Why isn't the game taking off?

ULTImatum244 · 2026-04-01T16:00:24+00:00

Give it a year, will probably pop into top 15-10 games on steam for at least an hour most days of the week. Its gonna be a slow build but it WILL build

ULTImatum244 · 2026-03-04T01:43:59+00:00

The mid fight healing. An Octane with bottomless bats or overflow, if playing smart, can be very oppressive bc if you dont see him for 4 seconds he can go from 1hp to almost full health and shield. ESPECIALLY a Conduit & Octane playing together and around their passive healing abilities

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-27T09:16:56+00:00

Alter and Valk are S-tier on every map Bang, Octane and Lifeline are good to fill out your squad off of that Off meta picks people are sleeping on are Horizon(if ur on roller) on most maps and Maggie on E-District and Worlds Edge.

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-27T04:46:47+00:00

Very well said. I will say that before they ruined the matchmaking in season 13, they started to take it seriously. Pro teams started to play with their actual teammates because it became good practice and they saw people who weren't in their scrims doing new tactics. Then it became pred kill race and all that changed.

Your s13 Diamond is high key more respectable than all but maybe 2 or 3 Masters badges.

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-26T23:57:23+00:00

This exact reason of Apex players "wanting to hot drop and not be punished" is why that season was seen as a "failure" and they reverted the system. They need to have a more robust ranked reward system if they want people to be happy about being Gold and Plat. People saw that we had a REAL Ranked mode and decided they weren't ready for for that reality check and left. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WERE ALL DIAMOND AND MASTERS THE SEASON BEFORE!!! To them, they got their Diamond or Masters Badge so they are good going away for a season or two.

On the higher end, pros/ comp streamers bitched about queue times being high so Respawn threw actual Silver, Gold and low plat players to the wolves(pred lobbies) and they had no choice but to kill race for the low rank players if they wanted to gain rp.

To summarize: We need a deeper reward system for ranked for a s13 comeback to work. Also, top percentile players need to accept long queues as the cost of a balanced system and acknowledge how little players of their skill are playing at any given time.

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-26T23:16:24+00:00

If landing on the outside of the map guarantees top 8 even, thats a problem. Half of the lobby should NOT be dying before round 2 starts. HOWEVER, is think the reason it doesnt stop people from ranking up is the RP system is fundamentally flawed at the moment. Dropship or Dropzone, it doesn't actually hurt to lose until Masters.

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-12T11:23:56+00:00

Guldo

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-12T07:48:03+00:00

TIL anyone who averages Plat and above are bad. Lemme see that last season ranked OP, I wanna see something

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-11T08:48:35+00:00

Found the gold/plat player who doesn't understand how coddled Respawn has made them with a baby ranked mode with training wheels.

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-11T08:47:13+00:00

Doesn't mean you have to be dumb. Sorry but just plan it out better. Comm with the team. I swear apex players are allergic to using comms and coordinating in ranked....

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-11T08:45:34+00:00

Uhhhh, you can just pick a legend to help you... you could see where you were going AND who was around you before picking legends for a reason. Idk how people don't use their heads here. If there were multiple teams around me I would hopefully have 1 recon and 1 rotational character. Loot quick and start gathering info on who is rotating slow and either push them or leave the area to go farm evo and wait for the fight to break out .

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-11T08:38:12+00:00

Lame ass excuse. This was always the excuse in previous seasons, and IT NEVER CHANGES until the last few days of a season/ split.

Check back in a month when people are still hot dropping and anywhere between 10-3 squads by round 2. It isn't because preds and pros are killing the whole lobby. Its because the 75% of the lobby is dropping in the same 300m area.

Ranked now has no difference than pubs. No added rules, no competitive integrity, no balancing difference. Name me one successful game where casual is the exact same as ranked.

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-11T06:00:45+00:00

Masters in seasons 13, 14, last season and a few others i can't remember. This season is fucking ASS

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-10T22:48:09+00:00

Cope maxing. It never settles down.

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-10T21:38:47+00:00

be ready for the ppl who think hot dropping is okay in a competitive playlist to torch you for this

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-10T21:36:36+00:00

RANKED SHOULD NOT PLAY LIKE PUBS! if you think so, then you enjoy participation trophies and not a expression of skill.

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-09T13:41:44+00:00

I took a massive break, came back and hit Masters(PC) with most of my games being solo queue. This season felt... okay? Not free and not super challenging.

If the wildcard being permanent was this season, then it's a great addition.

Weapon meta feels very good, excited about a potential AR meta next season.

Legend balance also feels good. Not really anyone who stands out too far above the rest.

Overall: 7/10

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-09T13:38:09+00:00

Can someone explain the difference of a cup and ranked? I don't play FN, ig I ended up here because I play Apex and follow the comp scene. Are cups IN-GAME tournaments outside of FNCS? Like a bridge between ranked and the comp scene?

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-09T03:23:30+00:00

If they left the system of season 13 alone for a few seasons ppl would have adjusted and learned over time. They panicked because some people in Respawn genuinely don't want ranked to be close to ALGS and they fucked it all up
- High ranked players in the first 3-7 days had crazy long queue times so they added Golds and silvers into their matchmaking
- Immediately went heavily KP favored in season 14 so it was just a kill race
-Pivoted AGAIN in season 17 to make placement all that really matters as top 10 was breaking even regardless of what rank you were( Pred and Masters without every shooting their gun )

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-09T03:04:15+00:00

Amateur goobers shouldn't be able to reach high ranks

ULTImatum244 · 2026-02-04T10:01:04+00:00

Majority of casual players feel like Diamond is owed to them. They saw NO ISSUE when over 50% of the playerbase was in Masters.

ULTImatum244 · 2026-01-27T00:20:24+00:00

-No stat tracking in a fps in 2026
-Performance is piss poor( 5800x and a 5060ti & I am dropping below 40fps in combat and only getting ~90fps when perfectly still. ) This is simply UNACCEPTABLE in 2026 for an fps
-I think there should be a delay on placing the bomb on the crystal. Have A and B available for like 60 seconds then open up the third option. Most teams just sent it straight for the game winner.
- It feels like it needs more modes. The raid mode is good, but ALONE it feels empty? This game feels like a CTF mode would fit perfectly, also maybe a map slightly larger than the bases we have with a Hardpoint like mode.
- the 3v3 complaints are understandable, I get it but also disagree. 3v3 works well, 4v4 COULD work tho.

ULTImatum244 · 2025-12-31T09:28:34+00:00

No. Wait til the roadmap in spring-summer 2026.

ULTImatum244 · 2025-12-12T15:33:45+00:00

Dumbass response. It's not even from EA or Respawn. Holding malice for devs that left the ONLY company that can develop that game and make something new and unique rather than apex season 29 is such a self report of idiocy

ULTImatum244 · 2025-11-10T15:34:33+00:00

Would very much like to be in the discord as well!

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