i mean the pass ones
#deep-dive-discussion
viscid seal
potent vector
no
inner rover
Jesus fuck that stage 3 was cancer
sonic palm
This week's EDD was a rollcoster of emotions.
Stage 1. Reasonably Chilld.
Stage 2. Panic, fear. Two Bulks when you fix the black box. 1 jump scaring you from underneath you.
Stage 3. OCD, Fear of Heights, bots everywhere, fatiguing.
I ||love|| it.
jagged vessel
would like to bring up:
EDD 1 is a fustercluck of several long-range threats.
attempting to solo this leads me to frankly advise you to have someone bring a Lok1.
there's a LOT of leeches here, and the biome (glacial strata) makes them often not be visible even with flares due to stalagmites.
jagged vessel
I manage to complete with a friend + 2 random people. It was awesome.
well I sure would fucking love that, but considering both times I tried, I lose connection halfway through EDD2...
...fuckin wifi...
sonic palm
F my dude.
sleek seal
oh my god the third stage is such bullshit this week
sonic palm
It is and it's such a troll.
jagged vessel
what happens on EDD3?
sonic palm
All pump jacks are above your refinery.
And the starting zone is swarmed with bots + control panel.
jolly hazel
might filter for high promo drillers this week...
or at least ones that can communicate
copper cedar
Lol, I got the DD solo, but took 50mins. Although I did get 1467 minerals mined, so maybe thats got something to do with it xD
Called in 1 supply drop over the course of the whole mission, had over 600 nitra
Yeah the DD is very chill this week
jagged vessel
Yeah the DD is very chill this week
good, I'll need to chill after this EDD
as of now I'm thinking of the apparently horrid EDD3.
🤔 as solo engineer.
I presume getting there with some 4 resupplies would make it easier...
so far, my "get bullshit'd on" setup is doing great. only one resupply used on the whole EDD1, still doing fine, likely won't call a second
hopefully I have enough platforms to get that one done
fresh turtle
this week looks fun
shame about the dread on stage 3 cause otherwise crispr driller would be pretty much a no brainer for both dives
copper cedar
Let me know how the EDD goes
thorn jewel
I’m thinking of bringing burning hell gunner in. Suggestions, thoughts, and build advice?
Bullet hell was not cutting it/not carrying hard enough
hoary cove
for the edd?
jagged vessel
INHALES
black box:
... "ok, this is a tunnel"
"...the forward path is super tight. I'm going to block it with platforms."
"done."
"resupply... done."
"sentry guns covering the other path..."
"...platforms all over for PCC.."
"I've got full ammo..."
"ok, this seems doable"
clicks button
swarm
"... welp"
swarm comes to my defended area, gets obliterated
"...well, seems like this setup works."
finishes building BB
DETONATOR SPAWNS
....EXPLODER SPAWNS OUT THE OTHER WAY
...HERE'S TWO OPPRESSORS
THREE SPITTERS ARE NOW ON THE CEILING
AND NOW THERE«S A DETONATOR INSIDE THE BB BUBBLE
ok game
fuck you too I guess
ok fine
fuck this EDD
I'm done
I lost FOUR revives in this shitshow
that's FIVE hours of attempts done
two group attempts where connection shits itself on level two
two solo attempts where the game decides I don't deserve to have fun
so yeah, I'm going to play something more chill 😠
worthy briar
the third stage of this EDD is something
fallow spear
oh hey tejate lmao
worthy briar
hi
fallow spear
that chasm dropped at the worst time...
worthy briar
are you kethy
fallow spear
yes lol
glossy walrus
if you're annoyed by stage2, be glad you didn't reach stage3
that welcoming party is something
hot perch
just got obliterated at the start of stage 3 too
fallow spear
sheesh i spent forever trying to find the controller and got fucked in the ass while on the last hack
hot perch
but to be fair, it was mostly because of my team
I had 0 ammo right at the start
because double dipping is fun
also no iron will except me
fallow spear
oof
hot perch
I'm so mad rn, the host was a guy level 230 with diamond engineer and he places his mines everywhere on the floor, he has no iron will, no signal before starting events and he caused my death multiple times with his fat boy
Sorry for the rant but how come a level 230 can't even type "r?" in chat
atomic prawn
😂
echo storm
😂
atomic prawn
Time spent not equals skill?
echo storm
yeah u never know if he got to diamond doing haz 3
hot perch
it doesn't take skill to ask if everyone is ready though
lapis fjord
So uh from what I’ve heard sounds like the EDD is kinda difficult
Mostly at stage 3
I don’t know if I should pair up with randoms or not tbh
atomic prawn
Rival presence eee
lapis fjord
Thought so
jagged vessel
EDD 1 is just a shitshow of cheap OHK situations
atomic prawn
😂 Leech brr
jagged vessel
-boss has a "yeet" move on a map with a large crevice that is eniough to one-hit-kill you to fall damage
-there's at least 18 leeches from what I counted, and in this biome, stalagmites make them extremely hard to detect
-pod location is frankly not that great, so without a driller to terraform it'll be hard - if there's a crack in your defense you'll get fusterclucked before you can say "swarm"
EDD2 is "one detonator spawning 10m away from black box the moment you start it" away from completely ending your run even with 4 revives
and EDD3 is apparently "shooting squad: the experience" with the spawn being a shitshow of turrets... on top of every pumpjack being on the ceiling.
.................. so yes, get help.
all of these are by themselves situations where going alone is just not a good experience
it can be done but dear god- it won't be enjoyable
I should know, I tried
fallow spear
wait the pumpjack is on the ceiling?
lofty parrot
EDD was chill for S1 and S2. All the bugs waited for S3. They were spawn camping us with turrets and spitballers everywhere like it was d-day. The cave gen is also wack with no good fighting spots and ceiling pumps.
glossy walrus
yeah 1 is fine, critical weakness makes things die badly, just have alot of leeches to worry about, and tons of nitra. think we came out with 500
2 is mostly can you deal with haz5 exploder infestion
3 is where multiple piles of shit combine together
worthy briar
i think this is the worst EDD in a while
and all because of stage 3
you have so much nitra but you get chunked anyways
scarlet ravine
week 146 was way worse IMO
copper cedar
I haven't tried it yet, but can you not throw a shield out as soon as you spawn stage 3 and then not worry about it?
lofty parrot
I haven't tried it yet, but can you not throw a shield out as soon as you spawn ...
Our gunner tried, missed, and got screwed. The scout and I stayed in the pod and still got downed
dawn zealot
scarlet ravine
my team's driller made a secret tunnel to the controller while the rest of us stayed topside, worked out nicely
copper cedar
Best thing about driller
wanton knot
my team's driller went down about 7 times trying to setup the pipes, but we got it done
our gunner just casually had 0 downs, the true carry
long-ass edd, 1:07:32
the leeches were funny on stage 1, and i nearly got leeched on stage 3 trying to look for the pumps lmao
i took out the snipers and spitballers asap when we entered stage 3 so we only had 2 downs i think
nitra on stage 1 is really just prep for stage 3 ngl
was dumping so much god damn ammo
lofty frigate
stage 2 was a nightmare, didn't even get to see stage 3 because we had no ammo after the pandemonium that was stage 2 evac
molly decided to take her sweet time getting back to the drop pod 
ornate badger
Our gunner tried, missed, and got screwed. The scout and I stayed in the pod and...
How did you get downed in the pod?
torn verge
stage 3 EDD is a classic glacial strata nightmare
crazy vertical refining mission, cave is taller than it is wide or long
bring a shard diffractor w/heat mod for the opening turrets, and you absolutely need a driller. preferably with heat mod crispr
lofty parrot
How did you get downed in the pod?
beats me
karmic lantern
Tried EDD stage 3...yeah, that was brutal.
Rival Presence isn't THAT bad, but wow the height of the cave was exactly as y'all said.
karmic lantern
the leeches were funny on stage 1, and i nearly got leeched on stage 3 trying to...
Got leeched myself on 3, but the leeches on 1 were like "PROTECT THE NEXUS AT ALL COSTS"
violet warren
Stage 3's pumpjacks were bad enough that I ran out of drill fuel
And then got wrecked because I rely on drills as a core combat tool and without them I died to some shredders and naedocytes
Luckily we had literally 800 nitra at one point so I just resupplied for drill fuel and got back to work
torpid solar
How did you get downed in the pod?
You’re only invulnerable in the drop pod during extraction. At the start of the mission you just have very high damage resistance in the pod, so if you get hit enough you’ll still take damage.
violet warren
I think the best best is to stay in the pod until the refinery lands then rush to the refinery and take out the turrets protecting the controller nearby
echo storm
ok we died at the end
1 hour 20 minutes just to die after finishing the morkite refining 😂
flat yew
The most terrible way
echo storm
oh wait you were with us
flat yew
Yes
echo storm
we gave it an honest effort
flat yew
I'll give another try later tonight
echo storm
ok ping me
topaz pivot
EDD S3 is hell. We spawn on a cliff with a shit ton of turrets at the bottom of it, a mactera horde spawns and commences shitting on 2 of us while the remaining (Gunner [me] and Scout) stay in the drop pod, until somehow a dread egg is popped. After this, a rival horde appears. So imagine, reader:
- 2 Downed at the bottom of a cliff with innumerable turrets
- Atleast 6 macteras, 3 trijaws
- No safety in the drop pod because the arbalest is shooting its puke inside of it
- Chaos at the bottom due to turrets, hordes of enemies, and 2 dreadnaughts, and rival presence
Unfortunately, we were unable to finish the mission.
torn verge
yeah the drop pod opening is pointed right at the dread cocoon
so if you fight in the drop pod instead of leaving and going to the sides you've got a high chance of hitting the cocoon while trying to shoot a mactera
shell robin
you pretty much have to rush out of the pod and try to clear immediately, else you get overwhelmed
imo ideal is clear the immediate waves, and setup pipelines asap, then pop the egg and murder the twins... once the refinery is actually running it actually becomes managable since you can let the bugs aggro on the pipes while you reorganize
that's hell though
jolly hazel
stage 3 takes a long fucking time
jolly hazel
really easy stages 1 and 2
no real good place to fight dread on stage 3
plus turret shit
shell robin
then u can also get owned at the end
you can, but that's always a risk anyway 
echo storm
the map is so big
jolly hazel
you pretty much have to rush out of the pod and try to clear immediately, else y...
don't rush it lol, you can kill at least 6 turrets in the pod while your basically invulnerable
shell robin
we just finished it with 1:40:32 cleartime and i'm willing to bet at least half of that was in s3 lolol
ya i poked my head out expecting the shitshow and popped the turrets immediately while shielded
all that said... good luck all, it's a heart pumper for sure 
tacit jungle
just reached stage 3 with a rando team, honestly doesn't seem all that hard, but teammates were kinda shit and ran in different directions and died to grunts :/
echo storm
not hard just long
jolly hazel
eh
tacit jungle
some games nobody brings a crowd clear meta build and it shows
jolly hazel
no good place to do dread
plus only being able to deal with about half the turrets before leaving pod
ember flame
We just got the most extreme lucky break on EDD3
We nearly wiped twice at the start but once we cleared the turrets and initial swarm, a random og dreadnaught spawned
and we kept him around while the driller made his paths to the pumps
completely shut off all other spawns
was great
ornate badger
You’re only invulnerable in the drop pod during extraction. At the start of the ...
Ah ok thought both were 99% resistance or smth, they must have got absolutely pounded
echo storm
dc 48 minutes into edd :^)
loud basin
**AND NOW THERE«S A DETONATOR INSIDE THE BB BUBBLE**
so a fun fact for quirky gamers
you can walk out of the black box secondary and let it expire
there's no penalty
you just have to try again
not worth throwing your run over it if that's the cost
wraith shard
Wow... Almost 600 hrs of playtime and I never knew that black box lifehack
Thank you fellow drg employee, very cool.
wanton tartan
Jesus christ the amount of nitra in the DD
I found 450 in the first mission alone and I then stopped looking in the next two
I ended the deep dive with 640 nitra and spammed out 8 resupplies around the drop pod
Which is ironic since 1 resupply per mission is more than enough, only ended up with 200 kills as gunner
south spire
Jesus christ the amount of nitra in the DD
I found 450 in the first mission alo...
yes i hoard like 800 nitra at the end
trail pivot
worthy briar
good to know everyone got fucked by stage 3 and not just me
past drum
bring a hellfire gunner clear the two snipers above pod and the one in front
go to the area behind the pod clear the rest
wanton knot
he ended the run with 0 deaths
the gamer
cursive bough
wtf is the edd stage 3 start
worthy briar
wtf is the edd stage 3 start
agony
vague sun
we instantly wiped upon starting stage 3
sick lake
Hows the DD goin for everyone? Any nems?
topaz viper
first and second elite stage are simple but third one though.
sick lake
I dont touch edds yet anyway
topaz viper
stage 3, start near turrets
torn verge
regular deep dive is fairly easy
with a party of randos I ended the first stage with 400 nitra in the bank and had like 800+ by the end of the third stage
there's probably more than a thousand nitra in the whole thing
obtuse pasture
dd is pretty easy
easiest DD for a long time.. SUPER easy. Finished with 900+ nitra and my duo only used 2 resups for the whole DD with 2 unused on the 2nd.
soft trellis
DD this week very easy but EDD stage three is insane
We ended up hiding in the pod to take out turrets first
topaz viper
turret disabler is packed with shields
soft trellis
Had to drill 45 degrees upwards to get to them
soft trellis
gonna do EDD soon
Good luck
jagged vessel
so a fun fact for quirky gamers
would have been nice to know that 🤔
is there any other "hold this area" objective that is failable?
topaz viper
my last EDD, I brought Bullet Hell + Stun mod and AV 
hollow parrot
stage 3, start near turrets
and spitters at the back of the pod
naive canopy
have only done a few deep dives so far. Is there a weekly limit on the number of matrix cores you can get?
leaden cypress
yes
3 from assignment, 3 from DD, 3 from EDD
3 blank, 3 OCs, 3 cosmetics (doesn't include the forge rewards)
untold mica
is EDD extremely difficult? I've never done it nor have I done a H5 mission
sly vapor
phase 2 edd i was doing black box with my friends
we hear digging sounds
our friend screams LOOK OUT after checking the terrain scanner
a bulk det (he never screamed we thought it wad an oppressor) just dig under us and we fell
we fell in another cave and we actually were able to survive
we cryoed the bulk 
just look out when you do it
cursive bough
we instantly wiped upon starting stage 3
Same, didn’t help our scout left in stage 1
safe aurora
Hello! if anyone would like to do an attempt on this week's EDD, we're on Pod 21 if anyone would like to join! 😄
radiant halo
went into this week's and edd blind, the edd was pretty easy compared to last weeks, but definitely will remember to get a resupply before the 3rd stage
blazing current
is EDD extremely difficult? I've never done it nor have I done a H5 mission
It is indeed difficult, but if you can handle haz 4 and 5 comfortably, you can do it
Also some stage might need certain strategies, like this week's EDD stage 3
west warren
hacking pod?
golden crystal
for my team, we nearly wiped on stage 1 of the EDD due to someone being loud and annoying so we weren't able to hear the leeches, stage 2 was smooth and stage 3 was aids, swarms of mactera, pumpjacks in the ceiling and the twins were obnoxious by going into the ceiling constantly and on top of that, we had two nemesis spawns as well, we managed to get through but it was brutal, didn't help our engi and gunner were the only ones setting up the pumps cause our driller was trying to carve out an arena for the twins.
jolly hazel
hacking pod?
mint fiber
I got reck'd during last mission on EDD, decided to took out dreadnoughts without leaving the shuttle on which i arrived, it didn't ended well😅
jolly hazel
then why are you posting it in the deep dive channel lmao
if there's a hack-c, it was not the deep dive
crystal stag
I forget. Is there a reason to run a DD again after you've cleared it once?
quasi elk
loud basin
is there any other "hold this area" objective that is failable?
yeah, i should clarify only the secondary won't end your run if you fail. regular uplinks do make you instantly lose if you fail them, so there's that...
golden crystal
I forget. Is there a reason to run a DD again after you've cleared it once?
unless you want to clear it faster, that is a negative.
ancient cove
just failed last EDD mission :(
No luck we Teammates today btw.
People don't play in team or leave as soon they die
Which Driller weapon is better for the ice biom?
violet warren
Flamer has advantages against ice bugs and there's a rival presence, but I did fine with my sludge build
jolly hazel
sludge gives you a use other than bait and slow for dread fight
blazing current
Which Driller weapon is better for the ice biom?
flamer is better. But it will cripple you against dreads
dusky beacon
went into this week's and edd blind, the edd was pretty easy compared to last we...
Is it a rival presence funny
sleek halo
what the fuck is EDD stage 3
lusty shuttle
Two missions with dreadnought twins? Ice spear time.
dusky beacon
what the fuck is EDD stage 3
The 3rd stage of the elite version of the deep dive
jolly hazel
Two missions with dreadnought twins? Ice spear time.
its glacial strata
astral sparrow
Holy crap, 3rd stage of EDD would've been a nightmare without a driller. My brother spent more time looking at his map and digging the icy walls than shooting bugs
The increasing pain in my brothers voice as my friend on scout slowly revealed to him that all the pumpjacks were way up high was hilarious as well.
Thankfully we didn't have to deal with any Nemesis shenanigans, so it was a smooth run from start to finish.
But the run took like and hour and 15 minutes, longest EDD I've been a part of so far in my short dwarven career
tacit jungle
The increasing pain in my brothers voice as my friend on scout slowly revealed t...
I liked the corner of the map with 2-3 leeches
astral sparrow
I liked the corner of the map with 2-3 leeches
On Stage 3? I spent most of my time tailing my brother with the pipe blueprint as gunner, so I didn't see much leech action
tacit jungle
yeah, you land in stage 3 horrified at the mess, but secretly relieved because nobody will be eating your ass in the ceiling... then boom surprise
I love the contrast between scout and gunner gameplay
scout: constantly looks up, mountain goat nonsense, always caffeinated
gunner: I shoot bug lol
astral sparrow
yeah, you land in stage 3 horrified at the mess, but secretly relieved because n...
Oh yeah, I remember telling my stack "I'm staying in the damn ship holding M1 until things clear up" after seeing the mini horde plus bots
I think my engie friend cleans out leeches with his Lok-1 without saying a thing cause I didn't even notice a leech until halfway through when exploring with the scout a little
tacit jungle
yeah once you get into level 200s, folks tend to turn 180 degrees, snap aim like a bot and magdump into leeches and grabbers on sight or sound
astral sparrow
I think like my brother and the engie main have it easier. One has the Neco Arc Leech mod and the other has the Obi Wan Leech mod
I'm sticking with base leech for now so I can keep getting clips of myself screaming like a child when I get snatched up
naive thunder
are deep dives soloable? I can't find anyone on my region, haven't done one yet
stray coral
oh man... tried to run with randoms for edd
we were doing really well but those fucking robots
i can see why people hate them so much
EDD enders
still it was a bloody good effort by everyone involved
wraith shard
are deep dives soloable? I can't find anyone on my region, haven't done one yet
easily, although the newest one is a bit of a hassle
wraith shard
are deep dives soloable? I can't find anyone on my region, haven't done one yet
If ur in NA region u shouldn't have trouble finding teams for deep dives
But deep dives are definitely solo-able
copper cedar
I think like my brother and the engie main have it easier. One has the Neco Arc ...
What is that? Just a mod for pc rather than a gun? That says hello there instead of the cave leach noise?
astral sparrow
What is that? Just a mod for pc rather than a gun? That says hello there instead...
Yeah, its just audio mods that replace the cave leech sounds with Obi Wan going "Hello there"
The Neco Arc one being aggressive nyaa'ing
turbid ice
I just did a solo deep dive for the first time
holy shit im never doing that again
i got spawn killed 3 times
copper cedar
That sounds cool af. Pc master race ig
shrewd bane
tall meadow
craggy gull
i just spent 50minutes in stage 3 of EDD
sour hearth
I spent almost an hour and a half in EDD and the host just disconnected
I was doing it a second time because first time I failed third stage
an hour and a half down the drain lmao
craggy gull
pastel dock
i was hesitant to do high heat driller instead of sticky flames just for rival presence, but it was worth it and my team managed to handle the hordes well
my third finished edd and was very enjoyable
ornate badger
i was hesitant to do high heat driller instead of sticky flames just for rival p...
Yea our driller was flame, even tho it's not great for dreads, dreads are rarely the biggest issue
Just over an hour for edd, half of it in stage 3
cursive bough
yea ive heard bad things about stage 3
ornate badger
It's not totally horrible but the terrain is annoying to get around for sure
Patrol bots are annoying
Plenty of nitra go round for my 4 stack though
pastel dock
yep there's shit tons of nitra, tho credit to our scout for 700 nitra left over
brave kindle
goddamn that EDD was a wild ride. Right as the mission was calming down on stage 3 (the on sight refining), I said "pop the dreads before anything else spawns" and they popped right as Mission Control decided to say "Load up your guns and sharpen your pickaxes, we got a swarm on the way"
The music broke so it was just ambient music with no dread music or swarm music, and we got the swarm at the same time, nemesis spawns on top of us and we're running around like maniacs killing things and dodging the twins fire from above. Good lord that was a nightmare but we did it, went through all but 2 resupplies even though we entered with 700 nitra
ended up having the driller clear out all the floor there and I covered it with cheese so we didn't have anyone dying to fall damage
perfect 3 man EDD
Spent a little more than 30 minutes in the first 2 stages, and the last one took over an hour and a half
astral sparrow
With a nightmare scenario like that, no wonder the last stage took that long
Got a good cosmetic for your efforts at the very least?
brave kindle
Weapon Skin set
so kinda worth it
I'll send an SS of the swarm happening as we pop the dreads in #drg-gallery
astral sparrow
Sweet, with this weeks EDD I have come to realize that there are variants of the same cosmetic. I now have the option to use a driller beard tied up with a scrunchie or a metal ring
brave kindle
pogg
I went down at the very end right as our other 2 guys hopped in the pod so i got like no XP lmao
was running a silly Turret EM discharge build and max ammo stubby just running in circles
we had a full on arena on that last stage though, it was really fun
except the nemesis, that sucked
and our scout went down a couple times because of how vertical the cave was
I wish i was recording, the Arbalest died at the very top of the cave from an m1k shot and fell all the way down the chute, it was very funny
unique ore
you get different exp amounts if you dont make it? never heard of that before
astral sparrow
you get different exp amounts if you dont make it? never heard of that before
Haven't failed a DD or EDD (yet), so I can't verify that
analog timber
Stage 3 was definitely pain for solo gunner, but I managed to hook up all pipes up the refinery using ziplines to get the pipes up there and didn't have to dig at all
hollow parrot
you get different exp amounts if you dont make it? never heard of that before
yes, you get partial exp and credits if you fail
stray coral
managed to get to 2 of 3 with a pretty solid team
that last one with the fucking rival turrets all over the roof, goddamn
we were all down pretty much out of the gate
i think our first instincts were to scatter for cove r, which immediately separated us
never want to do that unless you're scout
old widget
I went down at the very end right as our other 2 guys hopped in the pod so i got...
As long as someone from your crew completes the last stage and leaves in the pod, everyone gets full XP and gold. There’s no survival bonus for DD/EDD
signal sinew
so which one of you said that this EDD was chill
in a sense, the EDD is literally chill
but my group walked into the turret nest camping spawn and wiped
signal sinew
i think our first instincts were to scatter for cove r, which immediately separa...
I was able to clear the nest with breach cutter, but it took too long and we had 2 down, so the swarm got us
well at least I have another OC to fill up my inventory
wise bobcat
Hi, hello, what the fuck is up the 3rd mission on this weeks EDD?
jolly hazel
read above
wise bobcat
Oh I came to complain das all :)
stray coral
yeah third mission is fucking disgostang
serene delta
EDD is proper CBT this week
wary coral
vocal saddle
yea that 3rd one is rough
radiant halo
yeah it was pretty brutal, i haven't done it since the first night but my friend tried to do it again yesterday and said it gets even worse
vocal saddle
maybe pop dread to stop swarms
radiant halo
the team called for drop pod and then all went down and failed
vocal saddle
build pipes
signal sinew
wait what
even the extraction is nasty?
yeah the spawncamping can be defeated with aoe stuff that works through walls
ahem breach cutter ahem
that or you screen your driller so that they can root the turrets while you cower in the drop pod
or you're playing solo and can just chad your way past them
hazy glen
bruh, finally got the pipelines almost done on stage 3 EDD and the game crashes (plus I'm the host)
hour down the drain
oh well its the journey not the destination I guess
sly vapor
for edd phase 3, i suggest to let driller drill a tunnel, put a pipe left and one right (they fit), then the last one on top of one of the two to save space
this way you'll take way less time and you'll repair faster because they're all together
swift inlet
1000 plus nitra at the end of stage three normal DD
fairly good solo DD if yall want to attempt it
elfin kelp
can someone help me with beating elite deep dive stage 2?
jolly hazel
quasi sleet
My favorite shenanigan actually came from stage 2:
We were defending around the black box when we heard the bang bang of a bulk detonator breaking through the walls. Couldn't tell if it was the right or the left wall, just knew it was getting closer. bang bang We were about 75% of the way through when all of a sudden the entire floor centered around the black box gave way to reveal a massive vertical tunnel, and we wiped out quickly afterward.
astral sparrow
My condolences to all the teams that had to deal with the Bulk on EDD S2
quasi sleet
This week's EDD is so difficult but it's so much fun
severe finch
My favorite shenanigan actually came from stage 2:
We were defending around the ...
That is both hilarious and depressing
jolly hazel
I think someone mentioned earlier but just a reminder that you dont have to do black box on first go. if you need to vacate for a bulk or something you can leave and come back
brisk pagoda
also you can look on map for the tunnel its digging to not stand ontop of it
dusky beacon
Oh? Blackbox isnt like uplink?
dusky beacon
How bad is it
stray coral
it wiped a pretty solid team out of the gate
like i was with randoms but we were damn good
unique ore
are turrets that spawn in deep dives randomized for burst and shield?
lapis fjord
In my stage 2 we had to book it to the far side of the map, issue was by the time we got there molly was still like 70 meters away so we had to hold our ground till it got back but by then we had no ammo I had no shields nothing so when we hit stage 3 we basically got wiped
wanton knot
Oh? Blackbox isnt like uplink?
uplink ends the mission on fail iirc, black box just resets if you fail it
so you can try again after (probably not) dealing with the massive swarm that wiped you
grave mantle
Just finished the EDD. Went so smoothly. Good feeling especially when dropping with randoms. ROCK and STONE!
lapis fjord
upper geyser
EDD was definitely stressful
Had to play through a mactera swarm, a few patrollers, and the drone controller by myself cuz the three teammates all fell to the same spitballer. Thankfully Scout IW'd to me and I worked it through with him.
Also glad that Driller and Scout thanked me for that too
Best direction to head on phase 3 is to kill off anything possible from the droppod, then bolt it to the back corner of the minehead
There's a section there where only a single turret can reach ya
Took an hour and a half but glad I could clutch through the hardest part of it
shy marten
just did my first ever deep dive solo and it was very fun thank you gsg for giving me this option
severe finch
Did the EDD first try
and we had no right to doing that
woeful falcon
Anyone else having trouble with stage 3 of the normal deep dive?
unkempt lantern
nah it was fine.
trim stream
torpid solar
We called in 10 resupplies around the extraction pod 😆
severe finch
Oh we were swimming in Nitra for the regular deep dive
I remember calling a resupply pod on a spitballer solely to kill it
drifting fox
I remember calling a resupply pod on a spitballer solely to kill it
sigma move
golden beacon
deep dive SSS mode anyone ?
deft holly
y'all how's the edd for this week?
anything notably hard/annoying?
from scrolling I can see a bulk and some fucky turret placement
lost mortar
Uh just final mission to me was annoying after leaving
wraith shard
any tips on soloing deep dives? i never did one before
deep nexus
EDD s3 is stupid
pastel dock
get a fire driller
make a tunnel going up in one of the walls, you can use that for all three pipes, clear the area around refinery when you're done piping
ancient cove
Another failed EDD on last mission 😭
sly vapor
for edd phase 3, i suggest to let driller drill a tunnel, put a pipe left and on...
read this if you want to be way faster with 3rd stage edd
ancient cove
we got it done
potent jewel
Literally got a thousand nitra in this deep dive
restive haven
Literally got a thousand nitra in this deep dive
mini mules op
thorn jewel
We had no shortage of nitra for the EDD either
potent jewel
500 from what i remember
signal sinew
So the speedrun fellows seem to not be having problems with this EDD
It seems like running solo gives you license to whizz past sentry nests?
signal sinew
I remember calling a resupply pod on a spitballer solely to kill it
Now this is ammo efficiency
potent jewel
Positive ammo
signal sinew
I wonder, might it be speedrun optimal to kill dreads with a well-timed drop pod
thorn jewel
They’re also good at speed. I’ve attempted it twice and the first time people were 1) not so urgent about objectives or movement or responding to pings, so time got wasted and 2) the driller was not super efficient at the tunnels so we ate a bunch of extra waves/people unable to hold their own
Second time it went fine, communication thru text was there, ping responses, good fluid movement from obj to obj
And driller had tunnels done within a couple minutes of scout calling down pumps
restive haven
took me an hour and a half lol :D
thorn jewel
Same, took us 70min for our clear
The dread fights were sloppy and slow, no one built anything for super single target dps
restive haven
i think 20 minutes of those 90 might have been waiting for bosco to drag his ass back from wherever he went and defib me because i got leeched :X
signal sinew
i think 20 minutes of those 90 might have been waiting for bosco to drag his ass...
Bruh
I'm impressed you actually waited
tacit merlin
What engie weapons are good for this weeks edd??
jolly hazel
all
shrewd echo
A versatile Loadout, like all deep dives
Everything works, just make sure you have both good ST and swarm clear
That said, there's rival presence + dreadnought on third stage, so an ST shart/PGL secondary would be handy
jolly hazel
shart
fresh ivy
What’s stage 1 like for piping on normal dd
limpid pond
You could do it with no Driller
fresh ivy
Did it.
jolly hazel
proud of you
woeful falcon
Anyone else having trouble with stage 3 of the normal deep dive?
elite
kind galleon
*elite*
yeah
ran 2 drillers, still didnt work
we got fucking squashed by swarms while trying to set up the pipes
lavish dirge
Volatile Impact Reactor magma and stubby for that 33% dot and extra dmg are pretty fun combo ^^ you've got good swarm clear with 2 different slows (electricity and yes magma slows a bit) for close and range usages. I like to spread magma around to see burning enemies in the distance and then spread my electricity
tacit merlin
we got fucking squashed by swarms while trying to set up the pipes
I did it with a couple friends and we got absolutely destroyed by a mactera swarm
lavish dirge
Its like a twisted pain PB & J sandwich
woeful falcon
Lmao
hoary cove
we got fucking squashed by swarms while trying to set up the pipes
i managed to set up all the pipes before the second swarm pretty easily
i just threw neurotoxin grenades behind me while i was drilling during the first swarm
kind galleon
I did it with a couple friends and we got absolutely destroyed by a mactera swar...
menace sound effect is still playing in my head
we get rid of one, another spawns
restive haven
we got fucking squashed by swarms while trying to set up the pipes
make sure youre not rushing anything, when theres bugs focus on killing them first (in a decent area), and after they're dead you will have the time to dig the tunnels, just make sure you dont have idle time, no need to manage ammo either since by that time you would have ~500 nitra
queen patrol
i cant tell if the refinery fell on the egg or one of my teamates immediately popped it when we landed in stage 3
normal gull
Yeah the final stage of the edd is really funny
queen patrol
we made it through the first shitshow then died on the actual swarm because of mactera jumpscare
unfortunate
normal gull
I tried to get near the main thingy (I don’t remember the name of the pipeline connector thing) and got destroyed by the millions of wave turrets down there
restive haven
theres only like 3 turrets down there tho, most of them are above
its a thin wall so you can dig through to hack it without going above
normal gull
Oh it just looked like a lot more cause of all the energy waves on my screen
queen patrol
i had no idea what was happening
normal gull
And I couldn’t really tell what was going on just because there was so much happening
queen patrol
the rival presence experience™️
restive haven
dont panic, prioritise stuff thats scarier, avoid the rest, eventually they're all dead :)
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wraith shard
Half a week? Aww
wraith robin
any engineers have a build they can share for engineer?
for the edd?
idk i was struggling bad with stage 3
fleet urchin
is there any morkite in the EDD this week?
wraith robin
yeah
fleet urchin
how many stages?
wraith robin
check pinned
fleet urchin
lost jungle
fleet urchin
the refinery spawns in a pit and all the vents are in random corners way above you
you would think so, huh
fleet urchin
that last one had the boys all but one down for a good ten minutes\
we never even got a chance to pop the egg
deep nexus
Edd stage 3 this week is insane. If i was driller. I can beat it. But my teammate as driller could not compete so I have failed 3 times because i have to join random team which restricts roles
jolly hazel
why not host
inner bear
I tried the elite as scout and I was basically stuck on nonstop revive duty, between the rival respawns and the bugs there was 0 downtime
couldn't even get one pipe completed
wraith shard
The only way for EDD stage 3 is to be driller or engi
native bridge
The only way for EDD stage 3 is to be driller or engi
I did it with gunner
Solo
Took a while to get one pipe up
Then stacked the other two on top of it
Was on that dive for an hour and 11 mins
But ive been having far more luck with bosco than randoms
ornate badger
any engineers have a build they can share for engineer?
Since I got them I've been running ecr lok1 and od booster for shard diffractor
Pretty hard to go wrong
wraith shard
But ive been having far more luck with bosco than randoms
cant really relate, i keep getting paired with high leveled players so EDD is almost a breeze
atomic prawn
I just did modded edd. Chaos 😂
native bridge
cant really relate, i keep getting paired with high leveled players so EDD is al...
500 hours like me and you'll eventually wanna change things up too
soft trellis
Solo EDD
native bridge
I always do regular solo since its always faster with bosco and scout
fierce canyon
.
restive haven
edd is also always faster solo
excluding good speedrunners that cooperate efficiently with driller/scout
quasi sleet
basically one person speedrunning is faster than one person speedrunning and other people playing casually
digital flume
amber sail
This Stage 3 EDD reminds me of some of the OG bullshit EDD gens from like, the first couple weeks of the update.
digital yew
When the pain is neverending!
amber sail
1,354 bug kills between four players, before failing stage 3
which typically is actually on the lower end for EDDs
But the bug spawns focused more on larger glyphids like tons of pratoreans, menaces, wardens, and of course fuckloads of tri-jaws
hoary cove
1,354 bug kills between four players, before failing stage 3
wow we didn’t have nearly that many kills when we finished it
fallow niche
how do you build BoM, 21213? or something?
pale sigil
I've always done 22313
upper geyser
wow we didn’t have nearly that many kills when we finished it
And we had a lot more than 1354, particularly due to mobility classes getting sluggish with stage 3.
2435 in 4-player
waxen surge
just had someone leave an EDD because the scout took 2 resupplies :|
yeah, it's a pain in the ass, but goddamn
ornate badger
Usually taking 2 is dumb but id never get that annoyed
Unless it was a really tense scenario and we had no more nitra
waxen surge
yeah, the scout was clearly dumb and wasn't communicating
ornate badger
And im all out
upper geyser
Yeah plus this EDD gives you well plenty of nitra
waxen surge
This was on stage 1 after we killed the dread
waxen surge
first resupply of the EDD
ornate badger
At that point you just say
Look man don't take 2 resups
And chances are they'll just go oops sorry ok
normal gull
damn that's rough
static timber
just completed the EDD not doing that again
vague mountain
OH MY GOD STAGE 3 OF THE EDD IS HELL
waxen surge
yeah, I just finished stage 3 of EDD
56 minutes
jesus christ
just the last stage
we got 2 memeses and a dread random wave
jesus christ
vague mountain
I barely managed to deal with the nemesis solo without going down, then as I was collecting myself and just about ready to start doing anything I got swarmed, right when I needed time to recover, and went down in quick succession three times and fucking died
The entirety of Deep Rock Galactic the video game came to kill me in that swarm. Nothing I could have done.
waxen surge
The only uncanny thing was
vague mountain
I either had to fight in that cramped area with the hot springs, or in the area with all the turrets
waxen surge
we got zero bulk spawns
vague mountain
both would have resulted in my death
strong robin
that last edd mission is rough
waxen surge
we fought both dreads (the mission one and the random spawn) close to the pumpjack with the wide area around it
vague mountain
my only swarm clear was explosive chemical rounds lok, and I couldn't get 3 locks on anything because there were quite literally over 30 bugs on my ass at all times
I used lures liberally and still had the entire cave aggroed on me
strong robin
by the time we got out of the pod fully we already had a swarm incoming and no save place to put our ammo
waxen surge
I wouldn't reccommend this EDD to greenbeards tbf
vague mountain
I only barely made it through stage 2 ffs
then when I get out of the pod there's a sniper turret and a nemesis right there, just as a grim portent of things to come
strong robin
got big bertha though
vague mountain
I've even got the heat mod on my shard diffractor so the turrets went down easy
but like
I needed to be doing about four things at once to get out of that situation
no time to do any one thing
waxen surge
I did a madman move and dropped down straight on top of the controller after throwing a shield and then dug under it while getting bounced around by the turrets
orchid granite
clever!
waxen surge
managed to turn it off before getting attacked by any glyphid
orchid granite
im still not fast enough at the new events ;-;
waxen surge
It helped that we had Slayer Stout, so I could power attack twice in a short time and get below the controller quickly
torn verge
i enjoy them somewhat more than regular missions, mostly because the secondaries are guaranteed to not be awful
no fossils or gunk seeds in deep dives
you actually have 2 primary objectives that both need to be done to move on, so you can get like mine 6 eggs and kill a dreadnaught
and you keep your nitra through the stages so you end up with a ton of ammo
normal reef
I shall await getting there then 👍
oak jay
Man, third stage of EDD is traversal heck.
vague mountain
No kidding. Doing this as solo engie may not be feasible unless you're Karl
I'm retrying it and the fucking geyser locations are literal Satan incarnate
just when I was starting to get my bearings and set up a kill zone near the refinery, grunt swarm
accidentally popped the egg with a stray breach cutter shot because this mission is insane
of course it's dual dreads
the arbalest alone took out my two remaining revives, so now I'm one down away from death
0 geysers connected yet
so basically I'm gonna have to deal with about 3 swarms per pipe
vague mountain
yup
died despite playing out of my mind, I'm done
this is probably the hardest thing I've ever attempted in deep rock period
not worth it at all just for some cosmetic item
oak jay
Just have to get the dream team you mesh perfectly with.
vague mountain
Lol, by the time that happens, the deep dives would be replaced
might I just say; anyone who completed this EDD solo in any way at all is Karl incarnate, and I salute you.
Gamer.
ornate badger
I managed to get it first go with a 4 stack, though I did know that st3 was bad so I warned everyone to stay in the pod
No chance solo though
vague mountain
someone probably has done it
I'd imagine with driller, I can't see this being possible with any other class solo, and even that's dubious
crspr would make the rivals easier to kill though
hoary cove
i used sludge blast
sludge blast works on rivals and dreads
used boiler ray cooker and neuro nades for swarm clear
onyx crypt
I don't like drillers removing my pipework because they want to make a perfectly straight path.
tacit merlin
People do that?? Wtf
potent vector
i mean, what’s wrong with that
onyx crypt
For one thing, I think full on straight paths are strategically bad because they zoom you right from one place to another and more flow gives you like free strafing where you can hammer on stuff.
And they are more elegant.
But if someone wants to try something out, let them go for it.
sour juniper
noob question, do you get rewards for both deep dives, and elite deep dives? I just did my first deep dive
amber walrus
noob question, do you get rewards for both deep dives, and elite deep dives? I j...
You get 3 Matrix-Cores for the normal DD and 3 from the EDD (Blank-Weapon-Cosmetic). With the 3 from the weeky Core-Hunt you can get 9 Cores per Week.
sour juniper
You get 3 Matrix-Cores for the normal DD and 3 from the EDD (Blank-Weapon-Cosmet...
you think that solo elite deep dives is viable?
as a followup question i mean
amber walrus
you think that solo elite deep dives is viable?
It Depends. Normally i try it at least and test how far i come. Most of the time i only succeed first or second stage and take the cores i get. Till now i only finished one solo elite deep dive. This week stage 3 is very hard in my opinion, especially if you not playing as driller.
So if this is your first EDD don't expect to get 3 cores out of it 😉
ornate badger
you think that solo elite deep dives is viable?
Yeah you can. You won't always get all 3 but 1-2 cores is worth trying for. This week is rough especially solo, but other weeks will be easier
eager canyon
yeah... me and my buddies tried our first elite dive as a group this week and we got overwhelmed in part 2 with a combined huge wave and bulk detonator ^^
that and some accidental fatboy friendly fire 😄
mactera flew into the engineers face JUST as he pulled the trigger
ivory marten
Wonder what the dive will be this week
waxen surge
you think that solo elite deep dives is viable?
People do it often, but this week's probably isn't feasible unless you're very good at the game and play driller, because stage 3 has awful pumpjack placements
polar wyvern
Yeah you can. You won't always get all 3 but 1-2 cores is worth trying for. This...
this week is rough in a team too lol.. I mean, stage 3.. the two other stages are pretty random tbh
echo storm
im about to give it my third attempt today
willow seal
@formal copper
deep helm
So, how many of ya managed to survive this weeks EDD? Stage 3 is so damn rough
jolly hazel
I think its one of those weeks with a minimum competency threshold
echo storm
first 2 stages are piss baby mode
limpid pond
The EDD is really fun, I had a blast tbh
We need more like this and less EDDs with easier modifiers than the DD
echo storm
wishin i did not disconnect at 48 minutes during my second attempt 😂
night rune
i firstly got into haunted cave, and i was wondering how to delete the horror
is there any possibility?
hoary cove
So, how many of ya managed to survive this weeks EDD? Stage 3 is so damn rough
took me 1 try. Was pretty easy
deep helm
i firstly got into haunted cave, and i was wondering how to delete the horror
unless you discover a bug, theres no way to get rid of it
blazing current
tried twice, died at stage 3 twice
night rune
unless you discover a bug, theres no way to get rid of it
oh :c
thorn jewel
I enjoy the difficult ones
raven jackal
tried twice, died at stage 3 twice
tried 5 times, died at stage 3 all but one time (where I died at stage 2)
next scaffold
there was so much nitra in this week EDD, I swear it was endless
fresh turtle
the deadly combination of a bunch of dreads and rival prescence
median thorn
if i bring some non promoted people on a deep dive will they even be able to join or get the rewards
pale sigil
if i bring some non promoted people on a deep dive will they even be able to joi...
you cant bring unpromoted people on a dive at all
everyone has to be playing a promoted dwarf for the dive to even be launched
median thorn
oh ok
hearty kernel
Two weeks in a row of refineries with pumpjacks in the 12th dimension. DD last week. EDD this week. Glad to be done
Hopefully just no refinery at all next week
Over it
hoary cove
meanwhile refinery is my favorite mission type
hearty kernel
I don't mind refinery on principle, like the mode type itself is great, especially since you always get an abundance of nitra so you can settle in cozy
But these recent refineries
have a habit of placing the wells
all the way in stage 4 on a 3 stage dive
wildly far (specifically vertically far) wells are not a great time
jolly hazel
drill issue
prime igloo
golden beacon
looking for team !!!
tidal fractal
Starting room in EDD can go jump off a cliff
About an hour in and then a total shut down
graceful hemlock
solo gunner 3rd stage was not fun...
I was at like 50 minutes before I started it...
finished at 2 hours.
signal sinew
I am not having a good experience with no oc zhukovs
wide sorrel
Anyone awake and wants to do to the elite deep dive on Xbox? We need one more
wide sorrel
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Ty
vocal portal
My favorite shenanigan actually came from stage 2:
We were defending around the ...
Same. Thought it was a pretorian clapping , said it to my comrades. Next moment- its goes full shining through the wall on our sorry bacons. Gladly,did objectives at the moment and drilled the hell away to die to the turrets at the edd3. Pure comedy gold
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pure cedar
Well that 3rd stage sure felt like an elite event this week.
green crown
the pumpjack placements on the thrid stage edd sucked.
i was gunner with both my teamates down above.
it was a blind run and i was running minelayer.
there was a single patrol bot that was stopping me from getting on my zipline to revive my downed teamates.
drowsy hollow
Istg, if either of the upcoming DD or EDD takes place in the Fungus Bogs yet again I'm gonna lose it
quasi cove
Istg, if either of the upcoming DD or EDD takes place in the Fungus Bogs yet aga...
just play driller and you can axeually ignore any fungi business
dim scarab
a
thorn jewel
just light the gas they spew on fire and explode them
edgy laurel
edd stage 3 is hell
failed every time at that stage
glyphids keep spawning
we should be working for the rivals
they have so much better tech
quasi sleet
patrol bot with shard diffractor
jolly hazel
hitscan enemies are never fun
lusty shuttle
Just had a bulk detonator dig straight up and directly under the black box in stage 2, then blow up in such a way that one of its death bombs fell on the box and made it fall down its tunnel so we were all in a pit full of exploders and bugs.
teal stirrup
jolly hazel
lusty shuttle
Just had a bulk detonator dig straight up and directly under the black box in st...
Are detonator spawns pre-determined? It seems like they are because this happened literally exactly at the same time again.
lusty shuttle
It happened literally exactly in the same spot and at the same time, though.
Both times were right after the black box was activated.
Both times it spawned right below and dug up.
jolly hazel
its rng
lusty shuttle
Doesn't seem like it.
buoyant wing
I had bulks too, solo and multi
solo it spawned a good bit in, right before the second mining mission wave and in multi our bulks spawned right before we turned on the black box (blew up in a relatively safe place) and another while traveling after the box
similar to what mustard's description was actually
tried to dig up at the box
torpid solar
It happened literally exactly in the same spot and at the same time, though.
I did the elite deep dive 3 times and a bulk detonator didn’t spawn during the black box uplink on any of them
toxic prism
We got a Nemesis on stage 3
EDD
I died 24 times, worst EDD ever
We got it with one guy left alive in pod
lusty shuttle
I did it again and dug down the box because I knew a det would spawn and it did, but since it wasn't below us, we were able to kill it and get to stage 3. Almost beat stage 3 even though a random Hiveguard spawned and then everyone died on the way to the drop pod after we'd all used up Iron Will because of the cave being just the absolute worst.
toxic prism
Yea stage 3 was evil. I think we used like 8 ammo pod
lusty shuttle
I feel like we could've done it if the stupid Hiveguard didn't appear and eat up half of our ammo. We were out of resupplies by the time the pod came.
sly vapor
Strange, Phase 3 has atleast 6 resupplies
lusty shuttle
Yeah, and we had to use all of them.
fading lotus
How long does it usually take to do a deep dive? ive never done a deep dive before and I want to know if I have enough time to do one now.
ornate badger
This week's one should be doable in like 45min
Might be a bit longer if it's your first
And if you're on your own
fading lotus
ok thanks.... Ill do the deep dive tomorrow then.
buoyant wing
ok thanks.... Ill do the deep dive tomorrow then.
it's switching over tomorrow
fading lotus
oh well... then that one will be my first one
ornate badger
I would probably just load it up
And start
If you finish a stage or 2 you get the cores from each stage
Even if you leave early or die and fail it
lusty shuttle
Yeah, I'm kind of surprised I didn't see Satan in the frozen pit at the bottom of Hell that was this week's final stage.
stray coral
those bloody robots
i'm going to beat whoever's idea it was to give those fuckers like 900hp or some shit with my Bear Hands
naive creek
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desert ice
every team dies within seconds of exiting pod, I'm on my 3rd attempt
calm acorn
Any recommendations for autocannon builds that don't use overclocks? Just got my promotion and I'm looking for a set up I can take into deep dives till I can forge some overclocks.
desert ice
make that 4 attempts tried to stay in pod, nemesis pulled us out. made it 5 min this time tho
jolly hazel
Any recommendations for autocannon builds that don't use overclocks? Just got my...
22123
toxic prism
I always play with the same team of 4 and we pretty much never fail a EDD but this one was a very close call. Closest so far. First try the game crashed middle of 3rd satge. Second try we win but only one escaped.
hollow flower
Had a bulk and a hiveguard spawn, instead of just running past it and winning the second stage they stayed and died
That's EDDs with randoms for ya
stray coral
i actually had a dream that i beat mission 3 of EDD
it was kind of esoteric though
i ended up waking early having thrown basically everything except the pillow under my head off the bed, which is something i tend to do. bloody deep dives
unkempt lantern
Last weeks EDD I died 28 times. This week only 6.
cinder breach
anyone wanna try elite deep dive?
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sly kettle
Soon™
sly vapor
please karl give us a salt pits edd
lunar belfry
Caverns, Exclusion Zone or Salt pits is S tier for EDD
sly vapor
I hate 3-hit biomes!
I HATE 3-HIT BIOMES!
thorn arrow
proper timber
Wait are the new deep dives out yet?
thorn jewel
7 minutes
random spindle
i'm new miner any tip for EDD?
thorn jewel
play what you're most comfortable with and ask for advice if you have any greybeards willing to help
there are subjectively better and worse loadouts but if you aren't used to them, you'll do more harm to yourself than good
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supple crest
Edd first stage refine liquid morkite 1 black box shield distruption
past drum
thats old no?
past drum
if you can do them for extra cores :D
sly vapor
execute me
quiet mortar
DEEP DIVE
Region: Hollow Bough | Code Name: Wild Abyss
Stage 1: 
7 Aquarq + 
Dreadnought Hiveguard | 
Exploder Infestation
Stage 2: 
6 Eggs + Dreadnought Hiveguard | Haunted Cave
Stage 3: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + Dreadnought Twins | 
No Mutators
ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Salt Pits | Code Name: Illuminated Breach
Stage 1: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Shield Disruption
Stage 2: 6 Eggs + 📡 1 Black Box | Volatile Guts Cave Leech Cluster
Stage 3: 
250 Morkite + Dreadnought Classic | Haunted Cave
dusky beacon
Hahhaah
tardy girder
well i can tell that the EDD's gonna be hell
merry lagoon
HOLLOW BOUGHS OH MY GAAAAWD
sly vapor
please karl give us a salt pits edd <:engimote:706205499414020106>
THANK YOU KARL
dull nexus
Pff cave leech cluster
merry lagoon
<:Deep_Dive:631070801898242061>**DEEP DIVE**<:Deep_Dive:631070801898242061>
Regi...
ITS GETTING WORSEEE
merry lagoon
nah edd is salt pits
marsh plover
he is easy if you have small bertha
merry lagoon
comically little bertha
ivory marten
Comically Large Bertha.
white snow
I would be actually god if there's dread in both stage 2 and 3
marsh plover
edd ez speedrun
merry lagoon
ok edd is actually managable
ivory marten
@white snow
ivory marten
I SWEAR TO GOD
white snow
one more and im literal fortune teller the karl's offspring
merry lagoon
everything is better than black box on stage 3
marsh plover
ok edd is actually managable
it would be more managable if you have returned home earlier
merry lagoon
shush
ivory marten
Haunted Cave is a fucking pain too.
sly kettle
Gosh darn haunted cave bullshit
elfin merlin
bruh this shield distruption, at least its on the first one tho difficulty is only 4.5
elfin merlin
Is there any build that can negate the shield distruption? For example driller healing build?
ivory marten
Why does it always take longer to do the regular dive than the edd?
Like that's something I've noticed over the past few weeks.
The Dive team always manages to complete the EDD before the regular Dive.
white snow
because DD is in hollow bough silly
ivory marten
Not just that.
I said over the past few WEEKS, not just this week.
TWO HIVEGUARDS.
white snow
if all 3 stage have hiveguard do they match together and disappear
elfin merlin
hmm I never tried hyperprop, usually on engie I use breachcutter
astral sparrow
Anyone seen what the Refinery missions look like? Scared they're gonna be like last weeks EDD stage 3
tardy girder
Anyone seen what the Refinery missions look like? Scared they're gonna be like l...
DD's refinery is pretty simple actually
haven't done this week's EDD yet tho
astral sparrow
DD's refinery is pretty simple actually
Aite, thanks for that. Thankfully the Refinery on EDD is on 1st stage, hopefully not too cringe
past drum
i love it when there is a duo of 250 level that got knocked 8 times each in the second stage of dd, and proceeds to kick me and the scout right before we call the pod at stage 3 :DDDDDDDD
i had the feeling that he was gonna do it
it is what it is
gentle ore
1st stage of EDD and we've got 4 bulk - noice
dusky beacon
Refineries usually give crap ton of nitra
astral sparrow
1st stage of EDD and we've got 4 bulk - noice
Noted, bulks on Stage 1 EDD
plush lichen
Fuck this deep dive
What the hell
That moment the normal deep dive is somehow harder than the EDD
plush lichen
Tell that to my 9+ revives needed on normal, and only 2+ revives on EDD
plush lichen
🥺
jolly hazel
3 dreads on dd looks tedious though
also your player quality experience will differ between the two (usually)
oh also exploders lol
astral sparrow
3 Dreads on DD? Time for the power of a star with Overdrive Booster 
ivory marten
Fucking hell stage 2 is PAIN.
Vines, Leeches, a Brood Nexus, a Spitballer, shitty terrain gen...
gentle ore
Fucking hell stage 2 is PAIN.
You should visit 3rd stage of EDD
The cave generation on 3rd stage is so fricking annoying
ivory marten
Hiveguard is dead. Now for the eggs...
And to collect more nitra.
No no no no no no no no no
fuck
can't revive anymore.
sick lake
How's the nitra economy on DD y'all?
narrow jetty
lose 3rd stage of solo edd because the pipe decides to take you back up despite you're looking downwards
sure going back to the swarm is absolutely what i wanted to do yes
totally skill issue
waxen terrace
idk sounds like a skill issue
digital hamlet
lose 3rd stage of solo edd because the pipe decides to take you back up despite ...
Isn't refinery in normal deep dive?
potent vector
both have refinery
cobalt moat
If the other 2 dwarves I was playing with is here, I'm sorry my ⚡ cut out.😭
hollow citrus
triple dread DD eww
digital hamlet
both have refinery
Third stage tho
narrow jetty
Isn't refinery in normal deep dive?
glacial strata?
digital hamlet
glacial strata?
Oh from last week?
jagged vessel
"aight imma solo this Deep Dive"
picks Driller
the deep dive:
"here's three dreadnoughts. have fun"
😔
amber walrus
I don't know how i did it, but this was only the second time i ever completed a EDD and this time at the first try. 
shaking
jagged vessel
it wasn't too bad, but DD2 dreadnought on that shitbowl of a spot on top of a ghost was
very
not fun
echo storm
was this edd harder or easier than last weeks
amber walrus
imho easier because the sh... Terrain in last weeks 3 stage
lament coral
vast arch
anyone completed the stage 3 of elite deep dive
we managed to pass the stage 2 but stage 3 is a war zone
pump jacks located are in bizzare way
robust flame
Alright, i'm bringing bullet hell on this one
astral sparrow
Whew, that was a fun one
Almost dropped the ball on Stage 3 when we got swarmed while prepping for Dreadnaught
jolly hazel
pulp fiction engie lol
astral sparrow
was this edd harder or easier than last weeks
Easier if you immediately rush the Dreadnaught and set up the arena before a swarm
crude moth
hopefully the EDD is easier than last weeks
tardy girder
hopefully the EDD is easier than last weeks <:dstare:622007058614452234>
there's no bullshit overly vertical refinery for one thing
crude moth
thank god
i don't normally attempt EDD but i'm trying to get into them
stage 1 & 2 last week were easy but stage 3 always got me lol
hollow citrus
for edd pumpjacks are in easy spots. only challenging stage is maybe 3 cos of ghost, but map in general is fine.
salt pits is an easy biome in general tbh
sly vapor
really easy edd tbh
phase 1 was super easy but there was some sort of swarmageddon with shield disruption 🥸
phase 2 was a little bit annoying because the layout is strange and the leeches attacked mostly horizontally, but no big deal
phase 3 was annoying too because of ghost, but cave design wasnt that bad apart from that boss room
soft trellis
EDD is not fine without an efficient scout
scout kept dying first lol
also bring heightened senses
crude moth
Scout is my main so hopefully I can be of help 
viscid seal
i think we fought enough dreadnoughts
i would really like two weeks of deep dives free of dreads
tardy girder
i would really like two weeks of deep dives free of dreads
what's that, more dreads?
i'm joking of course but i really hope i haven't jinxed it because i actually don't want more dreads
crude moth
that happened to me on stage 3 last week
on top of the one that was already there as an optional objective
and then a nemesis spawned 🙂
copper cedar
Triple dreadnaught again. Good times
tardy girder
yeah i also had a random dread during last week's EDD
let me tell you doing that three man wasn't fun
midnight hollow
we just had double bulks spawn in our EDD
clarification: 3 bulks in the same stage, 2 simultaneously
marsh plover
I HATE QRONARS FFS!!!!!!!!!
merry lagoon
Okau what the fuck is wrong with black boxes
marsh plover
I am raging rn as strong as I can
merry lagoon
i hate this shit
marsh plover
Fuck black boxes, fuck qronars or whatever this ball shaped motherfuckers called fuck HOXXES IV!!!!
hoary finch
are there any bad stages in DD and EDD?
copper cedar
Come out of the first stage of dd with 12 ress's and 4 nitra. Yikes
echo storm
i had random dread on my edd last week on stage 2
how much worse could this one be
(i am tempting fate)
marsh plover
We passed this EDD after 2 retries
First because my game just crashed (lucky it happened on first stage)
Second because "connection lost" and "it's too deep for your personal drop pod" (My team had to restart)
Also, I still hate kronars
All kronars must be killed, destroyed, eliminated, terminated, burned to ashes, beaten to death
I am starting my own kronar genocide
scarlet ravine
this week seems tougher than last week
tight pecan
stray coral
team just fucking BLASTED that deep dive
elite deep dive
fuk
STILL
RANDOMS
WE DID IT
shithead engi dropped out bc he was down but we popped the dreadnought and i was like Yup we doing this
i kinda fucked up bc i opened the cocoon early but fuck me we kept it together
skin of our fuckin teeth, the way i like it
can you believe it... fucker just dropped out on stage 3. i was aghast