NPC's during the incursion

[shootinxs76]

Anyone else wonder why the devs decided to make it so none of the NPC's drop loot during the incursion?  Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about a guaranteed gear set piece for beating it but it would be nice to have those idiots drop some loot along the way to get some materials for the 40 minute grind.

 

[Addihul]

Yeah good question. Maybe so there would be less clutter so people could focus on the objective. At least ammo drops (though fairly useless).

 

[Xeromaus]

If they dropped loot, no one would ever leave the run. The NPCs respawn infinitely if you clear the room during any wave with the bomb, and in even greater numbers on wave 15. We'd just farm drops until our crafting mats maxed out.

 

[shootinxs76]

Good point.  That leads to another question because we haven't tested it.  On the bomb waves......How exactly are they set up as far as respawning waves....Is it a timer after the NPC carrying the bomb is killed or is it just a matter of leaving just one NPC alive and then you have a clear shot to the APC?  I feel like its been very sporadic every time we've done it.

 

[Xeromaus]

Good point.  That leads to another question because we haven't tested it.  On the bomb waves......How exactly are they set up as far as respawning waves....Is it a timer after the NPC carrying the bomb is killed or is it just a matter of leaving just one NPC alive and then you have a clear shot to the APC?  I feel like its been very sporadic every time we've done it.

you need to leave 3-4 enemies alive.

If you clear the entire wave, it respawns almost immediately. If you clear down to 1-2 enemies, there's a short timer that starts ticking, though to give you the actual time on it, I have no idea. Wave 15 is special though, they just keep coming...clear the left as best you can and bum rush what remains with a sig chain.

For most bomb waves, just clear what's in your way the left side. If you need to clear more than that, just destroy the snipers, shotgunners, and grenadiers.