Why does aim assist exist?
Ik people have talked about aim assist for dozens of years, but, while reading other threads, I have never found a reason for aa to exist in the first place. Ok its obvious that the goal is to make c...
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Because this game, among others, puts pc players and console players together in the same lobbies. No, aim assist does not level the playing field, but it creates the illusion of equity. That's not the only reason it exists, but it's one of the big reasons you can never eliminate it from a game that allows players from all platforms to compete against each other.
Now, if you want a history lesson as to why it has always existed in shooters from the console era then we can get into that too. But it's a whole other can of worms and arguably a little harder to justify.
Because this game, among others, puts pc players and console players together in the same lobbies.
Um, no.
The way this game handles crossplay is it matches console players with other console players and PC players with other PC players. The only time that a console player would be put against PC players is when said console player is in a party with another PC player.
And conversely, if a pc player is in a party with console players he can end up in a console lobby. So, as I said, this game will under certain circumstances put pc players and console players together in the same lobbies. I'm not saying that I see a lot of them, but even one is one too many.
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