Then perhaps the term "seriousness" or "tryhardness" is more accurate for that type of behavior. Because the majority of players just dont take pubs that serious. Its basically a no-brain, insta/perma-w death match. Thats how I play that mode and this comes from a guy that literally tryharded his pants off to get to master. So even if I have the tactical skills to get to master even though I am more of a diamond player, I just have no incentives to play with a tactical mindset in pubs. After 1000+ wins, winning a match in pubs is literally meaningless. If Respawn want to change this, they have to make changes to the game mode itself because you cant force people to care about something.
It isnt ideal by any means but that is the mindset I need to have both in pubs and solo Q ranked (because being matched with a premade duo in 9/10 matches who only care about each other) to have a good time playing this game. I would love if they re-designed the game, even pubs, to be more meaningful. I dont know exactly how but perhaps some reward for winning/top 3 or adding special "honor" rewards like skins and banners for acting "honorably" even in pubs.
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