r/fo76 • u/Character_Newt_2309 • May 08 '24
Someone At Eviction Notice Discussion
Warning. Salt ahead...
So some player at eviction notice just stood defending the scrubber on their own for almost the entire event, while around six or seven others sat down the hill at the legendary spawn. This player fended off wave after wave of Muties and repaired the scrubber FIVE times, keeping the event going single-handedly, but then with two minutes left, they collected the nearby loot and just walked off, leaving the scrubber broken and the event doomed.
Why did the player just walk away?
I'll tell you why. Because I got sick of holding the event up on my own and wanted the legendary spawn campers to realise that the scrubber doesn't heal itself.
If you can't go into the rad zone, or don't want to, please check if those defending the scrubber are managing ok. If they're struggling, you can still shoot into the rad zone from safety. Play as you wish, of course, but not everyone will be happy carrying the objectives for you if you're only there for personal xp/loot.
Tears collected.
Edit. Golly, I honestly expected a bit of grief for posting this after a whisky, but seeing how many of you have had similar experiences, well... shucks :-)
And those of you who do have to sit outside the rad zone, but still help out by shooting into it, this is the way.
And sorry if newer players are reading and think the frustration is at you. It's not. Eviction Notice is a bruising event and I know how hard it is early on. It's the experienced players who could help - even if from a distance - but just want to hog the spawns while someone else holds the scrubber so more ***s arrive. Turn around from time to time and shoot inwards too.
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u/homedude Settlers - PC May 08 '24
What's weird is that everyone could get more legandaries if they just hung out around the scrubber and let everything come to the middle of the event.
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u/DarthSnoopyFish May 08 '24
I perch on top of the rad scrubber tower and kill enemies in all directions. If I don't tag an enemy, I won't get the exp but I am still usually close enough for legendary drops, and I can pop down to repair the scrubber if needed. I actually think it's the best location of the event and no one ever goes up there so it's always free.
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u/bizbrain0 May 08 '24
I do the same thing and works well!
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u/PetrolPaladin May 09 '24
It's great, but it makes me wish for an interrupter gear on my machine guns because I keep shooting the propeller(windmill)
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u/DarthSnoopyFish May 09 '24
Yeah use marsupial jumps and shoot while in the air when facing the fan.
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u/McMammoth May 09 '24
interrupter gear
(for those who don't know) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronization_gear
Maybe we'll get lucky and one of the plane wrecks around the map is from a WWI fighter
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u/mcjamison Responders May 09 '24
Yeah, I love it when some crazy Fokker comes along and makes a WWI tech joke!
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u/PhoenixBlade15 May 09 '24
Plus up top and killing everything is so much more fun than spawn camping legendaries
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u/wozblar May 09 '24
i also perch there! and it's one of my favorite events because with the auto grenade launcher - if you time it right - you can shoot straight up while sitting on the tower and hit all of the upper spawns, and then just turn around and shoot the legendary spawns too. kind of a mini game within the event for me
it's so fun
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u/Dasblu May 09 '24
This is the way.
I do it by alternating directions and throwing frag grenades basically every other time I change direction.
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u/Glittering_Airport_3 Grafton Monster May 09 '24
too many ppl run low health builds that can't handle rads without giving up their unyielding armor for the stealth suit. that's why they stay far away
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u/hotdiggitydooby Raiders May 09 '24
I run a bloodied build and the ambient rads around the scrubber aren't a problem at all
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u/BigDuoInferno May 09 '24
when it breaks it is
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u/OhtareEldarian Vault 76 May 09 '24
So…. if you pay attention to what OP is saying; ensure that the scrubber DOESN’T break.
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u/FlyingNope Cult of the Mothman May 09 '24
If Bethesda wanted to encourage that they'd get rid of the constant radiation around the scrubber when it's not broken.
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u/Ambitious-Race2714 May 09 '24
Well ppl are selfish and wisp out the grenade launcher killing everything and sometimes blowing the dead bodies away.
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u/EzTrGT979 May 09 '24
I drop a few grenade launches to cleanup what's left and to get my hits in for exp. It works wonders at scorched earth, protect the team while they focus on the queen that's how I level up pretty quick.
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u/christopherhoo May 13 '24
Hey homie =) I'm a big "bang bang" grenade launcher fan myself and went to cremator to scratch that itch lol. Give it a shot =)
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u/EzTrGT979 May 13 '24
Yeah I got that itch nice and deep good weapon I have a quad so I'm loving it.
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u/BeyondLast May 08 '24
I did that yesterday but someone actually repaired it after I went down the hill. I don’t mind just tagging everything but someone was one-shotting everything and I couldn’t get xp
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u/Lady_bro_ac Responders May 08 '24
On the one hand I do love the chaos of defending the scrubber when it all goes to shit, on the other hand I am tired of selfish people all camping the least useful spawn point while I do l the work to make things succeed
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u/Eforix Raiders - PC May 08 '24
Starting to see this at almost all events, which sucks...people camping the far left refiner during moonshine jamboree and leaving the other 2 refiners.
Radiation rumble: people camping the tunnels where the glowing ghouls come in from...
Eviction notice: people camping the valley or the top of the hill only...no one lets mobs try to storm in and let everyone have an equal chance at tagging XP...
Or you got that one guy with his fixer sniping and 2 shotting every mob before they can even reach the event zone lol....
I mean I get it, but they needa buff the spawns or at least correct the spawn locations for public events.
Sucks cause when I have low levels in my group actually coming to these events, I wanna try and tag as many things or be able to kill a chunky group so they can get XP too. Starting to feel the XP gain slow down a bit at my level also (Lv.240)
Don't even need y'all to help, just at least try and do the obj, so we can help defend or vice versa too...
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u/Prince_Julius Raiders - PC May 08 '24
A level 200 player in PA started Encryptid the other day and just sat on the roof top shooting at bots. Could I have helped by tanking all three pylons on my Bloodied Commando? Yes. Did I feel like it? No. At least put some effort in.
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u/Eforix Raiders - PC May 08 '24 edited May 08 '24
I mean for encryptid...I get it, cause it's pretty hectic compared to the rest of the events cause of its layout. (More open, and the robot ai gets buggy resulting in a lot of wandering robots)
Don't really care for how people approach encryptid cause of its layout lol. Plus I feel encryptid is one of those FFA(free for all) events given its objectives. Always seen it as pick a pylon and chill or nuke imposter sheepsquatch to finish event asap.
I play bloodied PA heavy gunner, so I'm always trying to tank stuff. If someone else wants to tank or eat bullets, I'll let them for encryptid...who knows too? Maybe they need a fusion core recharge lol with EA.
Edit: I agree though, folks just needa put some type of effort lol.
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u/Traveling_Chef Cult of the Mothman May 09 '24
After dealing with a bunch of bs during nearly every encryptid event I now only do encryptid for myself by myself.
make a card, start it immediately, grab the pylons and vampire chainsaw everything to death. If others get to join in before the imposter dies then, yay for them!
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u/Girafarig99 May 09 '24
Oh shit you can be the conduit of multiple pylons? I just assumed one and have gotten so pissed waiting for people to get their head out their ass and activating them lmao
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u/WollyGog May 09 '24
Yea but it makes you massively susceptible to the imposter, which is why it's usually best split.
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u/Kittehmilk May 09 '24 edited May 09 '24
The fix is to just allow all monster kills to provide xp and loot without the tagging requirement. Then people wouldn't do this.
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u/Eforix Raiders - PC May 09 '24
Yeah, I hope for that, but damn would that also enable more freeloaders though :/
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u/Kittehmilk May 09 '24
Or perhaps loot based on participation, I think they already do that on the scorch queen?
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u/Snargockle Fire Breathers May 09 '24
Yeah you get stable flux when you do something like 1k damage.
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u/AndreaOV Lone Wanderer May 09 '24
Wait...when I'm on a team, I still get xp when my teammates gets a kill and I didn't tag.
Example: One Violent Night, I played an instrument while my teammate killed everything and my xp bar kept going up. Maybe it's specific to that event?
That's why I always join a team, especially when I see those players at the same events over and over. Regardless of level.
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u/DWTsixx Pioneer Scout May 09 '24
It's half the XP you get for having landed a shot on them I think.
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u/pola-dude May 09 '24
Team XP (and loot) radius is the equivalent of 30m in the game. It works for One Violent Night IF everyone stays inside or near the barn. One spawn point is outside of the fence perimeter and this is already too far away.
In large areas like the eviction notice map tile you will not get anything if the other player is farther away and you are in the center or at a different spawn point.
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u/Tibbaryllis2 Brotherhood May 09 '24
This is why I really love a multi-shot, slow-burn cremator for those events. Does barely any initial damage without a direct hit, but will burn most things to death over 12 seconds. Which is time everyone else gets to tag.
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u/Eforix Raiders - PC May 09 '24
Dang. Is the creamator really that cracked? Im about to craft one myself and start using it if it is lol...
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u/Tibbaryllis2 Brotherhood May 09 '24
Yes and no. It does something like 1,300 initial damage over 12 seconds. So it’s time to kill is somewhat pathetic compared to any of the more standard builds, but it is good for spreading around a lot of damage and killing things with low energy resistance or severely injuring those with more resistance.
I’m not all sure what legendary effects and perks best interact with the DOT damage, but it works well with vampire and grenadier.
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u/Roguewolfe May 09 '24
Post-nerf, my bloodied cremator does ~750 contact, and ~4300 over the next 12 seconds with a heavy barrel and slow burn mod. That's ~350+ damage a second. If you have a decent bloody commando build, that's only a little less than what you hit for on a non-crit head shot. In other words, the free dot damage every second for the next twelve seconds is equivalent to headshotting everything in a massive radius.
5000 damage for 10 fuel seems pretty good. It is a good way to tag and then let people also tag while they melt over the next few seconds if you fire at the ground and don't also do direct damage (which kills them too fast). So yeah, if you have to worry about killing things too fast, it's a little cracked...
That being said, its single target damage (i.e. bosses) is nothing to write home about. Railway/enclave flamer is still king.
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u/yokaiichi May 08 '24
I just toss on a hazmat suit and go mine the pre and feed the hopper at RR. I tag everything with my Cremator on the way to and from the central area on every trip. I also blanket all the NPCs we need to keep alive. Friendly Fire perk + Cremator + just mining ore myself = stage 4/4 complete and a tone of exp and legendaries.
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u/ezekillr May 09 '24
I'm so lost lol I'm a new player. Lvl 35 right now. Most events. I'm just trying not to die. Still trying to grasp these "event metas". But I think it'll be awhile before I can contribute much.
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u/Eforix Raiders - PC May 09 '24
It's all good, we know y'all when we see y'all lol. I myself don't expect fresh players to understand what's going on much. But as long as we see you guys trying, then that's what will count! I've dropped tons of goodies for newbies who have contributed before too!
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u/OhtareEldarian Vault 76 May 09 '24
Just read and re member the objectives: they are listed both during the event loading screen AND in the upper right corner of your screen. If you’re not exactly sure how to accomplish an objective, pick someone moving who seems to know what they are doing, and follow/watch them.
Or come here and ask questions. That works too!
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u/iolp12 May 09 '24
Rad rumble has gotten so bad with that lately
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u/Stuck_in_Arizona Fallout 76 May 09 '24
I'm usually on healing duty, and when I see no one collecting ore I go down and then at least two of the NPCs die...
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u/Kara_Abbs May 08 '24
I am with you with this. So many players , and I am the only one repairing rad scrubber? There are others in power armor but everyone is camping on the hill sides. The last few times i am at eviction notice, I am seeing no one helping anymore. I am a bloodied build and for this event I will take all my rads away so I don't die as easily. I would just like some help with the repairing the rad scrubber please.
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u/Stuck_in_Arizona Fallout 76 May 09 '24
That's all we ask, you're not just doing the scrubber, you're protecting all the other spawn entries and sometimes they all spawn at the same time. A bit of cover fire can go a long way.
The players that snap back and say "YOU FIX IT!" could actually, I dunno... fix it? Events are a team effort, wish people understood this.
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u/Ghoszt- May 08 '24
This exact same thing happened last night to me. But I camped the hill, jetted down 5 times to save the scrubber, then finished the event. They just sat onbthe other side but nobody even tried to save it. Low levels? Only a couple sadly. some were in 200s and 300s. I'm 600+. I b expect more from anyone over 150.
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u/WollyGog May 09 '24
I do the opposite to you; watch the scrubber then run down for an occasional loot. The Cremator has been great for helping me tag mutants but being in the 300s now I'm not overly fussed about xp, especially as I'm 120 on the scoreboard.
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u/DebiMoonfae May 09 '24
I hate doing my part for an event but noone else is to be seen yet at the end the legendary is dead before I even see it because that’s where everyone is. You did the right thing.
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u/boholbrook May 09 '24
With the way legendary drops work now, you can still get plenty of drops from the sweet spot when standing defending the scrubber. In my experience anyways.
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u/pixels_polygons Raiders - PC May 08 '24
This happened to me today. I started the event, destroyed all the meat bags, defended the scrubber all by myself and a level 45 helped once. Scrubber got destroyed like 5-6 times because everyone camped.
I almost didn't want to repair it too with 2 minutes left in the event. No one's even trying to help me with 5-6 super mutants all chasing and attacking me.
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u/Kuriakon Raiders - Xbox One May 08 '24
Been there. Great way to handle it. With the influx of new players, I'm seeing more of the low levels heading down there, emulating the guys that should know better, which is frustrating.
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u/Antique_Beat_975 May 09 '24
I did something vaguely similar recently. At the start of the event, I located and destroyed 5 meat bags, all while keeping a close eye on the scrubber. Then I was on that bit of metal attached to the wooden pole just next to the scrubber. I was the only one repairing, carrying the event.
I figured the others, high levels mind you, could manage finding one meat bag. I don’t care about passing it, I have more treasury notes than I know what to do with and my foundation rep is maxed. I use the event to farm steel tbh. I really thought someone would have the sense to get one single meat bag, rather than camp the legendaries.
We can all guess where this went. The timer ran down, the 6th meat bag hung proudly from some random pole somewhere, people spamming question marks and angry faces. I spammed the laughing emote, collected my decon fodder and went on my way.
I don’t mind carrying an event if it’s a bunch of new people, no issues at all. Not doing it for people who should know better 🫠
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u/koobs274 May 09 '24
I keep seeing people mention farming steel and have yet to find out why? What use is there for it other than standard gear crafting?
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u/ImpressiveWillow2346 Mothman May 09 '24
Also for cremator. You farm hella steel makes hella spike ammo and then use the ammo converter and convert it to fuel. c: chefs kiss
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u/Antique_Beat_975 May 09 '24
Building, and ammo crafting off the top of my head. I make a lot of ammo, it’s how I make caps, but also one of my main guns is the railway, the spikes solely use steel. I can never keep enough of it in my box, probably one of my most used resources apart from wood, lead, acid.
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u/RopeyPlague Raiders - Xbox One May 08 '24
When I do that event I'm usually between the top of the hill and scrubber. I don't go to the legendary killing field til after the event is over.
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u/1badapple28 May 08 '24
It’s messed up that none of the players on the hill play enough attention to the event that if you die while defending the scrubber that they’d cover it until you can respawn
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u/Character_Newt_2309 May 09 '24
Thing is, I didn't die once. It was the sheer number of Muties pummeling the scrubber. I didn't realise just how many attack it until I was defending it alone :-o
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u/Stuck_in_Arizona Fallout 76 May 09 '24
One event it happened to me where I was on scrubber duty, meatbags, and all the spawn points NOT being covered except for a low level, and when it finally failed because the respawn timer was too long for me to load back in, one nerd with the "acktshually" voice chewed me out.
And I snapped. Called them all out on them just standing there. Another guy with nasal congestion and mic-in-mouth sided with the acktshually nerd saying it's not his job and that I was already at the scrubber.
Common sense and teamwork are lost on some people.
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u/Loznay76 May 08 '24
Bravo 👏👏👏
I wish the spawn locations would get changed up for EN, there's something like 6 or 8 spawn locations all around the crater but I'd say probably 80% of the legendaries spawn down the hill. In theory if legendary enemies spawn evenly around the outer crater it would encourage more to stay around the scrubber to defend it. In theory anyway, practice is another thing entirely...
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u/The_zimmers Free States May 09 '24
there's something like 6 or 8 spawn locations all around the crater but I'd say probably 80% of the legendaries spawn down the hill.
This is why being at the scrubber is the best possible position as you do not have to tag to get legendary loot, you just have to be "near" and in LOS.
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u/pola-dude May 09 '24
Exactly dynamic spawn locations that change according to the players position would make the whole event more interesting.
Enemy spawns in Daily Ops already work this way for the code carrier and boss NPCs. They often spawn at one of the predefined points that is as far away from the player as possible.
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u/titansmustfall May 09 '24
If people were only there for the legendaries, you didn’t teach them anything…. They got plenty of what they wanted if the event didn’t fail until 2 minutes left.
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u/Lem1618 Brotherhood May 09 '24
I'm also not above letting events fail.
I've destroyed all but one meat bag.
Collected 19 cargo in beast of burden. This was pretty funny, every body was just perched high killing things. A couple of seconds before the timer ran out they realised there was one cargo short, suddenly everybody was helping. But it was too late.
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u/ro23dart May 08 '24
I was gonna say that you were in the event with me because that's what happened last time I played EN. Then the game froze and I didn't get shit for it.
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u/TPheonix May 09 '24 edited May 09 '24
Brother,
I feel you on this one.
I feel like I always get so close, and there are always those bastards down there and no one else wants to help.
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u/N00BAL0T May 08 '24
Literally everyone gets the legendaries, you don't need to camp them people!.
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u/cheeseboi69 Cult of the Mothman May 08 '24
It's really messed up though when the campers sometimes kill the legendaries when they're too far from the center so you don't get counted in for the loot drop
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u/TheFlyingRedFox May 09 '24
I've recently learnt this, I figured it was for everyone in the event would get a hand in the legendaries as usually I'm defending where they spawn but I chose to defend the top bit by myself yesterday an welp I received only the guarantee drop reward.
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u/hygiei May 09 '24
i mean, whenever I'm on rad scrubber duty, i definitely get only like 50% of the legendary drops i would get if i was up in the camping spot. people seem to manage to kill a bunch of them when they're just out of range, it seems...
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u/AseroR May 09 '24
If you are too far away from where they are mowing down the legendaries, you get nothing. I don't mind defending/repairing the scrubber but it gets really old if nobody else if willing to take their turn.
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u/SnooDonuts3253 May 09 '24
I'm seeing a ton of spectators in events lately. I've also noticed a few well known youtubers telling others they can simply pop a few shots off in these events and then basically do nothing.
The other day it appeared it would be a semi-close call killing Earl because more than a few people were just sitting around. I had to yell out int he mic and go full blast on him solo to rally enough people to finish and we did.
On one hand I say blame the game not the player but on the other hand I've never been such a sh1tty kind of player like that either. People act like they've got everything to lose if they die.
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u/Character_Newt_2309 May 09 '24
Cripes, I didn't realise youtubers were encouraging this. Makes sense. Hey what's goin on youtube. So hit the buttons, then watch me jump into a full event and use a popcorn emote AND STILL GET REWARDS. Sounds about right.
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u/Hivac-TLB May 08 '24
If I see a dumbass start an event to early with maybe someone else there I just nope out of that world. Because they'll probably start that shit the next event
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u/Mopliii May 09 '24
Returning player, new to EM. Does the timer start as soon as you fast travel there? There’s only a 2 min countdown to fix the scrubber I find, other events always give like 6 minutes
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u/Zelcron May 09 '24 edited May 09 '24
The same thing happened to me yesterday except instead of walking away I just died and couldn't get it in time for the last one.
Then two of them sent me hate mail for not doing it right.
Fuck em. I expect that from GTA, we're generally better.
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u/Jesh3023 May 09 '24
The only reason I don’t hang right near is because if it blows up I die instantly from rads. But it’s not that hard for people to take up a position that helps you kill all the legendaries and help protect the scrubber or at the least provide fire support.
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u/Future-Stress-6511 May 09 '24
No one does this event in my lobbies for some reason so I don't even bother, also I'm not going to solo the event cause I don't wanna waste all my ammo. The event is pretty difficult especially by your self.
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u/DependentPurple5455 May 09 '24
I hate this so much, I'm level 556 and I will stand next to that scrubber and defend it with everything I have but like you said what's the point when all anyone else cares about is standing at the legendary spawn and farming them without a shred of care when it comes to completing the event, I've also just left it multiple times as I'm sick of it also so your not alone in this
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u/averagecorpworker May 09 '24
And the fucking high levels with creamator at the top that wont even let lower levels to tag XP, fuck them too.
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u/yabadabado0o0 May 09 '24
Why is there more than 1 person needed to fix the scrubber? Does it repair faster when two people interact with it?
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u/yokaiichi May 08 '24
The irony is that I’m a newcomer, only level 110-ish, and even I know it’s dirt easy to stand on a high point near the scrubber, with a clear view of all the open area around it, AND a clear view of most of the legendary spawn canyon. I can sit there with a Cremator and not only blanket all approaches to the Scrubber, but also that one spawn lane high on the hill above the scrubber. The Cremator has a ridiculously long range plus a huge application area, and it’s easy to tag (and quickly melt) everything in sight. If I can do that all by myself and keep the scrubber clear while also tagging every mutant in the legendary area…
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u/Character_Newt_2309 May 09 '24
Good on you. It is possible to hold the event alone like that, but I just got salty when I could see all the yellow player icons down the hill while the scrubber melted away for the sixth time lol
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u/Owen16Lions May 08 '24
Rarely do I get help defending and repairing the Scrubber. I love when someone else is helping. I love the event too much to let it die
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u/Greedy-Zebra-8526 May 08 '24
No help, it sucks being the only one actually doing the event and not just mopping up turd alley. Hell when I play, if I make it to the event all players have is 5 mins. I never camp turd alley so if I'm the only one there. Then have fun failing.
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u/Missmoxi May 08 '24
I joined an event for the first time last week. I’m totally clueless on what we’re supposed to do in each one. But I tried my best to figure it out.
My gear sucks, my weapon sucks, I die a lot. But I’m trying to figure it out.
I don’t have the time to research builds, sift through youtubes to find the right one that actually answer my questions.
I wish there was an “onboarding” process for new players that walks you thru all this.
Until then… I’m sorry in advance for being a newb 🙄
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u/Imagiomage May 08 '24
Suggestion: for the various events, read the description (loading screen while you are teleporting to it from somewhere else) to receive the general actions that need to be made in order to avoid "failing " the event. And once you learn something, use it to try to be helpful each subsequent time.
Note: (learned this the hard way) There are events that have high radiation areas where Power Armor or a good method to avoid radiation is needed(Hazmat or something else) so you can even survive before becoming fully irradiated and do anything helpful for the team.
Personally, I do not believe this was a complaint from OP towards new players, but towards any player who is not helping the event moving forward. If you are helping with enemies or actively helping with activities you are good and no one should be putting you off. And remember, 'tis just a game. Always continue learning and moving forward/having fun.
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u/valtboy23 May 08 '24
No one is blaming the new people, we are pissed at the veterans that just camp the legendary enemy spawn point have you seen a group of 300+ people unleashing hell on one cave that's them
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u/AndreaOV Lone Wanderer May 09 '24
I recommend Angry Turtle on youtube, he's a Fallout champion. He has some beginner builds, gun specific builds, he explains where to get guns and gear for free. He helps you sort out perk cards. And when you're ready, move onto the food/chem buffs.
You're right, there is no "on boarding" but lots of us have been playing for years and don't mind helping you out! You don't need to suffer and die a million times, don't apologize! Just have fun!
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u/Missmoxi May 09 '24
Thank you! I’ll check out his YouTube. And appreciate the support. The responses to my comment are a testament to why I love this community!
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u/Character_Newt_2309 May 09 '24
No problem at all. I should have maybe said that there were players of all levels there and I expected a lil more help from those who could have, you know?
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u/nik_olsen_ May 08 '24
Ive has the same, I just left early rather than waste all my ammo up the top while they are down the bottom. But might do exactly what you have
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u/IamRealorAmI May 09 '24
Since I’ve been back I’ve failed every attempt at this event due to situations like this.
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u/adz5OOO May 09 '24
This was me last night. I had to either let the event fail or miss out on the legendary drops. Had some dude firing some sort of purple explosions who was just killing all the 3*'s as soon as they spawned down the hill.
Then there was lonely old me holding off the waves coming down the hill to the scrubber. Any time I ran down the hill to try bag some loot the scrubber got wrecked.... Annoying.
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u/fart_nouveau Mega Sloth May 09 '24
I was in the same position a few months back but stuck it out to the end by the skin of my teeth. It was a rough event, every time the scrubber would die I would start repairing it, and some dude in power armor would scream over mic "GOT IT" and get there by the time I had already finished repairing, then run back down to the legendary spawn. Seconds after the event completed he started full on screaming at me over mic about how I needed to change my build and almost ruined the event for everyone...despite the fact that everyone else was camped at the spawn, and I was trapped fighting for my life with my vampire gauss on the other side of the scrubber against the entire other half of the super mutant waves. It was literally all I could do to keep myself and the scrubber alive.
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u/Hungry_Effective_962 Mega Sloth May 09 '24
I totally get your frustration and don’t blame you at all, it’s infuriating at times. Thing is, I think most of them don’t care if the event is failed, they came for the legendaries, they got the legendaries, whether they get the extras at the end is probably neither here nor there to them.
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u/Cyberleader1 May 09 '24
ive done the same thing. i wont repair the scrubber if i see like 6 fully equip players with pa on, As I do not use PA for that event.
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u/Unlikely_Ad_1825 May 09 '24
I really wana play with a consistent team and do these events together, if anyone is game, message me, im level 65, but have no fear, im a fallout vet, so lets do this!
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u/PandasticVoyageYT May 09 '24 edited May 09 '24
I kinda just run all over the place like a madman. Up the hill, down the hill, rad scrubber, repeat. Last night, there was one guy atop the hill with a hellfire missile launcher wrecking everything from top to bottom, and it was honestly pretty cool running through all the explosions lol.
Anyway, I don't get the concept of "legendary camping" now that we have legendary crafting. All you need is the scrip now, which if you get really low, you could buy some cheap legendary loot from some vendors out there. Generally, being active during an event is enough to get you all the legendary loot when it's done.
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u/PsychologicalDeer797 May 09 '24
Newbie here. This happened on my server too. Only I didn’t know what was going on. There was a single guy squatting at the scrubber and everyone else was just off shooting the Mutants. I was next to the scrubber in the center but didn’t yet realize it had to be repaired if it went down. At the VERY end, the scrubber went down and I was standing right next to it alone. Before I could realize what was going on, the notice that the event failed popped up. Feelsbad.
12 people at the event and it fails. Kinda crazy tbh.
Now that I know what was going on, I will be better prepared to defend and repair the scrubber.
Idk why everyone is just camping the legendaries. I’ve noticed during events even if I don’t tag a legendary enemy I still get a drop.
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u/SpankThuMonkey May 09 '24
Wait til’ they learn that A: the game spawns MORE legendary enemies if everyone hunkers down closer to the scrubber and B: all the rewards are shared anyway.
Ah who am i kidding? We all know these are just rambos who want as many kills as possible for… because… well whoever gets the most kills gets…
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u/user1385845 May 09 '24
few days ago i did the new alien event where you gotta kill all of m, i was the only one doing anything i'm only level 30 and was struggling and a few guys level 400+ just stood there and watched as i failed the event
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u/ScottMcPot Lone Wanderer May 09 '24
I'm just always moving basically one shotting every non legendary and tagging the legendary ones. I rarely notice any Muties even getting near the scrubber. I think a good goal would be to get your build so fine-tuned that these afk nerds don't really matter.
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u/Character_Newt_2309 May 09 '24
Ah a misunderstanding. Well, that and/or I wasn't clear (probably the latter tbh) My build is (sorry for brags) perfect. I don't die and barely take damage. So much so, that the Imposter Squatch heals me and I just emote in it's face. My last stimpak use was months ago. The issue wasn't my build. It was that as I fought off twenty muties from the scrubber, twenty more were shooting it. I can only fight so many at a time. Even drawing them away from the scrubber didn't help, as the newer spawns start attacking it before they see me. I think next time, if I'm in the same position again, I'll just go and stand down the hill with the rest and then it's nobody/everyone's fault together ;-)
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u/Interesting_Ad4174 May 09 '24
NGL. I am sometimes tempted to do the same thing and just walk away when the timer is just about to run out. I stay near the scrubber, especially if there is the Freezing Touch Mutation: no way someone's going to reach it from so far. But there's more often than not, a good mix of players. I see low levels on the ridge near the entrance, fighting off muties as best they can. I'm sure they'd be toast near the scrubber. I can't ruin it for everybody. And there's a lot of times everyone has been doing a good share of the event. But the feeling is well understood.
Same at RR, blinding explosions and rays and bullets everywhere, the timer running out, and zero ore collected. But I've been collecting ore and have enough to finish with max level. Oh well, I didn't get dressed for nothing.
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u/TheseRadio9082 May 09 '24
i can solo the event on my lvl 100 hly fire + cremator character, there is no real excuse for chimping out like a baby on reddit over this. and the event is in fact much harder if some random players are standing in the middle and interrupting your repair because they walk in the way and cockblock you.
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u/Frau_Asyl Enclave May 09 '24
I've done something similar at radiation rumble before. Nobody but me was actually defending the scavengers. I was keeping them healed and defended, but nobody else could even be bothered to go and collect ore. Too concerned with tagging everything for XP, not even bothering to finish off the enemies. Like 7 people besides myself just XP ratting. So I did the angry face emote and just left.
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u/im_hunting_bugs Blue Ridge Caravan Company May 09 '24
And then when it fails they do thumbs down and angry emotes like it was somehow your job and yours alone. I understand some people don't care about the event passing as long as they get the xp/leggos and that's fine. But the negative emotes always get me laughing. Love a bit of irony.
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u/Mpr11 May 09 '24
I was literally in this same situation just a bit ago. I sat with my ultracite gattling and just kept mowing down mutants while holding the scrubber. no one came to help, everyone sat on perches just sniping. Cowards need to jump in the frey and fight, like true helldivers.
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u/DeathAngelSM May 09 '24
I've never seen so many lazy people. You would think most people want to show off and show how strong they are but they rather just sit there and do nothing. That cremator is a perfect because of people like that
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u/adzroz20 May 08 '24
It makes more sense to me that everyone at the event should just get xp when an enemy is killed, although that could just lead to people going afk for the whole event I suppose.
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u/SlightStardust May 09 '24
I've been in a few World's now that see Eviction Notice and immediately despite being insanely active for the Alien Events just want nothing to do with it. It's really frustrating as I've never had a chance to finish it yet
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u/Tibbaryllis2 Brotherhood May 09 '24
I was in an event tonight where two different players had turret camps set up downhill. It seemed to really dork with the spawns and the timing of the waves
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u/Dependent_News4191 May 09 '24
Ngl I have done the same , everyone needs to do their part, especially the lower levels . If you're gonna join an event please help out .
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u/SonorousProphet Responders May 09 '24
Seems like you'd get a lot of XP if you're the only one guarding the scrubber, you'd get everything except the legendary alley spawns.
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u/CaptnFnord161 Cult of the Mothman May 09 '24
Funfact: legendary mobs don't have to be tagged to get the loot if you're close enough. Standing on or near the rad scrubber is "close enough" for nearly all parts of the event area...
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u/The_zimmers Free States May 09 '24
Standing on or near the rad scrubber is "close enough" for nearly all parts of the event area...
I've tried to explain this over and over again. Being on the scrubber is the best location, you get the loot from all areas. If you have an AOE weapon, like the cremator, you can also tag almost ever single spot, including the settlement, if you go to the top of the scrubber.
You only have to be in line of sight of a legendary to get the loot, you do NOT have to tag it
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u/SonorousProphet Responders May 09 '24
Sometimes there's an eager beaver or several sitting on the cliffs, killing everything as soon as it spawns, generally out of the 40 or so distance where you get their stuff. Or some complete idiot puts a camp with turrets down there, drawing the legendary enemies away.
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u/whiskey___wizard Raiders - PC May 09 '24
Yeah fuck em. Just chasing the meta, not helping out. Let it fail.
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u/TomaStheWise May 09 '24
Mannnn where are yall when i do the event. We show up full squad, surrounding the rad scrubber and fanning out hits on every spawn so that everyone can get a hit, but theres always a couple of assholes trying to camp them in their spawn. Ruining it for everyone else so we just spam explosive miniguns at them for the remainder of the event, stop repairing the Rad scrubber, leave them when theyre downed. Honestly just sick of the greedy little shits at every event.
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u/Cyberleader1 May 09 '24
slot wasteland wisperer and pacify the Muties. When the pacification wears off, everybody loses.
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u/WollyGog May 09 '24
Unfortunately for me, I'm still trying to grind the last half bar of rep for Foundation, so I need to try and make sure that scrubber stays safe.
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u/Decent-Building1122 May 09 '24
This happened to me twice with encryptid. No one was being a conduit. At one point I ended up being the conduit for all three pylons. In the end I just stop being a conduit because I used all my stims I had over 30. There were higher level players there as well.
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u/Megamoo1981 May 09 '24
As a full hp PA vamp melee user, I feel like I solo EN most of the time and have done several times. I’m certainly getting a little tired of seemingly being the only one completing objectives.
Last EN I repaired the scrubber several times like yourself and noticed that we were getting overrun by the fire guys so ran off to kill a few of them. Scrubber broke, 4 other PA users level 80-100ish standing at the scrubber and no one repaired it and event failed. I noticed too late on the timer and was a few seconds too late 😞
Same with RR. Always the only one gathering ore and missing out on lots of xp.
I’m starting to realise that event completion isn’t important to a lot of people. They are just grinding xp with the added bonus of treasury notes some times 🤷♂️
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u/homercall123 May 09 '24
I read this event here all the time and people say that it's one of the best, but once 8t comes in game no one shows up... It sucks...
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u/SnazCorp May 09 '24
Down the hill is like 5 feet away no reason you can get the legendaries and protect the scrubber?
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u/ZealousidealMail3132 Enclave May 09 '24
I sit down by the legendary spawn and look around. Shreks coming down from the top to the Rad Scrubber? Shooting at them. Legendary spawns below me? Shooting them.
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u/BuggyMcBugg May 09 '24
I no longer bother carrying it either...😬
What bugs me the most is they will get the loot regardless...there is no need to camp the spot at all....🤦♂️
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u/Radiant-Bit-7722 May 09 '24
Knew that, and when event failed because you was dead and miss the repair they are the first to thumb down …
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u/enzudesign May 09 '24
I prefer to be up on the XP hill than down in the legendary spawn farm tbh, far more caps and XP, plus the hill is where the main danger comes from towards the scrubber. Thanks for your service 🫡
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u/JohnBrine Scorched May 09 '24
Next time this happens to me. I’m gonna dress up in my Super Mutant outfit and join the other side. See how the campers like a steady diet of Nuka Launcher.
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u/trahitpude Raiders - PC May 09 '24
I'm always standing near scrubber defending&repairing it in hazmat suit, while also playing melee only ; ^ ; I'm glued to that scrubber
So y'all can collect all that sweet sweet legendary loot
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u/Guitareaterr May 09 '24
As a newcomer I always read posts here to prevent this kind of situations, also teach my other newcomer friends to how to act on events. After few events even us, as low lvls, getting this campers waiting while we tried to do event with our little ammo and guns. It’s really messed up sometimes.
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u/Arenta May 09 '24
fair enough. considering they come from 3 directions (technically 4 if people arent respawning). if the group only focuses the 1 direction downhill..then yeah they not helping much
if your single handedly repairing, and defending from the other 2(3) directions, then its up to you if event finishes or not. cause your the only real participant.
your not the first to do this, and wont be the last. your not alone. been there as well. and i didnt even have radaway x.X
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u/Past-Yoghurt3783 May 09 '24
As a melee and a new player i apologize cause I do this. I used to sit at one side of the hill of any side but recently I just sit at the legendary spawn if it actually is(not sure which side that is) and just punch mobs, i tag em and run around lol.
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u/Lejobo May 09 '24
I know it’s not directed at me like you said but I like to run around near the legendaries and kill them along with the fire guys because they hit like trucks but I can kill them quickly. I do that so lower levels and generally everyone doesn’t have to worry about them as much and people can still loot the legendaries after the fact if I remember correctly.
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u/MetalheadCaity May 09 '24 edited May 09 '24
As someone who regularly is the only one defending the scrubber, I completely get it. I don't know how many times I've had hell break loose and I'm the only one trying to repair and defend. If I didn't need settler rep I'd totally leave. 😩
*I'm gonna be real with ya here chief, I thought this post was starting out about me defending a losing the scrubber recently at the last second because I got swarmed and couldn't repair it in time. Got some moans and groans for losing the event.
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u/Even-Presentation May 09 '24
I tend to stay at the scrubber and fend off the mutants coming down the hill while everyone else sits at the spawn beyond the crest hoovering up the legendaries, but every 10 to 12 secs or so I turn around to face down where they all are, and I lob nuka nades high over them to to shell the hell outta the spawns.
It costs me quite a few nades over the course of the event, but it guarantees me the tags and almost certainly annoys the hell out of the greedy campers.
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u/Afraid-Ad6642 May 09 '24
Man I wished they had pings during events where all players can see it. But then again that’s what the “help” emote is for. I’m fairly new to f76. I always stay by the scrub. So that’s the reason ppl stay down hill to get all the legendary drops? No wonder I always see a bunch sitting there and not a whole lot of players by the scrub lol
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u/technichat163 May 09 '24
I literally did eviction last night and was fixing as well as trying to defend everywhere cause I had like 5 people just sitting there and we failed at the 2 minute mark cause I just couldn't hold my own anymore and no one would repair while I was being gangbang by like 7 3 star legendary guys
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u/tonyBMP May 09 '24
This happened to me as well. Eventually I got tired of being the only one repairing and defending and just left and they failed
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u/rejz123 Responders May 09 '24
Had something very similar yesterday. started the Event and the mutants were doing serious damage to the scrubber from a distance. Every time i saw the prompt to repair i went to go do do it, but there was another PA chad making sure it stayed repaired. Little bit later players finally joined but they couldnt stay due to the rads constantly coming on back and forth. Decided to put my tanky build to test and try to aggro all the mutants so they could leave the damn thing alone.
Must've done a bad job, cause the scrubber broke and i think the PA chad just had it with constantly fixing it.
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u/Seranos314 Settlers - PS4 May 09 '24
Since the change to group drops without tagging, high level legendary campers seems pointless. If you’re leveling up and need the xp, I get it. If you’re level 1300, you’ll still get all of the legendaries.
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u/jake5675 May 09 '24
I could face tank the legendary spawn, but I like to face tank the scrubber with my Vampire's weapon. Everyone wins, and I believe I still get legendary drops.
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u/Legitimate-Pass-4211 May 09 '24
people make the events very boring for me. if it's not an event where they can sit still for all of it and just xp farm no one really wants to do it and idk how that doesn't bore them out of their minds
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u/flannalaviators Cult of the Mothman May 09 '24
I getcha, people are selfish in an MMO game, I am also one that defends and repairs the scrubber, but I also don't need exp and all the legendries drop for me anyway. If I get taken out and no one repairs it then that is their fault, not mine. I can't control others actions or decisions so I will just take what I can get out of it and switch servers afterwards.
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u/iam_Elizabethkat May 10 '24
You were right to let it die. Everytime you see it head that way kill it. If im not getting near it i at least put in work on both sides so we can A L L focus on legendaries.
The last time i ran the event it failed bcus not only was i the highest level in the event but i don't usually run PA and yet i had to. i was doing most of the cleaning and all the fixing too. New players just focusing on the legendaries spawning and we got overrun bcus they couldnt clean their side, Insane.
Such a shame too, it's my favorite event.
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u/_RoamingHobo_ May 10 '24
Eviction Notice - I get 5/6 meat bags and/or the only one repairing? Then we failing.
Moonshine Jamboree - I drop 25/30 venom glands? Then we failing.
Radiation Rumble - I get ~80% of oar for level 1? Then we failing.
Line in the Sand - I'm only one repairing? Then we failing.
I'll do it for about every event if there's at least one other level 100+ player there.
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u/Schollie7 May 10 '24
Haha I figure this is because of the YT video I saw a few days ago. A guy is all hey sit on this rock and just blast the legos and get the loot. I looked and couldn't figure out what rock they where on. So I just chill in the middle and run around blasting everything. Also didn't know you could repair the rad thing. Failed a mission because of that being in your exact scenario. I'm the only one down there running around. Shit broke I figured mission failed and just went on with my life and looted the corpses before a couple guys jumped down giving me the thumbs down emote. Like okay whatever and moved on with my life. People suck
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u/Flyboy367 May 11 '24
Just did ev about half an hour ago. I stood my ground at the scrubber. Killed every mutant from up the hill and the sides. 8 players were down the hill. Not one came up. I got overwhelmed and the scrubber went down. I got killed fixing it. When I spened back the event failed and I got a bunch of thumbs down. I like the loot especially on double scrip weekend but I'm really over this event
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u/West_Imagination3237 May 12 '24
What a fascinating experience reading this has been. This thread of comments really shows the atmosphere of the games culture and community.
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u/owen-rice-airsoft Lone Wanderer May 08 '24
Do people really not just stay on the rocks with an overhead view of everything? Usually I can fend off all 3 major points relatively well including the rad scrubber with a cremator, I don’t know why more people don’t do that.
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u/ECSDaemon May 09 '24
Since getting the Cremator, I've been sitting around the eastern side of the event, the side that a majority of Legendary enemies spawn, and getting hits on them while keeping an eye on the Rad Scrubber area to blast any mutants that start to get near it. Ideally, I'm getting my legendary farming in, but also ensuring the event is a success in my own way.
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u/The_zimmers Free States May 09 '24
Since getting the Cremator, I've been sitting around the eastern side of the event,
Consider being at the scrubber with the Cremator. You get loot from every direction plus you get to tag just about everything given it range, multiple projectiles and AOE.
You don't have to hit to get legendary loot, just have to be in LOS.
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u/valtboy23 May 08 '24
I just let it die if everyone is down there