First off, before reading any further, please understand that this is an issue that me and many of my friends have had since downloading the game the day it dropped. Understand as well that I am not solely talking about the other more clear issues apex has had with hit registration where you can clearly see armor ticks or blood shots with no damage. And Yes, I understand your skepticism, thinking I am terrible at the game and not able to hit my shots. However that is not the case. Any other game I play, I have no issue. Only apex. And even with the issue I’m speaking on I have still excelled at the game, resulting in reaching predator each season up to season 4 split 2, and masters Each split after. I am great with my movement as well as game iq, not just accuracy. I am only speaking on it now because I love apex even with the issues, and would love it even more if they were fixed. Unfortunately nothing has improved. So please, leave your rude remarks somewhere else.
I have had many issues with hit registration and my guns seemingly shooting flowers since pre-season. As it takes several magazines of clearly landed shots for me to down an enemy, while only a few landed shots for an enemy to down me. Yes, not every shot of mine lands, but after hundreds of lost fights or even wins where I knew the enemy should’ve been downed way earlier, I decided to look further into it to see if I had a reason to be angry. I began recording my gameplay where these situations would occur and playing them back in slow motion. After close and careful inspection, watching the mag count in correlation to the stacking damage indicator, it was clear there was something confusing happening. For every three to four shots clearly landed on an enemy, only one or two actually did damage. Sometimes taking up to three magazines to down an enemy. I checked with my friends to see if they were having the same issue, most said they didn’t or at least never noticed, while a few did. I had each send me footage of their gameplay, so I could compare and see if it was consistent. (Yes I became that invested in figuring out if I was crazy or handicapped) First I watched the clips of the few friends who said they had the same problem, and using the same process as before, watching the mag count in correlation to the stacking damage indicator, I noticed they indeed did have the same problem that I did. Some shots missed of course, but out of the ones that clearly landed, half of them actually added to the stacking damage. Just like me, sometimes taking two or even three magazines to down an enemy. I was glad I wasn’t alone, but annoyed that apex hadn’t done anything to fix the problem. But it got confusing when I began watching the footage of my friends who said the never had the issue. I still remember watching the first clip and almost calling apex immediately. The difference was clear as day, every shot that clearly landed on an enemies hit box counted, resulting in a much quicker down. I was shocked. I asked them what their typical ping was, expecting a crazy low number to at least give a logical explanation for why they had better hit reg. But surprisingly they answered between 40-60. Which is exactly what my average ping is as well. Even more surprising was the number of my friends who said 80-100, way worse than mine but with every one of their bullets registering.
With light and energy weapons, it is harder to tell without slow motion, But it is clear as day with the heavy weapons prowler, flatline, and spitfire. The wingman isn’t bad other than the occasional obvious no reg, but I am forced to not pick up any heavy weapons nowadays as I do 50 percent less damage with them, dying literally anytime I fight with one. The havoc is just as bad honestly but is easy to compensate with how much damage it is capable of in one clip. (Great nerf huh?)
This has been an issue since I first got the game, and has led to many broken controllers and headsets as I am extremely competitive and hate losing when I know I shouldn’t have. If anyone knows what I can do to fix this issue it would be much appreciated, as I do not want to delete the game but will be forced to since I am basically handicapped and am no longer ignorant to it.
