I had a vision for a Rampart Buff. Tailored to a S.H.E.I.L.A rework.
I've been playing the game since around the end of Season 9, and almost instantly fell in love with Rampart as a LEGEND! Been playing her almost nonstop since ever since! May I say for one, hooollyyy I'm so happy with where she is now. Back when she could only place S.H.E.I.L.A, all be it she could place 3 of them at the time, was a NIGHTMARE to try and get a lot of value out of it, but we Ramparts' still managed to pull through to getting it to tip top shape! ONE BARRIER AT A TIME! Something to say before i get into this. I really did take a lot of inspiration when thinking about this rework/change when looking at the recent April Fools Event's that had things like "heavy kickback" where your gun would actively make you fly if you shot enough bullets. i found this especially fun with Rampart as well obviously, "minigun go brrrrr!!!". HERES MY PROPOSISTION!!! (AGAIN, I TRULY THINK THIS COULD BE A WELL PUT TOGETHER THING IF MADE RIGHT!!! I will be putting my changes, Aswell as my reasonings as to why I seek out to change the kits integrity) ANYWAYS!! THE CHANGE I HAVE IN MIND!! (IM WELL AWARE THAT THIS CAN BE BUSTED IF DONE WRONG > I AM NOT A DEV OF ANY GAME AND HAVE NOT DONE BALANCES SO ALL THE NUMBERS I STATE ARE COMPLETELY CHANGABLE AS SEEN FIT > I LOVE RAMPART > BARE WITH ME AND PLEASE JUST HEAR ME OUT) To start off!! take away the place-able toggle for S.H.E.I.L.A, and change it to a select fire. (As to why - The minigun takes a PAINFULLY LONG TIME to actually set up if using it in the placed state. Giving that you: (1) Place the turret, (2) Place a barrier, (3) Get on the Minigun! (4) Aim and Rev Up S.H.E.I.L.A. (5) Once you've FINALY done all of that. FIIIIRRREEEE!!!!!........ aaaaatttt pretty much nothing but a wall. because they already hid. THEN BAM YOUR TOP SHIELD BREAKS, and you get insta tapped by a sniper right after... there goes 90% of your hp because you wanted to use S.H.E.I.L.A on the ground.) - My point is, if you need to go through (STEPS 1-5) JUST to use the feature, and it end up 9/10 being an absolute throw. While on the other hand, just pulling S.H.E.I.L.A out and just firing would have done just as much, if not, more than enough. What is reaaalllyyy the point of it other than just an extra button you can press.. OK. now what to do with the select fire toggle.. Make the select fire, into a JET BOOSTER Fire Mode. This will in return, change S.H.E.I.L.A from (1), going from firing 1 bullet (per bullet), to 3-8 bullets (per bullet). and now making S.H.E.I.L.A act like a jet booster attached to the player! (2) will no longer have long range fire ability, and will be about the size, maybe smaller than Mad Maggie's base kit drill (THIS IS JUST A REFERENCE!!). (3) damage can go up or down, depending on FEEDBACK, but I think it should do more damage, as you can only use it close range, AND IT WILL BE PROVIDING KICKBACK CAUSING YOU TO FLY BACKWARDS!!!!(in return kicking you out of range of the enemy.) (now i know. "OMG THERES NO WAY YOU ARE ABOUT TO PUT VALK PASSIVE ON RAMPART ULT THATS INSAAANNEEE!!!!! YOU'RE GONNA BREAK THE GAAAMMEEEE!!!" LET ME SPEEEAAAKKKK!!!! "GOSH SO LOUD..." For starters. it will be using the ammo of the entire ult, NOT A SECOND AMMO TYPE, Using the car smg as an example. it's not going to be like that. It's all 1 ammo, that being Ramparts ult charge. SECOND, the initial "Thrust to Fly" mechanic would be more toned down from what it would have been in the "April Fools Event's"! S.H.E.I.L.A would REQUIRE the player to shoot a minimum of 20-30 "Fuel to Fly". depending on (1) the fire-rate, (2) the thrust value, and (3), how much "fuel" would be needed to burn; this would not only give a window to shoot her before she takes off, but also in open fields, she COULD get shot out of the sky if aimed at properly.) (LET MEEE COOOOOKKKKKKKK PLEEEAASSSEEEE RESPAWWWWNNNN, EEEEAAAAA!!!!!) NOW ON TO THE THING I KNOW IM GOING TO GET ALOT OF DISCUSSION. SHOULD SHE (S.H.E.I.L.A) GET NERFED. my answer. well, I mean kiiiiinda... but not anything to do with Rampart's main minigun! I actually managed to think of 2 UNIQUE WAYS TO NERF IT IF IT IS INDEED TOO MUCH!!!! NERF/BALANCE Change (IF NEEDED) - Add a overheat system! Overheat - if you shoot more than 60% (changeable number) of the mag it cuts the gun off and you free fall for a period of time. -(this can also cause an animation to play that is uninterruptable, and rampart will need to "cool S.H.E.I.L.A Down!" thus, adding some time where rampart will need to be mindful of how long she is burning, and if she wants to overheat. (THINK MUCH ON THE LINE OF BALISTIC TAC!!!) -(I TRUTHFULLY THINK THIS BALANCE ALONE WOULD BE ENOUGHT TO MAKE IT MANAGEABLE TO FINETUNE TO PERFECTION!!!!) - Add a height limiter! Height limiter - When Rampart goes a little too high, S.H.E.I.L.A will start burning less fuel. However, will also start slowing your thrust a bit; causing your speed to no longer increase. - (This will stop Rampart from just flying "STRAIGHT UP AND AWAAAYY!!!" and will keep her more down to the ground. GRAVITY IS STILL A THING YA KNOW!!) - (on top of this, if rampart was to go too high, and then try to change directions, the thrust would be less, causing her to move a lot slower when trying to make distance, rather than height.) Reduce the minigun ammo to 160 (was 172). (this is literally just here as a precaution if the actual ammo count is the problem as ya know, it very well could be) NOW ONTO THE PROS!! - Well first off, it's obvious, RAMPART GETS MOVEMENT FOR MINIGUNN!!!! - Can use a NEW VARIENT of weapon titled only to HER!! - Rampart will no longer be held captive by the bounds of 0 barriers and stuck in an open field in the middle of 4 teams. (I'm looking at you, outsides of estates...) NOW YOULL BE SHOT BY EVERYONE AS YOU BASIC MANUEVER INTO THE AIR AND DODGE ALL THE BULLETS LIKE A PRO- or die a painful death of getting pelleted by a guy with good r301 aim!! - gives rampart more flexibility in the use of her minigun, making it less of a 1 trick pony! - Pick-rate will go up because new change to her kit. | WHY WOULD YOU NOT WHAT TO TURN YOURSELF INTO A ROCKET, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO ADAM SMASHER SOMEONE INTO ASH WITH THE FLAMES OF THE TURRET!!! LIKE HELLOOOO THIS IS APEXXXX!!! On to the Cons! - I know it may sound strange that she may have cons to this change, kinda sounds like she's just only receiving a buff here???? - S.H.E.I.L.A will be on cooldown a lot more often, due to the fact that players may want to alternatively use S.H.E.I.L.A as a movement option. this in return makes it to where rampart will only have her barriers left to defend, and if not played correctly can be broken in a matter of seconds. (This can also be faced with a barrier nerf if necessary, but I do think the barriers are fine as is. they are literal paper if shot at before fully built!!) - The fuel will require more bullets in order to transfer it into fuel. - Depending on the speed and velocity of which she can fly at, she COULD end up being shot down. (Especially if Rampart is taking off, or you take the idea of the overheat nerf i stated earlier.) - there can absolutely be a way to balance this out to not be as oppressive as people may think. making "shoot the rampart out of the sky" a fun AND FUNNY interaction I think would be perfect for apex. - A thing some people don't know about rampart is that she can mantle boost off her placeable turret, this would end up being removed Aswell. Now for the fun part. TELL ME THIS WOULDNT BE LORE ACCURATE. HOW WOULD RAMPART, The Weapon's Smith who's made The Flatline, a solid gun of control and damage. The Rampage, a gun made to contain the fiery RAGE of a thermite and causing it to blast through doors! HELL MADE THE BLUEPRINTS FOR THE NEMESIS BEFORE IT GOT STOLEN BY BIG SIS, a gun that shoots in 5 round bursts and increases its fire rate the more you shoot! I SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST BECAUSE ITS HER PRIDE AND JOY, S.H.E.I.L.A, the beauty that Auto Creates Ammo for herself, RIPS THROUGH DOORS LIKE ITS CHEESE, and can cause people to hide at the sound of her ROOOAAARRR!! Tell me with a straight face she wouldn't look at a rocket from the drop ship. say "ya know, i think i could slap'er on S.H.E.I.L.A and she'll roar like a bueat!" - Probably Rampart. Anyways, I'm done. good luck in the arena and with that being said, "KEEP YA MESS OUTA THE FAST LANE PLONKERS!!"Reddit post on cheaters
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApexConsole/s/kIfuOcErCj Interesting read. I resonate with many of the words in the entire post. I would suggest everyone read it when they have 5m to spare. Im diamond 1 right now and needed 60rp to hit masters. The first squad we encountered last night was a hyper aggressive octane with aimbot n his friends. They won the last match we played together as we got top 2 or 3 and then matchmaking put his team not only in our next game but spawned next to us. We died instantly. Could barely react to the aim bot. That's just the state of the game now. Run and hide simulator from the cheaters, hope for top 5 and some kills along the way and say a prayer. Cant ban em all because Respawn and E.A would lose so much revenue. They would just create more accounts anyways and cheat again. Gaming addiction to a whole other level for the shiny red badge. Just increase the pred cap and only let masters and preds play each other. All the cheaters would eventually funnel into their own community where they battle and cheat to see who keeps pred for the season. Don't allow three stacking in some sort of degree. The cheating preds really lean on being able to three stack against other cheating preds. I was asked by two preds before I joined them to not bother joining unless I also have a titan or something. Best battle royale conquered by cheaters. Guess it's time to take another few months off rank. Not drop a dime on this game and barely touch it over the next few months. Any legot player should do the same. We are cannon fodder and RP for these pathetic kids. The game doesnt belong to us anymore. If we fight fire with fire we risk losing our main accounts we dumped so much money and time into. Great game but integrity is shattered.Did EA create Rampart just to use her as a punching bag?
In tense combat situations, Rampart is slow at setting up barriers, slow at picking up LMGs, and incredibly slow compared to other Legends when it comes to picking up Sheila. It seems like they intentionally nerfed her movement because she's a character designed to wield a heavy machine gun, but please, stop nerfing her.Things need to change
I’ve been on these forums for a while now. I read things people post and though I never thought to comment myself this will be a long one. It seems like the devs worry more about their spread sheets and pick rates more than the actual feedback they get from long time players and even some of their pro players. Conduit has been called out for a long time for needing a nerf. She is to strong. But what do to the devs do? They see her low pick rate but a high win rate and say, “ we should buff her so people play her more because she is even more over powered.” It’s a disconnect from what actual long time players have been feeling. We have watched this game change so much from what it was originally. some changes were welcome to add to the dynamic of the game, like the evo upgrades for shield progression. Other changes have been negatively received and got constant backlash but it seems the devs are just doubling down like if they just push that issue a little harder people will start enjoying the thing they hate so much about the game, like this non stop push into increased momentum of the game. Stop making movement the core aspect of the game. Movement was a thing that came with skill, took time to learn and made the game fun because it was earned. Now movement is given to every character you buff or put out. The first time Axel was announced and her kit explained, all I thought was “ please don’t”. I knew she wouldn’t be healthy for the game and after her release I know she was 10x worse than what I could of even imagined. Whoever was the dev who thought her up, whoever approved her coding, and whoever actually coded her into the game, you should all be fired. She was the worst decision of so many reasons. It’s like you took octanes whole kit and put it into her tactical, of course minus the stim damage. It’s a slap in the face face of every octane main in the game. And to add insult to injury she gets an ultimate( sometime two) that not only seeks an opponent no matter if line of site was never established, but also does damage, stun, an bounced them in the air so the whole team can act like a firing squad. She needs an immediate and indefinite removal, people need to be fired. Movement needs to be nerfed across the board for other characters to shine again. Stop giving movement passives to characters because they can’t compete with the movement characters you’ve buffed way to far. You complain that the pick rates show that movement characters are being picked at a higher rate than non movement characters, the easy fix that would appease most players would be to nerf movement players like octane and Valkyrie. Instead you start buffing characters that never needed a buff in the first place. Valkyrie has been long overdue for a nerf. A lot of people including myself never agreed that her latest buffs were healthy for the game. Octane never needed a second stem, another unhealthy update for the game. This coming from a player who has spent a lot of time playing octane. There needs to be changes made that are more inline with the player base. Stop looking at your spread sheets and do more player interaction. Listen to the base that keeps your game alive. This game has real issues your team just blatantly ignores for shiny cover ups. We didn’t need a new legend, we needed nerfs to movement to balance the characters. We didn’t need ban wave after ban wave, we needed console and hardware bans so they can’t just create new accounts and continue cheating. Players stopped playing fun characters to play movement characters because you’ve created a game where if we don’t, you’ll just be steam rolled by a movement team. You’ve created a game where pre made teams either focus on movement or defending against movement, and it shows in the pick rates. All the characters at the bottom of the list are there because of the ridiculous changes you’ve made to the game. I know you’ll look at the numbers an say this season has had the most players in a long time for you. How many of those new players are just people who had to make new accounts because they’ve been banned 5 times since the season started? Your devs have stated yourselves in ranked there is a minimum of 5% cheat rate. Well in every lobby that means there is a minimum of 3 cheaters. EVERY LOBBY! And that’s just ranked. That number only gets worse when you’re in pubs, or a game mode. And lastly but most importantly, DELETE SEER AND GIVE REVENANT BACK HIS SILENCE ABILITY! Revenant was my favorite character for so many seasons, and you ruined him. I was fine with his ult change but just giving away his tactical to a character no one wants to play was inexcusable. Do better devs.
Блокировка в игре Apex Legends
15 мая 2026 года мне дали перманентную блокировку за Улучшение игрового процесса в Apex Legends. Объясняю ситуацию последние 3 сезона назад (S25 S26 S27) я просто заходил 1-3 раза в неделю качать БП, в 28 начал сильно играть в рейтинг и поднять мастера и то дошёл только до Д-3, в 29 сезоне тоже начал играть в рейтинг и пытаться поднять мастера. После захожу 15 мая 2026 года и вижу бан пермач, отвечают ИИ-шаблонами, хотя в 2-3 апелляциях просил дать живому ассистенту рассмотреть моё дело. Примечание: сам я из России и понятное дело играю через разные ПО которые обходят наши блокировки серверов амазона, игрок я честный играю без макросов и других поможих ПО, багами не пользуюсь и нет смысла подвергать аккаунт блокировке так как, моему аккаунту 4 года 2110 часов 1 реликвия 1000 уровень и множество старых скинов. PS. Просто выбешивает, что люди ставят на свои джойстики макросы так же используют аим-ассист разрешённый игрой и они берут предаторов и продолжают играть, а я который с Д-4 до Д-1 не может подняться был заблокирован пермачём. Буду благодарен кто сможет помочь, как составить правильную аппеляцию, чтобы эта апелляция была рассмотрена живым человеком.Sheila is useless in close combat.
I naturally pick Sheila when facing two or more enemies at close or mid-range, but I have never won a single time. The barrier deployment speed has slowed down, so I just end up dying more often, and it only hinders my movement when I'm using Sheila and an LMG. Why on earth are they nerfing Rampart like this? She is already a character who just keeps dying because she lacks mobility, is slow, and has poor handling. Why does EA's upper management hate Rampart so much? I really don't understand, so I'm asking.Crypto off the grid upgrade issue
Dear Respawn, hope all is well! I come today with a request. besides the cheating absolutely running rampant for me the last two weeks in diamond 3 again and making me and my friends miserable I'd like to request a small temporary change for Cryptos Off The Grid upgrade. Would you be so kind to temporarily remove or severely reduce the audio noise he makes while invisible and not allow valk to see him when she uses her ult. Perhaps also reducing the glitch visual a tad bit. It would appear that Off The Grid is doing more harm than good for his survival especially when trying to grab banners. I loathe that his drone takes dmg out of zone now but I understand why and I got use to it. Please consider making this change next split atleast for one season and see if it's ok to keep. I truly don't think it's fair that valk or bloodhound can see a guy that is supposed to be off the grid. I understand seer heartbeat sensor. If this request is too much of a ask I would kindly instead ask for it to be completely removed. Thank you for your time. PS: please ban the cheaters i reported.