Is there any plans to fix the problems?
This whole week I have not been able to land one hit in battle royale mode (I play trios) and the action slows to a halt whenever a gunfight starts and the bullets go right through whoever I'm shooti...
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@AymCTL
I feel your pain, though I have to say that I feel lucky to not have experienced what you're describing. There are many aspects of this game I can freely criticize but at least this isn't one of them.
But one thing I read in your post made me stop and think:
"this game eats up a tremendous amount of time having to practice for hours at a time in the firing range on weekends and play everyday just to keep your skills up."
Sorry to wander off topic, but I would be curious to hear more on the subject. I would have thought, and experience has partly confirmed, that in a game with sbmm there is not a huge incentive to improve because as your skill increases so too does the skill of your enemies increase. If anything it would seem that the skill of your enemies increases even when yours doesn't, according to the sbmm anecdotes on this forum. Personally I've got better over time, but only as much as my own pace of play allows. I'm not sure I would ever consider "practicing" for a game anymore than I would consider practicing my driving. I'll just get in the car and go, and every time I do I suppose it could be said that I'm becoming a more experienced driver. But I have no intention of racing professionally, or doing a Manhattan perimeter speed run for YouTube, so I'm fairly satisfied with where I am as a driver. Maybe this isn't the perfect analogy, but I'm curious to understand the motivation to improve, how much improvement people think is possible or even realistic, and whether or not a player can find a happy place in this game just by playing two or three matches a day, three or four days a week, no practice or improvement regimen. Just a moderate amount of normal play time.
No judgment here. Just curious. And again, sorry to drag this off topic.
I feel your pain, though I have to say that I feel lucky to not have experienced what you're describing. There are many aspects of this game I can freely criticize but at least this isn't one of them.
But one thing I read in your post made me stop and think:
"this game eats up a tremendous amount of time having to practice for hours at a time in the firing range on weekends and play everyday just to keep your skills up."
Sorry to wander off topic, but I would be curious to hear more on the subject. I would have thought, and experience has partly confirmed, that in a game with sbmm there is not a huge incentive to improve because as your skill increases so too does the skill of your enemies increase. If anything it would seem that the skill of your enemies increases even when yours doesn't, according to the sbmm anecdotes on this forum. Personally I've got better over time, but only as much as my own pace of play allows. I'm not sure I would ever consider "practicing" for a game anymore than I would consider practicing my driving. I'll just get in the car and go, and every time I do I suppose it could be said that I'm becoming a more experienced driver. But I have no intention of racing professionally, or doing a Manhattan perimeter speed run for YouTube, so I'm fairly satisfied with where I am as a driver. Maybe this isn't the perfect analogy, but I'm curious to understand the motivation to improve, how much improvement people think is possible or even realistic, and whether or not a player can find a happy place in this game just by playing two or three matches a day, three or four days a week, no practice or improvement regimen. Just a moderate amount of normal play time.
No judgment here. Just curious. And again, sorry to drag this off topic.
- @reconzero Idk, I think for me it was always about setting goals for myself, and since this is my first fps game (I'm normally a turn based rpg player) I have to work harder to maintain my skills, especially since season 16 was my first season. When they did the Revenant challenge I wanted to unlock him so bad that I would put in like 4 to 6 hours in the firing range at times to get good enough to get the damage and kills necessary to unlock him. That's what started my practice routine I think. Everyone on here gave me good tips as well to help me do that challenge. Even after unlocking Revenant I started getting requested for matches frequently by two live streamers who both said they wanted me because I was able to knock opponents so fast. This all ended with season 20 when the whole feel of the game changed.
I still have a love for the game, and I think Apex Legends is the best idea for a game I've seen in years, and has some of the best characters with so much untapped potential when it comes to storytelling. I suppose that's why I still haven't given it up despite these issues. I still put in the long hours of practice and am trying to work around the issues the best I can, although I can do nowhere near what I could before season 20. I don't really see so much how the matchmaking changes things though, I feel like if I don't practice the game is much harder to play.- @AymCTL
Good reply.
Okay, so back on topic: I know you're on Wii - do you know which server you're routinely connecting to? I'm trying to identify the variables here. I'm xbox one x, always on the South Carolina server, decent internet connection, and the only thing I've experienced that even comes close to yours is that I'll have an individual match or two where I just can't seem to land shots. I would normally put it down to a me-problem, but I'll turn everything off, come back in an hour, and suddenly I can deal damage again. Did I have the wrong gun with the wrong scope? Did SC have an overload? It may even have been the lobby and the shut down was enough to tell sbmm to get its head out of its butt. I know sbmm isn't normally that responsive, but sometimes, in certain circumstances, it is. Just spit-balling here.
Anyway, if I had to guess I'd say it might be a server thing. Try switching. On xbox there's a prompt on the load screen to look at available servers. I'm sure Wii has the same thing. Pick one that isn't at the top of the list, even if the ping is a little higher. Worth a try?
A worthwhile experiment would be to try playing on someone else's console/account, if you know anyone else near you who plays the game. Or open a secondary account, which I know is probably breaking what passes for rules around here, but that stops absolutely no one. Either path would give you some good data.I play on Switch and usually use the Oregon servers (there are 3 of them I think, labeled as Oregon GCE 1 and 2, and the other is just Oregon). Does switching servers help that much? I usually go with the server with the lowest ping and zero packet loss.
These problems didn't start until season 20 when the audio files to the guns were changed and the aim assist was disabled for the switch joy *. (Target compensation is now greyed out on the switch version). Also, all movement slows down when any enemies at all fire guns. The graphics have been majorly downgraded with season 20 with the scenery being blurry or pixilated in places.
The only time anything like this happened before season 20 was during the Halloween event for season 18 when they had Halloween theme maps and the graphics were pixilated with very slow movement, but respawn fixed this problem within 5 days of people complaining on here.
The recoil is much harder to manage on the guns since they all do a sharp * upward when you begin firing. Previous to this recoil was never a problem on switch since you just tilt the controller forward to balance the recoil with the gun firing.
When you add to that the players doing one shots and impossible recoil/movement it is now near impossible to play. Mixtape is at least partially playable since it seems like fewer people are cheating there, but even that is difficult compared to what it used to be.
One more thing, regarding the experiment idea, I just got a new gaming pc, would trying on pc be a worthwhile experiment? I hear MnK is closest to the switch joycons so maybe that would be something to try.
