November 2020
Apex has literally become unplayable at this point and I would like to list my reason below, now I understand nobody of any importance is going read this and nothing is going to change however my frustration needs to be vented so here we go.
• The amount of 3rd parties on the new map is stupid, you stated you designed the map so 3rd parties would be reduced however the map size is smaller than world edge, you introduced vehicles which increase 3rd parties, made the jump towers taller which increases 3rd parties, added a phase runner which increases 3rd parties.
for the above I would literally just suggestion lower the gun shot audio so it can only be heard in that one area you a fighting in. Example of your fighting in Hammond Labs only people in Hammond Labs can hear them shot.
by doing the above you would also reduce the amount of audio plays your game is having to make and I would imagine this would improve audio performance as a whole.
the above leads to my next point.
• AUDIO IS BROKEN
like seriously I have had it completely cut out on my several times this season, I’ve had not footstep audio more than before. Don’t even get me started on the horizon ult noise constantly going off in my ear after been near it for the rest of the game! Making listening for footstep impossible which is vital especially in a ranked match.
now I’m not claiming to be the next best audio designer in gaming however you have people getting paid good money and this game has had audio issues from the start. I watched a video recently highlighting the ambient audio in the game and if you land by yourself and boost the sound you can hear people healing from 400m away! This is a unneeded audio queue and again my above point addresses this. I cannot imagine it’s helping. Also the 12 tick servers cannot handle that much audio hence the problems we have had from the start.
• Servers are awful!
I cannot be the only one getting killed around cover or going to pick a weapon up when I landed first just to have it taken by the guy next to me who landed later than me. South Africa has to play on London serves which causes issues for both sides, I get people lagging all over the map and they get massive delays it’s just poor at that point.
• Characters getting nerfed who shouldn’t be and Characters getting buffed who are already over powered.
Wraith has taken many unjustified nerfs recently along with pathfinder, I wouldn’t class either of these character to be broken. Wraith mains have had to adjust and adjust and adjust over and over and when will the devs just come to realise that good player play her more than anyone hence he good fight win rate, the only thing she has now is her portal which is useful in ranked to rotate however her phase at this point is just a reposition tool however the other teams can see were you have gone rendering it pointless because of the stupid blue trail behind her.
Pathfinder was fine literally the only issue was his hit box which has not been fixed by the looks of things! That’s literally all you needed to do in the first place was fix the hit box and I say this from both sides at one point it was to small and the next it was to large and now it seems to be okay.
Gibby if broken in 1 vs 1 gun fights the fact he doesn’t have to use shield to charge his gun shield is stupid, I been in lengthy 1 vs 1 with gibby and had to break his gun shield countless times. I’ve broken it and pushed just for it to come back mid gunfight and cause issues. Damage is lost within the shield been broken as the serve cannot keep up with the r99 fire rate breaking the shield and then doing damage so around 4 bullets just don’t do anything at all.
Lifeline is fine other than all you need to do is add a cool down to her auto res downing somebody should put a team at a disadvantage but it’s the opposite with her as she get provided with cover that wasn’t there and can just stand behind with a shotgun or jump in and out shooting you. Again I don’t even have that much of a issue with it but been in a 1 vs 3 and downing 2 team mates just to have it spammed over and over again is frustrating it’s still not a 1 vs 1 with a lifeline as you know she’s just going to spam res over and over.
the rest of the character seems fine other than maybe some minor changes which are not worth mentioning right now.
• Attachments been the difference between winning and loosing fights!
if I come up against someone with a R99 and they also have one however with a purple mag and say we hit 80% of our shots with red shield I will have to reload and he will not and I will die. This is no fault of my own I have just been unlucky with loot and they have been lucky I have no way to tell what attachments they have prior to taking the gun fights.
the above can be solved so easily! Take out attachments and have a whit blue purple and gold system with the guns. Example a blue R99 has all blue attachments! You already have this system in place with the shield so would be user friendly as people already associate them colours with what good and what’s bad.
the game is not a looting Simulator and should never have been one, I don’t want to run around the map attempting to make my gun useable by finding some attachments in a loot pool that is already massively over filled with pointless stuff.
• P2020 and Mozambique
Why and I mean WHY are these guns floor loot? I could land at a bin and a Enemy could land at the bin next to it, I get a Mozambique and they could get a mastiff! What exactly do you want me to do in that gun fight? These weapon should be something you drop with and leave hammer point as the ground loot, if a player choose to stick with the weapon in a attempt to find hammer point and make it a good gun then they are taking a risk in doing so. This would also address the point of the loot pool been filled up to much by pointless stuff.
Respawn EA whoever it may be, you cannot just keep putting Shiny new things in the players bases faces and expect them to forget about the core issues with the game itself. A shiny new skin does not fix any of the above, neither does a Shiny new map or character. I would have rather you spent the time you spent developing horizon and the new map be spent on fixing core issues with the game and I’m pretty sure most of the player base would agree with me.
anywho rant over dont attempt to call me a noob, I’m a master rank with all the badges you can think of with a 4.8 overall KD and overall win rage of 35%
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Funny thing is I say here and on reddit that the new map is a 3rd party fest and the simps all get butt hurt. Yet it is true.
This season has been terrible. Possibly the worst I have experienced although I missed season 5. It actually made me quit the game. Probably for good.
Respawn is just not a very good developer. I thought Bluehole were bad when I played PUBG but Respawn take the cake.
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@Versa_Drmz
"• Servers are awful!
I cannot be the only one getting killed around cover or going to pick a weapon up when I landed first just to have it taken by the guy next to me who landed later than me. South Africa has to play on London serves which causes issues for both sides, I get people lagging all over the map and they get massive delays it’s just poor at that point."
I have a decent wifi connection, I'm in the USA East servers, always have 80-125 ping, 2%-20% packet loss. Get told to open up ports by EA support, that does not do much to fix the situation.
Don't know what they did to audio, but I logged on today and once someone walks like 10 meters away from you, you can no longer hear ANY audio from them or anything near them.
Game is not only unplayable, but it's no longer fun. Besides the terrible servers, there's "pros", sweats, and cheaters that instantly crack your armor, take your health, all in like 1 bullet or just a half mag. Yet you hit them, and all you do is "11 damage". The game is seriously no longer fun AT all.
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@Midnight9746Honestly I wasn’t sure what that was, I would hit literally every bullet into somebody and still have a full purple shield and they would just do a 180 hit me in a split second and with 1-3 bullets and I would get knocked and be like tf I hit them for a solid 4-5 seconds and get knocked in a split second like tf just happened
Also I thought I was going crazy because Ive been behind cover, around walls etc Ive even been shot through a closed door with a mastiff and the bullets just went through the cover like it wasnt even there I figured it was first person issues like it appears Im behind cover but if we could see in third person maybe my shoulder was showing or head was sticking out idk or I could of been lagging but im pretty sure its there servers or matchmaking ive had a few players that are so laggy its near impossible to fight them because they are basically teleporting everywhere
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@Midnight9746It does appear to be server issues, theres been times where either I or someone I was spectating hit someone right as they were about to go around the corner and they would get knocked a second or so after going around the corner like the bullets tracked them lol
I don’t understand why EA can’t get better servers
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