This is a partial rant as well as an observation of a player whose been around since week one release, of whom has been trying to be patient over years with all the problems this game does have. I was hoping to save this for the end of the event but I just can't. Also keep in mind of two things despite how the game currently is I'm still a fan of the lore and universe, and I am writing this with the most calm tone, open mind, and understanding of how things don't always go the right way in terms of running a game as well as the team of daidgame do try hard to make it an enjoyable experience.
So let's start with the prowler in the room, the evolution update. My goodness this was just so very unfortunate, nearly the entire time frame has made the entire game unplayable and unpleasant. I like many have tried to do everything to play just one round of br or arenas and it just kicks, freezes and crashes. This has to be respawns greatest defeat in my opinion at their own hands at that. While the estimated time frame of this bug is nearly over there's still no guarantee that it will be fixed and with no word of any extension this has been just about pointless. I'm actually dreading the next update for fear of something just as bad, or worse happening. I had an arena game where I didn't get to fire a single shot cause i froze, and coming back it was nearly over.
Matchmaking, still very bad predators and masters in pub games about nine times out of ten. Low level players having to go against them. I can only imagine these new players thinking to themselves when going against those twenty bombs and 4k badges "man they said apex was fun."
The servers, now I don't know what goes on or what needs to be done in terms of having and running servers, but what I so know is that any other game I play is always smoother than apex.
Now looking at the LTM. Eh. It's just quicker access to fully upgraded weapons. It fine I guess since the Halloween one will be larger.
The reconnect feature? It takes so long that in ninety percent of situations it might as well not be there. I could shrug say oh well and be in another game if it weren't there. But with it I'm checking my phone while waiting to get back in. I'm appreciative that they added it in an attempt to fix a problem but ya.
Turning to a less important subject, the lore.
Weren't we supposed to get some breath taking lore drops and missions akin to season five? I think it was like season eight that they said that. To paraphrase:
"Season ten and eleven are gunna be huge lore wise. We might see some quest like in season five."
Now I might be wrong, and it wasn't confirmed that we'd get missions in both or just one season. But in season ten there's not a comic at the very least that I can see. Aside from the teasers, trailers, and two voice mails in ramparts rig there's nothing.
Seer, I want to be more invested and like him more but I find myself forgetting about him sometimes. Part of that reason is that he's not going through something to help us connect with him. With no lore or comic there's no opportunity for that. Every other legend has faced trials, hardships, and experiences. Loba organized an entire quest to avenge her parents, rampart went through losing her lively hood and connects to other legends to rebuild, horizon learned she can find a way to see her dead son again. Fuse has to deal with fighting against and losing his childhood friend, we already have a connection to valkyrie from playing titanfall 2. Yes Seer had a rough childhood due to having different colored eyes coinciding with an urban legend (bit weird cause it's just a different iris color.) But we don't get to see it, we don't get to experience it. We see people avoiding him but that's it. And now he's relatively on top of the world with everybody loving him, we don't get to see his struggle to get there and we're not seeing an obstacle for him to overcome in his season. We haven't heard voice-mail of his mom whose losing her memory, we haven't seen him have to choose between his cultural beliefs and technology to keep his people safe. He hasn't had to sacrifice his identity to survive, or lose his brother and get stranded in the outlands. We haven't been able to connect with him hardly at all and without seeing something he's had to deal with or go along with him on a journey then we won't be able to and he'll just be there.
In closing, there's a lot to improve on.
