I have mixed feelings about this, but not for the right reasons, because there are other problems with Apex that don't want me to have respawn fixed. If those other things were changed, then yes I'd agree the system is bad.
Here is the weirdness for me: In ranked play, an early death might lead to an immediate respawn if my team can win. But if they can't because there's too much danger, I know it will likely get my team mates killed trying so it will take a whole ton of time and that's provided they do well, which they probably won't with 1 or more of us down. If I stay in the game, tho, it is tempting my mate to make a bad decision. Even if he doesn't, it will take a lot of time to find a safe respawn and it could get us all killed anyway.
So yes, you guessed it, I leave the game.
This is because first, tier protection lets me and grinding up with the system in place is too hard at a certain point. So I'm content at staying at my rank. Second, if I'm out of the game, my team mate won't be tempted to make a bad decision, and particularly if I see he's above rank IV, I don't want him to lose points trying. He's already down a team member, and he should just try his best to move on. Third, if I'm down and it's taken a long time to respawn, the penalty is a good break and won't take much longer (and might even be shorter).
Possibly hard logic to follow, and I don't necessarily recommend it for anyone else. It works for me.
If the ranked system worked better, and the game encouraged more team work among all players (and not just the smart and good ones), then I'd want a better respawn system, yes.
I cannot say it isn’t weird :D
