ROYALE REVIEW BLOG #2: STAMINA IS GOLD AND REAL LIFE IS THE ENEMY

Since I apparently have endless opinions about Royale, I’m making a series of blogs to break down my perspective, what I’ve learned, and what I wish I knew sooner. Hopefully it could help others who'd like to play or want to play again! Here's a link to blog #1: https://kovaze.com/blog/70443 Category: The Middle Phase – Alliances, Movement, and Trying to IRL This is the phase where the bloodbath ends, everyone spreads out across the map, and the game turns into a mix of strategy, stamina management, and hoping nobody jumps you while you are doing something normal like working, on a phone call, or cooking your wife a grilled cheese sandwich on her birthday (cough, cough, Evan in his Royale...I'm sorry). 1. You need people. A lot of people. I honestly think this phase requires a large alliance, something like 15 people, or at the very least being well connected enough in the cast (which I considered myself to be) that most people are not looking to attack you. This part of the game feels very social or at the very least being on good terms with people makes a huge difference. Shout out to the friends I sat with for a while at various points here Chase Dream NaughtyNacho Jaded sweetheart Cristi koolness234 Malibu Brxan issyiss Mp231 Icebeast poof 2. The map matters more than you think. Literally, it's all about the map. Everyone starts moving around the map, which is set up like an Excel grid and very much not the Grabber grid, which I learned the hard way lol NaughtyNacho...so letters across the top and numbers down the page. 3. Playing while offline is rough. And it is the worst part of this whole experience for me. And it is time I talk about that. I was at work for a large portion of this phase, but I was connected enough socially that people let me move and collect, and I was not constantly worried. When I did get worried I had to sit there constantly REFRESHING the screen to see if someone was in my area or came through my area trying to find me. Yes, if you are not refreshing people can find you unless you are constantly refreshing and you'd never know. If I had been in a cast where I did not know many people, trying to play this phase while working would have been extremely hard. You will get jumped. Hands down. There is really no way to defend yourself unless you are refreshing constantly to see if someone enters your part of the map and starts using weapons on you. There is no like "I'm at work doing real life stuff" mode, which is so hard and unfortunate and I think the ONE MAJOR thing that needs looked at and possibly modified. Sin 4. Camo mode is helpful, but not a guarantee. After about 15 minutes offline you go camo and cannot be attacked directly, but if people find you they can still use weapons and take you out very quickly (back to my point that if you go offline for work or sleep, there's no way to protect yourself). This actually happened to me once, and if I had not popped back online when I did, I would not have made it as far as I did...I got lucky. 5. This was honestly the hardest part of the game for me. Of everything so far, the lack of defense while offline was by far the most frustrating part. Not everyone can sit and click refresh all day, and this phase really punishes you if you cannot. 6. Movement is everything. Seriously, everything. If you are online and can defend yourself, the number one defense in this entire game is movement. Your stamina is key. Energy packs are basically liquid gold. There are these things called Kovazebees you can use to move yourself and others in you area that can come in clutch. And there's teleport, which I didn't find many of but seriously the best thing in the whole game imo. 7. Stamina management is critical, and a little confusing. The lower your stamina gets, the longer it takes to refill, which feels backwards to me and to a lot of other players. My number one piece of advice is always make sure you can move (stamina, energy packs, Kovazebees, teleport). Always. If you cannot move and someone jumps you, you are pretty much done. TLDR: Real life is the real final boss. Movement is the best defense and offence in Royale. Period. Argue with me, idgaf, it's true. Comp scores mean nothing. If you get jumped while you are at work, sleeping, eating, in a cast you don't feel really safe with... you are in trouble. The game does not care that you are being a good employee or sleeping. I'm not saying that we should be able to hide from the game for hours and hours a day but if we are truly offline I don't know why weapons can still be used for the amount of people and weapons in the game. Maybe a sleep mode set to a max of 6 hours offline, maybe we can be idol with no damage for a few hours, or we start the game with 3 sleep pills or something...idk...I am tired. LOL