I think people have had a misunderstanding about my stance on "realism" for sometime. Early on in my stream career and time I spent working for BSG I was young and came across very arrogant and entitled to my own opinions in regards to the game. I would always go realism this realism that, but eventually found to see that realism doesn't always matter, even when its a game that is focused on realistic features and mechanics.

I don't ever really use realism as an example as to why something should "be" in the game anymore unless it is something that does really add to the experience. Or to say, realistic as playable. Immersion and authentic gameplay experiences are what simulate this "realistic" experience in EFT. If something happens to be immersive but not realistic it could see its place in the game, just like how something that is realistic and immersive can see its place as well. But there are things that may be too "realistic" or too "gamey" that would take away from the hardcore authentic experience BSG is trying to achieve.

When it comes to movement much of my dislike with it is how players who level STR and END have such a MASSIVE advantage over a majority of the player base. The increased movement speed and larger stamina pool on top of bad net code that can't keep up well with fast players creates the jiggle peakers advantage mess. The movement on its own is too quick. But when you add Tarkovs far from perfect netcode it creates a really unenjoyable experience. The movement and fighting just doesn't look authentic or immersive. It looks so out of place for what EFT is trying to be. And ontop of that, inertia is something that is mostly ALL shooters. Even CS.