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?
Not sure how much longer I'll be playing though. The new default "auto" difficulty is frustrating even in Bot Mode. Seems like they just set it to screw you as much as regular BR matchmaking. Also, I love how the new bot AIs perfectly mimic the average real player I get. Had a bot Octane run off leaving me waiting for a revive just so it could die in a 1 v 6. Perfectly like real people!
I play bot mode to GET AWAY from real people.
And the season updates... wow. I hate Sparrow SO much. Can we stop having wall hacks, please?Yeah, no. If I cared about the old account then I'd have brought it along. It wasn't as if I had any money tied up in it, or as if the banners were anything that anyone would care about, or as if I couldn't unlock Valk on the new account in a matter of days.
Yup, Sparrow is a train wreck. If I was ever to be found in late-game diamond matches trying to move up then I'd be pissed. But as it is I've just added him to my list of quitable opponents. I get to late game and I look for Ash, Mirage, and now Sparrow. If I see one of them on the enemy squad I instaquit. Even if there isn't any of the above, I still watch carefully and if I see three people moving as one, or any kind of swarm mentality, then I quit. If I start poking and find I'm getting poked back at poke range with automatics that have no recoil or bullet drop... you guessed it: I quit.
Yeah, the Bot Royale thing I have yet to really play around with. But OH YES, they run off and engage all on their own and go down like a cheer leader on prom night. Just like real players. It's staggering. It's starting to make me think there are more bots in pubs than I thought. I've run across them before. Today even. But I thought they were a rarity. Maybe not so much?
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