Re: why the hell am I in PRED AND MASTERS LOBBIES WITH THOUSANDS OF KILLS???

@reconzero Yeah, to me it seemed that what he was better at was faster reflexes and just going from one thing to the next, but not necessarily aim.

@SchraLpz I think his aim individually is about as good as mine, but I think mine is pretty good when the game works right.

What makes him better is his speed and how fast he moves from one target to the next.

However, what if we take itzTimmy or any other algs player, make it where they get knocked in only 2 hits no matter what gun hits them, the enemies can't be seen half the time, their movement slows down whenever a gunfight starts, and the damage they do is only a tenth of what it should be where a whole clip from a gun does under 90, sometimes only 16 like I had from the nemesis, and many shots go right through the enemy without registering.

I am willing to bet I could defeat any algs player with these conditions in a 1v1 in the firing range pit, yet sadly these are the conditions I play in each day on both switch and pc. Yet, I've learned to work around these things and still get 1 or 2 kills each day, and even won 5 matches this season. I'll bet if I had the advantages these players do I'd be predator and an algs champion.

When I see people not even bother to take cover when they are shot and get hit much more than me yet take little to no damage, maybe just drop a couple shield squares when there getting hit so much it's like a disco strobe going off when you spectate them you know there's a problem.

My rant here isn't to put down itztimmy or any other algs player or youtuber because they are amazing and produce great content. My problem is that the game is bugged and it's holding many players back that should be doing much better, and many are leaving the game for these reasons.

@SchraLpz Way too many people I've talked to are having the same issues with apex, it's not just me. Several people on here even expressed the same issues and about a month ago one left the game even over these issues. My switch and pc play other games perfectly with no problems, so it is only apex having issues like this. Also, I have 1300 hours into the game and in season 19 I was averaging 5 kills per game, I was getting so good that two livestreamers kept requesting me because they both said I knock people faster than anyone else they play with and they had a better chance of surviving a hot drop with me. Once season 20 started my kd dropped to 0.08 and I'm lucky to get 1 kill in a match, 2 is very lucky. Also, it takes multiple clips now to knock someone since the damage is now very low. These issues literally started overnight when season 20 came in.

Add to that the bad matchmaking that the OP was talking about and the game is now very difficult. I had to change my strategy to now sneak up on people or hit people already cracked since I don't stand a chance fighting like I used to.

My pc was just purchased a month ago and is brand new and was over 2 grand, I highly doubt my pc is an issue since even older pcs play it and the game is 5 years old. My network conditions have no problem playing other fps games like Overwatch or Star Wars Hunters. The problems are only with this game. Besides, my shots are obviously landing since it makes the sound effect, it's the game not registering the shots. 1 of the 2 streamers I mentioned earlier discontinued her apex streaming and now does fortnite and CoD since she can no longer win matches. People on YouTube that I correspond with in comments sections have told me the same things about these issues as well.

Also, my point was I couldn't beat an algs player if it was on the up and up, but if you nerf them to the current state that some players are experiencing I believe I could. If 2 shots took them out or they needed 3 clips to knock then they couldn't win either.

@SchraLpz I never claimed to be "impressive." I think averaging 5 kills per game and being able to knock people at a fast speed is pretty good for someone who never played a fps game before this one and came over to this game from turn based JRPGs. I'm proud of what I've accomplished in this game no matter what names people choose to call me.

Kills don't matter as much as winning games do, a point one of the mods made here a few months back. I'm not trying to compete with anyone and I said earlier I should have never been placed with itztimmy since he is way out of my league, this is nothing but bad matchmaking. The devs themselves have acknowledged these problems since they are mentioned in the survey that was recently sent to players on the email list.

As for my progress, as I said, call me any name you want, be it delusional or whatever, I am proud of what I've accomplished being that this wasn't my genre when I started, and I accomplished what I did through practice and hard work. I'm not finished and I will get better with more practice, on both switch and pc, and I'm confident the devs are working hard to fix the game's problems since they definitely indicated they are aware of them in the latest survey.

I don't know about your iitztimmy. I watched his game but his mouse sensitivity is huge compared to mine. Mine is .77. To turn 180 degrees I need 2 swipes if I do 1.2 I miss all targets. Also I watched on slow motion, his cross of target, but he still scores. So I don't know if I'm having luck with server connection and having lags and other technical issues or if it's something else.

This game is not skill based. You can experience on yourself in Firing Range. In games like CS 1.6 you could do head shots without any cheats and aiming, just purely due to your developed skills. In this game no matter how far your enemy 5 meters or 100 of you, you still need to aim to hit him. Otherwise bullets flies anywhere. And aiming is a luck, it's involves preprogramed animation. If your connection with server not the best you have no chance. It's even pointless to use aiming. To me take million years the "aim animation" to react. In general, it's really badly programmed game, from ideas to mechanics. And let's not forget developers continuously changes weapon to the point where none uses them at all. Examples Triple Take, Charge Rifle and just because someone complained about other's skill issues. It's like this game would be just for one type of skilled players. Me in the past developed skill on Longbow, could drop the guy without any gun upgrades with 3 shots from a long distance. But now they changed gun again... It just stupid