I bought the game right before summer sales when it was still on sale and loved playing it.
But whenever I pick scout on public lobies drillers keep throwing c4 near me I thought it was an accident at first but keeps happening why is it?
I nuke driller in protest
Dumb people who see the funny meme and say "yes, I must actually do this to random pubbies on a regular basis".
I still throw c4 in front of the drop pod to celebrate at the end of a successful mission. I wouldn't do it in a haz5+ because there's too much risk of getting squad wiped.
And I still throw a shield on the drop pod ramp as we're entering, cuz I don't trust drillers.
Ha same. Had 2 drillers try to blow me up simultaneously on the ramp yesterday, if it wasn't for my 50% explosive resist armor rig, veteran depositor perk and my shield, I wouldn't have made the jump
I killed my whole squad with this on the pod like 3 days ago, I was scared as fuck to die trying to revive them but no way aí was just gonna go up, I did even type sorry because I know people love to grief with the driller lmao that thing is fucking made to murder squads, I'll just switch my vampire for friendly and be done with it, usually I don't use it because I don't hit people with my guns but they sure have been hitting me a lot more than bugs after the sale so yeah, use friendly perk
Don't take it personally, it's quite common among newer players.
Drillers have the C4 or the EPC to quickly mine stuff. Scout has mobility, and more likely to get to minerals quicker than the other classes.
One or the other not paying attention means the Scout will get caught in the crossfire.
It's kind of a meme that the scout uses his grappling hook to move around so fast that he's constantly flying into friendly fire, especially C4.
Toxic players use that as an excuse to team kill.
If you're hosting just kick anyone who does that.
Sorry, muscle memory
Jokes aside: often its just an accident, but if it keeps happening with the same driller then they are just a bit of a dick
love/hate relationship between the two
The only way to combat this is time. Waste their time. If there's C4 on the drop pod ramp, just let it sit there and run around the cave until they pick it up or detonate it. If they drop you with C4, wait til they go down/put them down and just stand over them. Run swarms right into them. Let them plea for help and do nothing. Make it so unappealing to drop that next scout that they rethink their actions next time. Get real petty with that shit. Like a 4 year old that got their blanket taken by an older sibling. Or it's just a game and doesn't matter. It's one or the other.
Or just kick them from the lobby.
You can't kick after drop pod is called
use wireshark
I rarely host. I mostly just check the server list and see who needs what dwarf. I try not to bomb in too late unless it's a solo gunner on a 15 minute refining mission or the like. I found out that I'm a too-quick--to-boot-a-dwarf kind of host and didn't like it.
Intentional friendly fire is pretty much the only reason I boot.
I'd add to that the drop pod afk dwarf. As much as I hate double dippers, they now have all the ammo. To get rid of them is self-defeating.
Or. Call them out on it. Be blunt. Use that chat feature.
And waste their time.
I will call people out, and have, for c4ing the acout, for c4ing the drop pod ramp. Just stop.
Scout took 5 minutes to revive me after being revived 3 times by me, no need to say he died again, and stayed there up until the very end when the game hopper that joined took pity on him, fuck that guy srly he made the entire mission so much slower by not reviving me while being right by my side
Effectively, it's a community joke wherein drillers are required to C4 scouts on a regular basis so it's nothing personal however I didn't think people often did it to people they didn't know
I've only ever seen it when we're getting into the pod at the very end of a mission. It's annoying then, but if I saw someone do it at any other point in the mission, I would kick them from my lobby, if I was hosting.
Tradition.
It's a meme. Scouts have a habit of grappling right into a danger spot and getting blown up by Drillers, so it became a meme and some people take it too far.
Its a meme that i can only spare a weak smile at this point, esp as a scout main. I love some friendly sabotage but at least be more creative. The same shit over and over again is just tiresome.
I've nuked my fair share of scouts, but it's 90% because it's not always possible to coordinate high mobility with someone else's high damage. They fly right into my sack
It became a meme for how often it happened and then chuds who don't understand how memes work thought it was supposed to be on purpose.
leaf lovers that took a friendly community joke too far
Whenever I go driller, I chuck one in the drop pod and wait for EVERYONE to be inside before setting it off to celebrate (also avoids any team kills if I activate the C4 if I am the last to enter)
People take memes too far
Host your own games and kick such people.
Some people don't see border between meme and griefing
Ahhh, drillers. gotta love em.
Just give them some space, they're a bit... nevermind.
I remember my friend kept doing this, and one time he yelled "clear clear clear" and still blew up. We were dying and then all of us died on the mission. 😂
I’m a scout main and starting to be glad I just do solo missions
I experienced that once, i was host so... i hammered him right out.
If you play on Xbox-consoles, hit me up, I can help you adjust.
It's really rare in Haz 4 lobbies and above, I don't play much below those difficulties so I can't speak to those. I suggest you host if you want to be scout on Haz 3 etc, then you can ban them and be done with them.
Damn you Ssethtzentach!! I'm one of your merchants!!
It's cause you have a shotgun and get to close to the enemies
If hit happens when you use your zipline, that's an accident.
If it happens in the middle of the swarm, it's probably an accident.
If it happens right before the drop pod, that's usually just good fun.
If they literally throw it at you with no valid target nearby, then either they're joking and not exploding it, or if they do explode it, they're taking the meme too far.
Because they want you to report them apparently
just toxice ass meme, idk why they think it's funny for 99999 years, like omg just grow up and stop that, like i dont know about them stop dooing unfunny stuff
You shouldn't eat precious minerals, it will get you killed /s
It’s a meme that people have taken too far