"I believe the random drop zones are a good initiative, as they mitigate the risk of early elimination in solo ranked and lead to denser, more meaningful match content."
It isn't, with all due respect, the job of the developer to mitigate risk in a game where 70% of a player's job is to manage his own risk exposure. If you allow the developer to do it for you then you find yourself at the thin end of a wedge. At the inevitable wider end you will get what we're already getting in LTMs - things like unlimited automatic respawning that remove any responsibility for the bad outcomes of weak or foolish players - things like marginalized looting, and weapons that evo themselves up so no one has to think about anything other than immediate and repeated engagement - things like truncated circles and shorter timers - things like movement gimmick proliferation. All designed to end the need to think about anything other than, "Have I paid my cheat subscription bill this month?"
This is where it's all going. Guard rails and get-out-of-jail-free cards for everyone. Because the best game in the world is obviously one that doesn't just weaken the link between actions and consequences. It's a game the obliterates it completely.
I believe you might have referred to my opinion.
I agree that my own skill may be lacking and that developers should interfere with player decision-making as little as possible.
However, even with that premise, I remain positive about the implementation of random drop zones.
I believe that Apex is fundamentally a game about confronting one's own shortcomings and enjoying personal growth. While a 3-person squad composition is best suited for full teams, I recognize that the environment is open to solo players, unlike competitive scenes such as ALGS.
Conversely, I remain negative towards elements like easily executed revives, which actively encourage reckless play.
I view random drop zones not as a measure that "eliminates individual responsibility," but rather as a necessary "minimum order maintenance device"
My understanding is that this is a space for reacting to other people's feedback, not for debating my own. I will not comment further unless the original poster asks me to.
Didn’t mean to seem like I was debating u but it’s a place for discussion and u should voice u own personal opinion we all won’t the game to get better and we all got are own ideas for that
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