@Cheese9Man I can see people who love the whole loot, wander and survive aspect of classic BR liking it. I'm not one of those people at all, as I especially hate not having sights for my guns, but maybe the metrics suggest a lot of people like looting or something?
It honestly feels like a poor fit for the team-based style of Apex, unless they're planning on making this solo, which I could have fun with.
I honestly hope it's not an effort by the devs to "teach" the player base how they want us to play their game, because that almost universally ends up being an unpopular waste of resources.