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Blue Team Watch // Wardogs

First in the list. Last on the board.

Wardogs has three factions. Two of them fill instantly. The third is Lonestar, the Blue Team, and the whole community is dodging it. Here's the evidence, and a survival guide in case you get stuck there.

Survival guide Read the news
Lobby // Control Zone Waiting for players
VALKYRA
33/33
MANTICORE
33/33
LONESTAR
4/33

> Match cannot start: minimum players per faction not met.
> Estimated wait: until someone loses a bet.

Exhibit A

The case against Blue

This isn't one bad lobby. It's a self-sustaining loop, and it's been running since early access opened on 10 September.

01

Top of the menu

Lonestar is the first option on faction select. Every fresh install clicks it first, before they've heard the meme.

02

The veteran exodus

Experienced players dodge Blue to avoid the new players, which leaves Blue even newer. Repeat forever.

03

Matches won't start

Wardogs needs a minimum player count per faction. When nobody fills Blue, all hundred players sit and wait.

04

Identical factions

Same guns, same economy, zero stat difference. The only variable on Blue is who's holding the controller.

Exhibit B

Lonestar incident log

The kinds of clips doing the rounds. Names withheld to protect the guilty.

blue_team.log tail -f
00:00:14 Critical

Entire squad spends its whole wallet on the most expensive kit. Wiped before the zone opens.

00:01:52 Warning

Freshly bought vehicle driven with total confidence in the opposite direction of the zone.

00:03:07 Critical

Revive attempted in the exact middle of a Red vs Green crossfire. Two for one.

00:04:30 Warning

Third-partied by both other factions at once. Somehow surprised.

--:--:-- Info

Lobby still waiting for 29 more Lonestar players.

Field manual

Blue Team survival guide

Stuck on Lonestar? It happens to the best of us (mostly to the newest of us). Five rules to stop being the clip.

Blue Team Survival Guide
1

Read the faction screen

Blue is the top option, not the best one. All three play the same, so you lose nothing by scrolling down.

2

Don't blow the wallet

Cash comes back from reviving and building. Spend everything in round one, die, and you're broke for round two.

3

Play the zone

Three teams, one objective. If you're not near the zone you're not playing Wardogs, you're sightseeing.

4

Never fight fair

When Red and Green are trading, wait. The third party always wins. Make sure that's you for once.

5

Bring a squad

Randoms are why Blue is Blue. Grab people who know the game in the GetRekt Discord. Or, honestly: pick Red.

Exhibit C

Faction tale of the tape

Valkyra
Manticore
Lonestar
Who
Soviet restorationist militia
Persian shadow army
Western PMCs and contractors
Stats
Identical
Identical
Identical
Lobby
Full
Full
Please, anyone
Verdict
Pick
Pick
Pray

This page is banter. Lonestar players are people too, and the factions really are mechanically identical. Bulkhead, please randomise the faction order. Sources: Everything Edinburgh, Dexerto.

Squad up on Red. Or Green. Just not Blue.

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