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ickadoo
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9 hours ago

S28 Wildcard Respawns Are Killing the Pacing

I play a lot of wildcard and I've really been loving it, but this season the new respawns, where it tries to put you further from the fight, have really started to dull my enthusiasm for it.

From a gameplay standpoint I see why it was done, but the reality is that nearly everyone is still just flying back to the same fight, especially as wildcard can kinda breed a specific rivalry between you and another team, and sometimes it's fun to just 3v3 till the zone pushes you off. 

I feel like wildcard  is built to be fast paced and fun, and I don't feel it makes sense for the developers to decide where I land. In some fights I now spend as long gliding as I do fighting and waiting for a respawn, and it just kills that energy and pace that I love about this mode.

I've spoken to a few other players about it and I've heard the same thing, that S27's respawns were much better.

Additionally, the current respawn system is pretty broken. I find that I spawn in the ring occasionally, or that I spawn out at the skybox and can barely make it to land safely. If you do keep these respawn mechanics, at least tighten it up to the mainland of KC, and maybe a bit closer to where I died.

TL;DR
The new respawning system (that respawns you more into the ring vs where you died) is dulling the pace and energy of wildcard, please revert it back to how it was in S27.

3 Replies

  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    7 hours ago

    Thanks for the feedback ickadoo​! Really well laid out and reasoned here.

    I've seen a few of those respawns with the ring already breathing down my neck (or worse) as well, and that aspect has definitely been raised with the team. 

    Explaining your personal experience is always great feedback, happy to pass that along as the team continues looking at adjusting and updating Wildcard going forward. Having that rival squad where you're each desperately trying to close out that last kill before the respawns hit has led to some great fights for me, so breaking that up can definitely feel like a wrench has been thrown into things which isn't great (unless you're a Rampart main).

  • the respawn is awful, you spawn so far away that it ruins the pacing of it and theres no point by the time you get back because they already rotated to somewhere else.

    and the map itself is just pathetic, not one good drop spot and loot is horrid

  • ickadoo's avatar
    ickadoo
    New Rookie
    5 hours ago

    Thanks for passing it along. Hopefully it gets tweaked since I'm really liking the return of KC for wildcard and it's almost perfect for me rn! Loving the new shotguns so much.

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