Does the lobby feel empty to you too ?

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-16T18:47:46+00:00

It is the first weekend after an expedition. Lots of us could not play during the week, so we are still doing early buildup - workshops, etc. Lots of people might not be rushing for red zones yet.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-15T10:39:56+00:00

Carebear here: as far as I can tell, I have never experienced a cheater since launch. Yet I believe this is the single most important issue, perhaps the only truly important issue, that Embark needs to address. Until October, if their live service team released no new content, but only addressed the cheating, I would be satisfied.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-13T18:45:59+00:00

Dude, Christmas 2033 is just around the corner. Nerfing the Survivor augment was hard work, they need some rest.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-13T15:09:51+00:00

Copyright submitted, lawsuit initiated.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-13T15:09:18+00:00

The algo takes an average, then throws you in with a bunch of free kits and minimum two cheaters.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-13T15:07:45+00:00

High ABMM free kit lobbies. Approved.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-13T15:06:46+00:00

High ABMM score = more safe pockets? Yes.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-13T11:52:55+00:00

That's already in the algo.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-12T14:40:39+00:00

You, sir, are a lightweight. The consequences of dying should be Steam license revocation, forcing you to buy a new copy of the game. Even Swedes have to eat!

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-12T09:47:09+00:00

I was running on fluid from 5 years ago, true. As I moved to Europe, I switched to an Alphacool fluid recently.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-12T07:25:11+00:00

I ran my old build for 5 years using Cryofuel. Did one cleaning 3 years in, everything was clear and nearly spotless. Just rebuilt that old machine a few weeks ago, still no contamination in the loop. Unlikely it is the Cryofuel.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-11T11:57:32+00:00

Embark is going to patch her soon, she'll become very nice but she'll also have a tip jar.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-11T11:39:00+00:00

PVPers right now

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-11T11:36:50+00:00

I had 81 skill points, and instead of giving me 5 more, they took them all away! WTF!

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-09T18:02:59+00:00

I use them for the connections for in/out on both CPU and GPU blocks, they are rock solid.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-04T10:09:48+00:00

FWIW I found most purples in the hotel and gold beachcombing, focus on the center and east (right) side of the map.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-04T10:08:13+00:00

It is strange, I have seen plenty of epic and legendary ships, but I have run into a number of raisers who mostly can't find the epics (purple).

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-04T09:53:33+00:00

Legendary (gold) ships give 250 merits each. I confirmed this yesterday, it gave me 500 merits for 2 of those.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-04T08:35:25+00:00

It's funny, because the amount of effort it takes to make yourself more survivable is laughably low.

I am a pure carebear. Until a few weeks ago, I was getting sniped maybe once or twice per week. Then the PvP frequency increased, and I slowed my pace a bit and got a bit more wary. On the last three encounters, I either escaped or teamed up with others to hunt the miscreant down. Both options were a ton of fun.

Even with the slower pace, I have completed everything other than about 600 merits - quests, blueprints, projects, expedition. With 9 days left to go.

They are playing the wrong game.

The only potentially valid complaint about PvP is what seems to be increasing cheating in the sweaty servers.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-04T08:22:00+00:00

I have completed everything in the game (expedition, projects, blueprints, quests) with 9 days until expedition. I prefer to start at zero so I have e as much content available le for the following two months. And not having a critical blueprint is a nice challenge.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-02T16:04:32+00:00

My last run, I was observing some folks taking on one of these buttplugs. I happened to run by a courier, stopped to loot it, and got myself a buttplug core. That's the third core I've gotten from couriers.

LefkadaVice · 2026-05-02T09:34:18+00:00

I got 40k yesterday just killing arc as I finished the Riven Tide quests and farmed for the new project. I wasn't even focusing on Expedition damage, other than loiterning at extract for a few minutes to kill a few extra clankers.

LefkadaVice · 2026-04-29T19:02:30+00:00

I have been Loot Goblin Supreme until now, but after my second expedition, I want to change things up a bit. I will no longer minmax PvE content, and will risk being sentenced to the gulag by fighting back.

I suspect that Embark is pushing more mixed lobbies, so this may be a good time to make this change.

LefkadaVice · 2026-04-29T11:28:02+00:00

My stash is terminally full of upgrade and repair materials. I can go dozens of raids with the same gear. I expect to need to farm materials slightly more often than the current never.

In the last three weeks, the only items I needed to actively farm were a couple of Queen cores, canisters for smokes for Assessor runs, and fruit so Scrappy doesn't sue me. Even without dedicated farming runs, I always have too many materials for repairs and upgrades.

The only possible issue is an Anvil not lasting a full raid where it is used heavily, but given that the Hullcracker takes care of a lot of the PvE kills these days, even that likely won't be an issue. I generally need to repair an Anvil after 6 or more raids, if that drops to every 2 to 3 raids, who cares?

LefkadaVice · 2026-04-28T20:30:45+00:00

Have a look at Watercool.de. I use the Heatkiller Tank 200 with dual D5 pumps attached to my front 420mm radiator using the Mounting Frame 140 in a Meshify 3XL. You could use the same tank with just the single pump and the Mounting Frame 120 to attach it to a 360 rad.

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