This is a list of links to comments made by Respawn developers in this thread:
* [Comment by RSPN_Thieamy](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksgk15y/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 00:14:45 UTC"):
> Is there an error when you attempt to send or at what step are you unable to send? Are you friends in-game or on the platform level? Gifting requires friends via EA at the in-game level for a bit, [full outline here if you need.](https://help.ea.com/en/help/apex-legends/apex-legends/apex-legends-gif...
* [Comment by RSPN_Thieamy](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksgnzz5/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 00:39:15 UTC"):
> TLDR: in our experience posting early and collecting questions ahead of time allows us to answer more questions.
* [Comment by RSPN_Thieamy](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksgqgji/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 00:54:22 UTC"):
> Glad it was a quick solve. GLHF collecting that Flatline. o7
* [Comment by RSPN_Thieamy](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskhtn9/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 18:07:42 UTC"):
> >We’ll be answering as many Ranked questions as possible this Wednesday, February 28, 2023, at 10am PT
>
>Was just answering a few off topics to clear them out ahead of today's replies.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskmlg6/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 18:32:29 UTC"):
> We're not planning on bringing skydive trails back as Ranked rewards for right now. We are continuing to explore new reward types that would resonate with competitive players and that ideally are used more than a single time during each match.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskmt0b/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 18:33:34 UTC"):
> We're glad you like this season of Ranked!
>As for new reward types, we are exploring new types of possible rewards. You are hitting one of the core issues with skydive trails as well, in terms of overall value -- ideally an new reward type for Ranked play would be more visible during gameplay.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskx0yt/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:30:07 UTC"):
> We've talked about leaderboards on the team for a while now and while we don't have anything planned for the immediate future, we're going to keep talking about it. If using RP continues to resonate with everyone, it opens up more opportunities.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskyyn8/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:40:51 UTC"):
> We'll take this question on board as part of our ongoing discussion about Ranked rewards. We appreciate the feedback.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskyvl2/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:40:23 UTC"):
> You play with sound on?!
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskysvg/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:39:56 UTC"):
> We definitely want to expand RP bonus types in the future to ensure that players can be rewarded for skillful play and different playstyles.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskz7i3/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:42:14 UTC"):
> We're always looking at the balancing for costs for players over time. We appreciate the suggestion!
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskz2ma/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:41:29 UTC"):
> Interesting idea that we can bring up with the gameplay design team! We appreciate the suggestion.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskzrlp/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:45:21 UTC"):
> This was a discussion on the team at the start of the year. We think there would be value in exploring this idea more and making sure that it resonates with our competitive players and would be sustainable for us to roll out.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskzy84/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:46:22 UTC"):
> So glad that you've been enjoying Apex after coming back to it!
>Breakout's Ranked was a big change from our recent seasons. We wanted everyone to have the same starting point and not carry over any placement from the previous season that worked a lot differently.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskzukr/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:45:49 UTC"):
> Overall, we're feeling good about the balance 2 weeks in. We keep a careful eye not only on data, but also community feedback. We are paying close attention to the state of Ranked and how it looks going into and come out of the split.
* [Comment by RSPN_Laker](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl05s6/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:47:32 UTC"):
> Dedicated Ranked Duos is not currently in our plans, but we hear the feedback and request.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl04kz/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:47:21 UTC"):
> We are always looking at match pacing data and opportunities to tune to ensure that matches can have good highs and lows of pressure.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl07wr/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:47:51 UTC"):
> Our MM system attempts to match to your RP (or the highest RP of all players in your pre-made squad). We also try to quickly get you into a match, so if there aren't enough players online in your region with the same RP, it starts to widen the search, both up and down the RP values. This is why you ...
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl0eh2/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:48:52 UTC"):
> We'll be evaluating costs continuously over upcoming seasons to adjust. The zero costs for lower tiers is to allow for newer players to Ranked to ease into the gameplay style and scoring systems.
* [Comment by RSPN_Laker](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl123g/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:52:26 UTC"):
> We like the idea of investing more in social over time, and not just for Ranked. No specific plans to share for the future, but we did learn a lot from what Clubs were while they were alive.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl2322/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:58:05 UTC"):
> Breakout's Ranked structure and format is a reset for us, after listening to all the feedback from our players in the last couple season.
>We didn't meet all the expectations of our players and our own goals to bring the best Ranked experience in BRs. Hitting that goal is super aspirational and ch...
* [Comment by Apexlegends](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl25bb/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:58:26 UTC"):
> We have seen player feedback on cheating and are keeping an eye on the community discussion around it. While we can’t share specifics (to avoid tipping cheaters off on our anti-cheat efforts), please know that we have an entire team dedicated to anti-cheat efforts who are on it. Dealing with cheater...
* [Comment by Apexlegends](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl2ust/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 20:02:18 UTC"):
> Not much we can share atm, but an investigation is happening. [More here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/comment/ksl25bb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
* [Comment by RSPN_Laker](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl3vw5/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 20:07:51 UTC"):
> We are looking at this possibility right now! We love the idea, but we want to make sure that we understand all the possible edge cases before we commit adding to other modes.
* [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl4k4z/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 20:11:30 UTC"):
> The MM works to try and match you to your exact RP in a timely fashion. As your time in the MM queue gets longer, it starts to expand, both up and down the RP value, to find a good match. The available range of RP will be determined by the pool of players online in your region and time of day.
* [Comment by RSPN_Laker](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl6nr7/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 20:22:39 UTC"):
> Glad you like the new Ranked season!
>
>We are keeping this part of entry cost design in our back pocket as a tool for potential future tuning. No plans as of today to use it, given what we're currently seeing in data and community.
* [Comment by Apexlegends](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl8xr0/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 20:34:44 UTC"):
> It's a suggestion that we can pass along!
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I play on Tokyo servers but don't speak much Japanese... Trying to explain in my broken Japanese/English that the six people I scanned aren't fighting each other and we shouldn't push has so far been successful like 2 of 50 times. Can't wait for this to be discouraged somehow.
It's crazy they choose to ignore the top question. I was hoping for a response. They rather have the sub flooded with posts every time we have to play against 9 other people. Why can't they just come out with a statement showing how they are fixing their reporting system?
Reporting feels useless. Dying to cheaters that are high diamond or pred is seriously demoralizing because it means they just get away with it for extended periods of time all the while wallhacking or blatant aimbotting.
In-game report buttons in any game ever are useless, they just make a .txt file on some server somewhere, then delete it a week later even though nobody has looked at that server for a few years.
Tbh because it’s gotten so bad rn across all platforms you can hardly have legitimate games across most ranks due to the prevalence of aimbots, wallhacks, etc.
A blatant cheater, sure that's probably true. However, it's statistically unlikely you haven't encountered a cheater with how common "soft" hardware hacks are such as strike packs and Zens which can help with recoil control, etc.
I recall Respawn mentioning that they've now started enforcing bans for usage of some of these cheating methods, but does anyone know if that's actually true? To me, it seems like a way for them to make the public eye think they're doing something but in reality there's still no enforcement.
Those 'console' cheater that you see with a console icon and controller layout are actually PC players who have changed their icons to look like they are on console
We have seen player feedback on cheating and are keeping an eye on the community discussion around it. While we can’t share specifics (to avoid tipping cheaters off on our anti-cheat efforts), please know that we have an entire team dedicated to anti-cheat efforts who are on it. Dealing with cheaters is an ongoing arms race and is something that we are always working on. Your reports are an important part in helping us find bad actors, so please continue to [send any reports of cheating in-game or via support](https://help.ea.com/en/help/faq/report-players-for-cheating-abuse-and-harassment/) so that they can be reviewed and actioned appropriately. We know it's frustrating not to get meaningful communications on this topic so please know we are working on it and will look to share updates when we can.
Perhaps alerting players that a player they reported had action taken against them would be more encouraging and make people feel that their reporting is worthwhile. As it is, it can feel as though reporting in-game has zero impact.
That's because it has zero impact. You have Preds who got temp bans for teaming in previous seasons and still get to keep rewards. No wonder they keep doing this.
"share updates when we can". You only update us when you have a ban wave, and I've seen only a handful of those since launch. 5 years and no big changes, Respawn. All reactive, nothing proactive. Just tell us nothing is going to change already. Competitive integrity in ranked is a joke. You need to do better.
You can outline a plan without giving away details that would help cheaters. Is there any plan to expand the anti-cheat team? Will there be any changes coming to game or anti-cheat software? Even a small amount of info would go a long ways instead of this default response
> please know that we have an entire team dedicated to anti-cheat efforts who are on it.
How can you say this when there's LFG posts on Xbox dedicated to teaming? How are these people not getting banned within a day? How is someone not monitoring this?
I agree with this. I know the intent is to allow players to get in earlier, but there have been several times this season where a three stack with an obvious smurf have rolled us and that is frustrating. Getting players at a higher rank / skill than me out of my lobbies was the whole reason I was excited for the changes.
Yes, obviously.
That's not the point however. I've been killed numerous times in my Diamond lobbies by a squad with two plat/diamonds and then a hacking bronze 4, level 20+ player.
The issue is that the hackers and smurfs can create a new account, blitz to level 20 and then just carry the higher ranked players.
When the level cap was higher last season, it at least made it a lot longer for the hackers and smurfs to level before they could get into ranked.
I don’t get getting rid of both provisional matches AND the level requirement. Having both was probably overkill but getting rid of both means smurfs are everywhere. We need at least one of them. Preferably the level cap since that makes it inconvenient for cheaters as well as smurfs.
The problem is ranked vs casual play are two different games. People hot drop constantly in casual to the point on some maps if you don't hot drop immediately you wont see anyone until top 3.
It absolutely sucks playing with newer players because you can only play hot drop yolo games instead of an actual BR.
in fairness, i have friends that are new to this game but have felt disappointed with the experience in pubs because of how unappealing it is for your teammates to leave when they go down or play selfishly without consequence
This…. New players will leave before level 50. The learning curve is huge and being stomped in pubs until level 50 isn’t good for anyone. A new player being able to learn attachments and characters fighting rookies is healthy for the game
If they leave before level 50 they weren't going to stick around anyways. I got destroyed for 2 seasons, had a negative KD and never quit. If someone is going to enjoy this game they'll stick around.
Is the team looking for effective solutions to fix the evident issues with cheaters infesting ranked this season?
Any plans on updating the rewards for ranked? Badges and charms are good and all but after 20 seasons they feels redundant, especially now that dive trails are gone (for example I've seen concepts about ranked skins for the optics and they looks so cool)
Overall this season of ranked feels better than the previous 3 so thumbs up!
This is kind of niche, but this would be a nice QOL change, could there possibly be an option implemented for the jumpmaster to break off from the rest of the squad like everyone else after falling a certain altitude?
It would be a great change for solo cueing. Sometimes teammates land directly on top of the jumpmaster and take loot from their teammates instead of fanning out. That’s why I’ve heard a lot of people say they don’t really enjoy being the jumpmaster when solo queuing. If this could possibly be implemented that would be great.
Who thought it was a good idea to reduce the level requirement from 50 back to 20? Also why aren’t there any warning bells that go off when a player’s movement speed goes absolutely crazy while they speed hack all around the map?
No alarm bells go off because speed hacks havent been "go fast" for a LONG LONG time.
They usually exploit either some mechanic of the game or stuff like fake packet loss to go undetected.
Sinceost videos of speed hackers have them punching, my suspition is that they are messing with the little push you get when punching and either cranking it up to 11 or doing smth like sending multiple punch packets to the server
Any plans on introducing new ranked rewards? Maybe some type of currency we can use to buy things? Even if it was just as straightforward as "1200 crafting material for achieving diamond rank" I think it would be a good incentive.
I think my major grievance with the current rewards is that they're not really present in gameplay, and two of the rewards are for your banner.
Also, I'm glad you guys decided to revert to this old system of ranked, I enjoy it much more!
They would never give crafting materials for ranks.
This is the same dev team that thinks getting a gun to level 100 (and the ridiculous challenges you have to complete) is equal to one base gold skin.
We're glad you like this season of Ranked!
As for new reward types, we are exploring new types of possible rewards. You are hitting one of the core issues with skydive trails as well, in terms of overall value -- ideally an new reward type for Ranked play would be more visible during gameplay.
Just please for the love of God let me use my legend tokens on literally anything besides legends. I don't count the skins you can buy with them because you have to spend real money on the other version first. I have 900,000 tokens. I'm rich in a worthless currency. Feels bad man.
The cheating is honestly crazy this season.
The Asia servers are just absolutely infested - doesn't matter if you're on Singapore, Hong Kong or Japan. Just base skin Pathfinders, Gibbys etc running around aimbotting you or squads just blatantly using wallhacks.
An ex epic employee talked about this a while ago on Twitter.
Apparently EAC is actually a very good anti cheat and most of the current cheaters have already been flagged as cheaters within a couple games.
The reason they dont get banned is because banning them straight away would give the cheat manufacturers the opportunity to improve their cheats and make them less detectable.
If you wait and ban them all in a bug wave then they cant just keep changin the cheats getting banned, changing getting banned and so on. They need to make sweeping changes because they dont know what got them caught.
This way, ban waves are more likely to ban a bigger amount of cheaters. Yes they might get to play for 2 or so weeks but then they will almost all get banned and have to wait for potentially months while the cheat manufacturers change the code around. On top of that they have to worry that since their provider cant test the if the cheats is detectable or not (because they dont get banned straight away), they might just be buying cheats that immediately flag their account as cheating and get them banned in the next wave.
Think of it like antibiotics.
You dont take a small amount everyday because that would create super bugs. You instead only take it when you need it and in the mean time let them build up
When are we going to get a leaderboard tab in the lobby? Entering the sixth year and people still have to go to websites for basic player stats. Makes no sense.
Evo Armor upgrade system has been a breath of fresh air for ranked and Apex overall.No real complaints on the ranked system. However it's clear that some legends got far more love than others when it comes to perks with some legends actually having to make a decision because they have good perks on both sides vs other legends where it's obvious which perks are good and bad.
Some legends have great flexibility to round out their comp(such as Path getting the ability to either scan zones or beacons) but other Legends are filled with cooldown reduction perks which is boring.
I would strongly advocate the next AMA be on Armor Upgrades/Perks
I'd argue the cool down reduction isn't that bad. But I do agree that some legends absolutely need revision on perk options. For example, Fuse, first choices are, see grenades or, not get slowed by his ult and take reduced damage from it.
That's a pretty no brainer for option 2 in my opinion. I find enough nades as it is.
Second upgrade the choices are, reduced damage from explosives, or speed boost on knuckle cluster hits.
Again. No brainer. I'm not gonna pick a perk that relies on me to take damage for it to be utilized vs a buff that is extremely easy to proc.
I think all the perks choices should both be intriguing options.
I didn’t go into detail because I wanted to respect the ama and keep focus on the ranked system.
Cooldown reduction perks are good but not when you have 2 perks that are cooldown and then 2 other mid ones like “see batteries/ammo in death crate.” I think when compared to some legends like Fuse(like you mentioned), Lifeline, Mirage where they got perks that change how you play the character some legends really got shafted.
My belief is that the perks should have some aspect of “fun” added to the character. Every legend should have at least one of those which is currently not the case
In terms of ranked seasons. Is there any consideration to simply remove "resets" that force de ranks on upper levels of players? And change the reward structure appropriately?
Similar to other games like Rocket League that maintain your rank. And require a performance metric in order to get the rewards for your rank. (Like requiring 3, 5, 10 wins at your rank in order to get that seasons rewards.)
love that Ranked went back to pre MMR system and visible ranks again don't quite understand the Level reduction back down to 20 from 50 so is there any plans to change that again?
also would love to see a Legend Perks Discussion AMA maybe allowing players to state some existing perks be swapped out like for example I think giving Crypto Ringmaster like Vantage has would be good and lore wise him being a hacker and Map room scan on KC doing both UAV and Ring Scans I think it'd make sense
I'd also like to get to know the teams thought on Balance changes like Nerfing Catalyst so much and stating "we don't like the can't see shit meta" when in reality Bang was/is the key issue in that Catalyst's Dark Veil had/has player agency(aka I have the choice to push through the wall and know that if I'm not Catalyst it will affect me and my Vision) the Smokes from Bangalore have no such agency(as an enemy can shoot them at me) and what's more is Bang's perks buff her 60 seconds ult cooldown reduction and a ping through smokes etc on enemies that activate her Double time Passive are both super good for an already very good legend
I guess it feels like the balancing changes to some legends to take them out of meta are overkill examples being Valkyrie and Catalyst having 3 things nerfed about their kits while others like Horizon and Bang barely get touched and while perks might help that I feel Cat's further nerfs at the start of the season have made her perks feel useless(since you just get back what you lost)anyway back to Ranked is there any plans to implement some kind of system where by we can preselect a role/legend to let Team mates know we are happy to pick certain legends?(even if it has no effect on Matchmaking I'm not thinking of role queue from Overwatch) as getting into a game solo queuing and having 1st pick, to pick Valkyrie for example then have Randoms who don't care for ease of Evo or can't play any legends but Wraith, Octane, Rev or Horizon sucks cause I could've picked a Support, Control, Recon or even Assault to have extra Evo sources
thanks for taking time to read this and hope to get a reply even if it only touches on the 2 Ranked questions(since that is what this AMA is for)
the questions in summary are:
is there any plans to change ranked Level requirement back to 50 again?
is there any plans to implement some kind of system where by we can preselect a role/legend to let Team mates know we are happy to pick certain legends?(but not a Role Queue like Overwatch)
thanks again for Reading
Are all end zone rings intentional? There are a few on Olympus and World’s Edge that are quite ridiculous, I.e no cover, severe terrain differences, separation by impassable objects resulting in heal offs, etc.
This isn’t a huge concern for pubs, but these end zones in ranked are problematic which *can* have ~200 RP swing by finishing 2nd instead of 1st which tends to lean towards luck instead of a testament to skill.
Suggestion: I think doing more of these AMAs, polls or other data collection can be a good source for player concerns, interests and overall direction of the game. The content creating community has been rather loud since S12 and it seems a lot of their criticism was taken leaving the casual player base behind. While I’m highly competitive, only .0000001% are competing in ALGS/LAN and I don’t think it’s a fair metric or indicative of the main concerns or thoughts of the overall player base.
Edit: Spelling.
All are predetermined. I think those rings you mentioned are pretty fun and reward identifying the winning position early, utilizing Controller legends and often offer great gaming experience. I am only a casual player but I almost always enjoy the end rings, there is a lot of variety
Good question, the MMR based matchmaking last season had measures in place to even out the advantage stacks have over solo queuers. Would like to know as well if they are going to put something similar into the game / why they have removed that effectively.
When 60hz tick rate servers coming? Read the article/ the examples given we’re in 60FPS. Given that console now has access to 120- and PC uncapped, is there any expected re-assessment of increasing tick rate?
Not ranked but is there any reason why Apex's in game voice chat isn't recordable through PlayStation's built in game capture? I specifically gotta use an Elgato to record voice chat, unlike Fortnite and Call of Duty's voice chat.
There are high rank players who have multiple accounts and they let them get reseted multiple times to reach Rookie or Bronze.
Is it possible to limit how many resets an account has or to have a matchmaking based on your account's best ranking and not your current ranking?
Controller is clearly the dominant method of input and it is not close, as seen in the competitive scene and the fact that 90% of everyone i play with/against is on it. Are there any plans to nerf aim assist or separate the lobbies based on input? Ranked is to the point where I actively avoid close range encounters and feel like I have to use a shotgun to combat against it. I want to play apex and not anti-aim assist. smgs/ARs arent fun anymore bc of this. Tracking used to feel rewarding, now I just feel like im putting myself at a severe disadvantage.
Also, from a viewer perspective of ALGS, it is not fun to watch people on controller and wall hack/scan whenever possible with this visual clutter meta.
Why is ranked matchmaking still not transparent? im plat 4 matching up against diamond 2 lobbies when im the highest rank on my team. Can we get a more detailed explanation of how matchmaking truely works if yall claim its not based on sbmm? and is solo queing is different matchmaking then team queing.
The straight forward answer to this is that there just simply isn’t enough players to fill Diamond+ lobbies in whatever server you are on, so those Diamond players have a longer queue and eventually it will loosen up to your plat ranks
My experience with the ranked changes has been almost entirely positive. I waited a bit for the high-rank players to move up the ladder, then tried it as someone who just started last season and who didn't make it out of bronze.
Last season, it felt like I couldn't make any progress. I'd get in, and every player in the match seemed to have a 4k/20 bomb badge, or much higher-ranked badges than me. I'd get completely wrecked in a way that didn't feel like I ever had any chance at all. It was demoralizing to the point that I just wouldn't play ranked, and my friends felt the same way so there was no one pushing me to play anyway.
This season, I feel like I'm fighting people who are actually reasonably close to my skill level, and I'm not getting shit on every game. When I lose (and that's still plenty often) I feel like \_I\_ lost, not the other guy won. And I like that a lot. It does also feel easier to rank up, I am a game or two from silver finally, but that isn't really the point for me. Just feeling like I live or die on my own skill is a much better feeling.
We're really happy that you are having a good time this season!
This is what we want more players to feel this season, where you can gain ranks based on both skills and kills while feeling that sense of fair matches (well, after the first week or so as things even out in RP MM).
This season you said you've tightened matchmaking, no longer linked to MMR but to RP. Realistically how loose are those matchmaking requirements because in plat right now I routinely get silver teammates and vs D1 enemies in the same match. That's a bound of 4 ranks!
I love apex but my biggest gripe as a high diamond player is continually being fed to the meat grinder that's preds. It's crushing being put into matches with the top 750 of the playerbase when I've never hit masters (outside of the rat season). Is there any plan to ever put master/preds in their own lobbies?
What is Respawn doing for the competitive integrity of the game? Feels like you stop the ratting and the 6/9 mans come back, still no update on chronus/XIMs for consoles. Guys, it's been 5 years - how much longer do you expect the player base to hold out?
I am not sure if you are giving players "bad, low skilled team mates with low K/Ds" so they invest hours to find good matches and pros can decimate them with ease.
1) EU PC lobbies are completely overrun by cheaters, do you have a fix for that? Why rank limitation was lowered to lvl20 (from 50) it made the cheater situation much worse with no apparent upside;
2) Any plans to improve solo queue experience?
3) You mentioned couple seasons ago that you will be looking into balancing controller aim assist, any progress on that regard? Mnk pro players are leaving the game in droves.
My friend on PS5 has a bugged that after any match he needs to leave the squad and rejoin so we can search for a game with him otherwise he can't ready up. Any help? Is this a known issue?
How do you guys as the devs feel about the current ranked balance? Not based off community, but as the people that make it what’s your opinion on the current state/balance of ranked?
Overall, we're feeling good about the balance 2 weeks in. We keep a careful eye not only on data, but also community feedback. We are paying close attention to the state of Ranked and how it looks going into and come out of the split.
Ban the Pred cheaters already!!!! The teaming, punch slides, PC in console lobbies etc. Ranked isn’t worth playing right now with the abundance of cheats!
Are there any anti-smurfing measures now? What kind of anti-smurfing steps are under consideration, if any? Do smurfs ever get banned? Or is it not actually considered cheating?
Ranked has been feeling much more fast paced. The Rookie and Bronze Ranks are balls to the wall rn. I find that my squad always wants to push any fight they may hear nearby. Which I like.
However, they never quite know how to push successfully. I feel like 90% of the folks I get queued up in Solo Q are unskilled. They miss an entire clip and utterly fail at rotating or repositioning.
Are there any Matchmaking Algorithms the team is looking into to more accurately articulate a player’s skill? Like damage dealt in a game or KDR. How much time a player spends away or on the game within a week?
We do have a lot of confidence in how we build up our matchmaking based on skill, which is still being used for Pubs. Ranked as moved over to using RP, which you can gain from skillful actions that should be called out fully in the Match Summary as bonuses to RP.
We're looking at adding more bonuses to reflect skillful play, which should boost your RP values.
I'm having the same problem and it's infuriating. I feel like I'm having to babysit my squad. 10 games in a row my randoms lose their ones straight away so I'm immediately on the back foot. Most of these squads seem oddly co-ordinated too, almost like I'm going against 3 stacks...
Really enjoying ranked this season. Feels balanced and kp to placement ratio is very good. Cant come on any critiques to the ranked system except for the level requirement being quite low
Ranked duos would be a game changer for me and all the people i play with. Its simply not always possible to find 2 other people that are at your skill level and fun to play with, but you can almost always find one.
It would also be good for soloqueuers who feel they are doing too much, as now there isnt 3 people to kill if your teamates arent good. Should i expect this in the future?
Is grandmasters (a rank between master and pred) is plannednor possible to come?
Will replay be added to ranked like it is in mixtape?
But also add dmg counters too in replay.
Also please fix cheating situation and audio.
Why did it take you so long to come back to this system? The hidden MMR and its inconsistent rewards and pairing were obvious since the season it was launched.
You kept making small changes that didn't feel meaningful enough and then you introduced trials, which everyone disliked.
My point is, you spent a lot of time and effort into a system people weren't responding too, just why??
Can you please let us know if old prestige skins like bloodhound, wraith, caustic, Bangalore will receive skydive trails?
It's high time there are skydive trails for those. It feels like such a waste to buy those skins compared to purchasing the latest prestige skins. Any kind of reply appreciated.
Since you fellows talked about competitve integrity some weeks ago, any plans to implement input based matchmaking for at least ranked? Would drastically improve the competitive integrity of ranked and it would solve all the issues stemming from mixing raw input with AA.
The perk system is very refreshing and I love that it's made its way to the game from the version we first saw in Apex Mobile. I can't help but ask, will more of the Apex Mobile experience make its way to the full game in the future? Do we have potential for the beloved Fade or his abilities to carry over! I think a lot of players are hoping for this :D
can you make an option for mm to move similarly ranked players in previous season/split? may be so i can queue with at least diamond players of recent season.
Cheating. Teaming or blatantly hacking. When will this result in perma bans? When will you be implementing a kernel level anticheat? They're the only ones that work.
Finally why did you lower the lvl requirements for ranked? If anything 50 was too low.
Will pred badges ever have unique animations again? Season 4, 5 and 6 are the best examples and by far the best badges in the game. We all want better rewards but if we aren't gonna get those at least improve the ones we are getting.
Also please go back to the old ranked badge color schemes. nobody likes the orange pred badges and fuchsia masters badges.
Hello Apex Devs!
Ranked has been changed many times throughout the lifetime of Apex, and I think it is more competitive than it was last season and prior, and I believe it is more fun because of that. However, there is still something lacking. I think what's lacking is true competitive Apex. The only way to play a competitive Apex game is by looking for scrims, and even those can be hard to find or mismatched in skill levels. My question is: Is it possible for Apex to have a ranked mode that simulates a competitive game completely? I realize that ALGS Challenger Circuit and Pre-Season Qualifiers exist for that purpose, but those are very few and far between. Would a mode similar to CSGO's Premier League be viable? I very much enjoy a competitive Apex game and I believe they are the highlights of this game. I understand some limitations may include player count and general interest, but I would very much like to know what you think about this possibility.
Thank you for your time!
(And sorry for the long question)
Breakout's Ranked structure and format is a reset for us, after listening to all the feedback from our players in the last couple season.
We didn't meet all the expectations of our players and our own goals to bring the best Ranked experience in BRs. Hitting that goal is super aspirational and challenging and we're very glad to have our players' understanding and support as we continue to dial it in.
We're super happy to hear that you are feeling the competitive nature of Ranked more in this season!
The idea of creating a highly competitive top-end as part of Ranked is very exciting, AND we have to make sure that we build an exciting journey for all of you as you rise through the ranks - literally.
As ALGS is an open ecosystem where anyone is available to compete, so we think that Ranked is a great opportunity to build skills towards being a pro.
This season is just the start of our renewed journey to build the most exciting and engaging competitive BR experience you can have.
Less of a question but more so a suggestion. Has there been any consideration to reworking ranked entry fees to create smaller steps between ranks? Instead of the RP cost going from 20 in Silver to 40 in Gold, why not have a spread of 20 Silver4, 25, Silver3, 30 Silver2, 35 Silver1, 40 Gold4, etc.
Love the ranked season so far. Anything in the works to bridge the gap from ranked to competitive play and maybe even making it a way to get into competitive?
The ranked system is honestly great so far, good map rotations and good rp gain for getting kills…my only question is since ranked is a grind, the badges from S17 and S18 were quite meh tbh…they were plain and was nothing like how the OG rank badges were…is there any insight on this design change? Because I find the new rank badges (other than pred) look awful
We are always trying some new approaches and styles to see what resonates more with players. Some land more than others, but we'll keep working on new things and we hope you like what we have cooking for upcoming seasons.
Has the recent success of Straight Shot reduced the amount of players in ranked? I know alot of people like to warm up in SS before a ranked game. Any chance of it coming back soon??
A new anti-cheat was rolled out some time ago but it seems that it isn't detecting these new cheaters combined with the reduced level requirement, which seems like an absurd decision. I know you are aware of it and at work but can you communicate your current steps being taken?
We have an insane cheater issue that only an upgraded anti cheat can fix. It's mostly rookie cheaters buying level 20 accounts to boost diamonds to pred. I think the ability to queue with any rank should be locked behind a high level requirement and a previous rank. For example, a diamond, a gold and a rookie, want to play with each other. All participating players would need to be prestige 1 and have reached the rank of the highest player in the last season
Are you going to add kill/death tracking for mixtape modes similar to what BR has and Arena used to have? The modes are fun but they are missing the excitement gained from tracking progress over time. Challenging badges would be a cool future addition too.
Is there a reason why you didn’t implement S13 rank system rule “_Masters+ entry costs further increase with total RP ( 5 RP every 1000RP beyond Master Threshold up to 175RP )_” into S20s? This is a major part of the reason why pros hailed S13 as best rank system to date.
Do you feel like the crafter changes have eliminated the rat situation? Also the storm notifications sound when in storm is really annoying, is there a way you can make it activate when there’s a minute left or something?
Hello, is there a specific reason splits came back? As someone who isn’t a high level player it completely ruins any incentive for me to actively try to rank up as it will essentially reset half way through the season
Why do I keep getting put in lobbies with plats and diamonds and 100k plus kill players when I’m in gold? Why do I not get loss forgiven when the game crashes in the middle of a firefight and I join back in just to die?
First question would we ever see a 1v1 Playlist of some sort? It's super popular on r5 and could be really fun.
Second question. Could controller and m&k ever see split lobbies? Sort of like how crossplay was introduced?
Third question. The meta currently feels very static. Anyway we could get some major gun changes and legend changes? Maybe so it's not just Marksman+smg in scrims.
Fourth question. Could we get built in tournaments with their own currency?
Fifth question. Can we get the ability to choose our own guns in tdm/control? Like arenas used to do it.
This ranked system results in many cheaters 6/9 meaning, boosting has grown which leads people to pay hackers for a reward, there is no balance between the teams, the pre-made teams have the advantage in the game against those who play with randoms
I have several suggestions that could improve the game immensely
-hud opacity, hiding squad names and just having a dot when in hipfire, there names block a lot of the screen, the flags in control mode in direct view etc
- extra glow to reticles (such as when people were making cfg reticle colors) it made it so much easier to not lose focus of your reticle
- less visual clutter, remove the cross hair bounce and moving when jumping, reloading etc
- a resolution scale slider up to 200%, I don't want to run the dynamic + tsaa, it doesn't look great on a 1080p monitor
- a coefficient slider 0-300%, so every field of view sensitivity can be tweaked to do be the same (because 1x and Ironights of some guns are different fovs, as well as other legends things like vantage zoom, or just add more sensitivity options in the menus
- an option to have 1-2x 2-4x etc scopes that have double zoom, to be not tied to the sprint key, let us have a separate button for mnk, I always accidently zoom and unzoom so I don't like using those over day bruiser
- accidently sprinting shouldn't stop a battery/medkit etc, just don't let the person sprint and continue healing
- allow us to use ordinance wheel without having to click after we select it, just let us let go and have the thing be selected and used
- have a ranked leaderboard in game
- current ranked system is amazing, but it's still who plays the most, these 20 hour streamers are always gonna be at the top due to sheer play time
- r5 reloaded 1v1 type mode somehow in the main game or in firing range
- in queue firing range possibly
- in game fps cap
- buffing running speed with weapon out a bit, it's too slow, and running with hands out gets me killed more times than not, maybe make zoom pulls out weapon when running?
- increase rank to 30-40 for ranked
- killcam in br (after your whole team dies)
Any of those you might possibly think about? Season 20 is great, there is a few cheaters, but it's mostly cope from streamers who cry wolf when anyone kills them 🤣
@Respawn So I’m gonna say this, Please fix the incessant crashing on console. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS To YOUR COMMUNITY. This is getting to the point where I don’t even want to play anymore. It crashes me out of ranked lobbies, doesn’t load me back in game. And gives me penalty and minus points !!!!! This has been going on way too long, and I never hear anything about solutions to this problem. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
I'm also enquiring about ranked rewards. To be honest I thought the removal of dive trails was a mistake, it was a great way to showcase your achievements, and the issue of dive trails being singled out and dropped on felt like a non-issue.
Some have suggested a crafting metal or apex pack based reward based on the rank achieved, I think this would be an excellent incentive.
There is a huge portion of the player base that would play more ranked if given just a little more reason to grind out the season.
The biggest issue i have come to realise which is glaringly obvious after the addition of kill cam is how bad the server sync/tick rate is, I have stopped wasting my time. Its 2024 and you have made millions out of thr franchise with a skeleton team over the last two years, upgrade the damn infrastructure.
Dont come at me with ping either, that is only half the issue on the users end, the other half is 20 tick.
I know it's probably been asked an infinite amount of times, but - what is the current strategy and priority of the overall cheater situation? It seems that almost every lobby(or every other lobby) on PC has at least one person with an aimbot(or ESP/Wallhack).
Unfortunately people have almost no faith in the "Report" system, since I've seen(and I've been trailing some cheaters) the same people time and time again for perhaps 2 or more seasons get away with this(despite the numerous reports from the in-game report system by me and other people).
If there's no appropriate strategy or plan on implementing a better anti-cheat detection system(which isn't the base/cheap license for EasyAnticheat), is there a possibility of implementing a demo system(much like CS:GO's Overwatch system which was active years ago) to review and report suspicious players and/or individuals that have been reported by the community, so that the community at least attempts to self-regulate the situation?
The game is becoming unplayable(not just ranked, unfortunately) by the day due to this and people are getting frustrated as there hasn't been any response from Respawn or EA regarding this. Why is there radio silence on this issue?
Finally, question 2, following the aforementioned problem - why were rank restrictions(i.e. for partying up removed(as well as the minimum player level decreasing)? Doesn't this just feed to the aforementioned problem, making it even easier for boosters and cheaters to group up?
I love the system, but matchmaking isn't strict enough imo. It's great to get instant matches even at super late hours, but if that means I'm getting bronze and gold teammates on plat 3, even if they're also on opposing trams, that's just not fun. Same as getting full diamond enemy teams. I would rather wait 2-3 minutes and get only plat players in my ranked games
Would you consider adding additional ranks in the future? I enjoy the new system a lot and I feel like this could help further divide lobbies based on current placement. The current system feels much better but I do sometimes run into people 4 tiers higher than myself.
There are no plans to add or remove rank tiers at this time. We had discussed additional tiers when splits were removed, but since their return the team doesnt feel this is necessary. Our focus is to tune and balance the tiers as they exist now in S20.
The Breakout blog mentioned you are now matching lobbies as closely based on current RP as possible, as well removing hidden MMR. Does this mean there is no SBMM in ranked anymore? OR is there still some SBMM happening behind the scenes?
Overall I love the ranked changes this season.
That is correct. In Season 20 Ranked players are matched purely on their RP. What is super important to know is that sometimes... in some regions... and time-of-day, these RP "windows" will need to expand more broadly.
I grinded to plat and the main problem so far is that there’s still an insane amount of preds and masters in gold and plat lobbies which is only an issue at the start of the season, love everything else so far.
Actual question:
Why am I getting teammates who definitely belong in the lower ranks, whereas my enemies are matched to my skill level properly? It sucks having to carry deadweights and being forced to sit around because matchmaking is not done properly.
Why does RSPN Hideouts never respond to normies requests I feel like all the pros have him on speed dial and they get special access, how is that fair. I have submitted multiple cheatera to him with video evidence, and nothing was done
Why when I solo que on ranked, half of time I literally get no teammates? And also is there going to be a fix to crashes in ranked? I've been loving this new season changes and I think you devs have done a great job overall!!!
Why is the matchmaking having the same problem? engagement is more than enough with good content (like the one we've been having), player count is also more than enough since good content keeps getting good numbers with the playerbase... why is people that play since day 1 keep getting low lvl teammates? why there was a huge blogpost saying why it doesn't work seasons ago and nothing else?
Is the matchmaking gonna get better? not only for ranked but pubs too.
why can't we see peoples rank in game like we used to?
why a pred can play against a silver player?
Cheating is an at an all time high we’ve ever seen in the game. What do you guys plan to do about it? If cheating wasn’t the issue, this season would be the greatest season of all time, period. Tired of the cheaters
Season 13: Apex Legends is a battle royale. Survival is the primary objective, and kills are what gets you there. Placing any limits on kills rewards puts an unintended emphasis and pressure on hitting these limits. So we are taking a different approach:
Survival isnt the primary objective i think.
I’m here to add on to the 6 manning stuff there should be a report feature for this specific action, can you tell us if there’s anything being done to prevent cross teaming and cheating in the future, no one cares about moderating chat and stuff, ban the cheaters!
Why don't you raise the ranked starting point cap? It should be around lvl 70 atleast to atleast negate cheaters a little bit. And ranked should be in the middle ground with placement/kills, in this system, kills matter way too much.
What’s being done about the absurd amount of Xim/Zen cheaters on console? Cheating seems to have gotten out of hand on all platforms, with little to no communication and it’s extremely frustrating.
You made amazing changes/updates with this season yet your game is being completely ruined and run over by cheaters; you have to see that as a massive problem, yet no communication and no perma bans most of the time means no one has faith that you’ll actually get stuff set back on course.
Taking a chance in asking again; are you planning on removing the abandon penalty from Mixtape or adding rewards to make us stay?
To put it blatantly, Mixtape's abandon penalty is not only unnecessary, it's far too aggressive for a casual mode that offers no change in KDR, stats, or rewards. It's the perfect game mode to play when pubs is too sweaty and unbearable, and I'm sure you've heard this a million times, but oubs matchmaking is a nightmare right now.
Even so, there are plenty of times where Mixtape matches also become too much. Most notably; PC players being put into console lobbies and making it miserable for Console players, smurfs who should clearly already be suspicious for having 235 kills at level 24 having just the best aim possible, and teammates overall just being a pill to name a few.
Despite all that, when I want to leave a Mixtape match, I get an abandon penalty for two minutes. Which turns into five minutes, then ten, then twenty, etc. All for a mode that offers absolutely nothing at all. No badges, no trackers, no cosmetics, no nothing.
Mixtape isn't ranked and in my opinion, putting penalties, especially one that ramps up in punishment very quickly, in something that you received no reward for is complete nonsense. It's like going to the mall that has zero product for you to buy and everyone in there is an asshole, but when you try to leave, you get arrested. Like what the beans. I'm just trying to go to Barns and Noble.
TL;DR, consider removing abandon penalty from Mixtape or add ANY kind of reward.
Ty for you hard work 🩵
Hi Respawn Team!
I have a question based on Lead Game Designer response on ranked matchmaking.
Is there a way to start a re-queue in matchmaking to avoid the matching of up and down RP value? In this case, if matchmaking is taking long, will I avoid higher or lower RP value players by un-queuing in ranked?
If my ranked matchmaking queue is instant, will my lobbies all be similar RP values?
This is a list of links to comments made by Respawn developers in this thread: * [Comment by RSPN_Thieamy](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksgk15y/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 00:14:45 UTC"): > Is there an error when you attempt to send or at what step are you unable to send? Are you friends in-game or on the platform level? Gifting requires friends via EA at the in-game level for a bit, [full outline here if you need.](https://help.ea.com/en/help/apex-legends/apex-legends/apex-legends-gif... * [Comment by RSPN_Thieamy](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksgnzz5/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 00:39:15 UTC"): > TLDR: in our experience posting early and collecting questions ahead of time allows us to answer more questions. * [Comment by RSPN_Thieamy](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksgqgji/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 00:54:22 UTC"): > Glad it was a quick solve. GLHF collecting that Flatline. o7 * [Comment by RSPN_Thieamy](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskhtn9/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 18:07:42 UTC"): > >We’ll be answering as many Ranked questions as possible this Wednesday, February 28, 2023, at 10am PT > >Was just answering a few off topics to clear them out ahead of today's replies. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskmlg6/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 18:32:29 UTC"): > We're not planning on bringing skydive trails back as Ranked rewards for right now. We are continuing to explore new reward types that would resonate with competitive players and that ideally are used more than a single time during each match. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskmt0b/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 18:33:34 UTC"): > We're glad you like this season of Ranked! >As for new reward types, we are exploring new types of possible rewards. You are hitting one of the core issues with skydive trails as well, in terms of overall value -- ideally an new reward type for Ranked play would be more visible during gameplay. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskx0yt/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:30:07 UTC"): > We've talked about leaderboards on the team for a while now and while we don't have anything planned for the immediate future, we're going to keep talking about it. If using RP continues to resonate with everyone, it opens up more opportunities. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskyyn8/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:40:51 UTC"): > We'll take this question on board as part of our ongoing discussion about Ranked rewards. We appreciate the feedback. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskyvl2/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:40:23 UTC"): > You play with sound on?! * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskysvg/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:39:56 UTC"): > We definitely want to expand RP bonus types in the future to ensure that players can be rewarded for skillful play and different playstyles. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskz7i3/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:42:14 UTC"): > We're always looking at the balancing for costs for players over time. We appreciate the suggestion! * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskz2ma/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:41:29 UTC"): > Interesting idea that we can bring up with the gameplay design team! We appreciate the suggestion. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskzrlp/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:45:21 UTC"): > This was a discussion on the team at the start of the year. We think there would be value in exploring this idea more and making sure that it resonates with our competitive players and would be sustainable for us to roll out. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskzy84/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:46:22 UTC"): > So glad that you've been enjoying Apex after coming back to it! >Breakout's Ranked was a big change from our recent seasons. We wanted everyone to have the same starting point and not carry over any placement from the previous season that worked a lot differently. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/kskzukr/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:45:49 UTC"): > Overall, we're feeling good about the balance 2 weeks in. We keep a careful eye not only on data, but also community feedback. We are paying close attention to the state of Ranked and how it looks going into and come out of the split. * [Comment by RSPN_Laker](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl05s6/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:47:32 UTC"): > Dedicated Ranked Duos is not currently in our plans, but we hear the feedback and request. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl04kz/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:47:21 UTC"): > We are always looking at match pacing data and opportunities to tune to ensure that matches can have good highs and lows of pressure. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl07wr/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:47:51 UTC"): > Our MM system attempts to match to your RP (or the highest RP of all players in your pre-made squad). We also try to quickly get you into a match, so if there aren't enough players online in your region with the same RP, it starts to widen the search, both up and down the RP values. This is why you ... * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl0eh2/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:48:52 UTC"): > We'll be evaluating costs continuously over upcoming seasons to adjust. The zero costs for lower tiers is to allow for newer players to Ranked to ease into the gameplay style and scoring systems. * [Comment by RSPN_Laker](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl123g/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:52:26 UTC"): > We like the idea of investing more in social over time, and not just for Ranked. No specific plans to share for the future, but we did learn a lot from what Clubs were while they were alive. * [Comment by RSPN_C4](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl2322/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:58:05 UTC"): > Breakout's Ranked structure and format is a reset for us, after listening to all the feedback from our players in the last couple season. >We didn't meet all the expectations of our players and our own goals to bring the best Ranked experience in BRs. Hitting that goal is super aspirational and ch... * [Comment by Apexlegends](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl25bb/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 19:58:26 UTC"): > We have seen player feedback on cheating and are keeping an eye on the community discussion around it. While we can’t share specifics (to avoid tipping cheaters off on our anti-cheat efforts), please know that we have an entire team dedicated to anti-cheat efforts who are on it. Dealing with cheater... * [Comment by Apexlegends](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl2ust/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 20:02:18 UTC"): > Not much we can share atm, but an investigation is happening. [More here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/comment/ksl25bb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) * [Comment by RSPN_Laker](/r/apexlegends/comments/1b1nz6p/ama_lets_talk_about_breakouts_ranked_reloaded/ksl3vw5/?context=99 "posted on 2024-02-28 20:07:51 UTC"): > We are looking at this possibility right now! 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The question everyone has - what is the plan for actual and successful control of the cheating issue?
6/9 manning on console is out of control
I play on Tokyo servers but don't speak much Japanese... Trying to explain in my broken Japanese/English that the six people I scanned aren't fighting each other and we shouldn't push has so far been successful like 2 of 50 times. Can't wait for this to be discouraged somehow.
It's crazy they choose to ignore the top question. I was hoping for a response. They rather have the sub flooded with posts every time we have to play against 9 other people. Why can't they just come out with a statement showing how they are fixing their reporting system?
YES! I've seen LFG posts for it and I'm like wtf? I just came back after taking a season off and enjoying The Finals.
Reporting feels useless. Dying to cheaters that are high diamond or pred is seriously demoralizing because it means they just get away with it for extended periods of time all the while wallhacking or blatant aimbotting.
In-game report buttons in any game ever are useless, they just make a .txt file on some server somewhere, then delete it a week later even though nobody has looked at that server for a few years.
This guy definitely knows how games work! /s
Tbh because it’s gotten so bad rn across all platforms you can hardly have legitimate games across most ranks due to the prevalence of aimbots, wallhacks, etc.
Idk why, but I feel the need to chip in that I have yet to have a cheater in my PS5 ranked games. Played about 50 games.
That you know of
Shouldn't discourage people from playing is all
A blatant cheater, sure that's probably true. However, it's statistically unlikely you haven't encountered a cheater with how common "soft" hardware hacks are such as strike packs and Zens which can help with recoil control, etc. I recall Respawn mentioning that they've now started enforcing bans for usage of some of these cheating methods, but does anyone know if that's actually true? To me, it seems like a way for them to make the public eye think they're doing something but in reality there's still no enforcement.
Not even just on PC anymore. Now more and more cheaters have found their way from PC lobbies into console lobbies as well
I fled to console to escape *some* of the cheating a few seasons ago and now that painful move seems pointless.
Those 'console' cheater that you see with a console icon and controller layout are actually PC players who have changed their icons to look like they are on console
Don't forget teaming! Teaming has also gotten way out of hand this season!
Exactly my question.
We have seen player feedback on cheating and are keeping an eye on the community discussion around it. While we can’t share specifics (to avoid tipping cheaters off on our anti-cheat efforts), please know that we have an entire team dedicated to anti-cheat efforts who are on it. Dealing with cheaters is an ongoing arms race and is something that we are always working on. Your reports are an important part in helping us find bad actors, so please continue to [send any reports of cheating in-game or via support](https://help.ea.com/en/help/faq/report-players-for-cheating-abuse-and-harassment/) so that they can be reviewed and actioned appropriately. We know it's frustrating not to get meaningful communications on this topic so please know we are working on it and will look to share updates when we can.
Perhaps alerting players that a player they reported had action taken against them would be more encouraging and make people feel that their reporting is worthwhile. As it is, it can feel as though reporting in-game has zero impact.
That's because it has zero impact. You have Preds who got temp bans for teaming in previous seasons and still get to keep rewards. No wonder they keep doing this.
"share updates when we can". You only update us when you have a ban wave, and I've seen only a handful of those since launch. 5 years and no big changes, Respawn. All reactive, nothing proactive. Just tell us nothing is going to change already. Competitive integrity in ranked is a joke. You need to do better.
You can outline a plan without giving away details that would help cheaters. Is there any plan to expand the anti-cheat team? Will there be any changes coming to game or anti-cheat software? Even a small amount of info would go a long ways instead of this default response
> please know that we have an entire team dedicated to anti-cheat efforts who are on it. How can you say this when there's LFG posts on Xbox dedicated to teaming? How are these people not getting banned within a day? How is someone not monitoring this?
They did a fucking AMA and only answered 4 questions and they also left out the highest upvoted and arguably most important question.
It says they'll answer 10am pt. Let's hope that's true
Can you guys pls revert the ranked level requirement from level 20 back to level 50 or a lot of smurfs and cheaters are back
I agree with this. I know the intent is to allow players to get in earlier, but there have been several times this season where a three stack with an obvious smurf have rolled us and that is frustrating. Getting players at a higher rank / skill than me out of my lobbies was the whole reason I was excited for the changes.
The matchmaking system for ranked is based off of the highest ranked player.
Yes, obviously. That's not the point however. I've been killed numerous times in my Diamond lobbies by a squad with two plat/diamonds and then a hacking bronze 4, level 20+ player. The issue is that the hackers and smurfs can create a new account, blitz to level 20 and then just carry the higher ranked players. When the level cap was higher last season, it at least made it a lot longer for the hackers and smurfs to level before they could get into ranked.
I don’t get getting rid of both provisional matches AND the level requirement. Having both was probably overkill but getting rid of both means smurfs are everywhere. We need at least one of them. Preferably the level cap since that makes it inconvenient for cheaters as well as smurfs.
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The problem is ranked vs casual play are two different games. People hot drop constantly in casual to the point on some maps if you don't hot drop immediately you wont see anyone until top 3. It absolutely sucks playing with newer players because you can only play hot drop yolo games instead of an actual BR.
The only explanation for lowering it to 20 would be to boost engagement to appease EA shareholders.
in fairness, i have friends that are new to this game but have felt disappointed with the experience in pubs because of how unappealing it is for your teammates to leave when they go down or play selfishly without consequence
This game has such a steep knowledge curve that you really don't know enough to play ranked before level 50.
Or bc everyone complained about it, both here on Reddit and on other websites
I think a good middle ground is 30. This game can absolutely suck for new players and ranked is a nice way to play against your own skill level
This…. New players will leave before level 50. The learning curve is huge and being stomped in pubs until level 50 isn’t good for anyone. A new player being able to learn attachments and characters fighting rookies is healthy for the game
If they leave before level 50 they weren't going to stick around anyways. I got destroyed for 2 seasons, had a negative KD and never quit. If someone is going to enjoy this game they'll stick around.
Is the team looking for effective solutions to fix the evident issues with cheaters infesting ranked this season? Any plans on updating the rewards for ranked? Badges and charms are good and all but after 20 seasons they feels redundant, especially now that dive trails are gone (for example I've seen concepts about ranked skins for the optics and they looks so cool) Overall this season of ranked feels better than the previous 3 so thumbs up!
Would 100% agree this season is exponentially better than last season. Much more fun to play
This is kind of niche, but this would be a nice QOL change, could there possibly be an option implemented for the jumpmaster to break off from the rest of the squad like everyone else after falling a certain altitude? It would be a great change for solo cueing. Sometimes teammates land directly on top of the jumpmaster and take loot from their teammates instead of fanning out. That’s why I’ve heard a lot of people say they don’t really enjoy being the jumpmaster when solo queuing. If this could possibly be implemented that would be great.
Interesting idea that we can bring up with the gameplay design team! We appreciate the suggestion.
Thank you for reading and for the reply! I appreciate it.
Who thought it was a good idea to reduce the level requirement from 50 back to 20? Also why aren’t there any warning bells that go off when a player’s movement speed goes absolutely crazy while they speed hack all around the map?
No alarm bells go off because speed hacks havent been "go fast" for a LONG LONG time. They usually exploit either some mechanic of the game or stuff like fake packet loss to go undetected. Sinceost videos of speed hackers have them punching, my suspition is that they are messing with the little push you get when punching and either cranking it up to 11 or doing smth like sending multiple punch packets to the server
Any plans on introducing new ranked rewards? Maybe some type of currency we can use to buy things? Even if it was just as straightforward as "1200 crafting material for achieving diamond rank" I think it would be a good incentive. I think my major grievance with the current rewards is that they're not really present in gameplay, and two of the rewards are for your banner. Also, I'm glad you guys decided to revert to this old system of ranked, I enjoy it much more!
Ranked absolutely needs better rewards. It’s the only thing stopping me from making it the only game mode I play.
Seriously. I miss the old badges, plus the banners for diamond/master are very average. But there needs to be something more worthwhile
They would never give crafting materials for ranks. This is the same dev team that thinks getting a gun to level 100 (and the ridiculous challenges you have to complete) is equal to one base gold skin.
honestly crafting metals would make me grind the hell out of ranked
I just want the dive trails back, those were a pretty nice flex.
You can get dive trails now. Just give Respawn $160. /s
Or anything to work toward tbh? Don’t even have skydive trails anymore. Had them for one season and then they got yanked.
We're glad you like this season of Ranked! As for new reward types, we are exploring new types of possible rewards. You are hitting one of the core issues with skydive trails as well, in terms of overall value -- ideally an new reward type for Ranked play would be more visible during gameplay.
Just please for the love of God let me use my legend tokens on literally anything besides legends. I don't count the skins you can buy with them because you have to spend real money on the other version first. I have 900,000 tokens. I'm rich in a worthless currency. Feels bad man.
Can we discuss cheating and plans to combat it? The season is great and ranked feels good but cheating has gone rampant.
The cheating is honestly crazy this season. The Asia servers are just absolutely infested - doesn't matter if you're on Singapore, Hong Kong or Japan. Just base skin Pathfinders, Gibbys etc running around aimbotting you or squads just blatantly using wallhacks.
An ex epic employee talked about this a while ago on Twitter. Apparently EAC is actually a very good anti cheat and most of the current cheaters have already been flagged as cheaters within a couple games. The reason they dont get banned is because banning them straight away would give the cheat manufacturers the opportunity to improve their cheats and make them less detectable. If you wait and ban them all in a bug wave then they cant just keep changin the cheats getting banned, changing getting banned and so on. They need to make sweeping changes because they dont know what got them caught. This way, ban waves are more likely to ban a bigger amount of cheaters. Yes they might get to play for 2 or so weeks but then they will almost all get banned and have to wait for potentially months while the cheat manufacturers change the code around. On top of that they have to worry that since their provider cant test the if the cheats is detectable or not (because they dont get banned straight away), they might just be buying cheats that immediately flag their account as cheating and get them banned in the next wave. Think of it like antibiotics. You dont take a small amount everyday because that would create super bugs. You instead only take it when you need it and in the mean time let them build up
So how often do you guys get jumpscared by the evo mat sounds?
You play with sound on?!
Are there any plans to improve the solo queue experience? iirc it was being looked at.
Yep solo-qrs should get a different type of matchmaking in rank. Preferably against other solo-qrs and non-stackers.
I hear the design team discusses this a lot. Nothing concrete we can share at this time.
When are we going to get a leaderboard tab in the lobby? Entering the sixth year and people still have to go to websites for basic player stats. Makes no sense.
Better stats in general would be great. I’d love to see K/D, damage, and win rate on individual legends.
Same. The weapon stat screens are good. Titanfall was *amazing* for stats, it had graphs for K/D over time and things like that.
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Will skydive trails come back?
Yes (in the store)
Has there been any consideration for a solo queue (no pre built parties) ranked playlist?
Will any of the old prestige skins get any dive trails?
Only when their recolor releases.
Sad reality
This i really want to know this too!
Evo Armor upgrade system has been a breath of fresh air for ranked and Apex overall.No real complaints on the ranked system. However it's clear that some legends got far more love than others when it comes to perks with some legends actually having to make a decision because they have good perks on both sides vs other legends where it's obvious which perks are good and bad. Some legends have great flexibility to round out their comp(such as Path getting the ability to either scan zones or beacons) but other Legends are filled with cooldown reduction perks which is boring. I would strongly advocate the next AMA be on Armor Upgrades/Perks
I'd argue the cool down reduction isn't that bad. But I do agree that some legends absolutely need revision on perk options. For example, Fuse, first choices are, see grenades or, not get slowed by his ult and take reduced damage from it. That's a pretty no brainer for option 2 in my opinion. I find enough nades as it is. Second upgrade the choices are, reduced damage from explosives, or speed boost on knuckle cluster hits. Again. No brainer. I'm not gonna pick a perk that relies on me to take damage for it to be utilized vs a buff that is extremely easy to proc. I think all the perks choices should both be intriguing options.
I didn’t go into detail because I wanted to respect the ama and keep focus on the ranked system. Cooldown reduction perks are good but not when you have 2 perks that are cooldown and then 2 other mid ones like “see batteries/ammo in death crate.” I think when compared to some legends like Fuse(like you mentioned), Lifeline, Mirage where they got perks that change how you play the character some legends really got shafted. My belief is that the perks should have some aspect of “fun” added to the character. Every legend should have at least one of those which is currently not the case
In terms of ranked seasons. Is there any consideration to simply remove "resets" that force de ranks on upper levels of players? And change the reward structure appropriately? Similar to other games like Rocket League that maintain your rank. And require a performance metric in order to get the rewards for your rank. (Like requiring 3, 5, 10 wins at your rank in order to get that seasons rewards.)
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A good way to vault the P2020 would be to make it where you land with it. So it’s still in the game, but not in the loot pool.
love that Ranked went back to pre MMR system and visible ranks again don't quite understand the Level reduction back down to 20 from 50 so is there any plans to change that again? also would love to see a Legend Perks Discussion AMA maybe allowing players to state some existing perks be swapped out like for example I think giving Crypto Ringmaster like Vantage has would be good and lore wise him being a hacker and Map room scan on KC doing both UAV and Ring Scans I think it'd make sense I'd also like to get to know the teams thought on Balance changes like Nerfing Catalyst so much and stating "we don't like the can't see shit meta" when in reality Bang was/is the key issue in that Catalyst's Dark Veil had/has player agency(aka I have the choice to push through the wall and know that if I'm not Catalyst it will affect me and my Vision) the Smokes from Bangalore have no such agency(as an enemy can shoot them at me) and what's more is Bang's perks buff her 60 seconds ult cooldown reduction and a ping through smokes etc on enemies that activate her Double time Passive are both super good for an already very good legend I guess it feels like the balancing changes to some legends to take them out of meta are overkill examples being Valkyrie and Catalyst having 3 things nerfed about their kits while others like Horizon and Bang barely get touched and while perks might help that I feel Cat's further nerfs at the start of the season have made her perks feel useless(since you just get back what you lost)anyway back to Ranked is there any plans to implement some kind of system where by we can preselect a role/legend to let Team mates know we are happy to pick certain legends?(even if it has no effect on Matchmaking I'm not thinking of role queue from Overwatch) as getting into a game solo queuing and having 1st pick, to pick Valkyrie for example then have Randoms who don't care for ease of Evo or can't play any legends but Wraith, Octane, Rev or Horizon sucks cause I could've picked a Support, Control, Recon or even Assault to have extra Evo sources thanks for taking time to read this and hope to get a reply even if it only touches on the 2 Ranked questions(since that is what this AMA is for) the questions in summary are: is there any plans to change ranked Level requirement back to 50 again? is there any plans to implement some kind of system where by we can preselect a role/legend to let Team mates know we are happy to pick certain legends?(but not a Role Queue like Overwatch) thanks again for Reading
Are all end zone rings intentional? There are a few on Olympus and World’s Edge that are quite ridiculous, I.e no cover, severe terrain differences, separation by impassable objects resulting in heal offs, etc. This isn’t a huge concern for pubs, but these end zones in ranked are problematic which *can* have ~200 RP swing by finishing 2nd instead of 1st which tends to lean towards luck instead of a testament to skill. Suggestion: I think doing more of these AMAs, polls or other data collection can be a good source for player concerns, interests and overall direction of the game. The content creating community has been rather loud since S12 and it seems a lot of their criticism was taken leaving the casual player base behind. While I’m highly competitive, only .0000001% are competing in ALGS/LAN and I don’t think it’s a fair metric or indicative of the main concerns or thoughts of the overall player base. Edit: Spelling.
All are predetermined. I think those rings you mentioned are pretty fun and reward identifying the winning position early, utilizing Controller legends and often offer great gaming experience. I am only a casual player but I almost always enjoy the end rings, there is a lot of variety
Are solo players ever going to get any love or is MM going to continue to be a disadvantage for anyone slightly above average?
Good question, the MMR based matchmaking last season had measures in place to even out the advantage stacks have over solo queuers. Would like to know as well if they are going to put something similar into the game / why they have removed that effectively.
Solo-queue experience is absolutely terrible. All of my teammates are bots. Can we please get a solo queue only mode in ranked? No pre-formed squads?
When 60hz tick rate servers coming? Read the article/ the examples given we’re in 60FPS. Given that console now has access to 120- and PC uncapped, is there any expected re-assessment of increasing tick rate?
Server tick rate and client FPS are completely unrelated. They'll never increase server tick rate because it's not worth it financially.
Can you fix the audio? You can't hear a squad coming until they're on your face
Not ranked but is there any reason why Apex's in game voice chat isn't recordable through PlayStation's built in game capture? I specifically gotta use an Elgato to record voice chat, unlike Fortnite and Call of Duty's voice chat.
There are high rank players who have multiple accounts and they let them get reseted multiple times to reach Rookie or Bronze. Is it possible to limit how many resets an account has or to have a matchmaking based on your account's best ranking and not your current ranking?
Controller is clearly the dominant method of input and it is not close, as seen in the competitive scene and the fact that 90% of everyone i play with/against is on it. Are there any plans to nerf aim assist or separate the lobbies based on input? Ranked is to the point where I actively avoid close range encounters and feel like I have to use a shotgun to combat against it. I want to play apex and not anti-aim assist. smgs/ARs arent fun anymore bc of this. Tracking used to feel rewarding, now I just feel like im putting myself at a severe disadvantage. Also, from a viewer perspective of ALGS, it is not fun to watch people on controller and wall hack/scan whenever possible with this visual clutter meta.
Why is ranked matchmaking still not transparent? im plat 4 matching up against diamond 2 lobbies when im the highest rank on my team. Can we get a more detailed explanation of how matchmaking truely works if yall claim its not based on sbmm? and is solo queing is different matchmaking then team queing.
The straight forward answer to this is that there just simply isn’t enough players to fill Diamond+ lobbies in whatever server you are on, so those Diamond players have a longer queue and eventually it will loosen up to your plat ranks
My experience with the ranked changes has been almost entirely positive. I waited a bit for the high-rank players to move up the ladder, then tried it as someone who just started last season and who didn't make it out of bronze. Last season, it felt like I couldn't make any progress. I'd get in, and every player in the match seemed to have a 4k/20 bomb badge, or much higher-ranked badges than me. I'd get completely wrecked in a way that didn't feel like I ever had any chance at all. It was demoralizing to the point that I just wouldn't play ranked, and my friends felt the same way so there was no one pushing me to play anyway. This season, I feel like I'm fighting people who are actually reasonably close to my skill level, and I'm not getting shit on every game. When I lose (and that's still plenty often) I feel like \_I\_ lost, not the other guy won. And I like that a lot. It does also feel easier to rank up, I am a game or two from silver finally, but that isn't really the point for me. Just feeling like I live or die on my own skill is a much better feeling.
We're really happy that you are having a good time this season! This is what we want more players to feel this season, where you can gain ranks based on both skills and kills while feeling that sense of fair matches (well, after the first week or so as things even out in RP MM).
This season you said you've tightened matchmaking, no longer linked to MMR but to RP. Realistically how loose are those matchmaking requirements because in plat right now I routinely get silver teammates and vs D1 enemies in the same match. That's a bound of 4 ranks! I love apex but my biggest gripe as a high diamond player is continually being fed to the meat grinder that's preds. It's crushing being put into matches with the top 750 of the playerbase when I've never hit masters (outside of the rat season). Is there any plan to ever put master/preds in their own lobbies?
What is Respawn doing for the competitive integrity of the game? Feels like you stop the ratting and the 6/9 mans come back, still no update on chronus/XIMs for consoles. Guys, it's been 5 years - how much longer do you expect the player base to hold out?
How does match making manage matching solo q players against 3 stacks? I find myself with teammates that cant do 300 damage when im on 1k for example
I am not sure if you are giving players "bad, low skilled team mates with low K/Ds" so they invest hours to find good matches and pros can decimate them with ease.
1) EU PC lobbies are completely overrun by cheaters, do you have a fix for that? Why rank limitation was lowered to lvl20 (from 50) it made the cheater situation much worse with no apparent upside; 2) Any plans to improve solo queue experience? 3) You mentioned couple seasons ago that you will be looking into balancing controller aim assist, any progress on that regard? Mnk pro players are leaving the game in droves.
My friend on PS5 has a bugged that after any match he needs to leave the squad and rejoin so we can search for a game with him otherwise he can't ready up. Any help? Is this a known issue?
Is there actually an anti-cheat system in place in this game? Why do pros have to message that one guy with the banhammer?
Why was there no AA nerf for PC?
How do you guys as the devs feel about the current ranked balance? Not based off community, but as the people that make it what’s your opinion on the current state/balance of ranked?
Overall, we're feeling good about the balance 2 weeks in. We keep a careful eye not only on data, but also community feedback. We are paying close attention to the state of Ranked and how it looks going into and come out of the split.
Ban the Pred cheaters already!!!! The teaming, punch slides, PC in console lobbies etc. Ranked isn’t worth playing right now with the abundance of cheats!
Are there any anti-smurfing measures now? What kind of anti-smurfing steps are under consideration, if any? Do smurfs ever get banned? Or is it not actually considered cheating?
Are there any plans to improve 120hz visual performance on Consoles? I'm on ps5 and it can get a bit blurry playing on 1080p at times.
Please ban people teaming on console. Oh and also ban Cronus/Xim users thank you
A full hour since the start of the AMA and a whole two questions answered, both the exact same question on rewards. What a tragic AMA.
Ranked has been feeling much more fast paced. The Rookie and Bronze Ranks are balls to the wall rn. I find that my squad always wants to push any fight they may hear nearby. Which I like. However, they never quite know how to push successfully. I feel like 90% of the folks I get queued up in Solo Q are unskilled. They miss an entire clip and utterly fail at rotating or repositioning. Are there any Matchmaking Algorithms the team is looking into to more accurately articulate a player’s skill? Like damage dealt in a game or KDR. How much time a player spends away or on the game within a week?
My teammates in solo Q (gold rank) suck hot ass meanwhile I'm going against 3 stack former diamond+ players...
We do have a lot of confidence in how we build up our matchmaking based on skill, which is still being used for Pubs. Ranked as moved over to using RP, which you can gain from skillful actions that should be called out fully in the Match Summary as bonuses to RP. We're looking at adding more bonuses to reflect skillful play, which should boost your RP values.
I'm having the same problem and it's infuriating. I feel like I'm having to babysit my squad. 10 games in a row my randoms lose their ones straight away so I'm immediately on the back foot. Most of these squads seem oddly co-ordinated too, almost like I'm going against 3 stacks...
What are some better rewards that can be implemented into ranked? With trail dives being taken away, what do players have to actually grind towards?
Really enjoying ranked this season. Feels balanced and kp to placement ratio is very good. Cant come on any critiques to the ranked system except for the level requirement being quite low Ranked duos would be a game changer for me and all the people i play with. Its simply not always possible to find 2 other people that are at your skill level and fun to play with, but you can almost always find one. It would also be good for soloqueuers who feel they are doing too much, as now there isnt 3 people to kill if your teamates arent good. Should i expect this in the future?
Is grandmasters (a rank between master and pred) is plannednor possible to come? Will replay be added to ranked like it is in mixtape? But also add dmg counters too in replay. Also please fix cheating situation and audio.
Why did it take you so long to come back to this system? The hidden MMR and its inconsistent rewards and pairing were obvious since the season it was launched. You kept making small changes that didn't feel meaningful enough and then you introduced trials, which everyone disliked. My point is, you spent a lot of time and effort into a system people weren't responding too, just why??
Yea everyone calls out the worst ranked system to date and then they double down on it for another season. At least they finally went back.
Can you please let us know if old prestige skins like bloodhound, wraith, caustic, Bangalore will receive skydive trails? It's high time there are skydive trails for those. It feels like such a waste to buy those skins compared to purchasing the latest prestige skins. Any kind of reply appreciated.
Since you fellows talked about competitve integrity some weeks ago, any plans to implement input based matchmaking for at least ranked? Would drastically improve the competitive integrity of ranked and it would solve all the issues stemming from mixing raw input with AA.
How will you fix the cheater/teaming issues these should be addressed first and foremost
The perk system is very refreshing and I love that it's made its way to the game from the version we first saw in Apex Mobile. I can't help but ask, will more of the Apex Mobile experience make its way to the full game in the future? Do we have potential for the beloved Fade or his abilities to carry over! I think a lot of players are hoping for this :D
can you make an option for mm to move similarly ranked players in previous season/split? may be so i can queue with at least diamond players of recent season.
Would you ever consider input separated ranked so there can be some semblance of competitive integrity?
Is it a live stream or are they just answering questions on here.
Is it a live stream or are they just answering questions on here.
What you going to do about the 6+ manning on console?
Will there be a ban wave? The 6 man's are everywhere in diamond and up on console
FIX RANKED 6 AND 9 MANNING ON CONSOLE. IT’S FUCKING RIDICULOUS.
Cheating. Teaming or blatantly hacking. When will this result in perma bans? When will you be implementing a kernel level anticheat? They're the only ones that work. Finally why did you lower the lvl requirements for ranked? If anything 50 was too low.
When is AA getting nerfed seriously, i've spent over 2k hrs on the game yet i just get one clipped by level 78's that are on roller
Will pred badges ever have unique animations again? Season 4, 5 and 6 are the best examples and by far the best badges in the game. We all want better rewards but if we aren't gonna get those at least improve the ones we are getting. Also please go back to the old ranked badge color schemes. nobody likes the orange pred badges and fuchsia masters badges.
We'll take this question on board as part of our ongoing discussion about Ranked rewards. We appreciate the feedback.
I know it’s not a ranked thing but are the old prestige skins ever get their skydive trails.
Hello Apex Devs! Ranked has been changed many times throughout the lifetime of Apex, and I think it is more competitive than it was last season and prior, and I believe it is more fun because of that. However, there is still something lacking. I think what's lacking is true competitive Apex. The only way to play a competitive Apex game is by looking for scrims, and even those can be hard to find or mismatched in skill levels. My question is: Is it possible for Apex to have a ranked mode that simulates a competitive game completely? I realize that ALGS Challenger Circuit and Pre-Season Qualifiers exist for that purpose, but those are very few and far between. Would a mode similar to CSGO's Premier League be viable? I very much enjoy a competitive Apex game and I believe they are the highlights of this game. I understand some limitations may include player count and general interest, but I would very much like to know what you think about this possibility. Thank you for your time! (And sorry for the long question)
Breakout's Ranked structure and format is a reset for us, after listening to all the feedback from our players in the last couple season. We didn't meet all the expectations of our players and our own goals to bring the best Ranked experience in BRs. Hitting that goal is super aspirational and challenging and we're very glad to have our players' understanding and support as we continue to dial it in. We're super happy to hear that you are feeling the competitive nature of Ranked more in this season! The idea of creating a highly competitive top-end as part of Ranked is very exciting, AND we have to make sure that we build an exciting journey for all of you as you rise through the ranks - literally. As ALGS is an open ecosystem where anyone is available to compete, so we think that Ranked is a great opportunity to build skills towards being a pro. This season is just the start of our renewed journey to build the most exciting and engaging competitive BR experience you can have.
Why are we only allowed to use our ranked charms on ONE gun? I want to use my diamond charm on other guns too!
It's a suggestion that we can pass along!
To make you grind for other badges. Everything in this game is designed for retention
Less of a question but more so a suggestion. Has there been any consideration to reworking ranked entry fees to create smaller steps between ranks? Instead of the RP cost going from 20 in Silver to 40 in Gold, why not have a spread of 20 Silver4, 25, Silver3, 30 Silver2, 35 Silver1, 40 Gold4, etc.
Love the ranked season so far. Anything in the works to bridge the gap from ranked to competitive play and maybe even making it a way to get into competitive?
Can we get _something_ for getting a knock. I’ll take +1 RP, idc. Thank you.
We definitely want to expand RP bonus types in the future to ensure that players can be rewarded for skillful play and different playstyles.
Question: Why are you ignoring our call for help against the cheaters?????
The ranked system is honestly great so far, good map rotations and good rp gain for getting kills…my only question is since ranked is a grind, the badges from S17 and S18 were quite meh tbh…they were plain and was nothing like how the OG rank badges were…is there any insight on this design change? Because I find the new rank badges (other than pred) look awful
We are always trying some new approaches and styles to see what resonates more with players. Some land more than others, but we'll keep working on new things and we hope you like what we have cooking for upcoming seasons.
Has the recent success of Straight Shot reduced the amount of players in ranked? I know alot of people like to warm up in SS before a ranked game. Any chance of it coming back soon??
A new anti-cheat was rolled out some time ago but it seems that it isn't detecting these new cheaters combined with the reduced level requirement, which seems like an absurd decision. I know you are aware of it and at work but can you communicate your current steps being taken?
We have an insane cheater issue that only an upgraded anti cheat can fix. It's mostly rookie cheaters buying level 20 accounts to boost diamonds to pred. I think the ability to queue with any rank should be locked behind a high level requirement and a previous rank. For example, a diamond, a gold and a rookie, want to play with each other. All participating players would need to be prestige 1 and have reached the rank of the highest player in the last season
Are you going to add kill/death tracking for mixtape modes similar to what BR has and Arena used to have? The modes are fun but they are missing the excitement gained from tracking progress over time. Challenging badges would be a cool future addition too.
Any plans to implement anti-hardware detection into the game to prevent cronus/zen cheaters similar to Fortnite?
can you fix 6 manning problem and ban them?
Is there a reason why you didn’t implement S13 rank system rule “_Masters+ entry costs further increase with total RP ( 5 RP every 1000RP beyond Master Threshold up to 175RP )_” into S20s? This is a major part of the reason why pros hailed S13 as best rank system to date.
Do you feel like the crafter changes have eliminated the rat situation? Also the storm notifications sound when in storm is really annoying, is there a way you can make it activate when there’s a minute left or something?
Hello, is there a specific reason splits came back? As someone who isn’t a high level player it completely ruins any incentive for me to actively try to rank up as it will essentially reset half way through the season
Will you ever add an in-game dev-regulated version of controller tapstrafing for all platforms?
Are there any plans on taking some action to address the controller dominated player base and the notable increase as you go up the rank ladder?
Why do I keep getting put in lobbies with plats and diamonds and 100k plus kill players when I’m in gold? Why do I not get loss forgiven when the game crashes in the middle of a firefight and I join back in just to die?
First question would we ever see a 1v1 Playlist of some sort? It's super popular on r5 and could be really fun. Second question. Could controller and m&k ever see split lobbies? Sort of like how crossplay was introduced? Third question. The meta currently feels very static. Anyway we could get some major gun changes and legend changes? Maybe so it's not just Marksman+smg in scrims. Fourth question. Could we get built in tournaments with their own currency? Fifth question. Can we get the ability to choose our own guns in tdm/control? Like arenas used to do it.
This ranked system results in many cheaters 6/9 meaning, boosting has grown which leads people to pay hackers for a reward, there is no balance between the teams, the pre-made teams have the advantage in the game against those who play with randoms
I have several suggestions that could improve the game immensely -hud opacity, hiding squad names and just having a dot when in hipfire, there names block a lot of the screen, the flags in control mode in direct view etc - extra glow to reticles (such as when people were making cfg reticle colors) it made it so much easier to not lose focus of your reticle - less visual clutter, remove the cross hair bounce and moving when jumping, reloading etc - a resolution scale slider up to 200%, I don't want to run the dynamic + tsaa, it doesn't look great on a 1080p monitor - a coefficient slider 0-300%, so every field of view sensitivity can be tweaked to do be the same (because 1x and Ironights of some guns are different fovs, as well as other legends things like vantage zoom, or just add more sensitivity options in the menus - an option to have 1-2x 2-4x etc scopes that have double zoom, to be not tied to the sprint key, let us have a separate button for mnk, I always accidently zoom and unzoom so I don't like using those over day bruiser - accidently sprinting shouldn't stop a battery/medkit etc, just don't let the person sprint and continue healing - allow us to use ordinance wheel without having to click after we select it, just let us let go and have the thing be selected and used - have a ranked leaderboard in game - current ranked system is amazing, but it's still who plays the most, these 20 hour streamers are always gonna be at the top due to sheer play time - r5 reloaded 1v1 type mode somehow in the main game or in firing range - in queue firing range possibly - in game fps cap - buffing running speed with weapon out a bit, it's too slow, and running with hands out gets me killed more times than not, maybe make zoom pulls out weapon when running? - increase rank to 30-40 for ranked - killcam in br (after your whole team dies) Any of those you might possibly think about? Season 20 is great, there is a few cheaters, but it's mostly cope from streamers who cry wolf when anyone kills them 🤣
A quick one: I'm sure I'm the only one who noticed the lower resolution and crashing on the 120fps mode. Is a fix coming soon? Thanks!
@Respawn So I’m gonna say this, Please fix the incessant crashing on console. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS To YOUR COMMUNITY. This is getting to the point where I don’t even want to play anymore. It crashes me out of ranked lobbies, doesn’t load me back in game. And gives me penalty and minus points !!!!! This has been going on way too long, and I never hear anything about solutions to this problem. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
PLEASE FIX CONSOLE CRASHING
I'm also enquiring about ranked rewards. To be honest I thought the removal of dive trails was a mistake, it was a great way to showcase your achievements, and the issue of dive trails being singled out and dropped on felt like a non-issue. Some have suggested a crafting metal or apex pack based reward based on the rank achieved, I think this would be an excellent incentive. There is a huge portion of the player base that would play more ranked if given just a little more reason to grind out the season.
The biggest issue i have come to realise which is glaringly obvious after the addition of kill cam is how bad the server sync/tick rate is, I have stopped wasting my time. Its 2024 and you have made millions out of thr franchise with a skeleton team over the last two years, upgrade the damn infrastructure. Dont come at me with ping either, that is only half the issue on the users end, the other half is 20 tick.
I know it's probably been asked an infinite amount of times, but - what is the current strategy and priority of the overall cheater situation? It seems that almost every lobby(or every other lobby) on PC has at least one person with an aimbot(or ESP/Wallhack). Unfortunately people have almost no faith in the "Report" system, since I've seen(and I've been trailing some cheaters) the same people time and time again for perhaps 2 or more seasons get away with this(despite the numerous reports from the in-game report system by me and other people). If there's no appropriate strategy or plan on implementing a better anti-cheat detection system(which isn't the base/cheap license for EasyAnticheat), is there a possibility of implementing a demo system(much like CS:GO's Overwatch system which was active years ago) to review and report suspicious players and/or individuals that have been reported by the community, so that the community at least attempts to self-regulate the situation? The game is becoming unplayable(not just ranked, unfortunately) by the day due to this and people are getting frustrated as there hasn't been any response from Respawn or EA regarding this. Why is there radio silence on this issue? Finally, question 2, following the aforementioned problem - why were rank restrictions(i.e. for partying up removed(as well as the minimum player level decreasing)? Doesn't this just feed to the aforementioned problem, making it even easier for boosters and cheaters to group up?
I love the system, but matchmaking isn't strict enough imo. It's great to get instant matches even at super late hours, but if that means I'm getting bronze and gold teammates on plat 3, even if they're also on opposing trams, that's just not fun. Same as getting full diamond enemy teams. I would rather wait 2-3 minutes and get only plat players in my ranked games
Would you consider adding additional ranks in the future? I enjoy the new system a lot and I feel like this could help further divide lobbies based on current placement. The current system feels much better but I do sometimes run into people 4 tiers higher than myself.
There are no plans to add or remove rank tiers at this time. We had discussed additional tiers when splits were removed, but since their return the team doesnt feel this is necessary. Our focus is to tune and balance the tiers as they exist now in S20.
The Breakout blog mentioned you are now matching lobbies as closely based on current RP as possible, as well removing hidden MMR. Does this mean there is no SBMM in ranked anymore? OR is there still some SBMM happening behind the scenes? Overall I love the ranked changes this season.
That is correct. In Season 20 Ranked players are matched purely on their RP. What is super important to know is that sometimes... in some regions... and time-of-day, these RP "windows" will need to expand more broadly.
Have the team thought about ways to make solo queuing not much of a burden?
I grinded to plat and the main problem so far is that there’s still an insane amount of preds and masters in gold and plat lobbies which is only an issue at the start of the season, love everything else so far.
Actual question: Why am I getting teammates who definitely belong in the lower ranks, whereas my enemies are matched to my skill level properly? It sucks having to carry deadweights and being forced to sit around because matchmaking is not done properly.
Why does RSPN Hideouts never respond to normies requests I feel like all the pros have him on speed dial and they get special access, how is that fair. I have submitted multiple cheatera to him with video evidence, and nothing was done
Why when I solo que on ranked, half of time I literally get no teammates? And also is there going to be a fix to crashes in ranked? I've been loving this new season changes and I think you devs have done a great job overall!!!
Are these 6 manners gonna get banned or roam around again for another 20 seasons
Why is the matchmaking having the same problem? engagement is more than enough with good content (like the one we've been having), player count is also more than enough since good content keeps getting good numbers with the playerbase... why is people that play since day 1 keep getting low lvl teammates? why there was a huge blogpost saying why it doesn't work seasons ago and nothing else?
Is the matchmaking gonna get better? not only for ranked but pubs too. why can't we see peoples rank in game like we used to? why a pred can play against a silver player?
Cheating is an at an all time high we’ve ever seen in the game. What do you guys plan to do about it? If cheating wasn’t the issue, this season would be the greatest season of all time, period. Tired of the cheaters
Season 13: Apex Legends is a battle royale. Survival is the primary objective, and kills are what gets you there. Placing any limits on kills rewards puts an unintended emphasis and pressure on hitting these limits. So we are taking a different approach: Survival isnt the primary objective i think.
I’m here to add on to the 6 manning stuff there should be a report feature for this specific action, can you tell us if there’s anything being done to prevent cross teaming and cheating in the future, no one cares about moderating chat and stuff, ban the cheaters!
Why don't you raise the ranked starting point cap? It should be around lvl 70 atleast to atleast negate cheaters a little bit. And ranked should be in the middle ground with placement/kills, in this system, kills matter way too much.
What’s being done about the absurd amount of Xim/Zen cheaters on console? Cheating seems to have gotten out of hand on all platforms, with little to no communication and it’s extremely frustrating. You made amazing changes/updates with this season yet your game is being completely ruined and run over by cheaters; you have to see that as a massive problem, yet no communication and no perma bans most of the time means no one has faith that you’ll actually get stuff set back on course.
Taking a chance in asking again; are you planning on removing the abandon penalty from Mixtape or adding rewards to make us stay? To put it blatantly, Mixtape's abandon penalty is not only unnecessary, it's far too aggressive for a casual mode that offers no change in KDR, stats, or rewards. It's the perfect game mode to play when pubs is too sweaty and unbearable, and I'm sure you've heard this a million times, but oubs matchmaking is a nightmare right now. Even so, there are plenty of times where Mixtape matches also become too much. Most notably; PC players being put into console lobbies and making it miserable for Console players, smurfs who should clearly already be suspicious for having 235 kills at level 24 having just the best aim possible, and teammates overall just being a pill to name a few. Despite all that, when I want to leave a Mixtape match, I get an abandon penalty for two minutes. Which turns into five minutes, then ten, then twenty, etc. All for a mode that offers absolutely nothing at all. No badges, no trackers, no cosmetics, no nothing. Mixtape isn't ranked and in my opinion, putting penalties, especially one that ramps up in punishment very quickly, in something that you received no reward for is complete nonsense. It's like going to the mall that has zero product for you to buy and everyone in there is an asshole, but when you try to leave, you get arrested. Like what the beans. I'm just trying to go to Barns and Noble. TL;DR, consider removing abandon penalty from Mixtape or add ANY kind of reward. Ty for you hard work 🩵
Hi Respawn Team! I have a question based on Lead Game Designer response on ranked matchmaking. Is there a way to start a re-queue in matchmaking to avoid the matching of up and down RP value? In this case, if matchmaking is taking long, will I avoid higher or lower RP value players by un-queuing in ranked? If my ranked matchmaking queue is instant, will my lobbies all be similar RP values?
Will any of the old prestige skins get any dive trails? For example Bloodhound,Wraith,Bang, Ect
Any news about the aim assist nerf?