the way the maps are designed make it so on some maps there's no optimal place to play on site(e.g pearl a site against a sova where one scan can see everyone, pearl b site where everyone sits in main and sprays, and abyss a site where without backside control U have to sit in main and pray). this has just made it so it's cancer for attackers on some maps where it is legit impossible to play offsite and U need to have a comp which can delay as long as possible.
another thing, is since I'm in SEA, not everyone speaks English. the ping change just made it so it's INCREDIBLY hard to comm to people info on where players are. just today i was in a game, 13 12 in ot, where my cypher was in a 1v1. the clove pinged the map on where the enemy was last seen but couldnt grab the words in English cos I think he was Thai. then the cypher didn't look at the map BCOS he's in a 1v1, and needs to focus on his crosshair, looking into heaven and getting shot from the back BCOS he didn't look at the map. it's things like these which make the ping changes horrid for people in regions like Europe and apac where with language barriers, makes it incredibly hard for us to convey information to each other.
I'll speak about the neon changes in another thread
ping changes are shit
Dude there is simply no map design that would stop people from playing main unless the spike was literally not exposed to main whatsoever, which would also get so many complaints (and probably be horribly defender sided if the plant site was that far away)
Minimap pings giving you perfect crosshair placement for spam through smoke simply isn't fun or conducive to the game being played skillfully
I got your point. This ping changes are made to make the game more chalanging in Immortal & above i guess (?) but it becomes a pain in the plat - low asc imo cs i feel it too on D2 lobbies.
I think everyone can understand english in SG server but they just cant speak it fluently. Maybe you can try to timing your smoke for post plant so your team can focus to hold spesific angle on site or play anti flash when they try to retake.
Its kinda hard to make good map for attacker side imo cause everymap naturally is defender sided in this game
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