Apex Legends devs to pull trigger on Valkyrie jetpack nerfs in May 27 update Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends developers confirmed Valkyrie\u2019s passive ability, VTOL Jetpack, is getting nerfed in an upcoming update after players started using it to hover in the air for extended periods of time during final fights. Valkyrie has been the star of the show so far in Apex Legends Season 9. She hasn\u2019t been everyone\u2019s cup of tea. Michael \u2018Shroud\u2019 Grzesiek has vowed never to play her because the VTOL Jetpack makes it impossible to bunnyhop. However, those who do have found interesting ways to get the most out of her abilities, like flying extended distances. The problem, though, is that it\u2019s led to players taking advantage of the VTOL Jetpack and hovering in the air for an extended period of time during final fights. And it\u2019s happening in competitive games, too. She can\u2019t fire her weapon while doing it, but she\u2019s much harder to hit and can win the battle of attrition. John \u2018JayBiebs\u2019 Larson, the Associate Live Balance Designer at Respawn Entertainment, acknowledged the issue and confirmed that the ability would be nerfed in an update on May 27. Essentially, they\u2019re making it so hovering in the air will no longer consume a fraction of the fuel. Instead, it will consume the full amount. Read More: Best Legends to use in Apex Legends Season 9 – \u201cValk\u2019s \u201ctac hover\u201d was designed to consume fuel at 10% of the normal rate. With ALGS ramping up, we figured we should remove this exception,\u201d he said. \u201cWe found Valks would often take coffee breaks above the final fight in scrims. This will go live on Thursday.\u201d Valk\u2019s “”tac hover”” was designed to consume fuel at 10% of the normal rate. With ALGS ramping up, we figured we should remove this exception (we found Valks would often take coffee breaks above the final fight in scrims). This will go live on Thursday. \u2014 JayBiebs (@RSPN_JayBiebs) May 25, 2021 Apex Legends players have had mixed reactions to the news. They believe it wasn\u2019t overpowered since she can\u2019t draw her gun and accused the developers of pandering to \u201ccrybaby professional players\u201d at the expense of regular players. Instead, they suggested changing it to consume slightly more fuel rather than the full amount. However, the developers haven\u2019t responded and are still planning to forge ahead. So, we\u2019ll have to see how it pans out on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends devs to pull trigger on Valkyrie jetpack nerfs in May 27 update Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends developers confirmed Valkyrie\u2019s passive ability, VTOL Jetpack, is getting nerfed in an upcoming update after players started using it to hover in the air for extended periods of time during final fights. Valkyrie has been the star of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}