4k badges have gotten impossible

►Apex has gotten incredibly sweaty as of late, so Boom and I decided to test to see how long it'd actually take people (who aren't pros) to get a 4k damage badge. First to get it, wins!
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[@SoulshadeVr101]

Apex is reaching the point in its life cycle were most the people who play it only play this game which means most are really good. Which is making the game feel extremely difficult and that turns off most new players and the people who are playing it get better and better and has caused a slow in new or causal player growth.

[@daniel5534]

So like every good battle Royale?

[@d3zim4t0r6]

also caused because of the current ranked system being so dogshit so instead of playing ranked the good players are 3 stacking pubs and pub stomping

[@deljonfinister3598]

Yeah thats why i try to get my friends to play games early in its life before everyone gets extremely good

[@Cyns_Murd3r.C0rpse]

Not to mention what ea is doing to the game with absolutely terrible matchmaking and scamming us with higher prices

[@d3zim4t0r6]

@@Cyns_Murd3r.C0rpse yea there isnt any shadow mmr in the game or any typs of sbmm like in most its just at random who your up against and usually you get a few of the bad players and like 3 or four master/pred 3 stacks that have been playing since day one every single day of there life and dont know anything else

[@monkeybuisness.]

kandy, i quit apex cuz like sweats but u actually made me come back. ty for that and keep on making good content! :)

[@Paandaa69]

Ibe been playing since release, I have a 3k badge on wraith, most kills ive had in a match was 17 I believe, and highest damage was 3,131. That was also in season 5. I didnt stop playing this game till right before the end of catalysts season. I was I would say slightly better than average. I had a positive K/D every season, finished every battlepass within a week of release, I played this game all the time, every day, and I was really good. But then we started getting cheaters. And im not talking about wall hacks. Mods for controllers to make them better, pc players on controller so they can have scripts on console lobbies. It got to the point that it seemed like everyone but me was doing. I just stopped playing. I loved watching Kandy, I loved watching Staycation, I love watching Zylbrad. Yall got me into this game, and I loved it. But I cant with it anymore. I started not watching apex videos anymore, I still have it downloaded but Im thinking of deleting it altogether, which is heart breaking cause ive put over $3,500 into this game with 8 heirlooms and nearly every skin. Most people would dream of having my account with all of its skins, and I wont even Touch it with a stick. Im sad that I hate it so much. They wont fix ranked, they wont fix pubs, they wont add free items for people that dont have money, they keep adding pay zo win things, Its stupid. Apex was the cod killer. Apex was the Fortnite killer. Well we downed them, we let them get the revive off, and they killed us while we were running solo with nobody to revive us.

[@savaget2058]

They need to start having ALA meetings for people like us man (Apex Legends Anonymous) 😂

[@dgdjay8621]

you suck dude, don’t blame this on anything else. not even a 4k is embarrassing

[@lebronjamesgyat]

i mean you can give me ur account if you want to 🤣

[@SensuisRevenge]

Bro i’m in the exact same position as you literally 😂 8 heirlooms and all

[@timothymoore2966]

this man making excuses because he can't get a 4k. What reality am I in? Earned not given dude. 4k is so extremely lucky you have no idea. You want a participation trophy?

[@Jay_758]

I watch Apex videos and it makes me miss earlier on and want to play....then i hop on and remember why i stopped playing to begin with

[@Fire4ward]

Yup, same exact thing happens to me 😅

[@denniswitting6081]

Because u bad?

[@olinnus785]

2:47 I SHALL SUMMON ALL POLISH LADS HERE

[@overdosed51]

3 years in... i have 1 4k and haven't got the 20 bomb badge. The game is SOOO sweaty 😂

[@besratg9207]

I have one 3k and that's it. This game is tuffff

[@ShrekTickler]

@@besratg9207same

[@Youremomshouse442]

Just pick a 30-30 up or long bow and just farm teams I’ve gotten most of my 4k badges that way it’s easier in ranked lobbies to farm since pubs is so sweaty

[@ShrekTickler]

@@Youremomshouse442 that’s no fun if you get it the easy way, it’s suppose to be an achievement not you being a rat and snipping at people from medium to long range all game

[@goddessyamato5238]

@@ShrekTicklerthat’s how most people got there’s or by having their friends help them by not killing people

[@YTMisterr]

I tried playing the game recently, and every lobby was super difficult. After not touching the game for several months, each game had numerous preds. I'm not sure if its sbmm turned to the max or that theres only good players left, but it feels like a fight for my actual life to get wins.

[@Djilalli]

Even tho i stopped played Apex long time ago (around Saison 1 I think, when Warzone came out) i just saw you popped in my KZbin home screen and i must say : Your good mood is such nice to see, specially in those competitive mods where people tend to be... unfunny or simply not kind, hope you had a blast with your friend grinding this badge (I think I have it only with Pathfinder ahaha) ! Happy new year man !

[@Natsunalia]

I saw this and just screamed “yeah. And it really sucks!!!! I can’t play a game of normal, none ranked game, and are facing the SWEATIEST players I’ve ever seen. It gets aggravating after a while. Can barely win a game let alone get 4k

[@Hi-es7zd]

yeah cheaters

[@PapaLuge]

I've recently came back to Apex this year in January and I couldnt agree more, the game was always incredibly sweaty but the casual matchmaking in this game just leads to you getting wiled out if you dont know tactics that a casual player would not. It's a shame though cus this is genuinely such a fun game since falling off R6S but despite all the rage I still love and enjoy this game, from the movement to the abilities.

[@alvesvaren]

Yeah, everyone is soo sweaty now. I've never gotten a 3k badge, but I've been above 2950 and below 3000 a total of 5 times :(

[@masturluck]

man, you'll get it!

[@YippieKanyeet]

Aah yes, the "normal" player gag.

[@Its_Wafflesfr]

It doesn't help that they don't clarify that you HAVE to do it in classic modes. I got a 25-kill 4.5k damage and I was so excited for the badges, but I was in the Buster sword ltm

[@piotrkosztirko438]

Uhh, pretty sure you still woulda got the badges. It's not an LTM, it's a Takeover. So, I call B.S. 😊

[@Its_Wafflesfr]

I got picture proof ong

[@piotrkosztirko438]

@@Its_Wafflesfr Cool, prove it.

[@Its_Wafflesfr]

@@piotrkosztirko438 how you want me to do that

[@piotrkosztirko438]

Nvm, you're right - Reddit full of kids whining about the same thing. I stand corrected. Guess you have to go back to trying to get em normally.

[@ShroudAlpha]

The ironic thing is I just got my first 4K badge ever 30minutes ago

[@jamesgibbens6862]

Bro casually got the rarest rev animation at 1:45

[@FerinaAryele]

As a Wattson main I'm surprised I never knew that Harry Potter looking Professor skin existed lol but to be fair I don't really play Apex anymore its just too sweaty and not an enjoyable experience unless I hop on Control Mode or TDM

[@goddessyamato5238]

So your trash

[@Re.aper_MPL]

This game would be better if they made a new matchmaking system insted of recolers 😑

[@242Nyle]

-fr-

[@LuisTheGreat13]

My wife recently got into apex and my god the pubs are so difficult I fell off a few years ago and coming back now but it’s difficult

[@schroederdorsey1017]

Video Idea: Game and control settings are randomized and u have to try and get a win with them.

[@kandyrew]

interesting idea! how would i randomize it?

[@schroederdorsey1017]

Oh gosh I didn't really think about that tbh. I'll look for ideas

[@overdosed51]

You should just chose each others binds 😂 ​@kandyrew

[@schroederdorsey1017]

@@overdosed51 that would be to easy as a challenge tho

[@pacplay926]

@@kandyrew let the comments decide your settings. Dangerous, but i can already see how much ill enjoy the difficulty

[@Shakura8]

2 years trying to 4K only with Rampart, no success yet , tons of 2k,3k. No 4K. Also I have never seen a teammate dropping 4K.

[@echo_lunatic3456]

video idea: random number generator between 1 and 19 and whatever number you get you have to use whatever was introdcued in that season , example if you roll number 17 you have to use ballistic and you have to use whatever gun got changed in s16 and land wherever got a major change

[@echo_lunatic3456]

another idea would be to make a bunch of diffrent classes/kits like they have in ltms, long range guns with vantage as an example

[@moonlightgamingasmr]

This is a super fun challenge!

[@xrizzer1296]

S1 player here. 4k damage early in the game was extremely easy cause nobody would push and just stay back so racking up damage was easy. I can get to 3k in these new lobbies easy but a 4k seems impossible

[@SKELEWIZ]

3k easy 4k impossible pick one plus all this debate "is a 4k easy now" is stupid, its entirely dependant on the player.

[@Hi-es7zd]

@@SKELEWIZ Depend of server, in server Dalas people i sso tryhard more than half team died in 1 min

[@pattdmdj]

The casual playerbase, as big as it may be, is slowly declining. whether it be from them quiting the game or no longer being considered "casual." there is still a vast majority of casuals though, its just that it slightly shifts over time just like most games. this however also means that lobbies will die much quicker because instead of just 2-3 "good" players per match, its more like 8-10, meaning that the overall distribution of kills will be thinner making badges like 4k/20 harder

[@Secret0zv]

I remember when the Bocek first came out..... I got 3 4k's that day, and with characters I don't even play.

[@noXtum]

10:10 bro really brought out the zen

[@TheDaylon21]

it seems like everyone BUT ME has the 4k badge, teamwork!, and 20 kill badge :/

[@falloutglasster7807]

I've got like 2000 hours in apex (which is like 88 days, not sure how many hours that is in-game though). I've been playing since season 1, but I've been on and off so much that my battle pass level is always less than 5. I've got about 400 wins in total between all characters. It makes no sense to me why I keep getting matched with people who have 4k and 20 bomb badges, or even masters and pred players. I'm not making excuses for being bad at the game, but seeing them when I hop online after work is kinda demoralizing. How does the game even think I'm remotely close to their skill level to put ne in the same lobby with these monsters? I know the SBMM has some type of "Put good players with bad players on the same team so its balanced" thing going on but i honestly feel like thats not the case. Especially with the teammates i get.

[@pashugamez]

i basically feel the same way, except that i only somewhat recently started the game. when i finally got into like 1 or 2 seasons ago i had mostly master and diamonds as enemies while being bronze. getting to silver felt like the hardest thing ive ever done in the game. and teammates not even close to as good as the enemies

[@SinKindaPro]

I've never gotten a 4k badge on trios or duos I've only gotten it on Plat lobbies I feel like people die too fast but I was so mad when i played one game on my friends account and got a 20 kill badge in trios with loba I only got 3.5k dmg though

[@WendyBaconater]

I hate to feel like if you don’t nuke the whole lobby like a pro you have to farm damage from every fight you’re in.

[@7lope712]

finishing the kills also helps a lot towards the 4k goal

[@NeonXXP]

My best since launch is 3.9k and 14 kills. These days I cant even get close to 2k. What used to be a fun evening of games with friends is now a 3 hour session of relentless humiliation and frustration. The S17 MM changes have slowly made everyone in our Discord quit. I played the last two season for two weeks each and I have no hype for S20.

[@pagingdrwhom2300]

I’ve been playing on and off since launch and I’ve only ever gotten 1 4K damage badge (plus another 4K game in Three Strikes). I’m not a bad player by any stretch of the imagination, but getting another badge just seems so out of reach when matchmaking is pitting me against Pred players (I think I had even ended up in a lobby with TSM ImperialHal)

[@bzyczu8639]

2:47 pay respect polish people for jan the third

[@evanhorn951]

I took a 2 year long break from the game in which I was a fairly decent concel player. Came back recently because of the new update, and switched to pc. Honestly the game feels more balanced now, even as someone learning new controls, I’m still having fun and doing decent in fights. Plus the solo que has been very nice to me, and keeps matching people if similar skill. I just got to plat 2, ya’ll wish me luck going to diamond.

[@jacobm3728]

im glad its just me having a hard time playing it. ima day one player and took break for two seasons and i feel so bad on pc i hate it

[@threehades9967]

At this point of the game everyone is just simply better at the game and shooters in general, nobody we fight is just gonna be some new player that hasn’t played a single shooter in their life, they will always have some shooter experience. A small fix to this would be to essentially throw a monkey wrench into the mix, Conduit was a pretty good wave in the meta allowing people to get back into fights quickly, but of course it’s not enough to make everyone just immediately not accustomed to the new meta. To make the game feel easier it would require massive amounts of change to the game to make the normal game sense unviable, something such as a new map, new movement tech, a new character that can prevent bullet fire, or something highly unorthodox. Whatever the case Apex will probably only get more difficult the longer it stays the same, and no match making changes can fix that unless you want actual new players to feel the main majority of our wrath.

[@noajean-o4t]

why don't you each play solo on your side

[@kazi8895]

‘IT OPENS IN’!😂😂

[@biggy7211]

Just started playing apex Although I play on 60 fps , and lag a lot on BR lobbies, I managed to go and entire week without studying for exams and play the game just to unlock some cosmetics in the game The games are hard Trying to complete a quest of landign 3 finishers with Seer took a while cause of the hard games and no one letting me finish

[@mikeygoad4556]

I’ve been playing sense day one release on ps4 and I only have a 3900 badge. It’s gotten basically impossible to casually play anymore

[@mr.delgoth]

So lame idea (hopefully not) but it's a challenge. Challenge name: Materia hunter. You play as the yuffie skin for Valkyrie and you have to fill up your inventory full of materia. Bonus points for putting down the "I'm taking this" holospray. (You don't have to because it comes with her cringy voice line when putting down holosprays)

[@philswift-apexenjoyer]

When I got my first 4k, I had only 2.2 by the last team. I’d poke and back up, but the enemy wouldn’t heal much. My teammates rushed and downed two, but I let them bleed out so I could farm the last one. Thirsted the downed and had ~750 left. The team was pretty bad, and I had to try not to one clip the remaining wattson, or I’d lose. Also had to be careful, cuz I had no heals. Kept relocating until she popped her ult. Then I moved inside, got shields from the ult and ended up winning the game with 4139😅 this took a while to type

[@dragonslayer2084]

Everyone dies before the first circle even closes too, already half the squads are gone when you leave where you dropped

[@ohozal9817]

I’ve been playing since Season 7 at the height of CoViD. I have 8k kills with bang, 7 with caustic, and 3 with bloodhound. I’ve gotten 18 kills highest kill game, with 3,987 damage. But recently I got 3, 4ks with caustic and 2 with Bangalore. Thirst… thirst…. THIRST! Adds up so much damage. Even downed people from other squads adds up. God bless and much love to all!! Solo Q this season has been tough, but got to the Barney rank! 😂

[@timsloan9675]

Apex is by far the hardest BR haha. I always feel bad for new players man like it must be so demoralizing. Also I watch Faze Gent almost daily and he regularly gets 4ks. Haha but he's like top 5 roller.

[@Sxppin]

queing in a game seems impossible now days i switched from Dallas to Virginia to Oregon to London to St louis no server starts like why is there all these servers but no players at least add bots or something like fortnite in ranked lobbies to fill the empty spaces wasting all this time in que is crazy.

[@atypicalship1255]

something i notice which i don't know if you're doing on purpose or not is not finishing your knocks, knocked players contribute to overall damage and when you just kill their teammate instead of finishing them you are not getting the max damage you could be getting out of a team which then helps in the process of getting a 4k, as long as you don't overthink it you can both get 4k's any character as long as you work together well enough

[@reflex7433]

Please refrain from using “milk” as a verb ~ Cisco

[@Snegge202]

To me it feels completly different, lately its been way easier and more fun since a long time. Also 4ks are really easy right now, play repeater sit in good positions and just shoot people. Also drag out every fight that seems like theres not gonna be a third party and there you go 4k

[@sleepier8931]

tbf im new to mnk and i dropped my first mouse and keyboard 4k yesterday so just depends tbh

[@moonlightgamingasmr]

Nice!

[@sleepier8931]

ey ty @@moonlightgamingasmr

[@zJKOz]

2.5k on almost all characters but not even 1 3k

[@Teletubbies_ON_Top]

love the content keep it up and youl get to 1m in no time👍

[@pepedafwog]

i almost got my 4k on bloodhound yesterday but the last guy i tried to farm didnt have enough health so i capped at 3950

[@ghstproject]

Been working on my conduit 4k basicly the entire split 2... ever since the maps rotated i started playing her and I maxed out like on 3996 damage... Most of the time I get to like 3000 damage and then there is only one team left and even if I can manage to farm them for like 500 dmg my teammates most of the time just finish the fight or overpush get to confident or simply do stupid shit that end the round way to quickly :D

[@A-machine24]

I would love to get a game with you I never got a 4K once

[@AN4ROK]

i love the content man, but i wont lie when i say the game is going to die soon. Season 20 is its last season to redeem itself.

[@nyxicide]

I missed my first 3k by about 25 damage this season lol. So upsetting

[@MrSv7dzg]

Charged sentinel with 2-4 scope, after 5 matches you should have got one honestly

[@Mancitytreblewinners]

3.5 is the new 4k lol

[@soflogoat]

Bros dropping a 4K, but I can’t even drop a 2K On wraith

[@Amy_399]

ngl Kandyrew really sounds like KarQ (overwatch streamer)

[@pappy8031]

just got back into the game love your vids

[@moonlightgamingasmr]

This Is a great challenge cos oh my goodness it’s been hard

[@Spytefulll]

trios babyyyy

[@TheShadsWolf]

you should do this challenge on Sydney might take a year

[@eyeteapot]

awesome vid as always

[@rty-ww5wg]

Honestly this season I’ve gotten the most damage badges I’ve ever gotten I haven’t gotten a 4k but I’ve had multiple 3ks

[@beosha0810]

I respect yall,i do believe yall aint Zen user's, an yall still good.i do believe alot of people who play Apex use Zens an thats why it seems like 60%of players are sweaty's

[@Herculean88]

Wanted to see more from the last game lol. The reality is you need a bot lobby if your a casual. Holefully next season with mmr matchmaking gone it should be less sweaty

[@matouskotatko3184]

i think respawn should maybe do somethink about matchmaking. I dont know what tho :D

[@musicalglaceon2245]

ive played on and off for years, id say im usually a bit better than the average gamer at fps games, usually around diamond ranks after i start playing a game for a while after well over 1000 hours in apex, i still lose a lot of fights because im not able to keep up with the skilll curve of this game, to play this game i need to have a stack and we need to all be focused and even with that, i barely made diamond the games continue to get harder and harder with many of my games feeling entirely unwinnable winning a fight in this game is more challenging than winning used to be when i started

[@theoreticalIy]

4ks are getting easier and easier

[@traceyhamm6330]

Have you watched HisWattson? 5k first game on with only a p20...

[@5hmoodz]

he aint your average apex player tho

[@gi_nattak]

pubs is freakin brutal, every game there's sweaty af players all over it's very tiresome.

[@Pizzabros223]

The sound at 0:26 lowkey hurt my teeth

[@Enyalius_]

tbh i got my first 4k as solo and i think its easier solo 4k than duo

[@gamer_aka_modern4975]

I’m happy when I get a 2 k damage game. Never had a 4K. 3749 was my best and that was in season 17 I think. I don’t try for it at this point. But still love playing the game especially with other people. Ransoms with no mics is not much fun.

[@gamer_aka_modern4975]

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[@Complex_Pvp]

Low key so much easier to hit 4k dmg on console I haven’t dropped one yet but while on ps5 I was able to consistently drop 3.5k games but the moment I switch to pc lobbies I instantly get 3 stack preds and 40k Kill players.

[@masongandy6719]

Guys new perks make it fun

[@xxtroyboy109xx3]

makes it look easy i got a 2.5k on life line but never got it kandy any idea why??

[@javieristhebest6929]

Probably a event or ltm idk or it may of glitched

[@kaukauboi1135]

Make Apex Casual Again. Seriously, why everyone gotta be so sweaty that two players who play nearly 40hrs of apex a week can't even carry on a casual conversation while playing it....apex is such a fun game but the matchmaking needs to be adjusted so that us after work gamers can chill with our friends without raging...anyways. fun vid as alwasy Mr. Rew!

[@Vexrehk]

I’ve been grinding since season 8 (when I started) for the 4K 20 Bomb badges and it’s f*cking impossible

[@windxoria7194]

So i quit the game in season 10 back when i was playing on xbox,now in season 19 i returned on a pc and with my xbox account,and its basically impossible to have any fun due to very very difficult lobbies even with my bad performance

[@impeccable6170]

bro i have been playing since the game came out and i still dont have one

[@Elrocdrakensan]

Dropped one yesterday

[@Tamachii12]

It is not that the game has become too sweaty, it is just that the only players left are the sweaty ones, people keep saying ranked this and ranked that, but forget the first experience for new players is unranked, now imagine being in the same lobby with half of them being sweaty players... not your most fun ride.

[@n.o.o.s.e6058]

got a 4k for Bangalore and they took it away when i did cross save

[@gremwins]

To be fair match making is incredibly broken. When 3 strikes first came out and the only people playing pubs were bots a 4k and 20 bomb were possible every single game.

[@pinkystarfishh7623]

got a 3,496 recently 😩 just cant get the 4k

[@UnEv3n]

If they gave packs to the winners of ranked lobbies the pub sweats would be gone in one 5 minute patch and ranked would be exciting again.

[@DioKengan]

Ranked would be exciting? I guarantee you nobody will try to fight and there are going to be rats every single game. Also, wouldn't the casuals turn away from pub matches instead? The sweats are more likely to have more cosmetics, simply because they play more. Somebody playing the game occasionally is not gonna have a ton of cosmetics. So when he gets the opportunity, he would rather play ranked in silver lobbies than face a 3 stack pred squad in pubs. Like, what would you do? Get an easier lobby and maybe a pack, or fight ultra sweats for no pack? Your idea sounds good at first but is targeting the wrong people.

[@taxman_x]

He still calls himself normal as a Predator?

[@johnclaudetaylor5224]

at this point the normal player seems to be pretty ok at the game

[@eddstactitudcaribe8046]

Yes indeed

[@gilbertgarcia1325]

Noooo I’ve dropped all of my 4ks in RANKED this is true and when I play I don’t look at my damage when I play

[@b7shoota]

only got 3,700 this season and only 1 4k last season :(

[@CRIS._.420]

And I still struggle with getting a 2k

[@Clitcommander69]

Then you have faide and ex dropping 4k 20’s like they don’t even matter 😭. It’s refreshing to see good players struggle sometimes like you guys 😂 love you and boom doing collabs it makes my heart happy lol

[@MonsterMiggyMiggs]

I still have yet to get a 4k or 20 despite being pred x3 and masters x5 and 1.8KD, console players have it rough

[@marokko888]

Ive gotten 4x 4k badges and 2x 20 bombs i started in season 1 stopped mid season came back season 12 stopped 14 came back season 17 stopped havent returned yet this game lmao i had enough after i resched pred and then got back to Masters....

[@ItsNic314]

Me gustan tortugas

[@spikesbestsuit4282]

when this event is over apex will be playable again