS5/Xbox X/S.Why?.
Apologies for the ling winded comment.
