Sandbagging in BGS should be okay
Rudolph_Raindeer
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I dont get why sandbagging in battlegrounds is not okay. There are not rules against it.
I am very far from the most skilled player, but I do spend many hours each day (+5) to improve my account and I spend 100s of usd on this game every month.
This is how I approach the game and make up for lack of skills. Spending money (and time) to keep up. Why is this not legit? Why should this be taken away from me? I dont get it…
BTW. I am not high in tiers despite sandbagging. Only just made it to Plat.
I am very far from the most skilled player, but I do spend many hours each day (+5) to improve my account and I spend 100s of usd on this game every month.
This is how I approach the game and make up for lack of skills. Spending money (and time) to keep up. Why is this not legit? Why should this be taken away from me? I dont get it…
BTW. I am not high in tiers despite sandbagging. Only just made it to Plat.
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Add on: the last 12 matches I have lost, so I really dont see why people are SO MUCH in disadvantsge when I sandbag 🤨
It shouldn't be off of deck rating or similar progression or similar rated account etc etc
I am against those who sandbag
Yes, you aren’t breaking rules, just demonstrating poor sportsmanship so you can manipulate the game in your favour. Which is certainly your right, as the game stands now.
1) helping yourself draw weaker opponents
2) exercising control over the ban system.
Number 1 is a Kabam problem that they could easily fix by changing the metrics behind matchmaking. I’m sympathetic to players with weaker decks…I just became paragon so I still wince at people with Herc, Doom and others I can’t get at r4.
Number 2 is a way to filter champs you can’t counter out of the pool while concentrating your choices among champs you prefer using.
It actually helps players with thinner rosters. They can use 6 spots in their deck on low-level champs they don't fight well, don’t have, or don’t have ranked. They can ban 3 of those champs, then their card draws will be 21 favorable champs and 3 duds (3 of their hood champs will be banned).
I wouldn’t say a peep about Kabam fixing number 1. There are plenty of ways to do it. Number 2 is a valid strategy for a number of reasons. I played BGs for a while before I realized my bans affected me too. This takes champs that we’re unlikely to be chosen anyway (25th-30th in the deck) and just ensures that won’t happen.
And to the boxing arguement. If the heavyweight loses all of hij leg mass he might be light enough to get into the lightweight class. His upper body will still have the strength to punch way harder than the lightweight. But if the heavyweight is unlucky and loses his balance (having to pull 2* into your 7 picks) he will surely lose.
The actually is much more in line with the comparison you are trying to make.
No.
Get bent dude.
No pity for a coward
Sandbagging IS against the rules. It is an exploit on the matchmaking system. Just because you are not physically barred from performing an action; doesn’t mean it is not an exploit. Kabam has stated this is not their intention. Kabam has very quickly patched the problem. Yet, players are still finding ways around it—those players are exploiting the game which is against the TOS. See this excerpt:
“Use features of the Services for anything other than their intended purpose, including exploiting glitches for personal gain”
Given Kabam’s statement and actions on this matter, you cannot argue sandbagging is intended; therefore you are breaking the rules.
I’ve only played about 20 matches. And I’ve ran into about 5 sandbaggers. In all instances, their drafted champs were very comparable to mine. So Kabam’s change is working to an extent. This leads me to believe that players, like OP, have done extra trial and error to add more/lower champs to get around Kabam’s preventive measures. Which is basically the definition of an exploit.
Ended up with four 2s champs in my fighting deck. Pretty sure my opponent was ok with me “cheating” 🤷🏻♂️
If it is a competition and you are not skilled, you should be either (1) improving your skills through the hours you claim to put in, or (2) you don't truly deserve the higher level rewards.
Whales aren’t spending because they lack skills.
This is why it confuses me on why it’s even used as an argument to sandbagging in bg. The difference here is when you sandbag you’re adding on 300% health and attack, some combo of nodes that make the fights much harder than a wack arena fight lol