Erewhon' Bivouac (What did you do in GR:B today) (spoilers)

Yup.

So this game is getting better and better with each patch.

Picking up where I left off to look for Paula's husband which took me right to the Eternity Center. Which was fun. Actually had some good sight lines over looking the place which gave me a good opprotunity to do what I do best. So after slaughtering pretty much everyone in sight with my Barret, including a weird situation where it seemed the goons were crawling up a sheer wall...which made a better sniping position actually...I took care of the heavies...and then got stuck. So the intel pointed me to the 'basement' but I could not find the 'down'. So I went all over the place looking for it. On the sort of entrance in front, on some control towers around the base which was protected by drones and comms people...and then I went to go online looking for the hint...and sure enough it was just in the side of the place, so I just missed it...stairs...leading straight down. The resolution to that quest was a little typical but still well done.

Then onto the other branch of Skell wanting me to look into stuff to convert Madera. Went off to look for information on who bombed the Skell lab in Infinity. Boy was that...interesting...Ito was being a little on the cagey side which sent Nomad off to further investigation. And through a little Skell checkpoint then hunted down more collectibles which led to...Ghost Story, which is a treassure lead and then I got off to Polaris labs. Which was already being attacked.

Fun fact here I decided to craft the Mk. 48...the first LMG I've done. I will say about the tiered loot is it does tend to do what they said it was going to do...and push one outside their comfort zone. It was epic squeezing off a few rounds and watching them just knock back...but both LMGs and SMGs tend to be real ammo hogs.

Which leads to my thoughts on this patch. Haven't noticed too much different yet but I like what I have noiticed. Apparently the garage in a bivouac now starts with something in it, don't know if I can change it. And I was quite surprised crawling around Polaris labs...one of the Sentinel people chucked a grenade at me! I avoided it easily, and I am a bit reticient about the AI getting tougher...but I approve.

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Bioweapon?! :eek:

And yeah I think I gave the male Ito a piece of my mind...by poking him in the ribs.

So yeah I wrapped up all the stuff with Paula finally. Probably my favorite sequence of the game so far. I really like Paula. (I even am shipping her and Nomad even though I KNOW I SHOULDN'T) And it was a quick little bit with Ito, just had to talk with him, hijack a truck...then get the truck unstuck on a rock...and then move on.

Then what followed was one of the neatest and craziest missions ever. Paula was backseat on an gunship where I was going around blowing up her batteries and servers containing her work. Helicopter with rockets blowing the crap out of everything from the air...it was cool. It also became some of Auroa's greatest hits as I actually overflew (and bombed) mission areas that I have done before like the one port with that one boat and the Fuel Storage Depot. And Assembly Hall Omega 02, where the blueprint for the Barret was. I got to an area that apparently I have NOT done, Outpost Red Weasel, and I got way too cute. I didn't want to get into any duels or firefights so I tried to get point blank range on the first server...and a bit too point blank as I crashed into the side of the tent and...yeah. THEN an bombing mission turned into the fight of my life. Paula went down almost immedietly (though it let me heal her) and the whole base was already alerted to me. I had to fight through the area with little in the regards of tactics or planning, beyond healing, ducking for cover when I could, and planning out who to kill. Perhaps coincedentally though I had an LMG...which was pretty awesome. I did get the two servers, dodging Snipers the whole way, and then got Paula up and the game then forced me to steal a helo.

But I did have a blast.

So...

Indeed.

The frustrating thing is despite across the board improvements to Wildlands there is still one or two things that could wind up making it an 'inferior' game.

But.

A: Ubisoft is looking into a fix.

B. I am learning to ignore it more and more as time goes on.

I forgot to mention:

So I think I did...three faction missions. Yeah has to be three. Though for the life of me I don't remember...one of them?

Anyways first up went back to the Auroa hospital to hunt for intel on the 'Assassins', a Skell squad was causing trouble. I was happy about going back since I sort of bull rushed the first time. And i found info on the squad and killed them.

Second hunting a Sentinel Commander. I like these missions but I hate how they are usually hiding in buildings or some such nonsense. So was clearing out the camp as carefully as I could, which tripped the alarm and got him to play peekaboo l...I killed him.

Third mission decided to pick off the Elite mission, having to capture a Skell scientist that was under guard by a LOT of Drones and Sentinel. This was a new construction site. I managed to get up on a roof and well I just couldn't find the genny for the base to shut off the turrets. Plus I had a rather unfortunate situation where I just had a Mk. 48 and the D-Eagle...which neither of them are suppressed. Fortunatley someone climbed up after me and I was just able to rush him and CQC him which, thankfully, I got a gold level SNS (probably my favorite SMG in the game). Eventually I just got frurstrated in the situation and started taking themout with the Barret regardless. Then there was a drone just crashing into the building I was on over and over like some kind of malfunctioning RC car, a couple of EMP grenades and some SMG fire took care of it, and then sniped the last two before escaping with the scentist in tow. Had to start on foot for a bit before I ran into an SUV/ Humvee.

And now Silverback is dead as well. Interesting base to infiltrate. Sneaky-beaky like and a lot of body fetching. Shark base next up!

Lets see here, oh yes the first Elite Faction Mission took me back to Camp Ferret...again. If that is one complaint about them they force me to go to the same areas over and over and over again. I know I have probably mentioned this before. It is also doubly annoying getting into any kind of death cycle when going to these previous bases...though I did get through it with some very interesting sniping.

My second Elite Mission...it reset in the middle of it so I did not even get to finish it!

Third regular mission took me back to the Fuel Storage Area that I had a lot of fun with. Approached it from the opposite angle and got to sniping. Thought it was a kill order but it was really a capture, thank goodness I didn't accidentally kill him. But pulled off some pretty good sniping work.

And then wrapped up with an Assassin Mission which took me to Assembly Hall Omega 01 which is such a fun little area for sniping. Was just going along and then went into the area to get the actual location of the Sentinel Commander. Which was probably one of the best shots I ever have done. Of course the guy just happened to be inside an building and I did not have good vision on him, I could see his legs...pretty much nothing else...but then since I switched back to Sharpshooter I knew I had armor piercing rounds which I equipped and nailed him through the wall in one shot. Then I cleared the base to find the collectibles and unique loot...then I left.

Hack and defend is ok when the environment gives you some kind of useful cover. Many times though they come from every direction and no cover but the object you're defending. Those times I try to survive with flashbangs left and right but they tend to be so many that they manage to destroy the objective anyway.

So that was a disaster...and honestly if this game continues to pull the crap it did last night I might put it aside for a really, really, long time.

Though it started off annoyingly yet interestingly enough. The first round of faction missions took me back to the Sinking Country Province. Destroying radio antennas. It was annoying because the daily reset happened just as I was going to start doing them...as an aside I suppose I shouldn't ever do the faction missions that close to it, just find a side mission or book keeping to do...something...anything! IDK

But after that it was a trip down memory lane, wanted to start doing the EFM 'A Polite Conversation'...which is always an interesting twist on things and I happen to like them...despite how finicky they were, and this one was just...Murphy's law you know? So the first bit went fine. I actually did get a little lucky here. It took me back to the armory that I had trouble with when I was playing the demo but then did much better when I came back for the main game and did much better. There was a Sentinel goon with the info I needed right on the outskirts, so I got it and went on my merry way leaving an alerted base in my wake.

Then the trouble started. I was quite surprised, pleasently, that it took me to Radar Station 1 which was an area I actually was surprised to discover I have not been back to since the Demo. This is the kind of stuff I appreciate in the Faction Missions. But well first attempt apparently we had an invisible non rendering generator that wasn't loading in properly...and I killed the target. Second attempt the generator was there then I blew myself up with my own rifle grenade. Third attempt no generator but I killed the target again when the prompt clearly said knock out. Which is just atrocious game design.

Then I gave up on it but the next mission 'the bug' happened, fortunately I did not have to kill myself this time. The good news is I finished off on the Skell dam, which is an area I was eager for. Good sniping, and I got the Jack of all Guns perk with a shotty...god those things feel...wrong.

So I'm baaccckk. Anyways didn't do too much just getting back into the swing of it. Got through two of the EFMs. This time out I was able to find the information on the medical transport...and I stole it quite easily. Actually probably the easiest EFM ever. They did corner me for a second in one of the buildings in the residential complex but I was able to work my way through to the roof...and it was all over. Dropped sniper rounds and grenades down on the people below.

The next mission, locating a doctor for the outcasts...you'd think the Homesteaders would be needing the Doctors. Bit more frustrating because I was trying to rush through it, but it was fun early on since I discovered while the Sentinel soldiers do disspear at 600 + meters...drones and turrets don't. Lots of sniping followed and fortunatele they didn't move while I shot them. The actual area of the doctor was Omega Area 02. And there was a lot...of people and drones there. They killed me a few times. So I had to be patient...and it worked out.