Judging a player
Okay so there are alot of ways to actually judge a player(‘s worth). What do you pay attention to? at first I check which character they choose. Consensus (albeit not reliably) is pathfinder/octane/...
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@Cro_Pittt Remember, books have fancy covers made for judging that book by it XD. But you cant judge anything by stats or even one match. What you do in one match is like a snapshot. Maybe that person is actually quite good but now just doesn’t feel like it or is occupied or under the influence of something. But that snapshot is all you have to judge that pic by so it better be a good one.
It’s all the willingness to learn. I display prominent badges & markers to assert dominance. Most times ppl follow me and I dont steer them wrong. It’s when they stop doing what I ping or follow ‘too closely’ (by which I mean I’m flanking as Revenant and they just walk or run next to me) is when things go sour...
But to give credit, most humans (as studies have shown) are very narrow minded so if they engage in battle, all focus is on battle and not on ‘hey that guy’s pinging away from battle’ or before battle ‘that guy’s pinging enemy somewhere else than where I’m looking’ to actually center their attention towards that point...
It’s all the willingness to learn. I display prominent badges & markers to assert dominance. Most times ppl follow me and I dont steer them wrong. It’s when they stop doing what I ping or follow ‘too closely’ (by which I mean I’m flanking as Revenant and they just walk or run next to me) is when things go sour...
But to give credit, most humans (as studies have shown) are very narrow minded so if they engage in battle, all focus is on battle and not on ‘hey that guy’s pinging away from battle’ or before battle ‘that guy’s pinging enemy somewhere else than where I’m looking’ to actually center their attention towards that point...
@Koochi-Q Season 0- to about mid season 3 I checked stats badges etc. Honestly they don't really tell you anything. All of my legends have been stripped of all of the badges and trackers of any merit. I use the baller badge on every one and that is it.
First thing I look at is in game drop. Do you pick a spot, do you have the ability to loot and fight where you drop? Find out quick enough. In ranked almost every game is drop cage/skull town or pit. Most of those games I wind up solo or back at the lobby. Occasionally I get squad mates who can handle those situations and drops. No shield a p2020 and lets fight it out mentality only goes so far ya know.
Most of my opinions come from their decisions about moving and rotating circles. If they decide to go to the middle of every circle I start giving them a wide berth and edge rotating solo. Especially on KC, who the hell wants to be right in the middle where you are getting blasted from every direction? Another thing I watch is their ammo types. If I have a teammate with shotgun and light/ heavy ammo and I keep hearing a charge from them for their peacekeeper, and then subsequently followed up by a long range sniper shoddy shot, I am giving them a wide berth. I have had plenty of teammates this season die to charge havoc shots, I mean seriously sat there for 3 to the face before thinking maybe I should move.
Anyhoot I give almost no merit to the badges on face value. 4k 20 bomb, maybe they can handle themselves, maybe not. My experience has been most of them I have played with think they are invincible and use poor rotation and just jump into multi-squad fights without looking at the 3 squads outlying watching to see when they can come in and mop up.
No matter the badge or skill level i think landing skull town or on WE frag is a crap shoot. You are probably going to be fighting pre-mades that are talking to each other and can fight as a squad and in early game it is hard to get a sense of your random teammates anyways. Just my opinion, but it has also been my experience.
- @mastiffslinger So basically my way of thinking, except less emphasis on the badges.
Spoken like a true master (this is not sarcastic :P). I have to have something to either hype me up about someone or pull me down. I cant be neutral... hate that :P
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