Valorant pros slam new smoke changes in patch 7.08 ValorLeaksValorant pro players are hitting out and slamming Riot over the new smoke changes coming in patch 7.08. For better or worse, since Valorant\u2018s launch in 2020, we\u2019ve seen a ton of changes to the popular first-person shooter. More often than not, the changes are mostly just minor tweaks to maps, weapons, and Agents to help balance the game. However, it\u2019s fair to say some tweaks and changes aren\u2019t well received by the community, with pro players now putting Riot on blast over the new smoke changes coming in the next patch. Valorant players slam patch 7.08 smoke changes Starting from patch 7.08, Astra, Brimstone, and Omen\u2019s smokes will now play an audio and visual cue lasting 1.5 seconds before the smokes fade. Players have since voiced their concerns, with pro\u2019s hitting out the update which they claim is lowering the skill ceiling. \u201cRiot is just following their usual M.O. of lowering the skill floor to make playing at lower ranks more enjoyable and easier,\u201d said G2\u2019s coach JoshRT. \u201cYou still need to call out smoke timings at the pro level but it\u2019s less punishing now.\u201d Others claimed the devs are focusing on the wrong changes, and called on them to work on other things instead. \u201cYou\u2019re focusing on the wrong changes,\u201d s0m hit out. \u201cFix the Judge first then we can worry about the other things.\u201d \u201cI dislike this change a lot, feels like we are lowering the skill ceiling for controller players which sucks,\u201d Evil Geniuses\u2019 ScrewFace wrote. He added: \u201cShould be interesting to see how this shakes up gunfights at least.\u201d \u201cNot really a big fan of this change. It gave controller players a huge advantage to know exactly when smokes fade. Overall will change a lot of fights in my opinion,\u201d said BcJ. The 7.08 patch is now available on Valorant\u2019s PBE, where players can test out the changes before they hit the live servers on October 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Valorant pros slam new smoke changes in patch 7.08 ValorLeaksValorant pro players are hitting out and slamming Riot over the new smoke changes coming in patch 7.08. For better or worse, since Valorant\u2018s launch in 2020, we\u2019ve seen a ton of changes to the popular first-person shooter. More often than not, the changes are mostly […]<\/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-86009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86009","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=86009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}