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4 years ago

Why do 99% of players do this in BR games?

Almost every match I play (not just in Apex, but any BR I've tried), it feels like 99% of the lobby drops at the same location and just leaves the rest of the map almost deserted... I've wondered this and asked this for years. Sure, you're right in the action, but fat load of good that does you if you can't find a weapon vs. the guy who found a fully kitted havoc and melts you and your team in the first 5 seconds of the match... Sounds super fun, and...I guess for that lucky guy who did find the havoc and got some kills, it is, but how many games did he play before having that lucky hot drop, and how long before he runs out of ammo and heals and dies to the inevitable third party?

Why am I in the minority of players who like to drop quietly, loot for a bit, then find some action? How can people have fun panic grabbing whatever is in front of them and hope it's a weapon that can actually kill, then realize they have a mozambique/p2020 vs. someone who found a peacekeeper/r301 or another actual weapon... Literally my experience 99% of the time if I'm forced to drop "hot and sweaty" (if I'm even lucky to find a weapon at all that is *dies with an inventory full of white shotgun bolts*).

Heck, even if I have control of the jump, 99% of my random teammates either break off and go hot, or land with me to just pick up like one thing and run off before I've even had a chance to find a gun... Either they're crazy and think they can take on the world with nothing, or they're that lucky guy who got the fully kitted weapon first try... Either way, I'm still looking for something useable while they're already a mile away...

I'm so sick of BR... Why even have large maps if people just want to drop in one spot? You may as well just have a BR map that's Capital/Fractured City or Skull town since that's where everyone drops/dropped... There's loot literally everywhere else besides the big named location (unless you're playing Storm Point 😛). They're large maps that are more than just one or two buildings you have to land on (if you're on World's Edge, you know which ones I'm talking about🙂

Seriously...why does literally everyone at World's Edge fight over this one area??? UGH!!!

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11 Replies

dSKyNafinchin
Hero
4 years ago
@jokool_aid Everyone out there trying to be the next youtube/twitch sensation, Lmao
CCbathwater
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"Mommy, mommy! I dropped on Streamer Building for 2 hours straight, after watching Shiv, and now I got a kill!"
hayhor
Hero
4 years ago
@jokool_aid I love BR but you are right, people that should be playing tdms should rethink playing BRs.
Cheese9Man
4 years ago
@jokool_aid @hayhor I hope that we have some stats on how many play arenas but based on how much they're forcing us to play it last season, I don't think they're a lot. Remove arenas or overhaul to mode so that it's just TDM. Actually surprised that we don't have other modes as LTMs using the arena maps.
Lord_Scorpion34
Legend
4 years ago
@jokool_aid Or if you drop somewhere else, one of your team runs to the hotspot by themselves to die smh.
MandatoryIDtag
4 years ago
It is the quickest way to improve your mechanical skills tbf
Partly why you see a lot of players with good aim and no game sense lol.
heme725
4 years ago
@jokool_aid There's little reason not to. If you're good you'll mop up a squad or two before moving on. If you're bad you might get lucky and shoot an unarmed or distracted player in the back.
There's only two Legends that can quickly find fights without relying on gunshots (Valkyrie, Ash) so if you don't drop hot you'll waste a lot of time looting.
There's also no penalty for death or failure. Quit and start a new game. A game with zero repercussions will often be played with zero thought.
PsyhiX69
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
I think the only reason is: it's very easy to kill someone at the beginning of the match and progressively harder when going forward.
So if You see someone with high amount of kills I bet they have farm it at the beginning of matches. Usually hot-dropping, killing few and dc.
HappyHourSumwur
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Most pub players drop in Fragment/Market/Energy Depot and it drives me crazy, too. One reason is because I suck at hot drop 1v9 fights, the other is that I swear Apex likes to mess with me by having me open 3 bins and finding a P2020 with no ammo and 16 syringes while everyone else gets r301's & Flatlines. It really sucks to wait 3-4 minutes to get into a game just to land and have 6 other players punch you to death instantly.
jokool_aid
4 years ago
@HappyHourSumwur Literally just had a game where my jumpmaster "hot dropped," someone lands next to me, I get a p2020 from my supply bin, they get a mastiff...guess who won that fight? Last straw, never hot dropping in this game again. My teammates can die for all I care, I'm not suicidal.