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