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Season 18 at Apex will soon be over and I didn't want to miss the opportunity to share a few thoughts beforehand. For impatient readers: this text actually has only one goal. To take away the fear o...
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@saurerDropsXXL
I suspect you were quite a bit higher up the skill ladder in Apex than I am. I experience shoddy matchmaking and the odd player here and there who I'm sure is probably cheating, or at least playing on pc, which imo is pretty close to cheating. But none of these problems are game-breaking as I suspect they are for players who are flirting with diamond tier or higher. At that level of grind I would be questioning everything and happy with nothing. Gutter tier is relatively free of the worst excesses I hear about. Although even then, I often find myself saying that the only thing wrong with competitive multiplayer shooters is the multiplayer part. Give me Halo firefight any day. Player vs. environment. Why is there no developer anywhere that takes that kind of gameplay seriously?
I suspect you were quite a bit higher up the skill ladder in Apex than I am. I experience shoddy matchmaking and the odd player here and there who I'm sure is probably cheating, or at least playing on pc, which imo is pretty close to cheating. But none of these problems are game-breaking as I suspect they are for players who are flirting with diamond tier or higher. At that level of grind I would be questioning everything and happy with nothing. Gutter tier is relatively free of the worst excesses I hear about. Although even then, I often find myself saying that the only thing wrong with competitive multiplayer shooters is the multiplayer part. Give me Halo firefight any day. Player vs. environment. Why is there no developer anywhere that takes that kind of gameplay seriously?
To give credit where it's due, I played Apex from S3 to (and including) S17 and would still only rank myself in the Gold range. Once I really pushed myself and made it to Platinum IV. So yes, skill in terms of map knowledge and what better not to do to survive longer, I have/had. Skill that would have given me more kills and wins in later seasons, I didn't have. I guess I had my peak in the time S7 to about S12, which was not only because of my skills but also because of a reasonable game.
