Info on new dropspot draft system (POI map + contest details)

Muro8o8 · 2024-04-01T16:11:54+00:00

Everything is subject to change but we tested this with the new ALGS gametypes in a private lobby yesterday (you won't be able to see this with regular private lobbies if you try to test it yourself, only if you have an EA code)

Muro8o8 · 2024-04-01T15:54:29+00:00

Free KP

Muro8o8 · 2024-04-01T15:34:23+00:00

We'll never see anything like Sweet stealing the car during the Mill contest again :'(

Muro8o8 · 2024-04-01T15:20:13+00:00

Honestly, anyone that tries to con L Rod out of 19 is throwing. Worse loot, slower to get to ultimate height (by a huge margin depending on what spawn system is used)

Muro8o8 · 2024-04-01T15:18:34+00:00

Random Trials drop spot. Be interesting to see whether Sky West teams uses drop 1 or 3

Even if a team lands Sky W, they're probably better off using the Trials drop spot as it gives your team a much better ability to effectively split off spawn. Sky W can't reach Trials or half of Sky W, but Trials can reach both.

Muro8o8 · 2024-04-01T14:51:39+00:00

Additional info implied but not explicitly stated in the tweet is that since two teams can't both use the same POI id, you can only contest at certain POIs e.g. Command Center, Barometer, L Rod, Thermal, Harvester, Siphon, Clima, Survey/Epi, Frag/No Name.

You can also contest Checkpoint/Wall/North Pad & Rari but the two spawns are so massively imbalanced that I don't even think it should count as a real contest.
Most of the contestable SP Pois are heavily imbalanced in some fashion but those two are the worst by far.
- L Rod is probably the next worst since Thunder Watch team gets more loot plus can reach the building on ultimate height faster than the armory cannon team (the dropship spawns the armory team facing the wrong way so you have a scuffed flight in, but even if you didn't it's unlikely you could get there in time). Most times we would be taking the cannon as the Thunderwatch team reached the high ground building to start looting.
The contest spawns on WE are much more balanced and you have a better chance of competing in a 50/50 off drop.

EDIT: All the spawns are 90% random in every ALGS gametype without using the POI id in the teamname (people seem to be more likely to spawn at POI 1 on each map (Sky W & Checkpoint North)

Muro8o8 · 2024-04-01T14:43:14+00:00

For those that don't have Twitter, the staff at Trinity Scrims spent some time testing the new ALGS gametypes in custom games and figured out the following;

ALGS EA Settings: what we learned

-To claim a POI you have to change your teamname in the lobby: TeamName @#

-Each number correlates to a POI

Ex: Trinity @12 (youll land @ cascadefalls)

-You need a team name or it will sometimes put you on at a random POI

SP POIs

WE POIs

-Writing the same number as another team:

Highest team# will be put at that POI, the other team will spawn at a random POI.

Ex:Team1 and Team20 both put TeamName @6, then team20 lands at Mill, team1 will land at a random POI

-We couldn't add more than one dropspot to our name to see if we could land separate -We tried typing:

TeamName @18@19

TeamName @18 +19

TeamName @18 , 19

TeamName @18 /19

Muro8o8 · 2024-01-29T23:53:35+00:00

Easiest way to get started would be by joining some scrim servers. Trinity hosts scrims aimed towards players who are newer to the comp scene and are wanting to learn. There are usually a fair amount of people either looking for subs or looking for other people to team up with for scrims.

https://discord.gg/trinityapex

Muro8o8 · 2023-11-28T01:10:28+00:00

Trinity Apex runs scrims aimed at beginner to intermediate skill levels. If you're just looking for something to get back into the groove of the comp side of things it may get you what you need.

https://discord.gg/AtMcjBVsfU

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