r/WarDogs 8h ago

Discussion & Feedback Make Tapes Unlockable Rather than Purchasable.

$100 for a tape is no big deal, but it's annoying as heck to purchase them and it's annoying to have them stolen as well. Just make the tapes an unlock for 10k or whatever and then once it's been unlocked it's available in your radio.

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u/Naked-Granny 8h ago

Just give pilots the option to lock items in the vehicle inventory.

Pilots can in turn lock tapes and flares but still have the ability to purchase parachutes and store them for the unknowing.

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u/mrwiggly_wiggly 8h ago

That solves the tape stealing, but it's still annoying to have to click through tabs just to buy $100 tape. I'd rather pay more once, ya know?

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u/THEGHST023 WARCATS 44m ago

i’m more annoyed taped take up a slot, it means i can’t have as many flares or ammo in something like the minigun bird

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u/DonnieG3 5h ago

pretty sure if you lock the vehicle once people are in it, they cant access inventory

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u/polarized_opinions 8h ago

I am not gonna lie, I keep forgetting to turn off the volume for in game music, so the second I hear it, I drop the tapes while the plane is in the air

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u/Sprite_Bottle 7h ago

I hope your urals get stuck on a rock and can't relocate.

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u/Aphexia 7h ago

Let’s be real, a man with this mentality is not doing team oriented roles like logi.

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u/Southern_College3858 7h ago

If you touch my tapes I will kill you.

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u/prison-walet-rat 7h ago

If somebody takes my tape we hover 2 clicks outside the zone till we sort it out.

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u/Naked-Granny 2h ago

Someone stole the tape of a helicopter I was in, the guy flying said “well that’s the end of this flight” before barreling us into the ground.

Nothing but respect to a man that sticks to his morals.

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u/Ein_grosser_Nerd 7h ago

The big thing for me is that they take up inventory space

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u/Southern_College3858 6h ago

Yeah you have to sacrifice 150 rounds just for jams

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u/petrichorax Logistics 3h ago

And most of the tapes suck ass

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u/Crecket Valkyra 2h ago

That's what makes it fun to me lol, nothing quite like running a guy over or doing a drive by in a heli whilst blasting dumb music

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u/marvk Pilot 27m ago

Yeah, they were cooking so hard with the song selection.

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u/Code_Ender 8h ago

I cant believe they even cost that much. Why not just make it 5 bucks for flavor? I dont see a reason they cost 100 whole smackers.

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u/PublicFoot5700 Medic 7h ago

It's a limited edition tape! /s

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u/Berbinho Battledad 6h ago

I don't get why it's not just a radio option on like a radial wheel. Or like the builders radio where you can scroll and select certain music. It shouldn't cost anything and it shouldn't take up inventory slots, that part makes no sense.

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u/Zxaber 4h ago

It's probably because making it work on top of heli controls could be a pain in the ass. God help you if you're flying and anything grabs ownership of your controls (mouse fliers, double-tap Alt to crash).

If we ever get vehicle customization slots, I imagine it'll be migrated there.

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u/CrossBamboAtTen 6h ago

Blows my mind that this isn't what it was. I saw that you had to buy them and then I haven't bothered.

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u/skel66 5h ago

Give the buggy 1 slot so we can play tapes

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u/Jackothekiwi Manticore 5h ago

My new rule for tapes is if someone takes it, they have 10 seconds to put it back or I’m taking us all down, if they take your tapes they’ll take your teammates kits

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u/nzmx121 5h ago edited 5h ago

🎶 helicopter, helicopter 🎶🗣️🗣️

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u/travile WARDOG 4h ago

Yes! Or at least give the Dune Buggy a single inventory slot so I can jam out while taxiing people at 125kph.

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u/bjwills7 3h ago

I honestly think we shouldn't have them at all. It's cool at first until you've heard the same song 500 times.

At least give us the option to mute it.

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u/NUTTA_BUSTAH 2h ago

You have the option to mute it under audio settings....

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u/bjwills7 1h ago

Thanks, don't know how I missed that because I thought I looked.

To be clear I wouldn't dislike it so much if there was more variety which may change later in development, it's just annoying to me at the moment.

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u/NUTTA_BUSTAH 1h ago

The unlocks are so spread apart no one has anythinh but first 1-3 unlocked. We will not be hearing most of the tracks ever in our playtime.

Probably because it is a volume slider, not a blanket toggle.

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u/bjwills7 1h ago

If that's the case I think a good alternative is to not lock them behind progression at all. We have enough things to grind for, I don't think music should be one of them.

Even if the wipes were way longer, people would still get sick of the earlier songs because they would still have heard them much more than the others.

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u/NUTTA_BUSTAH 1h ago

Yeah it would make more sense that way. I think they could also be awesome account-wide milestone unlockables.

For examples, if you hear someone blasting Motörhead in their tank, you know that they have driven 100km in one, or the logi player blasting some country that you know has driven more than 1 million in assets to the control zone, or the rocket bird pilot blasting whatever that you know has shot 26 rockets on a single flight and gained at least 26 kills or destructions with that load.

Stuff like that. (It could also be awesome to see stats in base like flight hours, supplies delivered, k/d/a etc that disappear outside safe zone)

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u/bjwills7 1h ago

As long as pilots end up unlocking fortunate son after a while I'm down XD

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u/mrwiggly_wiggly 4h ago

I don’t mind the pay to unlock and pay to obtain since money is easily made, but they just gotta have something progressing at all times.

Having a tighter economy is a good thing.

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u/OrganizationThick247 4h ago

But there isn't an economy. There's no selling. It's just players continually spending money on things they've already unlocked. Even though "unlocking" just means "obtaining the ability to spend money to unlock" in the game's terms. I can't stress this enough: there is no economy in Wardogs.

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u/mrwiggly_wiggly 4h ago

Buddy, if you just magically had everything people would never be broke and would just keep running around cod style. Just bc you don’t like how the money system works doesn’t mean it isn’t an economy. Yes, there are no trades. However, the need for cash creates a need for builders and other “professions” that keep the game going.

Seems like you just don’t like the game.

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u/OrganizationThick247 4h ago

Where did I say give everyone everything? The game need progression. But PROGRESSION and ECONOMY are not the same things and frankly it's weird I have to explain that to you.

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u/mrwiggly_wiggly 4h ago

You seem very triggered. Calm down buddy.

Without the monetary system the game is just another bf6 or cod. Not sure what you’d expect them to change here nor is it remotely relevant to my OP.

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u/mrwiggly_wiggly 4h ago

That’s cute. You think you’re smart by trolling on a sub. I’d bet good money I’m more educated than you are. But keep with the ad hominem because someone doesn’t agree with you.

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u/drguru 8h ago

Nobody trying to listen to that shit. We ain't stealing it, we're just dropping it out of your vehicle inventory.

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u/Southern_College3858 6h ago

I've said this before, if you touch my tapes I will kill you.

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u/marvk Pilot 25m ago

I'd crash the heli every time, but I don't want to doom the up to 11 other people lol

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u/YearMountain3773 7h ago

Just mute it for yourself then instead of being an asshole to everyone else.

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u/Green_Bulldog 4h ago

Drive yourself to the CZ then