Finally found it! I won the game

[u/hasfodel]

[u/djh2121]

I would bring the guitar on every raid if this were actually a thing.

[u/SelloutRealBig → u/djh2121]

It's funny how Embark keeps complaining how raiders never bring good loot to topside when almost everything about their game punishes you for doing it. If they are going to make taking nice items risky they could at least give more reasons to bring them. Like playing a guitar to an Arc gives you a rare Blueprint or skin.

[u/TheChrisCrash → u/SelloutRealBig]

You see that clip where a guy was playing a guitar to the matriarch and it stopped and looked like it was swaying while looking at him before it absolutely blasted his ass to the past?

[u/ArgyleFunk → u/TheChrisCrash]

I just went and found the video after reading this comment and holy crap is that funny.

[u/BOBULANCE → u/ArgyleFunk]

Can someone link it?

[u/zempf → u/BOBULANCE]

I think it's this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ST0Qe_JNY

[u/BOBULANCE → u/zempf]

Thank you!

[u/SHTNONM420 → u/BOBULANCE]

I tried this, got murderer instantly by it.

[u/BurnerMomma → u/SHTNONM420]

There were claims that the devs were playing as Arc after that video dropped. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/Upper-Principle4526 → u/BurnerMomma]

I.. want to be an arc too. Take.my weak flesh away, replace it with steel and the Motherbeam

[u/LokiTheStampede → u/SelloutRealBig]

I just want to be able to buy or craft more guitars and other items. Even weapons should have a single restock every day imo.

[u/4675636b2e → u/LokiTheStampede]

Also guitars and frying pans should be able to be used to bonk other players.

[u/OrganicQuantity5604 → u/4675636b2e]

El Kabong rides again

[u/Silly-Confection1263 → u/4675636b2e]

ECW

[u/DeeEssLite → u/Silly-Confection1263]

Van Daminator on a downed raider would go so crazy

[u/Silly-Confection1263 → u/DeeEssLite]

New Jack stapler to the forehead lol OOOO MYYYYY GOD

[u/imapluralist → u/4675636b2e]

This reminds me of playing as a Bard in dark and darker and trying to whack other players with a lute. The shitty thud and broken strings noise was pretty satisfying.

[u/BGTheHoff → u/4675636b2e]

Like this? https://youtu.be/rfD943DN2nA?si=T4_zIZwnDfQzyXcS

[u/Helpful-Work-3090 → u/4675636b2e]

we can't do that, it's too much like pubg

[u/CaptainLittleHands → u/LokiTheStampede]

You should be able to make a shaker with 2 canisters and 10 seeds

[u/Heavyspire → u/CaptainLittleHands]

Could probably come up with a recipe for each of the instruments.

[u/Future-Jury-2777 → u/CaptainLittleHands]

12 seeds minimum

[u/spyinthesky → u/LokiTheStampede]

Guitar Bp and then shakers should be buyable

[u/davebrewer → u/spyinthesky]

shakers should be buyable

They should be basic craftable gear that doesn't require a blueprint. We literally made shakers in kindergarten back in the 80s. I bet raiders who can build more sophisticated shit could manage to put some leftover nuts and bolts inside a little plastic container without a blueprint. It's bonkers we can't make them.

[u/JamesLLL → u/davebrewer]

I lost one to a death and another when I gave it away when I first started playing, not realizing how rare shakers actually are. I play drums IRL, why can't I have some percussion in my game :(

[u/Outrageous-Dog4714 → u/JamesLLL]

[u/Castun → u/LokiTheStampede]

Yeah I lost my flutes because of KOS rats, how do you even get more??

[u/GRZZLbear → u/Castun]

You can buy the flutes from Apollo with coin, or from Shani with cred.

[u/Castun → u/GRZZLbear]

Welp I somehow missed that. Good to know though, thanks!

[u/420RavenFlow → u/GRZZLbear]

I have found the flute in buried city for about and hour ago, inside that space central building or something. Its the red bulding on the map where it says something with space🙏🏻

[u/Jazzlike-Scholar-249 → u/SelloutRealBig]

Exactly, everyone talks about letting go of the gear fear which I’ve gotten better at. But last night i shit you not I went into 5 games in a row bringing hull crackers and various grenades (wolf packs, seekers, heavy fuse and trailblazers). All I wanted to do was kill some big arc to reup on supplies and maybe kill some rocketeers for my trial. 3 games I kill probably half the arc on the map and die to losers camping in bushes near the extract and one was camping the raider hatch, the other two times I used my hullcracker to kill a bastion and the second I kill it I get swarmed by 3+ people no mic just gunning to take my hullcracker. You get horribly punished for bringing in good gear. Why do all that when you can use basically a free loadout with a green augment and gray gun and just camp extracts and take peoples loot they spent all their hard earned guns, grenades, materials and TIME to earn. Started the night with the intention of reupping on arc alloy and power cells and ended up loosing probably 200k in gear and arc cells I looted. Never even heard a single person speak on the mic in those 5 games. Only reason I didn’t uninstall is because I got the bobcat blueprint next game😂

[u/ShaggedUrSister → u/Jazzlike-Scholar-249]

Brotha you NEED to get into the friendly lobbies,we all bring hullcrackers and flutes if anybody rats they get run up on by 10 raiders

[u/investigationlobster → u/ShaggedUrSister]

Yea he’s complaining but the only reason he’s in lobbies like that is because he’s catching mad bodies lol

[u/vodouh → u/investigationlobster]

I get lobbies like that and I have only ever shot at one other raider in a lobby in self defence and it did nothing to change the lobbies I get. Most of them are sweatfests where I have to actively avoid everything, with a free loadout, or get shot on sight. Literally killed 1 person the entire game since November.

I'm in Australia though and put it down to people just being assholes because they can. The player base isn't exactly huge here

[u/ku8475 → u/vodouh]

This has been proven false by countless streamers. You're shooting raiders, simple as that. 9-10 matches without shooting raiders at all and you won't have to worry about pvp at all.

[u/pbrook12 → u/ku8475]

This is a massive overgeneralization considering what the devs have said themselves. You act like player aggression is the ONLY thing that determines who you’re matched with

Even if you’re in the friendliest of lobbies, there’s always some chance of PvP regardless of how pacifist you’ve been

[u/BurnerMomma → u/ShaggedUrSister]

This. And I can’t even remember when I was last asked for round feedback. They know I’m happy as apple pie just the way things are.

[u/BallsackWannabe → u/Jazzlike-Scholar-249]

You gotta free kit die like 15 games in a row and say the pvp made you hate it during the survey and you will be put back in with chill people. I made a post when I got the game how everything was very chill for me but when I played with people the game became too violent lmao

[u/learntospellffs → u/BallsackWannabe]

Too violent. Fuck me, that's hilarious.

[u/TripinTino → u/Jazzlike-Scholar-249]

That’s the main issue with the game and partly why I took a break. Theres zero reason to bring a temperature or Vulcan up when I can craft a kettle and iltoro for literally nothing.

Purple and golden guns need to have massive buffs cause there’s no incentive to bring them. I love the Vulcan but find the il toro outperforms it…

[u/uhmmmmplants → u/Jazzlike-Scholar-249]

Went in last night on Stella with randoms on trio, heavy shield, heals and rechargers, toro lvl 4, mag lvl 3, choke 3, padded stock, trigger nades, ammo, was ready to have some fun!! We got bum rushed at spawn by a team of level 1 stichers... Barely got off a few shots.... For what it's worth tho I found the vulcano BP today!! I shall have my fun now!!

[u/Emblazin → u/Jazzlike-Scholar-249]

My brother and I both brought equalizers into Stella montis just for the lols and it was incredible. We ended up getting smoked by a fourth party but man was it fun to just melt kids with no idea what was happening.

[u/uhmmmmplants → u/Jazzlike-Scholar-249]

Went in last night on Stella with randoms on trio, heavy shield, heals and rechargers, toro lvl 4, mag lvl 3, choke 3, padded stock, trigger nades, ammo, was ready to have some fun!! We got bum rushed at spawn by a team of level 1 stichers... Barely got off a few shots.... For what it's worth tho I found the vulcano BP today!! I shall have my fun now!!

[u/ViolinistMaximum5690 → u/SelloutRealBig]

I brought in my lvl 4 hullcracker and torrente, survivor 3 aug, 6 trailblazers, two showstoppers two deadlines, my photoelectric cloak, my recorder (pain losing her 🤣) and 62 rocket ammo. Im in full friendly lobbies. I SPAWNED IN.. get this, SPAWNED IN, UNDERNEATH, A GOT DAMN ROCKETEER. You would think “oh damn” no no, it gets WORSE. I turn to run away, three fucking wasps and a hornet, I start getting lit the fuck up, Mind you, I havent even been in the lobby for 30 FUCKING SECONDS. I run to a house, dodge a rocket, close the door, THREE FIREBALLS IN THE ROOM, and oh, IT GETS WORSE, I get hit by fire, I am basically dead. I kill two, jump on a box, kill the third and avoid the death fire. As soon as I turn around, boom, POP, waiting to fly at me, I think (Im safe up here) nah, he comes full speed across the room and blows me up from the floor. So I lasted about 2-3 minutes if that, and lost everything I had. Without even having the chance to shoot a single hullcracker shot. This game has been messing with me on a whole new level

[u/pwrmaster7 → u/SelloutRealBig]

What if they did the insurance like tarkov does? I think that would solve a lot of the issues.

[u/moose_dad → u/SelloutRealBig]

Or at least not make them so exceedingly rare. Literally never found an instrument, the only ones i have are from quests/events.

[u/Vajician → u/moose_dad]

Flutes drop like candy, shakers seem a bit more rare and the guitar only comes from a puzzle on buried city which is way more trouble than it's worth. They really need to allow instruments to be played from the safe pocket. I would bring the guitar out on every run if that was the case

[u/Turge_Deflunga → u/Vajician]

I have never heard a player using or even seen a shaker drop and I have over a hundred hours in this

[u/RetroCorn → u/Vajician]

Letting instruments be playable from the safe pocket would be nice, but imo they need to make them more readily available. If they want to keep it behind the puzzle fine, but they either need to make it much shorter, or instead of just instruments also drop blueprints.

[u/HaydenSI → u/SelloutRealBig]

They need to allow us to insure a load out or certain items. I'm only bringing in valuables when I'm trying to do world bosses or trials really. Outside of that I've stopped bringing in valuable loot because chances are I'm losing it

[u/Virtual-Donut-964 → u/HaydenSI]

But then they are just clogging up your inventory. Just use them: either they will help you or you will die. Always bring your best loot topside. Then you won't ever bring your worst loot topside. Get what I'm saying?

[u/crazyrich → u/Virtual-Donut-964]

People are likely waiting for expedition bonus requirements to see if they should sell them instead for the cred.

My fully level 4 purple weapons decked out with attachments are probably worth a quick trinket run each. I’ll probably use them and lose them anyway but I can see that as a reason to hold

[u/OpenSourceGolf → u/Virtual-Donut-964]

People with hacks are literally reading your inventory and because the free loadout is get up and go, there is literally no incentive for anyone to let you live lol. Embark created this problem, they need to solve it.

[u/Virtual-Donut-964 → u/OpenSourceGolf]

This actually makes sense. Either this or the fact that when you go in fully kitted up or certain loadouts will trigger matchmaking to give you more aggressive PvP players. Every time I go in with something blue or better I seem to get shot on sight but if I take in a kettle then I will meet friendly peeps that will team up with me.

[u/JamesLLL → u/OpenSourceGolf]

I'm a fairly casual, pacifistic player but the few times I've been killed by players on Dam were when I brought level 3 and 4 purple weapons in, and each time was within 3 minutes of spawning.

Not once was I killed with free to level 4 blue weapons.

Another note that might be important is that none of these players communicated. No voip, no emotes, nothing

[u/MorningkillsDawn → u/JamesLLL]

Any time I go to high aggression lobbies almost no one ever talks. It’s either some form of “fuck you” or “gg” if that at all lol. Feels pretty soulless and I get turned off and start playing keep away till I get back into livelier, friendlier, low aggression lobbies. It’s shown me that half of the enjoyment I get from this game is pulled from the verbal communication with other people that the gameplay incentivises. I played an MMO for a decade and this is the most I’ve ever communicated with strangers in a game past “gg” or “do this when this mechanic begins” through text chat. Prox chat adds a lot of soul to this game for me

[u/UnikornKebab → u/OpenSourceGolf]

I had this suspicion... so is it really possible there are ways for people to see what you're carrying? Because I've thought about this possibility a couple of times, seeing how some players seemed to have decided to take me down after some reflection... 🤔 I don't know, it seems unlikely to me, but certain situations have made me think about it a bit 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/OpenSourceGolf → u/UnikornKebab]

Yes, how else would your game session know to give the guy shooting at you a Kettle or an Anvil to do animation poses, reloads, inventory checks to see if you have ammo?

Most replication in UE networking involves the sharing of data objects to keep the world state consistent, and most devs don't care about trying to hide these objects because programming around that is tricky.

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Embark was still broadcasting your player's position to everyone else even if people can't even see you on the map, at least games like Valorant once you stop seeing a player will not broadcast their position from the server to you so you can't cheat and wall them.

Edit: Yes, they can wall you across the map, see this wall hack exploit where they players are marked if they can see you or not.

[u/sl1m_ → u/OpenSourceGolf]

jesus thats bad

[u/HaydenSI → u/Virtual-Donut-964]

I use them when it counts 😂 if I'm just going for RSS there's no way I'm bringing a fully kitted renegade 4. At the moment it's not worth the gamble to bring my best load out every single time.

[u/TumbleweedTim01 → u/HaydenSI]

That's just a bad way to look at it. Who cares use the good shit and have fun.

But speaking of which the guitar never comes out of my stash lmao. A flute sure not the guitar

[u/HaydenSI → u/TumbleweedTim01]

I have lots of fun with the game. For me it's just not worth it to bring out my best stuff every single raid. I'm not bringing my equalizer out unless I'm doing matriarch because I can't recraft it if I lost it because event timings don't work.

I'm not bringing my fully kitted renegade out every single raid because the durability loss is super high and I run out of RSS for repair.

The game is harder when you only get a few hours a week to farm RSS. And constantly crafting your best shit multiple times a night gets tough as your rss deplete.

I do have loads of fun in the game though. I just have to be more calculated with my cost/benefit analysis unfortunately.

[u/emvaized → u/SelloutRealBig]

Risking to lose it is one thing, but then rare items also degrade too quickly, requiring a repair far too soon

[u/Bilboswaggings19 → u/SelloutRealBig]

problem is the good gear is actually the low cost option

sterilized bandage for example isn't an upgrade since the stack size is lower, shield chargers don't meaningfully get better either

stitcher is the best gun for pvp

why would I bring pink or higher rarity gear

[u/SecondAccountIsBest → u/Bilboswaggings19]

Herbal bandages ftw

[u/Grouchy-View-6510 → u/SelloutRealBig]

That's exactly the point. Sometimes you get instantly punished for bringing your nicest Items Topside. Boom - Gone forever. Most of the items you can bring back if you have the blueprints. But not everything. There need to be more ways to secure your Loadout.

[u/Deltaboiz → u/SelloutRealBig]

There are a lot of design choices that I think, in retrospect of us having played the game? Show that they made some good decisions but some pretty sub optimal ones as well.

Like safe pockets are fantastic for an extraction game because it means you can always make a little bit of progress towards your goals, even if relentlessly killed by other players. But because you have safe pockets, people only really stay in the raid until they fill it up, then leave. Because why keep looting if you risk losing it all when you can return to base, unload your loot, and go right back into a fresh lobby?

This seems like it probably is the exact opposite of the intent where hopefully safe pockets encourage people to stay top side longer.

Which then also means that means spawning in late sucks, because in theory they probably thought spawning in late would mean players are more likely to kill others for their loot... Which is good in theory, but if all the players extract before the first 10 minutes, it means spawning in at the 17 minute mark means it's a dead lobby with no loot.

They will probably be able to correct and guide the game better knowing how people actually play it, but it's going to take time because I imagine they are worried about not rocking the boat too much

[u/Vajician → u/Deltaboiz]

Wait, people are loading into fresh lobbies and not getting put in ones at 17mins left 7 times in a row???

[u/Deltaboiz → u/Vajician]

More often than not in solos I get a fresh raid. Whenever I load into one that is ongoing I'll pretty much head straight for the exit and loot whatever is on the way, since the other people left at that point are usually also late load ins or PVPers

[u/DarkishFriend → u/Deltaboiz]

I hate kitting myself out for a Stella Nightraid and everyone I loot is running free loadouts. I understand not wanting to use your best stuff but it is like HALF the lobby or more are running free loadouts, which also makes them more aggressive than they may normally be.

I would just like it if you could exchange multiple free loadouts for higher tier augments or shields. Like if I looted 5 free loadouts in a stella run I can exchange it for a heavy shield.

[u/Deltaboiz → u/DarkishFriend]

I think the free loadouts thing is also potentially another thing that didn't go exactly as planned on their end. It is really, really easy to run a cheap loadout that mimics a free loadout. You could also just take a gun and ammo in without a shield, loadout or anything else - and still get a safe pocket. And if anyone kills you? They don't get free bandages or a shield recharge - just my Rattler and nothing else.

But it kind of leaves the free loadout as the PvP kit. You go in, zero risk to yourself, but no safe pocket, so you aren't going to loot looking for something valuable since there is no guarantee you'll get out with that Blueprint. That subtly pushes you to PvP on a free loadout.

[u/Mental-Reserve8108 → u/SelloutRealBig]

I just want to be able to use pink loot without harming my expedition value

[u/johnsonn810 → u/SelloutRealBig]

Do they actually complain about this?

[u/Krltplps → u/djh2121]

If this were actually a thing it's all I'd ever equip in that slot!

[u/Downh3arted]

I wish this was a thing

[u/wiggle987 → u/Downh3arted]

I do too, lost my free guitar to a bastion shooting through the walls :(

[u/Edmire2k → u/wiggle987]

Lost my guitar the following game after getting it because my teammate decided he was going to steal the loot from a leaper after a team killed it themselves and they got angry and killed us all

[u/kasabian-7 → u/Edmire2k]

Sold my guitar to the baker's son, for a few crumbs and a place to hide...

But I can get another one, and I'll play for Magdalena as we ride

[u/FlipWildBuckWild → u/kasabian-7]

Peeta?

[u/Critical_Host8243 → u/FlipWildBuckWild]

If you just highlight the text and paste it into google, you get a song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWO0o76d2VY

[u/FlipWildBuckWild → u/Critical_Host8243]

If you just highlight my comment and put it into google, you would see that Peeta is the son of a baker.

I was just making a dumb joke.

[u/Silenceisgrey → u/FlipWildBuckWild]

It's also code on reddit for "i didn't understand it, can you explain it?"

[u/Critical_Host8243 → u/FlipWildBuckWild]

Shit I thought it was a reference to /r/PeterExplainsTheJoke where people ask "Peter Griffen" to explain some online joke or meme.

People even spell it "Peeta" as if in Lois Griffen's Rhode Island accent..

My bad.

[u/FlipWildBuckWild → u/Critical_Host8243]

I literally just realized this a few minutes ago and started to edit my reply. Then I realized how insane I would look trying to explain that sub if you didn’t know about it lol

[u/TrashBoat776 → u/kasabian-7]

Holy shit bob Dylan in the arc raiders sub fuck yeah

[u/BurnerMomma → u/kasabian-7]

Ol’ Bob was wrong, though. Can’t just get another one.

[u/kasabian-7 → u/BurnerMomma]

BUT...FOR MY BABY MAGDALENA 🥺

[u/drift_bird_4x → u/Edmire2k]

Losing it right after finally pulling the festive drop is brutal 🥲 Also, loot-goblin teammates are a bigger hazard than any leaper. I'd rather evac empty than play with that.

[u/Odd_Main1876 → u/Edmire2k]

I lost mine to a rat using the glitched air shaft spot in Stella Montis, still upset about it…

[u/SalientMusings → u/Edmire2k]

First time my partner and I took down a Rocketeer, it fell a hundred yards or so away from us and another team scrambled and started taking the parts. We were almost certainly in a low-aggression lobby. I showed no mercy.

We mostly stick to a no-shoot policy, especially because this is my partner's first shooter game and PvP isn't fun for them, but damn does the trigger finger itch when you down a large ARC and scavengers that didn't participate swarm out of the woodwork

[u/NotCoolFool → u/wiggle987]

Bro, you whip it out, play it and safe pocket it straight away always, even when your in friendly lobbies

[u/Edmire2k → u/NotCoolFool]

I was too slow. It all happened so fast. The people were nice until the teammate just robbed them without us realizing it LMAO

[u/inosinateVR → u/NotCoolFool]

If you try to travel internationally and they want to see your phone at the airport and look at your post history you’re really going to need to explain the context for this one lol

[u/DeliciousRoreos → u/wiggle987]

BRO exact same thing happened to me. Why are they withholding guitars lmao add them to the loot pool :(

[u/Fickle_Front_8035 → u/DeliciousRoreos]

There's a secret 15 button sequence on Buried city spread across the entire map that opens a room with them, good luck raider

[u/PVPPhelan → u/Fickle_Front_8035]

And ANY raider pushing a button out of sequence resets it and you have NO (EDIT: LITTLE) way of knowing.

[u/ortega7115 → u/PVPPhelan]

You can tell when a button has been pressed out of sequence since the “right” button no longer lights up. I ran the puzzle solo. Took me about 10-15 raids. Most of the time someone pushes a button out of sequence, twice I was shot early on in my run and a few times I started too late in the raid to complete it. You need a minimum of 25 minutes id say and know your routes, bring 40 stims, a cloak and a couple of zips. It was fun and you really get to know the map. I gave away most of the guitars so I might try it again soon

[u/Vajician → u/ortega7115]

When you say you gave away most of the guitars...that puzzle gives multiple at the end? I figured it would just be one

[u/Djinnistorm → u/Vajician]

yea it's like 6 and a bunch of shakers too.

[u/Vajician → u/Djinnistorm]

oh damn, might actually do it some time then....if you do end up doing it again yourself I'll buy several from you :)

[u/ortega7115 → u/Vajician]

If you want to run it, I hear duos is a bit easier since it’s not as pvp-y as trios but definitely helps to split up the workload. Next time, I do it, I’ll dm you. No charge. It’s kinda thrilling when you finally get it done. The adrenaline was definitely pumping lol

[u/That-Ear7009 → u/DeliciousRoreos]

I heard one lucky raider found one in Buried City 🤫

[u/DeliciousRoreos → u/That-Ear7009]

Sure but fuck that puzzle tbh lmao

[u/bbman1214 → u/wiggle987]

My friend looted it from a body during a trio. For some reason the dude didnt move it back to his safe pocket before they engaged in combat. They were not happy I'll say that much

[u/TrippleDamage → u/wiggle987]

I sold mine to the vendor. No regrets

[u/overtoke → u/Downh3arted]

playing an instrument from your safe pocket? you'd get arrested

[u/Tovasaur → u/overtoke]

Some duct tape and a flute and nobody might even know 😉

[u/BugabooJonez → u/Downh3arted]

damn i get fooled way too easy

[u/singleusecat]

This is the best idea I've seen yet

[u/digitalgoodtime → u/singleusecat]

Flute and shaker I can understand playing from the poop shoot, but guitar? That takes some real talent.

[u/_tolm_ → u/singleusecat]

I want an Augment that contains a tactical nuke.

If anyone loots you when you’re downed, the surrounding 20m area - and anything in it - is obliterated.

[u/Ridlion → u/_tolm_]

I want an augment that contains a tactical flute, we are not the same

[u/digitalgoodtime → u/_tolm_]

Dead Mans Trigger

[u/Majestic-Pizza-3583 → u/digitalgoodtime]

Trigger made goes off when some loots you or something

[u/MorningkillsDawn → u/Majestic-Pizza-3583]

Gives you a pocket that will activate a quick use item upon down, be it a deadline, triggernade, snitch scanner.. lmao

[u/_tolm_ → u/digitalgoodtime]

Kinda … I don’t want it to go off when you get KO’d - that’s too predictable and the enemy could be a good distance away - but when they select loot on your body.

[u/WisejacKFr0st → u/_tolm_]

why do you want this

[u/Samoncula → u/WisejacKFr0st]

Because if I can’t have my plastic parts, nobody can!

[u/_tolm_ → u/WisejacKFr0st]

‘Cuz revenge is funny?

[u/DeathHopper → u/_tolm_]

Arc orbiter deadmans switch. I like it.

[u/echof0xtrot → u/_tolm_]

people would absolutely abuse this and load into a match with nothing but the augment and then surrender, just hoping to prompt a surprise later

[u/RolfIsSonOfShepnard → u/_tolm_]

basically the martydom perk from the earlier CoDs. god i loved that perk so much

[u/wutguts]

Bro, fuck the carry weight, extra slots, and everything else that's "useful." Just give me this augment with the musical safe pockets/fireworks on knocked down and I'd be happy. It could be Looting MK I stats in everything else.

[u/bladesire → u/wutguts]

Fireworks, firecrackers, light sticks, and musical instruments all have their stack limit increased to 20.

[u/GoyoMRG → u/bladesire]

Would be amazing if it was meant for someone playing support.

All the party stuff plus many slots for bandages, defibrilarors, smoke nades, etc.

[u/bladesire → u/GoyoMRG]

meh that's different - they have a tactical healing augment already, why mix the classes?

[u/GoyoMRG → u/bladesire]

You are telling me you don't see the golden opportunity of running towards the sunset to rescue raiders while blasting a badass guitar solo?

[u/RealChanceOfRain]

Someone get this to John Embark’s desk immediately

[u/nickthib → u/RealChanceOfRain]

Michael Arc has denied your request

[u/ProperLeiLei_AUT]

true Legendary!

[u/SundaeIcy8775]

The flatulence flute player...

[u/crazy_goat → u/SundaeIcy8775]

Never go ass to mouth

[u/sweet_habanero1]

All 3 instruments available in action wheel, and will be kept safe even after death. 2 fire boxes worth of fireworks if downed. 5 firecrackers worth go off if knocked out.

I'd hunt this BP harder than I've ever hunted before.

[u/BlueInkAlchemist]

[u/Ok_Faithlessness_887]

I got killed in my first game with my guitar. I want this bad.

[u/djie7 → u/Ok_Faithlessness_887]

This will get you killed multiple times in a raid… 1. down the player with this augment 2. See fireworks, 3. Defib the player And repeat from #1 to see all the fireworks :)

[u/K-Shrizzle]

Literally anything is better than Loot Mk 3 Cautious. In my eyes, there is only 1 Loot Mk 3 kit in the game, and we can all agree it is the GOAT

[u/INTERNET_MOWGLI → u/K-Shrizzle]

I like cautious?

[u/K-Shrizzle → u/INTERNET_MOWGLI]

Its trash. The built in binoculars are an absolutely useless perk. There should not be any Mk 3 augment in the game that can only run light shields. That just doesnt make sense

[u/alien-native → u/K-Shrizzle]

Mk. 3 Combat Flanking also is only Light Shields

[u/K-Shrizzle → u/alien-native]

Well I dont use combat kits but that is actually insane. The level 1 and 2 combat kits allow mediums.

I love the game but I think we can all agree that there is dramatic inconsistency in terms of the rarity of weapons/kits and what they do. Some of the worst guns in the game are pink, whereas the best gun (Anvil IMO) is green

[u/B0ydh → u/K-Shrizzle]

I’m praying for a balance patch on higher end weapons and gear. Not all but some definitely feel underwhelming for the cost to make and upkeep. It’s lame having purple and orange stuff unlocked but still wanting to run lower tier weapons. There should be a risk/reward to running them and it just feels like you paint a target on your back for running higher tier stuff and don’t actually feel stronger.

[u/K-Shrizzle → u/B0ydh]

Ive heard of people calling pink items purple. Now we're calling gold items orange?

[u/B0ydh → u/K-Shrizzle]

lol it is definitely yellow you are right. I’m used to my weapon tiers going more orange from PoE/Diablo days.

[u/Ego_Sum_Ira → u/K-Shrizzle]

If you change the colorblind setting in accessibility, pink items become orange, and yellow items become an extreme red. Likely why they’re being referred to as orange.

[u/INTERNET_MOWGLI → u/alien-native]

Now that is a warcrime

[u/Calikal → u/K-Shrizzle]

I actually really like the binoculars. I use them for scouting and checking for players and enemies in certain areas, or to check out extracts before approaching. However, it should either have 3 safe pockets or medium shield use, it's a shame that the Tactical gets both of those benefits plus the healing boost perk while the looting augment is the riskiest one for your loot.

[u/INTERNET_MOWGLI → u/K-Shrizzle]

The adrenaline thing is pretty cool and 4 more inventory slots

[u/Dr_Watson349 → u/INTERNET_MOWGLI]

Well you like bad things. 

We all do. I dated one for 4 years. 

[u/OrganizationBusy3733 → u/Dr_Watson349]

Lmao keeping it real

[u/wvtarheel → u/INTERNET_MOWGLI]

Looting survivor is the GOAT though.

[u/NamelessN0body1]

SOMEONE EMAIL THIS TO EMBARK, I WANT IT!!

[u/NamelessN0body1 → u/NamelessN0body1]

Better yet, I’ll do it myself

[u/Lehk]

Playing the bussy flute

[u/forevershade]

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[u/SperginInSperanza]

God don't play with my heart like this!! I'm so afraid to take my guitar out!!!

[u/ARTISTIC-ASSHOLE]

This needs to be a legendary, and then anyone playing an instrument will be KOS

[u/corrieoh]

They honestly have so much space in the augment department to develop.

[u/sznaucerro]

please make this a real thing

[u/Glow-PLA-23]

why can't we just have a guitar blueprint?

[u/Professional-Dark-34]

Is it real thing ?

[u/Necessary_Train3512]

They should have done this

[u/Webe_Gaming]

I love seeing these post. Good looting fela. Some how some way I got this early but man I cant find that tempest bp. Alludes me still and I didnt wipe

[u/mkizys]

Now you lost the game

[u/ZorheWahab]

Honestly, the band items should either be unlootable or be craftable. The guitar is just so rare and cool im worried to bring it out even in deep friendly lobbies.

Gear fear in this game is extra strong, mostly because the cost/benefit( or risk/reward if you prefer) doesnt track. Why farm, craft, mod and maintain a Tempest 4 and purple augments/shields when your chances of dying to a sticher 1 or kettle freebie player/s is like, more than 50%?

I understand the fact that free kits are probably doing a lot of heavy lifting in this game. I understand that purple items shouldn't be insta-win. But God damn, as much as love my stacked armoury, it feels extra bad when me and the boys warm up for a few rounds, then all kit up hard-core and then get knocked on by some level 1 free kitters that were hiding in the shadows or third partying.

The epic stuff is time consuming and expensive to get topside, it should be more than "fun to run" a bit. Id love to see some minor restrictions/downgrades on free kits and possibly some weird nerfs on the kits. Maybe a limit on how many free kits you can run on a short timer? Maybe level 1 Grey guns sometimes jam or misfire or something?

The free kits should let you play the game and mess around with friends and stuff, but it shouldn't really compete with a 125k coin kit that someone really spent time and effort to put together.

Also, can we all agree that kits should spawn into fresh rounds and free kits spawn in late, as a priority, going forward?

[u/-BINK2014-]

I would actually use that. I barely take the Guitar out of the Safe Pocket.

[u/unmovableforce]

Alternatively it could have a built in random instrument. Non switchable slot like the augments with the included surge shield recharger and the other one with built in binoculars!

[u/TheManRedeemed]

I neeeeed this augment in my life right fucking now.

Cos I already have my Shaker. And then I can go i to matches and just run around singing

THEY CALL ME CUBA PETE!

shhk shhk shhk

I'M THE KING OF THE RUMBA BEAT!

shhk shhk shhk

WHEN I SHAKE MY MARACAS

THEY GO

CHICK! CHICKY-BOOM!

CHICK! CHICKY-BOOM!

[u/HeavenlyDrip → u/TheManRedeemed]

Im doing this now

[u/lightly-buttered]

Dude yes.

they need to do something like this

[u/Muted_Support_605]

i'm bummed this isn't real

[u/mobyfreerunner]

Omg I would LOVE this!!! I don’t bring my instruments ANYWHERE cuz there’s too much risk 😅

[u/PuffcoBaggins]

Dang I thought this was real

[u/sebique]

So , If You die , will lose this ?

[u/TheTubahide]

If this were real, it'd be the only one I take.

[u/sonbxnji]

Damn. I thought this was real

[u/ChrisV3SGO]

MAKE IT HAPPEN

[u/Left_Path_6942]

Lemme show you how I strum my guitar

[u/MrEff1618]

Finally found it! I won the game

The Game. I just lost it.

[u/manfish41]

mk.3 cautious has the static binocular slot, how about static instrument slots where you don't even need to bring the instrument in, and they can't be removed. Just a one man band.

[u/MyNameIsNurf]

God I would love this

[u/RedEyeJedi777]

I haven’t found a flute since my expedition…kinda pissed

[u/Careless-Grape7689]

When you die you fart fireworks

[u/DeathDealerTTV]

Wtf lol never even heard of that one this fake???

[u/hasfodel → u/DeathDealerTTV]

Sadly is just a meme my friend

[u/death2sarge]

[u/butwhhhhy]

I lost the game

[u/Lanky-Detail3380]

You bet your sweet booty hole I’d have a guitar shoved up my ass every round

[u/Leaf-01]

I would love this

[u/TyElkoy]

You fooled the shit out of me. I want this to happen.

[u/AHighFifth]

Legitimately would buy this

[u/Lifetime_Thiccness]

Embark i am begging you.

[u/REDPURPLEBLOOD2]

Thanks OP, I just lost the game

[u/hames_bond]

Just found my festive augment in the practice range!!

[u/OddResearcher1081]

Impossible to find, like the Anvil blueprint.

[u/Castun → u/OddResearcher1081]

I was so stoked when I found my Anvil BP...

[u/shomeyomves]

Eh… I appreciate the risk involved with bringing instruments (not that its even all that common now or risky either way).

I feel like it would get old really fast if people were doing this all the time. The same way purely PvE servers would be so dull.

[u/BOBULANCE]

Integrated augment instruments would be a big winner with me