This has been bugging me for a while.I get that where most people to, "there is loads of loot", but there is a large downside to it.I played regs and now play ranked, and for some reason, folks insist on jumping of straight away, and landing with a bunch of people, which results 90% of the time of team getting eliminated. Funny thing is, the drop-ship always approaches from different direction, and the more higher up the rank I go, the more folks want to land in to the scuffle, now if anything good happened, I would be all for it, but they die, then I get my jump-pad and try to escape, ending up being alone. Is there something I am not getting? The way I see it, there is loot all over the map, my combo of choice is a R99 with G7 scout, and can be found almost anywhere. So why not wait a little, and maybe loot and gather stuff before jumping head in to death?

@Pretzelnutcake Sorry. The OP had mentioned ranked so I thought you were as well.I just have fun in casual. Sometimes it's comedy gold, sometimes frustrating and sometimes you hit great randoms and realise how good this game is when people play as a unit.I hate the no pinging. It's easy enough to do lol. Oh and I also hate the, team mate starts a fire fight so I go to help out. Team mate then decides to retreat with no ping and leaves me to get boxed. Yeah, thanks for that.Sorry I got my wires crossed/misunderstood your post.

hot drop or not it depends on the skill, but overall, you need to find balance between looting too much and looting too little, the key is loot enough to handle the (urgent / non urgent) situation, if not urgent loot more, if urgent loot less. The thing is if you loot too much and waste time too much, you might get killed and waste time (looting) without shooting even a single bullet. I usually drop bunker, it's a semi hot drop, it can be a really hot drop but not that often compared to skull town, the reason is it's a nub filter (to gauge nub performance). If the nub die, then I don't have to waste time looting looting and then find out later that teammates suck. Bunker is perfect to do this for me because I'm a Caustic.What I need to be explained is the logic of why nub and FNG keep pinging and drop skull town (or jump straight down after the timer) when they don't even have the skill?Are they, on a suicide mission? Trying to get easy / fast kill? (lol u wish) Trolling? Brainwashed sheep? Or 9 yrs old?

I don't blame the game. When people play as intended, and think about their actions and work with their team mates, the game is fantastic. I've had amazing random experiences.People still drop in absolutely crap places, with poor loot. That kind of start can easily ruin your game. I see high level players drop in crazy places where there is no hope for a team of three to get geared.Why oh why do people pick a game geared/designed around team synergy to play, then not play as a team? I just don't get it.

@Silz616 I've never played a single ranked match nor do I have any intention of doing so because I don't have a mic and don't want to be a liability so don't worry. Even in casual I try to communicate and coordinate with my random teammates but 90% of them don't even say where they're landing or rotating which is why I just YOLO it and see what happens, if we win great but if not then I expected it

@Pretzelnutcake wrote:@Silz616 I've never played a single ranked match nor do I have any intention of doing so because I don't have a mic and don't want to be a liability so don't worry. Even in casual I try to communicate and coordinate with my random teammates but 90% of them don't even say where they're landing or rotating which is why I just YOLO it and see what happens, if we win great but if not then I expected it For what it's worth, playing with a headset makes the whole experience much better and it's easier to figure out where sounds are coming from directional-wise. Get a headset with a mic! In all seriousness though, you can totally hang in Ranked without a mic as long as you are solid with the pings and stick to your squads. Don't get fancy and go off on your own. As long as you're within close proximity of your squadmates to be able to assist nobody will mind. Hopefully someone is on the team calling the shots so you can just follow their lead.

Can someone explain to me the logic of landing?

18 Replies

lBreathTakingl
6 years ago
hot drop or not it depends on the skill, but overall, you need to find balance between looting too much and looting too little, the key is loot enough to handle the (urgent / non urgent) situation, if not urgent loot more, if urgent loot less. The thing is if you loot too much and waste time too much, you might get killed and waste time (looting) without shooting even a single bullet. I usually drop bunker, it's a semi hot drop, it can be a really hot drop but not that often compared to skull town, the reason is it's a nub filter (to gauge nub performance). If the nub die, then I don't have to waste time looting looting and then find out later that teammates suck. Bunker is perfect to do this for me because I'm a Caustic.
What I need to be explained is the logic of why nub and FNG keep pinging and drop skull town (or jump straight down after the timer) when they don't even have the skill?
Are they, on a suicide mission? Trying to get easy / fast kill? (lol u wish) Trolling? Brainwashed sheep? Or 9 yrs old?
MandatoryIDtag
6 years ago
See i personally think Containment is the best landing spot, fairly consistent for good loot, not overly busy and in easy access of a number of highly populated drop points, plus you'll rarely have to sprint for miles to the next circle.
It all boils down to personal preference frankly, but yeah.Containment!
Koochi-Q
6 years ago
@TrancyGoose Everyone wants to die quick in videogames cause they’ve lived long in rl? XD
DrenMadre
6 years ago
If you're talking lower levels in ranked......with no "join" cost, it's quicker to hot drop and take a chance on fast points than slow drop and place......
why play for 5 minutes for a top 10 (2 points) when you can hot drop and maybe get those 2 points (or more) in seconds?
It does seem to get better as the cost of ranked goes up........sometimes lol
TrancyGoose
6 years ago
I am at silver 2 now, as I don't get that much play time as I would like. Am I wrong when I want to loot and gear up a little before charging in? 🙂 Hopefully it will get better when i progress higher up.
Silz616
6 years ago
@TrancyGoose YOu are right. Nothing wrong with wanting at least a semi usable loadout before engaging, but idiots will be idiots. Even higher up in rank, people still want to drop at utterly stupid locations.
Repulser is THE best drop in the game. Tons of high tier loot for a full squad, followed by wetlands/relay/airbase or runoff depending on the dropship flight path, and the amount of teams that either drop quick or wait.
I still find people wanting to drop where there is only 1 or 2 buildings with poor loot and not enough for the team. They are the ones who most likely come to the forum to say they cannot find a gun or amour. Where you drop and the loot you get determines (or goes a long way at least) how your game will pan out. That fact is lost on the bulk of the community unfortunately.
Stick with it. The great games make up for the not so great ones.
Aw3somePlayeR
6 years ago
If you are playing with randos, in most cases they don't care about winning, people just want action. If you survive, you survive, if not they join another game to hot drop again and again.
Same mentality in standard games. Most people have microphones, but they don't talk, and they constantly hot drop to get wiped out, over and over again.
That's why games that force you to play in teams as only option, are cancer.
Solo mode can't come fast enough.
Silz616
6 years ago
I don't blame the game. When people play as intended, and think about their actions and work with their team mates, the game is fantastic. I've had amazing random experiences.
People still drop in absolutely crap places, with poor loot. That kind of start can easily ruin your game. I see high level players drop in crazy places where there is no hope for a team of three to get geared.
Why oh why do people pick a game geared/designed around team synergy to play, then not play as a team? I just don't get it.
Pretzelnutcake
6 years ago
@TrancyGoose Foe me personally it's because if I don't see some action early on I'm going to be half asleep by the time we get into a teamfight and even with good gear the chances of winning is extremely low at that point. Also it's better to land in a popular spot with good loot and die with a kill or two rather than land somewhere quiet and get wiped because all you had was a p2020, mozam and white shield (this happened to me today, knocked two but got third partied by much more fortunate players)
Silz616
6 years ago
@Pretzelnutcake Play like that in casual please. Ranked should be play to win, not hot dropping for 2-3 kills to die. You are ruining it for your team mates.
I'm sick to death of seeing this mentality in ranked.