Breakdown of Respawns Opinion Poll
Thought it'd be fun discuss takeaways from the banner running in main menu aka https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6972439/16f98c5dc0e9
Overall: EA / Respawn are very interested in peoples perceptions of Apex Legend, minimal interest in actual gameplay, and don't consider "fun" a reason to play their game?! Hoping to see everyone considers good/bad performance as a personal issue, as opposed to any responsibility on them to put in genuine skill brackets. That said, maybe getting worried this is a genuinely issue damaging revenue.
1) Have you played Apex Legends this reason (S17) since May 9, 2023-Present
i.e. have you played apex lately, pretty pointless given running on the in game banners but hey
2) What of the following best describes you: I play on mouse and keyboard / I play on controller
Makes sense
3) Overall, what do you think about Apex Legend this season so far? (1-5): 1 No fun at all, 5 extremely fun, I don't know
Pretty standard customer engagement score, quite how you don't know if it's fun or not I'm confused about mind you
4) Where did you learn about the content being release this reason?: Social Media, Gaming News Websites, Friends and Family, Platform Advertisement (Steam, Origin, Xbox, Playstation Store), In0game Message of the Day, Other, None of the above
And our first real out there one - the most important thing after how much you enjoy their game is... how did you find out about them releasing a new season? It makes sense for their cash cycle (battle pass sales must fall off during a season as people give up on even trying!), but it's curious how many people this actually matters to.
...I'll be honest, I don't even know what changed from the previous season except the glorious salt about ranked becoming hide&seek simulator 2023
5) Choose your most and least played Legends
I have no idea why ask this as they can mine this like the community does, except better. Except maybe their Marketing team has less data than the Apex community? Would explain a lot...
6) Which Legend would you consider the least useful to bring on a team?
Interesting spin on this - if you could prevent everyone on your team picking someone. Amusingly there's a number of "selfish" legends who bring little/nothing to a team, but have ok solo powers so... eh still helps
...It's Mad Mags tho right?
7) What is the main reason you consider this Legend to be the least useful: Their overall kit (Passive, Tactical, Ultimate), High skill needed to use them effectively, Difficulty coordinating them in team strategy, Another Legend does their job better, Their Class Perk, Other
"Strategy"... is it tasty? High skill is an odd one given how elitist this games community is, but hey.
8) Please further explain how this aspect makes this Legend not useful to bring on a team.
Community vomits up the legend feedback forum
9) Which Legend do you consider the most frustrating to counter?
vomiting continues
10) Which part of this Legend is the main reason that you consider them to be the most frustrating to counter? Passive Ability, Tactical Ability, Ultimate Ability, Use in certain situations, Other
11) Please further explain why you find this aspect of the Legend particularly frustrating to counter
Wraith shooting in a boxing match definitely springs to mind... which probably isn't what they wanted, but...
12) The Support Class park was updated this season. How would you describe the Support Class after this change? (1-7) 1 Much worse, 7 Much better, I don't know what was changed
...I don't even know what it did last season
13) How would you describe your level of skill in Apex Legends? (1-7), 1 Far below average, 7 Far above Average, I don't know
Given the matchmaking, does respawn know? hehehe
...it bugs me how above and below aren't capitalised here.
14) How well I do in Apex Legends is complete due to me: (1-7), 1 Completely Disagree, 7 Completely Agree
14 questions is and we're reviewing if maybe matchmaking is sometimes poor. Which is interesting because they wrote a whole blog about it and were so proud of it they adjusted ranked scoring to use it... but hey validation is good!
Philosophically if output falls for a given level of input, is that my fault for not improving the input? Hmm.
15) The reasons for my performance in this game will say the same in future games of Apex Legend: (1-7), 1 Completely Disagree, 7 Completely Agree
Amusingly even if it's not your fault, but you have no expectations of change...
16) Players have very little influence over their success in Apex Legends (1-7), 1 Completely Disagree, 7 Completely Agree
I'm confused how this differs from #14
17) The reason for my performance in Apex Legends is something that affects my performance in other games
Still #14
18) How would you describe your playstyle in Apex Legends
19) Which of the following best describes your Apex Legends playstyle:
- Offensive/Defensive (1-5). 1 Completely offensive, 5 completely defensive
- Solo Player/Team Player (1-5). 1 Completely Solo, 5 completely Team
- Aggressive/Protective (1-5). 1 Completely Aggressive, 5 completely protective
- Disruptor/Supporter 1 Completely Disrupt, 5 completely Support
20) Currently I am most motivated to play Apex... To progress in Ranked, To socialise with other players, To test my aim and movement, To be immersed in the game's world, To learn new strategies, Other
They... don't have anything about playing the game for fun? Dang I been living my whole life wrong,
21) If you could tell the Apex Legends development team one thing, what would it be?
Keep in mind, it needs to be 1-2 words points to let their word mapping work
