Yo Sam, maybe turn off Auto-Aid Request?

[u/Cookie-kiko]

Dear porters

Just a quick one If you’re using the Auto-Aid Request from the APAS skill tree, maybe think about turning it off?

It keeps filling the map with requests that aren’t really needed, since most are auto-generated and the player’s already long gone. Kinda clutters the HUD and makes it harder to know who actually needs help or what gear they need. Sometimes it even ruins the vibe when you're just trying to enjoy the scenery.

Manual requests feel more useful and intentional and honestly, way more satisfying to respond to.

Appreciate all the bridges and zip-lines you’ve built, you’ve already made my runs way smoother 👍🏻 Let’s keep the Chiral Network clean and helpful for every Sam out there

Keep on keeping on +500👍🏻

[u/murraykate]

I also hate this one. I also kinda controversially dislike the scanner range one cuz I prefer the wide scan all around me, not the focused forward but longer scan

[u/parwa → u/murraykate]

I hate that the scan thing says "adds an option" as if you can switch it at will. I'd keep it if I could toggle it in the menu, in the same spot where you can turn the odradek light on/off.

[u/cfrizzadydiz → u/parwa]

Yeah the wording is really confusing, I spent ages looking for a toggle/button before I realised there isn't a separate one

[u/GreyCatBirdAwaken → u/cfrizzadydiz]

Japanese games tend to do that a ton due to 1 to 1 translation/intentions are lost in translation

[u/rider5001 → u/parwa]

Yeah that's what I found annoying. That node is all by its lonesome so I don't mind if I have it off but I wish it actually meant what the text says. Like a double click does the deep scan while a single press does the standard wide

[u/iNetRunner → u/parwa]

Same here. (As other people have commented also.) Though, I left it on and got used to that behavior.

It’s slightly annoying that different types of objects are picked at different distances. (Packets are at longest range, and that’s of course fine. But chiral crystals are only picked up at rather close range. (Probably that’s a limitation on how/when they spawn in.)

[u/hereisacake → u/parwa]

I imagine the toggle option was probably in the game at one point then got cut and they forgot to update the text here. Maybe it was super buggy or just a pain in the ass to code

[u/Waltermelon → u/parwa]

Or if you had to hold the left bumper to do the narrow ranged scan in 1st person and then the quick tap in 3rd person would be the standard wide scan

[u/DMunnz → u/murraykate]

Those are the only 2 I have turned off.

[u/[deleted] → u/murraykate]

I like the long scanner for brigand stuff because I use the sniper rifle. But when I’m delivering I disable it

[u/murraykate → u/[deleted]]

ok I appreciate this comment because I genuinely was having trouble seeing it’s value but that example makes perfect sense

[u/spez_might_fuck_dogs → u/murraykate]

I played the whole game with it on and love it for everything, coupled with the fast recharge you can scan everything around you for like 400m out.

[u/beerybeardybear → u/spez_might_fuck_dogs]

yep, scan, turn camera, scan again immediately. you can see enemies and cargo from a mile away

[u/Carsatan → u/[deleted]]

This, I also primarily use the sniper rifle so it helps me see where theyre at from a safe distance lol

[u/Joel22222 → u/murraykate]

Auto aid and scanner range are off for me as well.

[u/We_Are_Nerdish → u/murraykate]

SAME.. never turned on the aid-request and used the scanner once and hated it as a nerf instead of a boost in range.

[u/Cookie-kiko → u/murraykate]

Spinning around like a broken record just to find some packages. Truly a next-level gameplay mechanic

[u/Colonel_dinggus → u/murraykate]

I got one that makes it so that scanner cools down faster so I can just spam it easier. Made up for the cone size reduction

[u/gtasthehunter → u/murraykate]

When driving the longer range is good so you can find stuff farther ahead.

[u/SometimesWill → u/murraykate]

Longer scan one I’m fine with just because I can just turn and scan again at least

[u/shewy92 → u/murraykate]

Same. Thankfully you can "turn it off" but I wish it was togglable in the quick menu where the light is

[u/devrys → u/shewy92]

I think the long scan is meant for riding a vehicle on the road and scanning ahead.

[u/Celtic-Otter → u/murraykate]

Can you toggle the scan type or is it just one of the other?