Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment, 2019) Video Game • Page 38

Idk man I really think this game is extremely well balanced and so many decisions have been made so carefully I wouldn’t just change anything.
Just add more stuff at this point.

 

I do also agree that the melee feels bad and clunky, balanced or no

 

agree with Ant especially given that if you have the time to punch someone who is downed 5-6 times then they def weren’t about to get revived, so it’s to the respawn beacon with them regardless. it absolutely shouldn’t take longer than a finisher/execution/whatever it’s called - that is what is supposed to be the risky, long, showboaty thing you do to a downed opponent.

 

It's well-balanced in a lot of areas, just not this one. And it's a problem with melee in general too. Sure, it's funny to watch other people swing at the air and struggle to connect even a single punch at the start of matches, but when you're in that position it doesn't feel good. Likewise when you're trying to finish off someone who thought they could lone-wolf it, their team shouldn't be rewarded for that stupidity by having someone on your team be inconvenienced through either wasting a full clip on that person and needing to reload after or standing there for as long as it takes to land six punches (assuming all of them actually connect and do damage, I've had plenty of times where my punches didn't even register, prolonging the process unnecessarily).

 

I would even say that my proposed sneak attack instant down could be like this, so stoppable

 

in terms of there being an animation involved that could be interrupted? i do think that would make it work

 

Exactly.

 

You wouldn't need to melee or shoot downed enemies if you wipe the whole squad like you're supposed to :)

 

Make it last as long as the taunting finishers. And you can't cancel it once it's started.

I don't know if I agree with insta-kill finishers myself but if they did add them, that would be the way to do it.

 

If one of them breaks off and goes on their own like a fool (and like a certain person in this thread who I won't name but whose name appropriately rhymes with "villain") because they think they're so good at the game when they aren't, I'm not going to waste ammo finishing them off and I shouldn't have to. They made a poor decision.

 

@dylan implying that half of the people that play this game even stay with their squad is hilarious, oftentimes wiping isn’t an option because rando 3 ran for the hills or was a mile away to begin with lol

 

Yes

 

btw, everything i say is all valid, battleseasoned wisdom of a man with like probably 200-300 games and 3 total wins. i am basically a dev.

 

then you use the downed teammate as bait and wait for either their time to expire or the last man to come revive them. Only time you should melee or shoot a downed enemy is if they show the golden shield

 

i have yet to see even a tenth of this level of patience from you young man

 

do as I say not as I do

 

lmao I love Dylan in here acting like he's got the 24th-dimensional chess Apex strats

 

i wish there was cross platform so i could play with more of y’all

 

think the amount of times to finish off a downed enemy with melee is the appropriate amount tbh.

 

It's pretty simple.

Melee is supposed to be weak. It's not the primary mechanic of killing someone. It's not supposed to be quick.

I have multiple problems with the whole "downed" system like why can your character hold up a shield and crawl away, but can't hold up a pistol?

 

It's pretty simple.

The downed system is supposed to be weak. It's not the primary mechanic of killing someone. It's not supposed to be offensive.

See how this kind of talk is totally meaningless, can be applied to literally any aspect of the game, and is not in any way an actual valid argument?

 

Wow. You just took logic and then completely abandoned it. I'm impressed.

 

lol sure

 

I didn't say you should have a pistol when downed, I'm just saying from a logical standpoint someone who is exerting so much energy and strength by holding up a shield, crawling around for 30 secs, holding up the shield again, etc, could easily hold up a pistol.

 

You basically were saying that, but fine. Still doesn't change the fact that that line of argument doesn't actually mean anything or prove anything. If you like the melee system the way it is, that's great, but it doesn't mean it objectively has to be the way it is or is objectively supposed to be the way it is.