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you call people cowards for running away from a 1v3 situation? dont be daft. i'd much rather go for that empty base and maybe have one or two follow me, much better odds.
1on1 i'll take any day, im confident in a duel. a 1v2 can be doable because of revenge and also depends on classes (shaman+centurion combo? GL), though many times you dont have a choice.
if you're the type who thinks it's cowardly to think about tactics in a 4v4 game, then you deserve those losses.
focusing on bases rather than doing a ganksquad is good on big maps. it doesn't work very well on the extremely small maps like one of those viking ones.
i find it so much more fun to focus on the bases, because if both teams measure up, we'll get plenty of smaller fights instead of a 4v4 which is basically a Skirmish which makes me wonder why people dont just go play that mode instead.
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Why people always answered the same thing to this? First of all, I got not so much losses. We here speak about dominion atmosphere, not about how to win. Past days you could stand a chance even against 4 if you know what you're doing. Now, 4v1 just simply end up with your death.if you're the type who thinks it's cowardly to think about tactics in a 4v4 game, then you deserve those losses.
Second, I play games to made something, that I want and can't in real life. And, call me old fashion, but I play games to feel myself hero, not just win one match no matter coast. So, if I see someone gunking guy 4v1, I can't just walk away to do objective. I will help him. For sure in 80% times gunk squade just finished ther dirty businnes, and than switch to me. But that is my way to play. So, for me people who see me fighting 4v1 and just walk away to "do objectives" looks like cowards, yes.
And, in the end, in my expirience, when you play with random who "know the tactics" and just always avoid gunk squad, you probably loose.
And about skirmish. On PC this game mode is dead. Same as elimination.
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there can be no tactics in Dominion if you do not try to use your head. i dont think ill of you for playing like that, but it does clash with those who want to compete. i play online games for a challenge, and the challenge is gone if all we do is fight 4v4 on A point while the other 2 are ticking in points for the enemy and we lose over and over just because nobody cared about bases in the gamemode that is all about holding bases.
Skirmish is probably too organized to enjoy in the way you want to play the game, i assume that's partly why it died out. but this also ruins Dominion. it's mostly just played out as a gankfest Because you play like this.
i've won so many matches by resetting the "breaking" again and again giving my team more chances to win, and by defending points i get plenty of good duels and smaller fights of 2v2 with the occasional 1v2 gank attempts where i have allies coming to my rescue because they see im in trouble.
this good stuff doesn't happen when people play as ganksquads, you will always have 3 or 4 people who just roll over the enemies instantly. there is no helping anything, you die.
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Well, I don't mean that you should just forget about zones in Dominion. If I died, I use my 10-15 sec of respawn to estimate situation, and decided what to do next. If I see gunkers who just killed me and my teammate on point A are going to point C, where two of my teammeates holding zone, I'' go help them to defend it and let my spawn mate took A, or let him go help on C and capture A myself.on A point while the other 2 are ticking in points for the enemy and we lose over and over just because nobody cared about bases in the gamemode that is all about holding bases
But sometimes (on small maps) best strategy still is just group up, forget about zones for a while and destroy entire enemy team. Than you'll have you time to objective, while 3 of you will defend zone near enemy respawn.
