Apex Legends devs explain iron sight changes amid \u2018pay-to-win\u2019 controversy RespawnApex Legends developers Respawn Entertainment have provided more context to the battle royale\u2019s iron sight changes, after players raised concerns over the \u2018pay-to-win\u2019 nature of some weapons\u2019 base optics. Iron sights are difficult to balance for the devs of any shooter. They naturally vary depending on a weapon\u2019s design, meaning every gun offers a slightly different base optic. That has proved problematic in Apex Legends, with players raising serious concerns about \u2018pay-to-win\u2019 iron sights on certain weapons. In particular, the VK-47 Flatline has come under scrutiny for its Heat Sink and Revelations weapons skins, which players believe afford unfair advantages to users because of their iron sights. Apex Legends devs announce nerfs to Flatline iron sights As weapon skins are purchasable for players, some have accused the BR of being \u2018pay-to-win\u2019, with those willing to invest money gaining in-game benefits. On September 16, though, Respawn provided an \u2018Update on Iron Sights\u2019, explaining that changes are being made to the contentious Flatline skins. They said: \u201cDefault iron sights are designed to push players to loot for better optics. We also believe that skins shouldn\u2019t be a factor in the sights functionality as well\u2026 To make things as fair as possible, we wanted to address feedback for the Heat Sink skin and also update other skins we thought could be improved.\u201d Attached were images of the adjusted iron sights, with the comments ending: \u201cWe believe that any competitive edge in Apex Legends should be gained by honing your skills and not due to any perceived advantages from buying gun skins.\u201d Respawn went on to add more context via Reddit, where they expanded on the decision to nerf the weapon skins themselves, rather than the base Flatline. \u201cWe know that players will need a period of adjustment and that for those who primarily have been using Heat Sink\u2014it does suck for now,\u201d they acknowledged. \u201cBut we did need to make a decision that displays a classic example of a designer\u2019s job: to diagnose and separate what the player and the game needs from what is wanted.\u201d There could well be further adjustments down the line depending on player feedback and the stats behind the powerful AR. In spite of the potentially contentious changes, many praised Respawn for their transparency and the attention to detail in explaining the adjustments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends devs explain iron sight changes amid \u2018pay-to-win\u2019 controversy RespawnApex Legends developers Respawn Entertainment have provided more context to the battle royale\u2019s iron sight changes, after players raised concerns over the \u2018pay-to-win\u2019 nature of some weapons\u2019 base optics. Iron sights are difficult to balance for the devs of any shooter. They naturally vary depending […]<\/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-14733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14733","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=14733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}