Ring Timings (worse than cheaters)

I would assume that RainRandomnumber​ by "enjoyable fight" you mean = shooting at eachother endlessly, farming damage yet failing to get upper hand for like 1+ min :)

a) that is a clear indication of bad mechanics and/or tactics, Apex has high time to kill but it means more like 10-20 seconds not like 1+ min

b) it is your ego speaking = willing to farm damage vs be efficient and just 3, 2, 1 certain enemy => insta knock => proceed with fast phase finish moments later

Ring is just fine if you are:

1. aware of rotations and how fast people move in Apex aka how much time you need to go from point A to B
2. have mobile legend on your team who can boost people's speed of rotation, ideally Pathfinder or Valk
3. have proper inventory management skill  = carrying enough heals if you plan to fight in a ring, having deployable balloon on hand etc. (this season I struggle to find heat-shields, did they got ride of those?)
4. most importantly keep your ego at check and realize that early or at worst timely rotation is better (in terms of ranked mode) vs pointless fight for X kills and placement around 10-15th in the ring

If not mistaken Respawn FINALLY changed their ranked focus (a bit more) towards placement and clearly eliminated braindead 10 teams landing on one spot situation => rotations and ring damage just becomes a thing for people who before that would be one of those 10 brainless squads and never see to experience zone 3+ because they would be dead before first ring closes 9 out of 10 times. In other words Ring damage always has been a factor already for many many seasons, if not mistaken that's why heatshields were invented to kinda give really bad players (in terms of rotation) at least a fighting chance to survive latter rings + for better player a new ways of rotation (going into good late game spot through zone damage).