Apex Legends pro HisWattson calls aim assist “unfair” & wants controller banned in comp

The unending debate concerning the imbalance between controller and keyboard & mouse gamers continues to rage on in Apex, sparked as soon as once more by HisWattson claiming intention help is unfair, and never match for a aggressive sport.

There was a renewed deal with some great benefits of controller gamers, partly sparked by professional participant Mac ‘Albralelie’ Beckwith temporarily switching to controller, and the prevalence of controller players at ALGS tournaments.

Whereas there are apparent drawbacks to the restricted buttons and aiming with a toggle reasonably than a mouse, it’s believed that the power of intention help is sufficient to make up for this – one thing Jacob ‘HisWattson‘ McMillin believes too.

HisWattson claims intention help is “unfair” in Apex

Amid the talk, HisWattson posted a prolonged Twitter thread to provide his view. As among the finest gamers on the earth, his take has made an prompt affect.

“I’m gonna hold it a buck. From a aggressive standpoint, intention help is unfair and unfun to play in opposition to,” he stated. “How is it truthful that it takes me ~200 ms to react to enemy motion however my opponent has a pc that reacts for them in 0ms.”

He continued, arguing that if Apex needs to be actually aggressive, controller needs to be banned from aggressive play.

“Controller has a decrease ability ceiling, decrease ability expression, and is so unhealthy for aiming they needed to make it do 40% of monitoring for you simply so it could be useable. I don’t care if folks play on controller however in the event you assume that controller doesn’t make the sport considerably much less aggressive then Idk what to inform you.”

Regardless of this, he did make clear that he nonetheless believes mouse & keyboard is the superior enter general. However, regardless, argues that controller gamers decrease the ability hole of the sport.

Apex caster Jon ‘Falloutt’ Kefaloukos agreed that controller was not essentially the most aggressive possibility, however that Respawn is prioritizing inclusivity over competitiveness: “Apex needs to make their sport as inclusive as doable, whereas nonetheless providing a enjoyable aggressive expertise. Thus we ended up right here.”

Whereas many gamers agreed with HisWattson’s view, there was unsurprisingly numerous disagreement too. Some argued that it was “gate-keeping” and a “superiority complicated” from keyboard & mouse gamers.

Respawn has talked about the problem of intention help sometimes, with the final significant comment on it from developers back in 2021. On the time, they stated they’d “consider whether or not or not intention help is ‘too good’.”

Since then, nevertheless, there have been no important updates to intention help values, and so, the talk continues.