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4/27/2016 1:32:57 AM
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The Etiquette of the Heavy Ammo Crate (Refresher Course)

It's Iron Banner again, which means that once again, people who don't normally play PvP are trying to remember how. This also means- yes, you guessed it- someone is on the forum telling them that they're opening the heavy ammo crates too soon. There's a certain etiquette involved in opening the crate when you're on a team. If you're the only one at the crate, and there's no red on your radar, DON'T OPEN THE DAMN CRATE. I can't put it more clearly than that. Wait for the rest of your team so they get some heavy ammo as well. Obviously, it's a judgement call sometimes. There may be a red line at the edge of your screen... in that case, is your team closer than the enemy? Can you wait for them? Or do you have an enemy bearing down on you, lusting for your chitlins, so that you have to pop the crate or risk losing it to the other team? But other times, there's no judgement to be made. It's a clear case of seeing that half of your team is still converging on the crate, knowing that the enemy is nowhere in sight, and just [i]not caring[/i]. Yes, there's an announcement when heavy ammo is inbound. But on many maps, that's still not a lot of time to get to the crate from wherever one happens to be, especially since there's actual fighting taking place. Not everyone arranges their game around the drop timer. Sometimes it's just bad luck. Whatever the case, delaying a second or two is not going to cost you the game, and having a few more players with heavy ammo might actually affect the outcome. Many a loss has turned into a win, and vice-versa, based on some heavy kills at the right time. Think about it next time you're tempted to open that crate all by yourself.

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  • Edited by Ice Lantern: 4/27/2016 5:14:00 PM
    The only etiquette that should be adhered to is to get there on time. Don't get me wrong, if you're a few feet away, I will wait if the coast is clear. But if you're not around when it comes up then that's your fault. I want to get in position asap so I can pick off the other team and maybe make them pay for being stupid enough to wait. On some maps getting to a certain spots with heavy is a huge advantage and I'm not gonna give that up for randoms. If you value heavy that much and you didn't get there in time, chances are (not always but probably) you weren't worth waiting for. Not getting heavy doesn't bother me that much because I can actually get kills without it. I find that the ones who cry about it do so because they need it in order to maintain their 0.70 KD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt_dzykSUuQ

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