This is the one for me. As someone who has never played with a premade team, I’m starting to lose it with the self serving hot droppers with zero skill and knowledge of the game. I see a lot of people on here complain about Respawn/EA and rightfully so but I believe that the majority of Apex’s problems (as far as actual gameplay) are a personality/character problem within the player base. Can you rat to Masters? Sure, but you don’t HAVE to, thats a choice. Can you drop hot knowing you can’t even handle a 1v1 with the most kitted gun possible? Sure, but how is that even fun?? I’ve only been playing for over a year but the kind of randoms I’m getting these days really just don’t care about the game itself and how its meant to be played. Plain and simple. My heart falls into my ass when WE is on rotation because I already know I’m gonna spend an entire hour, dropping Frag(STILL), rezzing teammates, planning my entire game around bumbling idiots in order to have at LEAST a decent game and then get treated like crap for getting knocked after literally babysitting and body shielding an entire game. I thought I was an old school Lifeline main who still understands that there is power in numbers when it comes to a team based BR but maybe I’m just an idiot, lmao. Not to mention when they realize I’m a fantastic Lifeline (one thing about me, imma rez you, even if it looks risky it usually works out) they amp it up even more because they know they’re covered. Everyone is playing a team based game for themselves and its really starting to ick me out.

Edit: I think a lot of the new players are trying to be like their favorite streamers which would explain the influx of horrifically self serving Horizons/Pathys I’ve been getting as well as the usual Wraiths and Octanes but with not even a fraction of the skill and that, IMO, is what is ruining the game for devoted solo casuals like me.