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Good suggestions here, thanks for writing it up. We have some good Rampart updates coming mid season 10. You'll know it when you see it. :)

Jeeeez that was disgusting. Awesome plays man. I'm a Rampart main too, but I don't pull off stuff like that.

It me!

This is so awesome.

We almost shipped Olympus with a much lower dropship path, and raised it right before shipping Season 7 based on internal feedback. So, we like that you can't get everywhere easily from the drop, but we'll listen to feedback and look at heatmaps, etc. to see if it needs to change in any way. Thanks for the feedback!

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As a game that requires 60 people to play, we prioritize making matches quickly over creating "the perfect match." This is mostly noticeable in small regions or late night sessions. (this is why I don't really identify our system as "SBMM") This is why you'll see some variance in who is in your match. We assume you'd rather play a match than sit in a queue for 10 minutes. This goes for Ranked, too. We wait longer to make more fair matches here, but eventually we want all our players to actually play, so will merge ranks to start a game. To be fair, I don't think this system is flawless and we are discussing improvements.

I don't believe it's any secret that I won't share with you exactly how our matchmaking system works.

For a few reasons! It's probably exploitable if you tried hard enough. Even if it's not exploitable in any meaningful way, it doesn't mean players wouldn't try weird stuff to try to exploit it.

It also changes often! We can make tweak...

This is not the answer you're looking for - but probably not.

They are require a lot of dev time and we've seen people don't use them much.

Now take this compared to skydive emotes... we think that design space has gone pretty well and the data shows that people want them and use them, so we make more!

Yeah! I said this in a dev stream and we are still following up on it.

One solution we want to implement is No Fill. We think this will give lone wolves the ability to get in there and complete challenges, get some kills and generally show off their skills without disrupting other people's games.

There are some more creative solutions we're exploring that I don't want to say just yet, but it won't be Solos. We are a team game.

I mean, the Rift has a pretty neat hook. Bonsai Plaza has some pretty significantly different layout designs than previous maps.

Some of your examples came later, in the form of town takeovers or map updates. We usually use those to inject new gameplay in the form of PoIs.

Some cool stuff coming to Olympus soon. :)

We don't have any plans to release Quads. We needed to decide this early on in testing. Trios is the magic number for us. That's when the legend composition really shines and the X-Men vs Avengers fantasy starts to shine through. When you play Quads, which we tested early on, the combat becomes nearly untrackable. It's chaotic in a negative way.

This wouldn't be a total deterrent for a limited time mode if the rest of the game wasn't designed around Trios. Our lobby, for example, is designed for 3 people. Our loot distribution is designed for 3 people per squad. Even something like the banners placed around the map don't have room for a 4th. These are all technically solvable problems with enough effort, but because we feel that Trios is the sweet spot we aren't pursuing Quads currently.

It's true and totally makes sense.

The beauty of BR is that you can avoid that area if you don't like the gameplay there (most of the time). Unlike balloons, people can't just land on you from nowhere - they're gonna come out at a very predictable location.

We hate this too!

Clubs design is meant to tackle this exact problem, but I think it needs to be tackled from many angles.

The question we need to ask is - why are people doing this behavior?

Does the challenge system reward queueing back into games more than trying to win?

Do these people even really want to play a BR to win, or do they just like our combat and play solely for that?

Do these people have any intention of playing a team game at all?

We are always talking about ways to combat the leavers without being overly punishing to people who are just playing the game the way they want to play.
We want to look into providing those people with ways to play the game the way they want. We have some ideas. Some stuff is in the works.
It won't be solos, as I've explained in the past! (we are a team game. flag planted)

For now, if you're a team player, try joining a club that prioritizes teamwork. You don't ...

Some of the original goals of Olympus were providing map-wide rotations. We've always been pretty liberal with rotation options (big long slides, jump towers) and we think a lot of the fun of Apex is in the ability to move through the level in a quick and fun way.

Vehicles and the Phase Runner give you options to get past some of the sticky parts of the map, like certain chokepoints, but they also help people find fights.

It's a tough balance that we are mindful of. I think part of playing Apex is knowing when to fight, and when not to fight. In pubs, you get a lot of w-key warriors, which is a fun way to play, but it's not the way to necessarily win.

Hmm... good idea here!

Wow, I'm pumped!

Soooo cool

WOW

This is AMAZING

This is amazing! Awesome work.

So this didnt age well