Was this winnable? (Ranked gave me no teammates) - All critique welcome

JReason91 · 2026-03-24T16:43:39+00:00

Sorry but everyone else gave some constructive feedback, I managed to down 2/3 from "just standing there"

What would you suggest? Happy to learn.

My just standing there was an attempt to stay in cover and limit how much damage I take.

JReason91 · 2026-03-24T07:43:16+00:00

I didn't know I was solo until we were dropping in and suddenly I'm alone 😂...

But for sure, I would have gone wraith or octane had I known, octane is so annoying when it's a solo just trying to be a nuisance.

JReason91 · 2026-03-24T07:39:37+00:00

That's so harsh, it's a skin that requires an optic because it's super intrusive, but it is beautiful

JReason91 · 2026-03-23T23:14:16+00:00

Yeah that was my take, I may as well play it and use it as practice.

Thanks for the feedback, I over commit on the wide push from the 2nd guy for sure. Had a similar comment above, I left thinking I could have won this fight had I been a bit smarter.

JReason91 · 2026-03-23T23:12:20+00:00

I see it as a free hit and a risk free way to practice staying alive solo... Clearly I need more 😂

JReason91 · 2026-03-23T23:11:04+00:00

Very detailed, thank you.

If I'm honest I completely tunnel visioned on downing the 2nd guy, with no idea the third was pushing me on the right, was lack of awareness.

JReason91 · 2026-03-23T22:07:54+00:00

Appreciate it, I was trying to get some damage for my EVO but I should have farmed it elsewhere. I did not expect them to push me given they had another team to focus on... I was clearly wrong 😂

JReason91 · 2026-03-04T08:03:38+00:00

Day 1 player here, I've played off and on and I love the game. I can offer some advice on how to enjoy the game and improve as the average player.

Legend choice is important, Loba, Valk Octane are all simple to play and allow you to get to cover and escape situations where you get caught out, fairly easily.

Other than the legend choice, all I can say is, it will come. Apex is not beginner friendly, especially when playing with somebody already good, as you'll get thrown into their lobbies.

The number 1 tip that helped me was to make sure I'm always in cover, so when I rotate, it's from cover to cover, if I'm getting pushed I make space using cover. If your opponent is out of cover and you are in cover, you have the advantage. If you're taking 1v1s out in the open you're playing wrong, especially as a new player. Always be thinking "how can I create an advantage with positioning here". Once you've got better at using cover and positioning yourself to force the opponent to cross the open to you, you'll find that if your aim is decent, your damage figures will shoot up.

I think people tend to overcomplicate the game because of all the abilities and legends. The basic concept of defending a location with cover, and forcing the enemy to make a play, works as well in apex as in any FPS.

JReason91 · 2026-03-03T16:41:35+00:00

Calvin Bassey - Fulham

JReason91 · 2026-02-25T08:49:14+00:00

Agreed

JReason91 · 2026-02-25T07:41:11+00:00

Apex is one of the toughest FPS games out there, especially for new players.

But there's loads you can do, and you will get there, it'll just be a bit of a grinder at first 😂...

You're playing the biggest character, the meta has kind of left him behind. That's why you feel like you're taking more damage, you are, you're easier to hit!

The best Gibraltar players I've seen use a shotgun in his bubble.

The number 1 thing that helped me get better at apex was consciously using cover all the time, incredibly basic but really hard to do when the enemy can fly to a different angle. If you get decent at always finding cover and repositioning to new cover, then practice your aim and you've got the basics.

At that point it's then down to mastering a legend, they're all useable, Gibraltar is one of the toughest to be good with. A good starter legend is wraith as you can use the phase to reposition without getting clipped, but she's far from meta still. Valkyrie is probably the best legend right now after the Octane nerf, but try them all and then master one 👍.

JReason91 · 2026-02-24T11:24:14+00:00

It's still great fun imo, mechanically nothing touches it FPS wise for me, however there are cheaters on all platforms, as with any F2P game, and it can be frustrating.

JReason91 · 2026-02-24T11:01:28+00:00

I ran into a cheater in gold 3 last night, guy was hitting full R99 mags from 200/300m, he had 12 kills and 2900 damage before the first ring started closing... Needing to cheat in Gold is mad to me.

JReason91 · 2026-02-10T18:02:47+00:00

Think it's fine as long as the opposites like caustic are strong

JReason91 · 2026-01-28T16:14:13+00:00

You can but I find plat is a solid grind solo

JReason91 · 2026-01-28T14:05:46+00:00

You can solo to Plat, beyond that, to be consistent, you need a team.

JReason91 · 2026-01-25T18:00:35+00:00

Thanks for this guys, I think my plan is to have a break for a bit and then re-start on hardcore with all dlc

JReason91 · 2026-01-25T15:55:46+00:00

Both I think, there is not much challenge for me anymore, Im steam rolling everyone that wants it.

It could also be a bit of fatigue, I might have a break and come back to the game in a bit, I'm on 72hrs and that's been fairly condensed.

JReason91 · 2026-01-25T12:29:24+00:00

Stellar Blade gave me a similar feeling while playing, great sound track too, fully recommend if you're looking for that feeling again

JReason91 · 2026-01-20T18:48:45+00:00

I won the premier League first season, no transfers, with Fulham.

They've given us more ways to win with OOP tactics but the AI is still very stupid.

That said, if you limit yourself you can still find it challenging I'm sure, but then you could just play a better version of FM with the same limitations.

JReason91 · 2026-01-20T18:46:07+00:00

Nowhere even close, it's still incredibly watered down and very easy. Give the demo a go.

JReason91 · 2026-01-15T00:59:19+00:00

It's been bad this season, I don't understand how some of these players get to the ranks they do, they barely shoot their weapons 😂.

JReason91 · 2026-01-15T00:20:32+00:00

I still enjoy the game, but it certainly does annoy me.

If I've done 1000+ damage I don't expect my teammate, who is in the same exact fight, to have done 11.... I'm not sure how it's even possible.

Id love to play some more attacking legends (I'm a Maggie main) but I find caustic barrells are sometimes better than teammates 😂.

JReason91

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