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Did you do the expedition? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/arc_raiders@jlai.lu
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I made it just in time. Only had the value for 2 extra skill points sadly. Need to learn better loot routes or play more to get them all probably. Looking forward to getting to be afraid of arc again.

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[–] 3 points 8 months ago

Not this time, not the first one either, probably the next one? I'm still not done collecting blueprints, finishing quests, etc

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    [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Yup, and I also did the catch up too. I got Equaliser blueprint early on this time, which makes money farming easier. Game's so much fun when you realise you can just buy Anvils off of Tian Wen.

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    [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    can someone explain to me the point of doing the expeditions? the only thing i understnd is you lose almost all your progress...

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Everywhere I read about it, people kept saying it's not worth it. I just did it - I'll see.

    In the patch notes it should say that somewhere, but the rewards seem helpful (apart from the fact that you can start the grind over): You get more total skill points to distribute, more storage space, faster leveling and more resources from scrappy.

    The difference isn't crazy, so maybe that's the reason, but I did it anyway. Mind you, I never had any looting route in mind, just went for the area where there were more trinkets (Buried city seems somewhat okay for that), picked up stuff that I wouldn't normally, but it sells decently (even arc performance steel, drivers, hell, even full stacks of arc alloy), and tried to craft whatever I could, instead of buying it.

    I read somewhere that the amount required was decreased from 5 million coins to 3 million for the maximum reward because it was way too grindy. I went for 3 and ended up with ~5.3 by yesterday, but I have no life.

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    • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Didn't even try. Did it the first time but skill points on a tree full of skills that really don't make a lot of difference to the game IMO is a shitty "reward" for how much work you have to put in to do some of the requirements.

    Since the last expedition my play time dropped off drastically anyway because I really don't feel any incentive to keep coming back to the game without any kind of goal to drive me along.

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    [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I did it the first time, it made me stop playing. I felt accomplished and I didn't want to redo the quest all over again

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    [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I skipped this expedition. I still think it's not worth it to wipe all your blueprints and crafting every two months for such small rewards.

    Skill points are quite insignificant. Blueprints are not.

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