Seriously the maps wide open, you buffed footsteps audio and you somehow expect a bunch of beat downs?
343 please use a brain cell, there 0 fun in having to crouch in a corner and hope someone walks by…
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You can get more if you use powerups with the intention of getting melee kills. I think I have like 4-5 in as many games so far towards my 25 melee kills challenge. Especially as trades are more common now too, it’s not ideal for actually doing well. It’s bad to melee in this mode unless it’s desperation.
It’s poorly thought out, in my opinion. If it was a normal week challenge too and not in launch week I’d probably never get it. If it takes me about 25 games I’m not gonna play that much LSS in a normal week ever. That’s a lot. I like it, but that’s too much for me. I usually play like 25-40 games a week total so I’d want to play my favourites instead, BTB and Ranked.
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I haven’t played much, but i have yet to get a melee kill. I also not a ffa player, I am a team player. So I absolute garbage at this mode. I have been last place all but once and never gotten above level 3. So i am going to have to use my swaps from now on to get rid of this melee challenges.
I almost always get Boxer in LSS. It’s super easy to get Back Smacks, Boxer, Ninja, Achilles Spine, and Sneak King, if you play the match with the mindset of getting assassinations. Wish we had them though
Having to rely on rng camo to get back smacks is just a dumb design…
Its not as if its just melee, i have to get 9 back smacks in LSS… thats stupid for an open map and i dont think having to rely on rng camo drops is a fair argument
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I agree, I don’t agree with the challenge just giving you a tip to make it easier than corner sitting. You can usually always get quite a few powerup drops through the game too.
That 9 backsmacks is a stinker. With sprint speed, how quick people react it can be so damn hard to get any! Luckily I had 5 backsmacks in any mode so I abused BTB for that. Total Control thank you!
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Yeah i dont verse bad players that get fooled by a ninja in a wide open map lol
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Without radar, they never know you’re behind the wall waiting to jump backwards
Spawning certainly has a big part of it as do power ups. While aiming and efficiency with weapons is important the ability to steal kills and get those power ups carrys you.
Iv won most of my games except when iv been trying to get these back smacks lol. I personally hate level 2, id rather a sidekick than mangler
Thats falls into the issue of just hiding round a wall for most of the game, thats some stale gameplay and id rather not play.
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Yeah i just hate the forced challenges, like if it was just back smacks thatd be whatever but in this game mode its killing the vibe for sure.
Im not a huge fan of FFA but i have won most games before trying to get back smacks lol
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Yeah it’s a weird one, I don’t like being made to play specific gametypes for normal weekly challenges but I do think it is in theme with events. But only if the challenges are more relatable to the event.
Like why not have it related to the mode at all: survive X minutes total across all games, eliminate X Spartans, get X kills, upgrade X amount of levels, collect X AIs, etc etc.
Backsmacks and melees seems like such a boring thing to do via the game mode. Even kills with certain loadout weapons would be more appropriate.
Okay well good luck getting back smacks on deaf players that can’t hear your feet clunking behind them. Either be stealthy or don’t, your choice. I recommend jumping to have less foot noise if you decide to chase them. I did 8 challenges that were back smacks and melee kills, which was no issue for me. I prefer it over specific weapon kill challenges or headshots because melee kills are a passive challenge I just always do anyway, and imo this is a great map for assassinations
Which is also why I am going to use my challenge swaps. Since one i never get lucky in waiting around a corner. Also it does make for a long game and don’t have time to play. Which is sad cause I only used a challenge swap four times last season, and from what I see for this week I am going to have to use swap at least 4 times.