When does the Season 20 hype start?
We are 2 weeks out and there is literally nothing out there other than speculation about the new legend (Cave), the new map (codenamed 'District'), and some snippets about the Battlepass. Not that I...
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@HappyHourSumwur Overall apex is not in a good shape, pubg has on steam now almost double the playerbase of apex while they were quite even for a long time before.
Drastic changes need to happen to get apex back up, what changes I don’t know but things need to change,
Drastic changes need to happen to get apex back up, what changes I don’t know but things need to change,
@matzesingtI agree but Respawn has a history of making changes that nobody wants or likes (Ranked). What they think Apex is and how it should play seems radically different from what most players (I'm not talking pros) would like to see, too. They tend to make things worse rather than actually listen to the community and address the foundational issues with the game.
So true.
Somehow the feedback channel from the normal player base to the developers seems to be completely broken.
The question remains as to whether the developers would even listen to the needs and wishes if they found out about them. And if not, why not?In short: Can't or don't they want to make the game better for the average player?
Apparently all the writing here in the forum is of no use. Maybe a shrinking player base will help.
After all, the number of players on Steam has halved within a year. You have to manage that first.
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"In short: Can't or don't they want to make the game better for the average player?"
I've seen changes made to this game in spite of the pros and streamers and with the average guy in mind, but I've seen it rarely. Mostly they listen to the pros and streamers because, so the logic goes, if you keep them happy then the sheep that watch them will by association also be happy.
But then you also have the third kind of change, which is the kind no one asked for and everyone claims to hate. Yet I have to imagine that a numbers-driven company like EA doesn't care whether the player base expands or shrinks. They care whether revenue expands or shrinks. And while everyone says they hate the last few seasons of rank changes, it's entirely possible that the changes had the desired effect of making rank chasers grind longer and harder. So player count may go down, but matches played may have actually gone up, and store sales may have risen with it. Why else would they double down on a system everyone says they hate?
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