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@reconzero I think you might have misread my post a bit. My KDR when solo queuing is MUCH higher than when I play with either one or two friends queued together. It's because I am put in lobbies that better reflect my skill level. I don't think very much about how my randoms care to play, except that since I am not high skilled, I do have to wait until slower playing team mates catch up before pushing a team. Sometimes I have to rotate differently than I would prefer.  And that's honestly about all the allowance I make for them, besides trying to to help them out as I can, whether that be in a fight or their looting needs, because I do consider myself a team player.  If they are making terrible decisions, such as fighting at a big disadvantage or without regard for zone, or if they are bad team mates, then I am on my own.

I find that most randoms in my pubs, regardless of their skill level, are generally looking to play about the same way - find enemies, try to create an advantage, and push them. Rotate to zone and repeat. I'm not terribly concerned about winning games TBH, just looking to take intelligent fights and keep improving in the areas where my skills are lacking.

From reading your posts, I think that we play quite differently from each other. While i am not generally a hot drop Harry, I actively look for, and take, fights throughout a match.  For me, a 3-4 kill game, coming in 3rd or whatever, is a complete success, and any game where I come out with a 1+ kdr is good enough for me. I understand and respect your concept of playing more for the win, but it doesn't concern me that much. That said, I have only played one solo queue match this season, just this last week, and it was in fact a win as kill leader, with all of us contributing about equally.  Batting 1000 so far, lol!

Good luck out there, friend!

I see this in ranked arena honestly. Sometimes I am paired with inexperienced players. I had many 3v2 arena games where the enemy team was 1 man down from the start and we won 3-0. From the first round it was clear who was going to win. My question is... why didn't they quit after the second round? We won, they lost RP... these players are so inexperienced that they don't even know they can quit without penalties if they're missing a teammate! Why do they even play ranked of all things is beyond me. 

The fact that I haven't even touched the gunplay/movement aspect yet says a lot.

I had a 'noob' the other day who wouldn't change to blue armour. When I asked why he said he didn't like evo armour and was waiting until he found a normal one.

@reconzero I'm not ignoring your message. But it proved to give me food enough for thought that I don't yet have a clear, thoughtful answer to give you. In simple terms, I'm playing for self improvement so that I may become a better player, rather than trying to rack up wins.  I like the buzz of winning games as much as the next guy, but getting better is more important to me.  And avoiding fights to try to place higher will not help me achieve that goal.

@Cheese9Man Kind of a middle ground for me - when I make it to the late game, I (and my friends) start to play much more strategically.  After all, end game brings a whole bunch of other skills to bear, which I also want to improve upon.  My high skill friend with whom I play the most excels at this - I have spectated him winning many a game solo when I have been boxed and unable to be respawned, and he has IGL'd us into plenty of wins when were had lost our random third, as well.

I guess, essentially ditto what @hayhor just said.