About TTK and arsenals (and other things)...

I was still adjusting to faster TTK after I switched to playing on PC 2-3 weeks before the last season ended, from Switch. Much more accurate shooting from further away on PC. And most people are faster at moving and looting. And now this. Over the past year (haven't played Apex longer than that) I learned how to play fps on a controller after not doing so since the first Halo, and became good enough at Apex that it was fun. That end of last season was still fun even though there was a new learning curve, but now this is too much.

About arsenals, I think they could be ok, but they're just way too common and easily accessible at the moment. If they were more on par with replicators, only one type per area, that would probably be more ok. Or a late-game thing like the yellow/mythic supply bins were/are, or care packages. That could allow for more "safe" switching of weapons between the early and late game (currently we have care packages for this, or the relics in last season). I agree that it's too easy just to pick and choose your weapon now, working with what you found was and is part of the excitement of the genre.

Edit/P.S. I checked and my average damage per match/KDR is now about  half of what it was in season 23 and 22, which were quite similar (I started playing the game partway through season 20 and was still learning in season 21). Part of this is that I haven't yet "gotten gud" at playing on PC, but I wasn't doing this badly at the last couple weeks of season 23, when I first switched to PC. My average damage was even rising due to hitting more on PC, it was mainly kills that were suffering (I was mostly doing assists with that damage). The changes that caused faster TTK are the main reason.