I was going to post same idea, but maybe I can revive it here.
I see a lot emotional and personal perspectives in the thread.
Lets address some: "I will drop solo cause my team mates pick bad places to land" - you, sir, are equally bad team mate. And if you are thinking: "I don't give a * what some "idiot" thinks" proves my point. Yes, I totally agree and HATE it then JM jumps into train yard or other places I consider rubbish to start a game - but I know (and can see from people dropping solo) that some don't like places I choose. And I think those places are good starting positions. And yeah, sometimes you die instantly no mater where you land. That is part of Battle Royal, but to come here and suggest that you alone know good places to start and all other opinions are bad - just shows your 1) lack of understanding 2) that you are probably a bit of a *.
That being said. I agree that solo drops should be fixed. Cause simple fact is that even if you don't like the place JM chose, you have better chance to win together. Of course, if your goal is to just camp and hide your way into top 3, that is a different story.
I personally think this all should start with fixing JM selection. First of all they need to put "jumping out of the airplane training" in firing range somehow, so everyone could learn how to jump more than 600 m. which is basically just aiming at your location.
Second - JM shouldn't be random. I would argue that "I can be JM" option could be added either in menu before you press ready, or while choosing legends. That could solve some problems. And as plan B, if no one wants to be JM - you can 1) give it to player who had the most successful jump history during their games 2) the most experienced player with highest rank, or level.
Third - while in the plane, giving away JM should be only available one time each. if it comes back around - you drop. This all considering person chose to be JM in the first place.
And as for SOLO drops - it should be a limit for that and if you reach that you should get banned for a while at least for that game mode. And as a bonus you could make a button "avoid this team mate".
Or - forget all that and go full North Korea on players and No solo drops and JM can only land if at least one more player agreed with their choice :D
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