August 2019 - last edited August 2019
First a brief summary of my history with the game for context, I played APEX a little bit on PS4 when it released but i only played 2 or 3 games before i stopped because i knew i was saving up for a new PC and didn't want to have to relearn the game again when i switched from console too PC. I finally saved up enough for my PC and finally got around to giving the game a try on PC for the first time yesterday. Needless to say my skill in the game is about where you would expect for someone who has less than 5 hours total playtime in a game that to my understanding has a decently high skill ceiling. Making matters worst was the fact that even though this game is in season 2 apparently a good number of the player base still don't understand that while trying to solo isn't a viable tactic unless your score card looks like one of the kill leaders, and even then winning solo would take some luck. Also the previous sentence is assuming you where lucky enough to get in a game that actually has 3 players connected and playing the game to begin with which was a hilariously rare occurrence in the games i tried before i decided to join the Apex's official discord and try to find an organized group to teach me the game, which is where i got this gem of a story.
When i joined the discord I didn't want to waste anyone's time or make them have a bad time made it clear that my experience with the game was nearly 0 and my game play would probably actually start multiple dumpers fires but if they where willing to tolerate that then i'm willing to listen and try my best to follow the leaders orders. I ended up in a group with someone who appeared to have played the game for quite a while, and a second party member who appeared to be a little more experienced than myself but still struggling a little bit. The more experienced person seemed to be at least mechanically better than both of us, honestly i wasn't skilled enough at the game yet to tell, but his leadership skills truly left something to be desired. He knew he was playing with new players and we where basically willing to follow his lead but he wouldn't call any shots and didn't even know where he wanted to drop. I actually ended up having to shot call myself with only roughly 2 hours of game experience under my belt and that wen't about as well as you could expect. Naturally the more experienced player got upset because the games weren't going well and left and if that there where the end of the story then i wouldn't be here but it's not. After the more experienced dude left me and the other less experienced person decided to stay in that voice channel and continue playing. I don't know if the guy who left had multiple accounts or told his friends to come harass us but i'm leaning towards the first one because I find it hard to believe that this individual has friends, much less friends willing to harass a stranger for being bad at a video game but i digress. Either way after the dude left I got 3 more visitors the first one asked if we would like some "ear *" before attempting to blow our speakers out, the second just pretended who wanted to play then called us trash and left and 3rd verse was same as the second. At that point i just uninstalled the game because i don't need that kind of negativity in my life.
Honestly the only reason i'm making this post is i'm genuinely curious is this behavior normal for this games player base? I obviously don't have a great sample size because this story only lasted about an hour and a half in actual time and then i uninstalled the game so please share your stories below. And if you are one of the people who harass new players for being new and bad honestly what do you think you are gaining by driving them away. If you have new bad players you got easier targets to drive your KD up and then you can have even more fun stroking your massive egos. If you are worried about getting those bad players on your team all i have to say is get good because this is one of the few team based games where if you are good enough you can actually solo entire teams. And on a more serious note if you want your game to survive in the long term you want more players not less. It's actually pretty hilarious that the discord for Spellbreak a battle royal that isn't even out of alpha yet is more populated than Apex's and driving away people who had a desire to learn the game surely isn't going to help those numbers. I have gamed for many years and have spent a good number of years playing games with communities renowned for their toxicity such as League of Legends, Dota 2, Overwatch and the list goes on but, i have never seen something quite like this. It's one thing to harass bad teammates while you are being forced to play with them, not that i condone it but i at least understand it. However i can't understand what anyone would have to gain from going out of their way to harass someone they know is new for being bad at a video game?
August 2019
August 2019 - last edited August 2019
Meh if i wanted to lonewolf i'd just go play fortnite but that's besides the point i honestly don't think you fully read this because i wasn't complaining about some toxic game chat ive seen my fare share of that in plenty of other games i played for years. I uninstalled this game because my first attempt at reaching out to form a group resulted in an unstable individual either A:using multiple accounts to harass me and the other person i was playing with or B: got his buddies to come in 1 by 1 and talk smack. And if the second one is the truth then that means that i ran into multiple people who behave that way within an hour of me playing the game. But i am well aware that could have just been bad luck which is why i'm asking if anyone else has had a similar experience and if so how common is it? There is also the possibility that the 3 people who came in and talked smack and the 1 guy who attempted to blow out my speakers where all unrelated to each other and only did what they did because they where trolls, looked at my stats, or did both but honestly that possibility doesn't speak well for this games community either. Could also just be a discord thing but i've used discord for other games and still this was a first.
August 2019
August 2019 - last edited August 2019
Played league for 6 years while in game chat could get toxic never had anyone try to follow me after game and harass me. And more recently been playing Smite with multiple communities in discord and have never had a problem although to be fair i am much better at smite. Mayby it's just a competitive fps thing i don't play to many of those except for class based shooters and i'm guessing the only reason the Overwatch community doesn't behave this way, at least not to the degree where i can play the game for an hour and run into not only a flamer but one who wants to follow me around, is because getting an overwatch account getting banned has actual consequences since the game cost 60$
August 2019
(PC Player) Personally, i have not been on the Apex Discord, so cant say if this is common for on there. However i have played since launch (700hrs) and have dome countless games with randoms and very few have had a toxic team member.
I think you were just unlucky m8.
keep playing and don't use public discord where anyone can come and find you.
August 2019 - last edited August 2019
I've been playing (console) since day 1 and have never had anyone toxic message me.
October 2019
Agreed
October 2019
I usually like to stay positive and I like this game but the fact that I have to "pay" RP for entering s ranked game will forever make me toxic and probably soon make me quit again, forgot it's why I quit in season 2