For a small map, KC is a sniper’s heaven
For a small map, KC is a sniper’s heaven. Currently in Plat III battling against past masters and diamond players and everyone is playing more cautiously hence the long range meta is alive and well i...
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@hayhor
Almost none do. I assume that's a feature of scrub lobbies, and that if I ever got a tougher group of opponents then I'd see more people playing this way. As things are, whether it's a game feature or just a lower-skilled lobby thing, it definitely works to my advantage, so I'm all for it. Even when it's my own clueless squadmates, I have no business complaining. I'm just constantly surprised by the team slayer mentality because it seems so obvious to me that you can't play this game in that way and expect a good result. I assume everyone else would come to the same conclusion. WRONG.
Almost none do. I assume that's a feature of scrub lobbies, and that if I ever got a tougher group of opponents then I'd see more people playing this way. As things are, whether it's a game feature or just a lower-skilled lobby thing, it definitely works to my advantage, so I'm all for it. Even when it's my own clueless squadmates, I have no business complaining. I'm just constantly surprised by the team slayer mentality because it seems so obvious to me that you can't play this game in that way and expect a good result. I assume everyone else would come to the same conclusion. WRONG.
@reconzero OK well cheese is playing in lobbies like that. To get that far you have to know how to rotate. Or be in a 3 stack of slayers but even those people wise up when you have to get to top 5 just to get positive points.
So the teams that drop in those areas have huge advantage if they realize they have zone. You can't push because there are people at each spot.
So the teams that drop in those areas have huge advantage if they realize they have zone. You can't push because there are people at each spot.
- @hayhor
If you're saying that one squad with one or two snipers can completely lock down one of those areas to the point where movement - leaving aside the push - is not possible... then I have to take you at your word, although that couldn't be less true for me when I play that map. So now I'm asking myself: is this "problem" real to the point that the map is really uncompetitive at higher levels of play, or are higher level players somehow more rigid and less creative in their ability or willingness to address the way maps play? I ask the question because I see the vast majority of players every single day who try to force the game to conform to their personal idea of how it should work, rather than adapting their own gameplay to the way the game actually does work. I assume this is an issue across all skill levels, especially when I see high-profile examples like the gold knock-down shield. This seems like that to me.- @reconzero Simply put, it comes down to game awareness, which imo, is mostly seen in higher end lobbies. You won't see a 3 stack gate keeping with a vantage, teammates using a charged senty, or skull piercer longbow three taping you in gold lobbies or below.
Thank you for the spot on post.
I have yet to be locked down by a Sqd.
game awareness, positioning and know when to rotate out of a bad fight position is what keeps me winning and placing top 5.
snipers are not all that bad when you know how to deal with them. At any level of play.
I have lead ransoms to wins because I identified a mid game bad fight and we played smarter by rotating away and on to victory, one cannot win every fight but if you play smart you can win some games and mitigate RP loss/gain by placing higher.
to many players are playing W for the loss and they do not understand why they keep losing when they push fights they cannot win.
- @Asmodeus566 So you aren't getting Vantage Ult charge riffled by 3 stacks? Not sure about your Plat lobbies, but that's a regular basis thing for me in my Plat lobbies.
