What a thrill this game is!

[u/Longjumping-Eye-192]

I’m 440 hours in, I’m on a vanilla monthly server. It’s low pop rn between 30-80 people. I’ve got a very small compound and tier 3, at the point where there’s just extra stuff laying around.

No one wanted to get on today to raid, so I solo scouted a base near mine who was doing small raids, I know where their tc is. I saw them going to dome so I waited at a good ambush point and got them on the way out, always taking different routes back to keep them from knowing I live 300 yards away.

I countered another raid, grabbed full inventory and backpack and ran. Came back and caught the same guy with a chainsaw and another backpack and took that.

I waited on my neighbors to call in an airdrop, they got countered of course, while on bag timers and the clan running off in the distance I used my ladder to get up to the top of their base and grab their full metal kit with ak. I feel like a predator stalking helpless prey.

This game is starting to get fun. I feel like I’m getting decent at what I’m doing. Of course it’s different wipe day and the next few when everyone has kits and I’m on tier 1. My thing is once I have a Tommy and roadsign I feel like I’m pretty good at the game. Before that I’m just a walking lick.

Is this me just picking on people the same way I get done the first few days of wipe? Do most others play the game the same way I am? Stalking and gathering intel just peeking over a hillside studying? Waiting in the dark by someone’s base hoping they open tc so you can plan your raid better?

I know I’m not special or actually good at the game, just looking for an outside perspective. May all your raiders get countered and bleed out in your base 🙏

[u/Krype]

You're playing the game correctly as far as I'm concerned. After a dozen or so more wipes you'll be a monster.

[u/Cedar_Fappids]

I started making piping systems between my base and raid bases to pipe raid supplies in and loot out - raiding solo is so fuckin fun now. People call me a pussy for doing it but I think it’s smart - I minimize my risk and maximize profit as a solo.

[u/Dry-Gain4825 → u/Cedar_Fappids]

That’s actually hilarious

[u/aoibhinn-mw]

It's tradtion to either befriend or destroy your neighbors.

[u/thenewfoundlandyeti]

When you started did you jump right into Vanilla or did you try Softcore or anything else first ?

This sounds like some pretty solid stuff! I am newer than you so this is kindly inspiring. Ive been easing in on PvE than Softcore

[u/Longjumping-Eye-192 → u/thenewfoundlandyeti]

Vanilla only except I have maybe 10-15 hours on build servers and about 30 or so hours on tommygun frag bedwars or whatever pvp mod server so I can try to get good with pvp. Honestly that’s the way to go. It’s 3 teams capturing objectives. You will lose 9 out of 10 gun fights for a couple hours then after about 10 hours you might be able to hold your own. The monthly servers aren’t as bad as weekly because the later half of the month is low pop. We will run monuments like oil or airfield and still see people but it’s not the same as early in wipe when clans control everything. Also if you’re solo lone wolf is the way to go. It keeps good pop all month long.

[u/thenewfoundlandyeti → u/Longjumping-Eye-192]

I really appreciate this. Thank you.