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Akipekopeko
Rising Vanguard
8 months ago

I say again about Ash's Blink

I will say this again and again: Ash's Blink should be removed, and she should be reverted to her pre-rework state.

To preserve her blink ability, other characters are being adjusted to Ash's standard, resulting in an overall increase of overpowered (OP) elements in the game.

This practice is causing widespread inflation across the entire game. The premise of "keeping blink" leads to temporary, stopgap adjustments, which then invite further OP elements, making the situation even more complex.

Developers need to realize that their desire to "keep blink" is creating a vicious cycle that raises the difficulty of their own balancing efforts.

While the recent update making Ash a Skirmisher has made it easier for other players to catch up to her, we're forced to conclude that this is nothing more than a temporary fix or a cover-up as long as "blink," the fundamental OP element, remains unaddressed.

For Apex to continue to be loved by many, I hope the developers will confront the true nature of this problem.

Failure is not a disgrace. Success requires Failures and progress. There can be no progress as long as you continue to look away from your failures.

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  • 100% in agreement. Except to say that Ash wasn't really the beginning of the problem. The motion inflation started long before and in ways that didn't seem so troubling at the time. Until you realize that they were the thin end of a really big wedge that has culminated in Sparrow and Ash. Even Lifeline has a motion gimmick now. LIFELINE. It's as if they want half the roster to be impossible to hit without an aimbot, and it's as if they're begging PC players to use motion macros. "Don't cheat" followed immediately by the creation of mechanics that at best invite cheating and at the worst require it.

  • True, but they don't realize how badly they've been ruining the game for several seasons.

    Someone needs to replace the person who comes up with these crazy ideas. Personally, I'm tired of this guy who's brought Apex to a point where balance is nonexistent, and Ash/Alter/Sparrow are constantly at the top thanks to stupid movement abilities.

  • This is why Ash killed this game.

     

     

     

     

    Over 8% of players have the 4000 damage badge – that's a very, very, very high number, in case anyone was wondering.

    Without this character's rework, this number would be significantly lower.

    The movement that was introduced is killing the entire game.

    These badges on this character are worthless.

    Badges need a rework, Ash needs her change reverted to its initial state. Apex as a whole needs to be pushed back about two years with 90% of the things that were introduced.

  • Do we know when Ash and Sparrow will be removed from this game, as their free movement, in particular, is destroying the point of this game for other characters? I'm asking for at least one season where Ash isn't dancing around me with her slide and Sparrow isn't jumping over my head in different directions.

  • Introduce a permanent mode like Wildcard without the three characters with the sick move that ruined the entire game, i.e. Ash/Sparrow/Alter. Currently, everyone plays this character for the free movement that other characters don't have. You've ruined the game, and you'll be reading this for a long time.

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