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Boring but Successful - Raid 3 - Level 5

I went to Woods to fetch Jaeger's note. Got a spawn I've never seen before - in the northwest quadrant, but not at map edge - more inside.   I headed out, cover to cover, concealment to concealment, listening to weapon fire from every direction. BAM! Someone shot me as I moved. I stepped behind a fat tree and popped a pain pill. Have a broken arm and a bleed.  Backed away from the tree as my assailant continued to fire on it,  then ran behind a big stone outcropping and took cover. Footsteps approached heading towards my left, but then they veered to my right. I right leaned out from cover.  Come on, whoever you are, come and get me before my ibuprofen wears off.  The footsteps ran away. What?  I waited, then used my meds.  Fortunately, my arm hadn't gone black. 

So I resumed, cover to cover, concealment to concealment.  Mostly sticking to the shadows, and avoiding places where players would be. I circled the peak and got Jaegers message and then made my way to extract.   I never saw the player who shot me and that was my only contact the whole raid. Didn't see a single player or scav on the entire route.

Time In Raid: 28 minutes, 24 seconds
Exp: 668

Mistakes

  • very little loot. I passed some easy opportunities. Definitely a mistake

Successes

  • survived
  • two completed quests push me to Level 5
  • achieved Level 5 after only 3 raids.  Personal record.

PostScript

One of the things I may try this wipe is to use my scav less. In fact, ideally, I would like to never do a scav run.  Instead I'm hoping to do loot runs with just a pistol and a backpack when I need to gin up some rubles.  As of yet, I haven't had to do any of those, but I realized today there is a small hiccup: food and drink.  I need to eat and drink between consecutive raids, especially following one like a long Woods raid.  But eat what?  I just have a couple of Iskra lunchboxes and I need to keep those for that Jaeger mission I'll get later.  Crackers? It'll take nearly 10 of them to replenish energy if it's down low.  Hopefully I'll find more food on my next raids. 

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  1. ObsiJanuary 6, 2022 at 11:38 PM

    I feel the starving in early levels as well. I've used to go pistol runs in goshan interchange (around the edge shelves. You can find lots of food. Same with scav village huts in the woods.

    Nice blog you're keeping, I've read your updates every now and then. :thumbsup:

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