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fadinglightxx
New Rookie
9 months ago

Please bring back tap strafing on controller

I wonder if.. because of the other buffs and stuff that brought up the rest of the game to be fun again. And if you have people in the community show how to setup stuff/just make the global configuration have the settings and add it into the games tutorial if tap strafing could still exist for controller?. And I bet the player count would go up a lot and continue to grow. If yall bring it back with transparency about it. And not one sided nonsense. The player count will skyrocket. Don't treat it like a bug. Treat it like a feature and actually implement it fully. Warframe did this well with bullet jumping. This game keeps cutting itself off right before it grows. Its been better the past few seasons and its finally at a place I felt comfortable to have this conversation. Another really big example and maybe just do this one first as a test! Add back punch boosting rebalanced? Limit how many boosts you can do like you all did the zip line change ages ago where you can only grab it 3 times. I just miss titanfall but like apex for the big maps.. Right before tap strafing got removed from controller I was learning how to wall run on revenant using it. Can still do it. But it's like I got my wings cut. Can't do anything like I used too unless my aim is 100% there.. and half the time when I bring it up I get told "switch to keyboard" I just don't like it for these kind of games. Never have. But I like the extra gameplay features keyboard gets to compensate bc it makes the game funner. Controller just got all that taken awhile ago.. I still play just not much. 

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  • I admire your enthusiasm but there is absolutely no version of reality where a return of controller tap strafing = skyrocketing player count. That is truly rearranging the deck chairs on a sinking ship.

  • fadinglightxx's avatar
    fadinglightxx
    New Rookie
    9 months ago

    Like I said gotta actually implement it rather than hide it for pros to use only if they truly want new players. Needs transparency. And fairness. This game truly reminds me of the black ops 2 days idk if that makes since. The controller vs M and K stuff. Been going on for 13+ years. That or implement a version in-game that controller players can bind just like you all have to on keyboard.. yeah there's the ash ability but they even nerfed that. Its a cycle. Can't have fun on this it gets removed EVERYTIME. 

    Stop killing games.

    Im glad they brought back arenas aswell.. I was wanting that for ages. glad people have a practice area again.

    The game’s not sinking. It’s just veering off course because the people steering forgot why players got on board. Im not rearranging chairs. Im pointing at the compass. And thats to where the fun is. 

  • OG_GlockComa's avatar
    OG_GlockComa
    Newcomer
    8 months ago

    May not skyrocket but it will bring back a lot of players like me that did tap strafe on controller without abusing the configs. How is it balanced for pc players to have the movement but not controller? Only way to balance it is to separate the two since kbm players cry about aim assist anyway.

  • Mega_DuckRS's avatar
    Mega_DuckRS
    Seasoned Newcomer
    7 months ago

    I no longer play Apex since the removal of tap strafing on controllers, then combining that with nerfed aim assist. I would actually come back if they returned tap strafing though. I found this thread through google, since i was curious if they brought it back, however they clearly haven't, so the game will remain uninstalled.

  • I surely agree. And i bet the controller pro players would agree. I hate listening to the whole cry about it an switch to kbm. Like no? Majority of people like using controller. And why they seen the controller tap strafing as an exploit is mental because kbm players still have macros an scripts they use... but when control gets them? Its a GGs. The playing field was quit leveled when controller got ahold of tap strafing cause we could keep up with kbm players for the most part. People actually cared about gettinf better and the game was on the up an up. They cut our q advantage to kbm players as if theyre playerbase is solely keyboard players. So after they made that change to remove tab straight from controller I myself quit and I'm sure I'm not the only one who quit or at least slow down and didn't care so much about the game. So well we have people like Lemonhead and fade and all those other Pro players on kbm who are movement gods. What can controller players do to compete with that? Because our aim assist only works so much and it's already pretty weak in Apex and when these guys being Neo strafing around our aim assist is useless where they can make those sudden changes by the flick of the wrist. We can't. The game's dead

  • AXYLucid's avatar
    AXYLucid
    Newcomer
    4 hours ago

    Second this, exact same boat. And when i was playing i was queing with hisswatson and a few other pro players so i wasnt in bad lobbys. Remived tap strafing. Game was no longer fun an went stale

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