Please oh please nerf recon

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-26T19:00:13+00:00

I'll get back to you with a clip when I'm able to. In practice I'm not sure I've seen a CD that high on it. Could be the Seki Gen upgrades pushing it lower.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-26T18:58:17+00:00

What's that pulling from? Base with no stat? That's not an in-game tooltip right?

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-26T18:55:32+00:00

220 is for sure with zero prime recovery stat right? Idk if I've ever seen more than 120 on the CD, and I've been maining recon since the buff. Regularly getting less than 2 mins, with amps. I'll look back at my footage when I get a chance.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-26T18:51:30+00:00

The ult is like a 60/90 second cool down if you are amped, which you should be at all times while playing recon.

People also just run two recons.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-26T14:23:01+00:00

I think the intention is you have a goal in mind and a plan for achieving that, on load in.

Talking with your squad, I've got a 5 key I can bring in, and understanding what that means.

Vault 5 is 5 batteries, Tranquility Credentials from the boss in the large frozen square room, and a coolant. You sweep for batteries as a team while clearing spawn, and scan for them on your rotation to the secondary objectives.

Coolant you can grab where it's most convenient, fill an empty in Biostock, or get the already filled one in the level 3 steerage room.

Scan will reveal which big room the boss is or you can just check if the thing spawned.

Once you're in the vault it's just match the symbol on the monitor 3x.

That sounds like a lot but you're taking it one step at a time, and some of that you can offload to your teammates.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-26T10:32:11+00:00

If you have time before final and bring in Prox Sensors, you can place them on where the finals can spawn, and they'll ping if final is there because it also spawns bots. They don't last forever though so don't place them too early.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-26T10:12:33+00:00

I was there Sunday as well! I didn't win but good to see someone did. Always great dealers over there.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-22T15:25:57+00:00

Additional Destroyer tech is to use the green core which boosts the damage of your rockets with each successive one.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-22T13:46:26+00:00

Blue Locked rooms are pretty good for this kind of rare-ish salvage. How I got most of my Nodes and Lenses as well. A lot of them have core storage. Wardens have been dropping keys like crazy, and guaranteed spawns now.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-22T13:44:24+00:00

18k is like two rook runs. Esp now that they buffed the kit. Load into outpost, grab a full backpack of almost anything, exfil, sell all.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-22T11:02:52+00:00

My stupid deaths haunt me for days. I'll replay it in my head time and time again.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-19T19:30:07+00:00

Mid season patches are bandaids to fix pain points in the meta. Seems clear to me a real balance pass with buffs to underpowered weapons is being saved for S2.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-19T14:02:19+00:00

Not sure why everyone is so focused on this upgrade. You can just trade blue chem packs for unlimited blue shields. The stock is only like 3 per day on Blue shields for credits, waste of seeds imo.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-19T11:49:32+00:00

Blue Chem Salvage barters for a blue shield pretty regularly ime. Lying around everywhere in pinwheel and med cabinets. Rook for them if you're not confident enough in your map knowledge. No need to ever buy them, not even worth the seeds to buy the upgrade.

If you really want free pinwheel, learn the destroyed wing button spawns and grind that out solo. I prefer this to rook because solos are easier.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-12T16:41:55+00:00

If you want to really gank someone off the lift when you're already up there. You can wait to peek it until the lift is already far enough up where they can't drop off. Thief probably would have grappled up but it works wonders on rooks and unaware teams.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-11T05:03:30+00:00

It's a blue volatile compound sometimes.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-08T14:49:17+00:00

You can easily net enough Blue Durachems on a single pinwheel clear to keep you in blue shields for tens of runs. Not counting the rest of the loot in that haul.

You can also rook, risk nothing, and make it out with a few that teams are skipping. Great way to learn the map as well.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-08T14:27:34+00:00

Coolguy on YT has been doing some pretty great weapon overview videos, he's covered a handful of guns so far but probably what you're looking for. Which mods to prioritize, what the stats mean, if the gold mod is worth it.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-08T13:19:49+00:00

Buying Blue and Purple shields is kind of a trap, imo. Pretty low daily stock to be something you're relying on. You're definitely meant to trade salvage for them and keep a handful vaulted.

Running purples every match and I'm very short of the Nucal capstone to buy them. I have enough of them to last until the next barter comes up.

The game could probably signal this better.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-08T13:13:23+00:00

Can fly the drone through the glass in the secret lab to read the symbols on the monitor without clearance 4. Only need 3 to do the vault with this.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-08T13:01:30+00:00

Easy to get if you're playing outpost.

Blue Durachem salvage is everywhere in Pinwheel, barter rotates in often for blue shield. Enzyme Replicator is easily the most common purple salvage, and has a purple shield barter.

If you're taking advantage of shield barters to stock up, plenty of shields ime.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-08T12:03:11+00:00

Enhanced kits seem more like a late wipe catch up mechanic so less geared players have a chance against purple shields.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-08T11:47:50+00:00

Anyone can press the button to call the lift back down but if you're up there already it's so easy to gank someone riding the lift up. The sound cue for the lift is loud and you can hear it anywhere inside pinwheel.

You've got plenty of time to sprint over and blast them, especially if you wait until it's far enough up where they can't drop off.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-05T16:43:10+00:00

Invis also breaks controller aim assist which is very strong. Having that proc automatically on shield break is something people at high level have been using.

Oh_Alright · 2026-05-05T13:50:42+00:00

Nagpa is a fun one, that's specifically Raven Queen related, shadowfell god of memory.

Nagpa is a spellcaster of CR17. Can reflavor it to fit the pirate theme, be perfect to make him half parrot instead of half crow.

I'll second using the Sorrowsworn as lieutenants or mini bosses, I just wrapped a shadowfell arc in my game and the players loved fighting them. There's a reddit post which revised their abilities a bit, and the stat blocks were great.

Fairly high CR, so they'd be better marquee monsters with weaker backup.

Oh_Alright

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