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(PC) 70-80% Diamond-Master are controller players
Just played 4 to 5 matches at diamond II, and every single team have at least 2 controller players or it's a full controller team. (Almost everyone is streaming at those ranks) 70-80% of the players i searched using the names appearing on the screen are running controllers. Some are very known: Daltoosh Team, Nicewigg team, Calamiti Team, Knoqd team, Soar Team, Snip3down team, Resultah Team, Xedmin Team, The Kine Team, etc, Less known teams and streamers also running full controller teams also at master and predator levels. Why Respawn let aim assist being this powerful? https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/haf32f/when_they_tell_you_aim_assist_isnt_that_strong_on/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share I'm on PC but with so many controllers on higher ranks, feels more like Console with higher FPS Is so stressful to play against controllers; must of them have bad movement, bad plays, and still one clip you only because aim assist do 40% of the Aiming according to Ilootgames. Aim assist needs to be removed on Ranked PC and Tourneys or at least tuned down way too hard. Controller is bad for FPS, bad movement, bad accuracy and even with that Higher Ranks are being dominated by controllers, just because aim assist is a thing. And this is not just me, So many PRO players have complained a lot about aim assist, but Respawn have do nothing.
Server Tickrate
Can we get servers with a tickrate of higher than 20/s? This is particularly important due to all weapons in the game being projectiles, and while I have limited to experience with the Titan Fall spinoff of the Source engine I do have A LOT of experience with how the source engine behaves in Team Fortress 2, which features several projectile and hitscan weapons along with classes that can move really fast. Why this is important. Accurate Client Interpolation vs Fast moving targets Currently interpolation is based off of data points 50ms apart that may not seem like much and in a lot scenarios is not a big deal (shooting a target that is ADS and strafing) or shooting a target moving in a straight line. However targets such as Bangalore that has the passive speed boost when fired at if they rapidly change directions while sprinting getting a hit on them based off of their model is nearly impossible and can cause some rubber banding issues even for people who would have a stable connection. Another case can be found with pathfinders who can grapple jump effectively and gain a lot of speed and doing a quick small air strafe. Finally falling players can also cause some desync issues especially pathfinders who use the grapple while falling. This issue becomes signficantly worse with higher client ping. Hit Registration Now in Team Fortress 2 projectile based hit registration is ALL server side, and afaik CSGO grenades colliding with enemy players is also detected by the server. I can only assume Apex Legends operates that way as well. Back to my example of a speed boosted bangalore rapidly changing directions a client with a relatively normal ping of 30ms-50ms would see outdated and improperly interpolated data due to all the changes in direction and could very easily see bullets hitting the bangalore but doing NO damage because the server sees the bangalore at a significantly different point than the client. Even with a 0ms client ping, model interpolation will not be 100% accurate but may be accurate enough to register a hit though not where the client had rendedered the hit as happening (particularly noticeable with shotguns where you see most/all pellets hit a model but only a fraction do damage). Gun Responsiveness Now this issue is multifold in Team Fortress 2 projectiles you fire are delayed by [client server update rate (cl_cmdrate) OR total client interpolation whichever is greater] + ping to server. Currently in Apex Legends if you fire just after you send an update to the server the server won't register you firing for almost 50ms + ping. This can lead to a pretty significant delay and further add to the above mentioned issues but instead of bullets hitting a model and not registering the delay may be just enough for the intended target to start moving away from where you were firing at (this issue would affect most noticeably sniper rifles). This also works in reverse where new projectiles won't be rendered until the next server update + ping time making it much harder to dodge shots. Now as for server requirements I'll admit I'm not 100% sure just how much resources it would take to get to the kind of tick rates many competitive / pro players would be asking for ex. CSGO ESEA uses 128 tick servers, CSGO MM is 64tick, and Team Fortress 2 is almost always 66 tick. That being said Apex Legends has 60 players to begin with and a map that makes the maps of CSGO and every other source game look Tiny AND from experience I've seen several 32 person Team Fortress 2 servers consistently dip into the mid 50 tick range. However I still feel asking for even just 30 or 40 tick Servers is justified and likely doable. Edit Here is a video that shows some of what I'm talking about in relation to Team Fortress 2. Huntsman (bow and arrow) is a projectile based weapon. And this video shows how odd model/projectiles desync can be. Though this is done via interpolation and only the interpolation is increased and the tick rate remains the same at 66, since interpolation is directly tied to server tick rate the minimum interpolation is higher the lower the tick rate creating this same issue with less accurate information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2mBNz4NvGc
Quality of Life Changes - community requests
Hi legends, This new QoL thread is inspired by @Cabowse's thread here. This is a place to get your own request on the list, or to link a good idea you found somewhere else! The ideas from the linked thread are placed here as well, included many Reddit posts and/or Twitter ideas. Do you have a Quality of Life request? Check if it is already in the list below. Post it so I can add it! One rule: I will only put QoL changes in the list, not requests for buffs/nerf or other game parts. There is however no real definition of what a QoL change is, but we'll try to follow how Respawn categorizes the patch notes. Like so: Quality of Life Not Quality of Life Damage counter Sheila angle increase from 120° to 180° Pinging Ammo Mirage decoys create footstep sounds. A new VO line when using a Phoenix Kit A request to turn down SBMM or add Solo mode Hard to define QoL requests will be put in the list just to be sure. Contents Legends Ash - Bangalore - Bloodhound - Caustic - Crypto Fuse - Gibraltar - Horizon - Lifeline Loba - Mad Magie - Mirage - Octane - Pathfinder Rampart - Revenant - Seer - Valkyrie - Wattson Wraith Consumables & other items Weapons Consumables Other items Gameplay Ping Challenges Team Trident Options Miscellaneous Menu & settings User interface Gameplay settings Menu items & clubs Other settings Customizations Skins Banners Skydive emotes Miscellaneous Gamemodes Map specific Firing range Miscellaneous Battle royal Arena Nothing yet dsa Friendly ultimate grenades should have a different color u/Xatik Use crows to make following tracks slightly easier, have them fly in a specific direction rather than just up. Cabowse Footprint colour during ultimate more easily distinguishable from enemy colour. Cabowse Make the ultimate timer small like Rev's Death Protection Timer u/designty White markers above friendly gas traps Cabowse Friendly and enemy gas to be different shades of green, friendly gas darker and less saturated, enemy gas brighter and more saturated. Cabowse Being able to ping friendly gas (from the ultimate) Noob_Chemist Allow the 'pick up a gas trap' button to be different form reloading the gun on controllers. u/GucciBeckham Drone can scan through glass. Cabowse Ability to pick up banners with drone with greater ease and from slightly further away LIONLIONpoodle Let crypto see the area his drone can go on the minimap. u/whatisabaggins55 Allow Crypto to say ultimate is ready while in his drone Adendon Allow Crypto to accurately ping items while Crypto is in his drone while on a trident. Abendon Improve accuracy when trying to scan beacons. Abendon Indicator that a teammate or crypto is in range of the EMP when in drone mode. thelok1s Friendly ultimate fires should be recognizable by teammates. DYSPROssium Allow ult to be fired straight up. Eshshshss Friendly ultimate should display different markers than enemy ones. u/Xatik A clearer timer for the protection dome to show how much time there is left instead of the distance. u/zancray Nothing yet - Using Lifeline's tactical while it's on cooldown will proc a voice-line to teammates telling them that it isn't ready (cool-down 3 seconds) Cabowse Allow Loba to pick up the banner from teammates with her ult. CampletelyCrazy Personalised voice-lines when specific legends use the BMB or when specific items are taken c0mpl3x1ty1 Nothing yet - Do not allow Mirage's revive to be visible through the dome of Gibby DYSPROssium Allow player to control skydive decoys the same way as ground ones. Abendon Jump-pad active the moment it hits the ground Cabowse Pathfinder has new voice-lines that activate when he gains a lot of momentum from his grapple, these can be heard by anyone that is near him. Cabowse Make it possible to mount Sheila when crouching. Cabowse Hold ability buttom sets down a wall (or Sheila) directly. CompleatBeet Give Revenant unique animations, instead of the Caustic one. u/Lemurrituals Nothing yet. A warning indicator if you want to ult and there is something in the way Heli0sH00K Ability to easier cancel the tactical. RSArussian Cancel heal ability if you start jeptack. SollitaryMassacre Don't activate friendly caustic traps when they are over each other. Noob_Chemist Make it clier for teammates when their abilities or grenades are canceled by Wattson's ult. Abendon Visual cues (portal becoming unstable) for 10 seconds before a portal is about to close. Cabowse New inspect animation for Kunai Knife to be inline with other newer inspect emotes TrainWRTKTiff [Go to contents ↑] WEAPONS Default all select fires to either of the modes, instead of being weapon dependent. u/100721 Display the zoom level of the selected gun. u/zancray Allow reloading the Mastiff to be cancelled by aiming down sights, instead of having to shoot or switch weapons. Just as with the 30-30 u/zancray Make it possible to reload a gun while you switch out attachment between the guns, as well as reloading while you swap the weapons from place. DYSPROssium Add a settings option to make weapons automatically switch back to default firing mode when swapping or holstering your weapon. Senti3nt_Gr4vel CONSUMABLES Ability to request Ultimate accelerants CompleatBeet Shield cells to be a permanent item in the crafting machine. Useful for players running with Gold shields or a Sentinel. Cabowse Allow the usage of ultimate accelerants without picking them up first. u/zancray Show players how much healing items of a sort they already have when they point at the healing item on the ground. u/jarek104 A button when looting anything to replish all resources for which you have a partial stack. E.g. if I have 3x syringes, 5cells, and a stack of ammo that is not full, this button will "top up" each of the stacks as much as it can from the deadbox (it will not consume more inventory stacks) RSArussian A button in the lootbox to apply all upgrades to players weapons. RSArussian Make the game smarter in showing wich healing item you can use. If you have full health but are down on shields, show the shield. qwopper47 OTHER ITEMS More options regarding crafting Ammo, ability to craft full stacks of a specific ammo type. Cycle ammo options using the swap weapon button to select 1 type instead of 2. Cabowse Being able to start the countdown of the grenades while holding it in your hand. ExiledPhoenix42 Allow players to ping the key of a loot vault in their inventory, to remind teammates that you have it. Instead of dropping it down and picking it up again. DYSPROssium Allow players to ping the golden arm from a Marvin in their inventory, preventing it to be dropped and picked back up. DYSPROssium Always sort the ammo type in the player's investontory in the same order that the guns are placed. So if the left gun is Mastiff and right is R99, always have the shotgun ammo first and then the light ammo. DYSPROssium Show the amount of ammo in a stack when pinged u/FuriusAurelius Make it much clearer if an item is dibsed by a teammate by showing an icon of that teammate above the item. u/dsav99 Now that we have only evo shields, remove the auro of the shield when the shield is empty for that player. u/24carrott Crafting rotation should be visible from inventory view. real_HukurouKun Don't cancel crafting while in the ring. Abendon [Go to contents ↑]
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