S13 TTK

Personally I think the changes that have been made each season since season 10 have made the game harder and season 13 looks to make the game harder again.

For below average players like myself, increasing ttk can only be a bad thing. Although it will take longer for players to kill me it's gonna be even harder for me to kill them!

On the other hand decreasing head shot damage might be a good thing though for players like myself.

My aim is so poor I can barely hit my target let alone get a head shot if I'm lucky so most of the damage I do is body shots meaning that if a pro player has to do more damage for head shots then it could give me an extra few bullets to get more body shots in.

Although I expect I won't see any improvement and I'll still get destroyed 9 out of 10 games as usual. 

@Marge010 

I hear you and thanks for the reply. Since when have you been playing? I am vet from season 1.

I do not fully think that the changes are completely to fault for the game getting harder and harder, as players play more they learn and get better which translates into a generally higher skill base and of course harder games. 

In pubs you may have a valid point as quick matchmaking take priority and can leave you pitted against a few higher skilled players, however with how the new ranked system should work players will more than likely, hopefully, be pitted against more players of similar skill and rank while playing ranked matches, so maybe just maybe it will be more balanced with both the rank and TTK changes. 

The CAR hasn't been touched and is only affected by the helmet changes so it should be your best friend, high rate of fire for those body shots and or a couple of head shots and the recoil pattern is not to extreme or hard to compensate for. 

It may be harder for you to get the kill as well as be killed but that is where teamwork should help out more. That is part of the reasoning behind the changes, increase the need and dependency on teamwork to get the job done so to speak.

I understand its more focused on teamwork which again is another reason why I believe it will make the game harder for players like me who solo queue all the time.

I've been playing since season 2 and I was slowly improving throughout the seasons and i finally got to a place I was happy with my playing and my stats but since the beginning of season 10  I have gradually been getting worse and worse and just can't improve anymore.

I still keep playing but I really miss how the game was a year ago. 

@Marge010 

I do have to agree since S10 at times the game feels harder in general, but at other times it feels like I am playing vs bots.

I have slowly very slowly ben increasing in skill and seem to have not yet reached a peak and topped out so to speak. 

I also agree that the Solo Q player will have a tough time of it in S13 at least at the start until other Solo Q players or players in general that play with Randoms learn that playing as a team will have net benefits for themselves and their "team" . with that in mind three stacks or two stacks will benefit from the changes as they are already playing as a team.

I play with two friends quite religiously on Fridays so we are looking forward to these ranked changes. However I also play 2-3 other times during the week Solo Q and although it can be hit and miss at times with who you get and play styles I find that most of the players I get will actually try to play as a team. I play ranked for the most part though because in Pubs there is just two many hot droppers and players with the Me, Me, Me attitude.  

@hayhor  I guess this is why they reduced syringe/cell spawn rates though?(Higher TTk negated by decreased access to healing essentially balancing out the average fight length). Although to me that just feels like a greater advantage to mobility legends.

Idk, looking to be a smg season judging by the various changes across the weapon pool....Time to dust off the ol' r99 I guess.

@MandatoryIDtag yes that sounds about right, CAR for the W.

@hayhor Yes I understand the argument and it is a valid point. But a longer TTK + longer Kill assist timer (Ranked) will help to gain KP/RP. 

As for EA I believe part of the equation is longer fights = more playing time/enjoyment, IDK, what's a second or two? For some it will be the difference maker for others not. Either way there should be less insta melting.   

@hayhor I will answer your question later when I am back on the pc. It is a very good question and deserves the best answer that I can give even if it is not all that great.