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6 years 7 months ago - 6 years 7 months ago #17747
by TheMerchantOfMenace
Replied by TheMerchantOfMenace on topic Server Infrastructure
I actually believe that the pace of the teamplay, of the game, is a big factor, if not the larger problem altogether.
I remember moving through territory with squadmates in a controlled and deliberate manner, but these days every squad and every member of the team spawns, makes a run-fast-as-you-can b-line for the next flag, from the first second of the round, right through the end.
Everyone is throwing themselves at defensive positions like lemming to a cliff... get mowed down in the open, give up as fast as their keyboard/mouse latencies allow, and repeat as often as they can until such time as their nearest spawn FOB is destroyed.
Rush, rush, rush... it's all about the rush to the next flag, no one can get there fast enough.
Any and every spawn into any point on the map results in an immediate all-out sprint to the nearest enemy-defended position.
What about even a modicum of scouting when nearing the enemy position? What about lobbing grenadier smoke and grenades onto the enemy position before moving in? NO TIME! No time, who has time for that? Waste 15 seconds? OMG!
You storm a position, kill 8-10 enemies, flag seems clear, you're capping the flag, but suddenly, you're not capping anymore, and now you're getting overwhelmed, or you're wiped out by enemy at this same position at which you had killed so many enemies, all in the span of within 2 minutes.
No conclusions to be drawn here folks! Quick!, respawn at the same FOB, and run as fast as possible to that flag again... you know, that flag you were just at where a superior number of enemy has just finished handing you your ass, that same flag where the enemy now likely knows from which direction you'd initially attacked the first time, that same flag where they're now setup in defense, just waiting for you to come at them from the same obvious direction from which you don't have the good sense to flank them instead.
Trying to figure out which direction the enemy counter-attacked you on that flag is too mentally intensive, and even if you'd made the effort to determine this, the TIME, the time... goodness gracious, the time it would take to try to deal with that enemy FOB before trying to move to the flag again... who lives that long anyway? Just throw more bodies at that flag, multiply the fodder, that's the better, faster way.
No planning, no patience, no time... everything's rush nowadays, just like all the other shitty FPS games... rush, shoot as many as possible before it's your turn, quickly respawn, and start all over. Sad, but mostly true. Not the way it used to be.
Where in all this is a SL supposed to have time to brief his squad of newbies? When is the SL supposed to have time to explain to his squadmates how and when to engage or not to engage enemy, to not get spotted, to not shoot at passing helis or armor when the squad's mission is to sneak up on an enemy flag or FOB, to not peek when armor is within range, to not be on the same side of the building as the known armor, etc.?
How can we have quality gameplay when there is never any time to coordinate with other squads, when everyone wants to rush in, when no one has time to wait for the other squads to arrive and thus attack the flag from opposite directions, with grenadiers smoking the enemy so they cannot see your approach and shoot at you while you advance toward them, when there's no time to suppress them as you move in?
The team should NEVER move into an enemy flag until such time as at least one friendly FOB has been established within 200-300 meters of said enemy flag, and until such time as the enemy re-inforcement FOB has been removed, or at the very least, suppressed.
Crap! It's 2:30 in the a.m.... no time, gotta get a bit of sleep
I remember moving through territory with squadmates in a controlled and deliberate manner, but these days every squad and every member of the team spawns, makes a run-fast-as-you-can b-line for the next flag, from the first second of the round, right through the end.
Everyone is throwing themselves at defensive positions like lemming to a cliff... get mowed down in the open, give up as fast as their keyboard/mouse latencies allow, and repeat as often as they can until such time as their nearest spawn FOB is destroyed.
Rush, rush, rush... it's all about the rush to the next flag, no one can get there fast enough.
Any and every spawn into any point on the map results in an immediate all-out sprint to the nearest enemy-defended position.
What about even a modicum of scouting when nearing the enemy position? What about lobbing grenadier smoke and grenades onto the enemy position before moving in? NO TIME! No time, who has time for that? Waste 15 seconds? OMG!
You storm a position, kill 8-10 enemies, flag seems clear, you're capping the flag, but suddenly, you're not capping anymore, and now you're getting overwhelmed, or you're wiped out by enemy at this same position at which you had killed so many enemies, all in the span of within 2 minutes.
No conclusions to be drawn here folks! Quick!, respawn at the same FOB, and run as fast as possible to that flag again... you know, that flag you were just at where a superior number of enemy has just finished handing you your ass, that same flag where the enemy now likely knows from which direction you'd initially attacked the first time, that same flag where they're now setup in defense, just waiting for you to come at them from the same obvious direction from which you don't have the good sense to flank them instead.
Trying to figure out which direction the enemy counter-attacked you on that flag is too mentally intensive, and even if you'd made the effort to determine this, the TIME, the time... goodness gracious, the time it would take to try to deal with that enemy FOB before trying to move to the flag again... who lives that long anyway? Just throw more bodies at that flag, multiply the fodder, that's the better, faster way.
No planning, no patience, no time... everything's rush nowadays, just like all the other shitty FPS games... rush, shoot as many as possible before it's your turn, quickly respawn, and start all over. Sad, but mostly true. Not the way it used to be.
Where in all this is a SL supposed to have time to brief his squad of newbies? When is the SL supposed to have time to explain to his squadmates how and when to engage or not to engage enemy, to not get spotted, to not shoot at passing helis or armor when the squad's mission is to sneak up on an enemy flag or FOB, to not peek when armor is within range, to not be on the same side of the building as the known armor, etc.?
How can we have quality gameplay when there is never any time to coordinate with other squads, when everyone wants to rush in, when no one has time to wait for the other squads to arrive and thus attack the flag from opposite directions, with grenadiers smoking the enemy so they cannot see your approach and shoot at you while you advance toward them, when there's no time to suppress them as you move in?
The team should NEVER move into an enemy flag until such time as at least one friendly FOB has been established within 200-300 meters of said enemy flag, and until such time as the enemy re-inforcement FOB has been removed, or at the very least, suppressed.
Crap! It's 2:30 in the a.m.... no time, gotta get a bit of sleep
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