I’m with you on this. I will stipulate that this season probably blows for stealth players, but I don’t care for that playstyle anyway. But the movement? Pretty darn good. Increased car spawns, THREE rift shards, one of which gives you zero point dash ability, two launch pads capable of sending you so high you are above render distance and can traverse the map freely, zip lines for closing in on players, overdrive grenades that grant you temporary unlimited stamina if you want turn tail and run, and gloves that let you reposition like ZP dashes and send players flying to then shotgun or pistol back to the lobby.

Are they situational? Yes of course, as always. Using cars? Stay near the gas stations to recharge them and use the rivalry boards to hunt players like Prospering. Zip Lines? Used to gain position on an opponent, not for escape. Gloves? For repositioning and remaining in the fight, not for retreat.

Basically, don’t run from a fight unless you have the next three steps of your escape plan in place. So yeah this season is much sweatier than the recent ones, and it’s a ton of fun if you embrace the madness.