Thank you for your reply and interest in my post!
I do think some of the daily and weekly challenges can be offputting for various reasons. While I already covered things like very situational (ie get X knockdowns or kills in Y area), there is certainly a difficulty component.
For instance, any of the "Get X Kills as Y" can indeed be troublesome for newer players or those with lower comparative skill/knowledge of the game. Given the knockdown system (ie its possible there will be a revive) and how the game registered even actual kills vs assist credit, getting ANY kills can be difficult. Players can contribute to their team's play and simply get knockdown or assist credit. I would say regarding Dailies, if you're going to require a kill, do not make it more than 1. However, even better than that would be to either not focus on Kills at all and either A) Require a small amount of Knockdowns - 1-3,, which is more doable but can still be tough or B) Use the cumulative "Damage Done" requirement instead. "Do X damage as W, Y, or Z" still requires some skill and playtime, but especially as it is cumulative and can be spread out over many matches, it is much more reasonable. Provided of course that the amount of damage required is relatively small.
When it comes to any Weekly combat related challenge, I suggest lowering the requirements from their current measures by about 75%. Asking for 15 Knockdowns with LMGs for instance is better than asking for Kills, but that still requires that players find and equip a LMG and are proficient enough / end up in a situation conducive to / are not up against a superior player to get a knockdown. 5 Knockdowns with LMGs would be a better option, I think . (I know that is not 75%, but 66% is close). Same thing with any of the "Get X kills with Q, W, Y or Z" and the like.
Overall I think both Dailies and Weeklies can, with some adjustment, be made more conducive to a wider audience. Some may balk at making things "too easy", but as I mentioned previously I don't think that is a major concern. The game industry is rife with examples of difficulty/time consumption/tediousness being scaled around the proficient and hardcore, in a game that benefits from or requires a wide audience, from shooters to MMOs etc. This results in the larger group of less proficient players, who influence everything from queue times and other population to investment, to leave feeling that progression in the game is not really possible for them; the idea that until you "git gud", don't expect any enjoyment or feeling of progression/reward. A vocal minority of people with hundreds or thousands of kills and high ranked badges should not be the target for balancing Battle Pass Daily/Weekly requirements, to avoid such a scenario.
I've concentrated on what you've asked here specifically but I think there are some other elements that could assist as well, from some of the things I mentioned earlier, to other quality of life improvements. For instance, I think it would be important to allow a single-or-group play "Shooting Gallery" mode that allows players to learn about all the varying weapons and abilities, including things like attachments and exactly what they do and how they "feel", among other features. Being able to spawn CPU bots of player-type characters with some basic AI - stand still, move, attack etc... will give players an opportunity to see what its like to really hone their aim for instance. The current Training is helpful for the barest understanding of overall mechanics, but I'd like to see that separated from a mode more about improving one's play and a more granular understanding of the game.
Also, since I may have your attention for the moment I know its semi-unrelated but if I may, could you please pass it up the chain to investigate Linux compatibility? While a native Linux client would be ideal I know its unlikely, but I'm told that as it is the game can run quite well using either Wine+certain supporting utilities (ie DXVK, winetricks etc) or Proton . Unfortunately because of incompatibility with Easy AntiCheat and a few other issues, it isn't really possible to play Apex Legends as EAC will "bounce" Linux players using WIne/Proton as unfamiliar. A little development time unofficially checking out EAC and overall play/rendering via Wine/Proton would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Edit: Lets go over my Dailies today...
1. 5 Kills with SMG - I've been playing for 1.5 hours and I don't have a single one. Had a couple of knockdowns, but still not that many. One of the few finishers were only considered "assists". As far as I'm concerned, this is pretty much impossible, especially as a daily. A pinnacle of what I was talking about the difficulty requirements - 5 KNOCKDOWNS I would consider more appropriate WEEKLY . Kills? In a daily? With a specific weapon type? Almost no chance in just playing randoms etc.
2. 100 Damage with Care Package Weapons - Now the 100 Damage is (I think) reasonable. However, Care Package weapons? In the over an hour I've already played today, I've not gotten a single care package weapon. Some games I never got to a care package, others didn't have a weapon in them, the few that did it was take by a squadmate etc.. This is one of those things that is highly RNG and situational just to GET a weapon, much less actually do damage with it. Which brings me to
3. Get 2 Kills with Care Package Weapons - Take everything I said above, and multiply it by 1000. Having to get and do damage with a care package weapon is a RNG/luck/situation challenge first, doing damage is another major step, but to actually get kills with that particular weapon? Even more difficult . You should probably keep away from any dailies requiring Care Package (Gold) items at all and minimize them for Weeklies, save for non-combat generalist, low requirement ones. A Weekly like "Pick up a Gold item from a Care Package 2 Times" would be more likely the way to go.
Seeing the kind of dailies offered today, especially given how grindy and dependent on daily/weekly Season 2 feels, makes me disinclined to play and frustrated when I do. Not all dailies are like this, but there are far too many of them that are a major impediment to enjoyment.
Also, I can't stress enough how much Season 2 would be improved by NOT increasing the amount of Stars/XP for each BattlePass Level required. Right now, just playing gives you very little, slow, grindy progress at all . Dailies and Weeklies should be "bonus" ways to speed up your Battle Pass leveling, NOT the primary way to level up at any reasonable rate.
