I don't know what happened the other night, but I haven't had such a bad session in months.
First duo game, I land in Geyser, see another duo landing in the same area and runto find a PK and a RE-45. Teammate gets shot at while looting, throws a grenade at the enemies then runs away. I push to blast them with the PK and notice the enemy Octane running straight to me. Throw a termite and a frag, he doesn't stop, doesn't take damage. PK him 2 times, 30 something damage total. He starts punching me from 5-10 m away, and my last shot goes right through him right before I get punched down. I get to spectate the teammate, who is still looting, see him grabbing 2 Spitfires, a blue heavy mag, blue stock, 2x HCOG and a blue armor before deciding to come back for my banner. He manages to get it and runs into the geyser to get fast to the respawn beacon. As he lands, I hear footsteps behind him. The other duo is chasing him but not shooting. My teammate turns around very late just to see the same Octane pushing him. He dies just like me, punched out of existence, barely able to land 2 Spitfire shots. It was surreal...
Second match, my teammate is a Diamond Wraith. We land in a safe spot, she pings stuff, points directions. Wow, what a great teammate, we're going to shake the lobby this time. After getting decent weapons and sufficient ammo for a minute or two, we start moving towards the next ring around the Epicenter, to get some action and hopefully some blue / purple armors on our way. Wraith goes straight through the Geyser area, while I lag a little behind, looking around to prevent an ambush. Wraith is 50 m away and spots enemies in the houses between Capitol City and overlook. Action time! Yeah right...Wraith gets boxed in 4.2 seconds and 10 seconds later I get wiped out by 2 simultaneous shots. Don't even know how I got the 30 damage, maybe my Gibby's deathbox hit one of them as it jumped out of my cold body.
Third match, where's my teammate? Ok, solo it is, let's see if I can at least do Bang's daily chore (5 headshots). I get a CR and a purple mag Spitfire, purple armor, meds shield batteries, I'm good to go. Reaching the hill west of Capitol City, I see players fighting around the buildings and start scraping 6s out of them. Some run away, then I see a duo on a closer building. Time to fry them...12....12...6...37....reload...ok, let's resume. Hmm why is Lifeline sitting like a duck...then I hear the Kraber and my beam which was intended for the head goes straight up the sky. Nice... Ring is closing, I have to move, damn... Lifeline is waiting patiently for me to peek or move out in the open, Path has ziplined to my right and waits to flank me from a high rock to my right. Smoke, artillery strike, run, get R301-ed and Krabered, Death. Total damage? 89, Charge Rifle is sooooo OP....
Ok, time to get back to trios for a few rounds of warmup. Why do I share this in a duo related topic? Well, first trio match becomes a duo right from the dropship, as the third one disconnects. A minute later, my second teammate disconnects. What the heck... Anyway, I end up 1v3-ing with a Longbow / Flatline combo and, as expected, die with a decent amount of damage (500+) but no kills. At least Gibby's chore is complete (deal 200 damage).
Fine, let's go into another trio match. Yay, we are 3 this time. Jumpmaster decides hot drop, I'm good. As we dive in, we don't see the 3rd guy flying around, and 5 seconds later he disconnects. Well, *, duo again. Jumpmaster tries to steer away but it's too late and we land between buildings. Easy to imagine what happened next.
Duo, match four, land in Outlook, meh loot. Enemies in sight! I draw my triple take, enemy draws longbow. I do 24, 24, 24.... 24. He does 110, 55. The end.
Match five, with a Mirage. Land safe, get decent weapons, purple armor, no encounters until top top 10. Ring is around capitol city in the 3rd round. Mirage pings an enemy, shots once then stops moving. I observe, ready a grenade, push in. Deathboxes everywhere, no threat in sight. OK, let's enter the buildings area. Mirage is chased by a Path and a Wraith. Path is downed, yay, let's flank the Wraith, finally some easy pray. Of course she phases out. I throw a termite to end poor Path's misery, then hear Wraith coming back to the rescue. Throw another termite, ready my R301 and ... just as I come out of cover, a grenade explodes in my face, wiping out my shiny purple armor. Mirage is 100m away, well, let's die with honor. Aaaa...grenade drops left, grenade drops behind, grenade drops right, I'm down. 3-4 teams coming in from all directions, Mirage comes for the rescue and dies before I get the chance to write him to run away from this hell.
Damn it, maybe it's not the night for Duos, let's get back to trios for one more round before I hit the pillow and hopefully get a kill this time to break the curse. I'm the jumpmaster, good, let's just drop somewhere close. I ping Skyhook, no one objects. Cool! I jump alone, come ooooooon, not solo again! Oh no, I'm teamed with a duo of predators, they want Capitol City, aaaargh! Why don't you say so, yoiu...you.... screw this, let's steer around and land around them, maybe there's a slim chance they don't die and I get my third daily chore completed (finish in top 3). Of course, I land late, there are fights in every building, bullets flying all around, my teammates are at 50 and 25 health, with no armor, but getting some kills, so there's hope. I manage to grab a Hemlok and Havoc on my way to the duo "associates, then start shooting and pinging enemies assaulting their building from all directions. Fight after fight after fight, I ping enemies, shoot at them, they chase me, the predator duo wipes them. I manage to get a kill before them stealing it, yay . One of them gets killed eventually, i get the banner, teammate goes for the respawn beacon on the top of the building and manages to get his duo back right before getting attacked again. I try to ambush the enemy, but the duo melts him instantly. Last squad, duo doesn't wait for me, attacks the enemy trio that has higher ground, Kraber and L-Star. I go full in with grenades and Spitfire rain, but get downed in the process. Teammate Lifeline is near, downs my attacker but, instead of reviving me, heals back and then goes out in the open and revives her fellow predator. All enemies manage to get back on their feet and I sit near the rock to watch powerlessly the 2 v 3. My duo associates got the win, but it felt sour. 25 team kills, only one for me.
This concludes my first "duo" experience, if you reached this line, thanks for reading :P
