Apex Legends

07-02-2019 5:46pm

Dcully wrote: »

When you see shroud getting owned because the other guy has top tier gear and he doesnt it makes it very much a race for gear instead of skill.

I can feel frustration setting in now over this. If you don't go to that area with top tier gear at the start then your only chance is stay well away from it and run the clock down. Good thing is the most xp is earned by lasting long and not damage dealt or kills. But that's very different to Titanfall where even your average Joe like me could be a badass mofo

AdamD · 07-02-2019 5:57pm

I mean its a BR, what was he expecting?

nix · 07-02-2019 6:25pm

ah its not just down to weapon luck, you can just land your shots, i was playing there, only 2 of us in the premade, we land on top of another squad, our random team mate dies straight away and then just leaves. We cleaned up the squad, and i decided to stick with the weapons i got at the start. Peacekeeper and wingman.. and i stayed kill leader for most of the game, and got it back towards the end.

We ended up winning with just two of us, and the last team we cleaned up were packing crazy strong weapons, but we just landed our shots and rinsed them.. So i dont think gear makes that much of a difference, it helps, but yer not invincible..

And those high value loot zones are majorly over rated, you dont walk out with sick gear, i think it just means theres a legendary item somewhere in the zone, but you may not even find it.

Dcully · 07-02-2019 6:42pm

I mean its a BR, what was he expecting?

eh your missing the point.

Shroud is probably the most gifted fps player of this generation, he deliberately set out to not obtain top gear to experiment and he could not win versus top geared guys.
As soon as he gets top tier he simply destroys everyone with just pistol and no not that OP wingman.
Proof enough for me but ive only played one game so far myself so cant comment :P

07-02-2019 8:04pm

I'm not sure what it is with this game at the moment but I'm find it really easy too. I'd love to see my stats but I feel like I'm winning 1 in 3 games which is huge. I wonder has this attracted a ton of fortnite players who aren't as good at first person. If I found out this game cross platform, I wouldn't be surprised.

raze_them_all_ · 07-02-2019 8:06pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm not sure what it is with this game at the moment but I'm find it really easy too. I'd love to see my stats but I feel like I'm winning 1 in 3 games which is huge. I wonder has this attracted a ton of fortnite players who aren't as good at first person. If I found out this game cross platform, I wouldn't be surprised.

Itd be part of it, also they can't build to hide, but also it's high pace, in fact I say this is the best paced br game I've played. Your never hanging around waiting on the circle or someone to come near you

nix · 07-02-2019 8:17pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm not sure what it is with this game at the moment but I'm find it really easy too. I'd love to see my stats but I feel like I'm winning 1 in 3 games which is huge. I wonder has this attracted a ton of fortnite players who aren't as good at first person. If I found out this game cross platform, I wouldn't be surprised.

Some people are just really bad at the game, I'm sure alot of it comes down to hardware also, people playing it on machines that can barely handle it, maybe squeezing 10fps. And then id say alot of players are just solo queing, which is just a recipe for disaster majority of the time.

I was nearly clawing my eyes out trying solo ques the other night..

KilOit · 07-02-2019 9:27pm

So many times now i've not found a weapon in the first minute of the game only to get shot with my thumb up my arse picking up crap, out of all the BR games this is the worst for getting seriously unlucky with drops

Satta Massagana · 07-02-2019 9:31pm

Im enjoying this game so far. Hard to connect to the servers for me tonight. Why do I get killed 99% of the time that I make first contact though. Is everyone brilliant at the game or am I just sh1t. Dont answer, I know

raze_them_all_ · 07-02-2019 10:26pm

Satta Massagana wrote: »

Im enjoying this game so far. Hard to connect to the servers for me tonight. Why do I get killed 99% of the time that I make first contact though. Is everyone brilliant at the game or am I just sh1t. Dont answer, I know

Armour and shotguns I'd imagine. I beat a guy with fists using one of the ****e pistols yesterday. Now he was dreadful

07-02-2019 11:28pm

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

Armour and shotguns I'd imagine. I beat a guy with fists using one of the ****e pistols yesterday. Now he was dreadful

Small world :-D

Grumpypants · 07-02-2019 11:52pm

10 million players in 3 days and 1 million concurrent. Crazy numbers.

cherryghost · 08-02-2019 12:15am

Dcully wrote: »

When you see shroud getting owned because the other guy has top tier gear and he doesnt it makes it very much a race for gear instead of skill.

He playtested this game for months in closed alpha btw. He knows the game like the back of his hand.

raze_them_all_ · 08-02-2019 2:49am

Deleted User wrote: »

Small world :-D

There is no way it was you!

BeerWolf · 08-02-2019 6:25am

KilOit wrote: »

So many times now i've not found a weapon in the first minute of the game only to get shot with my thumb up my arse picking up crap, out of all the BR games this is the worst for getting seriously unlucky with drops

All locations have enough weapons for your squad if you're the only ones that landed there...

Are you always trying to land on the supply ship or Rare/Blue zone on drop off? Those will always have competition racing for gear... :rolleyes:

08-02-2019 7:55am

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

There is no way it was you!

Nah, but sounds like something that would happen to me

fixXxer · 08-02-2019 8:39am

Fights on the supply drop ship at the start can make for very fun but short games. Anyone have a character they prefer? I quite enjoy playing the healer. Team mates less likely to abandon me when things get tough

BeerWolf · 08-02-2019 8:51am

Got a few issues with the game;

1) Can't check your ping, and by extension the only way of selecting regional server is by disconnecting via connection issue or inactivity...

2) If you disconnect you cant rejoin the game...

fixxxer wrote: »

Fights on the supply drop ship at the start can make for very fun but short games. Anyone have a character they prefer? I quite enjoy playing the healer. Team mates less likely to abandon me when things get tough

I find Lifeline's DOC to heal way too slowly. Her passive and Ultimate are fantastic though.

My favourite character is Pathfinder. That grapple hook is fun, and makes for great surprise attacks.

On a side note, a lot aren't aware that it can be used on enemies too!

And his Zipline is great to traverse about quick with the squad.

The passive is 'meh' though till late stages of the game to prepare for the final few fights.

fixXxer · 08-02-2019 8:56am

Something about the Pathfinder character model bothers me so I haven't really used him yet. Might give Bloodhound a proper run later as his skill set seems pretty unique.

BeerWolf · 08-02-2019 9:08am

fixxxer wrote: »

Something about the Pathfinder character model bothers me so I haven't really used him yet. Might give Bloodhound a proper run later as his skill set seems pretty unique.

He's basically Legion from Mass Effect, Dug from Up and Chappie combined.

His "racer" legendary model looks stupid with them "thicc" tights, but I like the other one... want the rusty Scrape model.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 08-02-2019 9:40am

Really annoying bug on ps4, where once your match is over, you cant start a new one, it just gets stuck saying party member not ready, even when in solo.

Otherwise, I'm kind of coming around on it a little.

fixXxer · 08-02-2019 9:46am

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Really annoying bug on ps4, where once your match is over, you cant start a new one, it just gets stuck saying party member not ready, even when in solo.

Otherwise, I'm kind of coming around on it a little.

I have that a lot. I get about two games then have to restart it before I can get another game in.

08-02-2019 9:46am

I'm completely hooked on this. 100% my GOTY and it's only February.

ZiabR · 08-02-2019 10:07am

Haven't had a win yet and only have a handful of kills but this is in my eyes the best battleground game there is. It has the balance between game length, squad size and character types perfect. The gameplay is very very fluid and it feels crisp. Control are sharp and the hud is well designed.

Can't wait for a few more games later.

super_furry · 08-02-2019 10:40am

Used my 1000 free coins from EA Access to buy Caustic and he's great craic in closed environments. Dropping down his gas traps indoors and slowing enemies up while doing damage to them all the while is really nice.

08-02-2019 10:58am

Patch out on the Xbox. Seems to have fixed some connection issues, or maybe could be the time of day not sure. Seems faster anyway.

IR1SH RANG3R · 08-02-2019 11:05am

super_furry wrote: »

Used my 1000 free coins from EA Access to buy Caustic and he's great craic in closed environments. Dropping down his gas traps indoors and slowing enemies up while doing damage to them all the while is really nice.

I used mine to get mirage, very handy decoy ability to flank enemies, had some craic with it last night. The ultimate is strange though haven't gotten used of it yet. You send out a team of decoys and I think you go invisible and can't shoot. More for escaping

ZiabR · 08-02-2019 12:22pm

Where do you get the 1000 free coins? I don't seem to have any currency.

IR1SH RANG3R · 08-02-2019 12:32pm

ZiabR wrote: »

Where do you get the 1000 free coins? I don't seem to have any currency.

You get them with EA Access

BeerWolf · 08-02-2019 12:58pm

Respawn mentioned the game will eventually become cross-platformed online play... wonder if I could use/link the free cosmetic pack off PlayStation Plus on PC..

raze_them_all_ · 08-02-2019 1:17pm

What are people playing on? I'M ON PC AS Raze_them_All

Potential-Monke · 08-02-2019 1:45pm

Had a quick go of this last night. Was teamed up with someone like Level 36 and they immediately quit when the game started, so I was by myself. I did get the first kill, could hear someone running into the building where I just picked up a gun. Then I heard a good lot of fighting, and followed some footsteps which were a perk to the first Legend, pinged and saw 3 of them looting in the next building, ran in all guns blazing and got murdered. Seems good, but definitely not great for SP. Would probably be way better with a decent squad, but I'll hold onto it until some SP mode is made.

BeerWolf · 08-02-2019 1:48pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Had a quick go of this last night. Was teamed up with someone like Level 36 and they immediately quit when the game started, so I was by myself. I did get the first kill, could hear someone running into the building where I just picked up a gun. Then I heard a good lot of fighting, and followed some footsteps which were a perk to the first Legend, pinged and saw 3 of them looting in the next building, ran in all guns blazing and got murdered. Seems good, but definitely not great for SP. Would probably be way better with a decent squad, but I'll hold onto it until some SP mode is made.

Issue of people getting disconnected.

Potential-Monke · 08-02-2019 1:52pm

BeerWolf wrote: »

Issue of people getting disconnected.

I put it down to the fact that he saw he was teamed up with a greenhorn!

ewj1978 · 08-02-2019 2:02pm

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

What are people playing on? I'M ON PC AS Raze_them_All

get on the discord https://discord.gg/sfRsW2p
(used to be boards battlegrounds) but isn't now..

or so i'm told be some nerds on here :P

08-02-2019 2:03pm

Developed a great strat last night amongst three of us naturally. One of our players is insanely good with the peacemaker shotgun, he'd run in while two of us would snipe at range. Hopefully we'd land a few hits forcing them to heal or hide. Our other sniper would play as mirage and send in bamboozles. I'd fire in smoke grenades just as he gets up to them to cause utter chaos. He'd play as bloodhound so he'd sometimes be able to see through the smoke. We'd all descent on the smoke and clean up. Fighting someone at range and having a shotgun in your face is very difficult to deal with.

ewj1978 · 08-02-2019 2:04pm

Yeah.. im not dying at long range to anyone TBH. its always someone in my face with a shotty.

08-02-2019 2:08pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Had a quick go of this last night. Was teamed up with someone like Level 36 and they immediately quit when the game started, so I was by myself. I did get the first kill, could hear someone running into the building where I just picked up a gun. Then I heard a good lot of fighting, and followed some footsteps which were a perk to the first Legend, pinged and saw 3 of them looting in the next building, ran in all guns blazing and got murdered. Seems good, but definitely not great for SP. Would probably be way better with a decent squad, but I'll hold onto it until some SP mode is made.

They've developed it in such a way to make squads of 3 as easy as possible without using voices comms. The ping system is excellent. I recommend you try it again while using pings as much as possible e.g. pinging items you don't need, enemies, direction to go next, items that other people have pinged. Its really intuitive.

Grumpypants · 08-02-2019 2:25pm

Anyone know if you have 6 people in a party can you then spawn into the same game as two squads?

nix · 08-02-2019 2:35pm

Grumpypants wrote: »

Anyone know if you have 6 people in a party can you then spawn into the same game as two squads?

No, that would be a teaming nightmare. Best you could do is try all queuing in sync, might get slotted into the same game.

raze_them_all_ · 08-02-2019 3:07pm

Grumpypants wrote: »

Anyone know if you have 6 people in a party can you then spawn into the same game as two squads?

Hopefully not then you'd be playing against teams of 6

IR1SH RANG3R · 08-02-2019 3:09pm

nix wrote: »

No, that would be a teaming nightmare. Best you could do is try all queuing in sync, might get slotted into the same game.

We managed to get lucky once doing this in PUBG, two 4 man squads, was carnage :pac:

ZiabR · 08-02-2019 3:11pm

IR1SH RANG3R wrote: »

We managed to get lucky once doing this in PUBG, two 4 man squads, was carnage :pac:

Until one of you go rogue...

IR1SH RANG3R · 08-02-2019 3:13pm

ZiabR wrote: »

Until one of you go rogue...

That was always the worry, and I'm not gonna lie......the temptation

nix · 08-02-2019 3:20pm

IR1SH RANG3R wrote: »

We managed to get lucky once doing this in PUBG, two 4 man squads, was carnage :pac:

hah, be careful! It's a ban-able offense as far as im aware :pac:

08-02-2019 3:39pm

IR1SH RANG3R wrote: »

We managed to get lucky once doing this in PUBG, two 4 man squads, was carnage :pac:

It's highly frowned upon. Good craic though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYcO2nTvrOA

raze_them_all_ · 08-02-2019 6:59pm

Will be on in like 30 mins if anyone wants to squad up

Icyseanfitz · 09-02-2019 10:48am

Played a good chunk last night, at level 12. Really like it as far as BR games go, getting packs and skins and what not at nice rate compared to other games. Really like the main menu layout as well, so simple (small thing that drives me nuts in pubg). Different characters is cool (although I haven't really clicked with any)

One thing though, I think this game as finally convinced me that I am garbage at games and probably always will be

god damn I'm terrible.

I guess the map feels a bit small to me, running into people too much.

Feels like anthem was the marketing push to get people on origin to play this haha

awec · 09-02-2019 12:29pm

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Played a good chunk last night, at level 12. Really like it as far as BR games go, getting packs and skins and what not at nice rate compared to other games. Really like the main menu layout as well, so simple (small thing that drives me nuts in pubg). Different characters is cool (although I haven't really clicked with any)

One thing though, I think this game as finally convinced me that I am garbage at games and probably always will be god damn I'm terrible.

I guess the map feels a bit small to me, running into people too much.

Feels like anthem was the marketing push to get people on origin to play this haha

I actually like that the map is a bit smaller and the games shorter as a result.

One of my biggest hates of PUBG is spending 20 minutes walking around finding gear before you see any other players, and then just being killed.

09-02-2019 12:43pm

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Played a good chunk last night, at level 12. Really like it as far as BR games go, getting packs and skins and what not at nice rate compared to other games. Really like the main menu layout as well, so simple (small thing that drives me nuts in pubg). Different characters is cool (although I haven't really clicked with any)

One thing though, I think this game as finally convinced me that I am garbage at games and probably always will be god damn I'm terrible.

I guess the map feels a bit small to me, running into people too much.

Feels like anthem was the marketing push to get people on origin to play this haha

Pick the medic and let everyone else do the killing.

I like that kills give low xp. You can have a successful game and get zero kills. I've won two games so far, latest one I got zero kills and zero damage but I revived two and respawned one. You can't say I didn't contribute and deserve the win.

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