Devstream and Patch notes discussion.

@Axs5626Sxa5001 I think that at this point it's pretty obvious that either they don't play the game at all or they are so bad at it that they can't see the clearly unbalanced things we can.

@EA_David ''Caustic: All gas now dissipates as soon as Caustic’s team is eliminated.'' Rub the salt in for all those participating in the ALGS lol! xD

On the whole, same old same old with new legend and weapon with very minor tweaks that looks like it was produced by a skeleton crew and nothing at all addressing the fundamental problems with the game when you could be doing so so much more.

Some of the balance changes are ok but things i really don't like are ''easing some of the congestion on the map'' and ''more buildings gone to clear up those areas'' to help with 3rd partying. Problem here is, having those areas with buildings and cover actually help you deal with 3rd partying when it inevitably occurs and with a larger map, more open areas and sniper encouragement (literally sniper towers) covering kill zones it makes for a very slow paced, campy style KC to what it was and we (i say we when i only speak for myself here but i'll assume others too) enjoy and why Vanilla KC has been requested many, many times.

Also mentioned was changing jumptowers so we can't drop in on other teams which will force us to run across these open areas increasing the time it takes to get into action even further slowing the pace of the game.

The same problems we have with WE and Olympus you are now introducing into the one map that didn't have these as much until you literally blew it up and are now taking one of the last reasons for me stay here away to find another fast pace shooter as Apex clearly isn't it.

@Cro_Pittt it's the latter, clearly. Remember crafting? A dev's paraphrased justification for it was, "We want to reward players who don't want to play aggressively, like me, so we wanted to implement something to reward taking the scenic route." 

I'm sorry, you designed your game to be fast-paced and action heavy, allowing players to have intense fights, and even allowing them to be respawned so they can get back to killing, and you want to reward people for doing the opposite of what you designed the game for? It's almost like they have no idea what they've made. 

This season doesn't sound really like that much fun at all.

Baby step changes aren't what this game needs, I've said before.  I won't swear this one off for good, but I think again no buying any battle pass right out of the gate, and I'm going to take a break into some other games.  Either it'll be good for me to get away from Apex for a bit, or for good if it isn't as much fun.

The end of Season 8 is really turning me off, and that's one problem.  The other is it is very clear the Devs will fix some problems, but not others.  And most of the other problems are very, very major, complained endlessly about here (anything from servers to cheaters, etc).  And then you come out with a character that nerfs a bunch of characters that are already having problems?

You think Rampart buff is really going to matter with such a poorly designed character?  And with a new character who can bring down her walls?

Please.

I like Apex from a shooting perspective, from a story perspective, but the game play is just awful compared to how long you wait.  I don't know what the problems of the devs are, I really don't, but I can't be tied down to them.  Olympus brought me hope early in Season 7.  These notes...take me back to as god awful as season 6 was (and all seasons for those changes that never come)

Ohoh, Wraith made rotund and spitfire hijacked 😢

@Koochi-Q I think what they meant was, you throw the tactical on the floor, and it goes on a 25 second CD. Then, the lift itself stops working after 10 seconds, meaning you'll have another 15 seconds for another.