The tap strafe and lurch changes are completely unnecessary and is just going to hurt the game's already rapidly declining playerbase. Respawn, please, listen to your playerbase, revert this asap.

EDIT 1/9/25: Good news, Respawn reverted the tap strafe change back to normal. W.

Why on earth was tap strafing, lurching, and general movement nerfed in the latest mid-season patch?

Firstly, this is a movement tech that has been a part of this game's identity since its inception. Respawn actually wanted to remove tap strafing back in the day but they immediately left it as is due to community backlash. So the fact that, almost 5 years later, they are doing it again sneakily in a small patch blows my mind.

Secondly, advanced movement tech is something that is used correctly only by an extremely small fraction of players. The changes to configs was good, this change is very bad. You are punishing people who have put in a lot of times learning mechanics. Most notably you have the movement streamers, most of whom are extremely pissed off about these changes, and are frankly one of the only things keeping this game alive on Twitch at the moment. Most people would rather watch someone like Yuka do movement techs while fighting 1v3 rather than a controller player just beaming everyone at close range.

Lastly, there was ZERO communication about this. No warning, no PTR testing with pros/streamers. Why on earth would you sneak this in a patch like this?

The game's tanking playerbase numbers is there for everyone to see, from 255,000 average players in March 2023 to barely 72,000 now. And Respawn, in their infinite wisdom, decide to nerf one of the most fun things left in this game? This change doesn't help balance, it literally just a fun killer change. And to appease who, some casuals who will play for a few days then go play Rivals? Show some respect to your long-term playerbase.

I don't know what they are smoking over there, but it's real strong and it stinks. Please revert this change, stop killing your own game, LISTEN to your playerbase. Almost no one asked for this.