Can we talk about what has really happened to the game regarding abilities?

@hayhor1. Just because you know that you need to get someone down doesn't always mean it's easy or even possible with well coordinated teams at that level.

2. Yes. Bad move. Imo.

3. Haven't seen any complaints about this except zero or random recoil on most weapons excluding the Mastiff.

4. To the vast majority this it true. If you were mediocre before playing against bad then over time those people catch up making your life harder but when you're playing things like competitive the overall quality of those players at the top has actually gone down over time with some of the best players leaving.

Before hand you were able to counter squad setups in most situations.
Last ring has become jam-packed with so many abilities that are blinding and unavoidable (excluding Horizon by sacrificing becoming an easy target) it comes down to tanking damage, higher dps and luck more than skill which is understandably frustrating when money is on the line.

@apostolateofDOOMFunny you bring up horizon. I actually blame her for the last ring issues. It was not until her sucky sucky ulti was introduced people started really complaining.

And my post wasnt a list of complaints. It was reasons why people think abilities have taken over which is mainly due to the skill gap closing.

@hayhorI know it's not.

I'm all for improving tacticals both delay during use and CD for some interesting plays (Loba would be fantastic and really fun without that animation and stun bs) but not on most ults.

Horizons ult on its own isn't that bad as it's just 2 mastiff shots but when your Gibby domes to protect against another Gibby ult, caustic throws his ult inside and horizons is holding you down taking away precious seconds to destroy it instead of fighting with nades going off left and right and anyone else spamming abilities it starts to become luck of the draw and a bit trashy in the final ring.

@hayhor I think in a game where the developers have stated the gameplay itself is 80% gunplay and 20% abilities, they're really trying to make sure that 20% feels good to play as and against, but I don't think it's working too well. 

1. There's a lot more varied legend usage across the board, but it's most likely because the alternatives are worse. Caustic over Wattson is a no-brainer, simply because Caustic's ability to lock down areas and buildings comes up faster, can be used in combat with relative ease, and affects a much larger area than Wattson's pylons. Wattson's pylons glow and immediately alert the enemy to its presence, while Caustic's Gas Traps can be hidden around corners or in areas people might not expect ensuring that eventually a fly will get caught in the spider's web. Plus, Caustic has pretty much gotten nothing but buffs whereas Wattson has remained the same for a few seasons now. 

It's a strange place to be in, because when it comes to buffs / nerfs, the casuals think that Respawn is catering to the pros, and the pros think that Respawn is catering to the casuals. Yet somehow the people who put in 5 hours of play a week (5/168 hours) think that their voice is more important than the people who put in 56 hours a week. But the 56 hour a week people think that their voice is more important than the majority. So then do you listen to the extremely capable few over the majority, or do you listen to people who think getting gored after 15 minutes of looting is an enjoyable experience? It's a lose / lose situation, and it's not really Respawn's fault. This tweet really sums up the whole, "Casual vs. Pro" situation:  https://twitter.com/FaZeSway/status/1357372306688004096

On the flip-side, you look at Lifeline and nobody is happy with the changes. No one won with their dog-crap Lifeline "rework". 

2. Some parts that were dumbed down were welcome changes. That nonsense where you could scale up the infamous Fragment West building by hopping on and off it repeatedly, preventing people from actually hitting you while you go up was a welcome change. The double zipline thing where you could hop back and forth? A welcome change. The change where after 3 hops you're unable to get back onto your zipline? Not so much. It just makes a lot of ziplines unwelcome death-traps. Random recoil really dumbs this game down too IMO.

3. More balanced, but at what cost? 

5. You get better competition sure, but then the game will matchmake you with 2 level 60 newbies vs. a 3 time Predator Wraith. Sure I want to fight the Predator and try my best, but are you going to give me a fair fight by giving me similarly skilled teammates, or are you going to tell me to go skydiving without a parachute? 

@hayhor I have no understanding of what that person does, I just liked the point they made. Saw it on Reddit, just looked for the Twitter rather than the Reddit post. 

What's wrong with Fortknife? I think it's pretty default dance.