u/Arc170-A

After coming back to the game for a couple weeks, I've noticed that me and my friend seem to mostly get the same few maps with very little exception in HVV and Hero Showdown.

We mainly get Naboo Republic Attack Crusier, Naboo Hangar, Felucia, Seperatist Dreadnought, Death Star, Hoth, and Takodana. (Of those the first four are a lot more common than the latter ones for some reason as well)

We've gotten Scariff, Crait, Starkiller Base, Endor, Kamino, and Trippa Hive once each.

We played on Mos Eisley a few times the first day we got the game back but somehow haven't seen it since.

There are so many maps that, despite us only playing hero modes when we get on the game, we have yet to see. For example, Ajan Kloss, Jabba's palace, Kachiro Beach, Jakku The Graveyard, Jakku Resurgent, and Bespin.

Are we just unlucky or is there some reason for all this?

Firstly, I know that many more factions and individuals used plastoid armor, but these are the main three factions that used full-body suits of it.

As we've seen throughout Star Wars, plastoid armor is very vulnerable to direct blaster bolts. It may be effective against shrapnel and glancing blows, but a direct hit is almost certain to take you down or incapacitate you if you're hit in the chest, head, or neck. We've seen soldiers survive one or even a couple direct hits on occasion, but for the most part it's game over if you get a direct hit. (Especially if you aren't a main character)

That leads me to wonder, why did these three large factions use it so extensively? I understand that it is fairly cheap, but surely you could supplement it with actual blaster resistant chest and head armor for a bit of an upcharge.

For example, you could use plastoid armor for your soldiers' leg, arm, shoulder, and groin regions, but use a more robust material for the torso and head as those are more vital areas and the most likely to be hit. You'd still get the benefit of shrapnel resistance, protection from the environment, and shielding from glancing blows, but with the added benefit that your soldiers can survive more than one or two shots in most scenarios.

Let's look at Stormtroopers for a more in-depth example. While they commonly get used as general infantry and are depicted as the common Imperial soldier, they're not. They're an elite corp within the Imperial Army. Why, then, are they only slightly more protected than Imperial Army soldiers, the actual common infantry of the Empire? The design language of Imperial Army troops mirrors actual general infantry in real life: armor on their head and chest regions with minimal if any other protective pieces. However, in star wars at least, we know that these bits of kit are made of plastoid, so in reality the Stormtroopers aren't that much more protected when it comes to blaster fire. Can the Empire really only afford to give elite troops a bit more plastic on their arms, legs, face, and groin as compared to the regular army troops?

In the case of the clones it makes a bit more sense. Millions of sets of armor were needed to equip an army and they were needed quickly. Plastoid is cheap and easy to mold and manufacture. It may not be the best armor, but it's a whole lot better than no armor and as stated there was a bit of a time crunch.

With the Empire, however, there was no pressure to make millions of sets of armor in a short time. They weren't at full scale war with any large factions when they first rose to power and they certainly had no shortage of money or resources, not to mention they still had a sizeable army of highly trained soldiers in the clones, most of whom were seasoned veterans with combat experience. This same logic can be applied to the first order to an extent as well.

Branching off that thought, while I realize that First Order Stormtrooper armor is meant to evoke the iconic Stormtrooper armor of the imperials, (both in universe and out) has technology really not advanced enough such that a more practical or suitable kind of armor is feasible to use? You would think that armor technology would advance a bit quicker in a universe where millions if not billions of beings are being shot at and shooting at others on a routine basis.

Just a thought I had.

I'm writing a short horror story currently in which the main character works at a very shady and weird Grocery store. I feel pretty confident about the plot, writing, story beats, etc. but I cannot for the life of me nail down a title.

Stuff like, "The Store" or "The Grocery Store" are not attention grabbing at all and I'm 101% certain there are hundreds of stories with those exact titles out there already.

I considered something like "Aisle Surfer" or something to that effect with the word Aisle in it, but I've genuinely got writers block here.

What are some methods I can use to come up with a better name that's interesting?

I just got the game and I've been trying to do every heist quietly, but it feels literally impossible. I can do everything right but then a civilian walks past the bank I'm robbing, calls the police, and all of a sudden there's 500 cops outside and I gotta restart.

Like what am I supposed to do?

Also a bit of a sidenote, why are there so many cops? I get that its a video game but it kinda destroys my suspension of disbelief when hundreds of cops descend upon me within literally 30 seconds of my robbery beginning. And it doesn't help that even with only light armor on I'm an absolute bullet sponge, and that's on NORMAL not easy mode or baby mode. How am I casually tanking hundreds upon thousands of bullets with nothing but a light bulletproof vest and a two piece suit?

I didn't get this game to shoot 1000 cops in the course of one robbery, I got this game to be stealthy and do oceans eleven mission impossible type stuff bro.

So I've been playing quickplay almost exclusively for the past few weeks because two of my friends recently got R6 and they haven't reached level 50 yet. Presumably because they are both low levels, we are getting into lobbies with almost exclusively low level players.

Let me ask a genuine question to any low level / new players who may see this. Why on God's green earth do you think it's a good idea to leave in the middle of match? Like I understand that things happen, SOMETIMES, but this happens so often that I know at least a lot of the time its on purpose. I'm not talking about you if you had to suddenly leave to do something important that came up, or if you're a parent and your baby started crying or something. I'm talking specifically about people who ragequit or just decide to leave.

The circumstances of the round don't matter. We could up 2, down by 2, it could be 1 - 2, 2 - 1, or even 0 - 0. Someone is going to leave at some point, it's almost a guarantee. Yesterday I, for the first time in my 7 years of playing this game, got a forfeit victory. The game was 2-2 and for some reason a guy on the enemy team left, leading to a chain reaction of all 5 of them leaving.

Its bad enough that all my random teammates are blind, deaf, and using their testicles to play the game, but at least when they're actually in the game they can serve as a distraction or something.

I genuinely wish there were penalties for leaving casual matches, for serial leavers at least. You have no clue how annoying it is when I'm just trying to play some R6 with my friends and our entire team leaves except for us. Are you guys getting off the game when you leave or do you just immediately queue up into another one?? Do you ever get stuck in a infinite loop of leaving, joining, leaving and have a moment of self reflection?

Just stay in the game. If your house isn't on fire or your pet dog isn't choking to death, STAY IN THE GAME.

Yesterday I was thinking about how Oryx can jump up hatches and It occurred to me, "Hey, doesn't every attacker have a rope and hook in their back pocket at all times? Why can't they just they just rappel up hatches?"

You mean to tell me that Attackers can throw a hook and rope to the top of 2 or 3 story building (and in some cases much further than they really should be able to throw) but they can't toss it 10 feet up a hatch?

I don't see why this would be a bad idea. It's not overpowered because rappelling is loud and the attacker is obviously more vulnerable while doing so. At the same time, it wouldn't be a useless addition because it could be used for flanking or providing another path to an upstairs area if the defenders have most entrances like stairs locked down. It could also probably be used to catch people off guard / ninja plant.

I've seen people complain that the game isn't realistic enough, but adding this would, at least in my opinion, increase the realism because if an Operator has a tool at their disposal, why wouldn't they be able to use it?

I think would add another layer to gameplay as well as making Oryx more flanking ability because he can now easily flank attackers while / right after they go up a hatch.

It wouldn't make Amaru less useful because she would still be far and away the best Attacker at ascending hatches. Her ability is much faster than rappelling and she's vulnerable for less time.

I think this would be a good change. Not groundbreaking or gamebreaking, just a little something to spice up the gameplay.