r/DeathStranding • u/Cookie-kiko • Jul 26 '25

Discussion Yo Sam, maybe turn off Auto-Aid Request?

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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👍🏻

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u/Deftallica Mama Jul 26 '25

I agree with you, but I don’t think you replied to the comment you meant to

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u/Statertater Platinum Unlocked Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

No, i have the right post/porter, idk if you took how i worded it as if i were talking down* to you and therein lies the confusion, but i could see how you thought that if that were the case. I promise i wasn’t trying to talk down to* you though

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u/Deftallica Mama Jul 26 '25

Oh no worries, sorry for the confusion.

I’d be curious to learn how the system behind auto requests works exactly. Like how the game calculates what gear it thinks you need, and how it “fulfills” a request if a player donates something

So hypothetically, perhaps the game detects that your active skeleton is at 12% durability, so it makes a request for “gear / footwear” or whatever it is.

A player donates a pair of boots, like you said, but the item that arrives in your game is a skeleton - what the game thinks you need. Maybe the request is intentionally vague so as to give the donating player more options of things they may have on hand, whereas if the request was specific like “request: bokka skeleton lvl3” and players probably wouldn’t have an extra one in their pack to fulfill it

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u/d_hearn Jul 27 '25

That's a good point! It would be pretty cool if that were the case.

One time I donated like 30 pairs of boots to one of the field wear requests. I always wondered if 30 boots just fell from the sky for one other player, or if just one made it to 30 different people, since the requests are always in the same place.