When to end STU (Survive the Undead

Note: this post is under the assumption that everyone in the lobby is grinding career XP.

I’ve been playing a LOT of survive the undead to grind for hero rank and have been chatting with friends, Halo players and even cod zombies players about this topic. And it seems to be very divisive. As there are multiple ways it ends depending on the team and so far I’ve stumbled upon 3.

1. When everyone agrees enough is enough and it’s time to go.
2. When everyone is killed and it ends naturally.

And 3. When the best player in the lobby with the best gear decides they wanna stop.

Most people I’ve asked have said normally for them it’s 1 & 3. Most common arguments I’ve heard for 3 are, “you should be prepared for a player to frag out for hours” and “if you dont wanna play for long, dont queue for the mode that can be endless” for 1 it’s mostly when people are playing a 4 stack with friends or it’s late in their Timezone.

I’ve had lobbies where the whole team can stay alive, but I’ve also had lobbies where players will die at the 10 minute mark and afk or grief with the mutilator to end the mode because it’s difficult to regain your bearings.

Then I’ve had other lobbies where everyone is fragging out except for 1 guy who’s getting terrible box luck and won’t buy health upgrades and stick with the team to survive the round.

Not here to police anyone’s thoughts on how this gamemode should end, I’m just curious what the wider community thinks.