PSA - Stop trying to capture every beacon

[Char Aznable]

Just lost another ranked match because instead of staying together and fighting, my team mates decided it would be a good idea to scatter all over the map and try to capture multiple beacons at once, letting the enemy team easily steamroll us all 4v1 while my team mates weren't even in their suits. They also bombed the enemy base a minute into the game, leaving us down a man and keeping us from scoring the points we could have earned to win. Why are players like this?

[Aldain]

Yeah, focus on capping only once close to your base first, only go for further ones when you've got downtime due to the enemy respawning.

Though I will say if you have a small enough safe window to work with turning a point neutral can help as well even if you can't do a full cap, that'll push the enemy back a bit, but you've got to be careful when you go for that.

[Char Aznable]

The main thing is just stay close to your team. If your team is close to a beacon and the enemies are all respawning because you just killed them all, great, NOW is the time to capture the beacon. Don't run all the way across the map away from your team to capture a beacon on your own. The measly 10 points you will earn from capturing it aren't worth trading off the thousands the enemy team will score on your team in your absence.

[Char Aznable]

Also about base bombing, stop doing it in the first minute or two of the match. It's only worth doing in the last two minutes and honestly I could have won that match myself by base bombing if someone didn't beat me to it early in the match.

[Aldain]

Point capping is also very map dependent iirc, I'm no expert on all the maps but some of them (like the port one that's entirely underwater) can have points that are not quite ideal to go for either.

Focus on the enemy first and the points second after the opening of the battle, but also try to keep the enemy's respawns consistent via capping if you can by pushing the line forward whenever possible, that's been working for me so far.

[Vivianite]

im gonna cap every single beacon and you can't stop me!!!

[Alreinz]

Depends on the map, but sometimes Its good to capture the closest point at the start of the match. It helps push the line forward since your team can spawn nearer.

Like the City Ruins map, the point near the center dome is a good first point to capture even before any combat. The point on the side is not (Its very risky to capture that early). Its why some people spawning at the left (near the side point) boost towards the right at the start to reinforce the dome area early.

[Char Aznable]

Capturing the first beacon is definitely recommended. Just don't run off to cap beacons on the other side of the map. The team that stays together wins together.

[N.F.C. PepeUltimate]

Originally posted by Char Aznable:

Capturing the first beacon is definitely recommended. Just don't run off to cap beacons on the other side of the map. The team that stays together wins together.

the real char would take on their whole team by themselves and win.

[Literally Me]

Originally posted by Char Aznable:

Just lost another ranked match because instead of staying together and fighting, my team mates decided it would be a good idea to scatter all over the map and try to capture multiple beacons at once, letting the enemy team easily steamroll us all 4v1 while my team mates weren't even in their suits. They also bombed the enemy base a minute into the game, leaving us down a man and keeping us from scoring the points we could have earned to win. Why are players like this?

You forgot the teams were you have two people just going off on their own calling air support and literally never grouping

[Shadow King]

While we're ranting about stupid things. People also need to stop double Encouraging at the start of a map. They don't stack. Literally says it right on the screen. You're just wasting yours (or their) bonus for another match. Had 4 matches in a row where some rando would encourage after someone else already did.

[DeltaWolf]

Originally posted by Shadow King:

While we're ranting about stupid things. People also need to stop double Encouraging at the start of a map. They don't stack. Literally says it right on the screen. You're just wasting yours (or their) bonus for another match. Had 4 matches in a row where some rando would encourage after someone else already did.

Had a lobby where all 4 of my teammates encouraged one after another. A shame I wasn't quick enough to unready and encourage before the match started due to everyone being ready.

[RX-3DR]

Originally posted by Shadow King:

Had 4 matches in a row where some rando would encourage after someone else already did.

Best is when you put up a Platinum boost and 5 seconds later, people start putting up Gold and Silver boosts.

[Char Aznable]

Originally posted by RX-3DR:

Originally posted by Shadow King:

Had 4 matches in a row where some rando would encourage after someone else already did.

Best is when you put up a Platinum boost and 5 seconds later, people start putting up Gold and Silver boosts.

Yeah I can understand if I put up my gold encourage and some higher ranked guy uses his platinum to give us a better bonus. But using same or lower level encourage is just goofy. I can only hope people are just doing it for the memes.

[SeeSalt]

honestly something that I realised is that the raid can go and capture, they can go scoot around and then when team is in team fight you can come back and fly around knee capping random people

[guts' theme (Cut & Looped)]

I'm capturing them now.