Thirsty Mfs (half rant)

@SheepsKingFor me its situational, if you’re in an area with us and can relay my teams position to your team I’m going to thirst you. Downed players watching you can give their teammates info on your movement which can mean certain death for you. If I need to pop a bat/cells I’m probably going to thirst. I understand that they can hear it. But sometimes they don’t, sometimes they are popping one as well, cancel the bat and come finish you off mid battery.

Most situations such as the one you said I ignore it. Occasionally i’ll need ammo or a battery, if a downed enemy is near me I’m probably going to thirst and grab one.

I never used to thirst people in season one and two. With the rise in trolls, bad player, cowards and potato players I almost always Thirst if I knocked them down. My stats took a hit in the first 2 seasons compared to the last three seasons.

Nothing is better doing 570 damge (no sniper rifle) and 0 Kills because your team can't take out one person and your left trying to finishing off the squad your self after taking a massive damage hit and losing because You needed to heal a little bit.

Also;

I do thirst the downed players sometimes that were knocked from another person. if their is more then one team in the area battling it out don't want to take on a another full squad that is healed and lose the fight.  One squad of three and a squad of two is easy to take out then worrying about that two full squads could be coming for you, It just makes it easier to deal with. 

It's a BR game it's all about winning, I do what ever it takes to win I don't care anymore. As long I'm winning it legitimately  and I'm not cheating I don't care how I win anymore as long it's a win.

@RevenanT-G7 I mean, I get that it's situational and has the benefits you stated, but also I don't really feel like a winner for fighting a downed opponent over a live one. It just rages me, being forced to watch some ratt with a triple take spend 5 minutes waiting for me to drop my shield, moving behind walls and back out like they're really pulling some mind game on me.

@SheepsKing My weekly says get 50 kills. You bet your butt I'm thirstin' every last person even if it gets me killed. 

That sounds frustrating but if it's a one off incident, I'd just move on.

Bad play could be a reason.  Another reason is people either focused on K/D ratios as if it were the point of the game, Kills so they don't lose rank points, or kills to accomplish challenges.  All those three things can lead people to do stupid assassinations selfishly, than just realize to play with their squaddies will lead to more net kills.  You know how it is, many people aren't team oriented, and there are things in this game which weirdly encourage you to not play as a team.

I know that assassinations aren't always wrong, when sometimes they might seem like they do.  In the super early game, right after drop, you might kill someone if you don't have a suit of armor and haven't picked up enough ammo and a fight is on.  Because you're pretty much useless anyway, and if someone bothers to stop your attempt, maybe your squad mate can kill them, or he'll pick up your box later anyway if you live.  I've seen it in late game because you just never got enough shields or health, and/or your armor is wasted and you do have the cover so you're trying to make a box to loot asap to bring yourself back for the final fight.

But these are rare.  More often than not, yeah, people are trying to register a kill and not thinking straight.  *shrug* that's public play, you know?

What's bothering me more now is the 1 after the other walking into death.

Teammate gets downed... or elim.

Next teammate wants to rush in on their own and face the same fate. Then expect remaining teammate to follow same fate.

You're better off waiting til you both have reasonable health and charging together.

At least thirsting downs gets you kills /stops revives. Doing the above just gets you killed.

@SheepsKing 

Strafe side to side or a circular motion to dodge the shot's with out using your knock down shield. {this is what I normally do when downed and I don't put up a knockdown shield}

Nothing is more funnier then being a moving downed target and watching your enemies miss at a distance or up close. while watching them miss shot after shot and emptying a mag and having to reload or trying to punch you.

Then they are the one's being engaged by another team or your teammate while they're focusing in on you. And they get knocked down / Eliminated while your other teammate picks you up.

lol, hope this Tip helps. 

** Side note this does take a little practice to master, but funny when you can do it.**