Disable pausing in new Battleground mode

Right now people can pause for guaranteed 15k match points since they'll remain at 100% Hp once the match ends, or can be exploited to get a good opening damage on the enemy and then play it safe and pause.

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Kabam Miike

Thank you for reporting this. I'm taking this issue to the team to discuss.

BitterSteel

I don’t know if pausing at the start is a good tactical move, since the only way you win is if your opponent dies at 49% health taken off their fight. (49% of 30k points < 15k)

But I definitely know some have been using the pause to stop Nick fury from regenning and dealing with second phase. To save points from the health remaining of you and Nick.

Either way, I don’t think pausing the fight should be able to be a tactical part of fighting. It’s like Corvus cheese using the time out as part of the right. The pause button isn’t a champion ability.

ccrider474

Pausing really doesn't matter. As the scoring works damage dealt is worth a lot more than health remaining.

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Snakep

Some of us need the pause, urgent real life distractions…

Then just take a loss for the one round and move on. It’s just a two minute fight, and if you lose you can make up for it in future fights. If it’s being exploited then it needs to addressed and corrected.

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Zurafa

I think pausing is fine, but if you don’t finish the fight after pausing then all health bonus should be loss (think bg said that too). Another issue currently is even if you quit the fight at the start you keep all health bonus, I actually won a Match against beroman because I ended up rage quitting the fight (which I’m not proud of) but further proves how much of an issue that is, quitting the fight should 100% be instant loss.

Beewee

Right now people can pause for guaranteed 15k match points since they'll remain at 100% Hp once the match ends, or can be exploited to get a good opening damage on the enemy and then play it safe and pause.

GinjabredMonsta

I think pausing is fine, but if you don’t finish the fight after pausing then all health bonus should be loss (think bg said that too). Another issue currently is even if you quit the fight at the start you keep all health bonus, I actually won a Match against beroman because I ended up rage quitting the fight (which I’m not proud of) but further proves how much of an issue that is, quitting the fight should 100% be instant loss.

I think that could be a good way to detour people trying to abuse pausing.

johnlaw3742

if you get an opponent to almost zero health and then pause right before opponent is about to get to an sp3 that would knock out all your health, it definitely makes a difference in winning or losing

Colinwhitworth69

I am good with this being changed somehow. How about:

Allow one pause per match. Pause last only 15 seconds. Fight timer is also paused.

awesomesauce

Idk, maybe the timer should be more of a tie-breaker as opposed to points.
Order of importance, in my opinion, should be:
A> If player quits fight, auto-lose
B> Points go to player that successfully KOd the defender
(If both champs did, or if neither did move onto the next structure of points)
C> Remaining HP of attacker/defender
D> If all above is tied, then the timer should act as a tie-breaker just like it does in war

It doesnt make sense to me that in rounds I KO'd their defender, but have lower hp remain, yet they werent able to drop my defender and they beat me because of health, thats not right.

Qwerty12345

He guys... Pausing isn't the issue. Right now you don't have to pause to "cheese this". If you just quit the fight... the same thing happens (and in fact you get to save up to 2 minutes of time depending on how long your opponent takes to do theirs).

Borrowing from above

A> First player quits fight, auto-lose
B> If one player KO's defender, and the other doesn't, the player who KO's the opponent wins.
(If both champs did, or if neither did move onto the next structure of points)
C> If get this far, then add up 5*(1-%defender health left) + (percent attacker health left), most points wins
D> If all above is tied, then ... and only then use time as next tie breaker
e> if all the above is its a tie. Scoring systems have ways to handle rating points and such, but I would ask that in these very rare circumstances that the players be refunded their energy cost OR not have the fights count towards needing to recharge champions.

Also, if you really want to spice these things up: I would consider allowing synergies. If you want to draft Heimdal onto your 7... then hey you have a small advantage. This could make for some more creativity in deck building