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I've only been playing since 2 days ago, and I'm on console, but I can say that the only thing I actively hate about this game is the crown mechanic. It is unfun for everyone, I've now got 4 wins (solo) 3 of which were holding the crown one where I was last standing. The one where I was last standing felt 10x more rewarding and exciting than the 3 where I ran around for 45 second and just happened to not die.

And then on the flipside losing to the crown sucks as well, in a 1v1 against a competent player of similar skill with a crown I don't think you should ever win that, and if everyone decides to fight between each other rather than focusing the dude with the crown he's pretty much guaranteed a win. Not to mention how undeserved it feels to explode after 45 seconds because you were the only guy chasing the crown while other people shot at you and/or each other.

Dunno about squad play cause I haven't tried it but for solo the crown needs a major rework or just flat out removing. It's not like camping is viable anyway, I don't see how not having a crown would be a problem in the end game, I'd still certainly push fights and go for kills cause its fun. Not fun is dying to the crown.

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Originally posted by Kush_the_Ninja

I love the crown mechanic

It’s just not well implemented.

I think they’ll find a sweet spot eventually. Right now it’s pretty shit lol

Maybe 1 in 5 crown spawns are engaging. The rest are just dumb.

What else do you think needs to change about the Crown mechanic?

During the Open Beta/Tech Test, players used to be able to run way out into the Decay because it didn't do nearly as much damage as it does now and spam hacks more frequently than they can currently. The Crown Bearer already has increased cooldowns on Hacks used.