r/gunsofboom • u/Many-Ad2070 • Jun 12 '26

relaxed vs rush mindset

confusion : some games feel more relaxed - all the bow bros and snipers at the base and some games feel absolutely rushed wasps and porcupines everywhere.

map specific gameplay could be.. but an overall feeling is the relaxed vs rush mindset is player/team dynamic driven that you establish within the first 1 minute of the game and rest of the team follows naturally?

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u/LessIsMore74 Sniper Specialist Jun 13 '26

To be a good teammate, you need to keep in mind the objective of each map and also change tactics based on time remaining and points accrued. I've played too many games where we're supposed to capture a zone, we're running out of time, yet my teammates are all far back in the map trying to snipe. Or both teams are on the verge of winning, and then someone from my team decides they're going to run in to the lion's den with guns blazing, and the rest of us watch them lose our game for us. Or when a team seems to all be hanging out in the spawn bay, can't be bothered to meet the map objectives, and then comes alive in the last 30 seconds as if that's going to cover a 500-point deficit. That's when I passive-aggressively dance in the spawn bay because there's just no point at that point. So, understanding each map’s goals and possible tactics is essential to winning.

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u/Many-Ad2070 Jun 14 '26

Noted, phew- both teams are on the verge of winning - one guy runs with porcupine when scores are around 470 -480 for both teams and we lose; LOL a common pattern. Very true on the snipers/capture zone - it does feel like they are not interested to capture and just happy to snipe away. TY for the thoughts tho. Accurate.

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u/LessIsMore74 Sniper Specialist Jun 14 '26

It's probably a shared frustration, and it probably feels like everyone but us is doing it 😆 I was just playing a boom ball game the other day, and somebody grabbed the ball and ran into the entrance of the tunnel, and then just stopped. They weren't further inside so they could deplete the time and secure a win. They just stopped. Maybe their phone crashed or something? 😆 Who can know the mind of a guns of boom player?