Skill gap is huge. Even if you play soloQ against a trio of lower skilled opponents you are most likely to lose the fight.
And solos is not the solution because again the skill gap is huge.
"Why not make the game fun and mix it up a bit?" How would you do this in a PvP environment since I dont really have any clue?
Dopamine thirst is so big that some will always crave for bigger fix in terms of dmg/kill badges which then leads into exploits.
There is no fair game in PvP environment because of human nature. There will always be someone who isn't playing fair or "to have fun" resulting taking the fun out of someone elses game.
PvE is the only solution. But that doesnt offer the same dopamine fix so its ignored = EOMM / rigged matchmaking makes more money.
Should EA follow the current trend of PvP decline & co-op PvE on the incline now would be the time to act.
Helldivers is still selling huge numbers regardless of the Sony mix up. So there is a market for this kind of games.
Player numbers cannot really be compared since Helldivers costs 40 dollars and most likely does not have same issues as free games have (bots, smurfs etc)
Developers coming with new https://youtu.be/5x2gY7CjDKs?si=dSVivqlGDL10CtdC actually funny co-op ideas are buzzing.
Wouldnt want to miss the hypetrain now right EA? 😉
@reconzero Very well written and I actually tested this theory yesterday playing ranked based on your comments. Had a decent warm up games. Won a game.
Thought about stopping now with good mentals but decided to play on to test it out. Won the next game as well. It was getting late so I really needed to stop but games were going good.
Played another one. 4 kills and top 3. One more. Top 5 with 0 kills. Still decent game. I think it was game number 6 after the first win that went to potatoes when hotdrop hermit decided to drop us at that glowing 3rd party central on Broken moon. Jumpmaster ditched us upon fight contact and ran away 1/3 of the map to a crafter to realize we dont have a support legend XDD
Thats where my evening quota for Apex was met.
So in short. It seems the MM is testing your willingness to keep playing. Cant even remember when was the last time I had so many good games in a row.
If games are bad you need to stop playing to make change. If games are good try to make the most out of it.
Another thing the streamer Noko pointed out on his community IGLing series is that if you are now in gold and below do not hotdrop in ranked because grinders/sweats have already finished their masters badge on their mains and now they smurf around in lower levels for the kills.
As a fix to this, I would propose to implement a similar ladder model as they have in pred rank. If you dont keep grinding on that main account whether its a silver or diamond others can pass you and you will drop to a lower rank. So no guaranteed masters badge unless you actually play the full season with it.
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