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ohgollymrsmolly's avatar
2 years ago
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Hello,

I have a situation. I feel like I need to explain a bit. Sorry if it is too long-winded.

I play Apex with a person I generally consider a friend. Every time we play apex it seems as though we cannot get it together. my friend sits in the back, takes long engagements, and we are never pushing at the right time. it does not help that the third member is from matchmaking and has generally no communication.


This results in the following. Me pushing a little more, but not fully. As a result I either get killed because I have no cover fire, or I almost kill one or 2 of the opponent team, but I die on reloads.

On the flip side, my friendly player racks up kills. As well as damage since she keeps poking at enemies without really accomplishing much more than farming damage, and letting everyone know of our position. We get third partied a lot. 

I came to believe that this friend of mine does this on purpose, to get easy kills and feel good about doing some damage. 

Does anyone have any similar experience, and how did you solve the issue?

  • @ohgollymrsmolly Options are limited. Either A)accept the way they play and adapt your own strategy or B)stop playing with them. I've stopped playing with people that are too extreme with sitting or hot dropping. I want to fight and play a balanced game. It is a hard thing to do but I'd rather play solo than the extremes.

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  • @ohgollymrsmolly Options are limited. Either A)accept the way they play and adapt your own strategy or B)stop playing with them. I've stopped playing with people that are too extreme with sitting or hot dropping. I want to fight and play a balanced game. It is a hard thing to do but I'd rather play solo than the extremes.
  • @hayhor

    thank you. in the end, i feel like it is mostly the same happening. perhaps out play style is so different that unless we have a third person balancing it out, it may just be a frustrating waste of time.

  • CCbathwater's avatar
    CCbathwater
    2 years ago

    My friend and I started Apex together 4 years ago. But our playstyle differs too much nowadays, and we always ended up arguing. We solved it by not playing Apex together.

  • @ohgollymrsmolly

    As the others have already said, this game, and any shooter really, does not lend itself to playing with friends. Ironic, as that is exactly the way the developer wants you to play it. But differences in playstyle, which can be annoying in an arena shooter, are game-breaking in battle royale. And that's before we've even addressed differences in skill, which imo are game-breaking and matchmaking-breaking in any kind of shooter.

    Solo queue is a tough nut to crack, but if you use your mic and have a thick skin about the way other people use their's, then you'll do okay.

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