Re: Had my best game in Apex (24 kills and 4.4k damage with Octane)

bot lobby, or you play on just created account?
enemies seems like complete bots.

@SlivPTS  if you're asking whether I was smurfing then no, I've been using this account since the very beginning when the game first came out. At any rate, with the current SBMM system the account age doesn't matter anymore. You can already get diamond opponents in like the 2nd or 3rd match.

I mentioned in my original post that the average opponent level was around 150, so these weren't completely new players either. If you consider that only about 20% of the player base is Platinum ranked or above then I'd say that these were pretty much average players. Certainly not very sweaty ...people don't get their personal kill records in very sweaty lobbies (partially because those aggressive lobbies die off pretty much in round 1). At any rate, whenever you kill people fast enough to get the 20 badge, the enemies will look like bots. That's why just about every 20 kill game I've seen online gets "bot lobby" comments 🙂 ...I mean, if one person can kill more than 20 of them then obviously they couldn't have been Apex gods.

@DarthValtrex  well, the high damage headshots can look cool (especially if you noscope someone), but I'd rather have a high fire rate and lots of easily available ammo, so I can afford to miss a few shots on moving targets without having to reload while they escape. And if for whatever reason you need to hipfire them with your long range weapon then I'd rather spam Scout shots than Sentinel 🙂

@Romet6The Triple Take is fairly decent at medium range. It can also double as a so/so shotgun in CQC. The one benefit the Triple Take has over the G7 are for situations in which you need slightly more range than the G7 reliably offers.

But in general I agree, you want a CQC weapon. Prowler, 99, Flatline R-301 or a shotty paired with something for mid range. R-301/Flatline will be at a slight disadvantage in CQC to Shotty/99/Prowler.

Good mid range choices, G7, Hemlock in single fire, Snipers such as longbow/triple take. The hard part with the Triple Take and Longbow, you have to be extremely accurate.

True, I rarely run low on sniper ammo and only carry 2 stacks. 32 rounds is typically all I need to carry. I can typically loot more as the round progresses. Once it gets to top 3 I typically dump the sniper for secondary CQC it depends on final ring. The only time I have run out was in at Train yard, we got stuck there and I went through something like 68 rounds of sniper ammo. But we were also out of cells, syringes, med kits and so on. Only thing that kept us alive was a wattson and a fenced box up top.

@Romet6I wouldnt worry about the negatives in here. Vile has posted many times how 80% of his/her deaths are cheaters.

I saw a great game where there were some fortunate moments but you have to be good to get those. I'll never get there as I cannot control the recoil like you were. And I'm not good at dancing!

What I noticed most was how much you hip fire. I need to remember that is even an option.

@hayhor  it's not just an option, but a necessity. When the enemy is right in your face, you'll have a difficult time tracking and dodging him while aiming down sights. So then you just need a weapon that is reliable for hip fire and burst prowler is the best choice for me. Shotguns are more difficult, so I like to use them indoors and in doorways where the enemy can't shoot me without lining up perfectly for my shotgun shot (like that Wattson did in the early game) 🙂

As for luck, you kinda have to make your own luck by frequently taking the high ground, 3rd partying people and knowing when to push and when to run. With that final fight, I first ran from the full squad and only went back once two teams were fighting. That's probably the only reason why I won the game - the enemies were still recovering from the fight when I started shooting at them. Evidently that Bangalore was low on health as well, so she was busy healing when I shot her in the back. If they were all at full health and fully focused on me then I'm not sure that I could've cracked that squad.

@RustedYoda  keep trying and learning new tricks and you'll get there. There was a time when I couldn't imagine ever getting either of these badges.

The damage badge is all about farming from a distance. Take a strong high ground spot around multiple teams and then you can even keep knocking the same guy 3 times in a row for extra damage. I got a 4k badge on Loba with just 10 kills by sitting on the high walls in King's Canyon. I also got a 4k with Bloodhound by sitting high up on Train Yard for the entire game (somehow the game ended right where I first landed). Pathfinder is best for taking good high ground spots all around the map, but Loba can teleport up to some places as well and if she runs out of loot then she can use her ultimate to pick up stuff from the killed enemies below.

EDIT: You can also download the Tracker Networks app to get an in-game overlay, which will show you the damage amount for your ongoing match when you bring it up. They seem to miscalculate headshot numbers though, because they only see the numbers that are shown in the game, not the numbers that the game actually counts with low health opponents. So assume that the shown number might be inflated by couple hundred points.