Point Extraction Way Too Difficult

[Mister Master]

Point Extraction is definitely the hardest mission type and needs to be scaled back. Specifically, please remove the increased spawn rate over time. For someone who wants to get everything on each mission, it makes me extremely frustrated to do this mission type, and I can hardly survive after 20-30 minutes.

[BROLY 32]

It does not need any scaling back.
This mission forces you to play the game as intended; you go in, you go out.

[🗡️Goblin_Cultist]

skill issue

[Plumber]

I think it has potential to be very difficult if the aquarqs are all nestled away in a side cave 50m below the minehead, but the higher pressure makes it my favorite game mode
When you say you like to grab everything, do you mean core infuser events, gold, extra aquarqs? Best time to do events is after the first swarm, gold is gold, and from what I can tell sneaking in extra aquarq gives next to nothing.

you could also try running scout/driller and kiting around enemies that you don't explicitly have to kill; that's what I do for solo haz5 and it's one of the comfiest mission types for that

[Chibbity]

Without the time pressure, it would be the easiest mode hands down; and thus boring.

[Azael Ijima δ]

One of the EDD mission from 2 weeks ago was something, O² hazard + 10 Aquarqs + Morkite mining.
2/3 tier into the mission the spawn rate was so high it felt like a permanent swarm, 25+ enemies constantly on me.

[Frisky]

it's really not that hard
you can clean a whole PE cave easily within the time given, events and all

[Hexzyti]

only go for mobility if its too hard (I learnt this the hard way). I play scout to speed aquarqs extraction on higher haz because ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ does it get crazy sometimes. Or driller but hes a bit too slow sometimes

[phenir]

Originally posted by Mister Master:

I can hardly survive after 20-30 minutes.

That's kind of the point. Get in, do what you can, get out. Turn down the hazard level if you want.

[Aimee]

Originally posted by Mister Master:

For someone who wants to get everything on each mission

I suggest you play with other people then.

[Quill]

GTFO

You don't have much need to meander about. Get the Arquarks. Get the Misc stuff. Press Button. Leave

[sun6000]

Yeah sorry to say, everyone has their own sorta "Kryptonite' when it comes to mission types.
Some people just have a hard time learning how to combat the differing dreadnauts
Some people get hopelessly lost when it comes to pipelines
Everyone ever in escort
Aaaand then theres PE, a mission type designed DIRECTLY to punish people for going slow
Sadly, PE happens to be your kryptonite, and thats okay. But please try and see things as a "just not mesh with your playstyle" rather then something that needs to be adjusted

[Athos42]

PE is my "kryptonite", too, I just don't like the time pressure. But I don't like it in any game.

[Vault Traveler]

Originally posted by Athos42:

PE is my "kryptonite", too, I just don't like the time pressure. But I don't like it in any game.

what time limit? You can play as long as you want in PE the waves take 30 minutes to reach max intensity from then on the waves dont get harder.

[Vandal Savant]

Originally posted by Mister Master:

(...) and I can hardly survive after 20-30 minutes.

Don't feel bad about this. Nobody can. That's the point.

PE tests speed and efficiency more than any other mission type. It should be completed between 10-15 minutes. There is a wave timer that triggers every 5 minutes, so ideally you'll only be fighting 2 waves and some mini ambushes inbetween.

In the first 5 minutes, prioritize gathering 80 nitra. This is insurance for resupplying after the 1st/2nd wave. There is constant action all throughout PE, and you should be topped off for any waves beyond the 10 minute mark.

If there are machine events, do them right after the first wave at 5 minutes. ASAP after 2nd wave at 10 minutes at the latest. Any later than that, just forget about it. It's too late and the event wasn't prioritized correctly.

If it's past the 20 minute mark, you've overstayed your welcome and the bugs are winding up to evict your hairy butt. Bumrush the aquarqs. use C4 to dig them out. Forget about anything else, because the longer you stay in the mission, the more likely you're going to lose it.

[Slate]

Originally posted by Mister Master:

Point Extraction is definitely the hardest mission type and needs to be scaled back. Specifically, please remove the increased spawn rate over time.

C'mon... so they should scale it back for you because you don't like it and find it too difficult? What about all the other players that like it the way it is and has been for years? Just play Haz 1 with driller if that is the case or choose a shorter less complicated PE mission. I find it funny when a player finds something too difficult and then asks for a part of the game to be scaled back for them, not considering all of the other players out there that had to adapt and overcome this and like the way it is.