[CONTEXT: I'm someone who has played EVERY SEASON of APEX]After a MONTH of playing APEX LEGENDS Season 13, I can say this is by far been the Worst season EVER. I'm talking about GAMEPLAY, ignoring everything else(Events, Skins, LTM's, etc) Just talking about core gameplay.Ranked Changes have made Ranked a very Boring game, until the Final few rounds. I'm talking 10 teams left towards the END of the match.This has shifted ALL players who want BIG KILL games to play Public Lobbies, which has made Pubs much sweatier.So on the Polar Opposite of Ranked, when playing public matches, almost every squad HOT DROPS, resulting in every match having 10 or LESS squads remaining BEFORE Round 1 has even closed.The games Balance is all out of wack, making the games "FUN FACTOR" drop massively.Has this been anyone else's experience?

@SILVERisSORRYSomehow, in Plat 4, I'm always the last one standing in my team, and somehow, I'm always the one trying to find a spot in that last circle, and getting lasered by 8 teams having secured a position, all the while running like a headless chicken in the middle of said circle simply trying to stay alive! lolol It's absolute chaos, and nothing like previous rank seasons.The skill ceiling in Plat is still to this day pred pre-stacks, was reading somewhere that we should have already reached a bell curve with Gold being the peak, we're obviously far from that bell curve imo. If anything, Respawn should remove the split reset, cause ranks are taking way too much time to settle with players obviously playing in ranks they shouldn't be playing.As for pubs, I hate it, I don't play it unless it's duos for a quick warmup before rank....I always know what is going to happen regardless, teammate insta dies, insta leaves. Rarely does anyone bother staying in the game anymore.

@SILVERisSORRY I'd love make it alive for the last zones but most of the times i die because my teammates keep pushing early even if it means nothing lol. I support these changes but they should be applied only for Diamond (or Plat?) and above tiers imo, and bring back the old system in lower ranks. I'm stuck between Gold II and Gold I now where before after a good month i'd already be in Plat I at least. One good compromise could be the reduction of the entry cost and see how it goes.

@SILVERisSORRY Yeah there have been quite a few threads about this already. The ranked changes have been bad for the overall health of the game.

From my experience from the past how ever many seasons pubs hasn't changed its always been hotdrop or no fight and game over by the 3rd ring. Season 13 hasn't changed that, I also haven't noticed pubs being any sweatier than normal either.Ranked is about survival now which is the point of a BR so people are going to try stay alive until last few rings or they lose rp. If they reduced the entry costs a little for all ranks it might help a little with that, but I doubt it.

@SILVERisSORRY (Also playing since launch) I still have fun when I play, but in short bursts, mainly due to boredom and the fact that my two buddies don't get on Apex much anymore. I would play more this season, if the ranked changes didn't make pubs so dang sweaty, Lmao! I wanted to grind ranked this season to get a good feel for the new system, but I just don't have enough time to dedicate to any game these days, for a ranked grind to be worth it. I usually get on and play a few matches to work on challenges, and then switch to SW: Skywalker Saga or something else.One thing I have noticed when I'm playing this season, is that I have an easier time finding weapons/attachments, compared to previous seasons. Not sure if I did something to appease the RNG gods or what, but I've been able to find my preferred weapons with ease, which is a nice change of pace for meSo basically, I still have fun, but I don't play a whole lot these days. Just enough to keep getting the BP for free. It's easier to have fun on a game when I'm not grinding it

S13 Ranked Changes Have Destroyed APEX LEGENDS

20 Replies

Gabrielmojo26
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@SILVERisSORRYSomehow, in Plat 4, I'm always the last one standing in my team, and somehow, I'm always the one trying to find a spot in that last circle, and getting lasered by 8 teams having secured a position, all the while running like a headless chicken in the middle of said circle simply trying to stay alive! lolol It's absolute chaos, and nothing like previous rank seasons.

The skill ceiling in Plat is still to this day pred pre-stacks, was reading somewhere that we should have already reached a bell curve with Gold being the peak, we're obviously far from that bell curve imo. If anything, Respawn should remove the split reset, cause ranks are taking way too much time to settle with players obviously playing in ranks they shouldn't be playing.

As for pubs, I hate it, I don't play it unless it's duos for a quick warmup before rank....I always know what is going to happen regardless, teammate insta dies, insta leaves. Rarely does anyone bother staying in the game anymore.
dSKyNafinchin
Hero
4 years ago
@SILVERisSORRY (Also playing since launch) I still have fun when I play, but in short bursts, mainly due to boredom and the fact that my two buddies don't get on Apex much anymore. I would play more this season, if the ranked changes didn't make pubs so dang sweaty, Lmao! I wanted to grind ranked this season to get a good feel for the new system, but I just don't have enough time to dedicate to any game these days, for a ranked grind to be worth it. I usually get on and play a few matches to work on challenges, and then switch to SW: Skywalker Saga or something else.

One thing I have noticed when I'm playing this season, is that I have an easier time finding weapons/attachments, compared to previous seasons. Not sure if I did something to appease the RNG gods or what, but I've been able to find my preferred weapons with ease, which is a nice change of pace for me

So basically, I still have fun, but I don't play a whole lot these days. Just enough to keep getting the BP for free. It's easier to have fun on a game when I'm not grinding it
Cro_Pittt
4 years ago
@SILVERisSORRY I'd love make it alive for the last zones but most of the times i die because my teammates keep pushing early even if it means nothing lol. I support these changes but they should be applied only for Diamond (or Plat?) and above tiers imo, and bring back the old system in lower ranks. I'm stuck between Gold II and Gold I now where before after a good month i'd already be in Plat I at least. One good compromise could be the reduction of the entry cost and see how it goes.
hayhor
Hero
4 years ago
@SILVERisSORRY Yeah there have been quite a few threads about this already. The ranked changes have been bad for the overall health of the game.
SILVERisSORRY
4 years ago
@Gabrielmojo26 Yeah, pubs now have so many players quitting early, it makes this game fall into 2 categories..

Play Ranked, where LESS people quit early, but you are stuck playing STORM POINT.

OR

Play pubs & most likely end up as a Solo going against 3 player squads, BOTH are not Ideal....
KelRiever
4 years ago
I actually have a hard time getting Sniper BR star bonuses because in Pubs so many people hot drop, we're in a fight before I can even have time to either find one or line up a shot not at point blank range.
Quitting is what you do in Pubs now, because there's really no point to sticking around if you down.
Having said that, and sadly, Pubs is still way more fun than ranked right now. I've become used to either playing Apex dropping hot in pubs, or just playing something else. It's not like I gave up on Apex, but the options are so much more limited now I just play other things more and Apex less, you know, when I'm able to deal with it.
As it stands, they need to bring back Control for me to increase my playtime again. The choices are not great for entertainment with the game right now, at least not compared to what they were.
SILVERisSORRY
4 years ago
@KelRiever I agree, Control NEEDS to come back, they seriously should make it a permanent mode.
hayhor
Hero
4 years ago
@KelRiever I quit so much now I sometimes wonder to myself if I quit as much as you. I figure if a person hot drops late they didn't plan on a good game anyway.
KelRiever
4 years ago
I mean, because I am not playing ranked, while I have less reason to quit, and I actually stick around more these days, the problem is that if it's a hot drop, you can kind of tell its over before you get 'not' picked up. So I'm not sure what I'm averaging but considering there's no consequence, and I'm usually solo, I bolt a lot.
Mind you I wouldn't if I was stacked with friends. Nor do I do it if things are looking all right. But in pubs, you're too often ignored by your team mates anyway, and you can really pretty much tell when to stick or not.
Rusputinn
4 years ago
From my experience from the past how ever many seasons pubs hasn't changed its always been hotdrop or no fight and game over by the 3rd ring. Season 13 hasn't changed that, I also haven't noticed pubs being any sweatier than normal either.
Ranked is about survival now which is the point of a BR so people are going to try stay alive until last few rings or they lose rp. If they reduced the entry costs a little for all ranks it might help a little with that, but I doubt it.