We need this system !
Hi guys,
I have been thinking about this for a few days.
An endorsement system, that I got inspired by Overwatch, should be implenmented in Apex to encourage people to keep play and prevent them from leaving early.
If any of you have seen the endorsement system lately introduced in Overwatch that you could endorse at most 3 teammates out of 5. Each endorsement will contribute a trivial 50XP but most attractively, it will give the player an endorsement point and will accummulate to level up.
That is when you had enough endorsement points, your endorsement level goes up and you get weekly rewards depending on your level.
In OW, it is there are 5 levels, everyone starts from 1, and could goes up to a maximum of 5 ( which is really tough to get and I have only got to 4 I think )
And the rewards in OW is like this,
Level 1 - No Reward
Level 2 - 1 Loot Box
Level 3 - 2 Loot Boxes
Level 4 - 3 Loot Boxes
Level 5 - 4 Loot Boxes
But, as Apex is a free game, I actually don't think it is very appropriate for devs to give out a few packs each week.
So, I am gonna suggest this conservatively ( though many people will expect some packs for rewards but I am not expecting it now ) that if Respawn would add en endorsement system here, then the reward could be like.
Level 1 - No Reward
Level 2 - 25 Crafting Metal
Level 3 - 50 Crafting Metal
Level 4 - 50 Crafting Metal & 1 Common Item
Level 5 - 50 Crafting Metal & 1 Rare Item
Now, how would we endorse:
As those who know this from Overwarch, you have this thing appears at bottom that you press N to have it open, and you click on the teammates from last game then select which kind of endorsement you would like to give.
In OW, there are 3 options like,
- Positive Playing
- Great Support
- Team Leader
It doesn't matter which one you give, their effects are the same, people could give 20 Positive Playing or 20 Team Leader to you and your endorsement points will be same.
And I designed a few endorsement option for Apex. I am thinking to have the endorsement system be more sophisticated that would not only encourage people to play more positively but also report those who violates.
So, how about you click on one of your last squadmates and you get 3 green options for positive endorsement and 3 red options for negative report.
They are:
Positive:
- Good Communicator
- Combat Master
- Positive Support
Negative:
- Violation for being a bot
- Violation by cheating
- Violation by being rude
Well, still I haven't put leaving early as a negative report here because I believe players are still should be free to leave early, but it is just they don't get the weekly rewards.
And finally, the negative reports in the endorsement will act like a police. The devs will see if an account gets like 20 negative reports for " He is a bot ! " then the devs could certainly have this account being banned ~
