Tap Strafing for Consoles too?
I think tap strafing is such a unique movement mechanic that keeps a fight entertained. Tap strafing is possible on Controller, but here’s the catch ONLY on PC. If you play controller on console such...
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Reluctantly I've kind of grown to accept tap-strafing over the seasons in Apex as part & parcel of being in cross-platform lobbies because unfortunately whenever I have tried the single platform option on both XboxX & PS5 there aren't enough players to fill half a lobby.From what I remember Respawn temporarily removed tap-strafing either at the start of this season or last season but received a big backlash mostly from pro-players & performed a quick u-turn because as we all know these pro-players speak with the loudest voices & hold the biggest sway with Respawn it seems.Would I completely remove tap-strafing from Apex? in an ideal world as a console player yes but in reality probably not but I would certainly limit the impact of movement a tap-strafer transcends into the excessive tap-strafing & movement exploiter has that just seems all too common in the game these days rendering the game just unplayable at times.I'm not an Apex player who is asking for easy kills by restricting every players movements providing easy targets all I've ever asked for is a more level playing field just to compete with instead of certain players who can pull off every movement exploit to excessive measure to gain the upper hand.Anyone playing Apex (as well as any other shoot'em ups) can pretty much tell a mile off these players using these exploits just through speed of movement,reaction times etc that are far quicker than everyone else & at times operating at lightning speed but it just seems these players are flourishing in the game now.But playing as a console player playing on the clunky XboxX & PS5 controllers having to contend with PC M&K tap-strafing players is one thing but us console players also have input lag issues stacked against us as well.
@Redmattgame Unless you specifically queue up with a PC player, "cross play" on console means Playstation, Xbox, and Switch. There are no PC players in your console cross-play lobbies.
- @pandareno1999 Again, this is wrong.
I am a PC player, and I have Playstation, X-Box, and PC players in my lobbies/teams all the time. And I do not usually partner up unless @reconzero is on.@Kyldenar If you see console players in you teams, that means that they are queued up together with your other random, who plays on PC.
I'm going to outline once again. There exist three types of queues in Apex:
1) Console cross play queue. Playstation, xbox, and Switch play together.
2) PC queue - PC players and any console players who are specifically partied up with said PC players play together.
3) Console "cross play off." These lobbies are essentially theoretical. They may as well not exist, because no one on console turns off crossplay. Those who do sit in an endless queue waiting for nobody. Actually, there is one exception - apparently there are enough Switch players in Japan who turn off crossplay and can get a Switch-only lobby.
There is never a case where PC players are queued into console lobbies, and there is never a case where a solo queue console player ends up in PC lobbies. The only exceptions to this are when some PC players exploit a particular MM glitch to get into console lobbies. This occurs in ranked from time to time, and we know about this when their bans are announced. There are also sometimes visual glitches where a player may show the incorrect icon on their banner. We saw this en masse when Gun Run debuted.This is explicitly and officially how MM works in Apex. If someone wants to continue to dispute this, then feel free to include video proof if you would like to do so. Otherwise you are just spreading misinformation.
- @pandareno1999 Which is the console for the TV screen and controller image I sometimes see? I always thought that was a pc player playing on controller.
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