DUST Search - Why do people fear MCRUs?

TYCHUS MAXWELL wrote:

KING CHECKMATE wrote:

TYCHUS MAXWELL wrote:

Ryme Intrinseca wrote:

1. The mcru vehicle could blow up the moment you spawn
2. For dropships, youre likely to have to inertia dampen your way out, which is suicidal
3. For ground vehicles, your location is made obvious to the enemy
4. Why would i trust a random blueberry with my safety when i cant even trust them not to shoot at the mcc?

So I assume you don't use uplinks or CRUs then as those could be hot/suicidal as well? I see why people would fear MCRUs over red line spawning absolutely but uplinks and CRUs are also risky as well. Especially now that we have shared scans so that more than likely the enemy team knows where all your spawns are near the objectives.

Uplinks and CRU's will have PASSIVE scan of 36db.

You know where you are going to spawn...

So you can see if there is a fatty with a hmg right next to you but all weapons but shotguns with scouts that can fool that db and hmgs can be well out of range of the PASSIVE scans, as you put it.

In other words, no one really knows what the hell they are spawning into with uplinks and CRUs because PASSIVE scans don't extend very far.

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Ryme Intrinseca Dead Man's Game RUST415 2158	Posted - 2014.12.02 22:04:00 - [1] - Quote 1. The mcru vehicle could blow up the moment you spawn 2. For dropships, youre likely to have to inertia dampen your way out, which is suicidal 3. For ground vehicles, your location is made obvious to the enemy 4. Why would i trust a random blueberry with my safety when i cant even trust them not to shoot at the mcc?
Ryme Intrinseca Dead Man's Game RUST415 2159	Posted - 2014.12.03 07:21:00 - [2] - Quote TYCHUS MAXWELL wrote: KING CHECKMATE wrote: TYCHUS MAXWELL wrote: Ryme Intrinseca wrote: 1. The mcru vehicle could blow up the moment you spawn 2. For dropships, youre likely to have to inertia dampen your way out, which is suicidal 3. For ground vehicles, your location is made obvious to the enemy 4. Why would i trust a random blueberry with my safety when i cant even trust them not to shoot at the mcc? So I assume you don't use uplinks or CRUs then as those could be hot/suicidal as well? I see why people would fear MCRUs over red line spawning absolutely but uplinks and CRUs are also risky as well. Especially now that we have shared scans so that more than likely the enemy team knows where all your spawns are near the objectives. Uplinks and CRU's will have PASSIVE scan of 36db. You know where you are going to spawn... So you can see if there is a fatty with a hmg right next to you but all weapons but shotguns with scouts that can fool that db and hmgs can be well out of range of the PASSIVE scans, as you put it. In other words, no one really knows what the hell they are spawning into with uplinks and CRUs because PASSIVE scans don't extend very far. There is a very clear hierarchy of safety at present: 1. MCC/ground spawn - <1% risk of instadeath (conceivable you'll get sniped on some maps) 2. CRU - <5% risk of instadeath (scans but can still get camped by scouts) 3. Uplink - <10% risk of instadeath (no scans so can be camped by anything) 4. Ground MCRU - <15% risk of instadeath (the vehicle is big, obvious, and probably has redberries looking at it when you hop out; may also blow up on spawn) 5. Dropship MCRU - >15% risk of instadeath (>50% of the time you will have to inertia dampen your way out, which means you're dead if there are competent enemies within 50m; may also crash on spawn) Generally I prefer a CRU spawn, an uplink that has blues near it, or as a last resort an uplink without blues near it. I would spawn at the MCC before I would spawn in a blueberry derpship, though I don't remember it ever coming to that (link shortages are rare nowadays). A green one on coms is a different matter, of course.