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A dev talks about how the combat patch has increased the skill gap of their game.

00:00 - 00:05 so many players came to us asking for the skill gap to be increased

00:05 - 00:07 increased! more skill based.

00:07 - 00:10 we said wait for the combat update

00:11 - 00:16 the combat update will fix the skill gap

00:17 - 00:21 instead of that we added bloom to the recoil

00:21 - 00:24 bloom!

00:29 - 00:31 bloom!

00:31 - 00:34 it doesn't fix anything

00:38 - 00:40 bloom!

00:41 - 00:47 people try to shoot and the bullets just go in random places

00:47 - 00:50 you can spray and get random hits

00:50 - 00:56 have you even tried hitting a shot with the ak47 mid range?

00:58 - 00:59 you can't hit a god damn thing

00:59 - 01:01 when you try to be accurate!

01:04 - 01:06 we essentially force you to spray

01:06 - 01:08 it basically lowers the skill gap.

01:13 - 01:14 bloom!

01:14 - 01:16 we don't even know why

01:16 - 01:20 we added it in the first place.

01:21 - 01:27 don't even get me started on the SMG!

01:35 - 01:36 you ever almost lose a fight

01:36 - 01:39 but then melt the guy in .5 seconds with an SMG?

01:41 - 01:44 but, people also said cod rushing is annoying

01:44 - 01:47 that jumping out of a car with a shotgun was too strong

01:47 - 01:49 you should try with SMG.

01:50 - 01:53 there's your skill gap.

01:54 - 01:56 when you hop out

01:56 - 01:58 of the car and kill them

01:58 - 02:02 make sure that you talk shit. Say they're trash.

02:05 - 02:07 bloom!

02:10 - 02:11 I forgot about that!

02:11 - 02:13 oh my god!

02:15 - 02:17 they're so pissed!

02:17 - 02:20 the destiny community hated it too,

02:21 - 02:28 but we'll just tell them it's better for balance and gun identity.

02:29 - 02:30 but it's not?

02:30 - 02:32 no not at all!

02:36 - 02:39 we could have just added,

02:40 - 02:42 static vertical recoil patterns

02:50 - 02:55 patterns with high recoil would probably balance things

02:56 - 02:58 what else did you change?

02:58 - 03:04 well, we made movement feel worse and made the crouch animation slow

03:04 - 03:09 you can't even crouch in time to avoid getting shot anymore.

03:09 - 03:11 you can get hit behind cover more now.

03:16 - 03:20 and then the desync...

03:23 - 03:26 people die several seconds behind cover.