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2 years ago

What made YOU quit apex?

For the people that quit or barely play anymore but still visit this sub what was the reason you dropped off from the game? CM - this post was created by another account

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Balladalidila

Seasoned Ace

2 years ago

Just came back after some time off from Apex. I played a couple of matches this season but realized I dont like the direction where Respawn is taking this game so I uninstalled but just 20 mins ago, I decided to give it another try and went straight into a ranked match.

First thing that happens when I enter the legend selection screen is two obvious premades chattering away in Spanish or Portuguese (playing on EU). I am OK with this since I presume they will switch to English as soon as we get into the match.

Anyhow; we get into the match and they give me jump master. I see that one of them (ofc) is on console and I know already he will suck. I pick a place, not a hot drop but with one other enemy team. When we are about 5 seconds from hitting the ground, they scream something in spanish and both of them deattaches from me and goes to a remote area outside the area I picked. I am left alone 1v1 with an enemy with the other two not too far away. I knock that guy but hear his friends closing in so I just run for my life. I say "Nice commitment....." and all I hear is Spanish.... The enemy team is now between me and my "teammates" and I have no safe way to get to them so I loot some random bins. Next time I open the map, both of them have started to run towards the circle and are now pretty much 2 full areas away from me. No warnings or pings, just spanish.

AAAAAAAND I am now painfully reminded why I quit playing this game in the first place... I mute both their pings and voice and finish the match (actually randomly got 3rd place together). The console guy had like 300 dmg dealt.... As soon as the match is over, I alt+f4, uninstall and back to Diablo 4 I go.

reconzero

Seasoned Ace

2 years ago

@Balladalidila

First: "I see that one of them (ofc) are on console and I know already he will suck." Ouch.

Second: I sympathize with the story of the bad landing. Sometimes I'm you in that situation, sometimes I'm the other guys. Neither is ideal. But also, it left me a little puzzled as to how it's an illustration of "the direction where Respawn is taking this game." If those were meant to be two separate points, then I would assume that "Respawn's direction" is a commentary on rankings?

Balladalidila
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@reconzero
Ok I understand now how what I said can be seen as a little all over the place. The "direction" has nothing to do with the solo ranked experience, which ofc is my choice. If I dont wanna deal with premade duos who will make stupid in-game decisions that they never would have made with a team of randoms, like going for stupid resses on their premade friend instead of finishing the fight etc, then I would have just played premade as well.
But the general direction I talked about is where Respawn is taking the game balance/design wise. For me, the USP of this game has always been the fighting/movement/gunplay core mechanics. I think the outcome of a fight should mainly be determined by which player has the best skills in shooting, movement and in-game wits, i.e the "core skills". The legend abilities should only be there to support those core skills. But IMO, Respawn seem to put more emphasis on abilities or even combination of abilities, rather than those core skills. What I literally hate is when they introduce abilities that make up for LACK of said core skills (scan-abilites that makes up for lack in spotting/awareness for instance) or TAKES AWAY enemy players ability to utilize said core skills (all forms of CC etc). I also hate that many new legends abilities are only positive for the team with no downsides. IMO, abilities should either be double-edge swords OR at least neutral, i.e that also enemies can utilize them.

I guess this is the main reason why I left. Respawn doesnt share the same vision of this game as me =) The solo Q experience is an acceptable negative =)
- HappyHourSumwur
  Seasoned Ace
  2 years ago
  @Balladalidila If you don't like how important abilities are in Apex relative to other things like gunplay or movement mechanics, that's totally fair IMO. When & how to use my abilities in Apex was something that took me a while to realize how much of a different it makes. Other things like player behavior & decision making is just inherent to a multiplayer game. Strategic skills like positioning, aggressiveness, engage/retreat, healing/shields, crafting etc. all play a role in this game, too and honestly I feel it makes it the most complex FPS game I've ever played. There are just so many things that can make the difference between living & dying in Apex it can be pretty overwhelming. In that huge mix, what you like or don't like and what you think should be important is a very personal thing.
  - MrGreenWithAGun
    Rising Ace
    2 years ago
    @HappyHourSumwurI will say that Apex has made me learn to think of weapons, grenades, and abilities in a whole new way, to make them work seamlessly together, not just my abilities, but those of my teammates as well.
    
    But I find myself increasingly interested in starting a match only to walk away from it feeling like, "why?"
    
    Why did I bother? My teammates didn't do anything like they should have. No team work at all.
    
    Why did I come to their rescue? They quit before I could get their banner and that left me vulnerable.
    
    Why did I choose to play Apex and not Halo? Because its the new toy and it feels a bit more expansive emotionally than Halo. But more and more, Halo feels like a solid experience. I went back to Halo and my team sucked, but they tried. They honestly tried. That was so refreshing.
    I am increasingly convinced that the lack of team work thinking randoms are the only thing that makes Apex feel like I waste my time.