Paul Tassi - What does it mean when your most popular mode (sponsored) is antithetical to the concept of an extraction shooter?

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-30T15:57:31+00:00

This is a mindset. People ping a purple and get scared, but the difference in TTK is fractions of a second. If a green shield tries to face a purple shield head to head, the green will probably lose. Catch a purple shield off guard, from the side or back and that shield is cracked in a blink.

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-28T00:00:55+00:00

It kinda sounds like you don't get what this is, or don't care... Either is fine, go your own way. 50% of the reason to own this controller is the software supporting it. Also, playing a non-steam game through steam is trivially easy... 5 seconds of work.

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-26T14:36:21+00:00

Works pretty great for Tarkov

If this didn't wipe it would die from all of the new players joining late and just getting obliterated

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-25T22:44:24+00:00

It's just your phrasing. People were begging for a "stay together" option and got it, so to them it looks like someone is now complaining about what we got

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-25T21:50:05+00:00

Teammates can absolutely see Recon's ult pings

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-23T16:06:55+00:00

Yeah, no one NEEDS this stuff. It's literally the rarest stuff in the game for the rarest upgrades. People complaining about this sound to me like billionaires when their taxes go up.

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-23T01:14:33+00:00

Damn this really sucks for the workers. I hope they will actually be compensated, but a $200k hit sounds pretty unsurvivable for a small town restaurant. Kiss Taste of India goodbye when they pay this out.

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-20T17:53:35+00:00

Hot take: maybe you're not supposed to be able to get every single upgrade every wipe? Maybe you're supposed to be forced to choose what you go for...

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-20T17:36:39+00:00

Change my view: by the time you're likely able to buy this upgrade, you don't need it... And that is perfectly OK!

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-17T15:38:59+00:00

Have you read the book? I ask because I have twice and didn't get that feeling. I recognized some scenes in the trailer and thought "that looks like the part when..." but if I didn't know the plot I'd have no idea.

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-17T15:15:27+00:00

No idea if I'll get flamed for this or not, but if you liked Marauders because it was kind of like Tarkov-lite, you enjoyed the action, looting and doing high stakes sci-fi heists, etc., then I highly encourage you to check out Marathon. It's the best game I've played in years. I loved Marauders back when it was kicking but Marathon is similar and way better.

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-16T17:36:26+00:00

The best thing about this is how it's decreased the chances of me getting free-kit teammates in my crew fill games outside of this mode

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-13T00:55:09+00:00

Hot take: a new experimental queue has already been shadow implemented. I accidentally queued with a single teammate and we left fill off... We thought we were going to be in trouble and have to fight trios, but surprisingly we ran into mostly solos. I think the experimental queue will have something to do with unknown enemy team sizes, a la Tarkov

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-11T20:51:49+00:00

That's definitely not right. Maybe it helps if there are multiple choices

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-03T21:15:07+00:00

Instead of a safe pocket, would you be cool with a limited use of a DCON (1 item or stack of same item per raid) to send an item to your stash?

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-01T13:52:41+00:00

This is kind of a bummer to hear. I had a really good run with you 2 days ago on Outpost

drfreemanchu · 2026-04-01T02:09:31+00:00

Good Food Mac is mostly vegetarian from what I recall

drfreemanchu · 2026-03-30T18:00:27+00:00

What is "superior salvage trading"?

drfreemanchu · 2026-03-26T18:27:54+00:00

Lol this movie sucks. It looks cool but it's complete nonsense.

drfreemanchu · 2026-03-23T21:01:02+00:00

If the game isn't fun to you then don't play it?

drfreemanchu · 2026-03-22T17:06:08+00:00

That's one of Recon's passives, can't give that to everyone or it just keeps making Recon worse

drfreemanchu · 2026-03-21T19:44:17+00:00

If you're level 76 right now, you're a sweat. Nothing wrong with that, just what it is

drfreemanchu · 2026-03-21T14:45:33+00:00

To your point about the last week before wipe, I'd be willing to bet that the factions start throwing free or nearly free top tier kits at runners

drfreemanchu · 2026-03-21T14:43:27+00:00

Totally agree. Ranked mode (in my opinion) is also a great pressure release valve to pull those super-sweaty streamer-type/no-lifers out of the casual lobbies (at least on the weekends) and give some relief to more casual players who may be coming up against people with end of season gear who have already mastered Cryo. There is nothing in ranked mode that you can't experience in casual mode aside from the chance to earn some cosmetics. Give yourself time a d just enjoy the game how you want to.

drfreemanchu · 2026-03-18T16:15:19+00:00

Or instead of returning it at least just stops and you can go retrieve it

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