deep-dive-discussion

[tall meadow]

I was pinged

I’m going back to sleep

[next blaze]

waaaait a second, were you the guy who was talking about using a run-and-gun build vs a set-up-and-hold one? I was the gunner in that lobby if so

[strange cargo]

Yaaaa

[next blaze]

everyone else was a pretty low level, so I imagine the host just didn't want to deal with the possible variance of not having all classes, it's usually fine with more experienced players

I wouldn't worry too much about it, give joining another go if it wasn't too demoralizing

or even host your own, then you don't need to sweat obeying the host's rules

[strange cargo]

I cant find any games 😅

I hosted one

It’s been over 30 minutes

No one has joined…

[next blaze]

ahhh yeah EDDs can take a bit to fill up, you haven't listed it as private by accident though right?

that's the default in the menu, on the bottom

[strange cargo]

What menue?

[next blaze]

or if it's already set up, hit esc and check the friends box in the bottom left

the EDD terminal where you see the play buttons

[strange cargo]

It was private by default….

[next blaze]

yep haha

[strange cargo]

I’m so so so so dumb…

[next blaze]

naaaaw I forget about it all the time myself

it's an unusual thing to have as default

[strange cargo]

Would you happen to be free to join me for my first deep dive with randoms?

[next blaze]

sure! I was about to actually sneak in

can't see it at the moment though

[strange cargo]

Hmmms

Should be called- are you the scout?

Or the gunner?

[next blaze]

gunner, I'll likely play scout if you're doing engi though

[strange cargo]

Or neither

[next blaze]

huh can't see it though

[strange cargo]

I’m ok either way

[next blaze]

hit esc and see if the Friends Only box is checked

[strange cargo]

I just made a super super passive and defensive engineer load out I wanna try out thigh

The box isn’t checked

And I had 2 people in here already

A gunner and scout

1 open slot still

(Not elite this time)

[next blaze]

ohhhh that's why

sorry! I was actually looking for the elite one, you should be good for the regular though!

regular's a bit too stale for me now

[strange cargo]

All good

Will probably done one of those once I finish this deep dive

[next blaze]

best of luck with it!

[strange cargo]

nice got a full party 1 of each class

the map doesn't change daily right?

like is it the same map as yesterday?

[next blaze]

nope, it's a set thing for the entire week

[strange cargo]

cool! = )

[next blaze]

spawns may change a bit, but you'll see the same landscapes and static threats (like spitballers, nexuses, and leeches)

and yeah 1 of each class is nice and consistent, multiclassing isn't bad but you may have to work around some things

like in that previous game, we'd have no lights and may have had difficulty finding and mining nitra without the scout

[wraith shard]

for the record, literally any class lineup works on any mission (yes even 4 scouts). Just that 1 of each is generally the optimal way to go

tho on some mission types, doubling up may be more optimal than 1 of each

like taking 2 gunners instead of a driller on elim

maybe 2 drillers or 2 scouts instead of a gunner on PE

[coral pond]

Driller on elim is goated

[bitter canyon]

With what build?

[rugged portal]

like any single target build

[bitter canyon]

Like what

[wintry storm]

what class do u guys like playing for deep dive?

[rugged portal]

face melter crspr, ice spear cryo, sludge blast

[burnt sandal]

any

they're all good in different ways

[wintry storm]

best answer

[coral pond]

Would recommend Vim/sludge blast sludge pump the most

[zenith ember]

Cryo is good too if the team knows how to capitalize the freeze window

[serene wyvern]

Hey, we're two friends around player lvl 70, and we usually have trouble finishing the second/third EDD mission, are there any friendly greybeards that would be willing to help us and teach us how to do better?

[supple remnant]

Do you need some help? Advice wise?

Or are you looking for players

[serene wyvern]

Ideally run the edd with us

not right now, but in the future

[supple remnant]

Sometime today,

?*

[serene wyvern]

that would work probably

[supple remnant]

I’ve already done it but I don’t mind playing it again sometime

Alright

Just ping me when and I might be free

[serene wyvern]

Sweet, thanks!

[supple remnant]

Yep 👍

[serene wyvern]

Does <t:1679418000> work for you?

[supple remnant]

There’s a chance I might be somewhere then but I will double check in about an hour

So I’ll lyk if that time works in like an hour 👍

[serene wyvern]

cool no worries

[queen rampart]

Time zone?

[serene wyvern]

that timestamp shows your current timezone

[young yew]

Engie or Scout for DD, Engie for EDD

[wraith shard]

not nearly as goated as gunner

[coral pond]

i got better movement as driller

[solemn hollow]

both are good 🤷

what a deal

[quasi quest]

This Edd is so easy oml

[wraith shard]

how about fucking NO

[runic relic]

Lets hear this guy out first, maybe were rich

[wraith shard]

[errant latch]

i have decided something: i hate hoxxes 4 plantlife. and lava.

wait wrong chat. sorry.

[atomic girder]

SO DO I

Rock and Stone

[supple remnant]

@serene wyvern I’m able to then, what classes are y’all using?

[wraith shard]

use whatever class you're best at or whatever class is most fun for you to play

[supple remnant]

Well I’m just saying bc they wanted me to play with them for edd

So I was wondering what they were gonna use

[serene wyvern]

we're engineer and scout

but engineer can flex if needed

[supple remnant]

Oh wait are yall both playing too

I didn’t realize Hecate and you were both playing mb

Engi is my best

I can use scout decently too

I’m not great at the others lol

[wraith shard]

you guys got another slot in that EDD?

done it earlier but i'd like to do it again

gunner/driller here

[supple remnant]

Yeah you can join def

There was someone earlier that mentioned it but they haven’t responded in a bit so it should be good

[wraith shard]

awesome, same timestamp?

[supple remnant]

I think so yes

I mean I’m free whenever but I’m assuming it’s the same

[wraith shard]

neat, im also free whenever

[eager cove]

Noob Question: What is a Deep Dive?

[wraith shard]

a harder and longer mission (made up of 3 consecutive missions without returning to the spacerig) that resets weekly

you can unlock them by promoting any dwarf

[eager cove]

OK, definitely not ready for that... Thank you.

[wraith shard]

you're welcome c:

[merry forum]

soloing that edd got testosterone flowing through every inch of my body

i've ascended

[supple remnant]

it is a beautiful feeling

test running thru ur body i mean

[serene wyvern]

@supple remnant @wraith shard we're ready

[supple remnant]

Alright, you can send invite in dms or whenever

@serene wyvern

[serene wyvern]

yea, wondering if we should do voice here or in a dm

[supple remnant]

We can do voice in a pod here

It’ll be easier prob

[serene wyvern]

can you kick if some rando joins

[supple remnant]

Idk where seif is though

I don’t think so but I doubt one will

Once we get all 4 players it’s full anyways

[serene wyvern]

ok let's do pod 20

[supple remnant]

Alright

@wraith shard

[wraith shard]

im not late i promise

gimme invite

im LITERALLY only a minute late cmon

[serene wyvern]

It's up there

[supple remnant]

nah its all good we started early

[wraith shard]

oh itw as broken

there we go

[serene wyvern]

@wraith shard we are in pod 20

[wraith shard]

oh 1sec

[molten charm]

I have the Feedback Loop overclock for the shard diffractor, even taking extra ammo + biomass converter I seem to run out of ammo so quickly... does anyone use this OC?

[rugged portal]

you have to be greedy enough to benefit from it and you have to be aware enough to not waste ammo

[primal venture]

I had to use the roots up high to connect the pipes to the pump jack in the EDD

[lyric pier]

I want special powder sooo bad lmao

[trail pivot]

Sandblasted or bust

[supple remnant]

Same

[primal venture]

What I would do for special powder

Wow nearly got snatched by an elite mactera grabber

[supple remnant]

Nice

[primal venture]

Update: got snatched by a different elite mactera grabber

But I just got lead storm

[dapper moth]

Is this week's dd good?

[icy ledge]

It’s fine

Nothing crazy

[dapper moth]

Oh thanks! is it accessible? How long do you think it takes?

[brisk pagoda]

if you arent trying to speedrun, most dives with 4 random players and low coordination will usually be around 1-1.5 hours

[distant kestrel]

What do u guys run for solo EDD

[brisk pagoda]

it depends on the mission. for this weeks i would say gunner with a good single target minigun build other than leadstorm, paired along with hellfire fear upgraded coilgun and either leadburster or fire grenade would probably be the safest option.

[coral pond]

If you're good at bhopping, lsls shouldn't be an issue

[brisk pagoda]

still has the stun penalty, which would make all the mactera and spitters in stage 2 a lot harder

and exhaust vectoring, more oomph, and burning hell shouldnt be substantially slower in time to kill for elites in comparison to leadstorm so i dont think the extra risk is really worth it.

[coral pond]

I always forget about the stun penalty

[molten charm]

I got special powder as one of my first OCs, felt so lucky

[supple remnant]

I got my fair share of lucky ocs but it seems like I’m not too lucky

I want special powder so bad

[timid elbow]

has special powder but equips the Boltshark AMA

[supple remnant]

😭

[timid elbow]

honestly, with the boltshark I can pheromone the bigger bugs then hit the group with fire or cryo arrows. Special powder just feels like a gimmick if you can't use the grapple effectively to kite swarms.

[trail pivot]

Sp is overrated anyway

[molten charm]

are you using any boltshark OCs?

[supple remnant]

my scout ocs arent great ughhh

boltshark fun af though

[coral pond]

i love the lack of ingenuity with boomstick ocs

[rugged portal]

kinda related

https://karl.gg/blog/36#/

[trail pivot]

That describes quite a few guns

Dozens of ocs

[rugged portal]

kinda wish boomstick oc are more transformative

[timid elbow]

me? yes either fire or ice arrows depending on what the mission type is or what the DD/EDD will have (e.g. fire isn't great against dreads). I have run specialist too but not in DD/EDD just regular Haz 4 or 5

[trail pivot]

Cryo bolt and taser 😋

[rugged portal]

most of them are just straight stat change except for special powder

and double barrel doesn't exist

[molten charm]

would you take SP over boltshark with no OCs?

[rugged portal]

boltshark with no oc can do A LOT of thing

[timid elbow]

nope, even before I had those OCs I was running it & I've had special powder for longer than those. Boltshark doesn't need OCs, the mods are what make it (pheromones are OP, taser is also good). For months all I had for Boltshark was trifork volley & bodkin points.

[molten charm]

I haven't even tried it lol

[rugged portal]

sp is just more mobility for class that already have tons of mobility

[molten charm]

Hm OK I'll give it a go!

[trail pivot]

Spent so much time looking for sp and hoverclock only to never use them

What a world

[supple remnant]

i like hoverclock but the m1000 got boring personally

and sp seems fun and i wanna try it but ill prob just use boltshark still

but its whatever

[brisk pagoda]

between the high uptime of aggro redirection from pherobolts, and the good damage against acid spitters and mactera if using regular bolts, crossbow is a pretty reliable choice

[coral pond]

very reliable, but man does it feel weird to use sometimes

[unkempt needle]

Is anyone having a problem with finding morkite in the elite deep dive

[frail patrol]

aside from 1 vein around the refill point its all in the ceiling above the heartstone

[unkempt needle]

Alright thanks because I sadly just failed one from because I couldn't find any

[frail patrol]

[unkempt needle]

I play gunner so it's harder to get to those areas

[pliant nova]

theres a very small vein in the drop zone room too

[pastel lantern]

Yeah there's enough entirely within the last room

[round cedar]

I just cleared a DD and I didn't get any rewards at all?

Should have been the first time clearing it this week

oh it just didn't alert me. I see a new OC in the forge; strange.

[coral pond]

you can see what you get from the 2nd stage during the loading screen to the 3rd stage

[round cedar]

Omg. I hate these stupid cave leeches

I am definitely going to look up mods this weekend to have them actually make a sound as soon as they start to descend. Most annoying thing about the entire game.

[teal wigeon]

how many over clocks do you get per deep dive( I haven’t done one)

[wraith shard]

3

so 6 in total

[teal wigeon]

Wdym 6 in total

[wraith shard]

2 versions

[teal wigeon]

OH

I’m dumb sorry

thanks

[timid elbow]

DD & EDD each give 1 blank matrix core for stage 1, a weapon overlock for stage 2 and a cosmetic overclock for stage 3.
In theory you can therefore get 11 overlocks per week by doing the DD, EDD & core hunt if you infuse all 3 blanks and craft them all as you get another 1 for every 5 crafted.

[coral pond]

neko arc cave leech best mod

[teal wigeon]

I understand about 50% of this but thanks

[warm gale]

first post in this group, on my first deep dive, (SOLO) mission time 45m 31s come oooonn!!! i thought i had to collect 3 Mules on the 3rd dive as the 2nd dive but it was only 2! gaaahhh..

[round cedar]

is splintering cells any good?

[supple remnant]

Yeah, it’s a pretty solid oc

[supple remnant]

To simplify-
Everytime you get an OC and go to the forge terminal and use resources to craft it, it fills up a meter at the bottom left of the screen. Once you make 5 overclocks, the meter reaches 5 and you are rewarded with a free overclock.

So if you get all 9 overclocks from the elite deep dive, regular deep dive, and core hunt assignment, you can then craft those 9 overclocks to get you to get the meter to 5, giving you another overclock

That still might not make sense but I tried my best

[teal wigeon]

that made alot more sence thank you

[supple remnant]

And also I meant to add, you get three blank overclocks too in total- 1 blank from the regular dive, elite dive, and core hunt. You then have to infuse those first by completing events such as destroying the OMEN or a trilinyte deposit

You might’ve seen some of those already

[teal wigeon]

I might have

I think I just did one

[supple remnant]

Oh nice

[teal wigeon]

but wast able to claim anything

[supple remnant]

Was there a white box nearby?

[teal wigeon]

yes

[supple remnant]

You have to have a blank core first

[teal wigeon]

I See

[supple remnant]

Yeah once you have a blank core you go to that thing

And hold E on it

[teal wigeon]

I’m one misson away from promoting my scout

[teal wigeon]

I’m on Xbox so it’s probably x

[supple remnant]

And then you will get to pick whether you want a weapon or cosmetic overclock and it’ll give a few options

[teal wigeon]

Got it

[supple remnant]

Ohhh ok

Yeah just the interact button

[supple remnant]

Oh cool

[teal wigeon]

Huh okay

[supple remnant]

Yeah so you are fixing to be able to get overclocks and such

They are so much fun

[supple remnant]

There’s a little menu that pops up when you do it, you’ll see

[teal wigeon]

I’ve heard of special powered and fat boy

iv been told their fun

[supple remnant]

Special powder lets you use the shotgun to maneuver around with scout

Pretty fun

[teal wigeon]

Sounds fun

[supple remnant]

Fat boy is kinda a meme as well lol

[teal wigeon]

lemme guess it’s a bomb

[supple remnant]

It does a bigger explosion with the grenade launcher (pgl) and it does a lot more damage

It’s one of engi’s secondary weapons

But it’s really common to cause friendly fire to your teammates and damage them

[teal wigeon]

yeah I’ve think I’ve used it

[supple remnant]

Oh have you promoted engi?

[teal wigeon]

SOUNDS FUN

No

like the gun

[supple remnant]

Oh you’ve used the pgl

Yeah it’s fun af

[teal wigeon]

not the overglock

clock

[supple remnant]

There’s another one called rj250 compound

And it can send you flying

You just jump and shoot it beneath you

And you fly in the air

But yeah there are many fun ones

[teal wigeon]

Do you have to be promoted to use overclocks on a class?

[supple remnant]

Overclocks are what keep me and a lot of others playing the game

Yes you do

[teal wigeon]

Whelp looks like I’m promoting engi next

well thanks for the info

[supple remnant]

Yep!

[supple remnant]

Wait I think I might’ve misunderstood

One sec

[coral pond]

you only need 1 class promoted to access overclocks in general iirc. In order to use them, you need to have unlocked at least 1 upgrade in each upgrade tier for that specific weapon

[supple remnant]

Yeah you just need one promotion to unlock them

If that’s what you mean

But it is good to promote all your classes at least once

So you get the banner

You get an extra active perk slot

And you have to level up the character a decent amount anyways to get all the tier upgrades, which you need at least one on each tier as mentioned earlier, so at that point you might as well just promote it

And it gives you a general idea of how to play each class

[teal wigeon]

OH

well thanks in that case

Also I just got smt called ERR://23•Y%\ what’s that

[wraith shard]

error cube

[teal wigeon]

does it do anything (I DIDNT RELIZE I WAS MSGING IN THIS CHANNEL SORRY)

[wraith shard]

stack of xp

[manic pivot]

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

[pliant yoke]

<@&296918282403840000>

[wraith shard]

remove this man immediately

[cunning pond]

: (((

[wraith shard]

this mans name is anime, incredible

[cunning pond]

: ((((((

[wraith shard]

it will get removed at some point

[cunning pond]

Yep. At some point..
So I might as well delete my replies too.

Now that conversation looks better.

[supple remnant]

They put it in other channels too rip

[cedar stump]

if i abort on the 3rd deep dive stage do i keep my previous 2 matrixes?

like when i die at stage 3?

[untold saddle]

yeah

[cedar stump]

can i leave as host without aborting for my team too?

[untold saddle]

If you leave as host the game will end for everyone in your team

[terse night]

deep dive elite is like haz 5 ?

[coral pond]

Edd is 4.5/5/5.5

[terse night]

oo

im scared

[brisk pagoda]

if you can beat haz 5 at least 50% of the time id say youre fine to at least attempt the edd

[supple remnant]

This edd is fairly easy so I’d give it a shot tbh

[terse yew]

I almost beat the elite deep dive when the drop pod decided to buģ out and make me noclip through it!

[mossy ibex]

anyone wanna sell me on unions?

[burnt sandal]

free minerals and credits every month

[mossy ibex]

how i get those?

[random rampart]

just help your union reach the milestones and you'll get them at the end of the season

or month, idk how unions work lol

never been on one

plus, this isnt the right chat for unions

[mossy ibex]

sweet. are there any build websites or anything?

wanting to theory engi

[burnt sandal]

online on steam and discord, then relaunch the game, then walk up to the terminal in the medbay telling you to join the discord

[random rampart]

for loadouts? https://karl.gg seems to be a well-known one

[mossy ibex]

ty

[cold wadi]

Can someone help me figure out how to do the promotion

[untold saddle]

Get a dwarf to lvl 25 (the red lvls)-> Do the promotion assignment -> promote in the memorial hall

[manic pivot]

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

[trail pivot]

come on gimme sandblasted this week

[unkempt needle]

Anyone wanna do edd on Playstation

[frail charm]

this elite deep dive is going to make me bald

[cold wadi]

the promotion didnt show up in my assignment terminal. reastarting the game fixed it

[round cedar]

Are either splintering shells or combat mobility good OCs?

[woeful niche]

they both work well

[frail charm]

after 6 consecutive hours of failing this EDD, i finally get to the end and then everyone else leaves doretta behind on purpose at the very fucking end

and now i have to do it again

i want to fucking sleep. Or stab someone. Either one.

[green fossil]

Disconnected on a 3rd stage of EDD without the prompt to reconnect popping up

[frail charm]

finally got it!

our host had experience coordinating, kept us grouped up and working together well

[wraith shard]

another edd down

hard one this time

[young yew]

You mean her head? Or what?

[frail charm]

yeah

[timid elbow]

I have never seen this fabled prompt but I suspect my disconnects from DDs/EDDs have been the host crashing as their game isn't listed in the in progress games when I look for it

[pearl thicket]

This one wasn’t really that bad this time

The EDD

[wraith shard]

seems like some people have had more trouble then others, i got it on the second attempt (barly, lots of close calls) then again its pretty normal for there to be close calls

after all i play random public lobbies

[agile hearth]

Quick question. Bought the game last week and gonna probably try the deep dive this weekend . Do we need to complete all 3 mission in one sitting ? Do you get stage 1-2 reward if die stage 3?

[untold saddle]

You get rewards every time you complete one stage, but if you restart on stage 3 you gotta start on stage 1 again

[olive flicker]

You do need to complete them all in one sitting.

[dry widget]

Yes to both.

[sly kettle]

Another Thursday, another Deep Dive soon resetting.

[agile hearth]

Ty all!

[manic pivot]

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

[earnest fox]

[wraith shard]

swag

[steel python]

10 mins to deep dive

[wraith shard]

11

[manic pivot]

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

[steel python]

LET'S GO!

Sandblasted my beloved 💛

[quiet mortar]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Dense Biozone | Code Name: Calm Impact
Stage 1: 200 Morkite + Dreadnought Twins | Rich Atmosphere Lethal Enemies
Stage 2: Protect the Drilldozer + 150 Morkite | No Mutators
Stage 3: 2 Dreadnoughts (Classic + Hiveguard) + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Elite Threat

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Sandblasted Corridors | Code Name: Deep Grotto
Stage 1: 6 Eggs + Dreadnought Classic | Rival Presence
Stage 2: Collect Data Rack + 2 Eggs | Lethal Enemies
Stage 3: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 2 Eggs | No Mutators

[steel python]

Classic dread EDD

[wraith shard]

rival presence my behated

atleast its sandblasted

[nova hearth]

EDD Stage 2: Industrial Sabotage, 2 Eggs, Lethal Enemies

[supple remnant]

Oooo industrial

Interesting

[dry widget]

ah wish it was dreadnought + industrial xd

[wraith shard]

ngl

dont think I've ever had a sabo in sandblasted

like ever

[steel python]

Stage 1 was hell this EDD what the heck

Now its sabo with lethal enemies

[wraith shard]

lethal shredders lmao

cancer

dont think I wanna pub this one

[final kraken]

stage 1 in DD: dread is twin

[ivory marten]

well fuck that noise.

[terse yew]

Lethal caretaker

[wraith shard]

dunno if it applies to the arms

[final kraken]

DD stage 2: protect drilldozer + 150 morkite

and no mutators

[supple remnant]

There’s also a chance of a bulk in stage 2 and 3 of edd

[wraith shard]

good

[nova hearth]

EDD Stage 3: 3 Mules, 2 Eggs

[silk trench]

Bruh

DD stage 2 doretta on crack the way she came out of the box

[steel python]

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOD

WE JUST FINISHED STAGE 2 OF THE DIVE

EDD that is

300+ nitra wasted so we dont die

Detonator at every hack

[bleak wharf]

lol

[safe junco]

anyways got a clue why I literally got 0 cores from doing an entire deep dive

[supple remnant]

Have you done it before

Considering they recently came out I doubt you did but still

[final kraken]

DD stage 3: kill 2 unknown dread + repair 2 mule (Elite threat detected)

[wraith shard]

based

[final kraken]

stage 3 dreads: classic + hiveguard found

[woeful niche]

free c4

[safe junco]

yes

[supple remnant]

You can’t get rewards twice from it

[safe junco]

what so how do I get cores then??

I thought the entire point of deep dives was that it gave you cores

[zenith ember]

it resets once per week, assignments too

then recently promos

[safe junco]

oh

[zenith ember]

if you want to grind promo is the only way to do it

[steel python]

Finally it's over

10/10 would blind EDD again

[safe junco]

so how does the forge work then, does it just reset weekly too or how do you get it

[zenith ember]

promote a dwarf once

the forge will unlock

[safe junco]

yeah I know that

I worded it wrong

like I’ve bought 3 things from the forge and there is no items in it anymore

[zenith ember]

oh just get more matrix cores

[safe junco]

oh

[marsh plover]

Lethal enemies and industrial sabotage? No, thanks

[zenith ember]

the forge noly shows the cores that you have gotten

[safe junco]

OH

That makes a lot of sense

thanks

[zenith ember]

no prob

the reset for the assignment and deep dives just happened 1hr 30 min ago so you have up to 9 weekly cores rn

[wraith shard]

holy shit the last edd room is digusting, our team actually wiped

2 leeches or more, 2 nano breeders, 2 swarmer broods, 1 bulk, 2 spitballers on sandblasted corridors

[dry widget]

same

we also wiped tehre xd

[wraith shard]

rip

[runic relic]

Damn this edd is robo City, also dark morkite op in dd

[stuck moth]

Try playing this edd at 2.5x enemy creeps....

[zenith ember]

not a masochist, sry

[wraith shard]

5x2 is really fun

[leaden cypress]

How much nitra is there on the first page ?

We cleared the EDD but we only found like ~200 nitra on stage 1 so i'm fairly sure we missed something

[zenith ember]

seems about right

2nd and 3rd have more

[supple remnant]

Edd seems rough this week

Difficult edds are fun though so hopefully it goes well

[terse yew]

Elite shredder wipe outed our team

[leaden cypress]

2nd stage was a mess

i don't know whether lethal enemies apply to appendages, but the engie kept dying due to slashers and other melee enemies

[dry widget]

Skill issue

[leaden cypress]

20 times in the whole EDD

[torn bough]

Which flamethrower over clock would be the best for EDD?
I have:

Lighter tanks
Compact feed valves
Fuel stream diffuser
Face melter

[terse yew]

Sludge pump

[nova hearth]

gotta melt dem faces

[dry widget]

Diffuser to reach the caretaker
Feed valves if you're going for temp build

[torn bough]

OC recommendation?

[terse yew]

Goo bomber

Special

[torn bough]

Will it take down the elite shredders?

[terse yew]

Yes

[wraith shard]

elite shredder 💀

[coral pond]

Out of those specifically, would go fuel stream diffuser

I like face melter but FSD is the most generalized OC there

[coarse wharf]

This EDD wasn't too bad, imo, but my pub comp used 2 Gunners, 1 Scout and 1 Engi

It did get scary at times, but it was smooth overall. The 2 bulks we got during mission uplink wasn't too bad with Leadburster Grenades and shields, but it did carve a massive crater with the fuel cells in it

[terse yew]

Just beat my first edd

[coarse wharf]

nicely done, miner

[terse yew]

From this deep dive i got 2 useless ammo overclocks

2 shitty cosmetics

And 2 blank corss

Cores

I have 5 in total now

[coarse wharf]

oof... you will get there, dw

[terse yew]

Hope they will become something great

Like special powder

Or goo bomber special

[coarse wharf]

with promo rewards being official now, you can fast-track your progression

[terse yew]

Or fat boy

[coral pond]

Just think about it like this

[terse yew]

Those are the 3 i want

[coral pond]

With every "useless" overclock you get, it's just one step closer to getting the ones you do want

[terse yew]

Yeah im thinking it like that

But what if i get them last

[coarse wharf]

experiment

[terse yew]

And will be tired of drg when i get them?

[coarse wharf]

you might get something you didn't think you would like before

like RJ250 Compound

anyway, sleepy time

rock and stone

[terse yew]

The only overclock i have that isnt ammo is hydro ion additive or smthing for driller

[coral pond]

You'll get em faster than people before you, since promotions past the first one now give overclocks

[cold notch]

what are the missions in both deep dives

[trim pike]

oh boy industrial sabotage on edd

[hot charm]

Were postet in deep dive speed running

[pliant yoke]

Check the pins on this channel

[languid sluice]

Shout out to my team's driller. Only reason we survived industrial sabotage was because he dug underground bunkers

[oblique iron]

Dude this week EDD slaps.

[wraith shard]

it's pretty good

[crimson tinsel]

Damn first toxic player I've played with in awhile. Should have known when the lobby name was something like "Only join if ur GOOD"

Lvl 30 scout who kept dying because he was typing constantly in all caps, and got legit upset because we were calling down spare resupplies at the end

thought we were losing XP for using the nitra

oh and instead of disbanding the team, just banned everyone one at a time

[steel python]

I will say, this week's EDD slapped me and a team of randoms around, but we pulled it off so here are some tips

Stage 1 will immediately shoot you inside the drop pod and its ramp goes into a large valley so get ready for friendly fire galore

[wraith shard]

mfw the lvl 30 scout telling other ppl to be good omegakek

[steel python]

After you get out of the pod, you can shoot the dreadnought cocoon and fight in the starting area with your ammo still fresh and HP high

Since it is class dreadnought, it should be manageable if you don't get caught in its slam attack

[tall meadow]

new deep dive, new crew of pubs

[steel python]

If you take it easy in stage 1 and clear the cave before pulling the eggs, you'll be just fine

Do beware that there is a chance for a nemesis to spawn in stage 1

Stage 2 will bust your ebonuts with awful cave generation, but plenty of nitra.

I'm talking 300+ total nitra

[south oak]

well

[steel python]

I'm not sure if the caretaker's phases are seeded, but pray that it doesn't get the bombs and turrets

[south oak]

funny 1st and 3rd cave

[steel python]

Stage 3 in the EDD is the real challenge

[south oak]

true

but the defense zone is nice

wide open areas

[steel python]

Tiny tunnel exit into a massive cave containing TWO SPITBALLERS, TWO BREEDERS, AND TWO BROOD NEXUS

You better kill those breeders because if you don't, you're screwed with nowhere to run and spitballers sniping you from high ground

[crimson tinsel]

Just felt like one of those people who absolutely do not like playing with others but can’t finish missions alone

[steel python]

It was not fun

Oh right, forgot to say about stage 2

Bulk detonators are in the spawn pool

Have fun

[south oak]

me omw to chop out the bulk's leg by using 3 taser bolts

[languid sluice]

Don't forget the steep drop! One poor dwarf fell and ran for his life while we snipped the spawners from above

[south oak]

laughs

[steel python]

I will say, I saw something majestic today

Apparently, if you manage to throw three leadburster grenades under a bulk detonator, IT DIES INSTANTLY

Not even joking, it was a 4 player buffed bulk detonator on haz 4.5 and it was gone in two seconds

[tardy girder]

regular dive was nothing remarkable outside of the fact that our gunner was... interesting

constantly double dipped and friendly fired

[languid sluice]

How so? Our team had two players on their first deep dive, but there wasn't any issues with the morkite harvest.

Oh. That sucks. Greenbeards are better.

[tardy girder]

yeah it wasn't a greenbeard so i couldn't give him the benefit of the doubt

[wraith shard]

Pro tip for killing the breeders. BH+VB

Ez

[tardy girder]

that said, we didn't end up kicking him (for whatever reason; if i was the host he would've gotten kicked immediately), so during stage 2 we just killed him in retaliation and left him behind

[wraith shard]

Leadbursters wreck bulks. So does VB tho

[steel python]

My advice for this EDD, get weapons with heat damage to overheat the robots and pack A LOT of crowd control for all kinds of swarmers and breeders

[olive flicker]

Ye they're great against bulks. But nothing beats volatile bulldog for wiping chunky targets.

[steel python]

Our poor driller came in it blind and had cryo cannon

It did help make a detonator explode without damage, but that was it

[wraith shard]

Think we had 4 or5 bulks total was nice to see

[olive flicker]

If it's critical weakness you can literally one shot bulks so long as they are on fire

It's overall great in my experience.

[steel python]

I think it would be better to pack cluster grenades for this

But with so many small low hp targets in this EDD, leadburster should not be bad

[meager pasture]

so deep dives like rotate right?

[burnt sandal]

yeah, every week

[rugged portal]

first stage kinda cringe ngl

[meager pasture]

i lost the last elite one with a teeny tiny bit of health left on the omoran stone, shoulda stayed on the dozer

[tall meadow]

Another week, another pub EDD

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/565850434376302613/1088518095456444457/20230323104116_1.jpg?width=1032&height=581

[rugged portal]

wtf driller

[coral pond]

not every time. You could run it again and not get bulks

[next elk]

Is there any point in running DD after the initial first ones every week?

[burnt sandal]

no

[next elk]

Like you get cores for those, but do you get anything special if you run them again?

ok

[rugged portal]

you still get like a lot for exp

about more than 3 mission

and in like 2.5 the time

or lower depend on the team

[white violet]

oh my god what a doretta pathfinding was at the DD2

[rugged portal]

yeah lol

[quiet mortar]

Generally it's not worth it unless you're doing it for fun/speedrunning

Tho, it can be a super fun training ground for higher difficulties, since EDD stage 3 is harder than Hazard 5 normally

[steel python]

Then again you can practice for an DD/EDD and it will be easy then next week you get something like this

And I think that's the fun of it for most people

[languid jungle]

When season 3 ends?

[burnt sandal]

#wiki-related-chatroom message

[trail pivot]

Ayyy sandy edd

[bitter canyon]

Is lead storm overclock good?

[brisk spear]

Yes, best OC for minigun (Tied with Burning Hell)

[bitter canyon]

Whats a good build to go with it

[brisk spear]

32313 is very solid general purpose, however if you are building your secondary for crowd clear (Hellfire, Triple-Tech Chambers, Magic Bullets + Neurotoxin are some notable examples) its not a bad idea to swap out blowthrough for armor break to deal with things like shellbacks much easier.

[bitter canyon]

I see thanks for the build

[brisk spear]

👍

[coral pond]

damage bonus over spinup time?

[brisk spear]

Yes

[coral pond]

[brisk spear]

I'm dead serious

With LSLS its a surprisingly noticable difference and it didnt take me long to learn how to live without fast spinup

[coral pond]

i'll have to try that then

[mental siren]

i am planning on doing a deep dive

[tranquil warren]

how do you know if you already completed dive

[mental siren]

this first time deep dive

[umbral wind]

that stage 2 caretaker can eat my ass

[fleet mulch]

Yeah we're experienceing mad spawns

[steel python]

We all made fun of the upside down dorito, now it retaliates with lethal enemies warning and daring you to catch these hands

[umbral wind]

bro those bombs

do not stop

[fading spoke]

alright what's up with the spawn rate on stage 2? we got modded gameplay levels of bug spawns it's crazy

even on x3 we don't have that many macteras

[daring ivy]

I mean, like 50+ macteras in a single wave

[fleet mulch]

We have screenshots

[last root]

Wait caretaker can appear in deepdives?

[tardy girder]

as of S3, yes

[last root]

Nooooo

[tardy girder]

be grateful that it isn't a double sabo EDD

because those have happened before

[last root]

Henennejdjcnenwnwqkmwwm

[daring ivy]

nvm, we have an issue with the spawnrate mod...

x2 the ennemies is... Hard.

[burnt sandal]

well, yeah

[fading spoke]

we tried a regular mission and still got insane spawn rate despite the increased enemies mod being turned off 🤔

[willow wedge]

Anyone else's elite deep dive crashing?

[burnt sandal]

turn the mod off, relaunch the game

[fading spoke]

will def do that tomorrow when we try again, this also happened when S03 was released too

[modern mist]

What's the DD today? Will see if i have rime to 2 part it at least

[tardy girder]

read pinneds

[sterile basin]

ooh I heard the EDD is a treat this week

getting ready to dive in

[fluid cliff]

it wasn’t bad

the first mission spawn point is a trip

but its a breeze after that

[icy ledge]

I’m always wanting to check out what the deep dive is, but also I want to go in blind. I’m a literal walking oxymoron when I think about DDs xD

[grim wadi]

look it up, get blackout drunk, go in blind, win win <tap head emoji goes here>

[supple remnant]

you can just check the dive terminal and see if theres a time recorded for it

but you should just remember? it resets every week so its pretty easy to remember

[restive fog]

that second mission deep dive elite?

pain and suffering

[supple remnant]

havent done edd yet but it seems it

gonna do edd soon with randos prob

hopefully it goes well

[brisk pagoda]

[left void]

how do you guys finish the second EDD?

[coral pond]

Honestly the edd isn't that bad at all

[supple remnant]

Why is literally no one hosting dives rn

Is something wrong with my game there’s no way there’s only one deep dive and Edd showing rn and they are both already in the dive so I can’t join

Yeah my game was just messed up bc restarting fixed it

[sterile basin]

I had the same thing earlier, I think something is up with the servers. There were only 2 DDs and zero EDDs

waited for like 10 minutes and nothing

but steamdb shows 17,000+ players online, there should be full pages of EDDs

[zenith ember]

Its like 10am here in asia, also on a working day

[brisk pagoda]

host one yourself and youll probably have a full team in a minute

[supple remnant]

Just finished edd

Fun af

And yeah I just needed to restart my game

[gentle basin]

Every time I do a deep dive as part of a group everyone gets disconnected halfway through

[supple remnant]

When you host it?

[gentle basin]

I was part of the group

[supple remnant]

Were you hosting

Or joining

[gentle basin]

Joining

[supple remnant]

Oh

Could be wifi if it’s really consistent

Or hosts having shitty wifi if it only happened once or twice

[gentle basin]

Everyone gets dc’d it’s not just me, and it happened a couple times with different groups

[supple remnant]

Ohh that’s weird

[gentle basin]

The one I was just doing was really good too, unfortunately

[supple remnant]

L

[gentle basin]

I think it was just a coincidence that everyone had bad Wi-Fi every time

[supple remnant]

Yeah most likely

[gentle basin]

Oh well, at least it saved that I did part 1 of this deep dive and I have the blank core, so I still got something

[wise kindle]

is there a least popular class in this game

[brisk pagoda]

in terms of popularity, a lot of new players think gunner is bad. but thats only because theyre playing on low difficulties where gunner's best attributes (high ammo count, high damage uptime, strongest support utility in the game with a giant bubble sheild) dont get a chance to shine.

[tacit jungle]

all classes are used equally as far as I can tell

[wise kindle]

ah damn i like playing the worst class in every game, its usually pretty fun

[brisk pagoda]

no class is the worst

[tacit jungle]

DRG is well balanced and experienced players just pick whichever

[wise kindle]

this is so sad

[marsh wagon]

i dced after finishing stage 2, does that mean i have to start all over from stage 1??

like i have really good wifi, never dced, just only happens on deep dive

[zenith ember]

Yes

Its effectively 1 long mission

[marsh wagon]

that sucks.. i guess ill just solo deep dives from now on e.e

[zenith ember]

You can try hosting them, see if it helps

[marsh wagon]

just finished my first solo deep dive

[wraith shard]

you can rejoin a DD if you dc

[mellow quail]

Its deep dive loot bug gaming time

[runic relic]

Yes a lot of lootbugs to kill this time

[glass wolf]

Deep dive public Pod 5 AUS

[nova bridge]

Do deep dives have less Morekite than the normal missions? I just spent an hour on part 1 and only found about 175/200. I reset it and eventually got enough. Then on part 2 I spent well over 2 hours combing over the cave and only could come up with 148/150.

[burnt sandal]

yes

they get less but usually enough to finish, though you might have to look harder for it

[nova bridge]

I was very thorough. went over it systematically and serendipitously 3 times.

each chunk i made sure i got every bit

[burnt sandal]

it's not an attack but if it took you a long time to find it all, maybe you were not that thorough

[nova bridge]

obviously i missed something, but I couldn't have tried harder.

[burnt sandal]

if you"re interested, I wrote a guide on exploration, maybe it can help you out a bit ?

[nova bridge]

sure

[burnt sandal]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2906834226

maybe you'll get some things out of it

[nova bridge]

I have done studies on how to search for things and tried every tick i know

[burnt sandal]

it's just the first part and it's addressed to new players mostly. I intend to write a second - more in-depth guide

[nova bridge]

how long do deep dives usually take to finish?

[burnt sandal]

about 45min-1h

depending on how fast the team is

[nova bridge]

per part or for all 3?

i was solo

[burnt sandal]

for all 3

[nova bridge]

i'll check out the guide. ty have a good night

[burnt sandal]

rest well

[languid prairie]

Anyone got some tricks for the Current elite that caretaker is beating me every time

[runic relic]

Self advertising

And this caretaker is a bitch, no holding back on resups for stage 3 it got enough nitra

[languid prairie]

Yeah we ran out of nitra

Got it down halfway through its 3rd bar but id ran out of copium bubbles

[zenith ember]

id say not to fight in its arena, the hacking areas have a lot of covers to use after you deactivated the barrier

[cunning pond]

Alright. I literally just did the EDD. I'm not a good explain-er.
But I'll just throw out what happened.

So stage 1 is pretty easy. Totally doable. I mean, in my run someone accidentally hit the Dread during an egg swarm and we still won.

Stage 2 was bad. Because- You know why. I think my team dropped like 1 supply per hacking pod because there's a ton of Nitra on this stage. Then like 4 pods for the boss. I'm gonna be honest. I took a lot of ammo since I was engi this run and I just decided this things gonna die. It was like half an hour just for this stage alone. I built a 1v1 platform on top of the pillars and my team hid in the hacking rooms but came out after everything was attempting to kill me. YOU GOTTA KILL THIS THING. NO SUBTLETY. NO AMMO EFFICIENCY. ONLY DEATH. The amount of Lok1 Exe Bullets that went flying this match was crazy but I ain't dealing no damn sniper turrets. Fuck them. The bots. Instant lock onto the head. Dead. Anyways.

Last stage. I don't even remember but it was pretty easy in comparison. The last stage usually is because you have leftover Nitra.
There were a couple bulks this dive. Uhh. I think I just hit it with like 10 Breach Cutters and there we go cause I rarely use Breach Cutter ammo.

[fringe thistle]

I love me a good team who can plan a solid caretaker kill, it just feels so good when we're going Seal Team six and working together to beautifully annihilate the fucker.

[young yew]

It's obscene how much ammo this thing eats at Haz4+ 🙄

[kind void]

took me this week's EDD to notice the caretaker has less health, i was used to using 3 C4s to skip the 1st phase of each cycle but it's just 2 now

this is my 3rd or 4th EDD since i've started doing them but from now on if there's sabotage i'll never not go driller, idk if the large majority of EDD players do it but it makes the fight so much shorter (=easier)

[zenith ember]

its always 2 max damage c4 on haz 5 though?

[serene wyvern]

where do you put the c4?

[zenith ember]

but yeah decent flamr setup makes the fight alot easier for teammates

[young yew]

Yeah it really helps to have a driller do the C4 trick

[spare trout]

deep dive elite is really long for solo

[young yew]

On top. Dig a tunnel or use platforms

[spare trout]

it took 1 hour 45 minutes to finish

and I am veteran now

[kind void]

iirc i don't have max damage to make sure i don't need to be super precise with where i land it

[pulsar palm]

I have no idea how long it took us but some partners and I finished the elite last night, I frankly didn't expect to have trouble with it but it took us a second try. That third mission had just about everything that we worry about

[zenith ember]

oh makes sense then

[humble jungle]

1h 30min
it's better not to rush than to replay it all over again

[solemn hollow]

you can hit most of its damage points in exposed phase with sludge pump too, its gr8

[earnest crag]

man this week's EDD is aboslutely brutal.

I usually complete each week's EDD but I failed at the second stage with a group of 3 other experienced players. Couldn't make it past the second stage

How did everyone deal with the caretaker? The placement in an open room leaves you exposed to all the appendages

[supple remnant]

If you need to, drill a few spots in the wall that can help protect you from that

It can be helpful

Although personally, we didn’t do that. Just focus on taking them down when you can

And at the same time taking down the caretaker too

You need a good balance

And also a driller can place c4 on top of the caretaker to help take it out quicker and deal damage to it so you can focus on the appendages more

[steel python]

The optimal strategy for the caretaker is having a driller drop C4 on it from the top to skip phase 1 while the other dwarves shoot down the arms and the eye

Of course, this varies entirely on your team's skill and it especially can go downhill on this week's EDD because of Lethal Enemies warning

The arms can and will almost kill you with one swing

If you manage to dodge it, use a power attack if possible on it while it's still stuck to the ground.

That will instantly kill it

[solemn hollow]

don't stop running

[graceful bolt]

anyone else having problems with the dd hive guard? ours is stuck, unmoving and unangered

[steel python]

Did it spawn the sentinels?

[graceful bolt]

no, its just sitting on where the egg use to be

[zenith ember]

rip

[steel python]

That's very odd

Usually, the hiveguard doesn't aggro on anybody until it spawns the sentinels and it doesn't call for the sentinels until it's in a right spot

[zenith ember]

use the elevated ground from the hacking areas, you dont need to fight the caretaker in that sphere where it spawned

also the pillars in 1 corner

[pliant nova]

I had a very rough time doing EDD with just two people

on caretaker specifically

got to second health bar and got clapped by all the crap

[coarse wharf]

There's a couple of ways, don't stop strafing, you will always dodge the arms, even moving at normal speed is enough

have someone run a fire build, burning rival tech bots will instantly kill them, this applies to the arms

an engi with fat boy/driller C4s will trivialize breaking all 4 vents, have them build platforms/dig a tunnel around the top of the Caretaker to ensure their nukes/C4s can hit all 4 vents

I generally run Compact Feed Valves CRSPR with Triple Filtered Fuel to burn rival tech bots quickly in Rival Presence/Industrial Sabotage, but it's a hard pick considering you have 1x Dread to deal with in stage 1 iirc. And my pub comp was 2 Gunners/1 Engi/1 Scout

my pub group got phase bombs and shredder swarms (be extremely careful since shredders are buffed with Lethal Enemies) from the Caretaker, not sure what you got

if you have a driller, you can have them drill some safe tunnels in the walls around the arena, and even dig a small side hole for a supply pod so that it's much safer for people to re-supply

[storm wedge]

What else would you recommend on engi?^^

[coarse wharf]

Engi? Cycle Overload Warthog and Fat Boy PGL, just because fuck Industrial Sabotage. You can try SSG, Iron Will and Dash

[storm wedge]

I played LOK-1 with seeker, the new drone grenades and Steve and we didn't even come to the first hack pod

Alright alright

[coarse wharf]

During my EDD run, I personally ran Jet Fuel Homebrew Hurricane, Compact Mags BRT7 and Leadbursters

[storm wedge]

Can u give a recommendation for my gunner premade? We went in blind and he had auto cannon which seemed...let's say he wasn't happy with the things he was able to do xD

[storm wedge]

That are gunner things aren't they? 💀

[coarse wharf]

ye

[storm wedge]

I'm still new, got my first promotion last week

Sorry for my stupidity

[coarse wharf]

nah, dw about it

[storm wedge]

Okok thank you

[coarse wharf]

yeah, it can be brutal starting out

[storm wedge]

last week's edd was fine

We duoed the normal one together which was...hard, but fun

And for the elite one we joined a public lobby with a suuuper high level scout who gave us many tips to survive

This weeks edd was...rough. stage 1 we almost failed stage two we failed with the first detonator

[coarse wharf]

this EDD wasn't so bad for me and my random group, but one of the hacking pods got scary, and my stage 3 had double bulks during mission uplink

[storm wedge]

Is stage 3 mules?

[coarse wharf]

ye

[storm wedge]

overload shotgun whip is strong there aswell

That's great

My engi will pop off✨✨

[coarse wharf]

all my 3 teammates got downed during one of the hacks

we had a swarm and then the swarm from hacking

I used Dash, kept my health high and popped shields to rez everyone

it got pretty scary

[grand pasture]

Just did the deep dive with a friend, dreadnought hiveguard's AI just straight up broke as we popped the egg and we couldn't do anything, sat there for 10 minutes tryna figure out how to deal with it and eventually I got the idea that my friend should throw a shield generator at it to make it move and it fixed it

[coarse wharf]

when the game bullshits you, you bullshit it back

that's the way

[storm wedge]

We'll try💀 xd

[grim wadi]

oh i used a super reaction, TIL thats a thing now

[quasi quest]

[tulip narwhal]

what's a good mission to grind up xp for dwarves?

[supple remnant]

double xp 400 morkite missions are some of the best

but you cany just grind them out

just try to check every 30 mins when the missions reset to see if there are double xp missions

if there are then do those

[tulip narwhal]

alright

[tulip narwhal]

does double xp also apply for performance points?

or is it player xp

[supple remnant]

no, just player xp

[tulip narwhal]

aw

okay

still good though I guess

[supple remnant]

youll get more performance pass points on a double xp mission, due to the fact that you are getting more xp, but it doesnt directly correlate to double performance points if thats what you mean

it still helps a good amount though

[tulip narwhal]

alright cheersd

[errant latch]

quick: show me your engi ammo saving OCs.

why does discord default to THIS chat now? i am sorry

[gusty pewter]

This thing they added with an update where you can't kick someone after molly has been called back, its so dumb because after they do that they just go "KYS" in chat and you can only stare as.

[marble token]

kill them

(in game)

[brisk pagoda]

they really need to add an option that only host can push button

[rugged portal]

or add optional vote in the setting

[tawny terrace]

Anyone got any advice for the EDD, robots, more robots, does the last stage have even more robots?

[iron turtle]

4 gunners

[tawny terrace]

And pray for Rocky Mountains I guess

Then again magnum cheese strats with gunners chaining their shields

[gloomy rampart]

Driller C4s over caretaker is a great strat, 2 C4’s will take its shields down, so if you have two resupplies up above caretaker with driller and maybe engi there too, let scout and gunner hit the caretaker eyes

[final void]

finished a deep dive earlier, the first mission literally have a 50 foot drop right in front of the drop pod

[marble token]

that is a strat

[grim wadi]

aim for the bushes

[jolly pumice]

how'd that work out for them?

[grand narwhal]

Does anyone know what mission types, are on the Deep Dives this week?

[coral pond]

it's pinned here

[random rampart]

theres a pinned message that gets updated each week

[grand narwhal]

Got it.

[queen rampart]

the second stage for this week's EDD is mega hell

[coral pond]

it wasn't that bad tbh

[queen rampart]

first time i tried it everyone brought the wrong build

no one brought single target and everyone died

tried it again a day later (today), barely made it, but one of the random kept throwing and calling resups on weird spots

and then the random decided to trigger a swarm by getting the egg without saying anything

nearly fucked over everyone

and then the random left on his own in the final stage

ngl, it was actually easier without the random

[grim wadi]

those randoms are real scamps sometimes

[frail patrol]

yeah stage 2 is garbage, im guessing your team actually knew their roles and didn't get stuck in the "revive loop." We managed first try, but not after suffering 25 downs between 3 of us on that stage alone after one guy abandoned.

If you get caught without resupply pods in hidey holes, its over. Even our canopy in the ceiling was targetable by the arms and we would get 1-shot standing up there too

[unique ore]

with the right build, driller can practically trivialize the caretaker, if you take max radius max damage c4, you can hit all 4 vents, so 2 c4 can chunk out almost all its hp. Once you leave the vent phase, it gets much easier without the shields that push you around

[rugged portal]

you don't need max radius to hit all 4 vent

[lean bone]

anyone know where i can see the weekly deep dive missons?

[wraith flame]

They are in the pinned messages

[lean bone]

thx

[unique ore]

you do if you dont want to drill a hole at the top, need a gunner to zipline above, or have an engi that knows what they're doing. The first 2 are also both risky and slow, while the engi one is rare to have someone do.

[rugged portal]

bruh you can just drill hole before taking the battery out

• you're very safe if you're up there

[unique ore]

again, risky and slow, the fact that you have to run around above it, which if you do get downed by a tentacle, very hard to revive, or if you accidentally fall, you land on the spinning caretaker which takes you out for the whole phase. max radius c4 is extremely safe and does the job without setup

[rugged portal]

how is drilling to the top of the caretaker before starting the fight risky

???

[unique ore]

I feel like you just didnt read what I said and focused on literaelly the 2nd word

nowhere did I say that drilling up there was risky

[fringe thistle]

Can't tell if trolling or just bad at setting up the bombing run

If you dig the tunnel high enough, the floor gives a natural wall that stops tentacle aggro.

If you build it correctly, you can also use the tunnel to run back and forth to avoid phase bombs. Even bring HE grenades and you can time dropping them just right to blow up the eyeball during eye phase.

It's extremely helpful to have a max damage c4 driller up at the top dropping bombs to phase skip, and helps the team considerably to speed the fight up and prevent failures.

[unique ore]

I can't tell if you're trolling, if youve never tried max radius c4, I suggest you try it

[fringe thistle]

I used to use max radius c4 and run under the boss, placing it directly underneath before I learned about dropping from the top.

I'm well aware of the method, and honestly it is more dangerous because you have to avoid the tentacles, robots, and the electric field that pops up.

Meanwhile dropping from the top is simple and easy, no thoughts just throw

[unique ore]

and I used to do the ceiling method and then switched to max radius, instead of wasting a minute to actually drill up there, align everything, climb back up every single phase to get a good angle, be practically useless in eye phase, instead just run in, throw a c4, run out, wasting no time, blowing up the vents faster, and able to do much more damage during eye phase

[fringe thistle]

I'm not gonna keep arguing this with you because clearly you don't intend to listen or change your mind. The majority of players prefer the bomber run strat because of its ease of use and fun, but you do you fam.

Rock and stone

[coral pond]

Our roles were just killing shit, i don't see how stage 2 was so hard. Any time shredders spawned, engi just threw his own shredder nades and we were fine. Nothing was really that difficult. Even a bulk showing up in the middle of hack-c doing his thing wasn't really an issue. Hidye holes are... really really bad, honestly. Patrol bots are high enough priority to deal with immediately and the caretaker arms are easy enough to avoid then kill with a power attack

2 gunners, scout, engi. Really easy edd tbh

[coral pond]

How would you get downed by a tentacle from up there? Is your team just not dealing with them or something?

[woeful niche]

not having a driller is a sin

[rugged portal]

that literally my team composition for edd

[coral pond]

Bro it was sandblasted lmao, no reason for a driller

[woeful niche]

driller is more then just drills

driller is for moar Xplosion

[iron turtle]

whats the best weapons for engi on second mission?

[lone monolith]

being a sludge driller

[woeful niche]

i like shard

[lone monolith]

yeah in all seriousness shard diff with the overcharge is my go-to

[grim wadi]

EDD second stage was a bit scuffed cause we had a yolo gunner and an engie that kept going down, didnt help that we kept running around in the same area during bombs stage

c4 from above helped nicely tho

3rd stage was more relaxing after that, thankfully the bulk only showed up just as we finished the holdout bit, that and sludge OP

[jagged rapids]

I'm debating doing the EDD again even tho I almost lost my mind from stage 2 caretaker yesterday (we did complete it tho). I failed to realized those hands and shredders got the lethal huff

Was getting slapped around

[grim wadi]

oof, yeah i figured it would too

nice to know goo does ok against them too

i kept having to drill downed teammates into the ground just so i could revive them in cover lol

[jagged rapids]

I went crispr to negate all other robo threats on first 2 stages 🙃

Should've seen my dread fight contribution lol

[grim wadi]

noice

[jagged rapids]

Yea but I'm not doing that again. We going gunnie this round. I need sanity and to know that someone is able to safely revive

[coral pond]

Shard carried on destroying turrets

[grim wadi]

yeah that would have been my other choice, decided to go with the ability to shape the area around me + slowing everything

[jagged rapids]

Yea I feel that. Sludge driller is my default if I run driller in pretty much everything. Especially boss heavy dives

That slow effect is just 🤌🏿🤌🏿

[fringe pawn]

game just crushed my team with 5 detonators on the last stage of elite deep dive

[grim wadi]

dafuk

[fringe pawn]

im very lucky today

[jagged rapids]

Oof. Sorry to hear

That's a lotta boom

[fringe pawn]

we lost btw, we were doing the bunker

[grim wadi]

hearing there could be bulks in 2 stages there was no way i was gonna bunker lol

[coral pond]

Bulk in your spawn pool kills bunker strats. Hope you see the first one before even trying, cause then you know not to the rest of the time in that mission

[lament ibex]

nemesis on elite dive stage 1

💀

[coral pond]

Better then than stage 3

[tacit iris]

Yea those tentacles can 2 shot u from full health it’s crazy

We wasted like 160 nitra to beat it lol
At least it was worth it cuz stage 3 being triple mule means no nitra concerns whatsoever

[tacit iris]

Fat boy PGL
Just nuke the caretaker rotating pieces and speedrun phases
The longer you spend dealing with the tentacles, the more nitra you’ll waste because lethal enemies makes those tentacle thrusts super deadly

[coral pond]

lmfao

[fluid cliff]

this is a troll for sure

[wise cosmos]

Theres some truth in it thou

[tacit iris]

You’ll have 400 nitra in stage 2
You absolutely can afford nuking caretaker repeatedly
It damages all 4 pieces at the same time and gets you through the stages really fast

Considering lethal enemies makes tentacles 2 hit your whole health bar & shield, you will need to call those resupply pods anyway

[fluid cliff]

????

lethal enemies makes bugs deal more damage dog

[tacit iris]

No, the tentacle thrusts

[fluid cliff]

it doesn’t even affect tentacles

[tacit iris]

One hit and you’re down to like 30 smth health

Not talking abt the projectiles

The tentacles that thrust themselves at you, those deal crazy dmg

[fluid cliff]

you can one shot the tentacles with a power attack

spamming fat boys is goober behavior

[coral pond]

Fat boy on the caretaker is a meme, honestly

Especially when shard is so damn good on sabo missions

[fluid cliff]

it has 45% explosive resist kek

“step one is blow 9 resupplies”

[coral pond]

And I'm pretty sure the rads don't even damage it after the initial explosion

Also getting hit by a tentacle's slam is peak "i wasn't looking" behavior

[tacit iris]

Never knew, thx

Imma try next time

[fluid cliff]

it one shots the tentacles on all difficulties

they have 500% melee weakness

[tacit iris]

Thx

[pure cliff]

i did it!!!

i beat my first elite deep dive!!!

[steep kindle]

doretta on deep dive 0-0

if you know you know

[coral pond]

[shell tinsel]

PETTING STEAVE SHOULD HEAL HIM

[thorny gull]

Actually it restores your mental health bar

[distant igloo]

Does gas recycling OC remove ALL weakpoint damage bonus? Like if i shoot grunt to the mouth, he takes damage like it was body shot? Or its only affects its mods?

[austere granite]

So my first deep dive failed miserably

[young yew]

Why are you texting here then? You should be at your second go 😏

[austere granite]

I value my time

[coral pond]

which stage did you fail on

[queen rampart]

normal or elite?

[coarse wharf]

yes, Gas Recycling does remove all weakpoint damage bonuses, so just treat all your shots as just body shots. it's fun using blowthrough rounds with Gas Recycling tho

[distant igloo]

Ty

[austere granite]

Normal stage 1

[coral pond]

oh you haven't invested enough time in it to give in right there lmao

if you said stage 3 it'd be understandable

[burnt sandal]

yes, it removes all weakpoint damage.

[rugged portal]

still amazing even with massive downsize

[copper oasis]

wait my buddies game crashed during the EDD can he not rejoin?

[burnt sandal]

he should be able to

[copper oasis]

wont let him

crashed between stage 2 and 3 of the EDD

[wraith shard]

edd a pain this week

lost 4 times so far

[rotund terrace]

Just a question, is 37 mins good for a solo dd?

[burnt sandal]

it's alright

[olive flicker]

Yea, time varies a lot with mission types though.

[rotund terrace]

Nice

[vivid cipher]

we beat edd our scout was the only one out alive

[narrow urchin]

Sabotage on edd

AIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE

At least I have an excuse to run my fire gunner build and plap bugs with volatile bullets

[wise moss]

Well, did my first deep yesterday, pretty fun, can't wait to bring the whole crew up to prestige so they can be dragged kicking and screaming into the pod

[wraith shard]

grats

[restive bone]

you only get matrix cores once for each deepdive right?

[tardy girder]

yes

so you can get 6 cores a week from doing deep dives (3 from regular, 3 from elite)

[wraith shard]

finished only took 7 tries

[cunning pond]

ONLY??

[mental siren]

max, i did my first deep dive in 1 try, my second was elite and we failed at third stage(someone wasted their iron will)

[mental siren]

core hunts give 3 more mate

they just a deep dive, but not all in one go

[cunning pond]

I think that's the wrong reply m8

[mental siren]

i was telling you that it was not only 6 per week, but 9

[cunning pond]

I was replying to @ aspwil#7740 lmao

[mental siren]

oke

i still have to finish elite deep dive(i was working on assignments & promotion)

[pure cliff]

third phase of edd is rough

just a salvage operation but the main room has enough enemies to make a regular haz5 point extraction blush

and like 4 leeches along with a nemesis and 2 breeders

it sucks

[queen rampart]

Oh wow. Fighting dreadnoughts and then nemesis Jump in

It literally gave me a jumpscare

[stiff grail]

is there a guaranteed nemesis in phase 3

am i interpreting that right

[gleaming hawk]

is there shield disruption in this weeks edd

[terse yew]

Ио

[wary charm]

I need 2 people for elite deep dive ps4/5

[dusky mauve]

No

[stiff grail]

ah alr