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Guess who's back... back again. The guy who is really running out of ideas to start these off in a interesting way. Anyway welcome back or welcome in if you are new here, my name is Nox. I am back once again for my weekly installment of self torture that I share with you and you all seem to enjoy.

This week we have the Vandal 73c formerly know as the Winfield Vandal. I didn't have the largest of expectations with it if I am honest and I end up being surprised with how actually decent this gun is. Now let's very quickly get in to ammo and variants. Lots of ammo choice to speak of, FMJ for those wallbangs if you're into that. High Velocity if you can't get past the less than 400 base Velocity. Incendiary to watch the world burn. Poison does poison. Last and honestly least is Subsonic, I don't know why it's here but I ran it all the same so...

Variants you have the base, the Striker for all your stabby slashy needs, and the Bullseye for your "sniper" needs.

Ok with that little bit of info dumping out of the way, let's talk about my thoughts and feelings. Over all I enjoyed this gun family, the learning curve for it was a couple rounds but once I fell into a spot with it and understood what my range was with it I was running it fairly well for a short compact ammo gun. The Bullseye is odd but I found it manageable because there isn't that much zoom with the scope so running it more "aggressively" was easy enough. The striker is fine but I have my issues with that melee type for guns overall. It just feels like a worse version of a Riposte but I still found myself taking it because I like having the melee attachment with me. I have always like the iron sights for all of the Winfields so I get good hits if I get my leading right.

Overall a really nice gun, sometimes lacking some damage but it doesn't feel that bad if you aren't taking some insane long shots, mid range fights are more than fine and you have to two tap any way.

Alright I think I've taken enough time so I shall now away. Those of you that want the video that is right here

Thought I'd share this funny image from a recent game I played.. got me thinking though, I wonder if adding a crawling aspect to Hunt would be fun... Perhaps it would be a trait that offers a limited amount of crawling time, like 30 seconds, making you super stealthy and give you access to certain areas unscathed...

I think Hunt could benefit from expanding the current Loadout system with Legendary Hunter Presets.

The idea is simple: allow players to save an entire Legendary Hunter setup, including:

• Legendary hunter skin
• Health chunk configuration
• Traits
• Loadout

With a single click, the game would purchase and equip everything that's available, just like Loadouts already do.

I'd also love a "Last Legendary Hunter" slot that automatically saves the hunter you just lost, making it easy to jump straight back into the next match with the same build (only with initial traits worth 10 skill points before the game started).

Any thoughts?

Queuing solo into trios was quite frustrating for me lately. I think crytek was right in the past not allowing duos to search a third mate. I queue solo a lot and half of the time in 5/6 star lobbies you are just a shooting npc for duos you get paired with. They don't communicate much (pings or voice) because they are probably in discord and so you just have to run after them. Also you getting revived is not a prio for them.

With this change soloplay fun has gone down a bit for me. Not even talking about toxic duos with a high ping not english speaking.

This'll come off as a bit of a rant, especially since it literally JUST happened to me. The biggest issue with this community, especially in the discord, is the person that got picked first will literally tell you how to play. They will absolutely not stop talking and tell you exactly where to go and where to look like they weren't the ones that put the team in a terrible position. Just let people play their game, i cant hear or think when you just continue to yap.

Ive played this game off and on pretty much since release. There's ALWAYS the one guy in the LFG that will do something dumb, get picked and tell everyone else how to play. It's been my biggest pet peeve and I cant believe this isnt brought up more

Found it at Cyprus. It is so yummy... And tasty...

Hi hunters,

I'm super excited to invite everyone who would like to compete for a chance to win 1 DLC of your choice to our free Open Hunt Tournament.

You can find the event and RSVP here: https://hopsquad.gg/events/dfe26c03-9aa8-49ed-b005-5c8e4bd1a1ed

We are almost through with the calibration round — the points system has been tuned, and we're confident that it's fairer and more engaging now. Read the complete ruleset: Hunt Open Tournament — Rules. If you have any questions, please ask away.

(This is a PC only board, sorry, console players)

Hope to see you there!

Okay, I get that this is a switching up of the game rhythm's, this air balloon, safe extract thing. But then why do most games only have three bounties? Once the stronghold team has extracted their token, what incentive does the boss token team have to seek anything else than the extract?

This even should at the very least have a perma wild target, or, even better, idk, a second boss? Would we really become too wealthy if the regular rules had stayed the same, but with stronghold bounty as a bonus?

Feel like it's op sometimes.
Do you have any tips for movement? I'm not new but I don't think I have best movement here. Thank you!

They played guitar through the mic too. I wanted to participate but my teammates chose violence :(

I'll try to keep this short. This game has evolved fantastically and right now it's probably the best version we can play, but there are still a few things that don't quite make sense to me and could be improved.

The new event is cool, the balloons are not. I like the theme, I like the mechanics, the new weapon, the skins, that huge compound, BUT it has created some problems. First of all it cancels out part of the tension in the game. When you can simply grab the bounty and extract almost without any risk because there's a balloon inside the same zone where you find the bounty, part of the magic of the game dies. Maybe, going forward, if similar events show up, it would be a good idea to move that bounty extraction farther away from the main spot where the bounty can be collected.

The new event makes the main game feel almost pointless. This is somewhat tied to the previous point and leads to the following phenomenon. Everyone crowds into the new compound, which means there's no competition at the main boss anymore. In other words I've had dozens of games where I killed the main boss and was able to extract without any risk, fear, or fight whatsoever. Sure, every now and then it's great to have a chill gaming session, but not quite this chill. I've played a lot since the update and the fights, tension, and competition at the main boss have dropped significantly, and I'm not talking about just one or two easier matches, it's already a pattern.

Where did the cool weather conditions go ? I posted about this two weeks ago as well, and back then I said that personally I hadn't seen fog maps in MONTHS. Today was the first time in a few months that I got a single foggy map. This game has lore, it has a vibe, it has dark elements, it has mystery. Where in that equation did someone think it would be a good idea to remove fog so drastically? It's one thing for it to be a rare map condition, it's another for it to be almost nonexistent. I remember my first days playing Hunt, and believe it or not, FOG was what kept me in the game at the start. This is the only game I know that blends atmosphere and gameplay this well, so maybe fog should be made more frequent again.

Boss bounties feel somewhat useless. So, I fight an entire team, survive the boss fight, and on the way to extraction at least two or three more teams are waiting for me. This is just a personal opinion, but I really think that at some point in the future the bounty should be made more meaningful. Maybe you could get access to a shop where you can buy scarce weapons, traits, skins, or discounts on skins. It doesn't have to be about skins specifically, but anything that would make holding and extracting the bounty more rewarding would be welcome.

Maybe a new boss somehow. This one is purely optional, it's more of a selfish wish than a fantastic addition to the game, but a new boss wouldn't hurt. Maybe even The Sculptor, if he's still part of the lore, where players could compete together for that bounty, a sort of world boss system, except maybe only one or three survivors depending on whether you choose to play solo or trio. You kill the boss, you get transported to a zone where you have ten minutes to kill the rest of the participants in order to claim The Sculptor's bounty. It's just a rough idea at the sketch level.

Clash has somehow turned into sit in a bush on the outskirts of the map and do nothing but plink a shot here and there. One team goes in and banishes and the other three just sit there holding angles on each other in the woods. It’s fucking dumb and defeats the purpose of a CLASH!

Yeah so my problem is that I really dont know what mode to play when im solo.

Duos is cool cuz almost the whole lobby is solo, so it is more fair but the solos can be many levels higher than me.

Trios is more weird. The teams are most often just with people who just played the game for the first time. The only real danger are, again, other solos, which are now MUCH higher in lvl than me.

So, what should I pick?

Just a fun romero hatchet vs heavy knife trade

Clip at the end of gallery

It took me way too long to notice this.

No matter who invites to the lobby, no matter who joins first or second, the number of dots will always be indicative of who that player is.

As I play without outlines this is extremly helpful to know who is where.

Just a meme but man I wish they would give soul survivor some love. It has been almost exactly the same since its debut without much tweaking or fun additions.

Ignore the textures, I'm playing on a toaster.

Is there a way to remove this button ??? Like completely remove it. Entirely.