Baptiste's crouch to jump is hands down the most awkward ability in the game

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Title really says it all. Does anyone like the feel of this ability? There HAS to be a better way to give him the ability to jump up to places than this mess of an interaction.

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Pressing and holding jump would be too intuitive for them :open_mouth:

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Kinda agree.

/charrr

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It takes quite a while to charge, and you’re only really getting really high on a full charge jump. I hate that it wears off as fast as it does. If you could bank it forever…

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It is kinda awkward but as a Baptiste main I think it’s a good part of his kit

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I don’t think anyone minds it, it’s just really weird to use lol

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I like it how it is, makes sense to me.

If other players find it unintuitive than maybe a different method should be selectable in a menu but i really do like it how it is now.

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Incredibly awkward on consoles. Most people don’t need to crouch. Our thumb is usually reaching towards :a:/:x: to jump or :x:/ :white_square_button: to reload. The only time i ever need to crouch is if i need to get low behind cover (very rare) or to do some celebratory squats upon an enemy i killed.

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hold space to crouch, let go to jump. press ctrl to cancel crouch

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I actually find it easier on console, because my fingers are closer.

Personally, I think it should just be holding the jump button.

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You could also reach your Index finger up to toggle crouch too. But to be honest, i usually forget he even has that ability.

I remember having to bend my fingers in all sorts of weird moves when playing Sekiro.

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Well, crouch jump has been a thing since 80’s…

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I usually end up accidentally hitting it the immortality field, because my fingers aren’t used to stretching like that :confused:

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True. I feel like it worked better in 2D console/controller based games back in the day then it does in OW though. Those were often more strategic platformers over a fast paced 3D shooter.

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Preach! Been saying this since his launch, feels so clunky having to crouch to jump.

Admittedly, I’ve been getting more used to it. But I find myself spending an inordinate amount of time crouching, just in case I feel the need to jump.

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Oh don’t get me wrong, I think it’s cool that Baptiste can jump up to higher places. I don’t want the ability removed. I just think the implementation is bad.

As someone mentioned earlier, why not just hold the jump key down to charge it?

Crouch is not the most commonly used ability nor the easiest key/button to hit for a lot of people, and to hold it down to execute this ability feels bad to me.

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I got used to it, but yeah, it is pretty bad. No idea what they were thinking.

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yea why not just charge it by holding jump

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in the half life engine, bunnyhopping was an exploit of the game engine to increase movespeed.

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I swapped the melee punch with the crouch button. Pressing the stick feels easier to me. Takes a bit of getting used to but works well.

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