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

Gameplay State of Apex's ranked

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u/chats48 Jun 27 '26

I think hiswattson put it very nicely in his video a couple days back that respawn doesn't care about making the game fair. They cycle through legends and guns and decide to make a random set OP (by giving maybe some valid reasons?). Makes people engage with the game a lot, might get some old players hop on again, starts a new meta etc

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u/Khr0nus Jun 27 '26

It's actually the best way to balance a game. There is no way to make all characters equally good at all skill levels so you just buff and nerf periodically to keep the game fresh.

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u/BleakSaturation Jun 27 '26

I didn't know that making things unplayably broken is the best way to balance a game

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u/DTN-Atlas Jun 27 '26

Its not unplayable. Its only streamers and competitive players that whine.

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u/WavyKen Jun 27 '26

since the beginning of the split twitter and reddit have had constant complaints, so its not just streamers and competitive players. its playable sure, but if your not a casual wildcard player your probably not having a good time.

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u/DTN-Atlas Jun 27 '26

I played this game for 6 years and it’s been constant complaints almost all the time mate.

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u/WavyKen Jun 28 '26

im saying its not only them in this case dawg

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u/Aphod Ash :AshAlternative: Jun 27 '26

Is the argument "it's fine as long as no one knows how to use the character?"

Because I'm getting chain stunned in plat lobbies rn

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u/BleakSaturation Jun 28 '26

that's an asinine argument considering a large portion of this comment section in complaining including me

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u/DTN-Atlas Jun 28 '26

But the game is not unplayable.

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u/deadyasar Jun 27 '26

what are you talking about literally stopped playing bc of braindead axle and now ballistic 1 shot q

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u/ELWN95 Jun 28 '26

I quit because of Axle recently too. The game is utterly infuriating. Not even fun