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@ICA_CourierLast time I gave Apex another chance was when that 3on3 Arena mode came out. And honestly, it just felt half-assed without TF2's movement + Titans and I asked myself why I even waste my time playing it when I can just start TF2. Apex' netcode and performance also felt pretty bad compared to TF2. I experienced lots of disconnects, no regs and slomo matches, things I never had in TF2 (before the DDOS attacks). They would have to do much more than just copy & paste TF2 into AL.
But if they really did all that, leaving all the qualities of TF2 intact, the playerbase would be ultimately fragmented and people might pump less money into the f2p model. The 2 games would probably compete against each other more than they ever did. And we're still talking about the same Respawn Entertainment that was for a long time too afraid to put duo and solo queues into Apex and had timed game modes in TF2... so yeah... if my wildest fever dreams came true and I somehow managed to put my grudge against Respawn/EA aside, I might even give such a version of AL another chance...
Realistically speaking: Never.