Apex Legends

eggy81 · 12-02-2019 9:51am

gimli2112 wrote: »

the only thing stopping me playing this is the fear of stepping into the unknown
I hate being that guy who steps into a game and being an utter noob.

That's me now. Myself and my 9 year old lad have been taking turns at games of this. I'm an embarrassment to be honest.

Dcully · 12-02-2019 9:55am

gimli2112 wrote: »

the only thing stopping me playing this is the fear of stepping into the unknown
I hate being that guy who steps into a game and being an utter noob.

Ah will ya stop, your an unknown to anyone you will be playing so its just the unknown stepping into the unknown.

Its very easy to get into but hard to master which is ideal.

Get in there and enjoy yourself man and fcuk the begrudgers

ZiabR · 12-02-2019 9:58am

eggy81 wrote: »

That's me now. Myself and my 9 year old lad have been taking turns at games of this. I'm an embarrassment to be honest.

Thats age for you alright. I feel the same nowadays with the new FPS games. I am getting old and I can really see the difference in FPS games. My eyes and reflexes are not what they used to be! :pac:

Thankfully, battle smarts and decades of experience are allowing us oldies to hold our own...

BeerWolf · 12-02-2019 10:05am

Found my first fully upgraded weapon from a random place off the ground, yellow mods and all... some assault rifle, and it sucked.

/cry

Grumpypants · 12-02-2019 10:36am

gimli2112 wrote: »

the only thing stopping me playing this is the fear of stepping into the unknown
I hate being that guy who steps into a game and being an utter noob.

It's full of noobs at the moment. You can do pretty good by just going to a less populated area and moving with care and letting everyone else fight it out. Only way to learn is to get time in the game, best way to do that is to avoid the crowds.

I spawned in with a random squad, one guy broke away from the drop team landed 800m away. The other got killed instantly but i still managed to come 9th, and only killed 1 person.

Icyseanfitz · 12-02-2019 10:50am

im nearly 30 now and really find my twitch reflex's in games has become ****e

i tried playing this with a few beers in me, disaster haha

KilOit · 12-02-2019 11:00am

Most points are from just staying alive and getting your first kill of the day. So just playing the game advances your level but doesn't really count for much.
Nice to see kill whores don't get ahead any quicker though

killanena · 12-02-2019 11:10am

I heard they are working in a solo and duo mode. I much prefer playing these types of games solo or with a group of friends. Not randoms that quit before the game even begins

Vicxas · 12-02-2019 11:26am

That ping option is a godsend. Was getting some random crap severs but since i statically chose London it's so much smoother

ZiabR · 12-02-2019 11:38am

Few tips for Apex. Some you will already know.

1) When aiming at anything using a X3+ scope, whether it’s a tree or player etc, on the right hand side of the reticle, it shows the distance to target (DDT) and also the bottom of the reticle shows the single digit values which also measure the DTT. For example, if you aim at a target that is 420 metres away, you would then raise the scope up to the value of 4 to hit the target.

2) Running with no weapon gives a speed boost. Sliding with no weapon on a downward or even surface gives you an even bigger speed boost.

3) The trajectory on grenades is 100% accurate but there is a 4 second timer with no way to pre prime. Grenades should only be used for long range kills only.

4) You can scale walls and wooden panels even if they are way above the jump radius. If the surface is flat, hold A on it and you will slowly climb up the wall.

5) Bangalore and Bloodhound and fast becoming the meta combo with a smoke and scan combo. Very dangerous.

6) When you are downed you can still open and close doors.

7) You will see large red balloons with a rope tied to them scattered throughout the map. These are fast travel points and will allow you to go back into glide mode.

8) The developers have confirmed that there is no difference in movement speed between the characters.

9) Change your damage visibility settings to “floating” in the settings menu.

10) Wraiths passive only kicks in if someone is aiming at you.

11) If you are sliding and jump (bunny hop), you keep your momentum, which makes you a nightmare to hit.

AdamD · 12-02-2019 11:43am

Hopefully some sort of stat tracking website turns up. Bit ridiculous that you can't even see your wins total. Those banners don't really solve it either.

12-02-2019 11:53am

ZiabR wrote: »

Few tips for Apex. Some you will already know.

1) When aiming at anything using a X3+ scope, whether it’s a tree or player etc, on the right hand side of the reticle, it shows the distance to target (DDT) and also the bottom of the reticle shows the single digit values which also measure the DTT. For example, if you aim at a target that is 420 metres away, you would then raise the scope up to the value of 4 to hit the target.

2) Running with no weapon gives a speed boost. Sliding with no weapon on a downward or even surface gives you an even bigger speed boost.

3) The trajectory on grenades is 100% accurate but there is a 4 second timer with no way to pre prime. Grenades should only be used for long range kills only.

4) You can scale walls and wooden panels even if they are way above the jump radius. If the surface is flat, hold A on it and you will slowly climb up the wall.

5) Bangalore and Bloodhound and fast becoming the meta combo with a smoke and scan combo. Very dangerous.

6) When you are downed you can still open and close doors.

7) You will see large red balloons with a rope tied to them scattered throughout the map. These are fast travel points and will allow you to go back into glide mode.

8) The developers have confirmed that there is no difference in movement speed between the characters.

9) Change your damage visibility settings to “floating” in the settings menu.

10) Wraiths passive only kicks in if someone is aiming at you.

11) If you are sliding and jump (bunny hop), you keep your momentum, which makes you a nightmare to hit.

Someone watched the Jackfrags video on YouTube. :v

Grumpypants · 12-02-2019 12:01pm

AdamD wrote: »

Hopefully some sort of stat tracking website turns up. Bit ridiculous that you can't even see your wins total. Those banners don't really solve it either.

I think you can unlock different tabs for your banner. I got one in a pack that says track LMG shots. There might be one for overall kills rather than kills that day.

DarraghR · 12-02-2019 12:33pm

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BeerWolf · 12-02-2019 1:20pm

Curious... Apex loot boxes, I used my 1000 coins off Origin Access on 10 of them. Game says you're guaranteed a legendary every 30 boxes. Does this include ones acquired off levelling?

BeerWolf · 12-02-2019 1:24pm

ZiabR wrote: »

Few tips for Apex. Some you will already know.

8) The developers have confirmed that there is no difference in movement speed between the characters.

Pretty sure Gilbrator is slower than the others...

Dcully · 12-02-2019 1:34pm

ZiabR wrote: »

Few tips for Apex. Some you will already know.

1) When aiming at anything using a X3+ scope, whether it’s a tree or player etc, on the right hand side of the reticle, it shows the distance to target (DDT) and also the bottom of the reticle shows the single digit values which also measure the DTT. For example, if you aim at a target that is 420 metres away, you would then raise the scope up to the value of 4 to hit the target.

2) Running with no weapon gives a speed boost. Sliding with no weapon on a downward or even surface gives you an even bigger speed boost.

3) The trajectory on grenades is 100% accurate but there is a 4 second timer with no way to pre prime. Grenades should only be used for long range kills only.

4) You can scale walls and wooden panels even if they are way above the jump radius. If the surface is flat, hold A on it and you will slowly climb up the wall.

5) Bangalore and Bloodhound and fast becoming the meta combo with a smoke and scan combo. Very dangerous.

6) When you are downed you can still open and close doors.

7) You will see large red balloons with a rope tied to them scattered throughout the map. These are fast travel points and will allow you to go back into glide mode.

8) The developers have confirmed that there is no difference in movement speed between the characters.

9) Change your damage visibility settings to “floating” in the settings menu.

10) Wraiths passive only kicks in if someone is aiming at you.

11) If you are sliding and jump (bunny hop), you keep your momentum, which makes you a nightmare to hit.

ripped straight from Jackfrags lol video :P

nix · 12-02-2019 1:34pm

BeerWolf wrote: »

Pretty sure Gilbrator is slower than the others...

I thought so too, so much i hated playing him, but apparently its just his arms move slower while they swing when hes running, giving the perception that he moves slower

Does anybody know if these speeds are the same when weapons are out? Gibraltar just seems so sluggish in comparison to everybody else..

12-02-2019 1:39pm

nix wrote: »

I thought so too, so much i hated playing him, but apparently its just his arms move slower while they swing when hes running, giving the perception that he moves slower

Does anybody know if these speeds are the same when weapons are out? Gibraltar just seems so sluggish in comparison to everybody else..

Without a doubt I die far more using him and far quicker and I had put this down to his slowness. Maybe he's just a bigger target?

12-02-2019 1:49pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Without a doubt I die far more using him and far quicker and I had put this down to his slowness. Maybe he's just a bigger target?

I do wonder about the hit boxes. I feel like wraith is harder to hit because she doesn't run upright.

Grumpypants · 12-02-2019 3:15pm

He is bigger so easier to hit but he has the shield to balance that. He does feel slower though, but I've been on a few servers where it feels like I'm running in treacle. But that happens with any character.

12-02-2019 3:29pm

I'd be surprised if the hitboxes weren't the same for every character

Zapp Brannigan · 12-02-2019 3:37pm

Never really got in to this whole BR fad but have been playing this the last two days and really enjoying it.

I suck, but somehow I’ve won three games!

SolvableKnave · 12-02-2019 4:25pm

https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/apefd7/welcome_to_my_lab/

PaddyBomb · 12-02-2019 5:08pm

SolvableKnave wrote: »

https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/apefd7/welcome_to_my_lab/

Could they have not just kicked down the doors?

All though I only found out you could do that a few days ago, so I probably would have been running around like a gob****e too.

Satta Massagana · 12-02-2019 5:28pm

How many fcukin times have you got to shoot someone??
Im sick of ambushing enemies, pumping them full of lead, they dont die & I get killed by a shot or two... melter !

Eta: Im using shotgun & big machine guns.

BeerWolf · 12-02-2019 5:32pm

Satta Massagana wrote: »

How many fcukin times have you got to shoot someone??
Im sick of ambushing enemies, pumping them full of lead, they dont die & I get killed by a shot or two... melter !

Stop missing.

nix · 12-02-2019 5:32pm

Satta Massagana wrote: »

How many fcukin times have you got to shoot someone??
Im sick of ambushing enemies, pumping them full of lead, they dont die & I get killed by a shot or two... melter !

What weapons are you using? and how far from the enemy were you?

Satta Massagana · 12-02-2019 5:34pm

nix wrote: »

What weapons are you using? and how far from the enemy were you?

Close enough. A few feet. Using shotgun & big guns. Im not missing that much. Maybe my internet is not as fast as these fcuks.

raze_them_all_ · 12-02-2019 5:36pm

Satta Massagana wrote: »

Close enough. A few feet. Using shotgun & big guns. Im not missing that much. Maybe my internet is not as fast as these fcuks.

They could have souped up armour/guns and could be hitting head shots

Stone Deaf 4evr · 12-02-2019 5:45pm

Is anyone else finding the shotguns surprisingly effective? Eliminated a squad by myself last night (and got the kill leader trophy too!), the play wasn't anything special, but the peacemake shotgun just seemed to rip them asunder. It was a hot drop and they pushed us pretty much straight off the drop, so I suppose there's a good chance they didnt have great loot.

Shiminay · 12-02-2019 5:51pm

Until I read the comments on that vid, I had no idea you could melee the doors...

cherryghost · 12-02-2019 5:52pm

You can climb the trees! I've played hours and hours and I've just realized this.

nix · 12-02-2019 5:58pm

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Is anyone else finding the shotguns surprisingly effective? Eliminated a squad by myself last night (and got the kill leader trophy too!), the play wasn't anything special, but the peacemake shotgun just seemed to rip them asunder. It was a hot drop and they pushed us pretty much straight off the drop, so I suppose there's a good chance they didnt have great loot.

The peacekeeper and wingman is prob my most used load out, the peace keeper is amazing, especially with the choke, you can shoot the thing long range then.. the other two auto and pistol shotgun are crap. The Mastif (package drop shotty only) is the best gun in the game IMO..

Stone Deaf 4evr · 12-02-2019 6:01pm

Shiminay wrote: »

Until I read the comments on that vid, I had no idea you could melee the doors...

cherryghost wrote: »

You can climb the trees! I've played hours and hours and I've just realized this.

insert *not sure if serious* meme

12-02-2019 6:03pm

Satta Massagana wrote: »

How many fcukin times have you got to shoot someone??
Im sick of ambushing enemies, pumping them full of lead, they dont die & I get killed by a shot or two... melter !

Eta: Im using shotgun & big machine guns.

Game started off fairly easy, I was getting plenty of kills and winning games. Now I haven't had a kill in a while despite pumping them full of lead. I empty both guns on them, they live, I have to reload, they shoot me on one clip and I'm dead.

johnny_ultimate · 12-02-2019 6:22pm

Managed only my second win there as Lifeline, and was actually the only member of my team who'd killed anyone (a whopping three!) so feel satisfied with that. Undermined ever so slightly by the fact I'm pretty sure the other last two teams wiped themselves out while I was healing after a firefight and reviving a teammate :pac:

I was initially all about the shotguns, but I've found a decent machine gun with a decent ammo stock can do wonders. Having both on reserve seems the way to go (I say that mostly as someone who hates sniper rifle gameplay, mainly because I'm terrible at it).

I'd normally be all about the solo play option, but I love that with this I can drop into a game with randos and communicate with them effectively without having to turn on a mic. The ping system truly is a quietly genius piece of design that I reckon you'll see other games nicking fairly swift-like. I've ended up a few games where the other players have dropped out before the drop and ended up on my own, and it's just not the same tbh even if a full solo mode would obviously be much better balanced.

One weird little design flaw I've noticed is that ultimate accelerants aren't in the healing item wheel. Feels off to have to go into the main inventory to use them when you can basically ignore it otherwise.

Also: I love catching a glimpse of the multi-coloured jump trails during the first descent. Minor but fetching flourish.

fixXxer · 12-02-2019 6:23pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

One weird little design flaw I've noticed is that ultimate accelerants aren't in the healing item wheel. Feels off to have to go into the main inventory to use them when you can basically ignore it otherwise.

That explains why I can never find them after I pick them up.

Potential-Monke · 12-02-2019 7:06pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Game started off fairly easy, I was getting plenty of kills and winning games. Now I haven't had a kill in a while despite pumping them full of lead. I empty both guns on them, they live, I have to reload, they shoot me on one clip and I'm dead.

This. This is what puts me off these games in the end. You can get the jump on someone but because they were lucky enough to find good armor you still end up losing to them.

Has anyone done a BR mode yet where there is no armor pick ups? I haven't played it since the first game, waiting for Solo, but I also feel by the time that happens, everyone else will know the maps/locations like the back of their hands. Being n00by in these type of games is a massive disadvantage.

BeerWolf · 12-02-2019 7:08pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

This. This is what puts me off these games in the end. You can get the jump on someone but because they were lucky enough to find good armor you still end up losing to them.

Has anyone done a BR mode yet where there is no armor pick ups? I haven't played it since the first game, waiting for Solo, but I also feel by the time that happens, everyone else will know the maps/locations like the back of their hands. Being n00by in these type of games is a massive disadvantage.

So... it's exactly like Deathmatch games that have been around for more than two decades... where you scurry asap for armor and guns upon spawning?

Potential-Monke · 12-02-2019 7:17pm

BeerWolf wrote: »

So... it's exactly like Deathmatch games that have been around for more than two decades... where you scurry asap for armor and guns upon spawning?

Never played anything in MP like that before the whole BR system. Much prefer the CoD/BF way of doing it. I'd get over having to find the guns, ammo and health, but I disagree with armor.

BeerWolf · 12-02-2019 7:36pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Never played anything in MP like that before the whole BR system. Much prefer the CoD/BF way of doing it. I'd get over having to find the guns, ammo and health, but I disagree with armor.

Pft... Quake virgin.

12-02-2019 7:50pm

The game misses the balance that Titanfall has. Everyone can be a bad ass mofo in Titanfall.

DeSelby83 · 12-02-2019 7:57pm

Does anyone know what the battle pass will involve? I know the term and that they exist in other games but don't really know what they are. What is the apex battle pass likely to involve?

killanena · 12-02-2019 8:01pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Never played anything in MP like that before the whole BR system. Much prefer the CoD/BF way of doing it. I'd get over having to find the guns, ammo and health, but I disagree with armor.

Quake, unreal tournament, counter strike (though not loot based, you can still out gear your enemy), Halo.. thats just off the top of my head.

Basically most decent fps that isn't BF, COD or a clone.

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Does anyone know what the battle pass will involve? I know the term and that they exist in other games but don't really know what they are. What is the apex battle pass likely to involve?

My guess would be access to new legends as they release them, Kind of like rainbow six siege.

gimli2112 · 12-02-2019 8:04pm

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Does anyone know what the battle pass will involve? I know the term and that they exist in other games but don't really know what they are. What is the apex battle pass likely to involve?

I swear companies are getting more vague as to what their extras include. See loads of complaints on BFV forums over the "deluxe" edition content. I bought an expensive version of the Division 2 and am only kinda sure why. This is what I've gleaned online though and it seems pretty clear.

Just like in other battle royale games, the Apex Legends battle pass will have a wide range of cosmetic items. From weapon and legend skins to character quips and banner poses, we're expecting all the cosmetic types in the game to feature in the battle pass. There will also be Apex Packs offered as rewards, for a chance to earn even more cosmetics.

The one thing that you won't be able to obtain from the Apex Legends battle pass is new Legends. They're the characters themselves, and as of right now you can spend Apex Coins or Legend Tokens on unlocking Caustic and Mirage. More Legends will be coming to the game, but not via the battle pass.

12-02-2019 8:26pm

gimli2112 wrote: »

I swear companies are getting more vague as to what their extras include. See loads of complaints on BFV forums over the "deluxe" edition content. I bought an expensive version of the Division 2 and am only kinda sure why. This is what I've gleaned online though and it seems pretty clear.

Just like in other battle royale games, the Apex Legends battle pass will have a wide range of cosmetic items. From weapon and legend skins to character quips and banner poses, we're expecting all the cosmetic types in the game to feature in the battle pass. There will also be Apex Packs offered as rewards, for a chance to earn even more cosmetics.

The one thing that you won't be able to obtain from the Apex Legends battle pass is new Legends. They're the characters themselves, and as of right now you can spend Apex Coins or Legend Tokens on unlocking Caustic and Mirage. More Legends will be coming to the game, but not via the battle pass.

Can't see them making money from that. There needs to be challenges, a way to make you feel you're missing out but without actually missing out on anything that would give you an advantage in the game.

I can see them making money off characters though.

fixXxer · 12-02-2019 8:46pm

killanena wrote: »

Quake, unreal tournament, counter strike (though not loot based, you can still out gear your enemy), Halo.. thats just off the top of my head.

Basically most decent fps that isn't BF, COD or a clone.

My guess would be access to new legends as they release them, Kind of like rainbow six siege.

The Characters look like something that fell through time from Unreal Tournament. Their design is probably the main weak point of the experience for me.

nix · 12-02-2019 8:58pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Can't see them making money from that. There needs to be challenges, a way to make you feel you're missing out but without actually missing out on anything that would give you an advantage in the game.

I can see them making money off characters though.

They would need to be actual challenges though, not annoying time sinks that litter fortnite, like dancing in different locations, ringing doorbells, searching for gnomes etc, that sh!t is lame :pac:

12-02-2019 9:00pm

nix wrote: »

They would need to be actual challenges though, not annoying time sinks that litter fortnite, like dancing in different locations, ringing doorbells, searching for gnomes etc, that sh!t is lame :pac:

Yeah definitely. Stuff like snipe 5 players, land on supply ship 5 times, revive 5 team mates etc.

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