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Re: POI you think is bad and why

WE: Fragment, because of what it is and because game after game you end up dropping there. I will drop with my team unless they ping the suicide buildings, then I drop across at the respawn beacon. I usually get six bins to myself, but as the loot distribution is so poor that's no guarantee of getting anything decent.

O: If Waterfall I drop into the front second tier of the building and if you're lucky there's at least a sheild and a decent weapon so you can hit the teams fighting over the rear bins. Estates doesn't seem as hot a drop as it used to be but again it's all down to luck. Yesterday I searched three adjacent building ... no shields, no decent weapons. I had to run off to the closest bike store to actually get anything good. There's nowhere else I don't like to drop.

KL: I don't mind The Cage as I play Rev and he can climb right to the top and jump out. I am glad Slums is going as I always found that boring. Happy to drop most places.

There is a lot of 'luck' involved in dropping which is the one thing I hate about Apex. Playing the other day I dropped at a bin on WE at one of the newer POIs and an enemy Mirage dropped at the bin right next to me. I got a double-tap trigger and a thermite nade, he got a purple shield and a Spitfire. Guess who died first?

BRs should not be about luck.

5 Replies

dougieee
New Veteran
5 years ago
@EdwardDLuffy EVERY BR is about both luck and chance, take that away and you may as well "learn" csgo.
Imagine how dull this game would be if you knew where the circle would finish every time and worse if every zone was concentric, if you knew what loot would spawn where..........
Skill would win out every time cos sbmm is nothing short of laughable.
hayhor
Hero
5 years ago
@EdwardDLuffy You can avoid the luck situation of being right next to someone else opening a bin by not dropping with them. Luck is a part of BRs and always will be.
EdwardDLuffy
5 years ago
@hayhor So if I am not JM and the JM lands hot I'm supposed to not drop with my squad and leave them 2v3 or worse?
hayhor
Hero
5 years ago
@EdwardDLuffyThat is up to you. If my JM is a random who jumps hot I break off and look for a spot nearby that others are not going, get stuff and then go help. I want at least a chance to kill someone before I fight.
I've jumped to so many locations I've figured out where the not so popular spot is on even the hot drops.
KelRiever
5 years ago
Fragment is the worst in WE. Train Yard is super fun but also a bad spot.
Kings Canyon has too many to name.
Olympus is just one season in but Estates can be over dropped into.
Pretty much any centrally located, good loot zone is a problem for hot drops. I think if you drop in a central location, you are leaving yourself open to a quick game, but if you are going to do it, it's best to land just outside the zone and come at it, so you don't have teams on all sides of you.
I like dropping far and on the fringes. It means running a lot, usually, and you do end up with fights, because there are still a lot of players in the game. Even if you don't get a fight right away, you can move in with gear on where you hear the combat happening, and you are usually doing it without, again, having people on all sides of you.