3 years ago

Bring Back Arenas ( A love letter to Apex Arenas )

THE "TOO LONG, DON'T READ" FOR DEVELOPERS: Please bring back Apex Arenas because I unfortunately suck at every other game mode! Also, Arenas felt like chess but in a first person shooter format! ---...

gameplay discussion

BigMacAttack8u

Seasoned Ace

3 years ago

@nerdistheworld May I just say, every word of that magnificent piece of art was delectable! I lack the eloquence too form the same degree of splendid literature, but I’ll do my best to state my thoughts and my feelings.

All right, I’m done with big words now, I love arenas. Arenas was the perfect tactical shooter blend Apex needed. The gameplay was fantastic, the gunplay was diverse, and the pure joy of beating your opponents was immense! Arenas was the best mode Apex ever had, and it came out of the blue in a season that continues to be a great on my list despite the hackers and bugs. (Season nine was a mess fr). I cannot grasp why they deleted arenas from all of apex, they could have left it in custom matches, or just put it in mixtape, it didn’t have to be wiped out! I find myself falling from apex with the removal of arenas, the game is becoming less fun with all the die repeat modes. The devs need to bring fun back to the game.

Arenas carried the soul of apex for me, I played it with my friends for hours in end and never once got bored of it. It was unfortunately neglected, then eventually removed, along with the fun of apex.

Please bring arenas back! Please!!

nerdistheworld
3 years ago
@BigMacAttack8u I'm glad I'm not alone! Any time I played Arenas I felt like I was in an ESports competition! That's how intense the gameplay was for me, and I'm glad you felt the same way!
- genrlapex
  2 years ago
  i once was playing arenas with a friend and it was the second round when the third player disconnected and it was just me and my friend and it went back and forth of us winning then them winning and as it was getting closer to the end of the match and we where two points behind about to loose we won the next two rounds winning a 2v3 and that was the complete peak gaming moment for my entire life
  - nerdistheworld
    2 years ago
    @genrlapex I LOVED those moments!
    
    One that comes to mind for me was when it was myself ( Lifeline ) and a Wraith player, versus a pro Horizon player, a Bloodhound and another player ( I forgot their legend ).
    
    But essentially, the other team's Horizon was carrying their team. I could tell by the movements of her teammates that they were new to Arenas, being too afraid to push and following Horizon everywhere. Horizon posed as a huge problem, especially due to her skill with the bow, but I realized that if we took her down the other 2 would be easy for us to defeat.
    
    Throughout the match I realized that my teammate Wraith kept equipping the weapons Horizon used in the previous round. So if Horizon used, let's say, a bow in Round 1 and we lost, Wraith would equip a bow in Round 2. Wraith and I were already losing, especially when we took on Horizon together, but Wraith felt like the only way to defeat Horizon was to beat her at her own game by using the same weapons she was using; Wraith and I weren't communicating via mic, but I was able to figure out her uneasiness through her ACTIONS alone.
    
    SOMEHOW, despite Horizon being so good and her teammates essentially providing suppressive fire, Wraith and I were able to beat them into a Sudden Death round.
    
    Right before the final round began, I texted Wraith via the in-game chat feature, and told her to stop copying Horizon's weapons. I said something along the lines of, "Use what YOU'RE good at, not what Horizon is good at."
    
    Final Round starts. Wraith and I took down both of Horizon's teammates easily. Horizon was all alone, but again she was a pro, E-sports level of skill. Dodging her arrows was tough. Both Wraith and I were on our last bit of health.
    
    All of a sudden, I get knocked down. Wraith was left alone with Horizon.
    
    And she won!
    
    Wraith took my advice. She stopped copying Horizon's tactics and weapons, and started focusing on what worked for her. And at the last second, that's how she was able to beat Horizon!
    
    Man, I miss Arenas so much!
snowsweeper
3 years ago
@BigMacAttack8u arenas was a better mode for learning and bettering yourself before the big show that is BR. I gained confidence in the ability to shoot other players. I learned which weapons suited me. Working as a team became natural all thanks to arenas.

Enter the slaughterfest that is mixed tape and lock up weaponry with preset load outs. New players get shredded before figuring out the ever changing modes that are designed to help them understand the game.

YES! bring back Arenas!
- BigMacAttack8u
  Seasoned Ace
  3 years ago
  @snowsweeperMixtape doesn’t reflect the play style of apex, it’s just die repeat. It also doesn’t have the fantastic lore that Arenas does. The teaser had you collect holosprays to get a drop ship invite that took you to a far off land and introduced you to Ash. Ash from Titanfall, first seen in season 5 of apex where you rebuilt her. Then in season 10, Ash’s big holospray started glitching, leading to her release in season 11. My point is, Arenas is a central part of apex lore, it provides an integrated and fun experience. Mixtape has little to no lore and lacks the fantastic depth of arenas gameplay.
  Also arenas got like a nine minute trailer and mixtape got an honorable mention in a main trailer.
  
  Definitely bring back arenas!!