I gave up on Apex when I saw Season 8 I think, not only because of the inevitable balance problems they've caused because they just keep adding shit in without thinking ahead they've also got a matchmaking bug in duo's that hasn't been fixed since before April. When you try joining a game even with auto-fill ticked on more often than not you get no teammate.

I guess it does vary from server to server what playerbase you encounter as well. I've found myself surrounded by absolute morons in gaming mostly who clearly don't know how to play and it's gotten so bad for me that I can solo a pair of them no problem if they aren't co-ordinated enough and immediately go after me. Unfortunately especially for learners who are trying to get into FPS' for the first time grabbing friend to play with is probably your best option but that's never as easy as it sounds.

It's got very good gameplay mechanics for the most part, but they're slowly breaking it.