deep-dive-discussion

[stable bear]

Eeeehhhhhhh getting close to a dread is something i dont like

[leaden cypress]

Some risks have to be taken to literally double your freezing rate

[stable bear]

I get that, im just bad at getting out of the way when they ground pound

[eager atlas]

You will pretty much only freeze with cold radiance, which is very efficient so you don't burn much ammo, cryo doesn't do much direct damage anyway, aside of ice storm

[stable bear]

Ice spear too?

[grand pasture]

This begs the question actually, would it be better to take extra flow rate or not? Cause of course extra flow rate will help freeze slightly quicker, but less flow rate lets cold radiance do more work therefore being more efficient

I'll try find out rq

[stable bear]

I found i chewed through ammo too quickly with faster flowrate

[grand pasture]

Well, let's say this is without an overclock, with both freezing power upgrades and obviously heat radiance.
The cannon itself would be outputting 80 cold per second, heat radiance adding 60, so that would be 140 per second with 8 ammo being used, classic dreadnought has a freezing temp of -490. Heat radiance would've triggered 3 times across 3 seconds alongside the constant firing to make 420 heat, and an extra 0.875 seconds of firing would do it, totalling 31 ammo used across 3.875

[rancid cedar]

no flow rate is actively detrimental on both flamer and cryo cannon because it increases the rate at which you consume ammo while using heat/ cold radiance and sticky flame

[grand pasture]

Literally what I said

Back to the math

With flow rate, heat per second would then be 96 per say, added 60 with cold radiance so 156

[rancid cedar]

Flow rate would be meaningful if CR didn’t account for like half ur freeze power. But that’s not happening any time soon kek

[grand pasture]

3 seconds and 3 ticks of radiance is 468, follow that up with 3 hits from the cryo cannon at the fire rate of 9.6 so 0.3125 seconds. So this would use 32 ammo and take 3.3125 seconds

Hm, ammo goes from 31 to 32, time goes from 3.875 to 3.3125

Not a bad trade in all fairness

Of course, this is gonna vary for certain overclocks

And there may be some very small margins of error and such I'm not accounting for

[rancid cedar]

the oc doesn’t matter

[grand pasture]

Not to mention ice paths left by the cryo cannon would also affect this

[grand pasture]

It does

They can change freezing power and flow rate

[rancid cedar]

freeze power is entirely irrelevant and if it increases flow rate that’s technically a downside

[grand pasture]

Literally not true in this case but alright

This would be like saying "damage per shot doesn't matter for this DPS build"

[rancid cedar]

the only oc that cud maybe use flow rate is ice storm, but that oc is infamous for chewing through ammo so it’s largely outclassed

[grand pasture]

And it's not for freezing dreadnoughts???

The whole point of this topic

[rancid cedar]

Bad comparison. Freeze power does literally nothing until you reach 10 FP which results in milliseconds of difference that is pretty much unnoticeable in game play

[grand pasture]

This is for freezing a dreadnought ^^^

Not freezing grunts

[rancid cedar]

ice storm can totally freeze dreads. Because cold radaince is the only way to freeze anything

[rancid cedar]

this arguement applies to dreads too tho?

[grand pasture]

Yes of course it can, literally any cryo cannon build can, it's not designed for it though

[rancid cedar]

Wdym designed for it? The only factor that matters when it comes to cryos ability to freeze is cold radiance, oc and freeze power is irrrelevant

[grand pasture]

This isn't even an argument bruh

I literally did math to try value the difference between flow rate for freezing dreadnoughts

And I did it

[rancid cedar]

Flow rate would somewhat help ye but i was talking about freeze power

[grand pasture]

Okay and that's not what the math was for

[rancid cedar]

I never disagreed with your math. I was disagreeing with the part where you said oc matters for the freeze time. It really doesn’t

[grand pasture]

I said "may be some very small margins of error I'm not accounting for"

That including slight changes to flow rate, freezing power, and ice paths

[rancid cedar]

slight changes to freeze power wouldn’t do anything

[grand pasture]

"Very small margins of error"

[rancid cedar]

8 to 9 FP would be identical

[grand pasture]

I never said a change of overclock would be massively changing

[sick umbra]

Bunker on that maktera swarm in the EDD was good call from our driller.
Bloody hell, literally.

[rancid cedar]

I’m never said you did, i’m saying it would make 0 difference unless it was an oc that effects rof, which is what your already testing for

[grand pasture]

This is literally for a mathmatical and statistical standpoint, this would be actual useful info if I was just going "uhhhhh idk like 3-4 seconds to freeze them"

[eager atlas]

well I meant from direct damage, ice spear is its own thing

[eager atlas]

unless you really care about the DPS from direct damage, I don't think flow rate is good

[leaden cypress]

less flow rate is better

[rancid cedar]

ye and the only oc that likes direct dmg is ice storm, which already has great dmg but burns through ammo, so its not even that useful on the one oc that would make decent use of it

[grand pasture]

I talked about that in that specific message yes

[hollow marlin]

Bawlz

[grand pasture]

Yeah no I agree honestly

[hollow marlin]

Maaane where my roles at

I got like

The one on the left

[grand pasture]

#welcome-and-rules

[hollow marlin]

Ao

[grand pasture]

Get yourself some class roles and platform roles

Then you can talk in other channels and such

[hollow marlin]

Where I get the role where I'm like a digger or minor

I'm NOT a minor

[grand pasture]

Miner?

[hollow marlin]

I'm the aimbot one

That was the description of it

[grand pasture]

Eh?

Oh you mean the unions?

[hollow marlin]

It was like "your aim is crazy if you're gonna be this one"

Yea

[grand pasture]

Ohhhhhhhh

Come to think of it, I can't actually remember, I signed onto mine ages ago

Believe it has something to do with the union terminal in-game

[hollow marlin]

I selected it in the terminal

[grand pasture]

Though, should mention, best to use the one in the med bay, apparently the one near the memorial hall is buggy

[hollow marlin]

O ok

Thank you 🫡

[buoyant wedge]

how do I get a role to open voice chats?

[grand pasture]

Might be stuff here
#interplanetary-miners-union message

[grand pasture]

#welcome-and-rules pick roles for classes and platforms here

[hollow marlin]

It says no access

[grand pasture]

Oh? Huh

Hmm, I'm not sure, hey @serpounce how does one go about this again?

[hollow marlin]

Like the thing to the channel says 🔒no access

[grand pasture]

@burnt sandal Idk why that didn't ping

[buoyant wedge]

I don't know English well and I can't figure it out.

[grand pasture]

Go to this message and hit one of the lil emoji reactions at the bottom
#welcome-and-rules message

[buoyant wedge]

thank you very much

[grand pasture]

No worries

[burnt sandal]

#drg-chat pinned messages for fixes

[grand pasture]

Thanks Pounce

[kindred coyote]

did the pinned message always say + uplink when theres uplink on a dd

i was like what theres 3 missions for stage 2

[rough radish]

there's uplink if its the primary objective otherwise its just the mules

but yea pretty sure it always says that ( if primary) but not like ive been here that long

[wraith shard]

Eooo

[tame rampart]

yooo

[stable bear]

This week aint so bad tbh

[quick tangle]

I wish edds were more consistently harder

[fathom coral]

really depends, wish there was more turret mainframes and projectile stuff, it's fun to pick em off one by one with Cryo bolts

[raven carbon]

Nice edd, well balanced

Pretty quick though

Under 40 minutes comfortably

With a competent team

Stage two salvage with mactera plague is a challenging stage, rest of the dive is fairly straightforward

A good gunner can really help out here

[fluid aurora]

i ran out of leadbursters and shields fast on that stage

[quick tangle]

the last stage hurt my soul

[pale orbit]

litery had to take supply everytime i ran out of shield

[fluid aurora]

last one was easyish
but we had a resupply drop down on that one bridge section and i kept falling through the hole it made

[raven carbon]

No engi to patch it up?

[pale orbit]

last stage was a walk in the park compared to mctera hell

[raven carbon]

Last stage had no modifiers so I actually felt it was easier than stage two, and the room with dread egg was also good to fight in

[fluid aurora]

nah didn't bother asking lmao

i pinged it as we were escaping and typed "hole" in chat

[raven carbon]

I put a couple of ziplines across the room and it became very easy to fight in

[fluid aurora]

a bulk popped the egg for us

literally as we were all typing r i heard it scream

bro wanted to pop it first

[quick tangle]

I accedantily popped the dreadnought in the middle of a swarm, even after the swarm was over it was still very difficult due to how small the room was

[raven carbon]

I was throwing a sticky grenade on the mactera and the scout grappled across me right at that moment. Grenade stuck to the scout's head and blew up. Very amusing sight.

[fluid aurora]

but yeah i hated that mactera plague stage the most

awful fuckin sight

scout brought cryo nades thankfully so it could've been way worse

[raven carbon]

Ohh you got the bulk at the end, that would make it difficult yes

We got the bulk early on

[fluid aurora]

lucky

it didn't cause much trouble

but it was very funny in the moment

[pale orbit]

we completely missed the bulk we didnt see it until we got out

[fluid aurora]

that bulk wanted to type r as well

[raven carbon]

We had a cryo driller, that was very helpful

When we got to the drop pod room the sky was filled with mactera

Bunch of them dropped out of the sky

Driller had ice spear I think

Or snowball

[molten grove]

Does anyone know why loot crates never spawn on my own missions?

[quick tangle]

idk exactly what you mean but they can spawn on any mission except deep dives

also I'm pretty sure the chance varies based on the mission length

[spark nacelle]

guys, i have the steam version, i want to play deep rock with my friend but he is on xbox game pass version, can i play with him??

[rancid cedar]

no

[supple matrix]

This is my first time playing deep dive, it's my 3rd try and the game crashes at every turn in level 2.

[candid yoke]

pc issue? or any mods running?

[stable bear]

What error message are you getting?

[jagged rapids]

How's the EDD this week? Stage 2 is looking spicy

[wheat whale]

Someone who wants to help me get the car pool achievement?

[leaden cypress]

boring

[jagged rapids]

Grab a role in #welcome-and-rules then you can pop into #lfg-playstation #lfg-xbox-microsoft or #lfg-steam to find someone to help

[jagged rapids]

Dang, well hopefully I'll get some younger players to add a bit of challenge then

[leaden cypress]

Better pray that they don't bunkerize stage 2

[stable bear]

Shield spam needed on stage 2 but other than that it’s fine

[valid orchid]

Stage 2 was tough. We had to IW out of it lol

Stage 1 is piss easy

[tired holly]

;)

[velvet heart]

Stage 2 has a pretty hard start

[shadow thunder]

I just dc right before the end of phase 2

And I can't join back

I'm so annoyed

[rancid flower]

after a heartbreaking loss last night on the last stage of the EDD I just got it today with zero downs the entire run. feeling very accomplished (engineer solo)

[cunning flame]

I think I need 3 more dwarves for the EDD, I can't make it alone

[shadow thunder]

Internet is just too crappy for the edd. Lost 3rd round because lag

2nd round my entire squad was at like 3 fps

[fathom coral]

For Stage 2 of the EDD, I was Scout and threw Pheromone Canisters when I clumped them up, and let the team clean off ones that weren't turned, and jumped around like a monkey to grab the agro of em all for others.

[spiral badge]

So you started a glyphid fight club

[grand sable]

Yo anyone on?

Do you guys know how i get acces to other chats

Like drg-chat section

@someone

[lunar terrace]

so much nitra this EDD

[lunar terrace]

not sure. maybe react to one of the welcome messages in Welcome

[grand sable]

Yea got it thanks

[rancid flower]

ya tons of nitra. was nice for the second stage

[cunning bloom]

How do I add my friend if he’s on a dif console

[burnt sandal]

read #welcome-and-rules, get roles and post in the appropriate channels please.

[raven carbon]

Quick one, stage 2 is the hardest

Snowball driller or triple split breach cutter engi can help with the mactera, also need gunner with good awareness and shields

[errant field]

Is regular deep dive and elite deep dive a separate lockout

What I mean is they do not share the matrix core rewards, right?

I can do 1x dd and 1x edd every week to reap all rewards

[burnt sandal]

yes

[errant field]

Thank you

[harsh grove]

Stage two has killed my team 3 times over

[shadow thunder]

I've failed on stage 3 twice due to lag

[timid hemlock]

ban me pls

[burnt sandal]

enjoy your mute.

[shadow thunder]

Uh. What was that about?

[fathom coral]

Just a troll wanting validation, nothing much

[cunning bramble]

.

@burnt sandal How do i gain access to #drg-chat?

[plain burrow]

You need to click role buttons in #welcome-and-rules

White names don't have rights

[cunning bramble]

sorry, scimmed through and didn't notice

[plain burrow]

This server has the weirdest onboarding there's no instructions it makes no sense

[tight blade]

Heye guys is it ok that on second mission data vault is covered with rocks?

For some reason I can't send screenshot of it

[leaden cypress]

It's a desync issue

Happens way too often since S4 was released

[sterile iron]

i did my first deep dive pretty fire tbh

[bleak vigil]

Congratulations.

I still havent done an elite deep dive. 😦

[sterile iron]

same maybe ill do one tmrw

[molten grove]

I have almost played 100 hours and I’ve only had two loot crates on my own missions (and not someone else’s mission), I figured they were rare but when I looked it up the odds are not matching up with the amount I’ve actually gotten.

[quick tangle]

when you mean “your mission” you mean that you’re the host right?

[molten grove]

Yes 😥

[quick tangle]

cargo crates spawn rate is not affected by who is the host

[molten grove]

Okay well even then I haven’t seen as many as I should be I’ve seen maybe 7 out of my 96 hours

[quick tangle]

that’s how random chance works

[untold saddle]

Where did you look it up? Also get a role in #welcome-and-rules so you can chat in #drg-chat

[molten grove]

Google, though I’m not sure it’s right, but when my boyfriend plays by himself he seems to get loot crate after loot crate, where I haven’t seen one in weeks

[quick tangle]

make sure it’s the official wiki and not fandom

[raven carbon]

It also depends on how thoroughly you search the map

It may be that the crate spawned but you didn't find it sometimes

There's no guarantee that the crate will spawn near mission objectives, it can be out of the way too

[rancid cedar]

that’s just rng. The only thing that affects crate chances is mission length

[harsh grove]

Wooo new deep dive!

[ebon merlin]

How's the new EDD?

[sterile iron]

7 IN 96 HOURS IVE SEEN OVER 15 IN MY 50!

[ebon merlin]

I've had 3 Cargo Crates next to each other in 1 EDD Stage once

Only one had some supplys tho

oh wait

[sterile iron]

I had a lost helmet, cargo crate, kursite grinder AND BITTERGEM on a mission in radioactive exclusion zone all within 60 meters of each other

oh yeah and a damn bet-c

[ebon merlin]

Messed something up in my head u meant the Battery Crates

[sterile iron]

yeah the ones where u put the batteries in

i didnt think battery crate and lost helmet could be on the same mission

[ebon merlin]

had that just today

lmao

is there a statistic counter on the space rig for them?

Cuz I've had quite a lot of them but I got 326 hours of playtime already

[leaden cypress]

Cargo crates cannot spawn in EDDs

[harsh grove]

hold on, do we not get new deep dives on sundays?

[pure cliff]

that's on thursdays

[celest charm]

they should

[leaden cypress]

that's another topic

[violet sable]

What’s the deep dive missions for this week?

[harsh grove]

https://www.reddit.com/r/DeepRockGalactic/comments/1ag8r4a/weekly_deep_dives_thread_1st_february_2024/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Apparently they post it on the reddit every week

[violet sable]

Thanks dude

[leaden cypress]

the pinned messages exist too

[glad stump]

what are deep dives

im about to u lock them

unlock*

[leaden cypress]

#deep-dive-discussion message

You should read this

[solar skiff]

im gonna miss that rich atmosphere first mission a lot

[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!
_ _

[hazy frost]

New here, done a few missions, fun game!

[fervent cosmos]

Deep dives?

#welcome-and-rules for roles to access general drg chat

[errant field]

Improved Thermal Efficiency

Good or Nah?
(I have Ice Spear, Flow Rate Expansion, Tuned Cooler and Snowball)

Idk what's the best Cryo oc but I'm already using Ice Spear

[leaden cypress]

Snowball, Ice spear and ITE are the top 3

[indigo token]

I’ve heard Tuned Cooler can be good when paired with the right mods

[leaden cypress]

Tuned cooler is bad

[indigo token]

With your playstyle maybe

[leaden cypress]

It's not a question of playstyle

[indigo token]

I think it is

Everything is subjective

[leaden cypress]

ITE does a better job than tuned cooler and they have the same "playstyle" as you say

[indigo token]

Well most things anyway

What’s ITE again

[leaden cypress]

If we were talking about perfectly tuned cooler i'd agree with you

but it's not a thing anymore

[leaden cypress]

improved thermal efficiency, +75 ammos

[errant field]

what's your preference

in terms of damage output

[leaden cypress]

Snowball is nothing about damage but instead about efficiently freezing large areas no matter the distance

Ice spear is about freezing then destroying large targets (you deal enough damage to instakill H5 4P praetorians)

ITE is more basic and simply allows you to do the base job of cryo for a bit longer

So if you want pure freezing efficiency you'll want snowball, otherwise ice spear for single target clears

[errant field]

Yeah single target damage seems to be great with Ice Spear especially on single dreadnought bosses if nothing goes wrong

I think I'll stick with Ice Spear

[gusty trench]

is there anywhere were people post their builds

[leaden cypress]

#drg-gallery maybe but people discuss builds in #drg-chat essentially

[wintry valley]

HELLO

[jovial garden]

oh wow, Industrial Sabotage insta-killed the Twins.

[cinder citrus]

Hello

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

[wintry valley]

oh thank u!

[grand pasture]

Hi Marcy!

You're valid as always 🏳️‍⚧️

[buoyant wedge]

a person has a problem choosing roles, but they were not given what could be the problem?

[untold saddle]

Bot takes a while sometimes

[sterile hare]

I had someone join my deep dive, only to leave halfway through the first mission, honestly quite rude to be honest.

But my biggest takeaway was that at the end, with the black box, it had four spots for four dwarfs as if there was still a fourth on our team.

[dense pebble]

that is strange

[grand pasture]

As far as I remember, it does that regardless of player count unlike satellite uplinks

[sterile hare]

Interesting

[vivid turret]

🗣️

[grand pasture]

Your pfp goes hard

[rancid cedar]

unless it’s solo

[fervent tundra]

what's on today's EDD?

[tiny dagger]

Check pins

[manic timber]

primarys are aquarq mules, morkite and secondarys are morkites and 2 dreadnoughts

[leaden cypress]

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 February 01 to 2024 February 08 (Week 228)
Deep Dives will reset 8 February 2024 12:00
It may take up to an hour after each weekly refresh for this message to be updated -- please be patient during this time, thank you! ❤️

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

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

cf last pinned message

[vale meadow]

is there lunar dragon in deep dive, just doing it for first time

[cinder citrus]

No event items spawn in deep dives

[vale meadow]

thank you

[celest charm]

Oh shit there is event rifht now?

[ancient grove]

anyone else get like a million mactera spawn in stage 2 of the EDD?

[stable bear]

yes and yes

[magic kettle]

yes, it was magnificent

[ancient grove]

we just built a bunker

[magic kettle]

yeah, i can't see myself winning that without a bunkie

[ancient grove]

if i had the snowball OC equipped it probably would've been a breeze

but i had tuned cooler

[west orbit]

how are deep dives seeded? They are apparently the same for every player but how is that ensured? It feels like an unplesaently live-service aspect unless its seeded from a very predictable thing (e.g., a hash of the date of the weeks sunday)

[hushed sequoia]

it's the same as any other mission unless i'm misunderstanding what you're asking

each mission generates a seed when you launch it, except for deep dives which generate 1 seed at the start of the week reroll

there's a mission selector mod which allows you to select specific mission seeds to replay, including deep dives

[west orbit]

well they are the same for every player that week, correct?

im just not sure how they get it to be consistant between everyone. Random numbers are a dime a million, but syncing them without some predictable algorithum or connecting to a central server which could just go down if the devs stop supporting it is much harder

[west orbit]

okay, thats good. I assume youd still be able to get rewards by going back to them

im just a bit skeptical, the game seems great but I dont like games where there are elements that could just stop working if the devs decide to (e.g., via the need for a central server)

[hushed sequoia]

mission selector is sandbox so you wouldn't progress on your main save because of that

[west orbit]

ahh

[hushed sequoia]

and they are for the most part entirely the same, primary/secondary objective, basic cave layout

[west orbit]

yeah, only so much that can be done with procgen

[hushed sequoia]

bet-c is probably the most noticeably different thing, depending on player count on some dives it'll be there or it won't

[west orbit]

thats still the same for every player for a given week though right, like the same number of players in the same week would get the same map and stuff

[hushed sequoia]

yes

[west orbit]

sorry its a semi technical question im probably not artcioulating very well 😅

I guess phrased in a more formal way its

(1) how is the deep dive seed synced between players for a given week or (2) is it generated in such a way that a client can generate it independently

[hushed sequoia]

i believe there is some sort of server for generating new deep dives each week

[west orbit]

ok, thats pretty iffy but thanks!

iffy as in I dont know how I feel about that

[hushed sequoia]

#wiki-related-chatroom message this is all i can find in reference to it

someone in the wiki channel could probably answer any other questions in more detail than me

[quasi sandal]

how do i accese the rest of the server i cant join pods or chat

[bleak vigil]

welcome channel select roles

[candid bobcat]

https://drg.ghostship.dk/events/deepdive

[grand pasture]

Hey, you're valid if nobody's told you already 🏳️‍⚧️

[wide saddle]

Mates need help

I do not understand how often matrix cores do refresh

[pure cliff]

once every thrusday

[wide saddle]

Aha ok

Just got moment when I completed dd and next day there were new cores

Got lucky I guess

Ty

[tiny portal]

You do realise the seed generated every week is the minimum they do right? They still provide many updates and seasonal content so I wouldnt worry about them abandoning the game anytime soon

The availability of mission types is also generated every half an hour if you hadn't noticed

I understand your worry of devs abandoning games but the seed of a deep dive feels like such a weirdly specific thing to focus on

Since many things are done through the central server

[fading sierra]

The mission board doesn't require a central server, does it? You can play offline.

[naive beacon]

so will deep dives refresh if u dont have internet 🤔

[west orbit]

Yes but that stuff if they ever stop it’s still there, with dee dice seeds if it does need a central system that entire aspect of the game just does not exist anymore, unlike content updates which are still there.

[west orbit]

Such as?

[west orbit]

It is weirdly specific but it’s also the only live service aspect I could find. Like I said, with updates and stuff if they do abandon it it’s all in the game and it hasn’t lost anything. If they abandon active-maintained (even if it is just hosting one file on thier website with the seed) it could just go down

Idk, maybe my anxieties are in the wrong place

[tiny portal]

They were in the final round for the labor of love award a month ago

You also dont need the deep dives for any unlocks

Plenty of other ways to get matrix cores

[tiny portal]

The missions selected every half hour are also live service

[west orbit]

Ahhh …..

[west orbit]

Oh like what?

[tiny portal]

Promotion, weekly core hunt

[west orbit]

Weekly core hunt sounds very live service and promotions are once per character right?

[grand pasture]

Nah, infinite

[west orbit]

Ok

[west orbit]

Like those are the only missions available or they just give bonus stuff?

[tiny portal]

Yeah those are the only available

[west orbit]

Ahhh….

[tiny portal]

They get selected every half an hour

[west orbit]

Ok

[tiny portal]

Weekly core hunt resets also every week but no seed is needed

[west orbit]

Ok, wonder how that’s done then

Since they would need to be in the same spots likely

[tiny portal]

I understand your concerns for any other game but DRG isnt gonna be abandoned any time soon

I would just play the game mate

Dont worry so much

Many questions will be answered if you play the game

[west orbit]

I’m not really worried about it soon, I’m worried about falling in love with it and losing it 5, 10 years down the line

[tiny portal]

And its fun! 😄

[west orbit]

Yeah, trying to avoid asking those 😅

[untold saddle]

The game is p2p, live service or not people will probably be able to play forever

[tiny portal]

I wouldnt think ahead that far, for anything at all in life, maybe except for starting a family or adopting a pet

[west orbit]

Yeah, that makes it weirder that the available missions are live service then tbh

[west orbit]

That’s probably good advice but I’m just a really anxious person 😅

[untold saddle]

people need to connect to a server so the missions and deep dives can be synced

[tiny portal]

Yea this too^

[west orbit]

But they could be generated locally or gotten from the host if servers died?

[untold saddle]

Also, get a role in #welcome-and-rules so you can talk in #drg-chat since this isn't the appropriate chat

[untold saddle]

I think the game works without wifi

If you want to know I can check for you in about an hour

[west orbit]

That would be nice if you can :3

[west orbit]

Oh yeah oops

[untold saddle]

You're able to start solo missions, but you aren't able to start assignments/ deep dives

[west orbit]

okay

that makes sense

[untold saddle]

I assume if GSG ever decides to shut down the DRG servers they'll allow fans to make a server

But I doubt it'll happen anytime soon considering we're still getting S5 and S6

[west orbit]

yeah

[burnt sandal]

there is no server to shut down

[untold saddle]

The deep dive server

and assignments

[old widget]

Yeah, the game makes an API call out to GSG servers to get the deep dive seed, for example.

[eager atlas]

there are servers for the "matchmaking", since the peers need a way to establish connection first
though the actual gameplay is p2p

I assume that if GSG ever goes down, either they'll make it so the game can connect to direct IPs or the community will mod that in

[burnt sandal]

that's handled on the network side by Sony/microsoft/steam

[eager atlas]

sure, but those are servers

[burnt sandal]

yeah but those are not shutting down

[eager atlas]

we'll see in 100 years!!!!

[burnt sandal]

well don't know about you but I won't, I'm not living 100 years 😂

[west orbit]

ok, that could defintely be modded in then (just changing the connect address to a dedicated server/simillar) running a simple IP-swap protocol (which could be reverse engineered without too much difficulty id imagine)

[untold saddle]

isn't the matchmaking server also a server from GSG? wasn't there a whole problem with nobody being able to see lobbies a year back because GSG forgot to extend a license or something?

[burnt sandal]

don't recall such a thing personally

can't tell you for sure

[untold saddle]

Back when they had to change the name of #drg-chat to #we-know-servers-are-down or something like that

and there was a really long slowmode 😂

https://drg.pleasefix.gg/projects/DEEP-ROCK-GALACTIC/issues/DRG-258 this one

https://www.reddit.com/r/DeepRockGalactic/comments/10oas8q/the_server_handling_the_assignments_and/

Found the post where I got the license thing from.

Anyway, back to the topic of deep dives....

I haven't done this weeks DDs yet

[leaden cypress]

<@&296918282403840000>

[north axle]

do them
the elite dive is very nice
was finally able to do it in less than 45 minutes

[cinder citrus]

You should get yourself a role so you can talk in the rest of the server.

You get roles in the https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/354250235419164682 tab

[west orbit]

yeah someone said that earlier but I dont really know which are applicable to me. The only ones I can see are the class ones and platform ones

and ive never played (yet), I mostly joined to ask a few questions. I likely next time its on sale though

I guess ill just grab a random class one

[cinder citrus]

You could just grab one for whatever platform you're on.

[west orbit]

ok ill do that

[wraith shard]

Hi 👋

[peak laurel]

Rock and stone guys! How to get rights to post something in art gallery and in the chat?

Oh, i just pick the role

[manic pivot]

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

[torpid juniper]

hello, I newly unlocked deep dives and wanted to ask if anybody is down playing it with me? I prefer a full lobby if possible and don't rush yourself, we have time, I didn't plan on hopping in right away but maybe in 1-2 hours.

[hearty geyser]

You have a better chance asking in one of the lfg channels

[wraith shard]

I thought it was tuesday

[torpid juniper]

alright, thank you brother!

[hearty geyser]

Good luck on your first run!

[torpid juniper]

thanks, I appreciate it :3

[wraith shard]

I wish steam and microsoft had crossplay

[forest cobalt]

True and real and true

[uneven pulsar]

Who else would run it? You think Steam or Sony would run someone's servers because they are good samaritans? 😆

[eager atlas]

steam offers a lot of things to developers, it's part of the 30% cut they take

[misty maple]

damn i lost connection on stage 2 of the deep dive. is there a way to find out if it was on my end or the host's?

i can't see the host's lobby in the join screen

[stable bear]

Deep dives cant be joined while in progress unfortunately

[grand pasture]

If you lose connection you can

Provided you can find a way to, like via a steam friend

[daring vortex]

Dear players, i maybe dont know something, but why its not allowed to enter voice chats or main one? I need read some rules and submit something?

or what

[burnt sandal]

read #welcome-and-rules and pick roles

[misty maple]

edd was fun this week! stage 2 was hell though and all my teammates had to carry me, but we got through it even with me dragging them down lol

now to retry the regular dd once i get home from class

[manic pivot]

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

[vagrant parcel]

Bro bet-c annihilated me twice, the one reason we finished it is cause it didn’t activate on the third run, idk where it was but I’m kinda happy that we didn’t find it

[misty maple]

Wait there was a betc in the edd? Or the dd?

[vagrant parcel]

In the edd

Stage 2

[misty maple]

Huh

Weird we never found it lol

[vagrant parcel]

Unless I just got unlucky and got it twice but I thought they generated the same every time

[misty maple]

Stage 2 was hellish enough with all the mactera

[vagrant parcel]

Ik if it wasn’t mactera it would have been doable

[shadow thunder]

Finally sat down and actually finished the edd. Failed twice on 3rd due to lag and got off for a while. Wasn't that terrible.

[livid patio]

do you guys launch drg in direct x12?

[broken phoenix]

does anyone want to do elite deep dive with me?

[silent comet]

I usually use direct x11

[exotic belfry]

Grab a role in #welcome-and-rules, then ask in the appropriate LFG channel, If you are on steam you should find a group pretty quickly.

[solid oyster]

what difficulty are elite deep dives equivalent to

[silent comet]

Normal Deep Dives are 3, 3.5, 3.5, while Elites are 4.5, 5, 5.5 I think?

[solid oyster]

bah. no wonder i get my teeth kicked in

[leaden cypress]

correct

[raven carbon]

And you also usually have warnings on top of that so yes they can get quite difficult

[fathom coral]

That's a good idea with the LFG with Steam, hopefully I can get some early birds first time goin' in. Sometimes had to wait like 15mins.

[raven carbon]

You can increase your search radius if you aren't finding games

[slender otter]

no wonder edd second stage was hell with mactera

bunker tactic helped in that stage

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
New Deep Dives will be available in one hour!
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[pale orbit]

~polishing guns~

[manic pivot]

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

[sly kettle]

Good luck, everyone.

[drifting tinsel]

It's another beautiful Thursday on the Space Rig, which means Deep Dives have updated!

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 February 08 to 2024 February 15 (Week 229)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1707994800:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Salt Pits | Code Name: Peeled Reserve
Stage 1: 225 Morkite + Twins | Rich Atmosphere Mactera Plague
Stage 2: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Twins) + 2 Eggs | No Mutator
Stage 3: 200 Morkite + Classic | Haunted Cave

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Azure Weald | Code Name: Corroded Walk
Stage 1: 200 Morkite + 2 Eggs | Lethal Enemies
Stage 2: 2 Dreadnoughts (Classic + Twins) + Black Box | Cave Leech Cluster
Stage 3: On-Site Refining + 150 Morkite | Haunted Cave

The 2024 Hoxxes Lunar Festival is still underway! Everything the festival offers is still available until <t:1707998400:f>. If you still want some of the rewards from the seasonal assignments, I suggest you get started before the event ends next week.
Lunar New Year begins this week on the 10th of February, officially bringing in the Year of the Dragon! Although it's only recognized as a holiday for the first week of the celebation, the festivities last until Lantern Festival on the 24th of February. If you will be celebrating Lunar New Year with friends and/or family, I hope that the new year welcomes you with wealth and prosperity! 🧧
Valentine's day falls this week on the 14th of February as well! If you recognize the occasion, whether traditional or modern, or with family/friends/solo, I hope you remember that you will always be loved!

Here's to another beautiful week -- Rock and stone!

[naive beacon]

do 2 eggs have a swarm?

[burnt sandal]

no

the swarms mechanics are decided by the first objectives

in this case, swarms will be timed as they would be in a mining morkite mission.

(or elimination, if you were talking about the normal DD)

[leaden cypress]

2 eggs still have an independent swarm

regardless of the main obj

[burnt sandal]

if you mean the mini waves, then yeah but that's not was I call a swarm 😄

[leaden cypress]

Nah

there is a horde

and a swarm

[naive beacon]

ty

[leaden cypress]

By swarm i mean mission control announcing a swarm btw

[outer bloom]

In my experience from re-running the same DD's repeatedly, one of the two eggs definitely triggers a swarm

[burnt sandal]

Then I stand corrected

[leaden cypress]

Though it seems to reset the "swarm timer" from the main obj

[burnt sandal]

been too long since I've run a DD myself tbh

[shadow temple]

If the main objective is eggs and the side objective is morkite, no natural swarms occur, but swarms may occur when pulling out eggs
If the main objective is morkite and the side objective is eggs, natural swarms will occur, and pulling out eggs may trigger a swarm

[ivory marten]

Double twins???

[pale orbit]

oh my 3rd stage on normal deep dive is different

[safe gulch]

Thumb rule still applies :

0/2 eggs - 1 guaranteed swarm
0/4 eggs - ^ same
0/6 eggs - 2 guaranteed swarms
0/8 eggs - 3 guaranteed swarms

[shadow temple]

Aight, yet another soloed EDD. Used Sludge Pump [VIM] Driller for this run

Cutting a long story short, you can bring Engie for solo if you want. 1 pump is on the same level as the refinery, the other 2 are in trenches, but can probably be easily resolved with platforms (but drilling is obviously still a solution)

Stage 3 gives little to no breaks though, hordes and swarms just seem to keep coming, not to mention the horror kind of just makes things more tedious to work with if you're trying to assemble/build pipelines

I got a Nemesis in Stage 2, if that's also important info (aka 50% chance of spawning in your run)

[proper pagoda]

does anyone have info on current elite deep dive? (maps , missions and challanges/buffs)

[warped quiver]

Check pins in this channel

[proper pagoda]

thanks

[eager atlas]

quadruple the fun

[fathom coral]

Bulks spawning with Dreads is always hot asf, love shredding their health

(E)DD was pretty easy this week, lvl 3 was forgiving with the spawns of the pumps

[fervent tundra]

I disconnected on the final stage of deep dive
NO
I DON'T WANT TO DO DOUBLE TWINS AGAIN
NOOOOOOOOO

[sudden cipher]

that is very unfortunate

[raven carbon]

The deep dive wasn't particularly hard but the haunted cave warning on a stationary objective in the third stage made it tricky

Refining with the ghost moving around means you have to be on your toes constantly

[vernal flume]

Rock and stone

[stable bear]

Well damn, this week looks like it’ll take a few attempts

Yeah that refining mission looks like a doozy

[old widget]

this discord's onboarding is basically broken/unable to be made super user friendly (apparently due to the sheer scale of number of users), but go to #welcome-and-rules and click on some roles to bypass the crude bot blocks

[errant field]

Skill issue

[eager atlas]

time to make a full circle with the pipes

[misty maple]

haunted cave refining

[ancient grove]

we got jetty boots on stage 1

anyone else?

[patent elk]

So many twins this week

[patent elk]

Deep Nascar Galactic

[grand pasture]

Yeah, that'll always be there for everyone

[chilly shore]

for some reason decided to run the edd as a scout/gunner duo

uhhh yea that refining was pretty cursed

[vocal ocean]

If your not on your toes constantly you not having fun

[raven carbon]

Fair

[raven carbon]

Yes

[raven carbon]

Scout can help to keep the ghost away

[timid sorrel]

if u fail a deep dive after the first two missions, im assuming that redoing the deep dive doesnt give u the core or an oc anymore right?

[patent elk]

Correct

[spiral badge]

Wow have some dreads why don’t we

[frigid talon]

oof -- our dde was rough from mid stage 2 on. Nemesis in the twins dread room and tons of leeches. Killed twins with pickaxes no ammo. 2 made it out with 60 nitra to pod. Stage 3 spawn air thick with nanocytes and breeder. Ghost camped oil rig and was the bane of the stage, also 2 bulks. Hacked our way through, almost to hitting refine on creamy morkite. Valiant efforts, by all, particularly our scout (Soap! if yer reading, awesome job), but died messy and gross in acid and gunk. 5/5 stars on my 2nd EDD. Would do again! 😄

[fluid aurora]

game sure loves haunted cave this week huh

[rough radish]

haunted cave dreads a deep dive classic

[ancient grove]

took me 3 tries to do the EDD, it was rough

[raven carbon]

Yes it only gives those rewards for first time stage completion

Stages are considered separately for those rewards

Credits and xp can be repeated any number of times

[slender otter]

well i got disconnected on edd stage 3 as host

needless to say host being disconnected - all players disconnect

[slender otter]

2 bulks on edd stage 3 is guaranteed

[eager atlas]

you can't disconnect as host, you are the server

[pure cliff]

I mean you can, you'll just be a jerk and ruin it for the rest

[fluid aurora]

finished this weeks EDD in 40 minutes and completely forgot it was elite

i deadass thought it was just regular dive

our engi kept getting aggro'd by the horror so he just sat in another cave walking in a circle and making callouts when it changed aggro

[raven carbon]

Apart from the third stage refinery ghost the edd is fairly manageable

[stoic cobalt]

hi why i cant type in any channel

or join pods

[pure cliff]

read #welcome-and-rules

[stoic cobalt]

i red all of it but couldnt find anything

[pure cliff]

now now, don't you go lying people around

[eager atlas]

get a role from there

[warped quiver]

I got a nemesis and a bulk detonator in the first 2 minutes of stage 2 on the elite deep dive lol

[tawny root]

Where can I check what the deep dive is

Like what objectives there are and stuff

[burnt sandal]

pinned messages

[fathom coral]

Yea, I found the Nemesis could be completely avoided if you just worked your way around to the eggs.

[quick tangle]

this elite deep dive was hellish

[tacit iris]

How was the cave gen

[lunar sentinel]

Can you do this Edd without driller

[chilly shore]

I did, no engi either
pump jacks were doable but you have to kinda really cook with the pipelines

while juggling the ghost

substantial pickaxe used

engi or driller would be a lot better but it is possible without

[summer cypress]

fuck is up with this dd

three dreads?

2 morkite?

[patent elk]

<@&296918282403840000> not a scammer but equally mute/ban worthy

[cinder citrus]

You should've seen the one with 4 black boxes

[summer cypress]

how~

two black boxes in one stage yikes

[cinder citrus]

Oh sorry

I meant 4 over both edd and dd

[raven carbon]

Yes but the last stage will be a little tricky, you will spend extra time on it

The wells aren't too badly placed but time is the issue

With the ghost wandering around

[spiral moth]

this probably should be removed

hooray

[arctic niche]

That's what took the most time with group I completed it with

[pulsar hinge]

Man, what is with the cave generation on 3rd stage, that was just horrendous as engi trying to avoid the haunted and the constant swarms

[raven carbon]

The third stage of the deep dive is also haunted

And the tunnels near the dreadnought egg are narrow

Can be tricky if the team doesn't coordinate properly

Especially since the dreadnought and ghost can both dig wherever they want

[sick umbra]

that EDD though, sheesh. Our gunner left when we started fighting Nemesis (corporate spy, i'm telling ya), and we constantly burned through the nitra until 3rd stage. We also didn't appreciate an actual bulk detonator sliding in with the horror one.
But the crew persevered.

[cerulean dove]

can I lfg deep dives here?

[swift iron]

theres an LFG category further down, I think

[onyx dirge]

Got the bulk in stage 3 aswell, but also a dread twin swarm

[still river]

Holy shit the last round of the deep dive is fucking evil this week

[quick tangle]

haunted cave + onsite is evil in general

[vocal ocean]

Was fun

[silent comet]

Why is on-site and haunted bad? You get extra movement on pipes, shouldn’t you be able to get around that way?

Or is it the cave gen?

[vocal ocean]

Not everyone plays lot’s of max 5 ig

[grand pasture]

Someone said something about stationary objectives but I mean, the longest you spend standing still for an objective in refinery is four seconds, and I mean, there's three pipes, if the horror is staying around one, just do the others

[silent comet]

That’s what I’m wondering

And you don’t have to hang around a black box or anything

But haunted cave is annoying

[frank plank]

The main thing is the cave is pretty crap. Tall walls with one okay well and two wells were at the bottom of pits, and not much of an open area to fight around, it was manageable but some of the greenbeards on my team kept getting ambushed around walls by the ghost

[silent comet]

Ah ok that’s what I was wondering.

Yeah, cave gen can definitely make things worse

[rancid cedar]

carve c4 moment

[silent comet]

Lol

[daring sandal]

stage 3 normal dd is surprisingly challenging

fight dreadnaught + avoid ghost

[violet warren]

Randomly decided to play DRG this weekend and the EDD was tough

Probably didn't help that I was carrying a bronze 1 scout and a low-level engineer but still, it was a close battle throughout the whole thing and we only barely completed it

[mystic snow]

Lol

[vagrant parcel]

stage 3 was some dumb

we got a regular bulk and mactera swarm

plus the well that was really deep down

[vagrant parcel]

i just got a dreadnaught on stage three of the edd...

so stage 3 had:
*ghost bulk
*regular bulk
*mactera/swarmer swarm
*dreadnaught
*and bad OSR generation

[eager atlas]

mactera bulk detonator when

[spiral badge]

When their wings can lift their fat butt off the ground

[chilly shore]

ghost mactera rockpox bulk detonator hiveguard

[fathom coral]

i still think nothing tops Elite Grabbers grabbing one of your buds at the speed of light and phasing through walls to never be seen, lmao

[frail patrol]

yeah cave gen on stage 3 is obscene

[vagrant parcel]

honestly.....a good idea for a horrible thing

something the equivalent of a bulk but in mactera form thats just really strong and extremely rare

[vagrant parcel]

drops live nukes on ppl or smth

when it dies it targets the closest player and tries to kamikazes it

[spiral badge]

Goo bombers can barely fly

[prime coral]

Man, I feel bad

Took us like an hour to reach the third stage. Only for me (the host) to lose power and disconnect everyone else

:(

[livid patio]

yall ever think they gonna stop updating drg or give up on it?

[leaden cypress]

Why would they ?

[ebon palm]

i never do a deep dive, what is it like?

(i just promoted for the first time)

[sweet ice]

it's 3 hybrid missions back-to-back-to-back (find eggs + mine morkite for example), fail on one and start over from the beginning, if you can handle Haz 3 reliably then the DD shouldn't be too challenging

also it's on a set seed so the caves will be roughly the same on each attempt should you fail / wanna do it a second time for whatever reason

[kindred snow]

O shit mine didn't have a dreadnought

We did get five spitballers, a nemesis, and a few leeches in one room on stage 2 tho

[ebon palm]

Finished my first deep dive

its also solo

The last mission had a ghost

im scared of ghosts

[raven carbon]

#deep-dive-discussion message

[ebon palm]

dw about it i finished alrd

[ebon palm]

also thats the channel you are on

[raven carbon]

Not linking the channel

It's a pinned message from the channel

[ebon palm]

ah

[raven carbon]

Deep dive FAQs

[ebon palm]

i just noticed

thank you very much

[raven carbon]

It will help if you are new to deep dives

[ebon palm]

yeah sorry man

misunderstood a bit

[raven carbon]

No worries

Deep dives are fun

[ebon palm]

it is

until i find a ghost

[raven carbon]

Both standard and Elite have ghosts this time

[analog ibex]

hello everyone

[fathom coral]

they said they are doing a S5, and thoughts of a S6 too, DRG isn't going away anytime soon, just right now a decent amount of the focus is on Rogue Core. besides, there's still a lot of stuff to do for the average player.

[still geode]

well there's the whole "heat death of the universe" issue they'll have to contend with if they plan to keep updating forever

[ebon merlin]

Rock and Stone everyone, here's my review of this weeks EDD. It's pissing me of.
Stage 1 easy no problems anywhere, except for a hiveguard randomly comming through at the very beginning but still no problem.
Stage 2 messed me up a few times with the nemesis, 1 bulky boi, and tons of leeches that grab you across the whole cave as soon as u step into it. Passed it after 5 trys.
Stage 3 made me question my sanity. The Horror camping the Rig and hundrets of slashers, guards etc. the last minute I was alive I got a swarm warning of "swarmers". I was thinking swarmers are no problem turns out there was no swarmers but slashers guards and septic spreaders..... I died before I could react to it

With this I surrender to it and it will haunt me in my dreams

[terse wind]

normal DD. stage 1` twins, stage 2 hiveguard twins, stage 3 dreadnaught + horror in starting room

it's a good day to be driller

(it isn't)

[chilly shore]

sludge users eatin good

[terse wind]

i went in with snowball, so it wasn't as bad as it couldve been (lmao rip flamethrower drillers going in there)

that and gamma on the colette is actually pretty good boss damage considering you can just hit and run

[vagrant parcel]

we got a mactera swarm 🙃

plus an extra bulk and you know why not add the dreadnaught twins in too cause that's "fun"

[tawdry moat]

Why can I only come here

And not lfg

[next pebble]

Because reading is difficult

[tawdry moat]

Indeed

Sorry

[tawdry moat]

Got it now👍🏼 sorry for my ignorance

[rancid fog]

how do i join voice chats

i can barely type anywhere

[patent elk]

See above

[rancid fog]

because reading is difficult?

i dont get it

[quick tangle]

there's something called the welcome channel that you're supposed to read

[chilly shore]

interestingly the welcome channel does not contain any specific mention of x is required before you can get into most channels. The most it says is "You can ..."

[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!
_ _

[valid orchid]

It also seems like you can only speak here without getting through the welcome channel stuff, which is weird

I cant recall how it is but people ask stuff here so

[pulsar furnace]

Hey, I'd do more deep dives if there were minerals involved.

[unique ore]

you get overflowed with minerals way before you get all the cores, minerals is not the incentive to do dd, its the cores

[stuck pulsar]

did stage 3 of the EDD and a hiveguard spawned why is that even allowed

[misty maple]

if dds gave minerals that would be nice though, i have no minerals and tons upon tons of overclocks/cosmetics waiting to be forged

[kindred coyote]

hoxxes decided to put an end to your ravaging

[vagrant parcel]

yeah i got twins, i think a dreadnaught is supposed to spawn. gl

[fathom coral]

no, it's up to chance, just had another Bulk spawn for me EDD lvl 3

[raven carbon]

That will reverse soon

Once you finish weapon overclocks

And are left with cosmetics

[misty maple]

Hopefully. I've got 3 weapon ocs left to unlock

And at least 20 in the forge terminal lol

Not to mention many more cosmetics

[warped quiver]

Just failed the solo elite deep dive literally on the way to the drop pod at the end of stage 3 😭

The haunted cave on site refining is so fucking bad

[polar knoll]

Is it me or is this round of edd extra specially bad

[grand pasture]

Honestly I'm not sure what the specific struggle is for people aside from stage 3 but it went pretty smoothly for me

[trail pagoda]

Hey guys

[raven carbon]

Good scout to lure the ghost and good driller to quickly build the pipes make it easy but not otherwise

[grand pasture]

Eh we did it without one of the two, I think again without both, it's not too bad, I guess it's cause difficulty is subjective and without trying to sound egotistical, I'm just pretty good

Kinda like how the EDD two weeks ago was breaking people straight up, loads of people eventually gave up and chalked it up to being not possible for them. My friends and I pulled through first try, not to say it was a walk in the park though

[warped quiver]

The one with escort duty on stage 2?

That one was rough

[golden terrace]

Bro the Horror was a joke, shit pissed me off

my sanity went through the roof

[grand pasture]

Nah that's last week, I didn't mind that to be fair, jetty boots, and shield disruption gives a 30% damage resistance from enemy attacks unbeknownst to most people. I'm talking about the week before that, stage 2 was a refinery with rival presence, most people would leave the drop pod and realize they were in the middle of the billion bugs that naturally spawn at the start or a refinery, combined with the dozens of turrets around them

[warped quiver]

oh yeah that black box position was so bad iirc

[grand pasture]

Yeah, a few tweaks from a driller helps a load but of course, that's not always doable or thought of

[hearty geyser]

going for third stage of the EDD, had both a bulk and nemesis spawning during E2, was pretty hectic

[hearty geyser]

yeah, that one I went with driller every try, and took six teams to someone listen to me and go in a tunnel at start to hack the control bot. People seem to actually go against any plans explained in advance, it's wild

[fervent tundra]

Stage 3 of EDD
Unknown Horror is keeping me from leaving a room
The moment I get to shimmy my way out of the room a detonator spawns in front of me
Swarm

I also had barely any ammo

Real fun how the scout then screamed at their mic when failing to resurrect a driller from an awkward angle, promptly leaving after

[warped quiver]

Good thing stage 3 only gives a cosmetic core lol

[vagrant parcel]

Wait what was that edd? I didn’t do it

[grand pasture]

Well the main part people struggled with was stage 2, a refinery, with a black box secondary, rival presence

From what I can tell, more often than not, you'd land the drop pod inside the zone where loads of the turrets spawn

That, ontop of the already existing starting enemies of an oil refinery mission, made it so you were in the deep end the moment you began

If you actually managed to pull through and kill everything, you sure wouldn't have a lot of spare time to get that 80 nitra before a wave starts

[vagrant parcel]

Damn

Yeah I get it now

[leaden cypress]

I don't remember it being that difficult

OSR always have a ton of nitra

[unique ore]

the 2nd stage was tough for that week, had to stall with scout while everyone else was down, main problem was that the rival controller spawned extremely high up, surrounded by shield repulsers, so we left it alone but took too long to find the aquarqs cause trying to avoid that area

[cunning cedar]

on site refining with a horror is not fun true solo 😭

shit followed me around the entire time and i didnt even have bosco to build pipes

[burnt pine]

Yo anyome got a space for a noob?

Why can't I message the lfg chats?

[eager atlas]

get a role in #welcome-and-rules

[burnt pine]

Nice on cheers bro

[wanton pike]

is it better to solo deep dive or full squad?

[sage eagle]

Am I able to message in the PlayStation LFG?

[burnt pine]

Have to do the same as me mate, go to the welcome and select a role

[sage eagle]

Ahh, TY

[burnt pine]

No worries, does it cross play between consoles?

[leaden cypress]

No

It only "crossplays" between Xbox & MS Store users

[burnt pine]

Ahh shame, cheers bro

[sage eagle]

Thank you, that worked!

[burnt pine]

All good mate, I've just done it myself 😂

[eager atlas]

whatever floats your boat, more people is usually more fun, though variances in skill may lead to more or less chaos which may be fun or frustrating depending on whether it results on more attempts or not

solo is more consistent since you're the only factor, this means that it might be easier than a full squad or harder depending on your skill

[valid orchid]

If I see another EDD in Azure Weald I'm going to give birth to a cactus

[fathom coral]

i personally find Boolo Caps a bit annoying in that biome, i turn on brighter objects QoL for it, lol

[chilly shore]

azure weald dystrum is actually so troll

[gaunt hull]

👋

[stoic dew]

not sure why i cant type in #drg-chat

nvm needed to pick a role

[fathom pebble]

What’s on the deep dive with week

[stable bear]

hell

just did EDD

pure hell if a teammate isnt performing well

[mortal stratus]

hey, just joined. same question as Cryptic Bull

hello? rocks and stoners?

anybody got answers? hello?

[next pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/illiterate-passout-spellingbee-gif-3527474

[lime cosmos]

Bro the final stage of the deep dive is crazy. Spent 20 minutes dancing around the dread.

[eager atlas]

they answered their own question

[tacit iris]

Uh

<@&296918282403840000>

[exotic belfry]

I occasionally wonder why GIF's and things aren't normally allowed in #drg-chat, then stuff like this happens and I'm reminded why lol.

[misty maple]

edd stage 3 was insane. we lost our fourth member in the first stage and my teammates hard carried me. i was so convinced we weren't gonna survive the refinery

[untold saddle]

Read #welcome-and-rules and pick a role

[jolly wing]

this week's EDD was fun

stage 2 nemesis

[grand pasture]

"The only winning move.....is not to play"

[sage gulch]

rock and stone

[rose geyser]

когда новые режимы появятся?

[quick tangle]

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

[next chasm]

Hello, in which channel should I ask a question about Miner Community Terminal?

[pure cliff]

it will happen eventually, the bot works in misterious ways

[quick tangle]

the bot is actually getting improved soon in the next maintenance update

[dense solar]

Where can i find this week deep dive info?

[leaden cypress]

pins

[neon zinc]

EDD Stage 3 is absolute hell without a driller. How tf am i supposed to get pipes up or down to them two wells as a gunner or scout lol.

[hearty geyser]

with a lot of patience and kiting the horror away to dig a little bit every time

but having driller or engi on the team really helps a ton

[trim osprey]

guys what's the difference of elite deep dive from regular deep dive?

[burnt sandal]

difficulty

[trim crescent]

normal deep dive hovers around haz 3, elite hovers around haz 5

or well, 3 3.5 3.5 for normal 4.5 5 5.5 for elite afair

[jolly wing]

rule of thumb of mine is regardless of terrain, difficulty, etc. of refinery, i always make sure there's a driller in the team, whether it be me or a teammate

there was one time EDD where in sandblasted corridors, altough the first two were beside the refinery, the third was WAY down below the abyss.

was playing solo scout and got eventually overwhelmed by swarmers.

twas rough

[gleaming blaze]

Azure weald on-site refining is always a dice role

[stable bear]

Try again with a driller

[chilly shore]

yeah I did the edd as a gunner/scout duo. we had to COOK on stage 3

[shut ore]

I did it solo as engi, it was the hardest EDD stage that i've played.

[grand pasture]

I've had way harder for myself personally

[elfin bison]

FIrst stage was easy enough, but the dreadnoughts and stage 3 were hard, we almost got wiped a few times.

[glacial hill]

what is the best build for sludge pump

[bright ermine]

how do i get pickaxe parts?

[rough radish]

get a role in #welcome-and-rules but they're from lost equipment, the backpacks you dig up

[grand pasture]

Depends on a lot of things

[mortal stratus]

I picked roles but I still can’t do the main chat

[cinder citrus]

Sometimes the roles glitch out

[mortal stratus]

Of course

[cinder citrus]

It might take a min to register that you grabbed one or you might need to grab one again

[mortal stratus]

Aight

HEY! It worked

Thx dude

[grand pasture]

NARRRRRR, THAT'S A GIRL!!! >:(

[ebon merlin]

So after I originally surrendered to the EDD, We tried it again

1 hour and 5 minutes

First played a Engy/Gunner Duo wich failed. Tried it as a Engy/Scout Duo and finally finished it

[fathom coral]

gz

Engi popping plats and Scout hooking up the pipes/kiting is a sweet combo at the end of the EDD

[untold zodiac]

hello guys

[marble dome]

Hello guys

[polar knoll]

hello Guys

[solar dew]

rock and stooone

[cerulean dove]

can anyone share some tips for a solo deep dive elite this week?

i was playing as engi with warthog/magnetic pellets and a clean oc on the shard diffuser

twin turrets etc

[solar dew]

LOK-1 with explosive chemical rounds
Shard diffuser with volatile impact reactor
twin too

[tiny portal]

Breach cutter is great as a secondary too

Warthog is by far the worst engi primary imo, damage is so low

[solar dew]

agree!

[vague ferry]

Is deep rock galactic hard as solo?

And is it crossplay?

[burnt sandal]

the game scale with the number of player so it's not harder in solo

and no, it isn't crossplay

[solar dew]

But in solo there's no others JUST you and Bosco, lonely

[manic pivot]

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

[eager atlas]

The warthog is the best all arounder, aside of LOK1 ECR I guess, that thing is busted af
just invest into more damage stuff (you don't need more ammo), don't go ham on firing, you can pop grunts in a single shot to the face, and abuse turret whip

[eager atlas]

bosco best boi

[tiny portal]

Stubby feels way better in every way for me, and lok1 ecr is just busted yes

[eager atlas]

if stubby had an integrated turret whip, maybe

[tiny portal]

Turret whip is nice but only good for stationary objectives like salvage and escort

You dont wanna camp your sentries

You wanna go out and do objectives

[random belfry]

When do people do deep dives? Im from Aus and can never find a lobby

[tiny portal]

There should be an oc to one shot grunts regardless of where it hits, its a shotgun goddamnit why does it two shot grunt from half a meter away

All my friends who just start playing the game are also like: why is this weapon so weak? And then I tell them: just get stubby when you can, when they do, they say: wow this is so much better, and they never switch back

[supple tulip]

omg i just did this weeks EDD solo and i never even did this weeks and god the last mission was the worst experince of my life

that last mission alone took me an hour and a half

worst pump spawns ever and i was gunner

[cerulean dove]

i dont have the ecr and shard ocs sadly

i have neuro lasso executioner eraser and seeker rounds

[eager atlas]

the warthog does suck in its base config, you need all upgrades

[eager atlas]

honestly? Just use whatever you're comfortable with, you're more likely to perform better that way

[cerulean dove]

i have the warthog with magnetic pellets and its alright

with whip too

i just keep dying

what perks should i use for solo?

[eager atlas]

MPA and Stunner are the best imo
and cycle overload but that's more fun than good

12321 is my personal recommendation, T3 doesn't matter much

[cerulean dove]

i have 2 builds just like you said

one for pellets and one for cycle overload

[cerulean dove]

yep this is what im using

and perks? i have thorns resupplier born ready and actives are beast master and dash

[eager atlas]

perks are more preferential I guess
I favour Resupplier, Born Ready and Vampire, Sweet Tooth is pretty nice too, Thorns are fine but I don't find swarmers and brains enough of a problem unless I'm playing scout

Field Medic, Dash, Iron Will are all really good actives

[cerulean dove]

thanks

[eager atlas]

Beast Master is fun and Heightened senses is really nice if you're solo since Bosco can't always save you from leeches

[cerulean dove]

yep, i ll see what missions i have

and adapt the perks

[cerulean dove]

i get overwhelmed by swarmers and praetorians

[rancid cedar]

Lures help a lot with getting pressure off of you. Double turret is really good at dealing with swarmers and jellies

[cerulean dove]

yeah, i was a bit slow

and i think that the breach cutter should help me with that

i was using the mine

because of stage 2 eliminations

[rancid cedar]

mines don’t help all that much for elim. Non of engis grenades are that good for dreads so i wouldn’t choose it based off that

[tiny portal]

SSG grenades are great for swarmers and jellys

If you ever are about to get overwhelmed just throw 1 down and they clear em all

[spiral badge]

Driller? Vampire all day every day on every loadout on driller. Other classes you can if it’s your playstyle but driller is a must

[rancid cedar]

the only 2 perks that are must picks for me are resupplier and dash. Everything else is whatever

[wise remnant]

whats a good scout build for this deep dive ?

[stable bear]

Regular or elite?

[flat egret]

Does anyone know if Deep rock galactic:survival will be available on mobile?

[stable bear]

Damn dude been here since august and still dont have a role, head to #welcome-and-rules and grab one. Then you’ll be able to post in #drg-survivor

[raw flame]

no

[flat egret]

:0

[sage gulch]

ROCK AND STONE

[random rampart]

#drg-survivor is just an announcement channel, nobody but a webhook can post there. you probably mean the drg:s server, which in that case is in https://discord.gg/drgs

[median cave]

Hi everyone. Is there a way to transfer my backup from Xbox to the ps5?

[random rampart]

wrong chat. ask in #xbox-and-windows-store or #playstation

also read #welcome-and-rules and pick a role

[median cave]

Sorry sorry friend 😬

[manic pivot]

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

[fast lake]

#deep-dive-discussion

[leaden cypress]

Read the rules in #welcome-and-rules

[grand pasture]

Cmooon industrial sabotage in the elite, been waiting for you for ages

[restive coral]

Please no haunted cave 🙏 we solo miners are hopeless against the translucent menace

[grand pasture]

I don't mind

[manic pivot]

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

[sly kettle]

Soon™

[manic pivot]

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

[icy kiln]

Lets gooooooo!

[drifting tinsel]

lorem ipsum something something NEW DIVES WOOOOOOOOO

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 February 15 to 2024 February 22 (Week 230)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1708599600:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Salt Pits | Code Name: Lucky Dusk
Stage 1: 200 Morkite + Black Box | Volatile Guts
Stage 2: On-Site Refining + Black Box | Elite Threat
Stage 3: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Twins) + Black Box | Exploder Infestation

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Hollow Bough | Code Name: Dusty Axe
Stage 1: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Classic) + 150 Morkite | Haunted Cave
Stage 2: 6 Eggs + Classic | No Mutator
Stage 3: 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s + Uplink + 2 Eggs | Regenerative Bugs

And here's your weekly newsletter sort of thing:
The Hoxxes Lunar Festival ends <t:1707998400:R>, so if you want to get some last-minute festivities in, now is your very last chance (until next year, at least)!
If you missed the announcement, DRG's second maintenance update drops this week at <t:1708344000:f>. Check out the blog post if you want a preview of what's coming in the update (or let it be a surprise, if that's your thing)!
Ghost Ship Publishing released two titles last week -- Spellrogue, by Guidelight Games, and Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, by Funday Games. Both are now in Early Access on Steam, so give them a try if either of them strike your fancy!
Not necessarily news, but this is a gentle reminder that if you have DRG running when the weekly refresh occurs, you'll need to restart the game to obtain rewards for the new dives and weekly assignments. It'll still count as last week's rewards otherwise, and you'll only get those rewards if you didn't already work for them last week.

Here's to another week of adventure on Hoxxes -- Rock and Stone!

they knew we loved the triple boxes from the other week so now they're back

i can't complain honestly, i think it's hilarious

[signal sinew]

I'm still set to last week's DD and everyone's still dying to stage 2

lol

[grand pasture]

Aw man, no sabotage

[drifting tinsel]

may next week's elite please bring us industrial sabotage (* ´ ▽ ` *)

[hearty geyser]

Been a while since the last time we had sabo at dives, I kinda miss it too

But eeeey, black box festival part 2, lesgoooo

[grand pasture]

I remember we went 5 weeks without one, then we had 2 in a row and immediately some leaf loving green beard made a suggestion in #suggestions to make sabo's less common or removed from deep dives

[hearty geyser]

That's rough. I mean, I'll complain a bit if we get escort a lot, but like, doing that once or twice a week is not that big of a deal. I don't get why people hate sabo so much

I like shooting beeg triangle guy

Kinda glad we got a chill osr this week, after last week's edd, ngl

[grand pasture]

Hosting a public deep dive and a guy got angry with me for repeatedly saving him instead of ditching him for the drop pod

[naive beacon]

do exploders spawn while fighting dreads in dd s3?

[vocal ocean]

Elim+haunted

[naive beacon]

didnt we have that last week too

[vocal ocean]

Uh it was refinery+haunted

[rapid basin]

Stupid ghost

[vocal ocean]

Can’t wait to get on

[naive beacon]

tbf if u died after he was right, did u?

[vocal ocean]

Been playing modded shit better be easy

[naive beacon]

wasnt there one haunted stage last week where dread was a secondary objective at least

[vocal ocean]

We could check chat history

[naive beacon]

the boss part is fine, the missions are just way too long imo

also lmao black box on every dd stage this week again

[vocal ocean]

Needs more variety

[sonic wing]

Needs triple sabo

[hearty geyser]

yup

[hearty geyser]

I think it was on regular dive

ya, just found the message, it was morkite, dread and horror

[light hazel]

Anyone tryna to run both deepdives

[old widget]

Click on roles in #welcome-and-rules to get access to LFG channels

[quick tangle]

I died one hour in on the edd due to a trijaw 😭

[drifting tinsel]

this week's EDD was not friendly to me -- we barely managed to make it through stages one and two, and we lost very early into stage three because our engi decided to pull an egg when all of us had no health, ammo, or nitra

i plan on trying again later this week, and hopefully giving the caves a closer look to make sure we didn't miss any nitra (；・∀・)

[quick tangle]

I managed to clutch the first stage by going out of my way to get nitra while the hivegaurd, bet-c and the horror chased me. The second stage was fine honestly. The third stage was jut menace hell and I think I would've completed it if I took another revive on bosco

[light hazel]

First stage of the elite deepdive is no joke

Ran out of nitra and ammo fighting hiveguard

[hearty geyser]

broke the first egg by accident on stage 1. It was... rough.

while running around, I found nitra for 2 supplies. Having a scout to light things up will do wonders for anyone still trying

[jagged rapids]

Lol hearing that the EDD this week might be chaotic has me excited.. And scared. I'm going thru enough mental trauma with Helldivers2 and KH3 critical

[fathom coral]

EDD wasn't that bad, just annoying for our crew since a rando sucked and later rage quit

[sage gulch]

Rock and stone

[ancient oyster]

Rock and Stone

Wich class do you play?

[eager atlas]

all of them

[rancid cedar]

based

[fathom coral]

All, but I love Scout the most

[grand pasture]

I'm always periodically cycling between a favorite

Atm I'm feeling good being an Engi and using my EMR Stubby and spinning death breach cutter

Due time though, my fixation is gonna be something else, maybe it'll be disperser compound sludge pump + persistent plasma EPC with burning nightmare again

[stable bear]

EDD is a bit more hectic than the past few i’ll say that

Managed to complete it in two tries (got disconnected second stage in my first attempt)

Oh wait forgot it was thursday, talking about last week

[eager atlas]

I didn't know how bad wardens+regenerative bugs was until now

[brisk citrus]

Guys, when season 5 will be announced?

[eager atlas]

If you read the roadmap they posted months ago, s5 will release around june

[stable bear]

Choose a role in #welcome-and-rules then you’ll be able to chat in the different channels

[brisk citrus]

Thanks

[north axle]

wheres the roadmap

[burnt sandal]

#drg-chat pinned messages

[north axle]

haunted elite deep dives are my enemy

[fathom coral]

A bit of a nuisance,but kiting keeps em at bay

[verbal mulch]

i cant even type ina any room but this one

[quick tangle]

select a role in https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/354250235419164682

[verbal mulch]

thanks

[rancid cedar]

not too bad, all dots negate regen bugs and focusing down targets also makes it pretty much the same. Main thing regen bugs makes more dangerous is menace if you let it burrow without finishing it off over and over again

[eager atlas]

The issue is the dot may not kill them because of the warden resistance and then they are more likely to heal back

[rancid cedar]

you aren’t using the dot to kill them tho. Your using it to negate the healing to give you time to kill them. And if the warden is being a problem just shoot it, the weakpoint is easy to hit and they are basically defenseless

[patent elk]

If your gunner/engi is fast enough he can keep negating the healing with ntp/hot bullets/shard/incendiary pgl.

Though it's even faster to just one shot him.

[eager atlas]

I don't think wardens burn from incendiary pgl

[rancid cedar]

ye idk why you would bother with that for long when warden isn’t particularly hard to burst down lol. Dots mainly nice for things that are actually able to get away to safety to regen, which is mainly menaces

[eager atlas]

anyway, it was more about having a huge pack come at once with a warden and not having proper terrain to shoot the warden

[rancid cedar]

that’s a very strange situation given how low warden heal aoe is

[eager atlas]

it's not a heal, it's a defense boost

50% iirc

[rancid cedar]

When buffed bugs are on you you shud def have good sight on warden

[eager atlas]

I guess the biggest problem is that lok1 can't really focus a warden when it's in the middle of the pack

[rancid cedar]

he can’t really hide when the aoe is so small

[eager atlas]

can't aim that shit if it locks to anything

[rancid cedar]

can always do the classic inferno exec combo into the mouth. Or if that’s too fancy just shoot bc a couple more times

[eager atlas]

I had VIR diffractor

[rancid cedar]

bc is really good for mixed swarms, and if your running shard instead you can laser it with that. Pgl struggles but honestly pgl struggles with a lot of things

[eager atlas]

I kinda don't like use the breach cutter much, feels too op

[rancid cedar]

vir single target is still really good

[eager atlas]

yeah

[rancid cedar]

the main problem with exec + vir is you have very little self defense, but honestly you can def work around that on haz 5

[grand pasture]

Actually they do heal, very slowly however

[patent elk]

Menaces is what I was talking about. Guess I should've specified.

[eager atlas]

restores 3.5 health every 1.5 seconds and ×0.5 damage taken
it really heals huh, never noticed

[rancid cedar]

ye even with that wardens are pretty non threatening compared to the other disruptors

[vestal thunder]

Are there any good suggestions for improving my tank-like gunner build?
I heard that combat mobility is good for the auto cannon, but toxic dmg felt better for me
Got the shield charge from the coilgun and triple shot OC
I got vet deposit, elemental isolation, and lock and loaded for passives and active perk is iron will and shield boost.

[quick tangle]

are you able to speak in other channels?
if no then pick a role in https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/354250235419164682

[vestal thunder]

Uh iam I just wanted to know if there's some improvement for that build when iam going to deep dive

[quick tangle]

oh I just thought you meant in general and couldn't access the other channels, anyway if you haven't already I would recommend picking t5c on the auto cannon (the one that gives you 50% damage resistance when you're at max rate of fire)

also I would only recommend using a tank build on haz 4 and under because on haz 5 no amount of damage resistance (except 100% ig) is going to tank a whole horde of glyphids

[vestal thunder]

Ah yes, I forgot about that upgrade! Thank you!
Would it also be helpful to take the upgrade for faster max fire-rate?
Also more movement speed would be better suited for haz 5 right
Maybe dash then instead of shield boost?

[vivid eagle]

guys why can't I type in drg chat?

also is there a mod for more than 4 players?

[pure cliff]

you need to select a role in #welcome-and-rules