Hey what is going on guys, in this video today
we're gonna be talking about legacy aim assist,
and more specifically, how a lot of top controller
players are starting to shift towards calling
it overpowered.
If you guys recall, a few weeks ago I made
a video about a rumored nerf to aim assist
for controller players.
In that video I showcased a bunch of tweets
from different pro controller players not
only saying that aim assist was nerfed, but
more specifically that new aim assist was
nerfed.
And based on the comments that you guys left
on that video, it seems like a lot of people
agreed with that theory.
And as you'll see in this video, that nerf
has kinda indirectly led to legacy aim assist
coming under fire, even more so than it has
in the past.
So, without further ado, let's get right into
this.
Alright.
so let me start this video off by reading
a few tweets that basically showcase what
I alluded to in the intro of this video, top
level controller players either complaining
about legacy being OP, or implying that it's
clearly better than linear.
First we have SujayFN tweeting "Hopping on
a bandwagon.
Remove legacy aim assist, it's broken, borderline
aimbot, and takes little skill."
Here's MRKN Av saying "The Legacy version
of aim assist is stupid and overpowered, but
the advanced version which uses completely
different aim mechanics is balanced 100%."
You also have Atlantis Letshe saying "Bro,
people use legacy because they don�t have
aim otherwise.
It�s obvious that all the good controller
player stick to legacy only because they have
way more aim assist.
That�s just facts and nobody can say it�s
not true."
And finally here's CRR saying "If you want
to be a good controller player, use Legacy,
this is on god."
So, as I'm sure you guys are well aware at
this point, aim assist being talked about
in a negative way or complained about is certainly
nothing new, it's pretty much been happening
even since keyboard and controller players
have competed against each other, which probably
started around season 4 or 5.
But the major difference this time around,
is that 1, it isn't aim assist in general
that players are complaining about, it's specifically
legacy aim assist.
And 2, which is probably the even more important
distinction here, is that these are controller
players saying that this specific type of
aim assist is overpowered.
That's something I've pretty much never seen
before, and it's really interesting how it
all kinda popped up around the same time roughly
2-3 weeks ago.
Now like I mentioned earlier, a big part of
that is definitely the supposed nerf to linear
aim assist which occurred at pretty much the
same time.
I believe all of those tweets you saw came
from linear players, so you can kinda understand
their frustration if they believe their aim
assist was nerfed, while legacy on the other
hand stayed the same.
But another thing that's contributed to the
anger against legacy aim assist especially
are some clips which have kinda blown up over
the past few weeks.
This first one I'll just play in the background
right now, and it's a clip that I found because
somebody else posted it on reddit, so sadly
I don't really know who the player in the
clip actually is.
But as you're gonna see, this guy just does
some absolutely ridiculous things from on
top of this building with only a blue pistol.
And the way he does that is by spamming L2
before every single shot he takes, which is
pretty much the signature of legacy aim assist.
And even I'll admit that this clip is one
of the most insane ones I've ever seen, I
mean this guy ends up missing like 4 total
shots in about 50 seconds of just constant
shooting.
And in the reddit thread of this clip, the
responses were pretty much what you'd expect,
let's just say it had a fairly negative tone.
Some sample comments include "You could so
this on mouse if you just did kovaaks 33 hours
a day."
"Just show this clip to anybody who tells
you legacy and l2 spam isn't overpowered"
"Spamming 1 button on controller gives controller
players better aim than mouse players who
have practiced for 5+ years" and probably
the funniest one "Are we sure Jarvis was actually
using an aimbot or is it possible he was just
L2 spamming the entire time?"
But again, those comments aren't really anything
new or unexpected, especially in response
to that clip which even I'll admit was pretty
absurd.
Another more recent clip that's kinda blown
up for similar reasons involves one of the
most popular legacy controller players in
the game right now, unknown army.
What you're about to see here is another player
named ballatw doing a VOD review on unknownarmy's
performance in a cash cup, and well you'll
see what happens from there.
So another pretty crazy legacy aim assist
clip right there, unknownarmy freaked out
when it happened live, and balla literally
left the room when he saw it while watching
his VOD.
I definitely don't think it was as bad as
the first clip you saw, but that right there
is what a lot of people truly believe legacy
aim assist is like, especially in the hands
of great player like unknown is.
So now it's time to tackle the main question
here: is legacy aim assist really overpowered
and bad for the game, or are people just blowing
it out of proportion because of a few popular
clips?
As a legacy player myself, I would say the
answer to this question is both yes and no.
That may seem like a bit of a cop out, but
you gotta hear me out on this.
In terms of medium to long range L2 spamming,
I actually think it's as strong as it's been
in a pretty long time, and the Fortnite developers
really have nobody to blame for that but themselves.
For the last few months leading up to chapter
2, L2 spam was nowhere near what it used to
be during it's prime.
Fortnite had made various changes in previous
seasons that had made is fairly balanced,
to the point where I even recommended only
doing it at very long range.
But then at the beginning of Chapter 2, they
decided to randomly make bloom noticeably
worse on fully auto weapons.
And that's super important because if you're
a linear, exponential, or mouse and keyboard
player, when you fire a fully auto AR, you
lineup your crosshair and just hold down the
shoot button, so a lot of your accuracy is
gonna depend on the bloom you get.
But if you L2 spam while on legacy, you're
much much much less affected by bloom, since
you're aiming out and aiming back in, which
resets bloom before every shot.
So back during the 2-3 weeks before the bloom
increase when both linear and legacy were
in the game, most people agreed that they
were pretty close if not equal when it came
to medium/long range AR fights.
But now, I think that legacy absolutely blows
it out of the water.
However at the same time, what a lot of these
people complaining about legacy are forgetting,
is that being able to L2 spam in medium-long
range fights is only 1 aspect of playing fortnite.
Is it super helpful and is it gonna end up
winning you a lot of fights?
Yeah of course it is.
But at the same time almost everybody agrees
that the non-legacy settings mainly linear,,,
is better for building, it's better for editing,
and it's also better for point blank range
fights especially with shotguns.
And at least in my opinion, the reason why
that doesn't get enough attention, is because
it's a lot harder to recognize when watching
someone else play.
If you see unknownarmy triple headshot somebody
while spamming L2, it gets immediately twitch
clipped, probably tweeted out and posted on
reddit, and bam thousands of people see that.
But on the flip side when a linear or even
mouse and keyboard player smoothly lines up
2 pump headhosts in a row, or makes executes
a really nice sequence of edits, yeah it's
a really awesome play that people will be
impressed with, but nobodies gonna go "oh
my god linear is so crazy."
So I can totally understand being initially
shocked by some of these legacy clips, but
you also need to remember the really crazy
ones are incredibly rare, and also that legacy
has plenty of disadvantages that get much
less attention.
And let me just say this right now, if you
think legacy is getting hated on right now,
just wait a few days or weeks until the new
heavy ARs are added into the game, because
that weapon is basically a legacy player's
dream AR.
So, I hope you guys enjoyed this video and
if you watched the entire thing be sure to
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section below.
I wanna know your personal thoughts on whether
or not you think legacy aim assist is actually
overpowered right now.
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