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Seasoned Ace

2 years ago

S22 - Suddenly, Apex feels weird (netcode, no-regs etc.)

Hey community, since a couple of days (it started with the launch of S22), Apex just feels...strange. For me, It takes f.e. a full Flatline-mag to down my opponents - I (on the other hand) keep get...

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reconzero

Seasoned Ace

2 years ago

@RaginSam

"Or maybe some people just win the online connection lottery."

This has been a working theory of mine for going on 15 years now, since Halo 3. I would love to see stats of players who live two miles away from a server vs. stats for players who live two states away. But no, we'll never see that data because it would undermine confidence in online gaming. As if that hadn't already happened decades ago. The truth is that until someone invents an actual ansible then the internet as we know it is just not capable of dealing with the 1/100th-of-a-second precision required by competitive multiplayer shooters.

W3stminst3r

Seasoned Ace

2 years ago

After having played around 5 more matches, I can now say: Something is clearly wrong with the TTK (or many players use no hacks atm).
At least in the new revival-mode it is dramatic!

I´m fully purple equipped, push a guy that was totally one-shot.

He comes out from behind his cover and beams me away within 2 seconds.

I know "my" game since I started playing Apex with Saison 1 and it has never felt this way.

Is there an official statement regarding possible TTK-issues?