Peace on Hard Maps in times of enemy sweats
When one enters a Hard map, one expects to either get killed very fast or not be able to extract. Your heart beating 200 miles an hour trying to gauge the distance of an enemy team using the local mandelbrick to seek out players to kill just so you could avoid them. This doubles when you found a couple of reds and had just avoided a team that pulled extract extra early
Space City Hard, halfway through the time limit, I ended up in dorms via east gate keycard cause I wanted to check the treasure there. I froze inside a building when i heard player footsteps. Hid behind the stairs, a stinger comes down after my path and I throw a data knife and cover behind the stairs again, shotgun loaded. Neither of us apparently move too far as the stinger goes outside and I watch the door. The standoff lasts until i decide to fire a series of shots at the wall and use some voicelines. I hear a voiceline back.
Carefully I peer out the door. He has a knife out, leaning side by side. I get mine out and repeat the motion. I feel relief. He drops gold ammo parts as tribute but I don't take it, backpacks full see. We have peace as we loot what we can.
7 minutes on the timer, 45 seconds before the extract closes and we have to pull switches again. I see the Stinger trail behind me as we get to the bridge. I head one direction, he heads towards the other, understanding the assignment. I pull my switch immediately and begin to worry. He pulls his switch a moment later and I feel vindicated. Time to loot whatever leftovers the sweats had left behind.
1 minute till extract finishes. I worry again with a full pack. The guy's running late and might miss getting out. 15 seconds later I see him exit the building and know that this run was a great run. We both saluted at each other for the experience as we extracted safely with the goop.
One good reason to love this game