deep-dive-discussion

[trail pivot]

it's still twenty minutes of agony

[cobalt moat]

that do be true, now i'm wondering if i should speedrun both or run it with other chads

[trail pivot]

If I could spend one error cube to change a mission on my assignments... i'd be out of error cubes

It kinda killed my enthusiasm for weekly farming

[cobalt moat]

Yup it makes me want to stop playing the game if i see sabo in my missions

So did they announced the Dive changes or nah? Because they really should

[trail pivot]

It's almost the way I felt about rival presence last season

specifically the router events

[cobalt moat]

Router events kinda got rare tho or it's just me

[woeful niche]

all rival related events became rarer this season

[trail pivot]

the combo of router and prospector and spawning in a turret gank nest in every mission was unbearable

[solid haven]

what happen? I thought deep dives resets on thursday...

[cobalt moat]

Apparently they changed it, if you completed the sabo ones check again.

[solid haven]

I just completed DD and EDD last week

[woeful niche]

router is one of the easiest events in the game tho

[trail pivot]

I hate doing it

[solid haven]

ooh, so new day for reset? no more thursday?

[trail pivot]

It's just a sidetrack

even worse if you get the defense router

[coral pond]

Just let the driller do it, ez clear

[woeful niche]

it still resets thursday, they re rolled it early cus ppl complained about double sabo

[trail pivot]

if the connection gets broken and it isn't fixed it's over

had a driller go through the column holding the nodes one time and the hack pod was up a cliff in the next room

[solid haven]

I see, I got no problem with sabo missions. I love industrial sabotage, make it x3 on EDD next time 😄

[trail pivot]

120 enemies on severe terrain disadvantage oof

I wouldn't mind all of the rivals content except sabotage as secondary in dives

But the failure explosion for the router should be doubled or tripled

[graceful sonnet]

EDD doesn't have IS(good), but is A) claustrophobic, and B) where the fuck is all the nitra

[cobalt moat]

If it's claustrophobic throw some c4 make it bigger

[jolly obsidian]

We didnt run into much nitra trouble but those caves were left no spot unchecked

And everyone was pretty ammo conscious the whole mission

[manic pivot]

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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!
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[barren mural]

EDD - Nitra was very scarce in Stage 2. I think we started the last dreadnought with 62 nitra? It got kinda ugly. Stage 3 was MUCH easier by comparison. I suspect that there was some nitra in S2, but Hollow Bough is very "lumpy" and hides things.

[lament coral]

i agree that stage 3 edd was much easier than the rest

big open area and had tons of nitra

[short haven]

For me what really did it for current EDD is the horrible cave generation and of course lack of nitra in the first 2 stages

I plan on maybe playing EDDs multiple times in the future but the current one feels absolutely godawful to traverse

[humble sage]

yes, stages 1 and 2 were both horrible for us, because we never had enough nitra in either of those

at one point we were legit farming some lootbugs 😂

[covert relic]

just finished the edd with 200 spare nitra 🤷‍♂️

team of 4, two people left on stage 2 for some reason

they were bronze 1 tho

[waxen terrace]

EDD in general is hardest at stage 2, stage 3 usually is a breeze somehow

[cinder shard]

edd stage 1 is so hard this week

[vague mica]

Yeah, the ammo situation in Stage 1 EDD was rough.

[supple field]

literally just played DD with the most efficient team of dwarves I've ever played with

holy hell we were in and out, maybe 35 minutes at best

36:50

[wraith shard]

pretty good time well done

[prime ferry]

I tried out EDD with my Gunner, and while for the most part swarms weren't too much an issue - the navigating the world aspect was much more difficult. I didn't particularly run from danger (Even though exploders popping out of nowhere and moving what feels like 3 times as fast is a lot to take in) In the end I couldn't make it - because without enough skill it's hard to use your time efficiently to complete tasks between swarms.

Just sort of run out of ammo, and have no time to get more ammo - so you're dead in the water eventually.

[wraith shard]

You have more than enough ammo as gunner and if you were playing solo there would have easily been enough nitra for resupply and if you optimize your time well you have plenty of time to do everything you need to do to win. Navigating that map as gunner would be more painful than scout or driller for sure tho.

[waxen terrace]

less painful than driller imo cause ziplines

[coarse dew]

anyone else having horrendous rubber banding issues every deep dive

[woeful niche]

driller has a lot of ammo too tho

id rather do this edd as scout or driller

[fleet stream]

did the edd solo as gunner so I can confirm that navigation and just being able to see is your biggest problem

ziplines do help with some of the cylindrical tunnels and getting to the black box precipice so there's that

[fathom hazel]

Still need to do this weeks deep dives

[wraith shard]

have fun!

[turbid pasture]

Anyone wanna play EDD?

[waxen terrace]

#lfg-steam

[digital needle]

Saw a level 9000 player, fell to my knees in respect

[wraith shard]

cheated

no one has 9k legitimately

[dense escarp]

is this weeks EDD harder than usual?

[wraith shard]

ehhh a little bit ig

one of the harder ones in recent times but nothing insane

oops i sent that in the wrong server

[charred spruce]

I would like some advice for this week's EDD, because it's Hollow Bough and it will be my first time doing so as well

[wraith shard]

best advice I can give is play with other ppl that are experienced

and do your best to keep up with and learn from them

[red needle]

killed the twins with a bulk det cause we were all out of ammo on the advice of a graybeard

[wraith shard]

killing bosses with bulks is always fun

[red needle]

still can't tell if the cocoon had to be popped before the death blow

[charred spruce]

I will do, thank you

[wraith shard]

it does

[charred spruce]

Also bulk murdering dreadnaughts is hilarious

[wraith shard]

I havent bulked a dread but I've bulked a korlok

[charred spruce]

I bulked myself

[wraith shard]

@charred spruce best of luck on your first EDD

[charred spruce]

Thank you!

[red needle]

and the swarms were pretty randy

took 3 attempts before I managed to complete it

[night sparrow]

Literally the hardest EDD i ever witnessed

Any scout build suggestions for this EDD?

[zenith ember]

i think any build kinda works for scout tbh, just keep the lights up and go around corners to find nitra for the team

i ran m1k w hipster, zhunuks no oc for swarmers, thorns/sweet tooth/resupplier - iron will/field medic, worked out in the end

[prime ferry]

I tend not to use thorns on scout because I feel like I should be fleeing rather than taking chip damage.

[sick yarrow]

helps with swarms

[prime ferry]

I use boomerangs on swarms.

[sick yarrow]

i run pheromones to res people in shit spots

[prime ferry]

I think the only thing I guess to think about during deep dives versus regular missions as a Scout is to not go crazy with lights - but put them in optiminal positions becuase sometimes ammo resupplies can be fewer and further between.

As people tend to save up for last mission.

I kept being told pheromones didn't work that well - so I've never used them.

[untold saddle]

They got buffed when the crossbow came out, it's really good now

[sick yarrow]

so clutch

[untold saddle]

I love using it with fire arrows and lighting a gigantic group of enemies on fire

[prime ferry]

I guess that's the problem with watching videos that might have come out before season 3

[burnt sandal]

fire bolts, my beloved

❤️

[prime ferry]

The only OC i have for crossbow fires 3 bolts - which makes it like a shotgun - but not as effective at dealing with crowds.

[sick yarrow]

i need to mess with the bow more

[untold saddle]

I run fire bolts + aggressive venting

[sick yarrow]

never used it well

[prime ferry]

I tend to run electricity on my bow to shoot bosses for chip damage.

[untold saddle]

It's hard to get used to but very fun and good

[sick yarrow]

i use the smgs

[prime ferry]

I have 3 builds so far, one for each main weapon.

[sick yarrow]

basically bottomless clip with the right perks

[prime ferry]

I paired the Deepcore with SMG. Which is sorta fun.

[zenith ember]

I just run thorns for that 1 swarmer clipping in the ground honestly

[sick yarrow]

i use the m1000

not the best, but pretty damn fun

[prime ferry]

M1000 I paired with crossbow.

[zenith ember]

But yeah it otherwise doesnt help much in haz 5

[sick yarrow]

too slow

[prime ferry]

It works for the haz 3 missions I usually play.

It's the "Most fun" which is the primary build for me playing.

I went through one EDD with a team, and have made it through a few Haz 4 missions.

The crossbow kills things, so it's reliable - sometimes grunts would still be coming with a tick of life left after a shotgun blast - so I tended to stray away from it.

SMG runs out of clip pretty quick so if you haven't killed what you needed then you are hoping your other gun is ready by that point.

I run Born Ready, on all my builds so mostly the secondary is just me holding off for it to get reloaded.

[covert marten]

animation cancel on reload is a good replacement for born ready

the annoying part is learning the timings of every gun reload

for driller and the shotgun it's pretty busted

warthog is an instant reload w cancel so you practically have an infinite mag size

[fleet stream]

someguns also gain from reload cancel much more than others

like the AC gains ~1 second out if 5 vs warthog basically halving its reload speed

[vagrant shell]

Did you miss the low O2 industrial sabotage from a couple weeks ago? Gnarly

[fleet stream]

that one wasn't so bad tbqh

there was so much nitra you could get to the caretaker with around ~500

and make a nice + formation of resupply pods around it

[vagrant shell]

still just a pain

low O2 is always the worst modifier IMO

the low O2 aqarq EDD a while back was tough too

[untold saddle]

I dislike haunted more than low O2

[echo storm]

the worst thing is poor map generation

[night sparrow]

I completed it

I had a driller that made me a tunnel system with resuplies, it was 4 tunnels on in front of each caretaker's eye, and they all were connected, I simply shoot all weakpoints and then eye with MS1000

[vagrant shell]

oh nice

i'm the driller...but I didnt do that

[trail pivot]

everyone can use the tunnels

sabotage predrilling is a meta of it's own

[vagrant shell]

i usually make a nice room in the ceiling and drop c4 from above

[brisk pagoda]

to make caretaker fight smoother, you want either a cliff or some battlements on the high ground. high enough to hop over or ignore the repulsor sheilds, or far enough away that they cant reach. you especially dont want them close enough to get inside your hallways, because then youve just made a tomb.

[vagrant shell]

Yeah I usually go with the cliff and elevated tunnels

and I play with engineer who coordinates with me

[brisk pagoda]

with engy you can have him build you a bridge to the top as a faster alternative to ceiling c4

[night sparrow]

As Scout i can only say this mission's hardest part is energy cells

[brisk pagoda]

bridge also gives a bit of cover from patrol bot spam

[brisk pagoda]

as scout you can provide a lot of support with ifg and pheremone during the bug hordes, and big dps against boss crit spots

[night sparrow]

I only today found out that IFG increases damage

[little fog]

Yes this, the rwaring from the ghost alone is annoying enough and then it kills you

[subtle crest]

god i hated the haunted mission

[vestal rain]

Is it common for people to leave deep dives?

[worldly creek]

if i got to phase 3 of 3 but died do i start at phase 3 in elite deep dive?

[glossy walrus]

you go back to the start every time

[charred spruce]

Made it through first stage of EDD.. but we died on second stage because we ran out of ammo and had a glyphid detonator

😔 good attempt I guess

[main parcel]

I don't know, but I had two leavers yesterday Sadge

[vestal rain]

I had two leavers on my first ever DD today

at the very start too

[main parcel]

Me (driller) and a scout were left alone on 1st stage, but we have managed to finish it. Almost killed the 2nd dreadnaught on stage 2, but an unlucky occasion has interrupted it

[vestal rain]

Bit sad since they cant be replaced in DD for some reason

[main parcel]

And yeah it was my 1st ever DDE

[charred spruce]

Ye DD does not replace players in since no other players other than ones present can join

[vestal rain]

Me (gunner) and driller powered through anyway

but kinda sad

[charred spruce]

This EDD is rough though. GGs to us getting through as far as we could though

[vestal rain]

Was kinda excited for edd but if people leave there too then meh maybe wont bother

if i have to play alone it's better to at least go with bosco

[thorn jewel]

Could be internet problems

[jagged rapids]

People who intentionally leave usually do it after stage 2 bc that's the weapon oc. Tho it's not uncommon for you to get disconnected which obviously isn't intentional and could explain why they left after stage 1 which offers the most meh reward

[thorn jewel]

We got disconnected from a normal dive last week because host had bad internet at the end of s3

[jagged rapids]

The problem is a lotta new folks don't know they can rejoin after disconnect

But also if you're on PlayStation, I'd be happy to help ya with either dive this week

[vestal rain]

I dont think it's a bad internet if they just go down during first swarm then one leaves and 1min after the other

and they never try to reconnect

they didnt leave after stage1 they left at the start of it

[main parcel]

Well, a dude goes down in the middle of a swarm (no one can res him amidst it), a dude leaves. Kvik maf tells me it's not a disconnect monkaHmm

[jagged rapids]

Ahh, that could be intentional but I've been disconnected randomly in the middle of stage before too tbh tho it's pretty rare lately but used to happen to me during s1 and s2

Tho it was usually closer to s3 tbh

But ya they probs are leaf lovers

[main parcel]

It was just a tight spot he went down on, and were fighting off a huge horde for too long, he must've thought it's not worth it to wait

But we made it and that's what matters, never felt sad about the leavers

[jagged rapids]

Someone left at the beginning of s2 yesterday bc we hadn't revived them in the middle of a swarm lol

[jagged rapids]

1000% this. I'd already done it, I was helping them and they still left

[main parcel]

But my very 1st regular DD was a huge success (on my noob scale of things) - I even got the achievement for beating it in 44:46

[thorn jewel]

Idk, leavers are kinda rare in my opinion and I’ve been playing the game with solely random teams and doing dives almost every week for several months now

Don’t get too discouraged I guess is what I’m trying to say

[main parcel]

Yep. It would suck if you only had 1 attempt on it, but the only thing you are losing is time. The reward can be acquired

[jagged rapids]

You're definitely right. Been playing for a year and I've had less than 10 toxic experiences on console and none of them happen in haz5.

These folks that leave early tho clearly aren't toxic leaf lovers tho, just the meh kind

Wish me luck, gonna go for 3rds on this week's EDD. Found another crew that needs help

My people need me lol

Jk, I'm no God (in case y'all think I've got a case of hubris 😅 from that last statement). Just experienced

[charred spruce]

You got this!

[dense siren]

EDD terrain was brutal, we failed on second mission today. Felt like there was no nitra

[main parcel]

Me and scout were running around until we found the very last piece of it, was 80 exactly

[wraith shard]

there was none

It Was Hell

[jagged rapids]

Ayyy, third run complete. Last team ran smooth tho stage 2 gave us some probs ngl

[wraith shard]

did the EDD first try tho

by the skin of our teeth

[jagged rapids]

Lol I'm feeling like going for a fourth run

[wraith shard]

last mission the entire team went down i was the last one to get to the pod

[jagged rapids]

That was me with the team I just helped but stage one lol

[wraith shard]

kekw

my team was actually quite green

we were all rank 60 or bellow

[jagged rapids]

Same. Both our drillers got lost lol

[wraith shard]

im just a masochist that plays haz 5 only now

[jagged rapids]

Had 2 drillers, 1 gunner and me a scout

[wraith shard]

literally unlocked and have only played haz 5 ever since

so im used to absurd waves

[jagged rapids]

Same tho I've been revisiting haz4 lately. Been really enjoying helping young folks lately

Tho I started from haz 3 and made my way to 5 over time ngl

[wraith shard]

ive only really done haz 2 when its bloody sab missions its way too annoying to do on haz 5 with randoms

and i would rather spend the time knowing i can do the mission

and continue on

[wraith shard]

same

started haz 3 and just went up from there

now it feels like there are no bugs on haz 4 :kekw:

[jagged rapids]

Lol I getcha. Can't deny some haz4 runs still give me a run for my credits depending on the team. So I've got some improving to do still tbh 😅

[lavish kestrel]

failed the deep dive cause molly went through a resup hole and i couldnt find my way out smh molly

[minor widget]

What’s the difference between elite and regular deep dives

Are elites just haz 5

[summer sinew]

DD(Haz) - 3 , 3.5 ,3.5
EDD - 4.5 , 5 , 5.5

[minor widget]

Ah ok

That’s why the first DD I did was easy compared to all other haz 5 missions I did

[restive patrol]

did the elite twice
first time we did stage 1+2 barely
thinking we'd find one nitra vein at spawn at stage 3

nothing

do it again and this time a FAT nitra vein on stage 3 spawn

bless

[winter trellis]

Just completed this week's elite and nitra did not like us we sat at 25 hp and under a quarter of our ammo the entire time. Beat it with 1 survivor cause of a bulk spawn

[native vector]

hey can anyone do an elite deep dive with me

it's like my first one

[winter trellis]

Quick question are you use to haz 5 games

[rough silo]

any tips for EDD? been trying this week's with friends and we end up reaching the second stage at most, furthest we reached was killing 2 dreadnoughts but not getting the eggs

[brisk pagoda]

how many players and what classes?

[rough silo]

whole group is me and my friends, and 1 for each class

[brisk pagoda]

full team of 4?

[rough silo]

yep

[brisk pagoda]

and the hive was what you struggled with?

[rough silo]

the dreadnought mission, think it wouldve been fine but the first one drained all our resources

seemed like there was very little nitra

[brisk pagoda]

what element was the driller using

[rough silo]

ice

to deal with the exploders

for the dreadnought one, we pulled the dreadnoughts to spawn to fight them, made it easier

but the game decided to immediately spawn a swarm of macteras, which killed us

[brisk pagoda]

what gunner primary

[rough silo]

uhhh, i think missiles? not sure

[brisk pagoda]

if youre going with ice, minigun would be the most reliable choice

[rough silo]

i see

[brisk pagoda]

could also consider using scout crossbow with pheromone bolt to keep aggro off the team

pretty handy both for groups of mactera and for hive

poking hive with one bolt makes all the sentinels group on her and everyone can hit the butt crits

[rough silo]

yea i was using gk2 with overclocked firing mechanism and boomstick with jumbo shells

perhaps i should switch to my other build which was running the plasma gun with liquid coolant and the crossbow with trifork

nitra seems really scarce on the first and second stages

[waxen terrace]

also how familiar is your group with haz 4 and 5?

[rough silo]

Not really familiar?

[vagrant heron]

Butt crits

[slow hinge]

I just completed it with a group by the skin of our teeth (mostly on the second stage)
The first stage left us with very little nitra, and the second stage needed a lot while not providing much
Once we got past the second stage, there was enough nitra with the mini mules for an extra resupply
So I think there's just not much nitra, but grabbing all the eggs and running helped on the second stage

I wish I knew about that butt crit strategy before, I'm gonna try that

[brisk pagoda]

it also means the only thing attacking you is the hivegaurd with its bombs, so no need to worry about getting bit through a thin wall by a sentinel

also something ive noticed people do a lot during hive; if you have its aggro while its butt flap is open, dont circle around trying to hit it, just stay still and only move to dodge bombs. 1 person standing there and 3 people unloading into it is way better and way safer than the thing constantly spinning in place, people friendly firing because they keep sprinting in front of each oethers bullets, and people not having a clear line of fire becuase of the spinning.

[waxen terrace]

yea, its also better to get used to haz 4 and 5 movements and bug management since EDD is around those levels

also personal opinion, hurricane is better than minigun for long ranged aoe while having decent direct damage

you can still synergize with driller cryo via your secondary which can spec into single target like the bulldog or BRT

[spice magnet]

Whats this weeks deep dive?

[scenic jetty]

elite? a lot of bombs and little to no nitro

[radiant halo]

the regular dive is pretty easy tbh

elite was rough :( tried it again today and didn't even get as far as previous

[waxen terrace]

always look around for exploders

[radiant halo]

first run i went gunner and was pretty solid, went scout today for light and mobility and not having that gunner shield really sucked

[brisk spear]

ah fuck I forgot stage 2 was dreadnaughts and im on sticky fuel

guess its time for tcf to carry

[vapid lily]

god I only got through the first DD stage

like the EDD

didn't even realize the dives had swapped from the Sabotage Mayhem of last week

but GODDDDDD WHYYYYY

I decided to pick GUNNER like a FOOLLLL

most miserable and hectic level i've been in even with the hurricane and homebrew recipe

constantly tripping and falling and running into corners and dead ends and packs of exploders

not a jolly quest whatsoever

[brisk spear]

1st stage layout was really the only trouble tbh

exploders only gave me a hard time during black box by making the ground uneven

pretty glad i didnt drill it down into the Pit™️

[long jacinth]

Fathomless point is a pretty neat DD

[languid estuary]

i swear there was so little nitra in this weeks EDD

[brisk spear]

as long as you can get past stage 1 youre fine

[wraith shard]

there's enough to win

if you find yourself running out of ammo/resupply could be A) you missed nitra B) you're missing your shots C) you don't have an ammo efficient build D) someones overfilling

[languid estuary]

yea ik

i finished it just fine, there just felt like a little less nitra than normal

prolly cause my team didnt have a scout so we could barely see

therefore missing nitra

[wraith shard]

I was just about to say, if you don’t have a scout it's very easy to miss nitra in hard to reach places

You can also get the brighter objects mod, pretty sure that makes nitra more visible

[dense escarp]

lol i dug my black box into a hole and covered it up

just camped the whole transmission and waited for bosco to kill everything

first time i failed tho cuz i was too close to the pit and an exploder blew a hole

[stuck pine]

I wish I could that with my team mates

[dense escarp]

rip

i did it solo tbh

[stuck pine]

Nice polandball profile picture

[dense escarp]

oh thanks

[woeful patrol]

I find EDD easier solo, maybe is it because you don't need to rely on other

[waxen terrace]

if you had an engi you can ask him to platform the cliff for a wider area to walk

[dense escarp]

no no i was digging the black box down in a hole next to the pit

and i didnt dig deep enough

so the wall between my hole and the natural pit was thin enough for a sploder to detect me and blow a hole

[waxen terrace]

oof

[dense escarp]

at least i got it this time

ill finish tje stage after dinner

[woeful patrol]

Wait, they changed the DD ?

[zenith ember]

they changed both, you get a shot at 6 more cores if you do the new ones

[woeful patrol]

That's pretty nice

[lunar oasis]

woops i thought this was drg discussion not deep dive discussion

[daring imp]

yes honestly I'd like to have a "educational" drg discussion channel as well. That would be a nice place where greenbeards like myself can ask for advice ^^

[jagged plaza]

That would be good

[sharp hearth]

So an advice channel? Sounds neat.

[dense escarp]

finally completed this week's EDD

was hard carried by our scout

[daring imp]

This or just a channel that focuses on discussing strategies / loadouts etc. that isn't necessarily tailored to deep dives / veteran players at least in my opinion ^^

[coral pond]

Those channels would delve entirely into optimizing everything, which the majority of the community seems to hate anyways. A majority of the discussions would be meta setups, IS optimizing, and Elim optimizing

[plucky bane]

I love optimizing

that's my fun

sometimes

[coral pond]

I personally would love that but with a huge portion of the community seemingly not for it i doubt it'd happen, or it'd just turn into a shitfest with people trying to be helpful but giving wrong info

Same, i would love to optimize things more in this game

[plucky bane]

make a new discord for optimization

perfect solution (probably not)

[coral pond]

Honestly if i knew the math for this game like i did for monster hunter, i would lmao. So many helpful people in that community who love to optimize drowned out by the metric fuckload of optimization haters

[thin terrace]

the ingame information is lacking, but you can absolutely optimize for weapon breakpoints with the wiki

[plucky bane]

all I know how to "optimize" is if fall damage will kill me based on the ping thing

wish I knew more

[daring imp]

Fair point, I just feel out of place in this channel when asking for advice / other opinions 🤷‍♂️

I guess I'll do it anyways, most information should be usable in deep dives too

But I've also not come to this game to optimize. It feels much more rewarding in PvP games for me. I play this game for the fun experience ^^

[coral pond]

That's the beauty of fun, it's subjective. Your fun may not be my fun, and that's ok. What i don't get is the people who shut down optimization cause it doesn't fall in line with their kind of fun. Anyways before i go on with that tangent; deep dives. This week's sure were fun. Edd a bit nitra starved nut definitely doable. Kinda wish i did the double sabo even though i fucking hate sabo at this point but oh well

[thin terrace]

the main chat herds from one bandwagon to another. It goes in cycles. There really isn't a place to talk about builds or weapons

I still need to do the EDD

[brisk spear]

Doing it solo might not be a bad idea

Considering how little nitra is in stage 1 and how fucked the cavegen is

I'd definitely recommend driller

[thin terrace]

No point extraction or escort, so maybe it would be doable for my ability

[fleet stream]

it does have 2 dreads though

[thin terrace]

i can handle haz5 dreads

[fleet stream]

one of which is the hp sponge one

oh I meant "as Driller"

although you do get a resupply pod all for yourself

[thin terrace]

Sure. I'll try pugging it after work and then solo if we get stuck

[sly mason]

hi just unlocked deep dives and want info and tips before i head in

[thin terrace]

Three maps in sequence. Only gold and nitra. Nitra and current ammo carries over. Two primary objectives in each map

[sly mason]

oh sounds harsh

[thin terrace]

nah

[sly mason]

anything i shoud keep in mind?

[thin terrace]

the deep dive is hazard 3, 3.5, and 3.5. And it's a fixed seed so everybody knows the map layout and what missions they are

[sly mason]

i always play at hazard 2 lol, im bad

[thin terrace]

if you're interested in spoiling it, you can check the sticky on reddit and think about what makes sense

[thin terrace]

You're just reinforcing bad habits, but play what is fun

[sly mason]

a bit backhanded, but i get what you mean

[thin terrace]

the nicer way of saying it is that you won't learn the higher difficulties without doing it

this is this week's deep dive

Stage 1 - 3 mini mules, 2 eggs, lethal enemies.
Stage 2 - 7 aquarqs, 150 morkite, haunted cave
Stage 3 - 225 Morkite, Hiveguard

[sly mason]

idk i just can't seem to do well in 3 or higher. might be cuz i'm always just with bosco lol.

oh neat thx for info

i'll try and see if i can get a group for this

[thin terrace]

FYI haunted cave is a modifier that adds a ghost bulk detonator that cannot be killed and moves very slowly

those are annoying to solo

[plucky bane]

I attempted the EDD and I was starved for nitra on the first mission so I just died

[sly mason]

yeah ik, thx. it's why i want a team

[brisk spear]

Point extraction solo is very easy even with haunted cave because bosco can do the objective for you

[plucky bane]

is point extraction the aquarqs?

[fleet stream]

ye

[thin terrace]

yes. You still have to lead the bulk away from the minehead but it's probably the easiest of the two missions that can have the ghost

[plucky bane]

the map was very circular so I just ran around

[thin terrace]

the morkite was suprisingly hard to find, it was all in one room at the back

[fleet stream]

also you need to be able to see the aquarqs to ping them for bosco

2-3 of them are high up in some hidden caves so you'll still need to climb

also a good amount of nitra + morkite

[plucky bane]

I only noticed one at the very end when I launched it which would've made my time cut down by probably like 5-10 mins

[fleet stream]

the fabled hidden cave with 10 billion resources and the last aquarq that you can only notice once you get endless swarms

[plucky bane]

I had plenty of resources surprisingly

Bosco did most of the shooting while I mined the aquarqs (I was driller)

[austere dust]

Dotty just got to within 10m of Omaran and then drilled directly downwards, went in a circle, drilled directly up and eventually got back to it a couple minutes later

[plucky bane]

happened to me once and cost us the mission

[austere dust]

oh wait

[plucky bane]

very annoying

[austere dust]

wrong channel sorry

[coral pond]

Yeah me and my group were basically running it from resupply to resupply, only barely made it out in the end of stage 3. In stage 1 and 2 tho someone had to leave alone so we wouldn't fail

[upbeat chasm]

shes trying her hardest

[brisk pagoda]

thats why you look for the secret cave first

[azure thunder]

There was secret cave?

[brisk pagoda]

always assume a secret cave on refining and point extract

[scenic jetty]

when a bomber pops a dreadnaught cocoon:

[vital mountain]

Hey does anyone know what is the cube thing called error with glitch text because I found it on a glowing random spot on the map

[main parcel]

It does nothing for now, but it can be seen as a resource in Deep Dives interface on teh Space Rig

[burnt sandal]

check the pinned messages

actually, it's not pinned in this channel, so hold on

#drg-chat message

there we go

[main parcel]

Well I checked the pinned msg and it says discussing DD only here, so fair point anyway lol

But thank you ^_^

[scenic jetty]

failed the elite for fifth time. twin's aim are so sharp Xv

[woeful patrol]

Don't give up, you can still win this

[quiet mortar]

Don't go scrolling too far there tho, might find the forbidden Roadmap

[tulip hornet]

Imagine going for the roller coaster achievement on a deep dive with the refinery

[shy cosmos]

whats deep dive

[teal citrus]

What's deep dive?

Series of mining missions

One after another

[scenic jetty]

Pre-built maps too so maps are the same

[mental spruce]

The salty spitoon of deep rock (at least the elite version anyway) When you unlock it theres a terminal at the end of the lobby next to your overclock forge.

Just 3 randomized missions that changes weekly, with elite dives being hazard 5 equivalent

[dense escarp]

did DDs and EDDs update yet

[kindred wraith]

i dont think so

[dense escarp]

ok

[peak pecan]

everyone hates Hollow Bough

[dense escarp]

true

[wraith shard]

magma core is worse

[lime meteor]

nah

[cinder helm]

I prolly chose a bad time to attempt my first deep dive

My last attempt only goy as far as the first stage, where you have to stand next to the refueling pod. It dropped in a shitty spot, which is manageable, but a fucking bulk detonator came outta nowhere, forcing me out of range long enough to completely fail the mission. I was doin pretty well too 😔

My friend told me other people were having similar problems too

[waxen terrace]

kill the bulk

[cinder helm]

I tried

I couldnt kill it fast enough

[waxen terrace]

loadout?

and solo or on a team?

[cinder helm]

Solo, i was running scout with gk2, boomstick, and cryo grenades

[waxen terrace]

id swap cryo with ifg personally or abuse the DD's excess nitra to resupply cryo when you hear a bulk

you need 2 nades to freeze a bulk, but the freeze is super short so i prefer ifg

also setup for gk2 and boomstick?

[cinder helm]

No overclocks, i can’t remember the specifics cuz im at work rn

Ifgs are a good idea

[waxen terrace]

also id recommend trying to get a group

and get used to haz 3 or 4

if EDD, start getting used to haz 4 and 5

[cinder helm]

Ya ill see if i can get a group

[frail charm]

the multiple caretaker EDD was 5x better than this one

[heavy girder]

How bad of an idea is it to stack both swarms on top of each other in this EDD?

[scenic jetty]

Team wipe type bad. Tight corridors and vertical drops with leeches and trees blocking everything

I still can’t believe we had a detonator spawned at the drop pod wiping us in a single pop

[heavy girder]

We had an L3 driller saying pull all 4 eggs at once and I warned him that no swarms spawned. Surprise surprise, his perfectly crafted plan did not go as well as he thought and got salty as we all revived each other. But he didn't want to be revived and wanted us to deposit the eggs during the swarm, and he literally pulled the "stop sucking" card

We still pulled through in the end. I could only assume he wanted to speedrun the EDD with three bronze players for some reason and not form his own group ||or bring bosco and play solo||

[hollow citrus]

eggs are one of the few objectives you don't want to rush in DDs. stacking haz 5 swarms is not recommended at all unless your team is very experienced

I don't predrill on escort, but on EDDs I have seen some people predrill just to get eggs before starting dotty just cos they don't want to deal with doretta accidentally drilling out and egg and summoning another swarm on top of the escort swarm

[wraith shard]

dotty drilling an egg happened a few EDD's ago

[severe tusk]

There doesn't seem to be much nitra in this week's EDD. My random group ran out on stage 2 before killing the last dread and spent like 15 minutes looking for more but there was nothing. We weren't even wasting resupplies or anything. I guess you just have to be really efficient or play with 1-3 players.

[wraith shard]

you still won tho right?

[severe tusk]

Nope, it's the first EDD I have failed in like 3-4 months.

[wraith shard]

🥹

pretty fucking good streak

[severe tusk]

Actually, I lied, I failed one 4-5 weeks ago too with a random squad, but then got it the 2nd try.

[wraith shard]

I failed my second EDD months ago cos well skill issue, I also failed the bough low O2 PE with randoms who weren't that good so yeah. But other than that I've cleared every single EDD without fail since I unlocked them soon after S3 started

[severe tusk]

Trying again with a random 4 man squad.

[severe tusk]

OK, that one went a lot more smoothly. I told the squad that going ammo efficient was good for this EDD and the Gunner went NTP. Even had 1 resupply banked at the end of stage 2.

[hollow citrus]

nitra in bough is just tricky cos sometimes it gets hidden by branches or is up in some hidden crevasse

adding on the innate DD nitra penalty there's only 2 or so resups on stage 1

[severe tusk]

Yeah, I don't think we missed anything, but the 1st team I had was probably just too slow and a little ammo inefficient. On stage 2, my 2nd group also just killed the 2 dreads then pulled the 2nd egg and called the drop pod immediately to avoid the wave and save some ammo. Stage 3 was a breeze.

[manic pivot]

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

[spice magnet]

yessss

[shy cosmos]

ok so just like weekly challenges

sounds fun

[dense escarp]

its like regular missions but its 3 stages

[plucky bane]

I hope they give us 6 industrial sabos this week 🙏

[amber mountain]

what's the edd stage 3 layout like

me and my friend tried to do the edd and got destroyed by the shortage of nitra in stage 1 and 2

[zenith ember]

nitra heaven with a giant middle arena to fight bugs to your heart's content

[plucky bane]

that's how it was this week for the EDD

[zenith ember]

if you can make it past 2 stage 3 is way easier

[plucky bane]

normally you have more nitra

got that limited resources mutator

[woeful patrol]

Solution : Do the EDD solo

[prime ferry]

I guess it would be wrong to join an EDD if you're not comfortable with Haz 5

[old widget]

honestly, don't self-gate, just try it

[woeful patrol]

The second stage of the EDD must have been the most painful stage I've ever done

2 breeder, 2 brood nexus, 2 bulk, twins

This stage like the number 2

Which is weird being the second stage

[untold saddle]

Most people don't mind lower levels joining edds

[vapid lily]

The fact i did the regular DD no problem but couldn’t get past stage 2 as scout says something about how foul those caves were to me

Cramped, covered in bugs, nothing but PAIN and MISERY on the walls instead of GOLD and NITRA

[lethal umbra]

2 breeders? I swear there was a 3rd

[woeful patrol]

If there is another one, I haven't seen it

[lethal umbra]

Ive done it twice. There was three of those fuckers

[woeful patrol]

I'm glad I haven't seen the third then

[lethal umbra]

Fucking

2nd stage has been kicking me and my friends asses

[woeful patrol]

The second stage was so painful, it actually got me tryharding

[lethal umbra]

We got super close recently

But we got cucked by a last second swarm right before we called the drop pod

So we got overwhemled before we could reach the drop pod

[woeful patrol]

That's so sad

[lethal umbra]

We're gonna try again tonight before the DD changes

We refuse to let this beat us

[woeful patrol]

Good luck, may the RNG be with you

[lethal umbra]

Indeed.

Gonna try to run a super efficient build. Might give engi a try since its the dreadnought that gives us trouble with low ammo.

Bc haha unstable overclock for the GL go Thump

[prime ferry]

Yeah, don't think I'm ready for EDDs, exploders just sorta, roll over an edge and blow up in your face and you're done - will play more difficult regular missions to get that "head on a swivel" thing going.

[lethal umbra]

Dont remind me of the exploders

Ive mostly been doing driller on thay EDD and rely on my teammates for damage since drillers weapons arent that great against dreads.

[prime ferry]

I really want to change my engineers main weapon, but not sure if anything turns his shotgun into a 1 hit for regular mobs.

[lethal umbra]

At least. To me. Might be some build out there for it that i havnt tried.

I use the shotgun a good bit

Its reliable

[prime ferry]

Can you spec it for 1 hit grunts on body?

[lethal umbra]

Idk bout body.

Since they do have a tiny bit of armor.

Ill have to get more overclocks for it

Only have one and its a clean one that deals more damage to stunned enemies and the stun applies to anywhere on its body and not just weakpoints

[prime ferry]

Once you complete a deep dive, all you get for doing it again is whatever you pull out of the dive right?

[lethal umbra]

Essentially

Or for the challenge

Of completing it faster/better then before

[prime ferry]

Since I'm done all event stuff, I could just do regular deep dives for regular loot?

[lethal umbra]

Other then that u rlly just do it once for the overclocks

Essentially?

I dont think there are crafting materials tho in DD

Just gold and nitra.

[prime ferry]

That's true, I don't remember seeing anything crafting wise.

[lethal umbra]

The only way u can get materials is if a DD has a huuli hoarder.

[prime ferry]

I wish they'd spawn exploders further away, but I guess that would take a lot of the challenge out of them.

[lethal umbra]

Driller can handle them pretty well.

Sith either the cryo or microwave cooker.

But on that particulat DD cryo might not be the best play.

[prime ferry]

Microwave is pretty fun.

[lethal umbra]

It goes brr

And kills them without making them explode.

[prime ferry]

My time to fire is too long on my current cryo build.

[lethal umbra]

Which i like

Ahh.

I take the fast charge up upgrade personally

Its a hassle without it tbh

Ive also been using the snowball overclock.

Pretty fun

[prime ferry]

It's hard without reach.

But I guess that's what you're secondary is for.

[lethal umbra]

The snowball overclock IS the reach that my cryo needs lol

[prime ferry]

The only OC I have is Ice storm

[lethal umbra]

Takes 50 ammo but can aoe freeze majority of bugs

[woeful patrol]

I did the EDD with Lok-1 Exe and Breach Inferno

[lethal umbra]

Pretty good.

The smart gun huh

Im iffy on it but ill give it a shot.

[prime ferry]

I take it you have fast locks on the smart gun

[lethal umbra]

I have that overclock

Breach is good.

But if i have a driller i migjt focus on damage.

[prime ferry]

Since I normally find Lok1 only really good at shooting things around corners and other fun-stuff like that.

[lethal umbra]

I have that one overclock for the GL that makes it do dummy direct damage at the cost of aoe

[woeful patrol]

The Executioner OC make the Lok-1 have a very fast lock acquisition plus it reduce the maximum number of locks so it's very fast

[lethal umbra]

Yup

Thats rhe one

[prime ferry]

Hope to get that, currently I wouldn't go EDD with the current Lok1 I have

I have armour break or explosive chemical rounds (Which is kinda fun)

[woeful patrol]

If you get ECR or Exe, you pretty much have the most important OC on Lok-1 to be fair

[lethal umbra]

Me and my friends also discovered that in DD if theres a dreadnaugt mission, no matter which egg u break first they will spawn the dreads in order.

Like in the EDD no matter which egg we broke first it was always hive guard with twins being the next

We thought that was neat

[woeful patrol]

If twins could stop existing, it would be great

[lethal umbra]

I

Thank you

I fucking

Despise

The twins

I prefer the hiveguard over em which is saying something cuz hiveguard is annoying

[woeful patrol]

Twins are like my arch-nemesis in this game, I hate them to much

[prime ferry]

I normally play on Haz 3, so twins are one of the more fun things to fight.

[lethal umbra]

Haz 4 babyyyyy

[prime ferry]

It's Hiveguard I dislike the most.

[lethal umbra]

I have done solo haz 5 before

I was called insane for it.

Bc i kept doing it

Lol

[prime ferry]

Hiveguard adds more mobs to what can already be a mob-filled affair, requires some form of accuracy to take out his nubb'ns and is generally a meany pants.

[woeful patrol]

I never play haz5 except for the achievements or when doing the EDD, too much headache for me

[lethal umbra]

Lmao

I like the challenge of it

Tho it can be a bit much at times

[prime ferry]

I'm starting to take more Haz 4 stuff - slowly progressing through the ranks.

[woeful patrol]

My biggest complain with Hiveguard is that Lok-1 doesn't lock to the weak point but I guess it would be op

[lethal umbra]

So ive been taking breaks from doing it solo

Yea

U gotta shimmy it towards them which can be scuffed

[woeful patrol]

Thanks god proximity grenades exist

[prime ferry]

The first death when I tried EDD was teamfire, I was like "Should I just leave right now?"

Then everything else was exploder come outta nowhere - boom.

[lethal umbra]

Yea expect a lot of friendly fire

As long as they pick u up its all gucci tho

Unless its intentional

Then fuck em

[brazen rain]

Non Haz5 is just too imbalanced for classes, Scout is strong enough in subHaz5 to kill + his insane mobility

[brisk pagoda]

i mean, i consider 5 to be the real game and anything below it the casual difficulty, so i think its fine that its that way

[waxen terrace]

devs also mostly balance now around haz 4

[vestal rain]

Did the deep dives on steam change already? I was playing EDD today and heard people complain there was double IS but when I played there wasnt a single one?

[sly vapor]

There was, all the dds were reset because of the complaints

[vestal rain]

o.0

Does that happen often? Especially so close to the end?

Also does it mean that if I did DD before the change do I get another set of rewards if I do it after change?

[brisk pagoda]

the only time i recall them changing it before was once during update 32 with doretta being bugged, and once again in 33 also due to a doretta bug

[coral pond]

It was changed off the double sabo like, Fri or Sat

[cobalt moat]

WARNING: Deep Dive seeds have been changed since Thursday, this means you can get weekly Cores again!

[vestal rain]

ooooh

[cobalt moat]

Can't wait for tomorrow's sabotage dives

[wary marlin]

theyre gonna give us 6 sabo just to make up for this weeks dives

[cobalt moat]

finally

[tulip hornet]

stage 3 of the edd is the easiest lmao

[plucky bane]

it happened on Tuesday or Monday I think

[plucky bane]

now I'm questioning my knowledge

it was on the 13th

[woeful patrol]

Agree, after doing the mini-mules, you could sit at the spawn area and ask to get the eggs

[white ginkgo]

Is the “bullet hell” overclock viable in EDD? I don’t want to risk it in case it I would hold my entire team back using a funny overclock

[thorn jewel]

Viable? Sure. Do you hold more than your own/able to pick up others’ slack in a wave? No, imo

[burnt sandal]

yeah it's viable, but you better know why you're bringing it

[brisk spear]

bullet hell is really just for mass cc imo

[white ginkgo]

I’d be bringing it if I know in advice the driller is poopoo and know there is no sabotage or dreadnought

[burnt sandal]

you can check the pinned message to know what's in the DDs each week (assuming you're on steam)

the microsoft version should be almost similar, with a few differences, notably in the cave gen.

[white ginkgo]

I’m new here, just joined some hours ago, great to know!

Been playing for a good while though

[burnt sandal]

welcome aboard new miner

[vagrant heron]

[white ginkgo]

Eh I’m not a greenbeard either

I’ll pickup some roles

[burnt sandal]

Well you know, it's not just for greenbeard, it's also for people new on the discord ^^

[white ginkgo]

Ahh, lovely then!

Anyways back to overclocks, I've been grinding to get big bertha, is it worth the hype ?

[burnt sandal]

Yeah it's okay

it's good, just not my favorite OC

[white ginkgo]

Has someone in the community made like, an extensive tier list?

[burnt sandal]

many people have, and it's always dogshit

[trail pivot]

on god that s1 black box

[white ginkgo]

I do the le epic driller strat of digging it down with my drills and telling my engi to close the top with platforms

Then drill further for a bunkie to safely kill enemies

[burnt sandal]

I urge you to not do that without asking your team

[white ginkgo]

I ask off course

It's a problem when only 1 person is on board and the rest doesn't know English though

[burnt sandal]

I personally never do bunkers.

It's unneeded and it's boring at best, dangerous at worst

[white ginkgo]

I find it really useful in DD and EDD when I can tell everyone is panicking, to have one in advance for stuff like alien eggs

[tulip hornet]

all you need to know is that neurotoxin payload is the best

[white ginkgo]

Do you have all of them for the autocannon or is it just your favourite?

[tulip hornet]

no I mean it's the best overclock period

kinda op

[woeful patrol]

Neurotoxin Payload is the strongest OC in the game at the moment, it is straight unfun how OP it is

[tulip hornet]

it should have a significant direct damage reduction

[burnt sandal]

That wouldn't change anything

[white ginkgo]

I've been screwed big time by the matrix core gods then

[tulip hornet]

and area reduction

[burnt sandal]

cut the ammo or reduce the neurotoxin chance to what it was previously

[white ginkgo]

Oh shit, it also deals movement speed reduction?

[tulip hornet]

yeah, that's what the effect does

slows and dot

and can easily kill a grunt

makes the weapon extremely ammo efficient

[burnt sandal]

120 DoT damage and 30% slow

[woeful patrol]

It apply a dot which deal enough damage to kill glyphid, you combine it with fear, they all run away while dying

[tulip hornet]

fire a couple shots into a swarm and you'll kill most of the grunts

[white ginkgo]

I wanted big bertha for this lol

[burnt sandal]

the neurotoxin is enough damage to kill a grunt on its own

[tulip hornet]

don't even have to aim

[woeful patrol]

Don't even have to think

[woeful patrol]

But the EDD can "easily" be done without Neurotoxin Payload, even without OCs, it is just a "free win" card

[tulip hornet]

you just build the thunderhead for single target damage, add neurotoxin payload, and suddenly your primary has very good single target and area damage, and is very ammo efficient

but yeah you can do edd's oc-less

[white ginkgo]

With randoms it can be really though but I've done it

[burnt sandal]

"very good single target"

eeeeh, it's gonna be hitting for like 15 + like 3 AoE damage, it's not amazing by any definition.

You're better served whipping out your bulldog.

[tulip hornet]

good enough

[white ginkgo]

Bruh the downside to neurotoxin is -2 damage, -5 area

[burnt sandal]

Or your BRT.

[tulip hornet]

but yeah

true

[trail pivot]

we ddin't bunker s2

i mean stage 1

got shellbacks rolling through, trijaws and slashers everywhere

and a goo bomber or two

do what ever you need to first stage to avoid natural swarms

nitra bads

[white ginkgo]

This EDD is just kinda poorly generated imo

Previous one was nice

First mission being the hardest says a lot

[burnt sandal]

such is the RNG

[woeful patrol]

I found the second stage to be the hardest

With all the brood, breeder, weird caves generation, leech and twins

[trail pivot]

this is the first time i've brought er to an edd and the preformance was nominal

in hollow bough of all places

I couldn't have imagined it would go liek this

even with mactera

most of the kills were boomrang on swarmers probably

never survived a black box failure before

got so lucky no slashers caught me in the area around the box and i dug through a root blocking the hallway earlier

[brisk spear]

minelayer is better lol

[civic zealot]

Can I do Deep Dives with friends that are not promoted yet or not?

[woeful patrol]

No

[gray hemlock]

who’s ready for the legendary quadruple sabo tomorrow

[woeful patrol]

Don't rigged it

[cobalt moat]

hell yeah

[tulip hornet]

They should make sabo as rare as escort

Cause I hardly ever see escort on deep dives

[knotty hazel]

rip. so i can't take my greenbeard sister on a haz 5 edd

[quiet mortar]

I'm fairly certain all missions have an equal chance of being chosen, it just so happens Sabo got some lucky rolls.

[woeful patrol]

That's some damn really luck rolls, it should play the lottery

[quiet mortar]

To be fair, it has 6 chances and only has to nail 1 lol

[woeful patrol]

I mean, true but to have a week streak this high, there is some kind of sorcery behind

[cobalt moat]

bugs everywhere

[manic pivot]

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

[cobalt moat]

waits faster

[untold saddle]

Triple IS please 🙏

[wraith shard]

Let this be a challenging one!

[verbal nymph]

Hope its extraction point inside of haunted cave

[thorn jewel]

Those are always fun

[verbal nymph]

They are

[distant sorrel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/518291806429904909/1065187857230205048/image.png

welp my personal death record

we ran out of ammo on the dreads and had to pickaxe them to death lol

[chilly ledge]

is it possible to join another player's deep dive if you yourself haven't unlocked it?

[burnt sandal]

you can't join deep dives without being promoted, so no

[chilly ledge]

ok

[arctic mist]

I think I'd rather have the double caretaker EDD than the replacement one. It sucks.

[short zephyr]

anyone looking to do EDD?

[thorn jewel]

actually, yes

[short zephyr]

sick

ill post the lfg

@thorn jewel there

im in NA

forgot to add that part

[thorn jewel]

mmkay

#lfg-steam btw might get more people

[lethal umbra]

RAHHHHHHHHHHH

i fucking did it finally

god you guys were right, the third stage of the EDD is stupidly easy

[trail pivot]

it was

stage 1 was evil tho

[normal mirage]

is there a way that someone can invite me back into a deep dive if i disconnect (Steam)

[zenith ember]

Unfortunately no

[turbid current]

you cant invite but i think you can still join

[astral gyro]

If they’re your steam friend, you can either right click their name and choose join, or have they invite you.

[vague marten]

the elite this week is nasty

[rough dawn]

whats in it?

elite last week was pretty evil too if i recall

[vague marten]

sorry i think im talking about the same one

thats about to end

[balmy axle]

the first stage is terrible

second stage is just typical dreadnought fights

[manic pivot]

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

[stuck pine]

Ty

[sly kettle]

Soon­™

[copper cedar]

Wow, just finished the EDD, that was rough

[balmy axle]

nitra starvation

~6 resups for an entire EDD i think

i skipped nitra a fair bit because solo

[crude raptor]

how many people did you Play with?

[copper cedar]

Yeah, tried it once with a four, nitra starvation killed us beginning of second stage.
Went at it a second time with 3, then engie left, so me and gunner ended up finishing it off

Both of us had over 400 kills. Never had a scout game with as many ever

[crude raptor]

yeah, obviously the consumption of nitra heavily depends on the ammount of teammates and their consumption as well. Never had any issues when playing with only one teammate

[tulip hornet]

The third stage is really easy compared to the previous two

[copper cedar]

We got 2 dets and about 8 or 9 oppressors lmao. Made it a bit harder to manage

[tulip hornet]

We had a bulk det on stage 2

[copper cedar]

Same. Pity it arrived after we killed the 2 dreads

[tulip hornet]

Ours was just after we killed the first

Didn’t use it to kill the second tho

[copper cedar]

Did you manage to get the second with him?

Ah ok fair

[tulip hornet]

If only

The thought didn’t even cross my mind tbh

[copper cedar]

Man we finished the second, popped the first small egg, and boom, detonator

[wraith shard]

I know when I did it I had 5 bulks to deal with

2 pairs and one solo

[copper cedar]

Thats rough.

[wraith shard]

It was funny. We even managed to kill the hiveguard with one rofl

[copper cedar]

Think I went down 6 times all EDD, and all 6 were in that 1 hiveguard fight.

[wraith shard]

First stage is definitely the roughest. Have the driller make some space around the blackbox, because that cliff + exploder infestation will leave you no room to work with

[copper cedar]

Try doing it without a driller lol

[wraith shard]

Ohno

Engi platform that shit then

Otherwise, this was probably one of the harder EDDs I've done, altho I haven't been around for that long

Rough terrain + little nitra will do that

[candid bobcat]

can't wait for triple sabo EDD

[tight rune]

I am currently trying my first EDD and i cant seem to find the black box. Any Tips ?

[wraith shard]

Honestly triple sabo you would drown in nitra if done right rofl

[candid bobcat]

use terrain scanner, it will show a green box

[tight rune]

Is it usually in a certain spot such as end of the Stage with morkite or randomly somewhere ?

[wraith shard]

It's usually somewhat deep in the cave

[candid bobcat]

usually random

[wraith shard]

But mileage can vary. Should be the same spot for the same seed tho

[candid bobcat]

but, even on the same EDD seed, blackbox location can change between a few spots

[wraith shard]

Oh, interesting. Nonetheless the first stage is very enclosed for the most part

[candid bobcat]

(if you run the same EDD a couple of times, blackbox/uplink/fuel cell location can change between a couple of spots)

[tight rune]

Oh yeah, just found the black box now

thought it was the resuplly pot on the map as i just pretty much placed it right next to it

Thanks

[balmy axle]

i'm increasingly convinced hollow bough is the worst biome

3 hit rock is cringe but at least it isn't the endless hell of literally vertical rooms and floors with so many knots in them you can't see bugs more than 15 meters away

[wraith shard]

It's that or Fungus Bogs for me

[balmy axle]

also hollow bough has the goddamn stabber vine jumpscare generators

[thorn jewel]

I distinctly remember the first time I got hit by a stabber vine, I had no idea what it was

Was like “oh my god some eldritch horror knocked me into this pit with a praetorian and I died help me”

[tulip hornet]

Also hollow bough is dark as shit and is really hard to find nitra in, if it generates any in the first place

[woeful niche]

iv always said hollow bough has the worst terrain gen in the game and this edd proves me right

[zenith ember]

good luck to the divers in 20 mins

[balmy axle]

Collapsing Dive Rift

who's scouting EDD?

[wraith shard]

can we get double PE pls ty

[sly kettle]

Good luck, everyone.

[fossil tulip]

[grave narwhal]

have fun, fellas.

[balmy axle]

I'll take the EDD.

As soon as bot tells me it's ready.

[pulsar stream]

new DD lets go

[zenith ember]

🫡 all the scouts

[manic pivot]

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

[pulsar stream]

thats me. i run normal DD solo. and i only have scout promoted

[balmy axle]

Launching.

[open warren]

Thanks, i do often use the flair gun

[balmy axle]

EDD - Codename: Corrosive Claw - Region: Dense Biozone.

Stage 1 - Refine Morkite - Extract Morkite.

[pulsar stream]

all the morkite

[zenith ember]

dd Fathomless Point - Region : Crystalline Caverns

[balmy axle]

Modifier: Haunted Cave.

[zenith ember]

Salvage 3 mules - collect 2 eggs, Lethal enemies

[open warren]

Karldamnit

[hollow citrus]

DD is in the Bogs and is called Clouded Pearl

eh, why is it different

[quiet mortar]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Fungus Bogs | Code Name: Clouded Pearl
Stage 1: 2 Dreadnoughts (Twins + Classic) + 1 Black Box | Exploder Infestation
Stage 2: 3 M.U.L.E.s + Dreadnought Twins | No Mutators
Stage 3: 6 Eggs + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Shield Disruption

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Dense Biozone | Code Name: Corrosive Claw
Stage 1: Refine Liquid Morkite + 150 Morkite | Haunted Cave
Stage 2: 225 Morkite + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Critical Weakness Shield Disruption
Stage 3: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Twins) + 150 Morkite | Low Oxygen

[zenith ember]

wait is mine still not refeshed

oh

lmao

[quiet mortar]

Old DD, restart your game for the new one ^^

[pulsar stream]

ill find out the dreadnaughts i guess. gotta speedrun this before school

[sly kettle]

At least the double Industrial Sabotage is out of the quesiton.

[azure thunder]

Pin not updated, literally unplayable

[zenith ember]

incoming sabo on stage 2

[azure thunder]

and 3

[fossil tulip]

Twins + Classic on Stage 1

[azure thunder]

Double sabo 🙏

[open warren]

Triple sabo
The devs can still update it

[tired wedge]

with the new deep dive rotation does that mean the lunar festival update is out?

[open warren]

I think so, maybe givr it an hour or so

[wraith shard]

SoonTM

[waxen terrace]

oh boy stage 1 edd

TIME TO MORK

[fossil tulip]

Stage 2 NDD - 3 Mules + Twins - No mutators

[candid bobcat]

Elite Deep Dive "Corrosive Slaw" (2022-01-19 to 2022-01-26)
Stage 1: Refinery + 150 Morkite | Haunted Cave
Stage 2: 225 Morkite + 2 Mini-mules | Shield Disruption + Critical Weakness
Stage 3: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Twins) + 150 Morkite | Low O2
{"Seed":1957801723,"SeedV2":53284948,"ExpirationTime":"2023-01-26T11:00:00Z"}

[zenith ember]

👀 thats fast af

[candid bobcat]

sandboxing

[waxen terrace]

oh boy low o2 dreads

[zenith ember]

ohh

doesnt seem too bad

[candid bobcat]

Deep Dive "Clouded Pearl" (2022-01-19 to 2022-01-26)
Stage 1: 2 Dreadnoughts (Twins + OG) + Blackbox | Exploder Infestation
Stage 2: 3 Mini-mules + Twins
Stage 3: 6 Eggs + 2 Mini-mules | Shield Disruption

[fossil tulip]

I drank dark morkite for the wrong dd 💀

[charred spruce]

this EDD scares me

But it’s somewhat okay than previous..

[tired wedge]

cough 2 data racks cough

[wraith shard]

Decent chunk of dreads in the dives

[sly kettle]

Shame it's all Twins

[charred spruce]

Look at least I don’t have to live in horror of exploder infestation

[wraith shard]

haunted cave refinery pog

Fungus Bogs Shield Disruption. A slight annoyance

Thankfully it's just a morkite mining mission

[cobalt moat]

ey where's the fun in that mr sandbox

[charred spruce]

Ye and critical weakness makes it breathable

High DMG crit shot go boom

[candid bobcat]

i only play dives on 6x2 these days, need to know if there's rival stuff / sabotage in the dives so team can decide whether to bring full fire comps or not

[balmy axle]

Aw damnit people just spawn in the scouting now

[candid bobcat]

thankfully no sabo in this EDD, so non-fire comps are very nice too

[wraith shard]

waaaaaa I want sabo

[candid bobcat]

gsg generates triple sabo EDD just for you

[quiet mortar]

Yeah, does take some of the adventure out of it, but it does also mean people figure it out MUCH faster.

[charred spruce]

adds low O2 and haunted

[pulsar stream]

i love fighting twins i love when they heal because arbalest just vanishes sometimes and i cant damage equally

[charred spruce]

Double cryo 💣 to freeze them as they spawn to damage the arba quick

[woeful patrol]

Haunted Cave, Shield Disruption, Low o2...

I just spawned in the EDD and I can hear Nemesis

And now a Bulk...

I think I'm going to restart

[balmy axle]

lmao

I didn't see a nemmy

[woeful patrol]

Guess it's just my luck then

[balmy axle]

EDD phase 2 is fine

crit weakness and a very straightforward cave

Went down once to 500 swarmers and jellies spawning at once

[woeful patrol]

Me with Executioner

[hollow citrus]

I just realised the lead sprayer absolutely melts bulks, cos their big body absorbs all of the hundreds of bullets that spray out at once if you throw it under them

[nova hearth]

this week's EDD was very short, expecting sub-30 runs

[hollow citrus]

and yeah, bulks do spawn in DD this week

[pulsar stream]

just killed a Bulk on 2nd stage

[balmy axle]

stage 3 was way easier than you'd think

[plucky bane]

this week looks easy 😭

[balmy axle]

you can stockpile so much nitra in the first 2 stages (2 is short as hell) that you can just call down 3 resups for each boss

and then o2 is not a problem and you can spam BC (or whatever else you want) at them and win

[nova hearth]

yeah it was, great for people looking to play EDD for the first time

[charred spruce]

How is the nitra status in the EDD

[balmy axle]

over 600 total nitra

[charred spruce]

Like any stage where it’s less or abundant

[balmy axle]

you get like 400 in the first stage

doesn't really matter

[plucky bane]

unlimited nitra

[charred spruce]

Ah, that’s not bad, how much in stage 1

Poggers

[nova hearth]

you can just kill all the lootbugs in stage 1 and be done with nitra for the rest of the run

[charred spruce]

That’s neat, thanks for sharing

[balmy axle]

classic lootbugs and like 5 good nitra veins

[plucky bane]

do loot bugs have a higher chance to spawn or something on refinery missions because I swear there's always like a thousand of them on refinery

[balmy axle]

probably easiest solo EDD i've done

[balmy axle]

it's either a bug or a restriction on other things that normally spawn so the AI director has to go bankrupt on lootbugs

i forget which one

devs are aware of the behavior and aren't planning on changing that, i know that much

the chance is in fact way higher though

[azure thunder]

Too hard, devs pls reset

[balmy axle]

honestly the IS complaints are nullified by just bringing 2 drillers

well you really only need 1

[azure thunder]

or 1 engi

[balmy axle]

just orbital strike the pyramids and default dance in your roof bunker

[azure thunder]

Sludge drillers really bully IS tho

[balmy axle]

fat man makes your engi worse in general in a lot of situations

[azure thunder]

You do not need personal C4 resup with sludge damage

[balmy axle]

every single driller has c4

the tradeoff is maybe you take 2x damage to skip the phase more cleanly and can't satchel hordes or terrain as freely in the rest of the mission

[azure thunder]

Luckily I get 3 fatman hand grenades too

[balmy axle]

fun fact

neurotoxin grenades do horrifying things to bosses

[waxen terrace]

lol got 500 nitra in stage 2

[azure thunder]

Welcome to deepdives

[cobalt moat]

nukes solves every problem based

[balmy axle]

a dreadnought that has its kneecaps blown off for 40 seconds is kind of a joke

[waxen terrace]

its EDD lol

[azure thunder]

Did I stutter?

[waxen terrace]

[balmy axle]

probably easiest EDD

that i've seen anyway

[plucky bane]

did the lunar new year start aswell?

[balmy axle]

way more fun than trying to solo a stage 3 low o2 refinery as scout

[hollow citrus]

ugh when I see shield disrup sometimes I just wanna go solo

[pulsar stream]

i did it

[balmy axle]

stage 2 is not hard

[hollow citrus]

ur teammates deal more damage than the bugs I swear

[pulsar stream]

i did the deep dive before i have to get ready for school

[waxen terrace]

yea dense biozone with shield disrupt is surprisingly easy

[nova hearth]

im also looking for the assignment, cant find it

[balmy axle]

not dense biozone, just

[waxen terrace]

large space so less chance for FF or bugs chasing

[balmy axle]

the fact that the mining mission is probably doable in 5 minutes as scout

[hollow citrus]

ah well EDD time, hope pugs are good

it's a CN player oh god

[balmy axle]

CN really needs to not be listed as close to US

when the ping should be "world" or at least "far"

oh BTW

refinery is doable solo scout

you'll need to jank one pipe a bit though

[hollow citrus]

not from the US but CN players... yea

[plucky bane]

what does CN mean

Canada?

wait isn't that CA

[balmy axle]

china

and yes, west coast US is listed as close to china for some godforsaken reason

250 ping, yeap that's close

[waxen terrace]

china

[plucky bane]

I've always only seen china on world

(I live on east coast)

[waxen terrace]

they generally have bad ping cause they have to use a VPN

even when Close

[wraith shard]

oh god, this week's EDD has all 3 of my least favourite mutators

[plucky bane]

they're alright

low oxygen is more annoying than a threat

same with haunted cave

[hollow citrus]

this EDD was really easy compared to last week

[tulip hornet]

Lotta dreadnoughts this week

[hollow citrus]

refinery map is super flat, mining map has no weird rooms or giant vines everywhere, dreadnought rooms were all ok also

[tulip hornet]

Haunted cave sucks when you don’t have molly

[hollow citrus]

oh yea solo sucks for haunted

[karmic flame]

wait, did the deep dive only not update for me?

[untold saddle]

try reloading your lobby

[karmic flame]

yep that was it

its weird because i just ended a mission

i expected it to refresh the deep dive terminal

[fleet stream]

edd seems tame this time around
will probably attempt it this weekend with a friend, I'd rather milk the double exp as much as possible

[vague sun]

honestly, EDD is not all that bad despite the painful Warnings

Stage 3 was the only one that gave us some trouble, and even then we still breezed through it relatively well

[chilly onyx]

Double xp?

Oh right, the update came

[charred spruce]

People posting the EDDs already give me the confidence to take it on, although I am scared myself due to the modifiers

[unreal copper]

EDD looks incredibly cancer this week

all of the annoying modifiers

[cobalt moat]

duality of a man, tbh it's pretty easy

[lime meteor]

people overrate low oxygens difficulty

Stage 2 has critical weakness which is probably the best anomaly for decreasing the difficulty of the game

[woeful patrol]

To me, the hardest was stage 2, horrible cave generation but it was still more easy than the edd from last week

[hazy lily]

Oh thank god, no sabo

[uneven relic]

real
low O2 is easy to deal with if you keep an eye on it and plan
one of the few modifiers I can see veteran depositor working well on

lil bit of dmg resistance incase you took health coming back to the mule/platform

[plucky bane]

I wanted triple sabo