Apex is un-playable and i tell why.
First. I love Apex, IMO it's the best BR/shooting game. I don't play any other game in those categories.
But. After 1000 games this season i'm not playing anymore. Why? There's nothing to play for me.
Ranked: I reached Diamond IV only solo-Q quite fast. After a lot of hours I've come to conclusion i can't get any further. I have tryed and tryed, this is the limit. Usually people say to this - "keep on training and get better." I'm 37 years old 17k games played since season 0. I'm not getting any better. Quite opposite, i am getting slow.
Why this is a problem? Ranked is only game-mode what means to people and there's a point playing it. Now when i'm Diamond IV player it define my matchmaking. My K/D in this season is 0.87. Still in Pubs or event game modes i am in pred/master/diamond lobbies. So you can imagine i'm easy kill to most who comes across me. I'm playing 10-15 games in evening getting 4-8 kills total in those games. No thank you. I don't know if my lifetime K/D 1.27 is affecting my matchmaking. That K/D has come stadily down from season 1 and as i said, i'm not getting any better anymore. There's a bunch people like me in Apex and in other games too.
Is there solution? Maybe. Seasons are long and i don't think game makers like the situation where 1/3 of the season is worth of using time. IMO best season was season 19. I reached Master that season. That's not the season when everyone else reached Master too. Season 19 matchmaking was different in ranked. I faced only "same" level players what i am. Do i think i'm worth Master badge as a player, no. But there was something to grind whole season. There's couple options on my mind how to make seasons worth playing longer.
First is making Platinum rank harder. Reduce points from kills and placements to make getting Diamond actually effort. I think too many player is reaching Diamond too soon.
Second one is increase kill points in Diamond. People are playing super safe in Diamond just to get placement. Many cases there's been 15-17 teams in play after first 3 rings. That means survival is just pure luck, decision making even if making right ones won't bring success. This would allow better players to rise in Diamond faster.
I know i'm making things hard to myself only solo-Q but i got no friends anymore at the Apex. All have move on to other games.
Sorry for long post!