How did everyone like throwback kings canyon?

@mhataro2 It felt so weird returning back to the start of Apex.

As for it making a return, I see no reason not to make it at least a mode for Bot Royal, (with smarter bots).

@mhataro2 

It would be great to keep.

It would constantly remind players how it used to be.

@hayhor

"There's so much less RNG now."

I'm gonna call this "eye of the beholder." Yes, less RNG on a hot drop. Any other point in the game it just becomes risk management, something I very much miss from the current game. Now if you want a good shield you better be willing to die for it. And why even bother looting for good kit when late-game bin resets just hand out everything to everyone. There's barely any incentive at all to do anything anymore other than drop cold and hide behind a rock until the reset.

"You can ensure you get a gun by landing at a regular bin now."

Just. Stop. Hot. Dropping. He said with a nod and a smile. And his still genuinely guileless incredulity.

"TTK is longer now due to both the shield build and less powerful guns."

The one thing on the list I will agree is an improvement, although to really understand it, or even notice it, you have to have lobbies of similarly skilled players rather than lobbies of one-clipping smurfs. So, yes AND no.

"Maps have been improved overall..."

Another yes and no. I generally like the evolution of the maps, and I even prefer the current King's to the original, but I'm still butt hurt over the season 15 gutting of KC, particularly all the high spots that were either called off limits, or made handicapped accessible for legends not naturally gifted with verticality.


Surprised you didn't comment on the timer. Even I, the king of the slow game, will admit that the original ring closings were too slow. Not for me personally, but objectively too slow. Now they're too fast. Where's Goldilocks when you need her?

@reconzero I don't hot drop. I do like to drop near other teams, loot quick and go fight tho. The bin thing makes that faster. The loot is better overall too so the rest of my looting is faster.
As for the shield thing I've done some no fill queuing and I've not had any issue getting to purple without fighting, especially as pathy. Drop at a poi by yourself, loot a bit and then go grab a yellow thing and scan falling care packages. That will make you blue. You can then scan a beacon to gain shield. Then open a package and it will have a level up item in it. Now you are purple. With most of the lobby hot dropping this is pretty easy.

@ProjectReset Yes that's how loot was. It was a rough experience

@hayhor

"I don't hot drop. I do like to drop near other teams, loot quick and go fight tho. The bin thing makes that faster. The loot is better overall too so the rest of my looting is faster."

I literally laughed out loud. I feel like if my drop doesn't put two empty POIs between me and the nearest enemy squad then I've "dropped hot." Make fun of me - I can take it.

"Loot is better over all," now that's something I don't understand. I think it's horrendous no matter where you drop, has been getting worse for the past 10 seasons, and I've quit making statements like "it can't get any worse than it is right now," because it always does. How are we looking at the same thing and seeing two completely different things?

@reconzero How many guns do you feel comfortable running? That is probably why I feel the loot is much better. I personally can run almost any gun the game shows me.