Sparrow

I've been playing this game religiously since beta. I'm one of the OG players that still to this day praise, and miss the original Devs that made this game and managed it till around season 5, when they slowly started falling off. 

I haven't played this game much for the last two years due to.... well, you all know - mismanagement, neglect and poor decision making to say a very little. 

However, with season 24, you guys actually brought me back. Don't get me wrong, I dislike the new TTK, probably more than anyone out there... yet, you made other changes that made the game feel a lot better, balanced. Despite the terrible MM that continues to plague the game, you gave me something that allows me to choose which lobbies I wish to be a part off, thank you for that. I found myself playing everyday again, for hours, excited coming home from work to play like the good ole days. 

Until today. It is amazing how one new legends kit, can change the course of an entire game, and render every play style a battle royal mode has, promotes and requires, absolutely useless. I'll explain.... 

After playing for most of the afternoon today... it was without a doubt the worst experience I've ever had to date, other than the period of time when wallhacking was a huge problem and everyone and their grandmother was using it.  

Every match was the same, and I know mostly due to every single team is running a sparrow. From the minute I hit the ground to the end game all I see on the screen is "position revealed". With the upgrade sparrow has 4 tacs and when used properly can for the entire duration of the match can use them and have a  wallhack for the entire team. Every battle we found ourselves in we were reveal for the entire fight without a single break. Do you Devs know how it feels to play a battle royal when 57 players out of the 60 are all wallhacking? 

We couldn't use strategy, we couldn't reposition, we couldn't flank, we couldn't press, we couldn't even hide, creep, use tactics, smart decision making nothing! Wallhacking renders everything I just mention completely obsolete! All that can be done is run away, meet the next team and see "position revealed" again constantly without a single break. Every battle was the same. If I repositioned to a new spot for better advantage, well... I would be hit the minute I popped my head out, I tried to flank, but nope they can see me, everywhere I go while inside a building without line of vision. Literally it felt like the entire lobby was using wallhacks! It was a complete disaster, I couldn't believe I was playing the same game that I just returned to and was having fun again playing. I truly believe you devs don't even know what a battle royal is supposed to be, you created something even worse than when wallhack cheats you were trying to combat was plaguing the game and running it into the ground. There is no way, I believe you play tested this at all! No one will convince me otherwise. The visual clutter also made the game feel awful. 

On top of that sparrow's passive allows him to double jump EVERY 2 SECONDS for the entire match. Yes, I timed it... every 2 seconds upon his feet hitting the ground. You guys nerfed the skirmisher class, and wraith has a passive that says "I think I'm being targeted" - but sparrow can double jump every 2 seconds without a cool down - does that sound even remotely balanced. 

Revenant's tac can jump the same way, but after requires a significant cool down after. Pathfinder can ground zip the same way, but requires a significant cool down after. Vantage can do the same, also requires a significant cool down after. And these are their TACTICAL ABILITIES. Sparrow can do this every 2 seconds as a PASSIVE - again, balanced you say!? 

Now lets talk about his ultimate - Did you guys even think when you created it about end game and end ring??? I'll tell you how my end games, when lucky enough to make it there went. As soon as the ring became the same size as sparrow's ult range, and even much before, gee... guess what? Pops it down, and basically the entire team dies... without the team firing a single weapon or even having line of sight on our team at all. We had two controller players and took a building that was inside circle, caustic sets up shop, watson  also with her fences. The team with sparrow didn't even have to come near us. Just popped his ult, and we all were a one shot after that. No skill required, no critical thinking no aiming, no movement nothing... just hit one button and wala... we are dead and sparrow team gets a free win with the touch of a button. This happened all three times we made it to the end and used tactics, and strategy, and again, useless. You have completely killed everything that makes a battle royal, a battle royal, not to mention all the fun. You also rendered controller players and what they are created to do in game for their team - useless. 

I have uninstalled the game, and will never return as long as Sparrow's abilities remain wallhack cheats. I also uninstalled every Respawn game I have. I refuse to even have a single game your studio created on my system. You all have NO integrity, and I find it insane that you have made me feel sicker than I ever thought possible with how you manage your game. My biggest regret is the hundreds of dollars I spent on your game. I can't help but feel the EA fired the wrong people,  I can now only hope that EA disbands or dispatches your studio moving forward. 

ComicBookGuy signing off. 

Take care Legends.