deep-dive-discussion

[jolly hazel]

even if its in the pool

but then again I vaguely recall getting 3 different disruptive enemies than another player so I dont know on that one

seeing how its the same seed id assume that it is the same pool? but not 100%

[copper cedar]

Just because its the same pool doesn't mean its the same spawn times. So I'd guess that someone could have a bulk spawn in very early, whereas another might have a late spawn, and if they have the mission finished before the bulk spawns, it was still in the pool, just never got a chance to spawn

[jolly hazel]

yeah thats what I'm sayin

[sacred escarp]

anyone up to edd?

[hoary cove]

i think egg waves are seeded tho

so if there’s a bulk from an egg, it’s a guarantee i think

[main sage]

hmm interesting

have never heard this but egg swarms have always seemed uniquely hellish

which i like

[ornate badger]

Bulks aren't attached to egg waves

I got one first attempt

No bulk 2nd go round

[buoyant zenith]

why is Elite deep dive giving me so many trauma

[jolly hazel]

idk

[blissful cobalt]

because deep dive hits deep

[weary blaze]

I remember that one edd with the 700+ nitra in the crystal cavern first stage refinery cave leech, there was definitely consistently a nemesis after a minute and a bulk after 5 minutes or something like that

[jolly hazel]

static nemesis spawns are seeded afaik

the bulk spawns arent

could just be a high swarm size modifier consistently allowing enough leeway for a bulk to be rolled

[drifting parrot]

I enter the regular dive solo, blind, figuring I'll be fine
I am for the first two missions
then #3 rolls around, and it's kill 2 dreadnoughts haunted

wish my gunner luck

[drifting parrot]

okay, that's done. By the way were there no elites except praetorians on stage 1 for anyone else?

[ornate badger]

Yep

Was that way for me

[dire galleon]

@shy helm @chilly halo @low ermine

Sorry fellas. My dads an asshole and shut off the wifi since I was up too late.

[ornate badger]

F

[acoustic junco]

🍔

[scarlet grove]

What’s the best single target weapon for dreadnaughts

[jolly hazel]

depends on circumstance

OD booster shard diffractor if the stars align and you have access to unobstructed dread ass for the full duration outside of stomp range/you dont randomly get targeted

hyperprop for immediate burst

sludge blast sludge pump will apply its dps wherever you hit and its a lot

[vale pivot]

?

[vale pivot]

OD booster?

[ornate badger]

Overdrive booster

Pretty massive in elim

[old widget]

there's an achievement, "deep for speed", to complete all three stages of a dive in under 45 minutes. this week's is fast / easy enough to make it a good one for that

[jolly hazel]

adding to OD Booster, 21111 OD Booster Shard Diffractor is probably the highest burst damage in the entire game when paired with either stubby/electro tier 5 mod LOK-1/scout IFG

problem is positioning yourself correctly to have a shot on dread butt for the full discharge (seeing how you cannot move) and be out of range of dread attacks

[torpid solar]

As far as I know the only things that can electrocute a dreadnought are the scouts IFG and taser bolts. The engineers electrocution has no effect on them.

[jolly hazel]

I swear to god I've seen the symbol with stubby, but then yeah you need scout ifg lol

even without the 33% dmg buff the damage is still bonkers

[humble sparrow]

That sounds like the status wears off too fast without constant application then.

[torpid solar]

The wiki says dreadnoughts are immune to electrocution, though you're probably right since the IFG and taser bolts apply continuous electrocution. I'm guessing that means that the engineer turret arc would electrocute them too 🤔

[hoary cove]

turret arc also electrocutes them, which is why turret arc > neuro lasso if u really want to slow a dread as engi

iv never used turret arc with overdrive before tho tbh

[thick willow]

how do I use the experimental plasma charger properly? can't seem to get the hang of it.

[jolly hazel]

left click

getting thin containment field mining off requires a minimum distance and time

[thick willow]

thx

[scarlet wyvern]

Hi, I'm new to DRG. Generally I mostly play Haz 3 because I find Haz 4 pretty hard to keep up with. Are overclocks necessary for Haz 4 and above, and what would build you recommend for a recently promoted Driller with flamethrower and no overclocks

[ornate badger]

No not necessary

[ornate badger]

That thing owns in elim even without the 33% from ifg/taser

I'm loving it

Haven't had any luck with scouts so far

So i just run the t5 slow mod since it's 80% which helps everyone else

[scarlet wyvern]

soo...just get better? :/ I die so easily lol

[vagrant topaz]

Cryo or sludge pump might serve better with a team If you don't have flamethrower overclocks

[scarlet wyvern]

what overclocks would I be looking for for flamethrower? sticky flame?

I just unlocked sludge pump yesterday and I dont like cryo

[potent seal]

h4? nah. h5 will be tough

[vagrant topaz]

Sticky flame is supposed to be very good for swarms

[potent seal]

sticky flames are very good

facemelter is also nice

[vagrant topaz]

Facemelter for damage

[scarlet wyvern]

definitely getting facemelter

[vagrant topaz]

Sludge pump is my favourite driller weapon, expecially with some overclocks, and cryo is extremely op

[scarlet wyvern]

cryo feels like I'm playing support.

[potent seal]

sludge is strong and doesnt rely on ocs much at all

[scarlet wyvern]

flamethrower makes me feel like I'm raising hell

[vagrant topaz]

Once everything is frozen swap to secondary or drill everything

[scarlet wyvern]

yeah but that's one additional step I cant be bothered with

why not just burn them

[vagrant topaz]

Axes will deal extremely high damage too when stuff is frozen

[vagrant topaz]

They still move when burning

[scarlet wyvern]

yeah but you get 8 axes, which are somewhat reuseable but not really given how many mobs you kill in one session

i have to swap to kill anything

[vagrant topaz]

You use axes on pretorians and oppressors and stuff

Dont waste them on smaller stuff

[scarlet wyvern]

Ah ok. So cryo would be more...big bugs?

[potent seal]

cryo is interesting

[vagrant topaz]

It deals with small bugs because of how fast they freeze, and big bugs go down so fast once frozen

[scarlet wyvern]

I personally prefer to just set things on fire and then power pickaxe

[potent seal]

you can freeze all bugs in a swarm and then drill them

[scarlet wyvern]

Yeah, the drill method sounds fairly interesting

[vagrant topaz]

• vampire perk and you get all your health back

[potent seal]

running the perk vampire with said strategy will refill your bar constantly

[scarlet wyvern]

dont the bugs have to be a certain size

[potent seal]

very strong and noob friendly

[vagrant topaz]

Grunts and above

[potent seal]

its anything thats a grunt

[scarlet wyvern]

so thats most bugs then

[potent seal]

so the size requirement really only prevents swarmers and nadeocytes

[scarlet wyvern]

fair

[vagrant topaz]

The majority of bugs will proc vampire

[scarlet wyvern]

thank you for clarifying

[vagrant topaz]

Pair with iron will for a free revive

[scarlet wyvern]

maybe I should relook the cryo

thank you for your thoughts, gentlemen

[vagrant topaz]

👍

[ornate badger]

sry meant to write more but got caught up, good tips from everyone here

the main difference between haz 3 and haz 4 then especially haz 5 is that you will need to do a lot more running on 4/5. avoiding ranged shots, dashing away from mobs like praetorians, mactera and oppressors. things that only take away your shield and a bit of health on lower haz will 2 shot you on haz 4/5

just make sure your weapons are fully upgraded even if they don't have OCs, wouldnt be great if you rock up on a fresh toon with no unlocks

[manic pivot]

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[jolly hazel]

fuel stream diffuser is better than sticky flames IMO, just take all the sticky flame modifications and you now get to apply napalm from 30m away

[jolly hazel]

this too, dash is basically mandatory on every class that isn't scout at high hazard, especially if you are struggling

and slashers will catch you at haz 5 so kill them first in a grunt pack

[ivory marten]

I wonder what the dive will be like tomorrow.

[dull nexus]

Hollow bough shield disruption

[wise iris]

edd blackbox is so hard ;.;

[vocal saddle]

YEAAA BUDDAYYYYYYY LIGHTWEIGHT BABEEY

[wise iris]

getting nothing but trolls in egg...

[idle meteor]

DO. NOT. JINX. IT

we literally had that 2 weeks ago

[woeful radish]

actually the worst

[scarlet jewel]

thats not too bad

now shield disruption on pe with lethal enemies would be bad

even more so if its the second or third stage of the edd

[vast lantern]

So I'm on ps4 and was playing the second stage of the EDD

And idk if it was just me and my friends or what but the stage was literally unplayable due to the frame drops and the occasional freezing in game

Again idk if it was just us but damn

It was like 10 fps if I remember

[idle meteor]

oh yeah the mapgen for edd 2nd stage was really annoying

[random rampart]

*jinxs it*

[idle meteor]

no pls i dont want another shieldless edd

[final agate]

i think magma core shieldless is more pain the hollow bough

but neither a pleasent for EDD

[vast lantern]

It was causing frame issues so we were basically playing a sideshow

[wraith shard]

Shield disruption + 2 dreadnought in hollow bough EDD stage 3 lessgoooo

[manic pivot]

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[narrow jetty]

more than enough

[hollow citrus]

Hey when starting up a deep that for the first time do you have to do it solo? I just started one up and I was gonna do it with my friend but I can’t invite anyone.

[jolly hazel]

theres a tab at the bottom when booting up the deep dive

that says solo - private - public

make sure thats set to private

and not solo

[hollow citrus]

Ohhh

Ty so much

[torpid solar]

Also, people can’t join once the mission has started

[raven grove]

I had that too, and my computer is no potato.

[lusty shuttle]

What do people think of using mics during Deep Dives/Elite Deep Dives?

[wraith shard]

It's incredibly very good, but I don't have the luxury of coming across randoms using mics for comms tho :(

Since y'know, saying stuff to communicate instead of typing is much more practical and convenient

[jolly hazel]

not necessary but good for quick communication

[potent vector]

i can’t get my mic to work in drg

it’s fine on discord and other games like csgo

[drifting fox]

check keybind?

[woeful radish]

oh boy i sure do love doing this deep dive, these first two levels werent too bad i wonder what the last one is!

[ornate badger]

Comms are good when used properly ofc

[scarlet wyvern]

thank youu

[manic pivot]

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[dull nexus]

Oh boy

Wat it gon be

[sly kettle]

Soon.

[blazing current]

Crystaline caverns 🙏

[dull nexus]

I’m calling it

Shield disruption glacial strata

[blazing current]

Fungus bogs escort shield disruption at stage 3

[dull nexus]

Now that’s more like it

[hollow citrus]

magma core and hollow bough

my poor feet

[sly kettle]

Hollow Bough Shield Disruption.

With an abnormally high spawn rate for swarmers.

[blazing current]

silent swarmageddon, my favorite indeed

[sly kettle]

Who doesn't love death by a thousand cuts.

Or in this case, nibbles.

[sly kettle]

Good luck, everyone.

[manic pivot]

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New Deep Dives are now available!
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[marble veldt]

IT'S MUFFIN TIME!

[spark hearth]

hell yeah

[sonic palm]

"THAT'S IT LADS. IT'S ROCK AND STONE!"

[quiet mortar]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Fungus Bogs | Code Name: Natural Point
Stage 1: 4 Eggs + 150 Morkite | Lethal Enemies
Stage 2: 2 Dreadnoughts (Twins + Hiveguard) + 📡 1 Black Box | No Mutators
Stage 3: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Elite Threat

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Whalepiper's Eclipse
Stage 1: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Twins) + 2 Eggs | Regenerative Bugs
Stage 2: 10 Aquarq + 150 Morkite | Haunted Cave
Stage 3: 2 Dreadnoughts (Twins + Classic) + 📡 1 Black Box | Exploder Infestation

[brazen musk]

Crystal Meth Caverns

Since my friend got a pc he stopped doing the deep dives with me 😦

[dull nexus]

Oh mama

It’s divin time

[ivory marten]

Bungus Bogs. Nice

[marsh plover]

time to collect your paycheck

haunted cave on aquarqs

i think i can live a month without pay

[thorn jewel]

Is crystalline caverns the one that takes 3 pickaxe hits to break?

Or one of them

[brazen musk]

I think so

[thorn jewel]

😦

[marsh plover]

afaik ye

[thorn jewel]

Sadness

[marsh plover]

rocky mountain time

[potent vector]

any info on stage 3 EDD yet?

[brazen musk]

In a few minutes

[potent vector]

I have pots of gold as beer, wish me luck

[brazen musk]

STAGE 3 EDD:
-2 dreadnoughts
-1 black box
-exploder infestation

[blazing current]

Exploder with blackbox painge

[potent vector]

fucking dreads

[brazen musk]

❄️

[potent vector]

and I brought ntp

[sly kettle]

So many twins.

[hollow citrus]

double elimination bleh

least favourite mission type

[scarlet pike]

It could be worse

It could be shield disruption

All depends on how bad nitra is this time around

[potent vector]

nitra isn't that great so far

[marsh plover]

stage 3 DD is liquid morkite and black box + elite threat

[potent vector]

only got enough for 3 resupps on stage 1

[marsh plover]

not beautiful, not ugly

[scarlet pike]

I mean

3 resupplys from 1 stage is good in my book lol

[potent vector]

I remember that one EDD in magma core where we got 500 nitra in stage 1

[scarlet pike]

No no I don’t

Regardless hoping my EDD run goes well later I’m hoping it doesn’t go to bad cuz as long as the cave isn’t TINY haunted cave is manageable

[thorn jewel]

that sounds hilarious

did you get any in the future stages?

[hollow citrus]

elim and refining tend to have more nitra from experience, so could be ok

[potent vector]

yea of course, I think we ended the mission with 450+ nitra still

the 500 nitra from stage 1 was due to 50+ lootbugs

[spark hearth]

the last dd mission is so cancer as a solo player

[marble veldt]

Ooooh, a Dreadnought EDD ay?

The urge to run SCC is strong

[potent vector]

EDD done, not too difficult

no bullshit cave gen

just a bunch of cave leeches near the black box in stage 3

black box is also in a good position. no enemies spawned from behind or from the top. only from the big area down the ledge

[thorn jewel]

dare I say it

I miss the hell EDDs kind of

[potent vector]

rival presence EDDs?

rival presence + lethal enemies on PE sounds fun

[ivory marten]

Welp. Power is back.

Lets get to fucking work.

[raven grove]

I want more magma core EDDs. Need more fire in my life.

[potent vector]

god, these morkite well locations in DD stage 3

if you don't have a driller, have fun

[ivory marten]

me, a gunner: haha i'm in danger

[idle meteor]

WOOOOO I FINALLY GOT THE OVERCLOCK I WANTED LES GOOOOOOO

[ivory marten]

Oh?

Which one?

[idle meteor]

explosive chem rounds for lok1

holy shit

i literally have all the gunner overclocks from grinding lmao

[dawn zealot]

What the fuck is that 3rd stage dd cave gen

[ivory marten]

I fucking know, right?

[dawn zealot]

That has to be the worst on site cave gen I have ever seen

Godspeed to those without a driller

[ivory marten]

me, a solo gunner.

[dawn zealot]

At least the black box is in a super easy spot

[idle meteor]

lmao and now it gives me executioner as well

[knotty frost]

I much prefer Executioner. It just slaps.

[covert birch]

I toss-up between the two depending on how I feel

explosive chem is nice when I don't feel like trying too hard

[idle meteor]

man, after all this time getting gunner ocs as engi my luck is now paying off

[knotty frost]

I just feel like if I want AoE I'm just using Breach Cutter or the PGL.

With Exec Lok-1 as an aimbot single target sniper for high priority threats.

[idle meteor]

would you recommend exec lok1 over hyperprop deepcore for single targets with high hp?

[white osprey]

No

I prefer hyperprop bc then it's just a 1 and done deal

[knotty frost]

Depends on what kind of two weapon set-up you want. Both are reasonably viable.

Hyperprop isn't a 1 hit KO on all targets, especially at Haz4+.

[white osprey]

I should say for dreads I use both at the same time generally

[idle meteor]

aight

[knotty frost]

AoE swarm clear will suffer but if you got decent allies then it isn't too bad.

[white osprey]

Yeah that's the one thing to worry about, if you have non-cooperative people then it's gonna be not fun

[merry lagoon]

complete black box secondary on EDD stage 3(impossible)(karl spotted)

[hollow parrot]

man, good thing I didn't think of doing DD solo

[jolly hazel]

its haz 3

[woeful radish]

waow

[visual tide]

whats up with deep dive OSR layout

[marsh plover]

Fr fr endless waves of swarmers, creepers and spitters

Got experimental rounds, electro minelettes for brt7 and cryo bolt for nishanka

[edgy vault]

What the shit was that generation on dd lvl 3

[marsh plover]

Dd or edd?

[edgy vault]

Just dd

[marsh plover]

Ah, I remember this good pumpjack spots

[edgy vault]

The extraction one

[marsh plover]

Good thing we had driller

[edgy vault]

Fucking didn't was a gunner

[scarlet pike]

Welp time to attempt my edd this week

If I can get a group

[edgy vault]

And I HATE how good and fast I was going

[edgy vault]

Good luck my man

[scarlet pike]

How much of a bitch is it this week?

[edgy vault]

I'd love to edd but I'm lagging so hard I don't even know what's happening to my 'puter

[marsh plover]

We spent 6 minutes on first DD stage

[edgy vault]

It's like from 60 to 4 fps in a couple of seconds

Everything's okay and then BOOM SWARM 3FPS GOOD LUCK MY BOI

IM PLAYING A SLIDESHOWSHOOTER

It's ok at 3-4 haz levels but totally not ok higher

And I'm beginning to be a burden to my team

Literally deadweight

[scarlet pike]

Screee

[thick jetty]

ugh, that's a lot of dreads on the edd

i'm considering skipping this one, i'm a wee bit sick of fighting them tbh

[edgy vault]

Ur fast

[blazing current]

We used the bulk to quick kill the hive guard

Pretty nice tbh

[final agate]

So from what i gather

DD stage 3 is hell if you don't have a driller

and so far EDD is basically a Dread hunting ground

any interesting mods? No Shields? Exploders? Cave Leeches?

[edgy vault]

So first you get rid of guards armor and then explode bulk..?

[visual tide]

explosion on stage 3

nothing more notable though i think
PE on stage 2 with the invisible blue bug from hell

pulled off my first bulk oneshot hiveguard, was satisfying as hell

[thorn jewel]

EDD stage 2 was kind of annoying as gunner

[blazing current]

Yes

[thorn jewel]

I don't remember what was on it but didn't really like it

[blazing current]

Get rid of the yellow bar first, then we detonate it

[edgy vault]

Sounds kinda hard but doable

Will try if comes in handy

[thorn jewel]

I was also in LSLS mode tho for the dreads, so a better rounded/more aoe would have worked fine for stage 2 EDD

[marble veldt]

@brittle hound and I are about to stream this week's EDD. Come if you are interested, link in my bio

[scarlet pike]

That’s EDD done

Stage2 was pain

[scarlet pike]

Nah it’s cuz only groups were up is where speed runners only lol

I didn’t finish typing as a group popped up instantly for it

[edgy vault]

Wish I could do that to

Too*

[scarlet pike]

Got nothing good for those cores tho so they will only serve as food for my forge mastery

[grim hull]

This week's Deep Dive is the perfect time to get Car Pool, stage 3 is absolutely crawling with harvesters & the terrain is flat

[thick willow]

what are the dives this week?

[jolly hazel]

pins

[sly vapor]

is EDD hard?

[wraith shard]

Yes

[worthy patio]

I think it's reasonable, but then again I just failed a run with 2 greenbeards on the team, so there's that

[thick willow]

i was on the second stage of a deep dive and my game froze :T

oh well

[versed dragon]

the edd is gonna give me a brain aneurysm

stage 2 is an actual nightmare

[wraith shard]

Ok so I haven't reached stage 3 EDD yet and I haven't encountered one with the same objective combo.

If dreads are the primary Primary (lol) and black box is the second primary, doesn't that mean i will get no full swarm events before I activate the blackbox?

Since in non DD elim missions there's no swarm events just ambushed

[glossy walrus]

yeah, timed full swarm behavior is dependent on the first mission type

[ornate badger]

Is the chance of a mutation vs a warning the same?

[hoary cove]

i’m pretty sure edds are guaranteed to have at least 2 warnings and are not guaranteed to have any mutations

[ornate badger]

Ah ok thatd make sense then, ty

[feral flame]

I use platforms and spiraled all the way up for that one pumpjack

Man

It was fun to ride down it

[worthy briar]

i would like to reccomend driller for this week's DD if you are playing solo

i made the mistake of picking scout

[potent seal]

scoot

[worthy briar]

1 hour 11 minutes :(

physically painful

[visual jungle]

just 5 minutes slower than a 3-stack
you can rest easy knowing that one scout is no less efficient than a driller on this mission

[glossy walrus]

those high pumps looked nasty without a driller, glad my friend brought his

[wraith shard]

I wanna punch the guy from Gunk Seed Games who programmed stage 3 DD

[visual tide]

you'll get 10 exploders anyway

[jolly hazel]

edd wasn't awful tbh

lots and lots of nitra

after stage 1

[visual tide]

thank god that didnt came up my dream, but there is THE feeling when you are mining nitra and then you hear the 10 loud exploder noise and you just jump awayand see 10 exploder e,ploding on tge same place

[thick willow]

my game crashed midway in stage 2 so im probably not going to try it again until later in the week

would having more than one monitor on while playing cause it to crash more often?

[chrome meadow]

EDD has really sucked both times i attempted it

stage 2 you just get 0 room to breathe

[jolly hazel]

how so?

as long as you keep track of where the ghost is, it shouldn't be too bad

[thick willow]

I could but my teammates could not.

[modern girder]

Did the first stage of DD this week in under 9 minutes and thought, "Oh, it'll be a quick one." Then I got to stage three and it took like 15 minutes just to find the last two pumpjacks.

[jolly hazel]

one thing that may help is looking at the edges of the map

if you cant see the edge of the map, you haven't explored there

[echo storm]

this edd was pretty easy

running cryo driller with engi hyperprop and it was comfy,, alongside the other guys

[visual tide]

all of them on the top floor krkw

[violet warren]

Apparently haz 5.5 twins are excessively brutal

Or maybe we just weren't killing them quickly with our builds

[visual tide]

it was reletively fine with 1 scout and 1 engie

then again i abused explosive plascreete so

goto loadout for doing anything tbh

[fresh escarp]

How hell is this weeks EDD?

[hoary cove]

Pretty ez

[potent vector]

not too bad. was worried we don't have enough nitra because stage 1 barely has any.

but stage 2 was nitra rush

[obsidian kayak]

Is the elite deep dive even possible to solo without overclocks?

[hoary cove]

totally

there are tons of weapons that are super strong even without ocs

[potent vector]

really depends on mission objectives and cave terrain. since in EDDs you wanna finish asap, you're probably gonna stick with scout/driller in general

[obsidian kayak]

Second mission for me is quite hell. Can't seem to get the aquarqs without getting overwhelmed in time. Haunted Detonator doesn't help either.

Using M1000 Classic and boomstick with IFG.

[potent vector]

scout will also probably struggle solo if it's doretta

[untold mica]

tips for deep dives? im not very good at them

[final agate]

main thing i have is try to spare your ammo and get as much nitra as you can

[hollow parrot]

try to find as much nitra as you can while calling the fewest resupplies on stage 1 and 2

other than that they're not much different than regular missions

[fluid oriole]

im a solo gunner and i just got to stage 3 DD

[blazing current]

Always get the nitra and move fast

The longer you stay, the more swarms you need to fight against

If you can handle haz 4, dd is a breeze

[fluid oriole]

took awhile but i soloed stage 3 DD as gunner

[visual tide]

gj

[stoic mulch]

use scout for soloing DDs they said. It will be faster they said.

[stoic mulch]

I feel ya

[wanton knot]

bring a driller for the last stage of the dd. digging the pipes manually doesn't take too long but god its annoying

cavegen is top tier ass

[grave mantle]

how are the dd and edd?

[blazing current]

edd is pretty smooth from start to end, dd I heard the stage 3 is problematic in the morkite well placements

[stoic mulch]

as long as Bosco can both build AND repair the pipes...

[wanton knot]

dd was chill except for the last level, would highly recommend bringing a driller just for that. really high well placements that are a pain if you dont have a driller

[lost jungle]

scout isnt gonna be killing things

just speedrun the objectives

[wanton knot]

edd was actually pretty smooth too, stage 2 got a bit rough but we made it

[stoic mulch]

yeah, have you seen the "objective" in the last DD stage?

[wanton knot]

also totally didn't destroy the twins on stage 1 with a bulk det. nope definitely

[ornate badger]

im keen for edd

with my new od booster LASER

gonna BLAST em

[stoic mulch]

yeee

blast those elves

[ornate badger]

And yea those 2 pumpjacks were cooked

[sour stag]

how bad are those two pumpjacks on the final stage of the DD? I don't really wanta play driller for this DD but its looking like I might just because of that

[worthy patio]

you can also be an engineer for them

but good luck on solo scout

[sour stag]

Damin alright

Was planning on solo scout lmao

[worthy patio]

that's gonna be a lot of pain then. 😄

[sour stag]

I can slide onto engi though, I have hyperprop for a reason

[sly vapor]

Why dont we drill the wells down in DD so it's easier to connect?

[unreal copper]

One can be done pretty easily with some clever routing. The other sucked.

[turbid dawn]

just did the deep dive in which a driller ( double promoted) didnt know how to drill to pumpjack

interesting

[rose furnace]

wanted to test my new engie loadout and did the dd; did not expect to be making two separate rollercoaster rides lmao

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/770387633074995250/1005090392045269122/unknown.png

[wanton knot]

i'd say about 4 minutes of digging upwards through a wall at least

was in a duo as gunner with a scout, we just dug through the ground up to the pumps

[hollow citrus]

dd stage 3 was pretty bad, it's like season 1 cavegen

[swift inlet]

If you have a driller it's not so bad but it's a bit ridiculous

[undone parrot]

Funny pumpjacks

At least 1 driller is mandatory

We brought 3

[echo storm]

lol the dd is gonna be longer than the edd again

[undone parrot]

Probably? They both weren’t horrible, just some pumpjack shenanigans

[fossil schooner]

this edd wasnt too bad

the hardest was the first stage when mid swarm we accidentally popped the hiveguard and had to deal with that as well

[queen patrol]

does the edd have a healthy serving of nitra

i wanna bring bullet hell so i dont have to aim

[echo storm]

yes

4 resups for the last stage

at least

[sly vapor]

use bulk det in 1st edd phase at 1st swarm for dreadnought, 2nd dread usually doesn't spawn so dont waste time

[old widget]

Bulk spawns aren’t really guaranteed, though certain seeds can make it more likely at certain times

[hoary cove]

i didn’t even realize bulks were in the spawn pool for this edd

iv done it twice so far without seeing any

[ornate badger]

Pretty sure the common understanding is bulks are determined when you load in, so it's not guaranteed even though most parts of dd/edd are

Not hard to prove this since its just "they saw a bulk and I didnt"

[queen patrol]

yeah just did stage 1 with 4 dwarves and there was no bulk

[jolly hazel]

its predetermined that bulks are one of the three "disruptive" enemies in the seed but the actual spawning is rng, based off that swarm number rolling iirc

[ornate badger]

Oh right, what are the options? Bulk oppressor and menace?

[hoary cove]

if other ppl saw it in the first mission , it is def in the spawn pool, i just got lucky

[ornate badger]

Yea seems my understanding was off mb

[hoary cove]

goo bombers, wardens i think

i don’t think oppressors are classified as disruptor, i think they just replace pratorians? i’m not sure tbh

[drifting parrot]

Oppressors are to Praetorians as Guards and Slashers are to Grunts afaik\

the disruptive enemies are Goo Bombers, Grabbers, Shellbacks, Wardens, Menaces, and Bulks

[ornate badger]

Ah shellbacks

God I hate em

What's most effective against them

Do they get slowed

[hoary cove]

they can be slowed, they can be frozen but will not stop moving, it’s also one of the few enemies in the game that armor break is useful on

meaning m1, sludge, big bertha are pretty good at killing them

[ornate badger]

Ah true ab

Good to know

[hoary cove]

it has to be functioning armor break that actually ignores armor on the penetrating shot to be really effective tho

for example, hurricane ab is bugged and doesn’t ignore armor

[jolly hazel]

in my experience bouncy splash drak is really good at tearing armor off shellbacms

[green crown]

exploders too right?
i dont get why wardens are "disruptive"

[hoary cove]

Exploders definetely are not

[jolly hazel]

you must now focus the warden

[drifting parrot]

all six of these enemy types threaten to ruin your day if not handled

[upper geyser]

Just ran EDD
Other than picking up a lot of bodies, pretty simple to just bash face

[visual tide]

deep dive was harder purely for the stage 3

[tacit jungle]

hmmm by stage 3 edd you have enough nitra to just chuck cryo nades at the dread until it dies

[sacred sonnet]

I went on a Deep Dive as Engineer with some of the most

*with the LOK-1 Executioner overclock, and a Shard Diffractor, and still came out limping.

Scariest $@#! I've ever endured.

And twice, mind you.

[twin crest]

Stage 3 on PS4 ☠️ don't go scout

[proud ginkgo]

Stage 3 doubled my time as solo scout lol

[hoary cove]

why not?

[twin crest]

The pipes were like ages away in a vertical direction which is a pain for scout to build

Just did mine wasn't hard just took longer

[wanton tartan]

decides to go scout on this weeks deep dive

GSG, what did we do to deserve this?

500 nitra but a cave so steep even the grappling hook struggles to navigate it

[dawn zealot]

Literal worst on site generation to date

[wraith shard]

show me ur whackiest pipelines miners

[fleet fiber]

deep dives super dead and its weekend

[fresh ivy]

I made this mistake

[timber rapids]

I can't play anything but scout, I just value the mobility too much

[granite venture]

I know it's an old issue, but I got disconnected due to my country's internet difficulties while I was on a Deep Dive.

[wraith shard]

Based and Gigachad Scout Enjoyer

[pallid summit]

i finally did this week's EDD

i'm gonna have PTSD over this

[gleaming lava]

Congratz, i am stuck at stage 2 EDD, too tough for me 😦

[pallid summit]

same. i did it like 5 times

[hoary cove]

this one wasn’t too bad, there are so many dreads you can build mostly for single target and do fine

[pallid summit]

the worst stage was the 2nd one

[hoary cove]

it usually is

the ghost didn’t spawn for me tho

[echo storm]

haunted cave aquarqs is pretty easy in general though

worst haunted cave one is with dreadnoughts

[jolly hazel]

worst should be haunted cave PE with dread secondary

constant bug spawns during dread plus a ghost bulk

with bad cave gen that will probably be an actual gatekeeper

[ornate badger]

the ghost is annoying

but the map wasnt too shit

PE map gen can be rubbish yea

[jolly hazel]

its either THE PIT (tm), 3 high rooms 1 low room with a tunnel to a back room, or the big ass two story map with pillars below the minehead

or the big ass room (usually hollow bough) or the big ass room with sloping ground down with two ledges above the bottom of the slope

[obtuse pasture]

man the normal DD final area - just by the nitra in the looooooong hole. Got yoinked by a leech from the very bottom.. 50m. That has to be a candidate for longest leech of all time

[copper cedar]

The normal DD is definitely a candidate for a sub 15 if you have a decent team.

I had the first stage done in 7mins, and wasn't even trying to go fast, then had the second one done by 23mins. Only issue was knowing the spawns of the pumpjacks in the final cave which cost us about 15-20 mins, and ended up being a 50 min DD

[torpid solar]

Worst part of the EDD for me was people constantly accidentally popping the dreadnought eggs during waves (I think the autocannon gunner was the main culprit)

[ornate badger]

I did it twice with stubby

But it was on the tail end both times

So nothing too bad

[misty perch]

Our team decided to volunteer the scout to go pop the dreadnaught egg and lure it to a big cave the rest of the team were in

On the way there he accidentally popped the second

We still stumbled our way through it though

[grave mantle]

how is the edd?

[ornate badger]

Stage 2 is the only annoying one

S1 and s3 are dread/eggs/box so you know when big waves are coming

[copper cedar]

Holy fuck, a haz 5 hiveguard solo is just soooo fucking oppressive.

[real shell]

stage 2 is hell

the ghost is super annoying

havent gotten passed it yet, will do it later

[severe tusk]

I managed to beat the EDD with no downs with a random team, so I was happy. Stage 2 was the hardest. My teammates all went down during the extraction, so I had to kite the ghost and a massive amount of glyphids for a couple of minutes before finally being able to make a path to the drop pod.

[copper cedar]

Succeeding as last alive is always a big ego booster lol

[ebon anchor]

I was scout for edd and I just rushed all the morkite and nitra for team while they did the rest of the hauling, went pretty smoothly

[timber rapids]

ive only done the non elite deep dive and it was my first one, and also i was solo, i barely lived

[copper cedar]

You did a solo DD as your first ever DD? And lived? Thats pretty impressive

[atomic prawn]

ghost? cc it with sludge, shock or neuro 😂

[fresh turtle]

Bit late on checking the dives but this week looks fun if not very tedious and long

[jolly hazel]

edd was 47 minutes with some foot dragging

knowing that the deep dive pumpjacks are vertical will help

[fresh turtle]

Having to slog through 3 twins and 2 hiveguards across the two dives is certainly gonna be annoying

[jolly hazel]

just shoot em

[atomic prawn]

bring cryo n hyperprop 😂

[jolly hazel]

dread time tax is at least influenced by player skill more so than escort and refining

[ornate badger]

What are the minimum phases with normal dmg for dreads? 3 for hiveguard, 4 for classic?

[jolly hazel]

I've seen 3 for classic before but that was with a lot of burst

[quasi cove]

Ifg + dps gunner = ez

[jolly hazel]

but generally 4

[ornate badger]

Yea probably need some large chunk dmg at the tail end of the phase

[grave mantle]

the 3rd stage of the DD was harder/more annoying than any of the edd. funny.

[hollow flower]

Twins are always rough on 5.5

[hoary cove]

it wasnt at all

elites on haz 3.5 have like no health

[upper geyser]

The funniest part of that DD was the second leech hanging out on the ceiling of that giant tube

Greenbeard engi got munched on by the first leech, i as scout though it was safe, mined out all the minerals and wondered what was at the top.
No minerals just another leech as a kaizo trap.
panic shot it so it was all good

Thinking back on it, I debated getting snacked on intentionally so the rest of the team would have to climb all the way up it to get me

[atomic prawn]

idk, i've seen 2 phase OGs

2 man team with prop and cryo means you only get the initial and one more armour breaking phase

[thorn jewel]

does blocking people on steam prevent you matchmaking with them?

[ornate badger]

Ah yea prop will do it

Ice spear and prop would be big

[atomic prawn]

afaik no

[lucid radish]

Anyone else stuck on the last stage of the regular deep dive? I actually can't find 2 of the pumpjacks spots. Everything else went smoothly, but now i've been stuck looking for them for 15 minutes. Still got plenty of nitra at least, but i'm considering giving up...

[thorn jewel]

go vertical

[lucid radish]

yeah, just found them finally. thankfully i'm driller, so i got a chance of building there.

[velvet topaz]

oh no, and I just started regular deep dive too and we don't have a driller 😭

[blazing current]

Better start digging

[low saffron]

I’m stuck with EDD stage 2
Any idea what build should I have if playing an engineer or driller?

[frail pecan]

<@&296918282403840000> scam msg

[olive flicker]

Terrain generation of 3rd stage DD was so annoying.

Never have I needed to build pipes that long lol

Was extra annoying as solo gunner.

[fathom spade]

What happens if someone goes down on the first stage of a deep dive and they're left behind? Do they just show up in the pod for the second stage?

[dull nexus]

They’re left 4 dead permanently

Just kidding they show up in second stage

[jolly hazel]

what are u having trouble with

[potent vector]

it's PE, so you have to speedrun it

swarm size will keep growing in PE

[jolly hazel]

ya goal should be one announced swarm and maybe 2/3 resups then gtfo

[raven jackal]

Although this would make for an interesting game mode, like a group of maybe 8 players are sent down for large-scale missions and can be filtered down through these missions. If all players make it through, a large payout is given.

[raven jackal]

Thanks for this, I felt that the stage was pretty taxing, I had no idea it had to do with how long you were down there for

[wanton tartan]

Haunted cave in a solo EDD is super fucking annoying

Its so fast

[pale sigil]

what? ghosts aren't real lmao

what are you talking about

[wanton knot]

unknown horror is just a figment of your imagination

[ancient hare]

i just played the deep dive, on stage 3, does a dreadnought always spawn?

[glad hearth]

didn't see one on the elite if thats what youre referring to

[ancient hare]

the normal one, im still too bad for elites

[glad hearth]

haven't done it yet

[jolly hazel]

bad rng for your group

[drifting fox]

is this one tough?

[thorn jewel]

Not particularly

There’s one aquarq fairly well hidden on the bottom, deep in the cave, but you can just dig it back to the extraction point

[manic pivot]

_ _
ATTENTION MINERS!
We are hearing rumors that some dwarves are still not done with this weeks Deep Dives!
We want to remind you that there's only half a week left until our scanners pick up new missions!
_ _

[normal gull]

sorry mission control

[bold canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/swing-dance-swing-your-hips-dance-cute-dance-side-to-side-gif-25165719

[low saffron]

overwhelmed by the swarm and the ghost, cant seem to deploy a good crowd control strategy

[hoary cove]

what’s ur build

[wraith shard]

If ur scout can't u just use the horror to kill some bugs?

[low saffron]

https://karl.gg/preview/13738#/

Im open to suggestion on other classes and builds

[hoary cove]

that shud be fine for swarm clear, except maybe a bit ammo intensive

[potent vector]

the ghost can still be slowed. so a high duration slow effect like ntp/taser bolt works great to give yourself a lot of distance

during my run, I was ntp gunner and just keep tagging the ghost every 10 seconds or so

[torpid solar]

Driller's sludge is also great at slowing the horror

[ebon anchor]

There's a good place to kite monsters near the mining rig

Somewhere up top

Flat open space

Very wide

[dawn zealot]

Unknown horror
Infinite fuel increased radius driller

[vast wedge]

ok people hot take deep dives

pretty deep -3-

[copper cedar]

Man the EDD is tough. That hiveguard drives all your ammo resources in no time, so you have no nitra to carry over into stage2. Then after getting past the second stage with almost enough nitra for 1 supply pod, its back to another 2 dreadnaughts.

[jolly hazel]

🤨

what do you mean almost enough nitra for 1 supply pod

how many are you using on stage 2

[copper cedar]

3

[jolly hazel]

you may have missed some nitra

[copper cedar]

I had a scout and an engie too, so they kept calling resupplies when they ran out of ammo, which was a lot more frequent than the 2 gunners

Yeah, just feel like I have to carry on the edd, which I am not good enough to do. I can carry a DD, but an edd is just too much for me.

[jolly hazel]

stage 1 is pretty tight on ammo yeah, but hiveguard and twins ammo consumption can be alleviated by aiming for sentinel weakspot and splitting damage well respectively

[copper cedar]

Like I had 20 res's that last try. And I was the only person running either iron will or medic

[jolly hazel]

fair enough, I generally go in expe ting to carry as well

wow

yeah

[copper cedar]

Yeah, I could do it if I had a decent team. But when people keep going down I can't shoot the weak points, think the hiveguard lasted 5 cycles.

[jolly hazel]

yeah those dives are frustrating

if it comes down to it, I'll just kick the lowest performer

so I dont have to work as hard to keep them above water

[copper cedar]

Yeah, but it wasn't like there was a weak link, engie and scout were going down an awful lot, but they were our only way to reach some of the aquarqs .
Usually I would play driller so that wouldn't be a problem, but there's just so much firepower needed in this EDD

[jolly hazel]

there was no driller?

driller can still do crazy dps to dreads with sludge blast

[thorn jewel]

Ziplines crying in corner

[jolly hazel]

and he can do it from any angle

[regal nova]

Honestly kicking someone, if you ask me, is a bit of a hindrance. Even if they're a weak link. One less gun, one less rock and stone, and one less guy to lure a buncha bugs.

Unless, well, they're obviously being a troll or whatever and ruining the fun that is suffering in a dive.

[jolly hazel]

no, the game scales proportionally to the amount of players

[regal nova]

I never notice tbh

[jolly hazel]

if they can't pull their haz 5 weight they are an active detriment

[regal nova]

I did a dive solo and it was still rough for me.

[jolly hazel]

1 and 2 players have the same scaling

but yeah its proportionally less bugs with less health and I believe less speed

[jolly hazel]

yeah until you can grab stuff on them, they are bad at ceiling stuff

also I see what u mean by one less gun and one less lure, but if they arent putting out enough damage and they are down all the time, those points are moot

[regal nova]

Tbh I'm just a scout and engi main so, what can one expect from me during solo dives lol. Bosco does all the stuff anyway while I eat popcorn.

[jolly hazel]

I'm fine with carrying a dive but I'm not fine with stressing myself out watching teammates try to fit a square peg through a round hole

[jolly hazel]

light is invaluable, sentries are invaluable, plats especially for static defenses are invaluable

[regal nova]

Solo though. I did say solo.

[jolly hazel]

a bad scout is immediately noticeable

cuz you cant see shit

well

[regal nova]

Can't

Lol

[jolly hazel]

you can get some swarm clear with splash plasma carbine

[regal nova]

I kinda don't like the plasma carbine

Doesn't have that power for me. I just use the deepcore.

[jolly hazel]

have you tried plasma splash bouncy balls

[regal nova]

Nope

[jolly hazel]

its a flat damage increase and it shreds bugs if you aim right (immediately below the bug so it splashes, the bounces up into them and splashes again)

[regal nova]

Then again I don't know most things, and do mostly go for direct damage.

[jolly hazel]

plus you pop swarmers

I always build for max ammo because more theoretical damage

[regal nova]

Gotta love swarmers.

Cute yet so dang annoying.

[jolly hazel]

I dont usually go solo unless forced to so idk ammo efficiency concerns there (you get 4 resups per pop so probably more important for dmg)

[regal nova]

Anyway I, uh, should get back to work so. Later.

[feral flame]

yo @marble veldt im up

[marble veldt]

Finishing up a quest in MH
Be right there

@brittle hound Come here

[brittle hound]

comes over here

[marble veldt]

It's EDD time, turn off MCR

[brittle hound]

sadly turns off rimworld

[feral flame]

ay

[dawn snow]

Hi I'd like to ask if i do multiple deep dives a day can i got more then 1 blank matrix core?and reward wise is it better to run elite rather then regulars?(idc about materials,credit only blank matrix cores,or overclocks.Feels like it takes more then 500 hours to get the oc's you want for 1 char 1-1 weapon)

[brittle hound]

You only get one set of rewards for one completion. You dont get multiple rewards for doing it again.
Inorder to get every weapon overclock, you have to go through atleast 5~ months of weekly resets.

Matrix cores are Timegated.

Not Grind-gated though, thank karl.

[dawn snow]

thanks!

[jade palm]

Gets to DD3 as Solo Scout
Oh no, haha, my game randomly crashed, heh, such a shame really

[thick jetty]

been trying to solo the edd, but i've been consistently having trouble on the second stage

i can't seem to find a good spot to fight the swarms

[hollow citrus]

any mission with haunted cave is harder solo than with a team imo, with a team you can share ghost aggro and kite it around so much easier. it's even worse when you have missions with fixed deposit points like PE or refinery.

[copper cedar]

Who do you guys solo the EDDs as? I tried with driller but couldn't take down the first hiveguard. Felt like bosco was absolutely useless and no help to me whatsoever

[maiden river]

prob engi or gunner

[charred sparrow]

EDD was a lot of fun this week! I ran it with one of my buds (engi and gunner team) and enjoyed coordinating together to work to our strengths. Engineer AoE/multi-target build compliments a single-target gunner build so nicely.

Wrapping up phase 2 in under 10 minutes was pretty satisfying as well.

[wanton knot]

engi is super versatile for solos, high dmg output and platforms are super helpful

[copper cedar]

Hmm. I don't like engie. Probably just bc I'm not used to the playstyle, but I might look into it.

[charred sparrow]

Lightweight rounds overclock for voltaic smg is a pretty fun one to use. If you ever get your hands on it, it might change how you feel.

[copper cedar]

Possibly, I'll keep an eye out for it

Ty

[thick jetty]

finally made it through second stage only to die to the FUCKING BLACK BOX on stage 3

fuuuuuuuuuuck sake

[undone sierra]

anybody want to do a deep dive with me

i have nothing better to do

[midnight osprey]

hi

[thick shard]

Quick question: how do I promote a character to GET deep dives?

[tardy girder]

reach character level 25, which will unlock a promotion assignment

[thick shard]

Gotcha, thanks

[tardy girder]

after that, go to the memorial hall and you can buy your promotion

[thick shard]

Cheers

[waxen surge]

Almost done with EDD, windowlicker pops the black box right after the dread was popped

Wipe happened

[primal zenith]

Is it just me or is lvl 2 on edd increndibly hard?

(as a solo)

[echo storm]

yeah haunted cave solo hits different

[primal zenith]

I've tried as a gunner and as a driller but I just cant clear the waves on top of getting the aquargs on top of the morkite on top of the nitra on top of not getting oneshot by the spooky boi

On top of hardness three terrain

[jolly hazel]

have you tried shooting the bugs

I guess just stay moving

[primal zenith]

Oh shoot, I didn't think about that

[jolly hazel]

ikr

such an easy thing to miss

[deep birch]

This was my first elite dd I did solo with driller, I'm surprised that I was able to make it to the end.

[primal zenith]

What loadout did yo use?

[deep birch]

Resupplier, SweetTooth, Vampire, Dash, IornWill, Cryo (ThermalEff OC): BAACB, EPC(HeavyHitter OC): ABCBB, Impact Axe

Satchel:CABC, Drills: AAAA, Armor: CBAC

If I had the Ice Storm OC for the Cryo I would've used that.

I did also have a few moments where having the mod that let's your drills cool when damaging bugs would've been useful.

[warm cypress]

I struggle in deep dives

[jolly hazel]

isnt ice storm the dps mod

if I was doing solo this week with 4 dreads I'd take sludge blast

I dont think I ever used ice storm so I cant bash it, but that seems inefficient

[deep birch]

Unfortunately I don't have the shotgun sludge mod.

[jolly hazel]

f

[deep birch]

Got plenty of mods for Gunner after maining him since I started. Kinda having a change of heart after picking up the drills.

[hoary cove]

ice storm is harder to use against naughts but a bit more ammo efficent then sludge blast against swarms imo

[primal zenith]

I tried using it on the twins but I get blasted by the yellow one when I get "too close" 😦

[sterile bobcat]

what was the refinery

why was that map so bad

[torpid aurora]

Are you supposed to be able to walk through the zipline

[sleek seal]

why the hell is there haunted caves on god

[potent jewel]

We killed too many bugs and now they have coalesced into a big old ghost that wants to eat us

[vapid lily]

aw, nuts.

[sly vapor]

yes

[wraith shard]

man i feel so bad earlier i was doing the elite dive and two absolute chads (engi and scout) were carrying me on the last mission cause the gunner had left and i am not good enough to stay alive on haz 5.5 but as soon as they killed the second dreadnaught on the 3rd stage my fucking internet went out and it kicked both of them

[ornate badger]

It happens

Don't sweat it

[wraith shard]

yeah but on my first elite dive that seemed like i could actually win it was painful to see

i am a haz 2/3 shitter still who doesnt know anything besides driller

[minor pond]

deep dives are so stressful solo

[copper cedar]

DDs are ok solo, its the EDDs that are tough

I've 3 or 4 solo DDs completed, still yet to register my first EDD solo completion

[hearty kernel]

Are entire seeds the same for weekly DD/EDD or just the missions/map/conditions

[blazing current]

The seeds are same for that week

Including map gen and spawn pool

[hearty kernel]

I would rather just do the EDD again with a handicap than get the map gen from DD stage 3 ever again

[copper cedar]

I noticed that there are 2 variations of the EDD this week. One where on stage 1, 2 gold veins are in the first room on the wall, whereas in the other, 2 nitra veins spawn there instead

[hearty kernel]

Those pumpjacks were up in the rafters in the middle of nowhere

I spent so much time just tracking pipes up there that it made the regular DD run longer

[true moat]

Probably a stupid question, but I do want to ask this; if I do the normal deep dives and get the rewards for it, can I also get rewards for the elite dives or are they tied together?

[tardy girder]

pretty certain deep dive and elite deep dive rewards are separate

[frail pecan]

EDD and DD rewards are not connected

So you can get 4 Matrixes to forge and 2 blanks if you can complete both DD

[fervent rose]

anyone got a way to connect the pipelines in DD stage 3? there's 2 miles above the refinery and i have no idea how to connect them

[blazing current]

I guess start digging, or take a bet with this setup #drg-gallery message

Wrong message kek

[fervent rose]

lol, i'll probably make a double tunnel tho, thanks

gonna be a lot of digging but at least the eliet threat mactera swarm didn't kill me

bah they're nasty

[copper cedar]

Holy fuck, the second part of that epic deep dive is so hard. Its just constantly spawning bugs and swams

[raven grove]

Go faster. It’s PE so you only have 20 minutes.

[copper cedar]

Just died on it there with 821 kills, 9/10 aquarqs, and all morkit. Wouldn't mind, but I had the 10th bit of aquarq but I couldn't find it bc bosco dropped it in some obscure place

[raven grove]

Oh, solo PE? RIP.

[copper cedar]

Yeah. Can't get a decent bunch of randos to get it done, so trying to do it myself, but its just so heavy.

[raven grove]

Eh? It’s almost always possible to get a decent group of randoms. Almost any player is better than Bosco.

A bronze 1 scout is better than Bosco.

[copper cedar]

You say that, until they start calling unnecessary supply drops, and they don't mine the resources when you point them out like bosco does.

I'll always play with whoever comes into the lobby with me, but for this EDD I've found more success attempting it solo

[fossil tulip]

Debatable

[jolly hazel]

I've had gold+ scouts be worse than bosco

[blazing current]

That kick button is always there for you

[jolly hazel]

unfortunately you then lose whatever utility that dwarf had, regardless of ability

no light/no shield/no drill back to pod/no plats

[echo storm]

most edds can get away with 1 dude playing not optimally

especially if it is someone's first edd

[jolly hazel]

yeah but I think (unintentionally or not) sabotaging is the issue

if the shitter doesn't communicate, things can get hairy

[fossil tulip]

Did this week's EDD with an Engi that didn't place Plats and had 22 deaths

[torpid aurora]

Is it a bug where you could dig around ore with driller to get it or is that intentional

[fleet urchin]

doing a late deep dive, come and get it #lfg-steam

[hoary cove]

if terrain or a mineral is not connected to anything and it’s just floating, it will break and fall to the ground. So ye it’s intentional

[formal ferry]

just did my first deep dive

wow that was hard

also, i got some matrix core that's blank and i cant... do anything with it? what do i do with it

[hoary cove]

there are machine events that randomly spawn in missions. Turn on the mission and complete it so you can stick your blank into a core infuser and turn it into a weapon core

it will give you the option to change it into a core for 3 different classes, 2 bring weapons and one being cosmetic

[formal ferry]

oh cool

tyvm

[radiant halo]

this week's edd is brutal -- my friends and i had finally gotten over halfway through the final mission and then failed 😔 we're determined to get it by thursday tho

[formal ferry]

gl

and hf

[radiant halo]

thank you

[slate geode]

My first deep dive was devastating. Not because it was difficult or anything, but because on the 3rd level, it was one of the oil drilling mission. Only issue was it was more of a vertical level than anything else, but with very few options of even traveling toward the last 2 oil drills. Sadly there was only me and a random, neither of which were the driller. Took about 30 minutes of just digging to get to the drills (there was very few in terms of platforms to go up as well) we ended up dying before we could get the last 2 drills started because of how difficult they were to reach in the end, both of us dying to elites with no ammo (not much nitra in any of the levels, just enough for 1 pod a level and we were as thorough as possible)

So this begs the question. Are all deep dives as relentless like this on the third mission?

It was actually kind of funny tbh. The first two levels were really easy in comparison. Didn’t get downed at all until the third, and even then I thought we were fine up until it took us so long to just find the drills

[ornate badger]

If you read up there lots of messages about this week's deep dive

The maps are the same for everyone

So yeah, we all went through that refinery map haha

I was engi and before we started the other guy in my lobby was Scout but I knew the 3rd stage was bad so I said let's try driller and we were both glad we did haha

[amber walrus]

Short answer: Normally no, but this week yes

[slate geode]

I was gunner and the other guy was engineer. Not the best combo for this but I guess better than scout since he had platforms

I say thorough but By the third map I expected it to not be so terrible so I really didn’t look for much other than gold, since I was full at the start on ammo. By the time things ramped up I didn’t have much sadly

[amber walrus]

We were glad, that we had an driller. But even with the driller it was one of the longest mission on a deep dive for us.

[slate geode]

So are elite deep dives the exact same, with the only difference being you can’t use them until you finish one first?

[amber walrus]

No you can start an elite deep dive right away. They are complete disconnected from each other. They are different maps with different mission goals. They are much harder because of the higher haz-levels.

DD are haz 3/3.5/3.5 and EDD are 4.5/5/5.5

[wraith shard]

ngl i had alot of fun this weeks 3rd stage DD

went surprisingly smooth compared to what ive heard from most people

[slate geode]

Oh the elite ones were all greyed out for me and said I had to complete at least one deep dive first

[amber walrus]

Oh sorry. Yes you need complete one deep dive at least to "unlock" the elite deep dives in general. But if you succeed one deep dive, all EDD after this a unlocked.

[wraith shard]

and i was carrying 2 engis and a gunner thru their first deep dive as a miner

[manic pivot]

_ _
ATTENTION MINERS!
Planet scanning is now booting up, 24 hours left until new Deep Dives!
_ _

[sick lake]

Was this DD really that bad? I can hardly remember it. Then again, we had an engie, a scout and a driller

[blazing current]

driller helps a lot in stage 3 so I guess that

[dawn zealot]

I wouldn't say its hard id just say its incredibly annoying

[echo storm]

the last stage took almost as long as the first 2 stages combined

still did it sub 40

[wise iris]

how hard is edd this time

[hoary cove]

depends how good you are at fighting dreads

[olive flicker]

As solo gunner -> while facing in the general direction of the 2 high pumps I went up the left, then through the cave opening to the right which 180s to the pump, then built the 2nd pipe right on top of the first, just so I didn't have to dig.

Would've been there for hours digging solo lmao

Died twice to falling too.

[strange granite]

did the weekly stuff get reset yet?

[candid ether]

not yet, got another 16 hours to go

[strange granite]

oh god.. thanks though

[silver rampart]

Any tips for this week's elite deep dive? I'm seeing the first stage is two dreadnaughts with regenerative bugs and I'm just going 😨

[jolly hazel]

dreads do not regen

even if they did you would just have to apply a tick of damage every couple seconds

[dawn zealot]

Only dread that gains health is twins and you can avoid it by doing even damage, there is one guaranteed heal though so

[jolly hazel]

they also restores armor on heal, making you waste even more ammo PLUS the differential heal

[silver rampart]

Good to know. That was one of my fears about it, especially with the Hiveguard being untouchable for significant periods of time.

[jolly hazel]

would see a lot more complaining if that was the case lol

[torpid solar]

I believe the dreadnoughts aren’t affected by the Critical Weakness mutator too

[untold mica]

is there a good Scout loadout that is really useful for DDs?

[torn verge]

whatever you're comfortable using
if you just want a premade generalist loadout that doesn't require any OCs, i'd recommend 13211 M1K and 11313 boomstick with cryo nades

[untold mica]

thank you

[torn verge]

basically this M1K setup can kill up to 4 lined up grunts with a single focus shot
and the boomstick is boomstick
so you have acceptable enough waveclear while still keeping scout's good single target damage

[manic pivot]

_ _
ATTENTION MINERS!
Planet scanning is still in progress, 12 hours left until new Deep Dives!
_ _

[sly aurora]

just managed to do DD solo, those refine Pump jacks were insane, the beer buff where I could one tap the terrain is clutch for digging a tunnel

[ornate badger]

As my go to id use m1k and cryo minelet zhukovs, but when there's enough dreadnaught objectives I'll bring taser boltshark and gk2 instead

[boreal moss]

EDD AU anyone?

[wraith shard]

since last week's EDD had haunted cave in it, im willing to bet my left kidney that this time we will have good ol Shield Disruption

[ornate badger]

Don't jinx it

[blazing current]

Glacial strata 🙏

[atomic prawn]

hollow bough pls 😂

i need the suffering

[manic pivot]

_ _
ATTENTION MINERS!
New Deep Dives will be available in one hour!
_ _

[reef bison]

Wouldn't complain. EDDs have been getting a lot easier recently.
Last weeks dives actually had more of a challenge

[hollow citrus]

no more ghosties this week pls

inb4 it's a shield disruption escort

[potent vector]

maybe less dreads too

would be nice

[pure violet]

Any tips for EDD? I haven’t done one before

[lunar belfry]

@pure violet call supply pods only when absolutely necessary for survival and if you need ammo just as you call the pod to enter the next stage, call it WHEN you drop in not as you are leaving

[pure violet]

So call at the beginning of the next stage basically?

Thank you for the advice!

[manic pivot]

_ _
ATTENTION MINERS!
New Deep Dives are now available!
_ _

[marble veldt]

IT'S MUFFIN TIME!

[sly kettle]

Good luck, everyone!

[brisk kite]

for karl!

[marsh plover]

where muffin

[brisk kite]

no muffin?

[marble veldt]

Give them some time

[sly kettle]

They're writing something. Be patient.

[brisk kite]

no, muffin cant wait

[quiet mortar]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Fungus Bogs | Code Name: Bared Tomb
Stage 1: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 2 Eggs | Lethal Enemies
Stage 2: 4 Eggs + 150 Morkite | Rival Presence
Stage 3: 250 Morkite + 2 M.U.L.E.s | No Mutators

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Glacial Strata | Code Name: Calm Blackout
Stage 1: 3 M.U.L.E.s + Dreadnought Twins | Critical Weakness Cave Leech Cluster
Stage 2: 200 Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Exploder Infestation
Stage 3: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + Dreadnought Twins | Rival Presence

[marsh plover]

fungus bogs

[ivory marten]

Bogs, huh?

[marsh plover]

one more week without paycheck

[ivory marten]

I can handle it

[brisk kite]

oof

[wooden arch]

Well uh

[ivory marten]

Bog don't annoy me

[wooden arch]

I'm struggling a bit, because it's literally gone into the negatives for me

[marsh plover]

woe
cave leech be upon ye

[ivory marten]

2 eggs and some refining, huh?

Not a bad start.

[brisk kite]

yeah its regular, give em some minutes

[wooden arch]

Ah, alright

[marsh plover]

me as a scout should check the ceiling before leaving my team 200 meters away

[brisk kite]

im worried for the leeches 😢

[wooden arch]

I'm just hyped and impatient

[ivory marten]

But, I will not immediately be doing the dive

I'm gonna do my assignment

[brisk kite]

then gettin grabbed and waiting a solid 20 mins for a revive

[ivory marten]

I like knowing what the Dive will throw at me

[hollow citrus]

fungus bogs again... let's hope it isn't a map filled with goo or fart shrooms

[blazing current]

It's glacial strata pog

[sly vapor]

I HATE GLACIAL STRATA

I HATE GLACIAL STRATA!!!

[brisk kite]

2nd EDD stage according to reddit has mork + black box

with a ton of exploders

[ivory marten]

4 more eggs and some morkite for regular dive.

Hm

[brisk kite]

its all about the eggs

[sly kettle]

Heh. Cause I take the info from here. (am the guy who makes the reddit thread)

[brisk kite]

much love then

[ivory marten]

Ay.

The dives are ready.

[wraith shard]

get ur diving gears on people

[ivory marten]

Refining and 2 Eggs with Lethal Enemies.
4 eggs and 150 Morkite with Rivals (ugh)
250 Morkite and 2 Mules with no mutators.

This is for regular dive, in the bogs

[past drum]

same map as last week

the refinery dd mission

[untold mica]

hm

shouldn't be too bad ngl

morkites pretty easy

1st stage is gonna be a pain in the ass though

ah fuck it ill get a group together

[potent vector]

uh oh, rival presence

[thorn jewel]

wait do I have a different deep dive

I had normal morkite, not liquid

for stage 1, anyway

[past drum]

yeah first is egg morkite

wasnt edd glacial strata? wtf

nvm visual bug

[thorn jewel]

oh nvm

im doing last week's apparently

even tho I booted up game after reset

😦

[ivory marten]

Time to get a sammich

Then, it's deep dive time

[thorn jewel]

time to do another deep dive

but this week's this time

[brisk kite]

1ST stage EDD filled to the brim with nitra

some 300ish

[placid fulcrum]

last stage edd was a festival

the wells are on high places

and twins on a pretty bad cave gen lol

[past drum]

man what the fuck was that spawn

3 of us got one shot lol

[placid fulcrum]

which one

the last stage? lol

[past drum]

edd third

[placid fulcrum]

yep us too

scout had to clutch

[tranquil kettle]

just quick question: do you guys love lok on engineer?

How did I get two fractions

[blazing current]

I'm tempted to bring flamer for this week's EDD

[dull nexus]

Yes I love it

[unreal talon]

its the only weapon I use on engie. I love it.

[placid fulcrum]

eh i prefer shotgun or smg

am more consistent on those

[brisk kite]

3rd stage?

hell

stage 3 we used some 9 resup, there is just so much nitra

[potent vector]

gg

game lost connection just as we launched the rocket on stage 3

what the hell

[unreal talon]

I used to feel the same way but once I got the whole weakpoint curving down I cant go back hahaha

[brisk kite]

U didn't have to suffer then

Good

[echo storm]

i love lok engineer

i only use lok-1

executioner oc of course

[potent vector]

oh, I'm getting blanks instead of weapon core for clearing stage 2?

nice

[brisk kite]

Mini-shells shotgun >>>

[past drum]

huh, i didnt reset my game for new deep dives / did the old one and the new one (despite finishing the last weeks dives) and i got 6 total cores from normal deep dive

cool

[copper cedar]

That happened me last week

[past drum]

so you can get 12 cores every week lol my edd was caverns until i restarted

[merry lagoon]

okay nerf the fucking edd stage 3

its stupid

genuinely unfair

[brisk kite]

nah its not

just run behind the pod / hide in it and kill the 2 turrets

everythin else is pretty standard (for EDD)

[merry lagoon]

// 2k bugs swarming u amd spitballer on top

its bad and unfair

[past drum]

its a challenge :D

[gentle ore]

3rd stage of elite deep dive is annoying cuz of hard landing + pumpjacks at the top of the cave.

[thick jetty]

Ah fuck rival prescence

[merry lagoon]

we didnt manage to deal with all stuff around the drop pod

[thorn jewel]

this EDD is fucking hell on stage 3

I love it

[blazing current]

Wtf is stage 3

1s after drop and got assblasted by breeder, rivals, and menace

[echo storm]

interesting

this edd seems like it will take some time

[thorn jewel]

stage 3 is gonna take some real gaming

[jolly hazel]

stay in the pod

[past drum]

bring a hellfire coilgun gunner

[brisk kite]

+1

[past drum]

let him snipe shit

[ember terrace]

deep dive is fast this week

maybe sub 20?

[past drum]

possible

did it in 25 with low level randoms

[jolly hazel]

refinery time tax

[past drum]

yea

[lost edge]

Jeez

[strong robin]

oh yeah this weeks DD is really chill. got the sub 45 achievement easily solo (had around 36 min) without even rushing. probably could've saved a lot of time with my slow pipe building

[blazing current]

My plan for next run

I didn't think it will be that bad lol

[ember terrace]

had 600 nitra spare at the end of stage 3 EDD

there was just no bug spawns stage 1 or 2 i swear

[signal sinew]

skipping the nitra for that sweet sweet time save

[jolly hazel]

low swarm size modifier

[thorn jewel]

I don’t think I have hellfire yet :/

[jolly hazel]

do you have magic bullet bulldog

[thorn jewel]

I do not

Only have two for bulldog, been quite unlucky with all gunner secondaries tbf

[viscid seal]

do deep dives count towards the daily missions?