Shield swapping in combat is cheating.
I have a really simple fix, it takes 5 seconds to pop a battery, so if you take damage within 10 seconds, the time it takes to use a phoenix kit, then it must take 5 seconds to pick up armor off the ...
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i clearly won that fight, but if mechanics abuse is acceptable, then i suppose you have no problem with Ddos... thats just a mechanic...
I am not the greatest Apex player by a long shot, but I practiced a lot slide jumping over top of a death box and quickly looking at the box in mid air and now as a result I am able to grab one item before my legend lands. Its really hard, but with practice you can do it.
But swapping a shield out of a death box is no different than grabbing a gun out of a death box or ammo. Why would it be cheating to shield swap but not take anything else?
By your logic, nobody should be able to take anything out of any death box found lying around the map.
@NickBeam27 wrote:I am not the greatest Apex player by a long shot, but I practiced a lot slide jumping over top of a death box and quickly looking at the box in mid air and now as a result I am able to grab one item before my legend lands. Its really hard, but with practice you can do it.
But swapping a shield out of a death box is no different than grabbing a gun out of a death box or ammo. Why would it be cheating to shield swap but not take anything else?
By your logic, nobody should be able to take anything out of any death box found lying around the map.
Exactly you can die to more the armor swaps, also getting ammo (I do this loads because I happen to be out in fights in the start so I have to "ammoswap") during fights. And just a general observation, the guy you fought with had a bunch of headshots on you, that indicates a very proficient player and you can expect armor swaps from these any day.
- @Zkepz i heard the armor break twice with one mag, not even a pause in shooting, two breaks, hes still standing, to argue something is disingenuous at this point... he was half dead with the havoc and just an unextended mag from a 301 can down with 3 shots to spare... i hit this guy so cleanly it rivals some of my best kills, but because he memorized pushing buttons he gets to wear two sets of armor at one time... if he had rounded a corner to swap i might understand, but when im lazering him and he cracks twice in a second and is still standing you are just dishonest to say thats fair...
Ok try look at it from his side, he was fighting you. Saw the chance of an armor swap, it's a risky move if you're face to face and under focus you will most likely loose if you do. He gets to choose if he goes full dos and see who comes out on top or swap armor and chance it that you go into reload before he dies so he can finish you off.
It's obvious he chose the later and it payed off, that choise could have backfired real bad, so well played on him. I will say I would be just as pissed as you but I don't think it's cheating none the less. Then it would be cheating to pick up more ammo if you're out while the other guy still have ammo same thing.
Ref edit, i have no idea if your nemesis tapstrafe or not, but there are pros and not pros (ehh the correct word is. No on the forum for some reason) with all input systems. For instance check leaderboards for arenas, console players infest the top rankings, there has been a lot of discussions on this and it revisits every season ☺️ i think it's a very interesting discussion too because people who haven't taken time to learn both always complain about the other.
I have to agree with @NickBeam27 here. I’ve been practicing this for months now and successfully swapping from multiple boxes and getting a squad wipe is one of the most adrenaline inducing and satisfying things in the game. Just one of the skills that we have to learn. Imagine the backlash of “Respawn dumbing-down the game more and making it a Casual game” if they remove shield swapping. 🙂
- @NickBeam27 then explain to me why a battery takes a whole 5 seconds to go off and if you stop a half second early it doesnt work. why should i wait for a battery? by your logic it should just happen instantly. why should i have to wait to reload? or wait for a tactical to recharge? why shouldnt we just have unlimited tacticals? you cant logic how bypassing one form of balance, like patch time, is acceptable, but not allowing people to bypass tactical cooldown... all of these things exist for a reason, this is just one thing that got overlooked.
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