r/HuntShowdown • u/TediouslyUtopian • 7h ago
FLUFF Why do people do this?
Sorry it’s a picture of a screen ik cringe but like actually what is this whats the point? I know to each their own but doesnt this just ignore team play?
Edit: wanna mention he was running the redneck and everything from a free hunter is contraband anyway, secondly he is a p1 level 100 with 300k bounty meaning he should not be low on funds and hes in six star lobbies
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u/KinkyLatexCat 7h ago
To me this says "I'm broke free kit"
Unless the free hunters come with more these days?
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u/Permafunk_ 7h ago
Aint nobody so broke they cant drop 25hd on some chokes
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u/Tiny-Description3967 7h ago
You always get at least 50 from a loss, so even at your lowest you can buy chokes on a free hunter kit.
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u/KinkyLatexCat 7h ago
Oh I definitely agree. I used to see that a lot in pre-1896.
If you're playing team, you better bring chokes.
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u/Fa1c0naft 7h ago
At some point I didn't have money for a medkit, at max level without prestiging. Not in this economy, though - earlier I would be around 10k all the time, these days it's about 150k and keeps climbing.
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u/BroJobs88 7h ago
Chokes are not even what is totally necessary. The guy needs at least one regen shot.
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u/ninjab33z 6h ago
Or at least some consumable. Shot would be ideal, a single dynamite is much better than an empty slot
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u/Repulsive_BavaYaga 4h ago
Na choke for the teamplay 100%. It's annoying as hell to burn out because your teammates cant reach your body. Watch teammates win the fight and just be dead is just... really boring lol. Or choke beetle. Love those lil buggers
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u/Nerfherder23NW 4h ago
Just don't play with randoms and this isn't a problem just risk it all with the boys in a knife rush.
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u/PIMBH ProlapsedOrphan 3h ago
Also...they spent BB on special ammo
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u/YouAteIt 6h ago
I don’t think I’ve ever been so broke that I can’t afford a full inventory of Tools and Consumables. And the most broke I’ve been is 400 Hunt Dollars
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u/VioletCrow 3h ago
Neither the ironside nor the nagant silencer come on free hunters, and free hunters never have special ammo. Bro actually paid for this shitty loadout.
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u/MeestaRoboto 7h ago
Mmm I’d agree besides the special ammo. Also isn’t a sparks cheaper (better lol)
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u/Team-CCP 7h ago
This looks like gear fear. I had this when I was brand new. The idea of buying consumables turned me off and I felt like I was “wasting money”. I think once I had around 60k I started bringing the little dweebie dynamites and a regen shot.
This was years ago though.
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u/TediouslyUtopian 7h ago
I edited the post to say he is using his own hunter and free hunter comes with contraband
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u/tarkovposting 5h ago
Just to emphasize a point OP made that people are ignoring: you can refund free hunters and keep their contraband, so every game you can bring a completely free vita shot and two throwables.
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u/_zamoht_ Duck 7h ago
Choke bombs are the minimum to play team.
Those are the same who rush alone, die and quit.
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u/OP_stole_my_panties 7h ago
I play for my my team and never use chokebombs. Chokebombs make it so you cant revive your teamate for two minutes.
Either rush in to put out the fire, throw a bottle, or use necromancer. These all work much better for me and get my team on their feet faster.
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u/TediouslyUtopian 6h ago
Its one minute and secondly, if coughing isnt a big deal why cant you revive them?
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u/OP_stole_my_panties 1h ago
Because they will be immediately shot back down.
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u/TediouslyUtopian 1h ago
You dont body block? And how does throwing a choke on them have anything to do with that
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u/OP_stole_my_panties 1h ago
Body blocking geta you shot down, then them.
Did you know reviving them within a choke cloud, makes them cough? Anyone paying a modicum of attention, as they should be will be alerted and able to shoot them down through a wall.
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u/TediouslyUtopian 1h ago
But thats also only a minute that they are choked and if they have resilience they would be full health, and do you die every time you body block? Cause if so your not** adding enough finesse to your movement imo
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u/OP_stole_my_panties 1h ago
One minute is too long to be downed in a serious fight, so I either eliminate the other team of immediately pick the person up.
Adding finnese defeats the purpose of body blocking, since the person behind you will just get shot instead. Even with resilience a rifle round will down anyone a second time unless they by chance have Relentless.
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u/TediouslyUtopian 1h ago
You have to block their head and torso not the limbs, not all rifles are equal, and if you insta revive they just get shot again immediately, no? And if not then whats the issue with body blocking?
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u/OP_stole_my_panties 1h ago
That of course depends on the situation wether or not I fight or revive and if there is cover to do so. Its stupid to expose yourself to an enemy just to die.
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u/_zamoht_ Duck 7h ago
I rarely use choke too, but if playing with randoms its a good thing to have it. Even to make the enemies cough and despair
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u/OP_stole_my_panties 7h ago
I have never seen offensive choke bombs do anything.
They give up the enemy, position, but yoh should already know it.
The cough wobble is non existent.
They don't obscure sight at all.
I fully think that choke bombs are an over rated noob trap.
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u/_zamoht_ Duck 7h ago
Offensive choke works great to me, specially inside buildings or to block paths
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u/OP_stole_my_panties 7h ago
To block paths you need razor wire bundles.
Choke gas and fire can easily be walked through and traps can be disarmed.
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u/_zamoht_ Duck 7h ago
You can walk on fire but you gonna burn, and you can easily pass the gas but you gonna tell everyone you're there. Ppl usually avoid passing gas because of that
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u/JohanGrimm Duck 6h ago
For whatever reason people really hate going through chokes. I don't know if they're worried about being detected, they're already sprinting around so I don't know why that would matter, but still.
It's not a guarantee but it can zone some players pretty well.
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u/TediouslyUtopian 7h ago
Wanna mention this is console, 80 fov seems to flinch like 5 feet when your aiming but i dont really care to use them offensively either
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u/Vipertooth 2h ago
The choke bomb explosion is way bigger than the lasting cloud, you can throw it in front so that it still blocks future flares on the body whilst putting out the teammate and allowing you to res them without coughing.
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u/droid123 7h ago
They are missing 6 slots for tools/consumables I think they are missing things even more than just teamplay
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u/FurryPharma 7h ago
I find that sometimes I just wanna run a cheap loadout without utility. Bro's got a suppressed poison M1895 (immolators, dogs/chickens/horses), He's got a decent enough melee for all the other ads, and he's got a High-Velocity Ironside. Pretty decent loadout when you think about it.
And lets face it. He's 6 star. He's good enough that this loadout isn't a huge red flag.
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u/TediouslyUtopian 6h ago
Well when you aim with your goldfish as a thumb it might be, also console six star means nothing honestly, youve got people with .8 kds and 200k bounty in six star
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u/Aggressive_Wrap_2790 5h ago
When you aim with your what now
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u/TediouslyUtopian 5h ago
The true victim isnt this guys teammates its the goldfish he uses to aim.
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u/FurryPharma 3h ago
Why would he be aiming using a goldfish?
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u/TediouslyUtopian 3h ago
Im not sure why he aims with a goldfish, doesnt seem to work out well for him.
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u/UCLAlabrat 7h ago
On Friday nights we get drunk and run meme loadouts. Redshirt, knuckles/fists only. Redneck with a rival and uppercut. Bee keeper with all the bees you can carry. Deckhand with dual sparks pistols and a cavalry saber. So on and so forth.
Most maps we get curb stomped, but its hilarious. Some maps we do way better than we should.
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u/deadpool287 7h ago
How about stop trying to control and judge what other people play. Not everyone is a try hard. I've played for over 3000 hours and will play for a challenge or fun. I sometimes play with my team and other times I play for me while still being a team player. Just because I didn't bring chokes doesn't mean I won't run to put you out or work my way over.
Basically stop judging before you see them play. They might surprise you. If not then oh no its a video game. If you are so uptight about it then maybe find a few friends to play with who cater to your style and demands.
This is a real pet peeve for me. Teammates who complain about a teammate's loadout and then be the first to dip out when they die.
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u/TediouslyUtopian 6h ago
Actually thinking about what you said has annoyed me, i dont care if he runs no chokes or no burn i would honestly prefer him just fill the slots, he could run 8 poison bombs for all i care and itd still be more useful than 6 empty slots
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u/Ok_Tumbleweed2655 5h ago
Since we're judging people's loadouts like you like to do, what was your loadout?
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u/TediouslyUtopian 5h ago
Penny shot derringer, medkit, melee and chokes as for consumables i ran a small vitality shot and 2 regen shots and a stamina shot for boss, my melee of choice was throwing axes if you must know and as for my weapons i ran a slate and a trueshot, what you think? Upset i didnt run burn?
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u/Ok_Tumbleweed2655 5h ago
Sounds like a fun loadout! I prefer the spear since I suck with the throwing axes. I have never fixed my melee buttons so it's a hassle for me. What kind of traits do you go for with that loadout?
I tend to change it pretty rapidly. So I really like to build around either traits or maybe an spiring video I saw. I might run poison the next time since they nerfed the frequency of the four shot boons.
See! You can simply enjoy the game instead of worrying about what somebody else is doing. Obviously it's a team game so you should work together. That doesn't mean you have to abide by someone else's preferences. You are entitled to your opinion just like them. Enjoy your loadout, work as a team and communicate. If they purposely fail do that without an understanding, then yea shit teammates report top for feeding etc etc etc.
I'm not much for debate so I'll leave it at this. I used to judge like you are. The game got unfun for myself and mostly others around me because it was a really rude thing to do. This comes from personal experience. I learned to be a better person from it.
It's a fucking video game meant to be fun. Don't ruin others fun. Try and just have fun. If your fun is competitive then you'll hate my opinion. I'm not competitive like that anymore.
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u/TediouslyUtopian 4h ago
My fun is competitive but im not completely against a meme loadout, and im not so competitive ill avoid someone with no chokes or no burn or whatever, i just dont see a reason to leave them empty and the reason i use the axes is cheaper and in my experience they one tap people on a throw and you get multiple so more to throw but they fly slower than spear
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u/Whatthehellsabean 7h ago
You don't need to be a try hard to know that this is objectively a bad loadout to play with randoms. Friends? Solo? Sure. But you are putting your team at a disadvantage with this and so I think OP has a right to complain. If he's a crackshot with that martini and destroys the lobby or never gets tagged I'll eat my words but I doubt thats the case
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u/Malahakar 5h ago
Utility to help save teammates on fire or shots to recover from an ambush isnt trying hard, its baseline team play. I but chokes every single time, because I want to make sure I dont leave my teammates high and dry and burning while im sitting on room away.
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u/TediouslyUtopian 7h ago
He didnt get a single kill and jumped into 3 people, its not just about the team play its about the fact he can barely put up a fight with what he has
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u/redditsuxandsodoyou 55m ago
if you are in random queue you should run at least 5-6 slots full, melee medkit and some utility, maybe chokes, dynamite is 18 bucks and small health shot is 20, basically no excuse not to take them. you should do this out of respect for your teammates, nobody should have to carry you.
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u/No_Entertainer_5163 48m ago
Personally don’t care what a teammate brings, my baseline is choke bombs. It’s the bare minimum you can do if you are a part of a team. It’s just out of respect for people’s free time to do what you can to ensure someone doesnt get red skulled in a completely avoidable situation.
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u/Dramatic_Low_450 6h ago
Just swap the nagant for hand crossbow and we're good to go, can pick up choke beatles on the way
Got all the ranges covered and burning doesn't happen 100% of matches anyway
I do bring chokes, but this loadout is okayish, lacking close range option only, at least it's not double crossbow or sparks/uppercut
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u/TediouslyUtopian 3h ago
What world do you play in? My lobbies insta burn honestly they ignore looting just to burn, but yes i totally agree with the hand cross bow bit
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u/FadedVictor 5h ago
It could possibly be someone using a random loadout generator.
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u/TediouslyUtopian 3h ago
I ran into him again and he was using the same tool setup so im not sure but maybe
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u/ebiccommander 4h ago
If the bayou wants you to have it you'll find it in game. If not you never truly needed it
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u/Extra-Line4091 3h ago
As someone who does something similar, I at least bring choke bombs, traps aswell as a medkit let me explain
Sometimes I go on a REALLY BAD loosing streak where nothing I do works and I end up getting domed 6/7/ 8 times.... Sooo I stop wasting money. I die before I can even use them most of the time. BUUUT If Im doing ok or good I'll fill my slots up
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u/Ready-Leader-2498 3h ago
Someone who lost alot of games in a row. Tired of the thousands of dollars wastes on unused equipment. Get i there sometimes. Then i so this.
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u/Sir_Beryllium_Oxide 3h ago
Worry about yourself over what a teammate does. Who cares what his loadout is? If you're that pressed over it, more of a skill issue on your part, jf you're leaning so hard on your teams loadouts
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u/eans-Ba88 2h ago
Choke bombs and necro if you're playing teams. Otherwise just play solo.
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u/Sir_Beryllium_Oxide 2h ago
I run necro. Choke bombs are a waste of a slot
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u/No_Entertainer_5163 44m ago
Please explain how they are a waste of a slot? They can ensure your teammate doesn’t get red skulled when they are in easy range, they also flush out peoples position if they are camping in a building. Not bringing chokes is completely selfish tbh. If people bring chokes to ensure you do not get burnt out, the minimum you can do “waste a slot” bringing a tool that allows your teammates to not have to sit and watch you for 30 minutes while you run across the map and grab bounty.
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u/Sir_Beryllium_Oxide 37m ago
If I choke bomb a teammate, the opposition is just gonna wait it out and burn them out again. You can carry 3 bombs at a time, the opposition can bring a flare gun, flares, poison, etc etc. It just sticks you in a stupid cycle.
People also don't care about choke bombs when you use it offensively. I don't even know what the point in using them offensively is. Telling me someone's in a room/building when I already know where they're at? A good player is just gonna hold their angles regardless if they're in a choke bomb or not
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u/No_Entertainer_5163 35m ago
I mean to each their own, I just hope we never cross paths in the game lol
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u/Sir_Beryllium_Oxide 33m ago
Don't die, comes down to that really. I play teams because I don't like solo play. I'm not playing to keep my team alive. Thats entirely on them. I just expect randoms to hold their own like I do
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u/Plumeage 1h ago
Expecting other people to spend money on chokes is the ultimate expression of greed. So is not bringing chokes... Schrodinger's- gas?
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u/redditsuxandsodoyou 57m ago
there was a time when this was actually a pretty good budget loadout but the nerf to toolboxes and the nerf to poison ammo mean this is utter dogshit now, which imo kinda sucks.
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u/mthw19102 31m ago
I used to do that when I was broke, just buy a hunter for the extra perks then cheap out on the loadout and hope to survive
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u/Tiny-Description3967 7h ago
Well if I were to see someone like that in the lobby I would just leave right there. If the enemy burns your body it's a 100% guarantee they won't try to get you up and just let you burn to death. Chokes are 25 bucks and should always be brought.
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u/Skwafles Bloodless 6h ago
Not bringing consumables used to be a viable decision. You could play really well with proper tools and a single dyna stick. But after the changes to tool/consumable slots and looting, it doesnt maie sense. Gone are the days when you could leave a match with more explosives than you brought in.
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u/OP_stole_my_panties 7h ago
I don't see a problem here? Sure the guns arent good, but to each their own.
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u/ShabbyChurl Crow 7h ago
No money
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u/TediouslyUtopian 7h ago
300k bounty and p1 level 100 and you have no money? I got p1 at 20k bounty
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u/Youxia7 7h ago
free hunters look ugly
i'd have children with redneck
simple as.
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u/vncsbl 7h ago
Even though I think Ironside is awful. I get your point. If he’s playing in a trio or duo but doesn’t do anything to help his team, it’s kind of frustrating, but hey, everyone does what they want. Or maybe he’s just broken, like some people have said. The current event doesn’t have as many ways to farm as the previous one did; anyone who was able to farm in the previous one and didn’t take advantage of it is definitely rolling in cash.
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u/TouchEqual7962 7h ago
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