NICKMERCS explains why Fortnite shouldn\u2019t change controller aim assist Fortnite professional player and FaZe Clan streamer Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff has explained why the game\u2019s aim assist for those who use controllers isn\u2019t too powerful, as plays continue to criticize the feature and claim it\u2019s too much. Aim assist has become a hot topic among the Fortnite community over the past few weeks, with many coming out and claiming that it\u2019s power gives those who choose to use controllers over keyboard and mouse an unfair advantage, something which those who wield gamepads vehemently deny. While most Fortnite pros use the computer peripherals to play, NICKMERCS is one of the few that use controller, and while he has always been a staunch supporter of the use of gamepads, the streamer once again came to the defence of those who use them as the criticism continues to flow. While playing alongside fellow FaZe Clan member Kyle \u2018Mongraal\u2019 Jackson, the pair got into a discussion about the system which helps those on controllers aim by dragging their crosshairs towards enemies when they target close to an opponent. While Mongraal was staunchly against it, claiming it needed to receive a major nerf, his American teammate was less keen on the idea, claiming that good players are dangerous no matter what peripheral they\u2019re using. \u201cI really do agree that it\u2019s easier to aim in some aspects on controller with aim assist,\u201d the 29-year-old explained. \u201cIt\u2019s also easier to aim in some aspects with the mouse, it just depends on how you look at it. Listen man, I\u2019m never going to agree that they should take it out of the game and change it. They\u2019ve given multiple different looks at it. I\u2019ve seen [pro controller] highlights, I\u2019ve seen Unknown, he\u2019s a f**king beast.\u201d The streamer continued: \u201cBut you can\u2019t sit there and tell me that he doesn\u2019t work endlessly on his box fights and all the editing, and the game knowledge. He\u2019s been doing that sh*t for a minute. Have you seen some of the PC guys? It\u2019s the same sh*t. Triple66 with the burst [rifle]. If you\u2019re good, like you are, then you know what you can f**king do.\u201d Some players remain convinced that controller players have an advantage, with World Cup Winner Kyle \u2018Bigha\u2019 Giersdorf stunned when he tried it out, while Ali \u2018Myth\u2019 Kabbani claimed he was going to join the \u201ccontroller army\u201d when he gave it a shot back in December. NICKMERCS certainly has no intention of ditching his gamepad, but it seems he feels that the controversy surrounding aim assist on controllers is out of control, and good players will take down bad ones no matter what peripheral they\u2019re using.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NICKMERCS explains why Fortnite shouldn\u2019t change controller aim assist Fortnite professional player and FaZe Clan streamer Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff has explained why the game\u2019s aim assist for those who use controllers isn\u2019t too powerful, as plays continue to criticize the feature and claim it\u2019s too much. Aim assist has become a hot topic among the […]<\/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-76620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76620","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=76620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}