I’ve played the game for like 10-15h around half a year ago and stopped. Picked the game up again after the new update and am struggling with re-acquainting myself with the controls, but I’ll get back there I think. More importantly, I don’t know when to take opportunities to come out and make plays.
For context, I played a round yesterday where I found the boss lair after a single clue which was in the neighbouring compound. I went there by accident and started the fight. Looking for a boss weapon, which I didn’t know didn’t spawn next to the boss lair anymore, I attempted the Assassin without a weapon and almost got killed. After wasting a sticky, I ran in the attic and hid there for like 35 minutes, listening to my surroundings in the hopes of finding a hunter. Fast forward a little, I managed to find a hunter that’s been trying to kill the Assassin themselves for like 15 minutes straight and killed them, then I had like 5 minutes left to kill the boss and extract but didn’t get it, so I just extracted.
Ultimately, I just spent 35 minutes in an attic doing nothing which wasn’t as engaging. Any tips on how to make myself go out of my way to make proactive plays?
One more thing I forgot to mention in my long post.
An easy way to reliably get a first kill on a team without a headshot is to wait for a player to get any damage. Usually I wait till a player is either jumping from a roof and getting fall damage or getting hit by a NPC. Hellhounds are perfect for the latter, because its almost impossible to not get hit at least once while fighting them. Most long rifles will kill with one hit after a single zombie strike.
Edit: The reason why I’m putting so much emphasis on that first kill in a fight is because you specifically asked about “confidence”. If you manage to instantly take out a player, the remaining one will usually get insecure and make mistakes. After that first kill you control the fight.
That’s good Intel - I’ll keep it in mind. Thank you for your thorough explanations and responses, appreciate it! :)