My thoughts of the direction of Apex
I said this before I am going to say it again. They will kill their own game I do believe that Respawn is a great team when it comes to stories, lore, and game mechanics they are brilliant, but they...
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@Renegade_Prime86 I'm finishing this seasons BP, then I'm done playing until they add/change modes that allows everyone an equal chance rather than just 3 stacks. Sucks because I love the game and it's playstyle but it's too much of a headache as a solo player and it feels detrimental to my mental health at times. I solo que in pubs, and I can at times get 10 matches played in 15 minutes with the hot droppers randoms and the leavers that take off as soon as they're knocked. When you get 1 good match out of 20 it wears on you. I don't even have to win, I just want my teammates to be close to my skill level (I'm diamond, with 1.92 lifetime k/d) and not leave. I can't deal with the egos and everyone wanting to play like Aceu and try and fail to kill the whole lobby by themselves.
What certain pros said at the beginning of Season 13 wasn't necessarily wrong from where they sat, but what was fundamentally wrong was that they thought what was good for them was good for everyone, and it is simply not. They live in a demented world where they make money from video games. Most people do not, and in fact pay money for video games. They need Apex to succeed or some other game...we do not.
Ranked mode was never bush league for pros. Never, ever, ever. It was a way for regular people to participate in something more competitive and supposedly serious. In no game, however, was it ever so serious that it wasn't a hobby. In other words, I hate to say it, but Ranked players ARE casual players, just less 'casual' than their pug counterparts. You only change that when what you do starts paying you to do it, like getting accepted on a pro team or earning enough streaming to make your living or significantly supplementing your income.
Of course, with Apex, Ranked mode also became the mode with a penalty for quitting. It didn't stop, but perceptively it helped so even more casual player played ranked to try to play Apex more like it was supposed to be.
None of that solved any core game problems, or fixed quitting, but this answer with Ranked the way it is now, skewed through the eyes of those who need Apex to have a career, has certainly forgotten that. Two things Respawn and Pros have in common...they need casual players to play and even pay to play, or what they do doesn't matter anymore. And when they forget that, whether because of arrogance, self fed belief systems or whatever other reason, they screw up the thing for everybody. Casuals more than them, sure, but them too if you haven't started noticing they're changing their tune. They should shut up about bad players and start realizing its bad players who pay their damn bills.
@KelRiever wrote:What certain pros said at the beginning of Season 13 wasn't necessarily wrong from where they sat, but what was fundamentally wrong was that they thought what was good for them was good for everyone, and it is simply not. They live in a demented world where they make money from video games. Most people do not, and in fact pay money for video games. They need Apex to succeed or some other game...we do not.
Ranked mode was never bush league for pros. Never, ever, ever. It was a way for regular people to participate in something more competitive and supposedly serious. In no game, however, was it ever so serious that it wasn't a hobby. In other words, I hate to say it, but Ranked players ARE casual players, just less 'casual' than their pug counterparts. You only change that when what you do starts paying you to do it, like getting accepted on a pro team or earning enough streaming to make your living or significantly supplementing your income.
Of course, with Apex, Ranked mode also became the mode with a penalty for quitting. It didn't stop, but perceptively it helped so even more casual player played ranked to try to play Apex more like it was supposed to be.
None of that solved any core game problems, or fixed quitting, but this answer with Ranked the way it is now, skewed through the eyes of those who need Apex to have a career, has certainly forgotten that. Two things Respawn and Pros have in common...they need casual players to play and even pay to play, or what they do doesn't matter anymore. And when they forget that, whether because of arrogance, self fed belief systems or whatever other reason, they screw up the thing for everybody. Casuals more than them, sure, but them too if you haven't started noticing they're changing their tune. They should shut up about bad players and start realizing its bad players who pay their damn bills.
Well said!
@hayhor
The majority of players I play with don't care about Ranked at all, that's the real issue. Just straight up do not care about participating in the Ranked mode. I started playing Apex Legends on release because of its simplistic movement based around a good running and/ or looking graphics engine. It feels great, while looking great.
Once the online personalities started marketing Apex Legends, Respawn allowed them to become too much involved in its design thereafter, and it's been causing a misdirection of why and/ or how the majority play the title ever sense.
Most streamers and/ or online personalities know about upcoming Legends and/ or items and they use their influence to nudge small adjustments that would benefit them more, then directly thinking how it would affect everyone as a whole in the Apex legends community.
That's the issue I have. Influence should be taken from the players where the majority of the cash is coming from, not people who make money from the title.
@DankTolietI don't have hope after playing Halo Infinite. The game didn't look good, while also using heavy resources. I also don't consider Halo to be a true FPS, being the aim down sight is quite odd in my opinion. I honestly don't think Halo could be a BR being the core gameplay is based around heavy aim assist and/ or bullet magnetism.
