QOL Improvements
"Party up (requeue) button" for random teammates after each match for all game modes. Adding a "party up button" to Apex would promote playing together. Specifically, for Ranked, adding a party up ...
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More suggestions regarding QOL improvements.
POI Draft
If Ranked is ever made more competitive by pushing stacked teams into queues a POI draft can be added to Ranked matches. Before each match teams will choose a POI in order similar to the ALGS. This means that teams will be dispersed evenly across the map. Then let the games begin. That’s how Ranked should be. It’s already working in the ALGS. During the POI draft teams would have 5 seconds to choose before a random POI is chosen for them. Ranked needs to be more organized and eventful. Period!!!
There must be a difference between competitive and noncompetitive game modes. If Ranked and Pubs should be the same, then just get rid of Ranked.
Arena Improvements
Apex Arenas need to be 5v5 to compete with other arena shooters in the market. Arenas need slightly bigger maps without "king of the hill" areas and maybe some looting elements. Arenas has a lot of potential because of the character lineup and movement. The mode needs better direction. If I’m a dev I’m dissecting every arena shooter in the market and take what works best.
Clubs
I’m assuming that removing Clubs was for a good reason, I hope. Because it could’ve been utilized better. I have a post from 3 years ago with suggestions. Most games in the market have some sort of club elements in their game. I think that’s a big loss regarding player engagement. If Clubs were to come back a “club leader board point system” would work well in Apex. I noticed this type of system in a F2P game called 3on3 Basketball years ago. The last clubs effort could’ve been more user-friendly.
Social Hub
A social hub practice range with up to 30 players would be a great player engagement tool. The more players who are staying in Apex the better, for whatever reason. There could be a dedicated ALGS area where ALGS replays are being shown. Players could meet, chat, and talk to play matches together.
One thing I'm so tired of hearing people say is that solo queue players are choosing not to stack. Currently, how are we to find players "in-game" to stack with? Answer that question. The answer can't be to use a third-party service. I don't want to. I want to meet players where they're at.... In the game "before" I start a match. Or be able to easily link up "after" a match. Similar to most multiplayer games in the industry.
Match Replay and Kill Cams
Most games have these features. If they can do it why can’t Apex do it. Maybe these features have a chance to catch cheaters as well.
FYI – I have history with helping devs improve QOL with my forum participation. One example is a game called Prominence Poker. I helped the devs put together a better ranked system back in 2017 that is still being used to this day. Go check it out if you want. Good player feedback results in a better game. I’m not always right and will never be, but I know what I’m talking about. Anything I mention in my post is already being done in other games.
POI draft: If there wasn't already so much to stop me from playing ranked modes then this would definitely do it. What's next? The dev choses your weapons for you? I know it's frustrating when teammates make bad choices, but the point isn't whether they make good or bad choices. The point is that the game gives each of us the opportunity to choose for ourselves. And just because a teammate (or two) makes a bad decision does not mean you have to go along with it. Even in ranked.
"There must be a difference between competitive and noncompetitive game modes. If Ranked and Pubs should be the same, then just get rid of Ranked."
That statement made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. And I completely... you guessed it! ...disagree. Actually if it was up to me there wouldn't be a ranked mode. But children will endlessly want to whip it out and see who has the bigger gun. So be it.
For me, ranked and pubs should be absolutely identical, if only because of the prevailing thought (which I disagree with) that pubs is just practice for ranked. How are you supposed to practice football on a postage stamp-sized lot instead of a regulation-sized field? Or with a softball instead of a football? Or with one teammate instead of a full squad? Or, to bring it all back to the POI draft, how am I supposed to practice the game when I don't have full run of the field? I played straight shot or whichever LTM it was where they forced you to drop where they wanted you to drop. I hated it. One match was all it got. Never again.
There's a tremendous amount to be said on the subject of ranks, their value, their misapprehensions about players, players misapprehensions about what ranks actually are, what they mean, and whether or not they tell you much of value. I could go on all night, but this is not the time or place.
I completely agree with you about clubs and also about a social hub. Both good ideas that the game needs.
On the subject of killcams, I've played games that had them and they really don't ever seem to do what it is they're intended to do. They never show you what happened. They show you a rough approximation of what happened, with just enough inaccuracy to fuel the constant and relentless cheating call outs. When something that's created to alleviate confusion ends up making things more confusing... that's not good. Now if somebody could build one that actually worked, that would be great. Somehow I'm not seeing Respawn as the company to crack that code. And even if they could, EA wouldn't fund it. Cheap **bleep**. Can I say "**bleep**" on the forums?
At any rate, more good effort. Keep it up.
I don't want to debate. I'm just sharing what I think can help Apex not lose 40% revenue this year and a declining player base. I'm a TF2 OG, whose still waiting for TF3. Titanfall was Respawn's COD, except Activision hasn't given up on its "pride and joy". Apex will be the next TF2 if the devs continue to listen to people like you and all the stupid posts about nothing then the ship will sink, once again.
Why defend a game so much that chooses to create universal heirlooms over finishing the heirlooms and prestige skins for ALL Legends? EA is already hinting at Apex Legends 2 and they haven't finished creating cosmetics for OG Legends, like Wattson. Mirage finally got some attention with his prestige skin and he's been in the game since the beginning. It shouldn't take over 6 years to make cosmetics for OG Legends. Players probably have died, literally, and never got the most out of the game they loved while watching Fortnite go all out for its community.
This company and developer is shortcutting us. For what? Star Wars games that get played for a short period. Now Star Wars is partnering with Fortnite for their current season. Apex released a failed mobile app that had better development at the time. All they had to do with the mobile app is start with the base version of the game and build it up over time eventually catching up to the PC/Console version. Instead, they released new Legends and a perk system for the app, etc. COD and Fortnite are still in the mobile space. Why is Apex having such a hard time with reality? Probably because they keep listening to people like everyone on this forum and Reddit.
What's sad is once they add my suggestions players are going to love it. You guys just don't know enough about how video games should operate. I had the same problem on Prominence Poker's forum, but once changes were made players were happy.
"if the devs continue to listen to people like you and all the stupid post about nothing then the ship will sink"
"You guys just don't know enough about how video games should operate."
"I don't want to debate."
The first two quotes I'm just putting up there to remind you of what you said. The last one I'm putting up there as a preamble to me asking you, just what is it you see as the purpose of these forums if it isn't to float ideas and invite commentary???
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