Welcome to E-District! Discuss the latest map!

@RockDokRock

Yes, some POIs are better than others, as is always the case. Yes, there is a learning curve to every map. Yes, players will have trouble early on with a new map.

But there's more (or less) going on with this map than any of these problems alone or all of them taken together. The loot pool on this map has already been enriched once since launch because it was utterly abysmal to begin with. It's better now, but still, imo, not good. Where @hayhor and I may differ is that I don't see this as an E-district problem. It's a Respawn problem. It affects every map. The loot pool in this game has been in steady decline almost since launch. There's a reason they finally had to GUARANTEE a gun in the first bin you open. It would have been a given in season ten. The reason it isn't a given anymore, the reason they had to guarantee it, is because of the perpetual erosion of the quality of the loot pool. Sure, the spawn points and bins are all still there. But what turns up inside them gets lower in value with every day that goes by. I personally can't fathom the thought process behind this, but I'm sure some streamer somewhere complained that rich loot bins give bad players a luck advantage so now we all have to go into our first skirmish with a laser sight, a grenade, and an angry look. And frankly things don't get much better until the bin reset. Which do NOT get me started on.

I actually like the map... but like hayhor said... the loot is what makes the map not fun to play. 

I would like to suggest two more changes to this map.

firstly, since this is supposed to be a night map, remove the buildings that have no loot and only serve to segment the map. Replace them with open hills or roads that are truly dark so as you traverse those areas it is more difficult for others at distance to see you. This makes open traversing more interesting and safe, it gives recon an additional role of helping spot opponents in the dark, and it help make far more obvious the loot is where the lighted areas are at. This would really make it a night map and a sniper’s paradise.

second, a vehicle would be nice. With headlights so the driver can see the road or highway in the very dark areas. I don’t care if it’s the trident but maybe a jeep, or something like a halo warthog with a gun on the back. The headlights would help give away the vehicle position. That would be really nice.

i mean this map has streets all over the place. It has vehicles everywhere. Why can’t we drive any of them?

we should be able to jack a ride from time to time.

You know how you can hear a trident drive by, but you only get a rough idea what direction they are in and don't really know what line of sight obstacles exist between you and the trident?

Imagine a night time map (E-Dist comes to mind) where a vehicle is driving down a street that is behind a bunch of buildings but you can hear it AND you can see its headlights bouncing off the buildings as it passes them. That would be pretty nice.

@MrGreenWithAGunOut of all the unique things in Apex I really like how there is a Pro/Con factor:
-Bloodhound, can scan through walls but if miss, the scan it gives away location. -Lifeline, same, nice items but everyone seen that.
-Bangalore, someone is near this smoke. etc.
Res your teammates is a National Broadcast Announcement

The design of the new map is incredible. I cannot imagine the hours of work that went into its design and rendering. Stunning work that needs to be applauded. Just compare it to the cartoon look and feel of Fortnite, Overwatch, Paladins etc.

I don't know how I feel about the complicated nature of it. IRL if someone asked for me directions around KC, WE or Olympus I could easily tell them, and even BM and SP at a point. On here, even after three weeks I still don't know where the f I am. I guess it makes for a different game.

I haven't a favourite POI yet like I have on all other maps aside from BM where they needlessly erased the wonder that was Promenade (joined the list of other RIP POIs like Refinery, Sorting Factory, Train Yard, Salvage .... god, I miss all of them).

So, my map TL goes:

1 - KC

2 - O
3 - WE

4 - ED

5 - BM

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9,999,999 - SP