Now that it is over, what are your plans?

I don't really have an agenda to not play, but I haven't been playing.

I admit, sometimes grinding keeps me going, but the problem here is, I see nothing much worth pursuing without a viable Ranked system.  I haven't even come by for Control, which is my favorite game mode.

What's distracted me is Overwatch 2, which, by the way, is REALLY BAD. I mean, if you believe what is being said about it.  Honestly, what it really is, is, just the exact same.  It's called 2, but it really is Overwatch 1.  Not even Overwatch 1.1,  It's Overwatch, with a patch, and Overwatch had patches and will continue to have patches.  That's really what the rage is all about, the stupid hype train Blizzard wanted everyone to jump on, and then delivered...truly nothing.

OW2 is a battle pass format now, because, again, if you are a vapor breathing company executive, then you think that's how you 'monetize' a game.  (quick aside here....how much 'monetization' happened after killing OW, then never having OW 2 break even close to the popularity of OW1?...I'm betting a lot less...genius).  Now what that means is I can play OW2 with spending...none more money.  But I'M THE PRODUCT! Right?  Except here's the problem, also, great big thinkers of monetization....if you have a bunch of games all doing the same thing, getting people to wander from 1 game to another, because they mostly suck, rather than locking into your game, because it's good.....how does that work either?  What would you like to do now? Throw me commercials like Candy Crush?

Point is, neither Apex or Overwatch have had staying power.  Right now, I wandered to OW because it's different, and because I used to play it a lot.  I expect it will wear down in interest again, but in the meantime, yeah, I don't need to be worrying about no Ranked play Apex, or SPESHUL EVENTZ for SENDING UZ MONEY!  Not in either game.

@Xubunnytwo

Well, not being that guy who is motivated by rank grinding, ltm grinding, battlepass grinding, challenge grinding, or any other form of grindiness, I have to say I still enjoy the odd match of pubs here and there. And I'm patiently awaiting some kind of sbmm change, though what that might look like I shudder to think.

Though to be honest, I've been spending less time in Apex lately because I've been spending more time in Halo Infinite forge. Yes, the game itself is a hot mess, and the more I read about 343 and Micro$oft, the more disappointed I am overall with everything they do. As one ex-343 employee put it, "They can spend $68 billion (yes, Billion with a "B") on Activision but they need to cut 60+ people from 343...." But the new forge mode is 70% brilliant and the other 30% will come over time... unless those were the guys that got laid off.

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@dSKyNafinchin wrote:

Titanfall 2 (finally played it and love it, just working on finishing campaign on Master with all pilot helmets, but Viper is annoying)
Gears of War 3 (working on first-ever playthrough of franchise, and loving it so far)

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I keep telling everyone! That's what I want back! GIVE ME TITANFALL 3!

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@reconzero wrote:

@Xubunnytwo

Well, not being that guy who is motivated by rank grinding, ltm grinding, battlepass grinding, challenge grinding, or any other form of grindiness, I have to say I still enjoy the odd match of pubs here and there. And I'm patiently awaiting some kind of sbmm change, though what that might look like I shudder to think.

Though to be honest, I've been spending less time in Apex lately because I've been spending more time in Halo Infinite forge. Yes, the game itself is a hot mess, and the more I read about 343 and Micro$oft, the more disappointed I am overall with everything they do. As one ex-343 employee put it, "They can spend $68 billion (yes, Billion with a "B") on Activision but they need to cut 60+ people from 343...." But the new forge mode is 70% brilliant and the other 30% will come over time... unless those were the guys that got laid off.

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I'd give it a try, but no X-Box. We got a PS4 and a Switch (and the Switch is technically the kid's, but he shares with the whole house).

That said, I have been finding Animal Crossing oddly relaxing in the evenings when the kid is at work. And just finished up DooM Eternal. That last battle...  perfection.

Today I notice they are adding a last minute Lunar New Years Event.  I looked over the prizes and not much there to do either.  I am glad to hear everyone is doing something other than waiting on Apex season 16.  @hayhor I am going to check out that Sim Dinosaur game, the website appears to be interesting.  @reconzero I haven't played any Halo since Combat Evolved dropped on the PC.  That was back in my XP days... I wonder if I can get that working by now in my Linux OS?  Probably not. 😞

@dSKyNafinchin I hope you will remember to eat and go for a walk to the bathroom.  That is an uber long list of games. @KelRiever all I can reply to that is, you should have chosen Mercy. 

As I said, the only other online game I currently play is Eve Online.  For those of you who never played, it is not the reflexive skill PvP, it is strategic PvP.  I honestly cannot recommend it to anyone here, since Apex is like squirrel hunting as to Eve Online is like chess on a more massive scale.  Obviously it will not appeal to everyone.

Happy Chinese New Year!

- Mechwarrior 5
- Stellaris
- X4 Foundations
- Total War Warhammer 3
- Division 2
- Escape from Tarkov. That's why I don't get stressed over death in Apex. You can lose a week's persistent loot in realistic 1-2 shots.
- Astrox Imperium - Really nice space sim like Eve online, made by solo developer

Finally had reason to play Witcher 3 and DLCs. Never did a 2nd playthrough until earlier this year. True masterpiece of developers who cared.