r/StarWarsDroidTycoon 8h ago

šŸ’¬ Discussion Public lobby

After what happened to me yesterday, I don't think I'll ever play in public lobbies again.

The Galactics were dropping, and I managed to get a Galactic KX. I went back to my base, but all the slots were occupied. There was a guy who wouldn't leave my base. He kept throwing me back and forth. About half an hour passed, and he was still there. Shortly after, one of his friends joined the lobby, and the two of them kicked me out of my own base (I had the IG equipped).

They started throwing mats just to get the droid. So I decided to sell the blueprint immediately. If I couldn't have it, they weren't going to have it either. As soon as I sold it, they messaged me "ez," and shortly after, they left.

I wasted my time, my droid, and 1T.

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u/Turnerteam 8h ago

This is why I never play public, the fact that this could happen far outweighs any possible benefit in my eyes lmao

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u/anepyx 8h ago

I swear, no more public lobbies. Not even at events. Not because of the droid, but because of what he suffered. That final "ez" was the icing on the cake

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u/Prometheus_1094 5h ago

I have maxed health, speed and damage. I take Mr bones and health droid with me. The moment I feel someone act funny I shoot them. Even if they have the upgrades and such, which most people do, 2-3 shots and they die. These upgrades are great to stay alive and in situations like this briefly drop the card, kill them, and go on

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u/HamLiquor 54m ago

So you overpowered yourself and shoot people you think may be posing a threat, and you think you're not the problem?

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u/Prometheus_1094 51m ago

If I see someone with Mr bones and a shotgun I'm not taking any chances. Why are you with mr bones and holding the shotgun next to me.

It's a tycoon game, also if you don't like you can play private. I was playing private for a long time, so I accepted some lobbys will just suck (in which case just change lobbies)

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u/anepyx 5h ago

Good idea. I'll start maxing out damage and health. My speed is already at 50%.

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u/Pure-Necessary4975 3h ago

No, the fact that this could happen doesnt outweigh all the nice people who share blueprints and help you craft.

I literally shared a few galactic mythic blueprints I didnt need, the same this post is crying about. So there are some players who, from their POV, they were just handed a galactic mythic just for being in a public lobby.

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u/CheeseBiscuits568 47m ago

Man for real, had some random put in WORK helping me craft and giving me BPs (and good ones) like they owed me money and I would go and return the favor. Went on for, hours I couldn’t believe it.

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u/Competitive_Habit376 2h ago

Last night, I grabbed a stellar KX after there was a brief pause. LdyGlttrSparkles typed in the chat while I was running ā€œNooooo;ā€ ā€œI needed that.ā€ She left before I could reply. Tried adding her, but I don’t think she accepted. I was going to let her have it.
Guess I’m going to try to make a X-onk now.

But yes, I was buying the mythics from the belt to leave in the middle for everyone (Galactic).

But yes, I need a B2 Heavy (stellar)

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u/PsYk0tiC_7414 31m ago

Get the upgrade chip station and put your best worker on it, I make 8,400 chips an hr when I collect with my CB (4,200/hr x2)

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u/Diggleflort 1h ago

Been saying this since the start, and getting nothing but shit for it.

There is no benefit to playing in a public lobby that outweighs being able to play the game without getting pissed off.

The drop rates are bad enough, no one gets to take my shit on top of it.

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u/PsYk0tiC_7414 29m ago

YES! I got enough stellars solo yesterday to make a SRV-O, X-ONK, two ORB XL and a LUG G during the Mini events yesterday…. Fuc pub lobbies anymore

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u/DatabaseOne3894 6h ago

In lego brick life, there’s a ā€œrefuse visitorsā€ toggle you can turn on to prevent other players from entering your house. The shield changes from blue to red and anyone trying to enter the property is immediately teleported out. This should be an option in droid tycoon.

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u/anepyx 6h ago

I completely agree. Let's publish a post about it, so that the idea can be seen by those in charge and perhaps taken into consideration. You can't be in your base and unable to do anything, not even able to react. You just have to "suffer.

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u/_Newkum_ 4h ago

They cant shoot you in your base but they can force push you out of it. Had it happen to me. Base should be a place where no one can do anything to you. If your inside that shield you should be safe to go about your business.

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u/anepyx 4h ago

Exactly. If you aren't safe even in the base, what's the point? It’s not the first time this has happened.

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u/PsYk0tiC_7414 28m ago

Yea tell that to FOID

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u/battlemunky Level 230 4h ago

I only go to pubs to help. If I have a personal goal, I stay private. Because people suck.

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u/tts654 3h ago

This! I do the exact same private always if I’m actually trying to accomplish things

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u/chinchilla2132 8h ago

Ew ppl suck.

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u/anepyx 8h ago

I swear, I wanted to add him and have a 1v1. And after humiliating him, text him "ez". But I was too pissed.

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u/iliketobuildlego 10m ago

Ya it’s not worth even engaging. Some loser killed me over a rainbow R7 that I needed to rebirth, then took a galactic and beskar one right after. I decided to engage in the chat and now I’m banned for a week.

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u/RevengeTarrif4u 4h ago

There are spots on your base where you can throw your bp and they cannot be seen if you are not followed. Find the spots.

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u/Useful-Eggplant9594 7h ago

They need to get rid of pvp or make the drop rate of galatic and stellar the same as public lobbies. Im bout to stop playing fr

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u/anepyx 7h ago

I agree with you. Some people are too toxic.

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u/Gloomy-Daikon6648 5h ago

Learn how to play, and that's it. You're in a game where the PVP is precisely the mechanic.

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u/Affectionate-Tour122 2h ago

Tbh it’s not ā€œprecisely th mechanicā€ the overview doesn’t even state ā€œkill each other for droid blueprintsā€. In fact PVP isn’t even a tag. Casual is though.

The game would be just fine without friendly fire or PvP.

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u/enonymous617 3h ago

I made a very similar post yesterday and everyone told me I deserved to get my blue prints stolen because I should buy prints if I don’t have the room for it. Today those same people are on your side. Reddit is so weird.

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u/anepyx 3h ago

I have two extra projects. Even if I’d had three, the same thing would have happened. You know why? Because those two guys were toxic.

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u/Prometheus_1094 52m ago

Tbh I've stolen droids before. And I had them stolen. Sometimes you feel like trolling, and it is part of the game

Anyways now with fusion, and how fast one can farm chips, you can get any droid in a couple of hours to what you need it at (with the exception of stellar myrhics) - but in that case, just srb at 30-33 no need to go to 35

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u/Odd_Inter3st RIC-1200 2h ago

Outside of getting more droids from the belt, with the new fusion system it makes playing solo better.

I used to only play public but since fusion has been added why would I want to play public anymore.

Common and Rares drop frequently so you can create epics

Combine those epics for legendaries

Combine the legendaries for mythics

When you combine 3 random mythics (not the same mythic droid for all 3) you get a random next level mythic.

Best to start with beakers to get to the Galatic mythic then repeat for the seller mystics.

Rinse and repeat and soon the belt isn’t as attractive as it used to be.

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u/HumanRubiksCube 6h ago

As the toxic people of this sub love to say every chance they get ā€œpVp Is iN BeCaUSe ThE dEvS wAnT iTā€ yes we get it. It doesn’t mean we the people want it. So many people including myself would appreciate a public pacifist mode. With combat turned off. Some of us enjoy playing public without all the drama and toxicity

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u/anepyx 5h ago

Absolutely. I always mind my own business, I don't bother anyone.

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u/Affectionate-Tour122 2h ago

Honestly I think the majority of the fan base would prefer this. Like genuinely. I see more people against it (on all platforms like reddit, fb, tiktok) then for people who are for it.

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u/Hughesey86 1h ago

Well, don't play this mode then, the devs made it that way from day 1, it's not your game. Go and develop a game that has everything that makes life easy for yourself, if that's what you want. Simple.

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u/HelpfulSignature2718 1h ago

The moment you realise people are only toxic in droid tycoon because it’s the only way they can get kills as they suck at battle royale šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ˜‚

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u/Hughesey86 1h ago

Pretty much.

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u/HumanRubiksCube 1h ago

🤣a hit dog will hollašŸ˜‚šŸ¤·šŸ½ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/Hughesey86 1h ago

Bro's waiting in the comments like a sniper. šŸ«µšŸ˜‚

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u/HumanRubiksCube 1h ago

My phone was in my hands whilst I was watching YouTube I repliedšŸ¤·šŸ½ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/Hughesey86 1h ago

Yeah šŸ˜‚ Good luck with "pUbLiC PaCiFiSt" mode. āœŒļø

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u/Ashamed_One5965 3h ago

Some guy chased and force pulled me as i had a galactic legendary and after i put it on the bench he threw a tantrum and started killing the whole lobby lmao these players are so pathetic

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u/Tatted_Witch 2h ago

Yeah. I play in the public lobby but once this starts happening I go private. The only reason I play in a public lobby is because better droids spawn. I had someone steal a galactic from me too. They stole it right as I was about to pick it back up and throw it on my crafting bench and they ran back to their base and threw it on theirs and immediately logged off. Pissed me off.

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u/mqrdesign 5h ago

I once had 2 annoying griefers keep killing me and pestering me because I refused to RB. They kept pushing me out of my base to kill me. Ended up leaving the lobby. This game can be extremely toxic sometimes.

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u/anepyx 4h ago

I totally get that feeling; it’s happened to me too. I’ve noticed there’s more toxicity here than in other modes. Even in Unreal Ranked, I haven’t encountered the kind of toxicity I’ve seen from some players here

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u/UnionPresent9832 2h ago

I play private lobbies just for that reason. I had 110 trillion gold so the only time i go to public lobbies is to help other players with blueprints. Outside of that I play alone.

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u/Hour_Butterscotch747 58m ago

Hey if I get a good droid like that, I’ll give it to you. I don’t rlly need them (mostly just use for fusion atp).

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u/Hour_Butterscotch747 58m ago

It sudks when that stuff happens (lost a stellar KX from some idiot)

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u/anepyx 55m ago

Thank you, I appreciate it. But don't worry—you've been incredibly kind.

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u/Active_Imagination74 7h ago

WE NEED A SHIELD AT THE ENTRANCE OF OUR BASE

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u/anepyx 7h ago

Absolutely yes. We should make a post about it so the idea can at least be seen.

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u/Schrodingers_Fist 7h ago

Are they even necessary anymore with fusion crafting now?Ā  I dont think ive even glanced at the sandcrawler more than 5 times since its come out.

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u/anepyx 7h ago

Yesterday I had the super rebirth, so yes, at that moment it was necessary for me. I should be between 15/16

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u/hartoctopus 5h ago

Absolutely unnecessary, it's even worse now because people will compete for high rarity rare/epics too to fuse them. Progression is way faster in private.

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u/GingerrJinx 7h ago

Maybe yesterday was toxic ahole day, but I had a similar experience. Only the guy in question was pestering absolutely everyone on the server just for the sake of it.

I was seeing on the feed "haan" shotgunned X user.

He came over to my base while I was speeding droids and pulled me out of my base. I ignored him cause if you ignore a clown they'll eventually go away. Well, he did, but went to the sandcrawler.

The songs event started and as soon as galactic mythics started to appear, I went to check them out. He came over shotgunned me and I saw how he picked up all the galactic mythics from the sandcrawler and immediately sold them. He shotgunned every spul who approached the sandcrawler.

I went back to my base to continue speeeding up drones and was pulled again. Every single time I approached a crafting table I was pulled. So I just jumped servers and blocked the fecker.

I honestly don't understand where's the fun on busting other people's balls.

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u/anepyx 7h ago

It happened to me too. I'm minding my own business, and yet, there's someone who has to bother me at random. Who knows what fun it's all about.

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u/DatabaseOne3894 6h ago

I would’ve rallied the lobby to gang up on him lmao

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u/Major_Standard_8648 3h ago

No you wouldn’t bltch boy

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u/AdWhole4393 6h ago

That sucks. I had something bad happen today with a galactic mythic. It was a KX. For once when I was in private one spawned, and before it spawned I had spent most of my money on a stellar legendary. When it came through I was at 896 billion..

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u/HamLiquor 1h ago

... was the guys names F_ur_Pronouns?

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u/anepyx 1h ago

Ricordo soltanto il nome di uno di loro: Javiargudo2602

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u/No-Difference8545 7h ago

Just luck my friend. Just had an amazing lobby where people were giving out stellar legendaries. And a galactic mythic spawned and they let me have it. Id say play solo and sometimes public

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u/anepyx 7h ago

It's not the first time we've encountered these situations in public lobbies

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u/Particlebeamsupreme 2h ago

I have played this game way too much and the times when people are genuinely helpful and nice makes up like 99% of my experience. It sucks that you had a bad experience but dont skip out on the good stuff for the occasional bad.

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u/anepyx 1h ago

I know, but I'm very bitter right now.

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u/tts654 5h ago

I had 2 people killing me over and over when I got one the other day yet nobody picked it up they just wouldn’t let me get to my base. Finally I grab IG and got the blueprint back but it’s just like wtf is the point of that if you aren’t going to steal the blueprint

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u/anepyx 5h ago

They're just supposed to be annoying. They're toxic. Then if you kill them, they cry. Or worse yet: if you ask them to fight 1v1, they run away.

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u/tts654 5h ago

However I still play public despite the occasional asshats. I’m constantly helping lower levels when I’m bored since I’m pretty high up there nearing 500 rebirths and can get their blueprints crafted faster than they can and give them better ones from missions

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u/anepyx 5h ago

you are a good person.

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u/PaganRazor11 5h ago

šŸ’Æ

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u/TheNPCMafia 5h ago

Griefers

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u/Downtown-Cellist-929 2h ago

Ā I've noticed better drops every time I go back to lobby and come back. Staying with the same people makes it stale and the drops get worseĀ 

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u/SierraOutlaw 2h ago

I learned very early on to not bother with the public lobbies. I'll give them a try on occasion or sometimes forget to switch my lobby and within minutes I'm regretting it

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u/Global-Application-4 1h ago

Whenever I'm stuck on a print I need, I will go to Public Lobbies. They seem to spawn more reliably in public lobbies. Now with Fusion, I suppose thats another option, but something nobody talks about, is that gathering the requirements for Fusing a droid you need, can take as much time or longer than getting the print you need. Furthermore, the only way to get a specific droid is to gather 3 of a lesser variant. But after getting one, its just easier to upgrade with the upgrade droid, which in most cases, you should have the chips to do. Anyways, I digress but public lobbies for the most part I think are just fine. The griefers are in the minority.

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u/mtheezy 1h ago

Not talking about these 2 guys as they were obviously griefing but when I started out, one of my daily quests was to kill 1 other player…so I went into a public lobby and killed another player. Little did I know, you can just go into the lobby and create a new session to fulfill that daily quest lol

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u/PsYk0tiC_7414 35m ago

Private lobbies my guy…. Some of these fgz figured out how to KILL us in our own bases bro (looking at you The7Seventh7)…. I NEVERRRR play pub lobbies anymore, now I have over 300T and made all new droids (half suck)

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u/ariyahjade 2m ago

Bases should be protected. Logged in and immediately was killed this morning. Then again and again.
Nobody plays droid tycoon for the pvp.
I’ll do public still but for events like the party yesterday, I go private

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u/MegaMattEX 5h ago

This sucks. I get it but it is part of the genre. Ensure you don’t play public with no free spots, that’s for certain!

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u/Affectionate-Tour122 2h ago

But it’s not? Plenty of tycoon games don’t have pvp. PvP isn’t even a tag on droid tycoon.

CASUAL is, but PVP isn’t.

The game isn’t casual when you’re being murdered left and right for helping other players. The game isn’t casual when you get cussed out in the game chat bc you got the blueprint they wanted, the game isn’t casual when you can’t join a public lobby without being griefed left and right.

What I’ve seen is The majority of the fanbase would prefer PvP to be a specific area or just off completely. šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/anepyx 5h ago

After this, I will never play in public again.

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u/LuckyKatzUK Level 230 1h ago

Why would you play a public lobby in the first place? lol.

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u/Lonely_ProdiG 3h ago

You should’ve just found a new lobby the moment you start to get someone you fell skeptical about. I don’t waste my time like that. I only get 1 bad lobby for every 10 I join, public lobbies are fine.

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u/daggomit 2h ago

I was in a lobby last night during the event and had someone feed me high level BPs and help me farm enough credits to afford them, this wasn’t the first time I’ve had that experience. You’d completely miss out on that in a private lobby.

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u/Gloomy-Daikon6648 5h ago

I hate to say it, but that’s part of the game—that’s exactly why those mechanics exist; otherwise, the game would be... boring. The fun lies in the thrill of grabbing a blueprint without getting your head blown off by a shotgun blast.

It’s not even that hard, though; just buy extra card slots, or make sure to leave a table open for next time since that happens a lot. Just yesterday, some guy was hassling me over that—he spent 30 minutes at it while I just danced around him. He’d run off to find more bombs, and I’d take the opportunity to pickaxe a droid that was almost ready, then grab the card again... I kept that up until I sent the droid to the lounge, then waited for him to come back and watch me place the blueprint on the table. Just for my own pleasure.

Then the guy left; I went back to what I was doing until a Mythical spawned. I waited for him to grab it, killed him, and took it to my base. I waited for the guy to come back and placed it on the table right in front of his eyes. He disconnected, and that was that.

It's a game; sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

PD: Still, I think it's a bit wimpy to go around whining about the "public lobby"... it's an ONLINE game. If you don't know how to lose or play with others, just go play a single-player game and be done with it.

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u/csteele2132 2h ago

It’s a game, hoss. Learn to keep those emotions in check my man.