Yeah.. the CEO and CFO literally just told their investors that monetization efforts are failing and they need to rebuild the player base and improve retention; they lowered projected profits and told investors (who they work for) that the next 18ish months will see weak profits/no profit-growth because they are investing in the gameplay/user experience. We've been lied to (at least misled) before but lying to their investors is a whole different thing (it's possible, but highly unlikely, that they were blowing smoke so I'll stay cautiously optimistic)
@@pars1eyf1akes12 oh wow that is actually really good news to hear, i might have faith in the future of this game for the first time in a while. its pretty rare for ea to acknowledge that they need to focus on gameplay and that there will be weak profits for a bit while they focus on improving it. im genuinely very surprised that ea is not only doing it but **even** admitted it to their investors
When I saw that only og mode was available the 2 day delay for the season trailer made sense. They'll probably unlock everything else when that trailer drops. I don't like being forced to play 1 specific mode like that, but I get it because it's a throwback to when it was the only mode
I know no one but me plays Conduit so here's a new thing about her in this season Conduit now uses her passive when running towards the respawn beacon.
I had a pack that had the "spark" icon on it, when I opened it it never counted on the spark meter. Good job Respawn! Plus you only get the spark icon on packs you've bought, NOT packs you've earned/won
I know it sounds weird but I enjoy the karambit being 62 days long because I can drop small amounts through out the 62 days to get the heirloom instead of dropping 300 immediately
The greatest news come from purchases in the store. Wow, EA and Respawn did it again. Who could imagine? Hope apex survives. The game is good, the management is awful
There were way more changes than outlined in this video.. maybe read the patch notes for yourself, you might realize how unnecessary the hate is for this update
@@jessanpalomer2647 That's not an excuse lmao.. that's reality. We can have dumb greedy though, where they only squeeze hard until the asset dies or there's smart greedy where they find some kind of balance so they can squeeze long term and get more juice. They've been dumb greedy for the last 2ish years; that doesn't mean they can't wizen up and build up that balance (and they wouldn't have the CEO and CFO of EA lowering profit projections and warning the investors of a shift in focus to rebuild the player-base/retention if they weren't planning to at least try). We have a right to be jaded but that doesn't mean we have to be; I think there's a good chance they actually try building the game back up (in all sense of the word) and I'd rather be cautiously optimistic then be negative and sour my own experience. This season has started off well with a lot of good/fun/exciting changes, and more in store; if they don't deliver I'll be right there with my pitch fork, otherwise I'll make the most of it as they do 🤷♂
I really really think that they made the whole OG launch Apex because they want people to see how far they’ve come that’s literally the only reason they’re doing it
2:08 actually its kinda the same as the sting, cause with the sting you had to pay 10 shards for the weird kill reactive thing and then 10 for the deathbox, while for the karambit you pay 20 for both the recolor and the deathbox. its sorta weird but ig it works? idk
I cant remember if season 1 had an animation when switching out of the Mozambique, but in the og apex gamemode you throw the Mozambique down on the ground instead of dropping it and setting it on the ground
It’s like they went: “oh people don’t like us being money grabbers? Oh they really don’t like us doubling down on being money grabbers? Well let’s triple down! They’ll have to like us then!”
@@BUNGJUICE-frmpiguhhh what can u expect when the games peaking at 100k instead of the usual 400k on steam,at offtimes its around 40k players and peaks are 100k like the game has been losing 15-30k players every month and i wouldnt be suprised if it completly dies out within 2025, i played 6 matches and in all of those 6 matches i was playing with the same ppl and going against the same ppl, its just the same pool of 100ppl nothing new and no it wasnt high lvl ranked, it was quick play
Its og apex right??? Milestone events came out in like season 15 ( im not sure correct me if im wrong) why would a milestone event be in the og version
Only two gamemodes... I am a casual Wattson main, and I am forced to either play sweaty ranked or play debut Wattson. Duos and mixtape are disabled to makeup for the loss of queue-time because players are dropping the game. Maybe they wouldn't have to do that if they just started listening to the players instead of their wallets. Fixing the game = more players. More players = more money I can see Apex being Titanfalled in the near future if they don't get their shit together, and it'll be a real shame
They need to re-introduce punch boosting. It was completely accessible to every input and every console. It's not like taping. We're only MNK can do it.
Except they didn’t bring back the OG spitfire damage. It’s 18 and back then it was 20. Plus the flatline mag size nerf is still in effect. I was seriously looking forward to the spitty. Anyone know about the longbow? One of the meta’s was longbow/99
I swear the thing i hate about the game the most besides monetization is the fact people just leave the match the monent they die even if you win right after and then your solo in a 3 team match
You forget to mention the fact that when you switch out a Mozambique for any other weapon the character slams it on the ground as a nod to how udderly shit it used to be
I find the OG mood not very fun, personally. I only last until I get a gunfight, and unless I get carried I'm back to lobby. Matchmaking still feels horrible, had to put it down when a solo Wraith styles on my entire team, and they only used a Wingman and we were holding hands.
Im gonna enjoy OG mode as much as possible, No Fuse , No conduit, No Maggie, No vantage. just pure gunplay and movement skills. basically no ability spammers :)
ngl i kinda actually want the krambit knife as my first heirloom now. been playing since the very first week the game came out and i still don’t have one
Am I the only one who gets mostly craftings when opening all packs? I had 30 packs, opened 10 seperatly and got two legendary frames and useless rare stuff, and I opened the other 20 packs all at once, where I got only one legendary (craftings btw lol) and the rest mostly craftings aswell
Anyone else have a bug were it has new item indicator for caustics battlepass skin? I tried equipping it and backing to menu when i loaded back in it had the original skin equipped and it was at the very top like wtf last season they had a bug on a badge and fixed it i thought i was done with that and then run into this bug of course. Im havong a lot of fun with the launch royale im not a day one player as long as your teamates have a clue (rare) its a jolly good time. My first pack i opened didn't have a spark pack bit the rest have its just a bs way to get people to spend more money and uses fomo.
not sure if it does it with every character but as i was playing pathfinder when i would switch the mozam for another gun he would throw it at the ground😂😂
@@xSpestic as a week 1 player i am aware it just caught me by surprise cause i had forgotten about it and i only played like 2 games so i wasn’t sure if all the characters still did it
Everything is still way to expensive and despite the fact that I am a session 6 player I ain't a session 0 player so I will be so confused 😂 I might buy something do lol
Idk what it is my shots were registering better in this og version like how they used to in earlier seasons 1 to 4 or 5. I have this analysis that people don't like radical changes .Alot of games stay the same Valo ,CSGO ,PUBG ,dota etc people like the things they get accustomed to . I would personally quit again whenever OG version is gone
I unironically think adding battle pass skins back is the scummiest thing they could do for money. If they even gave some sort of alternate for to og skins it would show that they care about the old players but they probably wont. Really disappointed.
8:05 When you are so used to have a white armor at landing that you just skip it 😂
Real
@@Grrtgrrt can u delete the “link” bot comment I’m tired of seeing them
@@AeriallYThe physically can’t, you kill one, 5 more pop up. It’s a RUclips problem, not a creator problem.
2 game modes, 22 shop pages 🤑
actaully theres 6 game modes🤓👆
@@Kisara777 training crap does NOT count☠☠
You guys got no patience. Other modes are coming today
@SuperSibendra you can't be this stu- nvm
I wish apex would concentrate on growing the player base to increase profit instead of milking loyal players for more money.
Yeah, monetization apart, half of Apex problems come from the low player base.
they said in the ea investor call that that was going to be the plan going forwards, only time will tell if they actually do it tho ig
Yeah.. the CEO and CFO literally just told their investors that monetization efforts are failing and they need to rebuild the player base and improve retention; they lowered projected profits and told investors (who they work for) that the next 18ish months will see weak profits/no profit-growth because they are investing in the gameplay/user experience. We've been lied to (at least misled) before but lying to their investors is a whole different thing (it's possible, but highly unlikely, that they were blowing smoke so I'll stay cautiously optimistic)
@@pars1eyf1akes12 oh wow that is actually really good news to hear, i might have faith in the future of this game for the first time in a while. its pretty rare for ea to acknowledge that they need to focus on gameplay and that there will be weak profits for a bit while they focus on improving it. im genuinely very surprised that ea is not only doing it but **even** admitted it to their investors
Yeah but don't think like that.
They'd rather milk the cow dry before killing it.
Didn't mention Wraith's Naruto run, and the angry Mozam discarding animation, when you swap the Mozam with another weapon, is back.
When I saw that only og mode was available the 2 day delay for the season trailer made sense. They'll probably unlock everything else when that trailer drops. I don't like being forced to play 1 specific mode like that, but I get it because it's a throwback to when it was the only mode
If I could change one thing about og apex it would just be the loot changes. Opening 3 crates with no weapon is not it
I know no one but me plays Conduit so here's a new thing about her in this season
Conduit now uses her passive when running towards the respawn beacon.
Theres way more Conduit players than Ballistic, Seer and so on, neither of which ive seen at all even last season
3:35
If you have all of the season 11 items from the battle pass the free spark pack is just an epic pack.
Bloodhound now has a door kick animation when sprinting before hitting the door he will use Fuse's ultimate as a battering ram.
Also new pullout animation with a crow bringing heirloom
Don't forget there's a Lifeline emote that costs nearly $20. Even a "legendary" emote is never worth more than maybe $5 if you ask me.
I had a pack that had the "spark" icon on it, when I opened it it never counted on the spark meter.
Good job Respawn!
Plus you only get the spark icon on packs you've bought, NOT packs you've earned/won
Weird, I had sparks on all the packs I earned.
@@prismmaster2548same def wierd
I’ve saved heirloom shards for deadass almost a year and they’re making me wait 60 whole days to craft the karambit 😐
The original lobby background will only show when you have launch royale selected. Any other mode will show the current season background.
Not sure about the other legends but mirage has an animation where if you have the mozam equipped and your drop it he’ll throw it and yell yuck 🤣
Everyone got one lol, it’s a funny nod to the memes back then. Mozam was worse than trash 😂
Can they STOP forcing you to play whatever bs mode they add and just give us the option, THIS is why people get bored of these modes so quickly
my favorite thing about playing OG apex is telling my friend "just craft my banner" and "place a respawn beacon" its just funny
I know it sounds weird but I enjoy the karambit being 62 days long because I can drop small amounts through out the 62 days to get the heirloom instead of dropping 300 immediately
The greatest news come from purchases in the store.
Wow, EA and Respawn did it again. Who could imagine?
Hope apex survives. The game is good, the management is awful
There were way more changes than outlined in this video.. maybe read the patch notes for yourself, you might realize how unnecessary the hate is for this update
F that they're still greedy
@@jessanpalomer2647
It's a corporation.. they're pretty much all greedy
@@pars1eyf1akes12 that's a dumb excuse for that, players keep tolerating their behavior now we get this sh*t.
@@jessanpalomer2647
That's not an excuse lmao.. that's reality. We can have dumb greedy though, where they only squeeze hard until the asset dies or there's smart greedy where they find some kind of balance so they can squeeze long term and get more juice. They've been dumb greedy for the last 2ish years; that doesn't mean they can't wizen up and build up that balance (and they wouldn't have the CEO and CFO of EA lowering profit projections and warning the investors of a shift in focus to rebuild the player-base/retention if they weren't planning to at least try).
We have a right to be jaded but that doesn't mean we have to be; I think there's a good chance they actually try building the game back up (in all sense of the word) and I'd rather be cautiously optimistic then be negative and sour my own experience. This season has started off well with a lot of good/fun/exciting changes, and more in store; if they don't deliver I'll be right there with my pitch fork, otherwise I'll make the most of it as they do 🤷♂
You missed the best nostalgic thing that is 'Connecting to lobby' bug. Its back!
Not secret changes.. they're all listed in the patch notes (except the knockdown shield animation)
I really really think that they made the whole OG launch Apex because they want people to see how far they’ve come that’s literally the only reason they’re doing it
As an og player, it really is funny to see people discover old stuff.
1:21 Also a new EVA-8 inspect animation that's not yet live
Yup, it seems to acknowledge the existence of the Shotgun bolts.
There’s also a new animation for when you swap the Mozambique for another weapon you throw it on the ground
Feel like that been in for a few years now?
@@adrawingprotogen2994 it hasn’t they brought it back with the og season
@@Manlikejerry_ damn guess I've never noticed cause, well, who picks up the mozambique with other choices
2:08 actually its kinda the same as the sting, cause with the sting you had to pay 10 shards for the weird kill reactive thing and then 10 for the deathbox, while for the karambit you pay 20 for both the recolor and the deathbox. its sorta weird but ig it works? idk
I started playing at the end of season 19, and LOVE that I can experience the origins of apex! Gunna take some time to adjust to lifeline rework.
To be onest I kind of like the theme of this current milestone event
I need mixtape back noooow
I believe that the molten katar set effects have been adjusted, the fire seems brighter, and the sword slimmer
this season only confirms what we've known for some time now
the execs dont care about the players anymore
3:35 interesting how they just implemented something that was just banned in Eastern countries
Also you can't earn damage and kill badges i got a 20 and a 4k for wraith and it did not count
That sucks
Does respawn have brain damage? I’ll never understand why they’re so against it being allowed in LTMs that make the game more difficult
@@aceofaces1506boosters gotta profit, badge has no meaning anymore anyways
@@Pronghorn333boosters are gonna boost anyways. I don’t see how banning the badge in a mode where it’s harder to get makes any sense
@@aceofaces1506 that’s respawn for ya
I cant remember if season 1 had an animation when switching out of the Mozambique, but in the og apex gamemode you throw the Mozambique down on the ground instead of dropping it and setting it on the ground
It’s like they went: “oh people don’t like us being money grabbers? Oh they really don’t like us doubling down on being money grabbers? Well let’s triple down! They’ll have to like us then!”
Tired 5 games, died instabtly to sweats all 5 times, quiting again
Lol not that deep
same I died to a three time pred first match 😢
@@BUNGJUICE-frmpiguhhh what can u expect when the games peaking at 100k instead of the usual 400k on steam,at offtimes its around 40k players and peaks are 100k like the game has been losing 15-30k players every month and i wouldnt be suprised if it completly dies out within 2025, i played 6 matches and in all of those 6 matches i was playing with the same ppl and going against the same ppl, its just the same pool of 100ppl nothing new and no it wasnt high lvl ranked, it was quick play
Everyone dying right now because of the rank reset, since the new season came the rank resets and pros are back down at the botttom
Its og apex right??? Milestone events came out in like season 15 ( im not sure correct me if im wrong) why would a milestone event be in the og version
Only two gamemodes... I am a casual Wattson main, and I am forced to either play sweaty ranked or play debut Wattson. Duos and mixtape are disabled to makeup for the loss of queue-time because players are dropping the game. Maybe they wouldn't have to do that if they just started listening to the players instead of their wallets. Fixing the game = more players. More players = more money
I can see Apex being Titanfalled in the near future if they don't get their shit together, and it'll be a real shame
Is the characters you get from this event are permament np vatson and octane?
So, what happened to the blog post they wrote a few years back about all battle pass items pre season 9 would never come back? 🤔
They need to re-introduce punch boosting. It was completely accessible to every input and every console. It's not like taping. We're only MNK can do it.
From what I recall, they can only bring back battle pass skins from season 10+
I hope they stay true to this
Really loved & laughed when I threw my Mozambique for another gun and it actually had
this pissed off animation when I threw it.
remember you can block nades with shields as well
OG mode made me realise I missed having punch boosting as a movement mechanic
Deathboxes on the firing range were a thing when the firing range first debuted lol
Respawn always gets real creative when it comes to finding ways to sell you more items.
Thanks for your content dude it really helps understand basically everything going on while not being overwhelmed, great help :)
Except they didn’t bring back the OG spitfire damage. It’s 18 and back then it was 20. Plus the flatline mag size nerf is still in effect. I was seriously looking forward to the spitty. Anyone know about the longbow? One of the meta’s was longbow/99
There's one thing I forgot to mention myself; The nade spam meta is back. Took me a while to realize I was holding two nades per stack.
all this and still no fixes on audio like bro i have people behind me that RUN UP TO ME that i cant hear at all
Buying the Ultimate pass, gives u a couple packs. those go toward the spark bonus.
the og apex is so fun that i gonna to play rank for the next 14 days . last time i played rank was in s7
I swear the thing i hate about the game the most besides monetization is the fact people just leave the match the monent they die even if you win right after and then your solo in a 3 team match
They also added the Mozambique throwing animation
Is anyone else having a bug with the new lifeline drone where you can’t send it to teammates if you have it attached to yourself?
So for new content this season we get a huge lifeline buff, old apex which is fun for about 5 matches, and 1100$ in cosmetics in the shop. Huge
Yup I couldn't stand it for more than 10 matches.
I think the OG mode combined with revival mode will be so much fun
The old school shield system throwing me off, I'm like why am i still white shield 🙄
I'm so sad rn I'm on a apex legends ban from my parents and it's been 2 months and I can't believe I'm missing this much 😢😢😢
You forget to mention the fact that when you switch out a Mozambique for any other weapon the character slams it on the ground as a nod to how udderly shit it used to be
Sadly the wattson karambit isn’t just for her cause I’ve gotten it on other legends such as octane
You get the dropping the Karambit and being angry about it with Conduit too
Only care about that Rampart Wingman Attention to Detail if they're re-releasing things.
I find the OG mood not very fun, personally. I only last until I get a gunfight, and unless I get carried I'm back to lobby. Matchmaking still feels horrible, had to put it down when a solo Wraith styles on my entire team, and they only used a Wingman and we were holding hands.
Im gonna enjoy OG mode as much as possible, No Fuse , No conduit, No Maggie, No vantage. just pure gunplay and movement skills. basically no ability spammers :)
Fun times being 1 shot fromm 047304 miles away with the Wingman ! How i missed it !
ngl i kinda actually want the krambit knife as my first heirloom now. been playing since the very first week the game came out and i still don’t have one
Hey grrt I was playing bloodhound and they got new heirloom animations, they’re really good
Am I the only one who gets mostly craftings when opening all packs? I had 30 packs, opened 10 seperatly and got two legendary frames and useless rare stuff, and I opened the other 20 packs all at once, where I got only one legendary (craftings btw lol) and the rest mostly craftings aswell
If you have all of one rarity you will only get crafting
You dont spawn with the white shield omg THATS WHY I KEPT DYING i ran passed it so many times
They return OG movement, holy molly its brilliant. It so much more better!
Anyone else have a bug were it has new item indicator for caustics battlepass skin? I tried equipping it and backing to menu when i loaded back in it had the original skin equipped and it was at the very top like wtf last season they had a bug on a badge and fixed it i thought i was done with that and then run into this bug of course. Im havong a lot of fun with the launch royale im not a day one player as long as your teamates have a clue (rare) its a jolly good time. My first pack i opened didn't have a spark pack bit the rest have its just a bs way to get people to spend more money and uses fomo.
what happens if you buy a retro pack when you own everything from the battlepass or event
I got completely distracted when the background music was the music from goat simulator
Anyways, holy shit, I didn't actually know how op the og wingman is until I tried it, especially with no armor on drop
The OG map graphics is really good
I opened my packs too early and did not get any bonus. Make sure it says the spark reward at the top. Please.
Got heirloom shards this morning in the new pack system!!
not sure if it does it with every character but as i was playing pathfinder when i would switch the mozam for another gun he would throw it at the ground😂😂
Yea, no, that was the animation back in season 1 as the mozam was considered a terrible gun
That's for every character. Nobody loved mozam back then
@@xSpestic as a week 1 player i am aware it just caught me by surprise cause i had forgotten about it and i only played like 2 games so i wasn’t sure if all the characters still did it
@@jellybeggerAll characters do it.
No, that was just added back in the April fool's event last year @@xSpestic
They also changed one of Horizons perks, so that you now can carry 3 shield batts in one slot, which is wonderful
Wraith needs intaQ back on her kit, horizon, valk, gibby, newcastle, octane,revenant,alter and vantage outlcass her in terms of getting out of danger.
spark packs its when it gives you only WHITE AND BLUE items!!!!
you oper 10 bad packs for reach one good.
so still no arenas
Launch Royale is SO much fun, only downside is I spend 20+ minutes looking for a body shield 10/10
Thats how it was in s1
I started playing in season 19, so it’s really cool to know where modern apex started from!
@@xSpestic I'm aware lol, i never realized it back then
Everything is still way to expensive and despite the fact that I am a session 6 player I ain't a session 0 player so I will be so confused 😂
I might buy something do lol
i wonder if i will get coins when i get that one free escape retro pack because i have maxed every BP since s3
Yeah same I have the season 11 battlepass and own all these items. I’d love if this gives me 500 apex coins.
Didn’t even know season 23 was here lol
OG mode is really fun. There’s just a simple charm to it
Idk what it is my shots were registering better in this og version like how they used to in earlier seasons 1 to 4 or 5.
I have this analysis that people don't like radical changes .Alot of games stay the same Valo ,CSGO ,PUBG ,dota etc people like the things they get accustomed to . I would personally quit again whenever OG version is gone
U are just coping with that@@kevintheminion1497
I hate how you have to wait 5 days to get rewards for packs
i thought they said no more milestone events?
I unironically think adding battle pass skins back is the scummiest thing they could do for money. If they even gave some sort of alternate for to og skins it would show that they care about the old players but they probably wont. Really disappointed.
dont blame the devs
blame the publishers
blame ea
1:48 me and my Heirloom Shards from season 16. 😂😂. 62 days is nothing for me.
My challenges are broken I was almost done with them and then they reset now I can’t do one of them
I completed the season 11 battlepass, what happens if buy a season 11 pack?
Wait new bloodhound heirloom animations? 😏
4:51 amity pfp pog
I've been waiting for wall running since season 14... someone tell me its a thing bro 🙏
Does that new lifeline launch skin have a new intro animation?
Ok but why is Watson in the og apex playlist?🤨