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Lyntur's avatar
5 years ago

Less begginer friendly game I've ever played. Any tips??

Hello, I've been playing for two weeks and I really don't know how to improve at all, I'm doing everything I can: Reading guides, watching videos, practicing in the firing range, hot-dropping, cold-dropping... The thing is I can do decently in Arenas when I'm matched against people of my skill level, but overall I'm finding the matchmaking completely atrocious. BR is unplayable for me, I've been playing some Duos today, and whenever I'm having the luck of having a teammate (Always a player EVEN newer than me, never the opposite way) every single encounter we had was versus players 400 levels ahead, with 40k damage and fancy badges, which obviously turned out in us being instantly wiped every single time. How am I supposed to learn a game, which already has a high learning curve, if I'm being thrown to the wolves from the very first minute? how am I supposed to learn how to approach gunfights against people with hundreds and hundreds of hours more than me? Not even counting the smurfs.

I of course don't expect to win every single gunfight nor every single game, and I understand it may be difficult to match so many people equally, but it usually happens in Arenas too and it's just 3v3, so I find the experience really frustrating.

I'd like to keep trying because I do enjoy the mechanics, the characters, and everything game-related, but I don't know what else to do other than that, keep trying.

Lastly, every video guide I watch is like "BEST TIPS for IMPROVING your GAMEPLAY 100%" and it's a 20 min video with completely disjointed gameplay and mostly firing range footage. Some movement tips are actually helpful, and I can practice them on the firing range, but most of them don't work outside that when you're a new player, it's obviously not the same to fight dummies as being thrown against +500h players while you have 80.

If someone has any advice, it will be more than welcome, thanks in advance.

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  • @Lyntur 

    I feel you... ☹️

    To be honest, this game is too competitive IMO.

    I feel like there is no place for a subpar player like me...

    And also I know the Smurfing problem, it is hard to know whether the low level player is sub-account or new player.

    1 suggestion is don't put-off the kill number tracker, your teammate basically/probably think you are just the 2nd or 3rd or... account of the high level player.

    Not a new player. Because there are too many of them!!

    IMO low level Ranked game is more easy.

    Casual is now... very sweaty.

  •  I think SBMM isn't that tragic in ranked. I encountered predators in pubs, but rarely in ranked.Or maybe i simply cannot identify them(i'm platinum rank, hit diamond last season).

    Even for beginner, i would recommend to play ranked as soon as possible. I consider it better than pubs. In pubs people often quit and leave you alone. In ranked at least they get a penalty for their behavior. The higher the rank, the more people care about game outcome and it is a bit easier to cooperate.

    Try to stick to some forgiving weapons, before you know better the rest. For close range it would be EVA-8, it deals a lot of damage and its hard to miss with it. For medium/long range take G7 scout. It hits for 30 points in the body, fires fast, and has a lot of ammunition in clip. These two i consider as perfect for someone, who begins to play. You can also change it later for a Sniper rifle(which drain player's shield - and his confidence🙌).

    It is actually a good idea to spent some time in the Firing range, shoot from some weapons, learn recoil patterns, legend's abilities and how they affect eachother. You should obviously stick to legend you like, but if i would have to recommend a legend for a beginner, it would be bangalore. Sprints faster when under fire and has smoke cover as tactical. I think its quite forgiving to play.

    If its going about tactics, try to play safely. You may try to wait at the rings border for its closing, just to make an ambush. You will know, that at least from one direction enemy won't come, and it helps to prevent 3rd partying(shootout with multiple squads, in which its easy to die). Some legends(crypto, valkyrie to some degree) can detect how many squads are nearby and evaluate the risk.

    I think its better to play with microphone, as without it - although the ping system is great - people may not be able to understand you. I played a lot with it, rarely met with toxicity, although you never know what MM throws at you. It also requires(a lot) of composure.

    Other tips, which you may already know: don't stay still while looting deadbox, slide and jump often to avoid fire. And most important - add to friends people, with which you had good games or join a club.

  • @Lyntur I recommend playing with friends until you get the hang of it. (Also, continue playingwith friends after you get the hang of it!)
  • hayhor's avatar
    hayhor
    Hero
    5 years ago
    @DesertDust91 There is sbmm in ranked but it is based on squading more than anything. If you squad up you will get better opponents. Ranked in itself is sbmm in that the ranks should be showing people's abilities.

    But I agree for the most part. If you want more balance play ranked, well outside of bronze because bronze is now smurfs and super players who dont play ranked.
  • @Lyntur When I first started Apex in S0, I used to have 0.5 k/d. First time my k/d went above 1 was S4. So yeah, my progression was kinda slow too. Biggest mistake I made was not backing out of a fight, I would stand still and shoot lol even when I was gonna die.