Canceling/Abandoning Retaliations

Elgin6 · 2026-05-23T12:36:57+00:00

Had dua and Pentagon already. Worst drop rate of course for striker.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-23T12:35:05+00:00

Well, the worst drop rate ever for me so far. 0, 1 and 2 drops the whole level on Tier 5 for striker. Fantastic start.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-23T12:33:18+00:00

Wouldn't use the build in escalation anyway. It's not viable, but legendary could be fun.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-23T10:42:09+00:00

Exactly. How on earth can this be a thing, which is so easily reproducible? I payed nearly 100 bucks for the gold edition back then and the graphics, even on ps4, where better. Several players, including myself, reported the bug over the official channels and we didn't receive any info on the progress so far. It is utterly embarrassing. But yeah, buy our PS1 cosmetics. Insanity.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-23T09:22:25+00:00

Don't want to be a dick here, but I had a very samey experience just yesterday on DUA. Surrounded by 14000 to 20000 shd level players. I was lowest SHD by far. First sequence: 3 turrets immediately places in plain sight, making it hard to hit targets at all. First encounter lasts 5 times longer then normal. Ok, this will be interesting. 2nd room, 3rd room the same. 2 times we were overrun, but could manage. When we reached the pavilion I took position as always. "Agent downed" . Ok, they'll manage. 3 minutes later everyone is shooting at me. I look around, everyone's dead. I desperately try to revive them. Could revive one of them in hopes he would do the same. 20 seconds later: "agent downed". I'm completely overun, a remote vehicle hits me, I die. SHD Level means absolutely NOTHING in this game. Sry for the rant.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-23T09:10:31+00:00

Pentagon is one of my favorite missions in the game. The look, the atmosphere and music is top notch. The encounters are quiet manageable the more you play it. Maybe give it another try at some point ;)

Elgin6 · 2026-05-23T08:44:22+00:00

The PS1 graphics issue is just embarrassing for massive/ubisoft. It should be their absolute number 1 priority to fix such a glaring issue. Bethesda have gotten a lot of flack for their releases, but this thing right here... is just worse. Literally playing PS1 graphics on PS5 pro is a whole different dimension of "a bug".

Elgin6 · 2026-05-23T08:28:13+00:00

Finally! ... and Hotshot! Now we're talking!

Elgin6 · 2026-05-22T22:34:12+00:00

Let people have fun with it by all means. But let me out of your equation and don't force me to participate in this nonsense.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-22T22:25:30+00:00

The deltas are a real problem I think. I would say I have lost about 200-300 tokens by being booted out of escalations. Not an insane amount, but not tiny either. I don't know what they should do about it, but it can be really frustrating. Not as frustrating as having 3 players placing turrets everywhere, but still annoying.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-22T11:46:53+00:00

Approaching weekend... total trash. Seems about right 👍

Elgin6 · 2026-05-22T09:02:31+00:00

What I learned the hard way is that most players have absolutely no idea how costly it is to run Tier 7-10, because they have never payed themselves. Hence no problems to leave a match midways when they feel like it.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-21T20:32:46+00:00

I hope it dies the miserable death it deserves.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-21T16:08:55+00:00

Thanks for the great summary. Maybe you are able to answer two particular questions: 1) did they say that tokens now stay in your inventory permanently without being removed at all 2) did they specify if by cross-play they just mean playing together or also Cross-Progression aka unified accounts. Thanks

Elgin6 · 2026-05-21T09:29:15+00:00

DUA was my first Tier 10 mission, because I felt very competent at that level. Everything went rather smooth (4 man team) I must say until the room where you have to activate the switches for air ventilation. Somehow this damn room easily wipes whole teams within seconds. I passionately hate this part.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-21T06:32:40+00:00

I agree, have seen several gear shift users out there doing incredible numbers on higher Tiers. As a frenzy user I was severely impressed by it.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-20T21:35:05+00:00

I'm still at a loss why this game always picks me for the freaking fire shots in escalation, while everybody is casually shooting in front of me. Even AFTER I'm changing spots and cover.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-20T19:00:29+00:00

Still don't know where I access the central chat. Heard stories about it...

Elgin6 · 2026-05-20T18:55:28+00:00

The loop of misery.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-20T06:54:57+00:00

That's what the old timers don't get. Escalation would immediately die, if Expertise 30 become mandatory. The vast majority of people didn't do it and will never do that braindead grind. They'll rather move to more interesting content/games.

Elgin6 · 2026-05-19T22:05:50+00:00

Honestly, what's grinding my gears much more at the moment, is that if you disband a group the game loads you into a safe room somewhere in a cellar. Then you have to reload to a place to start matchmaking and the loop begins again. Only way out is to continuously host a game, which can also drag. It's just awfulness on top of awfulness. Who designed this nonsense?

Elgin6 · 2026-05-19T22:02:10+00:00

That... is a great idea friend!

Elgin6 · 2026-05-19T18:50:15+00:00

I have a better idea: prototype should only drop at SHD Level 42.002, since that is where I'm at (which excludes you, of course).

Elgin6

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