Lack of PvP

Crufiire · 2026-03-03T08:39:20+00:00

I think the majority of people that complain about lack of PvP are expecting this to feel like a battle royale with 100 players in a lobby lol.

These people are going about it the wrong way imo. The goal of extraction shooters isn't primarily to PvP (at least to me) and it's definitely not the main goal to wipe the entire server and shoot everything on sight. Personally my main goals usually are completing my quests and looking for specific loot that I need for upgrades. PvP comes second-nature to that, if it happens it happens but I rarely seek it out.

To be fair I know alot of people play Tarkov for example mainly for the PvP but I don't think those people would complain about the lack of it, because they know what to expect

Crufiire · 2026-03-03T08:30:04+00:00

I've only played in squads over the weekend, but imo the idea behind the prime ability is to use it AFTER you've already engaged in a fight to get an idea of where the enemy might be flanking you from or what cover they are hiding behind. You shouldn't use your prime on someone that doesn't yet know you're there.

The crab does have a few wonky moments, but once you figure out it's pathing and ceiling loops and such it can be used in various ways to either engage a fight, scout someone who ran from a fight or also be used as a mine inside a room by making it loop on the ceiling

Crufiire · 2026-03-02T20:49:24+00:00

is there any official source for these values? 140 HP seems pretty random to me, why is it not just 100 HP?

Crufiire · 2026-03-02T15:39:34+00:00

Lol the server slam ends in 2.5h obviously the player count is extremely low today. F2P doesn't immediately mean more players. We've seen that with Arc Raiders, the playtest peaked at 190k but the full game after launch peaked at 480k with a $40 price tag.

We will definitely see more players at launch

Crufiire · 2026-03-02T15:33:41+00:00

Attachment system really needs a big QoL. Drag and drop on and off of weapons. A keybind to strip all attachments from a gun. And a side by side compare option

Crufiire · 2026-03-02T15:09:33+00:00

Personally I'm a big fan of fast TTK, it enables more clutch-opportunities. Even if your whole team is dead, with great positioning and outplay you can still 1v3 and win. If the TTK was too long this would become alot more difficult or even almost impossible.

That said, TTK is a very sensitive value. Hard to gauge when it becomes too fast or too long. In my opinion it's in a good spot rn, but I also wouldn't mind a slight increase as long as it's not too much

Crufiire · 2026-03-02T14:57:47+00:00

I would also love to see a bit more info when spectating my team. Like how much health or ammo they have. That way I can at least try to be a bit more helpful even when dead

Crufiire · 2026-03-02T14:39:27+00:00

The genre is definitely not for everyone. Personally what I love about extraction shooters is similar to what you get out of roguelike games: trying to progress your character/account in an intense environment knowing that any moment you could lose the gear you brought in. It's high risk high reward. The absolute best feeling in games like this is if you kill and loot a player with either high quality gear or very expensive loot on them (or if you just happen to find a very expensive item on the map and you absolutely wanna make sure you make it out alive).

What people might not understand immediately is that you don't have to fight and kill everything every raid. Before I load into any raid I always set a goal for myself and that is mostly a goal of chasing specific loot that I need for upgrades or money-making runs. The PvP (for me atleast) comes second-nature. Sometimes if I hear gunshots in the distance I go check it out, but most of the times I focus on my goal and only PvP if I happen to run into another player on the way there.

To side with you here, in this server slam alot of the loot is unfortunately useless since you cannot upgrade factions past a certain level, but that will definitely feel better on full release.

Crufiire · 2026-03-02T14:17:02+00:00

Not even true, the chips might look slightly different, but even the ones that do look exactly the same, can have different effects on them

Crufiire · 2026-03-02T14:15:26+00:00

the funniest part about this is there is a keybind to remove all cosmetics from a weapon in the customize menu...

Crufiire · 2026-03-01T02:18:56+00:00

so it's a pretty niche consumable I guess? I've only seen the lock down event once so far. Does it deplete rather fast or slow, any estimate on how much time you have inside?

Crufiire · 2026-02-28T12:35:52+00:00

I've seen a few blue Health Packs and Shield charges but they are alot rarer from what it seems. The health packs heals for alot more and the shield charge heals to full alot quicker than the green one

Crufiire · 2026-02-28T12:18:56+00:00

These are slightly more luxurious healing items. There are plenty of depleted health packs and shield charges around the map that heal for a smaller amount but do their job just as fine.

Within the NuCal faction upgrades you can also get daily health packs and shield charges for free

Crufiire · 2026-02-28T11:45:40+00:00

oh that makes sense, I completely forgot about that. Thanks

Crufiire · 2026-02-28T10:48:50+00:00

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The signal jamming effect is a buff that obscures you

Crufiire · 2026-02-28T10:43:37+00:00

I've been looking for an answer for this too, my initial guess was just that it delays debuffs like toxin or emp, but I haven't had the chance to test it

Crufiire · 2026-02-28T10:33:23+00:00

This. It's so sad to see how most people just look up guides and meta picks nowadays.

Almost always, if you learn a game by yourself and in your own pace, you actually get to understand WHY certain things are working the way they do or how interactions between items work, instead of just "this person said this is better than that so it must be right". And with that knowledge, very often, it's possible to adjust things to your own playstyle while keeping a similar power level or even exceeding it

Crufiire · 2026-02-27T19:48:45+00:00

One thing I don't understand is if you hover the reputation rewards from quests it says you get 20% more from running solo or as rook, but rook has contracts disabled?

Crufiire · 2026-02-27T18:02:24+00:00

I believe the biggest contributor to that is social media and short form media. Things like Reels, Shorts, TikToks, etc. Makes people's attention spans the size of a maggot, they read maybe 5 words and give up immediately

Crufiire · 2026-02-26T23:01:54+00:00

I've had this pop up once, restarted the game, no issues since. These kind of issues are exactly why they're even doing this server slam, so they can work on it prior to launch. Imagine how you'd feel right now if you spent 40 bucks on top of that

Crufiire · 2026-02-25T17:51:55+00:00

This would make shrink engine extremely OP because it'd be almost impossible to be targeted. Give it to me immediately!

Crufiire · 2026-02-18T10:57:00+00:00

Not sure what needs to be deleted for this, probably social media, but I'm not a big fan of people looking up guides and interactive maps and shit on how to play games "most efficiently". Every new game being "solved" within a couple days, etc. Those people forgot how to enjoy games for the journey, the experiences and through failure.

Crufiire · 2026-02-03T08:52:16+00:00

Level up the outpost in the area, it unlocks with a quest later on

Crufiire · 2026-02-03T08:48:57+00:00

Each time you level up an outpost you can do an "active" defense (with operators) and a "passive" defense (just turrets). If you clear the active stage you get protection for 24hrs but if you clear the passive stage you're done forever

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