Why are you Hiding in the Extract Drop Pod?

[Fifth_Quarter]

What happened to Leave no Dwarf Behind?

I get that it's a safe place, it's the end of a mission and you're tired but if you're out of reach from the Bugs in the Drop Pod then that means they're going after any Dwarfs that are not.
(Im gonna simplify the numbers for ease here*)

☐ 2 in 2 out means each Dwarf still running for the Pod have double* the Enemy to deal with with Half* the firepower to blast their way through.
☐ 3 in and 1 poor Dwarf still scrambling for the pod and that's four* times the Enemy baring down on them and a Quarter* the outgoing firepower!

We tend to drop a resupply before calling the Drop Pod so:
☐ Use some of that ammo on the bugs, make a safe (as we can) area outside the Drop Pod.
☐ Dip in and out of the Drop Pod if you need some cover, this still pulls some of the Agro away from your fellow Dwarfs.
☐ Hell do as I seem too, & way to often recently (hence this post) and double back to help out a brother.


Ideally we stick together on the extraction run, but it's too easy to miss a jump, have a Praetorian block your path or one of many other things that can get you separated or lagging behind.
But it seems odd to me that we spend 20-30min helping each other out to complete our goal to just free-for-all for the Drop Pod. (Point Extraction seems to be the worst)
We all want to get back to the Abyss Bar.

So ye, this is just something to keep in mind rather than sitting on your backside in the Drop Pod.
Rock & Stone Brothers

[Chibbity]

To be fair, if one Dwarf escapes you still win; and the survival bonus is pretty negligible.

That said, yeah, you should atleast be firing from the doorway to cover other Dwarves; and to keep the area safe.

[<Caeris↝]

As long as i have enough time and it´s not a suicide mission i always try to get all safe back to the drop pod, but from time to time it´s not possible.

[靐]

I am waiting for the last dwarf to c4 them.

[Sokaku]

If you are dawdling and shooting at enemies on the extraction run then you're going to fall behind. All dwarfs should be leaving for extraction *ahead* of Molly as soon as the button is pressed. This gives you a 30 second head start and typically puts you *ahead* of the swarms spawning in. Kill anything that is a serious threat, otherwise don't shoot, RUN.

The exception is Point Extraction which can get rather hairy but the key there is while waiting for the drop pod to come in, everyone should head to, and defend the least accessible, and highest elevation room. This way if the pod comes down in another area it is going to be a more easily accessible than if everyone waits around the mine head and the pod comes down in that higher chamber. PE should ALWAYS have a Driller. If joining a PE mission missing a Driller, bring a Driller.

And the other general rule: Follow the (experienced) Driller. If you are Gunner or Engi, stick to the driller and cover the rear. Both have the firepower to hold anything coming up after you, and Engi can block off vertical passages. As a Driller consider using a vertical zig-zag route with steeper and shallower sections so an Engi can block off the route easily as you go.

[Fed]

some people have a fear of "losing" and get pissed off by a loss, so they sometimes bum rush the drop pod and hide inside. this is compounded with assignments (dozer escort and caretaker come to mind), if people have a hard time completing the mission then it's basically every dwarf for themselves getting to the pod on certain assignment missions

i don't rly mind, if they want to win that bad i ain't gonna stop'em or get twisted cuz they ran to the pod first, it is what it is

[Driftkel]

Depends on the situation. If the entire team is down and I’m the only one alive, but with very limited ammo and health, I think it’s safer to just extract without risking everyone a loss.

[A Pebble]

Originally posted by Chibbity:

To be fair, if one Dwarf escapes you still win; and the survival bonus is pretty negligible.

That said, yeah, you should atleast be firing from the doorway to cover other Dwarves; and to keep the area safe.

It's not about being a min/maxing elf who does mathematics. It's about sticking it to the bugs and leaving no dwarf behind.

[PrplGrl]

I'm not really bothered by it, unless I'm in serious trouble because of someone hitting the launch button when I'm not ready, or when any other team member is not ready, for that matter.

For instance, I was doing an extraction, digging out a compressed gold right at the bottom of the cave, and someone pushed the button. Lo and behold, the pod lands down all the way up at the top of the cave, and the player that pushed the button sprinted for the drop pod, leaving me to fend off the overwhelming number of bugs coming at me from all directions.
Then, when I'm struggling to get to the pod - because I'm surrounded by multiplayer-scaled enemies, with the other 3 players all waiting at the drop pod - the guy texts me to hurry up, cussing at me and calling me insulting names the whole way, even throwing racial slurs to one of the other teammates, and accusing them of pushing the button, when that clearly was not the case. Shouldn't one expect having to wait at the the pod, if they're gonna push the launch button and run off, before everyone's ready??

But if I get to the pod first, and am sitting inside, I always make sure to duck back out and kill any bugs that appear, to make it as easy as possible for my teammates to enter safely. I always keep checking behind me, or on the map, to see where my teammates are at, though. If they're too far behind, I'll go back, and hold out my laser pointer, to show them which way to go.

[Lord Of War]

Originally posted by Fifth_Quarter:

Why are you Hiding in the Extract Drop Pod?

They probably doing a sniff test on the seats.

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by A Pebble:

Originally posted by Chibbity:

To be fair, if one Dwarf escapes you still win; and the survival bonus is pretty negligible.

That said, yeah, you should atleast be firing from the doorway to cover other Dwarves; and to keep the area safe.

It's not about being a min/maxing elf who does mathematics. It's about sticking it to the bugs and leaving no dwarf behind.

Sure, as long as you're not the last Dwarf alive.

Securing the win for the whole team > Role-playing.

Role-playing is for Elves.

[King Fossil]

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Originally posted by A Pebble:

It's not about being a min/maxing elf who does mathematics. It's about sticking it to the bugs and leaving no dwarf behind.

Securing the win for the whole team > Role-playing.

Role-playing is for Elves.

Advanced roleplaying: LARP a dwarf who thinks anyone who can't get back to the pod on their own is a weakling that deserves to perish.
Yeah, sorry to anyone who gets left behind, but, y'know, it's just how my character is.

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by King Fossil:

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Securing the win for the whole team > Role-playing.

Role-playing is for Elves.

Advanced roleplaying: LARP a dwarf who thinks anyone who can't get back to the pod on their own is a weakling that deserves to perish.
Yeah, sorry to anyone who gets left behind, but, y'know, it's just how my character is.

Even more advanced role-playing:
LARP as a Dwarf who secretly works for a rival company, with instructions to sabotage the team; prevent any other Dwarves from entering the Escape Pod by force.

[Lord Of War]

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Originally posted by Chibbity:

Even more advanced role-playing:
LARP as a Dwarf who secretly works for a rival company, with instructions to sabotage the team; prevent any other Dwarves from entering the Escape Pod by force.

And the only way to sabotage is to enter their consciousness during sleep to insert an idea that Droppod is fuelled by Leaf Lovers Special.

[𝓛𝓞𝓝𝓔𝓦𝓞𝓛𝓕]

idc if i die or lose i always go back to help people
ROCK AND STONE TO THE DEATH