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 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.
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. 🙂
