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Now admittedly I'm not the best player on XBL. Not even close, Ben is much better and many of you are as well. I also know I haven't played as long as many of you, but what I have played has usually been with a good teacher (thanks Ben!). So for those of you that think you are better than me, this might not be for you. But, you might want to check it out anyway.
After that brief intro on me, I just wanted to tell you guys about a game of crazy king I played in the lone wolves playlist a couple days ago. I won this game, which is a rarity, as I normally have an intense dislike for the game style. As I went back through the game trying to figure out what I did right a light bulb came on. It wasn't so much what I did right, but rather what the others did wrong. This isn't to put those players down. It seemed they were as adequate with the stick as I was, they just missed out on a little of my strategy.
So what was this brilliant strategy that I employed? Actually, it's not brilliant. It is what every other player does in almost any other game. What I did was find a weapon that I can hold the hill with and I didn't bother trying to hold it with out it. So instead of rushing the hill with an assault rifle and grenades as my foes had done, I scoped the map for something with a bit more power. My favorite combos were battle rifle and sniper rifle, mauler, or shotgun. Nothing earth shattering. This is probably the same set up you would want to use for any other playlist. But, for some reason it seems that when people play these kind of games it is just a mad dash to the objective, rather than planning on how to get it and then protect it.
Anyway to sum it all up, don't rush the hill with a assault rifle. Sure you will earn yourself a couple points per life, but you will need 50 lives to win the match. That is unlikely to happen. Rather, find yourself a good way to protect the hill and then worry about controlling it. You'll find that you win or at least finish in the top many more times using this strategy rather than just getting to the hill asap.
Great post. I'm finding more and more (and I'm quite an inferior player to you guys, only have my second star) that timing is so much more than people give it credit for. Crazy King really drives that home, but I think those rules apply well to other game types, FFA or team.
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ReplyDeleteThis is good info. Even though I've played nearly 2000 games I still have infinite trouble with FFA crazy king. A good deal of it is fortune, having to do with the time and place the hill changes compared to where and when you spawn. I could never get past it.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are right, timing is a major role of Crazy King, part of why I kinda hate that game, but on the same token if you look at the game there are only a couple places where the hill will move. Figure out good spots to defend these places and you will be golden.
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