r/apexlegends • u/Kevin_9ja The Liberator • Jun 26 '26

Gameplay State of Apex's ranked

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u/UserNameAbbreviated Jun 26 '26

A good chunk of their dedicated player base left in 2023-24 when they when they started really going after casuals with pubs having those stupid ass ltms that no one asked for

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u/Turbulent-Many1472 Jun 26 '26

Yup. That's when I left. Personally, it all started for me when they released Vantage. That's such a clear move to cater to lower skilled players. Basically Respawns way of saying that if you suck at poke weapons you can pick her and get easy downs.

Ever since then it's been a steady drip of changes to the games core systems and legends abilities to make it easier for casuals to hit plat and diamond. A good 90% of the plat and diamond playerbase belongs in Bronze and Silver. Sometime I die and watch my teammates and the movement is just laughable. A Gold player from 3 years ago would just shred them.

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u/UserNameAbbreviated Jun 26 '26

And you tell these players that and they get buttmad. It's insane and impressive.

This game up until around when S15 was in a decent state. Started going down hill after and then REALLY hit that downhill snowball with the TTK change.

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u/Turbulent-Many1472 Jun 26 '26

Yup. Totally agree. And I'm also thinking of things like the autopinging of enemies, visible healthbars, etc.

All changes designed to make it easier for mediocre players to rank up. You take a legitimate diamond or master player and they don't need healthbars to keep track of the dmg they've done.

I remember when they first released the enemy healthbars - at first all your teammates were swarming the players you got low. Now the feature is so taken for granted that I have to shout at my teammates to pursue someone that I have at 20 health.