Lately the game has been persistently bad moreso than not.I'm not even referring to the bugs.The servers are so bad the game has become unplayable; I've had at least 3 - 4 slowmotion games in the last few days.How the hell is the game running in slowmotion so frequently!??!?!?!? SLOWMOTION. Wtf!?!??For me this game is quickly going the same way as FIFA - a completely unplayable mess. I got rid of that at the beginning of the year. Apex will soon follow.This game only exists online. If there's one thing that should work about this game, it's the internet side of it. Without that you have no game.

@1ronKeysWe have all been there.Wanting to delete our favorite game as a way to vent, but only to redownload the game an hour later.Apex Legends is pretty good.All games have bugs that has to be patched.Compared to games like Warzone, or Fallout 76, Apex is silky smooth.And lets not compare to the likes Mass Effect Andromeda. 😂I still watch those buggy videos for a good laugh.The Apex-Devs are pretty good at patchying bugs and keeping Apex in tip top shape.

@1ronKeys Thing is, this problem can't be solved easily. The pandemic has strongly impacted the network and extending or building new data centers and connections can't happen overnight. Online use for gaming alone has probably doubled in the last few months. Of course there is network congestion and it's no wonder there's a lot more instability.Apex's new Season 5 quests are also an additional stress for the servers. Sure, they're PvE and short, but they still have to be hosted and tracked on the servers. I'm pretty sure 30-40 individual quest matches overall weigh more than a single BR match of 60 people.Another thing we shouldn't forget about is the map rotation. There are now 3 different maps that can be played at the same time on a server, which weighs more than having 3 instances of the same map, for both the server and the client, as there's more data to load, unload, upload, download.

@1ronKeys Just do what I do... stop ‘playing’ and just do treasure pack only and quit. I do treasure pack and 2 games for easy xp and I’m done each day. Somehow even in those 2 games I can get frustrated either with myself or my ‘teammates’...If the quest wasn’t put in place I would’ve just stopped playing until a fun event was here. In all my Xbox One years I’ve only deleted 1 game... Gears 5... I have a too big HDD in place so I dont have to worry bout space... I just didn’t want that game on my disk anymore for some reason :P (likely because I’d never play it again... but I have several games I own but will never play so it’s weird I only did it with that game =_=)UPGRADE YOUR ISP! XD

@1ronKeys oh well, but if you're feeling frustrated with the game, i would take a break for a few months and come back and see if its any better.Thats what i did for most of s3 and s4

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57 Replies

hayhor
Hero
6 years ago
@1ronKeys That sucks. The game has been working for me. And it allowed me to leave the disaster that is FUT behind.
1ronKeys
6 years ago
@hayhor Haha yeah man.

It's just got really bad recently. I've never seen slow-motion servers before. That is just wild.

It's literally slowed down to the very least *half* the speed. It's really quite bizarre. It's not a personal issue either - everyone and thing is slow. Some people just quit. But some stay. If it was individual you'd end up teleporting to keep up in time. Or jittering.

But yeah Apex for me was that - just something fun that worked, you could just pick up and go.

But between the server jokes, the bugs and how massively they impact gameplay, then on top of that if you get a good gameplay for once, you'll likely be paired with dud teammates anyway.

It's not even about winning or losing... you just want to be able play the game unhindered, at least have fun.
hhnbbfggty66
6 years ago
@1ronKeys
We have all been there.
Wanting to delete our favorite game as a way to vent, but only to redownload the game an hour later.
Apex Legends is pretty good.
All games have bugs that has to be patched.

Compared to games like Warzone, or Fallout 76, Apex is silky smooth.
And lets not compare to the likes Mass Effect Andromeda. 😂
I still watch those buggy videos for a good laugh.

The Apex-Devs are pretty good at patchying bugs and keeping Apex in tip top shape.
DoYaSeeMe
6 years ago
@1ronKeys Thing is, this problem can't be solved easily. The pandemic has strongly impacted the network and extending or building new data centers and connections can't happen overnight. Online use for gaming alone has probably doubled in the last few months. Of course there is network congestion and it's no wonder there's a lot more instability.

Apex's new Season 5 quests are also an additional stress for the servers. Sure, they're PvE and short, but they still have to be hosted and tracked on the servers. I'm pretty sure 30-40 individual quest matches overall weigh more than a single BR match of 60 people.

Another thing we shouldn't forget about is the map rotation. There are now 3 different maps that can be played at the same time on a server, which weighs more than having 3 instances of the same map, for both the server and the client, as there's more data to load, unload, upload, download.
Cro_Pittt
6 years ago
@DoYaSeeMe You know you'd probably be right if Apex was a good game on these things before the pandemic, but it was not. Every new season we got new major bugs that affected the game and everyone could notice them. The only things that have remained all the time are bad servers and connection issues. I don't recall any improvement since launch of the game. I agree with @1ronKeys , i'm also getting really frustrated playing Apex lately, especially because i face a new bug every week or so. Last one is the grenade bug. Basically sometimes when i throw the last grenade i have(doesn't matter which type) my character remains in the animation of holding it, ready to throw it. It costed me several games already.
Also you're talking about a doubled playerbase as the cause of the instability, but i don't remember any other game that has had these kind of problems because of that. Fact is everything related to the netcode and servers was and still is bad, very bad.
DoYaSeeMe
6 years ago
@Cro_Pittt For me it was good before and it still is, even with the lag I experience pretty often these days. Sure, it has bugs, but I'd say it is far better than many other games that are almost bug free. The numbers that we do get to see point in this direction as well. I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be talking about Apex right now if things would've been as bad as you state for the majority.
DoYaSeeMe
6 years ago
@Cro_Pittt Regarding the doubled playerbase:
Let's consider a game has dedicated servers that can hold up to 1 million concurrent players. Going from 200.000 before the pandemic to 400.000 nowadays would hardly be noticeable. But Apex uses hybrid cloud, there are a few dedicated servers, but if the number of players exceed the capacity, the matches get hosted on Google, Amazon and Microsoft clouds. This is why you can get an excellent match with no apparent issues followed by another one with rubberbanding, unconfirmed hits and other errors.
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago
@1ronKeysI was noticing sluggish movement last night, it was not every round and it was inconsistent throughout the match. But I’m not going to delete the game because of it. These things happen with all online games. They are temporary and will be fixed.

I hope you don’t delete the game just because there was a bit of lag one night. We’ll miss ya on the forum if you do.
hayhor
Hero
6 years ago
@Cro_Pittt Fifa suffers greatly every special card release. The entire thing crashes and no one can play. The server thing is an EA thing. They dont setup servers for peak demand.
1ronKeys
6 years ago
@DarthValtrex Love, bro!

I know man. Believe me it takes a fair bit for me to delete a game.

We all have our gripes with frustrating flaws of games, but for me it's when it begins to outweigh the fun; when the issues are causing a disproportionate amount of unplayable gameplay vs playable.

And the amount of unplayable games are now outnumbering playable ones 4:1 or something.

I haven't seen anyone mention this slowmo gameplay, I'm tempted to upload it at somepoint because it's not even an exageration.