Ranked Valorant players spare no effort to win the competitive game, even if it means switching their cool usernames to random formations. This new glitch allows players to use ridiculously long tactical usernames to hide their endpoints. Although this doesn’t seem like a problem, higher ELO players are very upset. It’s a little known fact but endpoints help to keep track of enemy position, tactics and strategy in FPS.
Riot allows players to change usernames at least once a month. However, Valorant players found a legal but unfair loophole in the system that convinced them to stick with detailed IGN. You wouldn’t think a username could have anything to do with competitive play, but now it does. Weapons, strategy, and utility are no longer the only tools for victory.
A 16-character tactical username can hide high scores on the Valorant board, breaking the game for many. The casual Valorant player may not blink an eye, but it’s an annoying high MMR achievement.
The first reveal of the Valorant board moved the money. There were many complaints about too much economic information, but Riot stood by him. But now players have cracked the code to hide what they can with tactical usernames, and it’s unfair for many reasons.
The top bar indicates if the enemy is ready, but high-level Valorant players often use the score to read the enemy’s strategy. For example, if an enemy Raze is in a spot at the start of a turn and has a Showstopper ready without a kill during the turn, that means the agent is somewhere around the orbs. You cannot get this information through the top bar.
In a similar situation, if an enemy player with a powerful ult is on point, defenders can try to play aggressively, knowing that the enemy can run into the orb. Once again, these coins are a game changer in Diamond matches and above, where Rank Demons will consume Small Coins. From the enemy’s location to his strategy, everything can be learned by how his endpoints increase.
So players sacrificing their IGN Valorant awesomeness aren’t all that fun. Instead, it’s a key exploit that unfairly alters the board. Valorant has been around for over two years, but this trick is still new. Now that it’s open, Riot may implement a character limit or other workaround to maintain the integrity of the game.
Riot Games recently overhauled Valorant’s UI and changed it after a player’s response. The developer may consider making the necessary changes to the Valorant Episode 6 Act 1 board, which is already loaded with potential new updates.
Source : PC Gamesn
