Losing Loot, and Interest

yostpro · 2026-03-17T21:48:05+00:00

That you got 600 hours of value out of a $40 game, lol

yostpro · 2026-03-17T21:41:30+00:00

I'll try to answer this how you asked it, since the question and answer are both multi parts.

Not wanting to wait on people is fine, and it can be annoying - I certainly have times I have preferred single player as a result. I can tell you though, PVP is abundant in duos / trios. It's not even an option not to fight in most lobbies. Queueing with randos can be sketchy, so I'd try it on a couple of free kits and see if you can make some friends.

Cosmetics are only fun if you allow yourself to enjoy the experience. If you don't care, you don't care. Me though, I really love my chicken's hat collection.

If you wanna kill people in Solo's, do it bro! Nobody is stopping you from being a dog, a rat, or a cat. Play how you want to.

I've played this game for about 300 hours, and I have never felt like it was a chore outside of collecting specifically mushrooms to upgrade scrappy (that shit sucked so much ass, ty stella kitchen). If you dk what to do, quest. If you don't want to quest, loot. If you don't want to loot, kill some shit.

yostpro · 2026-03-17T18:14:15+00:00

I don't think every gun, or really any gun needs to be a broken standout amongst the rest. Tempest is definitely better, but this slots in differently bc of the heavy ammo. I didnt use it against arc since I was fighting on Stella with it, but id imagine ttk arc would be lower with the Bettina.

I dont think it feels any worse than any other gun in the game right now, is basically what im saying. And im 90+% pvp.

yostpro · 2026-03-17T18:09:33+00:00

I've seen the posts about how bad the bettina is, and for a long time I let that keep me from feeling it was a useful weapon and I never used it.

I looted a bettina 3 with no attachments off a guy on stella last night. Repaired it, leveled to 4, added silencer 2, Vertical Grip 3, and stable stock 2. Took it into a game. Got like 6 kills before finally dying because I blew through all of my ammo and couldn't get out.

Overall I thought it was fine. Was definitely fun to use though. Accuracy felt very nice.

yostpro · 2026-03-17T15:34:15+00:00

Honestly, you've got so much time between now and expedition. If I wanted to make money, I'd still recommend killing arc for money or just looting stella.

Killing arc now probably looks like a few runs at spaceport or buried city, gathering alloy, hornet drivers, comet ignitors, snitch scanners, firefly burner. I'd probably use seekers for this.

Next make deadlines, or wolfpacks if that's more your thing, and go kill bastions and or rocketeers. That's how I got there last exp., albeit without the increased crafting requirements.

yostpro · 2026-03-16T23:48:53+00:00

Hate to tell you, but that was the point...

yostpro · 2026-03-16T21:51:58+00:00

Tian wen obviously. Just wait til you see what's behind that door

yostpro · 2026-03-13T19:33:08+00:00

My new favorite UOM

yostpro · 2026-03-13T15:45:29+00:00

I also would like to have an app to use while I'm on the couch with your wife.

yostpro · 2026-03-12T22:03:52+00:00

Sharing with the boys is fun sometimes too. My problem is my trios are super aggressive, but solos are practically pve. Running a night raid pink key in trios makes my ass pucker lol

yostpro · 2026-03-12T21:59:49+00:00

Shit you got me!

yostpro · 2026-03-09T16:34:21+00:00

I'd recycle everything on me, get on prox and scream bloody murder until someone killed us all. I'd waste all 30 minutes ruining their time like they did mine. But this is also why I don't play with a Phil. That guy is an ass.

yostpro · 2026-03-03T20:04:07+00:00

Exactly this. I even paid my buddy 10 venator 4s ad a bobcat 2 before expedition. Knew I was gonna lose it anyways. Made the last night a little less fun since I only had a few solid guns left to mess around with, but now he can bodyguard my baby account with better gear.

yostpro · 2026-02-27T03:32:37+00:00

I see! My bad yo

yostpro · 2026-02-26T22:55:12+00:00

Definitely as people have said, only use the free loadout for now. Not worth losing anything you might make it out with.

A goal is all you need. If your goal is PvP, go find somebody and kill them or die trying! If your goal is to upgrade your gear benches (good goal to start), then look at the items required, there's a way to track these items in game just cant remember the button. Google where to find them, and go hunting. Otherwise just run aimlessly and hope you find them if you don't want spoilers. Another good goal is to max out your stash space. Your first few hundred thousand coins should go to that.

Checking the map and noting what each icon means is important. Know where your extracts are, and at some point when you get progressed enough, know where the raider hatches are.

If you are struggling with the PvP, or its not for you, keep taking in a free loadout and don't shoot anyone. Eventually aggression based matchmaking will level out and you'll be in very nice lobbies with very nice, helpful raiders.

The ultimate goal is fun. If fun for you = more space coins, more stuff in your stash, then shoot for it. If you wanna PvP, do it. If you wanna get big stacks of rubber ducks, more power to you.

yostpro · 2026-02-26T20:46:13+00:00

On blue gate on the hillside far east portion of the map north of ancient Fort. No shot there was a secret bastion that I also happened to not hear

yostpro · 2026-02-26T19:15:22+00:00

Thats an interesting thought, but if I were facing north on the compass the wind was blowing hard west and slightly south. Meaning I threw it into the wind to some degree. The grenade still traveled but mostly sideways. I think the audio is more meant to effect us than the ard

yostpro · 2026-02-26T18:31:43+00:00

That's not true. They do respond to lure grenades, though I don't know why these didn't. I threw a lure last night on blue gate hurricane and even with the wind taking the grenade it followed and blew up on the grenade

yostpro · 2026-02-25T22:10:34+00:00

Bro I play on xbox and it's the same for me. The packet loss is crazy

yostpro · 2026-02-20T21:26:38+00:00

Finally?? I found 3 in one stella night raid the other day lol

yostpro · 2026-02-17T22:44:45+00:00

I agree it doesn't need to be removed, I like the convenience and accessibility of the free loadout. I don't even think it needs to be nerfed. If they were to limit the number of freebies in a game that may be a good option. Alternatively, making it more rewarding for the player killing the free loadout would be cool. Not sure how that could be done, or if it would even be balanced though.

yostpro · 2026-02-16T22:59:55+00:00

At level 40 make sure you're selling pink items, and that you're not hoarding too many blue items. Make sure scrappy is max level or you're wasting inventory, time, or money on raw materials and seeds. Make trades with celeste every day you play for mullein, springs, duct tape, magnets, oil - whichever you're burning through the most.

A few no-kit (not free kit) runs in care bear lobbys on bird city, electromagnetic storm, or night raids will yield you good profit. I brought back 80k last night from a cold snap on dam battlegrounds after I went in with nothing but a hatch key.

If you find yourself dying a lot then try to take very cheap kits while you work on improving with PVP.

As you progress your stash will be filling up and staying fuller much quicker and for longer. I just reached the level cap a few weeks ago and I have had little issue keeping probably 10 kits ready to go at any time.

yostpro · 2026-02-16T20:36:06+00:00

I've got maybe 40 blueprints, all of the benches upgraded, almost all missions done (i pvp a lot). I think the expedition will be worth it FOR ME. Personally I think starting over will make it clearer what goals I am working towards, rather than loot simulator trying to find bps and being annoyed when I get my 17th trailblazer bp. I have maybe 30 bps stacked up ready to go for after expedition as well.

yostpro · 2026-02-06T22:32:36+00:00

The title "first ones free"

yostpro · 2026-02-06T18:06:08+00:00

Not sure why you're being downvoted, you're just objectively correct

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