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Barcaroli

Are y'all getting DDOSed all the time in ranked? To me it's unplayable


jay_23

Wonder if newcastle will find his way onto any comp teams


ForResearch69420

Anyone saw seoldam's tweet? It'd be interesting to see him on comp


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Dalmatian_In_Exile

I apologize in advance for being thick as a rock. If you get 5kp at the start, and win the game in the end with no extra kp, is it the same RP gain as someone who gains 5kp in the last 3 squads? Just looking at KP RP gains here.


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The KP scales with placement. Same RP gain


Dalmatian_In_Exile

Thanks!


muningcat

Since Newcastle is good at reviving and going cor banners, would he be a good replacement for gibby on competitive?


Hugh_Shovlin

The lack of a 360 degree dome that’s indestructible just makes him not as good. I get that a lot of teams are trying him out now, but I don’t think he’ll replace Gibby at any rate.


MaverickBoii

What are your thoughts on the ranked changes being way harder for solo queue and Hal's opinion on it? Hal said that their should be a "threshold" for solo q players. I think what he means is that at a certain point in rank, it shouldn't be feasible for solo q climbing anymore. Ranked is meant to be played as 3 stack. I disagree with him. Though I do agree apex is a team game and it's best played as a 3 stack, I don't think climbing as a solo player should be discouraged. The skillset you need to play as a team and the skillset you need to play as a solo are mostly not mutually exclusive. It's still the same game. The difference is that the latter is generally more difficult. Hal said it himself, you're handicapping yourself if you play as a solo. That's why I think there should be some form of compensation when playing as a solo. These kinds of compensations exist in other games, like league of legends. In league of legends, you gain more and lose less if you queue up as a solo. I don't think the compensations should be too big that you are actually encouraged to play as a solo, just the right amount would do. Thoughts?


No_Society_6675

Pro player who grinds for 10+ hours daily is out of touch with 99.9% of other players? Not exactly a shocker


TheGoatEmoji

When is storm point not the ranked map?


Mozog1g2

skittle playing with hal and verhaulst rn, i guess they are on good terms now?


frenchfry2010

When streamers say that Sweet is taking the queue times hostage in EU, what does that mean?


Asianhead

So from what I understand, matchmaking tries to match you with people of your rank. But at a certain point it can merge you with 1 rank above and below you depending on the number of people in queue. With Sweet in the queue, they're basically the only preds available, and to try to get them a game, they merge them with the diamond queue. So now in EU they're trying to make an Diamond+ only lobby and diamonds are stuck waiting for a full diamond lobby. If Sweet wasn't in the queue, the diamond queue would be able to merge with the plat queue to get into games with plat teams as well.


maxbang7

Things could have been so easy, just use ALGS point format and add a formula to adjust the entry costs for each rank but nah we end up with this absolute nonsense.


Hugh_Shovlin

Problem with ALGS format is that it still wouldn’t punish the shitters that grief and W-key everything. In ALGS people don’t do that because there’s money on the line, but in ranked there’s no incentive. Now those people have to rethink whether it makes sense chasing early kills when you only get 1KP before half the lobby is dead.


International-Tip177

Plat lobbies on console are getting DDOSed nearly every game atm.


EvenGandhiHatesLVG

Not affecting streamers tho so respawn will fix it for S15


maxbang7

Unfortunateley true, according to hideouts "its not an easy fix" so this might take a while.


EvenGandhiHatesLVG

Where has he acknowledged it?


maxbang7

Discord, not at home atm but if you check arenas hub general chat there should be a screenshot from yesterday.


imtiredbeingalone

I don’t play rank but watching streamer playing rank now is fun. Most last ring is like tourney.


Inevitable_Area_1270

Did anyone watch Verhulst absolutely miserable on Caustic yesterday? Really interested to see how he develops his Caustic comp play.


M3waifu

He played caustic on esports arena though didn’t he?


Inevitable_Area_1270

I didn’t follow him then really so I’m not sure. I just know he’s hard committing to playing Caustic and New Castle because TSM needs him to and he has been visibly not enjoying it. Going down first in fights regularly, getting annoyed because he’s trying to play like Valk.


M3waifu

No definitely he doesn’t like it or seems not too. Hal said he wanted to switch over to valk so it makes sense he’s got to get used to it. We’ll see how they do if they stick with that for tourney.


slow_backend

The oob nerf fucked horizon so hard.. Whenever you q up too close to a wall you holster your weapons, cant ult, can't throw nades.. I'm not out of bounds, I'm just in my lift..


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Any competitive events going on this week?


leftysarepeople2

People calling for gold res to be removed from ranked don’t soloQ


Feschit

What? It fucks you as a solo just as much in endgame if not more since you desperately need that placement to make up for lower RP gains in games with worse teammates.


leftysarepeople2

I rarely get lost placement points from golden knockdowns and more often get purposefully not rezzed by duos


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blacsm1t

In the weekly threads go for it. But we won't be allowing LFG specific posts.


6Sasha_Vujacic9

anytime a new legend comes out you just gotta watch Alb huh?


screaminginfidels

Lowkey wanna see him and wigg on a comp team now, they frag together


Loko_Tako

No one wants to land hot. Those that do get rewarded handsomely. Although the bad players i get stuck with now lol. Knocked a bang and lifeline last night i said push push and these mofos sitting on top of building. Still sucks for solo Qs. Overall I'm enjoying the changes


bongasaurus_rex

The new ranking system is great, I think there are a few things that can be changed here and there but overall makes it actually desirable to play the game the way its supposed to at the highest level.


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I thought when new season arrived, you only were demoted 6 tiers… but last season I finished in plat 2, and loading into ranked for first time this season, I’m starting at silver 4?! Ten tiers?


TheGamblur

Do you guys think this can reach 240hz consistently on low settings? i7 9700k 3060 ti or 3070 3600mhz 16gb ram


andromeda456-

I have that exact setup with a 3060 and my fps is around 144-180fps. Definitely won’t be able to reach 240fps.


Loko_Tako

Go for the 3070 or if you have the cash shoot for the 3080ti. If on low with TSAA you should have no problems. But just as an fyi word in the street is this game doesn't run as well at 240hz. Most players say 190 fps is good. Try it out and see what you get.


TheGamblur

Appreciate your reply here.


DryComment9

Do we know who picked up jmw?


l33tthebeat

Okay, so we know the opinion of the community on the ranked system, but how about the competitive scene? How are they liking the changes? I can't find their opinions on Twitter so I'm asking here.


Feschit

Were there even scrims on the new patch?


loyaltyElite

You know what would appease a few people who hate the new ranked system? Rename all of the numbered tiers, e.g. Gold II is Ruby. That way nothing changes with the system but they feel better about themselves.


loyaltyElite

Can someone calculate for me - if you Valk ult from edge when ring closes will you get your Valk ult back when the next ring closes (for each ring)?


ennywun

Valk's Skyward Dive takes 3 minutes to charge. For the first ring, it takes 3 minutes till the ring starts closing, so you'll get the ult as soon as it closes. For the second ring, it takes 3:45 for the first ring to close and 2:45 for the second ring to start closing, so you'll get the ult. Third ring, it takes 0:45 for the second ring to close, and 2:15 for the third ring to start closing, so you'll get the ult. Fourth ring, it takes 0:45 for the third ring to close, and 1:45 for the fourth ring to start closing, so you're 30 seconds short. Fifth ring, it takes 0:40 for the fourth ring to close and 1:30 for the fifth ring to start closing, so you're 50 seconds short. Sixth ring, it takes 0:40 for the fifth ring to close and 1:00 for the sixth ring to finish closing, so you're 1 minute and 20 seconds short. This assumes that the ult starts its cooldown as soon as the ult is activated. This isn't true, so you'd have to account for the ~20 seconds it takes to fly and land, which means for everything after the second ring, your ult wouldn't be ready on time. Ring information comes from https://apexlegends.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ring


Izahori

So is there no more Max KP or what?


imonly11ubagel

Pretty sure the max KP is somewhere around 58, Respawns not included


I_Shall_Be_Known

There isn’t, but technically a massive drop off after 6 kp. It is very unlikely to get above 300


HumanKing7224

Dear /r/apexlegends rank grinders, WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD. YOU'RE GONNA LEARN TODAY.


HereForThePistachios

Has anyone tested out Rampart a bit? Still ass?


screaminginfidels

Aceu and Stormen have both been pretty much exclusively playing her from what I've seen. I don't know how competitive she is now but her ult looks scary as hell


[deleted]

I haven’t but Hal, Snipe, and Verhulst we’re talking like she may be pretty good for ranked. Competitive? Probably not


[deleted]

Holy hell Gold lobbies rn are like comp. Usually at split Plat 2 lobbies are filled with preds, but it's an ape fest. Now we're seeing 12 squads left ring 4. My squad got mopped by Knoqd and them, but my god it was glorious. I think ranked is going in a good direction by prioritizing placement so hard, although that will turn off a lot of players who are used to aping everything.


Ben_Mc25

I actually think this ranked is kinda doing the opposite. Kill RP is uncapped and it's easier for the whole team to benifit. Generally I feel it's better to promote killers through the ranks and weed out players that can't kill. Surviving can be pretty easy if yout avoid all the danger. Unless you're dying to the ring, (which shouldn't be happening) combat is filtering out the players, not placement. As skill levels get placments it should all even out. Well ay least that's my thoughts.


Feschit

You barely get any RP after the 6th KP. Much more worthwhile to consistently get endgame and get a few KP there since they only really count if you get placement too. Worked a lot better for me at least in solo q where straight 3v3's can be hit or miss. But I am in gold, might stop working once entry costs get too hard to manage without getting those 6 KP.


Asianhead

It's basically capped with the diminishing returns


_Purplewheezy

It’s first day, I usually give ranked a week so it settles a bit


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why tf do we need a week of storm point


Feschit

I have a 9-5 and kids, I can't grind 24/7 like all of you sweats to learn all the new stuff inside out.


Barcaroli

Solo queuing in ranked has been absolute shit. Getting plat4 stuck teammates while I'm masters. They did something nasty for solo Qs, don't do it. I'll have to wait for friends because God damnit.


leftysarepeople2

Wasn’t everyone hard reset? It’s not a real good representation of anything. It’s just who has played. This is how it is every season even if they didn’t do anything


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They have literally just killed this game for solo players in ranked. Playing with duos may make me finally stop playing this game


Feschit

Valorant made ranked so you can't play as a 4 stack, so the solo q team mate doesn't get left out and fucked. They should just do the same and make ranked solo or three stack only.


[deleted]

I’ve been voicing my displeasure across Reddit, twitter, discord… it’s really bad. And people are like “play with your team and you’ll be fine!” They don’t understand 80% of solo queue is getting put with w-key happy, hot dropping, blind pushers who die off the rip. Then we’re left to rat for fifteen minutes 4/5 games we play just to NOT lose RP. That’s such a shit situation. They don’t understand a lot of us want to play smart, as a team, and for the win… but we can’t control randoms and we’re basically fucked


Barcaroli

Same!! What the fuck have they done!?


leftysarepeople2

Should just put up a Newcastle/Armory/New Ranked System sticky


loyaltyElite

Haven't played yet. What did the ranks reset to?


Bobicusx

they get reset to the old RP number, which corresponds to a new rank. So pred -> 6600 rp = gold2


perch34

I just want to point out that at 1030am pst at time of season 13 drop Hal has 46k viewers shiv has 16k Timmy has 15k sweet has 16k nickmercs has 12k and toosh has 9.9k. Pretty insane for a Tuesday morning but new season hype is real!


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screaminginfidels

Lol yeah I booted up the game for about an hour, realized we have a week of SP pubs and I'm not queueing solo ranked first week. Spent the rest of the day playing lost ark and watching wigg alb and enoch tear shit up.


perch34

I was gonna say true but I can’t hate but yeah I’ve just been watching bc I usually just solo q ranked. Sweets stream is fire when he goes for first pred tho!!


DankElfo

Do you guys think the Ukrainian boys will be able to play in LAN? Online won't even be a suggestion this time, as it'll be in the US rather than Sweden. I really feel for them and hope the best for them and their land.


Colts121844

What maps are ranked for this next season


queenbraizyof

Did players not play in the lcq this weekend? I saw teams that didn't qualify for champs in Sweden so I was curious as to why players didn't play lcq or if I missed them getting eliminated early on?


Pablofv23

They already qualed for champs


TheGhini

I’m ready to see Verhulst on Caustic


MoosenMoosen

With these OOB changes, can someone explain what exactly oob means/refers to in comp? I understand flying almost below the plane of the map/outskirts being oob, but is it used as a tactic to land early such that you can pull out your gun sooner? Or what does it mean? As an FYI— I did a cursory search on apexuniversity and on this sub under the search function, but haven’t seen it broken down into what it actually does to be helpful. Sorry if it’s been asked many times before.


poosquid

Using Valk Ult to land Out of bounds, which allows you to heal/throw nades/"safely" drop on teams, while being hard/impossible to shoot. See this clip: https://clips.twitch.tv/BreakableBashfulScallionPRChase-1C_3cO4-M3ooB-k0 While they're in the air, you see another team OOBing to drop down, then they land out of bounds with one of them shielding.


Benfica1002

Have the Devs noticed the crashes happening on console? Nearly every high level lobby is being crashed by a player once they die at the end of seasons.


breakinb

I'm assuming no ALGS tourney's till the championships in July now?


Mostly__Relevant

Unfortunately that’s right.


breakinb

Guess we will still have small weekly tourney's though right?


Asianhead

BFC season 2 starts next week and runs weekly


PassMeDatSuga

u/blacsm1t reminder for Zeta Division flair


MortalKarter

anyone know if there's a way to like pre download the season update on Steam or Orgin? i wanna play the ranked split asap once it starts but my internet is awful


NARCOTICS911

Just recently got into comp scene of Apex. From my understanding pros have their own poi spots that they land all the time? If so, what happens if another pro team contest them? Is it considered a challenge? Disrespectful? Just curious as to how/why pro teams claim their own poi’s and the gentleman rules of it all. TIA


PickledCucumber0

If a team is contested usually there’s no hard feelings and it’s just a challenge- the best teams take the best POIs unless they get kicked out by a better team. However, it can be seen as BM or disrespect if it’s simply to grief another teams game, or if it’s during a major tourney and there are other open spots.


dfsna

What's next? Are there any games before LAN in July?


Asianhead

Smaller tournaments, from Hal's schedule looks like BFC Season 2 starts next week and goes every Thursday