Kaze Eyrou
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.08.19 18:51:00 -
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Logi here. First, +1. Second, let me break this down and reply because I have been guilty of a lot of this stuff.
Beastlina wrote:We have all heard complaints from corps and squads about random blues being useless and not wanting to help. They are looked down upon for lack of skill/stupidity. In general they really don't care about you or trying to win.
Now let's be honest with ourselves for a moment. Do you really give a rat's ass about blueberries?
Sometimes no, sometimes yes. First, I tend to prioritize squadmates before teammates because we are able to communicate (really wishing there was proximity chat). Secondly, some of the blueberries I see are running Frontline or Medic (I swear no one runs Anti Armor, and the Sniper fit is stuck in Redline Hills). Those suits are, for the most part expendable and based on my experience, is now in the open with 9 enemies looking at the body waiting for me to come and revive it. Third, yes, I suck at dropping ammo. I need to do that more often.
Beastlina wrote:...many of you who run in squads will never revive someone who is not in your squad. I have been on alts and died next to a logi repping his squadmate sentinel while there was no hostiles anywhere near and rather than stopping for 2 seconds to revive me they will sit there repping the already full hp heavy as he stands there. I have also died with a bunch of people and they will revive everyone who died right around me because they are in a squad and literally leave me there......this one happens A LOT.
Three reasons. One I stated above, you died in a killbox and my heavy is trying to provide suppressive fire to clear the enemy long enough for me to revive you and sometimes I'm sitting there trying to determine when the right moment is to revive you.
Two: I do stick you, I come up, no points, no resurrection, you bleed out, I say profanities as my controller flies across the room. (A bug I come across)
Three: I am right above you about 0m away from your corpse. The option to revive does not appear. I then get to play the "hot, cold" game as I stupidly spin around in movement circles trying to find the correctly location for your dead corpse. Based on my experience, I have a 50% chance to revive you.
Bonus round: During Three, Two happens. And then I get run over by a LAV.
Beastlina wrote:I have even seen people say here on forums that they have the mindset that everyone outside their squad is garbage and they don't expect anything from them. Yet these are the same people who complain that they lost because of idiot blue's. If your not going give them any credit for a win then you can't give them ALL the credit for every loss.
Partly justified, partly guilty. The "idiot" blues I think of are the ones that came from other games thinking they can take on heavies, tanks, and what-have-you, with just a basic combat suit. However experience and skills, both inherent and game-given, all tell me this blueberry is going to get crushed if he doesn't stay with the group.
However, I have been guilty of blaming loses completely on blueberries, and have been rectifying that the best I can. When we lose, I look at how we could do better. When we win, I compliment not just my squad, but my team. Even our blues.
Beastlina wrote:All i'm saying is that if you want blue to give a damn you have to give a damn too. Maybe revive or cover them every once in a while. It's like we abuse them and ask for their help at the same time and wonder why they only play for themselves. They might not be in your squad but they are still on your team.
Agreed and well said. Another thing I do is point new players to the "Learning Coalition" channel in order to point blueberries toward a "blueberry help channel" if you will. So instead of chastising blues, I'm doing my best to educate them so they can become experienced soldiers, both friendly and rival.
Closed Beta Vet // Logi Bro // @KazeEyrou
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