Solo run impossible...

[Front Bucket]

I just quit an HOUR long run. I am PISSED. I had to gather ten of those giant crystals from the walls, and deposit them. By the time I got to 6/10, I was literally just getting swarms all the time. One would end, and literally 3 seconds later he would announce another swarm incoming. I literally could not get enough time to mine the walls for the crystals before being surrounded by the enemy.

Is there a soft time limit? Seems at a certain point, you just can't actually complete the mission.

I am livid. Playing this mission for a little over an hour, having no way to abort the mission, or just take what i could and run. I was instead only able to COMPLETELY abandon the mission and get nothing.

[Zapthor]

point extraction missions scale on time so the longer you are there the more bugs you will see to the point of it being impossible to survive.

[Caspian]

Yeah, on Point Extraction if you go past 25 to 30 minutes the swarms get insane. It definitely is a bit of time pressure which I absolutely love despite my similarly bad first experience.

The neat thing is, you really only take that long once, then you try to rush through it every time

[Nosteru]

I highly recommend you to do Point Extraction on Haz2 max, untill you get more experience in gameplay. Point Extraction is overwhelming as in time goes the swarm spawn increasing. Remember that Bosco also can dig all Aquarks for you. Other advice here that throw those Aquarks close to the base and continue searching, you save alot of time with this, and deposit later when you have some nitra and gold in your backpack anyway.

[Ackranome]

I love EDD solo.

[Ser Pounce]

Originally posted by Ackranome:

I love EDD solo.

Okay ? But that has nothing to do with the topic.

[Chibbity]

Yes, PE in particular is a race against time.

I mean, you're always in a race against time, because bugs are infinite and Nitra isn't; but in PE it's specifically part of the mode.

[MeatShake]

Just ping bosco to get all the gems while you worry about survival. Point extract and egg hunts are a joke solo.

[moerty]

bosco is your worker and you're just the manager and depositor in a PE/Egg mission. Just stand where you can see the items and ping bosco, same with minerals though you have to pick them up, the seconaries are your main job but since they're optional if they're too hard then just ignore them.

use bosco and you'll breeze through missions.

[Ackranome]

Originally posted by Ser Pounce:

Originally posted by Ackranome:

I love EDD solo.

Okay ? But that has nothing to do with the topic.

Wait he was in 1 mission for 1 hour? Bruh. Lower your difficulty setting.

[Nosteru]

Originally posted by Ackranome:

Originally posted by Ser Pounce:

Okay ? But that has nothing to do with the topic.

Wait he was in 1 mission for 1 hour? Bruh. Lower your difficulty setting.

I was in solo mining mission max complex and lenght for like 2hour20min+ back in the greenbeard days :)

[SeeingeyeDug]

Tell Bosco to get each aquark. All you have to do is ctrl ping the wall with blue crystals glowing. Point extraction is possibly the easiest to do solo because bosco can do the heavy lifting. Learning experience, don’t just quit from it. Point Extraction specifically is probably the only mission type I can think of that just does ever increasing sized infinite spawns. Gotta do them quick.

[Sokaku]

Point extraction can be intimidating for new players until you understand the time limit dynamic where swarms will get more frequent the longer you're there. The objective is to clear the cave as quickly as possible.

Fortunately, it can be quite easier running Solo than with a "newish" team, thanks to Bosco. Bosco can be instructed to dig out Aquarqs. (The big blue crystals), that still leaves you needing to locate them all. But you can do that to extract the ones you can easily reach while also looking for secondary objectives and Nitra. (which is really important)

Some general tips for running Point Extraction:

- For Solo runs I recommend using Driller or Scout. The key will be fast mobility around the vertical nature of the map.
- For team games any class will do, but if you're going to double-up, Driller or Gunner would be the preferred classes.
- Work from Outside-in. This means head off to the outer reaches of the cave system gathering secondaries, nitra, and finding the hidden Aquarqs and toss them towards the minehead. Save the close, easy ones for last.
- When solo, use Bosco to dig Aquarqs that are out of reach or he can dig while you are gathering other stuff. Toss the aquarq back towards the mine head.
- Bosco can carry Aquarqs for you. In situations where the minehead is considerably higher than areas containing multiple crystals, pool them up somewhere with line of sight to the minehead, then standing from up there, direct Bosco to fetch a crystal and toss it to you.
- Be prepared to sacrifice certain secondaries to complete the mission. Fossils and Dystrium can be very difficult to locate and collect on some maps like Glacial and Azure. Gunk Seeds more than double-up the number of heavy objects you have to locate and toss back / carry to the mine head.

When running as part of a team it is important that the right people prioritize / know about the more difficult to reach aquarqs. If you are an Engineer and there is a scout you want to have a platform near the crystal. As a gunner you can put a zipline up to get to it or near enough where you can pickaxe into the wall to get a safe footing. (risky) A driller can use a waypoint to drill up the walls and even into the ceiling area. A scout without an engineer is about only useful for locating stuff and fetching secondaries. With experience/practice and equipment a scout can access otherwise inaccessible locations, but it's certainly not advisable until you're really good and timing your flying power-hits.

- Getting crystals out of of the ceiling for driller I recommend using waypoints to get you there, then using C4 to break the crystal free to fall to the floor. (faster than carrying it back down the tunnel and safer/faster than trying to break a hole to toss it down.)

It's important to make note of the way the cave is laid out and how to get to the various areas. Driller helps a LOT here as you can dig direct tunnels back to the mine head which can save a TON of time even with Bosco. It is also important to know because at the end when a drop pod is called it can come down in adjacent rooms which may not have a direct route. Knowing how to get everywhere in the map and having routes prepared from the minehead will save you scrambling to try and reach the extraction while facing continuous bug spawns. Again, Driller is a huge time saver here.

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Git gud

[Lunacy]

If you spend too long on point extraction the hordes start getting restless. Most Aquarq missions can be done in under 10 minutes, plus if you're solo then you can just run around make Bosco dig it all up.

[Front Bucket]

Originally posted by Lunacy:

If you spend too long on point extraction the hordes start getting restless. Most Aquarq missions can be done in under 10 minutes, plus if you're solo then you can just run around make Bosco dig it all up.

Based on my experience, you *have* to use bosco or you *will* run out of time.

edit: Because I didn't even know bosco would dig those crystals out...