In March, Bungie intends to address the excessive use of Titan Skating on PC with a new update for Destiny 2. The developers have now revealed what changes are planned in their weekly blog.
Titan Skating, or Titan Gliding, has been a popular movement method since Destiny 1 and is considered defining for the Titan class by many Guardians. By skillfully timing their control inputs, Titans can move very quickly, which provides them with a significant advantage in numerous situations.
What is currently the problem with Titan Skating? Especially on PC, Titan Skating is being exploited excessively and poses an annoying problem for many players, especially in PvP. Additionally, speedruns in the raid have seen Titan floating cause trouble and discussions several times.
By using macros and unconventional remapping of controls with mouse and keyboard, players can achieve extreme speeds with Titan Skating that were not intended in this form.
As the intended movement speed is drastically exceeded, users gain an unfair advantage over other players. This advantage is noticeable in fundamental combat gameplay such as aiming or positioning and can even have an impact on the network.
You can see a small example in this video by Ehroar:
What is supposed to change with Titan Skating? Bungie does not go into too much detail. The developers want to address the problem that allows these extreme movement speeds through unconventional inputs (for example, parts of the keyboard mapping to the mouse wheel, macro commands, etc.).
The studio emphasizes repeatedly that Titan Skating itself will not be restricted by this. They understand that this ability is part of the Titan class identity. The Titan should still remain the fast, aggressive jetpack warrior that many fans love them for.
It will still be possible to maximize hover and movement speed through skillful control inputs and thus enhance thrust. However, this should be used less excessively in the future. Guardians who do not use macros or resort to unconventional controls on PC should not notice any difference at all.
What do you think of these changes? Is Bungie unnecessarily clipping the Titan, or is this a sensible adjustment?
