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over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by [deleted]

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We talk about ranked mode quite a bit in the patch notes. Stay tuned.

over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by babyblue42

What’s stopping Respawn from adding a weekly rotation of the LTMs? Literally the easiest thing to help keep this game from becoming stale after the first month of the season and they wont do it. S6 looks like its going to add a lot of annoying new aspects to the game, at least give us a fun mode when ranked and casual ranked inevitably become boring and frustrating.

It's something we want to do for sure. It's not that we "won't do it". Of course, we want to do it. Takes development + testing time.

over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by tiredsoloquerer

The season 6 stuff so far hasnt caught my attention. It all seems bland to me. This game is stale and it's going to take more than a new weapon, map layout and legend to change that.

Give it a shot! We've been having a blast with it at Respawn. There's still more to be announced as well that changes the game quite a bit!

over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by babyblue42

Not sure how already existing game modes and an already existing map rotation cant just be implemented for LTMs on a timer? Really don’t know where all of your time goes honestly. Maybe instead of working on material for season 12 that wont be seen for another 2 years you could focus on issues that are currently affecting the game or work on ways to keep it fresh for players? Don’t you have an entire studio dedicated to this game now? What do they do for 8 hours a day 5 days a week? Really not trying to be rude but as a day 1 player it seems like you guys put way too much time into future material that ends up really not being that much new material and don’t really care about maintaining what you’ve already made.

Edit: I get it, you cant criticize anything Respawn does, objectively critique how they operate, or ask questions about what they’re doing. Never change reddit warriors, never change.

Things deteriorate, plates stop spinning if nobody is keeping them spinning. When we release a LTM we develop and test it and ensure it works before release, and then the LTM goes away. During the off-time the game changes. Meta changes, we change the maps, we add new systems to the game, or maybe we change some engine tech. All of these things can potentially break the LTM that was once working in an older state of the game.

If we stopped focusing on longer-term content, you would never get new legends, maps, weapons, or other cool features that require a long dev cycle. It would be very dangerous to only focus on short term content.

Our hope is to provide a good balance of live game upkeep (bugs, balance, etc) vs new features. We're always trying to keep the game fresh for players. We're introducing quite a few things in Season 6 that freshen up the game! Everyone is going to have a different opinion about what fresh means to them, but I think you'll be excited about what's soon to be announced this season.

over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by [deleted]

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huh?

over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by EvenGandhiHatesLVG

Look, if you’re just going to f**king lie, it’s better to just not say anything.

We moved ranked into it's own blog. See here: https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/news/season-6-ranked

over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by Diet_Fanta

Ah, so by talking you meant you weren't gonna actually do anything. Cool.

We're making some minor changes and continuing to improve the matchmaking. See the blog here: https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/news/season-6-ranked

over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by _K1MO_

u/HkySk8r187 You're amazing for responding to a bunch of comments, thank you! Cant wait for tomorrow:)

Thanks, I'm excited too, we've been working very hard. I'll be on at 10pm PST and probably stay up way too late lol.

over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by SansVEVO

I’m guessing the patch notes come out on Tuesday? Or will it be earlier like the lost treasures?

We'll have your patch notes today! Very shortly...

over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by randomPoster2077

So it seems like everyone is forgetting this but how are you guys doing with the whole Covid issue. Everyone here just expects their updates and whatever but this is probably new ground for you guys, being social distanced and stuff. How are you guys holding up? I don’t think I can begin to understand the changes to your pipeline that must’ve had to been made to work for social distancing . Everyone seems to have forgotten this when they post their demands for the game on Twitter or Reddit

People are just excited about the game, I get it, and appreciate it. The team is no doubt dealing with many additional challenges right now, as are most people in the world. We're doing our best and trying to maintain a healthy work/life balance while staying safe and sane. It'll be nice to go back to the office someday and see everyone, but until then we'll continue to crank away from our homes!

over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by dbattlefront

Well that was a f**king lie.

Things change, it went into its own ranked blog. Check it out.

over 4 years ago - /u/HkySk8r187 - Direct link

Originally posted by RocKiNRanen

I don’t know if this is something you’ve already considered but I’d like to see some fundamental changes to ranked to separate it from pubs. Someone suggested making Ranked Evo shield only but keeping pubs the same. I don’t necessarily mean that but I and many others would be cool with gameplay changes to Ranked that don’t affect pubs so the two playlists are distinct aside from the meta.

We talk about this frequently, but from the opposite perspective. Keep ranked 'pure apex' and do experiments and meta changes in the 'play apex' mode until they're proven out before rolling them into ranked.