I know youtubers are saying don't claim rank ups. I think that's dumb. Because I'm convinced loot spawns are connected to level & faction rank. How many purple backpacks do you have? I have 4 right now. I have a gold one too. All but one of those purples I got from faction rank up packages. Is ViP worth it? Cyberacme... absolutely. And I did it all on Rook. People are spawn camping Rooks... I got killed 4-5 times early this morning within 5-10 seconds. I think Bungie figured it out... and then started spawning Rooks on the edge of the map. It was the roughest night on Rook I've had so far. I have a suspicion that lobbies are seeing tags and popups when Rooks do somethings. When I activate Signal Mask... I get a popup in "RED", like an enemy, letting me know I activated my tactical ability. If that's true, that's compromising information. Anywho, onto phase 2. Learning the shells I plan on using. 😇👍💠 To add: This is speculative... but when I play Trios this week, I'll reevaluate. Originally, I thought the UESC nerf was bad. But then I went back on that... saying it made the game a little more forgiving. PoIs were a challenge solo before... now I can farm them... Not easily, but I can. However, the unintended consequence I think... is most adds are not a real threat anymore in Trios. Which makes Rooks an easier target. Ask me how many times before last night, this morning I got killed during an Exfil? 0... Zero... Nada. 3 times today. Because Teams don't see my bodyguards as a threat anymore. And I mean, I was in the circle killed at ranges that are impossible to defend against... especially 3v1. So, I'm flip flopping again. Revert the nerf, even if it makes solo PoIs harder. Because that progression doesn't matter 3v1. The Timer is easier with the UESC nerf. Because as a Team you can clear your spawn, loot it... much faster, must safer. And that's bad for, ironically, onboarding... it's harder for Solos, Squads, and Rooks. By removing that risk, those resource syncs... it's easier to grief. Camping Exfils... you wont stop that completely... but the UESC nerf makes it easier... to loot up, get in a blind and just farm people Exfiling. It facilitates that behavior more. And that's a huge advantage for lazy but seasoned players. Spawn camping can't happen... if that's not fixed it will ruin Rook. Second edit: Basic stats per my progression... one huge mistake I'll explain. I've played around 40-50 hrs so far. It says 67, but I left the game idle one night while I slept... I only figured it out when someone sent me an invite notification. And I think that's happened a few times... not as long, but that full 67 hrs ain't me. I have 200k in my Wallet, and 115 in my Vault. My Vault has like 20-30 spots free. I have premium heals for days that's part of it. My Vault could be much more impressive... but I stocked way up on heals. I have 3 Rows of premium, not ultimate, patch heals, I have 3 Rows of the same quality for Shields. I have 2 rows of Self-revives. In total 10 rows of premium heals, debuffs. So 2 rows of Misc Heals like Energy Amp.. Now the bad news starting with the exception. Cyac is at VIP 1. Nucaloric 11... 🫤 Traxus.. 3 😬 Arachnae 2...😩 ... the other 2 at 1 😭. I unlocked the factions... way too late. Major **** up. I lost so much progression making that mistake... passively through affinity XP actions. I was trying to save contracts... and I did that. Literally all of them, except the intro ****. But... I became obsessed with Solo Rook, and I just wasted so much overlap. Bummer 😢. All in all, after a week and a half? I like where I'm at.