Re: Comprehensive S12 Wishlist (and beyond)

I am at a point, where I don't care anymore about all the bugs, exploits, cheaters, bad servers etc. because I lost my faith for improvements a long time ago.

At some point you get used to all that.

All I want for S12 is all 4 maps in rotation and a new LTM from time to time. That's it. If you are hoping for more, you only get disappointed.

I kind of feel bad for OP putting so much work into this thread because I already see the devs in front of me, reading, reading and probably thinking "oh cool... nice idea... that would make sense... and easy to implement... but... YEAH NAH.

Let's bring 50 new charms instead.

@Asmodeus566 The changes to ranked scoring are problematic for two major reasons:

First, if you're a weak player, you're not winning fights. More KP for the same performance doesn't reward weaker players, it simply accelerates higher-performing ones out of lower ranks faster. That means, as a weak player, you'll have less time with teammates who could teach you to play better.

Second, raising the KP cap incentivizes high-kill players to kill more, which starves their teammates of KP in lower-rank lobbies where solo play is more feasible, or splits squads actively trying to play together as high-kill players rocket ahead.

Consider that an ideal game of 60 equally-skilled players is halved after the first fight, to 30 players with one kill. After the second fight, we get 15 players with two kills, and only five squads left. After the third fight, we're effectively at 7 players with an average three kills.

So, the theoretical baseline Apex "game of attrition" is three even fights, three kills per person, and a final circle of two teams and a straggler.

Which leads us to the core Apex paradox: by combat skills alone, evenly-matched players can only expect three kills per game. To average more than three kills/game through attrition, you're either manipulating or abusing your teammates, matched to lower-skill players, or cheating.

As players climb up ranks, there's a clarifying effect: your opponents are increasingly closer to your skill level. At some point, the determining factor shifts from combat skill to strategy and tactics. Ideally, this provides a natural pivot-point that forces squads to work cohesively toward progress.

Player skills are complex and dynamic. There's no substitute for the growth each season found in natural progression up the rank ladder. It takes practice to be a good squad, and squadmates learn more from each other when given more playtime. Incentivizing kills breaks this up.

It feels good, but the risk of a higher kill-cap is more fragmented teams, and mid/high-level players orphaned in plat and diamond rank. Over-incentivizing kills creates a self-sabotaging Apex Games by disrupting squad formation. This seems to be where we are now, and why it's so critical to share KP between teammates or award RP for notable non-kill achievements.

@nebwise 

Thanks for your reply. 

Adding RP for revives and respawns would def help out Crypto and LL more than some other Legends although it would also be useful for Gibby within his dome, Valk could Ult to get to a beacon, Fast movers Path and Octane could also get to beacons pretty quick and Bangs smoke would provide some cover in both situations.

I pretty much believe it would help out all Legends, players and teams giving them a motivation to play as a team more. I agree that the two biggest benefactors of this would be Cyrpto and LL.