Punching your own squadmates, why?

@Professor_Doggy Punching is done by 9yo's and individuals with the brain of a 9yo because they saw some streamer do it and thought it would make them look cool, ignore and move on or better yet leave the lobby and let them die alone.

As for friendly fire the answer is simple, no.

@Professor_Doggy short answer, its fun.

Seeing a teammate watching over a ledge for enemies and than pushing them off is pretty fun, not for the receiving side but for the other two because they see you helplessly fall down a hill or off a house.

Friendly fire is a dangerous game. Fortnite had it and teammates would be killed by their own guys just for having good loot and was finally just taken off.

PUBG still has it and unless you play with your squad, more often than not, you will be killed by your own team for bad plays or just having more better loot.

Punching teammates is fun if you can get into it, its like when players use to ping MOZ, no one wanted it but it was just to mess around considering it doesn't really have consequences besides being annoying.

My teammates do it to me all the time and I do it back. Just a little fun in the game and it kinda helps hiding your AFK teammate who went to the bathroom or whatever.

@iBlockHead Happened to me today and I can definitely agree with the part where it isn't fun for the recipient. Got paired with a Indian duo, muted them like I do to anyone who talks too much or makes any unnecessary noise, went about my business fighting and looting and I thought I heard footsteps so I slowed down to listen and this * comes up behind me and punches me, everything was quiet and I was focusing on picking up noises so this gave me a * heart attack, I ignored him and kept going when the other * shoots me out of nowhere, at this point I realize they're a bunch of * and went solo, just another reason why I hate duos

@Pretzelnutcake the same reason duos hate randoms

@ElBirri I'm not following you, they hate randoms for not putting up with their *?

@Professor_Doggy If friendly fire was enabled they would be shooting you instead of punching you, most people in this game are either complete idiots or simply don't care about the outcome. I can't stand playing teams but I keep playing in hopes they will make solos a thing, which seems doubtful at this point. EA has evaded making a statement on solos so that's where we're at.

@Jman91275 That is probably true about getting fragged. Maybe EA could just disable the teammate being able to hit another teammate. There's no practical use for it, no circumstance where it might be a benefit rather than a liability. I also concede it could be funny watching a teammate fall off a high place especially if they aren't Pathfinder (which I wasn't). There are some things in this game that feel like they don't belong, like punching a teammate. I also wonder how different it would be if there was falling damage. It might make players who camp out in high places a little more wary if they knew that one slip and they're dead.

@Professor_Doggy "Why do they punch people?"

>> Here's why: It's fun and it could also be the fact that you're in their way or they think you're AFK.

My friend punches me when I stay still for too long, even if I'm just typing in the chat and it's very annoying.

I never got "randomly" punched unless I picked up an item someone had eyes on. Which I always drop for them, even if I wanted it. (Unless they decide to be a * about it).

Had a guy hit me and ran off because I picked up a Med Kit.

Another reason, which is why I punch people is to move them out of the way and into safety. Had a Claustic yesterday who AFKed right in front of the bunker doors and I just punched him inside so he wasn't an easy target for anyone running up from the outside.

So tl;dr, Reasons:

- They wanna annoy you
- They think it's funny
- They're seeing if you're still connected to the game
- You picked something up that they wanted
- They got triggered at you for some unknown reason
- They don't want you to be shot at
- They envy your weapon

*In my HONEST opinion, it be easier if you can "grab" and drag the player like it was Little Big Planet, but give them the option to break free from your grasp and set a block. This way you can drag knocked players, you can pull afk people to saftey, and it's a lot less annoying being hit. Besides if they grab you near an edge, they're gonna most likely fall with you.

My last 2 cent is to turn off the knockback damage / exiting boxes when hit by them. Allow the contract to still occure so they can still see if you're connected and everything mentioned above, but it would just be so much less annoying for you.

There shouldn't be any way to kill a teammate because there will always be that ONE kid, that *one* kid who hits your 123 with 6 arc stars and then run off into the sunset with your items. Or someone who just wanted to kill you.

I had people in other multi player games like Minecraft try everything in their power to kill me because I wasn't their friend and they were so determined to get me dead that they broke the block below me and watched me fall after placing fire below me didn't work. Since damage by falling isn't by teammate, it counted. But Apex, as we know, as that sweet sweet SWEET no fall damage. So like yeah