So after a day of going down into dungeons and getting crowns for my new shield, I decided that since I was only 1k crowns off from getting it that I would try my luck at blast network. I mean eventually I would get enough crowns to craft it! So I decided to play about 10 rounds and after that I was so infuriated with the system and how I just lost 1k to this because of a few flaws that allowed people for easy wins:
In FFA:
Campers. Jesus christ campers.
all you have to do in FFA is learn how to stay in one spot with upgrades for the longest time. Nobody will kill you and any time somebody does you can just kill them with about 2 bombs because you just hoarded powerups in your corner. This is because a few things:
Teleporting: if you want to be offensive in this game be prepared to teleport backwards into your bombs and die. This is easily the most common problem as almost every time you're about to get away from a wave of bombs you just snap back into the trap and die. Sometimes you can get out of this but the problem still remains because the enemy is now fully aware you're trapped and just throws about 10 more into the fray.
Getting hit when you're not supposed to: Most of my deaths are from being out of the bombs blast by about 1 square and dying anyways. This is how campers get the most kills because all they have to do is place a few bombs in each lane and run away as you dodge them all but die anyways. This is probably because the system isn't gridlike walking (?) and hit detection isn't off
The way points are distributed: Sure getting kills gets you 1 more point but still: all you have to do is never die and you'll get loads of points. The only way this can be countered is by somebody getting loads of kills and not dying but that's pretty much impossible due to the things above
Spawn trapping: Personally never happened to me but I have done it unintentionally to other people. I would just be destroying other blocks and then somebody would spawn in a trapped part of the map and instantly die. Sure I benefit but really?
Teamfights:
Maps are way too small. Teammates end up killing you more than enemies. Enough said, mostly has the same bugs in FFA.
Anyways this is just personal opinion so think about it before you post some snarky comment :0
tl;dr Campers and bugs ruin blast network /IMO/
my snarky comment is that I didn't like it from the first place, and the AFK patch has started ruining it for the people who did. I feel a sense of...happiness over this little cave quid optes, since AFKing was a good sideline for mist-replenishing.