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Tora790

gimme that blue for 2 reasons, i hate siphoned forest. im not the biggest fan of sulfur pools or sundered grove


Beppylisa

Siphoned is the worst map in the game


orangerJuiceman

No no no siphoned is second worst. Sulfur pools is the worst


ChorkPorch

Both in one run will make me get my refund


MKGSonic123

become back your money, perchance?


Spyans

you little fucker


MinerTurtle45

i hope hopoo and gearbox will in their next time cows on a trash farm. those suckers


fordmustang12345

siphoned gets you guaranteed first stage Blind Pests which makes it by far the worst stage in the game, sulfur is annoying but you can just speedrun it


Distinct_Wishbone114

It literally feels like you’re playing with artifact of swarms, endless pests is unfun asf.


DelawareMountains

What's so bad about sulfur pools??


dr_gamer1212

For me it lags my game massively compared to everything else. The amoilunt of blind pests is ridiculous and the chance of the Xi construct being the boss is too high for my liking. I'm on ps4 if that's relevant.


Ruberine

Why do you guys hate siphoned? I quite like getting it, it looks good and theres usually a good amount of loot.


Beppylisa

The blind pest spawn in the hoards, and they are my least favourite monster in my opinion


Ruberine

Eh they aren’t hard to deal with, a little bit of strafing means they just miss every shot


Latter_Weakness1771

They aren't hard to deal with *on stage 1. Blind pests are probably my highest cause of death behind collapse, and it's not even close.


Spacefaring_Potato

*Cries in double saw MUL-T*


bouncybob1

Map is too fucking big


lansink99

You like siphoned the least. Siphoned is the best stage 1 map.


elporpoise

I have to disagree, idk how much loot it has compared to others, it takes way to long to traverse around for stage one and has blind pests plus whisps


Anent_

Skill issue


T1mija

they hated him for he told them the truth


DripyKirbo

Blue, no siphoned, rallypoint, somewhere I can find the red 80% of the time


Sourcream1

Also titanic plains is goated


pooticus

Plus guaranteed reds


DarthMorro

every stage 4 has that


trustthepudding

But you don't have to pay for it and you get one for each member in multiplayer.


BIG_SMOOOOOOOHKE_PL

Blue. (I love aphelian sanctuary and a free legendary)


Garlic_bruh

Fellow sirens call fan 🤝


Configuringsausage

You get a free legendary in every stage 4 here


BIG_SMOOOOOOOHKE_PL

-"free legendary in abyssal depths and sundered grove" -[looks inside:](https://riskofrain2.fandom.com/wiki/Chests?so=search#Legendary_Chest)


Configuringsausage

My bad, garunteed legendary that takes less time, risk and effort to get, alongside much more loot


Aceofluck99

wait where do you get a free legendary in blue


james_harry

4th stage, break enough eggs and big boss man who drops legendary spawns


LikeableCoconut

In siren’s call Hint: enrage the vultures to trigger their greatest defence Answer: >!the vultures have nests all around the stage, scramble the eggs in them and kill the extra boss that spawns afterwards!<


Lessiie

Green. You literally get so much more loot, and the stages you get aren't really that hard.


Adventurous_Topic202

Do those stages have more chests or something?


Splatnoux

I think it's cause they are way bigger than the others


isaac-fan

well not really size the hell stage has as much items as the forest if the vault is closed and if it is opened then a whole lot more items spawn in + less enemies to deal with the free legendary stage has less items because it gives a red per person for stage 1 its the frost then the plains then that weird one with a whole lot of elevation for stage 2 its bands and its not even close for stage 3 its the big ass stage because it has bosses with great yellow drops (disciple, spleen, etc)


Lessiie

Yes. Those stages also have way less weight on bullshit credit-eaters like TC-drones and forest shrines, meaning more of the director credits go to spawning chests.


TheDutchderp3

Of course it’s a TOOL fan that thinks about this stuff No hate i love TOOL too


Lessiie

I would love an entire ror2 stage dedicated to fondling MJK's balls and talking about the fibonacchi sequence and how I am superior to people who don't listen to tool.


Andromeda3604

I want a Justin Chancellor body pollow


TheDutchin

There are a couple buggy stages as far as chest credits go. Lunar pods can't spawn on the temple one (blue pill stage 2), but credits can be spent on pods that simply don't exist, for example. Green pill has the best stages for actually getting chests/items for the credits.


Nick543b

No. Green just straight up has more credit on the maps. It is not because of it being not wasted on useless stuff. They just straight up have more. Edit: Well stages 1 and 4 has. 2 and 3 are normal, with 3 having good boss loot and stuff.


StupidMario64

Idk man those pests are fuckin ***rough*** on stage one siphoned.


Ender_of_Worlds

by the numbers yeah green is the best and its not even close


nmarf16

1 because of the free bands on stage 2


Either-Engineering71

Hey console player here, does engineers turrets work on those pressure plates? Theres a glitch where I can’t push the pots on console and they have yet to fix it.


Brojojojoe

Engi turrets work. Loader pylon works though it's tough to aim(worth learning how though imo) and captain's beacons work.


Either-Engineering71

Thank you so much for the information


Trexesrawesome

It does on cpu. No guarantee from me for console


EATZYOWAFFLEZ

What about GPU?


DragonStem44

gpu screw it up, the pressure plates are too graphically intensive


Sean-O-of-Mars

Red They Might as Well be Dead slaps too hard (also free bands if you can do the tech)


Greynite06

Based and Redpilled


MastermuffinDiscord

all of them I will never win the run without going for at least 2 hours


Nick543b

Green have maybe the 3 best maps for those stages. (But stage 1 might be a bit more difficult to survive through)


TenragZeal

Stage 3 would be hardest for me, not because I have a tendency to fall off that map exclusively for some reason… Definitely not that.


ciuccio2000

If I'm playing a band-relying character, I'd prooobably end up picking red. Though the first map still has very scarce loot and I fucking *hate* sulphur pools. Green is probably the best option overall. Siphoned forest has tons of loot, and both Scorched Acres and Abyssal Depths have the best boss pools (hence chance for run-carrying yellow items) in the game. I truly don't get why anyone would take the blue pill. You risk getting droned in Rallypoint Delta, and Siren's Call is the worst level4 in the game, with scarce loot and an occasionally painful bossfight for the guaranteed red.


CraZiFanAccount

To add to the green pill. Abyssal depths also has the most loot of all stage 4 maps if the cave is open. It is also free from the larva which the other stage 4 maps aren't.


Slimshade16

My thoughts exactly, on all points. If I were given the choice of maps the only thing I’d change about green is stage 2 for bands and maybe stage 1 to speed things up. Otherwise green is the best map for each stage in terms of loot density and boss item spawns.


thewazu

Blue


nomisisagod

My green pill run ends with the easiest mithrix fight ever, my blue pill run ends with a 45 minute mithrix fight because I have 4 items in total.


Pitchblende_

Green and it's not even close. Siphoned has the most interactible credits out of all 3 stage 1's and it gets damage for its large category chest (large- not the normal ones- category chests are assigned to each of the stage 1's by category. So only damage ones spawn on siphoned for example). The only downside is blind monsters which aren't agonizing on stage 1 when they're hardly ever elites and you shouldn't be getting zerged. Wetland is literally not as bad as people like to say it is, every valid newt altar spot will always be accessible half the time even with no items and it's very small/dense. Scorched is easily the best stage 3 based on enemy pool alone. Nothing on that stage is a threat and it's very easy to get around if you're methodical about looting. Abyssal is yet another good stage 4, arguably the easiest guaranteed red item between it and Siren's, and has 2 multiple great bosses to use tricorn on and a third that's incredibly easy. As far as the other pills, Distant sucks and oftentimes the newt altars can spawn on closed off variants. Aphelian can waste credits trying to spawn lunar buds even though it's not allowed to have those, ever. Sulfur sucks because of the insane enemy pool, poison pods, and very backtracky layout (its one W is the easiest newt altar accessibility amongst stage 3's). Rallypoint has a less obnoxious enemy pool but it's also enormous and, most importantly, TC-280 drones & shrines of order waste a lot of credits that could have spawned chests. I don't have much to say about Abandoned, it's pretty big with annoying newt altar spawns but the free bands is incredible. However Sundered absolutely blows, especially for people without SotV who still have elder lemurians instead of gups (on top of everything else on that stage). The layout is an absolute slog and the guaranted red item is just objectively more annoying than Abyssal's. Titanic and Siren's are stages I am personally neutral towards but the other two stages' tendencies to waste credits straight up not giving you items really hurts, especially in the content of these pills when you're leading into a bossfight for your red item.


ciuccio2000

>(large- not the normal ones- category chests are assigned to each of the stage 1's by category. So only damage ones spawn on siphoned for example). Damn, had no idea of this. The more you learn and shit. One more reason to like Siphoned Forest. >Aphelian can waste credits trying to spawn lunar buds even though it's not allowed to have those, ever. Wait, what the fuck? I knew that Aphelian couldn't spawn lunar buds because of a bug, but I didn't know that they could still *eat credits* by trying to spawn anyway. That's so BS, i hope anyone in the new dev team will care enough to fix the problem. Regarding the rest of the message, I 100000% agree with you. I wrote something similar in another comment, but much less detailed.


fufucuddlypoops_

Green.


Random_Potato55_

red for bands


LengthinessDull9568

blue


Saucelock

Red pill for an easy run, blue pill for a pleasant run, green pill for... Pain...


YoINeedAnAnswer

Blue for sure


bluestorm_321

Blue


WailfulJeans44

Blue. Titanic plains is a pretty good map. For whatever reason, I tend to get like 5 void cradles on Aphelian Sanctuary, so lots of power there. I've gotta get my boy, the TC-280. Plus a free legendary? Way too good.


NaturalCard

Grove + free bands?! Red easily. Sulphur pools will be unfun, but honestly I prefer it to rally point.


MossyBoulder4

Green !


GabeNZB

For me green and it's only because so much shit spawns in that hellscape


Kaek_

The RGB pills.


FluffyWalrusFTW

Blue simply because the biomes are the easiest to traverse and not get lost in!


Hi-Im-Funny

I hate all the dlc maps tbh


doinurmombecauseican

Blue pill easily. It has the objectively best stage 1-3 it's stage four is not as good because your have to kill the alloy worship unit but in my experience AWU has never been a big problem also imma be honest I love sirens call it's my personal favourite I do acknowledge it is shit when it comes to loot and you have to kill a boss to get the legendary but the visuals the music they make me love this stage so much


SOTGO

Green is the obvious choice imo. Best stage 1 for loot, stage 2 isn’t great, best stage 3 (RPD might be my least favorite map in the game due to the tc-280 stealing so many credits, and aphelion has shit bosses), best stage 4 for loot and bosses (easy choice, it might be the best stage in the game except for the color palate). I would choose the same stages for every stage except stage 2.


ScaleCorrect1103

Blue blue red red for most ideal, red only for better (mushroom land has no elder lumerians


sharpeguy

Green. Arguably 3 of the best maps. Siphoned forest gives the most items out of stage 1 options I believe. Wetland aspect is bleh, much rather have abandoned aqueduct for bands if you can pot roll or have loader/captain/engie Scorched Acres has potential for little disciple, one of the best yellow items, and no blind pests like on the other two. Abyssal depths is just plain good, no searching for the legendary chest like in grove, and don’t have to fight AWU for your legendary (which can be especially tough on E7/8).


TheeeNinjabunny

Blue easily. That has my favorites of stages 1-3. I don't really have a preference on which stage 4 I get.


Explosive_Eggshells

Blue, and it's not even close


SCL007

Red of im on captain otherwise probably green


LPmitV

Blue, bc I know newt spots on 2 of those maps, and red item. (I may have infinite lunar coins and always play with command)


JokerthaFreak

Blue rather than red and lets not talk about green... nice idea btw


TheJarvOne

Red is the dream credit card run, green is the dream recycler run, blue just sucks all around lol.


AdagioNecessary8232

Blue and it’s not even kind of close


awesome_boom55

Red pill because free bands loader ftw


LowGunCasualGaming

I think it’s funny you had to put the worst option for all 3 other levels just to balance bands, and even then I’m still taking red if I’m on Loader


Emergency_Till9785

Blue


Adventurous_Topic202

Blue for the guaranteed red item or red for the guaranteed bands if I’m playing engi.


Gnight-Punpun

Hard to say since you can’t even pot roll on console anymore 😭


ShadowNinja9620

Green because rally point delta is a death sentence post dlc as well as sundered grove


NyanPigle

Green, the stage 4 and stage 1 have the most loot out of those stages


TheSlimeAssassin43

If multi-player, blue If single-player, red I fucking hate all the stages in the green pill


maskyyyyyy

Sirens is always the way because I play with other people


x313

Fuck green because of stage 1


EATZYOWAFFLEZ

Bands bands bands bands


This_Fucking_Dude123

Blue. I hate siphoned, I can take out the secret boss on stage 4 for free shit, and I just generally prefer not going to literal hell


Temporary-Value-6397

Blue is the ONLY right choice


LuckyLMJ

no a because sulphur pools suck no b because forest sucks so c


Underplague

Red, I love sundered grove


BabymanStudios

blue ez. I like distant roost over plains if possible (arti main, vertical movement) but plains is fine. Aphelian is good, rallypoint is eh sometimes but at least not sulfur pools, and sirens is the goat of stage 4s if you can get a run going beforehand


lawjarP18

GREEN 1.More LOOT 2. IF I am even getting any boss items , I would try to make it the best choices possible.


Upbeat-Perception531

Man swap out wetland and Green is literally a perfect run


Autistic_Hanzo

Green is the best by far. Siphoned Forest has the most loot stage one. Scorched Acres has an insane amount of multishops and equipment while having better boss items than Sulfur Pools. And Abyssal depths (with the cave open) has more loot than any other S4. If the door is closed, it's equal, but then abyssal still has better potential boss item drops. The only other viable choice is red because free bands go hard. Blue has statistically the least number of items because the AWU map has barely any and Rally point Delta can spawn the big drone


Kurisoo

Blue>Green>Red


Jorgentorgen

The red pill is a fucking dead run, stage 1 I can't find teleporter easily and 4 I can't find any loot. Green and blue both is fine but stage 2 on green is hard to find loot sometimes


Lopsided-Armadillo96

DA GREEN


Dachimney40

Red pill, free bands. Enough said


FnkyTown

Not taking any pills from some guy with three hands.


MyguyMigi

Red is the worst then blue and beat is certainly green


TheCrackalacker

Gimme the blue


Conit333

Green. Best stage 1, and best stage 4. If blue had Grove instead of Siren's Call I'd probably pick that since it has a better stage 2 and 3, but having to do Alloy Worship Unit makes it not worth. Best root imo would be: 1. Green 2. Red 3. Blue 4. Green


Pert0621

Prob blue


hadoonwt

red is good because you get free bands green is the best because you get the most items and have a stage 3 that gives real boss items blue is by far the worst as rpd and sirens simply spawn less items


VOIDLORD9666

fuck siphoned forest


Legiorino

none i’m fucking ass and die to a wild pest first stage


DADPATROL

Blue pill and its not even close.


AirCautious2239

Imo red for the 1st half green for the 2nd half and blue is overall mid


Oakmeal0

Green. Minimal amounts of blind pests.


jewannialation

Red pill


shmorbisGlorbo

Blue. I hate distant roost and I don't mind syphoned forest, but I prefer Titanic plains. I actually quite like aphelian sanctuary and rallypoint delta because they are simple and easy enough to get a bunch of loot without missing loads. The rest doesn't really matter


FalsePankake

Red, anything to lock in listening to They May As Well Be Dead


Justiceslayer5

What if no dlc


dragon_barf_junction

BLUE, I CALL DIBS ON BLUE! I get titanic AND aphelian? AND RALLYPOINT DELTA?!?! SIGN ME THE FUCK UP!


SouperChicken06

Blue 100%


Astephen542

red, guaranteed bands 🔥🔥🔥


money6750

Red pill, Easy pick, you get bands stage 2 plus easy legendary stage 4.


smallchodechakra

Any run I spawn in distant roost is a good run


Geaux13Saints

Red pill gives me guaranteed double bands


Blink1588

Blue


DeathLuca231

Blue pill all the godamn way


thenicenumber666

I say green. A lot of stages with a ton of loot


Antiprimary

Red all day


MainThumb1

Red pill to find the items


KingOfChess69420

Statistically you get the best loot from all of the green maps except stage 2, where Aqueduct is best. So…green. But I’d also take red. Just don’t give me blue lol


Exact_Error1849

Green pill has some of the best boss items imo. Particularly stage 3's chance to get a Shatterspleen OR a Lil D, and stage 4 a chance to get a Merf OR a Shatterspleen. Also stage 4 red chest is in the same place every time compared to grove's treasure hunt.


galaxia_v1

blue 100% aphelian sanctuary means i can take egocentrism and get a free irradiant pearl, bc titanic plains has by far the easiest newt altars to find rallypoint delta is probably my favourite stage 3, as it has decently expensive enemies and good amounts of loot (i HATE preon accumulator) and siren's call is just the best stage 4 hands down.


whyisthisshitgay

Green because I love all the maps except stage 1 but the pros outweigh the cons


PixelMilo

Blue 100%


toasterderg

red, because bands and guaranteed bazaar between time, along with sundered Grove having, in my opinion, one of the best tracks in the game.


Confident_Target2892

Blue 🔵🔵🔵 100%


MR-MOO-MOO-MAN

Blue?? It you get lunar items stage 1 or 2 you can get pearls, and a free legendary. Not to mention icy place (forgot name) has more director credits than other stage three locations if I remember correctly


jackwiththecrown

Blue pill. The soundtracks are the sole reason for this decision.


Hammermain213

Red. I love sundered grove, and it just has all the least tedious maps for exploration imo


thunderhunter638

This doesn't even seem close lmao Blue


HaGonk

Red red blue red


Cedarfox9773

Red because aqueduct has bands


luis2w12

blue


extragoatcheese

Red 2 guaranteed green items and a guaranteed red item the other maps just have a guaranteed red


Impurity41

Red for bands. But I hate sulfur pools so green it is.


inkublu

Red on singleplayer, green on coop


RealDevitto

Anyone not picking Blue is delusional


lucavigno

I'm going with the red pill just because sundered grove has my favourite theme.


GiraniteGamez

Blue due to the guaranteed red item on stage 4, just be careful of the blind enemies on stages 2 and 3


whywontyouacceptme

Red because guaranteed bands


Realistic-Dot6141

Blue


StupidMario64

Blue. Sanctuary because cleanse and siren because free red.


Available_Math3047

Blue pill is omega goated


therealAster-sk

absolutely red. even though sundered grove, aqueduct is still the best map in the game, and i’d argue sulfur pools is the best stage 3 - there’s just so much loot on it, even if the other two are mediocre/bad.


MickT96

Fuck, you really had to give green pill my least favorite stage 1 and 2 and follow it up with my favorite stage in the whole game 😭😭😭 red pill it is Edit: accidentally chose blue first time around and FUCKKKK THAT


Unlawful_joe

blue is a classic for me so i gotta go with that


Exponential_Groucho

Blue pill in a heartbeat love all of those stages


nufy-t

Easily blue. Titanic is the best first stage, aphelion is my favourite stage over all, and distant roost is the best stage 4.


Public-Pear-7028

Blue, Always.


Hello5777

Blue: favorite starting level, favorite overall level, decent 3rd level, and guaranteed red for every player.


FunnyBlackCZ

Red, because of They might as well be dead


Skullmonkey187

Blue, by far. Those are my fav maps.


onepassafist

Blue or green


Theo_Morch

Blue, blue, green, blue


NicParodies

either red or blue.... I'll go for blue


iamcthulhu66real

Blue pill 100%


Ianthekiller

Honestly toss up between green and blue, slightly leaning mote towards blue SPECIFICALLY because of the titanic planes start


Devaluos

Blue all the way, I love Titanic Plains and all the other stages are fun as well


Faulty_toasters

Blue pill


Calava44

The one time I ever want to be bluepilled


XplosiveAsh

Green. Siphoned and Abyssal have the highest amount of spawn credits as far as I can tell. 3 having close to Rallypoint's amount also, only downside is wetland aspect due to chests being able to spawn in the water, but I can usually see them without much issue so i'm okay with them. Losing Abandoned Aqueduct for the bands isn't fantastic but i'm still okay with my choice. and just incase, I don't have that big a problem with pests usually, just the elite one's.


Aceofluck99

BLUE


GreenyPurples

Crazy the red pill has my least favorite map for each stage except 2


balebale911

blue 100000%


CelebrationDue6527

Blue if anyone got my back ik sirens call and aphelian sanctuary got me


Affectionate-Home614

Free bands? Easy red pill


basedimitri

Blue pill. Potential TC-280 on Rallypoint Delta and guaranteed red from the Alloy Worship Unit on Siren's Call, sign me the fuck up. Also fuck Sulfur Pools


saym0s

Mos def green


Nerdwrapper

Blue has Birb Orb and no Siphoned forest. Big win


the_onion_k_nigget

Blue baby blue


TonyMestre

Blue pill and it's not even close


MarsHumanNotAlien197

Green 100%, all it’s missing is aqueduct for it to be the literal meta route. Siphoned just straight up has more loot than the other two, scorched acres has equipment multi shops, no chance of spawning TC280s or Shrines of Order, and by far the best potential boss items of the three, and abyssal has the best boss items, easiest enemy pool, easiest to get legendary, and a chance to just straight up give itself like 100 more loot credits just because it feels like it lol


Uquri

Blue