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Cheese9Man
4 years ago

Remove gold knockdown shields in ranked? People are crying for rank changes

It's another pros vs casuals topic that's heating up in the land of toxicity, reddit. With the upcoming year two of the ALGS, Respawn will be implementing some new rules and changes and I wanna ask y...
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Cheese9Man
4 years ago
@hayhor They were removed last time in the ALGS. The new thing that will be removed are the heat shields. 😃
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hayhor
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4 years ago
@Cheese9Man Wow I didnt even notice that last time. That is dumb. And heat shields being removed is even worse. So basically because tsm cant win anymore they need to remove anything they dont like. This is why I hate hal.
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    BaldWraithSimp
    4 years ago
    @hayhor And how does gold shield and heat shield removed from ALGS affect you? Their points are valid, it doesn't matter much in ranked because there isn't real money involved. People play pubs all day and call the people who are competing for money asking for good changes even just for ALGS 'dumb'

    If you watch any high level ranked, you will see a lot of teams staying for so late in zone with heat shields. It promotes degenerate behavior. Again doesn't matter in pubs or ranked that much, and removing it isn't going to make the ranked experience any different.
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      hayhor
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      4 years ago

      @BaldWraithSimpWell algs affects me as a viewer. Who doesnt love a comeback story? Why cant teams ride the ring and use heatshields when needed? The guy complaining is someone who prefers early rotations to sit inside buildings and wait. The game changed a bit and now teams that take some late rotation tactics are winning so guess what.....he is crying about it. I cant win change it! Waaaaaaah!

      Also my response was also in regards to whether they should just remove them from the game. No, pulling a clutch selfrevive or heat shielding when screwed is fun.

      • BaldWraithSimp's avatar
        BaldWraithSimp
        4 years ago
        @hayhor Same reason why Lifeline drone doesn't heal you anymore in storm so you can't just sit inside the ring deliberately and call it a 'tactic'. Gold knockdown wasn't removed due to one guy complaining, a lot of people were asking for it.

        You could kill one team and turns out one guy has a gold knockdown shield so you miss out on your kills, plus he gets higher positioning if you get attacked while trying to finish that guy. It's a lot different when money is involved, you were referring to algs when you said the rule is dumb. But whaaa, stop whining! I don't see the issue when I play pubs!
    • Cro_Pittt's avatar
      Cro_Pittt
      4 years ago

      @Gator762FMJ I was not referring specifically to Hal's post because i know basically most of pros hate gold knockdowns. And i also don't like them because i feel like it is not a skillful feature. You knock the entire team and still it's not enough to kill definitely the squad, and in the meantime you get thirdpartied. Maybe you manage to kill even that team, but then the solo that had a gold knockdown comes back at you and wins the game. It doesn't require any skill to do this and it happened to me multiple times (this usually happens in higher tier lobbies, lower ranks are not a issue). Don't get me wrong though, it's not like i hate them and i'm not saying it ruins the game entirely, but i feel like removing them at least in ranked would improve things. 

      I agree with all @BaldWraithSimp said. Pros also have the right to whine just like we do here on the forum asking for nerfs/buffs. I don't understand all this hate for them.

      • Gator762FMJ's avatar
        Gator762FMJ
        4 years ago
        @Cro_Pittt I haven't watched any Tournament play in a while, but earlier when I did I can't recall where a gold knockdown was ever a factor.

        I agree with @rockyboy1998
        "The gold knockdown is fun in pubs, it can be really useful at times but in ranked in honestly it's pointless. In ranked regardless of whatever knockdown shield you have you get finished instantly because of KP and it is very very rare that you even get the chance to crawl away to safety let alone self revive yourself."

        In ranked, I find even the regular knockdown shields almost pointless and would argue they need to cover a bigger arc, because whenever I am knocked I am finished in half a frickin' second from a quick side strafe R9 or PK blast.

        Whenever I pop something for gold loot, gold knockdowns are the single most disappointing thing, followed closely to a gold sniper mag. But I think they should remain in the game. They're fun in that 1 in 1000+ game where you actually pull it off. 🙂

        If the ALGS pros are ignoring knocked players to finish remaining members of the squad, it's on them. They know they are in the game. Of course, they also know they are not very common and are taking a gamble that the knocked player/players don't have one, and they're crying when they lose that gamble.

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