Deadlock continues to be in its early phases, which is why Valve has been doling out so many minor updates. We’ve briefly seen new heroes and methods to traverse the map, whether or not that be climbing ropes or wall driving, and now there are additionally modifications to the devious pause button.
Not lengthy after Deadlock was formally introduced and went right into a closed beta trial, gamers discovered that not solely was there a pause button, they may use it for evil. I’ve seen gamers pausing the match mid-fight simply to trash-talk the staff they had been about to wipe the ground with, and one streamer even used it to get some leisure playing in.
Initially, gamers might pause a recreation nevertheless many instances they needed, and whereas most individuals did not exploit this characteristic, there have been a few matches that felt like a slideshow as a result of somebody stored pausing. You can see simply how unhealthy it may be in a video that one participant uploaded to Deadlock’s Reddit—gamers can barely get out of spawn.
Although, as one other participant does level out within the thread beneath, repeated pausing was seen as a critical offence: “People are getting perma banned for this, so simply report them, and hopefully the inhabitants of individuals eager to mess up the sport for others will dwindle.”
Luckily, this subject has been addressed in one of many latest patches, kind of. In an replace that occurred late final week, the difficulty of pausing was briefly talked about by one of many Valve builders in control of Deadlock’s patches. Now, gamers can solely pause one time per recreation, a staff can solely pause thrice most, and the sport utility will flash when the sport is unpaused. It’s not a lot, however it’ll at the very least assist forestall video games being repeatedly stopped by gamers who wish to trigger chaos.
I’d personally slightly there be no pause button in any respect, as even when it is used minimally, it might probably nonetheless be fairly irritating—particularly when the match is about to finish. However, it may be useful if a teammate randomly disconnects, because it’ll purchase them at the very least 30 seconds to try to repair their connection and re-enter the match, and it is a good characteristic for aggressive play, or these almost-unheard of moments the place you do even have an emergency and are enjoying with 11 good individuals.
