they’re clearly aware of the issue, they even stated in the KC map update patch notes that changes were made to “ease third partying” if you really want to address third partying then all you have to do is reduce gun shot sounds, it’s been said time and time again by both casual and pro players, gunfire is too loud in this game, you can literally hear shots going off nearly halfway across the map If you simply addressed this then the game would start to feel like more like a battle royale experience where you drop in, loot and encounter squads randomly based on rotations and the ring moving in rather than currently where you can land in the middle of nowhere with no squads for miles, hear gun shots the other side of the map and immediately rush there along with 4 other squads. This is why games are over so quickly

Because, and hear me out, third partying is not a thing?So, there are games without third partying and they are called things like Halo and have two side team games. Or Fortnite, when playing 2 side team mode.Battle Royals, however, are made exactly for this. They are not hallways with people looking at each other from either side. They are not March Madness bracket games where you fight 1 team, then get a little rest, then fight another team. They are bug, stupid free for all’s. There is 3rd partying and 4th partying and 5th partying....maybe, 1 day in Kings Canyon or WE Fragment, everybody will drop on each other and there will finally be 20th partying.Not to say you should like it but you’re going to have to look for a game with 2 sides. Otherwise, enjoy it like a bunch of the rest of us do. And when you hear the long range sound of pew pew guns firing, mount up and ride.

@MandatoryIDtag Yes, this too.I mean, my solution is the solution Respawn made, called Arenas. You happen to need awareness there too but you won't ever be 'third partied' So I have to believe this thread is just so people can be angry online. Especially since the OP is 5+ months old.But, yeah, uh, awareness is actually part of a Battle Royale game, go figure? The challenge of it, to me, it part of the entire appeal, such as moving and looting and other things besides shooting (which is also fun).Apparently, however, when all these things go wrong, it is apparently a problem for the game. Despite being a Battle Royale, we should all just stay put, be loaded with loot, and shoot only one team at a time down a narrow street. Then we get reloaded and healed and face the next team, and as long as enemy weapons can do us the favor of not doing damage while our weapons do lots, we can call ourselves champions and be Apex tier and somehow be proud of ourselves.Anyway, there is Apex Legends Arena, like I said 😉

@sireladio Where is this number of 95% come from? Is it factual or is it assumption? Because myself and many like myself play this game because of third parties. We want the action. This game is well known and has shined in the aspect of third parties. So I feel the reason it is never addressed is simply because its designed this way and became a thing in apex. I personally love it as do most everyone i know who plays. I guess only way people can get out of third party is rat until last 2 teams. Because third party will never change no matter what is changed in the sounds. People still know points of interest and will always push those. So in the end it would not stop anything.

@sireladio wrote:Why ingage a 3v3 when you can just sit back with a charge rifle , 301, or G7Why indeed? Last I checked the victory condition of the Battle Royale mode was to be the last team standing, and it has been thus since the start of the game. The answer for you seems to be "because I like the fast gunplay aspect of the game", which is absolutely fine. You're good at shooting people, so by all means use that to your advantage. I, however, won't stop using the equally valid method of sneaking up on you while you go "pew pew" against another squad to shoot you in the back.Btw, wouldn't it be dope if there was a game mode where players who just want to engage in fast paced 3v3s could do so to their heart's content?! 😉

@KelRiever It is funny right. It is this thread that explains to me the thinking people have that when 3 teams are left, attack another team, inevitably killing both of them because the last team just has to clean up. Awareness should be part of the skill of this game.

Why it is Respawn refuses to address the actual cause of third partying?

58 Replies

Deliberus
5 years ago
@Bean2kay9 Sorry Respawn's probably thinks it's too boring...
KelRiever
5 years ago
Because, and hear me out, third partying is not a thing?
So, there are games without third partying and they are called things like Halo and have two side team games. Or Fortnite, when playing 2 side team mode.
Battle Royals, however, are made exactly for this. They are not hallways with people looking at each other from either side. They are not March Madness bracket games where you fight 1 team, then get a little rest, then fight another team. They are bug, stupid free for all’s. There is 3rd partying and 4th partying and 5th partying....maybe, 1 day in Kings Canyon or WE Fragment, everybody will drop on each other and there will finally be 20th partying.
Not to say you should like it but you’re going to have to look for a game with 2 sides. Otherwise, enjoy it like a bunch of the rest of us do. And when you hear the long range sound of pew pew guns firing, mount up and ride.
hayhor
Hero
5 years ago
@Bean2kay9 While I agree gun shots are a bit loud, this is a BR. Part of the skill in a BR is knowing when to engage and disengage from a fight.
pastaclown
5 years ago
@Bean2kay9 they have this strange fetish of re-inventing the wheel instead of listening to their community. If something is done to gunshot audio, it's going to be pretty clunky and poorly implemented. I think the upper limit to hearing gunshots is 100-200 meters, which is occasionally frustrating for KC, but it's definitely infuriating on WE.
World's Edge! You'll fight one squad on drop, loot for 10 minutes encountering nobody, and then bam! The last 6 squads all at once!
Bean2kay9
5 years ago
@hayhor I’m not saying remove third partying entirely, I understand that third partying is always going to happen in a battle royale. It would just be better if it happened naturally through squads randomly encountering each other or going to certain POI’s because they know it’s usually a hot drop. What’s annoying is when you shoot a few bullets and every squad within a 50 mile radius hears it and hones in on your location like a hungry pig sniffing for truffles

Random/ organic third parties I can deal with.
Getting 5th/6th/7th partied because of overly loud gunfire I can’t
DK9027
5 years ago
@KelRiever And on that day with beacons lit comes the war of the twenty parties. Shields will be shattered, guns shall be emptied, meds shall be depleted. And on the dawn fragment will share the fate of skull town and piece will reign through out the land once again... until the disaster of third party valley on Olympus rears it ugly head
hayhor
Hero
5 years ago
@Bean2kay9 Is it me or does mid game seem really weird right now? There will be 6 or 7 teams all ending up together, almost instantly. It is so weird.
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
@Bean2kay9Third partying goes two ways. Some times it plays into your favor, sometimes it plays into the enemy favor. I have used third partying numerous times to get my dead and freshly respawned teammates loot late game. Me and my teammate will respawn our third, we look for a third opportunity and clean up. Sometimes we are the ones being third partied.

Plus is there anything more fun than surviving a 4th or 5th party attempt?

@hayhor Some mid games seem really odd. There seem to be some major flash/choke points that are happening mid to late game. I'm definitely seeing a lot of 5+ squad fights happening. It's pure chaos, 2 teams fighting on one side, 2 teams fighting on the other, the 5th is sitting there sniping at both stealing kills. I see that start to happen and I run.

I don't know if it's a bad thing. It's better than 5 squads left before round 2 starts closing.
E9ine_AC
Hero+
5 years ago
@Bean2kay9 Third party-fourth fifth and more have been about this game from day one. Its one the main things that keeps me coming back. Other shooters can be and at times are very boring and dull. With apex as soon as you fire that gun you have multiple teams pushing. This is what made apex to be apex.
sireladio
Rising Adventurer
5 years ago
I just read a full thread of fools who think they know everything and dont want to listen to concerns that 95% of the player base has complained about.
Third partying due to sound travel distance being to high does not force skill, it does not force rotation, it does nothing but create a game were people in high levels refuse to push. Something you see in most pro games. Please prove me wrong I dare you that most pro games are not 99% camping due to third party issue.
This game doesnt reward you for taking gun fights. It put punishes you. This is even made worse by most updates remove areas you could fall back too. Just look at kings canyon change. Complete garbage
I dont care who you are there is no reason that sound has to travel so far. Espically when in season 9 we still have sound issues with footsteps