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Rising Novice

3 months ago

Not a fan of all the changes

Apex is just getting ridiculous. You work so hard to get good at a game just for them to change it it just seems pointless. On top of all that the only real character I play with is Caustic and t...

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reconzero

Seasoned Ace

3 months ago

The devs said, quite a long time ago, that it was their intention to evolve the game over time in such a way that "the Apex you're playing today is not the Apex you'll be playing a year from now."

Personally I agree with you that they've lost their way. I think their "evolution" of the game has been almost exclusively negative and the ever declining population seems to suggest that we're not alone in our opinion.

But, they warned us. We stay at our own peril.

vVv_Bjoergen_vVv
Rising Ace
3 months ago
It sounds like, "We're going to destroy your favorite game, so if you want to stay, do it at your own risk."
And unfortunately, that's how it works in practice.
- reconzero
  Seasoned Ace
  3 months ago
  I can't decide if they think old players leave no matter what so they have to try appealing to new players... or if they think the only way to retain old players is to mix things up enough to make them feel like they're playing a new game. I'd say they're failing either way. For the first ten or fifteen seasons this game "evolved" very slowly - changes, whether I liked them or not, seemed thought through and not game-breaking. These days it's just "how do we make it faster without regard for balance or continuity?" The culmination, so far, being Wildcard. Which I played a lot in its first season. Then the cheaters and smurfs moved in, but that wasn't the real problem. The real problem was a proliferation of mobility legends, many of whom got buffs to make them too powerful, and then the mode added speed boost and wall running on top of it all. Until it got to the point where the final three was just Octane and Ash times nine, and you couldn't even see anyone. They just blurred around the map until only one player was left standing. So I went back to trios and never looked back. They took away duos. They made ranked unplayable in a lot of different ways, but fixed drops was the nail in the coffin. Then they created Wildcard and then they made that unplayable by the second season. All that's left is trios, and frankly there are a LOT of problems there as well. I guess now I just wait for a return of OG Kings. Though they'll probably find some way to ruin that too.
  - vVv_Bjoergen_vVv
    Rising Ace
    3 months ago
    There's probably nothing worse in Wildcard than 3stack Mirage, where each of them wears the same skin... Even three Caustics can be pushed away from a building, but when you have 3x Mirages who use their ultimate at the same time, it's better to just leave the game. It's just not fun.
    The "Wildcard" mode itself is a good idea, but there are some features that ruin the game's overall feel. Like the recent mythical R99 or now the swords. These are weapons that have no countermeasures. Charged sword kill me in two hits... XD
    Furthermore, charging it near enemies works better than Crypto's ultimate, because it removes the entire shield, not 50 points (like Crypto's). This is so OP that I can't understand why it was implemented and what its purpose is.