deep-dive-discussion

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[wraith shard]

ohhhhh
ok thank you!

[jolly herald]

Anything specific to watch out for on EDD this week, got a short amount of time to try it tonight and want a nice smooth run

[indigo drift]

Stage 1 might be tough to find nitra since they’re spread out pretty far. Not a problem solo though

Stage 2 has plenty nitra everywhere

Pretty tame EDD This week

[jolly herald]

with mules, eggs & OSR + swarm/regen i'm thinking i'll need a lot of bullets

[indigo drift]

Yep youll need alot

[bitter raven]

did someone just delete my text?

[jolly herald]

Fairly comfy EDD for sure, stage 1 was easy, nitra no problem as long as you don't take too long to get through it. Stage 2 was quite spicy - we had a spawn wave, a bulk det appeared at the end of the wave and by the time we killed it another wave came. Stage 3 we should have pulled the eggs around the edge of the room first before doing the middle ones but it was okay in the end - jet boots helped deal with the multi septic spreader and menace waves.

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[wanton knot]

woo, dc on last stage of regular dd

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[indigo drift]

interesting ||sandblasted corridors for EDD||

[gusty pike]

best biome ngl

[indigo drift]

yep, nice biome this time around.

[drifting tinsel]

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 May 02 to 2024 May 09 (Week 241)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1715252400:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Rotten Darkness
Stage 1: 2 Dreadnoughts (Classic + Twins) + 2 Eggs | No Mutator
Stage 2: 250 Morkite + Twins | Haunted Cave
Stage 3: 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s + Uplink + 2 Eggs | Low Gravity Elite Threat

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Sandblasted Corridors | Code Name: Infinity Enclosure
Stage 1: Industrial Sabotage + 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s | No Mutator
Stage 2: On-Site Refining + Black Box | Elite Threat
Stage 3: 200 Morkite + 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s | Rival Presence

Here's your reminder that if you had Deep Rock Galactic open while the weekly assignments and dives refreshed, you'll need to restart the game to access new weeklies. Your game will still be stuck in last week's rotations otherwise!
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Let's remember to leave no dwarf behind this week (and every week) -- Rock and Stone!

[indigo drift]

a lot of robots this time

[silent lion]

1

[indigo drift]

easy EDD this time

on stage 3 did get ||1 bulk and one nemesis spawn||

stage 2 has || 2 pump locations that may require driller to drill a path, one of them is pretty far away and may be hard to find, it's far left where the other 2 pumps are||

stage 2 probably the hardest as we drained a lot of ammo and healed a lot with supply drops due to elite threat, elite macteras and praetorian fun

no nitra problems, we had like excess 160-200 ish each stage

[quick tangle]

this edd is nutty in terms of nitra

we finished with about 600 nitra

[zealous sage]

All 3 stages i had a bulk detonator spawned in, 1st one i had 2

[quick tangle]

I only got 1 bulk and it was during the bb

[zealous sage]

oh damn

[quick tangle]

though it spawned really far away so it wasn't an issue

[zealous sage]

yeah i had lotsa nitra laying around too, caretaker prolly help inflate that moreso

solo took a while lol

[hushed lava]

anyone want to do normal deep dive?

[zenith ember]

edd 2nd stage sucks

[tired oak]

I'm doing one rn

[indigo drift]

EDD stage 3 is pretty much a chill victory lap after stage 2

Having a gunner and CSPR driller for stage one already prepped the party for stage 3 rival enemies.

[crimson rain]

same with normal tbh

[void umbra]

anyone wants to play?

[stiff token]

hi

how do i get roles

[burnt sandal]

read #welcome-and-rules

[grand pasture]

Hell yeah, industrial sabotage and it's in sandblasted, can't wait to do that

[flint widget]

Fun EDD this week.

[sand juniper]

I am now convinced Onsite Refining is the most annoying mission type on EDDs, even Sabotage gives you better team mobility. That being said I managed to pull through and clear this week's with randoms.

[livid snow]

I always do it with randoms. I love the chaos.

[indigo drift]

The annoying part is having to be stationary while theres elite mobs

[sand juniper]

Black box moment.

[indigo drift]

Yeaa for real

[sand juniper]

Also elite grabbers are F A S T damn.

[indigo drift]

Jeez, bad luck. I only got elite praet and trijaws

Still scary tho

[tribal bluff]

which one the best tho? the elite one? or the normal one?

[thorny gull]

yes

[indigo drift]

Best… in what regard?

If it’s how easy it is for quick OCs, then normal. If it’s between which one is less annoying this week then EDD.

I havent done the normal dive this week yet but haunted cave with twins sounds annoying

[naive beacon]

but pipes wdym

[prime fulcrum]

deep dives are easier solo #BoscoForLife

[wicked mulch]

It was wild with my buddy, the big open cave to fight in made it flow super nicely as long as we kept an eye on the invisible one

It was the most menacing I've ever seen it, just pathfinding straight through terrain so we hear things blowing up

ghost ship nailed the feeling of inevitability in its design

[sand juniper]

The Unknown Horror will never stop being scary. Great game design.

[sand juniper]

I feel the stationary part on EDD onsite refining is placing plats/digging tunnels with a ton of enemies on your back.

[indigo drift]

yea, just played it today and it was hilarious, I was baiting it while my other teammates were going ahead to do the mission. It eventually gave up and dug a large tunnel straight to the 2nd last room lmao.

[grand pasture]

Well it's subjective but usually yeah

[jolly wing]

i only find that when there isnt a driller around

[indigo drift]

at least it isn't point extraction with black box, there was one of those with elite threat sometime ago.

although I did hear horror stories about really bad Industrial sabotage stages

[jolly wing]

it was that i think a week ago or two in crystal cavern

stage 2

[indigo drift]

yeaa

[jolly wing]

with elite threat warning

[indigo drift]

was the one that taught me a lesson about not taking too long on point extraction

usually i don't take long anyways but the black box slowed things down a bit

[jolly wing]

my personal golden rule of thumb in PE haz 5 is if timer reaches 20minutes and still missing aquarcs,
that mission is auto FUBAR

[fading carbon]

how come i cant chat in drg chat or memes?

[burnt sandal]

read #welcome-and-rules and pick some roles

[pale cedar]

We are starting a deep dive in Pod7 we got 2 open slots anybody wanna join?

[primal zealot]

this week's edd is tough...

That boss has so much health

maybe I've just had bad teams, idk

is the robot boss armored?

[primal zealot]

I hate the upsidedown pyramid fella.

it's so annoying when you have teammates who are idiots and can't figure out you're supposed to focus the same targets

[dapper moth]

Damn

deep dive is a pain this week

[primal zealot]

both or just the EDD?

you'd think people would know how to fight this boss by now. Splitting up to different sides and trapping yourself in a corner is how you lose it

yet it's the 4th time losing the first map in the EDD

[dapper moth]

standard ;-;

[primal zealot]

well seems like both are annoying as hell this week

[sand juniper]

Yeah you need mobility to fight the Caretaker.

Also I realized attacking the appendages is just wasting ammo when you can dodge them while firing at the vents.

[primal zealot]

yet everyone I team with does just that.... fires at all the limbs, even the ones on the other side of the caretaker.

and ignore the turrets on the ceiling. I'm giving up on this one. It's gotten under my skin too much

[sand juniper]

I personally do take down the turrets because they're easy enough, they're low HP and immobile.

And unlike the appendages they don't respawn.

[flint widget]

The sniper turrets are way more annoying

The appendages can be dodged or lured or blocked with platforms in some cases

[primal zealot]

Yeah you've gotta take down the turrets. What im saying is they take down everything but the turrets (people I'm matching with that is)

[sand juniper]

The appendages can pierce at you through platforms though.

[flint widget]

Ah...

[sand juniper]

Damn.

[flint widget]

I hadn't seen that yet

I made a small fort of platforms to block laser fire before

off natural terrain

[sand juniper]

Yeah laser fire can get blocked. But the appendages themselves can melee attack you and they can pierce walls when doing so.

I'm not exactly sure how thick/far away the wall has to be to protect you against that.

[cyan birch]

I'd be happy to help if you'd like

[primal zealot]

you happen to be on PS5?

[cyan birch]

Ah darn, sorry, I'm not unfortunately 😦

[primal zealot]

no worries. Thanks for the offering tho 😊

[cyan birch]

I can always give tips if you'd like, I know not a lot of people are not a fan of the Caretaker to this day, haha

[primal zealot]

Well I could use some help with load outs for that boss. For scout and driller I'm not sure what weapons are best for it

The plasma gun feels like it does nothing.

[sand juniper]

Very recently I've played around with M1000 on Sabotage and it does decent damage... on Haz 4. Which is more than the Haz 3 diff at which it is featured on this week's DD.

Went on a non DD Sabotage as Scout, with Hoverclock + Double Barrel.

[cyan birch]

The plasma gun, AKA the drak, in my personal opinion, isn't all that great to use, as I've tried to build it each and every way, and it neither works for trash clear, nor single target damage as it is outclassed in both respects by Scouts other primaries ( Spoken from someone who plays mainly Haz 5 with a bit over 1000 hours )

I want to like the gun but it doesn't like me

As for help in builds, the driller can either go with a long range flamethrower build with increased heat that lights all turrets and bots on fire, negating needing to damage them at all, as igniting them will instakill them, including the caretaker tentacles

Or you can either go for the sludge blast sludge pump, as the caretaker and most bots have a weakness to it, the caretaker being the best in that you do 2.6x damage if you hit him with corrosive damage

Driller is the main damage dealer during the fight as well, since the strategy that works quite well is to dig a tunnel up just above the caretaker, and for the vent part of each stage, drop C4 on top of the caretaker, damaging every vent at the same time, effectively clearing that phase in a few seconds with the help of double damage built C4

As for scout, you'd want something with high weakpoint damage multiplier as the bots already posses an innate high weakpoint multiplier, so hitting them with a bonus will help quite a lot if you're not lighting them on fire, so if possible, the AI stability engine damage build GK2 or a focus shot build M1000 would be ideal alongside your secondary built for wave clear

[primal zealot]

🙏thanks for the type up.

For some reason I thought the flamethrower would be best, but I guess the sludge is per usual a great pick.

[cyan birch]

My pleasure, hope you'll manage to complete the EDD this week 😁

[indigo drift]

Yea E.sharp explained it pretty well. In general a CSPR Driller can make the Caretaker boss much easier by making short work of the yellow health bars and thinning out robot extras.

[elfin mural]

C4 Strat go BRRRR

[indigo drift]

I think my c4 is specced for digging and it takes 3 at most to break each yellow phase (or to be efficient, 2 and use epc for the remaining bits)

C4 go brrr

Stage 3 also has some robot so big CSPR W this time

[livid snow]

What are the objectives for edd this week?

Oh nvm I see it pinned

[dusty grail]

If you put down shield on detonator before it explode , will it contain all damage inside?

[burnt sandal]

no

and you can't even do that since enemies can't enter the shield, it'll likely push it away

[dusty grail]

Like when it dead and gonna explode

I just notice that I in dd discuss not drg chat

[tired oak]

anyone looking to do a dd than an edd?

[static elm]

yo what the heck, if i complete a deep dive once. wont i get the cores the second time i complete it?

and if i was supposed to, why dont i get the cores if the host dispands the group as soon as the dive ends

feel like i wasted my time there

[tired oak]

NO

no*

it says in the info/description you only get rewards once a week

[static elm]

ah shoot

never mind me then

[tired oak]

all good

[gaunt trench]

Why cant i see anything in pins?

[strange snow]

Any tipps for dd i just unlocked it and i want to know what i have to know and watch out

[dapper moth]

Keep an eye on your ammo and nitra, as you keep those between rounds

[burnt sandal]

discord mobile ?

[tired pumice]

Look at what the objectives are before you go in, keep nitra in mind and if your ever low remember repairing minimules will always give you some

[main topaz]

tef drak has more sustain and burst than any other primary build on scout

it has crazy heat dmg too

[grand pasture]

Only if you use it a specific way however

Not to mention the damage can be wildly inconsistent

Impact deflection Drak with splash damage can go pretty wild

[gaunt trench]

Yeah.

[burnt sandal]

that would explain why

[halcyon dagger]

anyone wanna join me im trying to rank my character and i need help

😶 ok

[old widget]

grab roles in #welcome-and-rules, then you can chat in other channels like #lfg-steam to find other games. this channel is for endgame deep dive content so you won't get a lot of takers for random lfg

(also, welcome new miner )

[jolly herald]

good engi builds for EDD? lots of robots

[indigo drift]

inferno for breach cutter? not sure if the heat build up for that is good enough for robots or not.

[high ivy]

brought my cryo cwc build for edd and couldn't deal with the elite macteras in stage 2 lmao

[grand pasture]

Wouldn't recommend it, would require close range, and would be a pain to use on patrol bots that start rolling around, and a waste of ammo

[grand pasture]

You got all overclocks?

[indigo drift]

Honestly i havent seen much of engi carrying industrial sabotage missions

[grand pasture]

He doesn't tend to yeah, just an average day for him really

[still geode]

If you bring exec or ecr for patrol bots, inferno works fine

Ssgs are good vs shredders

[grand pasture]

What I run rn is EMR stubby and plastcrete catalyst diffractor

[still geode]

Emr is strong but i dont like it vs patrol bots

[grand pasture]

Wdym? Works a treat

[lime hollow]

High Intensity Heat and Feedback Loop on the shard diffractor will absolutely destroy bots and caretaker. Take some shredders of your own to counter the rival shredders and you're a one-dwarf Caretaker apocalypse with the range and reliability to nuke sniper turrets and patrol bots with overheat

hands down my favorite way to massacre rival tech

[jolly herald]

I have all OC minus hyperprop and ODB

dont want to carry, just pull my weight

[humble wigeon]

bro why does my friends not want to do a deep dive :9

😦

[indigo drift]

I assume its because deepdives might seem scary or tough to get into at a glance

Maybe they don’t know how fun overclocks can be?

[eager atlas]

Turret EMD and Hyperprop will destroy a caretaker and any robot in sight, but it's a bit over specialized, I think shard diffractor is a better choice for EDD since you aren't focusing only on robots unlike a regular sabotage mission, and turret EMD is kinda awkward for mobile missions

[raw grail]

Any tips for Elite Deep Dives?

[humble wigeon]

ummmmmmmmmmmmm havve good things

[hearty geyser]

Move a bit more than you normally would in a lower haz mission. Circling around helps a lot in surviving. If you are not in a bunker, try not to stay long in a single spot while fighting

[hearty geyser]

Also, if you are down, communicate about things like Iron Will and usages, and try to warn the others of potential dangers going their way, you can see a lot moving the camera around while downed

[jaunty pagoda]

I can't write anything in any channel

[burnt sandal]

read #welcome-and-rules and pick some roles.
If that doesn't work : insist.

[raw grail]

Thanks

[raw grail]

Soo

How do i get to talk in other chats? Lol

[jolly herald]

Ok Stage 2 this week is quite rough, elite mactera will fuck you up on the black box if you dont have good AA options

we used a shit ton of nitra also

[burnt sandal]

read a few sentences above.

[jolly herald]

stage 3 is a breeze if you can get to it

i ran EMR stubby and feedback diffractor, was constantly out of ammo but doing insane amounts of bug clear

[humble wigeon]

what do yall think of this idea i solo a elite deepdive

[onyx dirge]

good idea

[grand pasture]

Hell yeah that's how I roll

Do 90% of the killing in public lobbies, use 90% of the resupplies

then they get mad at me for that like I have no good cause

[somber dune]

green

[vestal sable]

Hi, do you know why there are no season points acquired when finishing deep dives ?

or any season goal (ex : doing 5 missions with Driller or Gunner) completed with deep dives

[indigo drift]

it's possible, is easier for certain classes depending on the missions types.

My first and probably only attempt at EDD solo worked because I was rolling gunner on black box missions on all stages

I dont think I would have managed better with a different class.

[jolly herald]

i'd love to see stats around resupplies used in the postgame

[grand pasture]

That'd get me banned in half the public lobbies I join for sure

[jolly herald]

[humble wigeon]

okok idk how i am still living bro i just had 2 bulk detonators in the same round and 1 of them was elite

[grand pasture]

Well, bulks themselves aren't a great threat, they need to exist with other things to be one, kinda like grabbers, or any rival tech turret

[wide ember]

what is the Elite Deep Dive mission this week?

[tired oak]

this

[wide ember]

thx

[tired oak]

2nd stage is quite difficult

but 3rd is a breeze after that

[humble wigeon]

well i atleast compleated the solo elite dive with the 2 bulks sooo yea i survived 🙂

[tired oak]

and 1st stage is decent

if you don't have some overclocks for your main weapons yet it'll def be a pain

that's what I struggle with rn with doing dd and edd, I have no good overclocks for my driller

[humble wigeon]

welp it was a pain i comped it in 1:08:13 and i only had ammo overclocks equiped and i called like 6 pakkages

[tired oak]

yeahhh same, I only have an ammo overclock on my flamethrower

that's the ONLY benefit of doing it solo, you get hella resups

[humble wigeon]

i used engy too

[humble wigeon]

trueee

welp gtg now cheeers

[waxen heart]

YES!

YE-E-E-E-E-ES!

I COMPLETE MY FIRST DEEP DIVE!

[waxen heart]

Hey, can I play with someone?

[exotic belfry]

Join someone from, or make a post in #lfg-steam

[wide ember]

1:05 easy Deep Dive Elite

[grand pasture]

Is that a minute or an hour?

[chilly thistle]

what's the best beer buff for EDD?

[karmic hearth]

how do i join the faction

[burnt sandal]

first, read #welcome-and-rules and pick some roles

[chrome patrol]

Need 1 driller for elite deep dive. Gt is Xaxhi. Send message and join party (nobody replying in #lfg-xbox-microsoft )

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

red rock works for pretty much everything

[graceful cobalt]

Hey, can you still get "Time Well Spent" achievement? I can't seem to trigger it

[wicked junco]

Rock and stone

[tidal oak]

yes you can

just get all 25 of them in drop pod

[lucid frost]

"haha i forgot what stage 2 of the deep dive is ab-"
👻

[indigo drift]

Its not too bad.

just have one dwarf in the team be kiting the ghost around while the rest have fun completing the mission

[eager atlas]

there's so much nitra in the EDD

[sacred kiln]

Hello, everyone! Could anyone advice me some recourses where i can find builds for deep dives?

[lucid frost]

"surely it wont be that h-"
TERRAIN: THE TRENCHES

[eager atlas]

https://karl.gg

[red widget]

Deep dives r fun except for when you get a horrible modifier like low oxygen

[sacred kiln]

Thank you so much!

[willow wharf]

Русские есть? 🤣

[random rampart]

#fan-communities has a russian community server

[craggy kindle]

Hi guys

[cinder ginkgo]

Hi

[fading carbon]

why cant i talk in drg chat?

[reef quartz]

you didn't get the roles go back to Welcome

[fading carbon]

ty

[lunar cloak]

Having to kite and dodge the ghost detonator while fighting two dreadnoughts is definitely the definition of keeping me on edge since I was doing a solo deep dive.
At least I completed it....

[misty raft]

two?

[thorny acorn]

Anyone running edd

[halcyon bridge]

hello!!!

[eager atlas]

twins

[limpid phoenix]

or shield disruption

[high ivy]

its sufferable in dds

low oxy on the other hand

i hate that shit

[lime hollow]

tfw it's another "Low oxygen point extraction" episode

Only the dead can know peace from this evil. Just let Hoxxes take me man, I'm tired

[midnight crater]

hello

im maomao naice to meet you

[full mason]

is this game really worth it? im planning to buy this game because of SONY's dumb move..

[lunar cloak]

Very worth it

[random rampart]

i'd say yes. but please get this conversation to #drg-chat

[full mason]

My bad i dont have permission so i just chose this thread.

[random rampart]

read #welcome-and-rules and get roles

[full mason]

Got it! thanks for the help.

[warped veldt]

nice work

[strange chasm]

hey, so i dont have access to chat in any channel and this is the only one i can talk in, does anyone know why?

[deft nimbus]

and chef did do the welcome thing

[strange chasm]

i have read the welcome and reacted to the roles i want

[burnt sandal]

do it again

[strange chasm]

i dont seem to be able to join a union chapter in DRG either

[burnt sandal]

#drg-chat pinned messages

[strange chasm]

which one

still didnt work

[burnt sandal]

alright, what roles do you want ?

[strange chasm]

digger and steam

thanks

[torpid ivy]

Who wants to play with me tmrw after I come back from school friend request me

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Planet scanning is now booting up, 24 hours left until new Deep Dives!
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[untold saddle]

Get a role in #welcome-and-rules afterwards you'll be able to ask in the #lfg-steam / #lfg-playstation / #lfg-xbox-microsoft channels

[zinc sail]

is it me or the level two of Elite DD is hell ?

[indigo drift]

it's the hardest of the 3 EDD stages imo

[autumn moat]

Doing my first deep dive. Anyone got any tips?

Oh no haunted cave

I abort coz solo

With haunted cave

And first time ever seeing that

So a massive no thanks from me lol

[indigo drift]

For the regular one… yea probably just public lobby. Unknown horror solo elimination does not sound fun

[tired pumice]

Yeah the room for it... sucks...

I would try to find a group to do the dd

[naive beacon]

just go scout ez

[west merlin]

My game crashed in the first stage on the EDD, tried to reconnect when it asked and couldn't rejoin

And now still can't rejoin either

They should really make it so you can rejoin deep dives if you were in them earlier, even if it's not the "last session ended abruptly" screen

[marble thistle]

We just died on stage 2 EDD. We rolled an elite bulk, the ceiling was purple and I was the last man standing, getting chased by 3 or 4 stingtails.

Also a shitton of Mactera, few of which elite.

[marble thistle]

Solo regular, the horror didn't even spawn for some reason.

[chilly shore]

dont worry i ran the edd with a team that accidentally ordered randoweisser so i got ammo hipster with the small mag
literally couldnt kill anything but at least i had over 200 ammo

[marble thistle]

I didn't randoweisse.

We just got fucked.

[chilly shore]

i do think stage 2 was weirdly hard, we had some near wipe moments and no iron will so that was sketcky

[marble thistle]

Stage 1 was pretty easy, we ended it with ~240 nitra spare.

[chilly shore]

stage 3 is also easy

[warped veldt]

i didnt find stage 2 to be very difficult at all but it does help a lot to light up such a massive cave

and it also helped that i found the side cave depsite the natural entrance being like 30m up a flat vertical wall

[marble thistle]

Okay, 2nd attempt: another Elite bulk. Less of special type enemies, more grunts. And a LOT of grunts.

We started black box... and got wiped by a bunch of elite mactera.

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ATTENTION MINERS!
Planet scanning is still in progress, 12 hours left until new Deep Dives!
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[sly drum]

Would anyone be down for doing the deep dive tonight before it resets? I'm not the most experienced player nor do I have all the overclocks but I'd be willing to try my best in a team

[indigo drift]

#lfg-steam or whichever console. If you play in SEA region steam then I can team up, though I will probably be with my squad for edd after the weekly reset.

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New Deep Dives will be available in one hour!
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New Deep Dives are now available!
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[indigo drift]

the biomes are nice, lets see how bad the missions are

[drifting tinsel]

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 May 09 to 2024 May 16 (Week 242)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1715857200:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Bronze Hideout
Stage 1: 3 Mini-M.U.L.E.s + Uplink + Hiveguard | Critical Weakness Lethal Enemies
Stage 2: 7 Aquarqs + 2 Eggs | Low Oxygen
Stage 3: 200 Morkite + Black Box | No Mutator

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Sandblasted Corridors | Code Name: Outrageous Hope
Stage 1: On-Site Refining + Black Box | Swarmaggedon
Stage 2: 10 Aquarqs + Classic | Rival Presence
Stage 3: 3 Mini-M.U.L.E.s + Uplink + 150 Morkite | Elite Threat

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[quaint pasture]

Stage One DD turns everyone into a glass cannon.

[drifting tinsel]

EDD stage two looking fun as hell

[quaint pasture]

Yeah we got some pretty ass mutators.

[gentle sentinel]

I'm late but last weeks EDD sure was something

hour and 20 minutes

5 detonators, random dreadnought, nemesis, elite macteras the whole everything

[drifting tinsel]

i feel you there, i ran last week's EDD thrice and none of them were under an hour

[stray bane]

not a stage three mule mission 🙏

on site for like the 3rd week in a row is pretty nice though

[gentle sentinel]

Played all engie but we had a collective 40+ deaths lol

[low plover]

Oh no, 5.5 bubble guard

[crimson rain]

DD stage 3 has bet-c

[outer cloud]

smh why do people order buff beer when there's only 2-3 in lobby

can't you wait like 1 minute

[livid snow]

I didn't find her 😔

[burnt sandal]

it doesn't always spawn

player scaling has an impact of these kind of spawn

[livid snow]

I was solo so that was probably why

Don't really need her when I've got 4 extra resupplies 😅

[crimson rain]

wait what? I thought all DDs have a specific cavern seed

[crimson rain]

I was solo as well

[vernal laurel]

Hello everyone, can anyone tell me when the next discount on deep rock galactic is?

[drifting cairn]

It's will rock and stone

[jolly herald]

OSR swarma

bring extra boolet lads

nothing too rough this week it seems

[hearty geyser]

the cavern is seeded, but some spawns still are RNG, like nemesis, bet-c and bulks

[eager atlas]

I've replayed the same dive back to back and I had a thing where a level had leeches one time but it didn't the next, static spawns are mostly seeded but they aren't always there for some reason

[indigo drift]

EDD this time is alright, stage 1 being swarmageddon and stage 2 being point extraction made it a little difficult with nitra reserves, thankfully the start of stage 3 has enough nitra to work with to call supply drop (40 nitra near the start I think).

Should have probably brought scout since stage is such a huge cave and finding morkite was a bit of a pain having to jump around spamming flare button to find them lmaoooo

[jovial lichen]

thank Karl I didn't wait the reset to try the under 45min achiev, would be hell this week

[indigo drift]

yea, this one took a while

hmm actually wonder how fast my squad did the normal one this time, we speedrun it pretty fast i think

oh 40 mins

[drifting tinsel]

my EDD time is twice as long as my time on the regular DD, which is not good, at all

EDD stage two was not kind to us, i think we spent half an hour there since we spent a long time breaching

[indigo drift]

yeaa, got swarms too often on stage 1 which took awhile. stage 2 was trying hard not to die for robots while theres a bulk detonator.

[drifting tinsel]

we tried busting the dread with a bulk on stage two, but it ended up missing and killing half of the team instead

[indigo drift]

think it woulda been worse if the dread was the twins

[drifting tinsel]

on my next runthrough of this EDD i think i'll try to be speedier

[tired oak]

Anyone doing a dd?

Or edd

[indigo drift]

What region do you play in?. If SEA I can team up

[tired oak]

NA

[indigo drift]

darn, opposite ends of the world sadly

#lfg-steam probably your best bet atm

[nova vine]

yo any duos that need 2 more ppl? i got a friend and we really want a full squad, preferable if region was in europe (dm me if u want)

[tired pumice]

how much nitra is in edd?

[wild ermine]

i think its same like in normal mision/normal deep dive

i think just enought

why elite deep dive refining+black box is that hard?I was making it 8 times with diferent teams and always fail at that part.

[tired pumice]

refining can be brutal...

[burnt sandal]

#bug-discussion

[tired oak]

This EDD is rough

[trim fractal]

Hello, I have some problems with the game. somebody could help me?

[burnt sandal]

#bug-discussion

[jovial portal]

I just had a deep dive with aquarqs and alien eggs on low 02 😭

I think I wanna cry after that kne

[flint widget]

02 warning sucks

[indigo drift]

for normal dive stage 2, my team stacked up as much nitra as we could on stage 1 (only used 1 resupp on stage 1). Called at least 3 supply pods to set up O2 stations near the aquarks/eggs, I had to play driller so I can get the aquarks faster.

think the hardest parts of this EDD is stage 1 and 2.

point extraction on EDD is usually rough

[warped veldt]

o2 warning without molly feels like a blessing if youre the scout on the team

you get to do everything while leavign everyone in the dust its great

[stuck geyser]

once i lost a deep dive on the last stage bcuz molly went thru a weird hole and there was a swarm of bugs so i died

and lost

[mental rampart]

This week's EDD first stage is nuts

had to have killed like 500 swarmers

and thats just me

second stage is worse

[jolly herald]

Looks like VIRs back on the menu boys

[warped veldt]

this edd is looking like a great time to use ice spear with cookie gun

[keen delta]

hi 🙂

any1 for a deep dive ?

[keen delta]

https://discord.gg/4rHGPux9

[dire dirge]

would love to join

I dont have any permissions to join voice or type in most of the chats though

any idea?

[random rampart]

send this in #lfg-steam instead

[random rampart]

read #welcome-and-rules and get roles

[dire dirge]

ty

[jovial inlet]

Hi

I just finished this week's elite deep dive and it was really cool

1270 kills tho :O

[old nimbus]

team kill?

[tired oak]

It’s brutal

[indigo drift]

start of second stage is dday, run into turrets and if unlucky, a bulk detonator and a swarm

[jovial inlet]

I agree, to stay alive we had to use some ziplines

We'd stay in the air and wipe all the glyphids out before repairing

The amount of swarmers was ridiculous tho lmao

[indigo drift]

that's creative

[jovial inlet]

I often use this strategy during swarms, since it means that only macteras and menace/spitters are a threat

[indigo drift]

I decided to just go persistent plasma driller and sit inside the charged EPC impact (non-tcf explosion)

swarmers just go to me and delete themselves

[jovial inlet]

The EPC stays that long ?

[nocturne agate]

тут есть русские ?

[indigo drift]

not sure if its long without persistent plasma but it lasts like 5 seconds for me

or slightly more

[jovial inlet]

that's quite long

[nocturne agate]

они тут есть ?

[indigo drift]

yea, I use it like a mini shield that kills swarmers for stage 1

[jovial inlet]

I think corrosive/toxic build do destroy gliphyds quite quickly too

I usually run corrosive pump, toxic grenades and the cooker with some buffs to poisoned enemies

[indigo drift]

yea, I ran VIM for my primary, I wanted to bring the CSPR but I needed something to handle the dread for stage 2

[jovial inlet]

VIM ?

[indigo drift]

volatile impact mixture

for the sludge gun

[jovial inlet]

Ohh

[indigo drift]

specifically because of the stage 2 dread

[jovial inlet]

It's an overclock ?

[indigo drift]

yep

[jovial inlet]

I don't have any meaningful overclock on the pump yet, so i only run a green one

[indigo drift]

does a lot quick sludge damage upon impact, I just spam normal shots at stuff

[nocturne agate]

я не понимаю тут есть русские или нет

[indigo drift]

ah ok. my favorites are VIM and disperser compound

[jovial inlet]

i see, i usually prefer painting the whole cave with corrosive mixture to slow down all mobs, and kill smallers one

and use the wave cooker to do meaningful damage, it's quite effective

[nocturne agate]

АААААААААААААА

[indigo drift]

yep you would love the disperser compound, it does just that

[jovial inlet]

We do not speak russian, i'm sorry

[nocturne agate]

Okay, I'm sorry.

[jovial inlet]

I just saw on the wiki, it's a really great overclock

I'll try to get it then

[indigo drift]

#fan-communities has a link to the russian fan community, that might help

[nocturne agate]

Oh thank you 🙂

[jovial inlet]

What do you think of the flamethrower ?

[indigo drift]

I like the one that extends my range by like.... 5 meters?

it's very useful for industrial sabotage

since I need the extra reach

[jovial inlet]

Oh lol, my favorite one is the exact opposite, i run face melter

[indigo drift]

ohh nice

[jovial inlet]

I have 7 range, but I really like the damage output

[indigo drift]

I don't really use CSPR often, but run it every time EDD throws in IS missions

just need to have something to reach patrol bots/tentacles while I'm above the CT

[drifting tinsel]

i love my face melter, all my heat is inside

i brought it to this EDD and it was my savior against rival tech

nemesis overheat go brrrrrr

[jovial lichen]

any suggestions on scout build for EDD? (currently running the normal mobility build with special powder + hoverclock)

[indigo drift]

in general or for this EDD specifically?

I've seen some crazy stuff scouts could do with special powder that could shorten aquark delivery time

[jovial lichen]

this one

been having a hard time on stage 1

[indigo drift]

are you rolling with a team?

I'd probably bring fire bolts if I couldn't rely much on my teammates for the swarmers, also the fact that theres rival presence in stage 2.

but if my team can handle the swarms just fine I'd be running special powder just to get aquarks faster

leaving the remaining advice to scout mains here since I'm not really experienced with scout beyond that.

[jovial lichen]

alright, thanks

[candid yoke]

ive found as a scout one trick, the best thing that you can do to consistently get to the victory screen is always try to advance the objective while ignoring bugs to save as much time as possible

you have enough mobility to basically nullify every threat in the cave except for stationary ranged enemies like spitballers

[jovial lichen]

can't listen to any advice from you||, just got rickrolled🙃 ||

[candid yoke]

even if you can only dig an aquarq halfway, just dig DIFFERENT one then go back

[jovial lichen]

true

[candid yoke]

when you move away from an objective item, the bugs also move away

so if you keep on moving while ALSO doing the objective, you can ignore the bugs and progress at the same time

you can apply this concept to nearly every mission in the game

[candid yoke]

yw ;)

[gray remnant]

Why can't I talk in chat

[jovial lichen]

you just did

[gray remnant]

🤓

[jovial lichen]

go to #welcome-and-rules, you're prob lacking roles

[wise tusk]

edd was fun asf

got 900 kills first stage

💀

[quartz karma]

Edd this week was funny

2nd stage my entire team got beamed by turrets while I failed hack for like 30s

[jovial lichen]

it was my first edd and I don't think I'm doing edd anymore xD

[indigo drift]

It gets much easier once you get some overclocks to improve your weapons

[dusty sandal]

hi, how can i join the audio conversation pods?

[jovial lichen]

get a role on #welcome-and-rules

[dusty sandal]

thanks

[icy hollow]

what are the DDs looking this week? fun? strugglefest?

[zenith ember]

edd doesnt have anything noteworthy aside from huge amounts of nitra

my team has 800+ on round 3

[stable bear]

EDD looks pretty long though, but if theres enough nitra it shouldn’t be a problem

[formal hawk]

well

[jovial lichen]

It was my first EDD, but we struggled a lot on phase 1, phase 2 is though when leaving the pod and quite chill after that if you don't take too long ofc and phase 3 is chill. So I'd recommend not being cheap on resupplies on phase 1, taking a resup right before going to phase 2 and leaving the pod slowly. Also prob a good idea to use heat builds.

[ember island]

Hi

[jovial lichen]

Normal DD was quite easy

[indigo drift]

yea, once you complete an EDD stage, normal DD is no different from haz 3, even with level 3.5

[lime hollow]

I could see first stage of the EDD being rough if you don't have good wave clear. Swarmageddon and a black box makes it tight on bullets. Just remember to eat your loot bugs if you start going dry too early

[jovial lichen]

It took me 4 tries with 3 different groups, on first 2 groups we struggled a lot with the timing, got really unlucky with swarms stacking with events and we were massacrated when leaving the pod on phase 2. Last group was way more coordinated and we got the pipes ready way faster, still I struggled the most on phase 1, the rest was a breeze

I was the driller on all for I think, maybe scout on one

[fair brook]

How do I access a regular chat?

[pure cliff]

gotta pick a role in #welcome-and-rules

[ocean basin]

Why are there no avalable deep dives to join

and why is noone joining my game

[pallid haven]

nobody wants to play the deep dives or somethings up with the servers

[jovial lichen]

prob the first, a lot of ppl did deep dives yesterday

[eager atlas]

default setting is "Private" so make sure you set it to public

[ocean basin]

Thanks

[sullen pagoda]

this weeks EDD was kinda weak except for phase 2 with like 20 rival turrets being directly next to spawn

[bronze valve]

I wish I got a screen shot but I was scout and I mined like 1400 minerals on the EDD

Most I’ve ever done before

A large portion of it was the lootbugs on stage 1

[sullen pagoda]

damn i also beat my record of kills with scout

on the edd

[bronze valve]

Yeah the EDD this week was pretty easy

I wanna beat my record for time completed but it’s so hard with long missions like the refinery

Last EDD had like 2 long missions the refinery and caretaker

[wraith shard]

hello

[indigo drift]

was helping out friends with this EDD and noticed that on stage 2 I either keep getting at least 1 bulk detonator or 1 nemesis

[grand schooner]

MY FIRST DEEP DIVE!

Quite fun.

For a second, I thought we lost the mission on level 2.

The cave generation on level 2 was also kinda funny.

Level 1 and 3 were a breeze tho.

[hard lynx]

Shit missclick

Did u get any good overclock?

[grand schooner]

Blank Matrix Core, Compact Ammo, and Copper Patinate.

[hard lynx]

I think compact ammo is quite allright

So it's nice :))

[final prism]

Did my first deep dive with a friend yesterday. Had just promoted to bronze. Gott say, it was a lot of fun and I'm excited to do more, but low oxygen point extraction was a little wild

[wraith shard]

I'm sure you'll enjoy shield disruption hollow bough

[high ivy]

edd 2nd stage died a bunch of times because i couldnt do shit against rivals with cryo+cwc

killed like 2 patrol bots with ice spear and that was it

[valid socket]

hollyyy moly

stage 2 on the elite deep dive is crazy

[indigo drift]

My teams downs count is mostly from stage 2 during the beginning and in the middle of the dread fight

[valid socket]

lmao first try we spent like 30 minutes on stage 2 and ended up dying, it literally felt like a hazard 6x2 game 😭

we did it the second try thp

[jolly wing]

Yea.

20+ Minutes in PE haz 5 (in this case, EDD stage 2), depending on the aquarc count, i usually mostly declare the mission FUBAR

[valid socket]

10 aquarq and a dreadnaught

we did it faster second time but still had some close moments lol

i think we did rly well considering 2 of us had like 1 or 2 promotions on the classes they were playing and i was playing at 20 fps

[mellow cradle]

it also depends on if you had a plan
for example we knew there was going to be a dreadnaught, and that the turret control will be by the drop pod
so the driller (running sticky fuel because of stage 1) digged near the panel to hack it, and after that we pop the dread to avoid any waves from spawning
so the 3 of us fought the dreadnought, and the driller (ill equipped to deal with it) collected aquarqs, and we ended up with a pretty decent time this way

[valid socket]

we knew what was where but didnt rly have a plan

[raven carbon]

Good plan to split the driller

[mellow cradle]

there also were unaccounted for things

like a nemesis spawning during the 2 minute countdown

[wraith shard]

This edd mean asf

[valid socket]

same happened to me as well

and a bulk spawned

or 2 i didnt notice

despite one spawning at the start of the mission lmao

[sage pewter]

this edd is like actually ridiculous

never failed an edd this much before

[sage pewter]

it was worth it tho, got special powder at the end of it

[frozen bolt]

Gonna play my first edd any suggestions?

also looking for a squad 😄

[frozen bolt]

wtf

[slate glacier]

its one of those nights, eh?

[frozen bolt]

chill

[sand juniper]

<@&296918282403840000>

That being said. Man the starting point for this week's EDD stage 2 is crazy.

[frozen bolt]

just about to start that

wish me luck

[sand juniper]

Good luck!

[frozen bolt]

that didn't take long

we all died

[sand juniper]

Yeah the rival turrets are a pain. Do y'all have a driller that can bunker and tunnel towards the hacking central asap?

[frozen bolt]

i am the driller

we had a bulk detonator so we couldn't

it spawned righ ton top of the hacking terminal

[sand juniper]

F

[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!
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[hot forge]

Hey all! I'm new to the Discord server. How do I get access to chat in DRG Chat?

[indigo drift]

Get roles in #welcome-and-rules

[hot forge]

Thanks!

[eager atlas]

we had a detonator spawn righjt at the begining, before we could even leave there it was on our face

[random roost]

someone wanna common deep dive?

[wild ermine]

why is second stage of elite deep dive always that hard????

[mellow cradle]

it's not always that hard
but it is pretty challenging this week, because it's the hardest mission type, with one of the hardest mutators (and a dread)

[wild ermine]

deep dive weeek before was to

[mellow cradle]

last week was refinery with black box and elite threat, no?

I didn't find it very hard

especially since you had carry over nitra from sabotage on stage 1

[wild ermine]

yes

btw another 4 failed elite deep dives

[hollow sky]

EDD is a bitch this week

[wild ermine]

and week before to

[desert cloud]

wow. just finished the sand elite deep dive

[flint widget]

Stage 2 is a pain

and stage 1 is also a pain

[wraith shard]

I might do a deep dive, anyone wanna join me when I do?

[jolly herald]

Just finished EDD, did it with 3 after our driller quit first stage

it is indeed a spicy one

Stage 1 you just need to conserve nitra, as Engi VIR is mandatory for swarms
Stage 2 when you jump out of the drop pod jsut book it to the right hand side cave, there is a low area with plenty of space to kite swarms and you can loop back round on the turret controller. We sent our scout to aquarq and nitra hunt while we 2 manned the dread, i was running EXE Lok1 for the dread
Stage 3 actually kinda rough still, the refuel pod is grief - i think i quad dipped ammo to build us a platform and roof to defend

you will 100% need repellent to handle the elite swarms in stage 3

[mellow cradle]

or some other forms of ai override like fear or pheros

[jolly herald]

yeah

luckily in stage 3 nitra is plentiful so you can go ham with your loadouts

i think i had perma SSG up for the last 4 minutes

hence getting 1670 kills

[mellow cradle]

I was playing scout

with ASS, SP, and phero grenades

#drg-gallery message

[jolly herald]

18 revives

damn you carried em haha

[mellow cradle]

special powder and pheros are good for not dying

[jolly herald]

Stage 1 I abused pillars for bug pathing

With VIR it was OP

[marble hinge]

we just wiped on stage 2...overwhelmed by endless bugs, didnt get to resupply...and then we had nemesis AND the dread at the same time

[fervent flame]

What's this week torture assignment?

[eager atlas]

bots and shredders get too annoying after a while

a random nemesis spawned can only be ignored to some extent

fun fact triggering the dreadnought before minute 4 might be a better idea since it prevents timed swarms from spawning

you still get ambient bugs but it's a little less to deal with and the dreadnought can only follow one person at a time

[remote condor]

ROCK AND STONE

[hybrid fossil]

thank you pheromone grenades for bewing genuinely overpowered i love throwing one into a crowd and having every bug on the map be distracted really came in clutch on stage 3 of the edd

[raven ether]

Guys I need help

How do I get a permission to join a channel?

And how can I write in drg chat?

[random rampart]

Read #welcome-and-rules and get roles

[cold kindle]

Looks like i have massive skill issue

I didn't beat edd after 5 attempts

I always struggle on stage 2

Me and the boys trying to hack damn sentry controller while being under attack of 2 bulk detonators :)

[jovial lichen]

heat builds all around, don't leave the pod immediately

[cold kindle]

Yeah i'm using this mechanic that you're almost invincible while being inside of drop pod

But damn

Still hard

[jovial lichen]

are you taking a resupply before going in?

btw, are you doing it solo?

[sand juniper]

Yeah staying inside of the pod helps a lot.

[coral oriole]

Hi

[smoky oyster]

Is the stage 3 worse than 2

I can pass it

Stage 2 I mean

Its rough af

[fossil wraith]

Does the game still get updated? Is it worth redownloading?

[cold kindle]

Nah,with team of random ppl that i found in server list

[cold kindle]

Sure

It's really useful to stay inside of drop pod cuz it allows you to take down a lot of shit that spawns at the beginning of point extraction

But we still struggle

Let me explain

Stage 2 begins,we staying inside of drop pod and killing bugs

Then we trying to disable sentry contoller

But smth always messes up

Bulk detonator spawns or we just got swarmed

We spending a lot of time tring to hack sentry controller

3 players dying

1 last standing player trying to rescue us while being shot by sentries,patrol bots and bited by bugs

We actually surviving this

Last player revives us but damn it's too late

Cuz it takes 25-30 minutes

[chilly shore]

hot drop into rival presence is always difficult
helps to abuse drop pod, shield, drills

[cold kindle]

On haz 5 point extraction after 30+ minutes is pure hell

We just can't kill all bugs

New bugs spawns and we have to kill them cuz we also need to carry aquarq

We running out of ammo,nitra and dying

• annoying rival presence

Patrol bots and shredders are really annoying

We almost delivered last aquarq but this bastards shoot us while we was on zip line

And we died due to fall damage

massive skill issue

And this is only stage 2

Stage 3 is haz 5.5 + elite threat + salvage

Imagine elite bulk detonator shows up on uplink or fuel cells

💀

[chilly shore]

the game calls it 5.5 but the numbers are really more like 5.15 so dont stress too much about it

[cold kindle]

Oh okay

Well,if we pass through stage 2 maybe we'll pass through stage 3,if we'll be luck enough

And damn bulk detonators won't show up during uplink or fuel cells charging

[chilly shore]

yea bulks can be tough on salvage
scout should look for them early, then go to them and apply IFG and hopefully some other kind of electricity as well so they almost completely stop moving
then kill quickly and use shield to survive the meatballs

If it's really bad then you can run away from the bubble for a moment during the explosion, and then hopefully survive to come back

[old widget]

<@&296918282403840000> discord invite spam

[wraith shard]

Hmm hi, can someone help me ? I can talk here, but can't talk in other channel, a moderator can help me ?

[pure cliff]

need to pick roles in #welcome-and-rules

[wraith shard]

Thanks mate

[fervent flame]

Question, in general do all missions get harder the 15 minutes mark?

[frozen bolt]

yes, waves get more and more frequent as time goes on

[mellow cradle]

https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Swarm

only point extraction has ramping up in frequency pressure waves, and announced swarms are on a set timer

mining expeditions and refining missions also have announced swarms based on a semi-random timer

other mission types just have ambient spawns and certain swarm trigger conditions

but in general it's better to complete missions quicker, as even the ambient spawns can deplete your ammunition and nitra supplies

[wraith shard]

I finish this deep dive

What a pain

Horrible map for horrible obj

Thanks to the 3 stage who pick a bit of kind in our heart

For people who need tips

For the first stage, do black box first, make a bunker, After that, just wait for the black box cooking, if a pretorian of bulk Come, i Hope u have a good driller, After black box, Speedrun pipe for quit this fucking pain stage, oh and yeah, tell to scout he have a job to do with nitra, lot of nitra first stage

Second stage ? Well, i Hope u take anti-dread, and u are patient, for me, i just run to the right when pod Spawn for dont be shot by the tower, After that, kill some tower and go desactivate all (use the Big things) After, go dread and kill him TRUELY FAST, After go acquarc, this stage IS horrible from the start to the end

For last stage, just bunker the obj and u good

Rock and stone mate

[edgy owl]

basic DD today was pretty easy, EDD was pain

took me and 2 others nearly and hour for EDD

stage one took 19 years

[wraith shard]

Basic DD is easy, like cooking pasta, for EDD, the problem is not the first, if you got shreder, u laugh about little bug, the problem is second stage

Cause second stage in obj and is Map terrible

Only 3rd stage is ok

Like you just exit from the hell and we give you a ice cream

[edgy owl]

2nd stage EDD was a bit eh, nothing bad

[wraith shard]

Truely ? U are lucky, each Time i got one Némésis or bulk who smile to me when i out pod

The most horrible i got is 2 nemesis and 1 bulk

At this Time i just sing Napoléon music

And Hope Karl help me

[lunar linden]

I only got 1 bulk

Other than that it wasnt too bad, just had to kill the dreadnaught while collecting aquarqs

The Mole made quick work of it

Stage 3 was 💤 🛌

[wraith shard]

Why only me who got this painfull rng

[wraith shard]

Stage 3 it's a walk in a village in Romania

[lunar linden]

I dunno about your rng but i got Sticky Fuel out of it

[wraith shard]

I think game want to me something

Like

Dont use nuclear weapon

Buuuuttttttttttt

Too funny

[wraith shard]

When the New saison???

[thorny gull]

June 31st

[wraith shard]

Ok

[eager atlas]

use bulk to kill dreadnought, but letting the dreadnought roam carefree is kinda better since it prevents announced swarms from spawning

[eternal gorge]

Why can’t I speak in half the channels?

[jovial lichen]

you're missing roles, head out to #welcome-and-rules

[eternal gorge]

Figured that out. Thanks for letting me know though!

[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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[sharp bridge]

Spawn in stage 2 is horrible this week, but there's a somewhat safe way to deactivate everything, which you can see here: https://youtu.be/fzWdMmr8Z2I?si=HdCDXu02_yTo1PcX&t=1603 (sorry for the audio/video quality)

you just have your driller go at bottom floor from drop pod, dig a bunker

then call a resupply to the left and have your scout climb up the hole to get to the level of the main turret

just dig and deactivate

it's a minor thing, you still need to deal with the rest of the mission, but we failed it once because we were getting shot inside the pod by the turrets

[little oracle]

hi

[jolly herald]

this seems quite complex and time consuming on a mission that gets more difficult as time goes on?
If you take a right as soon as you get off the drop pod you come to a lower area free from turrets with good cover from the snipers.
From here you can tunnel to behind the controller, start collecting aquarqs, pick the sniper turrets safely etc

[cold kindle]

Well well well

Today is last day before deep dives will be refreshed

and i still didn't beat edd

[jolly herald]

On stage 1 get engi to build platform bridges near the morkite rig to cheese bug pathing, repellent or phero for the black box and bring a driller for the highest morkite well
on stage 2 see my comment above, send scout on quarqs, pop dread as early as you can before waves get too nasty
stage 3 drill refuel pod to make it more defensible and you are good

[cold kindle]

Cheese bug pathing with platforms?

But..how?

[jolly herald]

You put platforms on a high piece of terrain

Build a bridge to another high piece of terrain

But break the middle of it

The bugs run up to get you

You jump across

They have to run back down to go up the other side

Using this you can abuse ground based swarms indefinitely

[opaque sluice]

anybody still doing the normal deep dive

i did the elite deep dive and forgot about the normal one

[chilly shore]

how my pub beat edd stage 2:

drop pod door opens
multiple burst turrets shooting in my face
turret controller is by them
stay inside pod
kill turrets with lsls/hellfire
notice driller has tried to drill to the turret controller but fell into a lower area and died
mfw
ok burst turrets are dead
dash up the hill
shield on turret controller
scout starts hacking inside shield
meanwhile kill sniper turrets
shield ends, scout starts taking damage
at least most turrets are gone so he isnt losing health too fast
hellfire to clear out bugs from him
he is able to complete the hack
ok now is ez
go down hill and rescue driller
nice
oh hey engi is also here. engi what have u been doing this whole time? who knows but i guess it worked

[wraith shard]

I aint reading all that, but I'm happy for you, or sorry that happened.

[tacit mango]

Lmfao

emotional damage

[grand dune]

has anybody ever done a karl would be proud elite deep dive

[sharp bridge]

nah it really takes little time, you can see from the video... maybe it's also because we were 4 but it didn't look too complicated imho

I didn't realise about the area on the right though, good catch

[patent elk]

Now that sounds like a fun challenge

[foggy sapphire]

one of the more intense EDDs in a while for me tbh

[west merlin]

That's extremely cool, thanks for sharing this

Although I forgot to suggest any of these to my team today

[west merlin]

Is that the "without going down or calling a resupply"? I'm sure people have done without going down by resupply sounds nigh impossible

[grand dune]

yeah the achievement i’m pretty sure is haz 5 mission no downs or resupply

[chilly shore]

closest ive seen is no resupply and one down on an edd
but the more impressive thing is that it was also no kills

[west merlin]

Yeah to get no resupply you'd have to rush through and avoid many fights, 0 kills is really impressive though

What were the mission types?

[warped veldt]

if there isnt zone defense or dreadnaught, zero kill without resupply seems pretty doable

[chilly shore]

salvage/egg, refinery/egg, egg/mules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12hOLAcT9ew

[narrow smelt]

Is there any chance of finding people to do the dive deeps on wednesday?

This discord is honestly a bit more dead than I thought it would be

"Dead" isnt the right word, but def less active

[mellow cradle]

it's going to be tough

[eager atlas]

scout is probably the only class that can do karl must be proud reliably on EDD, at least in any non-painful manner

[earnest charm]

Mb somebody want to play elite deep dive rn, we need driller.

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
Planet scanning is still in progress, 12 hours left until new Deep Dives!
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[mellow cradle]

[cyan birch]

I could help if you'd like

[west merlin]

I just open to public and usually have people join in a few minutes, if you don't mind not using voice chat

[rocky quest]

I've really had it with this week's second stage..

[wind thunder]

Still not at the point where I can do Elite Deep Dives, so yeah, I've been doing standard Deep Dives for a good long while since I still have matrix cores to forge. 😛

[jolly herald]

have you checked the advice above, there are a few strats to getting the 2nd stage done

[rocky quest]

Well, you need more than one person for it, and so far people I've played with have not been sufficiently good.

[indigo drift]

I would say that you can solo this EDD with persistent plasma Driller, because that particular OC allows you to just charge shot and stand inside or behind the plasma AoE while doing tasks

For primary I guess sludge gun cuz of the dread (stage2)

[jolly herald]

EDD can be solo'd and on my second stage both my teammates went down when they left the drop pod so its definitely doable

[rocky quest]

Well, if I was going to solo an EDD, I'd be playing gunner, and I don't want to do the first stage as a solo gunner.

[jolly herald]

depends how much you want the overclock core i guess

[rocky quest]

I've got most of them, and there's always next week.

I'm just not sure I have the energy or will to complete this EDD in the next four hours.

[jolly herald]

understandable

it was one of the more fun ones for me, we had a few spicy moments where we nearly wiped

[rocky quest]

I've done stage one too many times for it to still be fun.

[jolly herald]

but i get that the fun wears out after multiple attempts

[rocky quest]

If I could be put down solo in stage 2, I reckon I could probably hack it.

[jolly herald]

that top morkite well...

[rocky quest]

Maybe after a few tries, but I just don't want to do stage one again.

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
New Deep Dives will be available in one hour!
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[eager atlas]

you don't, I'd argue dives are easier alone since you have full control of the pacing and virtually infinite ammo

[eager atlas]

thunderhead works great against swarmers, I'd personally recommend driller for solo though, can easily do pipes and flames on ground will get rid of any swarmer, aquarqs and bots are also easy to deal with

[mellow cradle]

the dread though

it's going to be a problem with crispr

[jolly herald]

solo dread is a PITA

[mellow cradle]

I don't know what that means

[jolly herald]

pain in the ass

[mellow cradle]

eh, it's fine with the free roars it gives you
not on driller with crispr though

if I were to do this EDD solo, I would do it with engi EXE/inferno (plasma trail), or EM discharge/OB, or EXE/VIR

[heavy gorge]

Im looking for someone to play with, is this the true place

[quaint pasture]

it's really only the dread that is a problem for a driller solo

otherwise every other objective is either perfect or near perfect for him

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
New Deep Dives are now available!
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[ivory marten]

I wonder what the dive is.

[jolly herald]

surely it won't be as rough as last weeks.. right...right?

[ivory marten]

Nope, that would be #lfg-steam/ #lfg-modded-steam

[drifting tinsel]

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 May 16 to 2024 May 23 (Week 243)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1716462000:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Sandblasted Corridors | Code Name: Sharp View
Stage 1: On-Site Refining + Twins | No Mutator
Stage 2: 4 Eggs + Black Box | Exploder Infestation
Stage 3: 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s + Uplink + Hiveguard | **Critical Weakness ** Shield Disruption

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Dense Biozone | Code Name: Furious Bedrock
Stage 1: On-Site Refining + 150 Morkite | Cave Leech Cluster
Stage 2: 200 Morkite + Black Box | Rival Presence
Stage 3: 4 Eggs + 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s | Elite Threat

Here's your reminder that if you had Deep Rock Galactic open while the weekly assignments and dives refreshed, you'll need to restart the game to access new weeklies. Your game will still be stuck in last week's rotations otherwise!
If you're new to the Discord, please remember to drop by #welcome-and-rules and grab a platform role by reacting to a message. Thanks -- Rock and Stone!

[ivory marten]

That was FAST

How-

How you do that.

[mellow cradle]

thank you

[jolly herald]

Looks fine this week

[eager atlas]

A small price to pay for salvation
Can always do sludge, less efficient for eternal swarmer spam but much better for single target, alternative explosive reload subata is good for dreads if available

[cold kindle]

FLASHBACK

Rival presence on stage 2 and elite threat on stage 3

Just like in previous edd...

💀

But at least this time no aquarqs

And no salvage on last stage

[cold kindle]

On-site refining on 1st stage of edd

again

Damn

[opaque sluice]

how is the new deep dives?

dense biozone sounds not fun

[cold kindle]

Naedocyte shockers

My beloved

[zenith ember]

edd is easy

like beginner friendly easy

[open tide]

Yeah EDD this time around is mad easy

[jolly herald]

it looks easy tbh, they heard the cries for help last week

[stray night]

That last elite dive was the worst thing to ever happen to anyone

[drifting tinsel]

last week's EDD had me witnessing the horrors

[wraith shard]

I am probably one of the few people that liked the last EDD lol, this one felt way too easy to the point of being unsatisfying

[jolly herald]

I also liked it

knowing stage 2 was tough as nails gave a feeling of apprehension when you were in the drop pod about to jump out

if i want easy haz 5 missions i'll just pick them in the server browser, its fun when EDD is a challenge

[wraith shard]

Exactly, we are on the same wavelenght

[onyx dirge]

No problem with last week's deep dive either. We ran a full gunner team

[raven carbon]

Had amazing team for EDD

Half an hour complete

Doing DD and entire team disconnected

In stage 3

😔

[raven carbon]

It's very easy

All the pumps are right there

And the morkite you need is all within visible range of the refinery

Same room

Super easy EDD overall

Last week was a nightmare

[raven carbon]

Idk why there's spawn variation in EDDs tbh, it's supposed to be same hazard level from one week to the next

But stage 2 and 3 from last week were simply not comparable with stage 2 and 3 from this week respectively

In terms of spawn frequency or count

[jolly herald]

isn't it tied to objectives/cave gen rather than hazard level?

i will see when i do the EDD this week i guess

[patent zenith]

I had an absolute blast last week. First time in ages that I felt that way playing DRG. Though I’m blue 2star in all my characters, and have all the overclocks. I understand the lower level players without many decent OCs may have not had such a fun time 😅

I agree the EDD should be a challenge to everyone, and frankly I’d like to see something more like stage 2 of last week on every stage of edd.

[native timber]

edd this week was insanely easy

my lobby finished at almost 31m

[patent zenith]

Sad. I was hoping for another round of intense war crimes and emotional damage.

[stray night]

I like challenges too, just not deathmarches. It also helps if I actually run it with a team instead of solo engi.

[cold kindle]

Hm

Should i try solo edd

As you say this time edd is incredible ez

I never did edd solo before

Cuz i have massive skill issue

[drifting tinsel]

this week's EDD is seriously dirt easy so if you want to solo it i'm sure you'll be fine

nitra is pretty abundant so there should be no worries there

[native timber]

the bug density isnt even that high that ammo economy is an issue

[wraith shard]

I understand that it can be frustrating for them but they shouldn't be joining an EDD lobby if they don't have the necessary equipment and experience to pull themselves through. I had a greenbeard lobby in the previous EDD, I assured them it is all right when they die since they are all greenbeards and the scout said 'I didn't know greenbeards play in EDD's' after dying 10+ times lol(21 in the end). A lot of greends tend to be cocky and start complaining about the difficulty when they inevitably fail imo

[raven carbon]

Yeah unfortunately I didn't get a good team and this was one of the few times I didn't like having greenbeards

25+ downs on a single player makes it a liability that's difficult to make up for in such a difficult edd

Had two greenbeards with two digit levels and failed two attempts

Last week really didn't allow any weak links

[raven carbon]

Cave gen doesn't affect spawns afaik, the objectives affect the spawn frequency yes

[cold kindle]

Well 1st stage was very simple

"Cave leech cluster" Also cave leech cluster: 2 leeches

I even brought hightened senses cuz i was afraid of this warning

But damn better if i pick smth better like dash

[warped veldt]

this edd looks like good time to try 0 kill run

[patent zenith]

Oh Yeah I’ve experienced that a lot since the steam sale a few months ago brought in a lot of new players, not to the rage-quitting when it goes wrong 😅.
Part of me (ego) thinks “they’re all bronze/silver, but it’s fine, I’ll carry them and it’ll be a fun challenge”.

However about 50% of the time in those situations the team gets destroyed and i have no ammo and no way to overcome the hordes. Then the host rage quits 😅

[cold kindle]

Guys you was so right

This edd is incredible ez

[humble harbor]

looks like driller's paradise

[faint lintel]

why cant i chat in any other channels???

i literally cannot type in anything other then this one

[sour rain]

did you get your roles in the welcome channel?

I realized the same thing a few mins ago

[raven carbon]

Yes it is

[raven carbon]

Get a role in welcome

[fervent flame]

so whats this week deep dive and elite deep dive

[old widget]

pinned messages has the deets

[sullen pagoda]

been a while since ive seen shield disruption on a deep dive

time for EDD

this EDD might be easier than the DD with shield disruption on stage 3

[jolly herald]

I didn't realise it was shield disruption till after the drop pod was powering up it was that easy

[hot cargo]

people abandoned me on my deep dive, scout was the alst to leave even though i said it was worth a shot to kee ptrying

guess ill test my luck with soloing the rest

[hot cargo]

i did great

[flint widget]

Well dang.

EDD was really easy this week.

[zenith ember]

You havent seen the hellholes in some of the edd last year

200 m height molten core with low oxygen, egg hunt + dread

Literal floor(what floor LOL) is lava stage

Or some of the IS caretaker caves before they changed the cave generation and nerfed how frequent IS stages appear

[bright gale]

The new one is like waaaaay easier

Maybe even too easy

[bright gale]

Setting up pipelines must've been fun especially the one at the very top

[vital kraken]

i just did a deep dive does anyone know what i do with a blank martix core?

[karmic wraith]

There should be random spawn events in missions that require the trytilite key. Do those to unlock the core infuser

Omen towers, kursite infections, trytilite crystals, ebonite swarms, etc. That kinda thing

Use the core infuser with a blank core and it'll give you 2 overclocks and 1 cosmetic option to pick from. All random in what class it'll be for

[vital kraken]

tysm

[karmic wraith]

Np

Overclocks are one of the best and most fun thing to grind for. Especially if you get the FAT BOY

[vital kraken]

whats the fat boy?

[candid thorn]

big boom boom nuke explodey kabloom pgl oc

[vital kraken]

lol

[karmic wraith]

What he said XD

[candid thorn]

basically turns a grenade launcher into a howitzer firing radioactive shells

[karmic wraith]

Grenade launcher OC for the Engi. Huge ass boom that leaves a radioactive field of death

[candid thorn]

yup

[karmic wraith]

But with max ammo mods you only get like 4. So gotta use them wisely

[candid thorn]

really??

i thought you get like twice as much than that

[karmic wraith]

Nah dude, I use that OC all the time on my engi cuz I like big boom, but yeah max ammo with ammo upgrades is 4.

[candid thorn]

dang

[karmic wraith]

PC mods prolly add more tho

[candid thorn]

yeah that's guaranteed

[karmic wraith]

Not sure how good it is in DDs tho, I've only ever completed 2 and they were regular ones. Haven't successfully done an elite yet

Even if I'm over lvl100 now >_>

But people are saying it is decently easy so I might give it a shot this week.

[candid thorn]

good luck

me personally i always play with a friend so if we die on the last step on the last stage in an edd i can blame it all on him 😊

[jolly herald]

my first elite deep dive was with a 2nd engi with fat boy, he unintentionally griefed the team non stop with fatboy, every time i heard the pgl fire it was immediately followed by 'oh shit sorry'

[candid thorn]

lol

yeah another reason why engineer is my least played class

[karmic wraith]

That's why I use friendly perk on anything higher than haz3, to avoid unintentionally nuking teammates

[jolly herald]

based

[karmic wraith]

And if I have a sec I pull out the pointer to highlight them to make sure they're not in blast radius

But sometimes heat of the moment doesn't allow that

[jolly herald]

what do you mean sorry?

[onyx dirge]

It was okay, the one at the top had good terrain/caves leading to it. Just had to dig a few meters.

[karmic wraith]

Highlight teammates by pulling out the laser for a split second to see if I'd hit them or not using the nuke

[jolly herald]

yeah I must be missing something as don't understand how the laser pointer indicates if the nuke will hit your teammates, admittedly havent used fat boy in a loooong time

[chilly shore]

laser pointer puts an outline on your teammates so you can see them easier

[jolly herald]

i know this

whats that got to do with the nuke

[chilly shore]

so you can aim at them

duh

[jolly herald]

right, yes

i understand

7am, still waiting for coffee to do its thing

[candid thorn]

the laser pointer shows distance to pinged object so if you ping your teammate and for instance the distance says 11 meters, and the aoe radius of your weapon is 5 meters you're good to go

[jolly herald]

if they are hidden from view you don't want to fire it and accidentally nuke them

[karmic wraith]

Ye. Like if I'm wanting to hit an oppressor or smthn but someone is right on top of it I won't shoot

[jolly herald]

got you, i thought you were pinging them and it had some interaction id never heard of or something

[marble thistle]

Just be like me and constantly quick tap the laser pointer to see where teammates are.

[eager atlas]

considering oppressors have 900 base hp on top of 50% explosion resistance, you really shouldn't fatboy them

[karmic wraith]

Yeah. I stopped doing that once I looked more deeply into specific stats and their percentages. No I just use it for large groups or other strong enemies

Especially wardens on H4 or 5 since they're just so damn annoying

[candid thorn]

me personally i like breach cutter

but i don't know if it's gonna work on this week's elite deep dive

[jolly herald]

breach will be fine on EDD, just bring something to deal with rival presence and elite threat

[karmic wraith]

I just did the elite. I'm sure it'd work.

[candid thorn]

warthog?

[karmic wraith]

Yeah, the turret controller on rival is in a pretty annoying spot so you Def gotta dig under it

And elite threat is on mission 3 of the EDD so its pretty difficult there. Spawned pretty much only praetorians and guards as the elites

For me anyways. Not sure if enemy types can change in dds

[jolly herald]

warthog or lok1 can definitely work

[mellow cradle]

yes, different lobbies can get different elites

[candid thorn]

sick

i always use the warthog so that's good news

[jolly herald]

what OCs do you have for it? you won't be able to deal with the sniper turrets with the warthog but your scout can take them out anyway

[candid thorn]

uhhhhhhh

[mellow cradle]

there are sniper turrets on rival presence?

[candid thorn]

i don't really remember i haven't played in a while

[mellow cradle]

I don't think so

[jolly herald]

we nearly wiped to sniper turrets on last week EDD

[candid thorn]

i think there's all kinds of rival tech on rival presence

[jolly herald]

i havent done this week EDD yet but thought you could get snipers yeah

[candid thorn]

i mean there's always hawkeye system?

for turret

use laser pointer to mark an enemy and turret will shoot at it no matter the distance

[jolly herald]

Patrol Bot and Shredder Rival tech enemies will spawn in a mission with this warning. Presence of Nemesis encounter.
Burst, Sniper and Repulsion turrets are spawned around a Turret Controller unit. If hacked, all turrets are destroyed.

[mellow cradle]

I checked the wiki and apparently snipers can spawn too

[jolly herald]

i think that would gimp you for the other stages

[candid thorn]

who would've guessed

[mellow cradle]

hmm, didn't get any this week or the previous

[jolly herald]

scout can handle snipers fine imo

[mellow cradle]

it has a distance limit, buy it's fairly long

and you are sacrificing the other upgrade

which is way better dps

you can kill sniper turrets even with warthog if you take MPA though