Respawn stands by Apex Legends tap strafe removal despite criticism Respawn EntertainmentRespawn\u2019s controversial decision to remove tap strafing from Apex Legends will hold despite widespread criticism. The \u201cforbidden fruit\u201d of movement must be removed to stop mobility creep, developer John \u2018JayBiebs\u2019 Larson claimed. Tap strafing\u2019s removal from Apex Legends has started a chorus of complaints from the wider player base, especially the PC community. The movement trick, which let players quickly turn around corners and change direction mid-air, became a staple over the last couple of months. However, much like bunnyhop healing, Respawn are pulling it from the game. The developer\u2019s original reasoning cited inaccessibility and a lack of counterplay; points that JayBiebs elaborated on in a September 1 Twitlonger. The Apex Legends dev admitted, \u201cthe player in me loves the idea of it for skill expression.\u201d \u201cHowever,\u201d Larson continued, \u201cmy designer brain started to churn, and the more I saw, the more I felt this mechanic seemed like the forbidden fruit.\u201d As a PC-only mechanic, tap strafing wasn\u2019t accessible for controller players. Its removal might seem like a direct nerf to mouse and keyboard (MnK) players \u2014 once again pushing enthusiasts to the sticks \u2014 but that\u2019s just a \u201cstrawman argument\u201d. \u201cWhen it comes to accessibility, we often must consider controller players given the constraints compared to MnK. But, accessibility does not equal balance design, and it\u2019s a strawman argument to treat it as such,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is why I believe tap-strafing exists solely as a design problem. \u201cEven in a MnK only Apex world, or a scenario where controller and MnK could tap-strafe just the same, I don\u2019t believe it would be a healthy change with the freedom it currently allows.\u201d MOVEMENT TECH AND MOBILITY IN APEX Read: https:\/\/t.co\/IW7hy1bh3j \u2014 JayBiebs (@RSPN_JayBiebs) September 1, 2021 JayBiebs added on to Respawn\u2019s August 31 tweet that Apex developers are tackling mobility creep, a problem that is becoming more prevalent. \u201cI can buy that a tap-strafe at normal velocity in a gunfight occurs infrequently and is relatively mild enough to not immediately kill with fire,\u201d he said. \u201cBut, Path grappling past and tap-strafing back into your face with a Mastiff, or Octane cranking 90s while maintaining ridiculous speed, bring up greater gameplay concerns. He concluded: \u201cWhile many love the freedom that Apex\u2019s movement system affords, constraints are just as important.\u201d Larson said \u201cmovement should feel unchanged for controllers and for [mouse and keyboard] players who hadn\u2019t heard of the term \u2018tap strafe\u2019 until yesterday.\u201d The developers are also working with pros on ensuring the changes don\u2019t impact other sorts of movement tech, including wall bouncing, to not drastically change the skill caps or ceilings of Apex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Respawn stands by Apex Legends tap strafe removal despite criticism Respawn EntertainmentRespawn\u2019s controversial decision to remove tap strafing from Apex Legends will hold despite widespread criticism. The \u201cforbidden fruit\u201d of movement must be removed to stop mobility creep, developer John \u2018JayBiebs\u2019 Larson claimed. Tap strafing\u2019s removal from Apex Legends has started a chorus of complaints […]<\/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-18558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18558","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=18558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}