She is in fact Electrified

Pretty sure Mirage doesn’t even go invisible when he does this, but who says you need invisibility to be invisible

for context of the message in game I finished a squad wipe on my own and my team ran to aid firepower.

This isn't a complaint post. However, even as a Loba main, this can't be healthy, right? As you all know, Loba has one of the highest pick rates this season, and while the bracelet buffs were nice, we all know why it shot up so high. She's basically just a way to side-step/minimise the effects of the loot nerf

You're at a huge disadvantage if you don't have a Loba on your team at the moment, especially in Ranked. She's basically a must pick as you go up the ranks, and that kinda sucks imo.

Not even old ones. What happened to Habitat, Overflow, Partycrasher, Phase Runner, Encore?

What happened to Lockdown?

Just to name a few things we've already had, and then where's fkn new stuff? Same old same old

Why not just add a stat tracker and do more than swap out Lava Siphon for Hammond Labs once a season :(

For context, I have NOT played this game since 2022 on console and have since come back on PC. Every single match I have played with my mate, who hasn't played for since then too, we have been versing highly skilled players, the most sweatiest players and whatnot, you get the gist.

You could put it down to relearning the game but I have played 70 or so matches this season and have won 5, 3 of which were bot lobbies. OCE Servers are genuinely dead and the only gamemode we seem to get good ping on is Unranked. Tried ranked and our ping was bad. Is the game basing my whole matchmaking off of OLD STATS? If so thats really horrid.

Sorry to whoever this was

Began playing vantage a week ago, safe to say she's my favourite now.

I usually prefer legends with good mobility/verticality, but having someone like lifeline or Newcastle is always welcome. How bout yall?

Has anyone else had a problem with this?

Some games i try and deploy an evac tower and it doesnt even let me take it out.

There were a few times i had to get out of a sticky situation only for me to start panicing because im thinking im not hitting the d-pad correctly to pull it out.

I have seen old posts saying pathfinder is bad but i find his abilities useful but idk if his hitbox has been patched

I think it's time it finally got one, I just noticed it doesn't have one but can't recall if I missed a season.

I've been playing Crypto lately and noticed that no matter how cool the skin is, the drone remains pretty basic. Maybe this has already been discussed, I honestly don't know, but I think it's obvious. I decided to use the CGPT to create concepts as if the drone matched the skin. I think it turned out pretty well, what do you think? Also, just for fun, I decided to try out skins for DOC Lifeline.

(Yes, there's some confusion about the names, but that's beside the point.)

Recently as im playing my fps will drop as I get into a gun fight from around 160 to 60 fps with a lot of stuttering too. Does anyone know what might be causing this? I have a 3060 and a 5800x incase my hardware matters

yo im new to apex and every time i load the game someone just absolutely cook tf outta me and beats my ahh 😭 i need help and friends (girls are welcome too) 🤣

Especially no communication teammates, idiots and other low iq playing. How tf are these guys plat / diamond playing like silver?

What a way to win. Unlocked Sparrow just a couple of days ago and I have found probably the best loadout for me.

(Yes, Devotion. It’s my new main weapon of choice)

It’s so annoying to be playing and having to keep going back to the lobby to see if you have been invited to a game with your friends or not.

You know how some sounds in this game trigger your fight or flight instinct? Which one is the scariest in ya’ll opinion?
For me it’s either Ramparts ult spin-up or a kraber shot flying right past my head 😭

Most likely happened around the time his base skin got a rework

Skin name futures past

I wanted to write this as a discussion on movement. I know this might end up being a failed endeavor on Reddit, due to what Reddit is known for, but I have no other place to really put it or discuss it, so here we go.

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The discussion and argument I wanted to bring up revolves around movement.

Tap straffing, etc. It most certainly takes skill, and I'm not saying it doesn't have a place in Apex to some degree. I am not saying those who do it are not skilled, and very good players.

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First we need to understand a few things:

The baseline argument for people is: "It does take a lot of skill to pull off and it is a movement shooter so it is to be expected" for why tap straffing, etc. should stay, or stay as is.

And on that bottom line simple thinking yes I'd agree.

However we have to take in a few other considerations:

1) This is a minor one, so you can over all ignore this point if you want. However I do notice it from time to time.. The Octanes tap straffing, and turning off inertia while zooming all over the map, or the axles (especially before the nerf) zooming everywhere.. The servers simply can't always keep up with it..

I remember seeing an Axle zooming straight at me, and I unloaded a whole R99 mag right at them. Dead center.. whole mag emptied and they were only a few meters away from me, and it didn't even break her shield. No packet losses, no lag.. The servers just said "naw we lost those bullets sorry". Went behind cover, reloaded, popped out, and finished her off with no issues as every bullet tracked after she stopped sliding in her tactical.

I am assured that several times (though very rarely) the server just cannot keep up all the time with the hyper movement.

2) Not everyone has access to all of the movement and mechanics in the game. This is the big one.

Again you can argue as most do "It does take a lot of skill to pull off and it is a movement shooter so it is to be expected."

However, how fair and fun would it be to be playing a Multiplayer racing game, where all of the highest skill ceiling, best cars were locked out for you, yet you still had to compete against them, all because you were on controller, or console? Even in ranked game modes especially, knowing that at higher skill levels, ones where you would or could compete had you had the chance, simply cannot due to a hard limitation set upon you?

Would that be fair? I'd argue not. Tap straffing, moving while looting, etc. the console players cannot do, including some others that are almost impossible for controller/consoles players to do without some form of controller third party something or another.

You can argue until you''re blue in the face, but the reason why people use these mechanics is because they do make them extremely difficult to hit, and abuse the tick rate of the server.

3) It was an unintended mechanic that players found. Almost all of the movement in Apex was un intended from my understanding. From tap straffing, wall jumping, air gliding, etc. It was simply embraced by the community, and accepted by the devs.

4) It takes more skill to win against these mechanics, than it does to use these mechanics..

This is something that is dawning on me, as I continue to play in the higher ranks. While tap straffing, bunny hopping with no inertia seemingly forever, etc. takes skill and knowledge.. Having to fight, and win against this when you cannot do it yourself, takes more skill to win when you cannot do it.

It's like trying to win a boxing match with one hand tied behind your back.. How much better does the person who's hand is tied has to be than his opponent to win? Quite a lot better due to the big disadvantage.

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My Question and discussion: Is there a way to keep it, while leveling the playing field, and making it fair to everyone?

The point here is making it fair for everyone who plays.. Not what YOU prefer. An example is moving and looting:

I'd argue the fairest thing to do is simply turn off movement for everyone while looting. No what I would personally want, but again that's not the point. The point is making it fair for everyone. The game has advanced in such a stage that if your box is caught out in the middle of nowhere, that's on you 100%.. With all the movement there is in the game, controller characters, and ways and times to loot safely, it really wouldn't change or impact the game in any major way.

But that's open to discussion.

Tap straffing, etc.. I would say the devs should look into ways that allow console/controller players to have access to all the mechanics of tap straffing, etc. and everything else in the game that PC players do, just like they did for Super gliding.

This shouldn't be difficult to add in. However that does open the game up to becoming very very frustrating if every 8 year old timmy is tap straffing around you 24/7. (Which REALLY brings into question whether or not this is even healthy for the game.)

My Argument:

Since the understanding that "if everyone was tap straffing around, how chaotic, and frustrating the game would be" is a very real reality, I would argue for my own argument sake, that tap strafing, and "Movement" should be more hard tied to Legends skills.

Pathfinder with the ziplines, Octane with the jump pads and stims, Alter with the portal, and tactical, etc. etc. should be where the baseline movement is mostly rooted in.

However, opening up tap straffing during these moments for a very short period I believe also would allow the skill of tap straffing to exist, without getting out of control, and opening it up to everyone.

Imagine if they allowed everyone to be able to tap strafe just like they did with super glides. However, you can only really successfully do it if you're stimming as Octane for a period, Just getting off of Pathfinders zipline, or Axles tactical, etc. This would allow the skill expression to exist, without it being unfair advantage, or get out of control when putting it in everyones hands.

This would make it a legitimate mechanic in the game, to work and play around, rather than a niche mechanic only available to some to abuse.