A few points to support Locked and Loaded as the base game mode
I just want to throw my 2 cent's in on why the Locked and Loaded mode was so great and why it should be permanent imo.
The streaming numbers told me that a lot of people like this mode, and I believe I know why.
1. LaL eliminated the majority of what I hate about nearly every BR game I have ever played... the "initial drop, luck factor". What happens to me more often than not is that I drop somewhere, and there is another team there (hot drop). I check several spots and can't find a weapon nor armor, and this is after checking four or five spots. There should be no way that I check more than 3 spots or cans and not find a weapon nor armor. This happens too frequently. It's one thing for you to beat me in a shoot out, but its something else for you to beat me because You have weapons and I have nothing.
(This literally happened to me twice as i typed this.)
2. LaL takes the luck factor out and gives everyone a fighting chance at the beginning of the match. Without these things, the learning curve is super steep for a new person. You don't even have a chance to get away normally, but with armor and a helmet, you have some options.
I believe many new players were able to stay alive longer and actually learn the game, hence the increased numbers.
3. You aren't crippled when your teammates don't know how to fly. As I stated above, you have a chance to fight or escape if you do a late drop. There are several players who don't know how to fly and will drop into an area after everyone else has landed, then the whole team gets massacred.
4. LaL makes the Mozambique viable. The Mozam. is only viable very early in the match or if you have hammer points. Hammer points can sometimes be pretty rare, so you have to risk running a bare mozam end game,
LaL was the most fun I had on a game in a long time, and Apex is my current favorite game. I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in on the subject.
I almost forgot. The sight and a backpack are both excellent to start with.
There are some technical issues to work out, but you all do a great job on a great game.
