Countdown mode - it's awesome

[Sensemann]

Yesterday, I played countdown mode, almost the whole day. Approx. 6 hours of countdown.
Guys, this is the best mode in the game, no matter if on Realism mode or Classic. The whole game plays different, people really take care of their lives rather than doing the usual run'n'gun approach. A lot of communication happened on different CD servers and it was super exciting.
I played almost all maps, usually between 40-50 players at the same time, but also, for approx. 2 hours, with a full 64 player server.
If there is a countdown server running with at least 20 players, you know where to find me.

Still excited about it...

 

[Nestor Makhno]

I have to say, I think that those players who have the patience to play CD and actually communicate with their team are rewarded to the full.

Some of the tensest and most exciting moments in my RO2 gameplaying have been on zero reinf waves, speccing the last guy on the attacking team trying to hunt down the few remaining defenders in the cap so I can get to respawn for the next cap.

 

[Serathis]

CD is the way to go, makes way more tactical gameplay.

However I dont quite like the placement of the spawns, the defenders get to the objective only a few seconds earlier before the attackers. I can barely set up my MG.

And probably it was because of the free weekend but half of my team were camping outside the objective when attacking.

 

[The Algerian]

It's not really an interesting mode right now IMO.
At least defenders should get a little head start time to prepare their defense, it's too much of a King of the Hill mode right now.

Even in Territory mode if you ask me, defenders spawn a bit too far from the objective.

 

[Snuffeldjuret]

I thoguht CD was very interesting, at least in competitive where people actually play for the obejctives etc.

 

[TrOOper]

Countdown mode is like and undiscovered jewel......when played correctly with like minded players it offers the best rewarding RO2 experience. Im glad the gametype is there.

 

[TheRealGunther]

Where CD shines is in clan matches with two good teams its by far the more strategic game mode.Even as small as a 6vs6 plays awesome in CD sometimes its hard to judge CD on public servers.Its still alot of fun for me

 

[Carfax]

AYe ive always been a fan of countdown ever since the game released although like others have stated, on a really random public server, its a very hit and miss affair .

However on a public server with a good porportion of regular players you soon get to know people and communicate, and the team work spontaneously happens... and when it does , your right CD is one of the absolute best ways to play RO2 with out a doubt

 

[Rattler]

Yesterday, I played countdown mode, almost the whole day. Approx. 6 hours of countdown.
Guys, this is the best mode in the game, no matter if on Realism mode or Classic. The whole game plays different, people really take care of their lives rather than doing the usual run'n'gun approach. A lot of communication happened on different CD servers and it was super exciting.
I played almost all maps, usually between 40-50 players at the same time, but also, for approx. 2 hours, with a full 64 player server.
If there is a countdown server running with at least 20 players, you know where to find me.

Still excited about it...

Exactly. This is the best mode in ROHOS. Its my fav mode since day 1. Its just great. But very small amount of servers are running it

 

[Snuffeldjuret]

I always felt that 6on6 was more interesting than 8on8, as in 8on8 you can easily cover the whole area. In 6on6 you have to think a lot more about what you are doing and why, opening up for a bigger variety of valid tactics.

 

[Private Who?]

I fully agree. Countdown mode is THE perfect example of how HoS is a major improvement over Ostfront. Countdown with around 20-30 players is for me the 'sweet spot', just because in getting killed early you might not have to wait quite so long to get back in. Also because with slightly smaller teams, I think the benefits of communication and team-work are more apparent.

 

[M55ikael]

Countdown is my favourite mode by far. But it's extremely frustrating that so few people know how to play it.

I hate losing the game with multiple people left just because nobody cares to go into the capzone to get to overtime. This also forces you to use unecessary reinforcement waves as you can't rely on your team to do their job.

And the game is basically ruined if your commander doesn't know what he's doing.

 

[mowskwoz]

CD is a very rewarding game mode. I like to play TE and CD but the truly tense moments come from CD.

 

[tixhal]

haven't played much cd in the past, due to low availability. the first few enjoyable rounds i experienced were during the goty beta. today i found a server that has cd in the mix and played two maps, it was awesome. i will definitely play this mode more often. there's much more tension and fear of death compared to territory.:IS2:
also the "the other team reached objective x in y minutes, do better!" system is pretty cool.

 

[I. Kant]

Good, good, very good... Now if only people would realise what sort of a gem Firefight can be with people who actually care to work as a team — my plan will be almost complete.

 

[Mekhazzio]

I like Countdown, but then I like one-life gameplay in general. I played an awful lot of Rogue Spear back in the day. My only real gripe with CD is that the capture timers are pretty short; 4 minutes just doesn't cut it for some of the objectives when you can't afford to be reckless. It'd be nice to have a larger pool of objectives where a subset gets selected in random order each round, so that the maps don't always play out in the same order each time, because the large bulk of Countdown seems to be spent just playing the first objective or two over and over.

I think I'd really go for something of a hybrid: Territory with a 2-3 minute respawn timer, team-swapping time compare, and quantity-limited rather than rate-limited commander respawn waves.

 

[Sensemann]

Hm, seems like many people actually do like CD. How about a server admin volunteering to run CD on friday nights European time? I certainly would become a regular.

 

[Rattler]

If its EU for real - you can count me in bro!

 

[Wavefunction]

Countdown is severely underrated. A lot of people brushed it off during pre-patched RO2 and haven't bothered with it since but if you play it with realism or classic mode, it is a lot of fun and forces you to *think* before you move. I quite like it.

 

[Cpt-Praxius]

It's good to hear plenty love this game mode. I've tried to play it, but whenever I did, it ended up being a disorganized mish-mash of passive & run/gun action. I played on Fallen Fighters and right off the bat, as soon as I spawn & round the corner, it seemed everything was happening right away and I'd get gunned down seconds after spawning...... then I sit there waiting until the next wave.... which was one of the main reasons why I never liked Counter-Strike.

Waiting for a 15-20 second respawn is about as long as I have patience for (ie: Territory) I want to play the game, not sit there watching others play, or worse.... slowly crawling around one another as they hunt each other in circles, or even worse..... camp the whole time.

Perhaps it's like how Territory works for me when I first started playing.... I die a lot at the start until I have a chance to know the layout of the map, where objectives are and where enemies are commonly found..... but I don't even have enough time to figure any of that out in CD, so why bother?

To each their own I suppose..... I like Fire Fight once in a while but I mostly stick to Territory..... I avoid Countdown as much as possible.