I used to think Valorant is boring, after 4 months of playing, I was right.
My friends and I (6 of us) were Apex day-1 players, we never stopped playing until Apex hit one of the lowest points in season 5. Altogether, me and my gang stopped playing at once, we took a break from gaming for a bit and came back together when Valorant released. So we gave it a shot.
We were hooked for about a month because it's new, duh, and then one of us stopped playing, and then another one, and so on. Until it's only the 2 of us, we tried to grind rank and it, was, HELL.
Maybe we weren't good enough, but the smurfs in that game just too strong to deal with. They'd stomped you with one shot, no mercy.
- Solo was hell too, 7/10 times you'll get bullied by your teammates, and your enemies if you are a bottom frag.
- Comms are so crucial, but most people won't talk and then just die.
- It's a hiding simulator and a walking simulator.
- You played a match for 40 minutes, and when you lost, you'll get nothing but a rank drop and a stress.
- No, you can't quit mid-game. Because why? here, 10-50 minutes penalty, and just to feel like crap again on the next game.
- Batllepass is so goddam hard to level up, unless you're an 8-hours-a-day player.
Maybe we started to game a lot when BRs is all we play. Especially with Apex's rhythms, coming back to CS-like mechanic is just way too boring.
and for the past month, we haven't played anything, we all went silent. I think it took a toll on us, it's just too stressful, sometimes we even debate on some wrong moves, while in Apex, we tend to just forget about it and move on to the next game.
No, we didn't burnout on the game, we barely play 2-3 match a day.
Some of us are ready to play Apex again in season 7, while some of us just have too much pride to comeback because we trashed Apex when we quit playing (don't judge us, you know how it feels sometimes).
No, I didn't regret taking a break from Apex, instead, it gave me a whole new perspective of the game and appreciate it more than to complain more.
So, my advice to those players who find it hard to play Apex right now, take a break, it'll do you good.
