#More time to extract

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potent tiger
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If there are players outside of the final objective POI there needs to be an extended timer for extraction.

I, along with 5 others, just lost our characters (I lost a genuine god roll character, too) because a team of 3 just did a power plant speed run without telling anyone. We were at Sluice gate looting and healing when it was called and we had to run 500m, just for it to leave when we were about 15 seconds away from it. All they did was mock us in the chat and spewing hate slurs in prox chat.

For reference, the powerplant didn't have staggered objectives, it was the codes and it wasn't updating for us. All it did was tell us when they got to the power plant and when they called extraction.

quaint stump
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On one hand, the narrator always updates when others are in the plant, so it’s definitely on you in terms of fault.

However, I do think there should be an option to extend extract time, at the cost of zombie presence being even higher. How that would work I don’t know, maybe making the helipad spots wider for it to land, and something of a ‘defendable position’. If we get overtaken by the horde then it essentially destroys the heli and renders it all useless, even if others are still alive and on their way over. That’s the only real way i can see extended extract time being implemented without it just being an end all be all positive addition with no extra challenge to it

potent tiger
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I'm saying that the timer should only be extended if the game detects players well outside of the final objective area. We had just started Sluice Gate when the narrator said they've entered the Plant. By the time we closed the security door in the loot room to heal up and loot, the extraction timer started with no prior warnings. The players doing it hadn't even given us a heads up.

And considering how toxic they were, its safe to say its not their first time doing it.

jaunty iron
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"to any responder out there, this is your last chance, come quickly to the extraction point"

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And then the timer gets extended

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Maybe penalize the late extracted survivors cuz having the chopper there and the inmense horde could take down the other responders and stuff

quaint stump
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Toxic in what way? And again, the narrator even says that ‘all responders, drop what you’re doing and report to the mission objective immediately’, or something along those lines, that’s your absolute final warning given. If the game itself gave you a direct order and you didn’t follow through with it, then asking for specific additions for your specific instance doesn’t really fit the bill, so to speak.

Plus, if you guys were low on ammunition and the like, there’s small locations on either side of the sluice gate that can be looted for a decent haul, like the concrete storage building between sluice and sawmill, or the many trailers nearby. Not to mention after you reach the plant there’s the blue storage containers that are guaranteed to have a decent chunk of ammo and weapons

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I’m not saying we shouldn’t have more time to extract per se, we should definitely have a choice (ex: hold E at button to confirm a delayed extract). It should come with a penalty though, perhaps raising the zombie spawn rate or making the pickup location farther. Or, aside from that, maybe a smaller actual extract time (meaning, the heli arrives in 5 minutes, but the actual boarding is maybe thirty seconds)

potent tiger
quaint stump
wet sorrel
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The game should not change because of the choices of a few. The narrator always updates in game. Always.

It’s unfortunate you lost your character, it’s happened to me that same way too.

Now if I play with randoms or in pubs I always make sure that I’m aware of what objective is in progress. Ultimately, the responsibility is on the player.

Sorry about your experience, but we’ve all had it happen and it doesn’t mean the game needs to be changed. We need to adapt as players.

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And sluice gate affords you enough time to get to exfil. Done that a few times before too.

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The shortest time you have to exfil is 3:00-3:30 minutes which is enough time when you are outside of the middle area. I’ve actually made it from ranger station before.

wet sorrel
jaunty iron
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Even the first game has a smaller period of time