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    Solo Lvl 4 Control Points Question 6/3/2019 after patch

    So I went to take over Solar Farm (Hyena Controlled) because I was out goofing around doing Elite Patrols and Elite Territory Control's and It got bumped to lvl 4 Heroic... I thought I'd see what the loot was like in the Yellow Crate.

    So I call for Backup and proceed to go in and clear it. Everything seems fine but I had 2 sets of Elite Named Spawn (I used to only have 1 wave of Bosses spawn but okay...) then we finally cleared it and now it was time to defend... I was running low on ammo and by now every one of my guys including the Officer was down or dead and the Hyena Boss that it kept giving me for Named was a Medic and was rezzing all the dead Hyena, Needless to say I died because It Spawned 2 Sets of Named (Both Medics... *GEESH*) and I died to the 2nd one. I had to travel to The Ring Safe House and run back and they were all gone, there was just a white flag...

    I went around and scooped/trashed all the loot laying around (Mostly Purples with 3 yellow... Really?!?!?) and then called in backups Again! I was ready for her this time because I honed in on the Medic after taking down the Heavy and the Guys with the Laser SMG's (They killed me once and the Officer Thankfully rezzed me!) but then ANOTHER Named Medic Spawned Again! I thought the first time maybe it was a bug but it was Obviously Not! So we rinsed and repeated the clear again (Medic, Heavy,1 grenade thrower who spammed them constantly, 3 Rushers and 5 SMG dudes with Laser Sights (Literally EVERY round hit me if I was not in cover no matter what their distance but if they were close it was worse!) and Finally captured the Control Point!

    I go in to check the box and there are 5 items... 1 mask (upgrade for my AR build... YAY!), 2 junk weapons, 1 junk aug and an aug for the firefly (Always Junk!)

    Now, I've done CP4's before and I don't remember there being 2 waves of Bosses and then 2 waves of Defending... is this New??? I have to say it's been about 1 1/2 weeks since I've done a CP4 (I usually just do CP 3 or whatever I see the guys running to take over (I Love you can fast travel to them now!!).

    I don't think I'll be doing anymore CP4's for a while anyway if this is working as intended... too much work for so little gain...
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    So wait, there were 4 named elites now? O.o

    I'll have to try this later, but not Solar Farm. that damn location is rough to begin with
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    lol it was a Challenge!! Kinda Fun except for the wipe... damn Medic kept rezzing everyone while I was trying to clear the Heavy and other mobs and I didn't notice till I started seeing all these Green Health bars under their yellow or purple health bars… lolol
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    I also wish the loot had been a little better... took me a little over 1 1/2 hours (almost closer to 2 hours) to raise/capture it and I could have done 2 challenge missions in that time with just as bad of loot!
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    TWO hours to raise/capture?

    Dude that's a terrible time. I'm going to run one right now and set a timer. Raise to 4 and capture/defend.

    Loot seems no better right now at Heroic vs challenge on missions but I haven't run a CP yet post patch.

    CP4s are def the way to go for 500 gear...much easier time and faster access to pieces (thus more pieces as well) than missions @ Heroic but not if it takes 2 hours.
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    Originally Posted by MTG_Wolfpack Go to original post
    I also wish the loot had been a little better... took me a little over 1 1/2 hours (almost closer to 2 hours) to raise/capture it and I could have done 2 challenge missions in that time with just as bad of loot!
    23 minutes to raise plus defend/capture for me solo. No wipes.

    Did Toxic Alley as Solar was still controlled on my map.

    One reinforcement and one named on each side (capture/defend) for me (initial group/reinforcement/named boss).

    500 gear in the box...one OKAY backpack, no max attribute ( of course, thanks RNG :/ ). Rest was junk.
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    ^ So what does that tell you?
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    GJ!

    What can I say I guess you are the D2 God of Farming CP's! I just Stink at the game I guess...

    Time to go bury my head in the sand... lolol

    Was it Hyena and it was a CP4 Heroic right? I did exaggerate my time but I also had to let the dogs in and out before running back after my wipe.

    I can take out a Outcast CP4 in like 30 min but this one decided I hadn't done any CP4's since I finished getting my BP's over a month ago and only did 1 CP4 a week and a half ago because as I went to attack it a Elite Patrol spawned on me right before I engaged! That was Fun too but didn't have the Crazy Double Spawn Bosses on Clear and Defend.

    GJ though!
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    Is THAT what those yellow crates are for? I've never seen them refill and was wondering why they were still around. Wow, I actually have a reason to bump up CPs to lvl 4 now.
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    Originally Posted by MTG_Wolfpack Go to original post
    GJ!

    What can I say I guess you are the D2 God of Farming CP's! I just Stink at the game I guess...

    Time to go bury my head in the sand... lolol

    Was it Hyena and it was a CP4 Heroic right? I did exaggerate my time but I also had to let the dogs in and out before running back after my wipe.

    I can take out a Outcast CP4 in like 30 min but this one decided I hadn't done any CP4's since I finished getting my BP's over a month ago and only did 1 CP4 a week and a half ago because as I went to attack it a Elite Patrol spawned on me right before I engaged! That was Fun too but didn't have the Crazy Double Spawn Bosses on Clear and Defend.

    GJ though!
    It's all good man!! No judgement!!

    I was just reporting back. My guy is also pretty stacked to be honest...I could be a touch better off with one or two more pieces the way I'd like but thanks to loot RNG I will likely NEVER see them, let alone a max attribute for what I have rolled already.

    More or less I was just curious because right now CP4s are the best way to 500 gear and thus supposedly the "best chance" of good weapons/gear pieces...but not if it took two hours, LoL!!

    You can run Heroic missions as well obviously but given the realities of that situation it's not a good way to do it. Made a post this morning after running a solo Heroic that discusses if you want to check it out.

    With more posts like these discussing the REALITY of how loot is working and the grind/farm we undertake to try to get good stuff maybe devs will actually take note and see where a lot of frustration with the erroneous nature of the current state of the game is coming from.

    I like the game but it's a bit much when you're trying for weeks to get those max attributes and/or gear talent/attribute ratio to RNG out.
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