Every major balancing issue currently affecting Apex Legends and how each one can be fixed Despite the fact that, at its surface, Apex Legends looks, feels, and plays like a great addition to the battle royale genre, there are some critical balancing issues currently plaguing the game. There is no doubting the early success of Apex Legends as the majority of its player-base has reacted to many aspects of the game very positively, particularly the mechanics that are new for a BR game, such as player respawning and the Ping system. However, some have pointed out that some of the more fundamental facets that are rooted deeper in the game\u2019s core are flawed and unbalanced, and they could spell trouble for Apex Legends down the line. Content creator \u2018Frothy\u2019 has pointed out some of these issues in a thread of detailed analytical tweets he put out on February 25, in which he also offered some suggestions for how they could be resolved. His social media spiel was prompted by a test that was performed in Apex Legends which detailed the exact measurements for each Legend\u2019s hitboxes, causing some controversy among the player-base. While I’m not super happy with how this test was done, since we don’t have a proper practice\/training\/private match feature in Apex, this is the only way you could test hitboxes out. Everything looks very much in line with how it “”feels.”” Off feeling alone I’d rank 1-8 the same https:\/\/t.co\/CAgrdWwFaZ \u2014 Frothy (@FrothyOmen) February 25, 2019 The first major balancing issue he detailed was the \u201cimprecision\u201d of crosshairs: \u201cWeapons which require a center dot don\u2019t have one, and edy designs trump usability in most cases. In his tweet, he indirectly proposes that the enabling of customization, as well as permission to use third party crosshair programs, would at least help mitigate the effect of this issue. This then led into the topic of sensitivity, and how there is a critical flaw in having only two sensitivity settings when there are multiple levels of zoom on certain scopes and field-of-view settings. The solution? Adding the ability to control the sensitivity on each level of zoom and FOV, even if that means limiting the number of FOV levels there are available. For example \u2014 want your 2x Bruiser scope to feel perfect in your hands? Well, which gun is it on, a pistol or rifle? It matters. Once you tune that, your 1x, 3x, 4x, 6x, 8x, and 10x scopes are all rekt. Too fast on the low end, too slow on the high end. \u2014 Frothy (@FrothyOmen) February 25, 2019 His next major point of contention was the fact that custom configurations and macro keys were allowed to be used by players, but the \u201cfair\u201d commands were all disabled. \u201cWant to abuse the crouch-to-instant-weapon-swap-feature in one button press? Configs let you,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cWant to double-pump to up Peacekeeper\/Kraber rate of fire? Sure! But can you change your head bob or crosshair settings? Nah.\u201d Of course, the solution for this is in the explanation itself; either \u201cfair\u201d commands should be allowed as well or all of these configurations should be disallowed completely. There are several ways to resolve this imbalance, such as nerfing the explosive, limiting the number of grenades players can carry, or just removing it completely. A\/D strafing and female hitboxes (read: smaller or equal to male in all cases in Respawn games) are always preferable, and which legends are the best in Apex? The ones who a\/d strafe the best, with the smallest hitboxes, and\/or the highest ground walk speed w\/ abilities. \u2014 Frothy (@FrothyOmen) February 25, 2019 The points made by Frosty are certainly worth paying attention to, because they are fundamental enough to cause major imbalances in the game moving forward. Of course, there is always the chance that Respawn will look to address these issues, but their track record with past titles certainly doesn\u2019t offer too much hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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