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Tr1denThunder's avatar
11 months ago

Request for Optional Toggle to Disable Threat Vision on Recon Legends

Hey Respawn team,

First off, I want to say how much I appreciate the ongoing updates and balancing efforts you put into Apex Legends. The gameplay experience continues to evolve in exciting ways. However, there's one feature related to recon legends that I believe could use some tweaking: the threat vision (or enemy highlights) on scan abilities.

While the intention is to make enemies easier to see in certain situations, I've found that it often does the opposite. When playing as a recon legend like Vantage, the bright highlights and overly contrasted visuals tend to make it harder to see enemies, especially in complex environments. Sometimes, the glow or highlight blends into backgrounds or other environmental elements, and I lose track of the target.

I believe adding a toggle option for players to choose whether they want threat vision on or off could be beneficial. This would allow players to rely on the more natural, clear visuals and avoid the distraction that the highlights can sometimes cause.

I feel that having more control over this aspect of recon abilities would significantly improve gameplay for those of us who prefer a cleaner view of the battlefield.

Thanks for considering this request, and keep up the awesome work!

ps. The coming nerf to Valkyrie prompted me to make this request.
pps. I've also removed my initial courtesy about your efforts to "improve" the game as I strongly agree everything done since (and including) the addition of jump towers has been a HUGE mistake. Between that and the OUTRAGEOUS pricing on skins that don't even look good, it really makes me not want to keep playing.

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  • @Tr1denThunder From what I've heard, Valk isn't getting a nerf. They're just becoming a recon legend again. (They were recon when they were first added to the game, but was later changed to skirmisher when the classes were redone).

    This would mean Valk would no longer be able to scan care packages, but would be able to use survey beacons and will have threat vision on enemies. I'd much prefer this for Valk.
  • @Midnight9746While I agree Valk is currently in the wrong category (as skirmisher). Threat vision is what I'm actually complaining about. Due to how legends are rendered at mid to long range, its much easier to see enemy movement, their outline, and even their skin. If you have a good eye, you can tell what legends are on the team ahead of you. Giving Valk Threat Vision either just in the air, or passively like the other recon legends makes it much HARDER to see them.

    Personally the color red hurt my eyes, but changing accessibility settings makes it worse as yellow is even harder to see for me. I'm unable to play bloodhound at all due to this. I used to like playing Vantage until they came out with Threat Vision, and now I cant for the same reason. Giving Valk Threat Vision makes it so I wont be able to play her either.

    I'm not asking to remove the in flight hud even though its god awful.

    I'm not asking to rebalance her even though she doesnt exist in ranked games.

    All I'm asking for is: let me turn off my threat vision if I want.

  • Midnight9746's avatar
    Midnight9746
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    11 months ago

    @Tr1denThunder I was just clarifying that Valk was buffed, not nerfed.

    As for the toggle, that would depend on Respawn. I don't think they would add it any time soon since the threat vision is a new feature.

    Hopefully they will add better visibility options for players who have issues trying to see highlighted players. 

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