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Providing a link bc that image is a bit hard to read https://twitter.com/rkrigney/status/1448289391626031118?s=21
Ty! Btw I’m happy to answer questions from anybody who replies to this (sorry I’m a bit late to the thread, it’s 7am here)
Do you remember the long post he made about how we should be thankful he came into work on his day off? He is the f**king DIRECTOR of the communications department and he's acting like we owe him a favor for him getting paid 6 figures to do his job.
You’re making that up. Never happened. I did make a tweet pointing out that the July 4 hackers achieved nothing BESIDES making devs come in on a weekend. But the “you should be thankful” but is pure dishonesty from you.
Here’s the thread for people who want to see what I said: https://twitter.com/rkrigney/status/1412444476828749836?s=21
Personally I can’t stand the guy. Comes off as a massive dick to me. He made his comment about Facebook when it was shitting itself that was a dig at people complaining about the state of Apex, then backpedaled as soon as people got pissed at him for it, basically saying “I didn’t mean it, I was trying to make some positivity out of a bad situation”. And now here he’s throwing himself a little pity party. Dude can go f**k himself imo.
Go kick rocks bro.
When will Respawn communicate with us and provide any info about fixing issues like high cpu usage?
It's an issue we're aware of but don't have a fix for yet unfortunately.
Morning!
Is the next client-update will be the Season 11 update (Nov 2nd)?
Do you guys plan to make an "All (current) Legend editions bundle"? Would be nice to buy them in 1 package to have all (Bloodhound..Lifeline.. so on & Bangalore).
Do you think Wraith will have her own edition bundle, or her skin (that egyptian looking like) is the one in the "Champion Edition"?
Not sure if you can confirm or say anything, but any ranked changes coming next Season? Hoping for team KP & rank demotion from Diamond to to Plat, and Masters to Diamond.
Is the next client-update will be the Season 11 update (Nov 2nd)?
Yeah exact date could slip a bit of course but early Nov is the plan
Do you guys plan to make an "All (current) Legend editions bundle"? Would be nice to buy them in 1 package to have all (Bloodhound.... till the most current one, Bangalore).
Idk! I like the idea tho
Do you think Wraith will have her own edition bundle, or her skin (that egyptian looking like) is the one in the "Champion Edition"?
We're still kind of playing around with Champion Editions, so unsure whether/when a Wraith one would happen. Why do you ask?
Just know I rock with y’all. Management and all the behind the scenes stuff isn’t easy to do at all. I’ve experienced it in my own field of work too, just know despite a lot of the immature and toxic comments a lot of people here support y’all and know this shit ain’t easy. Good luck addressing the issues on your collective plates
Appreciate it. I think we get a lot of deserved criticism but hope the vibe on Reddit can go back to "we're in it together" at some point. Lot of good people trying their best to make the game as great as possible.
Ik this isn’t gonna change but like the Xbox crashing bug. Very difficult to enjoy this game rn along with all the other glitches
The Xbox situation is rough. Team is very aware though. Hopeful for a fix but no exact date I can share or anything.
Hi Ryan, I hope you and the team are doing well. What can I do as a player to help reduce the toxicity towards the Devs? Can't wait to see where apex is going in the future :)
IDK I wish the "meta" of how people treat each other on the internet was better all around. But right now really nasty comments like this guy get 30 upvotes (as of this post). As you can tell from the thread, I think the current state of things will continue until we can deliver some needed fixes.
Unlucky buddy. Don’t plan on it any time soon.
Can I ask, why'd you reference two separate posts I made—paraphrasing them to support your point—without linking to them to show what I actually said? Seems kinda dishonest, don't you think?
Any chance matchmaking would be getting tweaked ever? Almost every match I play these days is absolutely dominated by smurf accounts that destroy me, and it’s kinda hard to enjoy the game like that. But anyway thanks for answering questions this early in the morning!
Smurfing is a tough one—I've worked on a few games that struggled with it. I think it's one of those things that gets worse over time, as the "median skill" of players who've been around a while goes up. We actually already do some stuff to detect smurfs after a few games and put them with less new players, but I can imagine us putting more resources toward this problem if it keeps becoming worse.
Good morning. Is Wattson's ultimate not blocking throwables consistently like it used to going to be fixed soon? Or is it currently a low priority as the rumoured Wattson rework is getting close to completion (in which case the pylon might not be a thing any more)?
Team's working on the ult fix now. Unsure timing for fix.
Can't share anything about buffs/changes
Yikes
rips off shirt, frothing at the mouth
Y'ALL WANNA DO THIS RIGHT NOW???
I fully don't understand what "system limitation" means in regards to the bundle issue. On a previous thread about the loba bundle we had a dev state that is was by design set up the way it is. System limitation and by design sound to me to be directly conflicting ideas. Would you be able to expand on either why it's a limitation or the thought process as to why it was designed this way in the first place?
The way I understood it, the monetization team wanted to be able to avoid the bundle issue but literally couldn't this time around for code reasons. The code change that will allow them to avoid the issue in the future ships with S11. Hope that makes sense
He's not wrong though. You lacked the professionalism (just like the go kick rocks comment, even if joking) i would expect when working for a company with long established reputation like Respawns, it's pretty piss poor to be frank.
The facebook comment wasn't going to sit well with most people after the game had been literally unplayable for several weeks with basically silence from you and still not working after their most recent ''fix'', even as i type this to you now. For you to compare a few hrs downtime on FB that happens once in a blue moon to their apparent incompetence on stability we frequently endure and your inability to micromanage your community properly... It was in bad taste, disrespectful and condescending, from Respawns director of comms no less..
I don't disagree most in the community don't know how to fix some of the issues as it's not their job to, but they highlighted them for 3 years with plenty of time to be addressed or to be communicated to us in a constructive way.
There are also a few fixes that have been laid out, dismissed with wordplay like their ''what makes apex tick'' article, and improvements could be implemented like increasing the tickrate in arenas as most of those excuses don't apply there.
The way they currently handle matchmaking and lag compensation for those further afield from the server (they also migrate players to different data centres) or with slower internet connections to accommodate faster que times makes for an unenjoyable experience when you don't have a team mate, they inevitably DC or inconsistent quality and feel each and every match. Big part of most players complaints.
This can be improved with changes to matchmaking or a server selector. Am i wrong?
I would love to hear your thoughts on this.
I wasn't joking at all, I think he should go find a large rock—maybe even a boulder—and make a real attempt at punting that thing.
You're making like 10 different points in your post, and you referring to the "what makes apex tick" article as "wordplay" kinda makes me think you won't take any answer seriously, so I'm hesitant to respond. If you have one specific question you'd like to discuss sincerely, please share it and I'll try my best.
Man, we appreciate the attempt at some communication after so long but this sort of thing ain't gonna cut it. We know game dev is difficult/complex but we also know Respawn makes a shitload of money and should be able to devote resources to figuring out the hard problems in the game.
You guys are always "working on it" and "looking into it" but at the end of the day all we see is lots more scummy monetization and few remedies for core issues.
Oh, and disable the f**king animated banners until they don't cause freezes.
You guys are always "working on it" and "looking into it" but at the end of the day all we see is lots more scummy monetization and few remedies for core issues.
Oh, you're saying you want action more than words? Geez. I didn't know this about players. Maybe I should make a Twitter thread about this very conundrum. (In case the joking tone isn't clear—I hear ya man)
You should tell the monetization team to kick rocks too.
Nah they're really nice people, I don't want their toes to get stubbed.
The director of communications just wished self harm on a Reddit commenter, and doubled down that it wasn’t a joke.
Oh lord.
Man, that ain't it, can we PLEASE have some fun in here just once
Bit of a tough question but how many times has some weird legal stuff stopped yall from being more clear about some problem or issue?
Usually legal restrictions aren't the problem for like product features, which is why we occasionally pop in on things like cross-progression and provide an update. Things like hacking, cheating, personnel changes, and anything financial can be much tougher though. Obviously I can't give any specific examples (lol) but you can imagine some.
Just curious, do you regret the joke you made on the day of the facebook server crashes?
I know this job is very tricky and a good portion of the vocal playerbase can be quite toxic. Personally I felt that comment was a complete kick in the teeth. I spent 2 hours yesterday trying to play this game and i probably had a total of 30 minutes game time. I had a full pre-made squad and the majority of the games we would fail to load in, slowmo, only 2/3 would go into the game. I love playing Apex but honestly it's so hard sometimes to enjoy this game. I get that issues arise and you need to fix them, that's fine. but the joke you made I think was completely uncalled for. As a Director of comms i think it was just bad form. I think respawn deserves a lot of criticism but dealing with the toxicity isn't something anyone should ever endure so I understand lashing out every now and then.
I don't regret it because a lot of people saw it for what it was and got a kick out of it. And frankly, I'm not in video games to be a boring corporate suit.
But it does bother me that it felt like a kick in the teeth to you. I don't want you or anyone else to feel that. Wasn't intended that way at all and I want you to know you CAN choose to read it the other way, which is a lighthearted way of dealing with some of the same pain you've felt. We feel it too. I can't make you change your interpretation, that's up to you.
Thank you for the comms, in any sense of what that means in this day and age. I respect the fact you make yourself available for these kinda discussions.
Side note/question, was curious to know if the cross progression side of things is making good strides at all. Dont need a date or timeframe, just curious to know if its still on the list of upcoming updates :)
Yep progress is ongoing. Last AMA we said it's coming in "2022" and we still believe that's right.
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
I've been trying to find that out but this goddamn owl keeps swooping down and eating mine
How are you doing this fine morning, my good sir?
Sorry for the hate you've been getting- nobody deserves that kind of hate!
Love you. Thanks for the bit of kindness.
Hi Ryan,
I’ve seen this question asked several times but don’t recall a definitive answer on it. Where does crossprogresssion fall on the roadmap for Apex? I’d love to be able to take my skins from Xbox to my PC account, but I had to start all over on PC with no skins and no progress.
Thanks!
2022
Im curious as to if you’d be willing to compare your monetization model to destiny?
Destiny is a game that is also owned by a big publisher, also free to play, and also has In game currency.
But even the most expensive in game cosmetic items that you can buy are $15 at most; and accompanied by the fact that you won’t have to spend more than the equivalent amount of money $1 = 100 silver to unlock it.
This is accompanied by the fact that nothing that’s paid for in real money is RNG. You want it? You buy it. No run around in the monetization.
As compared to let’s say collection events, where the asking price of an heirloom is 160$
That’s two new release AAA games right there.
Whereas destiny has expansions for 30-40$ maybe twice a year that add TONS of in game items for free, hours and hours of gameplay, new activities, and so on and so forth.
Maybe you don’t have control over the marketing department, but are we going to get something, anything, on WHY the items that are pushed so hard are SO expensive?
It’s the only thing we can really control in the game and especially with the current event, it’s like a repeat of iron crown where the items are left to paid RNG.
There's a lot to unpack honestly but I'll say that different genres have different expectations and monetization teams on every game are trying to strike a balance between making the business a healthy profit and not making items unattainable for non-spenders or low-spenders. It's not really my discipline tho so I can't speak as a real owner of these decisions could.
Good morning,
It seems that there has been a bit of a wave of departures over the past year including recently announced departure of lead designer of Apex Legends, Chin Xiang Chong.
Is this because management isn’t sharing the loot fairly with the troops?
Over a Billion dollars in revenue in 2021, and they can’t keep lead designers and SW developers?
Chin leaving hurts. I love that guy. Y'all have no idea how many times he busted ass to fix a problem with the game. Money's not the problem though. He's gotta go do his thing, and I respect it. Gonna miss him.
Idk if you guys can answer this, but on PC i been having this issue that when I set my memory card limit to what my hardware has (for example I have a gtx 1050ti with 4gb and I set the memory limit to 4gb) after a couple games it would just lag and start to stutter, idk if you guys know about an issue like this or if it's related to ram limitations (I have 8gb) anyways keep the great work!
I have no idea how to solve tech issues like that. I saw some pro on Twitter the other day saying some guy helped him tune up his machine... maybe somebody in the comments here knows what I'm referencing and can point you to it. Good luck, bud
are the devs aware of the issues with windows 11? My audio was forced to 7.1 surround while I only have stereo headphones. the only fix I found was the launch option code/command "+miles_channels 2". other than that, the lobby a bit choppy at its start (launching the game, getting out of a match, etc...)
Another issue for us Egyptian player, we get constant timeouts when we are getting into a match ever since the game released. The ones we do get in the ping could be fine around 70~80 with no packet. If I am playing with local friends we tend to all time out together though so no harm don , right? However, playing with anyone outside of Egypt is difficult as there is a high chance they will get into the match alone as I timeout.
I'm on 11 and haven't had any issues. Would be curious to see if this is more widespread.
Our ME server support does leave a bit to be desired. Nothing I can share atm but I can raise the issue internally.
I’m not saying this as a guy that doesn’t like you, or the guy that you told to go kick a large rock so I would hurt myself.
Learn to read the f**king room.
Have a look at the front page of this sub. People are boycotting this game because Respawn just don’t seem to care about it enough. Servers, matchmaking, bugs, lack of communication and solid answers to our questions. We’re all pissed right now. And you work for Respawn. It’s like asking if you can bring a stripper to a funeral.
the guy that you told to go kick a large rock so I would hurt myself.
If you clutch your pearls any harder they're gonna turn back into sand
what causes the character select screen to not show player names/not show up at all. i notice it on ps4
No idea. Is it every game?
can you give anythinng, even an uh huh, about arenas matchmaking working badly for ranked? i legitimately got <(edit:)level 50 teammates, bronze players , unranked while soloing through diamond, any answers/ maybe a yes itsbeing worked on at least?
I laughed at "even an uh huh" that's a nice rhetorical flourish lol
To your question: some of those <50 level players or low-rank players may have been detected as smurfs and bumped up to a higher skill bracket—matchmaking isn't just based on how long you've played
That being said the team is definitely looking at things and paying attention. Remember this is ranked Arena's first season. As with everything in Apex, it'll change over time
Community is gonna come at you for telling a guy to go kick rocks even if he told you to go f**k yourself. I guess you should have thanked him then went and fixed every bug yourself
I committed the ultimate cardinal sin, I got personal. I, as a professional trying to make money, got personal. I got personal and decided to insult my playbase, saying "go kick rocks bro." Not a wise move.
You won't forget this. I've set a new tone for the kind of interaction you'll be having with me. It's a cold one. One where there aren't any illusions about the reality of the situation. Previous notions of "family" are dead. You are mere consumers to me, and that is obvious.
I have chosen to bring in a new era of hostility and bitterness. Well done. Great PR move.
real question: Why is there only shadow royale on the third week? You guys totally could have done Shadowfall week 1, shadow royal week 2, and maybe even shadow royal on WE week 3.
IDK, we've all seen the feedback on the event—it's basically just something we'll have to learn from and take forward to next time.
Not the person who asked but I also play on Ps4 and I would say it is a significant portion of the time. I played like four games yesterday and only saw the select screen once.
I'll ask around internally—hadn't heard of this one prior, thanks!
things like cross-progression
Speaking of.... how's that going?
in-progress. aiming 2022
What happened to VA language selection on console? It was mentioned like 2 years ago and no news on it since. Did you just give up on it?
I haven't seen it on a roadmap recently tbh. Will try to find if there's something more recent on it but it's possible it fell off in favor of other higher priority work or fixes
I know I’m late to this discussion, but I just wanted to reply in case you see this to say I know that the developers of a game are the people who want it to succeed the most. I know that all of the issues the community is upset and mad about are disheartening and frustrating to you guys too and that you do in fact care despite what many may believe.
You’ve made a very popular and beloved game. It’s unfortunate that that leads to people being so emotionally invested that they resort to insults, threats, and other extreme reactions when the issues are ones you all are aware of, are trying to address, and want to be fixed more than anyone.
I’m pulling for you guys. I know game development is harder and more complex than 99% of this subreddit probably recognizes. I know fixing one issue can lead to 10 new issues. I’ll be sticking with the game anyway, because it is a masterclass of an FPS and extremely fun. Thanks for all you guys have done.
Much love. Everybody definitely wants it to succeed. We've been blessed in a lot of ways so far. A hard journey ahead though.
Any ranked changes planned for Season 11? Mainly team KP & rank demotion from Diamond 4 to plat and Masters to Diamond.
None planned this time, sorry.
EDIT: Actually my bois on the dev team just corrected me and there ARE some changes to how KP will be calculated. We'll save the full details for patch notes
Hey Ryan! Just want to say that I LOVE seeing this communication in the thread, just being here and talking with us. It really does feel good as a player. As someone else that works in a service-oriented professional capacity, I can understand how communication with clients (the community) can be burdensome at times, and downright dreadful at others.
As a newer play who has absolutely fallen in LOVE with Apex, are there any insights that you may be able to provide in terms of the long-term plans/goals for Apex, beyond a year or further? You may not be able to, which is all good, but if you could, I’d love to know what we, as a community, have to look forward to, even if not anything in the near term.
Thanks again for all of this communication, Ryan. As a player it really does make me more drawn toward the game itself
I think the only thing I can really say is that the team is taking a REALLY long view on the game. Not one year out, but like five years out. There's a lot of people who are caught up in the day to day, of course, but there's a lot more work happening that's invisible. Only time will tell if it pays off, but I think it will.
Wha- what the f**k did you think I was going to think you meant when you said that?
You literally said “I think he should go find a large rock—maybe even a boulder—and make a real attempt at punting that thing”
Your words, not mine.
And that is 100% besides the point anyway. To be honest, I don’t care if you want me to hurt myself. I’m not going to kick a boulder so it doesn’t really matter. The point is the point I was making.
If you wanna make nice over this follow me on twitter and lemme know your @ so we can DM and sort it out. Otherwise I'm gonna keep clapping your cheeks with memes on here lmao
Thank you for responding.
I am very capable of taking jokes as jokes haha, I just personally didn't find it funny considering the state the servers are in and how complaints are 100% valid. But humour is subjective so fair enough. I hope respawn can turn it around because I genuinely love this game (it singlehandedly reignited my love for gaming after a decade break) and i miss the early days of when the devs and players would meme around.
I hope you have a good day, and again thank you for responding to myself and others. It goes a long way.
<3 you have a good one as well!
thoughts on r/apexcirclejerk?
just subbed
I guess coming from an Engineers perspective, even when I don't have an exact date I can give my boss, I can at least give details on how I'm progressing on a project.
To use the Halloween event as an example, we don't have an actual "event yet", just more "here buy some expensive skins" with little to no explanation.
If I told my boss I can't deliver on a project, but I need 50K more to complete it with no details I'd be fired. Why can't Respawn just say "Hey, there are some bugs but it should be out within the next week or so".
I think you'd find your community would love you guys a lot more.
I actually agree you should share whatever information you have that you 1) can share, and 2) are confident in. My twitter thread was about what happens when you don't have information to share that meets that criteria. Note especially the part about owning issues and working to get shareable information behind the scenes.
Is there any word about the 100% cpu problems that came from around the Genesis event?
Also unsure if you saw but GamingMerchant believes some of the stutter issues in Apex is caused by having too many people on your friends list due to the tracker that shows what you’re doing to everyone (ex: World’s Edge Duos, 3 squads left, 7min in game).
I culled my friends list and my game ran a lot better. Still not as good as it used to before the Genesis event though.
Hmm, I'll ask around about the friends list thing. Ty for sharing that.
Hey thanks for taking the time to give a bit if insight to the community. It really does mean a lot. I’d ask questions but I’ve got none, so I wish you devs best of luck
Thank you, and Godspeed
hope im not too late but ive got a question irrelevant to everything going on currently; if it says there are 60+ players in queue, why doesn't a match get created with those players right away? is it because of the no-fill limit? the same thing happens in arenas too with 100+ people in the queue sometimes. i play on frankfurt/belgium servers if that's relevant
IDK the exact mechanism there but assume there's a checking process that runs to double-check that all those people are supposed to be together
What are the chances we’re going to get a dedicated performance season instead of just a new legend and new cosmetics
The premise of the question is that devs are like villagers from Age of Empires which can just be re-assigned to tasks and succeed. It just doesn't work that way, although it'd be dope if it did. In reality the cosmetic people are going to keep making cosmetics because that's their role and—frankly—it's an important role that keeps the business going. The people making new legends likewise are not the people you would want focused on performance. We ARE hiring more engineers specifically to focus on bugs and performance though, among many others.
Whats with lunge after the "fix" I cant hit anybody even if theyre standing still, i just punch past them
Hm, haven't seen this elsewhere. Will keep an eye out tho to see if it's widespread. thanks for sharing
"We are under legal obligation not to talk about how the executives are more worried about their paycheck and bonuses rather than the game itself" Does that sum it up?
Well, you just made up a fake quote to get mad at, so no, not really lmao
I'm genuinely curious.
They talked about BR snapshot rate having to much information but in a 3v3 arenas, they could increase it for that mode? More packets sent means less issue if any drop and overall better performance.
The reasons given only covered BR mode and they compared to last gen consoles at 60fps. What benefits would players have who play at 144 - 240+ fps that could capitalise on the extra bandwidth on increased frame rates using higher hz servers, for arenas?
I'll copy paste this as it's a relevant question to save me time retyping.
The way they currently handle matchmaking and lag compensation for those further afield from the server (they also migrate players to different data centres) or with slower internet connections to accommodate faster que times makes for an unenjoyable experience when you don't have a team mate, they inevitably DC or inconsistent quality and feel each and every match. Big part of most players complaints.
Couldn't this be improved with changes to how they handle matchmaking or giving us a server selector? I'm sure most would be willing for have better performance, consistency, stability and fairer competitive environment over faster que times for engagement sake. Especially for competitive and with the e sport scene growing.
I put servers and matchmaking into 2 questions as it's the performance and stability being the main issues for us.
They talked about BR snapshot rate having to much information but in a 3v3 arenas, they could increase it for that mode?
As I understand it, no, we couldn't do it differently for Arenas, and even if we COULD the performance improvement would be negligible. This is what the lead server engineers genuinely believe.
Everyone asks what the apex devs are doing but no one asks how the apex devs are doing
lol real sh*t
Really hope you're still answering these.
Is there any chance at all you guys might change the amount of time the LTM will be out in response to the recent criticism of the time on the mode being so short?
IDK about this time in particular but always open to changing in the future. I hear the complaints and see it as valid
Good afternoon, your post really made me empathize with you even if that was not your goal, talking about being stuck between a rock and a hard place. Seriously, thank you for what you do and for taking some time to answer questions, no dev deserves to get hate constantly thrown at them.
If I could ask a question, is there a reason why we're not getting a "spooky" lobby/music or more Halloween specific themed skins like previous years? Regardless, have a good one!
If I could ask a question, is there a reason why we're not getting a "spooky" lobby/music or more Halloween specific themed skins like previous years? Regardless, have a good one!
I think honestly it just didn't get prioritized this time. Lot of other issues happening atm. Live and learn.