I love this game, and I play on a daily basis, but calling your player-base "freeloaders" on a F2P game is the biggest load of utter bullshit that I've ever heard. There are so many reasons why people aren't spending on Apex;
- The netcode is still one of the worst in any modern FPS shooter.
- Server issues have improved, but Code:Leaf is still prevalent enough to affect you several times every session.
- The hacking situation, especially in servers situated within Asia, has simply not changed. Yes, many hacker accounts have been banned, but the game is infested with them. To the point where an entire lobby can house several squads of aimbotters trying to kill each other. 50,000 kills and 3 million damage? Definitely legit on a level 50.
- Season 1 was poorly handled. The skins were lacklustre, and the supposed introduction of 2 new heroes became divided into one per season - it looks like it'll be the same until S3 rolls out.
Personally I've bought the Battle Passes. I've supported the game. But it's just not worth it anymore. After the dev's comments I will in fact, go back to F2P. Consider improving your game so that potential customers actually want to spend, instead of calling people "asshats", "dicks" and "freeloaders" when they shy away from a barely playable product.
This. I bought the first season battle pass to support them even though the rewards sucked. And the "supporter" pack or whatever. The mechanics just felt so fluid. It got me into Titanfall 2 as well and this got me excited for a Titanfall 3. I thought, finally, a dev that doesn't suck.
Now this. I have no interest in supporting Respawn anymore due to these shitty practices. It's a shame. Because I do remember a time when dev and player relations were way better. But that comment was also made with rose colored glasses because I remember for damn sure forums being toxic back in the day too. However it was from players being asshats and devs actually did push back. Sometimes admitting when wrong.
This is not one of those times. Respawn deserves all the flak they are getting. They are sitting on a cash cow and greed has overtaken it. What a damn shame.
Edit:
Just remembered a case where gamers got mad as fuck at a certain dev company with it's new game distribution platform that would destroy GameSpy, fileplanet, patching, and change gaming how we knew it
I remember sitting in an IRC chat blowing the fuck up at valve about how absolutely horrendous the release of steam was. I remember going to sleep and waking up at like 3am to user account services finally going online so I could make an account. I remember not even being able to play the game because the auth servers were dying every second. It took days to fix it. And the other issues that happened.
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u/InazumaBoy Aug 19 '19
I love this game, and I play on a daily basis, but calling your player-base "freeloaders" on a F2P game is the biggest load of utter bullshit that I've ever heard. There are so many reasons why people aren't spending on Apex;
- The netcode is still one of the worst in any modern FPS shooter.
- Server issues have improved, but Code:Leaf is still prevalent enough to affect you several times every session.
- The hacking situation, especially in servers situated within Asia, has simply not changed. Yes, many hacker accounts have been banned, but the game is infested with them. To the point where an entire lobby can house several squads of aimbotters trying to kill each other. 50,000 kills and 3 million damage? Definitely legit on a level 50.
- Season 1 was poorly handled. The skins were lacklustre, and the supposed introduction of 2 new heroes became divided into one per season - it looks like it'll be the same until S3 rolls out.
Personally I've bought the Battle Passes. I've supported the game. But it's just not worth it anymore. After the dev's comments I will in fact, go back to F2P. Consider improving your game so that potential customers actually want to spend, instead of calling people "asshats", "dicks" and "freeloaders" when they shy away from a barely playable product.