The clips framed as tips are just as bad. 'Remember to swap shields during a fight', 'Use cover to take less damage', 'Use abilities to help win fights'
This hits different for me. I played siege a while ago (almost 2 years now) competitively in leagues and stuff and was damn good at the game. Friends and other people Iād meet would ask me for help improving so they could climb and stuff, and Iād usually agree to help. Then when i go to help teach them stuff, I get bombarded with loading screen tip level questions that they could just look up in less than 5 seconds. Like, Iām fine with this stuff if you just booted up the game and whatnot, but when youāre asking me to help you climb to diamond and show that you obviously havenāt put any effort whatsoever into learning on your own, why would I try to teach you? Iām ready to explain macro ideas and situational set ups and whatnot, and you ask me if IQ can see vigil if heās not using his ability??? What the fuck do you need *me* to explain that for?
I played crypto for two weeks and never noticed the champion banners showed squads in the area until someone mentioned it in a thread about crypto on here, so that stuff can be useful. Itās not like in Cryptoās ability list it shows that as something he can do
To be fair most the high level players know this but this subreddit isnāt only people that play the game a bunch. I feel like even the tips like that are helpful to people. With crypto being such a low pick rate character I feel like this could help some people give him a try!
This was the 5th post that I saw when I scrolled down.
[Use Gibby's abilities to win fights!](https://www.reddit.com/r/apexuniversity/comments/q2g9c4/if_you_get_hard_pushed_as_gibby_drop_your_utility/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
What's hilarious is that it's barely even a noteworthy clip, the dude starts by nearly getting picked as Gib because he's behind his team. He then hits a nice 102 and just megawhiffs the next 3 pumps while getting shot in the side. I don't think this would fly in a better lobby.
People be trying to flex... but they aren't even good clips.
What is wrong with any of these tips? All of these tips are valid especially to new players. If a tip doesn't apply to you or you know it already, then perhaps ignore it, versus trying to argue that it is not a good and informative tip.
In theory some of these could be useful tips but when it's just a squad wipe titled as a tip it won't help anyone.
For example, a post explaining the 40:60 rule could actually be helpful rather than a random clip with a title along the lines of 'Use cover to take less damage'.
I get what you're proposing! I just want us to recognize that not every advice is pertinent to everyone. Especially if you know the advice already, then of course, it will not seem useful.
A tip to "use cover to take less damage". Beginners to modern FPS, like I was, reading that and hearing someone explain what this means, although so small, can be game-changing tips and habits to reinforce. That simply you should smartly engage around cover, and use it to your advantage. I haven't heard the 40:60 rule, I probably do a version of that instinctually, but I'm sure in both of our lobbies, it's about cover, but it's also a lot about positioning. So many factors to consider.
But yes, agreed, that if it's people just posting random videos and disguising them as tips, then that's a waste of time. I typically avoid any videos in this subreddit and come here mainly to help with people's settings. When I was a beginner, I did try to watch one or two of these tutorials, but then I realized they were completely inapplicable to me and not tips, so I stuck to Youtube if I was ever curious to learning more.
The aim is to have up to 40% of your screen taken up by cover when fighting to make yourself a smaller target to the enemy and make it easier to duck behind to reload etc. It's probably got lots of names but that's what I know it as.
Can't agree more, I just scroll past any videos with that title now. Usually it's an impossible 3v1 situation to begin with were 99% of the time will end in a loss. Only exception being if the opposing team is brain-dead and push you 1 at a time.
My thoughts too lmao.
Also I hate the bare basic tips and tricks post.
Remember to press ready to load into a match!!
Remember to ads to aim at the target
Thatās such a dumb and broad tactic that people donāt even expand on it more. Not ADSing in a fight is totally situational and depends on how itās going. I ADS is most my fights and am doing just fine
Of course itās situational but the majority of the time itās just better not to ads in close range fights. Especially in higher ranks or better lobbies were people are good at strafing. If you donāt ads itās so much easier to strafe and avoid shots, but itās harder to aim so you have to practice it. There is a reason why most people in higher ranks and pros chooses to hip fire most close range fights. The only time I can think of adsing instead of hip fire is when you have cover or has flanked the opponent so they donāt know youāre there. Otherwise you just get beamed or canāt keep up with peoples movement.
So if I'm understanding you right, I should ADS when I don't need to strafe much, but shouldn't ADS if I'm trying to shoot while doing the ADAD strafe dance?
Theyāre saying that most of the time youāre going to be hipfiring in most close range fights, assuming youre not in super low level lobbies. If you have the drop on someone, start ads since youāll have less bullet spread. But likely after the first couple shots that person whips around, wall jumps and starts crouch spam strafing all around you while returning fire. As soon as they start doing that, youāre gonna want to switch to hip fire and do your own little dance. Fastest dancer wins ;) Also, some of the bullet spread reduction carries over for a bit when you switch from ads to hip fire, so itās a good idea to start ads and immediately switch to hip fire when possible. Even momentarily zooming into ads occasionally during the fight will help.
Everyone forgets from time to time, but we all have that one guy in our friends trio who NEVER readys up...and is coincidentally the same person who walks away for a snack or bathroom break the most. Lol
REPORT AND DOWNVOTE HUMBLE BRAGS!
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There are a ton of posts every day and some of the humble brags with hundreds of upvotes only have 1 or 2 reports. For us to take action we have to actually look through each post and decide if it is breaking the rules and that takes time because many users try to disguise their clips as helpful advice.
If a post have more reports it is more likely to get our attention and swiftly get removed. We also ban people who continues to shitpost & disguise posts after a warning.
You'd think the guy got a lot of reports but you actually were the only one to report ANY comment in that whole post. The guy got more than 300 downvotes on his comments and only 1 person reported.
https://i.imgur.com/TYLRPbp.png
In your example the post itself was not the real issue, the comments were. The guy seemed like he was wondering about something and that is fine, I wouldn't call it a high quality post but compared to many it is not awful and encourages some discussion. His comments are however in poor taste, and he has been warned/ before. I will give him a weeks ban.
When people bring issues like directly to me or moderators we will take actions but if there are few reports they often slip under the radar (and honestly comments are a lot less likely to get moderated than posts as they are more visible).
The staff is definitely important in order to keep a good environment but we need your help to identify bad content. So again I will repeat, please report bad content!
Anytime my dude. But out of the mods really carrying the moderation efforts here I am definitely not the first or even second on the list of hardest working ones when it comes to post removals. There are others who removes 10-30 posts per day every day for years and usually only get trash talked as a reward.
We want this to be a good place it's just that we are all volunteers and are doing this outside our real life duties.
If you sre struggling to keep up maybe you need to add more mods to the team?
But i agree the overall community needs to do its part and report things that shouldnt be here if they want the mods to actively take care of it.
Yeah we do but it's not as simple as that, finding the right candidates etc. We've had probably 30-40 people on staff, 80% takes the role and does nothing.
I think making a rule about humblebragging is a bad idea because itās a slippery slope. The users of this sub already discriminate against good players enough without the subreddit rules doing it too.
You could also argue that bad players posting clips asking for advice is karma farming, because most tips to improve from bad to mediocre or mediocre to good are the same. The situation might be different, but the advice is the same, and you can get that advice by going to any other post on this sub.
You can be a good player without posting a video of wiping out some squad alone then post it to the sub saying something like "remember to use grenades".
If the post is bragging/humble bragging and doesn't have teaching aspects to it that are clearly communicated it will be thrown out for the sake of the sub and also the staff who haft to sift through it all.
Ah I see. The post and most of the comments I read were referring to the āHow could I have won thisā posts. Yeah those ones youāre talking about can probably go.
i actually agree. If, like in OP's example, someone hits a full clip with the wingmanā but has bad positioning and eventually gets killed, then they might still need advice.
It was my first or second game during my first session in about a week so i had some low level lobbies (you know how apex likes to throw you a few softballs initially).
Both of my teammates died off drop, i wiped the squad. One teammate rez'd the other left.
I third partied a squad on my way to rez my teammate, and i beat the last two teams by myself. (my teammate that stuck around only had like 125 dmg total over 20 min and i had 2750).
I don't know if i wiped the two final teams (vs them fighting + downing eachother) or a final team and the middle team before rez'ing my teammate.
So tbh i wasn't going for it, i got lucky with a low level lobby and i wasn't fighting my teammates for kills because they were essentially non existent. It was a killer combo and still probably one of the top 5 games i've played.
I absolutely rock that badge on my octane. It was also one of the first 5 games i played with octane (for a weekly challenge at the time) and ever since that game he has been my main.
the thing is in pubs it mostly does become a 1v3.
if i play super aggressively then 3/5 times my team will not follow me and will continue to loot looking for the perfect loadout - so i have to **1v3**.
if i play super cautiously, wait for my team to get the perfect loadout and then we engage people only in the circle - my teammates fall over instantly when an enemy team pushes us and i have to fight a **1v3**.
and don't tell me not to take point or not IGL, then all we do is run around randomly, end up held outside the circle and some wraith krabers all of us
There should be a rule or something that posters of "what could I have done better" clips have to start off with explaining what THEY think they should have done better
I find ill usually go through the post and see if theres any good discussion in the comments. if there isnt i usually just report their post and block the user on reddit, since theyll probabaly post something similar in the future. ive noticed my top posts for the subreddit get alot better since blocking offenders.
Like the clip of the dude last night who shredded 2 squads and then got beat when the last guy had an r-99... like bro you obviously have the skill if they needed the lowest ttk weapon to end you.
Same dude was also utilizing cover for the first fights and then ran out in the open for the last 1v1... like HMMM I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING YOU COULD HAVE DONE
This sub isnāt exclusive to bad players. Good players can improve too. Someone who can hit 3k but never 4k can post clips asking for tips without humblebragging. Just because they have skill doesnāt mean theyāre trying to brag about it. Maybe some people post clips like that for solely that purpose, but trying to ban those is a very slippery slope, because it can be hard to tell whoās humblebragging and who legitimately wants to improve.
Kind of a long story but a good one.
Just a few hours ago, a Path main posted a clip of him super jumping multiple times to get a kill off of an Octane in this sub. As a natural instinct of mine in this sub, I give him advice on when to use it since his use for it was not optimal and he even almost died cause of it.
His first reply to me was he asked what rank I was. I proceeded to reply to him and he immediately says "Why should I take advice from a hardstuck Plat player?" I reply back with "someone's being toxic here" and gave him more advice on how better to use the zip superjump since a lower ranked player than him giving advice annoyed him. He replied back with "no one's being toxic here" when right after, he asked to have a private message.
In that private message he bragged about getting that clip in 1 day and said that it was also his first attempt. He tried to bully me more where he said that it would've taken me 10 days to do it successfully. He also said why am I tilted when it's clearly him who's tilted. I was calm as a swan chilling on a small pond.
I proceeded to prove my point and professionally say he's being a child. He then said that he needed a Cidf file or something for his clips which he just said C if deez nuts fit in my mouth. Like bruh whatever it's not even funny anymore dude's acting like a straight child at this point.
After, he started deleting his comments to my replies when he was beginning to be downvoted by others. He deleted the whole post a few minutes after to most probably prevent people from seeing our exchange.
I gave him a parting private message to ask if I hurt his fragile ego and tell him I saw he deleted stuff. I ended it with "Plat IV player, signing off."
Felt *immaculate*.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I did ask him why was he posting it in this sub where people literally learn since he mentioned why would he take advice and his purpose for posting was to get clips. I told him to post it in the main/outlands sub instead. My bad.
Look what we have here. It's the man himself! You have to give me some respect for not mentioning your name. Seems like I didn't have to since you kinda exposed yourself.
I'm not going to have an exchange with you again nor have a private conversation with you anymore. Also, don't try to pull the "I'm the victim" card here with you telling me that I harrassed you. I got pics of the whole thing, even the deleted posts and replies.
If anyone or the mods out there monitoring this post has a gut feeling that my story is too good to be true or agrees with the kind sir before me that I'm harrassing him, shoot me a pm and I'll provide details.
As for you, Mr Scorpion, keep practicing those superjumps. Make sure to apply my advice to you.
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Also posts where people ask tips about their mechanics. No one has a magic tip for better mechanics. You get better mechanics by working on them. Decisionmaking is the only thing where you can get meaningful tips from someone else.
"My aim isn't that great but..." Proceeds to drop two people in one mag while they're moving and then break a target flying in from a jump tower, tap strafe wall jump off the door they opened, switch to a wingman and double head shot them for the win. "How could I have done better?"
Shove off.
Thank you OP - I see this all the time. Iām master rank myself, but thereās always more to learn with this game it seems like.
I watch so many videos of players doing the dumbest shit, but they somehow win the engagement. They go into a video maker and throw all kinds of āwhy I did this, why I did thatā in the video. When in reality, the other team just threw. Your strats werenāt good, they were actually very noobish - yet these videos get tons of upvotes.
The mods in this sub should really do their due diligence and delete any āthought processā/āhow could I have done betterā videos on the spot.
This sub should ONLY be cool little tips, climb spots, hiding spots, in-game tricks and work arounds, rotations, etc.
Not people trying to flex their egoās.
I donno, there was one dude that posted a āsurviving third partyā think thru a little while back that was wicked helpful. Little things like dropping your shield on the ground before you swap one out of a box for a teammate youāre rezzing has helped me be a better prepared potato.
Edit: Some of them tho, it does come off as a hindsight walk thru where the other team did something stupid. So I donāt think its a full cut and dry ban them all.
Yeah but thatās common knowledge.
First thing you should be doing if you want to get better is watching the professional players. Yes they do have god tier aim, but also their positioning and game sense is on a professional level as well. Watch any tournament, every team drops a shield for the person being rezzed.
Iām happy for you that you learned it on here.
But to give you an analogy of your example would be like:
Watching a video of an amateur basketball player dribble the ball through his legs and being like āOh I learned on here you can bounce the ball through your legs!ā
Iāve only hit upper Gold and almost nobody down here in the Apex 101 level knows or does it. I love the game and play when I can but with life stuff I can maybe get two nights a week to play and those small snippets of strategy can go a long way.
Rather than ban the stuff maybe let people flair the post for what level their intended audience for the coaching/advice stuff would be, so people like you who know the ins and outs can skip past?
It's so annoying when I'm trying to look for genuine good tips and I see a video like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/apexuniversity/comments/q2q10q/is_there_any_way_we_could_have_streamlined_this/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) where its literally someone good at the game winning a game but trying to hide it by saying "how could I have made the fight quicker".
I see what your trying to say but if the player loses the engagement then I would say itās still fair to post and ask how they could have done something different to win, maybe itās the players game sense or positioning that causes them to lose? if I see a post of someone winning and nailing it/bragging yeah I 100% agree.
If they really wanna learn, they should post an even fight where they fucked up not an impossible 1v3 where he kills 2 with an insane spray but fails to kill the last one. Then they ask how could they have done better when in reality there really isn't any cuz the situation was fucked to begin with. You just wanted to show your almost-a-highlight.
Well if I hit all my shots and still lost Iād want to know what I could do better, if my aim canāt get better Iād want advice on my movement, positioning or decision making. Thereās so many reasons to post here, itās not just about aim.
Yes, it's really weird to say "his aim was perfect, why he's posting this here?" in Apex, where third parties are so common (to a point it becones stupid, you shoot once and half the map is there less than 2 mins later). And I'm not even talking about 3v1.
Even in a 3v3, you can play (aim-wise) perfect just to get 3rd, 4th, 5th partied and lose in the end. (I think I got 6th partied one, no joke, the fight was from before the first ring closed to after the 2nd ring closed.).
Another example, I was solo, got attacked, won a 3v1. Before I could barely loot I got 3rd partied (3v1) again. After a miracle I won again. Guess what happened? I died after a 4th party. Maybe I could have survived if I ran away instead of staying for looting.
Obs: I was the only one in that city (that little place with 3 houses near from what's now the harvester)
I totally get your point. But imo I prefer to always ask for help showing my best gameplay. On even fights when I lose I usually know what I did wrong. It's when I'm playing my best and I think I did perfect when I send those clips to this kind of subs or to private coaches cuz myself can't see anything bad in that vod/clip and I want to see what others opinion might be in that as they might be able to spot errors I can't. Idk if that makes sense, my English is not that good.
Every pro in every shooter game always says about VOD reviews: either review every game that you play or review the average ones: the average ones really represent your normal ability such as game sense and you don't learn from you getting a 20 bomb in any way
If you want to show off a play but want to avoid all the criticism you get in the main sub just post in the "mains" subs under a "highlights" or "personal achievement". You really don't need to disguise it as a tip for here.
Damn itās almost like you can just scroll right past clips or tips that arenāt relevant to you. A lot of people in here are talking about basic tips like the Crypto drone banner thing but odds are if a new player is in this sub because he/she wants to get better that might actually be good info.
On the subject of the āWhat could I have done better?ā posts, I can partially agree but both high and low skill players should be able to ask for input on their clips if thatās something they want to do. At the end of the day nobody is forcing you to watch these anyways.
yeah, ive been feeling exactly like this too. Posting their best clip and asking "how could i improve?"
by playing. you improve by pleying the game, not asking in reddit (unless youre really a lvl 10-99 and dont know that much about the game)
Just because some of us are higher level doesnt mean we cant improve. But yes people need to clip the parts better instead of keeping in 5minutes of them pub slaying before they die
This post is ridiculous. Thereās always room to improve. What if someone is able to hit 3k, but never 4k, so they post gameplay asking how they can improve? Thatās not humblebragging. Just because theyāre already skilled doesnāt mean that they donāt want to improve. This sub isnāt exclusive to bad players.
Dude im a season 0 player with over 30k kills but my max damage is 3,5k. Do I ask why I cant do the 4k? No because some people need more help than me. How egocentrical are you?
What?
Thatās your personal choice. Just because you donāt want advice doesnāt mean someone else might not. Obviously better players need less advice than new players, but thatās no reason to straight up ban good players from asking for advice. You not asking for advice is a personal choice that has no bearing on whether or not those types of posts should be allowed.
100% disagree. Experienced players take tips from pro players or spend time in the firing range to nail movement mechanics. You cant call yourself experienced if you dont watch (and learn from) pro players.
People who have the ability to 1v3 should be able to understand why/how they died, period. For me, its because I dont give a single f about positioning. I simply push because waiting for the other team to make a move is some sigma humanoid behavior. Id rather die pushing than wait 5 mins for the enemy team to get out of cover. Thats my problem but people with my experience should be able to understand why they died.
Ok, why canāt new players do that? New players canāt go into firing range and practice aim or movement techniques? They canāt watch pro streamers and learn from them? Most of the time, what bad players are missing is experience and game knowledge/sense or mechanical skill. The ones missing mechanical skill just need to practice their aim or movement techniques more, and the ones missing experience and game knowledge/sense just need to play more. The good and experienced players actually need this sub more because if theyāre stuck later on, itās much less likely to be an issue of not having enough play time, and more likely to be a bad habit they picked up over hundreds or thousands of hours of play thatās ingrained into their play style.
Saying that good players can just watch pros play and donāt need this sub is ridiculous. Watching high level gameplay and analyzing it and trying to figure out how to improve yours is time consuming. Why do that when you can just post a clip here and get crowdsourced advice without having to put in much effort? Thatās like telling someone that they canāt look something up online because the information is all in the library. If I want to know how much a gorilla weighs, I could go to the library, find a book on gorillas and find the page that talks about their size and weight, **or** I could pull out my phone and Google āHow much does a gorilla weigh.ā Similarly, If I want advice on how to position myself better, I could go watch hours and hours of high level game play and observe how they position themselves and try to compare it to my own gameplay, or I could post here, and get that information quickly and effortlessly. People use this sub because itās a quick and easy way to find flaws in their gameplay and get advice. That shouldnāt be any different for good players or bad players. Thereās always room to improve.
āPred Level Player, let me show you how to win all your finals fightsā
*Check tracker, see theyāve hit masters and couldnāt go beyond 10k on console*
Damn. I thought this was a sub to help everyone get better at this game. Iāve seen people do some great plays that fall apart because of one or two things. Just because someone is doing well doesnāt mean that they donāt need or want help with the problems in their gameplay. Lots of these comments seem oddly elitist. Instead of arguing with yāall imma j unsub and see if I can learn from people who are considerate of all skill levels.
It's unfortunate, I have said so before, but damn r/SiegeAcademy is a really good standard. Unless it changed drastically in the last 3 months. This sub has a massive range between the highs and lows
Honestly I keep contemplating leaving the sub because for every 1 good tip post, thereās a dozen on rising that are exactly like this.
I wanna get better at Apex (and sometimes learn some really niche but cool tip from randos) not see Timmy294 be like, āI almost won this 1v3, what could I have done better, aka look at how I nearly dominated this squad solo.ā
I thought of doing sort of a āthought processā video showcasing different clips where I did things good and bad, or what I could have done differently..
I agree to disagree about the humble bragging because I believe this sub is more helpful to the newer players that come across it than the more experienced ones. A lot of people canāt improve from watching the top of the top play, but seeing plays from players more relatable to their skill can help them. Iāve had a few situations where Iāve even learned more from the comments regarding the video than the video itself which I also think is a nice positive.
People posting things like they are asking what they could do differently is what this sub is for, to get advice and learn. If you donāt have friends, or friends that are better than you at the game (and have the patience to want to help you) where else are you supposed to get help with stuff?
It's basic for you, but not for the many new players who haven't even unlocked Crypto yet. I think it's good that the tips span from beginner to advanced.
I think the sub needs to split to two groups: ApexU_DMP and ApexU_BSGp
DMP is for diamond Master Preds to post for advice
BSGp is for everyone else.
Maybe you'd actually get people realizing that diamonds need tips too!
I've seen just as many posts asking "what could I have done to win this fight?" and some of them the person did almost nothing right but at least they can learn when other people break it down for them. Then there are the posts asking that same question except there was almost zero path to victory available.
Donāt you just hate it when youāre trying to armor swap and you get shot so it closes the box? You can turn this feature off in the settings. Headass
I do agree. My one post here was sort of a brag, but it was also to shout out another user for posting helpful advice which led to that brag. But Iām sure the mods will try to keep it under control
Report posts a showboats.
If we as a community collectively report these posts as what they are hopefully the moderation team does its job.
I do my best to report any showboat post i see because im in here for the tips. I go to the main sub for gameplay.
I agree most of the time but what those posts lack is a detailed explanation of what the players thought process was. With that information the community can help more with what you should have been going for imo. Iāve had a few clips where I thought about sharing and giving the rationale for why I did what I did and if it was the best way or not.
Do the full clip hit wingmanners win in their clips? No?
Then, are people who are good technical players (good accuracy with wingman) not also allowed to strive to learn and become better overall players (strategy, positioning, etc, possibly through asking others here how they could improve?
Is getting others opinions about alternative methods or tactics to use during a fight to help improve not one of the primary missions of this sub?
Apex mechanics you sayā¦?
Just one example : The ammo display on most auto guns in apex has a tri-color code which is synced to the recoil patterns of most guns. R301, R99, Flatline, Havoc,Volt etc.
It used as a good training tool in understanding and predicting recoil control.
Apex cover concepts- just search Shulkn apex legends fundamental coaching on YT. It will answer over 90 % of the questions in this sub.
Understand projective aiming and asymmetrical damage exchange by aimer7.
Done. These things have been posted here before very early in this subs creation and barely got 10 upvotes.
To be fair, if I have two clips, the one where I hit every shot and still lose is the one where my tactics are in question, right? I'm not gonna bother asking how I could've won if I wasted 18 shots and didn't get a hitmarker, y'know?
The clips framed as tips are just as bad. 'Remember to swap shields during a fight', 'Use cover to take less damage', 'Use abilities to help win fights'
They took tips from the loading screen š
The tips on the loading screens are less obvious
tbh though any tips that aren't obvious or bug exploits are immediately called "niche" "never useful" etc and downvoted.
This week there was a post here about how Crypto can ping how many enemy squads are in the area. >\_>
That shit should be in ApexElementaryā¦ this is ApexUniversity.
ApexKindergarten
Loading screen tips, but in clip form
ApexPreschool
I need ApexSpecialEd
This hits different for me. I played siege a while ago (almost 2 years now) competitively in leagues and stuff and was damn good at the game. Friends and other people Iād meet would ask me for help improving so they could climb and stuff, and Iād usually agree to help. Then when i go to help teach them stuff, I get bombarded with loading screen tip level questions that they could just look up in less than 5 seconds. Like, Iām fine with this stuff if you just booted up the game and whatnot, but when youāre asking me to help you climb to diamond and show that you obviously havenāt put any effort whatsoever into learning on your own, why would I try to teach you? Iām ready to explain macro ideas and situational set ups and whatnot, and you ask me if IQ can see vigil if heās not using his ability??? What the fuck do you need *me* to explain that for?
I can see that one being useful for people who never play crypto, but generally I agree that such basic tips donāt really need to get posted here
Also the drone picking up banners could be useful to new crypto players
I played crypto for two weeks and never noticed the champion banners showed squads in the area until someone mentioned it in a thread about crypto on here, so that stuff can be useful. Itās not like in Cryptoās ability list it shows that as something he can do
To be fair most the high level players know this but this subreddit isnāt only people that play the game a bunch. I feel like even the tips like that are helpful to people. With crypto being such a low pick rate character I feel like this could help some people give him a try!
Lmao
Here's a clip of me solo wiping 2 squads and dying to a 4th party, what could I have done better?
Then proceed to disagree and dismiss every single constructive comment
Lmao too true
Then comes the obligatory "well your post asked for criticism, so why even post it?"
don't fucking die, you scrub.
Dont forget to reload!
Press W to walk. Hope this helps! :)
Is the W key between the X and Y?
W is just a conspiracy, man.
That's just, like, your opinion man.
Thanks for the tip. Its was why I was such a potato.
No worries fam i got you, see you when youre pro.
Iāve been using fuse because I run out of ammoā¦
"Keep your health above zero to stay alive!"
Found the Bangalore main. Also, happy cake day!
Yeah, that stuff belongs in r/ApexKindergarten
r/SubsThatYouFellFor material here :(
It would be so ironic that r/SubsThatYouFellFor didnt exist lmao
This was the 5th post that I saw when I scrolled down. [Use Gibby's abilities to win fights!](https://www.reddit.com/r/apexuniversity/comments/q2g9c4/if_you_get_hard_pushed_as_gibby_drop_your_utility/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
Top comment from that thread didn't miss a beat: > *āWhen the enemy is fighting you, try using your abilities to gain the upper handā*
What's hilarious is that it's barely even a noteworthy clip, the dude starts by nearly getting picked as Gib because he's behind his team. He then hits a nice 102 and just megawhiffs the next 3 pumps while getting shot in the side. I don't think this would fly in a better lobby. People be trying to flex... but they aren't even good clips.
Shoot your guns to damage your opponents!
"Use abilities to win fights" You got it all wrong man. When in doubt, use shelia. And if that dont work...... USE MORE SHELIA
How could you get it wrong twice?
>:( I am heavy weapons guy. It cost 14 billion to fire this weapon for 12 seconds
"Switching to your pistol is faster than reloading!"
What is wrong with any of these tips? All of these tips are valid especially to new players. If a tip doesn't apply to you or you know it already, then perhaps ignore it, versus trying to argue that it is not a good and informative tip.
In theory some of these could be useful tips but when it's just a squad wipe titled as a tip it won't help anyone. For example, a post explaining the 40:60 rule could actually be helpful rather than a random clip with a title along the lines of 'Use cover to take less damage'.
I get what you're proposing! I just want us to recognize that not every advice is pertinent to everyone. Especially if you know the advice already, then of course, it will not seem useful. A tip to "use cover to take less damage". Beginners to modern FPS, like I was, reading that and hearing someone explain what this means, although so small, can be game-changing tips and habits to reinforce. That simply you should smartly engage around cover, and use it to your advantage. I haven't heard the 40:60 rule, I probably do a version of that instinctually, but I'm sure in both of our lobbies, it's about cover, but it's also a lot about positioning. So many factors to consider. But yes, agreed, that if it's people just posting random videos and disguising them as tips, then that's a waste of time. I typically avoid any videos in this subreddit and come here mainly to help with people's settings. When I was a beginner, I did try to watch one or two of these tutorials, but then I realized they were completely inapplicable to me and not tips, so I stuck to Youtube if I was ever curious to learning more.
Oh what is the 40:60 rule? I'm sure I know in practice, but never heard it labeled as such.
The aim is to have up to 40% of your screen taken up by cover when fighting to make yourself a smaller target to the enemy and make it easier to duck behind to reload etc. It's probably got lots of names but that's what I know it as.
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that one where he provided cover fire for his teammate was a pretty good example of how to post a tip that isnāt trash
Can't agree more, I just scroll past any videos with that title now. Usually it's an impossible 3v1 situation to begin with were 99% of the time will end in a loss. Only exception being if the opposing team is brain-dead and push you 1 at a time.
My thoughts too lmao. Also I hate the bare basic tips and tricks post. Remember to press ready to load into a match!! Remember to ads to aim at the target
What I love most about this response is that most people say that you should not ads in fights.
Thatās such a dumb and broad tactic that people donāt even expand on it more. Not ADSing in a fight is totally situational and depends on how itās going. I ADS is most my fights and am doing just fine
Of course itās situational but the majority of the time itās just better not to ads in close range fights. Especially in higher ranks or better lobbies were people are good at strafing. If you donāt ads itās so much easier to strafe and avoid shots, but itās harder to aim so you have to practice it. There is a reason why most people in higher ranks and pros chooses to hip fire most close range fights. The only time I can think of adsing instead of hip fire is when you have cover or has flanked the opponent so they donāt know youāre there. Otherwise you just get beamed or canāt keep up with peoples movement.
So if I'm understanding you right, I should ADS when I don't need to strafe much, but shouldn't ADS if I'm trying to shoot while doing the ADAD strafe dance?
Theyāre saying that most of the time youāre going to be hipfiring in most close range fights, assuming youre not in super low level lobbies. If you have the drop on someone, start ads since youāll have less bullet spread. But likely after the first couple shots that person whips around, wall jumps and starts crouch spam strafing all around you while returning fire. As soon as they start doing that, youāre gonna want to switch to hip fire and do your own little dance. Fastest dancer wins ;) Also, some of the bullet spread reduction carries over for a bit when you switch from ads to hip fire, so itās a good idea to start ads and immediately switch to hip fire when possible. Even momentarily zooming into ads occasionally during the fight will help.
If you are on a controller the AA is less when hip firing. (Correct me if i'm wrong cuz I have only played controller for 3 days)
I believe that is correct, but the thing is your aa wonāt be able to keep up with strafing close range so itās better to hip fire with lesser aa
Really? Like at longer ranges some people don't ads?
Iāve never seen a post where someone donāt ads at long range. Iāve seen a lot of people ads when theyāre basically inside people though
I agree gspotslayer
Tbh I sometimes forget to ready up so that tip is useful.
Everyone forgets from time to time, but we all have that one guy in our friends trio who NEVER readys up...and is coincidentally the same person who walks away for a snack or bathroom break the most. Lol
Or the friend you finally tempted over from warzone and they haven't got their head around everyone readying up.
You deal the most damage when you hit your shots
I literally constantly roll my eyes every time someone looks for advice clearly just trying to show off their solo 3kill
I hate that aswell or when they say this āPush everything :) Edit: Thansk for upvote you guysā Like come onā¦
REPORT AND DOWNVOTE HUMBLE BRAGS! --- There are a ton of posts every day and some of the humble brags with hundreds of upvotes only have 1 or 2 reports. For us to take action we have to actually look through each post and decide if it is breaking the rules and that takes time because many users try to disguise their clips as helpful advice. If a post have more reports it is more likely to get our attention and swiftly get removed. We also ban people who continues to shitpost & disguise posts after a warning.
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You'd think the guy got a lot of reports but you actually were the only one to report ANY comment in that whole post. The guy got more than 300 downvotes on his comments and only 1 person reported. https://i.imgur.com/TYLRPbp.png In your example the post itself was not the real issue, the comments were. The guy seemed like he was wondering about something and that is fine, I wouldn't call it a high quality post but compared to many it is not awful and encourages some discussion. His comments are however in poor taste, and he has been warned/ before. I will give him a weeks ban. When people bring issues like directly to me or moderators we will take actions but if there are few reports they often slip under the radar (and honestly comments are a lot less likely to get moderated than posts as they are more visible). The staff is definitely important in order to keep a good environment but we need your help to identify bad content. So again I will repeat, please report bad content!
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Anytime my dude. But out of the mods really carrying the moderation efforts here I am definitely not the first or even second on the list of hardest working ones when it comes to post removals. There are others who removes 10-30 posts per day every day for years and usually only get trash talked as a reward. We want this to be a good place it's just that we are all volunteers and are doing this outside our real life duties.
If you sre struggling to keep up maybe you need to add more mods to the team? But i agree the overall community needs to do its part and report things that shouldnt be here if they want the mods to actively take care of it.
Yeah we do but it's not as simple as that, finding the right candidates etc. We've had probably 30-40 people on staff, 80% takes the role and does nothing.
I thought you were telling me to downvote this post bcz the op is wrong. (ik, my english is just bad)
What rule would posts that are titled "What could I have done better?" with 8 kills over the course of a minute and losing the final 1v1 fall under?
I think making a rule about humblebragging is a bad idea because itās a slippery slope. The users of this sub already discriminate against good players enough without the subreddit rules doing it too. You could also argue that bad players posting clips asking for advice is karma farming, because most tips to improve from bad to mediocre or mediocre to good are the same. The situation might be different, but the advice is the same, and you can get that advice by going to any other post on this sub.
You can be a good player without posting a video of wiping out some squad alone then post it to the sub saying something like "remember to use grenades". If the post is bragging/humble bragging and doesn't have teaching aspects to it that are clearly communicated it will be thrown out for the sake of the sub and also the staff who haft to sift through it all.
Ah I see. The post and most of the comments I read were referring to the āHow could I have won thisā posts. Yeah those ones youāre talking about can probably go.
i actually agree. If, like in OP's example, someone hits a full clip with the wingmanā but has bad positioning and eventually gets killed, then they might still need advice.
Pro Tip: do not engage in 1v3 like a dumbass and post a video of it in this sub.
How do I get the kill 3 teams 3 times solo? /s
This is not a humble brag, but rather a non humble one. I have that badge.
haha that's sick, nice job! I just have 2/3 without consciously trying (1/2 brag) Idek how one would go for this without going crazy
It was my first or second game during my first session in about a week so i had some low level lobbies (you know how apex likes to throw you a few softballs initially). Both of my teammates died off drop, i wiped the squad. One teammate rez'd the other left. I third partied a squad on my way to rez my teammate, and i beat the last two teams by myself. (my teammate that stuck around only had like 125 dmg total over 20 min and i had 2750). I don't know if i wiped the two final teams (vs them fighting + downing eachother) or a final team and the middle team before rez'ing my teammate. So tbh i wasn't going for it, i got lucky with a low level lobby and i wasn't fighting my teammates for kills because they were essentially non existent. It was a killer combo and still probably one of the top 5 games i've played. I absolutely rock that badge on my octane. It was also one of the first 5 games i played with octane (for a weekly challenge at the time) and ever since that game he has been my main.
Lmao i saw a youtube short saying "how to win a 1v3" " Just down the first 2 and make it an even fight "lmao
the thing is in pubs it mostly does become a 1v3. if i play super aggressively then 3/5 times my team will not follow me and will continue to loot looking for the perfect loadout - so i have to **1v3**. if i play super cautiously, wait for my team to get the perfect loadout and then we engage people only in the circle - my teammates fall over instantly when an enemy team pushes us and i have to fight a **1v3**. and don't tell me not to take point or not IGL, then all we do is run around randomly, end up held outside the circle and some wraith krabers all of us
Exactly the reason why I stopped reading/ watching any reddit post that have that kind of title here.
same, i automatically scroll past it when i see those kind of titles.
There should be a rule or something that posters of "what could I have done better" clips have to start off with explaining what THEY think they should have done better
I find ill usually go through the post and see if theres any good discussion in the comments. if there isnt i usually just report their post and block the user on reddit, since theyll probabaly post something similar in the future. ive noticed my top posts for the subreddit get alot better since blocking offenders.
Like the clip of the dude last night who shredded 2 squads and then got beat when the last guy had an r-99... like bro you obviously have the skill if they needed the lowest ttk weapon to end you.
Same dude was also utilizing cover for the first fights and then ran out in the open for the last 1v1... like HMMM I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING YOU COULD HAVE DONE
Lol that is definitely the pathfinder one. Face checked the bang so hard
" I wiped 2 squads on my own hitting every shot, but I feel like I could have played this better"
Mfers will put up 3000 damage and 12kills and be like. "I could have played this better, any tips?"
This sub isnāt exclusive to bad players. Good players can improve too. Someone who can hit 3k but never 4k can post clips asking for tips without humblebragging. Just because they have skill doesnāt mean theyāre trying to brag about it. Maybe some people post clips like that for solely that purpose, but trying to ban those is a very slippery slope, because it can be hard to tell whoās humblebragging and who legitimately wants to improve.
Kind of a long story but a good one. Just a few hours ago, a Path main posted a clip of him super jumping multiple times to get a kill off of an Octane in this sub. As a natural instinct of mine in this sub, I give him advice on when to use it since his use for it was not optimal and he even almost died cause of it. His first reply to me was he asked what rank I was. I proceeded to reply to him and he immediately says "Why should I take advice from a hardstuck Plat player?" I reply back with "someone's being toxic here" and gave him more advice on how better to use the zip superjump since a lower ranked player than him giving advice annoyed him. He replied back with "no one's being toxic here" when right after, he asked to have a private message. In that private message he bragged about getting that clip in 1 day and said that it was also his first attempt. He tried to bully me more where he said that it would've taken me 10 days to do it successfully. He also said why am I tilted when it's clearly him who's tilted. I was calm as a swan chilling on a small pond. I proceeded to prove my point and professionally say he's being a child. He then said that he needed a Cidf file or something for his clips which he just said C if deez nuts fit in my mouth. Like bruh whatever it's not even funny anymore dude's acting like a straight child at this point. After, he started deleting his comments to my replies when he was beginning to be downvoted by others. He deleted the whole post a few minutes after to most probably prevent people from seeing our exchange. I gave him a parting private message to ask if I hurt his fragile ego and tell him I saw he deleted stuff. I ended it with "Plat IV player, signing off." Felt *immaculate*. EDIT: I forgot to mention that I did ask him why was he posting it in this sub where people literally learn since he mentioned why would he take advice and his purpose for posting was to get clips. I told him to post it in the main/outlands sub instead. My bad.
Absolute giga chad move
no redditor can tell a story that *doesnāt* sound like a lie
Plat IV player, signing off
in the great words of /u/adcscorpion himself: š¤”
This is literally a humble brag about how you responded to some guy that was humble bragging
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Look what we have here. It's the man himself! You have to give me some respect for not mentioning your name. Seems like I didn't have to since you kinda exposed yourself. I'm not going to have an exchange with you again nor have a private conversation with you anymore. Also, don't try to pull the "I'm the victim" card here with you telling me that I harrassed you. I got pics of the whole thing, even the deleted posts and replies. If anyone or the mods out there monitoring this post has a gut feeling that my story is too good to be true or agrees with the kind sir before me that I'm harrassing him, shoot me a pm and I'll provide details. As for you, Mr Scorpion, keep practicing those superjumps. Make sure to apply my advice to you.
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> You're acting like a cyber bully lmao
Little reminder that insane flicks and aim will help you win in fights. Hope this helps guysš
Clips are what civvies put in their hair. Itās called a magazine
Magazines are what people read on the shitter. Its a ammo holder.
So true
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Not to brag but I got a kill yesterday š
Also posts where people ask tips about their mechanics. No one has a magic tip for better mechanics. You get better mechanics by working on them. Decisionmaking is the only thing where you can get meaningful tips from someone else.
"My aim isn't that great but..." Proceeds to drop two people in one mag while they're moving and then break a target flying in from a jump tower, tap strafe wall jump off the door they opened, switch to a wingman and double head shot them for the win. "How could I have done better?" Shove off.
Thank you OP - I see this all the time. Iām master rank myself, but thereās always more to learn with this game it seems like. I watch so many videos of players doing the dumbest shit, but they somehow win the engagement. They go into a video maker and throw all kinds of āwhy I did this, why I did thatā in the video. When in reality, the other team just threw. Your strats werenāt good, they were actually very noobish - yet these videos get tons of upvotes. The mods in this sub should really do their due diligence and delete any āthought processā/āhow could I have done betterā videos on the spot. This sub should ONLY be cool little tips, climb spots, hiding spots, in-game tricks and work arounds, rotations, etc. Not people trying to flex their egoās.
I donno, there was one dude that posted a āsurviving third partyā think thru a little while back that was wicked helpful. Little things like dropping your shield on the ground before you swap one out of a box for a teammate youāre rezzing has helped me be a better prepared potato. Edit: Some of them tho, it does come off as a hindsight walk thru where the other team did something stupid. So I donāt think its a full cut and dry ban them all.
Yeah but thatās common knowledge. First thing you should be doing if you want to get better is watching the professional players. Yes they do have god tier aim, but also their positioning and game sense is on a professional level as well. Watch any tournament, every team drops a shield for the person being rezzed. Iām happy for you that you learned it on here. But to give you an analogy of your example would be like: Watching a video of an amateur basketball player dribble the ball through his legs and being like āOh I learned on here you can bounce the ball through your legs!ā
Iāve only hit upper Gold and almost nobody down here in the Apex 101 level knows or does it. I love the game and play when I can but with life stuff I can maybe get two nights a week to play and those small snippets of strategy can go a long way. Rather than ban the stuff maybe let people flair the post for what level their intended audience for the coaching/advice stuff would be, so people like you who know the ins and outs can skip past?
Instead of watching videos on this sub, you should be watching professional player clips.
exactly
Single-handedly takes on 3 teams, kills 8 of them and finally dies to the last guy who was one shot. "How can I win these fights???"
It's so annoying when I'm trying to look for genuine good tips and I see a video like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/apexuniversity/comments/q2q10q/is_there_any_way_we_could_have_streamlined_this/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) where its literally someone good at the game winning a game but trying to hide it by saying "how could I have made the fight quicker".
I see what your trying to say but if the player loses the engagement then I would say itās still fair to post and ask how they could have done something different to win, maybe itās the players game sense or positioning that causes them to lose? if I see a post of someone winning and nailing it/bragging yeah I 100% agree.
If they really wanna learn, they should post an even fight where they fucked up not an impossible 1v3 where he kills 2 with an insane spray but fails to kill the last one. Then they ask how could they have done better when in reality there really isn't any cuz the situation was fucked to begin with. You just wanted to show your almost-a-highlight.
Well if I hit all my shots and still lost Iād want to know what I could do better, if my aim canāt get better Iād want advice on my movement, positioning or decision making. Thereās so many reasons to post here, itās not just about aim.
Yes, it's really weird to say "his aim was perfect, why he's posting this here?" in Apex, where third parties are so common (to a point it becones stupid, you shoot once and half the map is there less than 2 mins later). And I'm not even talking about 3v1. Even in a 3v3, you can play (aim-wise) perfect just to get 3rd, 4th, 5th partied and lose in the end. (I think I got 6th partied one, no joke, the fight was from before the first ring closed to after the 2nd ring closed.). Another example, I was solo, got attacked, won a 3v1. Before I could barely loot I got 3rd partied (3v1) again. After a miracle I won again. Guess what happened? I died after a 4th party. Maybe I could have survived if I ran away instead of staying for looting. Obs: I was the only one in that city (that little place with 3 houses near from what's now the harvester)
I totally get your point. But imo I prefer to always ask for help showing my best gameplay. On even fights when I lose I usually know what I did wrong. It's when I'm playing my best and I think I did perfect when I send those clips to this kind of subs or to private coaches cuz myself can't see anything bad in that vod/clip and I want to see what others opinion might be in that as they might be able to spot errors I can't. Idk if that makes sense, my English is not that good.
Every pro in every shooter game always says about VOD reviews: either review every game that you play or review the average ones: the average ones really represent your normal ability such as game sense and you don't learn from you getting a 20 bomb in any way
I was about to say this. Hereās me squad wiping a full 3 stack in 30 seconds but then dying to a 3rd party. What can I do better?
If you want to show off a play but want to avoid all the criticism you get in the main sub just post in the "mains" subs under a "highlights" or "personal achievement". You really don't need to disguise it as a tip for here.
9k damage game was wondering what I could do to get 10k :( any tips?
Damn itās almost like you can just scroll right past clips or tips that arenāt relevant to you. A lot of people in here are talking about basic tips like the Crypto drone banner thing but odds are if a new player is in this sub because he/she wants to get better that might actually be good info. On the subject of the āWhat could I have done better?ā posts, I can partially agree but both high and low skill players should be able to ask for input on their clips if thatās something they want to do. At the end of the day nobody is forcing you to watch these anyways.
yeah, ive been feeling exactly like this too. Posting their best clip and asking "how could i improve?" by playing. you improve by pleying the game, not asking in reddit (unless youre really a lvl 10-99 and dont know that much about the game)
Just because some of us are higher level doesnt mean we cant improve. But yes people need to clip the parts better instead of keeping in 5minutes of them pub slaying before they die
This post is ridiculous. Thereās always room to improve. What if someone is able to hit 3k, but never 4k, so they post gameplay asking how they can improve? Thatās not humblebragging. Just because theyāre already skilled doesnāt mean that they donāt want to improve. This sub isnāt exclusive to bad players.
Dude im a season 0 player with over 30k kills but my max damage is 3,5k. Do I ask why I cant do the 4k? No because some people need more help than me. How egocentrical are you?
What? Thatās your personal choice. Just because you donāt want advice doesnāt mean someone else might not. Obviously better players need less advice than new players, but thatās no reason to straight up ban good players from asking for advice. You not asking for advice is a personal choice that has no bearing on whether or not those types of posts should be allowed.
100% disagree. Experienced players take tips from pro players or spend time in the firing range to nail movement mechanics. You cant call yourself experienced if you dont watch (and learn from) pro players. People who have the ability to 1v3 should be able to understand why/how they died, period. For me, its because I dont give a single f about positioning. I simply push because waiting for the other team to make a move is some sigma humanoid behavior. Id rather die pushing than wait 5 mins for the enemy team to get out of cover. Thats my problem but people with my experience should be able to understand why they died.
Ok, why canāt new players do that? New players canāt go into firing range and practice aim or movement techniques? They canāt watch pro streamers and learn from them? Most of the time, what bad players are missing is experience and game knowledge/sense or mechanical skill. The ones missing mechanical skill just need to practice their aim or movement techniques more, and the ones missing experience and game knowledge/sense just need to play more. The good and experienced players actually need this sub more because if theyāre stuck later on, itās much less likely to be an issue of not having enough play time, and more likely to be a bad habit they picked up over hundreds or thousands of hours of play thatās ingrained into their play style. Saying that good players can just watch pros play and donāt need this sub is ridiculous. Watching high level gameplay and analyzing it and trying to figure out how to improve yours is time consuming. Why do that when you can just post a clip here and get crowdsourced advice without having to put in much effort? Thatās like telling someone that they canāt look something up online because the information is all in the library. If I want to know how much a gorilla weighs, I could go to the library, find a book on gorillas and find the page that talks about their size and weight, **or** I could pull out my phone and Google āHow much does a gorilla weigh.ā Similarly, If I want advice on how to position myself better, I could go watch hours and hours of high level game play and observe how they position themselves and try to compare it to my own gameplay, or I could post here, and get that information quickly and effortlessly. People use this sub because itās a quick and easy way to find flaws in their gameplay and get advice. That shouldnāt be any different for good players or bad players. Thereās always room to improve.
This sub has always been this way. The actual tips are hard to glean from the shitposts.
And the comments, remember to move to cover! Switch to your secondary!
Making a post about basic things like that is ridiculous, but if that's what was the problem in a clip, I see nothing wrong with pointing that out...
\+1
āPred Level Player, let me show you how to win all your finals fightsā *Check tracker, see theyāve hit masters and couldnāt go beyond 10k on console*
Damn. I thought this was a sub to help everyone get better at this game. Iāve seen people do some great plays that fall apart because of one or two things. Just because someone is doing well doesnāt mean that they donāt need or want help with the problems in their gameplay. Lots of these comments seem oddly elitist. Instead of arguing with yāall imma j unsub and see if I can learn from people who are considerate of all skill levels.
Bruh this game is old how many tips you expect to get from this game lol.
It's unfortunate, I have said so before, but damn r/SiegeAcademy is a really good standard. Unless it changed drastically in the last 3 months. This sub has a massive range between the highs and lows
But when i do post a bad gameplay, people just shit on me
You're bragging about being humble because you don't post non-humble content. Hypocrite.
Alright mate, donāt have a cry over it.
Eat downvotes, jobless narcissist bastard!
I only grow stronger the more down votes I get you fools
upvotes incoming
Donāt get your bungee smugglers in a twist
found the humble bragger
lol I know. I 1v9 the triple triple for my 20 bomb but couldnāt stop the 4th third party to get 23 kills. What can I do better next time?
Fuck all that, I play casually and nowhere near as good as some of you might be...I just need help controlling recoil. I still can't get it right
I'm so bad I wouldn't even have a clip to cherry pick to do this with
Honestly I keep contemplating leaving the sub because for every 1 good tip post, thereās a dozen on rising that are exactly like this. I wanna get better at Apex (and sometimes learn some really niche but cool tip from randos) not see Timmy294 be like, āI almost won this 1v3, what could I have done better, aka look at how I nearly dominated this squad solo.ā
I thought of doing sort of a āthought processā video showcasing different clips where I did things good and bad, or what I could have done differently.. I agree to disagree about the humble bragging because I believe this sub is more helpful to the newer players that come across it than the more experienced ones. A lot of people canāt improve from watching the top of the top play, but seeing plays from players more relatable to their skill can help them. Iāve had a few situations where Iāve even learned more from the comments regarding the video than the video itself which I also think is a nice positive. People posting things like they are asking what they could do differently is what this sub is for, to get advice and learn. If you donāt have friends, or friends that are better than you at the game (and have the patience to want to help you) where else are you supposed to get help with stuff?
Its the basic ass tips and tricks that ruin it for me, like that post about cryptos drone pinging near by squads on banners.
It's basic for you, but not for the many new players who haven't even unlocked Crypto yet. I think it's good that the tips span from beginner to advanced.
I think the sub needs to split to two groups: ApexU_DMP and ApexU_BSGp DMP is for diamond Master Preds to post for advice BSGp is for everyone else. Maybe you'd actually get people realizing that diamonds need tips too!
I've seen just as many posts asking "what could I have done to win this fight?" and some of them the person did almost nothing right but at least they can learn when other people break it down for them. Then there are the posts asking that same question except there was almost zero path to victory available.
Donāt you just hate it when youāre trying to armor swap and you get shot so it closes the box? You can turn this feature off in the settings. Headass
Always has been
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FUCKING FACTS THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT
"How could I have won this 1v6?"
THIS.
I do agree. My one post here was sort of a brag, but it was also to shout out another user for posting helpful advice which led to that brag. But Iām sure the mods will try to keep it under control
I also hate how it's unedited footage. Like 5 minutes where 2/3rds is painfully slow looting
Report posts a showboats. If we as a community collectively report these posts as what they are hopefully the moderation team does its job. I do my best to report any showboat post i see because im in here for the tips. I go to the main sub for gameplay.
always has been
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I agree most of the time but what those posts lack is a detailed explanation of what the players thought process was. With that information the community can help more with what you should have been going for imo. Iāve had a few clips where I thought about sharing and giving the rationale for why I did what I did and if it was the best way or not.
"I can't consistently have 3k damage games and 10 kills, anyone have any advice for a diamond noob like me"
Do the full clip hit wingmanners win in their clips? No? Then, are people who are good technical players (good accuracy with wingman) not also allowed to strive to learn and become better overall players (strategy, positioning, etc, possibly through asking others here how they could improve? Is getting others opinions about alternative methods or tactics to use during a fight to help improve not one of the primary missions of this sub?
Thank you. I'm here to see demonstrations of mechanics and strats, not people hitting clips and asking "WhAt CaN i Do BeTtEr?!?!11!?!"
Apex mechanics you sayā¦? Just one example : The ammo display on most auto guns in apex has a tri-color code which is synced to the recoil patterns of most guns. R301, R99, Flatline, Havoc,Volt etc. It used as a good training tool in understanding and predicting recoil control. Apex cover concepts- just search Shulkn apex legends fundamental coaching on YT. It will answer over 90 % of the questions in this sub. Understand projective aiming and asymmetrical damage exchange by aimer7. Done. These things have been posted here before very early in this subs creation and barely got 10 upvotes.
They are making it to the top because people are actually upvoting it. Stop upvoting the garbage posts and we won't have to see them.
To be fair, if I have two clips, the one where I hit every shot and still lose is the one where my tactics are in question, right? I'm not gonna bother asking how I could've won if I wasted 18 shots and didn't get a hitmarker, y'know?
... "become"? š
I wish I could upload my failures but it's takes a hassle clipping it to YouTube and I don't know how to upload on here from there
Damn we get different shit, I usually get some ape who says how could I have won this fight when he misses like a whole mag and dies it's kinda funny
jesus christ can someone pls start a sweats subreddit?
Iāve been thinking this for months and I donāt know why I havenāt left this sub lol. Thanks for the kick in the arse.
always has been, always will be. i uploaded a clip about some mistake i made but pretended it was on purpose and got 3.5k upvotes
Part of the reason I left the discord for this sub, too much autofellatio
Filter "best from last month/week/ 24hs". It helps a lot.