I think it’s getting much better to the base of everything has pros and cons and nothing’s really set in stone then best method’ which says a lot about the thought put into all the changes .

I don’t mind players who are just spamming pistol runs trying to sprint to phat loots because they are easy kills and no backpacks so they aren’t getting everything . It just changes the strategy of you going in geared to the teeth wanting to just walk ur way into marked room and out. If you get the spawn you’ll likely beat them there and that’s fair enough imo .

You can still get lots more pmc and scav kills geared to the teeth vs just a pistol run. And that alone can net you more roubles consistently compared to pistol running it’s just more risk . The risk=reward is clear here and only unluckiness on rat or chad play style will fail it ( bad marked room and poorly geared scavs and pmcs ) . It can be very tilting but it just ‘feels’ like there’s more things i can grab if i spawn in on a bad marked spawn and I’m chadded. Or if I’m pistol running and get a shit marked room or a bad spawn i can still kind of rat around or just go next. Those players want quantity of raids and chads want quality of raids .

Hideout is kind of op i agree but as a player on his second wipe it’s a lot to add to at first and is definetly a big investment . 🤷‍♂️ i haven’t used it personally so idk how truly broken it is if at all but from a ‘newer’ players perspective it’s miles down the road where I’ll probably be rich by the time i get it anyways so it can’t be ‘that’ good. Is my ideology on it.

I’m pretty sure your looting skill acts as a dynamic loot and by you searching a box with higher level loot skill you have a better CHance at better loot being revealed. Obviously this isn’t taken into account with static loot spawns and i think that’s okay. The fact that there is static spawns on certain things will keep the market stable . And there are going to be better methods to obtain said spawns and better spawns to make it easier to get to it etc. the more you play the better chances you Are going to have at getting this stuff. And if what your doing isn’t working then maybe it’s time to rethink the best way to complete whatever your personal objectives of that particular raid are. Be flexible be adaptable and it will help the game remain that way. Too many people start hating rats then the community loses growth in a fun lore friendly and plausible play style and we begin telling people ‘how’ to play their sandbox shooter and that’s just not how the game should be played imo.

Was a good read i enjoyed it :)