MyNameIs Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Seems to be the latest exploitive behaviour and it also seems to spread like a pandemic. Please fix that so the deep sea loot crates cant be exploited anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volrishan Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 thankfully i have never seen that happen. i agree the deep sea beacons / loot crates should not be affected by player built structures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Would that force them to spawn in those two spots or would it just block them until they happened to spawn in those two spots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1nk Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 1 minute ago, Deadman said: Would that force them to spawn in those two spots or would it just block them until they happened to spawn in those two spots? Forces them to only spawn in those 2 spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Interesting, I mean I can see why that would be bad, but it would also be very convenient lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DmpTrkDrvr Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 This is weird because land based drops are unaffected by built items.. the drop in the middle of Carno island goes right through my Tavern can't see why ocean drops would be affected.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonThommo Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 16 minutes ago, Volrishan said: thankfully i have never seen that happen. i agree the deep sea beacons / loot crates should not be affected by player built structures. But then people would be able to just encase the drop so no one else could get to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1nk Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 9 minutes ago, Deadman said: Interesting, I mean I can see why that would be bad, but it would also be very convenient lol Good and bad. Good if you collaborate with the server to pick two spots.. bad if you do it and don't tell anyone lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volrishan Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 5 minutes ago, DonThommo said: But then people would be able to just encase the drop so no one else could get to it... or have it drop on top the structures and not though any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 6 minutes ago, Volrishan said: or have it drop on top the structures and not though any. We have that on my server, there is a supply drop that goes right through someone's aviary. they actually have a big hole in the middle of it now so they can loot the drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volrishan Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 lol, nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicRattlehed Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Well, ideally loot drops should drop in random locations anyway, not in fixed positions. Im guessing its just easier to code them to be fixed spots though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volrishan Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Just now, VicRattlehed said: Well, ideally loot drops should drop in random locations anyway, not in fixed positions. Im guessing its just easier to code them to be fixed spots though that would be the ideal situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swurvy Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 It isn't quite possible to block them all, there are two (10.5, 40.2 and 8.2, 91.2) that appear on top of underwater cave structures that I don't believe you can place foundations or pillar/ceilings on. That said, the render range (on Xbox anyways) isn't very large. To have them spawn in completely random locations would make them almost impossible to locate, even with first person mount riding and the SCUBA mask. Maybe it should be this way, I'm not sure. I play on a private dedicated server with just a couple people, so it hasn't become an issue for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator ThzNutz Posted April 15, 2016 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted April 15, 2016 i tried this last weekend on my server and the drops still spawned, one right next to a foundation the the other basically inside a foundation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swurvy Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 5 minutes ago, ThzNutz said: i tried this last weekend on my server and the drops still spawned, one right next to a foundation the the other basically inside a foundation. I've honestly not had that issue. I have a base at Hidden Lake with my water pen in the river just south of it. I only have to stop at two locations (the ones I mentioned above), and they are always there, every 40-50 minutes. It's only a 5 minute trip. As I was blocking them off I would wait until there was a drop there, grab it, then place a foundation on that exact point. Slowly over a week or two my friend and I blocked them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator ThzNutz Posted April 15, 2016 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted April 15, 2016 24 minutes ago, swurvy said: I've honestly not had that issue. I have a base at Hidden Lake with my water pen in the river just south of it. I only have to stop at two locations (the ones I mentioned above), and they are always there, every 40-50 minutes. It's only a 5 minute trip. As I was blocking them off I would wait until there was a drop there, grab it, then place a foundation on that exact point. Slowly over a week or two my friend and I blocked them all. hmmm...ya, i thought it was supposed to work but didnt for me, not sure why. its 99% vanilla server...who knows. i was only doing it for the weekend anyways, trying to get some higher lvl fur BP's for the snow cave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancor Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 3 hours ago, DmpTrkDrvr said: This is weird because land based drops are unaffected by built items.. the drop in the middle of Carno island goes right through my Tavern can't see why ocean drops would be affected.. That's actually odd... A lot of above ground drops I've seen blocked by bases. Only to reappear after the base was removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swurvy Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I should have clarified. The only reason I brought up my base being at the Hidden Lake is that the two deep sea drops that currently are unblockable with foundations are right in the North. I was just using it for a reference to the fact I can loop the two spots for the drops quite quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancor Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Regarding the topic at hand, is this a PvP server where you could destroy the stuff blocking the spawns? Only see this being an issue on PvE especially with the new Dunky that chews through stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swurvy Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 For myself, I just play a private dedicated server with a couple people, it isn't an issue at all. As far as dropping in random locations, they don't actually drop, they just appear. I could see random locations working if you could see them coming down, but with them just materializing I'm not sure anyone would find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swurvy Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 3 hours ago, DmpTrkDrvr said: This is weird because land based drops are unaffected by built items.. the drop in the middle of Carno island goes right through my Tavern can't see why ocean drops would be affected.. That doesn't appear to be the case all of the time. There are 3 different loot drops that come down inside the walls of Hidden Lake, but ever since I've built there, they have completely stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UDGxKnight Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I have only ever found one deep sea loot crate v.v I play single player mostly. Kinda terrified to go looking for extended periods of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swurvy Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 4 minutes ago, UDGxKnight said: I have only ever found one deep sea loot crate v.v I play single player mostly. Kinda terrified to go looking for extended periods of time Nonsense! Get yourself a decent leveled megalodon, with that you can take on most of the plesies (or rise above them). Grab a SCUBA suit, maybe two tanks, and a GPS. Change your view to first person riding so that you get the better sight with your SCUBA mask while riding. If you are swimming right beside your mega, switch to your GPS quickly right before you press Y to ride, and you will have your GPS in hand while riding. This will make your trip significantly safer. Also, take plenty of food and some fria curry for the frigid NW. Search, and profit! You won't regret the effort put in, the rewards can be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaneBlackwing Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Interesting, will try it on my SP and report back with whether it works or not. If it does work the only issue I see is people blocking off all the drops so nobody can get them. They are usually spread out enough, the only base locations I could see benefiting from this are ones near the Dead Island drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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