This is what they've said:
"In an attempt to curb behavior of camping outside the circle to wait out the match and get Top 5 in the Apex Elite Queue, we’re trying increasing the damage caused by being outside the circle in the Apex Elite Queue only.
- First circle now does 15% damage per tick
- Second circle now does 20% damage per tick
- Remaining circles no do 25% damage per tick."
Source.
I must admit, I've never seen a player "camp outside the circle". I've seen players loot outside the circle - and I'll often do that myself outside the first circle knowing that I can heal while I do. But looting isn't camping, so I'm not sure what exactly they're talking about. Is it something that occurs on consoles or is it specific to a particular region perhaps? How do you even camp outside the circle? Perhaps "camping" as a term has changed. It used to mean staying in one spot where you can basically farm other players because of the advantage of where you are and the disadvantage of the other players location or situation. Has that been happening? I'm interested, because I haven't seen it myself. 🤔
I mean, Apex is harsh on PC. There is an oppressive amount of cheating which barely ever relents. Plus the lemming-like nature of very many players who insist on dying almost as soon as they land. Add to this the new 'corralling' effect where players will simply not survive outside the circle, and players will probably now be aim-botted even more quickly. But who gains? I guess at least all the out-of-circle-campers will be gone! Well, I've never even seen one.
I think Apex is about to become very harsh indeed. When you add ranked on top of all this - ranked is another reason to cheat and to use boosters - what's left for honest players who expect developers to do everything they can to support them and not to strip away the game play they use to avoid being cannon fodder for cheats etc.
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