I understand what you are trying to say/saying but let me make what I state more basic:
This is not 'really' about the Predator vs. noob it's about balance and I don't care what type of game this is balance is essential/critical to any game whether it's PacMan or Apex Legends! You can't go about making excuses for poor strategic decisions by saying 'it's a Battle Royale'...What exactly is a Battle Royale??? What are the criteria/set rules of 'Battle Royale'??? Yes you get dropped in and you have to fight to survive or well...perish...But this is a game and in 'real life' the concept of 'Battle Royale' will be very much determined on the person and not necessarily on equipment due to state of mind or strong mindedness to kill/survive vs experience in the field of combat and determination to persevere...
This however is a game and the physical/real-life aspects of you sitting there playing being a Predator or noob has zero resemblance to how you would fare in a REAL LIFE BATTLE ROYALE scenario so that's where the problem comes in with creating a game like this and people suddenly being professionals in the field of game genre pre-requisites...Battle Royale is what exactly??? Why can or can't you do certain things in a Battle Royale??? Who thought up these rules??? WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If everything about Apex is 'perfect' then can I ask you a very simple question???
Can a game be released that would be better than Apex in enough ways to make Apex obsolete and 'inferior' to that game??? What would that game do/contain to make it better than Apex???
What would Apex have to change to make it so good that it goes 'unchallenged'??? What is Apex doing wrong at the current moment/state???
Now after answering the above questions please come back to me with simple responses like:
------"I've once beaten a noob Bloodhound who had an R-99, while I was at about half health and had an alternator" NOTE you said ONCE...... NOTE an alternator is NOT a P2020 😃 ...... NOTE is was obviously such a rare occurrence to you that you obviously find this 'event' very special :-)
------"I'm sure many would like a completely balanced deathmatch version of Apex, but that just isn't what Apex is. Apex is a battle royale." NOTE what exactly is a Battle Royale??? Who set the criteria??? NOTE "I'm sure many would like a completely balanced deathmatch version of Apex"...So I'm playing this game running around in a storage facilty and I start panicking as I hear footsteps approaching so I take refuge behind a storage crate...I quietly sit in wait, embraced by a slight panicky sweat when I suddenly leap around the corner and open fire downing 2 attackers...IS THIS IN A DEATHMATCH GAME OR A BATTLE ROYALE??? And you can probably guess that I have an answer for whatever reply you give :-p
Statements like : It's ok for a Battle Royale to be unbalance because it's a Battle Royale is ....... well ....... WHAT??? SERIOUSLY??? IS APEX COMPLETELY WELL BALANCED? Are there aspects of Apex that need to be balanced??? OR slightly bettered???
THEN WHY ARE YOU MAKING THE STATEMENTS YOU ARE MAKING AFTER READING THE ABOVE??? Or feel free to explain your point in a better way THAN: If you don't like the Battle Royale genre go play CS:GO 😃 😃