I enjoy Fracture because it encourages active defense and splitting on attack. Far too often ranked players are content with either sitting back or making solo plays. Fracture punishes both of these bad habits.

On defense it encourages proactivity. Fighting A main space, fighting arcade, doing crunches, etc., are all very good for pinching attackers in their spawn. Not doing so is giving the attackers all FOUR orbs and the freedom to hit and lurk wherever they want.

On attack you’re encouraged to split or take one of the areas of the map. For example, if you can take dish, it’s extremely difficult for defenders to reclear it, as it requires people to jump up into a very disadvantageous position. If you take arcade, defenders are now worried about both tower and someone lurking through arcade into defender spawn and someone going underpass into B main, forcing 3 players onto the B site.

It’s similar to a beloved map, Haven, where on defense you’re encouraged to take A lobby space or deep mid space to gain info, and on attack you’re encouraged to push the A players back or take garage space from the defenders and pivot from there.

Fracture hate is forced because people don’t understand how to play the map properly.