Quality of Life Changes - community requests
Hi legends,
This new QoL thread is inspired by @Cabowse's thread here. This is a place to get your own request on the list, or to link a good idea you found somewhere else! The ideas from t...
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| Small dropdown menu in the inventory that lets you ping what weapon you want | |
| Being able to specifically ask for shield cell/battery/medikit/syringe/phoenix kit/ultimate accelerant instead of vague "I need shields/health." | |
| Allow dead teammates to ping on the map | |
| Show what item is dibsed in the chat when a teammate dibs an item. | |
| Allow persons to place the different types of pings when having the map open. Currently only 'let's go there' is possible, but cannot say defend/attack there). |
DYSPROssium |
| Allow dead teammates to ping the respawn beacon they want to suggest. | |
| New ping or voice line for downed legends that are being finished. | |
| Allow players to ping items on the ground while they are healing. |
DYSPROssium |
| Display pings made on the map on the ground level, instead of high in the sky on the map. | |
| The option to mute pings, but still be able to see the visual ping, pinged items, downed player revive information and death boxes. | |
| Allow gold backpacks and knockdown shields to be pinged from the inventory to teammates. | |
| Ability to disable none priority legend interactions | |
| Allow a teammate to emergency cancel a revive if a teammate tries a revive while unsafe. | |
| Let us use the Hold voice line on any type of ping not only the default one. |
| More team-oriented challenges (Get 10 kills as a team, 3 team finishers, do 3000 damage as a team) |
DoYaSeeMe |
| Death-boxes of allies glow green regardless of what tier loot is in them. | |
| More ease in reviving team-mates behind doors without accidentally opening the door you're hiding behind. | |
| More ease of precision pinging while dropping to say where you are going without the game registering the already set ping of a teammate. | |
| Ability to see number of kills & damage output of squad members by their health bars. |
DoYaSeeMe |
| In-party chat does not cut out in loading screens | |
| Being able to see the weapons that your squadmates are using | |
| Being able to chat with party members while they are not in the lobby | |
| Icon next to player health bar that shows team-members how ready their Ultimate is | |
| Ability for jump-master to breakaway from team-mates towards the end of the drop. | |
| Allow players to draw small arrows on the map to better their communication strategy. Show a notification or voice line when someone adds a line/drawing. |
DYSPROssium |
| Add a voice line for the legends when a teammate picks up an item that you dibsed. |
DYSPROssium |
| Allow PlayStation players to report other PlayStation players. | |
| Make it more clear when a dead teammate has a mobile respawn beacon in the deathbox. | |
| Allow player to drop weapons with a button instead of through their inventory. | |
| Call out armor cracks to your teammates automatically | |
| Replanish shield if you do a finisher and the last living member of the enemy squad is defeated. |
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More options for deploying abilities on the Trident: Wattson interceptor pilon, Loba's black market, and revenant's totem |
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Trident movement is more responsive to fine adjustments |
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Ability to change seats without getting out of the trident |
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Set the first player to join alway in the driver seat. |
| Ability to lock items to a gun so they cannot be switched out. | |
| Ability to zoom in and out on the map whilst spectating your teammate's screen. | |
| Add a button to switch weapons in the slots (console+PC) | |
| Better zooming in on the map in later zones | |
| A button to show your complete inventory when looting a dead box, crafting an item, or in Loba's market. |
DYSPROssium |
| Add an option to equip everything from your own dead box after respawning. To make it fair, maybe include a longer button press. |
| New endgame page that shows the banners of all the Legends you eliminated during your last game and how much damage you did to them. | |
| Ability to leave ranked without timeout penalty when your Death-box is unreachable and the existing teammates allow you to leave. | |
| Killcam on death (remove current death overview system or have it overlayed on the killcam clip) | |
| Endorsement/karma system for matchmaking | |
| Using the replicator requires holding the interact button, this is to stop players from getting sucked into the replicator when reloading or picking up items. | Cabowse |
| Do not switch the places of teammates from the normal view and in the inventory. | u/DagothNereviar |
| Make it possible to see a replay of your death. | u/DarkGhostHunter |
| See how you traversed in the match. Where you killed someone. | u/DarkGhostHunter |
| If you run out of ordinances to throw, do not switch back to the first gun, but to the most recently used. | Srg11 |
| Allow players to pick up a lesser version of an attachment into the inventory if the equipped weapons already have that attachment. | DYSPROssium |
| A switch button when crafting ammo from replicators. Allow players to make two stacks of an ammo instead of both ammo types. | u/Rookie2171 |
| Improve player collision logic so that players can't push teammates of things by climbing on them. | tuglaw |
| Implement an option to block any other input from cancelling a heal other than the one shown on screen. | tuglaw |
| An option for "Reconnect" and "Abandon" when you disconnect and go back to the main screen. | top_dmsk_chiy |
| Focus targeting living legends over downed legends when melee'ing | SILVERisSORRY |
| Being able to quit the deadbox screen by clicking outside of the deadbox. | St33lGh0st |
| Add a scoreboard function that allows a player to spectate any player after death. | Eshshshss |
| Remember the no-fill setting after ending a match to the state it was in. | Rise1above |
| Show player name of all players after death, so you can report them. | Eshshshss |
| Rework sound for explosive holds and when opening the Arena shop in order to avoid ear irritation for people with tinnitus | 8jpg |
| Crosshair colour customisation | |
| Ability to adjust ring movement notifications in the UI, or turn them off completely. |
OldTreeCreeper |
| Option to hide the music banner when you do not have music equipped on the drop. | |
| Revive/banner retrieval icon opacity meter. | |
| Add a setting to change the colour of damage numbers and their size. | |
| Make icons and arrows that show where sound is coming from for the hearing impaired. | |
| Add a setting where the different types of pings from teammates can be selected (enemy pings, map pings, loot pings) | |
| Remove possibility for teammates to spam characters during the selection screen | |
| Add a setting to remove "tooltips" like: press x to ping this item. | |
| Let the player icon show the input type (controller/keyboard) instead of PC/console |
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Ability to chose whether sights are hold or toggle at different zoom levels |
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| Toggle to have primary fire button bring out your weapons when they are holstered instead triggering a melee attack. |
Wingmannedbro |
| Ability to remap revive & self revive separately from the interact button, to avoid opening doors by accident while reviving. Both PC and console | |
| A new weapon setting setting tab while browsing weapon skins, this would include: default fire mode, specific weapon sensitivity tweaks, favorite sight for weapon which can be pinged in the menu UI and will cal it out. | |
| The option to press a button to walk when having auto sprint on. | |
| The option to toggle walk/run or hold/tap walk when autorun is enabled. | |
| Option to remap specific actions to different buttons, for example making the revive button the same as melee. |
MandatoryIDtag |
| Add a setting to change whether the countdown timer of the ult / tactical shows a percentage or a value | |
| Allow the ultimate button to be remappable separate from the tactical and ping bindings. | |
| Add an option to equivalently adjust the ALC settings to match the currently equipped look sensitivity settings. | |
| Allow the player to set the order of the items in the inventory. So that the order in the inventory will always be consistent with what you want, instead of depend on the order you pick stuff up. | |
| Add a settings for console players that the aim-assist will not work on downed target, so also console players can hide behind the knockdown shield of downed enemies. | |
| Allow players to choose with which colour enemies are highlighted by Cryptos drone and Bloodhounds scan for colourblind folks. | |
| Console option to allow moving while looting dead boxes. |
Everyone ever |
| Separate keybinds for the different legends | |
| On the Switch, lower the minimum motion control horizontal and vertical scales as much as possible. Raise the maximum motion control sensitivity much higher. | |
| Option to lower gameplay sounds when you get executed or when it's game over for your squad. |
tuglaw |
| On consoles, have a settings where auto sprint enables only if you press the sticks fully. Preferably allowing to set a % of input. | Seki-Boii |
| Allow players to separate the "picking up a fallen teammate banner" and "open deadbox". | 0kdwraith |
| A stats comparison page where all of your stats are ranked in order on different legends & weapons |
Zeues-1992 |
| New Club level that all club members can contribute to. | |
| Club rewards that all club members acquire when the club reaches certain levels. | |
| Show all charms in a list with pictures instead of only the names | |
| Allow club admins to see the "last time active" of club members, to see which ones are not active playing anymore. |
DYSPROssium |
| Leaderboard for ranked, page in the menu. | |
| Toggle visibility of already completed challenges in the menu. | |
| "Discover New Clubs" tab should generate "Open" clubs only and display clubs that are actively searching for members. | |
| Club owners should have an option to make their club visible in the "Discover New Clubs" section. | |
| Prioritize active clubs with a substantial amount of members in the "Search Settings". | |
| Make it easier to find a club if they have part of the name | |
| A better stats inspection screen when looking up someone in the friend list with multiple legend banners. |
| Ability to control the output volume of specific sound effects (Ring/Drop-ship/etc) |
MandatoryIDtag |
| Ability to rank favourite 3 legends in order, so that when your ideal legend is chosen the next legend to get picked as the timer runs out is your next available favourite legend. | |
| Do not automatically select "fill teammates", but remember the last setting. | |
| Add a setting to always automatically apply your skin to a picked up weapon. | |
| Make it possible for party leaders to pass along the leader position to a teammate instead of having to break up and re-add people. | |
| Add an in-game voice chat volume slider. | |
| Port motion controls from the Nintendo Switch build to the PC and PS4 builds | |
| Allow console players to lower the quality of the game. | |
| Make it possible to combine different keys for a certain action. | |
| Add a button keybind to join a match after finishing one. | |
| Save a match to view it from anyone's perspective. | |
| Add an option to not melee when when not putting your weapons deliberately away. | |
| Remember settings on xbox without resetting them on a game restart, e.g. voice chat to text. |
Ability to toggle between owned skins, unlockable skins and limited time only skins like event skins and recolors. The ability to combine Rare and Uncommon Skins for additional customisation. OldDew
Being able to trade in unused skins for crafting metals An option to give your skins to a friend. More generalized stat trackers showing your overarching kills etc among all legends, for people that don't use certain legends very often but want their team members to know that they are competent. Stat trackers for global legend wins OldTreeCreeper
New Challenging badges to acquire, upgraded versions of some of the older badges, with new levels to unlock. Ability to show your club emblem in one of your badge slots. Being able to set badges globally Show what % of player has a certain badge when hovering over a badge (either in the menu, but also on the champion screen or teammate menu). The ability to like someone's banner by clicking a like button in the champion screen/teammate screen. Allows for a bit more connectivity in the waiting before a match. DYSPROssium
Add a tracker for how many banner likes you have gotten with that legend. DYSPROssium
Show the banners of the winners on the End-of-round screen, how many they killed that match. DYSPROssium
Show the 3 badges on a banner on the right of the name when looking in a dead box. A way to be able to see whether you have a certain badge for any legend, instead of going into every legend page and looking it up. Being able to save a banner for Arenas and a banner for Battle Royal mode. Make the stats of wins/kills changing based on if you play Arenas or Battle Royal. A way of showing on the banners if you want to talk/chat or not. Ability to chose default skydive emote.
Ability to equip and unequip skydive emotes
Rework event trackers into "paint jobs" that you can apply on all the different stat trackers.
Ability to have music match whichever legend that you have chosen with their theme.
New counter when opening packs showing how close you are to opening 500 packs towards your 150 Heirloom shard packs.
Being able to add random favourites for finishers, banner frames and banner poses.s
Remove the limit on all favorite options.
Do not change the legend selection on PC when you left-click on a different one. Only change the legend selection with the middle mouse button. DYSPROssium
Do not change the legend selection if you had to pick a different legend in the last match than what you actually wanted. Ability to hover over the icons in the item list to show from which season they are. Or make a listing function where all the icons with their names are placed. DYSPROssium
Make tips in the legend screen dependent on the level of the player. E.g. more advanced tips are shown to lvl 100+. Allow players to click 'understood' on a hint which hides the hint from the screen. Add a menu where all hints can be seen in a list. If a player has 'understood' all basic hints, give them a badge. Add new hints with new legends. DYSPROssium
Add cross progression for PC and consoles. Be able to change legend customization without deselecting your favorite legend. Sort challenges in the menu by gamemode, weapons, or legends required. Make the gun charm screen easier to navigate and order. Show heirlooms when emoting and finishing other legends. Updraft on Worlds Edge now carries you much higher into the air, so getting stuck in an updraft loop is much harder.
Allow players to switch visual for spiders into other creatures if they have severe Arachnophobia.
Ability to go into Firing Range with team while waiting for a game
Being able to toggle the walking dummies in the firing range through menu or a simple button.
Instant revive option for practising 1v1's with friends.
You can try locked legends in the firing range
More settings to customise your experience in Firing Range (e.g. Instant Respawn, Keep Loot upon Death, infinite ammo, infinite mags, infinite abilities)
Change your weapon and legend skins while still in the firing range
A secret vault in the firing range that houses all of the vaulted weapons and hop-ups, including floor versions of current CP weapons.
When reloading care package weapons in the FR their Ammo is instantly replenished
Add doors and houses to the firing range.
Give the test dummies in the Firing Range Low Profile and Fortified
When switching on friendly fire give option to hide and mute teammates so during the training we can't see what's the health status and where the sound is coming from.
Add loot boxes and tridents to firing range.
Toggle to turn of ability cooldowns.
Being able to organize a private match, possibly with the club. Make leaving a game before being in a deathbox as a death. Implement a damage received stat. Implement a netgraph to help troubleshoot network issues. Add leaderboards for Ranked. Give players ranked forgiveness when a server crashes or is Slow Motion DYSPROssium
Allow players to see how much RP they have gained when you have died but your squad is still alive. Be able to see stats of teammates and opponents during the match. An after the match stats screen showing the result of both teams, including damage, kills and deaths. Show weapons in care package during match as well. Don't give out abandon penalties if one of the teammates is disconnected (thus AFK) for a certain period of time. Remember chat messages during the different screens. Rework the sound of opening the shop to make it better for people with tinnitus. Make quitting a game also reset the win-streak arenas badge. 
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The ability to play keyboard and mouse on console because I'm gutted that I will have to buy an expensive pc to play keyboard and mouse ☹️
- @镝 Can you use a rotational selection when selecting a role in the Arena Ranking Mode, like LOL, which can make more targeted selection roles to make the game more interesting
- @DYSPROssium Can you use a rotational selection when selecting a role in the Arena Ranking Mode, like LOL, which can make more targeted selection roles to make the game more interesting
Two things
1) Accounts should be accessible cross platform since the game is cross platform. I began Apex on Playstation, and I want to play on PC, but I can't link my account and carry over any of my progress or unlocks. Fortnite and CoD Coldwar can do it, I think it's too good of a measure to not implement.
2) In-game team voice chat should have a volume slider. Even with the rest of my audio settings turned down to 30% or lower, I still find it hard to hear what my team is saying.
Absolutely, I want to transfer my progress and unlocks and paid items over to my new PC Apex Legends account. I just want to play the game with my stuff on my new PC. Since I could not afford a PC before, I played on PlayStation and have done a lot. Now that I have a new PC that I saved up for to play the game with high FPS and high quality and with my friends I cannot use my cool stuff.
EA and Respawn have the ability to do so.
- @DreamoKid Definitely yes and yes.
Improve the Clubs UI so that I stop getting a club’s tag attached to my username!
I keep getting [FREE] attached to my name in online play because one time I accidentally clicked a club to join and then accidentally blocked it. Not sure which club. No way to unblock. This is just dumb.
Now every time I log in to make the tag [FREE] go away I need to create and leave a club randomly…
every. Single. Time!!!
If Cross Platfrorm account usage is undoable, Keyboard and Mouse support should be available on Console
- @DreamoKid no console and pc players dont play together unless the console player plays on pc servers
Add a settings option to make weapons automatically switch back to default firing mode when swapping or holstering your weapon.
I couldn't tell ya how many times I've died cuz I was awkwardly shooting someone in single fire mode when I thought I was in full auto.
I agree 100%. As a dev that strives to make the game available on every platform, they need to allow more options for gameplay. PC players have both options. In 2021 there's no excuse to not let consoles have both as well.
Amazing! Ground braking new idea! Listening to what players want in a forum called FEEDBACK... I'm flattered... After 2 years... Dude you should really get another job at EA public relations...
Anyway Will there be some discussion about game balance questions, which EA staff really read? Because right now these forums are for us, pawns argue about the so many imbalance issues, and devs do nerf/boost based on what the statistics say without even starting the game. At least this is what we, players experience, that devs never listen to players....
What I would like to see is a toggle Walk/Run key binding or Hold/Tap to Walk when autorun is enabled, if crouch can be toggleable I see no reason why walking/running cant be too. This would be a very welcoming quality of life edition.
- Hold to sprint, please, like in every other sprint-able game in the last 20 years.
Also have your Tactical ability be available as soon as you respawn
Can we PLEASE. Get a fix for showing allies nameplates when they are BEHIND the enemy. This is so insanely frustrating when I take a moment to inventory a situation to register friend or foe, enemy is in front, same character, sometimes even same skin, as my ally. Ally is some dimension behind, so I see friendly nameplate. They then proceed to gun you down, BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW FRIENDLY.
- @dajenPool91 Reviving a zombie here but still. This would be such a nice one. You could have a little bit better change to survive after drop ship.
Cross progression...biggest QoL integration possible. Every year we get the same "update" on the "progress" being made in the works to implement it with no actual results. Just blind baited hope into keeping console players to buy content. But with the game being near unplayable on current-gen consoles, a lot of players are looking into moving to PC instead of buying next-gen consoles. The day one's (like myself) plus anyone else that loves this game and wants to continue to support it, all we're asking is to be shown the simple courtesy of being able to access the content we've worked and paid for. It's the same game, regardless of what they're playing on, just let people have the stuff they paid for whether it be in time or actual money. If you want to advertise TRUE cross play, cross progression should be included as a standard feature along with it.
HOW ABOUT THEY NERF SEER
EVEN BETTER YET, TEST THE DAMN LEGENDS BEFORE RELEASING THEM TOO OP’d
How about you actually work on your matchmaking so everyone is playing against equal skilled players.
This seems to be the biggest issue I see on here for both newbies and predators!
I would like to add my voice to this. I recently managed to (finally) piece together a functioning gaming PC after struggling with an Xbox One, only to realise how insanely demotivating it is to lose all my characters, all the skins and everything that I worked for when I finally got it running on PC. Apex is my number one game of all time, certainly as a competitive FPS, but this has me totally demotivated to even engage in the game any more. I haven't played since my PC was completed and I'm sure I'm not the only one who has experienced this. Cross progression (or even just allowing a single platform 'jump') would be what's needed and I feel like players should be permitted to use what they've paid and worked for and invested their time into. I hope the management teams realise how much this is going to damage their player base, especially as new gens of computer and console hardware come onto the market and people switch platforms.
I would like to see a reduction or removal of the bright particle effects that occur when shooting through Rampart's Amped cover. The bright particle effects makes it too difficult to see the target you are shooting at with Sheila, and I have actually found more success with Sheila sometimes when not using any amped cover. I believe Rampart would become a lot more viable with this quality of life change and we would not even have to change anything else of of her stats. For balance though, I would only remove/reduce the particle effect for the user or team shooting through amped cover, because it is important that other teams can see the particle effects and identify amped cover shots.
Make Fuse have a "normal throw" and a "power throw" just to make frag grenade tosses more consistent.
Ping System and Arenas
Ping System Options:
The option to mute pings, but still be able to see the visual ping, pinged items, downed player revive information, and death boxes. The current mute option is actually a "disable option". Please give players the ability to simply "mute pings" while keeping the visual pings in place and add the current option to "disable pings" to the settings menu. Furthermore, it would be nice if players could choose which pings they would like to see (e.g. enemy pings, map pings, loot pings, etc.). I think these changes would be much better than disabling the ping system altogether.
As it stands, when utilizing the current mute option players cannot see the visual ping, pinged items, downed player revive information, and death boxes. IMO, the current mute option is overreaching and should not effect the visual aspect of the game. This issue effects Crypto the most because when using the current mute option it is extremely difficult to retrieve respawn banners when the death boxes are not visible. Players should still be able to use the current disable option if they so desire. I think the ping system is great, but I prefer to use it (in it's current state) when I'm playing with a premade team. I solo queue a lot without a mic and my randoms ping excessively throughout the match. The ping sound (when used excessively or spammed) ruins the gaming experience for me. I have very sensitive hearing. I perform better when I can focus and make the best gameplay decision without teammate interference. It's the sound that bothers me the most, not the visual pings. Furthermore, most times my teammates are "panic pinging", and I perform best in this game when I'm relaxed. The most irritating ping spams is when my teammates are knocked and it prevents me from hearing the enemies audio cues (e.g. footsteps, sliding, healing, etc.).
Arena Banner Stats:
IMO, Arena and BR Banner Stats should display according to the game mode the player is currently playing, (e.g., “Arena Kills” and “BR Kills” banner trackers).
As it stands, BR banner stats are displayed during the Arena team introduction screens. This makes Arenas feel secondary to BR. Arena players deserve to have their Legend Arena stats displayed instead. Also, players will have insight into how well their teammates have been doing in Arenas. In addition, it would be nice to have a Champion Squad displayed for Arenas. If both teams won their last match, then the Champion Squad should be chosen based on who had the best stats, similar to BR.
Thanks for your time! Please excuse any typos. I’ve been playing Apex since Day 1 and it’s been great to see this game evolve. I’ve played a lot of multiplayer shooter games in my gaming past and Apex is by far the best multiplayer shooter I’ve played in this genre (with TF2 being my second favorite). Keep up the great work!!!😃
FYI – IMO, Arenas is the future of Apex esports. This mode is extremely fun to play and watch. Considering the number of leavers, having more players per team and default rounds would not be good for this mode. Players will appreciate how well developed this mode is as it evolves. Ranked Arenas and Arena LTMs will be a highlight for this game.
If you want quality of life improvements, you can start by these 3, simple but quite effective:
1. Take away EVO shields and put the level 4 shield (red) as a rare/unique drop.
2. Remove the stupid, ridiculous teleport aim-lock punches.
3. Remove shield swap from loot boxes. (person got downed so the shield is destroyed. The idea that the shield is automatically full because it's a new character is ridiculous.)
This give players more RNG, if your luck is bad you will have a low level shield but highly unlikely near end-game due to Lifeline's increased care package, overal care packages throughout the game, the synthesizer and so forth.
This also gives an overal increased TTK across the board and increases difficulty.
Ufff... Repair that Counter System... Matches don't getting saved!
First I had trouble to believe that, now i experienced it on my own, played ranked and win... changed to arena, winned some Matches... realized that my Daily Event Quest "Play 5 Matches" is stucked at 3/5. Opened up the Match Summary and it show me my old ranked Match again!!!
Respawn... please spent more money to good tests.
Thx to @SpeedyMcMeowMeow for that Video & the Note!
Hi! I've been playing since original launch also and patiently wait for the typing chat to be redesigned. I guess for some
programming reason each screen has it's own chat sandbox and it would be sooo refreshing to have it unified and overlaying
ANY screen we happen to be on. It's maddening when you're down and trying to type assistance to teammates and the chat
window closes because your legend was finished. If it just closed that would be annoying but it closes and uses a different chat
window from your death screen so you have to start your sentence from scratch. Then if you're ever back on the "down" screen
you end up seeing your old partial sentence still sitting there. Please fix, it's a daily struggle!
@djhiyahh Seconded. This is super frustrating to folks that do not use a mic. This is coming from a week one Apex player and Titanfall 2 veteran. Titanfall 2 has a similar issue.
Text chat users are affected by another UI glitch during the "Squad Eliminated" phase:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Feedback/UI-overlaps-text-chat-during-quot-squad-eliminated-quot-phase/td-p/10794805
Not sure how common this issue it, but it would be nice to have a second confirmation screen for leaving arenas. I'm used to leaving br matches upon loss, but that muscle memory hurts in arena where I can't join back in once I've left accidentally. I'm always in premades so I can apologize, but it sure would be nice if there was a menu similar to the BR revival option popup.
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