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Mast3rMirror's avatar
7 years ago

Looting Gear ! you doing it wrong !

I am level 79 atm log in 160 hours . 40+ wins . I tried to play in a group but most people that add me are on the same level as if I am playing with Randoms . atm I run solo Q . 

I noticed that most people doesn't matter if they high lever or low level are just wasting too many times looting for such long time . I had games where I saw my 2 teammates spending most of the game looting and meanwhile I hear shoots around us . 

even late game when top 4 -8 teams my teammates still looting. 

It is wrong to search every house and every corner for loot . 

the right way to loot need to be like this :

10-20% of game time length need to be spent on looting ~2-3min max. 

moment you find helm , shield , 2 weapons and 1-2 shield and 1-2 heals and ~50-100 ammo . you are done . 

From this moment you need to focus to hunt enemy teams because they will have most of the stuff you looking for anyway. 

you need that fighting experience . you cannot go into top 3-5 teams and not having a single fight as  a group . 

you will come undergear , you will no know what to do because your whole time you being looting. 

Loot isn't the point of the game . point of the game is to progress to be top 1 . you doing it by hunting other squads or have an idea where they are and what fight to take. 

you cannot shift your entire focus on looting.

From the jumpmaster to the landing all you need to think off . where the other teams are landing . look around while oyu land . so you know how to manage your looting time . at time you drop in a 3-4 teams you have basically 20 sec to loot whatever do group up and kill other teams . 

I cannot understand the passiveness of so many people .

you don't need a lot of loot to be effective in battles. 

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  • I have to agree with OP for the most part.

    I noticed that the more you play and the better you get, the more you notice people wasting time looting, making poor decisions and them not being able to keep up with you. I have found good randoms that I queue with, and I have real friends in discord that I play with regularly, and even they fall behind. If you watch high-level players on twitch, you'll notice they're always in front and looking for action.

    Now is that more important, or is the win more important? It depends what you want to get out of the game. If it was competitive mode, you'd look at how ELO points are calculated and whether high impact games will contribute towards your ranking. Since there isn't one, I play only to have fun with my friends and it turns out that the most fun I can have is by killing other squads. So a 1-kill win for me is a loss compared to a 14-kill ownage and domination where you get 7th partied and killed from behind.

    In fact, a 1-kill win is a disgrace and I would probably prefer to leave and forfeit the victory. The only exception is if you're a support player who's not particularly great at aiming, but you make decisions and strats in-game, still fight and deal damage, just don't end up finishing many enemies.

  • This isn't exactly wrong or right imo. I honestly feel like where you initially drop depicts if you can just quick loot and engage asap. Some people love to drop in high loot areas and start fighting immediately and then just loot their kills. Some people like to setup a ranged build and require more then someone running around with a wingman and peacekeeper meaning you don't really need much to make these weapons end game useable. doesn't work that way for all weapons. a triple take early game is a better shotgun then a peacekeeper IMO.  meaning everyone has their own preference in every game. 

    You can win either way, the problem is you need your whole squad on the same page, cant have one person Loot whoring and 2 engaging or vice versa, that is where the problem is and will always  in Solo Q>

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