Why does no one seem to realize that you can pass the ball in Grifball now? I have never seen anyone throw the ball (other than me) in any of the twenty something games of Grifball I’ve played thus far. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve hammered my way through the defense and stood on the enemy goal, jumping up and down, trying to get my teammate with the ball to throw it to me for an easy score. And every single time what does he do? He runs straight at me across the court and gets killed almost immediately.
Communication is key in grifball now. Letting your teammates know when you’re open for a pass. I find it best to play with friends who also have mics so you can communicate. Though we usually don’t rush the bomb, we like to kill.
> Why does no one seem to realize that you can pass the ball in Grifball now? I have never seen anyone throw the ball (other than me) in any of the twenty something games of Grifball I’ve played thus far. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve hammered my way through the defense and stood on the enemy goal, jumping up and down, trying to get my teammate with the ball to throw it to me for an easy score. And every single time what does he do? He runs straight at me across the court and gets killed almost immediately.
You: I’m open! Pass me the rock!
Him: Chilllllll! I got his.
> Communication is key in grifball now. Letting your teammates know when you’re open for a pass. I find it best to play with friends who also have mics so you can communicate. Though we usually don’t rush the bomb, we like to kill.
I agree. But friends aren’t always available so sometimes I have to play with randoms. But even when I’m against a full party of friends I never see them pass the ball to each other.
As the late great Darrell K. Royal once said, “There are three things that can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.”
Moral of the story: run the damn ball!
> Communication is key in grifball now. Letting your teammates know when you’re open for a pass. I find it best to play with friends who also have mics so you can communicate. Though we usually don’t rush the bomb, we like to kill.
No one communicates anymore. Play with a party. No 1 uses it when you go in by yourself. I can yell in the mic and get nothing.
I imagine it’s super hard playing with a bunch of randoms. I was playing with my brother the other day and it was so fun yelling at each other, “I’M OPEN. I’M OPEN.” One time I had the ball and was about 4 steps to the side of the goal. I knew I wasn’t going to make it so I jumped and bounce passed it to him right as he was going up the middle. I felt like I was dishing the rock for a breakaway dunk, it was so satisfying.
They should hand out medals for assists. Like if a teammate grabs the ball within 2 seconds of you throwing it, and scores it within 5 seconds of grabbing it. I woiuld love to hear the announcer yell, “ASSIST.”
> As the late great Darrell K. Royal once said, “There are three things that can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.”
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> Moral of the story: run the damn ball!
Also known as having way too much confidence in yourself. If I’m standing on their goal with no one around and you die trying to run the ball, you just cost us a score out of some misplaced sense of over self confidence.
> I imagine it’s super hard playing with a bunch of randoms. I was playing with my brother the other day and it was so fun yelling at each other, “I’M OPEN. I’M OPEN.” One time I had the ball and was about 4 steps to the side of the goal. I knew I wasn’t going to make it so I jumped and bounce passed it to him right as he was going up the middle. I felt like I was dishing the rock for a breakaway dunk, it was so satisfying.
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> They should hand out medals for assists. Like if a teammate grabs the ball within 2 seconds of you throwing it, and scores it within 5 seconds of grabbing it. I woiuld love to hear the announcer yell, “ASSIST.”
It definitely is. I’ve been trying to get friends together to play since the playlist was released but they’ve all been busy. That sounds awesome. But yeah that’s the bad thing about playing with randoms. Everyone is in it for themselves. They don’t want the team to score if it’s not them doing it.
I’ve noticed this too, I’ll be wide open next to the enemys bomb station thingy and nobody passes it ):
Im guessing because it is still early and people have to get used to being able to throw it. That is my guess anyway.
I always throw the ball to the nearest team mate and get the other team of me. Works everytime. I only throw it when they don’t notice.
I pass it… right at the enemy who is wielding a Sword and about to try and kill me.
> I always throw the ball to the nearest team mate and get the other team of me. Works everytime. I only throw it when they don’t notice.
I have done that, its like WTF, you have the entire team after you, and you throw it at a guy across the court, and they all go fetch, lol… like what the hell, maybe one goes after you. Wonder how pissed a team would get if you sat there and threw it back and forth for awhile?
People need to vote for PRO, since you get 5 rounds, thats how I got my First Strike mastery in no time.
> People need to vote for PRO, since you get 5 rounds, thats how I got my First Strike mastery in no time.
“But PRO doesn’t net you 80+ kills, lol.” That’s what my GB addicted friends say to me all the time anyway.
> > People need to vote for PRO, since you get 5 rounds, thats how I got my First Strike mastery in no time.
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> “But PRO doesn’t net you 80+ kills, lol.” That’s what my GB addicted friends say to me all the time anyway.
No it doesnt, but it also doesnt get you the stance.
Just in time.
I was about to ask how can I pass it. The times I tried it didn’t look like I pushed the right button.
How can I do it?
Thank you.
> Just in time.
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> I was about to ask how can I pass it. The times I tried it didn’t look like I pushed the right button.
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> How can I do it?
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> Thank you.
The ball can now be passed by tapping whichever button throws grenades based on the player’s control scheme.
They probably just have to get used to it, they might be used to the old way of playing when it was the Assault gametype.