Idea for Battlegrounds: Pausing QoL

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to throw out a suggestion that’s been bouncing around in my head after way too many BG matches where someone pauses and we’re all just sitting there waiting.

What if BGs let you “lock in” your score and end the match early?

Basically:

You find a spot where you may want to “pause” instead in the pause screen hit a “Lock In” button.

The match ends for you immediately.

You don’t get any time bonus.

You still get the normal attacker health remaining + defender health removed scores.

Opponent still plays out their side like normal.

Why this would help:

Speeds up slow/paused matches.

Adds a layer of strategy.

Reduces frustration around stalling.

I don’t see any real drawbacks either since you’re giving up the time bonus, it’s not abusable for free points. It’s just a way to streamline things.

What are your thoughts?

Comments

Xguard77

Assumed this would be another terrible BG idea, but honestly, it's pretty good

JESUSCHRIST

Kabam has said pausing is unsportsmanlike so this is another form of pausing

If the other player continue fighting until time runs out, den it's the same, you still have to wait even though you locked in the points

captain_rogers

Yayy let's bypass nick's second life and serpent's death immunity.

Edit : wait what you said is essentially pausing, but quitting prematurely so it won't hurt the other player. I agree with this.

ItsClobberinTime

I expected another stupid peixemacaco idea but this actually a decent one lol

willrun4adonut

I'd back this.

Mixtapevol02

Yep, make them wait for you.

Aleor

Could also fix loading time difference and provide extra points properly counting only fighting time itself

GroundedWisdom

Assisted farming? Yeah, no thanks.

PantherusNZ

The problem is that pausers are also trolling, and more than a few are hoping that you'll get fed up with the long waits and either make mistakes as a result, or rage-quit yourself.

Also, as captain_rogers pointed out about, certain fights could be strategically quit early rather than take the chance of them taking you out while you try to get them down further.

Good idea, but not a fan of this particular implementation