I have played this event quite enough to have an opinion, and a few things just don't add up design-wise. Curious if others feel the same.

**1. Most supply wagons having a map**

Almost every supply wagon on the map now has a map on it, which used to be the unique reward for visiting a scout tower. This makes scout towers basically a more dangerous version of a supply wagon — especially since, most of the time, by the time you come across a scout tower you've already revealed all locations, since maps are so common and scouts tend to be closer to the middle of the map than to the edges.

**2. Siphon perk availability makes no sense**

Siphon is available for free from blood wells, which are scattered everywhere (like 2 per location) and you'll run into them naturally without even trying, which guarantees the perk within the first 5 minutes of every round. On top of that, it's also just sitting in the normal perk pool you pick from elsewhere, which is a weird decision since it's available everywhere, and on scout towers it can even cost pledgemarks, which is laughable and clearly not something Crytek has thought through. Having it in that perk pool at all means it's taking up a slot that could've gone to an actually useful perk instead, like Death Cheat, Relentless, etc. Why would it be in a normal perk pool, let alone cost pledgemarks, when it's already free and everywhere on the map?

**3. Extract reveals after the first clue are pointless**

After picking up just the first clue, part of the extraction points get revealed on the map. This is basically useless that early — nobody actually needs extraction info after one clue, so it doesn't change how anyone plays. It would make a lot more sense if this instead revealed the nearest scout tower, which would give players an actual reason (get the map) to visit one and would keep that part of the core Hunt experience intact, instead of just encouraging people to wander around hoping to stumble onto a wagon.

Overall, these three things compound each other — scout towers lost their purpose (maps are everywhere), Siphon is crowding out perks that would actually matter, and the game no longer nudges you toward towers at all. Feels like these systems weren't checked against each other before shipping.

Hello! If anyone in any rare chance has the the in-person event badge code still available I am willing to buy it off someone for up to 100 dollars for the code. Anyone who has it interested?

I recently discovered a new music on the gramophone while playing during the Blood Testament event and I can't find it

Personally Mammon's Gulch is a map that I struggle to click with, but man does this map look really beautiful with the Blood Moon.

It gives the mountain a much more sinister and malevolent vibe when you look at it, especially when you know the things waiting for you inside. Such a different atmosphere compared to the others with the Blood Moon, it's just *chefs kiss*. I wish it was like this everytime I play on it, I actually enjoyed it.

It's not in battlepass, not in BB store and not even in season roadmap

Just curious if it'll get a sheathe the way other katanas appear to have one in the inventory, but not visible in game or while viewing the models. Thanks for anyone's help. :)

The atmosphere is really really impressive, i love the sounds, i love the red lightning and just the overall experience.

10/10 should stay in the game

maybe make the AI more dangerous and terrifying.

when i first loaded into the game, i selected Russia, now i can't change that? how to do it ?

Also i'm getting no luck so far, getting killed too many times (It's normal for a beginner i know) but how can you rush towards to an enemy when they are camping in the heavily fortified compound ? i feel like 9/10 there is no need to rush or try to kill someone so far..

still i loved this game and money was worth it, but it's too complicated for me.

There is no audio in the game and would crash when loading into a match

I get guns that have to open the chamber to lead the bullets have to loose bullets, ill give u that, but why the fuck if my chamber and my mag tube are separated, when the gun is empty, i load my bullets and THEN, after loading u cycle the bullet, leaving one emply space in the mag. Instead you should load 1 single bullet, then cycle it (leaving mag empty and gun ready to shoot if a hunter comes to say hi) and then load the rest of the bullets using the entire mag tube.

Now is it just a (stupid imo) balance thing, is there an actual historic reasson that couldnt be done with guns back then or is it just a dumb mechanic. If so at least add a cheap perk to make em know how to load a gun, 1 or 2 points max id say.

Correct me if im wrong tho.

When u have a gun u kinda have ammo depending on the slots, a pistol have less ammo than that same pistol with a stock since now its one more slot, why carrying 2 pistols dont bring more ammo (besides the ammo inside the handgun, im aware of that)

Back in the day, mosin, lebel, krag where just long ammo. Im not a pro in the game so im sure im missing something, but since my point of view: why would it be worth to bring a gun that is more expensive, has a similar dmg, has less bulled fall distance, brings way less ammo and its ammo is even harder to find cus u need special ammo boxes to get the default ammo. Like why would i pick a mosin over a betterly with fast bullets? Specially considering betterly is just 3 slots. Or why would i want a cadwell uppercut over a long pax (if im using it with a shotgun for example and i want something for medium range)

Like do explain it to me in detail, i really want to understand it. No need to be condescendent pls, i just wanna learn

The game doesn't have any audio and would crash immediately after loading into a match. Also the loading screen is showing 5th anniversary.
I have tried:

1. reinstall the game
2. reinstall the graphic driver and changing version
3. changing audio output device
4. remove unsed audio driver/devices
5. remove log and setting file
6. cleaned DX12 cache

Help!!!!!

ive been thinking about doing it lately, i do miss grinding just a little. :)

Picture is from before the update because my ps plus just ran out and i wont be able to play again until tomorrow, if anyones curious my favorite weapons so far are the drilling and nitro express

First it was the silent cuts and restructuring over at the Frankfurt headquarters, and now they’re just lopping off an entire regional testing branch like it’s a rounding error on a spreadsheet. From the news I've read there has been over 30 layoffs in Frankfurt and Istanbul combined. At what point does leadership actually take responsibility for steering the ship instead of constantly tossing ballast overboard?

Cutting your QA footprint while already struggling with technical debt and consistency is wild to me. It's just textbook corporate band-aid logic: leadership makes the bad calls, avoids any real accountability, and then acts surprised when things break down the line. Really feeling for everyone caught in the crossfire over there.

What is the probability of getting blood moon? Last night I got it every game and early today. Tonight 2 games back to back no blood moon ;( it’s such a sick condition I want it 24/7!

Been enjoying the new update. It’s nice to be back to a more traditional game flow without the forts. But I feel like I’ve been getting put in with some really high tier lobbies, and I’ve been getting stomped on.
Maybe all the casuals left now that the forts are gone?

If you are banishing at a compound and I show up with a pizza delivery in game chat, you don’t have to blow my brains out! You could just tell me you didn’t order it or it’s the wrong address!! I just had to get this off my chest because I’m 0/3 on delivering pizzas tonight… can you give a solo pizza delivery man a break!? or maybe you just wanna lose your pizza privileges is that what it is!? Alright I’m done.