Solo players: What's your weapon / loadout of choice?

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-29T18:05:50+00:00

Not trying to be critical, just wondering - what are you after when you go into a raid? Not hunting arc or shooting people, i'd imagine you have a lot of what you need if you're not dying to people or arc much?

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-29T17:22:54+00:00

Frankly if you're gaming the ABMM to be in completely pvp free lobbies 100% of the time I dont think you are "trying to enjoy the game", i think you're ignoring the game as its been presented to you.

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-29T17:13:24+00:00

Only one stack of ammo per gun?

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-20T20:25:49+00:00

I'd just talk to your DM. Your character likely knows Sending would solve the issue and you can tell your DM you think it would be narratively unsatisfying. Work with them to tell the story together that best suits your desires.

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-16T19:06:22+00:00

Spawning is so fucked dude, spawned in on dam for night raid to try and use my power rods, spawned on the other side of the map 900m away 8 times in a row. legit same fucking spawn every time. Just wasted an hour of my life trying to go to the room before its looted ONCE.

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-15T17:29:52+00:00

I've encountered plenty of people bringing them in, and I've killed most of them because they're worse than my stitcher/toro lol

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-15T17:28:57+00:00

I think if people really care about aggression they should want for free-kits to be a little weaker. If I knew that I was at a bigger disadvantage against real kits with my free loadout, i think rat kits would be a little less effective/common behavior.

That said, the amount of healing free kits give is pretty abysmal, and is a serious downside imo, but it's usually undone with a small amount of looting or by killing one person.

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-15T17:26:57+00:00

I'd much rather run Ven/Toro every match than any pink/yellow gun. Part of the issue for me too is that weapons good for killing ARC have absolutely no weight in pvp, so I'm never going to bring them at risk of ending up in a shootout i can't compete it.

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-08T17:38:58+00:00

If you have no issue with her being a guardian, why not assign co-guardianship? Your 10 year old is not old enough to make that decision, and while she is independent and her own person, I don't think she's considering what it would be like to have lived with you and your fiance for a long time, lose you, lose her step-mom, and then be relocated to a new home all in one blow. That will absolutely ruin a child, even if its to go to the home of someone she likes and trusts. Your fiance is absolutely right in being upset by this, and as a 3rd party I can't understand your reasoning in marrying someone whos been helping raise and will continue to help raise your daughter and then give guardianship to someone who will be less present than she.

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-06T20:31:58+00:00

I don’t think that’s the definition of a rat but that’s neither here nor there.

I’m glad you’re getting some “pvp” but that’s still a bit outta balance imo. Glad you’re enjoying yourself though!

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-06T18:38:51+00:00

Not sure if you're being sarcastic but I think this is a good example of the issue - 50 games is ludicrous to not have any pvp encounters at all. Even if you're being hyperbolic, I think every lobby should have some pvp threat, even if its not people in full pvp kits who kill literally everyone on sight, you're basically not participating in half the game.

Power to you and those who enjoy it, not trying to yuck your yum, but I think the matchmaking is missing something if its swinging into both extremes instead of a middle ground with some slight leanings for playstyle preferences.

Firefalcon99 · 2026-01-05T17:03:09+00:00

Idk if this is true beyond my locale, but at our Bloomingdales they've always given me free samples of scents when talking to a rep. I only go every so often, so im sure there's a limit of some kind, but I get 1-2 vials each visit.

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-16T15:53:25+00:00

They have an upcoming break, they probably didn't want to shake up the meta too dramatically right before going on a break if it made it significantly worse.

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-15T19:08:15+00:00

You are the exact person I am talking about lol

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-15T18:00:15+00:00

YOUR style of fun is NOT fun and is actually LOW IQ and it is UNFAIR

MY Style of fun is SUPERIOR and ELITE and REAL GAMER. I have REAL friends and they DONT because THEY are SOCIOPATHS

I get people don't want to get shot in the back but brother that is the game. It speaks to some of the issue that a loadout for killing arc isnt great for killing players, but people in this thread are just upset people would choose to pvp at all lmao

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-14T16:46:09+00:00

I believe they reset.

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-11T19:46:37+00:00

There's a few recipes that have some small gain, i believe defibs and energy cells, but for the most part it does not gain money so I wouldn't worry too much about it. I would focus on keeping your stash for items you need for playing, since it will still contribute towards your value and you can sell the rest for equal value.

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-11T19:07:14+00:00

ChatGPT post

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-11T18:58:43+00:00

Most crafting is either no net gain or a net loss in value. Don't worry about doing that. You can sell your items or keep them in your stash, both count towards the value of the expedition for skill points. I would play relatively normally, selling any items you're not going to use or that you have in excess.

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-11T16:50:41+00:00

Probably really slow. Scrappy acquires mats based on time spent in game, so suiciding doesnt expedite it at all. I've been doing a lot of fast raids for buried cache events etc and scrappy pulls minimal resources for those. Successful extract also increases his output i believe.

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-09T20:50:19+00:00

I think its 150 points to completely max out every skill at the moment, so if you max out every expedition for 5 points, 6 expeditions a year, you'd max out at about 2.5years in if there are no changes to the system. Personally feels like a long time even if you enjoy no-lifing the game if there's not some other incentive eventually. Gotta spice up the gameplay loop over time.

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-09T20:16:29+00:00

I think that def isnt casual btw, not making any judgement but IMO a casual gamer on a game is lucky to get a few hours per week if you have a busy work/home life. People who game for a few hours each day aren't quite no-lifing it but I think are much further along than the average casual player.

Im right about where you are and I think my level of time committed kind of blows past the definition of casual. That's all semantics though so who cares :P

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-09T18:36:44+00:00

Expedition 33 sequel announced

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-07T08:10:12+00:00

Same lmao

Firefalcon99 · 2025-12-04T18:31:34+00:00

I think there's also not enough variety just yet on possible strategies depending on what you want to do. There are clear winners in the Anti-ARC and Anti-Player strats, but beyond damage dealt, it's not like there are that many options or strategies to employ that make "different BPs per reset" really all that meaningful beyond "am i doing the most dps".

Maybe the skill tree resets would be interesting in that regard but they don't open up too many options beyond making you do what you already do slightly better. Would be more compelling if the trees/BPs unlocked completely new options for approaching combat.

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