I'm just going to star by saying I don't mind getting my ass kicked every now and then.....but with this last major update Antags have a very very good reason to get out there and really kill you more than ever with the Monthly rewards on the line.
I literally have been having back to back to back Antags showing up left and right and there not even repeat players. Like jesus, this feels like Dark Souls, Dead by Daylight or some other morally curbstomping game.
When I got on I saw a Rare Blueprint available and every match since seeing that (well except for one) has been all losses. Its either the antag had no idea what they were doing but the Grunts and Elites were foaming at the mouth to get you or the Antag brought there most meta build you can think of to guarantee success.
I know this is nothing new, but I dont know if i can wait for the final milestone that promises to change how the antag system works. And I really love this game.
Im not actually mad, just tired. and btw I love the cosmetic side to this update and ill be bring that up soon.
You HAVE to lower MMR now, it is an unavoidable thing for Raiders. Lowering MMR does a few things to reduce antag invasions. If you have a low MMR as a raider antags will be less likely to have the AI advantage over you, as in the AI will be more weaker and easy to deal with. You will also get less higher level antags at lower MMRs and those you do get will be lower level antags. Most high level antags know that lower MMR players have the advantage and so are less likely to go super low.
I keep mine around 20% or lower and we hardly get antags, and the ones we do, poor guys, we kill easily. but can't feel bad for antags, when you ask to greif others and ruin their progress and they kill you it's hypocritical to complain.
You can either play peaceful antag and slowly get MMR lower but you will hit a wall at about 20% where you will win 50% of the time because the AI is strong against most Raiders and they die anyways even if you AFK. OR, you can make a surrender group of 3 or 4 people and quickly drop in MMR as you vote surrender games down.
Until they fix the AI difficulty in the game to not be too weak or too strong this is the only way forward it seems for savy players.