You said this "The message from Respawn and EA is very clear : they are trying to get rid of casuals as they don't want us in their player base."
EA Accountant dials the phone to Joe at Respawn HQ "Hey Joe there seems to be a lot of money coming in this season what shall I do with it?'
Joe replies "Git rid of it we do not want that", "and while you are at it see if you can reach out to someone and try and git rid of all of those casual players, we do not need them either".
Your statement is way off base, why in the world would a company especially a gaming company alienate or actively try to get rid of their biggest costumer base, that is also their biggest source of income.
"My teammates are all ignoring any kind of communication, solo landing over 800m away. They will steal all dibs and won't share ammos when they know very well how low on ammos their teammates are. Most of the time they will simply leave the match when they get hit by a bullet. It seems like all Randoms want to do is hot drop die and start over without even trying to get a single kill. They don't care about playing the game, they just want to waste other player's time."
Ah the laments of a solo Q'er, try finding some steady teammates to play with. This helps a lot.
I for one am enjoying this season, I do agree that matchmaking does need to be tweaked a bit because I really do not belong in any type of lobby with Diamond or above players as I am your basic solid gold player. I do play a lot of Solo Q games and they have been mostly (90%) good games with decent Randoms, yes there are outliers and that is what it is, I cannot control how they play but I can control how I play with them. I also have a set of friends and we have dates and times to play together, which is a lot of fun. We don not always play well and lose more than we win (like everyone else) but we have fun.
Please do not take offence to my comments as I am not trying to offend but rather trying to be a bit humorous. The game can be a bit tough at times and for me when it seems that way a take a week or three break and come back refreshed and rejuvenated.
I suggest a fix that will help players out immediately, in order to alleviate the pain solo Q'ing can be at times.
I am not suggesting that there is no problem that needs to be fixed. EA really needs to tighten up MM.
You have been here on the forum for a while and there are some other of the members that you might reach out to in order to try out playing with them. I know that some of them do this sometimes with other forum members. Could be you get lucky and find one that plays to your style and has the time to play more often with you. I would volunteer myself but I already have a group of 5.
Like I said I do see the solo Q problems because I do solo Q a lot but that is also by Choice playing with my friends is fun and all but can be tiresome so I do like to be able to play more my style and or try to learn how to better myself by playing with Randoms and learning different styles of play or using Legends I normally do not play to get better with them.
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"For those that do not want to play with others well that is their problem."
Apex is a game. It should NEVER be a problem to want to enjoy a game by yourself and it certainly shouldn't be a punishing experience.
And waiting for someone to reply to a lfg post, is not an immediate solution, it takes time for people to answer them, and there's always issues beyond the short sightedness of just finding people to play with.
For instance, different time frames, work schedules, outside lifes, and being introverted/antisocial as *--and I can already tell you, trying to force yourself to get along with a group of strangers just so you can have a good gaming experience, doesn't make things any better. Not to mention the time it takes to actually find a set of people you actually like, get along with, and play well enough with. Definitely not immediate.
Also as I've already mentioned, joining up on a team where they stick you in an even sweatier lobby is not an enjoyable causal player experience.
We want to play the game, not get melted even faster than we do in a regular lobby.
There are many reasons people solo que, we shouldn't have a * gaming experience just because we prefer playing alone.
And if you really want to stick with the whole "it's a team game" argument, then it's time Apex starts holding the leavers, hot drop Henry's, and run off on your own players accountable via gamethrow-because solo quing shouldn't mean playing with people who have no interest in the team aspect.
I think you misunderstood my statement there.
I meant players that want to play all by themselves, no teammates at all. The 60 team all solo sweat fest. It was tried in the past and has never came back. I do not think Respawn or EA will bring it back in the future.
I solo Q a lot. Just today, this morning I Solo Q ed about 12 games in trios and only had one bad experience with a JM the dropped us next to a team but as far away from bins and doors as he possibly could. I was disgusted and had to run off and do my own thing because the other two got boxed in about 10 secs and facing a team of three with no weapons is not happening.
Leavers should def have penalties if they could possibly be respawned.
I know it is hard to find good teamates to play with on a regular basis, and playing with friends does not mean insta sweat ultra hard lobbies. They do tend to be tougher because mm tries to mm 3 stack vs 3 stacks as much as possible.
I agree that it would be much better if every Solo Q’er played with the team mindset as well as 2 stacks in trios trying to play with their solo.
Thank you for your post, I enjoyed reading it and your well thought out response.
I do not know how to fix the solo Q exp outside of getting rid of smurfs and tightening up the mm.
since I do not work for EA or Respawn all I can do is make suggestions just like you and all the others here. Or give people advice on how they might be able to help themselves.
Again thank you for your reply.
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