Pausing in BGs an effective strategy in this BGs Meta

I am finding that a lot of opponents using pausing as a strategy in BGs. If you do end up with a matchup where the defender is immune to your attacker's DOT, its better to pause and pray that your defender knocks out the opponent's attacker rather than losing health.

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BigBlueOx

No. It’s for hacks. It’s a fighting game not a pausing game. Anybody who does it, isn’t clever, they just lack confidence in their skills enough to try

BigBlueOx

It’s also a misuse of the button, putting it in the proximity of cheating although it isn’t technically

JLordVileJ

Also relics do damage, I won a match using warlock against ultron i think and my warlock was unawakened the opponent had the easiest match but they koed and I did more damage I think? Still can't believe I won

Gomezlink

I won a fight by pausing, I only had my Sasquatch that did damage, against a Scorpion, immune to rupture, I paused and let my Kindred deal with the opposing attacker, victory

BigBlueOx

I won a fight by pausing, I only had my Sasquatch that did damage, against a Scorpion, immune to rupture, I paused and let my Kindred deal with the opposing attacker, victory

So gross that people brag about this trash now

KRANꓘ

https://youtube.com/shorts/eLIJuAQ9n6A?si=1dHTIQQ_JFMp-4pY

BigBlueOx

It’s not even on par with camping in other games…. At least camping requires enough skill to make an accurate shot.

Pausing to retain points is just self acknowledging a total lack of skill

peixemacaco

I won a fight by pausing, I only had my Sasquatch that did damage, against a Scorpion, immune to rupture, I paused and let my Kindred deal with the opposing attacker, victory

After the guy that showed he did 3 hacks and a pic , playing on emulator, nothing surprises me...

Colinwhitworth69

It's not a strategy. It's a cowardly move.

Mayawati

Cowardly move or not( strategy) , it is proving effective coz of the meta. I am not spending my elder marks or shields due to unpredictability of this season.

Demonzfyre

Cowardly move or not( strategy) , it is proving effective coz of the meta. I am not spending my elder marks or shields due to unpredictability of this season.

I suggest learning how to use the nodes to your advantage.

danielmath

It’s not even on par with camping in other games…. At least camping requires enough skill to make an accurate shot.

Pausing to retain points is just self acknowledging a total lack of skill

How skilled would he need to be to do sassy vs scorp? Could you do it?

cfprelude

I suggest adjusting your rosters so they work with the meta.

BigBlueOx

It’s not even on par with camping in other games…. At least camping requires enough skill to make an accurate shot.

Pausing to retain points is just self acknowledging a total lack of skill
How skilled would he need to be to do sassy vs scorp? Could you do it?

I’d die trying rather than pause. My pride can take a L by getting trapped. A W being a coward is still an L in my book.

danielmath

It’s not even on par with camping in other games…. At least camping requires enough skill to make an accurate shot.

Pausing to retain points is just self acknowledging a total lack of skill
How skilled would he need to be to do sassy vs scorp? Could you do it?
I’d die trying rather than pause. My pride can take a L by getting trapped. A W being a coward is still an L in my book.

Lol

BigBlueOx

I’ve consistently called it a cowards move since BGs went live.

I firmly believe that pausing should drain your health until it hits 0

Greekhit

I won a fight by pausing, I only had my Sasquatch that did damage, against a Scorpion, immune to rupture, I paused and let my Kindred deal with the opposing attacker, victory

You didn’t won, your opponent lost the match since he wasn’t able to score even 15k points.
Adjusting your roster to match the meta, is what you should do instead of pausing.
Good players are laughing at you for pausing, good pausers are lagging at you too, since you waited to take enough damage and then pause 🤷‍♂️
And additional you had the stupidity to make a post, bragging about it 🤦‍♂️

SirGamesBond

It’s not even on par with camping in other games…. At least camping requires enough skill to make an accurate shot.

Pausing to retain points is just self acknowledging a total lack of skill
How skilled would he need to be to do sassy vs scorp? Could you do it?
I’d die trying rather than pause. My pride can take a L by getting trapped. A W being a coward is still an L in my book.

It's alright, he's just sarcastic. Tell him to fight a rhino and call it a day.

Phantomfire500

Don't hate the player, hate the game. If I have a matchup where the 3% damage relic does is all I have, and opponent has the same, then I'm throwing if I don't abuse pause

SirGamesBond

Btw... DLL mentioned about this topic,
It was during the point farming bans implementation,
He Said: Pausing is not intended to gain an advantage, it is a problem they are aware of and it won't be overlooked for long, but it was not a priority at that point of time.

BringPopcorn

So you lose matches where you can't score more than 15k points.. and somehow its someone elses fault.... Yeah makes total sense

Drago_von_Drago

Unpopular opinion time.

Do you consider taking a knee in (American) football or walking the ball up the court at the end of a basketball game to run out the clock cheating or cowardly? What about intentionally walking a power hitter in baseball in the bottom of the 9th? Battlegrounds is about strategy as much as skill. Knowing when to fight and when not to is part of being strategic.

Pausing at the start of a match already comes with a 25,000 point penalty. That’s not enough? If you can’t score half the available points in your match then the same “play better/build a better deck/learn the meta” comments can be directed at you.

Especially in this meta, choosing your battles makes more sense than going into a fight you know you can’t win.

The “it’s a fighting game, you should have to fight” argument goes out the window for me when you can still lose if you KO the defender and your opponent doesn’t. It’s not about winning a fight, it’s about maximizing points earned in the match.

The only thing that bothers me about pausing opponents is that it drags out the match and I’m usually crunched for time when I play.

lightningbaron

Toss out the pause button from BG mode. It is 2024 and we are still debating this?

Gomezlink

I won a fight by pausing, I only had my Sasquatch that did damage, against a Scorpion, immune to rupture, I paused and let my Kindred deal with the opposing attacker, victory
You didn’t won, your opponent lost the match since he wasn’t able to score even 15k points.
Adjusting your roster to match the meta, is what you should do instead of pausing.
Good players are laughing at you for pausing, good pausers are lagging at you too, since you waited to take enough damage and then pause 🤷‍♂️
And additional you had the stupidity to make a post, bragging about it 🤦‍♂️

Funny, it says I won, if you think it's wrong, complain to the kabam that makes this possible, usually the defeated fool calls the smart guy a coward... lol

peixemacaco

Funny, it says I won, if you think it's wrong, complain to the kabam that makes this possible, usually the defeated fool calls the smart guy a coward... lol

Hey... you're wrong

Pause is definitely not allowed.
I can't find, but, Kabam Jax stated pause as one of the vilations on BG.

If your name on forums is the same as in game, take care, you're in serious trouble after that post.

Cdjcdkj

I won a fight by pausing, I only had my Sasquatch that did damage, against a Scorpion, immune to rupture, I paused and let my Kindred deal with the opposing attacker, victory

The only thing is if you would of lose its a exploit under the point farming so use at your risk if you lose the match and pause to make a loss take longer then should of you can get banned

BigBlueOx

I won a fight by pausing, I only had my Sasquatch that did damage, against a Scorpion, immune to rupture, I paused and let my Kindred deal with the opposing attacker, victory
You didn’t won, your opponent lost the match since he wasn’t able to score even 15k points.
Adjusting your roster to match the meta, is what you should do instead of pausing.
Good players are laughing at you for pausing, good pausers are lagging at you too, since you waited to take enough damage and then pause 🤷‍♂️
And additional you had the stupidity to make a post, bragging about it 🤦‍♂️
Funny, it says I won, if you think it's wrong, complain to the kabam that makes this possible, usually the defeated fool calls the smart guy a coward... lol

Just gross how fair play gets thrown out the window. The pause isn’t there for strategy it’s a quality of life feature there for people who have interruptions in real life. Using it to conserve points is why nice things get taken away.

Equivocating it with things like taking a knee in football is beyond silly to me because at that point you didn’t even play the game. Or if I’m being generous you sat your entire team for a full quarter. That’s a forfeit not a “clever play”

BigBlueOx

So you lose matches where you can't score more than 15k points.. and somehow its someone elses fault.... Yeah makes total sense

Nice strawman. Where do you see the word fault used? If there’s blame it’s on Kabam for letting the pause be abused for over a year.

But this isn’t blame, it’s calling people cowardly for not fighting their fights. If the cowards need to make themselves feel better about being ambiguous on fair play and being scared to try, that’s on them.

danielmath

I won a fight by pausing, I only had my Sasquatch that did damage, against a Scorpion, immune to rupture, I paused and let my Kindred deal with the opposing attacker, victory
You didn’t won, your opponent lost the match since he wasn’t able to score even 15k points.
Adjusting your roster to match the meta, is what you should do instead of pausing.
Good players are laughing at you for pausing, good pausers are lagging at you too, since you waited to take enough damage and then pause 🤷‍♂️
And additional you had the stupidity to make a post, bragging about it 🤦‍♂️
Funny, it says I won, if you think it's wrong, complain to the kabam that makes this possible, usually the defeated fool calls the smart guy a coward... lol
Just gross how fair play gets thrown out the window. The pause isn’t there for strategy it’s a quality of life feature there for people who have interruptions in real life. Using it to conserve points is why nice things get taken away.

Equivocating it with things like taking a knee in football is beyond silly to me because at that point you didn’t even play the game. Or if I’m being generous you sat your entire team for a full quarter. That’s a forfeit not a “clever play”

You must hate sam hinkie and people like that huh

BigBlueOx

I won a fight by pausing, I only had my Sasquatch that did damage, against a Scorpion, immune to rupture, I paused and let my Kindred deal with the opposing attacker, victory
You didn’t won, your opponent lost the match since he wasn’t able to score even 15k points.
Adjusting your roster to match the meta, is what you should do instead of pausing.
Good players are laughing at you for pausing, good pausers are lagging at you too, since you waited to take enough damage and then pause 🤷‍♂️
And additional you had the stupidity to make a post, bragging about it 🤦‍♂️
Funny, it says I won, if you think it's wrong, complain to the kabam that makes this possible, usually the defeated fool calls the smart guy a coward... lol
Just gross how fair play gets thrown out the window. The pause isn’t there for strategy it’s a quality of life feature there for people who have interruptions in real life. Using it to conserve points is why nice things get taken away.

Equivocating it with things like taking a knee in football is beyond silly to me because at that point you didn’t even play the game. Or if I’m being generous you sat your entire team for a full quarter. That’s a forfeit not a “clever play”
You must hate sam hinkie and people like that huh

Yup. Ruins the NBA for that to be part of the game.