Random 3rd Joins Minutes After Game Start?
I was in a Ranked match with a friend the other day & it was just the 2 of us at the start of the match. About 5 or 6 minutes in we get some random player thrown on our team! I was like wth did this ...
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@Lord_Scorpion34 Never experienced the late start, but I have had a few teammates who seemed like AI. You respawn them ping blue armor they ignore it. They then go running into a fight with a Moz no armor, no hop up. I thought was one AI but when I said what are you doing?! You're crazy, he responded with sorry this is my first match.
Ranked would be an odd place for a noob though. Did you look at their banner? Any badges or premium content?
Ranked would be an odd place for a noob though. Did you look at their banner? Any badges or premium content?
@DarthValtrex No I didn't think to do that. But just the username alone had me suspicious. Especially since they dropped in so late! They literally just popped up after we had got finished a fight.
- @Lord_Scorpion34 Did they drop to your location or just some random place? I know when people drop solo it can seem like you're on your own until you hit the ground and look for them on the map.
It also might have been some kid playing on their parents or siblings account. I have run into that. One of the people I game with has a 4 year old that likes to game with his dad. Every few rounds he'll run a match with us. He's actually not half bad for being 4! He'll also occasionally grab the controller when his dad takes a break and start up a match.- @DarthValtrex They literally appeared out of nowhere! No drop. Nothin! Just BAM! There's a Revenant! I'll upload the video tomorrow & post the link so you can see what I mean.
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@Lord_Scorpion34 I'd be very interested to see that video, thanks.
From my own games it seems something was loosened with adding a 3rd teammate, and I remember 2 games where I was sure we'd be dropping with a shortmanned squad, but a 3rd was added just before we dropped.
However this sounds like an extreme/potentially bugged version of this happening, and definitely something to look into.
