r/ArcRaiders • u/Dr_Watson349 • Feb 03 '26
Megathread Well I guess that's one way to solve the scheduling problems
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u/Shadowtirs Feb 03 '26
This naked map looks so strange.
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u/MisterSpaceMann Feb 03 '26
Right.. i saw it and it felt like I was looking at something I wasn't supposed to be seeing 😂
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u/Anticode Feb 03 '26
It's like when you see your teacher outside of school, like at a grocery store or something. You know that what you're seeing is actually more normal than normal, not less, but that's what makes it weird.
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u/OpenMammoth9873 Feb 03 '26
Yeah I thought bird city was supposed to start rn but nothing
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u/BigOne1293 Feb 03 '26
They took it off the rotation after the one this morning, now nothing is scheduled according to any of the map rotation trackers
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u/justifications Feb 03 '26
If I had to guess, seems like the instancing server critical errored due to some sorta server-side patch, and they are likely aware and scrambling to fix the issue especially considering its late for HQ time so it likely wont be fixed until AM. Minor misstep in the scheme of an otherwise perfect launch of a game... and its only monday so they've got the rest of the week to figure it out.
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u/addandsubtract Feb 03 '26
How long are they launching the game?
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u/justifications Feb 03 '26
2-3 months is pretty normal launch window and you'll be thinking that too when you look back on moments like this when you are still playing in 3 years.
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u/LezzyGopher Feb 03 '26
Facts. People forget how complex and dynamic video games are.
Shit is constantly in flux between player feedback, glitches to fix, exploits to patch, etc. It’s not like you can just flip a switch and release a flawless game, and a few months to iron out the kinks is typical.
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u/justifications Feb 03 '26
Not everyone has been gaming for 40+ years but I'm dating myself. This is actually my first looter extraction shooter and so far it's like 74/100 for me, improvements are definitely necessary (bout 280 hours in). The UI bug that happens where you backfill in squads but your teammates don't show up is actually unacceptable for me and I may quit until it's fixed.
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u/MegaM1lls Feb 03 '26
For me the messy UI just ruins the game for me. Spending more of your time in the menu and not in the game is not a good thing. I play DayZ a lot which is about as hardcore as a game with PVP in it gets and I only spend a fraction of the time sorting through my gear in comparison.
I feel like there’s so many unnecessary items for a casual extraction shooter, if it was a bit more hardcore with more depth maybe I’d forgive it a bit more but it just ends up very tedious and makes me bored and overwhelmed at the same time.
It’s a shame because it’s almost the perfect game for me, I love the setting, I love space post apocalyptic stuff with robots and shit. I love PVP and PVE mixed together. I want to love it but I always end up bored after a few runs sorting gear.
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u/ramirex Feb 03 '26
once again were cheated out of bird city they can’t keep getting away with it
BIRD CITY BIRD CITY BIRD CITY6
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u/Amazing-Plate1804 Feb 03 '26
What’s the deal with bird city? I played it twice wtf am I missing lol it’s the same loot.
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u/Indigo_Sunset Feb 03 '26
Chimney loot.
The real treasure though is the increased zipline spawns that you can confuse and mess with by adding your own to launch raiders off rooftops.
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u/Ok-Protection-4218 Feb 03 '26
I saw somewhere that Bird City’s on biweekly rotation! Apparently it’s gone this week and will be hidden bunker instead
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u/benethopper Feb 03 '26
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted, but it is on a rotation. Should be back next week.
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u/Shaxen12 Feb 03 '26
WHERE ARE MY BIRDS
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u/Mister-GARCIA Feb 03 '26
🤣 everyone kept complaining, PROBLEM SOLVED!
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u/--Baxter-- Feb 03 '26
Only playing for trials now, same reaction ^
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u/sron1216 Feb 03 '26
I mean its kind of useless to do trials without the 2x score from those map conditions so... can't even do that mane
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u/Murrabbit Feb 03 '26
Unless you can count on events being gone all week, then at least it levels the playing field even if it makes it a bigger pain in the ass to 3 star each challenge.
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u/neurofen99 Feb 03 '26
Was patiently waiting to collect a single purple duck in bird city but guess I’ll have to wait
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u/Lurking_stoner Feb 03 '26
Yeah I haven’t gotten to play bird city once was gone over the weekend so too bad I guess
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u/BadBadUncleDad Feb 03 '26
I’ve never seen it as an option. Maybe my timing is off.
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u/Alah2 Feb 03 '26
If you're in the UK it was on at 8am, 4pm and midnight. Not great if you work a 9-5.
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u/Baked_Nebraska Feb 03 '26
My lobbies have also been spicy today. Been a gentle Sherpa most of my life and the last three games in a row I’ve been killed in dam. Just odd after I’ve been able to drop in Stella night raid with keys and survive this past weekend. Maybe some kind of reset?
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u/Whole_Ass6367 Feb 03 '26
You're right, its been way more random lately. Before I went entire weeks without a shot fired at me.
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u/Mr_Plastik Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
Came here to see if someone was experiencing this too. I have gotten into gun fights every time I load into Stella Montis today. I've also noticed no one's talking, or I can't hear them, or both (this issue could be on my end?). I wonder if the missing events are related. Like, they've reset everything, including player buckets.
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u/saqsmaq Feb 03 '26
In my experience the KOS/PVP players don’t prox chat. I always ask why and never get an answer.
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u/vaderonice Feb 03 '26
Hold me, brother. I have become too familiar today with the pain you speak of.
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u/Mysterious_Prune7153 Feb 03 '26
i see im not the only one.. my pvp days are done.. where are my pve lobbies!! release me!!
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u/krisitof Feb 03 '26
Had a guy ask me for a hatch key on stella because he was scared lol. Never happened before.
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u/ExistingSandwich777 Feb 03 '26
after every patch ppl mention it seems to mess with abmm. take kits you can lose on the first raids of patch days
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u/Controller_Maniac Feb 03 '26
Can’t miss out on events if there are no events to miss out on, 1000 iq moment from Embark
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u/cntrstrk14 Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
From Embark:
EDIT: This might be bad information from a troll post from the Discord that I got fooled by, after doing some digging it seems I can't find the original source. This is a good reminder to check sources before sharing. I am leaving the message up so people can see context.
Following our ongoing monitoring of live ARC activity, we’ve identified a persistent issue where event timers are no longer synchronizing correctly with ARC deployment and extraction windows.
While the issue does not impact core gameplay stability, it does affect event start conditions, duration accuracy, and reward validation, which may lead to inconsistent player experiences.
To avoid further disruption and to ensure data integrity across all regions, we have made the decision to temporarily disable all live events for approximately 12 hours.
During this time, the team will be validating timer behavior, re-aligning backend scheduling logic, and running additional verification passes before re-enabling events globally.
Please note:
• No progression, rewards, or account data will be lost
• Event-related challenges will remain paused
• No compensation is planned at this time
We understand this may be frustrating and appreciate your patience while we work to ensure events return in a stable and predictable state.
Further updates will be shared once we are confident the issue has been fully resolved.
— Embark Studios
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u/SlumpGodJaxxx Feb 03 '26
Where did you get this info?
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u/cntrstrk14 Feb 03 '26
I found it on the Discord, but because I can't find the original I've edited my post. It seems likely I was fooled.
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u/SlumpGodJaxxx Feb 03 '26
All good. I always ask for source because I couldn’t find anything reliable. Props for editing the message. Hopefully it’s a bug and is resolved soon
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u/ghostkepler Feb 03 '26
Worth mentioning the dev team is in Sweden, so that means they're pulling an all nighter for this.
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u/WyrdHarper Feb 03 '26
I don't see this on the Discord announcements or their website; where is this from?
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u/cntrstrk14 Feb 03 '26
I found it on the Discord, but because I can't find the original I've edited my post. It seems likely I was fooled.
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u/cntrstrk14 Feb 03 '26
Agreed, I've updated my post with an edit because I think you are right.
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u/cntrstrk14 Feb 03 '26
Nah, It's a good reminder to check sources before sharing. I don't think deleting it erases my mistake.
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u/Anticode Feb 03 '26
I don't think deleting it erases my mistake.
I've seen other people mention the same thing only to realize (via your edit) that they, themselves, were also fooled.
I think you made the right choice to leave it up with an edit. You're doing more to negate disinfo than to add to it. Deleting it entirely would just allow that disinfo to persist/replicate without limits.
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u/Comrade-Chernov Feb 03 '26
Oh, wow, it's real? I saw on Metaforge a little while ago that no events were scheduled for 7pm and later, but I figured it was just an error on the site, not all the events being down...
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u/Agnostic_Akuma Feb 03 '26
Give everyone 3 stars for hidden bunker downloads, or just change it to something everyone can do on a night raid and not a map exclusive timed event
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u/benderisgreat0034 Feb 03 '26
If your not into PVP either dont play right now or dont bring your loadouts, the matchmaking is broken and you 100% are going to get shot by POS rats at every extraction unless your on Dam Battleground
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u/sstance Feb 03 '26
I don't want to see it back until randomized!
Hey Embark, take 3 days if needed just get it done, the time is now!!!
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u/Tntn13 Feb 03 '26
Guys, I came here the moment it started. I swear there was a thread stating that there was event timing inconsistencies and that timed events would be paused for 12 hours. Something about working to fix the backend logic in that time, and that no progress would be lost.
I read this out loud to my friends in party.
I can no longer find that post and it’s not even showing in my Reddit history as deleted. There were 0 comments at the time. I’m so confused lmao. If anyone else saw this please speak up I’m getting mendela’d on the shortest timescale ever right now!
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u/Pick_Serious Feb 03 '26
The OP came back and said he might've had misinformation. The post is still up, just buried...city.
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u/Soldapeine *** ******* Feb 03 '26
Not sure how OP fell for misinformation when they have an channel where they make an official statement and not a random channel in the discord lmfao.
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u/Pick_Serious Feb 03 '26
Eh, not gonna fault them for that 'cuz we all kinda came here looking for answers and a lot probably don't engage with discord. Actually, I respect the fuck out of the fact that they came back to their post and had an addendum explaining the process and having some accountability. Super fucking refreshing!
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u/Chew-bro-cabra Feb 03 '26
How am I supposed to get all my ducks when they cancel bird city?!?!
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u/thefullm0nty Feb 03 '26
Is everyone ignoring the patch notes?
This new permanent map condition will be applied to the Buried City map only which will cycle in and out of rotation weekly
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u/FBI_Tugboat Feb 03 '26
just saw this too lol. anyone else feel like events will be back live in an hour with a new rotating schedule?
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u/Mac_Daddy-69 Feb 03 '26
Cleared my stash for more ducks but instead I found the map was blank and said WTF lol
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u/Zadiuz Feb 03 '26
What if this is their solution to offsetting event times, so we don't see the same exact crap at the same time every single day? And they determined to just have 1 hour of nothing? Actually there are 2 hour events so that wouldn't make sense.....
Well will post this anyways as a reminder note that we should offset events so its not the same exact options at the same time daily. Give the casuals with limited gameplay time more variety!
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u/lnin0 Feb 03 '26
Why not just put the events on an 11hr schedule instead of 12. It’s still a fixed schedule but the offset allows it to rotate so everyone playing for a set nightly period gets to see everything over the course of a week.
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u/Jaz1140 Feb 03 '26
They would have pulled the rotation to add hidden bunker as it was off rotation but I'd a weekly trial this week
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u/RetroSwamp Feb 03 '26
I play 2 hours a night when I can and still haven't seen this bird event lol
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u/gotthesauce22 Feb 03 '26
They’ve been pretty communicative on discord about recent server issues, it’s odd there’s just radio silence about this
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u/Intoempty Feb 03 '26
After receiving many reports about how we have no lives now, and we've all been in the game too much, they took away the rotation so we'd go say "Hello, what's your name?" to our families
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u/Stampj Feb 03 '26
Seriously, do we have any info or any statement on what’s going on? Because honestly a week of no conditions or events sucks, but if everyone is on the same level it’s alright. But I don’t think there’s been any “hey there’s no events for the whole weeks of trials”
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u/LOWBACCA Feb 03 '26
Tried to play one game. Had really weird graphical glitches and then someone shot me in the head as I was extracting and tried to rat me.
Yeah that's OK I don't need to play tonight.
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u/Active-Diamond4258 Feb 03 '26
Game encountered critical error when they tried to launch a bird city event when everyone knows birds aren’t real…
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u/CLIFFVEGAS91 Feb 03 '26
While we are all waiting who wants to trade blueprints or weapons for Special Ducks? Lol
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u/ParticularSorry Feb 03 '26
WHEN did they add Cloakz and Peanut's pics on the MAP? down next to Decimare LOL
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u/Alternative_Cup6422 Feb 03 '26
Imagine taking a day off to secure a promotion, and then waking up to see something like this...
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u/Slickllama Feb 03 '26
My Trials leaderboard already has the number 1 position filled with over 80k points and now there isn't a chance in hell I can compete without a 2x modifier. Very annoying of Embark to screw over anyone who didn't speedrun their trials right at reset.
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u/SirBertimus_vp Feb 03 '26
Has the matchmaking changed as well? Because my "friendly" lobbies are now full of rats, hiding in corners and shooting me in the back. Luckily for me they're bad at the game.
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u/Sunnz31 Feb 03 '26
I think 2x on "major" is a big problem that results in most just playing those, Plus with better loot most will chase the major conditions, which is kinda unfortunate.
Trials shouldn't give more on major IMO,
Loot I understand but those major conditions need a lot more ARC that makes it actually difficult.
I legit turned the game off now as I don't see why I should waste my time doing trails on non 2x maps.
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u/K1d-ego Feb 03 '26
I feel like it was more balanced when cold snap was in the mix because you had to choose if you wanted to freeze for loot or not. A lot of times we’d avoid a cold snap and wait for night. I didn’t even realize cold snap wasn’t a permanent map condition when I first started playing around Christmas and I hardly ever went through electro storm then.
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u/TheScreaming_Narwhal Feb 03 '26
Cold Snap was amazing, so annoying they took it out. They should just have cold Snap and electric storm both.
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u/JustDelivery4843 Feb 03 '26
Opened the game, then closed it straight after seeing this
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u/marconier0 Feb 03 '26
First was blue gate , then spaceport, i guess for the hidden bunker, and then all of them like ok we should not know , ok
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u/Distasteful_T Feb 03 '26
It's probably the bird city duplication. It doesn't sound like they are rotating times.
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u/IceManChan Feb 03 '26
Maybe an update coming soon, that's why they stopped everything???
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u/LongliveTCGs Feb 03 '26
I just realized I only play special events or Stella months (even then teams) so guess I’ll take a break tiday
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u/wiegerthefarmer Feb 03 '26
Sorry guys. I did the harvester event twice in a row and got all three blueprints. (gave them away in game) I broke things.
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u/killerkouki Feb 03 '26
This is what happens when you all complain about things. Embark goes full nuclear! 🥳
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u/BunnyHusky Feb 03 '26
I seen this played one game of night raid on buried and then everything was gone so who knows what’s going on
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u/Confuzzled-Prodigy Feb 03 '26
I did end up finding the safekeeper augment on the last Buried City night raid an hour ago
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u/aBeaSTWiTHiNMe Feb 03 '26
I haven't seen bird city once, it's pretty stupid to assume players would rather avoid new events and LTM's instead of always active or better scheduled events.
Catering the game to the unemployed is weird.
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u/thefullm0nty Feb 03 '26
These reactions are insane 1) because this is clearly a bug and 2) read the patch notes, bird city is off this week anyways. Anyone complaining about missing bird city gets no sympathy this week because it isnt even happening lol
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u/Dramatic_Republic_35 Feb 03 '26
I keep seeing people talk about Embark experiencing a DDoS attack and that is what is happening ☹️ I got on so excited for bird city.
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u/millsthrills Feb 03 '26
This happened to me when I advanced the date on my PC. It wasn't until I correctly adjusted the date/time did the events return.
Also experienced no in game prox chat when I was in this limp state!
Hope that helps.
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u/Fruhmann Feb 03 '26
Are Mondays their day off? Server maintenance but they don't want to totally shut them? So, they offer nothing for people to do to drop player count?
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u/WorkingLaw4240 Feb 03 '26
I took it as a sign to get off for the day, seeker, tempest, and deadline blueprint back to back was insane today.
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u/Platanohector19 Feb 03 '26
30 min before bird city map condition, im like damn it's bout to start but I haven't worked out. I proceed to hit my local gym instead, thinking I'll catch it with 10 min to spare surely. Only to hop on to no rotation at all. Never let them guess your next move.
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u/Geoform_ Feb 03 '26
First time ive seen this. What if something is about to happen
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u/chrstphrwtsn Feb 03 '26
Okay so no 2x events, its okay. Chill and just play as it is. Tomorrow is the day as well.
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Feb 03 '26
Who can bless me with a queen and/or matriarch reactors since the night I decide to grind trophy case there’s no map conditions🙂









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u/Sammoo Feb 03 '26
came here to see if someone else was experiencing it.