deep-dive-discussion

[safe crag]

what it'll be is a different story entirely

[graceful rock]

new one out?

[safe crag]

new one out

[fathom coral]

Yea, was hella mellow, personally had a lot of Nitra left over for DD lvl 3 Escort, with like 6 Resupplies, lol

[deep rapids]

How do I unlock the ability to chat in the other discussions

[leaden cypress]

read #welcome-and-rules

[celest bear]

Hello guys quick question

Can you get good ping in middle east? As in does drg have a middle east server

[cinder citrus]

https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/367223080407531520

[celest bear]

Normally when i join most servers my ping is 1100

[vernal bobcat]

Deep dives were super easy this week

Feels like a break week tbh

[jagged rapids]

Please jump into #welcome-and-rules and grab a role so you can speak in other channels. This one is about the deep dives only

As for your question: there are no servers. It's peer to peer aka the lobby host is pretty much the server. Use the distance filter and try and look for lobbies labeled "CLOSE" or "MEDIUM".

Sometimes the host doesn't have great Internet and it can cause issues, sometimes you may not have great Internet or are just too far from the host

[eager atlas]

DRG doesn't have servers like most games, the servers are peer-to-peer, but the initial connection is handled by steam/console servers

[quick tangle]

I would only recommend close. Though even then in most cases ''close'' is too generous and I would recommend checking which country the host is actually in. For example I live in sweden and the game for some reason marks servers in italy as ''close'' for me

[leaden cypress]

that's because it's geographically close to you

[twin oriole]

make the edd hard again

[eager atlas]

do it with no upgrades nor perks

[fathom coral]

Although I do agree you can artificially make it harder on yourself, there's just a greater feeling when it's as random, as say last week, personally.

[muted flicker]

is this where i ask for a team?

[fathom coral]

nah, under the LFG section

[cinder citrus]

Sometimes the edd is hard sometimes it's easy it's all down to RNG

[spiral badge]

Doesn’t the server just send the host a seed that “runs” the whole mission, before it becomes p2p?

[proud zealot]

the server has to connect the players through the mission terminal screen

[tough tinsel]

How do I get chat privligsrs :3

Privlages

[cinder citrus]

read the https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/354250235419164682 tab and pick a role and you'll be able to talk in other channels

[safe crag]

this is so frequent

are mods scared to change channel perms

at everyone perm > no talkie

this one's for free lads

[eager atlas]

they can't, and the people that can don't care?

[thorny gull]

What if I tell you that the entire mod team told devs to do something about it several times already?

[fervent lark]

What is an elite deep dive? I’m pretty well versed in the game and I’ve done normal ones but Im trying to get good over clocks before i do one, should i do that or just do one currently?

[eager atlas]

check pinned for explanations

[safe crag]

deep dives are haz 3.5, 3.5 and 4.5

elite would be 4.5, 4.5 and 5.5

i.e. harder

[eager atlas]

what, normal is 3, 3.5, 3.5
elite is 4.5, 5, 5.5

[safe crag]

ah! thanks for the correction

[fervent lark]

Hmmm

[safe crag]

wow that explains why regular DDs are so easy

[eager atlas]

If you can do haz 5 feel free to do elite dives

[safe crag]

re: good overclocks, the type of DD you do does not affect rewards

[eager atlas]

If you can do haz 4 then they might be a bit rough, but you could do them

[safe crag]

this week's EDD is great if you've never done them

last week's was rough

[fervent lark]

I can do haz 4s with relative ease

[eager atlas]

even if you struggle with high difficulties a good team can help a lot, and there's people who are happy to help others do their dives

so overall I think you should always try even if it's too hard for you

[fervent lark]

Drillers down me more than anything else

[safe crag]

ah, a scout

[fervent lark]

Yup

Best class

[safe crag]

I've always thought that!

been trying out driller though and the transition from that back to scout is rough

where's my weapon that can deal with tiny critters, I wonder

and when I'm not a scout I'm wondering where's my grappling hook

[fervent lark]

Same

I feel like the weapon trade off isn’t worth losing all the mobility

[safe crag]

you could be surprised like I was

[fervent lark]

Eh, i like being able to rotate 150 feet in 3 seconds and revive every teammate

[safe crag]

as soon as I get special powder the transition from scout > anything else might be crazier

but anyway, deep dives

I gotta schedule when I'll get that done with my group

[fervent lark]

I feel like a green beard

What is special powder

Nvm I’m a fool

The jumpy overclock for the double barrel?

[safe crag]

you know it

[fervent lark]

It seems silly the more i think about it, but i really want the 0 recoil over clock for the first assault rifle

[mint meteor]

So i am rank 38 and played my third elite deep dive (which I did pass one, with a group of 100+ rank fellows).

But this time it was with a 400+, 100+, and a dude who was 900+ rank who came out as chill at first but we played on the first mission which was extraction as the main objective, it was fine for most of it and i was even doing better then usual imo.

Till we got a bit slowed with a egg swarm and almost right after that the 900+ rank dude started texting for us (me scout and 400 rank engie) to find the 3 remaining aquarqs. Which only alittle after we found one of them.The 900 rank dude got pissed an overall said that:
"Only after i yell at you to do something you do it?"
"You must suck really bad, pathetic."
Couldn't even read most of it before he kicked us all out.

This has really hurt my self-esteem and confidence in my abilities in this game.

Are people usually this mean?
Isn't communicating what your team to do the usual?
This feels worse because the dude was REALLY high rank, highest i have seen, aren't the more experienced players the humble ones?

[fervent lark]

No he’s just a dickhead

[mint meteor]

For me it is just extremely surprising that a very high rank player of this type of community can be one

[fervent lark]

Eh, you’ll find them everywhere

Not so much in the DRG fanbase tho

[leaden cypress]

It's not that common but it happens

[frigid talon]

Any tips?: First time deep diver, first time poster, got confused and thought i was gunna have a team - instead it's me (ice driller) n bosco. Currently doing okay, mission 3: escorting doretta and repairing mules. I've only played haz4 a few times, but I'm doing moderately okay with ammo.

First question: do i have unlimited time to explore/nitra up before I unpack drilldozer? Maybe repair mules first? Any help appreciated. Pints on me when we meet!

[leaden cypress]

And to be honest with you there were times i acted like that as well but it's mostly times when my teammates were either toxic, lazy af (and by that i mean not doing anything, almost even trying to die instead of doing the obj) or were trolling

The problem is some players see so many of these people over time that they just explode for whatever reason

[median seal]

Just joining up, what is the usual around here sometimes on frequent sometimes not

[mint meteor]

Good to know

[mint meteor]

Hm, maybe

[leaden cypress]

I don't like predrilling at all but if you think you can't do it without predrilling, then up to you

You have an unlimited time

[fervent lark]

Staying on top of ammo is the main concern, if you stay on top of that you can do your objectives at your own pace

[leaden cypress]

Some guy (who had less than half of my level) once told me to kill myself because i misplaced a supply

[fervent lark]

How do you misplace that?

[leaden cypress]

the misplacement = placed near a zipline

near

[fervent lark]

Wow

[leaden cypress]

A blue rank 1K5 killed me several times in the middle of an EDD when i was blue rank 300/400 for the sake of trolling as well

When i see some people die 10/15 times in a single EDD stage i also start to be annoyed tbh

I'm not asking for good players, just people who actually can handle it 🗿

It's not to the point of saying people are pathetic tho

[mint meteor]

Lol, still i am highly dazed by a EXTREMELY high rank guy being a steamhead, but sometimes people just bad day i guess? But at that point why are you even playing DRG

[outer sable]

to cool off maybe?

[leaden cypress]

In my case it's out of boredom

[mint meteor]

That was the thing that stung the most, imo i felt like we where doing good

[eager atlas]

the time is technically limited, since you will run out of ammo and eventually nitra since bugs do spawn from time to time, but they don't spawn often enough for it to be an issue unless you take waaaaay too long

[mint meteor]

I don't think playing a deep dive is a good way to cool off

[fervent lark]

Some random engi typed “thanks for nothing” in chat then kicked me after a mission.

For context, he did overall get more kills and get more minerals, but i repaired both the mules while he got gold, then just hid in a hole while refueling the drop pod. Is there something wrong with the hole strat?

[mint meteor]

Especially a elite one

[leaden cypress]

You'd be surprised

[eager atlas]

depends what kind of hole strat

[leaden cypress]

compared to modded hazs EDD is a walk in the park

[mint meteor]

I am

[leaden cypress]

Oh and you should try getting into EDD lobbies ~5 min after it's released

it's where most 1K+ players come in to clear it

And the least toxic ones by far

[mint meteor]

EDD?

[leaden cypress]

elite deep dive

[mint meteor]

Oh XD

Mb

[fervent lark]

I dig to the bottom of the refueling area, then look straight up and wait for the pod to refuel. It seems a little lazy, but it’s efficient

[median seal]

Overall, I'd think you are hoid

Good*

[leaden cypress]

bunkering basically

[mint meteor]

Like when it refreshs into a new one? If so then i guess i have to stay up till 3am 💀

[eager atlas]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/762777430242230304/1197751070374514719/image.png

[leaden cypress]

Oh that

I don't like people doing that but since it's not affecting me i guess it's fine

[eager atlas]

yeah

and bugs still track people on the bottom part so

[fervent lark]

Nah i don’t touch the pod i just wait like a mole

[leaden cypress]

[mint meteor]

[fervent lark]

Muhshruum

We’re rich!

[mint meteor]

Good to know that even the most high rank players in DRG are dickheads

[eager atlas]

people are dickheads, end of story

[mint meteor]

That is what i have learned today

[fervent lark]

Few and far between

[leaden cypress]

Well

don't take a look at people running modded haz then

[mint meteor]

Noted

[leaden cypress]

wherever there is "hard" content there is always a group of elitists

though many of them are very chill too

[mint meteor]

Which was my first experince in a EDD

It was nice :)

I fell like 10 times and they were still cool

[fathom coral]

yea, don't dwell on it, for every asshole in this community, there are 50 more kind ones, just bad apples.

[mint meteor]

mhm, i have been in communities with a much worse ratio of assholes to kind souls

[leaden cypress]

Well it's not complicated

the game has PvP => the amount of toxic players skyrockets

[mint meteor]

it did take a whole month to find one

[mint meteor]

yep, thankfully DRG is PvE

[leaden cypress]

You should look at how many people asked for PvP content on it

[mint meteor]

[patent elk]

Sorry you had to go through that. People like that are rare in this game and you shouldn't take offense as if it's your fault. Either he's got a ego too big for his own good or he's got a sad life and feels the need to take it out on others.

[lost valve]

If you want random teammates, either tick the "Public" circle on the bottom then Launch and wait for other players, or click Join instead of Launch and pick an available room

[wraith shard]

Theres no way that guy is actually at 900

[lost valve]

Unlike normal missions, Deep Dives cannot be joined by people while ongoing

Even if you host one on Public but started it before anyone else can join, you'll be left with Bosco

[wraith shard]

I did my first edd at like level 73 because my friend wanted to be funny so we did a duo as bronze1 driller and bronze1 scout, lots of deaths, many iron wills saving the game but we did it

[lost valve]

(It doesn't work like the game matching you with teammates before you begin, it works like a lobby where you wait for people to join)

[fallow niche]

my first experience with EDDs was trying to do one solo over and over until i learned through blunt force what works and what gets you promptly killed

would recommend

[ancient grove]

this week's EDD was pretty easy

I failed it on the 1st try but only because I had 2 questionable teammates

our scout kept ordering resupply pods when we already had some lying around and our engineer kept friendly firing

but the gunner was good

on the 2nd and successful try i had a pretty good team so we nailed it

[kindred field]

theres multiplayer scaling right? so playing duos means the enemies have less health compared to a bigger party

[exotic belfry]

Yes

https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Difficulty_Scaling

H5 2P has x0.85 the number of bugs spawning, as opposed to x1.5 with H5 4 players, and with H5 2P large bugs only have x1.2 health whereas they have x1.5 with H5 4 players.

Small bugs scale only off of hazard, so a grunt will have the same health with 1 player or 4 players, at H5 its x1.2 health.

[kindred field]

thanks

[exotic belfry]

Damage also scales, so bugs deal less damage the less players. H5 2P they deal x3 but with H5 4P they deal x3.4

[mint meteor]

Thank you, appreciate the kind words :) will keep that noted in my noggin

[grand pasture]

Don't listen to them, nobody can truly expect anything from anyone in this game, but if you do, a kind prompt would be ideal compared to what this guy did. I've seen level 250 people demolish enemies, and I myself have carried parties of people 1.2k+ when I myself was level 300.
If you still need to do the elite deep dive, I can lend a hand

[mint meteor]

Thank you, greatly appreciated, thanks for the offer :)

[grand pasture]

Is that you taking it or are you good?

[main topaz]

aquarq is soloable on all classes, level 900 should know that already

[bitter stump]

I mean I don't like bunkering but if you made your contribution to the main objective without nitra starving I don't see the reason to be toxic

[kindred field]

dont play pubs

its so much more fun playing with a friend and getting stuff done at your own pace

[bitter stump]

Nah that guy was an outlier
100% shouldn't have given you crap because of your rank and pacing which if you described it correctly you weren't playing poorly at all

[stable bear]

pheeeew just did both of em

oddly enough there was a significant lack of nitra the first two stages of the regular deep dive

[wraith shard]

used a bulk on stage 2 to kill lacerator

was kinda a suicide bomber type deal but it killed the dread

arbalest got focused down rq by shard gun after that

[wraith shard]

HONESTLY unless like u only play haz 4, PART of the actual greybeard grind is carrying mid team mates

ur supposed to be good enough by now even w an ass team you have atleast a chance if u know what ur doing and can kinda semi lead things (semi is important noone likes it when someone starts yapping)

im 975 rn and ive had mid ass teams so many times I hate it but I dont complain and even when i roll a team of green i usually manage to pull through, rarely not but thats part of the haz 5 grind tbh also

[stable bear]

at least there wasnt a caretaker

i wouldnt mind a power station as a secondary objective though

[eager atlas]

carrying people is part of the fun
it's also fun when everyone is very good and the bugs just vanish the moment they appear

[lost valve]

I should try World

The ones for Close and Medium are other Asian countries that barely anyone can speak English on (or maybe they are just shy?)

I've played with friends not from Asia and there didn't seem to be any latency or connection issues

This week's Elite 2nd stage gave me Salvo something unstable for Hurricane

[hushed notch]

I think that that's the new one that has an inane rof

[grand pasture]

Nah that's rocket barrage

Salvo allows you to hold the shoot button to charge up to 9 shots, then release to fire

They also do a slight bit extra damage for every missile in the burst

Charging up missiles is also faster than the actual fire rate so it's inherently a DPS increase too

If you only fire one missile, it keeps the guidance, and you can tap fire at the guns fire rate stat, so it's kinda got no downsides

[exotic belfry]

Technically it moves 1 damage from direct to AOE when tap firing, which can mess up a few WP breakpoint's, but overall has little effect.

[grand pasture]

Wow that was quick mods

[lost valve]

The fuck is this

[brazen goblet]

looks like a spam to me

[tiny gorge]

Hacked?

And this guy only joined the server today…..

[grand pasture]

Another one?

[jolly wing]

Salvo mod is rocket shotgun

[plush iris]

Rock and stone

[warped wolf]

anyone want to do the elite deep dive on PS with me and one other guy

[old widget]

Best place for that would be #lfg-playstation

[warped wolf]

thx

[mint meteor]

Well, i would love to but couldn't at that moment + right now too, my time zone is PDT/PST

[mint meteor]

That is what I thought, he was driller too

[mint meteor]

Good to hear, thanks for the kind words :)

[grand pasture]

What time in your time zone do you reckon you could get on? Might pe plausible for me

[jagged rapids]

Ignore this leaf lover. I'm sure you were doing fine

[bleak field]

how do i join a pod chat with some friends

[burnt sandal]

read #welcome-and-rules and pick roles

[vale root]

👍

[bleak field]

thank you

[wraith shard]

Me and my friend did a edd and I want to kill myself

[stable bear]

Uhh a bit drastic ya think

What did you have trouble with?

[wraith shard]

Stage 2

Dreads

There was barely any nitra

We needed 2 supply drops for them

And we didn't get the eggs too

[stable bear]

There’s a good amount of nitra for both of this weeks

Might need to look in the caves better, have a scout flaregun the large caves

[wraith shard]

Trust me we looked everywhere

[stable bear]

Theeeeeen ya didnt look enough

[quick tangle]

honestly stage 2 was the easiest

[lucid karma]

theres like 300 nitra in the 1st stage

all you need is a good scout to find them

my team went into 2nd stage with 360 nitra spare

[ancient grove]

yeah the low gravity helps a lot

[scarlet ingot]

i just can take it anymore

why so many swarmers

[plain burrow]

Isn't lvl 38 super low level to do EDD?

Unless he's a god gamer doing haz 5 no OCs on first promotion

[worldly relic]

tomorrow i'm going to try my first elite deep dive

is this week good?

[cinder citrus]

Level doesn't really matter it's more about your overall skill

[worldly relic]

and what class should i go with

[patent elk]

Whatever you're most comfortable with

[worldly relic]

engineer is my most played

[plain burrow]

EDD is haz 4.5-5.5 so I should at least be used to haz 4 before starting it right?

[cinder citrus]

Yeah

Comfortable with haz 4 is really the starting goal I would say

[worldly relic]

my preferred loadout is stubby and breach cutter

and shredder grenades

[cinder citrus]

Breach cutter is 🤌

[worldly relic]

i use 11122 with stronger plasma current overclock

feels comfy

i think i will go with engineer and try gunner if i fail

i have only played two hazard 5 games and they were tough

[marble frost]

@grand pasture We need to do deepdive 😠

[grand pasture]

I KNOW >:(

[marble frost]

GR

[ancient grove]

agreed, my favourite Engi secondary personally

ammo efficient & can deal with swarms with ease and single targets if need be

I like the grenade launcher too but I always tend to run out of ammo with it

and I haven't used the portable death star much to form a proper opinion of it

[patent elk]

It works just like the lead storm with burning hell/hot bullets

[spiral badge]

I love me some portable Death Star tbh

[dense pebble]

Shard is my fav

[merry terrace]

Hey i have just recently gotten a promotion are there any tips for deep dives that would c9me in handy

[safe crag]

do it with friends

[ancient grove]

do it with randoms

i play the deep dives with randoms and in most cases they turn out pretty well

[merry terrace]

Ok I will try that

[limber dirge]

Hey quick question since i just recently promoted by Driller

if beer effects carry over

until the end of the deep dive

does that mean you can stack 3 different beer types?

assuming that the abyss bar does rotates every stage

can't seem to found anything that does disprove the theroy anywhere

[quick tangle]

you can’t access the space rig until you finish/fail a deep dive

[limber dirge]

?

wait hold on

let me check

with a video of a deep dive run

[quick tangle]

Think of a deep dive as a mini rougelite

[limber dirge]

hmm yes thanks, i can imagine it

and yep you don't get access to the space rig until you pass or fail

It's funny how they keep pulling out the escape pod even at the final stage... the amount of force of the impact when the escape comes down

huh wait

nvm

[crisp tapir]

why i cant chat in drg chat

nvm

[sullen trout]

I love the shard but when I’m using it I become really over reliant on it

[brittle spire]

yey

guys I wanna pod

can someone help me?

[thorny gull]

Get a role in #welcome-and-rules

[violet berry]

me and my mate ladder are doing an elite deep dive if ay want to join feel free

[exotic belfry]

Make a post in #lfg-steam or if on console #lfg-xbox-microsoft #lfg-playstation . Also read #welcome-and-rules and grab a role to acess the rest of the server.

[wraith shard]

Actually why does the drop pod even leave

[rose sedge]

so it doesnt become one of the ones we have to fix up

[wraith shard]

10 minutes surely wouldnt hurt it

[tiny gorge]

So it doesn’t get attacked by bugs

(Fr you have a point)

[wraith shard]

Besides that, is there ever anything like a cargo crate or a machine event in deep dives?

[tiny gorge]

No

Idk why not

[exotic belfry]

In lore, it to keep it safe since its a very expensive piece of equipment, and also so it can be relocated, so you don't have to return to the starting cave (most of the time lol)

But the real reson is that it's better for it to leave gameplay wise lol

[eager atlas]

if someone stays at the pod, it never leaves, even if the exit drop pod appears and that one leaves, the player that stayed in the entrance pod is "down" in the results screen

[random rampart]

Read #welcome-and-rules and pick a role to have access to other channels

[quick tangle]

Lets say cargo crates, machine events etc… could spawn in deep dives, then you could just farm them over and over again because you knew exactly where it was and that would de-value regular missions

[wraith shard]

well but if they were randomised, not the exact same spawn over and over

[drifting tinsel]

the chances of objective-unrelated events spawning is tied to the map seed, and loading the same seed multiple times does already vary the location of where the events spawn to a degree (e.g. you could load the same seed for a rival presence mission and the turret controller would be in a different place each time).
it's very much for the better that they don't spawn in deep dives to prevent farming crates/equipment/core infusers, and it is for that same reason that minerals don't spawn in deep dives either (excluding huuli hoarders)

[outer nova]

Do deep dives give more xp than normal missions? Also, what's the big difference between deep dives and elite deep dives? Do the elite ones give more rewards or xp??

[bleak vigil]

They give more credits than normal missions. I dunno about XP as such. And the main difference is that Elites ALWAYS have a Mutator (I.E. Special condition, for example Swarmageddon) on the mission, and they are set at Hazard level 4.5/5/5.5 for the missions, so they might have the usual bonus to XP for that, dunno.

[wraith shard]

5.5...

[hybrid notch]

Both dives this week are pretty chill

[wanton pike]

rate the current deep dive

[twin oriole]

snoozefest compared to last week

[wraith shard]

id agree on that

[manic pivot]

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

[soft citrus]

Anyone know when are prime Deep Diving hours? I swear almost everytime I get around it its nearly always empty

[silent comet]

No clue

I mean, people near you are likely to have the same time

So early or late afternoon?

Not sure

If you host, people will almost always join

[cinder citrus]

If you are on Xbox it is almost always empty unless they have been released only a day prior

[soft citrus]

Just earlier today I hosted and was waiting for like an hour 😦

[soft citrus]

I'm on Steam, guess bad luck

Just checked rn and there are so so many, what. I was already checking for the whole world before

[cinder citrus]

Must've been bugged then

[patent elk]

First time ever broke over 1000 kills this edd

Was constantly needing resups so prob won't try it again but was fun finally getting that since this week was an easy week

[raven carbon]

Yes it has that bug sometimes

If you see zero dives despite being on world then change it to something else, refresh, then change it back to world and refresh again

Usually works for me

[spiral badge]

I might try EDD solo this week

[bleak vigil]

Be sure you know how to fire Bosco's Rockets. They can be very helpful, especially with the Cryo mod on.

[spiral badge]

Actually I saw a close group with 3 ppl so I just joined that. Finally did my first EDD

[eager shuttle]

Hey guys I'm new!

I'm on stream and could use a little help

[magic kettle]

read #welcome-and-rules

[viral vale]

Yup

[devout delta]

just helped someone complete their first EDD over the weekend.

[turbid dawn]

Did you make the lobby public?

Has happened to me during a brain fart settings moment

[stark nest]

When do you get your first promotion so that you have the forge ??

[soft citrus]

Wait, I have to specifically do that? I just pressed Launch. There's a setting?!

[cinder citrus]

read the https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/354250235419164682 tab and pick a role and you'll be able to talk in other channels

At level 25 on one dwarf you will get a promotion assignment

[turbid dawn]

the default option is private i believe

[bleak vigil]

When one of your dwarfs hits level 25 you get a 4 mission assignment to qualify for promotion. Then you have to pay the company to promote the Dwarf. Note, you dont have to do the assignment with the dwarf thats getting promoted

[wraith shard]

this is random and not on topic but why cant i talk in drg chat?

[burnt sandal]

#deep-dive-discussion message

[woven flame]

hey is there anyone that would be willing to help me play through my elite deep dive

[random rampart]

Post this instead on #lfg-steam/#lfg-modded-steam/#lfg-xbox-microsoft/#lfg-playstation (whatever your platform is)

[median spear]

how do i get permission to chat on anything?

[valid ginkgo]

Get your roles #welcome-and-rules

[zealous sigil]

holy

[blazing silo]

This week's deepdive is too hard or not? So I can join someone and not to ruin their life 😄

[fluid aurora]

regular deep dive? pretty tame

plenty of nitra to go around

i managed it solo as scout

[blazing silo]

elite one 😄

[eager atlas]

It's not particularly hard, the first level does have a lot of swarmers, whatever that means

[blazing silo]

I'll give it a try then

LAst time I tried scout and it was horrible

[quick tangle]

It means it has alot of swarmers 👍

[eager atlas]

We need more evidence!!!

[quick tangle]

How I would rate the difficulty of each stage of this weeks edd.
First stage, I just wanna get done with this 😭.
Second stage, damn I love this game.
Third stage, 😭

[severe monolith]

Thursday evenings

[vocal ocean]

The elite one was fun

[fathom coral]

Yea, I try to knock them out as soon as they come out, gotten lucky on Steam doing it as such.

[turbid ravine]

Good evening brothers, rock and stone. I'm fairly fresh to coming back to DRG and I'm very rusty. I want to knock out the Elite Deep Dive this week, and I intended to do it on my driller with the Corrosive Sludge Pump to handle all the adds. I'm a little concerned about ammo though, because I find on regular level 4 missions I run low on ammo if I have to fire charge shots a lot. I'm looking to take the extra ammo and the -1 cost on charge shots to help alleviate this, but wanted to ask in here first if anyone else has any advice or would suggest a different loadout for this week's EDD.

[shadow temple]

If you're doing solo, I feel like there's actually enough nitra in the EDD to not actually have to worry so much about ammo, and it's also easy to find iirc

that being said, I'm not really a sludge pump fan, I agree the ammo issue is pretty prominent. You have sludge blast or VIM for those dreads yea?

[turbid ravine]

I'm sorry to be so lost here, but I'm assuming those are overclocks. I only have one overclock for the sludge pump and it's disperser compound, which is more fragment count and damage in exchange for decreased charged shot damage. So single target it actually makes it weaker.

[quick tangle]

just go without overclocks on the sludge pump

[fervent pulsar]

unionized

[spiral badge]

You wanna spread the goooo as much as you can with the sludge pump

[shadow temple]

Ah dw about being lost, takes a while to get used to the names, but I'll describe them

Sludge Blast is an unstable overclock that greatly increases your charged shot dmg by making it akin to a shotgun. The downside is that you have -40 ammo, a slightly longer reload time and reduced area dmg

VIM (Volatile Impact Mixture) is a balanced overclock that doubles your regular and charge shot dmg, in exchange for the damage overtime your sludge could have done without the OC. Basically, gives you more dmg in a shorter time period, but reduces the overall dmg you could have done if you factor in the DoT damage

Both of these overclocks are good against dreads, though just the normal sludge pump technically works

EDD has 3 dreads so hence why it would be good if you had at least 1 of these

[spiral badge]

And 2 are twins

[turbid ravine]

Thank you for taking the time to explain! I appreciate it.

[thorn blade]

yo

[shy obsidian]

WHY CAN I NOT JOIN VOCIECHAT??

mb caps

[leaden cypress]

Why can't you read the rules in #welcome-and-rules ?

[ivory marten]

You need a role, chief.

Go get one in #welcome-and-rules

[wraith shard]

so are they difficult

[eager atlas]

stage 1 edd is the worst imo, and it's not that bad among point extractions

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
Planet scanning is now booting up, 24 hours left until new Deep Dives!
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[shadow temple]

Aw hell yea, I hope we get 6 sabotage stages next round

/s

[grand pasture]

I hope we get one, haven't had one in a while

[shadow temple]

Plot twist: 6 escort missions instead

[quick tangle]

I find the third stage being the hardest due to it simply being haz 5.5

[eager atlas]

The thing for me is that mining exped actually has breathing inbetween swarms, though there's a lot of swarmers in that one too, and we actually had a random dreadnought spawn, very fun

[trail swift]

Is this weeks elite dive hard or not?

[shadow temple]

I found it quite okayish, nothing really out of the ordinary imo

That's not to say it's a walk in the park, but there's also nothing outlandishly difficult to note either

As long as u mine nitra diligently during the first stage, you should have more than enough to easily keep u going for the rest of the EDD

[wanton pike]

this dd is hard

asf

[shadow dagger]

BROTHERS!

[random rampart]

read #welcome-and-rules and pick a role to get access to other channels

[plain burrow]

Did my first EDD this week (solo). Failed the 3rd part but it's just a cosmetic. Thanks @still geode forcing myself to do haz4 was goated advice #drg-chat message

[still geode]

👍

[manic pivot]

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

Anyone tryin to run deep dives?

[random rampart]

#lfg-steam

[copper mountain]

Anyone want to play im on ps5

[misty maple]

damn i was on stage 3 of the dd, not hosting, and all of a sudden lost connection

i cant see the lobby in the dd terminal anymore either

maybe the host lost connection or something and it booted everyone

should i redo it or not bother

[tidal plume]

hey can anybody help me my friend cant boot up drg because it keeps crashing

[silk panther]

anyone down for DD?

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
New Deep Dives will be available in one hour!
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[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
New Deep Dives are now available!
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[drifting tinsel]

You're out of rock, I'm out of stone... another Thursday afternoon brings us new Deep Dives!

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 January 25 to 2024 February 01 (Week 227)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1706785200:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Magma Core | Code Name: Unveiled Expanse
Stage 1: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Classic) + Black Box | Mactera Plague
Stage 2: 200 Morkite + Black Box | No Mutator
Stage 3: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Classic) + Black Box | Cave Leech Cluster

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Hollow Bough | Code Name: Green Sanctuary
Stage 1: 6 Eggs + 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s | Elite Threat
Stage 2: Escort Duty + 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s | Shield Disruption
Stage 3: 6 Eggs + Black Box | Exploder Infestation

Here's your weekly reminder that the Jagged Bugbasher hat is still available until <t:1706529600:f>. Time is running really low for those of you that want the hat but haven't claimed it yet!
Although not entirely DRG-related, Lunar New Year is coming in very soon (this year, it's on the 10th of February), beginning the Year of the Dragon! The Hoxxes Lunar Festival should be arriving soon -- let's keep our eyes open for that!
Here's to the last dives of January, and here's to all the miners on Hoxxes-IV from beards grey to green! Rock and stone (say it back)!

[hearty geyser]

Rock and Stone yeeeaaaah

[untold saddle]

#bug-discussion

[ivory marten]

IT'S ALL BLACK BOXES.

FUCK THAT

[quick tangle]

honestly this weeks edd was really fun

[drifting tinsel]

oops, all salvage secondaries!

[magic kettle]

the "sit and wait" DD

[quick tangle]

could you please spoiler tag it if it's possible?

[magic kettle]

check the channel description, i'm sure it's to be expected to see spoilers about the deep dive when entering this channel

[quick tangle]

yeah sure I do expect that I get spoiled when people for example say: ''this dreadnought on the second stage is hard'' or ''this escort duty is painfull''

but feel like an info dump on everything should get spoiler tagged and I don't see how it would hurt anyone if it were spoiler tagged, though that's just my opinion :3

[wispy hearth]

how did management lose a hold if this many black boxes

[grand pasture]

Why not just not read it?

[quick tangle]

the emojis

[eager atlas]

This info dump is pinned to the channel and has existed for I don't even know how long, it hasn't been an issue ever

[drifting tinsel]

i think that the channel description saying "deep dive spoilers here" in all caps is attention-drawing enough for you to know what you're getting into

no offense at all, but going into a channel titled "deep dive discussion" while expecting there to be no spoilers is a bit strange, no?

[feral cedar]

Am I good at the game if I solod last weeks elite deep dive

[dapper verge]

They gave it to the same guy who lost all the elves, beer mugs, etc

[grand pasture]

Eh just brisk past it really, not to mention the channel description does say there's spoilers here

[eager atlas]

depends how much you struggled, I guess? But if you can carry your own weight without much issue then sure

[wraith shard]

dawg wtf is this dd 😭

oops all black boxes

[analog imp]

Apperantly

[devout delta]

Did the dd/ess update yet

Edd*

[eager atlas]

scroll

[devout delta]

a yes or no would have been nice but ok smartass

[eager atlas]

you're welcome

[wraith shard]

deep-dive-discussion
look inside
deep dive discussion

[balmy ruin]

Shield Disruption Doretha oh ffs

[quick tangle]

it wasn't that bad imo

[devout delta]

Why does the edd have 3 black boxes

wtf

Regular dd*

[quick tangle]

doesn't really matter since it's haz3/3.5

[balmy ruin]

Predrilling fixes everything imo its gonna be fine thank you for reassuring me gamer

[eager atlas]

can't fix what's not broken

[versed tangle]

Rock and Stone Brothers 💪

[magic kettle]

i tried the EDD with two drillers, we got blasted by bad internet connexion from the host (me) and some exploders at the second phase of the omoran stone

regular DD was fine tho, dreadnaught got melted like butter

[crystal bison]

oof regular DD sounds impossible for me to solo with scout

last week's I struggled, almost downed a couple of times

are the naught stages just normal dreadnaught or those ones that come in twos (arbalest and the other one I can't remember the name)

[magic kettle]

no twins

[eager atlas]

grenades are probably the best instant crowd control scout has, those should help a lot with the black boxes

[tame oak]

What are the two pipes on dorretta do? On an escort mission I noticed some upgrades to her frame. She has 4 turrets and two pipe on the back.

[eager atlas]

sounds like mods, I assume deposit slots

unless you mean the spots where the fuel things go

[tame oak]

@eager atlas I didn't think I was playing on a modded server. I'll check again but I did think the 4 turrets was a nice upgrade to not have to baby sit her

At first I thought it was a Mashup of escort and morkit refining

[leaden cypress]

It's a mod

So yeah you were in a modded lobby

[fathom coral]

this week was pretty easy

always hilarious seeing the Exploders at crackhead speed just swarm suiciding a single guy, lmao

[crystal bison]

hmmm I do love my stun sweeper

[rancid cedar]

sweeper isn’t good cc on higher hazards but pheros are game breaking

[sonic wing]

Wow the dd is just black box city

A problem for monday me

[hearty geyser]

normal dive was pretty chill going solo

[amber valve]

pheros >>>

if you have good crowd control ocs like embedded detonators or bodkin points then ifg is also peak

[crystal bison]

yeah I have like the faster fire rate / reload overclock for the GK2, electrocuting focus shots for M1K, and gas recycling for the zhukovs

what I like about the sweeper is that I can clear swarmlings really fast with it

[upper shadow]

why i cant join anyone other than russians russians russians and russians
i have nothing again russian people but here in deep dives they are ultimately retarded and dont understand a single english world like whyyyy

[valid orchid]

lol DD with 3 Black Boxes and Stages 1 and 3 being the same outside of a mutator

The same Dreads even

[valid orchid]

If they got Nishanka with Firebolt/Crybolt that's also good cc. Cryo bolts + Electric Special bolts is broken for this DD

[spiral badge]

Lol normal DD is indeed goofy this week

[elfin bison]

just ran my first deep dive, it was awful. How do i keep my team from splitting up/leaving at the slightest inconvenience?

[fathom coral]

be coordinated more on objectives, sometimes it's better to just split off the labor to knock a lot of the (E)DD stuff out the way, saves a decent chunk of time.

[silent prism]

They need to be more unique and at least have some more secondaries instead of being like that.

[quick tangle]

play solo 👍

[rose sedge]

DD this week is very chill

EDD, much more chill than last week, even if stage 1 and 2 are a bit hard

the escort one was a real doozy though

i had 3 bulk det spawns on that one

[rose sedge]

My dude, my man, was a real nice EDD with ya today

[quick tangle]

kinda a more chill version of last weeks

[shadow temple]

A more chill version?

Damn

Ye I gotta try and see lm,ao

[hearty geyser]

both dives this week were fun, even escort on bough, kinda surprised

[idle prawn]

have they updated the dd and edd in pinned yet?

[stable bear]

uh, yea

[spiral badge]

Sometimes it’s ok to split up, but for swarms you should try to join back up

[jagged rapids]

Ya know... it shows the date in the pinned message to let you know which week it's for

Should show in your local timezone too i believe

[idle prawn]

yer mb

[raven carbon]

Put it in chat, sometimes it's just bad luck that you don't get a good team

[raven carbon]

Yeah same, had fun

Luckily got good teams for both

[raven carbon]

Yeah same for me but the jetty boot spawn at the start was very helpful to mitigate shield disruption

[wraith shard]

Cleared the edd, 554 kills, 2 downs, 16 revives, THIS is the real reason greybeards take field medic instead of iron will, because noone wants to spend half the game stuck revivng people

field medic vs ironwill my honest op: If you are getting 5-15 revives per mission go with field med, if you are not getting many or even any revives per your average mission, ironwill is much better

[valid orchid]

Basically Field Medic if your team sucks lol

Its ok guys I suck too

[fluid aurora]

chill dives this week

getting repeat missions on regular is really funny

our team decided to do both dreds at once because sleeper

[unique ore]

my personal op, Ive never had a mission where reviving someone slower caused a loss, Ive had several times when IW clutched it tho, but choose whatever, its down to preference

[upper shadow]

huh

[primal latch]

ahhhh

[left oak]

Aarragagaaaaaa

[blissful ibex]

well well

[plain spade]

Honestly, and this may be unpopular opinion, relying on randoms for just about anything is inconsistent as hell and is just gunna disappoint you. Best thing to do is LFG on here for a team you can get at least basic comms with, or get some actual friends into the game and play with them. Me and my buddy just duo them now, I get too frustrated too quick with randoms lol

If all else fails Bosco will get your back like nobody else will

[eager atlas]

bosco best boi

[unique pond]

https://tenor.com/view/deep-rock-bosco-bosco-deep-rock-galactic-salute-robot-gif-15787514

[wraith shard]

honestly when i DO get teams that suck

it helps like thiiiiiiiiis much

doesnt happen too often tho but well.. it happens

[wraith shard]

honestly, in 50% of my missions played, i seem to be constantly reviving people to the point the revive reduction time GENIUNELY will shave a solid minute off the mission where im not reviving

also u can still have a fairly good team and still have each of u score like 4-10 downs on a hard map or edd or have a lot of downs, what matters is if you are clearing bugs and special bugs fast enough imo, so that when everyone is actually down or incap it isnt unsalvagable

[cinder citrus]

read the https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/354250235419164682 tab and pick a role and you'll be able to talk in other channels

[tranquil star]

How fun is this week's edd?

[rose sedge]

somewhat

do you like egg hunt ?

do you like swarms of exploders ?

if yes to any of these, this weeks edd is fantastic

[marble crag]

Is this edd a pain or is it easy like the last week one?

[fathom coral]

shouldn't be bad, just don't get too comfortable around the Exploder Infestation lvl

[marble crag]

Alright

[quick tangle]

it's even easier than last weeks

[wide smelt]

Hello

[quick tangle]

hi!

[wraith shard]

pretty easy

but i had 16 revives 2 downs on it so take that as you will

[wide smelt]

A

[stable bear]

Hoooooo weeee that first stage was a doozy at the start

Stabber vines and a nemesis

[quick tangle]

the nemesis I encountered wasn't too bad

I just spammed turret whip

[old widget]

interesting, we ran it twice and didn't get a nemmy first stage. but it was definitely a hot drop for EDD stage 1

[stable bear]

I failed the first time (stage 3, engie and i used our iron wills but terrain wouldnt let us get to our teammates) and the second go at it we didnt get a nemesis. Got a bulk though

[quick tangle]

that's why you play solo 💯

[cerulean pebble]

Bosco got me 💯

[stable bear]

Nah i suck at solo

Also elemental insulation is essential to regular DD

[humble harbor]

ele what

maybe for you

[stable bear]

The perk that reduces the slowdown from earthquakes, sludge pools, deep snow........

[quick tangle]

that's unstoppable not elemental insulation

elemental insulation reduces all elemental damage by 30%

[stable bear]

oh lmao

i cant read

[glacial hill]

what is the best primary/secondary duo for driller

[rancid cedar]

depends on the mission type and number of teammates but generally i’d say flamer and epc

[south raven]

I prefer flamethower with sticky fuel and colette with rads

[glacial hill]

im currently using epc and cryo

[humble harbor]

fsd crspr and persistent plasma/regular epc with tcf

[vocal ocean]

I(lvl90) beat the EDD with two lvl 50’s it was fucking great

I didn’t expect much

But they did their part

The dozer part when we finished of the good adrenaline

The whole team loved that

Drg is a role play game

Sue me

[quick tangle]

there is no objectivly best primary and secondary for driller since all of them have ups and downs, but I personally find sludge pump + epc (with heat upgrade) with a very large amount of enemies to be very effective

[sweet ice]

it really depends on how you wanna play, i personally go for flame thrower (planning on getting the sticky fuel OC for it) + the Subata pistol because it's pretty versatile and allows me to deal with big enemies pretty well on my own without the need of someone helping me, on top of great crowd control

[glacial hill]

ty all

[wraith shard]

hello there, is there anyway to play with my friend who's playing with the gamepass.
i'm playing on the steam version

[random rampart]

wrong chat, use #drg-chat. but no, you can't unless you buy the gamepass version or your friend buys the steam version

[wraith shard]

I can't talk in that chat ..

[random rampart]

because you havent gotten a role. read #welcome-and-rules and pick from there

[wraith shard]

ok.. sorry

and ty for the answer

[random rampart]

sorry for what lol

[wraith shard]

talking in wrong chat ?

[random rampart]

you couldnt bc you didnt have a role. youre not the 1st one in that predicament lol

[wraith shard]

okay x)

[blazing bloom]

hi guys im new to this server and holy theres alot to take in

[cinder citrus]

read the https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/354250235419164682 tab and pick a role and you'll be able to talk in other channels

[blazing bloom]

okay thx

[quick tangle]

question: why tf is this the channel only ''new people'' can talk in?

[cinder citrus]

To stop bots from flooding the rest of the server

It's mainly done so that said bots can be taken out before they become a nuisance.
It also lowers the amount of channels that need to be moderated

[grand pasture]

That's.....actually a really good reason. Always wondered why channels like this were where new people came to

[quick tangle]

can’t there just be a deticated channel for new people then? Instead of flooding this channel with people asking how to get access to other channels

[cinder citrus]

I don't know why they don't do that tbh

[indigo dome]

im so sorry to bother you but where exactly in the welcome area can you select a role

[eager atlas]

near the bottom

where the reactions for the classes or the platforms are

[livid lance]

Someone should def join the edd that i'm hosting (no ones joining)

[turbid rose]

Guys

What’s up

My rock wants to stone

[west shuttle]

Hello chat

[west shuttle]

Bye bye chat

[turbid rose]

@livid lance what’s up gabe

[red zephyr]

hows the EDD?

[jagged rapids]

Overall pretty fun but the beginning of stage 2 can get a lil crazy. We had it bug twice in a row where half the team couldn't mine anything bc of that weird cave desync issue. There was one moment at the beginning where I watched 15 acid spitters spawn at once.. It was hilarious and then we killed them. Stage 3 is kinda just there, pretty average overall. Might be a decent challenge for newer players

Stage 1 loves mactera btw so be ready for elite trijaws and brundles. Otherwise I actually enjoyed stage 1 the most tbh

[echo kettle]

what is the reward you get on mission 2 on the regular deep dive?

[quick tangle]

blank matrix core on the 1st stage, weapon overclock core on the 2nd stage and a cosmetic core on the 3rd

btw deep dives and elite deep dives have the same rewards in terms of cores

not sure if they have the same credit and xp reward though

[eager atlas]

they don't normal is around 15K, elite is around 20K

[eager atlas]

Deep Lock Salactic

[wraith shard]

what a fun deep dive i love black box!!!!!

[viral shore]

i just did the elite deep dive solo (i am lvl 85 rn) it is really not difficult

[blazing bloom]

aaw man this sucks

i having an edd with randoms,we were in stage 3 when it lost connection

[quick tangle]

host the game

[cinder citrus]

Awesome also read the https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/354250235419164682 tab and pick a role and you'll be able to talk in other channels

[grand pasture]

Just be aware difficulty is subjective, some people here struggle with just the regular

[severe flicker]

Dorretta pathway was something else

[peak rampart]

u

[long matrix]

You need to be at least Diamond plat level in Overwatch to be able to handle EDD

I mean Gold players prolly fit too but eh

Oh, huh. Did OW1 always have platinum rank? I haven’t played that shit since they added role queue

[quick tangle]

how tf does overwatch skills translate to drg skills??????????

[grand pasture]

What?

[quick tangle]

they are two completly different games

[random rampart]

gaming

:)

[quick tangle]

similarities betweeen drg and ow: guns and shooting, that's it

[long matrix]

also buffs/debuffs, tanking & target priority, positioning, multiple ways to kill things

[quick tangle]

get help

[grand pasture]

Where tf is Overwatch coming into this

[quick tangle]

tank builds are mid in drg

[long matrix]

arguably nu-OW DPS is more important but yeah drg has no heals (pretty much not needed)

getting a bit off the topic tho

[quiet trout]

[quick tangle]

you are high af

overwatch is a 6v6 pvp hero shooter, drg is a pve horde shooter with heavy resource managment and exploration, ah yes they are exactly the same

[long matrix]

resource management
hitting 80 nitra and you have 2 full runs worth of ammo (20 modded)

either way you just click heads

And help your teammates stay alive by all means so they can click heads

[quick tangle]

you need alot more than that above haz 3

anyway good bait btw

[long matrix]

Na, bait would be comparing drg to team fortress

[random rampart]

no thx

[onyx dirge]

last stage of deep dive, I came across leech city TM next to the black box. I jokingly said to walk into the cave without looking up. Black box started and halfway through gunner walks into the cave and gets grabbed. After the black box is done, I start pinging red sugar across the cave. Driller walks straight to it, gunner follows close behind. Gunner gets grabbed again 💀

[long matrix]

spoiler alert

[sleek abyss]

,

[quick tangle]

I feel for the bait

[fringe kestrel]

<@&296918282403840000>

thanks

[golden mason]

qustion. How can i jpoin voicechats for gameplay? I dont see how to get permissions for a majority of channels

[burnt sandal]

read #welcome-and-rules and pick roles

[golden mason]

my apologies, right away

[proven moat]

dive in the deep

[sour star]

Most recent deep dives went very well for me.

Feel like my movement skills are getting a lot better. Especially with this most recent EDD. Entire team went down twice and I was able to pulls us back from that, especially on the final stage.

The previous set of deep dives was also pretty interesting. One player DC’d on the EDD, and we had a swarm + bulk detonator spawn, with twin dreadnaughts spawning in the chaos.

This was on the last stage. I had to Iron will + vampire as driller to bring back the team, then make loops to spread out the twins and detonator among the swarm.

[obtuse ingot]

Maybe it was a mod that was changing things, but the regular deep dive was muuuuch more difficult than the EDD this week for me. Only had just enough ammo for each round and it took twice as long as the EDD. Did anyone else have that?

[main topaz]

i dont think i even mined nitra last stage base deep dive

you could have missed some funky placement big veins

[bleak vigil]

There was a bunch of Nitra veins that were well out of the way and not where the Team would go if you just followed where the Map was leading you. I found them and we had no problems. If you didn't find them I could see you running low.

[vagrant fossil]

how do I get access to the DRG chat?

[topaz ginkgo]

Hey anyone know if stage 2 of the elite deep dive is bugged? I keep falling through the map.

[rough radish]

get a role in #welcome-and-rules

[sour star]

I didn’t have a problem. That was the ||escort|| portion right?

[obtuse ingot]

I was playing scout and searched all over every map and I'm positive we didn't miss any nitra. We had to kill all the loot bugs to get enough nitra for resupplies

We barely had enough to get a single resupply in each round. It was weird. We had just breezed through the EDD

Something weird was going on for sure I think! About to do it again with another couple friends. We'll see if it's better this time 🙂

[obtuse ingot]

It's VERY different this time. For one, it's not loaded with cave leeches in every round. One of the mods must have been messing with things and making it way harder. It's what I would expect now. We have a ton of extra nitra going into the last stage and haven't really needed resupplies

[mossy crown]

Uhm I don't know where else to ask.. but why can't I chat anywhere else lol?

[bronze valve]

I dont even play ow ranked and i handle edd just fine, this is a weird take

gotta be bait

[spiral badge]

#welcome-and-rules

[eager shuttle]

Hey everyone! I'm new to the group!

[jagged rapids]

Welcome miner!
You should go grab a role. Go into #welcome-and-rules to grab a role and then you can pop into the main channel #drg-chat to say.

That'll also unlock all the rest of the channels in this server for you

[eager shuttle]

I did that and there was nothing aboutvroles

About roles

Nvm got it

[pulsar tusk]

yo am i suppose to get rockpox in deep dive everytime i mine a common rock

[quick tangle]

?

specify what you mean with ''common rock''

if you literaly just mean mining a regular wall then that obviously has no effect on the enemies spawning

[pulsar tusk]

wait

lemme show u a clip

rq

[quick tangle]

btw you can only send embeded pictures, videos, links etc in https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/565850434376302613

[lime thicket]

test

[bleak vigil]

Static

[bleak vigil]

Nice to hear you got what you expected this time. Ya you seen to have drawn the short straw with that last run. Glad it was a one time thing

[fallen anvil]

Hi guys

[lime thicket]

guys holw do I remove the tips

that keep showing up like click G to throw nade

[quick tangle]

it's somewhere in the options

don't remember exactly where though

[bleak vigil]

I leave them on because I bounce between the classes, so they can remind me of something I've forgotten.

[quick tangle]

honestly would recommend to have them on if you're starting to play solo, since it can give you very good tips on what bosco can do in different mission types

[shadow temple]

The game casually telling me to "follow the power cables to find the power station!" while I'm next to a power station:

[faint folio]

is there any liquid morkite mission in the elite deep dive?

[burnt sandal]

check the pins

[quick tangle]

here's all the info on this weeks the deep dive #deep-dive-discussion message

[faint folio]

oh thanks!

[grand pasture]

Can't remember the exact category but I believe it's the first one you're on when you open the settings, same area where camera shake and view bob are

[lime thicket]

yeah found it

[river gate]

hey how to get in voice?

[spiral badge]

Go to one of the open pods

[river gate]

none is open

[random rampart]

Read #welcome-and-rules and pick roles

[stable bear]

I wonder if next week will have a sabo mission

[rough radish]

if it does im blaming you

[stable bear]

:3

[eager atlas]

it's gonna be 1st and 3rd level of both dives

[spiral badge]

Oh no

[limpid coral]

This EDD so hard, failed twice

[stable bear]

hollow bough is unforgiving yes

[rancid cedar]

definitely one of the edds of all time

[fleet dawn]

Hi

[marble frost]

yar

[kind fjord]

.

[long shell]

ip grabber

[summer cypress]

ceiling grabber

[haughty maple]

Just joined. Been wanting to play this game for a loooong time.

[rancid cedar]

make sure you get a role from #welcome-and-rules

[haughty maple]

@rancid cedar thank you! Cheers.

[grand pasture]

Idk honestly didn't think this EDD was all too bad, wasn't a breeze but wasn't too hard (of course given that difficulty is subjective). Throws you a little in the deep end at the very start of the 1st mission but not too much to handle, shield disruption can be a pain if not handled right but seeing as it's an escort duty, not too bad, not to mention jetty boots. 3rd stage wasn't too rough at all, black box can be done a lot easier if the tunnel near it gets blocked with platforms

[rancid cedar]

i did this edd drunk yesterday and completely forgot wtf the missions were

Every edd with mules is infinite ammo so i shuda doen it with fat boy for memes

[frail patrol]

respect

[manic pivot]

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

[silent comet]

I thought the quad black box was weird

especially for the normal DD

[fluid aurora]

stage 1 and 3 having exact repeat objectives was comedy

if not extremely mind numbingly boring

[silent comet]

yeah super weird

[slender heart]

I am waiting for the day both the DD and EDD have three of the same mission in a row.

[eager atlas]

pretty sure that isn't possible

[silent comet]

i will still hope

[cinder citrus]

It's all randomly generated so it is possible bar map and modifiers

[eager atlas]

No, the devs said before the algorithm has some stuff to prevent repetition

I'm even surprised we can get the same thing twice as 1st and 3rd

https://youtu.be/YX3_iAe4QS0?t=2428

[naive beacon]

the fact the clip ends with "ready for the black box?" sends me

very appropriate this week

[errant field]

What weapon should I take for this week's edd

I'm thinking cyro but I'm worried if there's the data retireve mission

[eager atlas]

all driller primaries are great, just use what you like

[celest ruin]

your primary for sabo matters less than your c4 build

cryo might be kinda rough as you do nothing against robots but as long as you manage swarms during hack and c4 vents it should be fine

[errant field]

so all I need to do is get rid of the shield phase for last boss in sabo huh?

okay

[cursive zealot]

hello

[jagged rapids]

I see others have kinda helped here already so I'll keep it quick:

1. There isn't any industrial sabo this week
2. The DD and EDD are in the pinned messages aka you can always see what the dives are so you can craft your build to fit

[errant field]

Thank you 🫡

[cunning bloom]

How do I unlock different weapons?

[eager atlas]

level up your characters, you'll get assignments for them

[snow estuary]

Jesus

Dreadnought nearly wiped me completely on my first attempt

It did the earthquake and dropped me into a massive pit which I couldn't zipline out of

down to my last life now

[carmine ermine]

I got special powder when I infused the blank matrix core from this deep dive

Triple black box is lucky

[snow estuary]

oh no

elimination as my last deep dive

[ruby pulsar]

How to go deepdive ?

[bleak vigil]

There is a big console at the far end of the Space rig past the Abyss bar. That's where you go on them. You have to have promoted at least one Dwarf before you can join the though.

[ruby pulsar]

Ok and what the recomended lvl for this and how to promoted someone

[random rampart]

Promotions are done at class level 25. As soon as you reach it on a class, you'll get a promotion assignment. Complete it, then go to the terminal at the back of the memorial hall and promote the class

[dreamy oar]

what i need to write in drg-chat???

[raven carbon]

Pick a role in welcome

[ruby pulsar]

Ok thx 👌

[wraith shard]

how come I don't have access to drg-chat

[crude portal]

no role

[wraith shard]

oh shit alr

don't see a role channel

[crude portal]

in #welcome-and-rules

[crisp ore]

No lobbies?

[jolly wing]

#928582985559736360 channels for that

[random rampart]

this is more appropriate to #drg-chat instead. get a role from #welcome-and-rules to chat there

[glacial hill]

what is the best build to kill bosses for driller

[rancid cedar]

volatile impact mixture or sludge blast on the sludge pump.

Cryo cannon is the best option in coordinated team as and works especially well with ice spear and ice storm

[tiny gorge]

I ride and die as volatile impact sludge pump driller as one of the best ways to take down dreads regardless of class

[cinder citrus]

Players that do that are quite rare

No they would not get banned 😔

Blocking them was the right thing to do

Some people are just assholes but thankfully the grand majority of players are not so

[mortal cliff]

1. Do not cause a witch hunt by @ the specific players
2. Happens very rarely
3. They can't get banned in a whole game, only from your lobby.

[cinder citrus]

Also if you want to interact with the rest of the server read https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/354250235419164682 pick yourself a role and you'll be able to talk in all available channels

[lament anchor]

okay thanks. interesting take to protect the "assholes", you'd think you would side with the players that don't do that. at least now other players can avoid those two toxic players. hopfully game abuse is bannable in the future.

[cinder citrus]

I agree with you but I believe it's more of a server rule to not witch hunt players or operate a ban list

[lament anchor]

gotcha

[burnt sandal]

This is not about protecting them.
there is not anticheats in the game and no way to moderate the game.
They can literally just change their username so dropping their names do absolutely nothing. And yes, we had impersonators before who tried to muddy the waters.

[charred radish]

Witch hunting is wrong in any gaming community

[burnt sandal]

yes, for obvious reasons

[rancid cedar]

Yea it’s peer to peer connections so the devs don’t have much control over things. Which is fine tbh cus this is pretty casual coop game. What few cheaters there are often don’t even impact progresssion of other players and “toxic players” can just be kicked from your lobby or blocked

[tawdry lark]

When do deep dives reset again?

[old widget]

top message in pins

the reset time shown there automatically adjusts to your local timezone

[proper mantle]

Guys if played Deep dive in solo that are good idea?

[grand pasture]

Depends on your individual skill level. If you think you can, go for it.
Regular deep dive stages go Hazard 3, 3.5, 3.5

Elite goes 4.5, 5, 5.5

[cinder hill]

the deep dive loading screen is the hardest thing there is in drg

also regular deep dive can be safely done by yourself

[grand pasture]

If you're capable yeah, difficulty is always subjective, even if the majority can do it

[cinder hill]

The current one is pretty easy

Makteras and cave leeches may be annoying but solo eliminations are easy if you know what you are doing

[grand pasture]

Exactly

[cinder hill]

And there are two of those... With some easy morkite inbetween

[elfin rock]

hi im new on the server i was looking for people to play with 👍

[random rampart]

Check the lfg channel for your platform to find a group

[sonic wing]

The tripple uplink this week was a wee bit annoying

Not hard just samey

2 dread stages with uplinks all 3 with uplinks bit of an oof

[unkempt dew]

I like me a marathon

[stable bear]

Honestly the elite threat & exploders were more of a pain than shield disruption

Had to go in and out of the black box bubble constantly

[arctic niche]

shield disruption was the worst part but everything else was easy

[shadow thunder]

Not looking forward to doing the edd

Shield distribution escort sounds very unfun

Or at least very difficult

[quick tangle]

wasn't that difficult for me atleast

you do get jetty boots at the start of the cave so that makes it a whole lot easier (or atleast I think jetty boots are connected to the seed)

[stable bear]

You do get boots

It’s honestly not too bad

Just gotta be on your game

[grand pasture]

Not to mention most people don't realize this, but shield disruption actually reduces damage taken by 30%

Aside from friendly fire and self damage

[slender heart]

Doesn't it also increase the amount of Red Sugar that spawns?

[grand pasture]

Not as far as I'm concerned

[valid orchid]

It's tough but remember that if you stand on top of Dotty most attack don't hit you

So it's not as bad as say, Salvage on Shield Disrupt

[valid orchid]

Can confirm they are. I played it with some people here but had to leave on Stage 3 due to an emergency.
I played it solo today and completed it, Jet Boots were there both times

[craggy violet]

Where's the 2nd mule on the 2nd stage?

[drifting tinsel]

assuming you mean EDD, it's in the heartstone room on the left side of the drilldozer entrance -- it's just very high up (；・∀・)

[frosty junco]

hi i'm new at the game and there's a huge rock with red spike with 4 blocks around it. I have no idea what do to with that, but i know that there's something to do about it. Can someone please explain to me what this is and what do to asap please ? Ty in advance

[polar grove]

Why can’t I go in the lfg it’s not letting me is there a verification

[drifting tinsel]

looks like you found a tritlyte crystal! unfortunately, if you haven't promoted a dwarf yet, you can't do anything about it unless theree is a promoted dwarf in your party. you can read through the wiki section for it here: https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Machine_Events#Tritilyte_Crystal

grab a role in #welcome-and-rules as well! it'll let you talk in other channels so your future inquiries can go to #drg-chat :)

[drifting tinsel]

there is a verification! read through #welcome-and-rules and select a role, and it should give you access to all of the LFG channels (o≧▽≦)ﾉ

[frosty junco]

I understand now. Thank you so much for the explanation

[polar grove]

Thank you

[craggy violet]

Thank you my man

[shadow temple]

Oh man

Was doing the EDD, traversing the 3rd stage, everything going really well

Proceeded to LOK-1 on a group of swarmers

One explosion and then game crash

There goes like 45mins of my time, I never had the game crash ever

Is there a mod that cheats in one cosmetic overclock? I don't normally like doing this kinda trick buuuuut imo I definitely 100% deserve the win and won't wanna do the whole EDD again

Nvm disregard it, found one that allows me to choose an OC

[frosty junco]

Hi, i am currently playing with a mod that is ''more player balance'' that allows to play with 5+ players. I am curious to know if any progression that we will make (levels/assignment) will stay when we will stop playing with it. Thank you in advance for the help.

[eager atlas]

#modded-drg-chat is probably a better place for this question, you need to get roles from #welcome-and-rules to talk in more spots

as forr the answer, I believe any mod that isn't sandbox does not make a new save file

[frosty junco]

👍

[fierce pecan]

the EDD this week is brutal

[arctic niche]

The first time I ran it, on second stage I got a bulk detonater then near the end I got 2 simultaneously how unlucky is that.

[dry ravine]

I gave up

[dusty jetty]

Hello everyone, I wish you a good day and that everything goes well with you. Greetings from Kazakhstan. Rock and stone friends

[thorny gull]

Hello and don't forget to get some roles in #welcome-and-rules

[manic pivot]

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

[upbeat dome]

Ay gonna do my first deep dive eventually today, any general tips for it?

[modest tinsel]

There's no planet specific minerals, just gold and nitra. Nitra carries over. Do the objective and get out

How's the EDD this week?

Compared to last week at least

[vocal ocean]

normal

[eager atlas]

no complications on our side, the only issue we had was the start of the first level, a bit of a welcome party but that was it

[modest tinsel]

Appreciate it

If anyone wants to run it, I'm on xbox with gt as my name

invite whenever

[tough wave]

On drill machine?

[fathom coral]

Thinking of either to knock the event out first or do the weekly refresh off Steam, i assume there's not a lot of early birds, so maybe assignment event is best first

[bleak vigil]

There's arguments either way. You have a couple of weeks

[distant lava]

hello guys

How do I unlock chats and calls from this server?

[bleak vigil]

Go to the welcome channel and choose roles

[manic pivot]

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

[arctic niche]

Edd second second stage escort duty was what I was talking about

[zenith garden]

anyone wanna help me and my mate with elite dd? second stage is frustrating af

ngl

[rancid cedar]

sure

i usually play in vc

[lost thorn]

anyone know best dwarf for edd this weed before it resets?

[hidden cedar]

Can someone please help me i don't have permissoins to go into any vc or bbarely any of the chats and I just want to play with people, I can't use lfg chats either. Idk what to do or what I did wrong. I just joined and read through the rules and it doesn't say i need to do anything to accept roles that I saw. CAn someone help me or ping an ADMIN or something. 😦

[bleak vigil]

Go to the Welcome Channel. Pick roles there

[hidden cedar]

thx bro

[eager atlas]

the best dwarf is the one you're most used to

[spring trail]

Guys guys if i use iron will or any active skill during the first stage of deep dive, will i be able to use it again in the second or third stages?

[tall meadow]

yes

so don't be afraid to use

[spring trail]

Nice, thanks!!

[little viper]

Oof thats right in the middle of the work day for me

[jolly wing]

Yes it resets after every stage.
It also resets bosco revives as well

[rugged osprey]

ez

sgeedn

[grand pasture]

What the scallop

[manic pivot]

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

[grand pasture]

Cmoooon industrial sabotage

[sly kettle]

Soon™

[chilly rose]

I did not expect to see Hitler here

[midnight sky]

@mods we got a spammer

thanks mods

[hushed narwhal]

wer da 1 min announcement

[manic pivot]

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

[hushed narwhal]

ok

[midnight sky]

okay lads fess up what the missions this time

[drifting tinsel]

Happy February, everyone! New rotations are out for Deep Dives :)

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 February 01 to 2024 February 08 (Week 228)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1707390000:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Magma Core | Code Name: Loser's Darkness
Stage 1: 4 Eggs + Twins | Parasites
Stage 2: Industrial Sabotage + Twins | Volatile Guts
Stage 3: 7 Aquarqs + Black Box | Shield Disruption

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Salt Pits | Code Name: Crumbling Trick
Stage 1: 10 Aquarqs + 150 Morkite | Rich Atmosphere Swarmageddon
Stage 2: 3 Mini-M.U.L.E.s + Uplink + Hiveguard | Mactera Plague
Stage 3: 250 Morkite + Twins | No Mutator

In case you missed the announcement, the 2024 Hoxxes Lunar Festival hits very soon, <t:1706788800:R>! The festival, its time-limited assignments, and the double Performance Pass point Lunar Festival Dragons will be available until <t:1707998400:f>. Although the event only lasts two weeks, you should still have ample time to go through the in-game events before Lunar New Year begins on the 10th of February if you'll be out celebrating!
For those of you that recognize it, Setsubun (節分) and Risshun (立春) both fall this week on the 3rd and 4th of February, respectively! May this spring ward away evil spirits and bad health, and may the changing of the seasons embrace you with fortune and good luck 🌸
I hope that the brilliant spirit of the Hoxxes Lunar Festival brings us all tremendous riches, and I hope you all get lucky enough to infuse the Matrix Cores you've wanted forever! Here's to what the Hoxxes Lunar Festival has in store for us -- Rock and Stone! 🧨

[grand pasture]

Awww man, sabotage is only on the regular one :(

[midnight sky]

sabotage on DD

well that's a new one for me

(thank frack it's not on EDD, I am not ready for Haz5 IS)

[drifting tinsel]

i'm just glad sabo is back! i've missed it lol

[hearty geyser]

Sabo! LESGOOO

A lot of twins too, uh

[fathom coral]

Jesus some people need to know how to Resupply better, dude called in 3 for first EDD, had to cut him loose

[analog imp]

The edd unironically seems less painful than the regular

[marble frost]

Was it all at once?

[fathom coral]

in less than 30 ssecs between, lmao

wasn't a troller i assume, just ignorant and not willing to listen

idk what the Driller was doing, but he was burning ammo

[restive coral]

nobody knows what the driller doing

he is an enigma

[analog imp]

Had a scout who resuplied for hp when i had 0 ammobars as driller. I had a c4 left. You can guess his fate

[shadow temple]

Neat EDD. The generation is really clean, but damn if swarmaggedon and mactera plague really trying to throw hands here

But overall it's fine, Stage 3 definitely feels a bit out of place given it's imo the easiest of the 3 stages

[wispy hearth]

my driller falling to his death at the start of the first dd stage:

[wispy hearth]

competent gunner can make mactera plague easier

[shadow temple]

Hahah hence why I soloed with gunner

[drifting tinsel]

currently running the EDD with all scouts
damn mactera plague really got hands

[north axle]

week 2 of shield disruption

[prisma gale]

so... who's Karl?

[burnt sandal]

https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Karl

[prisma gale]

oh ok, it is a lore character.
i though it was a subtle reference to Carl Sagan.

[burnt sandal]

nope

[stable bear]

Huh, deep dives dont look too bad this week

Rich atmosphere swarmageddon seems like a hassle

[spiral badge]

I mean there’s nothing saying it isn’t

[drifting tinsel]

it can get weird to manage at some points since the swarmers are almost constant, but usually if you're within the firing range of the minehead you'll be alright :P my biggest regret on this dive was not taking thorns with me, and that would've probably helped with the swarmers a lot

[burnt sandal]

the way it came to be a thing did

[stable bear]

Im thinking of taking snowball for mactera plague

[hazy wraith]

аыа

[drifting tinsel]

good choice, the mactera on this stage get pretty crazy (´･ω･｀)

[stable bear]

Just really not a fan of using cryo when there’s dreads but oh well

[drifting tinsel]

i find that cryo works magic on dreads! i like to fully freeze a dread before an engi on my team hits it with the shard diffractor for temperature shock bonus damage. it's wonderful when done right

[long fox]

probably get more dmg out of just letting everyone shoot it normally

temp shock only does 200 dmg

which is a lot for grunts but you lose the 3x dmg bonus from frozen effect on dreads

[drifting tinsel]

i've seen some pretty massive temp shock damage on all the dreads by engis using overdrive booster -- health bar kinda just melts away, but then again it is also a great OC for that kind of thing :P

[burnt sandal]

temp shock only deals 200 damage, what do you mean "massive" ?
That's if you manage to do it in the first place, considering they unfreeze very fast.

[vital junco]

gonna solo an expert deep dive with the pickaxe

[pure cliff]

good luck!

[drifting tinsel]

i personally think bonus damage is worth it either way, even if it is only two hundred (；・∀・) from what u've seen it is usually followed up (and/or caused by) strong single-target damage sources, so i think i got lost in the mix somewhere -- apologies for that! thank you for the clarification <3

[rancid cedar]

temp shocking dreads is a complete meme. You will do more dmg with pretty much anything that does bonus dmg to frozen targets. The only exception is hyper since it typically instantly triggers the next phase so an extra 200 dmg is fine

[leaden cypress]

You're willing to lose a x3 multiplier for 1/1.5s for the sake of a mere 200 flat ?

Give me a x3 mult and i obliterate dreads

with way more 200 damage

[valid orchid]

Regular deep dive was fun. The whole slog of playing Sabotage was mitigated by the lightning fast Point Extraction Black Box combo at the end

[shadow thunder]

The point extraction was soooo clean

[vocal bough]

for karl?

[raven carbon]

Get an engi with hyperpropellant instead, temperature shock is a waste of freeze on dreads

[mental rampart]

Just did a deep dive as all engies

This one person would pop dread or the black box as soon as they found it, would take 2 or 3 resups each pod, and hit me with at least 7 fatboys to the face over the course of the dive

They also popped caretaker when half the team had 25% ammo, and we had no resups at all

[raven carbon]

Feels like this warranted a kick long before all that happened

[grand pasture]

Smartest Fatboy user teehee

[mental rampart]

I wasn't the host, and the actual host was saying something about being unable to kick them

[lost valve]

Swarm appeared just as I popped the Twins' cocoon in EDD

Goddamn it

2/3 😔

It's easier than the previous weeks I've experienced so far (only one month into the game), but mactera plague is pretty damn annoying

I think I'll pass on the cosmetic core

I got more fun things to do

[fluid aurora]

we had a bulk pop ours

me: "r"
scout: "r"
engi: "r"
bulk detonator: "r"

[lost valve]

Lmao

[grand stump]

Are DDs the same for pc and console?

[cinder citrus]

Yes

[tiny dagger]

glyphid dreads have 8500 health on haz5 4p tf do you mean it's massive

[hearty geyser]

I lost the last stage of the edd because terrain glitched and I died

[patent elk]

Rip

[stable bear]

Spending three billion ammo to freeze a dread for two seconds doesnt seem worth it to me

[rancid cedar]

it’s worth it with axe canceling and good teammates

[stable bear]

Yes, that’s the kicker, teammates

[leaden cypress]

It's worth it when you're actually exploiting cold radiance