Trios = more Tactical?

[Silva]

So I've been playing trios recently and it seems to get more tactical than duos/solo. Anybody feels that? Of course it doesnt change the game into Rainbow Siege or Overwatch, but the experience definitely feels less chaotic and more controllable/predictable. The map gets emptier and thus easier to roam safely but when contact is made, the situations that arise seem more dynamic an complex. More held angles, more maneuvers like suppress & flanking, more gadgets used, more revivals, etc.

Makes sense? Anybody else likes to play trios?

[Der Guteste TTV]

Duos usually means more teams that sit in a bush near the boss. Which in turns often ends up that you rotate directly in a team if you try to play active aka duos promotes waiting much more. Yes, trios let's you track teams pretty efficiently, so moving and rotating won't punish you as you have more control over the situation. Most people seem prefer trios - trio queues are nearly instant every time, duos often take a while.

[kumorikuma]

Also prefer Trios, feels like I'm in more control of the game.

[Villevaan]

Most folks play trios I believe. I go into trios even as a solo or if duo, mostly trios still (because that messes up team compositions and I like being not sure what am I faced with, more immersion, +500hd if extract w/ bounty)


I actually disagree with you. From my experience trios (as in there actually are 4 trios) are more chaotic and straightforward, also more predictable (as in how most games go).
It's also way easier to keep count where everyone is.
i.e Hear a fight in a corner of a map, most likely 6 people are there and then banish - there's the last team.
This isn't as clear when you join in solo, like I said before, it messes up teams' compositions.
Also this doesn't apply during this event since there are so many solos now.

Duos are more difficult and dangerous since you just got more teams in a match and get third partied very easily. Also when you're ambushed, it's only one of you left. In trios you can feel more safe. More caution -> more tactical


I used to say that the game is kinda split into two:
Hunt = solos, duos
Showdown = trios

just my thoughts, no need to don't come at me

[thechariot1x]

Personally, I don't think either is "more tactical" just a different kind of tactic. Trios is more battle tactics, good teamwork, good positioning in fights (this is huge imo and was easily the hardest thing to adjust to, in duos you can get away with some, in trios if you aren't in a good position you will almost always be killed either to your opponents or third party). Trios also has bigger fights and you're more likely to be third partied in a fight (probably because if you know that in all likelihood there are 3 other trios and you will most likely meet at least one, you are much more incentivized to go third party and wipe out 2/3 of the competition than you are in duos where there could be 6 or more other times of varying strengths. I do think duos is slower paced and cautious, I think this could be due to a greater number of campers, but who knows. And yeah, one big advantage of trios to me, is that you hardly ever see solos which means you see campers less commonly too (still there for sure, but less common).

[Zeth]

I get what your saying but duos especially if your playing duos against trios tend to play more tactically in my opinion. Solo is most tactical because you need to be. Lol

[Es sind die juden]

Tactical? in hunt? hahahahaha

[Witch ~]

I feel like trios is much more chaotic and especially pushingngets annoying. But its a lot more casual since you can recover much better when 1 person dies

[thechariot1x]

Originally posted by Witch ~:

I feel like trios is much more chaotic and especially pushingngets annoying. But its a lot more casual since you can recover much better when 1 person dies

Personally, I don't think it's more "casual" either. In solos/duos it's easier to avoid fights if you don't want them or take only take fights that are advantageous to you (like where you ambush someone). And while it may be easier to recover when someone dies, you also never have to 1v3 in duos. I also have felt like when I went to duos now gun fights felt easier comparatively.

But this is going to be a question of personal preference to be honest. If you like duos better you will say that is more tactical because it's more about stealth and choosing your fights, if you like trios better you will say trios is more tactical because you get into more and bigger fights focused more on positioning and teamwork. If you don't like duos as much you will think that play style seems comparatively slow and has too many campers, and if you don't like trios as much then you see it as chaotic and annoying.

[Witch ~]

Originally posted by Avto=Surenhohn:

Duos usually means more teams that sit in a bush near the boss. Which in turns often ends up that you rotate directly in a team if you try to play active aka duos promotes waiting much more. Yes, trios let's you track teams pretty efficiently, so moving and rotating won't punish you as you have more control over the situation. Most people seem prefer trios - trio queues are nearly instant every time, duos often take a while.

Honestly this is also true. In duo especially on night maps everyone just sneaks and bushes all over. On trip people are way more willing to push and hunt you down like crazy

[Silva]

Originally posted by vasenkätinen:

I used to say that the game is kinda split into two:
Hunt = solos, duos
Showdown = trios

Nice definition. Thanks.

Originally posted by thechariot1x:

Personally, I don't think either is "more tactical" just a different kind of tactic. Trios is more battle tactics, good teamwork, good positioning in fights (this is huge imo and was easily the hardest thing to adjust to, in duos you can get away with some, in trios if you aren't in a good position you will almost always be killed either to your opponents or third party). Trios also has bigger fights and you're more likely to be third partied in a fight (probably because if you know that in all likelihood there are 3 other trios and you will most likely meet at least one, you are much more incentivized to go third party and wipe out 2/3 of the competition than you are in duos where there could be 6 or more other times of varying strengths. I do think duos is slower paced and cautious, I think this could be due to a greater number of campers, but who knows. And yeah, one big advantage of trios to me, is that you hardly ever see solos which means you see campers less commonly too (still there for sure, but less common).

Yep, makes sense. Trios put the emphasis on squad tactics, while duos emphasize stealth & navigation tactics. Going further, I would even say there's a strategical layer in there:

For trios it seems based around squad composition and "roles" - pushers, campers and generalists (which would translate more or less to CQC specialists, marksmen and rifleman on military?), and how they compound the team. Eg: do we want to push/protect the bounty? Let's go 3 pushers, or 2 pushers + 1 camper, etc.

For duos it has to do with map navigation and approach. Are we going loud (to bait) or silent (to creep)? Are we camping clues or rushing for the bounty? etc. Of course such decisions also affect trios but here they seem to have more weight since there are more teams on the map and thus higher chance for encounters away from the bounty. I'm not sure "roles" are relevant here though, as I think most duos will be better covering all grounds/generalize? Like, a rifle + shotty build (or shotgun + uppercut) plus some silent option on the side just in case.

[Nhika]

Games are VERY slow in duos.
The pace is much better in trios, but people are way more aggro since you can just hold w and kill someone lol

[Silva]

Originally posted by Nhika:

Games are VERY slow in duos.
The pace is much better in trios, but people are way more aggro since you can just hold w and kill someone lol

Yep, I agree the pace is different. I actually prefer duos/solo for the overall slower and more tense/atmospheric experience. But I'm starting to like trios and I could see that changing in the future.

[Lohung™]

no i find trios are usually just runnig around killing. the most tactical thing that do is set 1 guy out of the compound to kill and warn when players are coming.. after that t heir too cocky to play tactical

[Silva]

Originally posted by Lohung™:

no i find trios are usually just runnig around killing. the most tactical thing that do is set 1 guy out of the compound to kill and warn when players are coming.. after that t heir too cocky to play tactical

Really? Don't you talk and coordinate stuff like, "keep shooting to distract him while I rotate to his side/back" or "go that tower to snipe-cover us while we try to push-nade them to your direction" ? Me and my friends* talk all the time through discord.


*I'm the pusher (shotgun + levering winfield + lots of frags/flashes), other one is the marksmen (he loves the scoped Lebel) and another is the generalist and gadgeteer (some rifle + whatever he finds cool at the time, usually a silenced option like a crossbow, plus sticky bomb for bosses, traps, ammo box, etc).

[geordiebroon58]

always plays trios here (solo random duo and trio) its most likely because trios is where most people is and it involves more strategy even if your weapons arent chosen for a strat etc

there is a lot of tatical plays to be made in this game and its hard to deal with at first

my best guess most people who play duos cant properly strat their movements and think their actions through so they find trios unbalanced (being an excuse for their bad plays)

this is just a hypothisis and iv not actually played duos only but if what your saying is true that just makes the most sense

most people in duo's probably arent as familure with the game