A list of reasons I play less and less Apex..
~Big rant incoming~
Genuinely enjoy this game and I want to play than I do lately but as a ranked enjoyer it's just not even tolerable anymore past a certain point and I wanted to share a few ways I've been let down tremendously by Apex, their dev team and the dunces in charge of the main Sub.
#1 Matchmaking, the elephant in the room. The thing everyone knows is dog water, but it persists. They refuse to change it and the latest test makes that crystal clear - if you're an average player or thereabouts you are not a priority for EA. You get some fair games until it's time for the Pred tax then EA doesn't care if you were on a 5/5 streak, or if you've already been having a horrible night - time for you to pay up.
#2 Deceitful Nature. Do you guys remember when we were told "new ranked rewards" are in the making, they even quoted the some old rhetoric something along the lines of "We know ranked rewards are lacking, your priorities are our priorities blah blah blah.." What did we get for it? The most obvious failure of a reward/cosmetic we've ever seen, a true blue blunder by EA. And I can prove to you it was a 100% failure of a system by simply pointing to the fact that they haven't tried to sell us any aura's yet.
We all wanted ranked trails back in a meaningful capacity and what did we get? Aura's and temporary garbage. The sheer audacity to even call them a "reward" when we haven't been given ANY additional aura options is baffling, and to add insult to injury when we did get the trails back they were introduced in a Bi-split temporary upgradeable fashion that quite frankly was just a spit in the face of anyone hoping to see trails make a turn. So now post-ranked reward update you have: an aura deemed so much of a failure even EA hasn't tried to sell us/offer us more, and a ranked reward trail you'll probably never have a chance at getting. Oh also it's temporary and only looks decent once you hit diamond. Nice.
Another small rant back when the dual katana's dropped some of you may remember they did an unexpected "extension" to the event timer so people with shards had to wait another two weeks, it was unannounced, it was something that had no prior precedent and they event sent Jaxx out to lie to our faces about how it was a simple "misunderstanding" despite the event end date being clearly announced, and 20+ seasons of precedent having been set for what that looks like when that happens.
#3 The official subreddit - the amount of times I find a post here talking about how they can't speak to the issue at hand in the main sub because the mods are purging anything that they don't like, 99% of the time quoting the "No duplicate posts" rule - which is an INSANE rule to have in a subreddit where I can see week long posts within a few scrolls, the subreddit isn't exactly popping. Also how vague "duplicate posts" is basically lets them delete any post they just don't like as there's not really original posts anymore are there? I see more action in the OSRS subreddit for a medieval clicking simulator than I do in the official apex subreddit. The Apex subreddit is basically for glazing only, no complaining past the very first time an issue is ever addressed or you're risking the fury of Lettuce.
#4 I'm an OSRS(Oldschool Runescape) player - Jagex is NOTORIOUSLY good at communicating with their player base, engaging in honest and constructive feedback, at least compared to anything else I've played in recent years. Primarily because OSRS exists off the backbone of Jagex ruining the game the first time around so they are capable of taking criticism and genuinely trying to do better in avenues they know they're failing. I.E. Most recently player support has been a huge hot topic item and for the first time in nearly a decade it has gotten better.
You will NEVER see this behavior exhibited consistently by EA or their Dev team so if you haven't already settled in for another 10 seasons of Preds stomping plats, EA shilling cosmetics and ignoring their player base then you're in for a rough time.
As for me I went from getting lvl 100 in the BP every split to not even finishing the last BP for the basic rewards, and since I don't have the coins buy the new one I've played even less this split so far but I do still hop on and play occasionally. Usually until I run into my first pred lobby.
After all it is an AMAZING game. Just one ruined by developer ignorance and/or corporate greed.