Respawn delays Apex Legends tap strafing patch after \u201cunexpected side effects\u201d Respawn EntertainmentRespawn Entertainment have delayed the Apex Legends update intended to remove tap strafing after the developers saw it disrupted other movement techniques in the game. The studio is still planning to remove the tap strafe mechanic from Apex soon, but have yet to find a solution that wouldn\u2019t affect other key movesets as well. It\u2019s because of this that Respawn will hold off on the patch update for now. \u201cThe Apex Legends team has recently discovered some unexpected side effects of our planned changes to tap-strafing,\u201d Respawn said in a Sept 13 tweet. \u201cIt is still our intention to address some of the most egregious use-cases of tap-strafing, but for now we are delaying our planned change to a later patch.\u201d Seasoned Apex players have a litany of tools at their disposal for outplaying and outmaneuvering their competition in the battle royale. Movement is sacred in Apex. We weigh every change to these systems carefully and value feedback. After further testing, we’ve concluded we need to take more time to get this right to make sure related movement mechanics aren’t caught in the cross-fire. \u2014 Respawn (@Respawn) September 13, 2021 Respawn are aware of how important these mechanics are for their player base, and they\u2019re approaching the tap strafe nerf with caution to avoid any unintended gameplay elsewhere. \u201cMovement is sacred in Apex,\u201d Respawn continued. \u201cWe weigh every change to these systems carefully and value feedback. \u201cAfter further testing, we\u2019ve concluded we need to take more time to get this right to make sure related movement mechanics aren\u2019t caught in the cross-fire.\u201d Respawn are still moving forward on the planned changes though holding back on it for now out of an abundance of caution. There\u2019s been plenty of top Apex Legends streamers and pros members speaking out to #SaveTapStrafing like iiTzTimmy, Rogue, ImperialHal and more, but Respawn are sticking to their decision. Unless the studio changes course, tap strafing is still scheduled to be removed in Apex Legends despite the brief delay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Respawn delays Apex Legends tap strafing patch after \u201cunexpected side effects\u201d Respawn EntertainmentRespawn Entertainment have delayed the Apex Legends update intended to remove tap strafing after the developers saw it disrupted other movement techniques in the game. The studio is still planning to remove the tap strafe mechanic from Apex soon, but have yet to […]<\/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-18560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18560","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=18560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}