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What hardware are you playing on? Could you take a screenshot of the popup?

We're looking at this, just have been holding off changes during First Strike, and want to make sure we're really understanding what the core of the issue is (cause bungling a shooting/movement change could make our combat feel really bad really quickly).

But, rest assured that we're talking about this and looking into it.

edit: This isn't to say we're committing to making changes - we just recognize it's been a hot topic lately and want to analyze and understand it further.

We're definitely looking at this and it's been a topic internally for awhile before any of the TenZ clips started circulating - we've just been holding off on any major changes during First Strike and want to analyze this a bit more.

edit: To be super clear, this isn't to say we're committing to making changes - we just recognize it's been a hot topic lately and want to analyze and understand it further.

I appreciate that! We're trying to strike a balance here, so keep giving us feedback on how we're approaching changes overall.

Probably Episode 2 start, most likely.

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TVs are measured by the diagonal, mouse mats are measured by their edges.

We're playtesting with some Brim buffs right now that are pretty promising :)

Was there a chance? ;)

That's funny. I said the same thing when u/oniram177 proposed a candy cane as the melee. I said something like "that's so stupid and fun, I love it!"

no problem. also glad we could have the conversation. naturally any instance that would give someone an advantage or disadvantage is something we're super cautious about so it was worth looking into.

for the feature that was cut on the Singularity weapons, we talked about this in a discussion with Forbes that ill link here. But tldr:

The gun would jitter every now and then. We wanted it to show some instability even when idle, so the rocks would sort of shift back/forth & up/down randomly as if they were trying to pull themselves away from the core but the core kept pulling it back.

To provide an alternate viewpoint I think some of the "criticism" or "suggestions" players offer is really just thinly veiled frustration.

Before I offer any "advice" in game I often check myself with "Am I upset/frustrated/mad right now?" If the answer is yes, I just keep quiet. No one really wants to hear me (some rando intertubes stranger) being mad at them when they're trying to unwind after a hard day of work/school/whatever.

On the other hand, I have had mostly positive interactions when I recommend strategies/tactics to my teammates. I find presenting it more as an opinion or an option gets a positive response. "If you wouldn't mind could you use your wall to block off the main entrance next round? We can slow them down and buy time for the rest of our team to get here." "Do y'all wanna group up and push a site together? We could really play off your flashes Breach and get some kills." I'm only gold<->plat and know I'm not God's gift to VALORANT, hell many of...

I like the suggestion! I'm an engineer that worked on loadouts. As others have pointed out this does have a performance cost associated with it. Your loadout is static within the game so that we don't have to force potato machines to load every gun skin in the game.

That being said, there's definitely room to improve our skin selection process. It's hard to get value from owning different skins for the same gun. If you have suggestions that affect your loadout before agent select, then they are more likely to be realized. I've seen someone else suggest a "Equip Random Owned Skin" type of feature, which could work. If you have any more suggestions I'd love to hear them. I'm not a designer, but it's awesome to get feedback in the space I work.

Sean (oniram) responded below! :)