Lately games seem to be harder
Players seem to be too good lately, and like it's a way harder than before.
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The game ages... and people leave for newer games.
The game suffers with weak anti-cheat... and people leave the game to get away from cheaters.
The game ages and has weak anti-cheat... and the people who stay use secondaries to cheat the sbmm algorithm... and if there were any players left of moderate skill then this is the nail in the coffin for them. And they leave the game.
So now all that's left are cheaters and people trying to fight below their weight in an attempt to get easier matches. It's circular, self-reinforcing, and ends in a downward death spiral. Not sure where we are in that downward trajectory right now, but we definitely are heading down and I'm not seeing any convincing signs on the horizon that there is anything that Respawn will do about it. I'm not convinced that there's anything they can do about it.
So now every lobby is level 25 players who move in ways that seem to me to defy game physics and who shoot like they have an aimbot. They will shoot at you from any distance using any gun with any scope and they'll miss hardly ever. And if you even get the chance to shoot back then they just teleport away while their perfectly coordinated teammate picks up shooting at you almost without pause. And if you manage to take cover to try and heal then some Ash will teleport half way across the map to magically appear beside you, one clip you, and then disappear again as quickly as they came.
When EA said years ago that the game would evolve over time so that the game we'd be playing in the future wouldn't be the same game we were playing then... I never imagined that this is what they meant. I'm almost sorry that I invested so much time in this game.
I think we are in the Type 3 Churn phase now.
I pretty much exclusively play Bot Royale or the LTM Rotation (except gun run, despise, no, OMNILOATHE that mode) these days.
If Arenas comes back, I might play that. But I don't even worry about the battle pass anymore, really. I just do the "4 matches as" for the day and jet. They at least let you get those stars in Bot Royale. You're never on when I am anymore, kid is working all the time, so no one to play with, might as well play it like single player simulator.
And the one reason I WAS playing it at least weekly, was to keep showing interest in the IP for Titanfall 3, which now seems to be deader than dead.I probably am on when you are, but a few months ago I upgraded my xbox and was literally too lazy to bring over my account so just started a new one. Next time I'm on I'll try to remember to look at my gamertag so I can message it to you. I seem to remember your tag is not the same as your EA name here on the forums??? Don't worry, we'll figure it out!
... But... why?
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