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Peri_Longbow_pl's avatar
5 years ago

My thoughts on the no-fill option

I have been playing a couple of rounds today with the no-fill option today. Which sometimes doesn't seem to work but that's a topic for a different time. Point is, I have been playing alone a lot. What have I gathered in this time? That playing alone voluntarily is much more frustrating than having to play alone involuntarily. Because after having done this so many times in a row, it becomes frustrating to face the same outcome every time.

I don't want to talk this option into the ground, but frankly there isn't much more I can do. I won a single match after the update. And only because I relied on third-partying others. Which feels like this will be the only option I have for no-fill, considering my skill level. Tackling duo-squads is a big challenge and is usually a loss considering you're already drawing a lot of fire on yourself. So unless you have a huge skill level, playing no-fill option is useless.

That is part of the reason why I think that this no-fill option will quickly lose popularity. It will be nice for people with sufficient amount of skill, and quickly become frustrating for people who expect a solo mode. Because even though I'm among the people who would like a way to play alone against other lone wolves, knowing that EA/Respawn will never introduce it only makes this no-fill option all the more frustrating. Because it's the only option that I have available to not be bound to randoms or having to wait for friends to play with me.

I think I'm not just speaking for myself when I say that some people only want a solo mode for the times when we don't want to play with randoms and we don't have friends to play with right now. And while this option does kinda fill the spot, it's still not even close to what people want. And till this day I'm wondering why we got a duo-mode, but not a solo mode. Next thing I know and we will get a quad-mode.

Well, point in case... The positives:

  • An option to test out things, find new places and see what kind of options we have available.
  • A way to test your skill.
  • A potential way to make good video content.

The negatives:

  • Pseudo-solo mode which basically forces you to take the disadvantage over everyone else.
  • Forced to third-party others unless very skilled.
  • Snipers will become more common because it will be the safest way to eliminate duo-squads.
  • will likely lose popularity, so queue times will eventually become even longer than they already are.

4 Replies

  • @Peri_Longbow_plzNo fill is mainly for players like me who want to solo drop every now and then and just do their own thing, if you would rather drop with teammates until they leave the game then do that instead so you are not voluntarily playing at a disadvantage

    I agree it is going to ‘’lose popularity’’ because most people are only using it right now because its a new feature and they want to test it out but playing solo isn’t for everyone

    I would rather have a real solo mode, 1 v 2 and 1 v 3 is rather frustrating unless you third party like you said and players are still going to be requesting for solos every week regardless of this feature being added because it is incredibly frustrating being at a disadvantage even if you do good during the hot drop and become the kill leader with 6-7 kills you are likely going to just get destroyed once you take an octane jump pad into a full squad by accident assuming you are on trios, on duos it won’t be quite as bad and if you knock one player then the other one is just a 1v1 so its kinda fair assuming you are the one attacking first

    In short no fill feels like you are playing a solos game mode full of teamers, every team has 2-3 members teaming together so It is not a great long term alternative for solos but it is a perfect short term solution assuming it gets added in the future but the way things are looking it probably won’t happen but between the wraith nerf, caustic nerf, future horizon and gibby nerfs, etc I don’t think everyone would be running around as the same legend on solos and it would actually be a fair playing field for the most part and I would rather run into 1-2 teams teaming together on solos vs 20-30 teams of teamers while playing with no fill

  • Peri_Longbow_pl's avatar
    Peri_Longbow_pl
    5 years ago

    Asked around in my friend circle how many people would love to have a solo mode in Apex Legends. out of 9 people I asked, 7 said yes, they'd love it. I told them to try out this no-fill option. Neither of them scored a single win, nor a kill. That should say a lot.

    I've been playing this no-fill mode for a while now, and while I appreciate the fact that heat shields can do quite well for solo players to strike out of a ring flare where no one would expect it, most games end after a bloodhound scan. Which IMO is just absolutely frustrating. So even if you hide a lot and just try to strike the last squad when they're weakened, you'll be found in one way or another.

    For exploring certainly nice, for having fun? Occasionally.

  • TheApexLegendNu's avatar
    TheApexLegendNu
    5 years ago

    @Peri_Longbow_plzBloodhound scans are the absolute worst as a solo wether thats playing alone or trying to clutch a fight in trios to grab banners

    Respawn has everything to gain and nothing to lose by adding solos, I know many players who were turned away over the lack of solos and decided to quit and move onto something else.... I was one of them around season 4-5 I went to fortnite as soon as I finished the battlepass but ended up coming back because fortnites not my thing and I hate building in general and the no other game compares to the movement thats available on apex

    i remember a poll of about 4000 players about what game modes they wanted added , 60-70% said solos... now do the math for the entire playerbase and thats a lot of people

  • afishthatvapes's avatar
    afishthatvapes
    5 years ago

    Yep, I will forever support this no matter how many times I see it posted/commented. 

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