Huttball.. do people think scoring gives you a reward or something?

There's a huge gap between the passive learning that comes from reading a tooltip and the active critical learning that comes from practice. Until I tried passing the ball in a game, that tooltip didn't make a lot of sense to me. I suspect that I am not alone.

To help people learn the mechanics of Huttball, I would love to see a practice ball in each starting area that disappears 5-10 seconds before the game starts. A little practice throwing the ball would be a great way to start every match.

good post OP!
I deal with this stuff DAILY, multiple times. There's no way to justify what so many people have been doing.

However, people have gotten better about passing the ball, still happens daily tho.
It's the "nobody runs ahead of me part so I can pass" part that happens nearly everytime I get the ball. lol I know I'm a great scorer, but still it'd make my job so much easier if people ran ahead. They always fight behind me. Then there's the group of people who fight in front of the fire pit. Not a single person runs across fire, even when it's down. I'll be running up the ramp, getting ready to pass, but no, everyone stands in front of the fire pit.
I have a feeling that the same people who complain about Huttball, and say it's unfair, are the same people who do things like this.

I think it's mostly due to two reasons.

1 - They are casuals who don't understand the game yet.

2 - The AOE pass mechanic is awkward. It would be more user friendly if you could just click a team mates portrait then click pass.

Hutt ball isn't exactly PvP. Many players play it like its pvp and end up dying holding the ball. Many similar BGs of other games you can't really "pass" the flag like in HB so many players get lost as to what they are doing in these matches. At least that is how it appears to me.

Because observing ones environment and planning ahead is what makes a great PVP'er Great. The people who can't do this aren't that good in pvp though.

So i think it's less of a "You suck" issue but more of one that they don't think as a PVP'er should. These people are usually the PVE guys who just focus on one boss with possible adds, no other factors.

Although by no means a scientific study, I hear more "Rotworm pass intercepted oh the disgrace!" then "Frogdogs just ripped the ball handler apart!"

Assuming your team actually has some form of healing/ball running, passing leads to more turnovers than the ball carrier dying because passing can be stopped many ways. Note that a grapple can lead to an instant ball reset on a pass (grapple the receiver before he catches the ball), and of course intercepted passes usually leads to instant resets if they're in dangerous position to begin with. Just like the real life version, passing a lot in Huttball is actually very dangerous. Running (or rather, charging) is generally a more reliable way to scoring.

The default setting for max camera zoom out doesn't help much either.

I actually like the aoe style cause the observant defender can block or intercept a pass. I think a lot of people go into HB with the idea they need to kill everyone they come in contact with but this is not the case only one person MUST die and that is the opponent ball carrier.

Many people will say the healer but you stun them or los them and you can kill the runner. Hurt Ball requires more stratagy than anyother PvP match in game. There is lots to know in it like who and when to stun and how to score and defend. The PvP aspect of it takes.care of itself. Killing opponents in the center potentially creates a better defence as your team tries to score and respawners can get to the ball and stop a score.

I think a lot of players get frustrated in HB more than any other BG because they want the win more than the medals while less expierenced players go after medals thinking that will help them win.

It's really hard to pass the ball when your perma stunned.
Which means whenever you have the ball it's hard to do anything
especially passing.

I love the invisible one in the right position for a pass and u pass them and they stay invisible... that's my favorite