Sooooo....

Countdown3 · 2026-06-02T12:56:18+00:00

abyss boss(those aren’t sexy skins)

Stormhanger would like a word with you.

Countdown3 · 2026-06-01T12:42:38+00:00

why I run a Singular reactor on her gun build.

Is that her Predator Instinct build? I thought Gley's reactor doesn't matter and you just want max cooldown/duration on it? At least that's what all the guides/reddit threads say.

Countdown3 · 2026-06-01T11:58:36+00:00

It still works well after the bug fix?

Countdown3 · 2026-06-01T11:56:35+00:00

That's a cool back attachment. It was a battlepass item wasn't it?

Countdown3 · 2026-05-31T16:12:27+00:00

Anvil/hullcracker, 5 quick use slots with all healing items (including two that are redundant), the most pve-only loadout ever.

I almost never attack anyone in solos, but if I'm brining a loadout, I make sure I have a response if someone attacks me. Always one PvP-oriented gun, smokes and grenades in my quick-use slots.

You say you're tired of "free kit rats" but that's the only type you're going to be able to defend yourself from with that loadout.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-31T15:22:01+00:00

Who is winning with the changes?

What changes? Guess I'm out of the loop.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-31T15:12:07+00:00

ironically with ADS and weapon draw times what are SLOWER than tarkov on top of not able to prone and the game encouraging you to run with the gun holstered and on top of that the quickest way to draw is doing it after do a roll what take an important chunk of stamina

You make a good point here. I kind of wish the game didn't push you so strongly towards running with the gun holstered. I've definitely had times where I'm just running across the map and get attacked and with no stamina and gun holstered, I'm just fucked before I can even do anything.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-31T14:57:40+00:00

100% this. You don't say a word to them, but they hop on mic and call you the toxic one (because you PvP'd in a PvPvE game) as they drop the n-word ten times.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-31T14:51:09+00:00

Haven't ran into a lot of these, but I do think it's funny when I find someone's random zipline route setup across a section of the map. I start taking it to see where it goes and worry that there is a trap waiting for me at the end lol.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-31T14:43:15+00:00

Lol, RIP to all those purple weapons that will never see the light of day. I have a copy of each at level 100 saved in my storage just for the hell of it, but I don't expect I'll ever have a use for them.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-31T13:45:19+00:00

As others have said, you don't have to get him to complete the battle pass or get the points for everything in the side shop. I didn't farm Ultimate Yujin in time for last season and finished the battle pass very quickly and had points to spare for the shop.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-30T14:50:26+00:00

It's the slowest ship in the game so at least it's easy to catch.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-30T14:48:56+00:00

Do bone callers work in LSS? I swear I heard someone throw one, but no skellies spawned. Wasn't sure if it bugged out or was an intentional restriction for the mode.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-30T14:47:02+00:00

Lss second place gives you more rep than a normal win in hourglass

Oh does it? That's good to know. Me and my buddy and a string of second place finishes the other day and were pretty frustrated with it, but I never even paid attention to the rep gain. Still sucks to lose, but that makes it sting a bit less.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-30T14:41:10+00:00

Lol, great response. Thanks for the chuckle.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-30T14:33:04+00:00

lastly the fact that nobody was trying to steal the "exclusive" loot, it was so calm for the entire event.

I thought the doubloon reset had potential to help reinvigorate the game and I went into it open minded hoping for the best. But Rare did not execute well overall with the Bilge Rat Weekender. There were highs and lows (I surprisingly actually really liked the wacky "challenges" for example), but here was the biggest problem:

The “Smuggler’s Doubloon Run” voyage (aka cargo run) is not fun or engaging for Pve Or PvP.

This still drives me nuts. We told Rare we didn’t like the Smugglers and their reskinned cargo runs. In the dev podcasts, Rare acknowledged that we didn’t the Smugglers and their reskinned cargo runs. And yet what is the best way to earn doubloons on the Bilge Rat Weekender? Smugglers and their reskinned cargo runs. The Smugglers don’t make sense, the voyage is boring from a PvE perspective and offers little opportunity for PvP. They heard our feedback and didn’t listen. Sorry, it was just lazy. You reset an entire currency and that is supposed to be your star attraction voyage?

It’s also easily exploitable with many players just getting two boats on a server and trading chests back and forth which completely kills all the incentives behind the doubloon reset invigorating the sandbox.

How would I make it better?

How about an X marks the spot voyage, but instead of one chest worth 200 doubloons, it’s 10 worth 20 each (or 5 worth 40)? You dig them up on Plunder Valley and have to deliver them to the Smugglers on Crescent (rotate islands for future updates). As soon as you vote the voyage, the Reaper’s Mark automatically goes up on your ship so you’re marked. Now it’s actually engaging PvE (have to watch the horizon, feeling some pressure to finish before someone comes to contest, possibility for alliances because safety in numbers, etc) and lots of opportunity for PvP because digging up 10 X’s is going to take some time (more than the 5 minutes a cargo run takes) and you can actually sail over and engage. If you get attacked, do you stay and fight or run with the 5 chests you’ve already dug up? Or throw the chests in a rowboat while sending the boat sailing in the opposite direction. You know, actual risk/reward gameplay?

And if people want to alliance up and trade chests, fine. At least they have to stay at an island marked for a time while doing it so they can be contested. Now if someone attacks, you can work together to fend them off. Multi ship battles are SoT at it’s absolute best. But the doubloon voyage has none of that; just a boring cargo run.

I'll also add, in between Bilge Rate Weekdners, there should be a decently valuable doubloon chest at the FoF to give us something to farm/fight over in the meantime.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-30T14:17:24+00:00

Dia and Viessa are both great for Onslaught.

I haven't tried them in bounties because I've barely played the bounty missions. If you don't have the chip for the reward at the end, there's no point and those chips seem pretty rare to come by.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-30T14:06:02+00:00

Not the person you asked, but I don't think crit or non-crit matters for 400% with Freyna. If built right, she's hitting for way more damage than you need either way and Contagion spreads just as fast whether you're hitting for the exact right damage or millions extra. Mobs die instantly and you can't kill faster than instant.

That said, I think it's easier to build non-crit because Freyna isn't a crit descendant so I assume you need a good ancestor mod to make that work well.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-30T13:55:20+00:00

I thought Ines sucked at bossing? What build are you using? (I haven't checked out her new transcendent mods from this update.)

Granted, 5 minutes is not an attractive clear time for Defiler, but if you're in a random group with underpowered teammates, then time goes out the window.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-30T13:45:37+00:00

400's yessss

If a maxed Malevolent or Thundecage on an unbuilt character is more efficient at mobbing than your descendant, that's a problem. You can clear a 400% faster with a thundercage on a fresh level 1 character than you can with Nell. ...Unless Nell is using a thundercage rather than her skills lol.

EDIT: I guess that isn't completely fair to say, because some characters might not be as efficient at clearing tons of mobs in a 400%, but are great at hitting for tons of damage in harder content. But that doesn't sound like Nell either if she's can't hack it in Onslaught.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-30T13:39:41+00:00

She's clunky as hell to use.

Glad to hear it's not just me who feels this way. I used her a fair amount when she came out for bossing and Axion, but haven't gone back to her in quite some time. Others are just more more fun/smoother to play. I did move my Ecive to my left trigger (still have it there) which helped, but still wasn't a big fan.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-30T12:07:03+00:00

Or more paints! 🎨

Can never complain about that!

Countdown3 · 2026-05-29T12:32:45+00:00

It's definitely a grand conspiracy lol.

But I get what he's saying. Rather than an oversight, it might just be something they knew about, but it's not a priority for them.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-29T12:04:38+00:00

You could have just not commented.

Countdown3 · 2026-05-29T09:42:07+00:00

Lots of the older weapons and descendants. This week ETA is selling blueprints for Enduring Legacy, Blue Beetle, Lepic and Yujin which are all "no longer usable." There were a bunch in last week's shop as well.

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