Ok, there is some truth in what you said, mixed with some false. [quote]The no.1 priority in control is to get kills[/quote] False. If you aren't killing in support of defending (when you have 2) or capturing a zone (when you have 1) then you're contributing to a loss. [quote]the zones are simply score modifiers.[/quote] "simply" is doing a lot of work here. The "score modifier" is HUGE. The score modifier is so big that the tangibly worse team at slaying can win if they just keep 2 zones. [quote]Ideally you take 2 and hold them down and slay out on their spawn in zone 3.[/quote] Yes! I'm good with that. So long as you also defend your zones as well so they don't flip the score advantage on you. [quote]People like you who have to hit every zone and finish with next to no kills[/quote] I don't appreciate that you don't know me but you're judging me. [quote]are actively making the game worse because you're forcing spawn flips[/quote] I'm sorry, in my experience it's usually the aggressive slayers who push into the opposing spawn and force flips, not some low k/d guy who's dying for a zone capture. Usually I see belated capping of the opposing spawn zone, only [u]after[/u] the spawn flips and our home zone starts getting capped. and feed the other team bonuses for re-collecting the zone you took in under 5 seconds. [quote]Anyone telling you that capturing zones is the no. 1 priority has no idea what they're talking bout[/quote] Ok, first off, I know what I'm talking about. I'm a mediocre dueler, I suck at trials, you'll smoke me 1v1. I punch WAY above my weight in control because I actually fight for zones, and don't run around like a headless chicken like it's rumble. Secondly, you're right that "capturing zones is the #1 priority" is not perfectly accurate. This isn't a PhD dissertation. Yes sometimes defending is more important than attacking. All good, plenty of room to discuss/debate this, without saying I don't know what I'm talking about or I'm actively making the game worse. As a shorthand, "capture the damn zones" is perfectly fine to help improve your odds of winning the game.

Lmfao, the #1 priority in Control is to [b][i][u]Control[/u][/i][/b] zones, not run around the map looking for enemies But it's extremely rare to hold 2 zones, so you are in a war of attrition with the other team to cap zones , to keep that advantage , so if you are not helping cap zones you are throwing And in Iron Banner , capping the 3rd zone and going on a killing spree can end a match early or provide a huge swing in the score for a comeback Killing while only holding 1 zone isn't doing anything, neither is getting no kills while you have 2-3 zones You need zones and kills in Control to win, one without the other will fail