This is the reoccurring debate of ratting (campers) versus hot dropping (push squads), which there is no "wrong" method. It is just a matter of play style. Hot dropping is likely to get you killed faster than ratting. While I don't hot drop, I seldom stay in one spot for long hidden. Today for example; I was on Olympus and needed to get 3 neutral care packages. I needed to land at the clinic for the first one (easy pickings) but it meant I needed to jump early. I saw another team was landing at the clinic so I landed to one side and looted there. After 30 seconds I headed over to the clinic and they didn't bother to call for the package. I got my blue armor and called the package and of course it arrived with purple. I set out for the next nearest care package remaining very stealthy. But it was looted already. The last one was the other side of Terminal, since I was Valk, I used my ultimate to land near it. Inside was the bocek I got 2 out of 3 and was now in the top 5 without a fight. I ran over to Hammond Labs and started flinging arrows at random and finished 3rd with only 6 pts damage to my name.
As you can see, I had fun. The others playing had fun. I don't see that dropping in to play for 2 minutes in a 20 minute match is a lot of quality time spent. If I need survival on my daily, the very worse thing I will do is hide inside the first ring, and go grab a coffee or use the bathroom. Sometimes I have landed dead last and next to me will be an AFKer or someone who got called away at the wrong moment. I will punch them to death, but that was their misfortune or bad decision.
How would we know they are camping and not just off using the bathroom or putting out the grease fire on the oven?
@Xubunnytwoat least from what you’ve described, you’re still engaging with the game from what it sounds like.
As for your other point, I didn’t outline this in my main post because I didn’t want to drag it on too long but here’s what I’d recommend at least (if it’s even possible)
They would have to find a way to either put a “get back in the game” warning on hiding spots that are NOT on the ground or somehow time out people who, say, hide up in trees or on mountain tops. Personally, I don’t care if someone camps while they’re on the ground because it’s easier to be found by other teams compared to up in a tree somewhere. And you’re right, if I have to camp for a minute because I need to step away, I’ll go hide somewhere on the ground generally, so as a result, idc if that gets penalized.
This is more about campers who sit up in trees or mountaintops the entire match as a valk or pathfinder and cannot be seen by people on the ground and, as a result, don’t contribute to the whatsoever. It annoys me so much to have a teammate that will land on the other side of a map from me and go sit up somewhere where the average player on the ground can’t see them and you know they’re deliberately camping as opposed to needing to step away from the game for a minute.
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