October 2020
I don't know what has happened recently but I can't even have team mates that stick around for respawn anymore.
The amount of down quits has increased dramatically. I think stat padding obsession is out of control.
SBMM not so bad anymore on London server, feels more fair to be in player skillsets now after crossplay. Seems access to a bigger pool playerbase made match making better.
Loot sharing, most share loot if you voice ask politely. No issue.
So my problem is that I spend more time in lobby and landing process combined than actually playing with a full squad. When I carry on then I last 30 secs 1v3.
Just wish there was incentive for both the person that sticks around and person that attempts banner retrieval. The motivation to win a lobby doesn't to be enough.
Rather than punish which puts new players off, can there be a way to encourage and reward or simply the case it is because you can't participate until respawn and rather they restart another lobby.
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Respawn designed this game to be that way on purpose as far as I can tell.
They want people to leave games, only stick around if they want to bother to wait.
When I realized this, I now leave most games early too, because you even get rewards still if you leave. I only stay on the rare occasion you can tell your team cares. Which isn’t that often.
Leave more, be happier.
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That generosity of dropping 2nd weapon is only seen after initial landing and survival. But shame they don't see it if they quit early.
I don't think EA want players to quit on first chance. Their motto is all about engagement with playerbase.
Much like loot sharing you can't force people to embrace human decency or see long-term win benefit by hanging around.
For example Hyper Scape. You become a flying ghost to scout for team mates if you're waiting for respawn. That's too OP for Apex.
COD has that Gulag 1v1 to attempt respawn. But people will quit anyway if they lose that mini game or if a team mate doesn't have 4000 loot credits to buy back in.
Apex needs its own thing, but not too insta respawn as you want to retain satisfaction of full kill and deathbox 90 secs time out. When they're out, then they're out.
Some sort of participation in something whilst they're waiting to respawn. So throwing XP or apex coins isn't answer either.
Perhaps someone on forum may have ideas.
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@PeterN_UKmaybe make
1-silent respawn
2- spawn low to mid loot tier when u spawn ur teammate.
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