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Sterillium

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22,348 posts

245 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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Anyone else play this?

I like it, but I'm utter ste... hehe

I spend a lot of time being shot to pieces by players I haven't even seen, let alone engaged. I don't have the whole headset and walkie-talkie thing going on, but I'd happily be shot by some random PHers if there are any.

anonymous-user

74 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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No point without a headset, literally you may as well not play or stick it on mute.

You need the directional sound for the whole combat system, aggressive push, retreat, moving, third parties, etc.

I play a lot, or at least did, think 3 k/d now and 40+% win rate but as I say have stopped playing so not getting enough practise!

Solos is terrible, even if you are rubbish spend some time practising in the range so you can hit a stationary target, keep playing in squads until you get invited and start to play regularly with the same people.

Unfortunately it isn’t a game you can pick up and be good at, and this is from someone who is good with thousands of hours in FPS games.

Sterillium

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22,348 posts

245 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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I just use headphones (no mic) and play solo.

anonymous-user

74 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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That’ll be why, solos os full of people who can’t play and just camp.

Get a mic and jump in squads, completely different 10x more enjoyable game.

I’ve played over 5000 matches and I reckon no more than 250 are solo, it’s ste.

Sterillium

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22,348 posts

245 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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I'm the opposite - I much prefer wandering around a map solo and blowing things up/blowing myself up/occasionally blowing a few strangers up. I have neither the communication skills or the patience to join a squad. hehe

Sterillium

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22,348 posts

245 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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AldotheApache said:
FPS games.
Do you mean FPP or is this something else? Annoyingly they've removed FPP now - I preferred it. TPP seems like cheating!

anonymous-user

74 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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Solo is just boring.

Just hit RB and it puts you in FP.


Sterillium

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22,348 posts

245 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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AldotheApache said:
Just hit RB and it puts you in FP.
Yeah, I flick between the two a bit now. But when everyone was stuck in FPP I liked the fact you really had to look around a corner to see what was there.

anonymous-user

74 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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I see what you mean, different game again, lobby’s we’re just bit killers though so it was a bit boring, think I got 21 kills or something and like 5 were players!

Unfortunately it seems to be dying off a fair bit, I played regularly from launch but dropped off the last few months!

Sterillium

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22,348 posts

245 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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I also think that solo is probably dull for you because you're decent. If I successfully hide in a small shrub, then shoot a level 500 in the anus as he runs past, that's my equivalent of a chicken dinner. hehe

imperium

390 posts

104 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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I play it occasionally but I find it very stressful. I’ve came top once, usually end up in the top 5-10. But as above you need the headset to have a chance.

I always try to get the same sort of weapons. Always a shotgun and medium range rifle, seems to work for me.

anonymous-user

74 months

Sunday 8th August 2021
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Bush campers are the worst, easy to spot nowadays though.

Sorry but winning once shows it doesn’t work, a shotgun is pointless unless you are a) very very good and b) sub 30M, but against a L3’d up player no chance. (Exc early game).

I’m 85% top 10 and 40% win (was 50%+ last season), probably the only thing I know what I’m actually on about!

AR or SMG (Sanhok and Vikendi) with a bolt action or DMR.

M4 is probably the easiest to control but lacks the damage of AK / Beryl.

Try the UMP decent damage and low recoil, lacks range but paired with a SLR / SKS it’s a great combo.

I started out just playing solos, but as above if you want to get better and actually experience the Battle Royale part (not being shot in the back by bush campers or people who sit in one building the whole game) then play squads, duos is generally full of experienced players.

Sterillium

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22,348 posts

245 months

Monday 9th August 2021
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I just checked and I've had 10 chicken dinners.

I'm also a fan of the shotgun, especially the DBS bullpup. Now they've got this new medal system, the only medal I have 100+ in is "up close and personal" which is because I kill a lot of players with a shotgun to the face. This is a strategy developed entirely from my limited ability to hit the side of a barn door with a proper gun from a proper distance away. hehe

Dan_1981

17,876 posts

219 months

Monday 9th August 2021
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Used to play alot - pretty much exclusively solos. Had some success - but nothing like the guy above.

Stopped when they introduced bots - which must be well over a year ago now.

Has it got any better? When I gave up and moved to Warzone I was finding 50%+ of participants in solo matches were bots.

Imasurv

505 posts

104 months

Wednesday 11th August 2021
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I like a game of this, but I really am rubbish - it’s 50/50 versus bots! Ten chicken dinners is the stuff of dreams! I even play with cross play turned off for more bots so I have a chance, but still get destroyed by a level 500 player hiding in a bush on Sanhok!

I have a headset, but find it’s too quiet to hear footsteps etc and want to turn it up but can’t!

Sterillium

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22,348 posts

245 months

Wednesday 11th August 2021
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Imasurv said:
I like a game of this, but I really am rubbish - it’s 50/50 versus bots! Ten chicken dinners is the stuff of dreams! I even play with cross play turned off for more bots so I have a chance, but still get destroyed by a level 500 player hiding in a bush on Sanhok!

I have a headset, but find it’s too quiet to hear footsteps etc and want to turn it up but can’t!
I feel we are on the same page!

Imasurv

505 posts

104 months

Wednesday 11th August 2021
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It is a fun game, shame its popularity is waning a bit though. As I get older I haven’t as much time available to game as I had to when I was younger, and even lack the stamina for longer sessions!

dalzo

1,877 posts

156 months

Friday 13th August 2021
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What state is the game in now? I played loads on Xbox one but it was really clunky at the time.

So satisfying hitting long range headshots back in the day laugh

Imasurv

505 posts

104 months

Sunday 15th August 2021
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It’s a lot smoother now with the series s/x and running at 60fps.

Sterillium

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22,348 posts

245 months

Sunday 15th August 2021
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Yesterday, I killed two extremely good players (high level and lots of gold medals hanging off their profiles!).

Both times, I did the same thing... hehe

I collected fuel cans, then poured the fuel all over the ground floor of a house, with a little trail leading up the stairs. I then shot at them from the bedroom windows, just to piss them off. Then, when they came into the house, I lit the fuel trail at the top of the stairs, so that as they ran in, the entire ground floor burst into flames.

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