Apex Legends

SeantheMan · 09-02-2019 12:43pm

First PUBG game I've ever enjoyed.
On PS4

Very good !

09-02-2019 12:51pm

Deleted User wrote: »

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.

I think Bangalore is the best support character. The heal bot isn't all the useful but the smoke grenades are great. Fire them on a down character and you can somewhat safely get them up.

BeerWolf · 09-02-2019 12:54pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I think Bangalore is the best support character. The heal bot isn't all the useful but the smoke grenades are great. Fire them on a down character and you can somewhat safely get them up.

Lifeline revives people in half the time, and throws up a sheild while doing so. Bangalore is an offensive character...

And speaking of her passive, her passive with the yellow backpack is insanely OP! Late game with a few Phoenixs and people will have a damn hard time killing you.

fixXxer · 09-02-2019 1:24pm

Came second just now, very close fight at the end. Clicking with Gibraltar right now so actually managing to get some kills and help out.

Had a surprising number of team mates who run off and go single player mode but when you get a close grouping is great.

09-02-2019 1:25pm

BeerWolf wrote: »

Lifeline revives people in half the time, and throws up a sheild while doing so. Bangalore is an offensive character...

And speaking of her passive, her passive with the yellow backpack is insanely OP! Late game with a few Phoenixs and people will have a damn hard time killing you.

I wouldn't put much heed in those character labels. Apparently pathfinder is also a healer judging by the + symbol. Being completely hidden in smoke is still better than that shield and faster res times imo. You're still open to attack from 180 degrees and people can see you at range.

BeerWolf · 09-02-2019 5:22pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I wouldn't put much heed in those character labels. Apparently pathfinder is also a healer judging by the + symbol. Being completely hidden in smoke is still better than that shield and faster res times imo. You're still open to attack from 180 degrees and people can see you at range.

Support*

raze_them_all_ · 09-02-2019 9:11pm

Won two games on the trott last night with 2 boards players, was a good laugh

Sight808 · 09-02-2019 9:15pm

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

Won two games on the trott last night with 2 boards players, was a good laugh

What's the game like Raze? Good bit different than OW? i.e. fun?

raze_them_all_ · 09-02-2019 9:20pm

Sight808 wrote: »

What's the game like Raze? Good bit different than OW? i.e. fun?

yeah I dont get annoyed by dying to people in this, in overwatch your idiot teammates ruin any fun you have, as long as you have one decent teammate you have a chance

TheDoc · 10-02-2019 2:24am

First BR game I’ve loved instantly. Weapons feel great and combat is intense.

Only got it today. Played three solo games and won two and placed top 3 three times with friends.

Feels like a BR game that actually rewards good play and skill. Can see myself playing this a fair bit.

Dcully · 10-02-2019 11:29am

Two games total played 2nd and 1st, players seem really bad on PC?
Im putting it down to my uber hardware :P

Only two games played this is already the best BR ive played and im not mad about BR games.

raze_them_all_ · 10-02-2019 12:48pm

Dcully wrote: »

Two games total played 2nd and 1st, players seem really bad on PC?
Im putting it down to my uber hardware :P

Only two games played this is already the best BR ive played and im not mad about BR games.

I honestly think it's fortnight players just not used to it

KilOit · 10-02-2019 1:17pm

Dcully wrote: »

Two games total played 2nd and 1st, players seem really bad on PC?
Im putting it down to my uber hardware :P

Only two games played this is already the best BR ive played and im not mad about BR games.

I think the match making is good and the first few games puts into bad groups or first time players. My first game I got 2nd, now after a few hours I realize I'm not all that great

Dcully · 10-02-2019 2:00pm

Playing ever since my earlier post 2 more wins and 3rd place and a few non placed games,
Longest ive played a BR game since early days of PUBG :P
EA is the massive elephant in the room however which does concern me.

KilOit · 10-02-2019 2:08pm

Getting top 3 is a lot easier in this game than say Fortnite. 1/20 against solo in a 100 player game. Think they will bump the player count up after more testing but honestly feels good with 60 players

Dcully · 10-02-2019 2:16pm

Im actually downloading Titanfall 2 as im hearing apex has rejuvenated its player count on PC.
Fantastic game that struggled with player count lately, might be a good time to reinstall it

raze_them_all_ · 10-02-2019 5:01pm

KilOit wrote: »

Getting top 3 is a lot easier in this game than say Fortnite. 1/20 against solo in a 100 player game. Think they will bump the player count up after more testing but honestly feels good with 60 players

I don't think they will. It feels the perfect size for the timing of the zone the map size fits as you never feel like you are too far from action but not always under pressure. I've played h1z1, pubg, fortnite and those type of games. I enjoy this by much more

Satta Massagana · 10-02-2019 6:12pm

Dcully wrote: »

Playing ever since my earlier post 2 more wins and 3rd place and a few non placed games,
Longest ive played a BR game since early days of PUBG :P
EA is the massive elephant in the room however which does concern me.

Im loving this game. Really getting into it. I would have easily bought it.
EA could easily mess it all up so enjoy it while its pure like this.

fixXxer · 10-02-2019 6:34pm

Played for a while today and all of a sudden I'm getting team mates who wont group up and just go running off on their own.

This is why we cant have nice things >:-(

10-02-2019 6:40pm

Was shooting a guy point blank range in the head, he just wouldn't die. Got killed by his teammate, go back into stats and it tells me I did zero damage?!

Taking ages to connect to a game and getting lots of games where I'm the only member in the squad. Could be it can't find any other players as equally shyte as me!

fixXxer · 10-02-2019 6:43pm

Also I always go for the landing on the supply ship when I'm jumpmaster, but rarely survive landing on the supply ship

Icyseanfitz · 10-02-2019 7:59pm

getting a lot of server issues today, anyone else?

10-02-2019 8:02pm

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

getting a lot of server issues today, anyone else?

Yeah it's a pain, packed it in for the day it's too frustrating.

2Mad2BeMad · 10-02-2019 10:21pm

Have too say I only played 4 matches won't get a chance to play again til Friday but I'm already wanting to play again. Really love this Game.

Like someone said previous I miss the wall running but great game considering it's free.

Benzino · 10-02-2019 11:20pm

I'm really enjoying it, probably my favourite battle royale game. I think the different classes and abilities add a nice dynamic to it, while the map is interesting and not too big. The presentation is very slick, from the menu music, to the character selection screens and gives a nice Unreal Tournament vibe with the announcements in game.

My only gripes at the moment are server issues and crashes. The voice to text option causes a lot of crashes, but even with that off I've had a few crashes happen mid-game that froze my PS4 for about 5 mins. I've never had a PS4 game crash as much as this one.

I also fear this may suffer the same fate as the Titanfall games where the player-base just seemed to suddenly drop. I always felt it was due to lack of content, so hopefully they will be adding content regularly (I know they have a road-map outlined).

James74 · 10-02-2019 11:37pm

I wouldn't read too much into the Titanfall connection, it's there but I don't think will have much to do with the success or otherwise of the game.
My fourteen year old daughter asked me to download it for her as all her friends are playing it now instead of Fortnite, she has never played and has no knowledge of Titanfall previously.

Respawn might just have got their timing and product just right here. The gunplay is far and away the best of the BR games. If they keep iterating and developing, and judging by one bunch of teenagers opinions... it could be "zeitgeisty" huge.

11-02-2019 7:59am

James74 wrote: »

I wouldn't read too much into the Titanfall connection, it's there but I don't think will have much to do with the success or otherwise of the game.
My fourteen year old daughter asked me to download it for her as all her friends are playing it now instead of Fortnite, she has never played and has no knowledge of Titanfall previously.

Respawn might just have got their timing and product just right here. The gunplay is far and away the best of the BR games. If they keep iterating and developing, and judging by one bunch of teenagers opinions... it could be "zeitgeisty" huge.

There is one thing blocking it from being as huge as Fortnite and that's the Pegi rating 16. Fortnite is 12's but a lot of parents are ok to let younger kids play 12's, 16's not so much. That and also that child accounts (under 13) are physically blocked from the servers due to EA policy to outright block under 13's rather than put the effort in to implement child protection policies.

I honestly can't see this being as huge as Fortnite without all the kids on board. Even though a lot of kids will have been setup on adult accounts and will be allowed to play it, there will be enough to fragment friend groups and without all your friends on board groups of kids are less likely to get hooked like Fortnite.

gimli2112 · 11-02-2019 9:00am

If it means no stupid dances making it into mainstream life, I'm all for this.

ZiabR · 11-02-2019 9:42am

After a huge number of 2nd and 3rd place finishes over the past few days I finally got a win. Partly because I was in a proper 3 man for the first time and we got lucky with the Jump.

Still convinced I am to old for these games now

Its a great game though.

Vicxas · 11-02-2019 10:33am

Anyone on PS4 that wants to group up? None of my PS4 mates seem to be playing it.

joe123 · 11-02-2019 12:15pm

Can anyone recommend good youtuber/streamer that plays this on console? Im actually addicted to this and while I dabbled in PUBG for a bit the last FPS I played properly was MW2 and I was pretty good at that!

In Apex, Im lucky if I manage two kills a game.

Would love to read some tips that are a bit more advanced (Gunplay tips etc) not the beginner type stuff of (make sure to ping and stuff explaining armor etc)

Shiminay · 11-02-2019 12:51pm

Read Titanfall tips as there's a lot of parallels and then throw your console away, get a PC with a proper control interface for FPS and you'll be laughing :P

But nonsense aside, there are definite parallels to this and Titanfall despite the lack of wall-running and double jumping etc. The sliding is there and the map provides many places to make good use of it. Take time to find the guns you like in the training area and then you'll know what it is you want to pick up when you're oot and aboot.

Learn how Shields and Health are 2 different things to be managed and keep them topped up with the various consumables. There are some consumables that restore both, make sure you're not wasting things.

I keep forgetting 3 things - Melee attacks, Grenades and my Super Moves. I figure once I have folded those into my routine, I'll be in pretty good shape.

Tar.Aldarion · 11-02-2019 1:11pm

Love these touches around the map, there is so much nice little things in the game like you showing up if you won the last game, having a bounty on you etc:

SeantheMan · 11-02-2019 1:43pm

Vicxas wrote: »

Anyone on PS4 that wants to group up? None of my PS4 mates seem to be playing it.

I do play with some mates on PS4 here and there

PSN ID: SeannyLovesTea

SeantheMan · 11-02-2019 1:44pm

joe123 wrote: »

Can anyone recommend good youtuber/streamer that plays this on console? Im actually addicted to this and while I dabbled in PUBG for a bit the last FPS I played properly was MW2 and I was pretty good at that!

In Apex, Im lucky if I manage two kills a game.

Would love to read some tips that are a bit more advanced (Gunplay tips etc) not the beginner type stuff of (make sure to ping and stuff explaining armor etc)

are ye xbox or PS4 ?
add me on PS4 : SeannyLovesTea

also BIG TIP for anyone on console...might work on PC too.

When you load the game up, it has Press X to begin.
To the bottom left it has Configuration Options or something.
Go into there..then go out. Wait about 30 or 40 secs (still not pressing X to go into game)
You will see a prompt beside them options to PRESS R3 for Server locations.
From there you can choose London or wherever is closest to you for lower pings.

I was put randomly onto a server near Saudi Arabia the other night, people laggin everywhere and crazy names.
Changed location to London and everything was great.
Went onto New York last night and was also fun.

11-02-2019 2:10pm

Had a match where there was only me and one other player on opposite squads. We actually both stuck around and saw it through to the end. My setup was unreal but of course as usual I get killed in two shots while reloading. There is a trick I'm missing here, I'm sure of it.

SeantheMan · 11-02-2019 2:30pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Had a match where there was only me and one other player on opposite squads. We actually both stuck around and saw it through to the end. My setup was unreal but of course as usual I get killed in two shots while reloading. There is a trick I'm missing here, I'm sure of it.

Having a 2nd weapon and switching to that first to use instead of reloading. (melee if you think he's nearly dead)

The damage numbers that come up reflect true damage.
I.e
If the numbers are purple ...it means a purple shield you are hitting.
If they are white...it's a white lvl1 shield, blue for lvl2 etc
Red is true damage to health
If you get a yellow marker it's a headshot.

So maybe only melee 1v1 when you notice dmg numbers as red.

fixXxer · 11-02-2019 2:55pm

If anyone wants to add me on PSN I'm at Sad_Ryu

Not great, but trying hard!

11-02-2019 5:25pm

SeantheMan wrote: »

are ye xbox or PS4 ?
add me on PS4 : SeannyLovesTea

also BIG TIP for anyone on console...might work on PC too.

When you load the game up, it has Press X to begin.
To the bottom left it has Configuration Options or something.
Go into there..then go out. Wait about 30 or 40 secs (still not pressing X to go into game)
You will see a prompt beside them options to PRESS R3 for Server locations.
From there you can choose London or wherever is closest to you for lower pings.

I was put randomly onto a server near Saudi Arabia the other night, people laggin everywhere and crazy names.
Changed location to London and everything was great.
Went onto New York last night and was also fun.

Can confirm that this works on PC too.

BeerWolf · 11-02-2019 7:56pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Can confirm that this works on PC too.

How do you do it on PC? Currently doing the inactivity method to be kicked back to CONTINUE screen to see the server list...

11-02-2019 8:41pm

SeantheMan wrote: »

are ye xbox or PS4 ?
add me on PS4 : SeannyLovesTea

also BIG TIP for anyone on console...might work on PC too.

When you load the game up, it has Press X to begin.
To the bottom left it has Configuration Options or something.
Go into there..then go out. Wait about 30 or 40 secs (still not pressing X to go into game)
You will see a prompt beside them options to PRESS R3 for Server locations.
From there you can choose London or wherever is closest to you for lower pings.

I was put randomly onto a server near Saudi Arabia the other night, people laggin everywhere and crazy names.
Changed location to London and everything was great.
Went onto New York last night and was also fun.

Which is better ping or packet loss? London only has slightly better ping but Amsterdam has much less packet loss.

eggy81 · 11-02-2019 9:36pm

If on ps4 and using a wired connection plug Ethernet out and in to kick start matchmaking process.

SeantheMan · 11-02-2019 9:46pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Which is better ping or packet loss? London only has slightly better ping but Amsterdam has much less packet loss.

packet loss is the amount of data lost when data is sent from one location to another and doesn't reach it's destination.
Ideally you want 0% packet loss.

Pings from 1-70 are pretty much the same and all highly playable.
70-140 you might notice a bit or good bit of lag
150-300 is gonna be hard and you'll be missing shots and asking why they got you before you got them...especially on FPS.

super_furry · 11-02-2019 11:18pm

25 million players and 2 million concurrently. This game isn't going anywhere for a while.

Sight808 · 11-02-2019 11:26pm

Really enjoying this. BR games are a bit hit and miss with me, find the huge amount of weapons/attachments confusing at times. Rather fond of the peacekeeper.

Landing a ton of hits on people but cant seem to finish them off and then get rolled. Watched some Dr Disrespect earlier, hard to watch. That man is 36 years old. ! Although I can see his appeal.

J. Marston · 12-02-2019 12:00am

Can see myself getting super into this like I did with Overwatch. The gunplay feels way better than OW. All the attachments and bits and bobs were melting my brain early on but it becomes very simple to keep track of after a while.

With that said...

murphyebass · 12-02-2019 8:37am

I honestly can’t believe I’m enjoying Apex Legends.

I’m not a BR game guy but these few things have swayed me:

Quick launching/loading getting you straight into a of a game.

Small map size leading to quicker action

The pinging system helpin team com’s

And obviously seriously tight respawn gunplay.

Don’t get me wrong I’m still **** at it but it feels waaaay different to other BR games I’ve tried.

Sight808 · 12-02-2019 8:53am

Does anyone have a black screen when after the respawn/EA logos at start of the screen. I opened it up minimized yesterday and it worked fine but it won't work now and I've tried -window/-w in file target. Also Alt+ent doesn't seem to be doing the trick.

gimli2112 · 12-02-2019 9:30am

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.

Dcully · 12-02-2019 9:36am

Also can't believe I'm enjoying a BR game but respawns famed gunplay really shines.
8 hours in and the only negative I have is it is a race to gear that wins more than anything else but that's what you get with BR games by nature.
Great to see Titanfall 2 seeing a surge in numbers as people seem to want to check out what they been missing as PC gamer point out here.
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-is-giving-titanfall-2-multiplayer-a-small-burst-of-life/

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