Let dead teammates interact with the map while waiting to be respawned
One small QoL change I’d love to see in Apex: if you’re dead and waiting to be respawned, you should still be able to fully interact with the map.
Right now, once you’re eliminated and your banner is recovered, you’re basically just spectating and talking over voice. But being able to ping or draw attention to things on the map would actually help squads coordinate way better — especially with replicators.
A common situation:
- Your teammate grabs your banner
- They want to craft you back
- Nobody immediately knows where the nearest replicator is
- The dead teammate is sitting there staring at the map anyway but can’t help much
If eliminated players could still:
- Ping replicators
- Ping survey beacons / evac towers
- Mark safe rotations
- Highlight nearby respawn beacons
…it would make downtime feel more useful instead of just waiting around.
It also helps newer or less map-aware teammates. Sometimes the dead player is the one who actually noticed a replicator nearby before the fight happened. Letting them communicate through the map would reduce confusion and speed up decision-making without affecting combat balance at all.
You’d still be dead. You still can’t scout, fight, or provide unfair info. It’s just better team coordination.
Honestly feels like one of those tiny changes that would make random squads noticeably smoother.