Apex Legends Season 17 introduced a brand new Legend to the sport, total adjustments to the meta, and a few large unpopular adjustments to Apex Legends Ranked Mode. Among the issues with the ranked adjustments have been apparent to see since they had been unveiled, making it significantly simpler for gamers to stand up the ranks. These issues are clearly seen now we’ve got some first rate knowledge for Masters Apex Legends gamers. There’s been a staggering enhance in Season 17.
Masters Apex Legends Gamers Rising at Fattest Ever Charge
In response to Apex Legends Server tracker, @_ApexStatus, we’ve gotten some full-ranked stats for a way the Masters gamers are breaking down for the time being. The present stats for the whole gamers hitting Masters on PC have eclipsed Season 12, to achieve an insane excessive. In comparison with each different season’s later date (the place extra gamers make it via to Masters), the present season has a loopy variety of Masters Apex Legends gamers.
An different fascinating ranked stats: there at the moment are 314,320 Masters all platforms mixed.
That is greater than S12 cut up 1 on PC, however nonetheless barely lower than all platforms mixed (338,213 in S12). With greater than 2 months till the tip of the season, I ponder how excessive we’ll go 🤔 pic.twitter.com/2hhiVLppJv
— Apex Legends Standing (@_ApexStatus) June 4, 2023
What’s particularly stunning is the season isn’t over but. These peaks for the Masters Apex Legends gamers for previous seasons above are all just about end-of-season. Season 17 has loads extra time to get extra Masters gamers in these numbers! If sufficient are actively maintaining with the sport, we’d see Masters changing into a majority in Ranked.
In the mean time, extra gamers than ever are within the top-ranked mode for Apex. This has a knock-on impact for everybody. It makes precise skills-based matchmaking way more tough. We’re already seeing the consequences for Apex Legends as an entire for having such a damaged ranked mode for thus lengthy.
Is Apex at a Actual Low?
Season 16 of Apex Legends was referred to as out as an all-time low for the sport from content material creators. Nonetheless, the present season’s ranked issues haven’t helped Apex appear to be it’s made a comeback. As a substitute, many high-profile gamers are calling this a brand-new low, and a few measures of curiosity are reflecting this.
The variety of Masters Apex Legends gamers is making it fairly exhausting for streamers to proceed with the sport. Twitch viewership is continuous its latest downward development as many streamers drop the sport. This is only one metric.
There are in all probability loads of gamers completely happy to have lastly made it to masters. Nonetheless, the Apex Ranked system isn’t actually there to let everybody get to the highest rank. It’s there to allow you to truly check your sill in opposition to equally expert gamers. The present Apex Legends ranked mode simply doesn’t mirror that.
