#Different queues for different playstyles

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vague fern
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One thing I would like to see is different modes to queue for. Playing as a solo can be really frustrating when you run into a team of 4 who chase you down. It can also be a mood killer when a casual player runs into a sweaty ttv player who's perfected all the game mechanics and is simply a much higher skill level.
My suggestion (very open to discussion/modification) would be to implement 3 game modes.

  1. The standard mode we have now, allowing up to 4 teammates to join a raid together.
  2. Solo queue, where groups are unable to join.
  3. Ranked queue. A solo queue where players don't bring any equipment or ships. There is only one raid location. Loot tables are slightly altered so that equipment and heals would drop more. Someone with a bigger brain than me would improve the point system but something along the lines of a 50 point cost to enter the game. 1 point for looting. 1 point for every 5 minutes survived. 2 points for AI kills, 10 points for player kills. 5 points for extraction maybe. Something like this would separate skill levels to help ensure casual players don't get stuck against hackers like squiddy (/s)

Edit: Almost forgot also tutorial/practice mode, pick a raid and explore with/without ai something to give players a chance to learn the maps.

lone moon
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i think the solo queue idea has some merit, but dont like the idea of point 3. because i dislike the idea of skillbased matchmaking and i think going into a raid, there shouldnt be a mode where everyone gets to risk nothing and still progress. if you enter a raid with just a luger and there are lots of players, you have a high chance of getting killed and that is the tradeoff. with good gear, you survive more but lose more on a death and that should be maintained

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i think there should be an optional toggle for teams to priority match up with other teams though, but for the reason that playing in a team feels much less action packed than playing solo. its not really that exciting having to share a single kill between 3 or 4 team mates in a raid. when playing solo i enjoy going up against teams though. i just found that my friends who i play sometimes with can get bored quickly because between us there aren't enough players to hunt in the raid. that or the player count should be increased again per raid lol

gentle spear
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for the foreseeable future this will not be happening. The game is intended to have matches the way they are, with solo gameplay being Very High risk and reward

vague fern
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High reward where? It's not like you can carry that much gear out with you. You can't even put most of the armors in a bag so maybe a helmet and a gun and your full. Maybe a couple of valuables or mats. High risk and hopefully pick some meds back up off the squad you wiped to replenish what you used, cuz otherwise basically no reward. I mean, I guess if your ego needed a boost that's your reward but personally I don't need that so 🤷‍♂️. Much easier to take the low risk high reward option of just not engaging and waiting for them to leave, and WOW is that fun! Hard to have true competition when the playing field isn't even. Imagine if basketball games were 1v4. It'd be a shit show. Nobody would watch it.
Take a look at any popular and competitive game out there. Different modes. The nature of permadeath/loss is competition. Currently 1k players are competing in circles around the same people over and over again, and every now and then 1 of those people playing against 4 gets tired and leaves. I mean, imagine seeing that from 14k players all the way down to 1k players and not realizing there's an issue. Still. Yikes.

solid cedar
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I think maybe like in warzone where you can choose a smaller map for pvp and smaller amounts of loot and a larger map for slower playstyles and more loot. And a third requiring a payment to enter similar to labs from EFT.

novel coral
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TBH im relatively fine with the gameplay right now. Just a little annoyed with shotgun pellets/dmg and a little hit registration..

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Also: Going from general chat to this? Have you even looked at the suggestions before posting this?

coarse haven
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lone moon
dense estuary
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in a team u can contstantly open depos etc while solo u rarely open it and when u do it u cant take all loot anyway

elfin badge
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I'm sorry but if you wanted a single player mode there are other games, and yes high risk high rewards you can put bigger guns in the primary and secondary slots and smaller weapons in your bag you don't need to take any of the crafting items or even the market items eithers if all you care about are guns and armors

lone moon
dense estuary
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its shitty idea to separate solo form squads

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its not as profitable solo

lone moon
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im usually last one alive in the raid, and after killing most of the players i have access to so much loot

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lone moon
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personally i enjoy playing against teams cus its super satisfying wiping them

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but i can understand how some people might be frustrated when it is 1v3

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right now there are not enough players, and i wouldnt want que times to be impacted for there to be multiple modes

coarse haven
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dev commenting on suggestion basically saying its not happening, community: so lets just go on xD

lone moon
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if there was a solo only mode, the player count would need to be much higher, cus right now the limit is 10 ships per raid? if it was only 10 solos in one raid that would be super dead

vague fern
# elfin badge I'm sorry but if you wanted a single player mode there are other games, and yes ...

Did I say I wanted a single player mode? Jesus I’m out of patience with you people.

I said I want competition you absolute fucking idiot. The reasons you people keep sprouting for why you think people shouldn’t have the OPTION to solo queue and should instead be forced to play the way you enjoy is just fucking insanity. The stupidity is sickening. The jumping to conclusions that it’s a skill issues or that I’m not using radio/barrel or that I’m dying to groups is baffling.

I’ve seen games die because of issues like this. I like this game, I wanted it to succeed, but a lot of the members on this discord are really making me change my mind on that.

But this stupid fucking shit like “iF yOu wAnT SinGLe PlaYeR” makes me think that if you died your own mother would be relieved.

Rest of y’all enjoy your echo chamber

lone moon
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