Why people play Apex

Sorry but I am a crafter. If my squad lands solo in an area with a replicator and materials and I get a blue shield it makes sense to bump it up to purple before running off to fight. If it's Turbocharger day I'm at a replicator as soon as I can afford one.

I play to survive and to win. If that means creeping around for ten minutes not engaging, then so be it.

@apostolateofDOOM"Listen to silence because you keep adding more audio clutter in your already complicated and overstretched virtual environment. less is more, especially if it works."

I could not agree more. But on one hand some of the audio does make it seem a bit more real.

I also understand your point on the crafting stations. But how many times have you snuck up  on people crafting things? I rarely use them, typically for batts.. I have mixed feelings on the entire crafting thing though. Especially when they throw a digital threat in it. Digital threats make Bangalore smoke absolutely useless. When Digital threats are in there, everyone has one.. I can't think of any item in the game that defeats any other legends abilities. I won't play Bang on days the digital threat is in the replicator rotation. They sort of impact caustic but not much, caustic gets much more from the gas.. No other legends abilities are completely canceled out by an item you can find on the map.

The map variation I don't mind much. I guess if they wanted a skull town type area that would fine.. I play mostly ranked and ranked is an entirely different game than PUBS. Few people go to hot drops or places like Frag. Everyone is looking for that  placement RP.

@apostolateofDOOMThe beauty of this game is you can play it many different ways. I'm with @EdwardDLuffy on the crafting station stuff If I drop somewhere sensible and there is a crafting station I'll use it. It might only be to get a couple bats or a med kit if I dont have any but still, just running past because you cant wait 30 to 60 seconds is a bit silly. So you run past and get into a fight but cannot heal, get pushed and die? What was the point?

The marvin arm thing I have zero interest in. I only pick up the vault key if I'm right next to it, which is pretty much never. I think this fighting ring thing in a shooter is dumb as can be. I agree they missed it with the latest changes.

@EdwardDLuffy Not everyone is as patient 😛 and it still takes awhile when some have limited play sessions for w/e reason.

@DarthValtrex Audio will increase immersion but when you have to many layers cancelling out priority audio cues it'll have the opposite effect and just lead to frustration. They know their limits and i'm all for pushing the boundaries but some things added are just unnecessary like kill leader for example or armour upgrades for visual clutter.

Edit: It's there so i'll use them. I used to mainly play ranked but not so much anymore (or the game for past couple seasons) as we'll land in Dome (great for placement points with randoms) and get equipped then craft bats/armour ect with every team that surrounded us already moved on to sorting factory which leaves 10 teams remaining by the time we arrive with only couple mins fighting win or lose before next match. They really need to remove the kill cap and change placement points or completely alter the point structure so we can play the game instead of hide and seek. Enough has been suggested for this but they're happy with it apparently.

@hayhor I'm not saying remove it but they could speed up the process or add something creative you could do to make it faster as looking for a fight after you're equipped can also take considerable time. Crafting and travelling takes more time per match, on average, than actually fighting now and i always look for the next team. You can still play patiently when it's congested and have reasonable meds/weapons/armour ect providing the loot pool is sufficient but when patience is the only choice from poor design then imo it's an oversight that needs looking at for a fps that advertises itself as a ''fast paced shooter''.

@apostolateofDOOMI'm all for faster crafting. Why not just change them to buy stations?

@hayhorThat'd work. Maybe the robot could be of use as a shopkeeper.