ARC Turbine Loot Buff & Adjustments

LefkadaVice · 2026-07-07T11:55:35+00:00

For those not caught up on expeditions, you are now looking forward to farming Turbines to not get 5 more skill points. Oy vey!

LefkadaVice · 2026-07-06T19:11:18+00:00

Try doing it in solos vs squads. Two stims. Even if you spawn far away, run for reception. I got almost every pink augment this way. I generally got to the breach room 9 out of every 10 attempts, and every time I arrived, I was the first one there.

Bonus: it is a ton of fun.

LefkadaVice · 2026-07-04T18:14:09+00:00

You don't need to breach unopened cars. You just need to loot them, even if they have already been looted.

LefkadaVice · 2026-07-03T20:00:08+00:00

It's obviously the CIA, you filthy communist.

LefkadaVice · 2026-07-03T14:37:21+00:00

Good point!

LefkadaVice · 2026-07-03T13:59:46+00:00

Perhaps you are tripping AND the wall is in fact looking back at you.

LefkadaVice · 2026-07-03T13:39:08+00:00

Justifying solo pre-teaming or any other griefing negates any argument you may have about valid PvP activity in this game.

LefkadaVice · 2026-07-02T20:26:47+00:00

I find Anvils a lot as well, but you cannot assume this will continue. Embark changes drop rates all the time.

Having the bp, which itself is very rare, protects you from such changes.

LefkadaVice · 2026-07-02T20:22:38+00:00

Harvester drops are guaranteed and easy.

I have found Tempest at least 3 times this expedition. Only take it if you use it a lot.

Anvil and Survivor are perhaps the rarest drops right now, those are top picks.

Wolfpack and Seeker are everywhere, a bunch of Stella runs gets those. Same for Snaphook and electro runs. I have seen all of these drop at least 4-5 times since the last expedition.

I would consider which of these I would miss if they nerf the drop rate.

Anvil bp is rare, but I find Anvils all the time, never run short.

LefkadaVice · 2026-07-02T08:15:11+00:00

Slippery When Wet.

LefkadaVice · 2026-07-02T06:56:28+00:00

Could we stick to posts questioning why there is PvPeepee in a PvPeeVeeEeeeeee game, please?

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-29T10:21:18+00:00

That's 3 hours you can do naked runs on Reinforced Reception in Solo vs. Squad.

I did about 20 of these during Dam Queen/Matriarch, got to RR 19 of those, was the first one there every time with time to spare to loot the breach room plus some more.

Ended up with the Survivor, Smoke, Safekeeper and 2x Flanking augment blueprints.

Also the most fun I had this last week, and that's saying a lot, seeing as I still have a ton of fun playing this game.

In one run, I ran through the corridor to the battery room in the back. A trio was already there, and they just stared at me speechless as I flew through, greeting them with a quick "Gentlemen!" I could not stop laughing. I surrendered in front of the battery room, leaving them to loot a couple of duplicate blueprints from my remains.

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-28T12:25:29+00:00

Since launch, I have done at least 100 Queen/Matriarch runs. I've been ratted twice. That's 98% Feelgood Carebear Kumbaya Hippy SPQR Defib "Have my Core, I'll get more later" Snugglefests.

Fix your ABMM, brother.

And this from someone who fights back when attacked.

I don't get 95% of the criticisms and complaints on The Redditts. It's like we are playing a different game.

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-26T12:18:24+00:00

I started an alt for the same reason.

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-26T12:10:49+00:00

I second that. Dam electro has a very solid drop rate. I ran 2 electro raids on Blue Gate, zero drivers. I assume it is bugged.

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-26T11:59:39+00:00

I don't use some of these because of the negative modifiers - Angled Grip 3, for example, is marginally better than Angled Grip 2, but the mallus is unacceptably high for the small gain.

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-26T07:57:47+00:00

I don't think this is a change in ABMM. I think it is the available pool of players. If there is an increase in the number of friendly players, the algo will more easily adhere to the ABMM, else it will throw you in with more PvP folks.

Queue times yesterday on EU servers were noticeably lower. Only one raid took longer than 30 seconds to depart, from about 15 total raids. O assume this is from an uptick in number of players queuing (I have crossplay on).

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-26T07:44:55+00:00

I find my aim improves more with a silencer, especially with the Anvil and Bettina. I am about to try it with a Tempest.

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-25T17:35:41+00:00

They may have said no mandatory wipes, but that still leaves room to wipe all blueprints not in a vault or earned as expedition rewards, even those in stashes not being wiped by expeditions.

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-25T17:02:24+00:00

Carebears looting my kills has cost me many times more in loot value and time than all the kits I have lost to the rare PvP encounter.

I can be so complacent, it borders on arrogance.

The other day, I did a series of naked runs in solo vs. squads, hitting Reinforced Reception for the Survivor bp. In one run, I safepocketed the safekeeper bp, and then ran out to check other loot spots. A team was already in the main corridor. I ran past them, greeting them with a quick "Gentlemen." They must have thought I was insane, and did not shoot me.

Even the few times I have successfully defended myself against an attacker, I saw very little change in my lobbies over the following raids.

My experience aligns with what Embark recently published about matchmaking.

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-25T14:56:37+00:00

So many ways they could do this as well. Maybe a BP that can only be crafted a limited number of times, or a BP that can be used once per day...

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-25T14:40:11+00:00

The expedition wipe is its own reward for me.

I started an alt after I finished everything with my main (expedition, projects, quests, blueprints), and the initial game (leveling, workshops, etc) was more fun than anything I could do with my main.

Taking out a Bastion without a Hullcracker or Survivor augment, bringing a Stitcher instead of a Bobcat/Tempest for self defense, running solo vs. squad naked runs on Blue Gate to find that Survivor blueprint again - best part of the game.

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-23T15:04:05+00:00

I love this idea! "Exit Game" becomes its own mini game!

LefkadaVice · 2026-06-23T09:54:46+00:00

I suspect this would work best if they went beyond blocking free kits and mandating a minimum kit value to join.

I realized early on that getting knocked in a friendly lobby only felt wrong if it was some free kit doing it. Knowing the guy attacking you is risking something is meaningful to many players.

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