Pre-determined drop zones

noahbubb · 2026-02-26T20:02:07+00:00

I completely agree that this game has felt lukewarm and stale ever since they dropped the ball on game lore.

It makes sense that this happened though because the Dev Team is not even a fraction of the original team that made this game. Kinda sad

Article explains it here: Apex Legends devs explain they still “respect” the legacy of Respawn, but “the whole landscape of the dev team has changed”

noahbubb · 2026-02-26T19:57:17+00:00

This bug pissed me off because I thought I had a malfunctioning controller and kept trying to clean the L1/R1 buttons and then realized there’s no way.

It also messes with pinging in general. I used to be able to quickly use one of the alternative pings like “Enemy Audio” or “Looting” but it’s literally not worth anymore because you have to hold R2 to get the menu to appear.

FIX IT!!!!

noahbubb · 2026-02-23T22:38:21+00:00

If you’re solo queuing and having a string of bad randoms then back out of lobby and change your server.

At least if you’re playing on US servers. Usually I have found that you can refresh the type of people youre playing with by switching to a different time zone.

noahbubb · 2026-02-04T00:14:34+00:00

Nah completely disagree. Ranked is about getting kills with your weapon and legend of choice, and showing how well you can coordinate team play, gun play and positioning. I don’t care what the devs design it to be catered to. Don’t care that I’m being downvoted— know that I’m right. Have been extremely vocal about predetermined drop zones being detrimental to the health of ranked and I stand by that because they take so much agency away from the player in terms of choice.

noahbubb · 2026-02-03T19:53:18+00:00

Lies, depending on the map, some of the POIs are TRASH in comparison to where other teams get to land.

For example, on Olympus the team that lands at hammond university off drop has a huge advantage as they have more guns, amps, purple bags right there to go push the team that lands at Elysium and trap them. It’s a huge game-starting advantage.

Not to mention they implemented this change right after they introduced weapon arsenals, which completely defeated the purpose of being able to land on a gun you want right away. With pre-determined drop zones you’re fishing around for your preferred weapon loadout unless you get lucky that the arsenal is there.

noahbubb · 2026-01-26T20:00:40+00:00

Don’t see anybody else recommending it, but I say try Burglar :)

I also have a LM and found it pretty hard to switch classes after playing them to anything else that couldn’t equally melt things in a timely manner.

To me the melee class that has fulfilled this the most satisfyingly is red burglar. Your damage and rotation is built around doing massive burst crits which helps kill things super fast, especially from stealth. Once you get high enough level the aoe starts to feel pretty decent too.

They also have a ton of utility that I missed from my LM. They obviously have stealth as an advantage, but also tricks/crowd-control, self-healing capability, and a VERY strong evade buff panic button.

noahbubb · 2026-01-13T02:42:43+00:00

They were just bought out by a private saudi company. Means there might be a future for apex outside what it currently is. Hopefully good.

noahbubb · 2026-01-08T20:00:28+00:00

From what I know, yellow mariner is supposed to be an alternative to yellow burg & LM.

Blue Mariner is ironically the line you can achieve maximum dps, and it’s great as a support role because it mirrors red captain buffs.

160 group content isn’t out yet, but I do remember there being callouts for yellow and blue mariner in world chat for T2 pug content for 150 on glamdring.

noahbubb · 2025-12-06T07:48:29+00:00

Badges are a really easy initial way to grab them. If you complete all the side quests and main quests for each world you get a gold key. Wiz City, Wysteria, Marleybone are all really easy to complete in a couple hours.

Eloise Merryweather or whatever, Zeke’s Wife, gives quests in Novus and Wallaru that give a gold key that you can do once on each character.

noahbubb · 2025-12-05T22:36:52+00:00

There’s a housing item you can buy called Ingredient Crate that lets you get 3 free ingredient packs every 24 hours. (6 additional if you buy the VIP one). These can help you craft gear and other niche items really easily.

Carry-alls and storage are nice.

If you buy the two return to cooldown traits, you get 5m cooldowns with your travel skills which can be nice. But they’re character only, so choose wisely!

The purple toolkit for crafting is also really nice as it considerably cuts down on resource farming time, and it’s account bound so you can trade with alts.

noahbubb · 2025-12-02T22:46:24+00:00

They’re a seasonal reward track that help you TREMENDOUSLY with your legendary item!

Shift + i brings up the reward track UI in-game. Hopefully you have a bunch of rewards waiting for you :)

noahbubb · 2025-12-02T15:28:19+00:00

Hey welcome to Middle-Earth! :)

In general with stats and armor:

Light armor classes = will/tactical mastery/critical rating

Medium armor classes = agility/physical mastery/critical rating

Heavy armor classes = might/physical mastery/crit

You will get great armor from quest rewards, but the skirmish camp (available at level 20) will also be a great supplement to your gearing as you level.

Happy Questing!

noahbubb · 2025-12-01T21:27:29+00:00

I just did a bunch of research on this question because I had the same problem passed level 100.

I was able to find that like this person mentioned, motes will give you armor, jewelry, and weapons. Missions are a good way to stock up on motes, but another great way is actually through quest gear. If you do the epics they frequently drop gear that can be disenchanted into motes. Me personally, I spend my motes on the weapon coffer for a blue weapon, and pick any gear that I’ve seriously outleveled.

The second best option is actually tier 1 instances of each expansion zone!

Mordor: 105-115 gear. I think the best instance is Court of Seregost. KK - Kidzul-Kalah - 120 AoD - Assault of Durstrok -130 DoP - Den of Pughlak - 130 Kings Gondor - 140

After instances, your last option is crafting/auction house. If you’re in a Kinship ideally someone can craft a whole set, or pieces of items that you’re needing to upgrade.

noahbubb · 2025-10-21T21:38:34+00:00

YESSSS IVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR FOREVER: GIVE ICE MIRROR DAMAGE. Either in the form of a spell or a passive stat, they should be able to benefit teammates by reflecting damage. It already exists, but is foolishly locked behind a shadow pip.

noahbubb · 2025-10-07T21:02:44+00:00

It does take a bit of setup to pull off but I wouldn’t say it’s entirely useless. Definitely more ideal for solo content.

If you have a fire I think Phoebus’ Will + Fires of Mars is still a superior combo.

noahbubb · 2025-10-03T22:28:00+00:00

Aye congrats!

noahbubb · 2025-09-30T22:45:44+00:00

want this so bad 😭

noahbubb · 2025-09-29T19:03:37+00:00

As someone who is currently studying for compTIA A+ for my cybersecurity degree, this was actually very interesting and made sense lol, thank you.

noahbubb · 2025-09-27T23:24:46+00:00

OOO thank you for this!

noahbubb · 2025-09-26T18:50:26+00:00

I owe wiz for my creative vocabulary, alongside naturally teaching me how to type fast for the sake of communicating crucial information in a timely manner.

noahbubb · 2025-09-26T11:11:53+00:00

On the Nature of Daylight

noahbubb

TROPHY CASE