Console Aim Assist = Broken Game
Hear me out. No matter the platform I think we can all agree on one thing: Aim assist is a benefit. It is inherently unfair to give any player a benefit not available to all. Period. I'm 53. My ...
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@xxHaitxxI've been bringing this up myself quite a bit and you get the same tired arguments from the same people. People shouldn't get a free aim bot because they choose a worse input for playing a shooter. I understand crossplay being a thing, but at this point, let's just call it a failed experiment. There's no need for crossplay. There's enough players on each platform to be healthy to sustain.
If you play on PC, you shouldn't get ANY aim assistance what so ever. There are plenty of statistics to prove that aim assist has been over tuned in many FPS games. Look at how many Pros have switched on Apex. They all say it's just easier to be consistent. It takes a lot more effort (brain power) to manually aim.
Think of your brain as CPU. You only have so much usable processing total. Ever watch a video of a Pro or of a good player, and think, "I could do that"? Everything seems slower, more digestible, smoother. When you lighten up what your brain has to process, you can make better decisions in the moment. PC players have to dedicate a lot more processing power to just their aim with a mouse. It's not that easy. One pixel off, and you miss. Aim assist cleans up so much, and even snaps you onto target to begin with. That's arguably the hardest part. There's plenty of statistics across many games that show aim assist is the more consistent choice and out perform MnK.
One of the biggest issues that doesn't get enough attention in BF2042 is the reduced recoil for controller players. It's very noticeable. Add that to snap onto target, rotational assist, slow down, and whatever else they give controller players, it's far too much.
I will not be buying another shooter that has crossplay from here on out. I'm done with them. I don't care that I have good stats, that I hold my own, that I typically place in the top 5 of the scoreboard. When an unaware console player takes damage from the side, flips around, then instantly kills me, that's infuriating. It feels cheap and unearned. There's nothing to learn from that instance, no way to improve on that scenario. It's incredibly unsatisfying, and I don't need that from games I play.
"...you get the same tired arguments from the same people."
I think you will find both sides of the argument can say the same.
I think you will find both sides of the argument can say the same.
@TheseusJasonCrossplay HAS to go. What is the benefit for Dice to have this in the game? What is their argument for having it? Low player count? Some kind of revenue? They need to launch the next game without crossplay for sure. Looks like it is to blame for most problems. Probably netcode had to be adjusted because of this, so ultimately the problem is crossplay.
Edit: BF players never had crossplay before this game. We all know how BF gameplay should feel. It is different from previous titles in a bad way for sure.
- @JOGAGATYA fully and wholeheartedly agree with you. Top of my wishlist of 'features' to be abandoned for BF7. I've no idea what the rationale might have been for it?... My guess is to support 128-players mode? Remember DICE bet heavily in it, so much so that, as you know, maps were designed around it—turning out ultimately to be vast, dreary, empty spaces for walking and sight-seeing.
And frankly, out of all possible nightmares in store for BF7 the worst one is that they may actually keep crossplay on. Based on two statements:
• in the last EA earnings call Andrew Wilson mentioned (paraphrasing) "one truly connected ecosystem" for the next BF title. I read PC + Consoles all in as one.
• DICE recently advertised a job opening looking for someone "to improve the controller experience". Why so relevant now?... Because everyone's complaining of the discrepancies between M&K and Controller...?
If I were a betting person I'd say odds-on crossplay is here to stay.- @TheseusJason I hope they take note of all the complaints about this game and they won’t have to have an EA earnings call after the launch of BF7 where ‘the reason of low sales’ will be discussed.
- @TheseusJason Well there’s statistics and data to back up certain claims, while others only offer anecdotal proof. So not really.
- @RaginSam and let me guess: you offer hard "statistics and data" while others who disagree with you offer only "anecdotal proof". Got it.
- @TheseusJason That and facts. I always bring some factual thing to the table. I might say in my experience, but it’s always backed with facts.
