So, I'm kind of hooked on Imposters in Fortnite. While I have not played Among Us, I gather that it's essentially a clone of Among Us. One thing I have seen is just how, well, awful, some people are at this mode. There are a lot of simple tells for when you are an Agent, and lot of ways to disguise your self as An Imposter. I wanted to throw out a few of the things I have learned here.
As An AgentAgent's primary goal is to survive and complete the assignments. Not too hard really, if you are smart.
- Be aware of what assignments are where. If you enter a room with two assignments, and one is "fiddle with the computer" and the other is "run a data pad somewhere", do the computer one first, then run the pad across the map. This also applies to adjacent rooms, to a limit. If the next door room has the computer, and the room you are in has "run this to X", do the stationary one, then do the moving one.
- Always route through the main room, across it if you can. It's highly trafficked and keeps you visible to your team mates if you get killed.
- Be aware of who is around you and what they are doing. Most if not all tasks have a visible action associated with them, this will tell you if a person is faking or not. Also, tasks are NEVER assigned to more than one player at a time, so if a person is at the station your task is at, that person is likely an Imposter, faking assignments, run away, call a discussion maybe. Just doing assignments doesn't make someone innocent, but consistently doing assignments is a good sign. Also if they seem "friendly" during discussions.
- Keep track of who suggests what in meetings. If 1 accuses 2 of being the Imposter, and 2 accuses 1, then everyone votes out 1, and they are an agent, there is a good chance 2, is the Imposter. Vote for 2 next time, or at least avoid them. If 5 tells everyone 7 is the imposter, then 7 gets voted out as the Imposter, then there is a REALLY good chance 5 is not the other Imposter. Like, almost 100%.
- Don't split the vote. Maybe you see 3 faking assignments, and know they are an imposter, but a discussion is called because 7 saw 8 kill 10. Don't start accusing 3, let people vote out 8. Once people have voted, make accusations for next round. Even if it's just "I don't trust X"
- If everyone votes for someone except 1 person, chances are the one person is also an Imposter. Not guaranteed, just be aware of them when moving around doing tasks.
- Don't bother reporting a fragment unless you witnessed the kill. Best case scenario, you just wasted everyone's time for tasks, since no one knows who killed whom. Worst case, everyone thinks you self reported and you get voted out.
- Don't report fragments while Peely Party is active unless you KNOW who the Peely was. If you were following 4, then Peely Party happens, and Peely 4 kills someone, feel free to report. If you come across an unidentified Peely, and you witness a kill, follow that Peely until the disguise wears off, THEN report to the group.
As an Imposter
Being the Imposter is a lot more complicated. You have to blend in and try to not get caught offing the other players. But there are way to help conceal your identity, some of them play off your partner a bit.
- Always do Assignments. The game tries to "discourage" by telling you that you helped your enemy. But doing assignments will visibly make you seem less guilty. It's best if you can get one or two where you are carrying something obvious like a sledge hammer or one of the giant fuses.
- Do the farthest assignment next. You can cancel assignments if you want, but it will start to become obvious if you are always carrying a fuse or a lunch tray. But if you do complete and assignment, even if there is a new one right next to you, always run to the next one that's farther away. It gives you a chance to catch people while moving too.
- Cancel out your own assignments with your sabotages. Carry that lunch tray across the map, but disable assignments or teleport players at the last second.
- Keep aware of who is around. Keep moving, but peek in the rooms and periodically check behind you while moving, be aware if someone else is nearby, so if you get the chance alone with someone, you can pick them off. Avoid contact with players as well, as if they are the imposter. Jump over them, step wide around them, etc. It makes you seem more like you are afraid of being killed.
- Don't self report. It honestly rarely works, and if it does work, it will likely only work once. If you report, then convince everyone to vote out someone else, now you look suspicious.
- Don't encourage people to vote for anyone, if you get accused maybe claim innocents and suggest you don't trust them or you were doing assignments elsewhere etc.
- If the others choose to bandwagon on someone else, just silently join in, let them eat themselves. But don't automatically vote on someone being accused, if everyone else skips because the evidence is dodgy, then you look suspicious.
- Always vote for your partner. If your partner is found out, and it's clear they are being voted out, vote them out as well. If everyone except you votes for them, you look suspicious. Don't ever accuse them though, since they might start ratting you out.
- If your partner is voted out after trying to rat you out, you will be extra suspicious for a while, so just do assignments.
- Be aware of pairings. Some people play with their friends, and often can't help but "hang out" together. These people will be able to communicate who killed them. Either avoid killing one of the pairs, or try to do it during a Peely Party or just after splitting them with a teleport.
- Don't stick around after killing someone. Go off and do an assignment elsewhere. Don't be in the same room, or event he adjacent room if you can help it.