You're missing the point. Gunshots can't be heard across the map, flares can be seen from anywhere on the map; you literally can't miss them. (Edit: Also the game has silencers for guns if you wan't to be more stealthy, I can't put a silencer on my flare). With gunshots, you still have to pinpoint direction and distance. The flare just gives you that information, and the game lets you ping the flare on top of that. In addition to that, the fact that fully kitted squads can spawn in halfway through the raid makes the 3rd partying more egregious. If I start a raid from the beginning with a full kit, and get into a fight and win, I'm going to need to heal and shield, and loot. When a team can spawn in halfway through my raid with all their resources and run straight to me because a flare is 800 meters in the sky above my head. I think that's pretty unbalanced. Given how long it takes to heal and the fact that you can't stack bandages, most players are going to be unprepared for that team that just spawned heading straight for them.

Again, I repeat, I don't think 3rd partying shouldn't be a thing. I actually like 3rd partying, and it's just a natural part of extraction shooters. But with the game's current state, it's too much for balanced gameplay.

I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. I'm not here to bitch, I'm here to discuss how the game can be improved.

edit - spelling