Berets

[tiny linden]

💡 What is motivating this suggestion?
Berets don't do anything.
💡 What is your proposal?
Make berets more useful by giving them some sort of effect for you and your team.
💡 Exactly and specifically, what should be changed and how?
Make it so that when you wear berets from certain factions units from that faction won't attack you unless you attack them first or loot in front of them or make wearing berets increase your and your team's morale and give passive health regeneration or increased stamina to you and your team when they're within close proximity. Also different berets would give different levels of regeneration for example BA would give you a bit meanwhile Commando berets would give you a lot. This change would encourage teams to wear berets as a supportive role. Also to make berets more accessible they could be sold from traders at a certain level.

[tiny linden]

its still better than nothing

[tacit mantle]

Space Fashion

[strange trout]

Berets should also give you ammo regeneration tbh, also let you go pass your guns magazine capacity. You should also get infinite stamina because your head isn't so heavy it's realistic also give commando berets the max armor rating because they're rare

[deft wraith]

Imo, giving them in-raid value adds potentially balance-heading mechanics, but maybe making them a quest item or crafting reagent would give them a sense of purpose.

[tiny linden]

that's the thing: I want them to have in-game value so that you trade off head protection for an effect that you and/or your team can benefit from

[tiny linden]

you cant take anythingseriously can you?

[soft iris]

lmao health regen for ur buddies with a beret. that is way too overpowered, playing in teams doesn't need to be made any easier. i would much rather the berets gave a xp boost or something after the raid

[loud narwhal]

They could give a crew buff, like a lower fatigue or pain overtake. That would make it better as a team support feature. Otherwise i dunno what would be balanced.

Like an inspirational/motivational buff sorta

[soft iris]

i think the game should stay away from giving team buffs just for the sake of playing in a team. if SOLOs don't get tangible buffs, teams shouldn't either

[loud narwhal]

Fair point

[scenic rapids]

run berret for the sake of the lol ! i already do ! it's 4 armor 😄

[tiny linden]

yea but you sacrifice head protection for that

[soft iris]

still very overpowered, every team would be using one and it makes the game feel like tf2 or something lol. as a solo if your against a good team you beat them by chipping away at their health, with unlimited health regen that just ruins it. also whats stopping someone from just bringing a beret in their inventory and switching it out whenever they need to regen health?

[tiny linden]

ok you're right. Berets providing passive regeneration is op. But if not that than even something as innocent as giving your team pain/fatigue reduction or being less likely to be spotted by an enemy of a beret's faction.

[viral dawn]

idk why all the downvotes for trying to make something useless useful. It's suicide to wear a beret, even if you want the drip. There definitely needs to be some reason to wear it that's beneficial/worth the risk

[mental pier]

You know what, yeah the xp boost idea is pretty good!

Or maybe faction rep boost for some missions

[tiny linden]

you're right

[rare socket]

How about stealth against certain AI? it could be a Rat Hat

[polar hatch]

There absolutely does not Need to be a reason to wear anything in the game xD

But to be constructive to the point, I think a door with a "face scanner" that requires the right beret to open would be neat, or alternatively the beret keeps a record of kills while its being worn and for every kill you get (player kills) it sells for 1% more value, but if it breaks the kills reset.

I absolutely disagree with anytype of buff in this simi "realistic" shooter.

[polar hatch]

Alternatively, the devs could implement a weight system where the berets light weight is the reason yall crave to wear it.

[tiny linden]

love the idea

if it counted kills and made you less likely to be spotted by the beret's faction then there would finally be a reason to wear it