Which expedition in your opinion is the fastest to complete

[Willow Rivers]

I am grinding expeditions to upgrade weapons and just curious what the fastest one to complete is.

I am doing the I.S.S Space Station, seems to go pretty fast.

[Warc1]

Every expedition has the exact same time to completion from the moment you pick up the package. That means the only time savings possible is from when you jump out of the helicopter until you get the package.

Because of this, the Five Stars Theme Park is most efficient for me. The packages are never far away from the landing spot and their random spawn locations are all in the same area and thus easy to find. This means shorter times to get the package, which decreases the overall expedition time, and thus increases your rate of farming.

There are numerous closed spaces in the park to seek cover to wait out the timer countdown. That way, you don't have to fight your way to the end with greater risk of dying - something that is tougher with ISS. It's also the only expedition without explosive carrying dogs which have been the single greatest risk of being killed for me.

Finally, a minor tip to get a slightly better rate of farming. As soon as getting out of the helo, engage Wrath since it gives about a 50% boost in running speed to get to the package. That's a few seconds taken off the overall expedition time which adds up when farming. Also, I don't make any attempt at stealth before grabbing the package. Doing so slows you down which reduces your farming rate.

More tips here:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/939960/discussions/0/1840188800791879948/

[jankerson]

The Plane Wreck is pretty fast too.

[Lrrrofomicronpersei8]

think Alcatraz is easy once you understand the layout...

[Poppi !!]

I find all the expeditions to be a fine diversion overall ( with exception to the bridge ) ~ stealth or run and gun. I prefer stealth, but hey, it turns out to be a nice balance.

[upcoast]

So far I think it was called Navajo Bridge was fairly easy.

What's not easy is the heli guy is always late he's never there when I'm all done so la-la-la kill-kill then he shows up I'd fire him if I could.

[Warc1]

Originally posted by upcoast:

What's not easy is the heli guy is always late he's never there when I'm all done so la-la-la kill-kill then he shows up

That's why I never make a run to the pickup point after grabbing the package. There are all kinds of cover opportunities around the package spawn points since they are most often indoors. There you can find camping spots to easily take out reinforcements while waiting for the clock to run down. Only race to the pickup when there's 30-40 seconds left on the clock instead of standing in the open at the pickup for minutes and fighting waves from 360 degrees. More detail here:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/939960/discussions/0/1840188800791879948/

[Warc1]

Originally posted by jankerson:

The Plane Wreck is pretty fast too.

It's one of the easier ones to defend since the reinforcements are more widely spaced out, but I've found it to be amongst the slowest. That's because the package spawn points can be very distant from the drop-off and slow water crossings are often unavoidable.

The worst is when you are dropped off at a dock and you have to make your way to the airplane tail for the package. That's over 300m away with two water crossings if you want to keep to a straight line. Remember, the time to complete each expedition is exactly the same once you grab the package. The only opportunity for faster times is finding quicker paths from the drop-off to the package. In my experience, Plane Wreck has the longest average paths and thus times.

[Nite69]

the plane wreck is the quickest one yep, but keep in mind that on level 3 the package will be in a random location its not the same place like level 1 and 2

[jeffy]

once you get the wingsuit - you can beat any expedition pretty dam fast

[Warc1]

Sure looks like there's confusion between speed and ease of completion. Wingsuits only make an expedition faster if you're using it to get to the package and there aren't a lot of opportunities for that. Once you get the package, every expedition makes you wait exactly 2 minutes and 35 seconds for the helicopter to arrive. There's nothing you can do to make that faster, particularly using a wingsuit, and no excuse not to get to the helo in that amount of time.

[jeffy]

Originally posted by Warc1:

Sure looks like there's confusion between speed and ease of completion. Wingsuits only make an expedition faster if you're using it to get to the package and there aren't a lot of opportunities for that. Once you get the package, every expedition makes you wait exactly 2 minutes and 35 seconds for the helicopter to arrive. There's nothing you can do to make that faster, particularly using a wingsuit, and no excuse not to get to the helo in that amount of time.

he said fastest...........duh

if you use the wingsuit correctly for grabbing package and escaping you can save alot of time

[Warc1]

Originally posted by jeffy:

he said fastest...........duh

if you use the wingsuit correctly for grabbing package and escaping you can save alot of time

I can read. Pretty clear you can't.

OP is looking for the one expedition that is "fastest to complete" and not fastest to run. Once you get the package, it doesn't matter how much time a wingsuit saves in escaping, you have to wait 2 minutes and 35 seconds for the helo to arrive and the expedition to complete.

A wingsuit can only make an expedition "faster" by reducing the time it takes to get from the drop off to the package and there aren't many opportunities for this. Flat maps like the nuclear plant and plane have no real opportunities to get to the package with the wingsuit beyond short hops that you can do faster using Wrath. At any rate, your statement that wingsuits make all expeditions equally fast is demonstrably wrong.

[Willow Rivers]

Thanks for the input everyone. I been alternating ones I do for variety. Currently have my bow up to 5000 damage and my shotgun at 3500 or so.

Working to get my bow to one shot kill the Elites.

[Poppi !!]

On a proper map, I can see where the wing suit could be used to chew up time ( distancing ) untill the chopper arrives, but where's the fun in that ?

[Warc1]

Originally posted by Willow Rivers:

Thanks for the input everyone. I been alternating ones I do for variety. Currently have my bow up to 5000 damage and my shotgun at 3500 or so.

Working to get my bow to one shot kill the Elites.

You should be long past that point. I know for a fact that the legendary compound bow will single kill elites at 1800 damage because that was my go to outpost farming weapon for hundreds of runs. It always took down elites with a single arrow. I thought it was doing elite single kills right out of the box with 1200 damage, but I can't remember for sure.

I've subsequently taken the bow up to 7200 damage to try and single kill the twins, but that's well below their single kill threshold that appears to be around 12,000. My elite sniper rifle is at 15,000, which will incapacitate the twins with a single shot, but it won't outright kill them.