This game is still amazing
Apex is still the best battle royale out and maybe one of the best hero shooters in general. the hate is crazy on this game lately and i think it was needed for the game. can’t wait for the player base to come back and see the changes the game has made. i’ve been playing again and i can’t stop thinking about the game again. it’s so much fun.
Hit Registration
Am I the only one who is incredibly frustrated by hit registration and only plays this game (my favorite battle royale for years) for roughly an hour a week nowadays? Every time I get the itch to play, I load into a couple of games, I get shot before doors open, my bullets do not touch the enemy player, and I’m dropped in .3 seconds. I play on series X and have no ping or connection issues. I’m no pro, but I’ve made Diamond a few times so I know what I’m doing. Now, I can’t get a kill to save my life in silver lobbies. I’ve recorded the hit reg issues but would respawn even care if I shared them?
Just witnessed the most bot team win
It was infuriating to watch is the point of this post. They won because of two things, aim assist, and for some reason having a connection to the server that was obviously better than others. The team moved together, but other than that, they really didn't use cover well, stood in the open, didn't strafe one bit. I noticed that they were all using controllers as well, running shotguns. The one guy couldn't land a single shot with r301 a 100 meters out. Probably the worst recoil control I've seen in a very long time. However, 10 meters or closer, they couldn't miss with a shotty. This is the new meta, roller and shotgun, and it sucks frankly. Players on controllers using shotguns rarely miss up close. They just snap to people, rotate perfectly with them, and bam, guaranteed 50 dmg or more, every single shot. Aim assist is still obnoxious, and still over tuned. When most fights end up taking place in a crowed tiny area, it's nearly impossible to beat a roller player using a shotgun. The other issue is that some people are getting a different type of connection to the servers. I'm not trying to go down some conspiratorial rabbit hole, more that there's a bug in the networking that just gives some people more time to react. I know Respawn uses a lot of lag compensation in order to "balance" low ping and high ping players. So it could just boil down to that. There's an article explaining their philosophy on balancing if you want to read up on it. Getting back to the team I just watch win. It seemed like people had a hard time damaging them. They were literally walking around in the open, mind you not strafing once, and the most burst damage I'd watch them take was about 30-40 damage, tops! I'm constantly getting beamed while trying to peak teams from odd angles, and these guys just walk around like terminators, unphased by anyone shooting at them. If I'm getting shot at, I have to assume that I've already taken twice the damage that's registered so far. Lately, I'll beam someone with my favorite load-out, hit for a 100 + damage, and then they'll turn to me, and get me down to 25 health instantly, while having purple shields. Some of it's because people are cheating, but if it's always because of someone cheating, then damn, there's A LOT MORE cheaters than Respawn would like us to believe. It's been ridiculous lately.
Love how Apex accounts are getting hacked left and right while EA does nothing.
This has been happening for 3 months now. Basically if you don't have 2FA enabled there's a high (AND I REALLY MEAN HIGH) chance of your account getting hacked and get wrongfully banned. (Even manual bans from people that ban without a second thought.) Not to mention how; all these hackers appear to be chinese, that there has been a unusually high case of ban appeals, * tons of reddit posts and so on... Not even a single response from EA or respawn about whats been happening.
