Is this game too difficult for the average gamer?

@fg1985bg I think this game is more difficult than most to average gamers because it relies more heavily on intrinsic skills rather than learned skills. A big portion of the game is, "Do you know what you're doing?" rather than, "How well do you aim?"

An example of this, looting slowly. Looting relies mostly on memory and color coordination. You need to know what you need, what color it is, and remembering what enemy you've killed that'll most likely have what you're looking for, and most importantly, around the general area in which they died at. If you need a light ammo magazine, you're probably not going to find it on the guy who was using a Spitfire. If you have to read each item in a death box to confirm it's what you're looking for, chances are it's gonna get taken by someone else. If you don't have a comfortable loadout memorized (AKA what weapons you're best with, how much ammo to carry for each weapon, how many consumables to carry, grenades, etc. etc.) chances are you're gonna be fumbling on a per match basis wondering how much stuff you need. 

Chances are if your teammate loots slowly, they're going to still be looting while you've moved on to another area, which leads to them dying or you fighting a 2v3. If they loot slowly, chances are they're going to react slowly, meaning in fight they might not be able to cover enough distance to safely heal, or to even respond if you start shooting at an enemy. You can obviously see where this is going. 

I stop pushing when there like 70 % of player cheating. I think is better to shoot on them and run. Repeat to they are almost dead; then push.

@fg1985bgwell, it's all about to be the last one alive .
it's boring of course and not fun at all but a lot of people just do that , don't engage until the last squad or if they really have to

@Koochi-QI was a CoD guy so I can relate on what you’re saying. It definitely requires less thinking and typically encounters do boil down to reaction time and instincts, which is why I loved the fast pace nature of the Black ops series.

I consider myself a decent player especially since I’m essentially an exclusively solo player. KD sits at about a 2.60 this season and about a 2.35 overall more or less...With the game expanding more, it’s ruining my experience simply because team mates cant keep up because there’s just too much to pick up for the average gamer and the game requires a ton of learned skills and muscle memory that people won’t put the time into learning.

The more I’ve played Apex this season, the more it’s been a struggle for me. The game appears to have almost completely alienated the solo player but I’ve come to the conclusion that SBMM isn’t the problem. I think it’s the easy excuse to make because no one wants to accept the reality that this isn’t the easiest game to pick up and play. There are so many underrated skills in this game that go beyond aiming. Like you mentioned with “Looting”. It amazes me how slow people loot. It’s by far one of the most important skills in the game. Then other decisions like having 3 or 4 squads left and taking a level 1 evo shield at that point over a purple or hell even a blue regular shield. Things like that have nothing to do with SBMM.

Like I said, I use to be one of those people crying about SBMM. But the bigger issue is that Apex Legends isn’t built for the average gamer. It’s a game that is extremely unforgiving for people that don’t put the time in to it...

No it is not. People are just awful decision makers. Titanfall 2 had a much higher skill ceiling. Sadly we will never see a Titanfall game again because it is so anti casual. Apex is a much more casual friendly game and that is good for EA because more casuals = more lootboxes.