The decision to remove Legacy Aim Assist didn't come without warning. As early as March 6 Epic Games had made it known on the Fortnite Status twitter profile the impending removal of the aim assist system with the following words:
With the improvements we've made to the aim assist system, we plan to remove the "Use Old School Controls" option on March 13.
- Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) March 6, 2020.
Much to the disappointment of many, this update did not happen on March 13. The following day, Epic Games posted the following message to explain the situation:
The "Use Old School Controls" setting will remain enabled for a short additional period of time. We will provide an update when the setting is removed.
- Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) March 14, 2020.
Not even with today's update to Fortnite version 12.21 did this change occur, until a few hours ago, with the release of a patch, finally removing the old-school setting. Along with Fortnite's status update, it reminds players how to maintain the controller's sensitivity settings:
To use the new settings and keep the old-school sensitivities, select "Copy from old school" in the Controller Options and uncheck "Use old-school controls."
- Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) March 24, 2020
Now that players with controllers will be forced to use linear or exponential aim assist, how will the in-game dynamic change? Let us know yours in the comments.
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