![]() ![]() 2, so a mid-September fix could be on the menu. Respawn typically issues midseason patches and the 10th season, Emergence, premiered on Aug. Respawn said tap-strafing will be gone as of patch 10.1, though its deployment date isn’t clear. That seems unlikely, as Respawn in the past has trimmed out legal meta-techniques, like “zip-line spamming” or “bunny-hop healing,” that the studio didn’t develop intentionally. The discussion was quickly joined by calls for input-based matchmaking, which would leave tap-strafing in while confining that ability to games where every player could use it equally. ![]() (That said, some PC players may still use a gamepad.) Others called this effectively a nerf to PC players on the whole, who now face gamepad players with an aim assist they consider an unfair advantage, rather than a balanced accommodation. Some complained that tap-strafing’s inaccessibility to gamepad players is a moot issue when PC players are, by default, matched with other PC players and not console users. Respawn’s decision met jeering from Apex Legends players in the game’s subreddit. Tap-strafing also “lacks readability/counterplay, and is exacerbated by movement abilities.” Octane’s Launch Pad ultimate (a jumping pad that anyone may use) takes on greater influence over a match when tap-strafing players use it and the double-jump it confers. In the tweet on Tuesday, however, Respawn said tap-strafing is “inaccessible” - meaning to some players, in a game that fully supports cross-platform play. ![]()
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