Is Apex Legends cooked? What can the game do to turn it around? Lots to talk about. Appreciate the feedback that was given on my community page. Hop into my discord if you want to find others to play with and chat about Apex Legends! I had plans to put a lot more editing into this video but I'm in the process of moving and revamping my content strategy. More to come & a more steady posting schedule in a few weeks
“Titan Arenas” 10 v 10 with 2 titans on each team. Winners of a round of capture and hold a point gets to stay in their titans whereas the losers rotate out.
Revert rez meta! Never in a million years as an OG player did I ever think I would be participating in a healing sim rather than killing my opponents in a BATTLE ROYALE when shooting my damn gun. Ability Legends breaks Apex game play at its core in the worst way possible. Game sense and gun mechanics should always be King. There use to be a time when it didn’t matter what Legend you chose, if you were cracked at the game you were successful period
Their player retention is terrible. It takes far to long and to much grinding to unlock new characters for new players so they get bored easier even if new legends are released because we can’t play them, and eventually new players leave after not long.
I actually despise how they put their “ltms” into the main game. The support meta mixed with the relic guns they have in the game make it borderline unplayable. Pubs should be where you can play who you want and use whatever guns, but right now if you’re not using a relic alternator and relic mastiff you’re at a severe disadvantage. And then they put good modes like 3 strikes, straight shot, ring flares, always closing, and then they only stay for like a week and aren’t seen again for years.
All for the sake of shaking things up for people who are content creators and people who play the game everyday. Also, if the goal is to get old players back into the game, is giving them brand new content, over refining the fun factor, really gonna make them stay? No.
Pubs is genuinely so unfun with all the nessies void abilities and relic weapons and they have the nerve to not even let you earn badges it’s completely pointless
As a teenager I totally agree I've been lucky enough to get shards before, but it's genuinely stupid, how a core cosmetic is locked behind such a paywall, or insane odds
the support meta's definitely one of the biggest problems with the game rn. obviously there's other problems but the support meta's affecting the gameplay the most i feel like since no one can really avoid it. a lot of the changes they made are actually pretty cool they just over did it to try and make the game feel fresh.
Everyone talks about apex being dead, people still play it. The people complaining about the monetization in this game are the exactly the same people that buy skins and battle passes, It has no impact on the real game.
@@jekimohI mean I do kind of understand him, as someone who enjoys this game, I do get that skins or battle passes can get a bit repetitive and it’s happening every season. So I get what he’s saying, it’s not Actul content. We want like Arenas back or anew gun or smthn that will change the gun style of the game
I literally don't give an eff about new content, I just want better servers and a game that plays better than what we have now. Make the game stable with higher tick rate and I'll come back. Don't see any reason to until that happens.
Matchmaking is ruining the game for me. I solo queue & this current meta has only made it worse. I very rarely get teammates that arnt brainless, they loot all game n die in the first fight which just so happens to be the last squad alive or else they either afk, solo drop or land on 6 teams & get bodied instantly. Im always the one carrying & 1v3ing. Only thing keeping me on this game is that im good at it & i can't be bothered to spend tons of time learning another game
The problem is people making alt account and shit on all the new players. If they made it so you could only have 1 account and not be allowed to smurf, the game would be much more newb friendly.
The game is noob friendly. I'm 60h Into the game since 3 weeks and reached diamond 2 days ago. IMO problem is that runners and rats manage to sneak to many points for basically avoiding everything
I guarantee you, smurfing is not an issue rn, nowadays when a player makes a Smurf the MM will quickly put that player into demon lobbies is they play a little too well.
I think they’ve also lost what was great about apex - simple but fantastic gameplay but unique legend abilities that were identifiable. It feels like their solution to gameplay getting ‘stale’ is to pile more shit on top. Legend classes, level upgrades, the changes to evo shields, rift relics, etc. Then trying to counter balance the complexity with health bars etc. Dial it back. Remember what was great to begin with. Cycle out some weapons and legends. Amend some maps.
Only issue with them cycling out legends in s the fact that people have already got expensive skins and heirlooms for said characters. I feel like it would just piss off a lot of players. Other than that, I do agree that I needs to be dialed back for the simplicity
The relic game mode makes me so angry, i quit this season fr. Killing somebody and then they phase away when they are 1 hp is so frustrating, it’s unbelievable. Also the decision to take out edistrict and Olympus, the top 2 maps in the game is beyond me. Storm point and Broken moon are terrible and not fun for pubs. We need new weapons, more character rewords/buffs or just changes in general, i wouldnt mind nerfs. Solo queuing has been terrible for forever. I dont have any friends that play this game so I have been solo queuing for years and if your teammate goes down for like half a second they instantly leave, throwing your game as well. I don’t know why people don’t mention this; there needs to be a more strict leaving game punishment. Also the server tick rates and just overall lag is insane on a game that has been semi-popular for over 5 almost 6 years now.
100% agree, i used to LOVE just playing apex, wether i win or lost i had fun because of the characters & how they played around each other & their uniqueness, now everyone feels hollow, a lot less voice lines, interactions, no story, all money, skins & less reason to care about the actual characters in the game.
I just think it boils down to them not iterating and making changes fast enough so things get stale and doesn't progress at an interesting pace to keep us coming back for more.
One thing that really bothers me about mixtape is it’s the same three modes on the same three maps all season. You have all these pois and we get the same map rotation why
Bro I think that the most important thing they need to change is the unfair matchmaking I’m fcking 450 level with 5k kills and I keep playing with preds with hundred thousand kills💀
Also you can blame EA for these craptastic non-existence updates, they are willing to let a game die and disregard the community all for a few dollars bills
Revival officially solved "The Pubs Problem". But then they took it away. When I got lesser teammates, I didn't mind playing slow because dying wasn't sending me back into the main menu, and if I died being more aggressive than them, I would come back. If I was getting chased down by a pred stack, I could fight them a few times over, or just revive and go elsewhere. Give us Revival for Pubs, and then remove banner crafting from Ranked 💪
I really loved how you touched on the game being a lot more ability heavy and less about gun skill. I 100 percent agree with you on that. I feel like abilities shouldn’t be what the meta is, and instead give the player more options for how they want to play. This shield/revive meta is a prime example as to why ability focused gameplay isn’t as good as gun focused gameplay. Great video and happy holidays!!!🎉🎁🎄
Imagine a game being know as one of the greatest Legend Shooters in history only to be turned into Ability Legends instead. It is absolutely baffling that Devs 2.0 can sleep at night knowing they turned it into a healing sim where gun skills and game sense are no longer king. Sadly, I predicted all of this coming when Conduit was released as she was a peak 0 skill legend, just never thought it would go as far as it has this season. Like many OG players who spent thousands of hours grinding this game to improve this rez meta is repulsive and we will not be returning
Said the same thing with conduit release and Rev rework with his busted free shield Ult. Ranked means nothing anymore. Back in even season 16 If your team died, you had to figure out how to get their banners and res. No crafting banners, no res’ing 10 times with New Castle. There’s so much more hand holding now, I remember when even Diamond was considered above average. Now anyone and their Grandma can get to these higher ranks with how easy and forgiving everything is.
Totally agree with all your points, you nailed it going over the biggest problems in the game right now. I've been playing since the start, and it hurts to see the state of the game right now. Ranked needs major changes, the metas needs adjustments, the constant revives and Support class perks almost make me feel like I have to pay them in ranked. Not to mention getting higher in ranked means I'm running into sweaty 3 stacks on PC with comms that destory the lobby, and cheaters are ridiculous now. I used to regularly get to Masters and I dont have the desire to do it this season. It sucks.
Personally I’m burnt out on BRs and recycling the same 3 maps on mixtape gets old really fast. If I could turn my brain off and just play control on 10-15 different maps I’d be back in it
Buffing everyone won't do much and it would take away the skill gap as well, if you buff everyone it'll feel like nothing changed because EVERYONE is powered up does that make sense ?
Agree with a lot of this, mainly how stagnant ranked is, maaaan does it need some changes. New badges that look super cool, if anything they look worse now than they did before unfortunately. Either that or a second ranked that is different, something we can grind ranks for In a different way
The game should go full competitive and add as what some said a creative mode for. The causal player base Bring arenas back as a full competitive gamemode just pure ranked where you have to get perd in both gamemodes for the animated badge and the dive trail with one split a season and a 4 month long seasons meaning 1 less season a year I could keep going but i will stop here
i played with my friends through lots of seasons and we ended after that season where there was no Duo Mode. Even after that we did not play, it wasn't fun anymore and we were not happy with the new content and gameplay.
I’ve played for every season consistently (except for season 17💩) This meta killed any enjoyment I had. Supports are now the most logical choice for entry fragging since you can heal faster and for more health. Pathfinder is the only other legend everyone is running in top ranks besides all support. I hate having to play a certain legend or group of legends to not be at a disadvantage. I’ll say it, conduit rev was broken but I never had to partake in that crutch to still climb and have fun. I’m not completely counting Apex out, but I’ve definitely been enjoying other games lately mostly because of this meta. I feel like the state of the game is completely different even from just a few months ago when Alter came out.
I think we should have a solo q only version off all activity's solo q pubs solo q ranked that could bring back players if they know they don't have to fight 3 stacks every game
And id add that relic weapons have proven that nerfing everything non stop is bad balancing, people enjoy powerfu; guns, as long everyone can get them. i hope this is test and they will buff everything back.
i still love and enjoy the game tbh. my only issue is that im a solo queue warrior that has no friends playing the game. other than that i think i kinda got used to the sweats and being dunked on 😅
Love your content. Always informative. My favorite game by far. Sad it’s coming down to this.. I’m even back on COD which I haven’t touched since I found Apex during Season 2
I feel like the issue with an “Apex 2” is how they structured the game from the get go. If they push out an apex 2 for a fresh start, all the skins and heirlooms people have bought and paid for could be gone and pointless and that would upset A LOT of people. Especially with how expensive they have made everything. So unless they transfer ALL of it over for every player, it would obviously come with a bunch of glitches where people lose stuff still. I agree that there’s gotta be some type of change to where ranked and pubs feels different, but I think a really great pve mode would be awesome and benefit the game so much. Or the season Newcastle came out, they could have used the crab as a raid boss or something.
I tried coming back since apex is so cool but it is a chore to play. All your points are so accurate of how the game feels rn. Pubs isn’t fun since it’s incredibly sweaty, same old stuff, Ltms being mid, it sucks.
They need to have gyroscope controls like on the lame nintendo switch. Like, the switch even has it and PC has mouse and other FPSs have it, so why can't PS5 utilize/take advantage of gyroscope on Apex? And if they cannot, then they need to not have target compensation at all in the settings in order to make it a completely even playing/aiming field; I disable TC. Also, as somebody else stated here, they need to only allow one account. It's always those who are insecure about their score card/stats that are the ones constantly making new accounts so they can seem flawless, and are embarrassed about how they first sucked like everyone else when they first started playing the game; and theres plenty of these types of people in the game. But EA and Respawn are going to do what they want. I believe they really don't care about the people playing they game and what they want. I could be wrong though, but I highly doubt that. I also wish they would bring back Arenas, but instead, they are too busy trying to be like other FPSs and decided to copy their format by adding TDMs, Control, etc. which is fine because I like those modes also. But they could have kept Arenas as well. They also make too many nerf changes to legends that seem biased and help those who already have an advantage, and also are baised in which players they nerf. The problem with Apex Legends is that they have become really biased/favoritism and therefore, they are unfair. That's why I just play, but don't give them the satisfaction of paying for ANYTHING, because I can't deny the fact that I do love the game. If it were diff and worth it, I'd definitely make in-game purchases and have actually considered it. But naw, I can't support a game that doesn't support me as a player of their game. They listen to too many crybabies that seem to not get over the fact that they won't ALWAYS be on top and not suck at times.
I've not played for a while, I saw that new heirloom and I wanted it so badly ... but as soon as I saw that price it was an instant no! And that in itself put me off wanting to play it
EA has messed up completely, and they should really just leave Respawn and regret their choices for Apex. Respawn could then DELETE Apex (hear me out here) and re-release another version and change it. And the main thing they should do, which I haven't heard a lot of people talking about is change the way gun skins release. In this re-release, ALL guns skins should be free (except for maybe reactive skins.) If they did this, they would change the game entirely. This is because one of the things that makes Apex feel old and like nothing is changing is because firstly, we haven't had a gun release since season 16, and that is because the Devs CAN'T "vault" or get rid of guns in a new season. The reason they can't get rid of guns is because loads of players have spent money on skins, reactive skins etc;. This is something that Fortnite has done really well. I remember when I used to play Fortnite, I would only ever find gun skins in the battle pass and that was it. The stuff that you would buy would be character skins. Because of this, I'm pretty sure this new chapter 6, none of the guns in the battle royale mode have been in any other season before it, they're all new. And that's what making people stay with Fortnite. AND players still get to have their old skins, because as far as I remember, Fortnite hasn't got skins for specific guns, but more for different classes of gun.
As someone who started 3 weeks ago and has 60h. I'm kinda confused how people who just run for their life the whole match can be in diamond. Skillgab there is really huge. I hit a lot with sniper and wingman (I come from csgo) but suck with movement and I'm not really knowing the maps in my mind. But there are so many people who are absolutely lost in every aspect of the game but still diamond... While having over 2k Overall kills with one character while I'm at 140 or something... I just don't understand
We need to have unique rewards like a unique weapon skin for weapon progression. Unique rewards for rank. Make Apex tokens buy crafting materials or skins and quips in the inventory. Tokens are worthless. Salvage skins we dont need/ like into tokens or crafting materials. Add character mastery progression with unique skin rewards. So many ways to keep people grinding but they doin bothing about it.
I play so many competitive live service games actively or have at one point and all content creators prey on the “game is dying” or “is the game dying?” It’s funny. Live service games have ups and downs and rarely will they surpass or reach their peak. The only two live service comp games I play that people don’t say this for is Val and csgo. But this title and talk exists for R6, apex, ow2. If you’re talking about the game it isn’t dead and it might not even be dying, it might be going through a low point though. It’s hard to say when a game is really “dead”
I think that would definitely shake up the game in a big way. Probably would need to re-tune everything though. Might just be easier to make a new game
@ I agree, would probably be better for them to start over from scratch with a new engine etc. In a recent investor meeting the EA CEO was against the idea of an Apex 2, he cited Overwatch 2 as a reference.
>Apex is dead >Can This Update Save Apex? >Season (X) tier list >Is Apex dying? >Apex is so back! >Why players are leaving Apex >Is Apex Back? >Apex is dead 🤡🤡🤡
I feel like apex needs to pull off a bit of a reset. Slop updates for a while and just fix everything like the hackers, etc. kinda do a chapter system like Fortnite. Main focus of apex I feel like needs to be player retention. Lowering the skill ceiling feels like the way to go. Add movement techs as base mechanics (hurry up and give us wallrun already). Overwatch did this col thing where they buffed the projectile sizes of all their weapons but buffed the health up to compensate. That can lower the skill ceiling easily.
They only care about money. The buster sword gotcha was enough for me. I bought the currency to buy the full 25 packs I think it was and in fine print, if you hovered the question mark, it told you the price goes up the more packs you buy. I still bought more currency and it felt so terrible and scummy after I just stopped playing. I felt like I a victim of the Hauk Tuah crypto scam. I still like to check in every once and awhile to see if the game I invested in gets better. The first red flag I had about this game was my first heirloom pack at 500 packs when it was guaranteed and it only gave me 50 shards instead of the full 150 to buy the heirloom. :( In bronze and silver I was going against 3 stack pred 4k 20b badges, also why I stopped. Getting to gold took me going against the best...
I’ll be honest, I’m an og, have played since the very first day apex dropped, and now I’ve been back after a break this season, didn’t play at all the last one, and I feel like the game is fun, just needs to remove the bs of SBMM in pubs, and honestly I don’t get why so many people complain about the game, to me you are just suffering from a burnt out and need to play something different, also the monetisation is basically what any game nowadays is based off, especially online one, and the one to blame are the buyers (so players), sure EA is EA, but the community is not doing anything to actually change it or make them understand that the average person can’t spend $360 on a videogame…
I still play Halo Infinite, and I've been playing the same maps for 3 years, and when they do add a map its a remake. Apex at least made e-district, and they try to make new characters and new events. I can't quit apex because the movement and gunplay are simply unrivaled. Best gunplay by far, in my opinion... of all time
I have played this game about 2 years and i still find it fress and exiting, but these rift relics spawn too often and way too many. Its pointless to gather any other weapons In the game. This shouldve been another gamemode and leave original alone. And support buff is too OP... I would Love to see gamemode where u fight against these monsters with ur team like survival Mode or something. That would be refreshing to shoot endless spawning monsters that are already In the game+ some new ones like bosses maybe
I like the gameplay. The only other battle royal I like is masquerade bloodhunt and that's what is dead... But I agree. No good update for a long time.
Just remove lifeline and newcastle or nerf them heavily or supports overall getting nerfed a bit and fix servers, while adding more new things to improve the game like events that change the map. Nessies were a great idea but don't make sense imo they are just annoying at times. Rift relics are kinda dull but atleast more loot. Buffs to the more nerfed characters and just better balance with the legends and abilities. Letting us also have the maps to choose like the OG Kings canyon version and OG worlds edge. Like bringing these OG maps periodically and then at the end adding a permanent game mode where you play all the OG maps with the old legends + systems only would be a great new mode for a different feel for the game which you could switch to at times for nostalgia.
everyone seems to forget the thousands of players who were cheating, or on linux or the thousands of afk bot. The player count is literally reflecting that, the games not dead and we havent actually lost that many legit players
@@TimProVision im talking numbers from last season to now, its been a long time since our peak. losing a few thousand players and magically theres no cheaters or hundreds of afk bot is just not surprising to me and says to me we barely lost real players since there were thousands of cheaters before this season
Asia servers 90% cheaters in the lobby. The game basically unplayable. And the servers itself is shite. Probably only NA and EU the only community that still active.
It's okay that you don't want Arenas back. You don't play it. It was perfect for casuals. It solves the exact issue you were talking about every game being a damn sweat sesh
Ever since last update on ps4 the aim is all messed up,there is so much data loss as well and maybe its on all consoles im not sure but when you full clip and opponent right in their face and only 30 damage registers it makes the game pretty stupid.Literally everyone is cheating and its super obvious now to in the last couple seasons,if they actually had anticheat turned on they would have no players left to play the game.The game is poop
I hate rift relics I want normal pubs. Especially when control is on ltm which is just people camping mainly. I’m not upset by meta I was playing support before I’ve even added a few now to my list. Although I’ve also added a new non support Wattson 👌
Idk why I had such terrible lobbies today. First 4 matches had a minimum of 12+ preds in every single match, one of them had 18 smh. I’m only Diamond 4 lol
I hate hearing people say the game is dead like just get on it’s really not a bad game (if you really want apex to be alive again try to get a friend or two who don’t play and coach them)
I literally rotate apex gta bo2 and lowk it aint that bad with that rotation I've put too much time into apex to quit again anyways.. edit: and money.....
Ranked if your a lower rank you teammates are brain dead so solo q isn’t a fun experience. Pubs being ltm meaning you can’t earn badges is really dumb. Not only that the relic weapons are so op not using them meaning your losing. Aka alternator, mastiff, and the NESSIESS!!! A team full of them can kill you no problem
I dont think anything is different now people wanna rank up and so they spam the op characters it was like this even in season 1 no ? And btw i just start apex legend and for the most part im enjoying it also why every game i choose to play i find out its dying 😂😂😅
if your not playing support you mine as well not play and that’s a problem, you can’t even use the character you want bc your at a disadvantage against support characters. The Ltms are dumb and trash the 6 nessies running you down smh
Simple updates: Add a knocks banner Pubs: Solo Duo Trio with no LTM. Mixtape: have a rotation of 9v9 Domination and 6v6 TDM. Last rotation is a community poll game mode that gets picked each season. Example is fan wanted an infected COD like game mode. Ranked should be split to only every 2 ranks are in lobbies together. Preds Masters, Plat Gold, Silver Bronze, Rookie by themself. Updates of the game should be on a 3 month cycle of new content. 1st month: Legend rework or new legend. (Keeps game fresh a storyline) 2nd Month: weapon/utility change 3rd month: new map
Is Apex Legends cooked? What can the game do to turn it around? Lots to talk about. Appreciate the feedback that was given on my community page. Hop into my discord if you want to find others to play with and chat about Apex Legends!
I had plans to put a lot more editing into this video but I'm in the process of moving and revamping my content strategy. More to come & a more steady posting schedule in a few weeks
“Titan Arenas”
10 v 10 with 2 titans on each team. Winners of a round of capture and hold a point gets to stay in their titans whereas the losers rotate out.
Revert rez meta! Never in a million years as an OG player did I ever think I would be participating in a healing sim rather than killing my opponents in a BATTLE ROYALE when shooting my damn gun. Ability Legends breaks Apex game play at its core in the worst way possible. Game sense and gun mechanics should always be King. There use to be a time when it didn’t matter what Legend you chose, if you were cracked at the game you were successful period
Their player retention is terrible. It takes far to long and to much grinding to unlock new characters for new players so they get bored easier even if new legends are released because we can’t play them, and eventually new players leave after not long.
We are also at a disadvantage if the meta is heavy for a new character but we can’t unlock them.
A sandbox made like fortnite creative.
I actually despise how they put their “ltms” into the main game. The support meta mixed with the relic guns they have in the game make it borderline unplayable. Pubs should be where you can play who you want and use whatever guns, but right now if you’re not using a relic alternator and relic mastiff you’re at a severe disadvantage. And then they put good modes like 3 strikes, straight shot, ring flares, always closing, and then they only stay for like a week and aren’t seen again for years.
exactly
They know nobody is gonna play it. Like who the actual fuck asked for the S2 alternator to come back & to have stupid Nessie's shooting at you.
All for the sake of shaking things up for people who are content creators and people who play the game everyday. Also, if the goal is to get old players back into the game, is giving them brand new content, over refining the fun factor, really gonna make them stay? No.
Im running into alot of Newcastle/lifeline teams in pubs that act like their in algs, shits stupid
Pubs is genuinely so unfun with all the nessies void abilities and relic weapons and they have the nerve to not even let you earn badges it’s completely pointless
As a teenager I totally agree I've been lucky enough to get shards before, but it's genuinely stupid, how a core cosmetic is locked behind such a paywall, or insane odds
the support meta's definitely one of the biggest problems with the game rn. obviously there's other problems but the support meta's affecting the gameplay the most i feel like since no one can really avoid it. a lot of the changes they made are actually pretty cool they just over did it to try and make the game feel fresh.
Everyone talks about apex being dead, people still play it. The people complaining about the monetization in this game are the exactly the same people that buy skins and battle passes, It has no impact on the real game.
youre wrong.....
@@Zenji8695 Nah u just out here assuming and hating
@@jekimohnah cope it’s dying
@@jekimohI mean I do kind of understand him, as someone who enjoys this game, I do get that skins or battle passes can get a bit repetitive and it’s happening every season. So I get what he’s saying, it’s not Actul content. We want like Arenas back or anew gun or smthn that will change the gun style of the game
Fr. It's the sweats and content creators
I literally don't give an eff about new content, I just want better servers and a game that plays better than what we have now. Make the game stable with higher tick rate and I'll come back. Don't see any reason to until that happens.
This, new content isn’t really important to me. The core gameplay is strong! I just want an improvement to what the game is!
This is such a sweaty comment tho….
@@JfromthaDaleit’s sad that wanting a smoother gameplay experience is considered sweaty
Matchmaking is ruining the game for me. I solo queue & this current meta has only made it worse. I very rarely get teammates that arnt brainless, they loot all game n die in the first fight which just so happens to be the last squad alive or else they either afk, solo drop or land on 6 teams & get bodied instantly. Im always the one carrying & 1v3ing. Only thing keeping me on this game is that im good at it & i can't be bothered to spend tons of time learning another game
I run into the same issue I'm not great at gun play but I'm sick of responding my whole trio 3 times just to die trying to respawn them a 4th time
brotha, you gotta play games to enjoy it, play with your homies, play with people of your skill level.
The problem is people making alt account and shit on all the new players. If they made it so you could only have 1 account and not be allowed to smurf, the game would be much more newb friendly.
The game is noob friendly. I'm 60h Into the game since 3 weeks and reached diamond 2 days ago. IMO problem is that runners and rats manage to sneak to many points for basically avoiding everything
I never run into ult accounts anymore.
It's three stacks with over a hundred thousand kills between them.
I guarantee you, smurfing is not an issue rn, nowadays when a player makes a Smurf the MM will quickly put that player into demon lobbies is they play a little too well.
I think they’ve also lost what was great about apex - simple but fantastic gameplay but unique legend abilities that were identifiable.
It feels like their solution to gameplay getting ‘stale’ is to pile more shit on top. Legend classes, level upgrades, the changes to evo shields, rift relics, etc. Then trying to counter balance the complexity with health bars etc.
Dial it back. Remember what was great to begin with. Cycle out some weapons and legends. Amend some maps.
Only issue with them cycling out legends in s the fact that people have already got expensive skins and heirlooms for said characters. I feel like it would just piss off a lot of players.
Other than that, I do agree that I needs to be dialed back for the simplicity
I think a big part of it is when they took the thread out and the R 99 it really shot down
It’s a game running on a 20 tick rate… don’t let anybody fool you , this game is dying and fast.
The relic game mode makes me so angry, i quit this season fr. Killing somebody and then they phase away when they are 1 hp is so frustrating, it’s unbelievable. Also the decision to take out edistrict and Olympus, the top 2 maps in the game is beyond me. Storm point and Broken moon are terrible and not fun for pubs. We need new weapons, more character rewords/buffs or just changes in general, i wouldnt mind nerfs. Solo queuing has been terrible for forever. I dont have any friends that play this game so I have been solo queuing for years and if your teammate goes down for like half a second they instantly leave, throwing your game as well. I don’t know why people don’t mention this; there needs to be a more strict leaving game punishment. Also the server tick rates and just overall lag is insane on a game that has been semi-popular for over 5 almost 6 years now.
100% agree, i used to LOVE just playing apex, wether i win or lost i had fun because of the characters & how they played around each other & their uniqueness, now everyone feels hollow, a lot less voice lines, interactions, no story, all money, skins & less reason to care about the actual characters in the game.
I just think it boils down to them not iterating and making changes fast enough so things get stale and doesn't progress at an interesting pace to keep us coming back for more.
One thing that really bothers me about mixtape is it’s the same three modes on the same three maps all season. You have all these pois and we get the same map rotation why
Bro I think that the most important thing they need to change is the unfair matchmaking I’m fcking 450 level with 5k kills and I keep playing with preds with hundred thousand kills💀
Honestly the constant server and engine issues is why I'm taking a break this season... I'm tired of no regs and constantly being hit behind doors....
Also you can blame EA for these craptastic non-existence updates, they are willing to let a game die and disregard the community all for a few dollars bills
🤦🏽♂️
Revival officially solved "The Pubs Problem". But then they took it away. When I got lesser teammates, I didn't mind playing slow because dying wasn't sending me back into the main menu, and if I died being more aggressive than them, I would come back. If I was getting chased down by a pred stack, I could fight them a few times over, or just revive and go elsewhere. Give us Revival for Pubs, and then remove banner crafting from Ranked 💪
I really loved how you touched on the game being a lot more ability heavy and less about gun skill. I 100 percent agree with you on that. I feel like abilities shouldn’t be what the meta is, and instead give the player more options for how they want to play. This shield/revive meta is a prime example as to why ability focused gameplay isn’t as good as gun focused gameplay. Great video and happy holidays!!!🎉🎁🎄
Imagine a game being know as one of the greatest Legend Shooters in history only to be turned into Ability Legends instead. It is absolutely baffling that Devs 2.0 can sleep at night knowing they turned it into a healing sim where gun skills and game sense are no longer king. Sadly, I predicted all of this coming when Conduit was released as she was a peak 0 skill legend, just never thought it would go as far as it has this season. Like many OG players who spent thousands of hours grinding this game to improve this rez meta is repulsive and we will not be returning
Said the same thing with conduit release and Rev rework with his busted free shield Ult.
Ranked means nothing anymore.
Back in even season 16
If your team died, you had to figure out how to get their banners and res.
No crafting banners, no res’ing 10 times with New Castle.
There’s so much more hand holding now, I remember when even Diamond was considered above average.
Now anyone and their Grandma can get to these higher ranks with how easy and forgiving everything is.
Talking about skill in a game dominated by overtuned aim assist is absolutely hilarious😅
Good don't come back lol you're part of the problem😂
I felt this exact same way when they reworked revenant
Totally agree with all your points, you nailed it going over the biggest problems in the game right now.
I've been playing since the start, and it hurts to see the state of the game right now. Ranked needs major changes, the metas needs adjustments, the constant revives and Support class perks almost make me feel like I have to pay them in ranked. Not to mention getting higher in ranked means I'm running into sweaty 3 stacks on PC with comms that destory the lobby, and cheaters are ridiculous now. I used to regularly get to Masters and I dont have the desire to do it this season. It sucks.
Personally I’m burnt out on BRs and recycling the same 3 maps on mixtape gets old really fast. If I could turn my brain off and just play control on 10-15 different maps I’d be back in it
Every character needs a MAJOR buff to make the game interesting again
Buffing everyone won't do much and it would take away the skill gap as well, if you buff everyone it'll feel like nothing changed because EVERYONE is powered up does that make sense ?
would be a fun twist but you know once you buff everyone it feels like nobody even got buffed
Agree with a lot of this, mainly how stagnant ranked is, maaaan does it need some changes. New badges that look super cool, if anything they look worse now than they did before unfortunately. Either that or a second ranked that is different, something we can grind ranks for In a different way
as a new player matchmaking is shit , like new player vs moments god players wow
They should have kept E district and a revival mode in rotation the whole time
they should also make revival let you keep your bag again, so dumb they reverted that
@@spore6050 yup this is exactly why straight shot revival sucked the fact that your inventory fully reset was so stupid
Just make gun skins for all guns so they can add new and take out old. Without overly saturating the loot
The game should go full competitive and add as what some said a creative mode for. The causal player base
Bring arenas back as a full competitive gamemode just pure ranked where you have to get perd in both gamemodes for the animated badge and the dive trail with one split a season and a 4 month long seasons meaning 1 less season a year
I could keep going but i will stop here
i played with my friends through lots of seasons and we ended after that season where there was no Duo Mode.
Even after that we did not play, it wasn't fun anymore and we were not happy with the new content and gameplay.
I’ve played for every season consistently (except for season 17💩)
This meta killed any enjoyment I had.
Supports are now the most logical choice for entry fragging since you can heal faster and for more health.
Pathfinder is the only other legend everyone is running in top ranks besides all support.
I hate having to play a certain legend or group of legends to not be at a disadvantage.
I’ll say it, conduit rev was broken but I never had to partake in that crutch to still climb and have fun.
I’m not completely counting Apex out, but I’ve definitely been enjoying other games lately mostly because of this meta.
I feel like the state of the game is completely different even from just a few months ago when Alter came out.
I think we should have a solo q only version off all activity's solo q pubs solo q ranked that could bring back players if they know they don't have to fight 3 stacks every game
Also just make solos a permanent game mode.
There’s no reward for playing it unlike other games, horrific matchmaking. Maybe if they gave me a heirloom I’d play again lmao
And id add that relic weapons have proven that nerfing everything non stop is bad balancing, people enjoy powerfu; guns, as long everyone can get them. i hope this is test and they will buff everything back.
i still love and enjoy the game tbh.
my only issue is that im a solo queue warrior that has no friends playing the game. other than that i think i kinda got used to the sweats and being dunked on 😅
Im probably gonna quit apex for good
Me too
Love your content. Always informative. My favorite game by far. Sad it’s coming down to this.. I’m even back on COD which I haven’t touched since I found Apex during Season 2
COD has its issues but sometimes a change is good!
I feel like the issue with an “Apex 2” is how they structured the game from the get go. If they push out an apex 2 for a fresh start, all the skins and heirlooms people have bought and paid for could be gone and pointless and that would upset A LOT of people. Especially with how expensive they have made everything. So unless they transfer ALL of it over for every player, it would obviously come with a bunch of glitches where people lose stuff still. I agree that there’s gotta be some type of change to where ranked and pubs feels different, but I think a really great pve mode would be awesome and benefit the game so much. Or the season Newcastle came out, they could have used the crab as a raid boss or something.
I want apex to be more solo queue friendly. The solo q experience is horrible solos need to play only solos
The game went to the garbage I don't want that to happen to overwatch with this get a stack at all cost mentality
I tried coming back since apex is so cool but it is a chore to play. All your points are so accurate of how the game feels rn. Pubs isn’t fun since it’s incredibly sweaty, same old stuff, Ltms being mid, it sucks.
They need to have gyroscope controls like on the lame nintendo switch. Like, the switch even has it and PC has mouse and other FPSs have it, so why can't PS5 utilize/take advantage of gyroscope on Apex? And if they cannot, then they need to not have target compensation at all in the settings in order to make it a completely even playing/aiming field; I disable TC. Also, as somebody else stated here, they need to only allow one account. It's always those who are insecure about their score card/stats that are the ones constantly making new accounts so they can seem flawless, and are embarrassed about how they first sucked like everyone else when they first started playing the game; and theres plenty of these types of people in the game. But EA and Respawn are going to do what they want. I believe they really don't care about the people playing they game and what they want. I could be wrong though, but I highly doubt that.
I also wish they would bring back Arenas, but instead, they are too busy trying to be like other FPSs and decided to copy their format by adding TDMs, Control, etc. which is fine because I like those modes also. But they could have kept Arenas as well. They also make too many nerf changes to legends that seem biased and help those who already have an advantage, and also are baised in which players they nerf. The problem with Apex Legends is that they have become really biased/favoritism and therefore, they are unfair. That's why I just play, but don't give them the satisfaction of paying for ANYTHING, because I can't deny the fact that I do love the game. If it were diff and worth it, I'd definitely make in-game purchases and have actually considered it. But naw, I can't support a game that doesn't support me as a player of their game.
They listen to too many crybabies that seem to not get over the fact that they won't ALWAYS be on top and not suck at times.
It might just be me but I love having a revival mode, I use it to warm up for ranked
I've not played for a while, I saw that new heirloom and I wanted it so badly ... but as soon as I saw that price it was an instant no! And that in itself put me off wanting to play it
EA has messed up completely, and they should really just leave Respawn and regret their choices for Apex. Respawn could then DELETE Apex (hear me out here) and re-release another version and change it. And the main thing they should do, which I haven't heard a lot of people talking about is change the way gun skins release. In this re-release, ALL guns skins should be free (except for maybe reactive skins.) If they did this, they would change the game entirely. This is because one of the things that makes Apex feel old and like nothing is changing is because firstly, we haven't had a gun release since season 16, and that is because the Devs CAN'T "vault" or get rid of guns in a new season. The reason they can't get rid of guns is because loads of players have spent money on skins, reactive skins etc;. This is something that Fortnite has done really well. I remember when I used to play Fortnite, I would only ever find gun skins in the battle pass and that was it. The stuff that you would buy would be character skins. Because of this, I'm pretty sure this new chapter 6, none of the guns in the battle royale mode have been in any other season before it, they're all new. And that's what making people stay with Fortnite. AND players still get to have their old skins, because as far as I remember, Fortnite hasn't got skins for specific guns, but more for different classes of gun.
As someone who started 3 weeks ago and has 60h. I'm kinda confused how people who just run for their life the whole match can be in diamond. Skillgab there is really huge. I hit a lot with sniper and wingman (I come from csgo) but suck with movement and I'm not really knowing the maps in my mind. But there are so many people who are absolutely lost in every aspect of the game but still diamond... While having over 2k Overall kills with one character while I'm at 140 or something... I just don't understand
The only thing I don’t like about apex rn is gibby Newcastle and caustics fortified passives damage reduction to me anyway isn’t there
We need to have unique rewards like a unique weapon skin for weapon progression. Unique rewards for rank. Make Apex tokens buy crafting materials or skins and quips in the inventory. Tokens are worthless. Salvage skins we dont need/ like into tokens or crafting materials. Add character mastery progression with unique skin rewards. So many ways to keep people grinding but they doin bothing about it.
I play so many competitive live service games actively or have at one point and all content creators prey on the “game is dying” or “is the game dying?” It’s funny. Live service games have ups and downs and rarely will they surpass or reach their peak. The only two live service comp games I play that people don’t say this for is Val and csgo. But this title and talk exists for R6, apex, ow2. If you’re talking about the game it isn’t dead and it might not even be dying, it might be going through a low point though. It’s hard to say when a game is really “dead”
Do you think they should put Titanfall parkour movement like wall running back into the game?
I think that would definitely shake up the game in a big way. Probably would need to re-tune everything though. Might just be easier to make a new game
@ I agree, would probably be better for them to start over from scratch with a new engine etc. In a recent investor meeting the EA CEO was against the idea of an Apex 2, he cited Overwatch 2 as a reference.
>Apex is dead
>Can This Update Save Apex?
>Season (X) tier list
>Is Apex dying?
>Apex is so back!
>Why players are leaving Apex
>Is Apex Back?
>Apex is dead
🤡🤡🤡
Not on my channel but I think I get it
I feel like apex needs to pull off a bit of a reset. Slop updates for a while and just fix everything like the hackers, etc. kinda do a chapter system like Fortnite. Main focus of apex I feel like needs to be player retention. Lowering the skill ceiling feels like the way to go. Add movement techs as base mechanics (hurry up and give us wallrun already). Overwatch did this col thing where they buffed the projectile sizes of all their weapons but buffed the health up to compensate. That can lower the skill ceiling easily.
😊 great vid, well put together Tim
They only care about money. The buster sword gotcha was enough for me. I bought the currency to buy the full 25 packs I think it was and in fine print, if you hovered the question mark, it told you the price goes up the more packs you buy. I still bought more currency and it felt so terrible and scummy after I just stopped playing. I felt like I a victim of the Hauk Tuah crypto scam. I still like to check in every once and awhile to see if the game I invested in gets better. The first red flag I had about this game was my first heirloom pack at 500 packs when it was guaranteed and it only gave me 50 shards instead of the full 150 to buy the heirloom. :( In bronze and silver I was going against 3 stack pred 4k 20b badges, also why I stopped. Getting to gold took me going against the best...
I’ll be honest, I’m an og, have played since the very first day apex dropped, and now I’ve been back after a break this season, didn’t play at all the last one, and I feel like the game is fun, just needs to remove the bs of SBMM in pubs, and honestly I don’t get why so many people complain about the game, to me you are just suffering from a burnt out and need to play something different, also the monetisation is basically what any game nowadays is based off, especially online one, and the one to blame are the buyers (so players), sure EA is EA, but the community is not doing anything to actually change it or make them understand that the average person can’t spend $360 on a videogame…
This is the 1st game iv actually dedicated time and money to. Sucks to see what its become, but they seem to be trying.
I still play Halo Infinite, and I've been playing the same maps for 3 years, and when they do add a map its a remake. Apex at least made e-district, and they try to make new characters and new events. I can't quit apex because the movement and gunplay are simply unrivaled. Best gunplay by far, in my opinion... of all time
I have played this game about 2 years and i still find it fress and exiting, but these rift relics spawn too often and way too many. Its pointless to gather any other weapons In the game. This shouldve been another gamemode and leave original alone. And support buff is too OP... I would Love to see gamemode where u fight against these monsters with ur team like survival Mode or something. That would be refreshing to shoot endless spawning monsters that are already In the game+ some new ones like bosses maybe
Arenas should be brought back but made into a 3 team battle or make it an option, that way players can learn to deal with 3rd parties.
Straight shot was the most fun I've had in awhile on this game
100% agree for the revival for pubs
I like the gameplay. The only other battle royal I like is masquerade bloodhunt and that's what is dead... But I agree. No good update for a long time.
Just remove lifeline and newcastle or nerf them heavily or supports overall getting nerfed a bit and fix servers, while adding more new things to improve the game like events that change the map. Nessies were a great idea but don't make sense imo they are just annoying at times. Rift relics are kinda dull but atleast more loot. Buffs to the more nerfed characters and just better balance with the legends and abilities.
Letting us also have the maps to choose like the OG Kings canyon version and OG worlds edge. Like bringing these OG maps periodically and then at the end adding a permanent game mode where you play all the OG maps with the old legends + systems only would be a great new mode for a different feel for the game which you could switch to at times for nostalgia.
Respawn: "Event skins will never come back."
JB: "No one is above the law." 😉
It’s dead if u live in Australia. Legit no one plays like occasionally on a weekend I get into mixtape games and when I do it’s filled with bots
The game is stale, not dead
nah COD BO6 had us for a couple days but APEX’s addictive quality is back again
AREANAS LOUD VOICING ITS SO GOOD
Why do they keep taking fun guns like the r99 away and putting them in care package
everyone seems to forget the thousands of players who were cheating, or on linux or the thousands of afk bot. The player count is literally reflecting that, the games not dead and we havent actually lost that many legit players
I'm not sure. We went from somewhere around 600K Peak to just around 100K. 5/6th of the lobby was cheaters? I don't think so.
@@TimProVision im talking numbers from last season to now, its been a long time since our peak. losing a few thousand players and magically theres no cheaters or hundreds of afk bot is just not surprising to me and says to me we barely lost real players since there were thousands of cheaters before this season
@@TimProVision we have been hovering around 200k for the longest and then lost all the cheaters and it dropped
Asia servers 90% cheaters in the lobby. The game basically unplayable. And the servers itself is shite. Probably only NA and EU the only community that still active.
It's okay that you don't want Arenas back. You don't play it. It was perfect for casuals.
It solves the exact issue you were talking about every game being a damn sweat sesh
Ever since last update on ps4 the aim is all messed up,there is so much data loss as well and maybe its on all consoles im not sure but when you full clip and opponent right in their face and only 30 damage registers it makes the game pretty stupid.Literally everyone is cheating and its super obvious now to in the last couple seasons,if they actually had anticheat turned on they would have no players left to play the game.The game is poop
i dropped my first 4k and 3k’s on new legends but no badge because of the ltm😢💔
I hate rift relics I want normal pubs. Especially when control is on ltm which is just people camping mainly. I’m not upset by meta I was playing support before I’ve even added a few now to my list. Although I’ve also added a new non support Wattson 👌
can you remake your caustic guide or maybe update some other legends
The only legend that truly needs a buff or rework is wraith
I feel like you could get wraith all her perk upgrades as buffs and she still wouldn't be great.
I fell out of love with the game when they reset all my stats 😢
Well said 🗣
Idk why I had such terrible lobbies today. First 4 matches had a minimum of 12+ preds in every single match, one of them had 18 smh. I’m only Diamond 4 lol
I hate hearing people say the game is dead like just get on it’s really not a bad game (if you really want apex to be alive again try to get a friend or two who don’t play and coach them)
I would never introduce anyone to this game. It I'd bad and has been for a while.
Rampart needs a nerf
guys I can't stress this enough, games are meant for you to have fun not for you to complain about literally fuckin everything.
Lol
That's why I play this game for half hour and then go play hungry shark
Why the switch back to console?
the new map should never come back in rotation... it's a map designed for Fade only 🤣
Matchmaking sucks thats it
Facts
but battle pass and events cost way too much i’ll be honest
Definitely need like a emerald rank
honestly clubs should be able to play against each other in a special game mode with own ranking system😝
Clan matchmaking, would be dope!
I really enjoyed areanas tbh
They don't respect players so we leave
Bro Alter is REALLY good
lol yeah respawn watching this video… with tears in their eyes 😔
I literally rotate apex gta bo2 and lowk it aint that bad with that rotation
I've put too much time into apex to quit again anyways..
edit: and money.....
GAME NEEDS FULLLL TIME REVIVAL (BI WEEKLY AT THE VERY LEAST)
Revival as the trios perma mode would be awesome
Ranked if your a lower rank you teammates are brain dead so solo q isn’t a fun experience. Pubs being ltm meaning you can’t earn badges is really dumb. Not only that the relic weapons are so op not using them meaning your losing. Aka alternator, mastiff, and the NESSIESS!!! A team full of them can kill you no problem
Gave up on apex about 6 months ago and returned to destiny 2 (yea I know
10:04 respectfully this is an awful idea
in your opinion*
I dont think anything is different now people wanna rank up and so they spam the op characters it was like this even in season 1 no ? And btw i just start apex legend and for the most part im enjoying it also why every game i choose to play i find out its dying 😂😂😅
if your not playing support you mine as well not play and that’s a problem, you can’t even use the character you want bc your at a disadvantage against support characters. The Ltms are dumb and trash the 6 nessies running you down smh
The nessies were really crazy lol
Uhuhuhuaa I miss OG apex
I wish the og game mode lasted longer because I was really looking forward to it but broke my arm and didn't get to play it.
Simple updates:
Add a knocks banner
Pubs: Solo Duo Trio with no LTM.
Mixtape: have a rotation of 9v9 Domination and 6v6 TDM. Last rotation is a community poll game mode that gets picked each season. Example is fan wanted an infected COD like game mode.
Ranked should be split to only every 2 ranks are in lobbies together. Preds Masters, Plat Gold, Silver Bronze, Rookie by themself.
Updates of the game should be on a 3 month cycle of new content.
1st month: Legend rework or new legend. (Keeps game fresh a storyline)
2nd Month: weapon/utility change
3rd month: new map
I like this but they cant add a new map every 3 months, lol wut