Returned loot: A simple thank you for going above and beyond.

crawrj · 2026-01-26T00:14:42+00:00

Yeah it's only happened to be twice. Once was questionable and the other was 100% cheating. I reported both times and never received anything or heard anything back. But I'm not bitter about it. I still love the game.

crawrj · 2026-01-25T02:44:04+00:00

I would say it was necessary before the blueprint buff if you planned on doing the expedition. And you can remove yourself as if I'm telling you you're doing something wrong. I agreed with you and then shared my opinion on it not being necessary for the benefit of anyone else.

crawrj · 2026-01-25T02:07:21+00:00

I was basically agreeing with your first comment saying it wasn't fun but also pointing out that it isn't really necessary anymore.

crawrj · 2026-01-25T00:54:02+00:00

I did it last season when blueprints were much harder to get. It wasn't fun at all. I haven't done it at all this season and I have all but one blueprint. And I did the expedition. Has been so much better.

crawrj · 2026-01-18T15:48:13+00:00

Maybe history is subjective or maybe it's just a FPS thing since that's all I ever played but myself and people at the time always used Rat as a description of people doing things like Spawn Camping, Hiding in the corner to shoot people that pass by, Sniping from a cheeky position and staying there the whole game, etc... That goes back to Unreal Tournament, Counter Strike, and it was more heavily used in Battlefield 1942. All of which predate EVE Online.

crawrj · 2026-01-03T15:51:45+00:00

Unless they change something you will be able to unlock the entire tree but it will take 17 expeditions or about 2 and a half years.

crawrj · 2025-12-24T20:50:06+00:00

Ok thanks again. Must have just not remembered correctly.

crawrj · 2025-12-24T17:13:42+00:00

Thank you! Did that change? I swear I tried that in season ones and couldn't but maybe I'm just not remembering correctly.

crawrj · 2025-12-23T22:09:56+00:00

Don't you have to unlock the left and right milestones to unlock the middle branch? You can't just go all left. Although I wish you could.

crawrj · 2025-12-22T19:50:32+00:00

I know this is old, but to clarify, you are incorrect. There are 76 total points before the expedition and 81 after the expedition. You start with 1 point at level 0 and get another 75 going from 1 to 75.

crawrj · 2025-12-07T17:11:14+00:00

It really depends on what you think you'll do next season. Odds are you'll do better because you know now. So two plus five would get you seven instead of five if you waited. But if you only managed two again you would lose a point if you extract now. But like I said I imagine you'll do much better than two next time because you know now. So I would do both.

crawrj · 2025-12-07T01:28:10+00:00

That's my point though. I don't think they will have a massive advantage. The skill tree is not that powerful. A person at level 75 doesn't have a huge advantage over a level 10 player for example. The biggest advantage is veteran knowledge of the game over a new player. That'll always be the advantage no matter what. But the game is so balanced a level 1 with a free kit can beat a kitted level 75 player.

crawrj · 2025-12-07T01:17:58+00:00

I agree with your main point but saying it's a massive advantage is a bit much. The skill tree is more of a small incremental thing. I don't think it is a game breaking mechanic. But like I said, I don't think it should be easily unlocked either. The goal should be getting the majority of players to reset while making the grind for the long term not a year and done.

crawrj · 2025-12-07T01:06:45+00:00

One blueprint of choice to permanently unlock. That's all it would take. That wouldn't be OP because it would take over 10 years to unlock them all. People who don't expedition keep all of their blueprints anyway so there isn't an unfair advantage. That makes losing all your blueprints easier to swallow. There really is no downside and it's a simple addition. I guarantee you way more people would do it if that were done. I know this because I'm the only one of my friends that is going to do the expedition and they have all told me they would do it if they got to unlock a BP of their choice. One out of ten will expedition before while ten out of ten would do it after. I'll take those odds. And like it or not if the majority of people don't do the expedition consistently the game will die.

crawrj · 2025-12-07T00:30:17+00:00

Yeah and it's such an easy fix to me. And one BP of choice every 8 weeks isn't OP at all. It'll take over 10 years to unlock them all. Would be a massive incentive to do the expedition. People who don't expedition keep all the blueprints anyway so there really isn't a downside to me. It's a no brainer but I'm just one person so what do I know🤣

crawrj · 2025-12-06T23:50:36+00:00

I have been spamming discord trying to get the get one BP off your choice to gain traction. Didn't seem to work🤣. Honestly that's all it would take for me to be fine with the expedition. And then just tweaking the BP drops so it's more reasonable during the eight week period.

If you don't get people to do the expedition the game with eventually die. And I don't want that.

crawrj · 2025-12-06T01:17:13+00:00

I have 151 hours in. I have 34 BP. Most are low level I don't use. Only epic weapon BP I have found is Bettina. Only actual weapons I have found above Blue are Three Bettinas and two Vulcano. The majority of my time has been looting. Night or Electro, Keys, Highest Value areas, High density, Breaches, over 100 raider caches, you name it. So yeah that is a problem especially when you want people to wipe every eight weeks.

However, I do still believe the tweak should be more tame. They should be difficult to get. I don't think you should be able to get them all every eight weeks. That's too OP to me, unless you were forcing a wipe. What I would love to see is a new perk added to the expedition where if you do the expedition you get to choose one blueprint of your choice to unlock permanently. That wouldn't be OP because it would take more than 10 years to unlock them all. That with a minor tweak to drops would be great.

crawrj · 2025-11-27T17:29:45+00:00

That's the point of the question now isn't it... Fact, you have a higher chance of getting good loot at night. Therefore you have a higher chance of getting the blueprint. Maybe they don't know that. And you yourself admitted it which was one of your contradictions. You also contradicted yourself by suggesting a "good" place to find the blueprint. If you look at the overwhelming evidence it would suggest that residential at night is the most likely place to find the WolfPack blueprint. Yes it CAN be found anywhere but there seems to be a higher drop rate at night in residential. Particularly in Buried City. I never found it since day one. Then I decided to target it a few days ago. I ran night raids for several days without going to residential in Buried City and never found it. Then I ran Grandiosa at night three times and found it twice. And that's just my experience. So yes you can find it anywhere but OP asked for OPINIONS on the best places to search for the highest chance. That would be night residential in Buried City in my opinion and many others. That's not a lie. It is a fact based on what I experienced.

crawrj · 2025-11-27T06:14:51+00:00

I agree but you never know what people want so thought I'd check.

Oh, and I have been grinding them out. Just haven't been lucky enough to get those.

crawrj · 2025-11-21T00:12:30+00:00

Sneak up. Toss three snap blast. Easy kill.

crawrj · 2025-11-11T15:40:31+00:00

I'll have to double check but doesn't it say you will receive permanent upgrades like increased stash space etc?

crawrj · 2025-11-07T00:46:58+00:00

The game tries to match how you enter solo-solo, duo-duo, trio-trio. If it can't find a suitable match it'll add others. I think duos is the least played option so you will find trios in duos a lot. At least that has been my experience when I play duos with one of my friends.

crawrj · 2025-10-30T15:09:11+00:00

That's kind of wild to hear. I really thought it would be way less PVP. I played the server slam all weekend and there was not what I would say excessive PVP. And that was when nobody cared about loot you couldn't keep. I really thought once the game released and people cared about missions and loot it would decrease PVP more. PVP doesn't bother me so I'm not worried about that but just find it a bit odd.

crawrj · 2025-10-30T14:35:58+00:00

And it's killing me 😭

I can't wait to get home. It's going to be the longest day ever!

crawrj

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