APEX LEGENDS IS NOT FAIR

@Cobrall9eyes 

Apex Legends doesn't cater for newbies. Game has been out for too long and (end of season) declining player numbers means the level of average player is already very high. It takes very long to become even average in Apex because there are so many things you need to consider. Abilities, movement, maps, gun recoils, all sorts of other tips and tricks you need to be able to understand to really enjoy the game. But this is the same thing with every PvP game that has been out for long. I lose every 1v1 in Fortnite when these kids start the build-edit-poke sweat mania. Wouldnt even dare to touch PvP CS as a newbie. 

For example I personally started in S12. My first season KD was 0.09. Grinded S13 like a mad man and had KD of 0.20. S19 my KD was 0.86. 

For me what helped me out the most was the Arenas. I played them A LOT to up my game. 

Me and some others have already proposed here a way to be able to develop skills in your own time. PvE bot matches. It would also be nice casual alternative for the PvP enviroment when you dont really want to sweat it or just want to try out some random off meta guns or learn stuff like Path grapple movement. Practice range just doesnt cut it. 

You need hundreds or even thousands of hours of gameplay to get better in this game and it would really lower the newcomer gap if you could do it without being put on highlight real with comments like that "guy is not real".

 

@Cobrall9eyesThe matchmaking is horrible and standard trios or duos is NOT the way to get better starting out. Play Mixtape or possibly the new Straight Shot mode. Playing solo with randoms makes it harder so if you have friends to play with, do it.

I started S8 with a KDR of 0.35. It was brutal and took me 4 seasons to bring that up to about 1.0 which is about where I am now and probably will be forever unless I find a premade squad.

Apex as a new player right now is extremely difficult, IMO.

It's a job im gonna play a another game bye

Edit: Removed all caps. -CM

Arish and Sumwur bring up good points.  This was only my third season and I could not learn by playing pubs when I first started. 

The way I did it and the best thing for a newbie to do is stick with the firing range, mastering the guns and turning on the dummies to hard or full combat where possible.  The only time to go out into pubs for the first 6 weeks or so is to play no fill duos.  This allows you to drop away from everyone, learn the maps on your own, and rat until there are only 2 or 3 teams left and have a practice gunfight with them (even though you lose its good practice).

I did this for about 6 weeks until I was so good with the guns I could hold my own in pubs and mixtape without people insulting me right and left.  I also got as many warmup drills from youtube as I could find and got advice from this forum, like people on here told me to complete as many daily goals as I could to have a practice goal to shoot for.  Thanks to this and the advice from people here I went from zero kill games to getting 7 kills in a game and even winning some.

So, I wouldn't give up yet, it just takes practice. 

@Cobrall9eyes

My take away from the answers you've been getting is this: if the developer makes the game simple enough that the skill threshold is low, then the game is probably not complex or entertaining enough to maintain a player base over time. If the game is complex then the barrier-to-entry is so high that new players are made to feel unwelcome and overwhelmed. It's a no-win situation. Games with the "easy to learn, hard to master" ethos are mostly dead and gone. Games like Apex seem cool at first glance, but if you didn't get in on the ground floor then good luck to you. It's a meat grinder.

This game is very challenging and the matchmaking (which is actually not as loose as you might think) makes it feel even worse. Some say that friends on your squad is the answer, but I'm not sure I agree with that. If they make you laugh and have a good time, then yes. Otherwise differences in skill, playstyle, match goals, even small differences, will make the game feel unplayable.

But, when you think about it, battle royale is a game type with failure baked into it. In any given match 95% of the players will fail. So don't be so hard on yourself when this happens, especially not at the beginning. And if it makes you feel any better, I have almost 6000 hours in this game and I'll bet you any amount of money that in a one-on-one you'd take me down 8 times out of 10. Maybe 9. That's why battle royale is good. There's a lot more to it than just shooting and aim.