Re: THEY FINALLY DID IT!!!
Maybe, lets see if it works better than the last time.
However it should not replace duos.
In fact removing duos for 6 weeks for this is IMHO is a very, very bad move and should not have happened.
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Meh. I mean, it looked okay when they showcased it on ALGS. But will it play out like that in real life, or will 30/50 just jump into Fragment and then it ends up as boring as normal BR?
Plus, it's got auto-heal, i.e. yet another anti-Lifeline mode. 🤡
- @Asmodeus566 I agree. But how else would we know how it will work out for the Apex community hence why it is limited. Depending on the volume of players that are interacting with the game mode, will judge to see if they will put both in the future will the season is still in play.
- @TheRedLion93 This will be a good break from Ranked play for me & for some it can be a way to improve skills & complete challenges.
- @Asmodeus566 until now i have no idea why people think solo didnt work well. for me it was the best two weeks with the iron crown event. im just sad too,the duo mode had to be replaced... now i dont know what to play when only 1 friend is online... means we change the game...
I know what you mean about the Duo mode.
two of my friend meet up with me on a set day and time each week to play. One of them is sometimes a little late because he has small kids. When that happens me and the other play duos to warm up until our third shows up.
For the next 6 weeks we are relegated to having to play with a random if the above happens.
- @CCbathwater
Auto heal is the tip of the iceberg. The mode is filled with shortcuts and bandaids for players who are lazy or stupid. Or both. Mostly both. I will never understand why so many players left the arena shooters of five and ten years ago to come to battle royale games and then just endlessly complain about how they don't like any of the game features that differentiate BR from arena. I'm mystified. @reconzero yeah like finding whole attached guns on ground everywhere, it's fine, but since you're solo it also shouldn't be a problem simply finding all the attachments for yourself either
- @reconzero The issue with arenas shooters is the lack of map variety and gameplay variety. It becomes really repetitive. BR on large maps means fights in different POIs and potentially fighting multiple teams and people. It's different each game. The only arenas shooter style game that holds my interest is the Finals because there's all kinds of options for playstyle, multiple teams in a match and everything can be destroyed, changing the map on the fly.
- @hayhor
"The issue with arenas shooters is the lack of map variety and gameplay variety."
Agreed. And I would say that the way they've designed the solos mode shows me that they're very willing to start the slide toward lack of variety. Three Strikes. Straight Shot. Now solos. All designed to chip away at the pace, scale, and complexity of battle royale as it exists in trios and duos.
And that's okay. I'm a big believer in giving the people what they want. Even if that thing is, irrationally, what they left behind a long time ago. - @reconzero I look at it as a combination. I've spent a bit of time in solos and I still get the BR feel from it. Yes, the loot is better and you can make one major mistake but you still get fights all around the map and can figure out rotations. The only thing that feels off is the enemy within 50m thing. If someone wants to hide or be sneaky, let them. It is a playstyle.
@damsonwhufndthisyeah i don't understand why they did that with weapons.
it feel super bad when you have to chose between a white weapon you like and a golden weapon you hate- @hayhor
"If someone wants to hide or be sneaky, let them. It is a playstyle."
Every design decision the team has made over the last two or three seasons is about deleting this play style from the game. Kill-or-die shield upgrading, every single one of the ltms, the return to traditional ranked rewards, all of it. No more circumspection, caution, or thoughtfulness. They've literally enthroned the "hot drop, die, repeat" mentality. To the detriment of the game, imo.
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