No longer a place for regular players
I tried taking a break after my last remaining friends gave up on Apex due to terrible SBMM and cheating Smurf scum. I honestly thought a couple of weeks away would be enough to refresh me after over...
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@Redmattgameyeah, I thought about that explanation by the TD of Apex as well. If players are dominant, why wouldn't they go pro or stream at least? Why would they just quit? I don't know where they get their information from and how old it is, because if you're very good at games these days, you could get paid for it.
I've mentioned separating solo q and stack lobbies before as well. I think it would work, but not sure if it would be feasible and worthwhile for Respawn to do. On the other hand, if they don't improve something, they will lose more players. There are a lot of people that are very unhappy about the current MM.
I'm with you on the tap strafing and other movement tricks being unfair. They weren't intended for the game, but rather exploits discovered accidentally. I'm pretty sure I'll get disagreements from MnK tap strafers for that last comment lol.
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I feel the same about people winning. People aren’t going to quit the game because they win too much— I have always felt like this is disingenuous.
But people will walk away if they lose too much. So the ethical question becomes: should all players have similar outcomes to maximize player retention? Should pubs feel easier as you increase your individual skill? Should average players win as frequently as a player in the top 10%?
I have and continue to pose these questions to people on this and other forums.
I feel the same about people winning. People aren’t going to quit the game because they win too much— I have always felt like this is disingenuous.
But people will walk away if they lose too much. So the ethical question becomes: should all players have similar outcomes to maximize player retention? Should pubs feel easier as you increase your individual skill? Should average players win as frequently as a player in the top 10%?
I have and continue to pose these questions to people on this and other forums.
- @Axs5626Sxa5001 If people were so good at the game and they were dominating, why wouldn't they just keep playing and start streaming? This day and age, people make money being good at games lol. Now...if people were losing and they were losing because the system grouped them up with drastically lower skilled teammates over and over and they kept dying early in the game, that can be real frustrating. They really need to do something about their MM system. Otherwise, they are going to lose a lot of players.
I've played Fornite for over 3 years consistently and then Warzone for 2 years, they were both SBMM and I have a pretty good amount of wins on both. That didn't make me less interested in playing either. I've been playing Apex for 5 months (besides playing the first few seasons), and I'm genuinely seeing their MM system as being an issue.
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