Expert Extraction Pilot seems useless

[Nul1fy]

IMO the Expert Extraction Pilot seem pretty useless when all it does it speed it up by 30 seconds.

If it cut it by half or whatever i can see it being useful but i used it in like 3 games and i couldn't tell the difference.

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

It's absolutely useless on certain missions, or at least the kill mission and the missile defense mission. I could be wrong about the second, but on kill missions pelican one comes down almost instantly. I'm not saying it shouldn't, because on Hell Dive especially, at that point you kill the 500+ the bots are getting ready to overwhelm your position with tanks (if they haven't already.)

But yeah, I bought it cause it sounds cool, but if it's just 30s then it's eh. Would it make a difference? Yes. Will I bring it now that I know it's 30s? No, there are better things I can do that make me survive longer than 30s reduction for extract.

[shadain597]

It does seem like a top contender for worst booster in the game.

[Chaos]

Yeah, just 20-30 secs faster ain't worth the booster slot (nor the 55 medals it cost).
Simply worthless.

[Mathias Giovanni]

Does it scale with longer call in times?

[Mathias Giovanni]

They should make it 30 seconds max. Or near instant. People would love that.

[Nul1fy]

Originally posted by Mathias Giovanni:

They should make it 30 seconds max. Or near instant. People would love that.

they should just cut it in half, when its a normal 2 minute it takes 1 minute and the 4 minute missions take 2, that would make it the best to use on high difficulties

[Mathias Giovanni]

Originally posted by Null:

Originally posted by Mathias Giovanni:

They should make it 30 seconds max. Or near instant. People would love that.

they should just cut it in half, when its a normal 2 minute it takes 1 minute and the 4 minute missions take 2, that would make it the best to use on high difficulties

Still kinda meh though. Instant is like you have a buddy and they are ready to grab ya.

Seems like saving you a major fight would be nice since you are nt taking combat perks.

[Queltis]

Originally posted by Null:

Originally posted by Mathias Giovanni:

They should make it 30 seconds max. Or near instant. People would love that.

they should just cut it in half, when its a normal 2 minute it takes 1 minute and the 4 minute missions take 2, that would make it the best to use on high difficulties

Someone reported that a 4 minute extraction became 2:30 with the booster, so it's not quite half.

[JuX]

It's not useless if you have the intention of extracting after mission complete.

Having 90 seconds extraction sounds good to me, while under pressure. And if it scales up in increased call-in time missions then all the better, as holding the point for 4 minutes can be rough. In particular when you are doing blitz mission where time is of the essence.

[Beltway]

Originally posted by Null:

IMO the Expert Extraction Pilot seem pretty useless when all it does it speed it up by 30 seconds.

If it cut it by half or whatever i can see it being useful but i used it in like 3 games and i couldn't tell the difference.

Depends on the user imo. It's saved my ass more times than I care to admit. I don't know what it is about my missions, but it just seems like the entire map converges on my position when I am extracting, and the force is overwhelming to out last for 4 min.

[Eagle_of_Fire]

Do you guys realise the potential grieffing possibilities if it was an instant call? A troll could use that booster just to call extraction when everybody is away and extract alone. The amount of time people call extraction way too early, already...

[That person]

Iv lost count of the amount of times I have died in the last 30 seconds
Thing is with this booster is you will never really know if it is useful as you will never know if you would have died in the last 30 seconds or if you would have been fine without it

[MrMacavity]

It's 15% faster extraction value, it does seem rather weak to me. If it was up to me I would have made it at least 33% faster to warrant a booster slot.