Board Thread:Respawnables Discussion/@comment-86.19.168.133-20180731110334/@comment-84.250.46.134-20180803190523

86.19.168.133 wrote: So I downloaded the game a few days ago because I was looking for a multiplaer third person shooter.

Upon starting the game for the first time and getting into the single player missions, I was impressed by the controls. Aiming and moving feel very fluid. The time to kill wasn't too short or too long and there is a nice selection of weapons. Then I jumped into multiplayer and quickly started not enjoying the game.

The matchmaking is horrible. Pairing new players with people who I assume have prestiged, they have multiple gold stars and high level gear. It seems like the meta of the game is too equip as many high agility items as you can with a 1 shot kill weapon and just zoom around the map 1 shotting everyone you run by untill someone 1 shots you back.

Anyway I persevered thinking i'm just low level, if i level up abit then it might not be so bad.So I got to level 26, where I can get some better agility items, and a better weapon. After buying nearly all the weapons I have access too, there is only one weapon a low level scrub can use to be competitive, and its the 85 gold blunderbuss which at least allows me to 1/2 shot kill. Everything I could use just takes too long to kill in that brutal environment.

I'm not opposed to a 1 or 2 shot kill meta, but what is a problem is that is renders most of the games weapons useless. I want to use a variety of weapons, that offer different playstyles. As I get higher up in levels more viable weapons will unlock for me, but I see even high level players using the blunderbluss, so whats the point in buying any other weapons if the best weapons in the game are all really similar.

I also keep seeing weapons which are not avaliable to buy anywhere in the game, I assuming these are old weapons from events or they are just no longer avaliable in the shop. I am assuming this is the same for armor and other gear. This is also dissappointing. I don't understand how someone can make a competitive shooter without all weapons and all gear being avaliable to everyone. If one weapon or certain weapons are OP or top tier and you remove them from the game so others can't get them, then the game is doomed from a competitive stand point.

I'm under no illusion that most freemium multiplayer games you can play on mobile are Pay 2 Win, I'm fine with it, as long as every item/weapon in the game can be earned by a free 2 play player. So putting certain weapons and items in the game with just a flat out pricetag (as in cannot even be bought with gold, but money only) is super shady. The only way to get this stuff is to outright buy it. Once again if one or more of these pay only items is top tier/OP then it's even more Pay 2 Win.

One thing that has annoyed me is the Tapjoy free gold offers. I've completed about 10 of them and not a single one has paid out. I've queried every single one through their support and nothing has been done about it, it feels like i got scammed into downloading and playing a bunch of games for nothing.

So my questions are, is this the full extent of the game I have to look forward to by carrying on, Can a Free 2 Play player be competitive enough? Is the high mobility 1 shot kill meta the entire extent of the meta? Do weapons/items which are no longer avaliable come back into the game every now and again, or is it just gone forever?

Thanks Well, what I can tell you is that if you really want to be competitive in the game, run and gun with high healt - high agility build and oneshot weapon is the best choice.

But the fact is that everyone with right gear is able to do that and it does not require any skill at all. Now skill is something you learn by playing the game and by practising your foot moves. And The funny thing is that if you play with so called OP weapons, your skills are not going to improve at all. If you want to improve your skills you need to play with less powerful weapons.

And now comes the main point: when you go against a player with a weapon more powerful than yours, what do you do? If your weapon is weaker you need to have something to compensate that. You need to be better than your opponent some other way than having a more powerful weapon. There are couple ways you can compensate the weakness of your weapon:

First thing is knowing The maps and using that knowledge to your advantage. When you get shot in the back enough times in the same spot you learn to avoid that spot and so on. You learn this skill by playing the game.

Second thing using the right gadgets the right way. Some use spotters but stungrenade is my personal favourite. Find out what fits you best

Third and the most important thing is your foot moves. If your opponents weapon kills more quickly than yours, you need to make your opponent miss and make sure your shots hit. This is done by strafing, popping around corners and things like that. Is hard to describe but I hope this helps: https://youtu.be/yJ8l5-1bPLU Only way to learn good foot moves is fighting powerful weapons with less powerful weapons, it’s that simple. But is it easy? Hell no, you will want to end your life and throw your device to wall while training but trust me, in The end you will be glad you pushed yourself through it.

The best feelings I get from the game comes from moments when I get more kills than people with more powerful weapons and I can think: ”This is not paid skill, this is skill I gained from years of training and practising. This skill can not be won from an event,this skill everybody needs to develop by themselves and if we all would be playing with the same weapon, I would literally eat your souls.”

And when you asked about different playstyles here is what I can Tell you. Run and gun with high agility and oneshot weapon is The most effective and needs no skill so everybody uses it. When your skills are high enough you can try camping and other types of playstyles as well. Sniping being the most difficult playstyle to learn it is very rare. I am still practising it and most of the time i get rekt really bad. But that feeling when you land a headshot to a aristonoob shotgun user... ah there is nothing better.

It’s just as the legend IChase said when he quickscoped a blunderbuss user right to the face: ”How’s your noskill pointblank oneshot blunderbuss working for you now?”