Your Wraith hot drops. Steals the only weapon from under your nose. Ints the closest team while you scramble for a weapon. Dies. Screams obscenities down the microphone. Quits, leaving you a duo in a platinum lobby. It’s always a Wraith. Don’t ask me why, it’s the Apex Legends way.
Rage quitting is infuriating, doubly so when it’s one of your teammates doing the raging and the quitting. You’re suddenly left at a disadvantage in a ranked lobby, your absent teammate a handicap essentially preventing you from ranking up this match. Sure, sometimes you clutch out a couple of 2v3s if your duo is particularly skillful and the two of you are in tune with each other, but for the most part it’s a write-off.
I’m proud to say I’ve never rage quit a game of Apex Legends. If I’ve got a teammate hurling expletives at me and refusing to resurrect me, I’ll tab out rather than listen to that drudgery, but if someone is actively trying to respawn me – or just can’t because they’re nearing the final zone and it would be suicide to do so – I’ll stick around and support them how I can.
That is, until Season 23. My 23 season long streak of never rage quitting is intact, but I’ve never been more tempted to break my pact than now. This season, respawning is bugged. When you’re brought back to life by a kind teammate, you’re met with a completely different game to the one you were killed in.
Apex Legends Season 23 Bugs
The first thing you see as the ground rushes up to meet your 144Hz screen is red icons. They flash up randomly at first, then stick around for good. Suddenly your game is choppy, your shots are all no-regs, and you’re seriously lagging. The game is barely playable.
This happens nearly every time I’ve been respawned this season. It’s infuriating. If you’re killed in an Apex Legends match in Season 23, you may as well quit the game. I’m sorry, but it’s true.
Apex is a good game. It’s still great fun when you’re dropping in and fighting teasing 3v3s against other players at a similar skill level. Queues aren’t too long. This is far from a dead game. But if you’re respawned during a match, it may as well be.
Playing with severe lag is unavoidable for some people, but it’s infuriating when it is completely avoidable. It feels even worse when you’ve just had a fantastic experience moments earlier. It’s so tempting to quit out when you know for sure that your next match will work fine again. Alt… F… 4… I can’t. I just can’t. But I don’t blame those of you that do.
Be Cool
Now, there are a few caveats to this. Don’t rage quit when you’re downed. With the buffs to support Legends this season, chances are you’ll be picked back up before you’re finished. Also, don’t fire off abuse before you go. An apology would be nice, explaining the lag issues. But that’s not necessary. Just don’t be a sore loser. It was probably your fault you got downed, not your teammates’, after all.
Online games don’t have to be toxic. Think about what you’re saying and doing before you act. Rage quitting is selfish, but at this point in Apex Legends’ life, it’s an act of self-care. Don’t suffer through subpar gameplay just to be a good teammate. Take care of your mental wellbeing. Don’t get tilted. Don’t play a game when it’s actively trying to sabotage you. Rage quit. Play something fun.
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