this falls under i must be a dumb「bum-bum」-open maps

You need a Trident Fury.

Spring field: stay out of the middle canyon if at all possible . Stay in the city portion and control those two beacons and kill what ever comes your way.. Or if you spawn at the farm... stay in and around the center beacon using the buildings for cover. You'll get a lot of action coming your way as this beacon usually decides the game.

Canyon... you're gonna have a tough time in a griffin hangar...I donts got too much advice as I haven't been able to make griffins work consistently in canyon. The only thing thing I've had success with is hitching rides behind shield bots and using them for cover.

Yamantu: again griffins are a target for the Long range bots on this map and you'll have a tough time here. Just stay behind cover. Or follow along behind shield bots.

Long term you should look at getting a galahad and run a plasma set up. Also depending if you can you afford it you should get a Lance with either a ancil/teran or thunder orkan. This set up works well for me so I run one of each.

I'd hold off on getting a fury as once butch is available I think the meta will change and trident furies won't be as useful as they currently are. Having said that I run a tt fury and have some success with it on the longer maps.

That's my take on it; that's my advice... at the end of the day you do what ever the f@#k ya wanna do!

Peace...

What is killing you most often on those open maps CrownBlack? In 4/6 old silver tier, I used to rush towards beacons, covering as much ground in my rog as possible, without fear of anything until we got into <500m. Now, with higher level comp, I find immediately jumping an opening Griff usually gets you a Treb-shot to the face, followed by a Trident Volley at the landing. Point being, move more slowly in the open maps, and be mindful of staying under cover or out of range. Watch for Treb yellow blinks and don't move into the open until after they discharge. Just some tips that have helped me avoid longer range death in the bigger maps.

I am still digesting this.  It sounded a little cynical at first....  then really cynical in the middle... but by the end I was slowly nodding my head.   But surely you meant to say that maybe the blues could win, and only do the spawn defense damage thing occasionally when you lose.  I mean, winning has to be an option, right?

I have that problem to a certain extent, too.

You may need to work on your situational awareness. On maps with a lot of cover you only need to worry about what's within 350m of you and everything else can take care of itself. On the more open maps you need to be more aware. 

Oddly, I've been working on that problem lately by playing extra Springfield. It's like lima beans - not fun, but good for you.

Ah yes, Prisoner's dilemma.  We studied game theory in Econ, 20+ years ago.

I am also reminded of two hikers being tracked by a polar bear.  One of them has a gun.  He could use it to shoot the bear, but the outcome of the fight is uncertain.  He could also use it to shoot his buddy in leg.  Escape guaranteed.  Are you telling me there are lots of leg shooters out there in Springfield and Yam?

Yes, that came across as bleak because of the bipolar nature of my solo experiences.  It's not always that frustrating - but it can be and often it is.  Sometimes you get the random teammates who are interested in winning, and sometimes you find yourself on Springfield city side next to 5 bots mounting tridents and trebuchets who show no intention of contesting any of the 3 beacons on the other side.  

I had an epiphany a few days ago where I stuck a molot Griffin in my hangar and started doing exactly what I described.  The difference is that I protect myself from those -15 or -20 outcomes at the cost of one fewer guy trying to get beacons, at least initially until I see what my team is trying to do.  If I see teammates trying, I can always eject from the camper bot and go back into the game.  But if I go through two bots in the first two minutes because I assume (incorrectly) that at least one teammate will join me taking a side beacon, then I'd be pretty much doomed to finishing behind the guys who were happy to see me lose bots while they slowly collected damage through meaningless treb shots across the valley.  Better to stay behind cover as long as necessary (sometimes 5 minutes) and allow the enemy to lock up the beacon bar advantage, so that you can beat the only people left to compete with (other blues who gave up on beacons but might want league points).  It's cynical as heck but it's what I've been seeing this month.  After losing about 300 league points over the previous 10 days or so, I find myself back up about 150.  But that's a Pyrrhic victory because finishing on a red screen - top 2 or not - leaves a bad aftertaste.  

I mean, it's still fun to squad - win or lose, at least you are part of a team that tried to win.  But in too many solo matches lately I've felt like the only blue who even gave it a legitimate effort.  Heck, half the time you'll have one or two guys who seem to want that -20 and they go afk the entire match.  After all I find it unlikely that so many DCs would always happen right after someone drops their bots at spawn (usually spider bots because tankers want to give every disadvantage possible to prevent blue from winning).  Between tankers and people with "top 2 damage" as the primary goal, the concept of taking and holding beacons seems to be a lost art.  

Thus the bottom line lack of enthusiasm in my previous post.  Sorry if I let my frustration bring anyone else down... but this is Rants, after all.  

Will be looking forward to it brother!  The reds will be sorry on that day

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