October 2019
Can this idea be brought to upper management?
There are countless brilliant coders out there that also play your game. Please allow us to improve the game we love!
This would not cost anything. Opensource developers are not paid.
Existing developers will be infused with great new ideas. All changes are first shown to existing developers and "approved" for the test server.
This would require a beta test server where only a select population is allowed to test changes. I can see weekly or even daily changes.
This will give complainers a reason to stick around and continue buying skins, etc.
I would love to see the entire code base be made opensource. This could create a large community of free labor to improve the game. Epic Games (Fortnite) has the cash to hire and keep the best talent. Opensource community development could be Apex Legend's future!
Cosmetic purchases can continue to pay for servers, a smaller development team, and line EA's pockets.
With Call of Duty coming out in about a week, I imagine Apex Legends will be dead to casual players. Only the hardcore players will remain and it will ruin the experience for everyone else. I will be playing Call of Duty too. I would love to see something along these lines to keep the game alive. Apex Legend's take on Battle Royale is my favorite so far!