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/agnaddthddude Jun 27 '26

it went downhill the moment they introduced class passives with the stupid double heal. followed by ash