Shroud explains why Apex Legends crossplay will never be \u201cbalanced\u201d Twitch: shroud \/ RespawnMichael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek, ex-CS:GO pro turned full-time Twitch streamer, has explained why crossplay in Apex Legends, and other video games, will never be \u201cperfect\u201d or right for competitive play. A few years ago the idea of Xbox, PlayStation, and PC players in the same lobby would have attracted nothing but confused faces. Now, though, more and more video games are incorporating crossplay into their multiplayer modes, including Apex Legends and Call of Duty: Warzone. Naturally, the incorporation has sparked debate and reignited the controller vs mouse and keyboard discussion. Shroud, though, believes that is the crux of the problem, and the main reason why crossplay will never be balanced, despite being the \u2018future\u2019 of video games. Speaking on Apex Legends, the 27-year-old said: \u201cIt\u2019ll never be balanced, that\u2019s what sucks. Like you get rid of aim assist, then controller sucks. You have aim assist, then controller\u2019s too strong. Like there\u2019s no perfect balance there and it sucks because crossplay really is the future of gaming for sure. I wanna be able to play with anybody I can. It\u2019s just a tricky thing that\u2019ll never get fixed, because there\u2019s no fix really.\u201d Because of the greater precision available from mouse aiming, aim assist is used as a balancing factor for those on controller. However, some on PC feel it is generally too strong, and goes too far in aiding controller players hitting their shots. He elaborated on his views in his July 31 Twitch stream, suggesting that the lack of balance means crossplay should be avoided in professional events. He specifically mentioned the Apex Legends Global Series, and how Apex teams seemingly have to have at least one controller player to be in with a chance of winning. \u201cLet it exist in casual play all day,\u201d Shroud said. \u201cJust don\u2019t mix in a professional environment. The fact that Apex professional teams have to have at least one minimum controller player does not sit right with me.\u201d Despite shroud\u2019s concerns, more and more esports are implementing crossplay, allowing competitors on all platforms to compete together. Because of that evolution, it doesn\u2019t seem like the controller vs MnK debate will slow down, or stop, anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shroud explains why Apex Legends crossplay will never be \u201cbalanced\u201d Twitch: shroud \/ RespawnMichael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek, ex-CS:GO pro turned full-time Twitch streamer, has explained why crossplay in Apex Legends, and other video games, will never be \u201cperfect\u201d or right for competitive play. A few years ago the idea of Xbox, PlayStation, and PC players in […]<\/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-18808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18808","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=18808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}