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?

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MandatoryIDtag
5 years ago
@hayhor Easier to alter the game so awareness isn't required apperently lol. :,)
KelRiever
5 years ago
@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 😉
BuraiCy
5 years ago
Third partying happens in high plat / diamond+ so people who are against lowering gunshot volume should state their rank before commenting thanks
KarvaRausku
5 years ago
@KelRiever 3rd partying is problem for one reason.

Because the sounds suck, you can't hear anyone coming close, because the game has no audios apparently other than hearing enemy shoot with p2020 from 1km away while you are getting no audio peacekeepered to your back.

The sounds are joke, if you had played the game in pre-season you would know what people are talking about.
MandatoryIDtag
5 years ago
@KarvaRausku it wasn't even that bad up until S3, S4 is when the real nosedive in audio quality began as far as i'm concerned. 5 seasons of sketchy audio has gotten pretty tiresome to be honest.
I mean hell it can even be a problem if you're not being third partied, the amount of times I've been silently rolled by a team flanking via a silent zipline is actually beyond a joke.
KarvaRausku
5 years ago
@MandatoryIDtag That is precisely my point. Even when there's no gun fight going on and you should be able to hear enemies running towards you, using ziplines, using wraith portals, using ulties etc. There's no sounds for them at all!
Like it all gets sucked into horizons graviton ult that was used 5 weeks ago somehow.

In s3 it was so bad, that I rather played the game with no audio at all since audio were so screwed. You heard the enemy was running behind you, you turned around and it turns out that the enemy was running front of you below and now he had free shot on you....

And they claimed on twitter that the audio works just as just intended.

Which seems like they have no idea how the audio or the game itself works and they just gave up.
KelRiever
5 years ago
@Vkar That's just simply a problem though, and has nothing to do with third partying. You could have literally one enemy and that is a problem, and I agree, the sound is ridiculous.
Still, it's a totally different issue.
Anonymous
5 years ago
In a BR 3rd parties is inevitable .it cant be avoided .There is not just Two sides ,there are 20 sides

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