May 2020
Hey Apex Legends Community,
There is now some substantial hope for Cross Play in Apex Legends and I will explain.
So, Respawn Entertainment have been asked many times about Cross Play in Apex Legends, and let's see how they're responses have changed.
So Drew McCoy, somebody who works on Apex Legends, said about a year ago that if it wasn't such a huge effort, they would already be working on it.
A few months later, he said they DO have plans to allow players to play with friends on other platforms. No time frame for that unfortunately.
Also, an entire new studio dedicated to Apex Legends was opened, meaning Respawn now have a much larger team and better conditions to work on Cross Play!
Fingers crossed!
May 2020
May 2020
Most Battle Royale games with Cross Play (e.g. Fortnite, Realm Royale) have an option to disable Cross Platform Matchmaking, so I highly doubt that Apex will be any different. Or, you will only be put into Cross Platform servers if not everyone in your lobby is on the same platform.
Personally, I don't mind playing against PC players on a console, I just want the flexibility to play with my friends on other platforms. Apex also uses Epic Games' Easy Anti-Cheat so exploiting PC players won't be too much of a problem.
But they MUST have an in-game reporting system to EA/Respawn, not Sony or Microsoft, so PC and Console players share the same punishment.
I also wonder if they will ever make Teaming in casual games bannable/reportable.
May 2020
May 2020
May 2020
@E9ine_AC
Very true. I'm both a controller and also mouse & keyboard user. I know what you mean. On one side my controller can beam anything, but can't loot fast. On my mouse it seems i always get beamed, but i can loot quick lol.
When i play with mouse, controller users seem to slow me down. Even more odd, they slow me down when i'm using a controller lol. So yah, the casuals have became somewhat of a norm, but trust that EA / Respawn know of issues with mouse users and aim assist.
I'm sure the team at Respawn are looking into the issues currently. Apex Legends is one of the few games where the team still plays with mouse & keyboard, so i'm sure they get beame from time to time.
@CompleatBeet
"Apex also uses Epic Games' Easy Anti-Cheat so exploiting PC players won't be too much of a problem." Have you ever been on Apex Legends PC? EAC takes weeks or months to ban open cheaters. One of the worst anti cheating systems i've ever seen for a video game. I take that back, it's not as bad as Microsoft's so called Xbox Ambassador free labor thing, but still think some work could be done on EAC .
May 2020
Well, I guess so I haven't played the game on PC a lot, but from what I've seen most exploiters get banned in-game. I have no idea as I am mostly a console player but that is just from footage I've seen.
@QWingz You don't want Cross Play? There are definitely flaws e.g. Controller vs Keyboard and Mouse or PC vs Console but it just sucks that we can't play with friends on other platforms. Knowing Respawn, I am sure they will implement a fair system that works for all platforms.
@Popa2caps I have played on PC a couple times but never experienced this because I generally get servers with new players due to SBMM and because I am not the best at keyboard and mouse. Also because there is no Cross Progress. If you play on PC regularly then I can't really argue.
Well there are flaws to this but all most people want is to play with friends. Most friends are on different systems and #stayandplay doesn't make sense without Cross Play. If EA wants to unite the world through play, then add Cross Play to your games!
May 2020
@CompleatBeet
Playing with friends on different systems would be cool, but only if it's not forced like some other titles.