NRG pro Ace explains how Respawn could fix Apex Legends\u2019 \u201cboring\u201d gameplay NRG pro Brandon \u2018Ace\u2019 Winn was an early adopter of Apex Legends but changes to its gameplay and meta have made it \u201csuper boring\u201d \u2013 but he also knows how to fix it. Respawn\u2019s battle royale made a huge impact on the genre\u2019s market immediately after its February 4 release. But the hype train for the game has significantly slowed down since multiple bugs, costly in-game items and issues with player connections have soured the experience for many. While there\u2019s a ton of people still loading into the game, some pro players in the scene have voiced what direction Respawn could take to bring some excitement back into the Apex Games. Answering questions from his Twitch Chat, Ace revealed why Apex doesn\u2019t quite hit the mark it used to in terms of its enjoyment \u2013 noting concerns voiced by many pros. \u201cThe gameplay is just not that fun for me anymore,\u201d he said. \u201cThe meta is terrible, the games are just super boring, and it\u2019s a battle royale so it\u2019s just not fun.\u201d A contributing factor to the \u201cboring\u201d games lies in the skill-based matchmaking that a ton of notable streamers have pushed back against. The pro has had a ton of thoughts on SBMM in the game before, and its persistence in Apex Legends has led to some wild theories as to why the devs haven\u2019t taken it out after so much backlash. Aside from SMBB, the meta in Apex caters to long-range engagements which \u201cdoesn\u2019t make sense\u201d to Ace, seeing as the excitement of combat gets amplified the closer combatants are to each other. \u201cThey just have to make the meta completely close-engagements so it would actually be fun,\u201d he said. \u201cInstead of long-range sniper meta, that just doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d Getting players back into the tense action of close-quarter fights throughout the game could go a long way for retaining Apex\u2019s excitement. As much as Apex Legends has changed for those who\u2019ve been playing since launch, Ace still thinks there\u2019s a way to mix up the game to bring back some of the lost thrills of past seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NRG pro Ace explains how Respawn could fix Apex Legends\u2019 \u201cboring\u201d gameplay NRG pro Brandon \u2018Ace\u2019 Winn was an early adopter of Apex Legends but changes to its gameplay and meta have made it \u201csuper boring\u201d \u2013 but he also knows how to fix it. Respawn\u2019s battle royale made a huge impact on the genre\u2019s […]<\/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-18383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18383","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=18383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}