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I'm with BigJohn, here. This is exactly what I do when farming caches, all the way down to using manhunt times to extract (best time, with Contamination Events being the next).
I add onto it hitchhiking extractions already in progress. It's risky, but since the players are THERE, you can scope them out ahead of time from a safe distance and determine if you want to try putting your stuff on the rope. The extra players (assuming they aren't rogues-to-be) are good for helping against rogues, and if the timer is already part-finished and no rogues have shown, your odds are better than if you had to stand there the entire time, alone.
And there are methods - not 100% sure, but decent - for figuring out if a player or a team are set up for Farming or PvP. It's pretty safe trying to extract with a group of Farmers. What skills they deploy against the NPC's is a good start for working out their 'affiliation'. And I don't try to hitchhike when I see a large group of players unless I'm 99% sure they're farmers - 3-4 is generally something I avoid.
Again, risky, but there are ways to cut that risk and the whole DZ thing is risky anyway.
Concealed pulse is your biggest friend here, allowing you to get close and check out the other players without getting noticed.
Knowing the area like the back of your hand helps as well. I can muddle my way through most of the DZ and not get totally lost, but DZ 09 I know solidly, which not only helps getting all of the DivTech, but losing Rogues if they start in on me. I'm no escape artist, but I get away more than I die, and that's the important thing.
Good advice. Something else I have done is to do a bit of recon at specific extractions when servers are quiet. I find places to hide outside the pulse radius which I run to after setting off the extraction. I work out, almost to the second how long it takes for a clear run from that position back to the rope and aim to hit the rope every time at 7 seconds. I practice with junk I find lying about.
Once I am ready to extract I put on survivor link and time my run from my hiding place to the rope precisely. When I hit the rope if no one is there I hang and take cover. It is extremely rare for anyone to be able to get on the rope in that small window if they are hiding. If anyone is present, I pop blue and hang then prepare to defend the rope.
You can also put on an immunizer and shock turret and drop those before hanging. You can still get 'ganked' but as long as the rope gets out, who cares? Get a weapon with Determined on or Skilled and Determined even. This allows you to get your signature back quickly and ensures you are fully charged for the next extraction.
Someone mentioned they made a Nomad build specifically for cutting ropes. I'm seriously thinking about building one specifically for extracting. Immunizer, shock turret, 10K stamina, 700K Toughness, 32.5% EDR and 63% bleed resistance. Putting the pieces together now.
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