What do you do when your teammate keeps spamming “Fall back!” and backing up away from the robot / payload?
You mean the push maps? Sometimes it’s actually clever not to push the robot any further after an opponent wipe, so that the opponent has to come to you. Only if you have a lead, of course. so yes, listen to the team depending on the situation.
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No, I’m talking about right before a team fight.
may be because not everyone is together? its a team fight so unless you are orissa, you will lose a 4v5. So, everyone teams to group up.
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Depends on map distance but walking on point is often a bad move.
Take esperanca for example. You’re pushing the bot from mid to checkpoint. What do you do when the enemy respawns? Either you push ahead of the bot and take control of the building with the mega (so they can’t shoot you from the windows/back) or you back up to the high ground, win the fight and push for free when they’re dead.
Gibraltar is another good example. Just running down mid and pushing objective is not the play.
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I hold down my W key even harder and hope that one day my team will grow a pair and follow suit.
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If your team mates are spamming fall back and they are all falling back… you should fall back no?
I mean you can do what ever you want but if they are making call outs usually it’s better to go with your team. clarify? we need more details.
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Impressive. Very nice.
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Out of context it’s almost impossible to help.
But if they aren’t a 5, they shouldn’t be taking the fight and grouping up (even then that isn’t a hard and fast rule).
If you have bad positions/map control, it might also be worth backing off and taking new positions.
Remember, you can give them space and let them cap/push before engaging.
It’s a very team based game so I believe it’s going to be better to ALL follow a bad call than for a few to follow a good call.
This is how I learned to play Team Fortress 2 competitively. Follow the call and discuss after the match if it was right or not. The principal works here too, much better to act together than in parts, even if the call wasn’t optimal. Make the best of a bad situation, if you like.