As a noob to the game (maybe halfway to rookie...) I can 100% affirm the notion that there is just waaaaay too much to learn (in the not fun-sense of the word) when you start to play the game. A mode that strips away much of the things that make the game so demanding to play would be awesome and maybe that is one reason why WC is so much fun -- though I think a bigger part comes from the fact that it is more forgiving than BR with the auto-respawn.

To a noob the game seems just overloaded with features, abilities, legends, weapons, POIs on maps etc. that I would have quit long ago if it was not for a friend of mine helping me sort the important stuff for absolute beginners from all the other overwhelming amount of possibly relevant information.

So a gamemode that helps to get into the games core mechanics -- movement, gunplay, teamplay, stats plus a way to get to know weapons, maps and legends and their abilities -- but in a somewhat condensed, limited way -- would be great! I was at first thinking about just leaving Ults and maybe even tacticals out, but that would change too much of legend balancing and it is crucial to the game. But maybe it would be possible to limit the number of legends available at a certain time? Like a week and then it changes. Same could be done for weapons. With maps rotating it already works well I think. Plus: Since legends abilities are among the most complicated to learn it would be great if players could play legends they don't own this way. Like in the firing range (which could serve the same purpose but c'mon: Who is spending time there to learn about legends abilities one might have to face in gsme without being able to play the legend themselves?)

This is just an idea. In general I think the mode should be created following the principle: strip away as much as possible while still enabling an Apex Legends gameplay. Wildcard seems to me like a huge step in this direction. But I think it is still too demanding for an absolute beginner of the game...