that backpack ugh..!!

[Z.E.R.T.]

That the only down side of that game a giant ugly bagpack almost make double the garage ...

[Azraile]

nah man I like the look, janky as ♥♥♥♥ but functional

[Grim@FU_BARRACUDA]

I think they made it because of Armored Core 6. In all the trailers we saw that mech with that backpack and never got it ...

Now we get it ;-)

[Mississippi Beans]

Originally posted by Yale:

What is it with limp-wristed devs and an unhealthy obsession with cumbersome backpacks in action situations?

You have actual autism, touch grass

[Yale]

Originally posted by Mississippi Beans:

Originally posted by Yale:

What is it with limp-wristed devs and an unhealthy obsession with cumbersome backpacks in action situations?

You have actual autism, touch grass

Before or after playing TF2 for 900 hours?

[Booba]

As much as I appreciate the theme and fable being presented here, I'm just like all the other war cultists and desire a cooler looking backpack.

[kia256]

Just give it time.
There's a good chance they'll add less junky and more visually impressive mid and end game armor and backpacks.
After all - even having a power armor would not make you a significant threat for enormous armies with giant mechs that are duking it with each other.

[Chotato]

Agreed that the backpacks we've seen so far are hideous.

[Urban Samurai]

Glad I'm not the only one, watching a video on this game it looks amazing but those "backpacks"... Jesus Christ it's a cartoonishly massive shipping container and takes up so much of your screen which would of been fine otherwise if the game was an FPS, in a close quarters environment it takes up half the screen and will just get you killed. Hope they redesign them or add options, I get you're a scav grabbing everything you can, but it's like the giant Death Stranding mailman backpack it just looks silly and immersion breaking.

[Thahat]

Everyone who is complaining about the backpack: you must never have seen India or Pakistan or something with someone having to man-haul bulky things. It fits the esthetic and logic of the game.

[⍚MagusFromHeaven⍚]

idk man they look kinda cool to me.

[Arngrim]

Originally posted by The King of Frog Island:

Looks like they will be modular, so hopefully if you want a small bag you'll be able to set it up as such

My hope, low profile is what id go with everytime.

[Spencer]

Originally posted by Yggdrasil Burnes:

Believe it or not, these kind of bags aren't unusual. The largest size a hiking bag can be is 120 gallons, and that thing is HUGE. You could live out comfortably with a well stocked bag like that in the woods or desert. Chest, Stomach, Hip straps, all good spots for a holster, pockets up the ass, and the only limiting factors at that point is how much you hate having a good back.

Basically this, the backpacks look like that because it's realistic.

[Falcon]

Originally posted by Nerdlin Geeksly:

you are in a world where fashion is as dead as the planet, and efficiency or practicality is king.

Practicality in peacetime and practicality in war zone are two different things.
This would prevent you form going through normal doors, much less through gaps of rubble or allowing you to take cover and hide. No one in their right mind would choose such backpack in this setting. It's IMHO stylistic/symbolic choice.

[The Seraph of Tomorrow]

Originally posted by Z.E.R.T.:

That the only down side of that game a giant ugly backpack almost make double the garage

I know they will not change this (game devs are stubborn like that).

Here's an alternative, the player has a much smaller pack that does not take up 20% of the screen. Though there are scavenger drone "hot" pick up locations throughout the map you can take certain lower weight items like (Guns, Ammo, and Parts). Though can not carry heavier items, large items, and items with trackers that can not be transported on a small drone. Those high value / risk items have to carried by hand out of the zone since a drone carrying it would be shot out of the sky with almost 90% certainty.

So you basically have to explore the map if you want a lot of loot, as you'll need to hit the pick up locations. It won't be that you spawn near to or opposite of the extraction zone, and then hope to get lucky along the way. You'll choose the amount of risk, and every drone you use is one less safe / safer extractions you have to use if you are choosing to risk staying longer.

The game Outpost: Infinity Siege has a similar mechanic, that costs power to use the extraction drones that 100% guarantee you'll keep the loot even if your character dies. Though aside from the power cost, it has limited inventory, a long cool-down, and you get less end of mission bonuses if you do not extract your loot through the main elevator since it does not count toward your total haul.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1566690/Outpost_Infinity_Siege/

[zero560]

Originally posted by Mr Holiday:

Nah bugger that, I want Tetnus, time to make deliveries!!!

Mfs call me Sam because I be a porter. I desire the parcels and trinkets. ANOTHER 20 TRILLION CHIRAL MATTER TO BRIDGES!!!