Brilliant Apex Legends idea would make Dummies useful in real games EARespawn Entertainment\u2019s flagship battle royale is still plagued by bailing teammates, but this savvy idea could ease Legends\u2019 pain during both casual and ranked matches. Picture this. You\u2019re in a ranked match and have successfully made it into the final few squads. After surviving multiple enemy engagements, the end is in sight. However, just when you think that you can hear the \u201cyou are the Apex champion\u201d quip echo through World\u2019s Edge, your teammate leaves\u2026 Rendering your chances of notching another win to your tally a lot less likely. Players leaving mid-game in team-based shooters is one of the biggest annoyances for both players and devs. Regardless of the situation, fighting with fewer numbers severely impedes your chances. Yet in the battle royale genre, the price to pay is much higher \u2014 given that you cannot simply self-respawn after losing a gunfight. Apex Legends\u2019 respawn beacon system revolutionized the game just over a year ago, but that has done little to mitigate the long-standing issue of players leaving prematurely. However, one Reddit user might have just unlocked the secret ingredient to ensure those left in the server aren\u2019t paying the price for other\u2019s actions. \u201cIf your teammate leaves mid-game, then their card should summon a dummy,\u201d the theory goes. Dummies are the key Initially appearing in the Firing Range easter egg (and then featuring in Pathfinder\u2019s Grand Soir\u00e9e event), Dummies could be the ideal solution for players leaving mid-game. While the Dummies would be AI-controlled, they would fill the void of former teammates. Apex Legends\u2019 counterpart, Fortnite, has recently implemented a bot system into the majority of their servers. While prominent figures such as Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins have called for bots to be removed from Epic Games\u2019 battle royale, they would be perfect as a temporary solution in Apex Legends. However, as another Reddit user pointed out\u2026 Having a computer-controlled Dummy is as good as painting a target on your back. \u201cI know if I saw a solo dude with 2 dummies I\u2019d try and get my team to target them,\u201d they commented in response to the suggestion. This could be easily countered by increasing bot ability in-line with player skill level. Or perhaps implementing a reconnect feature (as suggested by Michael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek) could be the answer to allow players to fill in the vacant spots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brilliant Apex Legends idea would make Dummies useful in real games EARespawn Entertainment\u2019s flagship battle royale is still plagued by bailing teammates, but this savvy idea could ease Legends\u2019 pain during both casual and ranked matches. Picture this. You\u2019re in a ranked match and have successfully made it into the final few squads. After surviving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}