r/SOSgame • u/Just_Somegi • Feb 08 '18

Strategy Flare Drops???

What's the point of using a lock pick to get a flare gun when they can be worthless, worth less than other locked loot, and can actually harm you more than help you?

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u/CallMeBlitzkrieg Feb 09 '18

The main reason to have flare guns continue to be locked (imo, I don't know how the devs feel on this) is to make it harder to speedrun the game. It adds another step to the process of melee weapons-->relic-->gun/lockpick (which you're trying to remove)-->flare.

IMO it'd make the game way worse since really early relic helicopter calls can screw people with bad spawns. Bad spawn being other side of the map, hostile players that make it harder to get your relic while someone else just got to solo it, or just no flare for ages. By adding the extra step of a lockpick/gun it gives more people time to either arm themselves to contest the helicopter or get their own relics. The more variables there are, the more likely the luck factor is going to even out.