How do you think Apex should be played?
Another question because I see some disagreement over this in quite a few comment sections on the internet. To me, I think the game is geared towards aggressive play, and placement is a reward for s...
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Yes you can play how you want to but if you want to win it is generally around active plays either by quick rotations to have better placements or killing squads. The more you want to win, the more restricted on how you want to play because it’s directed by the current meta like you have to have a Seer and a Valk in your team. But for the general audience/players, do what you want to do.
On a personal level, my friends and I play aggressively. If we see you playing very cautiously by hiding or just sniping, you’re getting aped immediately. Apex feels the best when it’s fast paced. Can’t really hide in this game anymore because of the scan meta.
- @Cheese9Man Hard agree that you need a Valk or a scan character, and playing aggressively, passive play can only get you so far.
@Unitee01 Some of the less than average players on this forum will definitely disagree with my take but in my lobbies you just can’t play passively anymore. The current state of apex is filled by just 2 types of legends, a mobility and a scan legend which will wreck any passive team. I play as Gibby but generally play aggressively with my premade squad.
edit: I appreciate people making threads like this. Thanks.
- @Cheese9Man Precisely, it gets crazy 🙂
@Cheese9Man wrote:Yes you can play how you want to but if you want to win it is generally around active plays either by quick rotations to have better placements or killing squads. The more you want to win, the more restricted on how you want to play because it’s directed by the current meta like you have to have a Seer and a Valk in your team. But for the general audience/players, do what you want to do.
On a personal level, my friends and I play aggressively. If we see you playing very cautiously by hiding or just sniping, you’re getting aped immediately. Apex feels the best when it’s fast paced. Can’t really hide in this game anymore because of the scan meta.
See, your assessment of how you need to play is correct, but it makes me sad.
In my ideal alternate universe, where we have UBI, Single Payer Health Care, Unions for every profession, Gay Couples protecting their "plants" with AR-15s, commercials on streaming is illegal, and less processed food, this is the version of Apex we could play:
- The matchmaking is perfect. Every fight is close, even if you lose, and the wins or losses never feel cheap. Everyone feels like their time in the game is respected.
- Scan meta is greatly reduced. Bloodhound can still track, but doesn't have the insta-radar anymore. His tactical is now sending his bird to attack you real quick, do light damage, and steal one item at random from your bag. Seer only has the exhibit. His passive is now just knowing that enemies are within 30 meters (hearbeats) but no idea which way and his tactical no longer marks enemies (but does more damage in return). Valk no longer scans beacons or on drop, she's just an attacker like she always should have been. Ash remembered she was a titan pilot and instead of her deathbox passive she remembered how to use her mobility pack and can double jump and wall run now.
- Mirage finally figured out a way to go invisible without him or one of his team being downed.
- Evo shields no longer upgrade (50 max) but they recharge when not taking damage for a bit like in Gun Run. As such, no more batteries.
- "What about the Sentinel!?" you might be thinking, and here is the key, no gimmick guns need special parts to work anymore. Sentinel is always charged, Havoc and Devotion always have Turbocharger, the pistols come with Hammerpoints. The Rampage is gone (because in that world I can't see a way to balance it and I don't want to hear any whining in this alternate universe).
- Guns start with all white attachments. Anything you manage to find is an upgrade.
- Oh, yeah, speaking of finding things, there is a LOT LESS to find. Less medical, less ammo, less attachment upgrades. If you are lucky you will find 100 light ammo total. Less for bigger ammo types.
- The ring is even more aggressive. Plan your rotations well and quickly. Speaking of...
- There are 4 drop-ships now, all with different paths. The squads are spread out among them, and you can't drop till you get a green light, where you have a 5 second window to pick the direction before they just kick you out of the ship. This keeps everyone from all hotdropping in...
- Oh yeah, Fragments is gone too. Streamers have to find fights to keep people interested rather than camp a spot they spent 15 seasons tricking kids into jumping into so they can stream easier.
- So, in short, the game has less resources, less easy ways to survive, but it requires you to be a little aggressive, finish people off quick to re-supply, before someone does the same to you. It's a Sci-fi Survival Horror.
Ah, if a boy could dream...
- @reconzero I have a theory on why apex is the way it is.
The more aggressive you are, the more you tend to die early, to the point where a top ten can be called a good game as long as you have three kills. The more you die early, the more wins mean to you, as aggressive players generally won’t make it into the the top three. If you play passively, you tend to avoid fights, and consistently get top three, or to two. Getting a higher placement gets you a more happiness than getting kills. This brings me to my final point, and big theory, respawn and EA want you to play aggressive. The more aggressive you play the less happy with the game you are, so you search for that happiness in other places, which is where the monetization of you sadness comes into play. Just as you are about to set down the game becase you got one kill and died early, apex releases a new collection event with an heirloom for your main, and a new ltm promoting aggressive play. This hooks you back into the game, end encourages you to spend money, even when the event leaves you still have leftover happiness that slowly gets drained away with bad games, only to get a small boost when you win. Hypothesis: passive play mindset, or doing silly things and expecting death is better for your mental health and wallet.
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