S20 Crafting is a step backwards
With the launch of Season 20 crafting items and replicators has changed. They removed the ability to craft attachments, weapons, bags, helmets and instead have 4 items that remain the same. However, ...
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@badAtOrigin They were changed to stop people from crafting med kits out of zone, and then they also added something to the ring where if you stay in it, it will deal more damage than the current ring's, just to stop you from camping.
In other words, blame the 24/7 ranked zone healers for this change.
In other words, blame the 24/7 ranked zone healers for this change.
@Midnight9746
Forgive the show of ignorance, but every time I ever tried to use a crafter outside the circle the game wouldn't let me. Is this a thing where you have to throw down a heat shield to make it work? If so, just how abused could that mechanic be? And who cares anyway? It isn't as if that squad can just camp there for the rest of the match. Eventually they have to make a run for it, right? There is no endless supply of heat shields, unless I missed some map update....
- @reconzero Crafters got changed because of 24/7 ranked zone healers who play with a Lifeline.
Basically they:
- Have a Lifeline on the team dropping the drone when they can
- Get materials to craft nothing but med kits
- Use heat shields to negate ring damage and place at least top 5 by doing nothing but healing
Crafters before and now can be used outside of the ring, the difference is that now, each crafter is a ONE time use. So, if you had used a crafter and then its out of the ring, its still a one time use.
Heat shields used to be IN the crafters when they first got released and players were using bugs, (such as using a Caustic trap), to duplicate heat sheilds. This, as you imagined, allowed players to survive the ring way longer than they should by either crafting or glitching heat shields.
Honestly, instead of changing the system, they could of just added the, "hey, you got 5 minutes to get into the next ring, or we kill ya" timer, or limited med kit crafting to 1-2 per player. Can't camp outside of the ring, if you aren't given the option to craft more than 1-2 med kits.
I hope they at least change the crafting to where we can craft 3 items, but it can only be one of the options each. Meaning one med, bat, and ammo PER crafter, or getting a banner instead of one of the 3 other choices. Its a little annoying deciding if you should craft or not when you have a support legend, as you could get yourself a shield battery, however you might need that same replicator to craft a banner. You'll never know, and honestly that's just ugh to me.
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