Shroud calls for Respawn to fix \u201cinsane\u201d Apex Legends muzzle flash issue Respawn Entertainment \/ Mixer: shroudMichael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek has taken aim at Apex Legends\u2019 \u201cinsane\u201d long-term muzzle flash issue, suggesting it\u2019s determining key battles at high ranks, and demanding Respawn patch it out of the game as soon as possible. Muzzle flash has been a hot topic in Respawn\u2019s flagship FPS title since the battle royale first released. While some don\u2019t see a problem with it, many have begged the devs to remove the \u201cridiculous\u201d feature from the game. As well as players and fans on social media, the muzzle flash issue has also cropped up for a number of high-profile stars, including retired Overwatch pro Brandon \u2018Seagull\u2019 Larned, who admitted he was \u201ctriggered\u201d by the bright animation. Now, one of the biggest names in the streaming game, shroud \u2014 who actually had hands-on testing experience with the title before release, and even made sure Respawn balanced the game\u2019s recoil properly \u2014 has had enough. According to the Mixer superstar, who released a YouTube video titled \u201cFIX MUZZLE FLASH\u201d on February 27, the \u201cinsane\u201d issue has reached its boiling point, especially when every moment matters in high-ranked Predator matches. \u201cThe muzzle flash is bad\u2026 that\u2019s all this game is, loot and muzzle flash. It\u2019s insane,\u201d the streamer lashed out, and added there were even certain areas of King\u2019s Canyon and World\u2019s Edge where it got worse. \u201cIt\u2019s even more insane inside.\u201d Shroud\u2019s teammate Matthew \u2018sQ_WiKeD\u2019 Robertson weighed in with a joke after the Mixer star made his irritated comment, suggesting the human aimbot just can\u2019t \u201c handle the flash,\u201d before agreeing it was a major and \u201cinsane\u201d problem. Not only is it still bad now, in Season 4, shroud added, but it\u2019s been an issue since he first had his sneak-peak look at the title. While he was helping Respawn figure out the game\u2019s balance he apparently pointed it out, but they ignored him. \u201cIt\u2019s gotten so out of hand, and it\u2019s crazy to think about how long it\u2019s been an issue in Apex Legends for too\u2026 even before day one. It was a concern for everyone in the testing phase,\u201d shroud revealed as he continued to rant about the issue. WiKeD suggested it may be a lighting issue that is plaguing the battle royale\u2019s backend code, resulting in more animation effects than Respawn may want to appear. Shroud agreed, but added that should mean it was fixed by now. \u201cEven if it\u2019s a lighting issue, wouldn\u2019t you think they would fix that on the next map [Season 3\u2019s World\u2019s Edge]? I get that lighting can be an issue, but just recreate the lighting on a new map\u2026 maybe they tried, and just failed.\u201d For mobile readers, the related segment begins at 2:10 in the video below. While Respawn didn\u2019t do anything like what shroud suggested and tweak the muzzle flash between maps, it does seem like they have the bright gun barrel issue in their sights at the moment, and maybe working on a tweak. Respawn producer Josh Medina confirmed the muzzle flash effects have been a \u201cdeeper issue than expected\u201d, and while the devs have been working on adjusting it, they \u201cwant to properly fix instead of half-ass it,\u201d which takes time. Now-retired data miner That1MiningGuy revealed on February 14 that muzzle flash changes had indeed landed in the game\u2019s backend code. There was \u201cnothing too concrete\u201d to actually share though, the code-diving personality said. One tweak he was able to share, however, was the potential of Barrel Stabilizers being added to the game. These gun add-ons would likely decrease the \u201cskill-based\u201d flash the devs seem intent on keeping in the game in at least some form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shroud calls for Respawn to fix \u201cinsane\u201d Apex Legends muzzle flash issue Respawn Entertainment \/ Mixer: shroudMichael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek has taken aim at Apex Legends\u2019 \u201cinsane\u201d long-term muzzle flash issue, suggesting it\u2019s determining key battles at high ranks, and demanding Respawn patch it out of the game as soon as possible. Muzzle flash has been […]<\/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-18788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18788","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=18788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}