Arc Raiders

Currently doing the Snap & salvage quest where part of it is to find a magnetron and a flow controller, was in SM about 30 times yesterday looting where they are meant to drop.
Found the flow controller, the other is taking ages :(
Worst quest ever:D
 
mingeroonie said:
Currently doing the Snap & salvage quest where part of it is to find a magnetron and a flow controller, was in SM about 30 times yesterday looting where they are meant to drop.
Found the flow controller, the other is taking ages :(
Worst quest ever:D
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Assembly Workshops is where you're most likely to find the magnetron. Just keep spawning/surrendering into stella on a free loadout until you spawn into that area at the start of the raid.

Might take a few tries but will be a lot quicker that trying to run across the map just to get there when its been fully looted. Then enjoy the thrill of trying to get it out without a safe pocket. If you can, do it during the day when most kids are at school, at which time the maps tend to be a lot quieter/less sweaty I find. :)
 
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Livewire88 said:
Assembly Workshops is where you're most likely to find the magnetron. Just keep spawning/surrendering into stella on a free loadout until you spawn into that area at the start of the raid.

Might take a few tries but will be a lot quicker that trying to run across the map just to get there when its been fully looted. Then enjoy the thrill of trying to get it out without a safe pocket. If you can, do it during the day when most kids are at school, at which time the maps tend to be a lot quieter/less sweaty I find. :)
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I agree, and this is the only way I ever recall finding one myself.

Spawn in assembly. Be first. Be fast.

Loot the little yellow/orange tool cabinets, the white drawers, the small single blue doored cabinets, and any drawers under fixed desks and any pull out 'ikea looking' storage boxes then leave.
Dont bother going elsewhere if you are searching for a magnetron, and if you don't spawn right next to the area you want then surrender and go again.

You'll have plenty of epics from this. Then you run and extract. If you don't get a magnetron rinse and repeat. You'll also likely get the Aphelion BP this way.

I've seen embark recently say that loot economy means that later spawns do better loot wise than early spawns but that just isn't my experience on Stella Montis at all.
If you are in lobbies with lots of fighting I can see it, but if you aren't then the place is almost stripped bare by those that come first. Even arriving after just one person means you lose out, never mind spawning in ten minutes after match starts or later. Like I say tho, PvP would alter this, but I don't see much of it right now.
 
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mingeroonie said:
Currently doing the Snap & salvage quest where part of it is to find a magnetron and a flow controller, was in SM about 30 times yesterday looting where they are meant to drop.
Found the flow controller, the other is taking ages :(
Worst quest ever:D
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This one took me a while. But eventually loaded in on a free kit after loosing loads of goop. Spawned in Assembly, opened two drawers/cabinets, found both straight away. Most stressful extract ever
 
I resorted to going in without any kit as you get a safe pocket, beelining to the magnetron and flow controller spawns, if I found one, safe pocket it, kill myself, go again for the other. Took me about 8 runs to get a flow controller and 15 for a magnetron
 
I woke up feeling quite guilty after my final game last night:

I had been killed several times on Stella by randoms, and had some passive rage building in me: on my next Night run, I found some average loot and no other nearby players for the entire time.

Went to the train to exit and was joined by another guy shortly after, with his gun out.

I started dancing as my gun was holstered to keep him calm: he danced and he chatted. Train pulled in.. I shot him in cold blood, followed by a knock out, and retrieved some better loot. The other guy had no time to stop his dancing moves and retrieve a weapon. The poor (dead) guy was speechless. Oh dear!
 
mingeroonie said:
Currently doing the Snap & salvage quest where part of it is to find a magnetron and a flow controller, was in SM about 30 times yesterday looting where they are meant to drop.
Found the flow controller, the other is taking ages :(
Worst quest ever:D
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That quest made me irrationally angry with the number of griefers / rats in SM and how many times I had to suffer to find those two items. I play 100% passively and almost every round in SM I get shot at.
 
ci_newman said:
That quest made me irrationally angry with the number of griefers / rats in SM and how many times I had to suffer to find those two items. I play 100% passively and almost every round in SM I get shot at.
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Should only be 5 rounds of no shooting and "hey raider <boom>" before you get lumped in with the friendlies these days. :D
 
Bungah said:
Finally found the Wolfpack BP today - thank goodness.
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Where did you find it? I've been trying the apartments in Dan on night but so far nothing.

Has anyone found a solution to increase the volume of players on MIC in proximity?

I've maxed out the audio for it but I can still barely hear others.
 
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ED209 said:
Where did you find it? I've been trying the apartments in Dan on night but so far nothing.

Has anyone found a solution to increase the volume of players on MIC in proximity?

I've maxed out the audio for it but I can still barely hear others.
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I've noticed this as well, I hear people but I could do with hearing them a little better. I was presuming it was their mic gain.
 
heatonpkmassive said:
I've noticed this as well, I hear people but I could do with hearing them a little better. I was presuming it was their mic gain.
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It probably is. The game controls the mic gain by default, lowering it (in windows) when you aren't talking, then raising it when you do. However it more problematic than it is helpful.

It's also what causes the stuttering and cutting in and out you sometimes hear when people speak.
Turning the setting to off solves that issue at least.
 
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heatonpkmassive said:
The setting in the game?
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Yes, it won't fix the issue with other players mics (unless they toggle it), but it will prevent your mic from stuttering and cutting out.

If you ever hear a friendly and their mic is doing it, if you tell them to turn the setting off it will sort it out.

It's called automatic gain control.

It may also be responsible for lowering some people's voice volume in match (Vs desktop), even when turned off.

Or it's just a general bug/ass-backwards working as intended feature, that arc raiders is able to take control of the mic and lower the volume in game (even with automatic gain toggled off). :mad:

Either way, disabling it fixes the stuttering and stops arc raiders messing with mic gain in windows (affecting calls etc).
 
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Distracted said:
Yes, it won't fix the issue with other players mics (unless they toggle it), but it will prevent your mic from stuttering and cutting out.

If you ever hear a friendly and their mic is doing it, if you tell them to turn the setting off it will sort it out.

It's called automatic gain control.

It may also be responsible for lowering some people's voice volume in match (Vs desktop), even when turned off.

Or it's just a general bug/ass-backwards working as intended feature, that arc raiders is able to take control of the mic and lower the volume in game (even with automatic gain toggled off). :mad:

Either way, disabling it fixes the stuttering and stops arc raiders messing with mic gain in windows (affecting calls etc).
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Cheers man, I didn't know any of that and I'll switch it off next time I fire up the game.
 
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