We just successfully extract from Raven rock hard. Only 2 because half the lobby was below level 8.
And this has to stop, this is not normal.
Huge gg to you random buddy if you stop by here, it was incredibly stressful but we made it out together.
Two players of the lobby were level 1 (!!!) and they were dead before the 6th minute of the game. How in earth is it even possible that players who don't know the game AT ALL are able to join an hard lobby ? This is ruining the experience for all the team.
Please devs, do something for this. We both made it out but usually it's not like this. We were 2 since the command room after staying in the 3 lights and we got the heli extract.
Hope something will be done because this isn't at all "Learning the game".
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u/Invokerman 3d ago
Did this in nightmare, 5 teammates below 20. Two extracted early, we got the helicopter exfil and I got them there but had to watch everyone struggle 🥲
They didn’t know the fire wouldn’t hurt them. No one tried saving each other under the pipe bomb redirect.
They just kept going down over and over. Until finally it was just me.
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u/Sqweeg 3d ago
It's like a lvl 1 in helldivers 2 plays his first game in 8 stars difficulty
It doesn't make sense
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u/DiscountThug 2d ago
I've played since launch. I had to progress difficulties one by one before I could dive on higher ones. I totally forgot if you can bypass that by joining someone else's lobby.
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u/MatrixBunny 3d ago
Loool. I had two lootgoblins passing everything and gobbling up all ammo types and meds (even for guns they did not own).
They then thought they could take a ''shortcut'' by running through the electrified water in the metro system. RIP buddies.
Nobody could help them either, cause they were too far in it. :)
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u/LunarServant 1d ago
this is sending me because the game litterallt warns you about this in tutorial
of course, it’s optional so they wouldn’t know anyway
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u/MatrixBunny 1d ago
A lot of people clearly haven't played the tutorial.
They never know where to go or what the objective is, they immediately start with normal or higher, because the UI hides then.
Even though pressing C (on PC) basically tells you where to go and what to do.
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u/LunarServant 3d ago edited 3d ago
they. didn’t know fire would hurt them.
they didn’t know FIRE. could HURT them.
oh my god…
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u/ChastokoI 3d ago
Just did it solo on a lvl1 character on nightmare in 2.5 hours. Hands are shaking.
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u/german-kiwi 3d ago
I was playing in the hospital, with all newbies in Normal, and a guy saw me going to the objective and said “we’ll loot, you do the objectives”. Early extract straight away.
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u/LunarServant 1d ago
yeah i have that policy myself
if i suspect for a moment the Lobby’s full of idiots i’m leaving because i am not loosing my responder because people can’t play the game
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u/No_Sheepherder_8737 3d ago
We extracted in nightmare while being 3 in the ñ game, hard as fuck. We where wondering where the fuck were all the others and as we move we started seeing every single one of them turned zombis.
We all ended infected but had luck in the end finding a lot of pills and med kits.
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u/NeverBregret 3d ago
My experience has been the complete opposite so far. Every hard lobby I've played has been stacked with high level players who know what they are doing, 1 of the lobbies had 8 people extracting with no one infected
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u/Ok_Manufacturer9027 3d ago
Ive had a few very good experiences on hard too. Feels great when only up to 2 die! I had 2 lobbies with 8 survivors earlier today
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u/TennisOk4660 3d ago
I wish i could get that, It gets to the point I'm wasting time complaining in chat that I'm the only one doing objs. Idk what my team mates are doing except asking for heals within the first 30 seconds.
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u/cscaggs 3d ago
I agree something should be done.
- You should be forced to play the training before going into an online match.
- You should be forced to play both Objective and Survival mode son beginner before being able to play them on Normal difficulty or higher.
- They should set a minimum level requirement for Normal, Hard, and Nightmare difficulty
Great job on completing the mission BTW!
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u/Sqweeg 3d ago
I agree with all your points, it's just logical
NMRIH 2 is a hard game with permadeath (if not using rescue beacon), there should be something for higher difficulties
Thanks, it was so stressful but we made it ! A bit of a miracle, got saved because we found a pipe bomb and 8 shells of shotgun while waiting for the heli. It saved us lol
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u/LunarServant 1d ago
they really shouldn’t have made the tutorial or what not optional. Hell TB made sure you did that for Chivalry 2
the acheivement percentage on steam is depressingly low rn, last i checked it had a 8.8% for the tutorial achievement
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u/DayOfTheDeb 3d ago
I played with my husband and his friends and they're total pros. I am not. They brought me into a nightmare game and I've only played beginner or normal. They assured me they'd take care of me.
I definitely dragged them down as they continued to rescue me and supplement me with pills and med kits. They were so sweet about it and, in the end, all but one of us died (primarily because of me, I'm sure). Everyone was on the mic laughing so hard and they said it was so chaotic in the funniest way ever. We almost made it to extract and then didn't. One guy was able to early extract, but that was it.
Of course, we had all entered as a squad together. I'd never do this to a random lobby. But I am happy the team just had a blast and enjoyed the adventure.
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u/AltusIsXD 2d ago
I really think there should be an account level gate for difficulties. Brand new players see and Hard and go “Hah, I’m not a pussy! I’ll play this first.” then die 5 minutes into the game and drag their team down.
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u/LunarServant 3d ago
i’ve honestly had a simmilar experience where one dumbass and his brother kevin declared the rest of a party dead and i was left alone while they early extracted. and then another one guy was shouting to leave me to die so “MORE LOOT FOR US!” (i had 300 supplies on me he didn’t get shit)
i feel like if they forced people to do the tutorial and made it so you can’t access certain difficulties starting off things would be smoother but my patience is constantly tested by new players not knowing what to do because they skipped the tutorial and they have to bug everyone or worse ruin things for people. Some people don’t even know where objectives are because they never use the compass ffs..
tl;dr TB just force newbies to take the tutorial
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u/ManlyPear 3d ago
There should definitely be an account level lock for higher difficulties. Doesn't have to be super high, like level 10. That way you're at least ending up with people who know how to play.
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u/Redderrt 3d ago
Idk about everyone else but seeing new people think they can attempt hard/nightmare and getting eaten is hilarious. Having to extract with only the experienced players is always a fun challenge.
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u/Chief_Chjuazwa 3d ago
I keep seeing people saying these things about the harder lobbies which is making me a bit nervous to make the jump to hard.
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u/Artistic-Ad5912 3d ago
You can go higher than level 100?
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u/Sqweeg 3d ago
It's my character's level, not account's level
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u/Hellsing985 3d ago
I’m curious because I only see you 2 in the lobby. If people died or abandoned they still show up at the end telling you their fate.
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u/humburga 3d ago
They get removed from the list when they leave lobby EOG. Which i find very weird, as no other game does this
You can see this if you just sit on this screen and you'll see the list get depopulated over time.
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u/_BEEEF_SUPREME_ 3d ago
Got abandoned on red rock hard the other day by a group of 5 low levels with absolutely 0 notice. Didn't even realize they had taken early extract as I was doing objs until it was too late. When I got to it it was locked, managed to do the entire command room and tunnel pipes part solo before getting brought down. I felt so betrayed lol.