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Spitznoodle
Rising Rookie
26 days ago

Feel like giving up since DropShip POI removed from most of Ranked

I’ve been a long time apex player and mainly stayed in PUBS most of the time. But for the last few seasons I’ve been diving into ranked. Honestly when the Poi drops were in ranked I enjoyed it so much better and had a better overall experience. I hate hearing the “oh well people just camp” because I’ve not once seen people camp that entire season and it gave a fair chance to each team. I have dealt with so many random teammates that can’t drop hot and still do it anyway and it ruins my RP. I honestly am just highly disappointed in the game at this point and might not play it anymore going forward after this season (only because I got the battle pass). 

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  • I agree completely !!! 

    Im still waiting to see the numbers they have been talking about that brought on this change !

  • "I enjoyed it so much better and had a better overall experience."

    Can you give a little more detail on why you liked fixed drops better? What was the advantage, and what was the disadvantage of the jump master system?

  • Spitznoodle's avatar
    Spitznoodle
    Rising Rookie
    25 days ago

    The advantage is having some time to get even a gun before getting attacked. Where to as in drop ship I have teammates who are jump master drop into fire get us killed with no chance of survival and demolish my RP. 

  • So many times just drop and not getting a gun or getting a gun knock one guy but now I'm out of ammo.

    Also complaints from team mates when we got drop and they get killed and nobody came to help.

    Then another thing players just leaving the game after getting killed

    Respawn said that they made the call for drop ship because players wanted the option to land where they wanted for looting purposes but now half the lobby drops in the first quarter of the map and fight over loot so isn't that just a contradiction of everything they have been fighting for ???

  • reconzero's avatar
    reconzero
    Seasoned Ace
    25 days ago

    Honestly, I can see a lot of ways out of the "bad jump master" problem. Fixed drops is only one of them, but it's the one that requires zero effort on the part of the player and I myself am no stranger to the line of least resistance. So in this particular instance it isn't the path forward that I would choose, but I certainly understand why people like it.

    So it looks to me now like it's being used as an incentive to either stack or at least grind your way to... diamond is it? Is that a compromise that seems attainable, or is that too far out of reach or not worth the trouble to try and get to?

  • 😂😂😂 maybe these past two seasons was just one of those vacation romances , you know it had to end at a point so just move on.

    The sad part is that I find myself playing less now because of it.

    I mean if you want to just go out and shoot people there is wild card and pubs , why mess with ranked?

  • reconzero's avatar
    reconzero
    Seasoned Ace
    25 days ago

    "if you want to just go out and shoot people there is wild card and pubs , why mess with ranked?"

    And that right there is the argument that makes the most sense to me. I still have that voice in my head that says there is no difference between ranked and pubs, nor should there be. But although I treat them exactly the same, I can acknowledge that makes me an outlier. Other people treat them differently, and the developer agrees with them. To a point.

  • For me personally, and it's just my opinion, ranked is not just about killing enemies it's also about rotation, keeping your health up , squad dynamics and tactics.

    With pubs it feels more like whatever happens I'll just queue again and sadly that's what I'm feeling with ranked now that's the general vibe , players making dumb pushes and playing super aggressive ( more than usual ) just because they'll get another chance to hot drop in a few seconds if it doesn't pay off.

  • Late af reply but I agree the game isn’t built to run in and kill. It has the mechanics it does for that reason. What’s the point of rotating, ammo and heal management as well as team communication if people refuse to use it half the time or more and just run off on their own or push a full squad 30-50m up and then yell at the teammates for being bad. 

  • Took like a week break and came back and it’s a little better…well first two games were this past one before I just shut of the console out of anger I had one teammate and there was only 15 squads total 53/60 players. Why even start the match then?

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