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Rising Vanguard

6 months ago

RP too Low

Now that Split 2 has begun and some time has passed, I really feel that the adjustments made to the entry cost and RP distribution this season have significantly improved the experience. While the m...

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Akipekopeko

Rising Vanguard

5 months ago

Eshshshss

The claim that "players' mindsets must change" is an impractical pipe dream.

Apex is a service and a business, not a philosophical treatise. If the developers share that mindset, it is an irresponsible dereliction of duty for a service provider; customers are not obligated to indulge a producer's self-righteousness.

Let me reiterate: my proposal is to increase RP exclusively for Top 5 placements and above, not to disregard placement.

I do not tolerate smurfing or cheating. However, if the focus is solely on countermeasures while neglecting customer satisfaction, that will only please those who wish to sabotage the game. Balance is crucial; too much is as bad as too little.

Eshshshss
Seasoned Ace
5 months ago
I think I understood your suggestion in my first take and you should re-read what I wrote.
Long story short (assuming indeed that community will not change their way of playing this game):
ones who play for kills, damage => will rarely end up top5 => they would not care about such change, in a short term would not be able to adjust to reach top5 with assuming kills they gain in very early game
players who play for placement but soloq and are matched with type of players mentioned above will not be able to reach top5 with kills because as we know winning even 2v3 is hard/impossible not to mention 1v2 / 1v3 given your kill focused teammates are dead <60 seconds into the game
players who either hack, smurf or play the game the right way = will just get extra for what they have been doing already = even bigger gap RP wise between soloq "right mindset" player playing for positioning as well as KP vs 2/3stacks that already doing that + have more success regarding KP part because of teamwork factor

Imo such system would create even bigger gap / currently Platinum ranked RP pit of hell where mostly smurfs, hackers and totally incompetent players are present given players who are playing for placement will leave that level faster just to end up in hacker Master/Pred feeding ground aka Diamond4+ lobbies.
At least I got pretty much same teammates or players within a game after like 9pm EVERY day for past 2 weeks = clearly shows to me that either player count is low (despite 25% being in Plat level alone - apexlegendsstatus.com data) or matchmaking is just bugged in a way that you are forced to play with and vs same people again and again no matter how well or bad you do in previous game(s).