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Ingeniekey's avatar
4 years ago

Why hot drop when youre bad at the game?

Why do bad players hot drop? Is it because their favorite streamer does it? You have to understand that a streamer does it for content, they cant loot around for 2 minutes and then go fight, its boring. Get it? So, reflect upon that, and why do you insta quit after downed anyway? Any opinions and good reasons you hot drop then insta quit? Maybe you dont have the skills to do it? Then dont drag your team into your misery. "Hot dropping is a good way to learn". Yes, it can be, but do you really learn when you dont even stay to spectate? Stop lying to yourself.

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  • @IngeniekeyI only drop in either lava siphon, fragment or countdown in WE. On the other hand, I might not be as qualified to answer your questions since I mostly play with a pre-made squad and the drop is unanimously chosen. From the three POIs that I've mentioned, we rarely drop in Fragment. We usually go to Fragment if the previous game was frustrating and we just want to shoot at people. And even if we do decide to go to Fragment, we're not dumb enough to land at the streamer building where RNG decides your fate. Most of the time it's fragment west.

    There are times where people just wanna shoot but I think arenas doesn't quite scratch that itch. We definitely need a team deathmatch mode where we can just shoot, kill, die and repeat like the suggestion of some people in a similar thread like this one here https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Any-solution-to-stop-hot-dropping-in-apex/td-p/10708103

    edit: Forgot to mention that these hot droppers are usually the ones who insta quits when they're downed. LOL. 

  • Ingeniekey's avatar
    Ingeniekey
    4 years ago
    @Cheese9Man Exactly what Im thinking too that Arena doesnt cover it... Its not intense enough. Respawn...? hello? Fun? Its a word, I promise.
    I have given up on trying to find logic but I think its something to do with Arena and it needs work... Herd the sheep Respawn, herd the sheep.
  • KelRiever's avatar
    KelRiever
    4 years ago

    I blame streamers.  Everybody thinks they have the accuracy of a god and should use strategy like a ‘pro’ (emphasis on the quotes).

    Then they get mad when I leave them and also end up the only one alive. No I don’t go back to get their boxes either.

  • @Ingeniekey I am in agreement with "hot dropping is a good way to learn" however, I think it's comes down to if you are with a full stack or not.

    What's the point in hot dropping if you are hot dropping solo? A hot drop is hard enough anyway but now the odds are just against you because you have to 1 v 3 everything.

    When I solo queue pubs, it's usually just to warm up I try and drop to a semi busy place where me and my randoms will have half a chance.

    The way to solve the issue is to add a leave penalty, maybe shorter than the ranked one but make it around 5 mins. At least players will stick around for the possibility of a revive.
  • RockDokRock's avatar
    RockDokRock
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    @rockyboy1998 100% against leaver penalties.  Hate them.

    Due to the team mate issues outlined here often it can be the case *YOU* go down and your team is nowhere near you.  They wandered off on their own.  Maybe your fault because you didn't keep up (you shouldn't quit in this case - I am sometimes guilty of this) or maybe they wandered off despite pings of direction where the rest of you are going or your squad decides to take on another when you are spread out or maybe everyone just did their own thing (happens quite often which is pretty shocking).

    If you have zero team work and zero chance of being revived why should you get penalised for quitting?  This is the #1 reason I don't play ranked as it's not fair I have to wait because other people have no interest in working as a team, aren't anywhere near you and you have no chance at begin back in it (or it's pointless as you are essentially 3 solos).  

    No thanks.

    - DR

  • @Ingeniekey Don't really care much where we drop to anymore.

    I have popped off at Frag and got a 2.5k badge in the first few minutes of the game. I have also dropped there and been a complete noob who's running in circles confused about what's going on.

    Just the nature of hot drops IMO.

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