March 2019
Hello there,
I am not a BR fan, but with all the hype that came with the release of this game, I decided to give it a try. Love the game, currently level 85. However, I thought it would be a good idea to give some honest feedback on the game. Who knows, maybe someone even listens.
There is a lot of positive stuff when this game is concerned, but I will focus on some of the negative sides that (in my opinion) should be looked into. Please don't confuse this with a rant of any kind. I truly enjoy the game and would like to see it grow to its full potential. And if there is anything to add, don't hesitate. Maybe any of the community managers passes it up the flagpole. Also, a small disclaimer, I know it's only been a month since the game released, so you can't really blame anyone because everything isn't up to 100%. So, lets get started.
1. Optimization => I remember when the game released there was a lot of talk how complete and polished the game is. And on the first glance, you could say that. However, when you play it for a while, you start noticing that that is not really the case. FPS you get in this game is quite low. Even on high - end rigs, there are a lot of problems with stuttering, fps drops, and generally low fps. There is a massive number of guide videos on YouTube to optimize your system in an effort to squeeze out a few more fps, so that you can play the game at an acceptable level. However, these guides are a band-aid, and a more thorough solution is needed to better optimize the game, so that even those with lower to mid range rigs have a decent experience playing the game. 2nd issues with optimization is some really really bad netcode. There is actually a video on YouTube (which I am to lazy to link here) where they compare this game's netcode to other BR games out there (Fornite, Blackout, PUBG etc.), and it is far far worse. For those of you who don't know what bad netcode means, it is the reason you get killed even though you reached cover. I have experienced this issue so many times it pains me to even think about it.
2. Cheaters => Unfortunately, everyone is already painfully aware of this issue. There is a massive population of players out there who use some type of macro or cheat. Mostly, the problem is on the Chinese servers, but there are a lot of these kind of players on EU servers as well (my guess is, NA as well). Just today, out of 4 matches I played, 2 had an aimboter. Remember, almost everyone can confirm that there are many cheaters out there, and those are only the ones you actually met or saw. This problem is far bigger the we think. It gets worse when you take into consideration that this is a F2P game, so anyone who is banned for cheating just makes another account. On top of all that, there isn't even a simple method of reporting a player you know is cheating. There is whole process, and a form, you have to go trough, and lets face it, most of us are to lazy to do that.
3. Social features => This one really frustrates me. I am dumbfounded how a game which forces squad play and teamwork has no easy way to add friends. Why an option to add someone you just played with was not added at launch is beyond me. Its 1 button. Come on.
4. Hitboxes => Won't go too much into this one. We all now how unfair it is that Caustic and Gibraltar are so much easier to hit then Wraith or Bangalore. I would like to play those legends, but I don't because they die so easily.
5. Weapon balance => Mozambique. Wingman. Peacekeeper. Enough said.
6. TTK (Time to Kill) => Not everyone will agree on this one, I know that, but in my opinion TTK is too high. I agree that you shouldn't 1 shot everyone, but it takes way too long to kill someone, or even down them. You have to take into consideration the movement in this game, which almost turns you into Spiderman. Then there is all the healing and shields you can get. Then there is the knockdown shield. Then there is the respawn system. Then there is the clip size on most weapons. You can have great aim, but all anyone has to do is run away or take cover for a few seconds to heal up. There are plenty of situations where you completely suprise someone, empty an entire SMG clip into them, and they are not dead and have time to react and run away, or even kill you. You should have time to react, but if someone flanks you, comes behind you, or catches you looting an empties a clip into you, you messed up and you should die. This game currently has almost no tactical play, and doesn't reward you when you outwit your opponent. And don't even get me started how useless snipers are when you take all this into consideration. Love it when i hit some moving target 4-5 times with a G7, and they laugh at my face.
7. No incentive to play => First, let me say that I realize that this is a F2P game and they have to make money somehow. However, with that said, there really is no incentive or reward for playing, and especially winning. You get 45 apex packs in the 100 levels you can reach. After that, nothing. Why not give an apex pack every 5 or so levels even after 100. It's till a bad reward, but at least its something. Crafting system is beyond useless. I am currently level 85, and so far I have gotten around 600-700 materials. Isn't a crafting system something that is supposed to give you a way to grind and create the cosmetics you would like to have. Why not give at least a moderate amount of crafting material for leveling. At least after level 100.
8. Cosmetics => This might sound harsh, but the current cosmetics are so bad. So, so bad. Character models are great, so it pains me to see that cosmetics are so underwhelming. And lets be honest, how often do you even notice if your enemy has a skin or not? They are just a fast moving blob which shoots at you. In some cases, you don't even know which legend you are fighting against until they use an ability, let alone if they have some cool skin or not. And to think they charge almost 20$ for a single skin which almost no player can recognize in the battlefield. Come on, step it up.
March 2019
Only two things need:
1. anti-cheat
2. fix game crash
Done
March 2019
I think the TTK being longer is great. Allowing players to have a chance to compensate with tactics, movement, and position if they are NOT an aim god is very nice. I can feel my age in terms of reaction time versus when I was in my teens, and having that chance to outplay vs outshoot someone in every situation is why this game is so great. I don't want this game to turn into a CS:GO BR. This is why so many people are outrage by the Wingman's TTK. It needs to be balanced downwards so that other guns are more versatile in longer midrange fights. Right now, that gun is far to ammo efficient, accurate, and high dps at such a long range.
Cheaters need to be stopped, and Respawn really needs to figure out something ASAP. It needs to be drastic, and at this point I'd be happy if we had more privacy intrusive programs attached to and required to play some games to keep cheating out of the games we play. I can feel pumped on a day off to play the game, but running into back to back Aimbotters really ruins a gaming experience.
March 2019 - last edited March 2019
Confused.... you want shorter TTK, but you want to nerf wingman and peacekeeper?
So which it is? longer or shorter?! :o
After careful consideration I believe what you want is to nerf everything except one shot with snipers...
Me think game would be less successful is it was a sniper shooter like you seem to want. And certainly less fun for me, at least.
March 2019
As far as TTK goes, I would like it to be shorter. Lets say 15 - 20% shorter. Simply to award players who surprise or flank their opponents.
Just today I sneak up on a player who is looting. I empty an entire R99 clip into him and don't down him. That is not cool. Even if TTK is shorter, you would still have time to react with the movement, abilities, shields etc.
As far as wingman, mozambique and peacekeeper are concerned, they are too extreme to be considered balanced. Mozambique is just weak. So weak. 3 shots, low damage per shot, slow reload. Wingman has too much ammo when you consider how much damage each shot does. And Peacekeeper does way too much damage at mid-to-long range, especially with choke. These 3 weapons just jump out as being too good or too bad.
March 2019
Plus, there is a problem with the lobby system as well. You get game crash when join your friends lobby.
March 2019
Note that some points are opposite.
Unfortunately, the balance of weapons in Apex Legends is tragic, but note that in comparison to other weapons, the Peacekeeper looks normal, because most of the weapons have too large TTK and too small magazine capacity. Unfortunately, this is probably due to the optimization of the game for team play, but it causes that the lonely player has almost no chance with several opponents.
As for the cheaters, unfortunately this game is dead at the moment.
I am currently playing on PS4 and practically most of them even use the cheats on the console. I currently have level 25 of the account, I have already played a bit but in situations where the shooting looks normal I had very little. However, it is very often that the opponents put me in a series and from a very far distance, and hit every bullet from each weapon. Regardless of whether I'm running, slipping etc.
I had many situations in which the opponent was only a small pixel somewhere far ahead of me. I shot him slowly, and he responded with SMG fire and practically immediately lost the entire blue vest and 70% HP. one series from a ball of yards...
I also had several situations in which I managed to give one shot from the Peacekeeper to the back of the enemy, who was turned back to me and suddenly, in an instant, turned around 180 degrees and knocked me down with one series.
Out of 25,000,000 EA accounts, only 16,000 are banned, which means that the effectiveness of their anti-cheats is practically none. just look at what's happening in CS: GO to realize the scale of the problem.
Nowadays, cheating is something normal and generally available even to children.
March 2019
Here is my 2 cents, the game itself is OK..but the shooting/killing sucks. I read all these post about the mods, type of weapon, shields blah blah blah...but I had all those on and i still get killed in 2 shots. I was just playing online and came across a player, when we just landed. He was getting items from a crate, as I walked up point blank with an evo and emptied my clip, all he did was take a knee, crawl to the back of the crate and he shoots me with a hand gun and 2-3 shots I was dead. !!!!! WTF??? The fact that anyone could say well, you have to get head shots is BS...who gets head shots EVERY TIME THEY SHOOT??????? I have been playing for a few days and with my friends we all agree the kill aspect needs to be addressed. Ghost Recon has it right with the killing and how it plays out, COD WWII sucks as well,I am not a fan....of the kill ratio and how these weapons no matter which one cant kill anyone but I get hammered in 2-3 shots.
I prefer to play Ghost Recon and COD WWII over this game, and def over Fortnite.
Also, like the previous blogger stated how did you not add the feature to add friends with people you just played with? Like in Ghost or COD? I played with some good players and I could not add them or invite them to a game. Something that needs to be looked at.
March 2019
Agree with your TTK take, this game needs to address the TTK....I was just playing. pulled up to a player who was looting a crate, i emptied my evo, into him, he takes a knee and kills me with a hand gun....with 2-3 shots. DUDE i just emptied a shot gun, don't care what type it was, its a shot gun, at POINT BLANK range and your alive to kill me with a hand gun 2-3 shots? Not cool. I am just frustrated with the killing aspect its not cool. And I see guys with 1600 kills and wonder HOW? Nobody dies and you die within seconds....its beyond frustrating.
March 2019
@pneg69 wrote:Agree with your TTK take, this game needs to address the TTK....I was just playing. pulled up to a player who was looting a crate, i emptied my evo, into him, he takes a knee and kills me with a hand gun....with 2-3 shots. DUDE i just emptied a shot gun, don't care what type it was, its a shot gun, at POINT BLANK range and your alive to kill me with a hand gun 2-3 shots? Not cool. I am just frustrated with the killing aspect its not cool. And I see guys with 1600 kills and wonder HOW? Nobody dies and you die within seconds....its beyond frustrating.
Its pretty simple... your aim is not, as good, as you think and you missed quite a few of those shots from that one magazine you think you emptied into your opponent. Yes, i know that many dont like to hear that their game skills and aim is actually bad, but in this case thats how it sounds to me. I take it by EVO, you mean EVA-8 shotgun? If so, when aimed correctly the EVA usually takes 2 hits to down an enemy with no shields and about 4 to down an enemy with level 1 armor. I dont know about level 2 and above shields, because I usually use that shotgun only in early game on landing.
TTK is fine and its actually what makes this game so fast phaced and fun. Because when you broke someone shields you HAVE to make sure you hunt them down before they had any chance to get their shields up again. Otherwise we might just see games turning into a camping fest. Yeah... no thanks. That's not fun.
Now I agree that wingman and peacekeeper needs slight adjustments, but the overall balance of the weapons is fine IMO.