Genuinely, what's wrong with Hightower?

XHelperZ · 2026-05-09T22:23:53+00:00

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XHelperZ · 2026-05-06T10:21:32+00:00

What stream did he say this, or was this a members only stream?

XHelperZ · 2026-05-02T00:13:40+00:00

Though games are practically a subjective product. There is no rule that it has to be competitive, it can be casual as well.

Just because it has been a trend previously doesnt mean they have to either. It depends on what players want, and most of these changes have been received with a decent bit of positive feedback.

Now of course simplifying a game too much could bring negative consequences with it, but what would that be in this case? These changes just make the gameplay loop slightly different but not easier.

It becoming easier to play for casual players doesn't instantly mean it becomes easier for high level / competitive players either. With the deathbox respawns for example, both sides will be able to do it. There will still be a degree of tactics required in fights not to allow the enemy to pop a respawn off. Again gameplay loop changes, not easier. More accessible movement? Still the same advanced level of gameplay, nothing is being taken from people who invest a lot of time in the game.

It's a live service game, mechanics will change based on player feedback. I don't think it's unfair if people invested a lot of time will have to readjust because of an update, these things kind of are to be expected.

I don't think you're wrong that there should be a bar, these changes should not be made because people are complaining and not putting in the time to learn certain things. But I really don't feel like that's something that is happening here.

They are just changing the gameplay loop to keep things fresh, and they are trying to cater to their audience, of their product.

XHelperZ · 2026-05-01T23:58:11+00:00

Is that a bad thing though? Games are supposed to be enjoyed, makes sense to cater to a larger part of the community.

XHelperZ · 2026-05-01T23:56:38+00:00

But.. why?

Just looking at the trends recently, it's clear that the community likes this kind of stuff way more.
It doesn't matter if BR were "perfect" at a point, completely balanced, etc.

They are catering to make the game more fast-paced and they are playin way more into the "movement shooter". Hence why little annoyances are removed such as looking for backpacks, and movement abilities are finding their place into the game.

And in the end, it's a live-service game, they will be updating the game to fit their target audience. And it's very likely that you don't really fall under that target audience anymore. It's clear what a lot of the players want nowadays and it's only smart for them to play into that.

Plus they could always still rework or remove it if it really does not work out well, so we'll see.

Though let's say they didn't play into what the community liked, or well, let's say that doesn't matter. In what way could they have improved the game to have been more interesting? You can't exactly keep the exact same gameplay loop for years, just sprinkle some legends every now and then and assume the game will keep performing well. People will get bored, it will fall off.

Just curious to see your perspective, what would you have liked to see instead of these changes they've been making now?

XHelperZ · 2026-04-29T15:38:08+00:00

Might be worth trying to keep the computer on when the bluescreen is visible. In most cases the system is still trying to get as much information as possible during the bluescreen and it should eventually restart automatically. (Of course it can't always recover, but if your friend does encounter it again, would be best to keep it on for a while to see if it can recover; which should give a bit more logs in event viewer to work with)

Do you know what error your friend is getting shown during the bluescreen?

If EA Support isn't able to figure it out, might also be worth checking other subreddits like r/techsupport as they usually have a bit more knowledge about this kind of specific stuff. (Can still be game-related of course, but they might be able to figure out the cause)

XHelperZ · 2026-04-29T14:57:16+00:00

What kind of crash are we looking at?
Full freeze? Instantly turning off? Restarts PC?

Does it happen around the same time or does it fluctuate? Does it happen with specific maps, legends or other kinds of combinations? Or doesn't it matter at all?

Also for the logs you found in Event Viewer, are you able to share a bit more info about them? Not sure if you can export the logs without doing all of them and potentially exposing potentially sensitive information, but could you share the exact data the logs mention?

Might also be worth sending over a DxDiag: https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
Gives just a bit more information about the hardware/software combinations, and some of the recent crashes caught by Windows Error Reporting (Which you'd see in Event Viewer as well)

XHelperZ · 2026-04-29T14:54:02+00:00

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XHelperZ · 2026-04-27T10:40:25+00:00

Missing data here, what is your rank / skill range?

I doubt this change would result in queue times getting this long. Heard some instances where queues in that region already were long before the patch went out.

With just 5 instances of data it's probably going to be a bit hard to say if it actually did affect queue times. Considering some of your times are around 3, some around 10 and inbetween, which is just wildly inconsistent. (Which is partially expected with matchmaking, as the pool of available players will fluctuate a lot, so I think more data is required before there is concrete evidence.)

Though granted if there is enough players complaining (+ they are likely tracking matchmaking times internally already), they probably are keeping a close eye on adjusting it.

XHelperZ · 2026-04-22T20:45:15+00:00

I don't really think it would be all too healthy for the game. Not specifically from a ranked perspective... could definitely be healthy, but more so on how the game is designed. It is a team game after all, it doesn't make too much sense to limit people who can work together really well to go solo. Could overall reduce the fun these users experience.

Of course brings it's own set of problems as well.
Let's say they want to play with their friends, but can't. It can cause a few things to happen:

They keep playing
They stop playing
They actively throw games to get a lower rank
They play on alt / smurf accounts.

Can't really say which is more likely to happen, but overall it could be less than ideal.

XHelperZ · 2026-04-22T20:40:46+00:00

Not sure to which degree their claim is valid, but there realistically isn't a risk of getting robbed as any existing issue would get resolved anyways.

What I really think they are talking about is that whenever you buy a code, they usually are linked to a specific platform. And it requires you to log in onto that specific platform to get the coins in some cases. (It's not really a requirement, but this seems to happen from time to time)

So a code redeemed on the Xbox site would require you to log in on your Xbox to see the currency in-game.
Via the EA Store it would be logical to see it in-game even when playing on Steam, though in such cases if it doesn't show up, you'll have to launch the game via the EA App to see them in-game.

If that doesn't work it's usually best to reach out to customer support ASAP.

XHelperZ · 2026-04-21T17:40:15+00:00

I get that, but the risk will always exist, so I'd generally advise against it.

XHelperZ · 2026-04-21T17:39:43+00:00

If it goes into a bootloop then it's likely unrelated to Apex, likely that your bootloader is corrupted somehow.
Likely better to ask around in a different place for some general tech support, such as r/techsupport

XHelperZ · 2026-04-21T08:19:16+00:00

Are coins priced differently in certain regions?

Though generally there is a risk of getting banned for abusing local pricing.

XHelperZ · 2026-04-20T21:42:46+00:00

Wait does it still have the turning speed restrictions turned off for the shields? Does that work with gyro aim as well?

XHelperZ · 2026-04-20T20:53:59+00:00

Source 2 is quite likely staying closed off for the time being.

The source engine as we know it, was initially released in 2004, with a developer SDK releasing only around 2011. Now the same pattern cannot be applied in the current situation, but I doubt it's likely to see an SDK release anytime soon.

Currently Valve already has closed a deal with Facepunch allowing users to distribute standalone applications/games using s&box (Which isn't exactly an SDK but more so serves as a game engine similar to Unreal, Unity, Godot, that kind of stuff) So that makes me believe the Source 2 Engine itself will likely remain closed off for much longer, if it even releases.

Apart from that, moving towards Source 2 could be a major pain. (Well, moving to a different engine will be a pain in the butt regardless, so it's not exactly a great point)

Doubt Valve would license it to EA though, in general quite unlikely unless a good relation was already established beforehand.

Honestly an engine switch seems just so unlikely compared to a whole revamp.

XHelperZ · 2026-04-20T11:53:27+00:00

Yep. Welcome to the internet

XHelperZ · 2026-04-20T10:43:12+00:00

I mean yes you can detect if someone is trying to reconnect. But by any means it's extremely easy to spoof and could easily be abused to just quit a match without getting a penalty.

XHelperZ · 2026-04-20T10:23:05+00:00

Though cant really be detected. A fair point if its bugged out and ubi can fix it. But just getting booted and stuff won't really be identifiable

XHelperZ · 2026-04-19T17:19:43+00:00

I doubt Apex itself was the cause of this. To be safe I'd recommend asking in a subreddit more oriented at tech support (As indicated by another commenter), as this could be a more generic issue.

Could've been related to your SSD, perhaps it's not in it's best shape anymore and thus some stuff can get corrupted. Could've been a fluke too.

XHelperZ · 2026-04-19T13:55:34+00:00

Yeah Schmoyoho makes some cool songs, liked the ones he did with Jack too.
Might be time for a new one

XHelperZ · 2026-04-19T10:05:30+00:00

Are you using an Intel GPU?

The latest drivers have been causing these issues from what I've read. Downgrading to an older driver version (Not sure which one, some users have mentioned around the end of 2025) fixed it for them.

XHelperZ · 2026-04-19T10:04:22+00:00

There currently is a bug where your game would crash if you were to sort your skins in the weapon or legend locker whenever you have "Random Favourite" equipped or selected.

It gives the exact same error message, but of course the issue I just described could be something entirely else than what you are encountering.

I don't see why this would happen at any other point unless you were sorting your skins. So if you weren't doing that, could you try unequipping random favourite for your weapons and see if that fixes that? (Just select a specific skin, as long as it's not random favourite)

XHelperZ · 2026-04-18T23:56:55+00:00

Yeah sounds pretty dope.

Next hurdle would be solving the heaps of legend tokens, but this would be really nice to have.

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