Official Apex Legends Discussion w/ Gamertag List

JoeyJoeJoeJr said:
I dont like special abilities or classes in gun br's. It should be about who plays better, who takes the better shot, not who has more energy in the special meter bar.

If it was like some sort of magic based BR than maybe, but not for a gun BR, im not about that. I can see why it appeals to some people though
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Ah yea the powers\specials is some of the best parts to me. I get it if people don't like it though and prefer the more realistic game play.
 
method115 said:
Ah yea the powers\specials is some of the best parts to me. I get it if people don't like it though and prefer the more realistic game play.
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It really depends on what the powers are too. For me it creates too much of a gap that cant be closed. You already have armor tiers. Imagine you have a white armor set and you run in to a purple set guy, you can still win but it might be hard.

Now add in that his special ability is also fully charged. Now you have to kill a guy who outgears you and has a special ability. It creates the chance for too much of an advantage / unwinnable situations.

Now add a teamate to the mix. A 1v2 situation + outgeared + special abilities. I just see potential situations that would literally be impossible to win no matter how good you are, considering how hard it is to down people already, mix in the armor disparity and a teamate.

In pubg even if youre using tier 1 armor you can knock out two guys using tier 3 gear in seconds with the right shots. In Apex it takes much longer because you take so many more shots. You cant just go boom boom boom and take 2 guys out in 2 seconds.

Could the addition of all these advantages combined create impossible scenarios? It should never be impossible to win, and thats my worry here.

Maybe its not an issue at all, but its something that crossed my mind as a potential problem.
 
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JoeyJoeJoeJr said:
It really depends on what the powers are too. For me it creates too much of a gap that cant be closed. You already have armor tiers. Imagine you have a white armor set and you run in to a purple set guy, you can still win but it might be hard.

Now add in that his special ability is also fully charged. Now you have to kill a guy who outgears you and has a special ability. It creates the chance for too much of an advantage / unwinnable situations.

Now add a teamate to the mix. A 1v2 situation + outgeared + special abilities. I just see potential situations that would literally be impossible to win no matter how good you are, considering how hard it is to down people already, mix in the armor disparity and a teamate.

In pubg even if youre using tier 1 armor you can knock out two guys using tier 3 gear in seconds with the right shots. In Apex it takes much longer because you take so many more shots. You cant just go boom boom boom and take 2 guys out in 2 seconds.

Could the addition of all these advantages combined create impossible scenarios? It should never be impossible to win, and thats my worry here.

Maybe its not an issue at all, but its something that crossed my mind as a potential problem.
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Yea I agree with a lot of what you said here. I also think it's why they made it so easy to revive your teammates if you can survive. I think the devs realized it would leave someone who just finished off a squad battle but lost his team in an almost unwinnable situation at that point. I don't think I mind it as much because unlike games like say Rainbow Six Siege I just don't care about winning as much and I just enjoy the fun of it. I've treated all BR games like that. Winning is pretty much the last thing on my list of things I'm trying to do in these games.
 
Using Bloodhound, there's nothing better than being shot at then using his ultimate to rapidly flank and wipe out whole teams whilst they are still shooting at your original position.
 
I have never played a battle royale game before. This game looked appealing to me and I am addicted. It's so good.
 
JoeyJoeJoeJr said:
I dont like special abilities or classes in gun br's. It should be about who plays better, who takes the better shot, not who has more energy in the special meter bar.

If it was like some sort of magic based BR than maybe, but not for a gun BR, im not about that. I can see why it appeals to some people though
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I really don't find specials to be the end all factor in this game.
 
method115 said:
Here we go only a matter of time now before EA starts putting their stank on this game. God help Respawn.
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I'm really curious about the details in their deal with EA, because they seem to hold a lot of clout. I looked into as much as I could find. It was their (Respawn's) decision to release Titanfall 2 at such a terrible time (between COD and BF1). Making Apex Legends, and not work on Titanfall 3, was their decision too, from what I've read.

They're still working on their Oculus game as well, which comes out this year. VR isn't something we see a lot from EA, if at all.

Judging from the interview with Vince Zampella (Respawn CEO) and Patrick Soderlund (then Exec Vice Pres of EA, overseeing all game production) Zampella was brought onto Soderlund's Executive, which gave him a lot of power surely. Respawn were the creators of COD (Formerly OG Infinity Ward) so they know what they are doing. They seem to share an affinity for live services with EA brass.

Soderlund was the CEO for Dice before taking that role at EA, so perhaps Zampella has replaced him?

I'm not sure what Visceral's leadership (Dead Space) was like, but they were shut down after Dead Space 3 did poorly. Titanfall 3 didn't sell very well, but EA clearly has a lot of confidence in Respawn to have purchased them for half a billion, which they did so after TF 2 released.

I was surprised that Bungie was able to leave Activision with the Destiny IP in their hands. I'm sure they paid a hefty penalty for it, but perhaps Respawn has a similar deal. We'll prob never know, but one thing is certain, EA loves Respawn atm lol.
 
method115 said:
This game actually does team play really well and does so many little things to sort of force the team play in a way. Not staying with your team is just a huge loss to you and the rest of your team.
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except that looting forces players to spread out at the earliest stage of the game (right after the drop) which gets everyone killed

landing in relative safety and carving out a 5 minute looting spree is the only way to guarantee your team sticks together, because anyone missing a shield or health kits at any given stage is going to venture down a dark corridor and get triple teamed to death
 
all these guys have to do is release new characters and watch the cosmetics buy-ins pour in
 
Looks fun. Shame I gave up on BR since I suck so bad.
 
Downloading right now for my PS4. We’ll see if I suck as much as I do at Black Ops 4’s BR mode.
 
MacDuffle said:
except that looting forces players to spread out at the earliest stage of the game (right after the drop) which gets everyone killed

landing in relative safety and carving out a 5 minute looting spree is the only way to guarantee your team sticks together, because anyone missing a shield or health kits at any given stage is going to venture down a dark corridor and get triple teamed to death
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This does happen but it's rare. On top of that if you just choose a spot away from others you'll be fine. You really just have to make it through that initial start up of everyone getting armor\guns and your good to go.
 
Eazy123 said:
Looks fun. Shame I gave up on BR since I suck so bad.
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TheWorm said:
Downloading right now for my PS4. We’ll see if I suck as much as I do at Black Ops 4’s BR mode.
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I also suck at BR games. This is the first time I've ever won a BR game and it's actually very newb friendly. Especially if you pick a character with a powerful ult and time it right.
 
Playing on PC. Pretty fun. TTK is insane though.
 
method115 said:
I also suck at BR games. This is the first time I've ever won a BR game and it's actually very newb friendly. Especially if you pick a character with a powerful ult and time it right.
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Monkadelic said:
I do much better with this than I did with Blackout
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Interesting. I like to think I’m competent at FPS games (I’ve been playing them for literally 25 years ffs! @90 50 ) but I tried four matches of Blackout for Black Ops 4 in January and I never scored a single kill. I’m a little rusty, but I played an absolute shit load of Black Ops 2 from 2012 to 2015 and was not some bum at it (imo anyway). But in BR people just always get the drop on me, or it seems like my bullets just don’t do enough damage. Very frustrating so far.

Will have to check this game out.
 
TheWorm said:
Interesting. I like to think I’m competent at FPS games (I’ve been playing them for literally 25 years ffs! @90 50 ) but I tried four matches of Blackout for Black Ops 4 in January and I never scored a single kill. I’m a little rusty, but I played an absolute shit load of Black Ops 2 from 2012 to 2015 and was not some bum at it (imo anyway). But in BR people just always get the drop on me, or it seems like my bullets just don’t do enough damage. Very frustrating so far.

Will have to check this game out.
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I know I've already said it, but there's something about this game that just makes the whole thing fun. I've won a few matches, but have been killed early on many times more. It still keeps me coming back for more.

As you say, I'm a semi competent FPS player, but after 10 games or so of Blackout I think I had only a couple of kills, and the whole thing felt like a bit of a slog.
 
Still having fun with this, won a handful of games now and pretty much understand the whole thing and the meta now. This game excels at reinforcing team play while still allowing a skilled and smart player to get multikills, nothing seems OP other than the artillery strikes

Questions I think are on players minds:

1) will there be games modes other than trios?

2) will there be another map? New classes? New guns? What is the timeline on new content ?

3) will ttk be reduced or balance adjusted?

Some tips: put away your weapon and slide and jump after and you will go like 2x fast, ping everything meaningful like enemies and loot at the start, class composition can be critical USE YOUR ABILITIES, stay with your team, if 1v3 and your mates go down just sneak to their boxes and go for the respawn ship drop points
 
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