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Success on Customs - Raids 33 and 34 - Level 13

Quest-wise, I'm stuck at the moment. I need a couple of loose meds to trade for the 205 key from Therapist so I can run Operation Aquarius.  I need a broken HD so I can trade for a handguard with rails to finish my Gunsmith 1 quest.  So, it's off shopping I go.

Raid 33 - Success

I'll skip the blow-by-blow. I took my AK-105 to Customs and fought a bunch of scavs. Extracted successfully with OK loot, but neither of the items that I need.

Time In Raid: 22:32
Exp: 2653
Shots fired: 74, Hits: 17, Accuracy: 0.16, Damage to body: 580, Damage to armor: 7
Kills (AI Scavs, probably one player scav): Maks Gruzchik, Tolyan Sheva, Gosha Moloko, Petka Chiter, Maksim Konfliktnyy.  Godspeed gentlemen. Sorry to ruin your milk and money run Petka.

Remarks

  • many of the scavs seem to be much more difficult than normal. Usually when online it seems the vast majority of scavs are "Easy" or "Medium". But these days the majority seem "Hard" or "Impossible".  You have to treat them very seriously or you'll end up dead.  
  • The shot on Gosha was sweet. I leaned out through a gap in the fence and saw him heading away from me, crossing slightly. I carefully aimed, lead him, and dropped him. 86 meter headshot. Not record setting, but a difficult shot.

Raid 34 - Looting Troubles 

Back to Customs! I brought food and drink with me as I need hydration and energy after my last raid. I sat in a bush and ate my snack, listening to the scavs kill the hapless PMCs who were trying to rush around in the first minutes of the game.   I looted, went to RUAF, killed a couple scavs, and got more loot.  Checked out crackhouse, got some good loot but only one loose meds (I need two).  Crossed the map via Old Gas. It was mostly quiet - I heard some heavy action up at dorms at some point, but that was it.

I was completely full of loot, much of it very important hideout supplies. Neither Old Gas nor ZB-1012 were open.  After checking ZB-1012 I began walking up the grassy way between the wall and the building.  Someone is inside the building. I moved closer to the front entrance, using the building footing as cover and aimed down sight looking at the door.  A fully kitted PMC walked out the door, turned around and ducked back into the building.  Oh fuck. Does he see me?  A moment later he stepped out of the door again - I was still aiming down sight. I gingerly aimed and let off a short burst.  He folded. Damn.  

Does he have friends?  The kitted guys always have friends.  I waited. No friends, seemingly. I turned on my flashlight and pushed past him into the building.  Clear.  His body is in an awkward place - I can't loot him from cover - I need to go out the front door to reach him where I am very exposed.   An AI Scav ran by in the adjacent lot, but not heading this way.  I stepped out and started looting my kill.  I could see from the outline he had a Desert Tech MDR.  A .308!! No way!! I examined it quickly and took it. His armor was that blue UN stuff. What's up with that? I started searching his rig. Why is this taking so long? The rig had a ton of slots, but each slot was taking forever. I've never seen it so slow.  Footsteps.  I tabbed out. Sound of a toolbox being looted. Probably a player scav inside the building. I stepped away from the body and took cover. If this guy sees the body, then this should be easy - he'll jump on it and I'll kill him.  But the footsteps clomped around and then seemed to disappear. I checked the side of the building - I don't want him doing to me what I just did to MrGary_Cookies.  But it was clear.  

I went back to resume looting. I can't take the rig before I examine the rig itself. It's just spinning. What is going on?  Footsteps. I tabbed out. Is this the same guy, where is he?  I tried to remember the layout of this building - two upstairs areas, right? Footsteps on the loading dock.  I went round - no one. Where is that AI Scav? I can't forget about him.  I waited. 

My kill not only has the MDR which I've taken, but a sweet looking M4.  I need to dump my AK-105 and take his M4 , but I don't want his armor, but I do want his rig, but my rig is armored.  A puzzle. I went back to the body and tried to examine that rig for the third time. Slow footsteps - someone trying to be quiet. Fuck this.  I have the MDR, I have my great loot. That's enough. I left.

Time In Raid: 28 minutes, 25 seconds
Exp: 3368
Shots Fired: 37, His: 7, Accuracy: 0.16, Damage to Body: 224, Damage to Armor: 36
Kills: Batyr Piton (Scav), Vitek Superspecnaz (Scav), Kisa Chernyy (Sniper), and MrGary_Cookies (Level 16 BEAR). Good luck on your next raid MrGary_Cookies ! 

Mistakes

  • That wasn't a .308 MDR, it was the 5.56 variant.  Though, I'm happy to have it.
  • Should have grabbed the M4
  • Should have discarded my stuff, examined his rig and taken it.
  • I felt a bit of regret later about killing MrGary_Cookies.  That wasn't a fight at all, more like an incompetent mugging. 

Successes

  • Good combat against the scavs - used cover and maneuvering well. Came away unscathed
  • Nice fire control on MrGary_Cookies - I didn't excitedly fire when I first saw him. 

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