Deathmatch is just not fun

Posted by Steve

Thursday, March 18, 2021 3:24 AM

Okay so I've never liked deathmatch, but I've played it a lot anyways because I feel like it's the best way to warmup quickly in game. But deathmatch rewards camping and sound whoring almost exclusively. I mean, I guess it's not different than any other game mode, obviously sound whoring is going to give someone an advantage one way or another. But either way, the spawns are terrible 50% of the time. Sometimes, on Split for example, you will spawn in the back of attackers spawn. Now you have to either run for 10+ seconds making so much noise everyone is ready to shoot you, or sneak across the map, losing the spot on the leaderboard. Sometimes you will spawn directly behind someone, or in between two people. People are constantly moving headshotting. I win a good amount when I play, but it almost never feels fun. I don't understand why Riot added more people into deathmatch. I think deathmatch should reward gun skills and movement, not sitting in the advantage spots and sound whoring for people to come to you. It's will tilt the hell out of you if you're trying to come and focus on your aiming. It's just not fun. Some changes I think would help is reducing the number of players, stop making noise when spawning so people can't sound whore that noise and just wait for you, and give some type of incentive to keep moving, forcing players to engage in more dynamic and versatile fights focusing on the player's gun skill and movement. I see so much potential in deathmatch to be a fun free for all, kind of like COD in the ole days lol. Anyways, I love this game and I hope it keeps changing and growing for the better.

References

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/m7a3hv/deathmatch_is_just_not_fun/
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