This game is becoming exhausting
Ok, this post might feel like a bit of a rant, but I write with the hope that people respond with their own opinions and it picks up enough that the devs notice it.
So, I have about 400+ hours into this game, bought the battle pass (unfortunately) and I still enjoy the gun play, movement mechanics and the overall "feel" of the game. I consider myself to be an average player at best, although I play at 25-30 fps so its kind off hard to know. I want to see this game succeed, and I would like to keep playing. However, it is becoming so exhausting to play.
Although this game gives the impression of a finished product, if you look closer you will see it is far from it. There are huge, massive problems that have no place in highly competitive shooter like this, especially if you have any hope of creating any kind of e-sports scene. Bad design behind hitboxes completely destroys balancing, and makes certain legends far worse / better then others. Bad netcode, which causes you to get hit behind cover is not only frustrating, but extremely rage inducing as well. Server issues that cause your match to be laggy, in slow motion, or glitchy only add another layer of frustration.There is no reason, no goal, no incentive to play the game besides collecting cosmetics. These cosmetics are beyond underwhelming. Due to the way this games looks and how it plays, even the legendary skins are barely noticeable while in game. You can't see it, since its first person perspective, and the enemy can't see it, since to them you are just a fast moving blob that is shooting at them. Although cosmetics are a small problem compared to some of the other things, they disappoint me so much I had to mention them.
However, the reason I decided to write this post is the matchmaking, or the lack of it. Current matchmaking does nothing but cram 60 players into a match. No balancing at all. How is it okay to put a new player vs a Twitch streamer or a professional gamer who literally plays games all day for a living. Since everyone likes to mention Shroud, I remember him saying that ranked matchmaking has no place in a BR game since it would not make the game fun, and every match would be "sweaty". That was about the time Apex was released. Now he is saying that the game is too easy, or boring in other words. Of course that is the case, since top players like himself can enter a match which has no balance at all and stomp a wide variety of noobs and new players. I mention him to point out that 0 balance affect both sides of the spectrum. New players get frustrated and discouraged because they get stomped by top players, and top players are bored since there is no challenge for them. Right now, I log in, play maybe 3-4 matches, and get so tired and frustrated I just shut the game off. Even if just 1 player in your squad is a newbie, you are still handicapped from the start because of it. It got to a point where I just leave a match if i get a low level in my squad ( which is a d**k move I know ). I tried adding players through the forums and Discord channels, and out of 20ish players on my friend list, almost none play anymore.
Hitboxes, netcode, server issues, matchmaking. These are big issues. These are issues that take a lot of time to fix. However, I could give the devs the time they need, if they do something about this matchmaking, so that matches at least become bearable.
