Visible health bars & low TTK
I genuinely believe adding visible health bars and ruining the TTK has taken away a lot of what made Apex and the fights great and interesting to play or watch. Season 21 was the last time we played before health bars, then the low TTK happened in Season 24. No surprise the game has been on a steady decline since S21... The fights are way too fast now and the teamfighting/legend dynamics were completely changed when everyone just pushes everything super fast with low HP because they know exactly how low they are, and with health bars, know exactly where they are or what direction they're trying to evade to. The game is way too one-dimensional now. The game just isn't as interesting anymore because the fights aren't nearly as back-and-forth as they used to be. Also it's increasingly harder to balance all the weapons/legends to be viable when everyone dies so quickly and the fights end so fast now. I know this is copy/pasted from my other countless other comments about these changes since they were added over a year ago, but I don't know how else to make my point. I've repeated my point of view over and over, but nothing is being done and the playerbase and viewership keeps declining... I just want my favorite game to return to its former greatness. Here is a summary of why the two biggest core gameplay issues plaguing the game are visible health bars and low TTK: Health bars: - Gives free tracking and awareness - letting players see exactly where weakened enemies move, even through foliage or visual clutter. - Makes 3rd partying way easier since you instantly know who’s low and safe to push. - Removes the fog of war: no more guessing HP, no more deception via shield swaps, no more hiding HP weakness by using shield cells/batteries to re-peek. - Makes certain legends and abilities (Seer tac, Bloodhound, Mirage ult, etc.) far less valuable. - Encourages nonstop aping and movement legends - if you ever peek with flesh, everyone knows and full-sends. - Subconsciously affects split-second decisions at every level of play. - Makes tracking and aiming easier because players now have giant bars floating over them. Low TTK: - Erases mid-fight depth, teamfight dancing, clutch potential, and outplays. - Punishes solos and flanks - one tick of damage reveals your exact location and HP, and you’re basically out of the fight. - Leads to instant knocks → quick 2v3s with little chance for recovery. - Reduces the value of defensive or slower legends. - Shrinks the margin for error so much that taking even minor damage forces you to hide and heal instead of fighting back. Combined, HP bars + low TTK: - Creates cheap, fast kills, shallow fights, and overly aggressive playstyles. - Removes most of what made old Apex dynamic, skill-expressive, and balanced. - Makes movement less valuable and tracking easier. - Turns fights into linear one-dimensional “see flesh/red HP bar → push instantly” scenarios. Overall: Apex played best and was at its peak in the seasons before visible HP bars were added. Removing them—and/or raising the TTK—would restore much of the original depth and fun that made us all like the game. Here are some of my previous comments that have received positive reactions, showing that I'm not the only one that see's what's currently wrong with the game, go back and read people's replies to these as well: 1 - comment in the competitive apex sub on a comment lamenting about the lack of viewership/engagement in the eSports/pro scene now 2 - replying to a comment in the recent dev AMA that's concerned about the game's direction towards movement with low TTK 3 - the issue with the Support meta the season before they lowered the TTK was because they removed the only counters to support utility then swung too hard the other way and blanket buffed literally every weapons' damage, removed helmets, and Red EVO rather than just bringing the counters back. 4 - heavily upvoted post during the Support meta questioning why counters to Support were removed 5 - heavily upvoted post just days after health bars were added 6 - highly commented post complaining about low TTK not long after it was added 7 - highly upvoted comment linking my clip asking everyone's favorite iiTzTimmy on his opinion on health bars 8 - example 1 of seeing your target through things you shouldn't be able to because of health bars 9 - example 2 10 - everyone's favorite aceu getting instantly knocked then sarcastically praising the low TTK change comparing it to Warzone, why do you think he stopped playing? 11 - a comment where people agree that health bars are arguably the worst change they ever made 12 - a comment to the devs in their recent AMA on legend balance 13 - a comment where I pasted a lot of my other smaller comments about this topic 14 - a comment where people agree that low TTK lowered the skill ceiling too much 15 - upvoted comment on a post lamenting about how hard it is to play immobile legends now 16 - upvoted comment the season after the Support meta agreeing that buffing every weapon/lowering TTK was a mistake, lots of good discussion in this whole post 17 - upvoted reply on a comment from a returning player who doesn't understand why the fights are so fast now
Rampart's Amped Cover Tactical
Hello, I would like to suggest an idea to strengthen Rampart's amped cover. It recently got buffed to increase the health of the cover over its use and a roof to the glass. But as I have utilized Rampart, I feel the problem is that the glass you shoot through and receive hits is not good. These glass walls are not good enough. After 200 damage they break. What I think they should be is reduce incoming damage by some amount, like 25 to 50 % and NEVER BREAK, just reduce the damage, while still amplifying outgoing damage in a similar fashion. It's a continuous hassle to pick them up and rebuild them. That's the weakness they have. They keep breaking. The addition of a roof to that glass also sounds silly, wasn't the problem. It was the breaking of the glass the biggst design challenge. Thanks for reading, kind regards GamesPlayer. Bye!Sparrow jump passive
Hello, I would like to suggest to bring Sparrow's jump passive to about 10 seconds cooldown and not the current 3 seconds. In my opinion you should tone it down as he jumps way too often in a fight. It is challenging to track him. Ash got toned down, he should get the same treatment. Just increase the cooldown a bit, so he can use it once when he needs to only. Everything else is fine. Thank you for reading, best regards GamesPlayer. Ciao!
Pathfinder ruins control maps
Being able to traverse the entire map with Pathfinder's ultimate totally breaks the control mode... at least with Octane you can destroy the pads. Every time one or two pathfinders are in the game, it turns the mode into a joke of teammates just zipping from control point to control point as soon as they die, and it RUINS THE GAME!!! ALSO, why is it that when I am filling up my shields with a shield battery, if I get my Ultimate it stops filling up my shields... This is an issue for all game modes I think, but it makes so sense and is very annoying and DETRIMENTAL TO STAYING ALIVE OR DYING!!! Why would this even be a thing?! I'm filling up my shields...Ultimate reaches 100% before shields are filled...and it STOPS FILLING UP MY SHIELDS BECAUSE I NOW HAVE MY ULTIMATE AT 100%!!! WHY?!?!?
Account Compromised-Unwanted Heirloom+ Negative currency blocking progression
Hello, I'm writing here because EA help has advised me to post on the forums after multiple tickets and live chat attempts, without a resolution My Apex Legends account was compromised some time ago. After a long recovery process, I successfully regained access to the account. When I logged back into Apex Legends, I noticed major changes that were NOT made by me during the compromised period. Here is the situation: An heirloom was unlocked on my account without my consent. This is NOT the heirloom I was grinding for over several years. I had never redeemed my shards before the account was stolen. I also found my account with approximately -20,000 Apex Coins, which now prevents me from purchasing the Battle Pass, prevents me from accessing recolours or progression related to the heirloom and effectively blocks normal gameplay progression. To clarify: I did not choose or unlock this heirloom. I did not spend currency irresponsibly. All of this occurred during the period when my account was compromised. I have already contacted EA Help multiple times and via live chat. I was told that frontline support cannot handle this case and I was redirected here. I am not asking for free items. I am simply asking for a fair resolution to an issue caused by an account compromise, such as a removal of the unwanted heirloom, restoration of my account state prior to the compromise, or removal of the negative currency balance that is currently blocking my account. I have been a long-term Apex Legends player and invested a lot of time grinding legitimately for a specific goal. Right now, my account feels permanently damaged by actions I did not commit. Any assistance or escalation from a Community Manager would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. [Thread moved from Apex Legends IT board to Apex Legends EN board, please review the guidelines to find the right language board for your post. EA_Claus]
Fix Mad Maggies Ult
Prior to her "buff" her ult would at least make contact. Now it's just bouncing all over the place and doing practically nothing at all. Not only that, if you throw it at someone pretty much 5 feet in front of you, it wont hit. It'll bounce. and if you do get lucky enough that it does hit, it bounces right back at you and now you're thrown off. 99% of the time it's useless. The speed buff? Wow, so cool thanks, every legend is a movement legend now so this isn't that much helpful. Also it's called the "Wrecking Ball" and DOES NOT WRECK ANYTHING.Why can Horizon just soar through the entire map now
What was the thinking here? She gets her tactical pretty much instantly and she can just float anywhere she wants. You can be octane and not be able to outrun her because she just floats and floats and lands without any slowness and then q's up and floats and floats
Apex Legends Controller needs a buff...
After the patch that nerfed aim assist to half what they would get on console...and also having tapstrafes completely removed from them whilst MnK players can still abuse it feels very unbalanced as a controller user, and honestly feels like the devs "picked a side" and are prioritizing mnk gamers over their controller counterparts... Anyone who plays apex know its not 90% aim 10% everything els like most fps games. Movement i'd say is atleast 40% of what makes a "good player" in this game, and to have that stripped away for only one input type sounds unthinkable, but it is the reality of what apex is right now. Simply put, what I suggest is either give pc controller players more aim assist(even 0.35 would suffice but reverting back to the original 0.4 would be ideal), or to return tapstrafes etc for us so we are actually playing the same game lol. I understand the MnK players argument fully about controller but aim assist nerfs and removing tapstrafes was the wrong way of going about it. If you don't believe me, look at this forum alone and you'll STILL see dozens of MnK players complaining about controller being broken and literally QUITING the game because of it... Us controller players love playing Apex Legends, we just hope you devs see that and treat us fairly in the future instead of like 2nd class players.Crypto's Prestige Skin
Hello, I would like to start a discussion about a Crypto's Prestige Skin. It's the legend that I play the most, and have both of his heirlooms and many skins. I have few ideas: Crypto, similar to Cosmo Logical, could be a God with a third eye. Alpha & Omega. How to have 3 levels to it, like you're not going to make him naked like Mirage? Right? Some sort of clothing of divine idea. But Crypto is a hacker/scientist/engineer who has become a God. The other idea I got would be something like Raiden from Metal Gear Solid 4 or Revengence. Sort of like a samurai but technological. Please don't add wires. Make it wireless. Some sort techy hacker/samurai like an Onimusha! He already has got 2 katana heirlooms. Maybe a collaboration with Oninusha:The Way Of The Sword! Would be sick! Collecting souls! Like Neo from The Matrix. Don't follow the rabbit! A shinigami: https://youtu.be/IUnpTRyfHSw?si=TEAYmuvc-deA5CbI These are some of the ideas I have got. The dive trail must zeros and ones (0 and 1), like The Matrix. Something like that because he is a hacker/computer scientist. A finisher depends on which skin you want to make: A hacker/god/samurai thing would like about slashing the opponent is some sort of way. Like beheading or like Revengence you take something out of them after cutting them in half. Like a Mortal Kombat Fatality of sorts, it doesn't have to be bloody of course. Like Onimusha (the videogames) collecting their soul. What kind of idea does the community and the dev team have for Crypto? These are the ideas I've got so far. Make it sick looking and fun! Add your input. Thank you for reading, kind regards GamesPlayer. I AM OMEGA.