Apex Legends pros complain that the game is \u201cbecoming Overwatch\u201d Respawn Entertainment \/ Blizzard EntertainmentAfter Respawn Entertainment revealed the patch notes for Season 7\u2019s Fight Night Collection Event, pro Apex Legends players have taken to Twitter to voice their concerns that the game is leaning too heavily into Legend abilities. Character abilities have always been a core pillar of Respawn\u2019s design philosophy surrounding Apex Legends. Each Legend has their own set of special abilities that set them apart from the others and the developer works hard to ensure all characters remain fun and balanced. Despite the impact abilities have on Apex, Respawn\u2019s BR experience is simultaneously based around gunplay. Senior Game Design Daniel Klein laid this out on Reddit by saying \u201cyou can learn to be good at controlling the Flatline, and now you\u2019re good at controlling the Flatline with any character.\u201d With the Pathfinder-themed Fight Night event scheduled to kick off on January 5, Respawn released their patch notes for the update. After seeing what the developers have planned in terms of Legend ability tweaks, several Apex pros voiced their concerns on Twitter. Apex needs to stop buffing Legends abilities or I won\u2019t even recognize what game I\u2019m playing anymore \u2014 FaZe Snip3down (@Snip3down) January 1, 2021 TSM\u2019s Eric \u2018Snip3down\u2019 Wrona criticized Respawn for buffing Legend abilities to an extreme level. The professional player voiced concerns that, if more ability buffs are added, he \u201cwon\u2019t even recognize what game I\u2019m playing anymore.\u201d Several other pro Apex players responded to Snip3down\u2019s tweet in agreement, TSM\u2019s Phillip \u201cImperialHal\u201d Dosen and Sentinels\u2019 Nathan \u201cretzi\u201d Telen among them. Retzi joked that \u201cwe won\u2019t be able to recognize it [Apex] through all the gas\u201d referencing changes to Caustic that the community is unhappy with. Snip3down responded to \u2018retzi\u2019 clarifying that he\u2019s agreeable to changes in the meta, but argued that \u201cwe can\u2019t keep giving every character the Gibby treatment where we buff until you almost have to have him.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/ceryal_\/status\/1345056757819744256 Fellow professional player Andrew \u2018Ceryal\u2019 Vargas tweeted out similar concerns. The pro and streamer noted that with all of the recent buffs to Legend abilities, \u201cApex is actually becoming overwatch at this rate.\u201d Read More: Apex Legends Mirage is getting a hidden buff – Popular Apex streamer Diego \u2018diegosaurs\u2019 Raymond Navarrette responded to ceryal\u2019s Tweet in agreement. He joked that \u201cI feel like I\u2019m [Soldier] 76 and everyone else is Roadhog,\u201d referencing a severely imbalanced meta \u2014 something that Overwatch players have dealt with many times. While some responses to Ceryal and Snip3down\u2019s posts were negative, the majority of the community seems to agree with their sentiments. While buffing Legends like Rampart might be seen as Respawn trying to make her more viable, players have not taken to the additional Caustic buffs that are in the pipeline. yeah except its getting to the point where i feel like im 76 and everyone else is roadhog playing these thick boys with fucking mastiffs lmfao \u2014 DIEGO (@diegosaurs) January 1, 2021 Ceryal\u2019s comparison of Apex to Overwatch is in fact the opposite of the mindset Respawn has previously identified in terms of game balancing. In the same Season 7 Reddit thread where he discussed the Flatline, Klein also mentioned Overwatch specifically. \u201cOverwatch is primarily an ability-based game, and Apex is primarily a gun-based game\u201d he said in response to Legend balancing. After discussing those differences, Klein transitioned into his point regarding the Flatline and the importance of focusing the game around gun balance. It appears that the professional Apex scene thinks Respawn have strayed too far from their original design philosophy. The developer has not responded to either post at the time of writing, and it remains to be seen whether they will roll back any of the Fight Night balancing changes based on community feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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