Oil rig moons pools are a problem.

[nimble portal]

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Moon pools on rigs are a bad addition for multiple reasons, hurting gameplay more than they diversify it.

• Many console groups doing oil are usually no larger than 4, sometimes even smaller. Controlling the rig and its access points while managing a new entry is very hard.

• Moon pools hurt smaller groups. Recent updates aim to provide QOL for small groups, but moon pools are a step backward. Imagine being a trio on large. One must deal with scientists/heavies, sometimes two if guns are weak. One watches the dock, another watches boats/swimmers, leaving the moon pool unguarded. It allows silent access to most floors, unfairly punishing smaller groups for not having enough players.

• Solutions: Removing moon pools is unlikely, but a solution is possible. An RF pager or computer sensor could alert attentive players, rewarding awareness instead of punishing them for lack of numbers.

Moon pools favor numbers over skill, and skill should always prevail in a survival game.

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[astral frost]

Thats the whole point of it so it can be contested it will kill the servers just like if u have a solid group that run most monuments if theres no way of contesting something then whats the point.

[nimble portal]

Contesting oil was just fine before moon pools. The defenders of rig are meant to have an advantage by being able to see dock. That’s a perk of taking it instead of countering. Moon pools put the advantage in the counters favor, which is a horrible idea.

They are effectively punishing small groups for taking high tier monuments/snowballing

[astral frost]

How there is only 1 door they can access. I play solo and i don't see a issue with it. Improvise adapt and overcome.

[nimble portal]

I literally explained this in the initial post.

Watching 3 entry points while looking for boats/swimmers borderline impossible

Especially when the entry points are far from eachother.

[astral frost]

you dont see my point your moaning caz they added another way ppl can access it move on they ant going to change it just caz it affects u been able to control it.

[nimble portal]

If you came here just to argue and not provide any ideas or constructive criticism i don’t know why you responded in the first place.

That sentence was a nothing burger and it’s all stuff I’ve already covered.

[astral frost]

That because im allowed to give my opinion on this just as u are with anyone that puts a post up. If you dont like other ppl been against your idea then dont post caz there will always be ppl that will disagree with you. Like i said i play solo so to me this is a advantage for me to gain access. Its a lot harder for a solo player to gain access if a team is controlling a monument like rig. Its a game either adapt to the new feature they bring or dont play simple as that.

[somber parrot]

You can watch it decently solo and easily cover everything duo

You also have audio cues to know where people are at

[wraith path]

Moon pools promote people to counter more often. I would never counter rig before because all a group had to do was watch the dock and they'd win. With moon pools it allows sneaky players a way to get onto the rig and makes the fight less one sided.

Diving tanks and player foot steps on metal are also pretty loud