So, so, so many FT leaving match before respawn

#1

…they are leaving their team in a near impossible situation.

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m coming across lots of matches where FT are leaving when dead and we go from full team to 3,2 or 1 (which is rarer).

I wonder if they don’t know about reinforcements? Is there a message that comes up saying to the effect of “Stick around 😏…you can be brought back into the game.”

Otherwise I’m guessing they are rage quitting. I’ve noticed it a lot since I made the disc my predominate weapon…I mean it’s very difficult to find Pred when a disc is flying around bringing you and teammates down in a hit or two. Then you can just throw it again and again, without necessarily revealing your position (Pred is behind an object). I imagine being on the receiving end of a disc 💿 barrage is quite frustrating.

What about you, have you noticed people leaving before reinforcements, how does it make you feel and play (either as FT or Pred)?

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#2

When you die it’ll let you know reinforcements are available after 60sec.

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#3

Hmmmm 🤔 is that a bit too late do you think? Should it let the player know that they should stay and wait for the reinforcements?

Reinforcements should still be 60 secs later, I just mean a message letting any new players know about it.

#4

I think there is a key factor contributing to this trend.

I feel that it may be impatience not rage quitting, there is little reason for a level 100 fireteam member to stick around for after being killed. Experience does absolutely nothing for level 100 players and if they are going for their daily or weekly challenge, it’s faster to just queue for a new match.

Maybe?

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#5

Also, I see what you did there.

#6

Ah that’s a good point about the challenges.

#7

Nah it’s fine people quit because they think the team will get stomped because they’re dead or are too impatient to wait 1+minutes to come back. It’s annoying and screws everyone over, only time I don’t care is after they’ve been reinforced and they die again at that point it’s on them and affects no one.

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#8

For me, when I’m running with 3 randoms and they’ve demonstrated they’re not playing as a team and don’t even attempt to support me or another teammate when the Predator rushes us, when I’m dead Incycle through the remaining players to see how they’re playing. Oh, you’re grabbing VT and not even doing the objective? Fuck you, don’t reinforce me cos I’m out. What’s this, you’re nowhere near the AO and across the map? Goodbye. Really dude, you’re gonna watch your teammate getting attacked right in front of you with the Predator in clear line of sight and not engage? You’ve given up and are running for cover? Well, fuck you too I’m out…

All those are just some examples as to why I leave a game. I’m not going to watch 5-10 minutes of someone else playing poorly in the hope they MIGHT reinforce and start to think about how to work the mission so we can succeed. I can handle one FT member being a wannabe hero, as long as the other two have shown they can work together and I’ve just been the unfortunate one to get killed first because of unavoidable reasons. But not being supported, becoming vulnerable because I’m trying to cover the gaps in our team play and not able to focus on my own role frustrates the fudgesocks off of me and so if/when I die unless I’ve seen signs that the team has hope then I’m out and onto the next match. I’m not waiting to be reinforced just to be used as the sacrificial lamb or whatever.

Tl;DR Potato teams make me leave before reinforce😊

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#9

This this 1000 times this ^

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#10

That is a fair lot of points, I forgot that FT can spectate each other. It just be very frustrating to see folks playing like that.

Can you still talk, or does it mute you?

Also, can Predator borrow your fudgesocks? I think they may help with the stomping sounds. Thanks!

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#11

Ok yes, I see that’s a good point.

When I see them going for reinforcements I’ll bug the place with a motion detector, then when they have respawned, the whole disc nightmare starts again with little difference to the first time.

#12

Unless you’re in actual Party Chat, you get muted but can still hear the other team members (that’s IF they’re using comms at all, and that’s a huge IF when it’s PS4 players🙄), and sometimes what you hear them saying can be a reason to leave (toxicity, selfishness etc).
Being able to spectate the rest of the team is a feature I’m grateful for, helps fill in some of the blanks when you’re trying to figure out what went wrong.

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#13

Its those people who judge the remaining members by their actions when they are down. Do they start hiding and crouching and take out their knives with a full load of ammo and health? Or do they throw their balls to the walls and run for the radio?
Most of the time I find myself leaving because they attempt to do more than 3 or 4 objectives without even thinking. PRIORITIES!

That’s why i started a thread sometime ago to re-implement the notifcation “from the dead” feature (from the demo) that people can use to tell the remaining live members to get on their feet.

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#14

But that’s only when playing with players I don’t know. Thankfully, I’m blessed to have found some really cool players that I’ve been teaming with every night for a while now (They’re in the US, I’m in the UK so timezones can be a pain which is why I’m sometimes playing with randoms when the usual suspects are sleeping 😏) so we have a good understanding of each others playstyles and tactics, communicate effectively and are constantly covering each other.

The PS4 controller has a headphone socket built into it, why can’t the majority of PS4 randoms realise that without Comms you’ve handed the Predator a huge advantage…

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#15

I always felt microphone communications like thats is way too advantageous. But too each their own. It actually sounds like fun!

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#16

Normally I wait for reinforcements, but today Scouts & Recons are splitting FT in half from their speed/stamina boosts that teams are spread out and getting slaughtered by Predator.

On top of that the remaining team members a couple matches aren’t even going for the Reinforcements today.

I left two matches because of these trends, I’m max level and aren’t gunna get anything from it anyways.

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#17

I think there’s been a big issue of FT players leaving early because pizza rolls don’t taste the same when their cold.

#18

Can confirm, I like my Hot Pockets scaldingly hot enough to burn my taste buds.

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#19

Wait several minutes just to realize that the random mooks you just joined are clearly not going to redeploy you or leave the match and join a new one within a few seconds?

Boy! What a dilemma!