rogue-core-chat

[olive narwhal]

Im not a dev though

[native monolith]

It’s now actually possible for them to do it, and considering it’s also a roguelike I’d say there’s a high chance

[raw ridge]

Dwarf Space 👀 👀

[keen edge]

looking for team to play with haha

[summer ferry]

hottest take I've ever seen tbh

the second part anyways, I also would prefer if RC didn't have seasons and just had updates

[manic silo]

Poop

[restive narwhal]

has there been any update when it might be here?

[native monolith]

Like playable?

[restive narwhal]

like release

lol

even a early access lol

[tall plume]

pinned messages

[native monolith]

Alpha is Q2 and early access is Q4

Full release is not known

[restive narwhal]

i saw it but wasnt a date

just wondering if there was any update

[native monolith]

No

Maybe in the upcoming stream

[restive narwhal]

cause im an avid fan of the brand ive bought it all so far haha

[main hinge]

The core

Going rogue

[forest rain]

Really cant wait to see what options there will be for Drones and Turrets. I wanna go full Engi Mode and get a build that locks down arenas and brings the pain.

[raw ridge]

We're going to find Karl

[stiff jacinth]

Deep Rock Galactic: The Search for Karl

[zenith rock]

karl IS the the core

[fringe narwhal]

Rogue Karl

The Karl has gone Rogue

[zenith rock]

karl boss battle

[fringe narwhal]

A drinking battle to the death

[zenith rock]

karl is voice by matt mercer

[worldly sundial]

Engineer Gaming.

[upper gorge]

He caught on DRG's BS and has defected. He now lives in the caves, and rescues downed and abandoned dwarf teams to join him in his quest to bring MC guy to justice.

[frank void]

But then Karl.Exe appears and tunnels through the rocks and stone like a beaver chipping wood and tackled Karl as the 2 fly through several walls, Karl got back up and fired a torrent of energy blasts that karl exe weaves through. then they begin tussling only for both to get abducted by cave leeches and seperated, because the brood nexus was scared shitless they would blow up hoxxes

[pallid stream]

karl is modelled after chris prat

[wintry cliff]

Sees ping
me: HYPER
ping: isnt about rogue core alpha
me: sad

[cerulean timber]

"i smell leaflover in you"

[pliant radish]

You can only summon Karl for a bossfight if your entire team orders and drinks Leaf-Lover's Special simultaneously.

[near sable]

Hi guys

[wheat ivy]

two rounds back to back

[final narwhal]

"Rock and Stone all you want, you ain't coming home"

[verbal wolf]

I've heard someone at GSG tripped and accidentally hit the big red "Delete Rogue Core" button. 😔

[native monolith]

This would be a really funny voice line when the entire party goes down

[raw bison]

i hope rogue core will allow us to import cosmetics over from drg, ive grown very attached to my dwarves

[scarlet orbit]

hi guys

[native monolith]

No

No cross progression

[lapis tinsel]

will there be overclocks or similar mechanics in the game?

[elfin ice]

i think there should be underclocks. you equip them and your weapon gets worse

[tall plume]

it's not sure yet

[smoky bison]

this will definetly give the game a steam award of year like thing '

[wheat ivy]

underclock your weapon for slightly more rewards, whatever those might be

[bold hawk]

underclocks are just new game+

[sinful belfry]

Is Rogue Core in close testing?

[median sleet]

It's not in closed alpha right now

[stray salmon]

Has it been discussed if there will be less scripted events in Rogue Core? Like for speedruns the scripted nature of the Dreadnaughts for example always bothered me

[lapis urchin]

any idea when the devs are planning on a demo release?

[steel hearth]

Don't know about a demo, but closed alpha is scheduled to happen in a few months, and then early access by end of the year

[native monolith]

I don’t think there is going to be a demo

Just early access and a beta

[lapis urchin]

Ok, thanks for the info 👍

[forest rain]

Another hope besides the funny drone/construct focused dwarves and the expanded drone/turret aresenal

My 3rd biggest hope is a Dwarf who comes with a Bioscanner. Like the one from GTFO.

Having a Dwarf whose focus is alerting their Allies to Dangerous Threats and mark hoards of bugs at once with different colors based on hazard level, even in darkness and through walls/terrain.

So when you go from one cave/facility to another, can you be alerted to possible threats (whatever equivalent there is to stationary enemies such as Cave Leeches and Infectors in Rogue Core)

And so you wanna built them with a Support Build focus with things like the Flare Gun/Grappling Hook or Turrets so you can brace for swarms that are already waiting for you behind a door/transisition area (whatever those weird shifting walls that open for you in the trailer are)

Oh and maybe it would be best to pair it with some weapon that gives the "Marked for Death" effect or another kind of CC Debuff like Mobility Down (such as Neuro Lasso)

[gritty lily]

#drg-memes-no-talk message this could be a secrect collab and this exposed the rogue core and now we will see helldivers in rogue core

[chrome sundial]

Those ink sacks wouldn't dare touch hoxxes while I'm here💪💪

[raw ridge]

There's a goo in the sack

[main hinge]

Rogueing the core

[chrome basin]

Goo sack

[finite laurel]

I like the idea of a character than can spot enemies in rooms ahead of you

[sleek swallow]

I feel like it would be too much like GTFO

[orchid berry]

we should be allowed to bring beer down to hoxxes

[raw ridge]

You can do that when you're drunk, you bring it down in your veins

[topaz nimbus]

Mass alcoholism

[ionic depot]

Can someone send a link from the interview about rogue core

Merci

[tall plume]

which interview ?
we got multiple

[ionic depot]

I think it was the reddit one

Not sure

Thanks

[tall plume]

check the pinned messages, we got a few of those in there

most infos are pinned

[oak locust]

are there gonna be female dwarves in this or nah?

[south wigeon]

We wouldn't be able to tell the difference anyways

[delicate flax]

https://www.youtube.com/live/FnGwezcx8EQ?si=_llRzNLxY3jadirh&t=1538

[oak locust]

[delicate flax]

although the video is slightly old

[oak locust]

thx tho

[raw ridge]

Female dwarves will look the same as male dwarves but with bigger breasts

And slightly taller tone of voice

[static sage]

im hoping they release some sort beta test or something to the community for feedback and such, im so hyped for this

[wheat pewter]

bro..

[static sage]

...?

i havent been listening in much on the rogue core stuff lately so if they have already said they will my bad i havent heard it

[wheat pewter]

yeah they'll do a closed alpha in the coming months

limited invites but we'll see how it goes with that

I assume they'll invite more players with each update during the closed alpha

[static sage]

ahh ok cool, yeah my bad i havent kept up with the updates lately, so glad that a closed alpha is starting soon cant wait for it

[thin siren]

@static sage

[static sage]

whats up?

[thin siren]

I can't wait me too

[tall plume]

all the infos are pinned in this channel generally, so it should be easy to catch up

[static sage]

ahh my bad again didnt even search the pins haha

[forest rain]

Gosh im so cooked rn

Ive been chilling doing main drg and wack ass ideas have been entering my head for Rogue Core

Imagine a Dwarf with a Special Armor Rig (or is just more buff) that enables them to freely connect and carry another Dwarf on their back, allowing them to focus on shooting while they focus on moving, and is able to pick up downed dwarves in this manner to relocate them to a safer spot to pick them up.

Would want a focus on building HP/Shield/Mobility and can become a mobile tank. Also could have a laser tether as the tool to help them pick up while on the move/at range.

[stable spindle]

could the one being carried carry another

[forest rain]

Probably not due to limitations

But dwarf tower is peak

"Just call me the Drilldozer!"

[rare quarry]

That would be sick

The warthog in Halo kind of offers that gameplay where one player is strictly focusing on driving, and the other who mans the gun is completely focused on shooting

Maybe we should make the DWARF-A-TRON which is a huge mech made of the dwarves combined, each player controls one limb

[forest rain]

That would be a little too much

But still cool

[finite laurel]

Makes me think of that concept art where Driller is a mech

[forest rain]

Its why id think an idea of the one Dwarf (ill call them "Paladin") can carry and keep another Dwarf on the move while they focus on shooting would work so well.

Espec if the Dwarf getting the piggyback ride is using a Heavy Weapon, as not only would they be able to focus on aiming and have better stability, but also maybe the "Paladin" can help them do a team reload so both can reload their weapons faster.

[finite laurel]

A strength-based "class" (idk what the proper term is) would be swell in general, maybe a less extreme version could be an exo suit that makes the dwarf melee with big shockwave punches, and they can carry things much faster and throw them further

[forest rain]

Id like to see a Strong-Armed Dwarf able to do such things. I mean we know some of them have Cybernetic Implants and what not.

Throws Grendades further, carries Heavy Objects without penalty, maybe even to use Heavier Weapons with less slowdown

[finite laurel]

Dwarf with a little ground-based drone, basically a permanent Steve that can also carry objectives

[rare quarry]

When the mech falls over you have to coordinate with your team to somehow get back up again

Like QWOP supreme

[forest rain]

Well

Dronemaster/OG Engineer could work with a mobile Rover Turret, especially if we get some of those lovely weapons from DRG Survivor like im hoping.

[carmine zenith]

Dbz fusion dance multiplayer minigame where if your timing is out of sync by even a millisecond the fusion fails

[rare quarry]

I love things like this, it's really hard to make these stats compete with for example more HP or weakpoint damage though.. I do think about stats like this though!

[forest rain]

Rogue Core, unlike DRG, does have the ability to diversify its dwarves and make such things a consideration.

So even minor changes can greatly alter what kinds of builds each one can specialize in

Like what were once perks in og DRG can be grounds to design a new dwarf (if theyre significant enough anyways.)

Survivor kinda started dipping into those waters and is doing really well with it, and since the formula works and seems to be partially inspiring Rogue Cores upgrade system

Id wager we will have A LOT of options as Rogue Core nears its release.

But maybe thats just copium.

Or maybe that can be solved with Mod.io/Workshop support

[autumn portal]

I do kinda hope Rogue Core hits the ground running with female dwarves for that same reason

[uneven crest]

will they have beards tho?

[orchid berry]

Dwarf perk that makes it so that he can't die but also can't do damage he's just a wall

[violet tendon]

Gnawed Leaf in the Binding of Isaac

[native monolith]

I still believe in the theory that all dwarves are male and reproduce asexually

It’s much more funny than female dwarves just not being in drg

[finite laurel]

I'm of the headcanon that dwarf gender is visually indistinguishable

[native monolith]

And makes sense lore wise

I think the other good theory is that there’s just no noticeable differences between the two

[wintry cliff]

dwarves are hewn from stone, everyone knows that

new dwarves simply grow in the mines, and when they finish growing (over eons, like stalactites) the elder dwarves break them out of the rock

thats why the glyphids cant truly kill our dwarves or eat them, they arent digestible and too hard for their claws 🙂

sure, they can incapacitate them, but a bit of strong dwarven ale mends all bruises!

[native monolith]

Isn’t the revive juice confirmed to be beard oil

[raw ridge]

It's alcohol

[thick elbow]

Alcohol and Beard Oil 2 in 1

[coarse minnow]

Whats this for?

[olive narwhal]

Game

Details in pins

[lapis tinsel]

i want it NOW

[remote bough]

Build a time machine then

It will keep you busy

[gritty raptor]

y'all seen this? https://youtube.com/shorts/Z9zL42NjyN0?si=5FgxH4O-qvZqBTj4

they look so cool

[velvet cipher]

Where rogue core

[tall plume]

Q2 for closed beta, Q4 for early access

[velvet cipher]

So they announced it 2 years before early access. Smart

Back to DRG:S

[tall plume]

That's not really anything weird in the video game industry

[median sleet]

Also it was planned to launch into EA way earlier, but got delayed

[tall plume]

yeah, got delayed by like 6 months

[main hinge]

I would rather have delayed but better rogue core than early and bad rogue core

[quartz zealot]

Let’s play DRG World Cup

[lapis tinsel]

the elder scrolls 6 was announced in 2018.

[native monolith]

The beta is in like 2-3 months now lol

[native monolith]

And, technically speaking, half life three in 2006 :P

I don’t really think a game being announced far before its release is bad at all, as long as they make sure to keep it ‘existing’

[forest rain]

Metroid Prime 4 was announced in

checks notes
2015? 2016?

[exotic oyster]

where can I watch yesterdays qna?

[native monolith]

Their YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/live/w_iqBpSNw1E?si=3Funn9RvuhZN4st0

[exotic oyster]

thanks!

[native monolith]

No way it has fun in the name

This must be a reference to the fact that rogue core will be fun

[golden topaz]

Checked just now and came here....

Damn it looks awesome

I want to adopt the last one

[gritty raptor]

He looks pretty chill

[untold rune]

you what else is chill?

[gritty raptor]

no but I feel like you're about to tell me

[untold rune]

my low taper fade

[trail bear]

will a bar be in rouge core

[tall plume]

looks like there will be one, yeah

[trail bear]

time to act like the fat laywer from the bee movie when i get drunk

[main hinge]

will core be rouge in rouge core?

[forest rain]

I know none of our suggestions here are really gonna get considered unless they specifically line up with something theyre already considering (like custom kill animations for the new weapons/gadgets like the Plasma Blade)

But im gonna speculate and share my thoughts regardless because regardless of whats in im not gonna be disappointed.

The modding community has proved they can work on such things themselves in the future with enough time and effort, and as long as rogue core sticks to the mod.io schematic for custom content (or switches to workshop since console support isnt planned), then im certain the ideas shared here will still be done.

The only thing that will make me mad is no on-board bar or pettable wildlife.

But they said they wouldnt alienate us drg veterans so im not worried.

[tall plume]

we have #rogue-core-suggestions and console support is planned, just not for Early Access

[forest rain]

Me not realizing i had the channel not visible

[south wigeon]

Cogue Rore

[compact abyss]

Will our saved stuff from Deep rock go over to Rogue Core?

[long breach]

No

[compact abyss]

Sad

[timid veldt]

its an entirely different game

[compact abyss]

Ah okay

[drowsy jolt]

has there been any word on how long the early access will last? or is that just not something they can predict at this point in time

[tall plume]

no words and I doubt it's something they've alaready planned

[drowsy jolt]

if it goes anything like DRG it'll be around 2 years

[zenith rock]

Will Steeve be in rogue core

[native monolith]

There are no glyphids, so it is unlikely

We might get Caleb the Corespawn though

[finite laurel]

I'm sure there'll be a suit that gives you a companion

We've already seen the drone

[zenith rock]

Then what do we shoot?

[native monolith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mdn9Uhea9I

25:00

or so

watch that section

basically, there are no glyphids because these guys ate them all

[forest rain]

The Corespawn are abyssal horrors too difficult even for the Glyphids with their insane numbers.

Youd think it would be just the core's bedrock is too tough for them to dig through compared to the rest of hoxxes

But no their intelligence and aggressiveness can easily overpower that of the glyphids. So the edge of the core where we enter stands as the fine line between glyphid and corespawn turf

[zenith rock]

Those do look like fine bullet targets

[finite laurel]

There's also like a 95% chance they're mutated dwarves, judging by how most of them have very humanoid faces or remnants of faces

[fringe narwhal]

Me witnessing horrors beyond my comprehension. (I don't get it)

[loud brook]

is there any release window for the closed beta and early access?

[tall plume]

no

[tall plume]

no, they're not mutated dwarves

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2605790/view/5921742839597128717

see the bullet point list of what the crawler is and isn't

[finite laurel]

The Thing-style mimic then, I'm sure the dwarf-like faces are no coincidence

[tall plume]

it's born on hoxxes and has never met dwarves before

that'd be highly unprobable

[willow flame]

The Core created them

[forest rain]

My question is

If weve seen core stones, then i wonder what core rocks are gonna look like

Wait

Core rock...

Korlok

KORLOK TYRANT WEED! BUST OUT THE WEEDWHACKERS BOYS!

[fair void]

These thing look really creepy. Is rogue core suppose to be a " horror game " roguelite ? Idk a lot about it, I discover the existence of the game like 5 days ago

[olive narwhal]

The pins have the current information on the game

[tall plume]

yeah, it has horror undertones, but it's not a horror game

[zenith rock]

WAITER more cosmic horror in my silly dwarf game pls

[cobalt ridge]

If they dont put in an homage to wayne june in this, ill riot

[weary torrent]

What if Karl is in the core rn

[chilly grove]

Karl is the core

[native monolith]

The real question: is Karl rouge?

Or is he bleu

[chrome sundial]

Vert with the blood of his enemies

[zinc totem]

we have #rogue-core-chat but not #survivor-chat...

[olive narwhal]

Survivor has its own server

[zinc totem]

really? is it official

[olive narwhal]

Yes

[tall plume]

because survivor is not developed by GSG

[zinc totem]

really?

when you open the game you get the ghost ship games intro

[olive narwhal]

They publish it

#rogue-core-chat message

[lethal kernel]

Yeah... games do have a tendency to present who their publishers are.

[wheat pewter]

technically rogue core is indie and drg isn't

[lethal kernel]

[pure vessel]

It's going to lean more into the horror theme, yes.

[wheat pewter]

add a rare flesh biome to really freak people out

[median sleet]

Not the flesh biome again

[long breach]

The solution is to eat it

[native monolith]

Reclaimers report it tastes “faintly of beer”. This recently discovered meat biome disappeared in the next 14 hours and 22 minutes.

Most mining crews took sick leave the following week

[hollow bear]

https://tenor.com/view/horror-disgust-ohno-jimcarrey-liarliar-gif-12183274

[orchid berry]

I doubt anything can top the fear felt when you're separated from the team and the stalker sounds a little too close

[native monolith]

Rogue core with proximity chat would be pretty fun

“Where’d john go”

Distant screaming and gunshots

[orchid berry]

drg already has a voice chat and barely anyone uses it, i doubt prox chat would be used too much, but yeah the option would be funny

[fringe narwhal]

Dwarfal Company

Lethal Dwarfany?

[main hinge]

devs can we add a poison swamp to rogue core?

[forest rain]

We already have Fungus Bogs at home

[zenith rock]

There’s probably a mod for it in drg and someone would probably make it for rogue core too

[shell elk]

I wish more people would use it last few times I did use it. Some people genuinely did not know it had voice chat, but after they found out the results were very funny

[zenith rock]

With the dwarves already having mostly automated call outs with the laser pointer the voice isn’t really need most of the time

With that being said will we have the laser pointer in rogue core

[steel hearth]

No the reclaimers are much more important so drg gives them tactical beam indicators instead

[zenith rock]

Imagine if Karl was the first reclaimer

[barren stone]

Just finished watching a 30 minute video about rouge core

It looks so hype

Having 5 classes is gonna be so awesome have they confirmed that there will be 5 people in a mission?

[olive narwhal]

Its just 5 classes iirc its still 4 people

Yeah store page is 1-4 player coop

[fringe narwhal]

5th class is whoever went to the toilet right before the mission

[barren stone]

Ah okay I was honestly hoping there would be 5 player missions now lol

Maybe in the future

Day 1 spotter main

[orchid berry]

There's a 30 minute video about rouge core?

Is there one for rogue core as well

[pure vessel]

Only 4.

[pure vessel]

Yes

[pure vessel]

Poison Swamp? You mean Fungus Bogs?

[fringe narwhal]

Fungus Bogs is already hell, I don't need that in Rogue Core

[pure vessel]

Spoiler: ||It never left Rogue Core||

[fringe narwhal]

[wheat river]

The fungus also went rogue

[manic sleet]

How is cave Generation in rogue Core? Same Layouts like in drg?

[olive hound]

i think they are going for more "Company-made structures"

It's not totally a natural cave, but more of a pre-built facility inside a cave.

[neat acorn]

FromShip Games

[manic sleet]

ohh ok

[native monolith]

Ah, biological warfare

[native monolith]

I’d imagine it’s done in a similar way with the puzzle piece rooms but with more machinery and now a new biome blending thing

[wheat pewter]

can you add lip sync? thanks

[harsh epoch]

How’s everyone?

[tall plume]

@polar bluff pinned messages for info

also, the store page

[polar bluff]

Oh sorry i didmt see this

Whats will be difference betwen DRG and Rogue Core?

[tall plume]

they're completely different game

[polar bluff]

Mhhhhh

so if i understand right Rogue Core will be DRG but roguelite with something from DRG

[tall plume]

well, it's going to share some weapons, the universe and the artstyle, but aside from that, you can expect everything else to be different

[polar bluff]

Whoa

And Cave generation whould be different?

[tall plume]

can't tell for sure but it doesn't look like it's generated in the same way as DRG so far

I'd expect it to have its own generation

at least partially

[long breach]

i think it does because of the facilities iirc

[tall plume]

yeah

[polar bluff]

Oh i see now in pinned there is gameplay i didnt see it at first

[pliant radish]

I wonder, will we have flare and/or flashlight upgrades available in Rogue Core?

[tall plume]

yes

you should watch the pinned trailer

well, it's on store page

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2605790/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Rogue_Core/

Steam

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core

DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: ROGUE CORE is a spinoff of Deep Rock Galactic with a roguelite twist. The roguelite twist means you start from basics in each mission and cooperatively build up powers and abilities for the team, sometimes leading to insanely overpowered builds and other times to spectacular flops.STORYExpenite, a new mineral of incredible va...

Release Date

To be announced

▶ Play video

[quartz zealot]

Will rogue core have all the overclocks from base game?

[steel hearth]

Last I heard, they weren't sure how/if overclocks were going to be done

I think they said they were toying with turning some existing overclocks into whole weapons of their own

Source: my memory of a stream I half watched. Add salt to taste

[tall plume]

it's also been talked about in here by one of the designer, with pretty much the similar answer

[wheat pewter]

hello, will rogued core feature lip syncing?
tissue you

[wheat pewter]

sorry about the tissue comment, my phone keyboard done did it

[zenith rock]

lootbugs

eat this man

[latent raptor]

tommygun made out of loot confirmed

[junior knoll]

What do you mean?

[pure vessel]

No

[pure vessel]

Yes

[tall plume]

Maybe

[fringe narwhal]

Do the reclaimers get their own Loyd or do they have to make do with a minifridge

[pure vessel]

Not decided.

[fringe narwhal]

What if they get a minifridge robot called Froyd

:3

[tender parrot]

where'd you find that info? I can't see it anywhere

[tall plume]

1st screenshot on store page has what looks like a flare model, near the closest dwaf

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2605790/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Rogue_Core/

Steam

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core

DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: ROGUE CORE is a spinoff of Deep Rock Galactic with a roguelite twist. The roguelite twist means you start from basics in each mission and cooperatively build up powers and abilities for the team, sometimes leading to insanely overpowered builds and other times to spectacular flops.STORYExpenite, a new mineral of incredible va...

Release Date

To be announced

▶ Play video

3rd screenshot clearly shows the player is using a flashlight, exact same as DRG

[median sleet]

But will it be upgradeable?

[pure vessel]

There's ideas for a light build through upgrades

[native monolith]

The power of the sun, in my hands

[violet tendon]

Are there any improvements or features added to Rogue Core that you’d like to implement in DRG? Or is it too early for that?

[pulsar vortex]

fat boy weapon when

👀

[zenith rock]

Super cooling chamber turned into s bolt action rifle?

[hollow bear]

Fat Boy is being upgraded to Obese Man in Rogue Core

[olive narwhal]

Now only 1 ammo

[fringe narwhal]

He grew up

1 shot but it deletes the entire cave

[wheat pewter]

did you speed up the pickaxe?

[native monolith]

The second it touches something, you enter a cutscene where it zooms out to hoxxes IV and you just see a part of the planet explode

[barren stone]

Spotter mains were you at?

[forest rain]

The Lead Storm becomes the Lead Maelstrom

Its firing is so much that you cant move when firing and it sends you flying backwards

Or sinks you into the ground

Also does this mean multiple flamethrowers???

DOES OUR WAITING GIVE US DUAL FLAMETHROWERS AND BEER?!

[zenith rock]

That one cyrax fatality

[deft trellis]

I wonder if we’ll get any new beer types in rogue core

[barren stone]

Maybe we'll get food options as well

[median sleet]

Lootbug meat

[pine skiff]

Take a leaf from HoH2, you can consume one meal and three drinks before each mission

A balanced diet

[blissful tangle]

Do you guys think rogue core pc requirements would be higher than drg?

Or just maybe the same, idk. The teaser looked exactly like regular drg. I just hope they dont increase the threshold, drg runs super well on my rig

[tall plume]

probably

we know they won't be making the game for older consoles, for example

[olive narwhal]

UE5 would probably have more overhead

[blissful tangle]

Ive taken a glimpse at the minimum req, its the same as drg's, but there is no recommended req, so i guess its a bit higher knowing the game aint that demanding

[blissful tangle]

What is the engine of current dgr, is it ue4?

[tiny notch]

instant game crash

[olive narwhal]

Drg is UE4.something

[olive narwhal]

I assume those will be edited before public release

[blissful tangle]

I see

[low quartz]

Really, that's surprising since the game seemed a bit nicer compared to DRG to me

Buut I haven't seen DRG's trailer in a while so maybe I'm wrong

[blissful tangle]

Im not a launch player so idk if drg had any graphical upgrade. But rogue core's teaser looked exactly like drg to me, like literally nothing graphically new

[tall plume]

are you on steam ?

[blissful tangle]

Yes

[tall plume]

you could always check the Legacy version to see what DRG looked like at release

[olive narwhal]

Pretty focused on the graphics when changes to cave and terrain generation or enemy cap and such would possibly play a role in specs probably(im not a dev)

[blissful tangle]

So i assume they had changed the visual

[olive narwhal]

Yes

Although rogue has had its particles optimised or stabilised based on stuff from the news letter

[pure vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/to-the-secret-vault-vault-lets-go-secure-room-secret-vault-gif-14107080

[pure vessel]

I think that some of the things we have done would break DRG, so no.

[pure vessel]

No 🙂

[pure vessel]

Yeah, it's likely

[pure vessel]

It's UE5

[pulsar vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-cant-wait-impatient-anxious-eagerly-gif-15247947

[orchid berry]

will Rogue Core be available on the Gameboy 64

[pure vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/in-there-out-get-out-get-in-door-gif-9674710657154743176

[orchid berry]

[sacred depot]

Maybe a new teaser on the stream today?

[mossy ruin]

no

[pure vessel]

Not sure that is happening, but you're free to ask questions about Rogue Core on the stream if you want

[mossy ruin]

it was said in the stream announcement it's going to be chill, without big reveals

[median sleet]

You mean Rogue Core right?

[native monolith]

What about the Wii?

[fresh jetty]

Hi I want to be an annoying contrarian so can you please slow down the pickaxe? it's too fast and it makes me scared :(

[pure vessel]

No

[fresh jetty]

darn

[ruby crescent]

Ohai! Will the driller's drills still be a thing in rogue core?

[native monolith]

They will

[ruby crescent]

SWEET!

aww not allowed

[errant moss]

Who's in the game now?
Did anyone notice that the event will end on January 3, 2026?

[zenith rock]

It’s a bug

[olive hound]

[real relic]

[native monolith]

All of the DRG traversal tools are in, and they’re probably gonna add more (I’m not gonna say confirmed because I forgot if they said so)

[mossy ruin]

didn't they remove the grappling hook?

[carmine zenith]

I sure hope so

[native monolith]

It’s in

Unless they mentioned that in a recent dev stream

[mossy ruin]

lemme find something

@native monolith #rogue-core-chat message

[native monolith]

Ah

[cerulean shuttle]

is drg rogue core gonna be a video game or an 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 and a 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓎𝓁𝑒

[toxic pumice]

will we still be allowed to say rock and stone or do we have to say rogue and core

[orchid berry]

will our mission control be in rogue core or will there be some other guy acting as the reclaimers' mission control

im not sure if our mission control can handlle any more dwarven antics hes already so close to having a stroke

[wanton thicket]

Wasn't the official release for Rogue Core on the roadmap spring of this year then it got pushed?

[orchid berry]

wasnt it open beta?

[tall plume]

#rogue-core-chat message

that's the current roadmap

[willow flame]

No GSG newsletter today?

[violet tendon]

well, Guntouchables is coming out on schedule! so hopefully RC is as well? 🤞

[median sleet]

Different developers

[violet tendon]

I know.

[brave oriole]

Full release yet to be announced. Steam EA slated to be released Q4 2025.

A 1.0 release is gonna be at least 2 years out, if we assume a similar time in EA as DRG.

[fallow sluice]

Any update on Rogue core

[raven wharf]

Pinned messages

[vast carbon]

Guys, is there any information about rival enemies in rc?

Could they have drilled that deep?

[visual blaze]

Is there any new info on closed alpha participation?

[native monolith]

Probably not going to exist

[daring hill]

No, there was. I don't know why on earth the newsletter not publicised more, nor is there any archive for newsletters whatsoever, but there was. includes some talk on rogue core, and we might get a Below Decks article about the reclaimers in March.
https://mailchi.mp/ghostship/ghost-ship-dispatch-06-february-2025?e=0243a6ec0e

https://mcusercontent.com/910dfb53bf01a0687c45b3ad5/images/41b0f051-997d-e911-61e2-9af1d071e307.png
hopefully this embeds

darn

just a picture of gloves that were included in the newsletter

[olive narwhal]

https://mcusercontent.com/910dfb53bf01a0687c45b3ad5/images/41b0f051-997d-e911-61e2-9af1d071e307.png

[daring hill]

thank!

[olive narwhal]

They are some pretty cool gloves

[vast carbon]

Where can I subscribe to these newsletters?

[daring hill]

https://ghostship.dk/get-in-touch/

[vast carbon]

+++

What about the lootbugs? Are they confirmed?

[tall plume]

yes

#rogue-core-chat message

[vast carbon]

🔥

Will there be mission control? It feels like the signal shouldn't reach there

[native monolith]

Yes

[forest rain]

While id like to continue hearing robert narrate missions for me, its a missed oppurtunity to give the Reclaimers a Nav of their own in order to expand the lore a bit.

[native monolith]

Yeah, Mission Control is iconic but it would be neat if they had a different announcer

I thought it would be funny if the roles swapped and the reclaimers were the serious ones and their Mission Control was goofy

[tall plume]

it's confirmed that we'll have Mission Control in some capacity but the way they phrased it, he's not going to have as much as a presence.

[hollow bear]

Mission Control in captivity

[delicate flax]

makes sense from a lore reason since they're so deep in the planet

[native monolith]

That would have very little to do with it

What does, on the other hand, is Mission Control being way too overworked

~70 mining teams, and now a squad of dwarves fighting unknown horrors? Someone give him a raise

[barren stone]

The new molly looks so cool

Looks alot faster

[olive narwhal]

Might even push you off a clif 50% less

[barren stone]

Real

[olive narwhal]

Drg finally got better equipment

[barren stone]

Yeah for the other miners lol

Isn't the rouge core dwarves diffrent

Since there doing diffrent classes

[olive narwhal]

Yeah they are the reclaimers

[barren stone]

Yeah

I like that lol

[olive narwhal]

Like drgs spec ops

[barren stone]

Maybe in the 3rd game they work together

[olive narwhal]

Iirc they are looking at doing a below the decks on reclaimers next month

[barren stone]

I need to see what the other classes do

We got the first 2

[pure vessel]

Chonk

[pure vessel]

Who says we won't have both? 🙂

[pine skiff]

After you get through the greyout barrier, Ellis will narrate your missions. However he only speaks in Morse code

One perk choice is an upgrade that allows him to translate into binary

[sand vale]

Two mission controls constantly arguing

[finite laurel]

Mission Control gives the initial briefing and lets the Reclaimer's personal AI take over for monitoring

[pure vessel]

There is no external communication behind the barrier

[native monolith]

Mission Control now works on the barrier border and hops in between to talk to all his teams

[violet tendon]

new molly⁉️

[olive narwhal]

Did you see the onth stream last year with all the deets?

[violet tendon]

oh, thought it was something recent. I’ll go back and take a look, thanks.

[olive narwhal]

I have a pinned message with a article format as well

Under that is the stream link

[coarse plume]

Nothing is gonna stop me from seeing corespawn crawlers as gibbon monkies

Like how Glyphids reminds me of ants more than spiders.

[forest rain]

I just want a very "robotic/direct" kind of Mission Control/Navigator

Handler Walter my beloved

[rancid minnow]

everyday I wake up and think to myself "I wish I could play roguecore right now" we truly live in a society

[barren stone]

Is it confirmed that it will be a different person at mission control?

[forest rain]

Dont ask me lol

[forest rain]

Im just going off this

[median sleet]

#rogue-core-chat message
#rogue-core-chat message
He reacted 👀 on this #rogue-core-chat message

So I guess we get informed by an AI

Dunno if they'll just make it be regular MC but with a robotic voice

[native monolith]

Rogue core has led to me to investigating as many “4 dudes fight a bunch of shit” games as possible, and it’s led me to a couple cool ones

Interestingly, most of them are made by Scandinavian companies

DRG, Helldivers, Jump ship, Payday

It’s actually kind of crazy, I have a hard time finding one that isn’t

[native monolith]

I bet Mission Control might be the voice when youre on the ship then

And then something else, probably an ai, when you’re in the caves

[neat acorn]

I have seen the genre described as 'send in four dipshits to face off against the evil' or something like that

[native monolith]

In DRGs case I think we count as the evil :P

And helldivers

Also payday you do literally play as robbers but that also kinda breaks from the genre

[pine skiff]

L4D/L4D2, Vermintide 1/2, Darktide also fit in that list

[violet tendon]

GTFO is another

bit of an odd one. wish i could get into it more

[neat acorn]

no, the planet is evil for witholding its resources from their rightful owners (DRG)

[versed venture]

I'd argue the planet is evil for harboring bugs that could become war machines and big dangers were they to somehow find a way offworld.

[native monolith]

Yup

They just rack up

[barren stone]

Ty very cool

[wheat pewter]

rogued core

thoughts?

[verbal aurora]

are you telling me that a dwarf

rogued this core

[wheat pewter]

good thought

[lavish lily]

Imagine if there eventually will be some melees

[olive narwhal]

As far as melee is concerned you have the stabby classes ability

Slicer

[simple swift]

guys

did developers say something about seasonal events for holidays?

Will it be or not?

[long breach]

for rogue core? pretty sure that's too early to say rn?

[native monolith]

I mean, probably, but also the game isn’t out yet

Not really something we would know, it’ll just happen or it won’t

[simple swift]

yeah, you are right

i just thought about it

[native monolith]

I guess you could ask in the next Q&A

[simple swift]

and this is too early to ask this

[simple swift]

i could, that's a good idea

[native monolith]

Me on my way to ask about the shatterclaw family for the 4th rogue core stream in a row: (they’ll give me something this time for sure)

[tall plume]

that's not happening before the game is in 1.0 at least

if it's even necessary to begin with

[simple swift]

I understand that, I asked if it would happen at all

[tall plume]

the reason they made seasons for DRG is for player retention, and adding a system that would add something to grind that would fit both new and old players

it's not sure RC will face the same need

[simple swift]

i didn't mean like right now

[simple swift]

i didn't mean seasons, I meant seasonal events like Yuletide

[tall plume]

my bad then
I don't see why not for those 😄

they can even come in EA, doesn't matter much for those

[mossy ruin]

idk, most rogue lites don't have seasonal events

[simple swift]

what do you mean?

[mossy ruin]

maybe except enemies wearing santa hats, lel

[tall plume]

seasonal holidays aren't a big deal, it's just a fun event

[sand vale]

NO FESTIVITY ALLOWED WITHIN THE BARRIER!!!!

[simple swift]

ohhhhh ok

[simple swift]

i want kill fricking leprechauns on the missions

and get those pots o' gold

[neat acorn]

leprechawnspawn crawler

...sounded a bit better in my head

[polar ember]

Anyone have any insight on estimated release date?

Apologies if I missed it in the chat above!

[fringe narwhal]

3027

[neat acorn]

When It's Ready™️

[tall plume]

checl the pinned messages

[polar ember]

Got it. Thank you!

[wicked anvil]

I'm honestly really looking forward to this game coming out, I don't even really care if I'm a part of the closed testing. All I really want is for there to be a .50 cal style weapon in the game.

[safe dagger]

is rogue core like drg?

[main hinge]

There will be rocks and stones

[safe dagger]

i like where thats going

[main hinge]

dwarves are also rumored

[wicked anvil]

No fucking way, immediate 10/10 game

[wheat pewter]

potentially has freak shows you shoot in the head

oh wow that was an extra scummy one

[silent basalt]

An odd question and I understand if it cant be answered, but does anyone know what part of q2 the closed alpha will be available? are we talking immediately at the beginning, near the middle, or at the end of q2?

[raven wharf]

Q2

[silent basalt]

well alrighty and thank you

[chrome sundial]

Closed alpha this month potentially

?

[spring prawn]

Keyword closed 🙏

[median sleet]

We're in Q1

I think it's pretty obvious they're gonna announce the closed alpha during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. Other notable announcements will be Silksong and Half Life 3

[chrome sundial]

Closed alpha is planned for q1 isn't it?

[olive narwhal]

Q2

Updated roadmap in pins

[pallid beacon]

Real, I'm sure keys will be a bit scarce

[oak shale]

Official stream this noon said Rogue Core ETA would be Q4

[tall plume]

we know already
see the pinned messags

[oak shale]

Sorry, I missed the pin. No a discord master, yet

[orchid berry]

will there be beer in rogue core

can the dwarves find lost beer kegs and have a party down on hoxxes with the corespawn

the clamorhead looks like it'd enjoy beer

[hollow bear]

Only liquor. And only Rumrod spiced rum

[orchid berry]

are the reclaimers higher class

[tall plume]

no worries

[orchid berry]

do they only partake in the consumption of whisky

[violet tendon]

well they’re still dwarves

[thin apex]

Ok but

Rumrod is really funny

But I believe they just revealed the Ramrod would just have a gym

[keen oak]

is DRG RC ever actually coming? Haven't heard a word in quite a while. I thought Early Access was suppossed to be out last year?

[tall plume]

https://tenor.com/view/check-the-pins-kowalski-penguin-gif-20219688

[keen oak]

Thank you!

[green belfry]

they shall take their time. just fuckin' kill it 🏁

[neat acorn]

the latest newsletter mentioned that they're essentially corporate SWAT teams

[wintry cliff]

cant wait for the alpha, still hoping for a public sign up

would be a shame if they only included creators or something like that

[native monolith]

DRGs crisis management force

Being 4, presumably drunk dwarves with laser guns

Not really “higher class” they’re just another branch

I’d imagine they get paid more

[median sleet]

start a youtube channel, ez

[orchid berry]

They get slightly higher quality beer

[obtuse moss]

What's Q4? I looked at pins and I'm stupid

[hollow bear]

Fourth quarter of the year

[vast carbon]

Is there any information on the items? So far all we've heard is weapons, but will there be any items?

[frank helm]

But i want my forth quarter now!

We're getting season 4 treatment as season 6 in the main game, aren't we

[proven solstice]

I would gleefully surrender my hard-earned real life credits for the alpha. The amount of joy I've gotten out of the main game and Survivors is extremely out of alignment with how much money I've actually spent on the games. C'mon, let me load Molly up with dollarydoos - she sure carries a load well.

[gray warren]

Has there been any talk about how much stealth will go into the gameplay?

[sand vale]

Doubt there will be much if any

[native monolith]

Not anymore than in drg I’d imagine, unless something changes

And “stealth” in drg is just throwing a grenade at a bunch of grunts who don’t see you

[gray warren]

Ah. Well, I'd personally like to see at least some basic sneakery. If at least to pull off the most blunt of sneak attacks.

What I'm thinking of is being able to flank around a Core-Spawns sight-lines to dome it point blank with a Shotgun. Or maybe use tools like flares to or L.U.R.E.s to distract enemies and coerce them into more favorable positions. Scrabbling around in the dark, trying to hunt as you're being hunted, could be a neat change of pace.

[pure vessel]

No stealth

[fringe narwhal]

They are dwarves after all

Stealth is for those wimpy pointy eared leaf lovers

[old swift]

will rogue core feature lip syncing?

[median sleet]

Will Jacob motion capture all of the dwarves movement?

[pine charm]

I just hope for more eye animations

only a select handful of victory moves in DRG animate the eyes

they look great, but it's weird how they're not used everywhere

[fringe narwhal]

Dwarves mostly use echolocation so their eyes aren't used much ofc

[rapid steppe]

🗿

[orchid berry]

we lost another one

[native monolith]

“stealth? We can tip toe around AFTER they stop moving!”

[compact shard]

I am very excited for rogue core, and however the alpha works, I hope I get a shot at an entry. Rogue-lite games are an interest of mine, and liking DRG makes up at least 25% of what people perceive my identity to be.

[olive hound]

maybe a small-1 stage demo?

[compact shard]

I would assume the alpha will need more, given the scope. But regardless I am looking forward to the game

[daring hill]

afaik the closed alpha for DRG was just the game

no demo, no locked content, you just got the game and got to test it

the point being that you are actually helping the game be made by testing it, not just being given a sneak peak

[tall plume]

yeah, that's how they handled closed alpha at that time, and that's maybe they will handle closed alpha for RC once again.

[simple cloak]

Rug core

[random belfry]

Came to think of.... Will the DRG boardgame grenades and the Glyphid Rammer someday be included in (hopefully both ) DRG and DRG: Rogue Core?
The Rammer are marked as too similar to the Oppressor, but how? Theres plenty room for it to have different mechanics. Like go full head on ramming in a straight line without the ability to dig like the Oppressor
Regarding the DRG: Boardgame grenades. They could with some work be added to at least 2 new classes for DRG and even as grenades for use in DRG: Rogue Core. These be: Tunnel Carver, Corrosive Bomb, Electrocution Grenade, Soil Smasher, Phosphor Grenade ( unlike the Incediary grenade, it could burn a more local high intensity dmg over time with alot less spread )

[tall plume]

unlikely
also rogue core has no glyphids

and DRG is not getting new classes

who knows what grenade we'll get in RC though

[random belfry]

Ah,, yes of course no glyphids. I did knew that. My brainstorm clouded me there. Weeeell theres room for no more than 2 more classes in DRG. But that would demand ALL the work of what existing classes have like balancing, frameworks for guns, paintjobs. two new pitch voiced. Even higher and lower than Scout and Driller. Well for the boardgame grenades theres untapped potentiale. Depends though if the environment of Rogue Core are as moldable as in DRG

[daring hill]

tbh if GSG felt DRG had room for more than 4 classes, they would have existed during early access

if not during closed alpha

but they don't, which means GSG felt they never needed more

[real tangle]

Although I’ll always want a summoner class, it won’t ever get added

[forest rain]

So C4, Neurotoxin Grenade, Stun Sweeper, C4 and Incindeary Grenade

Got it

And in rogue core we got the Rammerhead

We can def hope for a lot better/creative stuff than that at least lol. Maybe DRG Survivor

[flint folio]

When is rogue core scheduled for release?

[main hinge]

Early access sometime in Q4

[flint folio]

Any idea which month?

[main hinge]

Don’t know but check pins for more info

[tall plume]

Q4 is all we got

[flint folio]

Is it this year though?

[main hinge]

Yes

[hearty cloak]

Will there be rocks and stones

[violet tendon]

The enemies we’ve seen so far are mostly simian instead of insect like. I wonder if the tanky Praetorian equivalent will be like a giant gorilla.

also, if there are going to be new flying creatures, i’m going to predict that they are batlike creatures. kind of odd really that we’ve had a game about caving for so long without any bats in it.

[pine skiff]

The flying creatures teased so far seem to be like nayaka trawlers but swimming through air

[tiny beacon]

we have seen their praetorian equivalent, in that one showcase stream

[dusky badger]

how do you guys think the closed alpha will work? will it be a sign-up type of thing?

[violet tendon]

man how have I been missing all of this stuff

[native monolith]

It is in our holy grail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mdn9Uhea9I

Literally 85% of our info on the game

The rest is a couple Below The Decks, which are mostly just concepts though

[polar pumice]

deep rock gods please give us more news of rouge core

[olive narwhal]

Probably the steam thing which was mentioned on the streams

[forest rain]

do we know or have an idea of when early access will be

[olive narwhal]

Roadmap is in the pins

[pure vessel]

No idea. Sounds like a lot of work.

[devout scarab]

slap giant beards on them. problem solved

[hollow bear]

Just use the hat jiggle physics on their lips.

What could go wrong

[cyan salmon]

Is rogue core the season 6 for drg?

[violet tendon]

No it’s a whole new game

[cyan salmon]

I ment like will the season 6 happen, or the rogue core will be the next "update"

[tall plume]

#rogue-core-chat message
#rogue-core-chat message
#rogue-core-chat message

https://tenor.com/view/satox-check-pins-gif-15132658171494998908

lot of info in the pinned messages

[autumn scarab]

what's is this "place and holder"? i understand it's like "Rock and Stone" but from where it come?

[cyan salmon]

I only looked and rogue core mb

[fringe narwhal]

Placeholder

[carmine zenith]

Bot doesn't always work, also wrong channel

[wicked anvil]

also to keep this relevant to rogue core: will there be unions for the crew of the ramrod?

[neat acorn]

will there be forklifts in the dwarven facilities in the core of hoxxes?

[violet tendon]

i doubt it. the union feature in DRG is all but abandoned now, and the dev whose pet project it was no longer works at GSG

[vast carbon]

Will dwarves have different health/shield depending on class?

[wheat pewter]

so what you're saying is that you're lazy 😏

[gloomy sinew]

Real

[raven wharf]

Nah, they’re just like airline pilots.

[pure vessel]

Yes. Yes I am.

[pure vessel]

Private Military doesn't have unions. That would just be silly.

[fringe narwhal]

They do have onions in the kitchen tho

Next closest thing

[wheat pewter]

so much for rogue core being the most rogued game of all time...

[wheat river]

It is, we are stabbing our fanbase in the back by not doing lip syncing

[wheat pewter]

oh no that's factually correct

[median sleet]

Would it be easier if you just synced the upper lip?

[wheat river]

no the upper lip is the stiffest

[neat acorn]

Sync just the beards

[hollow bear]

Sink lips loose ships or something

[finite laurel]

Moving lips sink ghost ships

[surreal meteor]

isn't that like the corestone purple monkes enemies

sounds reasonable considering the corestone is well, the core stone and this game is about the core going rogue

[fringe narwhal]

Rouge core

[neat acorn]

No

[uncut quartz]

The rouge core enemies look so cool

We need some of them in the base game for the core stone to give it more variety

[violet tendon]

Maybe just mix in some creepers to go with the crawlers? but mostly i think the Rogue Core enemies should stay in Rogue Core.

[uncut quartz]

Just a couple

Like maybe some of the big ones or the four legged one

But not all

[median yoke]

guys what's that they posted on their medias?

[tall plume]

got a link ?

[hollow bear]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHEEwRctrXd/?igsh=MXY3eHB1amV2OWc0Nw==

[tall plume]

thanks king

interesting

[hollow bear]

Drg finally invested in some proper elevator equipment

[tall plume]

I bet it's the stage transition animation

[hollow bear]

Does have that vibe

[olive narwhal]

It does look pretty clean

[median yoke]

oooh yeah that's cool

[olive narwhal]

More to ask during this months Q&A stream

[thin apex]

Makes sense it's elevators

I was wondering the other day how do they get deeper into the planet without drilling drop pods

Turns out the paths are already made lol

[violet tendon]

yeah, we’re Reclaiming what was already there

[neat acorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-kxf97IwQA

snippet of RC dwarves running

maybe we'll actually get some news

...whenever this happens

[olive narwhal]

The gsg dispatch has some crumbs of info here and there

[median sleet]

I did not need to see the guy at 0:10

[neat acorn]

lol

[bleak beacon]

What is the triple i initiative ?

[neat acorn]

an indie studios collab where they showcase and announce stuff every year

[bleak beacon]

Oh, kinda like E3 but for indie games?

[neat acorn]

eh, E3 was a whole ass event. This is pretty much an hour long video, at least it was last year

[bleak beacon]

Yeah, online and smaller then?

[neat acorn]

ye

[violet tendon]

it’s a play on Triple A games but with “i” instead for indie.

[tall plume]

👀

[hollow bear]

https://tenor.com/view/the-universe-tim-and-eric-mind-blown-mind-blown-meme-mind-explosion-mind-explosion-meme-gif-18002878

[bleak beacon]

Nice, very exciting. If it's helpful it was held April 10th last year

[lapis glen]

I have been wondering about this

Is Rogue Core gonna coincide with a new season that will bring it's enemies to DRG as well?

Seems like a waste to build all the assets and do all the work in basically the same game engine, and only use them on 1 of the games

[lapis glen]

Maybe some of it's guns too

[olive hound]

Drg and rogue core are not the same.

[violet tendon]

no? that doesn’t make any sense.

[olive hound]

Adding something to a game already made is different that making them from the ground up with the game.

Plus the devs have already shared their opinion on the matter, check the pins.

[tall plume]

Season 5 was the prequel to Rogue Core. Outside of maybe some overlap in stories and themes, I think that's about as much as we can expect when it comes to things coinciding.

Rogue Core is made in UE5 while DRG is made in UE4, not sure things can be ported over like a carbon copy.
If they wanted to do that, they wouldn't have made an entire other game, too.

[lapis glen]

I am well aware that Rogue Core is a different game

All I am saying, is that we will have all of these new assets, and seems like it would be easy to re-introduce them into DRG

Although made from Unreal 4 to 5, it is likely a lot of the work could be brought back to DRG

Similar to how seasons 1 and 2, or 3 and 4, were two staged, basically you had a new "story plot", and on the next season you continue that plot

Maybe season 6 we could see a type of mission where we are going back to mine in the abandoned deep core shafts, after the reclaimers have cleared the Greyout

Or have they announced that DRG seasons will stop after Rogue Core?

[tall plume]

they haven't announced anything like that, S6 will happen after Rogue Core release in EA in late 2025. And that's about all we know for both DRG and RC for the future.

[lapis glen]

Yeah, so that is what I am wondering.

Like I mentioned

We've had 2 seasons in the same "story" so far. Each second season in the same "theme" would add on to the existing pool of enemies and such.

Do you guys really think it is that much of a stretch to expect we'll see some of the Rogue Core stuff added in season 6?

[tall plume]

the devs already said it's not something they've planned before, it just happened organically. We might have a second season about it or we might not, there's no way to know - even the devs probably don't know at this point.

[native monolith]

idk how i feel about rogue core enemies in drg, outside of the core stone event

they already seem to play a lot different

and i dont think would mesh well with drgs cast

[uncut quartz]

I think they'll stay in the event

[native monolith]

Of course

I just mean if they add more to the event

I’d be fine with that cuz you fight them in isolation

[violet tendon]

if they just put all the Rogue Core content in the base game, why buy the new game at all?

[native monolith]

Yall also do realize that they made rogue core BECAUSE they literally can’t make it in the base game right?

[raven wharf]

But what if they took out all of the hats and glyphids and put it in that way? Boom I just made room for rogue core to go in DRG.

[native monolith]

If only game development was like Tetris

[steel swan]

what if they moved all the base game stuff to rogue core and all the rogue core stuff to the base game
now the base game has more than enough room for rogue core, and you can still play the original content by playing rogue core!

[hollow palm]

A lot of rogue core enemies are mirrors to DRG enemies.

It’s less about whether it’s possible to make an edgestalker fit balance wise as a spitballer/ASpitter and more about whether it really makes sense.

The more it changes how DRG plays the less it fits into DRG.
The less it fits the more pointless it is. If we get more DRG content I want DRG content. Not rogue core content

It’s also worth noting that the worst drg combat content is currently the corestone. 🥴
Which to be fair is somewhat intentional, but makes the point for itself imo

.
i wouldn’t mind if corestones became enemy-kill quota objectives, and spawned other corespawn waves with RC unique enemies.

But that’s a rework of a drg encounter that’s meant to give an alien planet an alien feeling encounter

[rich mauve]

In addition to Ramrod, what other aspects will the military strength of Reclaimers in RC be reflected in? How to shape a military unit in RC?

And eh…can we rock and stone in RC?

[storm mountain]

😏

[wheat pewter]

good animation tho

[daring hill]

definitely think this is gonna be the closed alpha announcement, unless things have taken an unfortunate turn and its actually a delay announcement. It is Q2 now (I think), after all.

[wheat pewter]

what if it had variations based on how much health the dwarves have?

[pure vessel]

Not sure we'd want to use the Rogue Core enemies for DRG though.

[wheat pewter]

yeaah people are already skipping core stone a ton, they don't work in drg

[royal axle]

a lot of people also cheese it with ziplines, because fighting fast and tanky enemies just isn't worth it

[neat acorn]

Its fun on h4 and lower, and miserable on h5+

[rich mauve]

zipline = corestone, literally

[wheat pewter]

I'd make the argument that it's fun on hazard 4 if you're already used to hazard 5

like the crawlers are unbalanced by one hazard level, making them hazard 6+ on hazard 5+

[grizzled surge]

haz6 mentioned

[daring hill]

I do hope GSG is more open with this, as its significantly more well-known now, but I suspect they may also be more strict because of that

[daring hill]

100% prefer zipline to people using the shield exploit rather than playing the fight properly. Dark times...

[grizzled surge]

honestly i preferred the shield exploit, it was click once and it's done rather than hold left click for 2 minutes
if i didnt have to press E every second desert bus style id straight up pull up super hexagon on the side or something lmao

[daring hill]

I guess, it was just disappointing to see so many people jump at the chance to abuse a bug

[tall plume]

Corestone ain't that hard. It's just focusing down the corestone and kiting enemies around, don't even need to kill them (though it is a somewhat viable strategy)

[distant igloo]

Use gunner and ziplione for ez corestone. Just kill ranged enemies before u board the zipline

[tall plume]

never hogged the zipline to do a corestone, personally

instead I've learned to play around it

[distant igloo]

Try it. its amazing n so peaceful. And lets u dab on thos e crawlers.

[tall plume]

nah thanks, I like to play the game

there's a reason I don't bunker and don't pre-drill

to each their own but I personally enjoy the challenge, as it's quite different from what we know, in a way

kiting instead of fighting the enemies is not something you really do anywhere else

and it puts even more emphasis on having good crowd control

[distant igloo]

Ahh so u r one of those guys. You do you miner. Rock n stone !

[tall plume]

rock and stone

[median sleet]

IMO Corestone is too hard on haz5 (+). I'd like to do it normally, but that's just not gonna go well most of the time. Even with good teammates it's still a risk.

Maybe I just suck

[distant igloo]

I had a greenbeard join my last session lv3 haz. we had to collect purple holomite and he thought the core stone was it. So he broke the pillar and hell broke loose as we were collecting alien eggs on ceiling. 10/10. will do again.

[tall plume]

yeah but also that's haz5+

[median sleet]

The DRG corespawn crawlers honestly kinda make me scared for Rogue Core. Since I don't think they're very fun to fight, at least not when spawning in hoards like they do in DRG

[wheat pewter]

everyone has their limit, there's nothing wrong with that, I always skip it on hazard 5+

[rich mauve]

So, will RC be more hardcore than DRG?

[wheat pewter]

yes

[tall plume]

I doubt they'll be a 1 to 1 port from how they are in DRG to RC, even though they said RC will admittedly be harder than DRG. But I still fully expect to see multiple difficulty levels.

the balance is going to be completely different too (different game and all that) so it's hard to tell where it's gonna land

[median sleet]

Yeah, but I don't struggle with any other events like I do with corestone. It's way too overtuned compared to every other (boss)fight.
(Also I never skip corestone I just use zipline cheese)

[wheat pewter]

I mean, I strongly agree with you, it's definitely weird for drg especially when paired up with everything else

[median sleet]

Main issue in DRG is just the huge amount that spawn. It jumping around makes it hard to track, especially when there's like 10 of them. If you only had to fight like 3 at a time (mixed in with regular bugs) I think it could be fun to fight them, I'll just never be able to experience that since the game spawns a ton.

It's the same issue stingtail had, when you're fighting a lot you can't track them all and it becomes unfun. Stingtail is in a way better spot now

[wheat pewter]

people have been too scarred by the event, they don't really know how to handle it and will end up looking to the zipline exploit or similar
issue is that it doesn't present a clear way of handling the crawlers
oh just ignore and dodge the crawlers? that's much easier said than done, unless you play on lower hazard levels

[median sleet]

Yeah, the crawlers are just kinda all over the place. To avoid regular melee enemies you walk backwards so they can't bite you. Good luck avoiding a crawler since they can just leap behind you

[tall plume]

I wouldn't say stingtail is in a better spot now, because it's barely even a threat

[median sleet]

I think its aim got worse. fix that and I think it'll be fine

[tall plume]

i agree having 5 of them walking around and launching you at mach speed was stupid, and I didn't mind that being changed

[median sleet]

mixed in with a lot of other enemies stingtails are still a threat

[tall plume]

everything else though, I don't agree with 🤷

[tall plume]

since they got changed I think I died once because of a stingtail

they're not threatening and they die too quickly to be a nuisance

I wouldn't mind changing their aim and range if they kept them at least tankier but they went with the axe to nerf them so here we are

[median sleet]

They did give it a big nerf. But I think it's ok. I like getting unexpectedly caught by one and pulled into a group of enemies. That just doesn't happen a lot because their aim is awful

before they get other buffs I think they should buff their aim first and see how that feels

maybe even change their AI to stick close to other melee bugs, since a solo stingtail isn't a threat

[barren stone]

Let me introduce you to Gunner zipline

[median sleet]

Yeah, that's the issue we were talking about. most people feel like they have to cheese the corsetone since fighting it normally is unfun/ unfair

[barren stone]

It can definitely go south real fast lol

[rich mauve]

like stingtail+detonator is my favorite part in the cave especially when teammates are caught…but others may not think so

[barren stone]

Im excited to fight mostly corespawn will be a good change of pace

In the third game we will fight elves

[glossy heath]

I think it will most likely be another drg company

[pure vessel]

The thing about Rogue Core is you're also increasing it power all the time, so it's very different form DRG

[median sleet]

I don't think it's a dwarf power issue. It's a crawler issue. To me they're not enemies that should be spawning in big groups.

Like a mactera tri-jaw, fighting a small group of them can provide an interesting challenge. Fighting a huge group of them while more keep spawning before the first group has been taken care of just isn't fun.

[wheat pewter]

yeah they probably work a lot better in rogue core, but needs a little bit extra care for drg

[median sleet]

I'd just reduce the amount of crawlers that spawn in DRG and mix in some regular bugs. Make them spawn based on a timer, not continuosly

[pure vessel]

I'm not talking about the crawlers specifically, I'm talking about the corespawn in general

[median sleet]

As long as the crawlers numbers are more balanced than DRG I think it should be good then

[tall plume]

I don't even know why it's a consideration for you in RC
we literally have 0 gameplay info

[median sleet]

Because the crawlers are the only Rogue Core enemy we have experience with

[tall plume]

from a different game

[median sleet]

They're still based on eachother. We don't know how different combat will be. From the gameplay we've seen so far and knowing some weapons/ tools will carry over. I assume it'll still be quite similar to DRG

[tall plume]

we don't know that, we don't know anything about gameplay

things can be similar and yet different, and as such it doesn't matter what consideration you may have from one title to the next.
Do you think Dark Souls 1 and 2 play the same ? 😄

[grizzled pelican]

The information is very deep

[grizzled pelican]

Uuh never played a DS :c

[median sleet]

So we're not allowed to talk about unknowns? I don't know if the GSG devs are aware of how unfun the current corecrawlers are. I explained how I think they're unfun and how I hope it'll be different in RC.

[wheat pewter]

I have a rogue core question: are there any new traversal tools added? will there be any added in the future?

[grizzled pelican]

But ik ror 1 n ror 2 its play diferent

[tall plume]

they don't play the same at all despite being similar

[grizzled pelican]

I see

[tall plume]

never said we weren't allowed, I just don't understand why there's a consideration given for balance on a game we know nothing about gameplay at all.

literally nothing

[wheat pewter]

we have no idea how they will compare to rogue core, none of us can make a good enough judgement if it'll be lame or not
we can make assumptions sure, but they are currently nearly baseless

[median sleet]

So then why is it bad I talk about it? it's not like there's a lot of other RC stuff to talk about

[tall plume]

For the same reason it's never good to make assumptions based out of nothing and talk about it like it should be ground for worrying 🤷

same goes for overhyping things too

[median sleet]

I don't think we should assume they're gonna be vastly different because they're different games. There are plenty of game sequels/ spinoffs that are just an 'upgrade' of the base game

[median sleet]

my assumptions aren't based out of nothing though. Crawlers are in DRG, crawlers will be in Rogue Core.

Rogue Core is based on DRG. Assuming they'll function the same is a pretty normal assumption

[tall plume]

Sorry, but I don't agree at all. That would be the same as saying that all civilization games play the same - which they don't.

The general architecture is the same but that's about it.

until we get some actual gameplay footage, there's no saying how different or similar it'll be

And even then, we still won't have insight on numbers and how things correlate between all the existing systems

[median sleet]

I am expecting RC to be to DRG what TOTK was to BOTW.

I am not expecting Rogue Core to be to DRG what BOTW was to Twilight Princess.

Just because it's a different game doesn't mean it will be vastly different.

All I am saying is that the Crawler, an enemy that is confirmed to also be in RC is unfun to fight when encountered in large hoards. And I hope the devs are aware of this and either make changes to the crawler, or the RC combat system is different enough were large hoards of crawlers aren't an issue (I can't see the second one being the case)

[tall plume]

haven't played those so don't really know how they compare, but I'd assume they're very similar from what I've seen - which is not something I expect from RC on the ground that it's a different genre altogether. Maybe I'll be wrong, maybe I'll be right, guess we'll see when it comes out.

All I am saying is that the Crawler, an enemy that is confirmed to also be in RC is unfun to fight when encountered in large hoards. And I hope the devs are aware of this and either make changes to the crawler, or the RC combat system is different enough were large hoards of crawlers aren't an issue (I can't see this being the case)
out of curiosity: would you have the same worry if the game didn't even look like DRG (while still sharing its universe, lore and corespawn crawlers) ?
Asking because I'm wondering how much its impacting people's views on the game.

[median sleet]

That's a good question. I think it's that, combined with how the devs have said the game is based on DRG architecture.

But also the gameplay we did see, where the artist showed of some enemies and fought them just seems like it'd fit right in with DRG combat wise.

(I am aware they can't just put RC into DRG)

[tall plume]

speaking of that gameplay, the crawlers we saw weren't very mobile (also got fucking LASERED by that sword )

[willow flame]

yeah

[median sleet]

I am still excited for RC, it's just that the Crawler is the only thing we got to experience. We haven't seen a lot of gameplay, we had a period with barely any info. To me it's save to assume the Crawler will be the same if the devs don't see any issues with how it is in DRG.

[median sleet]

I'll rewatch the clip

[tall plume]

to be fair, not sure we saw the crawler, only the weaker guys? don't remember

[tall plume]

bit unrelated but I like the idea of the crawlers being more dangerous in DRG than they can be in RC - which is a subtle way to indicate that the blue collar dwarves are indeed not well equipped to deal with them - unlike the reclaimers

it's a fun idea though, I doubt it has any actual basis

[old swift]

so long as rogue core has the coilgun and it can roll a tier 3 mod we shouldn't need to worry about crawlers

[median sleet]

That's true, but I don't think that should make the corestone so unfun. They can leave them as strong as they are right now, just reduce the amount that spawn

[olive narwhal]

Core spawn creepers

[median sleet]

I quickly went through it and I think he only spawns the weaker variant, the creeper

I do know that the GSG devs often listen to feedback. So chances are we won't see 50 crawlers at the same time. (let's just hope they don't stingtail them )

[tall plume]

"we're adding a stingtail-like tail to the crawlers in RC"

[olive narwhal]

I suspect the crawlers might be mixed in with the creepers

[native monolith]

To be fair crawlers are a specialist enemy, they aren’t the grunts of the core spawn

There’s not really an equal comparison but I doubt theyre gonna send any high amount of crawlers at you unless you’re far into the run or it’s very high hazard, like drg

[pure vessel]

Yes

[violet tendon]

i think they’re kinda like slashers or guards

elite versions of the standard grunt enemy

I wonder about their corrosive blood. We didn’t see that from any other enemies in the RC stream.

[tall plume]

yeah that's what we heard on the stream back then IIRC

[violet tendon]

a slasher and a grunt combined, with crazy mobility and it drops Septic Spreader goo upon death.

yeah we’re gonna need Reclaimers for this.

[native monolith]

We did see a slasher and guard variant of the creeper in the dev console

Crawlers being like a third variant is a good way to describe it

Apparently they also aren’t just more damage and more health, they actually do different stuff so that’s cool

I’ve always felt a little sad when the guards try to block to protect their friends and then I launch a nuclear bomb at them

[mental flint]

You know what would be cool to see in RC? Old mining sites with used flares, mined minerals and dead bugs

[olive hound]

-# flare upgrades...

[earnest fulcrum]

Hear me out, what if RC had a zombies mode kinda, you go down and there’s a randomly generated cave with a structure that you have to defend and survive as long as possible

[real tangle]

I hope not
I honestly thought they were the fodder units of the Core Spawn

So what are creepers?
The only Core Spawn I know are Crawlers but I assume it’s another leaked Core Spawn unit?

[native monolith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mdn9Uhea9I

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vJ4OwO-wEVNvLNXCuXjV1W9ZeUv5ZaDDyZqeTii_s6E/edit?usp=sharing

There’s probably more

Check pins

Skip to… I think around 40 in the video to see all the enemies we know of

[real tangle]

I love the core spawn
I also noticed that graphically the models we currently have seen are a bit different then the ones in DRG (about the Crawler)
Excited to see what Rogue Core will have to offer us

[native monolith]

Yeah, the crawlers look a little bigger but I just can’t seem to fully grasp the difference

[native monolith]

Can’t wait to walk into a cave and the mouth closes behind me

[pure vessel]

One is a big monke, the other is very chonke

[tall plume]

https://tenor.com/view/mmmm-monkey-monkey-ug-master-oogway-oogway-gif-19727561

[vast carbon]

Second Extinction is a good game, from which, in my opinion, some elements can be taken:

1. Drone / computer / creature / structure, which after interaction allows you to explore a large area / the entire level, showing various points of interest
2. A task that is not necessarily completed to the end (A large number of portals from which enemies emerge. Your group can close any number of them and receive a reward)
3. Sound when attacking from the back (corespawn enemies are very fast and easy to lose sight of)

[next crater]

Mike loves Second Extinction. It's too bad they stopped making it. 😦

[real tangle]

I’m thinking they are early models made for testing
Seeing as they don’t look on par with the DRG Crawler

[tall plume]

it's not supposed to look exactly like the DRG crawler

[native monolith]

I think it being bigger is a good way to show it’s a more specialist enemy

So I’m fine with it

[median sleet]

Are we allowed to bring Steeves from the Ramrod with us to the core?

[tall plume]

there's no steeves in the ramrod, how could there be when the reclaimers never meet the glyphids ?

[median sleet]

Engi made a ship and sends gifts over to the reclaimers obviously

[fringe narwhal]

Will they have pet lootbugs tho

There better be a lootbug in a little play area on the Ramrod

[native monolith]

The illegal steeve trade runs deep enough, I’m sure there’s one on it

[real tangle]

DRG is a big corporation
Maybe they use some of those Glyphid eggs to give the Reclaimers Pets

[olive hound]

cyber glyphids

[pure vessel]

I think we had to update the model or something because of something with the rig breaking

Should look somewhat the same though, we didn't update the look or anything.

A lot of visuals have been updated since the last sneak peek

[real tangle]

This makes me remember an old idea I had for Robots designed to mimic Glyphid Grunts
Pet Robo Glyphids would be great

[real tangle]

I assumed it would’ve been something like that
The old model lacked a lot of the detail that makes the Crawler so cool looking

[olive hound]

I was thinking something like the guy giving a dissected beetle some metal parts to make it a controllable bug.

[real tangle]

I’m personally extremely excited

[pure vessel]

Again, I don't think we actually updated it THAT much to be honest.

[real tangle]

What about both
Just imagine four dwarves with a cyber Glyphid, two robo glyphids, and some other stuff

I love DRG

[pure vessel]

Would love a class that had some beasts or robots or whatever.

[native monolith]

“You can call me the beastmaster!”

[olive hound]

awesome hahahahaha

[native monolith]

It would be very cool to be able to create your own little army, could have something to do with all the old machinery in the caves

Recycling old stuff into little friends

Minion classes are always some of my favorite in roguelikes

[median sleet]

I think it be cool to find broken turrets, and fixing them. They shoot until they're out of ammo

[median sleet]

omg same!!!

[native monolith]

You could say… they’re an engineer

That’s solves practical problems

[olive hound]

Maybe trading exp/expenite for a short duration/repairable companion

[native monolith]

And not stuff like “what is love” as that would fall under what you would know as a physiological conundrum

[olive hound]

taking the heads of corespawns and giving them wings and some guns

[native monolith]

Yeah, some sort of jack of all trades guy that’s just good with the machinery

The machinery would have to be populous enough to make it reliable though

Which it kinda seems to be

[olive hound]

Yes, abundant but no reliable machinery

[native monolith]

Necromancy class

“We can’t just all these perfectly good corpses lying here”

[olive hound]

Remember DRG (company) makes stuff that breaks all the time.

[native monolith]

Well, it also all got short circuited by the green out iirc

Which is why you gotta go restart a lot of it I think

But yeah it probably wasn’t great in the first place

[median sleet]

wasn't it the greyout? I honestly can't remember... the Rougeout?

[native monolith]

It was grey out yeah

I thought green because the one clip we have of the barrier is in fungus bogs so it just looks green lel

I’m actually so excited for the new class system

Because there’s 0 limitations on making new ones

It’s borderline impossible to make a new drg class, or even weapons at this point

But each rogue core class is its own bite sized little package

[olive hound]

I think mixing whatever class with whatever weapons/equipment you want it's what has me pump up

[native monolith]

So adding classes in the future won’t really be any harder than making a previous one (unless it’s more complex/balancing)

[native monolith]

Slicer + boomstick = doomguy mode

[pure vessel]

That's why it's great

[native monolith]

Thanks roguelike genre