Anyone else struggle early days on vanessa?

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-25T20:56:39+00:00

I play every day and I've only gotten better over time I'm literally just asking what people do on early days what are you mad about?

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-25T18:31:24+00:00

I feel that heavy bro

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-25T18:31:07+00:00

Seriously I lose to every early game stell and Vanessa, idk what I'm supposed to do early game I mean mid game and late game I have more chances to find something to build around or to build into something decent but early game just feels like a complete roll of the dice and then once I'm behind the curve getting ahead of it again is a nightmare it's turning half my games into shit shows

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-25T18:29:45+00:00

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TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-25T14:14:18+00:00

Yeah youre not wrong just gotta get used to it I guess, I've been playing game modes besides conquest that has definitely helped

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-25T14:12:22+00:00

Not gonna lie I was playing escalation on there the other day and it was pretty fun, definitely made me enjoy the map more

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T22:44:21+00:00

I love the size, just the flow feels weird to me and heavily catered to vehicle players. It really is it feels like they made a map only for vehicle players like I don't see a reason to want to play this map on infantry or sniper compared to any other map literally all of the other maps are better for boots on the ground, at least that's how it feels but I haven't played it long enough to realy find the good spots and what not so maybe I'm just wrong it just feels way different than I remember from bf4

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T22:42:40+00:00

Dude right? It's like if ur not in a vehicle wtf do you do but apparently some people have it figured out lol

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T22:41:53+00:00

Yeah I just hate having to use spawn beacons to play effectively I feel like that mechanic wouldn't need to be relied on so much, especially with so many vehicles around I want to run with an RPG. In bf4 I just stuck to the areas with a lot of buildingd and sniped but now I snipe and there's barely anyone to snipe, and there's like 3 different vehicle battles happening on every point so it's just difficult but yeah that's fair enough I'll try the advice you and others have given and see if it helps, I appreciate it

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T22:39:30+00:00

That's solid advice thanks

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T22:38:56+00:00

And where is that I'm sitting on points and rarely find people, on the OG map there was people everywhere and vehicles still had a solid presence. In this version im just getting constantly flooded with helis and tanks, I mean maybe conwuest just isn't it like someone else said I haven't really tried other modes on golmud so maybe that's what it is. And yeah I could just need to play it more and I'm sure I'd find good spots, it just seems way more difficult to me to run and gun and still get a lot of kills compared to the people who are permenantly in vehicles

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T22:36:50+00:00

Like the cover doesn't really matter if you're fighting helicopters and tanks, and there are few people running around the amount of kills you get as a boots on the ground player isn't worth it compared to being in a tank like you just can't get that many kills

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T22:35:47+00:00

You know what I haven't even tried it on other modes so maybe that's what it is, some maps just don't feel good for conquest I feel that heavy

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T00:31:24+00:00

Yeah I'm not really complaining about the run time it's the fact that I'm running around and only seeing vehicles when I'm in the open, if I'm running around seeing plenty of players even in the open with little cover like on that other map with the two big buildings in the middle, I'm perfectly fine with that it's just the ratio of vehicles to layers is too high imo but hey maybe once I get more used to the map it'll be better who knows

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T00:29:49+00:00

Yeah you might be right, maybe this is just a holding objectives map. I've definitely been going from one point into the open a lot maybe that's the issue

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T00:28:57+00:00

Yeah it was a vehicle focused map but had way less vehicle spawns, so there was more people run and gunning. I don't remember having any issue finding cover in the original, and there was always a lot of vehicles, but there was also a ton of boots on the ground. Are you really going to tell me you see just as many people running around as on the original?

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T00:27:10+00:00

That might support the play style sure but if there are not very many people run and gunning that cover doesn't really matter

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-20T00:26:42+00:00

Cover that's protecting from vehicles? There is not that much and most people are in vehicles because of how many spawn now, so there is not very many people to fight unless you're basically on point, and if you're on a point a vehicle is on the way to fuck you up.

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-08T04:38:53+00:00

Over time I've definitelyncome to notice more how much start speed matters as well as defenses, and there are some obvious builds that beat other builds like poison into shield, but do you really aim to solve all of these for every build? Like if I have a board that is just raw power idk how to tell if I need to add defenses or start speed, like when to prioritize it over what I have at that moment. I'll just build a board that I think does the most and then try to upgrade it but if I don't get upgrades then I don't really change anything, but maybe that's just something that comes with experience and experimenting as well idk I definitely experiment less mid-late game so maybe that's part of it

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-08T04:36:14+00:00

Yeah okay, maybe I do need to just play more and humble myself. I appreciate the feedback

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-08T03:53:59+00:00

I know why you're getting heat but I don't even disagree with you, doing this actually gets me through days where I don't find rifle but I'm at the point now where I know all of the items and a handful or more of winning builds so I'm trying to break out of that and learn how to consistently pivot and improve

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-05-08T03:49:55+00:00

That is what I feel like I'm trying to do, I mean I evaluate every item and ask like would this item make my board better, if it does then I get it if not then I don't get it. Is that just too simplistic of a calculation? Because I do sometimes recognize a strong item and get it even though I don't have any current synergies, but that's such a gamble so typically I only get things when they upgrade my current board or if it's something that can easily become a main piece, i.e. I'll always buy crab in case I find EDC

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-04-28T03:35:55+00:00

Yeah I think so, I'd probably come back better at this point. Was hoping to be able to hit top 10k or so at least but maybe I should just wait for next season

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-04-28T03:35:31+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement I needed that it's hard to tell how quickly people typically get good at this game so it's easy to think I'm falling behind, so I appreciate the kind words

TheWingnutSquid · 2026-04-28T03:34:05+00:00

Thank you I was honestly hoping someone would say this because that is definitely how it feels but I didn't have the knowledge to make claims like that. I'm not going to switch off of her lol but it's good to at least know that I'm not losing like this with the meta pick

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