deep-dive-discussion

[limpid pond]

Okay, so does Gunner in general. What's the point in bringing even more ammo on the least combat heavy mission type?

[jolly hazel]

wave cooker is good for accelerating driller swarm clear

[limpid pond]

Does he even need that?

[jolly hazel]

shitter teammates

[stoic summit]

it's nice with cryo driller

[jolly hazel]

he does if you want to build for it

yeah its probably the best cryo pair imo

[stoic summit]

you can freeze/drill + axe for singles

mop up swarms with wave cooker

[jolly hazel]

if im taking minigun or big bertha, its always a tight race between hellfire coilgun and magic bullet+neurotoxin revolver

[limpid pond]

Even with Cryo Cannon, CWC is a sidegrade to Heavy Hitter at best. You already have Drills and other teammates to deal with Grunts, and it's going to be much worse vs tanky targets

[stoic summit]

I don't even use temp shock with cryo cannon

I use boiler ray

[jolly hazel]

heavy hitter has like 8 shots before it overheats lol

[jolly hazel]

spamming temp shock is probably the most ammo efficient way to deal with tanky targets except maybe opressors lol

and I never rely on teammates

[limpid pond]

Teamplay? In my team-based game? I'd never!

[jolly hazel]

never expect more than the absolute baseline in random matches

works in all of my multiplayer games lol

[violet mauve]

Colette is the ultimate support weapon.

It has a huge array of options to fit any of the three primaries.

Its only real drawback is its ungodly heating rate.

[limpid pond]

What, Exothermic Reactor and basically nothing else?

[jolly hazel]

carpet bomber/splintering shells outperform shitticane in all of my anecdotal gameplay

jet fuel homebrew also feels awful compared to big bertha

[violet mauve]

You want a weapon that turns burning enemies into temperature shock bombs? Colette. You want a weapon that makes your Ice Storm Cryo Cannon melt everything from Preatorians upwards in seconds? Necrosis Colette. You want something that really helps your Sludge Pump. Colette.

People completeply underestimate this thing because it's not just another add damage directly gun.

[jolly hazel]

ice storm cryo

[limpid pond]

Well you're wrong in my anecdotal opinion, and you're also wrong numbers-wise

[jolly hazel]

🤢

[violet mauve]

See, that's exactly what I just said.

[jolly hazel]

instant application versus having to guide shit

[violet mauve]

You have likely no idea how stupidly powerful this combo is.

[jolly hazel]

ice storm aka can I take your resup

[limpid pond]

You don't need a spreadsheet to see that Hurricane literally just has a larger AoE and more AoE damage for free

[jolly hazel]

ok now apply rof upgrades lol

[violet mauve]

Okay, seriously, drop the memes for a moment and consider what I am saying please.

[jolly hazel]

carpet bomber aoe dps is immense

no

:^)

I can try it out later but I have no personal experience with the combo so I am relating my ice storm experience

cryo getting necrosis weakspoint bonus dmg always seemed like a bug to me

[limpid pond]

You... are still killing more Grunts with less shots, as well as getting better single target DPS vs weakpoints.

[jolly hazel]

so I haven't used the combo yet

[violet mauve]

How is it a bug?

It's literally just a multiplier.

[jolly hazel]

I dont believe that it does above equal damage but I dont have any data to back it up

[violet mauve]

The Blistering Necrosis OC works by adding weakpoints that multiply the underlying area's weakpoint. Frozen enemies have a 3x multiplier all over, so a blister on a frozen enemy becomes accordingly stronger.

[jolly hazel]

if I want single target I just switch to the brt

[jolly hazel]

oh I thought you were referring to damaging the weakpoints pre-freeze with ice storm

cuz iirc its bugged where certain stuff gets the weakpoint dmg and some doesnt

[violet mauve]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3gaWrVIck

[violet mauve]

You mean the bug where damage is reduced? Because that has been patched for months.

Yes, the OC was originally bugged, but it is not bugged anymore.

[jolly hazel]

haven't used it since then lol

[violet mauve]

Really, just watch the video. It's a fine OC now.

[jolly hazel]

wait that isn't the video I was watching lol

[violet mauve]

This one is fairly recent. Late July.

[jolly hazel]

I dont have it on me but iirc one of drillers primaries doesn't get weakspot dmg

I think it was fire?

idk

but cryo does or something

[violet mauve]

I mean, just go to 2:33 and watch.

That is a 4p haz5 dread.

Its armour breaks down to near nothing from just two blisters hit with cryo.

[limpid pond]

I've tried CWC with Sticky Fuel a fair bit, and I still don't get the hype. You're much weaker vs far away and airborne targets in exchange for killing grounded enemies somewhat better, which is basically a non-issue for CRSPR. Why take that when Subata and EPC can deal with that and actually kill Mactera in less than a century?
Ice Storm is a joke, but I could honestly see the value in Blistering Necrosis.
Sludge Pump already has great AoE. CWC would just be excessive, and it wouldn't help vs the tanky targets Sludge Pump is weak against.

[jolly hazel]

that be ice spear

I mean regular cryo stream

also the stationary haz 5 dread

[violet mauve]

Ice Spear is one of the recommendatins for the combo, yes.

And well yeah, the enemies are staionary so the combos can be tested.

[jolly hazel]

yes I'm talking about regular cryo stream getting the weakpoint dmg buff from necrosis

[violet mauve]

But even while fighting it's not that difficult.

[violet mauve]

That should be this then from the description:
If the blister is either on a 1x weak point or not on a weak point at all, you will do 3 times the damage. If the blister is on a 2x or 3x weak point, the blister applies an additional 2x multiplier after the fact taking your damage to 4x or 6x. If the bug is frozen, the blister will deal 3x damage and the frozen status effect will do 3x damage, stacking to get you 9x damage on the blister. Hitting a blister with a non-weak point capable gun will result in only the 3x increase.

[jolly hazel]

and im saying I thought there was some kind of bug (need to find video) that the cryo stream dps does 3x damage on weakspot hit but fire doesnt

this is just coming from memory though

[jolly hazel]

necrosis weakpoints are pretty tiny and if im not hosting i probably don't trust myself to hit em while kiting

unless ice spear hitbox is fucking cranked

anyways

I tried ice spear again for the first time in a month on salvage and I found myself running out of ammo way too much lol

driller strength is ammo efficient cc but if its elim or something yeah I see it being useful

[limpid pond]

https://karl.gg/asv/20/CABAB3#/
https://karl.gg/asv/14/CBBBA3#/
This seems to support what's been said: Typical FM Hurricane beats out Autocannon for single target DPS and range/acc, typical CB Autocannon beats it out in ammo crunching and AoE DPS. I'd argue this isn't happens in practice, but it's hard to base an argument on theoreticals in a game that's generally hard to number crunch.

https://karl.gg/asv/20/CABBB5#/
https://karl.gg/asv/14/CBBBB6#/
Minelayer demolishes NTP in all aspects lol

[jolly hazel]

forgetting damage application

also cc autocannon superior in aoe dps yes

hurricane dmg delayed, autocannon dps instant

[limpid pond]

Carpet Comber
I typo'd

[fallow niche]

i like to use it sometimes because it's funny :]

[tall hazel]

is there anyway i can join back a DD after disconnecting, because of network issues?

[raven grove]

If you can’t, then the host probably crashed.

[tall hazel]

no, my wifi went down and after that i had no option for reconnecting

[raven grove]

Hmm, dunno what to tell you then, normally you should be able to reconnect.

[limpid pond]

Only if it's like stage 1, you get blocked otherwise for trying to join an in-progress Dive

[earnest edge]

I open Steam and look at the people you recently played with list

if their profile is public and they are still in game, you can join the room from their profile

so wont always work out

[rustic yacht]

just finished this week's DD... I wish all Mission Control a very fuck you aim the drop pod better

if we hadn't had a scout we'd have gotten nobody into the pod

[tacit jungle]

oh yeah I had to drill there

[ornate badger]

I got in with 3 seconds to spare as solo engi

[vocal portal]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/657267707338686494/1014103405687492679/20220830121854_1.jpg?width=1199&height=674 this week's edd was a breeze compared to last one . Just grabbed a bunch of randoms and killed everything . 3rd stage is a joke- its fast and explosive bugs are murdered themselves more often than i did. Salvo hurricane is a real killer though - love this thing so much

[craggy reef]

Hello everyone ! Did someone knows if the DD rewards are the same as EDD or you can have 6 if you do both ?

[fresh ivy]

Just a remember the first stage has a bitch of a location for one of the eggs. You can lure it to the nearby spawn room and battle there

[fresh ivy]

You get 6

It’s the same rewards, but a different one

So if you do both you get 6

2 blank 2 cos and 2 gun

[craggy reef]

Ok nice to know, ty !

[fresh ivy]

But yeah as I said one of the locations is a bitch, and it’s better to guide it to a better location for a fight

It will go through the wall though as we learned lmao

[craggy reef]

Cause i saw that my "slots" in EDD wasn't yellow that's why i'm asking

I've done one yesterday but I didn't get anything, pretty sad

[fresh ivy]

Yeah per week you can get 9 total

[craggy reef]

Yup !

[fresh ivy]

It’s really fun to do it with others I’ve learned. Usually I go solo

[craggy reef]

I'm actually tryin to do with randoms

[fresh ivy]

You’re pc at a guess?

[willow seal]

Volatile Guts and Exploders on the last level of the EDD... So, who's making a montage set to that 1812 overture by tjajkovskij?

[pure cedar]

DD 3rd stage this week felt harder than some EDD stages... and that drop pod location at the end.... by Karl what have they done 😆

[onyx crypt]

I am liking this DRG review....

"i was stuck in a deep dive for 5 hours digging upwards to connect a pipeline only to have to undo all of it because of a bulk detonator destroying my path forcing me to dig a different path."

Downvote, 68 hours played

Its sounds like a fellow dwarf had a bad day.

[sweet jackal]

Looking for a crew to do this weeks EDD. Been having issues with people leaving during stage 1

[jolly hazel]

#lfg-steam

[fresh ivy]

I was gunner. Zip line was already down

[pure cedar]

I was gunner too and had plenty of zip lines "all around the watchtower" but the pod at the end landed in a wall with no access unless you were scout and our driller was down in a difficult spot to revive him...

Anyway we managed it but it was no easy access.

[fresh ivy]

I don’t 100% remember why I had a zip line already set up there, most of mine were for accessibility for the high up pump

[violet mauve]

I played with a friend and 2 randoms earlier, and by Karl indeed. Had I not known already from my solo play, I wouldn't have ever made a tunnel to get to the droppod beforehand. I still died, but everyone else made it.

[strong robin]

the deep diive sure likes black boxes this week

[trail pivot]

I drilled from the highest pump jack to the pod. Gunner couldn't make it in time and he glitched.

Sure glad I drilled that tunnel first, bc had to bomb it during the swarm later, but the pipe was already set up

[strong robin]

i shot a stairwell of platforms and managed to get up somewhat fine solo without knowing about the location beforehand... i did also get bounced all the way back down by some random elite though.
Edit: got goo bomber as my first sludge OC and some scout beard i won't wear

[silver rampart]

That third section of this week's deep dive is bonkers. Those well placements are downright mean.

[silver rampart]

Also just attempted the elite deep dive as a solo engineer. Kind of pleasantly surprised I cleared the first stage, but the hiveguard in stage two absolutely bodied me.

[trail pivot]

Maybe i can try the elite and snag the extra blank tonight

[versed kindle]

Is there a way to kick players automatically that are known to cause problems?
I had one dude that would just start shit without informing anyone and then he just randomly ended the DD midway through the second mission.

I'm not gonna name names, but you are on my shit list.

[burnt sandal]

nope

[versed kindle]

That needs to be a thing.

[young spoke]

sup

Can someone help carry me thru a EDD?

[vale ravine]

wasnt a blacklist system recently added? ive never had the need to use it but there was a reddit post a few months ago where the devs said they'd put one in

[burnt sandal]

no

[vale ravine]

i just checked and its exactly as i said, so unless absolutely nothing came of it then there should be a blacklist feature somewhere

[burnt sandal]

you asked if it was recently added, the answer was no

[ivory marten]

I wonder what the dive is tomorrow.

Hopefully its less bullshit.

[short charm]

Am I just misunderstanding how the wave cooker works, or is the wide lens bugged? I remember it hitting everything inside the reticule at the same time. But as it is now, wide or not, it only hits stuff exactly in the middle. And the lens upgrade in the tier tree makes the lens width only go from like 25 to 26.

I remember deleting entire swarms of naedocytes by just enabling the wide lens and swiping it across the screen. Not so much anymore.

[blazing current]

Wave cooker damage cone is different than your pov cone. Your pov is cone shaped, while wave cooker pov is cylindrical

Lazymaybe had a vid of it, it's the most recent one

[short charm]

Hah, I think it may have been the overclock that did it actually. Shot width was so small it effectively turned the gun into a single target shooter.

[short charm]

Hrm... So I took the wide lens in T1 and the wide-lens addon in T4, enabled that, put on the gamma contamination overclock. And it wouldnt hit anything that wasnt at the very very center of the reticule. Whether this is by design or not I cant tell, but the wide lens part of the reticule is HUGE yet it wouldnt hit anything in there. I really cant figure out if its just the nature of the overclock or if Im doing something wrong, but his video that shows this specific overclock at one point seems to behave in a much different way.

Also, why does the concave lens in T1 only add +1 to the shot width stat? Surely that must be a mistake? The wiki says it should add 180 shot width.

[fresh turtle]

also wide lense is just bugged

it really does only increase the width by 1

[steady wagon]

Just had a magical experience in the dive

Went in with one other rando, just us two miners, and as soon as I saw the first mission was elimination I thought that was gonna be the end of it

But my comrade was on the ball and so was I

I've never done any dives with less than four people but we made it through the entire way smooth as butter, first try

Cheers to YungSpinach, wherever you are, you're a true dwarf

It was just the standard deep dive, granted, but it was nice

[short charm]

Its a little strange that we havent received any patches in a long long time. There is always something they can fix, the wide lens is one. And also the explosive arrows for the Boltshark, the previous balance patch said the damage was significantly increased and the type changed from poison to explosive. But nothing changed. We got more arrows, longer duration and bugs explode after 1 second instead of 2. Honestly tho, these arrows are REALLY strong as they are now. They might be borderline busted if they get their 240 damage back.

[hollow citrus]

this week's EDD was ok.

made it with a pug group. had a very c4 happy driller though. ate resupplies like red sugar.

[manic pivot]

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

[vernal kayak]

Ok

[clear sleet]

:o

[turbid dawn]

difficulty scales with number of players

[steady wagon]

I'm aware, but I've still always had an easier time with more people around

I don't think the advantage of having more than one person to cover your ass can be overstated

[real frigate]

I can't find anyone to deep dive with 😔

[slender cloak]

Just soloed a DeepDive ^^'

[real frigate]

there are a ton of servers but I can't join XP

[raven grove]

Host?

[quick light]

September and new Deep Dives tomorrow

[digital rampart]

had a really good EDD started as 4, gunner left on the first round couldnt handle the shield disruption, we 3 manned the rest of the way. lost the first attempt with a diff group because ran out of re-sup, this group of 2 were really good with ammo management

[lost jungle]

well

ur splitting resupps between three people rather than 4

[manic pivot]

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

[drowsy hollow]

nice, overclock day

[wild laurel]

i just did soloed past weeks regular DD... WTF

that was bananas

[mint vessel]

Anyone not do the deep dive trying to do it tonight?

the elite deep dive

[trail pivot]

I was gonna try to solo the first stage and then quit

nvm it's the twins in packed snow

[trail pivot]

first tage was pretty easy, but the second stage twins messed us up

[trail pivot]

bunkered too hard

[quartz sparrow]

I hope someone can give me the answer, in comparison to the normal mission hazards how difficult is the elite deep dive?

[alpine raptor]

Reg goes Haz 3/3.5/3.5

Elite goes Haz 4.5/5/5.5

[grave mantle]

But every once an a while the Haz Gods smile on you and the first phase(which should be a 3) starts you on a small platform suspended high above the rest of the map. Falling is death. You share this precarious position. You share it with a Betc and a tyrant and a black box. Oh yeah and you know someone is going straight for that black box to get it started before any nitra is mined. 😄

There is always those sleeper haz 3 missions that have something to prove.

[ivory marten]

Wonder what the dives will be today.

[sly kettle]

Hopefully with less Haunted Caves.

[potent jewel]

Shield disruption hollow bough

[ivory marten]

That would be nice.

No

Fuck you

[ivory marten]

THIS would be nice.

[sly kettle]

I had a chuckle.

Perfect timing.

[potent jewel]

Forever sealed in stone and taken out of context

[balmy axle]

like this week's stage 3?

literally just a vertical map

[manic pivot]

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

[potent jewel]

Real

[reef bison]

#makeEDDschallengingagain

[potent jewel]

Do the greenbeard challenge

[echo pond]

Whats that?

[reef bison]

I'm assuming that's a no build challenge lol

Not the same thingb

[wraith shard]

Whew, managed to get this EDD solo

Not first try, and maybe I should have done some Hazard 5 missions first but hey, made it

Also a first EDD clear so yeah

[hollow citrus]

no ghosts this week please

no elim this week please as well

[mortal cliff]

jokes on you, all EDD stages are haunted

[hollow citrus]

inb4 it's a double escort

incoherent doretta screaming

[manic pivot]

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

[sly kettle]

Good luck, everyone!

[mortal cliff]

AUUUUUUUUU

[pseudo jacinth]

same biome as last weeks?

[quiet mortar]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Magma Core | Code Name: Heavy Wasteland
Stage 1: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 150 Morkite | Parasites
Stage 2: 6 Eggs + Dreadnought Twins | Rich Atmosphere Lethal Enemies
Stage 3: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 Eggs | No Mutators

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Glacial Strata | Code Name: Stinking Reserve
Stage 1: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Mactera Plague
Stage 2: 4 Eggs + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Shield Disruption
Stage 3: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 150 Morkite | Rich Atmosphere Regenerative Bugs

[quiet mortar]

I know right? So weird

[pseudo jacinth]

here i thought that my game didnt reset and updated

[drowsy hollow]

Hollow fucking bough triple doretta with hiveguard cocoons lying on its way pls

[pseudo jacinth]

oh it did change

[hollow citrus]

interesting

[karmic roost]

do we have to update the game to get the new dives?

my counter is in the negatives and going up lmao

[sly kettle]

Yes. Restart the game.

[karmic roost]

cool thank you

[marsh quest]

Both dives look like ass so far

[sly vapor]

it's been a while since i have seen escort

[marsh quest]

I despise escort

[sly kettle]

Same. Worst mission type.

[marsh quest]

Escort with mac plague?

Game’s just telling you to eat shit

Since sludge and sticky flames do fuckole

Weee

[scarlet oar]

Escort is fine
Until no one defends doretta,
Projectile enemies spawn,
Detonators spawn,
...
Alright maybe it's not fine

[ivory marten]

Double Core.

You're kidding.

[marsh quest]

?

[sly vapor]

Double Strata

[marsh quest]

Piss shitter

[hollow citrus]

escort with mactera, not a good combo.

[ivory marten]

How did we get the core twice in a row.

[hollow citrus]

at least no ghosts, yet

[marsh quest]

If the edd has ghost ima shit my pants

[scarlet oar]

Would it be possible to get ghost on an Escort mission? Or is it impossible and gets immediately rerolled

[marsh quest]

I think it’s impossible

[hollow citrus]

no ghosts on escort or salvage

[marsh quest]

Can’t wait to get home and hop on deep rock

[hollow citrus]

if rng is nice we'll get some easy modifier like parasites or cave leech cluster. or even no modifier at all.

[karmic rain]

Stage 2 NDD is lethal enemies rich atmoshphere 6 eggs

[quiet mortar]

What's the secondary?

[gentle ore]

Dred

[blissful tundra]

gonna do the normal deep dive rn

elite deep dive was very easy

oh wait there's a new one rn kekw

[potent jewel]

Hehe shield disruption

[karmic rain]

1 dreadnaught

about to pop to find out which

twins

[fresh ivy]

Sounds to me like Bosco gonna make things easy for that

[reef bison]

Finally a challenging EDD. Been getting sick of the short af stage 3 morkite mining missions

[midnight ivy]

3rd stage of dde: rich atmo+regen bugs

[fresh ivy]

Is that elite rep dive?

Deep*

[karmic rain]

NDD Stage 3 drilldozer+ 2 eggs no modifier

[fresh ivy]

That easy af

[karmic rain]

easy anyways its only haz 4

[midnight ivy]

edd i meant

[astral sparrow]

Onsite EDD Stage 3 in Glacial? Bad memories from like 3 weeks ago

[potent jewel]

3.5

[sly kettle]

Urgh..

[ivory marten]

Lethal Enemies Twins...

PAIN.

[ancient cove]

Has the update reset the weeklies?
As I checked before, the countdown showed 1 day until new deep drives etc.

[sly kettle]

Yeah. The weekly assignments reset at the same time as the Deep Dives.

[ancient cove]

I mean anything showed 1 day and 20 hours or something left until reset, then the patch popped and now everything is reset

[fresh ivy]

What’s the difference between lethal enemies and elite threat

Is it lethal do more damage and elite is just some are stronger?

[slender saffron]

are the regions the same as last week?

[midnight ivy]

lethal = all dmg are multiplied elite = some ennemies have boosted stats

[slender saffron]

i feel like i already did strata edd and magma dd

[midnight ivy]

yes

[slender saffron]

damn

was hoping for salt pits tonight

[midnight ivy]

was hoping for no magma tonight

[fresh ivy]

I hate magma

[midnight ivy]

+1, at least it's normal dd

[marsh quest]

Melee damage is doubled with lethal

Not all damage

[midnight ivy]

yes i wasn't sure about what was modified

still that's enough

[wraith shard]

man its glacial strata again

[hollow citrus]

no ghost and only one elim. good

[zinc palm]

EDD is ez mode this week

[midnight ivy]

for once shield disruption wasn't too annoying

[drowsy hollow]

edd was a breeze despite driller and me not bringing fire weapons

[plain wharf]

is my game bugged or are the DDs in the exact same biomes again

[potent jewel]

Nope

They are the exact same

[quaint matrix]

Are there problems searching for deep dives rn?

Can’t join one 😦

[random rampart]

Maybe ppl havent started one yet. You can try and host one, to see if someone joins

[inner rover]

Then host one

[jolly hazel]

escort

😪

[violet mauve]

At least last stage on EDD sounds easy.

[celest tendon]

Whats the two new deep dives?

[blazing current]

Oh it's glacial strata without dread

Finally my flamer has its use

[blissful tundra]

gonna host EDD tonight

[wraith shard]

why is there no warning?

both deep dives just have rich atmosphere

oh my phone glitched

nvm

[strange granite]

Guys, where is the second mini-mule in this week's EDD first mission? i did the one in the room before the omoranth stone arena already

please tag me if you are replying to me. i am in the game right now

Found it. Fuck. Spent 10 minutes just for this

[strange granite]

I am doing a sludge only weekly OC hunt this week. Both the core hunt and dd went very easy. Don't know how the second and third mission of edd would be

[blazing current]

That stage 2 sounds rough with no shield

[arctic mist]

Fun. Two Glacial Strata EDDs in a row. Going to miss volatile guts.

[blazing current]

Atleast it's not fungus bogs or hollow bough

[languid slate]

pod 1

deep dive now

[ancient cove]

can DD be rejoined?

[hoary jungle]

Playing dde and we lost at the final stage because someone thought it would be a good idea to start the Blackbox first thing while the group wasn't all together and setup. 🗿

[grave mantle]

Man this is relatable.

Why? Why do folks do that. lol

[strange granite]

it was rough. I had to bunker down with sludge because of the annoying menace. i think there were 3 of those.

i lost in the third mission though. even the bunkers could not save me.

i didn't use the slowdown mod on sludge. maybe that could have saved me

[marsh plover]

Yes, but only if you didn't leave on purpose and only on the stage you've left

Like you can't rejoin on stage 2 if you left on stage 1

[strange granite]

one good news about this week's edd is that there is plenty of nitra. not just because of the mini-mules missions but in general

i think they can reduce it, to be honest.

[marsh plover]

No they can't

[strange granite]

~~can ~~ should

[languid adder]

Hey guys I’m fairly new to the game, I’ve promoted one class and can almost promote it again but I’m not able to join deep dives, they’re all greyed out

How do I join one?

[strange granite]

try changing region to near, medium, far and world. greyed out missions mean that they are in progress if i am not wrong

[strange cloud]

whats the fastest way to get the player lvl up, im trying to get to 10

[languid adder]

Harder hazards is how I started to level up faster

[languid adder]

I’ll try that thanks

[strange granite]

i'll reply in the drg-chat channel. this is for dd discussions

[strange cloud]

ah oke thank u

[strange cloud]

understood

[strange granite]

tagged you in the #drg-chat 🙂

[tight yoke]

My god failed the last mission on the EDD because people couldn't help but memeing 😄

no cosmetic for me this week

Ain't doing that second mission again, was real tight

[soft prairie]

@hoary jungle I relate to this, I swear there's that one greenbeard who attempts to start a black box when everyone is like 50m away from the box

[severe finch]

Hmmmmm
The deep dive is in Magma Core, and EDD is in Glacial Strata
Where have I seen that before...

[unkempt lantern]

could we not have an EDD with shield disruption for one week

[past drum]

shield disruption isnt big issue unless fall damage

[ebon scaffold]

It's always the fall damage

[blazing current]

And the shockers

[soft trellis]

Does Edd difficulty go above haz 5 or no

[wraith shard]

isn't the difficulty for EDD like 4.5/5/5.5

So yeah it does go above for the third mission

[soft trellis]

Okay thanks

[blissful tundra]

just finished EDD with me and 2 other chaps

2 bulks spawned on droppod moment on stage 3 xdd

[alpine raptor]

Anybody else have no spawns in stage 3 EDD? Had regular spawns in stage 1 & 2.
(ps. Stage 2 was TIGHT)

[violet mauve]

Impatient greenbeards.

[violet mauve]

Correct.

[sly aurora]

Just had insane luck on my solo DD. Got one of the robots (betsy) on both stage two and three. Third stage one cost me a leg on dozer as it set off mushrooms but it came in clutch in hearthstone

[fresh turtle]

wouldnt the BETC spawn be guaranteed for everyone since this is DD

[green crown]

i didnt get a betc

[raven grove]

Static spawns still depend on player count.

[normal gull]

Honestly edd does not seem that bad

[fallow niche]

escort
bleeehhh
at least it's the first stage.

[reef bison]

Easy week of EDD again

GSG shouldn't have listened to people whining about EDD difficulty

[blissful tundra]

yeah

edd was very simple

passed it with 3 dwarfs

[fallow spear]

I did it on my 2nd attempt because first one, leaf lover disbanded lobby after he went down (2 people still had IW)

[ember otter]

iirc, if you block them through Steam it stops them from connecting to your games.
I could be wrong on this though.

[versed kindle]

I did end up blocking the guy on Steam, so we'll see if i ever see him again. If I don't, I'll assume it worked.

[wraith shard]

yippee I did the deep dive

stage 3 was easy for some reason

id recommend waiting for health drink and building your build for health since stage 2 is the hardest one

[blissful tundra]

stage 2 is only difficult because of the deep ass cave

but after you drill a decent fighting arena you clean through it quickly

[tacit jungle]

we found quite a zoo in the main room of second stage

two breeds, two nexuses, spitter etc

[trail pivot]

No no two escort dives...

[tacit jungle]

regular dd feels so relaxing with a competent team

[jolly hazel]

power outage on stage 3

🙄

seems like a super easy week though

[tardy girder]

i'm not certain if it's my luck but the EDD's been kicking my ass hard

so far i've only made it to stage 2 before my team eventually wipes

[warm cove]

edd can work just gotta hustle

[strange granite]

Regular dd is just haz 3 right? That's boringly easy.

[strange granite]

Most of the EDD in recent times needed a decent amount of teamwork. But since most of the people don't use voice comms, they fail.

[jolly hazel]

haven't had to use voice communication since like February, definetly not necessary

[glossy walrus]

if everyone, or usually even just most people know what they're doing and paying attention, voice comms aren't really needed

it definitely helps for making things more efficient, but it's not necessary

there are a lot of nongraybeards around though, voice helps a lot with them since drg just has a ton of useful but not well known things

[tardy girder]

actually nvm, managed to get it done with two randoms

[lofty parrot]

DD and EDD were pretty simple. Nothing stood out as hard. Did them both with teams of three and went pretty fast. Plenty of nitra in both

[valid abyss]

found Bet-C in stage 2 of DD, don't know if it is guaranteed or not

[languid adder]

Hey everyone, I’m hoping to be able to do a deep dive tomorrow, I’ll probably launch/ host it myself since I can’t seem to join any but what is the #1 tip you can think of since it’s my first DD?

[pseudo shell]

Bet-C and Huuli Hoarders are like a 6% chance per mission to spawn

[echo storm]

edd is piss baby mode this week

had 2 detonators on stage 3 though
kept things fresh

[sacred rover]

depends, it was quite difficult for my team, even tho we did it first try. there were no bulks tho. tho id say the lack of nitra on the first stage is what hit the hardest, the latter once were easier just bc we had enough nitra.

[wraith shard]

Agreed, even with a struggling team on an EDD in game text chat is more than enough to coordinate plans with ur teammates, even if there are cave leeches, people in my lobby type so fast that it's the equivalent of saying leech in VC.

Simple pings are also enough to tell everyone what u want

[strange granite]

normall DD? play casually, you can do it easily if you have upgraded your weapon/armour/bosco fully. just chill. dd is just hazard 3. but if you meant EDD, get nitra first, be quick and efficient at everything. make sure you have loadouts to tackle everything in the game.

[deft holly]

is it juat me

or are the biomes for this week's dd and edd the same as last week

[buoyant wing]

yeah actually

[wraith shard]

Idk about DD but EDD is literally the same biome from last week which is annoying since I can't run cryo again (cryo in glacial is annoying)

[buoyant wing]

both are the same

[deft holly]

m a n

i hate magma core lmao

[marsh quest]

Despair

[strange granite]

Laughs in driller

[lime dirge]

Me, creating 243848548969^3 little holes that burn your ass if you step on them with hurricane

[deft holly]

Autocannon moment

[sly vapor]

I WILL use flamethrower driller for Magma Core.
I WILL use cryo driller for Glacial Strata.
I WILL use sludge driller for Fungus Bogs next week.

WHO'S GOING TO STOP ME?!?!?

[young spoke]

😠 How dare you break norms!

[stark stream]

Is it just me or have 3/4 of the most recent DD/EDDs been Magma Core AND Glacial Strata?

[wraith shard]

Deep dives try to be original for once challenge (impossible)

[echo storm]

there is 320 nitra in stage 1 though

for the edd

[scarlet jewel]

3 escorts in a row

[hollow citrus]

for halloween week, they should make all 6 DD maps have haunted cave

[past drum]

yeah i thought i was having the bug where you get to do last weeks dives and get extra cores

apparently they new maps are the same as last week

[limpid pendant]

magma core always has such wack generation

[mortal cliff]

true, wish we were playing in crystal caverns

glacial strata is also wack

[wraith shard]

remember the one DD with 2 escort missions? lol

[scarlet jewel]

wdym one dive

ive seen a bunch with 2 escorts

[vital sluice]

2 escorts + refining, or was it 2 refining + escort? I don't remember

I'm just glad deep dives have the shorter variants of most mission types

[drifting parrot]

Is there anything I should specifically worry about in the DD, if I'm going solo engi?

I see... a drilldozer to handle
and the twins fight

[lusty shuttle]

EDD is pretty easy this week.

[violet mauve]

2 Escorts, 1 On-Site Refining in the middle.

I remember it, it was fun.

[violet mauve]

It's certainly doable.

First mission is easy if you keep watch (no Menaces means no Doretta superfast death). Macteras are annoying, but we had more grabbers than Brundles or Tri-Jaws, so it was perfectly doable.

Second mission is SD, but if you get the eggs quickly after the mules, a good driller can get you out before the swarm is over.

And third mission as On-Site Refining + 150 Morkite? It was a joke IMHO.

[violet mauve]

Bring firepower. It's not that hard, roughly as difficult as last week's DD.

And I didn't notice any annoying droppod placements this time.

Like seriously, last week's stage 3 exit pod was the worst.

[drifting parrot]

it was, yeah

[violet mauve]

But otherwise, yeah. The DDs were easy (but I really, really recommend that you wait for Rocky Mountains beer).

[drifting parrot]

stage one done with only 1 scare

bulk came at us right as the black box charged

downed the crew, but I have IW and Field Medic for this reason

[violet mauve]

EDD stage 2 has a few annoying Cave Leeches and several Naedocyte Breeders.

The latter are very tanky, so they can be annoying if they get to breed enough things.

[drifting parrot]

stage 2 DD has a nasty spawn hole and some spitballers

but yeah, I should be good

[violet mauve]

Yeh, that's true.

The dreadnought are twins.

[drifting parrot]

that's in the pin

[violet mauve]

They're also in a rather small 8-shaped cave hole.

And there's a volcano.

So I recommend making the area wider first.

[drifting parrot]

probably just fight em up top, I think

[violet mauve]

But goodness, I wish people would be more careful when mining.

At least in the first mission, 2-3 more Nitra can make the difference.

[drifting parrot]

the broken resup with 2 extra pods helped my duo a lot

[echo storm]

stage 1 for the edd has a lot of nitra

320 is plenty

i remember many edds ago on a fungus bogs we only had 160 for the entire stage

now that was slim

[violet mauve]

In this case, sure.

And yeah, I once had a stage where I had only 60ish Nitra total.

[echo storm]

escorts with 160 nitra hit different

[violet mauve]

Yeah, usually we have enough for 5-6 resups.

[echo storm]

stage 3 escorts are so fun when you have a lot of nitra

[worthy siren]

once had a run where we called 11 resups at the heartstone simultaneously

[drifting parrot]

my crew walked out of stage 3 with 400 nitra

there being only 2 of us helped a lot

[worthy siren]

we were 4, and had over 700 nitra before calling that madness in xD

[drifting parrot]

surely not this week though

[worthy siren]

nope, was some time ago

[drifting parrot]

how do I use LFG?

I can't figure out how to make one of the posts

[worthy siren]

pins I'd guess

[drifting parrot]

oh, I'd have to turn on activity

blehh

[raven grove]

That’s why R&D invented cryo grenades.

[charred frigate]

looking to run elite here soon

[drifting parrot]

I would like to join if I might

[charred frigate]

pod 16

[half patrol]

is it just me or is this week EDD alot easier than last week?

i didn't get any nemi spawns and the only bulk that came around was when we called in drop pod stage 3

[violet mauve]

It is quite a bit easier than usual, yes.

[half patrol]

oh alr

thx

[violet mauve]

Which after last week's absolutely brutal first and second stages is very welcome.

[half patrol]

ikr

shield disruption first stage and a nemi

very very nice

[violet mauve]

We didn't have any Nemesi, but the sheer amount of enemies during the box/fuel stages was insane.

[half patrol]

i did last weeks so many times

i memorized

aall the nitra spawans

it literally took me like 14 tries or whatnot

mfw third stage is the easiest

[violet mauve]

Friend and I tried with various randoms joining and leaving.

I think we had like 6-7 tries total.

[half patrol]

if i recall third stage was morkite and box?

[half patrol]

dang

[violet mauve]

Only twice did we even pass stage 1 and only once stage 2.

We didn't win stage 3.

[half patrol]

i got stage 3 because we had all the nitraa from stage 1

[violet mauve]

Apart from that I had several more tries, all fruitless.

Too many enemies. Just too many enemies.

[half patrol]

lmfao

my driller friend

had to use stsicky flames

it was thhat bad

EDD's are usualaly really easy or

insanely hard

[violet mauve]

Honestly I'm just happy I finally got to win an EDD today.

[wispy cipher]

What is that one room in stage 2 EDD

Not only are we welcomed by a spitballer at the beginning, but that one room has the entire bestiary in it

[full niche]

Can someone dm me the deep dive deets

[random rampart]

look at the pinned messages

[echo storm]

edd requires more neuron activation with bosses i find

[violet mauve]

Say hello to Cave Leeches and Naedocyte Breeders. We had 2, maybe even 3.

Purple flying jellyfish everywhere.

[blazing current]

I got nemi spawned once but dies in 5s with my overdrive shard + driller's sticky flames

[sharp shadow]

Did a public DD, got carried by this crazy ~level 500 driller and ~level 200 engineer. Driller said we're doing it sub 40, so we did

[brittle halo]

I'm on an EDD and a guy called us a slur and dropped out because one person was cheating lmao

[ionic jay]

imagine being anoyed by cheaters that literally take fun out of game 🙂

[brittle halo]

they were not taking any fun out of my game

[ionic jay]

Yeah sure think.

[honest folio]

Tbf its a cooperative game, you can still enjoy it

Or at least

Cheaters are less annoying

And there is no penalty to just kicking/leaving

[worthy briar]

i dont understand why people cheat in pubs to begin with

[ionic jay]

for me its issue to know performance of my team is tampered,or theres another smug cheater with 5 hours telling me how to play when hes obv in god mod 😄

I will call it,cheaters are usually anoying cunts,cheat with people that agree to it,basically same as modded games,not trying to flex on randoms.

[zinc venture]

I ran into a cheater that gave use an insane amount of gold and i had to buy and sell in the mineral market for 2 days to get rid of it all

[torpid solar]

I was in a game once with a cheater that had unlimited ziplines. They shot so many ziplines that it caused the game to drop to 5 fps, all while I was trying to finish a machine event.

[cursive bough]

is edd doable without a driller

[languid adder]

I joined a match the other day and the host modded it so no one could take damage. That was such a retarded mission and not fun at all

[blazing current]

Yes, the well location is close and not high, overall same level

[burnt sandal]

you could have simply reloaded a previous save

[terse delta]

This weeks, yes

the refinery is nothing like last weeks cliff hell

just did it, glacial strata with flat terrain. Only issue is this one pump in a tunnel full of black ice, but it's easily doable no driller

[upper geyser]

EDD easy, but I'm gonna redo it since I played like ass this first time (Finished the first time, of course)

[cosmic tree]

What are the dd and edd like this week lads?

[jade jewel]

Hey uh yeah, can you guys add an offline mode? Because I’m doing this deep dive solo cause the internet sucks but I literally got to the end and waiting for the damn mule to get her fat ass to the drop pod and the network went out and now I have to go back and redo the entire deep dive since for some genius decided if you have no network connectivity the game just closes. Thanks

[blazing current]

? you can already do deep dive solo

Unless if you mean automatically becoming host when you as a client disconnects

[jade jewel]

I mean… I main engi it’s not that bad. I just finished the elite solo and thank god my internet didn’t cut out

[burnt sandal]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/202097047988469760/786741842779701258/Pinned_Messages.gif

[whole iris]

so i have a question what does "err;//233..." cube do?

[drifting parrot]

this EDD was surprisingly easy, but part of that was that my teammates were chads

[cursive bough]

#drg-chat, also absolutely nothing

[drifting parrot]

cryonades are pretty good this week on the Elite

mactera plague, and then two missions with breeders in em

[cursive bough]

^

[drifting parrot]

also be aware that there's a few leeches around

[whole iris]

my bad im sorry mate

[cursive bough]

ntr payload is also really good just bc all objs are swarm ones

[drifting parrot]

that tracks

we didn't have it, we had LSLS gunner

but it was fine

also, fire boltshark is pretty good with the sludge pump, because setting the goo on fire is just a lot of damage

[hoary cove]

he means it’s already possible to play the game offline solo

[swift jacinth]

Is it just me or has the elite deep dive consistently had shield disruption?

It's felt like it's always had shield disruption all of season 2

[jade jewel]

Then tell me with extreme detail how to play it offline via the Xbox app on pc because I can’t seem to figure it out. When I launch the app, if I don’t have connection, it says I’m offline and dosent load anything. When the game is launched and I am in a solo mission; if the internet connection is interrupted, a message displays that says a network error has occurred. In about 30 seconds if connection has not been reestablished the game force quits itself and sends me to the desktop. I’m not sure if the steam one has different features then Xbox, but I would like to know exactly how to set it up, because I am constantly on the move with shotty free WiFi. So please, do tell

[swift jacinth]

It's just the most "anti team" mutator that exists so its just really annoying to keep seeing it

[blazing current]

I don't know if it's any different compared to steam, but before you click launch in DD terminal, you can select between Solo, Public, and Private under the DD selection screen. You can choose Solo if you want to be completely solo and have bosco with you. And should you choose public or private, you are the host anyway so you should be okay when you have wonky wifi connection (can't say the same for the dwarfs connecting to your game tho)

But reading your message, seems like xbox app handles it differently

[jade jewel]

Nope, handles the same. I just found out from another DRG player that DRG just requires a constant network connection. I was the host and qued under solo( because that’s what’s typically selected anyways). It just seems like it’s how the game is able to do cave generations and enemy spawns. It’s an unfortunate flaw indeed. Thanks for trying to help anyways

[blazing current]

Ah that's a shame, thought DD works the same as normal mission for solo

[lyric pier]

What are Deep Dives

[burnt sandal]

https://deeprockgalactic.fandom.com/wiki/Deep_Dives

[lyric pier]

Thanks

:D

[burnt sandal]

no problem

welcome aboard new miner

[lyric pier]

This game is amazing

[burnt sandal]

it is 😄

[lyric pier]

I cant believe a game this good actually exists lmao

Looks sick

[hoary cove]

i don’t know about xbox, but i have played drg without an internet connection hundreds of times on steam

the game 100% does NOT need an internet connection to generate caves

[jade jewel]

Well on Xbox it do, so let’s drop it because it’s obviously an issue with Xbox and not DRG, k?

[hoary cove]

i wonder why that’s the case tho

Cud you post an image of the deep dive lobby screen in #drg-gallery ? i’m curious if it looks different

[burnt sandal]

because Microsoft

[hoary cove]

that’s unfortunate

so many games don’t offer offline play when they really have no reason to need a constant internet connection

[kindred flax]

UwU im looking for a group to do my first deep dive

[burnt sandal]

#lfg-steam or any other relating to your platform

[ornate badger]

Easy solo DD this week

[upper geyser]

Did EDD again after playing like ass (but winning) the first time... at least this time it was Driller causing me the most damage instead of bad play

[violet mauve]

Last week too.

Was nice.

[lusty fiber]

When you get through an Elite deep dive while being dumb as hell and not using the bubble shield and you get tked at the end

And then kicked to add salt to the wound

Only negative experience playing the game so far

After about 60 hours

[wraith shard]

This is how indie games work my friend 😎

[ornate badger]

EDD not too bad

300 ping was a bit shit

Only spicy part was when my team forgot to shoot the meteors flying at dotty

[rustic yacht]

I did the DD as a solo Engineer this time around. I'm no speedminer, but I didn't have much trouble with it. Had a couple tense moments when I ran out of ammo, but Bosco's ice missiles generally handled immediate issues while I ran to the supply pod.

[hushed sequoia]

yeah but your data cant be harvested while offline soo you have to be online at all times

[blazing current]

microsoft moment

[azure veldt]

This weeks deep dive isnt so bad! Managed to pull through on just the second attempt!

Phase 2 is the real kicker but if you can stomach the Shield disruption its manageable. Helps if you take the path behind the entry pod spawn instead of the one directly in front (Where the Spitballer spawns in front of- leads to a sheer drop, not ideal.) Phase 2 you really gotta take it in an almost Breach and Clear fashion room by room and not rush.

[rose wedge]

Lol gosh I'm finding solo deep dive are easier to run that with groups now lol

[twilit drift]

bosco carries certain mission types

and just in general

[misty perch]

Am I the only person that thought this week's deep dives were the easiest ones in a while?

Except for that escort duty mactera plague mission, kinda screwed me over a lil

[queen patrol]

stage 2

do not believe their lies, it is definitely a swarmer infestation in there

[tacit iris]

EDD this week is surprisingly easy

No low oxygen or haunted horror modifiers

And even the shield disruption stage 2 was pretty chill due to only having 1 controlled swarm from those 4 eggs

By the time I got to stage 3 I had like 400 nitra left and I called 5 supplies lol

[unkempt lantern]

Made it to stage 3 of the EDD fineish then my internet died. Oof.

[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!
_ _

[wraith shard]

Still half a week left

Screw it, I'm scanning the new dive by myself, I'll use the scanner from Subnautica

[fathom radish]

From the beginning of my DRG journey 2-3 weeks ago I've been evenly leveling up all 4 classes with just now in the past 2 days reaching LV25 with the Scout and every other class is 24. This natural just happened because different mission types favor different classes. I play solo 90%+ of the time on level 1-3 difficulty and BOSCO has the skills of a Scout crossed with a Driller, so a flying Driller. My path to promotion and unlocking the Deep Dives and OC terminals couldn't have taken longer it feels like.

[random rampart]

Try not begging for your drg journey now

[fathom radish]

FIXED

[barren lichen]

I was doing normal deep dive and on the last mission with the drill dozer we got a swarm while I was pressing the button for the dozer to start digging and later the drill dozer got hurt a lot by the rocks because engie and gunner weren’t doing their jobs and then I got kicked should I have been kicked?

[barren lichen]

The gunner was 1 gold star and engie was 2 bronze star

Idk what scout was even doing

[jolly hazel]

did you press the button before asking if everyone was ready?

[queen ledge]

any benefits elite dives have?

[burnt sandal]

same as the deep dives : one blank, one weapon overclock and one cosmetic core

each type of deep dives have their own set of rewards

[queen ledge]

I see, thanks

[barren lichen]

We got the egg and stuff and just deposited it and we were all there

[drifting parrot]

always always always ask if people are ready before pressing buttons

[barren lichen]

Yeah I probably should have

[ionic bloom]

Really nice elite deep dive

[karmic geyser]

LF dwarves to EDD with as a starting player (only 3 promotions 90 hours)
looking to learn high level/haz5/EDD play in general.
can vc and follow lead.
pls dm for steam friend

[cursive bough]

low oxygen is a plague on the world

[green crown]

theres no low o2 in this weeks deep dives...

[cursive bough]

yea

but am i wrong

[summer sinew]

Just cleared DD this week and gonna try solo EDD tomorrow, it will gonna be hard for solo?

[jolly hazel]

depends how good you are lol

[summer sinew]

fair enough

[gleaming estuary]

Just soloed my first Deep Dive. Holy crap.

[summer sinew]

congrets

[ornate badger]

nice one

[ornate badger]

i can see people failing the escort part since there's a mactera swarm for it

so its not like super easy, but not really hard either

[summer sinew]

so the 1st stage is smth like a great filter

and after that, it's not that hard

hmm

alr thanks

ill try it

[tranquil apex]

how toughs the edd this week

heh, jim just asked that kinda. I wont be soloing though

[summer sinew]

Ye, dont try solo

i hate escort duty

[ornate badger]

Yeah if you're not engi ull probably just lose the driller to mactera, especially during refuels

[queen ledge]

it's doable, completed my first EDD with gunner
never soloing EDD again

[wooden rain]

The problem for me on eed was the small flying enemies I couldn't hit with my shotgun

[queen ledge]

anybody knows what kinda Haz would the deep dives be?

[random rampart]

What deep dives? Regular or elite?

[queen ledge]

regular

[random rampart]

3/3.5/3.5

[queen ledge]

damn, wasn't expecting an answer
thanks

[cursive bough]

💀then why did you ask

[wraith shard]

probably got used to people in gaming discussions not giving an actual answer to their question

[cursive bough]

#drg-chat moment

[cerulean lichen]

Situation is actually that bad

[torn verge]

i found it to be okay as solo engi running em discharge stubby and volatile impact shard
lots of aoe is good here, no dreads

plenty of nitra

no horribly vertical pumpjack placements

the best advice i can give you for not failing here is to take the long way around on the second stage
egg collection has never ever gone well for me when i or my team go down directly into the big egg pit

[lusty shuttle]

I was also playing EM discharge stubby during this week's EDD, but I had Fat Boy as my secondary, and we egg collected in the big egg pit. It worked out really well because I just made a bridge of platforms in the middle of the pit that didn't connect up to a wall, so the bugs could only get to us by climbing the bridge, and I had a turret at the base of it and one under it, so I could shoot either to blow bugs up and my teammates stayed safe on my platforms with me during swarms. Proximity grenades helped too.

[soft trellis]

Engie is probably best for soloing anything

[modern galleon]

Doing my first deep dive atm, solo; Do they not have any of the specialized resources like Enor pearls? Or am I just suddenly blind? :P

[tardy girder]

deep dives normally only have gold and nitra; you can't get crafting resources unless you find and kill a hoarder

[wraith shard]

Stubby EMD and Fatboy?

Bye bye Single target DPS, let scout do all the HvT work

[manic pivot]

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

[round perch]

Breach cutter or shard diffractor

[echo storm]

breach

[ionic bloom]

breach

[inner rover]

Preach

[lofty parrot]

Dude that edd was actually challenging. I had to clutch 3 times in the final stage after all my teammates died. We beat it though

[tribal shell]

what ya all think the challenges will be this dive?

[soft trellis]

Shield disruption LOL

[tribal shell]

-shudders- don't speak that evil

[quasi sleet]

oops all shield disruption

[random rampart]

Shieldless escort, low oxy pe, lethal enemies elim

Freaky dd

Even worse edd

[hollow citrus]

low oxygen refinery would suck

[jolly hazel]

there was one last winter

I think the third dive I've wiped to

horrible pump placements too

shield disruption PE with dread secondary is probably the worst

[wraith shard]

lethal enemies salvage is 10x worse than lethal enemies in elim no boolo cap

[jolly hazel]

well yeah static defense vs horde/kiting an enemy that doesn't kill you with melee 95% of the time

[cursive bough]

Stage one, haunted cave salvage
Stage 2 shield disruption swarmageddon 10 aquarqs
Stage 3 low o2 mactera plague industrial sabotage

Calling it rn

[sudden urchin]

So i guess I have a question regarding deep dives/ over locks

Would a question about over clocks fit here?

[jolly hazel]

sure

[jolly hazel]

can't have double warnings afaik

[quasi sleet]

deep dive refresh <t:1662634800:R>

[fading valley]

Lets hope its not magma and glacial again again

[manic pivot]

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

[quasi sleet]

wasn't it salt pits?

[lusty shuttle]

Wish granted, we get double Hollow Bough and at least two missions with shield disruption. One is haunted cave with narrow cavegen.

[fading valley]

i'll still prefer that over glacial with any shield disrupt ever

I dont care so long as I dont have to deal with ice + storms + naedocytes + swarmers on shield disrupt

[hoary cove]

glacial aint too bad

at least the prats are basically passive

[fading valley]

on its own, no, but EDD + shield disrupt (which seems to be every damn time glacial is in EDD) is absolute cancer.

the praes are never the problem, its almost entirely the jellyfish

especially since thorns nerf

[hoary cove]

cooker with boiler ray or flamer with targets explode is ur friend

[fading valley]

yes, but that doesnt change the fact that they still get a ton of chip damage in through

and you cant really see/hear them coming during snowstorms

last stage of this EDD I nearly got instagibbed by a spawn of them during a snowstorm from full hp/shield to 10% hp in under a second

very little counterplay to that

and its frustrating.

[thorn jewel]

Still haven’t done this week’s

Any input

Stage 2 EDD looks like hell

Rest seems ok

[fading valley]

for stage 2, take the rear dirt path, the front one leads you into a cliff of a massive room where everything is already spawned and mauling you, theres 2 breeders and 2 brood nexus in there, its better to take the longer path so you can funnel the spawns rather than opening into it immediately and getting overwhelmed by the mob + aggroing the breeders before you're in a position to deal with them

rear path also leads to one of the eggs and a nitra vein

[hearty trellis]

I have T shirt designs,logos,banners,emotes,overlay,banners,pfp,covers,illustration art etc

[thorn jewel]

Thanks

[soft prairie]

I could believe there may be a better elite deep dive unless there's a troll on site level where the pumpjacks gonna be like 40 meters above the refinery

💀

[hollow citrus]

inb4 magma is the EDD and glacial is the DD this week

[cursive bough]

I lost twice to that damn cliff

Bc I opened the dirt

Instantly grabbed and dropped by a mactera

[storm tangle]

what is the DD of this week? missions wise?

[fading valley]

yeah we failed the first attempt cause of that, got down to one alive and eventually the jellyfish whittled them down

[quasi sleet]

we find out <t:1662634800:R>

[swift jacinth]

50 glyphid slammers EDD has shield disruption and swarmageddon as modifiers this week

[torn verge]

this is good advice for every high haz egg mission imo
if you end up looking at a vertical drop into the big room, take the other path
i've never had trying to drop into the egg room go well, there's too many bugs already spawned in

[fresh turtle]

Really late on this but I did the EDD today and my team opened the cliff path and then saw how bad it was and turned around and so the entire way down the long way we had to deal with swarmers and naedocytes and everything else coming from both directions

Horrible experience

Not to mention how once we got to the main room, because everything was aggrod already the ground was just covered in eggs

[manic pivot]

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

[sly kettle]

Soon™

[tardy girder]

inb4 glacial strata and/or magma core again

[sly kettle]

Please no. I'd prefer some variety this week.

Like, would be nice to have some Radioactive Exclusion Zone.

Or Crystalline Caverns.

[ornate badger]

Pls no strata

[ivory marten]

I honestly wouldn't mind the strata.

[ornate badger]

Hate blizzards

[ivory marten]

I don't mind 'em.

At least it's not the floor trying to burn you or the walls trying to stab you or the plants trying to choke you with spores.

Or a surprise sandshark coming out of the ground to turn you into ground beef.

[violet mauve]

Crystalline Caverns would be nice. They're sooo pretty.

[ivory marten]

Yeh.

They're also pretty zappy tho

God, Hoxxes really isn't a nice place is it

[violet mauve]

Deathworldiest deathworld in the galaxy.

[ivory marten]

And those are just the biomes DRG is willing to mine in.

Who knows how many more there are.

[violet mauve]

I do still wonder about the training cave.

Why are the walls lime-coloured?

[ivory marten]

Shallow Grotto?

[violet mauve]

It's so weird.

[ivory marten]

Good question.

Lets recap what kinds of biomes we have.

[gleaming cave]

I wonder if it’s Fungus Bog.
Green walls, not many sources of light, stripped down to the bare minimum.

[ivory marten]

We have caverns filled with crystals, some of them so charged with electricity that they can shoot off sparks, what was once a massive underground lake that is now filled with unstable salt deposits that also serves as a breeding ground for the Q'ronar, a massive swampy mess that's filled with sticky goo and toxic spores, a radioactive wasteland that has massive crystals that will also irradiate you, a strange subterranean rainforest with massive coral like structures and murderous cactus, a massive sheet of permafrost that still experiences blizzards, an incomprehensibly large tree that's been infested with vines that seem to have a mind of their own, a bioluminescent hostile paradise filled with all manner of plant life, a place so utterly windblasted and dry that no traditional plant life can be found there and is home to explosive spores and sandsharks; and finally the literal core of the planet that is so hot and volcanically active that blowing up the ground will leave it scorching hot.

Hoxxes is a fucking nightmare.

[sly vapor]

We are still on a tiny part of the surface

this week is azure weald and sandblasted corridors btw

[drowsy hollow]

aight gonna take a quick shower, hopefully the new deep dives will have been available by the time I finish

Also, no glacial strata/mag core again this week otherwise imma lose it for real

[drowsy hollow]

Really?

[sly vapor]

yep, i used a date exploit on ps4 punjabi no virus glitch meta ultra, it basically let me travels to future weeks

next week is sandblasted corridors and dense biozone

[violet mauve]

I would bonk you if I could.

But since we're dwarves I will just disrespectfully call you a pointy-eared leaf lover.

[manic pivot]

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

[sly kettle]

Good luck, everyone.

[quiet mortar]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Glacial Strata | Code Name: Wild Raid
Stage 1: 200 Morkite + 2 Eggs | Low Oxygen
Stage 2: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 M.U.L.E.s | No Mutators
Stage 3: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 150 Morkite | Rich Atmosphere Parasites

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Peeled Interest
Stage 1: 2 M.U.L.E.s + Dreadnought Twins | Elite Threat
Stage 2: 10 Aquarq + Dreadnought Hiveguard | Exploder Infestation
Stage 3: 4 Eggs + 150 Morkite | Low Gravity

[violet mauve]

DD: Glacial Strata
EDD: Crystalline Caverns

[sly vapor]

uhhhh

[proven light]

wasn't that last week's edd?

[sly kettle]

Isn't that last weeks?

[potent vector]

wait

nvm

host changed to DD

lmfao

wait, it is EDD

what

I'm so confused

[amber walrus]

Yes that was last weeks first stage

[hollow citrus]

glacial with low o2

[tardy girder]

I WAS JUST JOKING ABOUT IT BEING GLACIAL STRATA AGAIN

WHY

[hollow citrus]

better hope a blizzard doesn't spawn during extraction

if not ur all dead

[candid bobcat]

... elite threat

[severe badger]

whew

oh hi mem

[candid bobcat]

heyo

[ivory marten]

Ay, the Strata!

[tardy solar]

time to do the DD solo as scout

wish me luck

[sly kettle]

Good luck! Rock and Stone!

[ivory marten]

I'm gonna wait for the dive to be fully explored.

[tardy solar]

R&S!

[violet mauve]

Okay, DD stage 2 is:
Drilldozer + Mini-Mules, no Mutator

@quiet mortar

[ivory marten]

Dozer and Minis. Neat.

[violet mauve]

Teh cutest!

[tardy solar]

pain

[severe badger]

edd's gonna have all dreads again

[tardy solar]

that's my dream

[candid bobcat]

LSLS time to shine

[severe badger]

nvm

[tardy solar]

third stage of normal DD is 3 mules 150 morkite

parasites and rich atmosphere

[violet mauve]

Jeeez, so many jellyfish.

_<

[sly kettle]

No shield disruption? What a pleasant surprise!

[ivory marten]

Huzzah!

Off to do the dive!

[violet mauve]

For DD stage 3, when you exit the tunnel, look on the right cliff side. There is a very big Morkite deposit.

Easily over 80.

[ivory marten]

thanks

[cursive bough]

Stage 2 edd looks painful

[tardy solar]

leaving normal dd at 38:02

that was way easier than I expected

[violet mauve]

What class? How many people?

[tardy solar]

solo scout

[drowsy hollow]

EDD stage 3 is a joke

2nd stage, on the other hand...

[tardy solar]

this edd looks great to do as a solo scout too I'll try my hand at it later

[violet mauve]

Sub 1 hour DD.

I'm happy.

[tardy solar]

good job !! you'll do even better next time

[violet mauve]

If I want to.

I already have the sub-45min achievement. But thank you still.

[ivory marten]

Stage one done!

[tardy girder]

DD wasn't too bad tbh

[violet mauve]

Yeah, it's fine.

Too many jellyfish though.

[ivory marten]

Let me tell ya something.

Defending the dozer from bugs while Razormind is playing in the background hits different.

[tardy solar]

doing the EDD with a fellow scout right now

wonder if I can do it < 30 mins as a solo scout later

yes I definitely can that third stage is a breeze and 2nd can be done quickly with some coordination

it's really that salvage that will be the bottleneck

ok done the EDD 38:42 with my fren

I'm gonna try that solo now

[ivory marten]

THAT'S THE FORTH FUCKIGN GRABBER IN THIS STAGE.

FUCKING HELL, GAME.

[scarlet jewel]

did it go forth in your general direction

[ivory marten]

OH FUCK OFF.

[scarlet jewel]

no

[ivory marten]

Stage 2, baby!

[pseudo jacinth]

damn

that was the fastest lvl 3 edd ive ever had

[drowsy hollow]

same

swarm wasn't even announced till our driller snatched the fourth egg, after which we pressed the button on Molly and skipped it entirely by rushing to the pod

[idle meteor]

edd this time has a lotta nitra

[sly vapor]

derpguy when he tries the "dont swear on the drg discord after you encounter something slightly incovenient in a mission* 😬

😨

[tardy solar]

32 mins edd solo scout

that's close enough for the time being

[astral glen]

@maiden oasis in here 🙂

[ivory marten]

After a break, a sandwich and a couple more minutes, I've completed the Dive!

[hollow citrus]

sandwich time always helps

[tribal shell]

hmm how has that low oxygen treated everyone for the first stage?

[fossil tulip]

Non issue

[hollow citrus]

was easy enough, it's a short mining mission so we got through it even before any swarms came

[fresh escarp]

This EDD looks too easy

[hollow citrus]

the new cavegen is also nicer

[whole timber]

Are the devs doing anything to address disconnection? Should I just host every game I play? I swear I do Deep Dives multiple times a week thanks to disconnection.

[past drum]

lmao

[stark stream]

Thank you for always updating this pin! Much love!

[sudden urchin]

I have a question, I just promoted recently but haven’t done a deep dive yet. What are they like?

Are there haz levels like normal missions

Or is it like smth different entirely from the normal missions

[sour stag]

Just think if missions could have two mission types in one (So like elimination and Point extraction) would have bosses to defeat while also collecting all aquarqs and doing three of those missions in a row, your health, ammo, and nitra supplies carry over to each mission.

Oh and also blackbox which is like a salvage mission but if you only had to do the uplink and its in a weird location

On regular DD I don't believe it goes higher then 4

First mission is 3, then 3.5, then 4

[wintry delta]

Its 3, 3.5, 3.5

EDD goes 4.5, 5, 5.5

[sour stag]

Ah I was wrong

[hardy oar]

I thought it was 3, 3, 3.5 for DD?

[unreal copper]

^

[hoary cove]

wiki says 3, 3.5, 3.5

[quiet coyote]

Is there any way I can contact one of the devs?

I want to know the name of a song in the game. I've asked here and on reddit and no one knows

The songs are from the last update and its not yet in the wiki and playlists

I need the music because I want to make an animation of the game

[summer sinew]

This edd looks easy tho

[queen patrol]

easiest edd of my life

if anybody wants to start out then this is the week

[soft prairie]

@quiet coyote Are you talking about like battle music or something else?

[quiet coyote]

#drg-gallery message

[fresh ivy]

DD was easy af

The thing that gave us most issues was low o2

[limpid pendant]

I had THREE seperate bulk dets spawn on mission 2, escort

Luckily none of them reached dotty because volatile bullets is balanced

[digital geode]

what is the best way to grind xp "?

[eternal plank]

double XP missions

[west jewel]

double XP, and if none do missions with two negative mutators.

[digital geode]

ty

[queen whale]

https://i.gyazo.com/cc268de9771b2aed8e56b3ad13d24503.jpg

proud of myself

first successful EDD

[eternal plank]

gg

[cursive bough]

do upgrade minerals spawn in DDs

[queen whale]

sadly no

neither do matrix core or season events

or crates/lost packs, I'm guessing because the devs don't want to make them that easy to farm

[jolly hazel]

so you arent distracted

also yeah seeded matrix core+crate would be exploitable now that you phrase it like that lol

[sudden urchin]

guys what level should my first deep dive be

do i do an elite or normal

[queen whale]

if you like throwing yourself into the deep end or you're already good at haz 5, elite

otherwise I'd definitely start with a normal one

[sudden urchin]

alr

normal one it is

[fallow niche]

seemed like a pretty comfy EDD

no real surprises as usual LSLS-go-brr solo gunner

[cursive bough]

sub 40 on the edd nice

[urban seal]

hey friends question - my friend and I have been doing deep dives (or attempting) but im wondering what level we should really be at to do these successfully. We've done 7 or 8 runs each unsuccessful at the second phase. We stick together are communicating well and loading up on Nitra. We're level 11 & 12 promoted but im thinking we just need to be higher level, any tips?

[fresh escarp]

@urban seal what's the issue on the second run?

[urban seal]

it's usually some baddy

tonight it was a detonator and then a nemesis

just levelled us instantly

[void shore]

not so much a question of level as it is understanding game mechanics and having a functional build

[urban seal]

i mean that's what I was thinking but im not so sure

perhaps it might be because our promoted characters thus far are scout and driller...

https://tenor.com/view/lord-pleas-help-oh-no-gif-25461814

going in as two gunners might be better haha

[queen whale]

yeah I can't think of any good synergy builds for a scout/driller dyad

would be interesting to try though

I'd say try and get to a point where you can at least semi-regularly beat haz 4 missions and you'll definitely be ready for regular deep dives

[urban seal]

i love being a scout haha

such a nerd

[limpid pond]

Scout/Driller is the most versatile 2P comp IMO

[urban seal]

right?

that's what we though but we got our butts handed to us each time now

[limpid pond]

That's because you're new

[urban seal]

see and I was thinking its a levelling thing

[limpid pond]

When you're promoted and have a full weapon tree, the only thing holding you back really is Overclocks

[tardy solar]

update: I did it

[limpid pond]

No OCs really holds Scout back, but that doesn't really matter until Haz 4/5, so the DD should still be doable

[edgy vault]

Please tell us how

My personal record is 46min dd

And 61mins edd... or so. Don't remember exactly

Maybe 53

[tardy solar]

I posted my loadout and strats on #deep-dive-speedrunning

I relied a lot on that particular zhukov loadout, it's insane for single target damage

[limpid pond]

Scout and Driller really need to play to each other's strengths. Both of them are very good for rushing the objective. Scout will reach minerals fast, and Driller can mine them fast with Satchels and Thin Containment Field. Driller can make shortcuts for Scout to speedrun even faster. For missions like Point Extactoon and On-Site Refinery, Driller can laser focus the primary objective while Scout gets minerals and the secondary.

Combat-wise, Scout and Driller complement each other very well. Driller has insane group clear and CC, and Scout can kill far-away/airborne targets and burst down tanky targets that Driller struggles with. Scout can help group clear with IFGs and Pheromones, or just raw damage if Driller's using Cryo Cannon. IFGs + Cryo Cannon obliterate Dreadnaughts.

[echo storm]

both easy and fun

[unkempt lantern]

EDD was peach

[tacit jungle]

yeah another freebie week

please EDD me harder next time, daddy

[unkempt lantern]

i almost made it last week too but then my internet shit itself

[hot grotto]

2nd mission EDD, popped egg as the swarm started, the swarms kept coming despite the dread

[tranquil apex]

molly outpaced us on the way back to the dropship in the first level of the DD and we kept taking turns dying of no O2 😂

was kinda comical that we each died a few times on the run back bc we couldnt keep up to molly

[rare nexus]

i once had to call a resupply pod just to get O2

[past drum]

do it in pub lobbies

[potent jewel]

Oh boy ill be able to do my funny contracts tonight

[jagged vessel]

heya-

where can I see current DD / EDD objectives and modifiers?

planning to go EDD solo, but I don't want to go completely blind.

[pale sigil]

it's always in the pinned messages

[rare nexus]

anyone want to do a EDD with me?

[ionic bloom]

just got into one sorry

[rare nexus]

its ok im in one now