Control first Impressions

@Cheese9Man  This mode is exactly what I needed! That session last night, was the most fun I have had on Apex in a long time. Control is definitely a huge hit, for me. Played 6 matches with my two buddies, once my update finally finished, and won all 6. Had a couple where we absolutely destroyed the enemy team. Had a couple pretty huge comebacks, where we had gotten pushed all the way back to our base, but came back and ended up winning. Domination remains my favorite game mode for FPS, that's for sure! Had one match that we were down by about 500, but ended up winning by 12.

Gameplay:
I had an absolute blast!! I didn't pay attention to the loadout system, to see how it resets (timer, or what), but I found a loadout that worked well for me, every match. I had an L-Star in the first one, but then that loadout was gone for the rest of the matches we played.

You were right about Octane. Having jump pads at the base is crucial! I actually ran Bloodhound for most of the matches last night, and that worked out really well for us.

Legend abilities are game changing in Control. They can be powerful in BR, obviously, but man, the couple matches where the enemy had us down pretty bad, and pushed back to our base, we completely flipped it around with our abilities, and got them pushed back into THEIR spawn, and won, Haha!

This mode is exactly the chaos that I was looking for. For me, it's the best thing they've done for Apex since launch. I could definitely do without the Tridents, but it doesn't really effect me, as I don't use them. The action was crazy though, and that's what I was looking for! I think I finally can get my two buddies back to playing a decent amount of Apex, at least while the LTM is active. I'm definitely hopeful that it becomes permanent!

All in all, Control is probably my favorite part of Apex, as of now. I have always loved domination-style game modes, and this is perfect for me and my two buddies. It's our bread and butter. I'm just upset that I couldn't remote update from work yesterday, so I only got to play a small batch of matches. I'll definitely be playing a lot more today. I know there's probably a lot of people that prefer BR and wont like it, but this mode is a godsend for me!

Also, the most exciting part of my gaming session last night. So I finally finished the update, and loaded in to Apex. Got to the lobby and sent invites to my mates. They joined up, and right before I pressed Y, I noticed the Octane thematic packs that I had available. So I clicked to open them, and upon opening the very first one, well.... I'll just leave this here