re: Apex Legends: F2P Battle Royale game from Respawn

The complaints about the ping system is just silly. Would you rather play with Randoms in PUBG where there is nothing at all for non mic users? Or any other game for that matter. It’s just odd Reapawn does something innovative and some sweaty neck beards get upset because it’s getting great reviews.

The ping system is your friend.

Yes I do play with a mic btw

No one is complaining about the ping system.


eta: I had to go back and reread just to make sure. You must be high or something because literally no one is complaining about the ping system

Randoms that ping.

Not sure what you’re getting at because I was one of the first people saying that the ping system can be helpful for people without mics. That still doesn’t mean it’s the best method or the most useful over actual voice comms.

Yes, again, the ping system is a great feature. Very useful in some cases, like where loot is and better than someone saying “enemy by the tree,” but actually communicating trumps just pinging during or before fights all day long.

Now answer this. You’re fighting a squad and it’s taking a little longer than it should for whatever reason. Your random bloodhound tries to make a flank but when he gets behind the enemy squad he sees another squad making a move to third party and shoot you in the back.

Would you rather that random have a mic to tell you watch out behind or would you rather just spam pings without saying anything?

Of course mic > no mic

I don’t think anyone would argue otherwise. However, gamers don’t have to have a mic to play games Apex is a LOT easier than PUBG, Blackout, etc..

EA gonna EA. Why I’m staying away from Anthem.

Obviously ping + voice is best.

That said,

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when all the person does is ping, in my mind, that means attack.

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Pinging an enemy is simply info. There's an enemy there. Without a mic to communicate, it's not too smart to assume a ping on an enemy means attack.

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Just won a match with two randos who ping everything. They were really really good though. I love having the Long Bow with Skull Piercer. I was breaking armor on enemies before we got into firefights.

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I won a match today and everyone had mics. No one spoke the entire match. Pinged everything. I didn’t hear anyone’s voice until we all said good game at the end.

Point is, like others have said, pinging done right is the way to play a game.

I was in another match where one guy kept saying “this and that is over here”. We had to ask him to ping so we knew where he was talking about.

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still try to push by themselves then get killed and rage at the team.

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my specialty

It's frustrating, man. Played with randoms yesterday and most of them wouldn't even ping. Finally got a guy with a mic and it queued us in as a duo. We ended up getting second because we could actually, you know, communicate. He found this room at the top of a building (not sure where) that has bulletproof glass. Good spot.

I really wish there was a way to see overall stats. I understand the banner system, but I still want to be able to see how many wins I have with all characters and what not. Right now there is no way to even tell how many total wins you have. Weird thing to not have in a BR game.