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3 years ago

Valk / Flight

Ok so we had a new character come out some time ago with capabilities that no one asked for Who new that the character would be game-breaking? Yes game breaking, I said it. Shoot at you? fly away. ...

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Sand_spitter

3 years ago

@XHelperZ Relax dude, I didn't mean it to be insulting, just usually the said mains will try and defend it 🙂

I think others make some good points here.

Yeah, cheap tricks. Have you watched the ALGS this year? Flying up in the last circle while everyone is fighting below to get yourself out of sight and falling down and quickly shooting people who have no clue where you're at is pretty cheap to me. A 10 year old could have come up with that play and takes 0 creativity or effort.

In fact just the way that her mobility works by holding down a button and having a "tank" that's always filling up slowly and always available is crazy.
Why does every other mobility ability require aim to use and have a once off use and a cool down where it's 100% unavailable during?

Everything about this character disgusts me in terms of fairness and just degrades the integrity and sportsmanship of fps of Apex. Why did we need her? We didn't is why.

XHelperZ

Hero+

3 years ago

@Sand_spitter

I think that's on the other players for not being aware of other players applying this strategy.

Others might miss out because they aren't even using it themselves, too bad for them.

And with the recent changes she won't even be able to stay high up in the air for too long, that'll destroy it.

One small piece of damage disables the ult from being used for 15 seconds... so this scenario is almost completely prevented if you just shoot the Valk that would make use of this strategy.

Next to that, since she's not able to scan enemies anymore, it's going to be extremely unsafe to use her ultimate to land in a safe spot.

Others will know where you are, you will not know where others will be.

Using her passive does take some practice, improper use will just make you a bigger target.

And yes whilst it might be easier to gain vertical height in comparison to other legends, do note that those other legends are better in other situations.. so each is better in their own situation.

With her fuel capacity being brought down it will be even harder to go around and just flying like you're mentioning.

So why do you think these changes won't do anything despite them targeting the exact flaws?

Sand_spitter
3 years ago
@XHelperZBecause I don't think that having her in the game was a good choice to begin with. Flight is a problem in and of itself. It does not belong in this game....just look at us, having a convo about a character's movement being problematic...just ridiculous to introduce something so unique in the 1st place. I have no idea how good you are at the game, but the "just shoot her" idea doesn't really solve anything. I would like to see you shoot me out of the air while I also have the ability to do an emote which makes it even harder while I can grant my team a whole reset when we land. Again, it might not matter in your lobbies, but this character single handedly changed how we play, that's saying a lot.
Also, how is it "on them" if you abuse the ability in the final ring when people can't see where you are while fighting? No other character is able to do that and their abilities at least give you a fair fighting chance in return.
- XHelperZ
  Hero+
  3 years ago
  @Sand_spitter
  Is it that unique though?
  We have abilities that give vertical movement (E.c Jump pad, Gravity lift, Castle wall)
  Now her passive, sure that's fine to use, but her ult?
  Well the problem with her ult is probably how far she can travel, it's literally being cut in half in the next update... issue solved!
  Her ultimate will grant your team a reset?
  No, with the new change it will not.
  You won't be able to see where players are, you won't be able to scan a safe place to land.
  Others however will be able to see you land, you'll become a target.
  Yes whilst you might not be able to finish off that team, another player will be able to do that once they land.
  Games constantly change, the core of this game hasn't changed.
  The way you fight in close encounters, yes, though longer term fights have changed a bit, which don't make such a big portion of the game.
  This is just one of the many abilities, I doubt it changes the game that much.
  And again, the changes that are going to be made literally fix the points you have the issues with...
  Just wait until they release these changes, you can't just say they won't do anything without having tried it.
  And it's on them because they're not applying meta-critical strategies.
  Strategy is still important, if you're not using what is good then you're not utilizing it properly.
  There probably are so many strong strategies that exist, though haven't gained that much traction, therefore they're not being used massively.
  Now of course changes should be made when they're used too much to keep things fresh, which again, is being done in the upcoming update.
  Every abilitiy/ultimate can be pretty situational, you can't really say situational things are design flaws just because they're used in such a way.
  - Sand_spitter
    3 years ago
    @XHelperZ Yes it is unique, at least in the way it was done for said character. Why not make her flight more in line with Loba's bracelet where you actually need to do something other than hold down a button to quickly gain high ground? Make it a once off with a proper cool down. Why make it so mind numbingly easy? It's stupid really.
    
    I guess we'll see when that update happens but I won't be holding my breath. Knowing Respawn they either break a character completely or the nerf doesn't really matter at all. I still say they should have just introduced another character instead. Life would be simpler.