The subreddit woke up to a quiet change today. u/Banyaan's post, "They silently nerfed the seeker grenade," sat at 1,011 points by mid-afternoon, the image showing a loadout of 15 seeker grenades and a caption of frustration. The grenades, once a reliable one-tap against snitches and wasps, now needed two or three. Nobody read this in the patch notes.

The top comment, from u/SixthSacrifice, captured the resignation: "It's Embark. It's just as likely to be a bug as it is to be a nerf." With 561 points, it wasn't a defense so much as a diagnosis. u/SteamDeckNoir confirmed the math: "Took me 2 on a wasp." Others reported three for a bombardier snitch. The consensus was that if this was intentional, it was typical Embark-a change to a tool that was working, slipped in without a word. If it was a bug, it was the kind that feels like a nerf, and raiders have been here before.

The same patch that broke the seeker grenade also fixed something else. u/carlosabia posted "I love this update :)" after landing in what they called "carebear solo lobbies." The separate matchmaking for solos, duos, and trios is doing what it was supposed to. u/wowoza ran a few Stella raids without a shot fired, then hopped into squad fills for PvP. The thread sits at 62 points, a modest counterpoint to the top of the page. The fix is real, but the morning's silent nerf sucked the oxygen out of the room.

While raiders tested their grenades and their lobbies, u/Timbak_ posted a different kind of test: a friendly lobby that wasn't. The clip, at 605 points, shows a raider approaching, seemingly peaceful, then gunning them down at the extract.

The comments were a mix of victim-blaming and gallows humor. u/Timbak_ defended the Bobcat in their hands: "should have taken a hairpin and then lost all my loot to this bozo waiting at extract." The betrayal stings because the new matchmaking is supposed to separate the friendlies from the fighters, but it can't stop someone from pretending. Trust remains a resource spent at your own risk.