I'm a returning player who last played this game in May 2022 and started again few weeks ago. Back then I used to strictly play Ranked only due to Miramar & Erangel being the major maps (Miramar is my most favorite) + intense mid to late games + no bots + no gimmicks from casual mode.
However lately none of the criteria matches and the game feels completely different and hardly enjoyable.
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The patch notes say that each ranked map has 25% probability, but every next map is either Taego or Rondo (as you can see in the screenshot from my last session)
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People seem to hotdrop a lot nowadays due to resurrection mechanic, however only 1 team is able to survive & revive while others are sent to lobby due to which there like 20 guys alive after Phase 1 and the mid to late game becomes extremely slow paced and the ending doesn't even feel intense.
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I don't know how many of you have noticed, but I've literally seen bots in Ranked in multiple matches. Many times I see bots running in the open with no backpack. At first I used to think these were dc'd players but the lack of backpack and Level 1 helmets on each of them clearly implies that they're bots.
I stopped playing the game in 2022 because my laptop was not able to handle the game and gaming below 30fps was not fun at all so I was super hyped to play this game when I finally built a gaming PC recently. However the game feels completely different and just doesn't feel fun anymore tbh. Atp I enjoy TDM more than the Battle Royale since the gunplay of this game has always been fantastic imo and I used to never bother playing TDM back in the day lol.