I think he's alluding to a few things:
- Pubs is used as 'warm up' by high tier players - basically stomping on those of us who play little, and play casually (some of us don't have days on end to play)
- With the changes to ranked, a lot aren't bothering with it - so their jumping in and pub stomping instead
- The high tier players who get teamed with lower level players (because heaven forbid teams are evened out a bit), will drop hot, die, and leave you stuck HAVING to rat (ever try to go 1v3 with a pred team? Not fun)
Basically, the entire game at this point, is being aimed at pros, streamers, etc... the casual players have been forgotten, and no one cares - we're told to suck it up and 'just play better'.
With these changes to Ranked, I've seen a drastic change towards public games and its players, and I've actually witnessed players saying they're going to quit because of it. I've heard discussions that some don't have the time to just sit around camping rings and/ or even care for ranked play. All they care about is trying to do cool things.
Apex Legends in my mind became popular because of interesting kills and/ or shots, not because someone wasted 10 mins crouching.
I get there are people that want to win, but there are also those who just want to have fun. This update to Ranked didn't think about the majority of people in Apex Legends.
Respawn still after 3 years doesn't get this. Some just want to have fun, and don't care about competition. In my mind, Apex Legends is not a true competitive title, so I would think Respawn would at least give back, but it hasn't happened.
I honestly think Ranked needs a non-ranked mode to encourage team play so Public games can be a place for learning basic skills and/ or learning.
