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Human-made concept, human-made description, human-made design drawing mockup, AI-assisted art visualization from the drawing and crate reference photo, in that order. Concept art assistance offers welcome.

PARROT

Type: Medium Ground – Ambush
Threat Level: High
Where Found: Indoors, especially tight, dark interiors with dense furniture and machinery placement and rust

Description:
The Parrot typically appears as a rusted metal cube resembling a breachable steel loot crate. In this dormant state, it remains motionless and emits audio recordings taken from fallen raiders, mimicking common emotes or voice cues to lure victims closer. While disguised, its scanner and weak points are completely concealed, and apart from emitting noise, it is indistinguishable from other steel loot crates.

When a raider approaches within a few feet, the Parrot unfolds into its true form: a quadrupedal, crab-like machine capable of launching toxic gas canisters, which cause vision blur and slowed movement …

So the walkable speranza seems to be the big talking point in the community atm, so I just wanted to see what people thought about what I see as the biggest issues:

1) tedious - walking vendor to vendor to craft something just to realize you forgot one item and have to do it all over again is whackkk, seems like DEVs acknowledged this tho

2) toxic - open voice chat in a hub could get… annoying at best…

3) “trading” I see a lot of people saying it would be cool to “trade” items, but this is hugely problematic. Item dupers sharing infinite amounts of high tier loot, people ripping on another off, and just generally degrading the sense of exploration and discovery, especially for new players.

4) waste of resources - who would genuinely want a walkable speranza, rather than having that time and resources dedicated to NEW maps, enemies, and events.

Maybe this is just me, but I find this idea silly. Only potential upside is meeting raiders, but doing so topside is much more organic …

why am i broing so much… damn

Give me some more ideas, please. Kind and lighthearted is always appreciated!

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