Stalker beetles ruined Solo play.

[AKOOMA]

Literally impossible to get the jump on duo's and trio's now.

They just launch beetles into the lair or wherever it is you chose to hide.

[AKOOMA]

Make these ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ things $300 minimum. They are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying to deal with.

I bring a large stamina shot every game to pop once I have the token, This is usually enough to outrun the teams to the opposite side of the map and extract.

[AKOOMA]

Out here playing quickplay so I don't need to deal with this ♥♥♥♥

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Cyberdrone Cyberdrone. It was very good when Thomas Edison invented Cyberdrone back in 1890. Probably the best invention back then.

[Terminal Velocity]

It's understandable, because the UAV is not an anti-camping mechanic as they claimed - in reality it's a mechanic to help teams with the gamesense of a peanut, probably so that they would stop complaining they were being "camped" whenever they got sneaked upon and killed, because they are loud as ♥♥♥♥, or they dont even realise they are being tracked.

So this mechanic is there to help the stupid part of the playerbase, so that they are happy, and in turn stay and buy DLC.

I would be embarrassed if I realised the devs considered me so bad at the game that they would try to design mechanics such as infinite revives and UAVs, in order to help me overcome my stupidity at the game.
But it seems many players are ok with them :D

[Der Guteste TTV]

Beetle sees nearly zero play amymore and barely does anything.

[AKOOMA]

Revert beetle or I'm hopping into random Trio groups via discord and bomblancing them on spawn o.0

The game is literally unplayable solo, EVERY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TIME I'M HIDING ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BEETLE COMES OUT TO CRUTCH.

[Der Guteste TTV]

Originally posted by 76561198034000931:

EVERY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TIME I'M HIDING ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BEETLE COMES OUT TO CRUTCH.

So what you are saying: Beetle actually works as anti camping mechanic.

[bakeratc]

The stealth and self awareness required to play this game before the stupid beetle was introduced is what set it apart from all of the other games. Now its just another one of the same pile of crap games where people want full awareness so the can run and gun without thinking. Players need to learn to adapt to a good game; not complain and make the game change to their liking and ultimately just put lipstick on the same boring pig of a game.

And please stop mass dropping skins. I used to buy them to support the game when you put them out less often. My spam folder is now full of BS skins with no meaning or value.

[MooP]

They should cost more be closer ranged & nurf the explosion...

[Trash_Jackson TTV]

Originally posted by PinappleTheFrootDood:

Originally posted by 76561198034000931:

EVERY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TIME I'M HIDING ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BEETLE COMES OUT TO CRUTCH.

So what you are saying: Beetle actually works as anti camping mechanic.

It functions as an anti-ambush mechanic, especially when you're outnumbered.

I don't really play solo anymore because literally every game I try to get an angle on someone, the beetle comes out and now the enemy knows exactly where I'm trying to move without having to take any risks to peek me, or I have to shoot it out of the air alerting everyone around me to my position.

I don't want to say it broke the game, but it's made me extremely unhappy because I really enjoyed solo play, and now it's more frustrating than anything.

[Terminal Velocity]

Originally posted by PinappleTheFrootDood:

Originally posted by 76561198034000931:

EVERY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TIME I'M HIDING ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BEETLE COMES OUT TO CRUTCH.

So what you are saying: Beetle actually works as anti camping mechanic.

This game is not Call of Duty where everyone runs and guns. Silent play is clearly intended. As you can tell by the way the maps have been designed, the weapons you can pick - silenced firearms and very recently they introduced a silent bow, etc.

It's like the devs don't really know what direction to take anymore so they are going to throw stuff around to see what sticks.

- For years they design and develop an entire game around stealth play - but now they add mechanics to try to combat such gameplay and suddenly any stealth gameplay is a bad word. Wtf. Just recently they added new silenced rifles and a bow.

- They add a bonus $ gain on each first extraction with a Hunter, but then they up the gear prices, probably because "inflation". Lol. What did they expect?

- They added an infinite revive mechanic but never thought it could be exploited, and had to rush-patch it making red-skulled-revived players not hand out exp when killed (but they can still put you of the round, lol).

- They added the Spark pistols without realising the increased ammo count would increase the Avtomat spam.

- They fixed the reload bug but realised it broke the LeMat in the process. What do we do? Take one gun out of the game till we can fix it? Or rollback the changes and put the bug back in, which affects a wide range of weapons? OBVIOUS, LeMat stays in.

I mean, many decisions dont make sense anymore.

[Terminal Velocity]

Originally posted by {FU}TheForgeryTTV:

Bounty hunt was never geared towards solo play anyway.

If it's allowed to play as a solo, it is.
Not to mention trios was a mode the game was not designed for either. And yet trios today can use the beetle - they are not being restricted from using it.
So that's not argument.

[AKOOMA]

Trios is one of the many things that ruined this game. Levering, dual wield, trios and now the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ beetle.

[Krec]

the beetle is ill conceived. i can think of a few ideas off the top of my head for anti camping that fit the game and would be awesome. so many other issues need addressing adding a drone is not on the list and is only a negative for gameplay. the more multitasking features you add the less appealing. try not to lose sight as to what has made the game unique and enjoyable.

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yes yes yes the number has a point

Originally posted by 76561198034000931:

Trios is one of the many things that ruined this game. Levering, dual wield, trios and now the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ beetle.