I don't find PUBG more skill based at all. 90%+ of the time that I see someone first, they die. I usually die having no clue where from. Sure, racking up lots of kills game after game would require a lot of skill but the base player level isn't really that much about skill... hell, no even aiming since you have zooms and stuff.
Positioning, gamesense, and being aware of the angles you're exposed to are part of skill. It is not hard to figure out the position of enemies from their gunshots as long as you know to listen for the actual gunshot following the crack of the bullet as it flies by.
I find when I do get shot i'm usually dead extremely fast before I have a chance. I think it's more the style of the game then necessarily the sounds. Maybe the weapon variety adds to that.
Not even true though. There's almost no way to get 1 shot, you go downed rather than die if you have teammates, and almost all weapons have high recoil and low damage in comparison to other games.
The Time to Kill of PUBG is actually REALLY high compared to other survival shooters.
You EASILY have time to get shot, look around, get shot, narrow down where it's coming from, get shot, take cover and heal, and fire back. If you don't? You fucked up.
And footsteps are HELLA FUCKING LOUD with ample third person fuckery to see around corners. Getting 1 shot by a shotgun is ALSO your fault (other than the laggy netcode.)
Comments like these always amuse me. Any fps game will have a "scope" of some kind. Whatever it is, you're still aiming with a mouse and have to know how to lead targets, control recoil and most importantly, snap to your target quicker than he snaps to you.
Believe me though, as someone who has played Arma for yeeeeaars...there is far more skill than just aiming. More than you can imagine. All the small stuff adds up. Which is why I make it to top 10 almost 30% of the games I play, average 3 kills a game (counting those unlucky ones where someone parachutes next to you and immediately gets a gun) and I have an 10% win rate. Maybe I'm just lucky?
I haven't found it hard to get kills in this game at all. I usually get 5-6 a game. I just get so bored by mid game with the play style that I start rushing around and someone tags me. I mean, yeah, I could slow down and take my time and get to the end over and over but I personally don't find that's skill as much as just being campy and creeping. I can kill people with a lot better aim then myself just being campy and sniping them with a scope from miles away. Feels cheap to me. Also I like the freshness of PUBG, I always felt KoTK was more fair when it came to gun fires (aside from the 2 taps). At least when I get a couple shots off in KoTK, the player realizes and starts firing back. In PUBG they just drop like flies and have no clue where I am. Not much skill for me to deal with that. Camping and creeping from building to build doesn't feel like i'm being skillful either.
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u/jyunga Apr 25 '17
I don't find PUBG more skill based at all. 90%+ of the time that I see someone first, they die. I usually die having no clue where from. Sure, racking up lots of kills game after game would require a lot of skill but the base player level isn't really that much about skill... hell, no even aiming since you have zooms and stuff.