So i'm a bit of a bot player (PS4) , but i still enjoy playing Squads with my friends , who are just as a bot as i am.
So about a while ago i decided to partake in the Console Generations Cup (My first ever Cup) , just for the heck of it. I had grinded a bit Arena in the previous Seasons so i thought i knew what to expect (Sort of).
How wrong i was...
I was legitimately expecting to get destroyed repeatedly without even managing to get some damage in.
So imagine my surprise when i actually didn't die right off the bat, and even more surprisingly, i also performed much better than expected.
I didn't even come close to winning any prizes, cuz i'm a bot like i said earlier, but what really blew my mind was that in general, it was much easier than not only Arena , but even pubs.
Let me rephrase that. a Cup was easier (and less sweaty) than freaking pubs.
And honestly the only reason for that is because there was no Cross-Play in that Cup.
I was honestly bewildered. It's not like i didn't know that Cross-Play makes the game much harder for Console Players before but holy cow, i had no idea how nice it was playing in a Console-Only lobby with players on roughly your own skill level, or even above it but not by a huge margin.
I honestly had fun in Fortnite for the first time in months, it felt amazing.
However this isn't the reason i'm writting this as of now.
Last night, i was looking forward to hopping on my PS4 and playing some Squad games with my friends, after a very tiresome day.
And i kid you not, in nearly every match we'd get shit on by a PC God-Squad that we realistically had no chance against.
It was frustrating beyond belief.
In one instance, we got 1v4'd by an Anonymous with 24 kills. We then proceeded to spectate him winning the whole game, making crazy triple edits and tunneling everywhere (Without forgetting to "Laugh it up" on every elim he got) .
I wasn't even mad at this, just disheartened. It felt hopeless. It honestly felt like no matter how much we (Talking about me and my Squad) grind or improve, we will never stand a chance against players like these.
And it's not just a matter of Cross-Play, but SBMM also.
We constantly get put in lobbies with players so astronomically away from our Skill Level we need a telescope to see them.
The idea of SBMM inherently isn't bad. It's when it works in conjuction with Forced Cross-Play that it becomes a burden to, you know, enjoying the game.
I don't mind fighting against similarly skilled Console Players, even if i lose at the end. However fighting against PC players that can outedit me without breaking a Sweat and destroy me before i even realise what happened is honestly frustrating.
In Layman's Terms : The game simply doesn't feel fun anymore , and i'm inclined to call it borderline unplayable (On Console).
A game, first and foremost, should be fun (Unless you are Neil "We don't use the word fun" Druckmann) , and Fortnite hasn't felt fun for a good while.
A lot of my friends have quit the game for this very reason, and now only 4 of us still play. I honestly can't blame them tbh.
Forced Cross Play in tandem with a SBMM that we still don't know how it works exactly makes the game a very unpleasant experience.
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RANT TIME: It honestly feels unfair. People whined about Aim Assist giving Console Players an "unfair competitive advantage" but are (Weirdly) completely silent when Cross Play puts all the Console Fanbase in a massive disadvantage yet (Almost) no one that has any short of influence (Content Creators, Pros etc) have said anything regarding this.
It's honestly hypocritical if you ask me. As long as they are the ones with the advantage i guess...
Alright , Rant over, sorry for that.
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EDIT: I meant no offense to PC players, i'm terribly sorry if i offended anyone, or if i sounded to dismissive or toxic.
That was all i had to say. No offense meant to anyone, feel free to downvote if you disagree.
Thanks for reading.
Submitted December 30, 2020 at 01:57PM by Kodak_V https://ift.tt/3b7tYP1 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
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