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TheApexLegendNu
3 years ago

Why I made the decision to stop playing Apex Legends

I don't really know where to begin because its many reasons that just built up over the years (season 1 player) and eventually I just stopped playing all together. I just feel like giving some of my reasons in hopes that they may be took into consideration for improvement in the future.

-The biggest reason for me is probably the realization that I just simply do not enjoy playing Battle Royale anymore,  I prefer playing game modes similar to Control Mode where you are constantly in the action the entire match and as soon as you die you just charge right back in where you left off. Two great examples of this are 6v6 deathmatch on Rogue Company or Team Rumble on Fortnite (where I have been spending my time lately for multiple reasons)

1. The daily and weekly challenges are much more consumer friendly and do not require nearly as much time to complete, also during LTMs you are able to actually play the LTM to complete the challenges while on Apex you are basically forced to get Top 10s in BR or hop onto Arenas instead of being able to enjoy the LTM?!?

2. The Skins and other Cosmetics are much more affordable, also the Battle Pass is much more rewarding to do where you can get multiple styles of each skin each season.

3. Third Person Mode, It is nice being able to see your entire skin instead of only your gloves besides a few seconds during the lobby, legend selection screen, or emotes or finishers... I really enjoyed Third Person Mode while it was available and you have never brought it back... ya the white crosshair was hard to see with the snow on world's edge back in like Season 3 when it was a christmas themed map but we can change the crosshair color now so that wouldn't be an issue anymore... I understand you shouldn't add Third Person mode for Battle Royale due to competitive disadvantages but I think it would be a great addition/option for Control Mode specifically where it wouldn't matter as much.

4. Lack of LTMs, Apex has many LTMs like Solos, Third Person Mode, Dummies Big Day, Golden Duos/Trios, Live Die Live, Always Be Closing, Flashpoint, etc but we had multiple months or even seasons where we basically had nothing... There should be a rotation of LTM's rotating daily or every hour or something.

5. Map Rotation was another issue for me recently, like I had 2-3 times this season where I was going to try Apex a couple hours to just enjoy the new map but every time I logged on it was Olympus or World's Edge in rotation so I simply logged back off and hopped onto Fortnite lol

6. I could get into SBMM and the terrible matchmaking and stuff but Im not even going to bother... everyone should know these issues exist by now

Tower of Fantasy also killed Apex Legends for me, I know it sounds odd since its not even part of the Battle Royale Genre however since it released I spend 80% of my time on Tower of Fantasy, about 15% on Fortnite, and the other 5% on miscellaneous games so I simply don't have the time or desire to play Apex besides logging on for 1 match occasionally, it just required way too much time to do the daily challenges every day and felt like more of a chore than anything else.

Another unpopular opinion, I feel like there are too many Legends and Weapons inside of the game now... I love trying out the new legends every season as much as anyone else but Apex will just never feel the same as it did in the old days where it was just Pathfinder, Bangalore, Gibralter, Wraith, Lifeline, Bloodhound, Caustic, Octane, Mirage, Wattson, Crypto, and Revenant. After that point I kinda wish none of the other legends even existed... I would be fine if it was Season 9 and below so Loba, Rampart, Horizon, Fuse, and Valkyrie but after that point I lost interest in any legends they added after that and the game just gradually declined for me because there was just too many different abilities going on and it just wasn't the same game anymore and never will be.        (Funny because I didn't look at my games played numbers before typing this part and after seeing them the numbers reflect what I just said and season 1 wasn't on the stats list so I just subtracted everything from the total to get an estimate)

Games Played: Total 15.5K

Season 1     750 something                 Season 5  595                                   Season 9 892                    

Season 2    2.35K                                Season 6 752                                    Season 10 532                   

Season 3    2.61K                                Season 7   1.75K                               Season 11 876                  

Season 4    1.37K                                Season 8      1.99K                            Season 12 448

Season 13 439                                    Season 14 131                                   Season 15 8

around season 5 and 6 the game was dry and I just wasnt enjoying it anymore but Season 7 I loved Olympus and Crossplay just came out and I got most of my 2k badges during Season 7 and 8 so I really enjoyed the game in those 2 seasons but after that I was basically just forcing myself to complete the battlepass each season and last season I only made it to level 37 so this season I didn't even bother purchasing the battlepass and ultimately decided to quit, I may still play for fun or for event trackers but I will NEVER do the battlepass again unless theres a really nice Wattson Skin like her Cyberpunk one but I didn't even bother wasting any money on her Halloween Cyberpunk knockoff skin

I guess I don't care if anyone knows who I really am anymore either so heres my stats and yes I know my K/D is trash lol

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32 Replies

  • pandareno1999's avatar
    pandareno1999
    Hero+
    3 years ago

    I could quibble with a couple of minor points, but overall this is very good critique of the game and expresses thoughts shared by many of the community.  I continue with Apex because there is, for me, no other game that comes close to the satisfaction of the basic game play - the weapon and shooting mechanics, and the movement.  I could play more no-build fortnite myself, but I don't really like 3rd person and the game feels just way to cartoon-ey for my tastes.

  • HappyHourSumwur's avatar
    HappyHourSumwur
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    @TheApexLegendNubYou've obviously given it a lot of thought. Your last point is my biggest gripe with Apex. The SBMM makes it so difficult for casual solo queue players to have fun.
    Your KDR isn't trash, BTW.

  • CCbathwater's avatar
    CCbathwater
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    Not an unpopular opinion at all. There are too many (dumb) legends and weapons. I would love if Valk and every legend that came after her didn't exist. Haven't unlocked them either. Well, unlocked Valk, but would like to delete her again. She is literally the legend where they went too far. And to make it worse x10, they added Seer after... which was the first time I just sat out for an entire season.

    Anyway, the problems are just pilling up now. Valk, Seer, dilluted loot pool, hot-dropping, sbmm, faster ring closing timers, and whatever. No, it isn't the same game anymore, it's hardly even Apex Legends at all any longer.

    Talked to my friend the other day, she still plays Apex, and her main gripe was sbmm. I said Fragment/Hot-drop mode was worse, because hot-dropping makes me not play the game, and when I don't play at all sbmm isn't an issue any longer.

  • reconzero's avatar
    reconzero
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @TheApexLegendNub

    I'm always surprised to hear that people care about cosmetics, battle pass, challenges, ltms, or anything other than core gameplay. But I know that's an eccentric recon opinion, and not one held by very many other people.

    I'm also surprised when I hear people call out a game for money-making features (because they're what pays the bills) or for bad matchmaking (because I've never played a game that had good matchmaking). But that doesn't mean I don't see that these things are problematic. I guess I've just learned to ignore them and then be surprised when other people haven't. Another recon eccentricity.

    But at the end of the day it makes perfect sense that any normal person would tire of the flaws of a three year old game and want to look for other games, especially games that do right the things that this game does wrong. If you don't love the game you play, play the game you love. As the saying goes. Best of luck.
  • TheApexLegendNu's avatar
    TheApexLegendNu
    3 years ago

    @pandareno1999I agree, I love the weapons, legends, shooting and movement mechanics, etc but what it boils down to for me is that I just don't enjoy Battle Royale but I would probably mess around on Apex still if Control Mode became permanent, Team Rumble is all I seem to play, I only do solos for specific challenges and go right back to Team Rumble with unlimited respawns lol 

  • TheApexLegendNu's avatar
    TheApexLegendNu
    3 years ago
    @HappyHourSumwur SBMM made it difficult to even complete my daily quests I kept getting diamonds and masters and the occasional predator and just got destroyed usually unless I had a wingman lol, I also only get around 35-50 fps on Apex but don't have that issue on other games
  • TheApexLegendNu's avatar
    TheApexLegendNu
    3 years ago
    @CCbathwater I hated when they added Seer too... They really need to nerf him but I've played long enough to know that they won't change a single thing until after his heirloom is released and they already got their money lol
  • TheApexLegendNu's avatar
    TheApexLegendNu
    3 years ago
    @reconzero The battlepass was the only real thing keeping me playing the game each Season, it just felt like more of a chore than anything else but I forced myself to do it anyways since I got the other battlepasses to 110 but idk I started to realize that new cosmetics were not worth it I only got the battlepass last season for the dive emote for Vantage and a couple Wattson themed things

    I honestly was going to quit playing the game last season but I finally reached 500 packs and bought Wattson's heirloom so I played around with it some, when it comes to LTMs I just know how fun the game used to be before Covid but it's never gone back to the way it was pre season 5
  • Kyldenar's avatar
    Kyldenar
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @TheApexLegendNub Other than the fact that I didn't start until season 7, you experience seems to mirror mine. Oh, and the fact that my KDR is truly trash (sub 0.30).

    I am just finding that I am too old to give a crap about PvP only games at my age now. I want single player content. Don't care if there is a PvP content options with it (Destiny 2, Guild Wars 2) but I'm not paying money unless there is single player non-competitive content (there can be cooperative multiplayer, like if they would add a Frontier Defense like mode to Apex I would be all over that).

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