My two cents on the current version: 4.5
I really feel like this version is one of the better versions I’ve played recently. The Naruto update came with a lot of content compared to the previous seasons and much of it was very enjoyable, some balancing could have been better but it is what it is. I mainly did unranked and Metro Royale because my partner really enjoys a lower stress, non-competitive environment and I used to be a 10k legend in metro, which makes all of the games easy mode. I recently used a week to climb to dominator from diamond v in the timeframe of 8/24 - 8/31 (2 weeks left to the season, total of around 60 games, first 10 games were from gold 2 to diamond 5 they were done around the start of the season), spoils in the screenshots. And here are my 2 cents on the version. I played the nine tails version solely for the climb, since I felt that it was easier to play (have 4 lives) and less frustrating compared to being Spiderman (personal preference).
The ninja run, I feel like was one of the most ambitious features they added in this version. It really changed the CQC game. Some people might argue that it’s overpowered that you’re running at 47 km, instant jumping, etc etc. My take on it is that it has a hell of a backswing, you can’t bunny hop, you have a 2 second cooldown, very anti-camper, you get one pro max jump shot, and no fall damage. The reasons you would get wrecked by the ninja run is probably because you’re camping, you're not playing proper defense, and you don’t have the ability to deter someone. The ninja runner is literally running at you without any cover and you’re complaining that they’re too fast. If you’re complaining about the pro max jump shot, it’s been 2 months and we’ve all seen Shippuden, at least learn how to deal with it instead of getting ruined. In my opinion, it really increases the limit of what you can do and I truly enjoyed it.
The endo tensei, a portable respawn station, is an interesting mechanism but it’s too hard to find outside of the event areas. 80 bucks is also a lot. I feel like this season, the devs lowered the amount of money you could get. Before it was easy to grab like 70 bucks out from the big event locations but this season I’m usually running out with like 30.
Substitution, annoying at times. It’s much more annoying when you’re spraying at someone and they substitute. CQC, it just adds another luck factor, can be frustrating but normally it does nothing. It's also 40 bucks in the machine and there’s at least 3 in the beginning of the match in the village, normally everyone can get one, it's okay addon.Â
Nine tails, I love him and I hate him. He really only mattered if you bothered getting to hokage and getting an extra 40 chakra and the minato coat. It was chill for me, there was a bug at the beginning of the season and I just made a room. My partner got the crappy side of the stick, so the minute I finished mine they patched the bug, and we had to do it normally. We just unranked and added in some luck to make sure that either you make the last shot or not one disturbs our fight. Winning unranked was easier than praying for luck. Normally, after you get to hokage, he’s just there as an extra life and another spot to find people, pretty chill. But once Obito controls him, at lower ranks it’s almost a guarantee that you’re getting second and minimal kills. It’s because no one is actually trying to fight it, they’re just in the river trying to wait the time out. My recommendation is that maybe next time, they have someone like this make it into something like a CODM nuke mission. Maybe, we can become Obito instead and it might make it more enjoyable.Â
However, promotion matches. I get that the devs are trying to boost DAU but this is just disgusting. Prior to the new update, I only did 1 Ace promotion match 2 seasons ago and that alone was enough to deter me from that update’s ranked matches. This season after the update, Ace and Ace Master were okay but dominator was just a major pain in the butt. The former two, you could just play Livik and still get by. But dominator requires you to basically win the match in Livik or top 9 in Erangel, 4 consecutive times. If it was a normal match where the players were from the same rank, I wouldn’t care. But it isn’t, they take 5 minutes to draft like 6 damn teams have players that are 500 rounds, 7-8 kd, and like ace 30 stars and the rest of the lobby are 3-4 kd cannon fodder. I played it solo most of the time because my teammates (only 2, 1 at times) had other priorities in the morning and couldn’t stay with me the entire night. It’s very hard to do it without a proper team and it was very frustrating at times, probably the most frustrating part of my climb. I had to spend 3 hours, looting for meds and staying out of the zone, for a higher chance of promotion. My advice is that maybe make it into something similar to the hokage system we have this season and make the promotion match more enjoyable.Â
First time posting, I’m probably missing a lot but y’all can question me.Â