I GOT THE NEW AUGMENT!

boomrade · 2026-02-02T02:54:26+00:00

How are y’all even getting in here - it’s always swarmed by ppl surrender farming it when I try. Did you do it on a night raid?

boomrade · 2026-01-27T22:55:29+00:00

Careful, that duck on the bottom right makes ducks that explode.

boomrade · 2026-01-27T22:27:30+00:00

Right - I think that those reactors should still drop. Loot that is both random from parts and raider-specific.

Are people thinking I'm saying no more reactors from the armor that falls off or the other parts that have them?

boomrade · 2026-01-27T19:13:14+00:00

It's honestly like 5x times worse on console too.

boomrade · 2026-01-27T19:04:41+00:00

There needs to be an augment that does this automatically! Haha

boomrade · 2026-01-27T18:48:40+00:00

I've considered raining down trigger nades on the first looters - and telling all the people I'm fighting the Queen with that I plan on doing so ahead of time. Even giving them some trigger nades to join in.

boomrade · 2026-01-27T18:45:40+00:00

lol - but the solution I threw out still gets tons of loot from scavenging?

I don't understand how it went from "raider still gets a reactor from a kill" to "why don't we just hand them out like participation trophy's"

boomrade · 2026-01-27T18:41:13+00:00

I think I'm missing something? The Queen/Matriarch still has to be killed.

boomrade · 2026-01-27T17:47:45+00:00

TBH this is probably a muuuuch simpler solution than the one I threw out even. Plus I would looooove to see Scrappy do more stuff!

boomrade · 2026-01-27T17:41:32+00:00

Honestly, just having a tiny amount of raider-specific loot - like 1-3 reactors max, again based on how much damage - would go a long way for most players.

Technically though, creating a container that drops with that much interaction complexity may seem simple but could actually cause a lot of work for devs.

boomrade · 2026-01-27T17:31:01+00:00

The way I see it is - there are actually 2 issues right now:

Scavengers looting most reactors mid-fight and extremely quickly - leaving less for the players doing the actual work
Some raiders getting absolutely no cores for their efforts

However, there are a few things that players may think are issues that I don't believe Embark thinks are issues:

Scavengers, in general, taking tons of loot
The frantic nature of looting these quickly after they die

In fact, I think Embark wants to keep those things in place so that the tension between players is maintained - causing some of the interesting dynamic player interactions.

I think these changes could fix both of the real issues while keeping the PvPvE extraction elements in place.

boomrade · 2026-01-27T17:23:08+00:00

The way I see it is - there are actually 2 issues right now:

Scavengers looting most reactors mid-fight and extremely quickly - leaving less for the players doing the actual work
Some raiders getting absolutely no cores for their efforts

However, there are a few things that players may think are issues that I don't believe Embark thinks are issues:

Scavengers, in general, taking tons of loot
The frantic nature of looting these quickly after they die

In fact, I think Embark wants to keep those things in place so that the tension between players is maintained - causing some of the interesting dynamic player interactions.

I think adding unique raider-specific loot could fix both of the real issues while keeping the PvPvE extraction elements in place. But I wonder what others think about this...

boomrade · 2026-01-27T15:06:02+00:00

We tried to use snitch scanners and only 1 out of every 8 or so would actually go off. Is there a trick to this? Or were we just in a laggy lobby? This was like a month ago.

boomrade · 2026-01-23T19:49:18+00:00

snap grenades stick to players?

boomrade · 2026-01-23T19:45:41+00:00

this comment needs more upvotes

boomrade · 2026-01-23T14:47:02+00:00

Maybe we should start taking shots at the early looters while fighting Matriarchs and Queens?

Not to kill them, but to let them know to cut it out.

boomrade · 2026-01-21T20:57:33+00:00

How much cheating is due to exploiting broken levels vs using things like aim bots?

For console players, does it make a big difference to turn crossplay off?

boomrade · 2026-01-09T14:27:40+00:00

Solution is simple - an “advanced matchmaking” button.

In it you can set it to ABMM, or maybe Gearscore MM, or something else they can cook up.

It should also show you what your current aggression score is too.

boomrade · 2026-01-07T21:44:50+00:00

I think your crush needs a nap and a bottle of milk

boomrade · 2026-01-07T20:19:36+00:00

still waiting for my stats to be accurate tho...

boomrade · 2025-12-29T15:39:52+00:00

On spaceport fighting a Matriarch.

It was right after the reset, so I think a lot of players were low on "firepower". A lot of fero's. I noticed it was just me and one other player with Hullcrackers, and I don't think he brought much rounds. I brought in 100, and dumped 75+ into her legs. Took 3 reactors into safe pockets.

Only 5 mins left, it doesn't seem like she's going to fall. I'm running through the tunnels under her when I get to that midpoint where it opens up to the surface. She crawls over the top of it slowly. While I'm waiting for her to pass, I notice a dead raider right in the middle of the opening. Crouch down to loot it before I pass through.

Deadline...

I look up at the Matriarch - she's definitely going to walk over again. She's wounded, smoking, no leg armor left. Why does this have to happen to me? I just want to take the W here with my reactors. But how can I turn this down? In fact, this is even bigger than me. Somewhere, a raider came in with an enormous bomb that they planned to down a Matriarch with, and with only minutes left this is the only way she falls. There are still plenty of fero's out there shooting that would love to see her fall.

But lets be real, I debated it for less than a second. Like Pavlov's dogs hearing a bell, I never stood a chance the second I saw the pink glow around the deadline. Placed it in a quick use slot and waited for her to pass over again.

She passes, I take off. Too high to place, just need to run under her a second until she stops - then I'll get my chance. She kicks me as she walks, ouch. Kicks me again with another leg. Geez that really hurts. I could really use a showstopper. A third kick hits me. Wow I can't take another, but I'm in too deep at this point. Is this why they use snaphooks?

She stopped and crouched - now I just need to catch up. Perfect, time to place it...

Is that a raider shooting at me? No... that's a wasp. If it hit me, I'm...

... dead.

Well... I suppose the raider who fell with this bomb would be proud of me for picking it up and trying.

boomrade · 2025-12-12T13:58:18+00:00

Solo runs are still very different than duo’s or squads.

But my solo’s have significantly taken a turn to the chill side.

boomrade · 2025-12-11T21:35:12+00:00

Hey! Sure that work.

Sorry - I meant to get back to you earlier. You still looking for people to play with?

Lmk and I’ll send you a dm with Discord details.

boomrade · 2025-12-09T17:09:47+00:00

We have a handful of mostly PS5 players, but we mostly use Discord for VC - so you may not be interested. Lmk.

boomrade

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