The Game I Once Loved
Introduction:
Some of you may, or may not remember me. I was an active Diamond / Master player, season upon season and also an incredibly active member of the forums. I ran a successful club, where the majority of the players made it to Diamond / Masters and even some Predators too.
To note:
It’s been around a year since I stopped playing Apex, I have kept myself up to date via YouTube and still I’m in contact with a lot of my squad members from the past (we are all in a group chat on WhatsApp, around 17 of us).
Main Focus:
It’s literally been a year, since I have gamed and I mean completely gamed. I moved country and have had to focus on work, getting settled into my new life and gaming hasn’t been top of my priority list.
With that said, I came back to the UK recently and have started playing Apex again on my brothers account (he doesn’t play).
Rusty, is an understatement… I played multiple games was having loads of fun on his level 17 account getting kills, holding a decent K/D ratio, winning some games but the lobbies felt balanced.
All of a sudden, bang… I’m in games with 4K damage players, recent Masters, Predator badge players etc and I can’t even get a kill now!
Issues:
What on earth has happened to the match making? I’m an experienced player, I know which guns are good, ok, I’m not anywhere near the level I used to be able to play at but come on, I get shredded game after game and the ‘get good’ excuse just can’t work because the players I’m playing against are 10x if not 20x better than me.
This game, used to be so fun. I used to be able to drop with Random’s, have a good game, even if I was Solo (as most Random’s leave when they die) I would still enjoy the game. I’ve been playing since Season 1 and stopped August 2022 (not sure what season that was) I have to say, I’m not sure I’d even want to come back as a ‘full time’ Apex player again?
The new maps, are well designed (don’t quote me) as far as I can see. It’s great how the interface has changed and that it’s still not fallen into the ‘pay to win’ criteria. But the games matchmaking has seriously, but rock bottom.
Open to see what everyone else’s thoughts are…
To note:
I used to only play ranked - I can’t at the moment as my brothers account is at level 20 or something. I used Pubs for warm ups (30 - 45 mins hot dropping) but it seems so bad now.
