deep-dive-discussion

[dire girder]

it would be nice if there was a loadout system where i could pick the crit build for scout and start with the shotgun or something, would make progression a lot smoother as far as unlocking overclocks goes. it would also be cool if there was a way to unlock higher difficulties without having to play a class i dont want to

[old widget]

#suggestions

[dire girder]

ty i thought that was for the regular game ❤️

[radiant gyro]

You know, if the main Deep Dive mission is to ride the Drillevator further down into the planet to reach the geode, then why can we continue riding it to the next mission of the Deep Dive?

[rough radish]

maybe drillevator has strong drilling power to get thru geode but is too fuel and resource intensive to run that long so they usually use drop pod for longer distances they wouldnt need something so strong for

[fringe thistle]

Friendly perk should work with all forms of ally damage

[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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[crimson iris]

sir, you mined gold

[near knot]

Sense this week has the new crystal mission what is it on consol/windows store

[kind jungle]

wtf is my luck bruh, nemesis spawned on me drillevator deep dive

im toi unskilled to solo this week's dd : (

[jolly herald]

its my lobby i'll mine gold if i want

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
New Deep Dives will be available in one hour!
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[fringe thistle]

soon

my overclocks shall arrive

[jolly herald]

another stab at getting Pump Action

[drifting tinsel]

#lfg-steam

[hybrid sorrel]

oh

sorry

got thwe channels mixed up

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
New Deep Dives are now available!
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[lament ermine]

deep dive

[raw lichen]

deep dive

[drifting tinsel]

Happy Summer Solstice!
Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 June 20 to 2024 June 27 (Week 248)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1719486000:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Azure Weald | Code Name: Gargantuan Trail
Stage 1: 3 Mini-M.U.L.E.s + Uplink + Liquid Morkite Well | No Mutator
Stage 2: Escort Duty + Liquid Morkite Well | Duck and Cover
Stage 3: Industrial Sabotage + Twins | Duck and Cover

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Fungus Bogs | Code Name: Fearful Haunt
Stage 1: 2 Dreadnoughts (Classic + Hiveguard) + 2 Eggs | Regenerative Bugs
Stage 2: 7 Aquarqs + 2 Resonance Crystals | No Mutator
Stage 3: Escort Duty + 150 Morkite | Parasites

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!

[novel flicker]

back to back duck and cover

[arctic plover]

Why does this DD look harder then the EDD fr.

[indigo drift]

eh, who knows, Escort haz 5.5 could be tricky

[reef girder]

Honestly Duck and Cover isn't super terrible outside of high hazards. Generally its just a ton of spitter enemies, which are trivial and squishy

I think unlike mactera swarms, it simply changes normal enemy spawns to favour ranged enemies, rather than having specific mini swarms for ranged enemies

[mellow cradle]

which is worse

[reef girder]

And both Escort Duty and IS have many moments where swarms are prevented, massively reducing the impact

[mellow cradle]

because on mactera plague, you still get normal swarms for the most part

duck and cover makes swarms much harder

[reef girder]

Yes, but again Escort Duty and IS prevent natural swarms during normal play in many places, which is very much part of the danger of duck and cover

Being unprepared

[novel flicker]

My big concern with Duck and Cover + Escort is specifically trijaws
If the team isn't on top of them as they spawn, they'll vaporize the drilldozer

[mellow cradle]

you will still get ranged enemies during drilling, and throughout the entire ommoran fight

[reef girder]

Oh yeah definitely, but being mostly in control of when they spawn helps a ton

[zenith ember]

Bruh duck and cover IS

At least its dd

[placid prism]

current dd is silly

2 duck and cover lmao

I took ntp + the mole

and the last stage jumpscared me

[dark trail]

i dont have these missions

[drifting tinsel]

have you restarted your game?

[raw lichen]

yeah restart it

assignments reset on reloading space rig

deep dives reset on restarting game

[hearty geyser]

Normal dive gonna be a long one this week uh

[raw lichen]

yep

[hard pagoda]

thank god indo sabo isn't on EDD

[jolly herald]

5.5 sabotage would be rough

[hard pagoda]

I shouldn't go with newbies on EDD

[fresh robin]

why does this DD look harder than EDD

[tulip bear]

Wait does res crystal as a sub require a drillevator ride or nah

[mellow cradle]

no

[fresh robin]

nah, you just do deep scan and thats pretty much it

[tulip bear]

WHEW aquarq and drillevator would have been heinous

[fresh robin]

similar to how you repair mini mule but no salvaging of drop pod

[tulip bear]

Thanks lads

[limpid pewter]

I thought the Console DD was the same as PC now?

Or is it because the Season hasn't dropped yet?

[burnt sandal]

it's similar but not the exact same

especially right now considering some things don't exist on console yet

because of the verification process

[limpid pewter]

Are the Console DD stages pinned anywhere?

Since it's Bogs for us instead of Azure

[burnt sandal]

dont believe so

[limpid pewter]

That's alright, I'll go in blind solo

We ball

[burnt sandal]

that's the spirit

good luck down there !

[upbeat seal]

The edd was way better than the regular dd holy shit

EDD went by so fast
DD took forever on every stage

[hearty geyser]

DD went really smoothly, just took a while. At least it had more things to do than last week's

But ngl, that sabo main room generation was weird

[upbeat seal]

It went smoothly but it was looooong

[hearty geyser]

The randos I went with knew what they were doing, so it took us a bit less than an hour

[upbeat seal]

Mini mules into drilldozer into data rock is like
All the longest missions put together lol

[upbeat seal]

Same, but the EDD only took like 30-35, or at least it felt like it (forgot to check)

[hearty geyser]

That's a really quick EDD, good to know

[upbeat seal]

If youve got a good team at least, yeah

Dreads is quick, aquarks is instant, then its just some intimate time with doretta

The shale was easier to get for the EDD

[south oyster]

Wait normal dives sometimes don't give you Matrix Cores?

[burnt sandal]

they do

[south oyster]

Last dive didn't give me any cores :(

[burnt sandal]

they don't if you had already done them

you can't repeat dives for more loot, you gotta wait for the weekly reset

[south oyster]

Waitt there's only 2 deep dives (normal and elite) each week

?

[burnt sandal]

yes

[south oyster]

I am now sad. I guess I don't get my wanted overclock this week

[burnt sandal]

happens

you can still get your weekly core hunt done, get some more through promotions or through forging

[south oyster]

Oooooohh true. Will do the weekly core hunt and a promotion

Are deep dives the way to get more xp?

[burnt sandal]

not really

they usually take pretty long for negligible amount of xp, unless you speedrun them

[south oyster]

So I guess spamming normal dives is the faster way then

[indigo drift]

farm XP mutator missions, and mineral mania on the side in case the promotions become costly

theres not much point in farming xp through dives when you don't get minerals unless you come across a hoarder bug

[south oyster]

Mutator missions is the best way to get xp or we just wait for a double xp mission to come?

[old widget]

Best approach, honestly, is to just play the game...but if you want a decent metric for efficient XP gain, in my experience 500 xp per minute of mission playtime is a good target (or 1000 xp/min for double xp). You'll likely find that certain mission types are faster to complete than others and provide a better return.

Also note that you'll get more PP from ten 5000xp missions than from five 10000xp missions, so if you're trying to also optimize the performance points, going for shorter/smaller missions is better than a 2xp triple/triple escort that takes 25 minutes and yields 45k xp

probably veering into #drg-chat territory tho

[south oyster]

Thank y'all for answering That helps a lot

[lethal igloo]

duck and cover fans stay winning

[lucid gorge]

yes

running any given weeks dd/edd again on the same week will not reward you any overclocks or matrix cores

[analog wigeon]

is it faster to level and farm xp with deep dives then normal missions ?

[mellow cradle]

definitely not

because missions can get double xp, and additional events which give exp, and are way faster

[analog wigeon]

true thx 🙂

[mellow cradle]

not to mention you don't get crafting minerals on dives unless a hoarder spawns

[flint widget]

Longest freaking DD I've ever done

💀

So annoying that three long mission types in a row were generated for this one.

[fresh robin]

Yeah the normal Deep Dive was quite long
Nearly took an hour to complete, and thats with some randos, we were highly effiecient

[fathom shore]

Load into a random Edd , @fluid cloud decides for no valid reason to stop helping then goes afk , i love teammates!

[novel shale]

woag the callout post

[opaque eagle]

Is the basic deepsice doable solo? I see people saying it's long but is it just cause it's tedious, or a lot of enemies?

[winged widget]

i tried 3 atteps solo, always die at stage 2

escort mission with acid spitters raining on you all the time

[opaque eagle]

Ugh okay thanks. Most mobs I can handle solo but the swarmers and the spitters suck. Rock and Stone

[winged widget]

Rock and Stone!

[flint widget]

EDD was really nice.

[opaque eagle]

Wdym? I've never done an EDD what's the difference?

[fresh robin]

EDDs are harder than regular DDs

DDs are from Haz 3-4
EDDs are from Haz 4-5.5

Just the difficulty that is different really

[opaque eagle]

Oof okay so fs need a squad for those. Thanks I appreciate the answer

[fresh robin]

Not just a squad, your squad has to be very experienced

[opaque eagle]

Truth

[manic thicket]

Anyone on

I’m up for anything

[near lynx]

Hey thar. New to the community and I figured I'd hop into the discord finally given how much I'm playing the game 😛
That said though...
is it just me, or are escort missions in general like, way more difficult compared to the last season?

Wound up dropping this EDD with good friends and we couldn't quite pinpoint what went wrong that run. But prior to that it seems like despite being able to function in haz 5 on solo or teams, escort duties have been the one constant to failed missions for me.

[boreal snow]

guys is there anyway to play the tutorial again

wrong chat mb

[upbeat seal]

Went i played it the gunner stayed by the spawn to protect the dozer and the rest of us scouted ahead to help clear out the fixed spawn enemies like the spitballers and spawners

It was the first time id done that strat but it helped a lot

We also didnt need to stop midway for more nitra since we'd already grabbed most of it

[near lynx]

Yeah. We did a little driller cheese and everything was peachy up until the endfight when we got completely overrun and couldn't pinpoint what it was that specifically took us our or what blunders were made. But I noticed in my own gameplay in either solo or with friends that escorts are disproportionately where our failed missions are coming from.

prior to these clearing escorts used to be clockwork. In solo play I find myself now regularly giving up segments of the dozer just to keep my head above water, along with that new attack that instantly phases dotty. Also an alarming number of bulk detonator spawns for some reason, but even outside of that it just seems to to spawn in the meanest bugs possible

I can't put my finger on why outside of the new crystal cage attack, but escorts feel absolutely jacked up now compared to just a month ago.

[upbeat seal]

Yeaaaa we lost a tread each on the tail end of the last two phases

Managed to barely keep the bulk detonator away from the dozer

[near lynx]

I decided to hop in here and vibe check myself because I'm legit wondering if it's just me or if this mission type's out of control now 🤣

[upbeat seal]

The new cage attack definitely makes it harder

It also helps to have the wider radius shield on gunner, that way you can cover the whole dozer

[near lynx]

yeah... I think what shook me awake was the time I was helping a friend grind haz 3... And I got the combo of bulk det AND crystal cages.
...On Haz 3.

[upbeat seal]

I think with good turret setup from engineer and good grenade usage all around you should be able to handle it

Plus keeping the detonators away lol

You definitely want dual turrets too, not just a single one

Shredders on engi are powerful but im a big fan of the decoy, exactly because of how quickly bulk detonators can destroy the dozer

[near lynx]

yeah. Scout kiting at the time of the first attempt I felt was on point, as I was keeping all manner of grunts spreaders and stingtails off the main team. I'm guessing someone was slacking on the dozer defense. I feel my kiting wasn't good as I was getting hit a lot but didn't have much wiggle room in the heartstone arena.

I'll see what other folks think though, I imagine there's a lot of people who noticed how absolutely jacked up escort endfights are now.

[upbeat seal]

For the EDD? I thought that room was pretty large

Maybe you needed some more platforms on the walls to help redirect enemies

[near lynx]

Yeah. It didn't feel like I had much room to work with - even though I was repping double barrel, pheromones and the lightning overclock on the deepcore rifle

[upbeat seal]

With fear on the double barrel right?

[lethal kraken]

Holy shit I am never ever playing a duck and cover escort as a driller

6 spitters on the fucking ceiling destroyed my dottys health in 20 seconds

And I couldn't do shit to them cuz I had a sludge pump

[upbeat seal]

Subata comes in clutch with the sludge pump

[sand juniper]

Microwave my beloved sniping tool.

Just did the DD on a public lobby. Interesting how the dreadnought egg is on the same room as the Caretaker. Wonder if anyone's tried to do them both at the same time yet.

Also the cave generation already provides a nice ring shaped platform for the driller to drop the C4's, which was nice.

[vague sun]

Stage 3 EDD is evil

[upbeat seal]

Worst part was parasites and the detonators tbh

[jolly herald]

pretty sure i boosted a russian streamer through the DD last night - the lobby title was his stream link and he spent the whole run so obviously semi afk talking to chat

stood outside the black box the entire time, on sabotage he didnt move from the spawn till we had done the first hack

[upbeat seal]

Yikes

[jolly herald]

last time i join a streamer lobby i guess - at least it was only the normal DD and very easy to walk through with him afk

[trim moss]

We did it a the same time, not that hard

2 were focused on the dread while 2 were on the caretaker
Driller C4 the caretaker twice and we managed to do it easy peasy

[twilit birch]

wow this week's dd has all the long missions huh

[vague lantern]

Here i thought that this week's edd was only hard because my team had poor synergy

[jovial inlet]

This EDD was quite cool

Harder than last ones

[mellow cradle]

hint hint, the caretaker death explosion can one shot dreads

[vague lantern]

it was quite fun, but i had to kill over a thousand enemies, almost 3x what second place did, just to keep us barely afloat

[jovial inlet]

Yea I did the same as engie

1k killed, while others had between 200 and 350

[vague lantern]

same, i was also engie

[jovial inlet]

engie ontop

[upbeat seal]

Those turrets put in so much work

I think by the end i had like 350ish with scout

[jovial inlet]

1111 turrets my beloved

[upbeat seal]

We even brought back doretta
Shes so cute i cant help but pet her through the whole level

[vague lantern]

funnily enough by the time we hit the last quarter of the heartstone's hp my turrets were out of ammo and i had no time to resupply because everyone was repeatedly dying around me so i had to defend essentially a permanent swarm myself

[upbeat seal]

They should let you pet her back at the base fr

[upbeat seal]

Were you using the shotgun primary?

[vague lantern]

yes

especially after my turrets ran dry i was spamming the heck out of my primary

i often wonder what the hardest edd in history was

[upbeat seal]

Nice
Engi is my lowest level dwarf but hes surprisingly enjoyable to play
And the shotgun is so solid

[jovial inlet]

I hate how the turrets keep attacking the caretaker even tho it's in armored mode

[vague lantern]

my turrets dont ever target the caretaker

[jovial inlet]

Mine will do when theres no enemy in sight

even if the caretaker is armored

[vague lantern]

i assumed the lok1 also is incapable of targeting the caretaker

or if it can then it'd be pointless

[jovial inlet]

It is, but you need to aim for it

Even seeker round won't do it for you

[vague lantern]

you use the hawkeye system for turrets?

[jovial inlet]

No lmao

Defender for the win

[vague lantern]

i have literally never seen my turrets aim for the caretaker itself

even when there was nothing left to shoot

does it shoot only when the eye is open in the turret's direction?

[jovial inlet]

No

Just keeps shooting the dam things

[vague lantern]

huh

it may be that i've never placed my turrets close enough that the gemini defender system can hit the caretaker

which i highly doubt

[jovial inlet]

Maybe it's only during eyes ?

I think it might be

All my memories of it were during eye phase

[vague lantern]

i've never witnessed my turrets shooting the hiveguard before its butt opens either

[jovial inlet]

Same, it works well on those

[vague lantern]

hmm

[jovial inlet]

Maybe my turrets would try to aim the eye weakspots thru the caretaker?

[vague lantern]

i dont know, do the tentacles come out during the eye phase?

usually my turrets shoot other stuff

tbh i just never look at my turrets or what they're doing when the eye opens

[fresh robin]

currently died on my 1st and 2nd attempt of Escort Duty EDD

man

[wraith shard]

This EDD was fun and relatively easy, nothing really spicy honestly

[near lynx]

I somehow did this with cryo no less... This is so horrific, aha

[near lynx]

Yeah? What made it evil for you?

[lethal goblet]

anyone know where i can look to see the often used builds? getting back into the game after a while and i wanna start doing DD and EDDs

[mellow cradle]

karl.gg has often used builds, but that doesn't mean they are the optimal builds

[coarse plume]

whats in the EDD?

like the missions and hazards and stuff

[vague sun]

Stage 3 is an Escort with a viciously high concentration of bugs + morkite

[coarse plume]

aight

does it have Duck and Cover?

[vague sun]

My team managed to beat it on the 2nd go, but barely

Nope

[fresh robin]

I got overwhelmed twice, and I had Mortar Rounds

[vague sun]

Everyone went down except for the gunner, who only repaired Doretta during the final phase

And that got us the clutch because all the bugs did not attack the gunner

[fresh robin]

there was an overwhelming amount of praetorians

[coarse plume]

2nd stage?

[vague sun]

They were all so busy with Doretta, and the repairing kept her HP up long enough to finish it

[fresh robin]

i swear, did they somehow buff the rock phase?

[vague sun]

Point Extraction + resonance crystals

[jolly herald]

if this weeks DD was elite it would have been brutal and hella fun i think

(maybe not sabotage)

[fresh robin]

like, the rock phase on dotty mission got even more rocks and rocks seem to tank even more damage\

[coarse plume]

1st stage?

[fresh robin]

you can check the pinned messages next time

almost every Thursday for me, they update the deep dive and elite

[vague sun]

Elimination + eggs

[coarse plume]

oh

sorry

[wild plume]

everybody gets disconnected when you try the dive now guyys, weve gotta wait for a patch I think...

[lime salmon]

yup

[wheat ingot]

Hello, I have a question. My friend and I are playing deep dive and wanted to get a roller coaster achievement.Is this possible in deep dive?

[mellow cradle]

it is

as long as there is a refinery mission

it has to be the main objective too

or maybe even not the main objective, you could build a rollercoaster on a singular well too

[wheat ingot]

its not main objective

[mellow cradle]

it will probably still count now that I think about it

[wheat ingot]

thanks for the answer

[tight garnet]

Well

I can't join any deep dive

After loading screen, before arrive with drop pod. Game crash to desktop

Three time

Wth

[random rampart]

there was a patch that got released 10min before you sent your mesages. make sure youre on that patch

[tight garnet]

Yee yee I've downloaded it

Maybe other people didn't

So we are not on the same patch

[lethal kraken]

What are the mission and mission effects in the EDD?

[exotic belfry]

Check Pinned

[hearty geyser]

Doretta's first pit stop is a messy room this EDD, Vartok really can be a nuisance from time to time

[west merlin]

My whole team went in to the DD blind figuring it's Haz 3 and we often play Haz 5, it was our first time seeing Duck and Cover and first time seeing the new Ommoran attack

That was painful as cryo driller.
Then on stage 3 I had to figure out how to fight Shredders as Cryo+EPC driller, tried drilling them which kind of worked, and Cryo seemed like it sort of worked

Meanwhile Scout was having to m1000 them

[vestal sapphire]

You can just bonk them with the pickaxe, especially on lower haz

[crimson iris]

Dps cryo 👀

Ice storm is pretty fun

[west merlin]

I usually do that but I was getting like 8+ at once, sometimes while fighting other enemies

[west merlin]

I'm running the new Sticky Frost OC, which is great except against flying enemies

[novel shale]

tcf nukes shredders even without pp

[near lynx]

Cryo vs Duck and Cover is such a nasty soft counter against cryo

[crimson iris]

I sadly haven't seen any of the new overclocks

Actually, I seen the gunner one that rains bombs and the eng one that electrocuted platfoems

I'll check it out

[shy flax]

The duck and cover modifier is terrifying, my team saw more than 10 acid spitters spawn at the same time during a hack c event

[valid socket]

seeing 20 web spitters spawn is something

[cyan birch]

Drills are a really good counter to Shredders considering how much melee weakness they have, you just one click them and they're done

[west merlin]

Seems like it'd also be tough to run Slude against them, max range flamethrower is the only way I could see it really feeling manageable

[west merlin]

And IIRC it hits a whole volume in front of you.
But it was hard for me to tell how well it was working, somehow

My EPC was specced for 40 damage regular shots and those seemed to 1 hit them but the wiki says they have more health than that

[crimson iris]

damn

DD is wild

[ivory marten]

Double Duck and Cover.

Nope

[jolly herald]

Deez dnutz

[crimson iris]

just finished

took like 1 hour 3 minutes

with an all scout team of randos

[jaunty crag]

This week’s DD, jeez

casual tf2 experience

[half vine]

do dreadnoughts have explosive resistance?

if not it's quite tempting to take mortar rounds on the deep dives

[mellow cradle]

they do
twins have 30% res, classic and hive have 40%

[sand juniper]

You can definitely hit macteras with sludge reliably, but it takes a bit of practice with the curved shots.

(plus the spitters and all the other bugs from D&C)

[blissful citrus]

holy shit DD stage 2 sucked

[sand juniper]

Duck and Cover is always frustrating. But in the fun way.

[blissful citrus]

scalebramble spawned in the second room of the escort, I should not have run lead storm leadstorm

[dapper nest]

anyone can hop on deep dives (steam)?

[half vine]

aw man, thats unfortunate

[old widget]

#lfg-steam is usually pretty active this close to DD rollover, read pins in that channel for how to post a game for others to join

[half vine]

also, what's the damage type of combustive goo mix's goo explosions? is it explosive type too?

[mellow cradle]

you can run -> stop shooting momentarily -> jump and let the momentum carry you -> keep shooting in the air -> repeat
that way you can use leadstorm leadstorm while moving

[mellow cradle]

it's actually typeless

and also heat

[half vine]

logically, it should be explosive, so that's weird

[restive jay]

Have anyone tried killing a dreadnout with a kill wave that occurs after an explosion of caretaker? Would that even work?

3rd stage of this week's standart deep dive has that set up but i couldnt get the chance to try it out

[mellow cradle]

I did just that

[restive jay]

Ok thx, good to know that

[chilly shore]

Exploding bugs are typeless but exploding goo is Explosive (bulk resisted by 50% in sandbox)

Lol

[half vine]

ohh okay.. i'm not quite sure whether this makes more or less sense

[sonic coral]

Got disconnected twice from 3rd stage of a DD 😦 Does it happen often ?

twice in a row

[wraith shard]

guys

what is the elite deep dive weapon overclock this week?

[mellow cradle]

it' random for everybody

[wraith shard]

damn

https://tenor.com/view/cyberpunk-edgerunners-my-honest-reaction-gif-26942939

[paper snow]

Do deep dives give u bosco if u solo?

Also, I'm assuming they scale based on the amount of players?

[modern girder]

Yes

[ivory marten]

Yes, it does.

And yes, they do.

[paper snow]

Ah, ok

[humble harbor]

the edd looks easier than the dd

[foggy holly]

It's in Fungus bogs tho, pretty annoying biome

[main topaz]

break the ass if its normal dread

[zenith ember]

instant death as long as they dont have some kind of shield (armor phase or immunity)

[raven carbon]

Did it in the deep dive

Takes out more than half the hp

But doesn't completely kill it

[mellow cradle]

huh

I definitely killed both twins as they spawned and reemerged near me

[humble harbor]

is the egg near caretaker

[mellow cradle]

it is

there even is a sightline to it

[random rain]

how long do deep dive typically take?

[mellow cradle]

between 35 to 110 minutes

depends on your team and the stages

[near oar]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-explosion-meme-funny-idk-gif-27640147

doretta on stage 2

[fathom coral]

Easy (E)DDs. This DD was so fun, plenty of Nitra, good RNG for Caretaker C4, and Duck and Cover is great

[glacial kiln]

whats the difference between deep dives and elite deep dives

[wraith sequoia]

hazard level

[mellow cradle]

that, and there are sometimes 3 warnings instead of two

[honest quest]

How hard is multiplayer with randoms compared to solo?
I’ve been doing EDDs with scout with AISE and Double Barrel

[zenith ember]

dd definitely took longer than edd with pubs

especially if you have a gunner who is allergic to placing shields down or a team that doesnt look up

[zenith ember]

most ppl will at least put in effort to clear it, it should be fine aside from potential inexperience

[coarse vessel]

Did first normal dd generate weirdly?

After first tunnel

[wild ermine]

what

btw i am doing edd for 10 th time (everytime fails)

[wild prairie]

the edd isnt hard as long as you dont have some moron who doesnt speak english who just pushes every button he sees as soon as he can

[pulsar violet]

Elite Deep Dive, stage 3... My light went off at extraction... I... I feel so bad right now

[wraith shard]

Do you think that this weeks normal DD is harder and longer than the EDD? It took me 50% longer to complete the former when compared and Duck and Cover was very annoying even as a scout OTP.

[mellow cradle]

it certainly is longer

[humble harbor]

10 attempts...maybe its not the edd lol

[noble herald]

couldn't finish edd because drop pod's entrance was right next to Doretta's cage.
I'm done for today I guess...

[paper oasis]

man this week's EDD was a breeze

[distant dirge]

Having trouble with the amount of enemies in stage 3 of EDD...any tips my friends?

[sand juniper]

This week's DD certainly felt tougher than the EDD.

[sand juniper]

Depends on what class you play? I reached stage 3 of the EDD with over 400 nitra, was enough for us to call like 6 ammo pods. This means that you can afford to call in ammo pods more often than usual.

[distant dirge]

I usually play gunner! however, when we reach the heartstone, despite constant mob clearing, we tend to get overwhelmed

[sand juniper]

IIRC the first stage doesn't have too much nitra but stages 2 and 3 are absolutely full of it.

There's enough nitra to spam shields like you're doing a core stone. 👍

[distant dirge]

mmm makes sense, I could use my shields some more

[tacit jungle]

If you're getting overrun by grunts, it's a build issue

[sand juniper]

Flying macteras/spitters ain't shit against a good M1000.

[jagged plaza]

is anyone else having wierd lag

[celest ice]

Frame drops at the start of the mission or actual lag

[jagged plaza]

Like

stutters every 5 seconds or so

Like 0.5 to 1 second delay before terrain breaking but only sometimes

same for text chat and flare throwing

[sand juniper]

Try lowering your graphics settings.

[jovial garden]

Easy Dreadnought whenever its paired with Industrial Sabotage.

[icy hollow]

driller c4'd the party on the last drill dozer phase after we all used iron will

[jagged plaza]

[oak marsh]

c4 plarced

[jagged plaza]

didn't work

[sand juniper]

The final implosion of the Caretaker instakills the dread right?

[mellow cradle]

yes

provided they aren't invincible or have armor still

[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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[drowsy solstice]

the normal deep dive is an absolute blast

a ton of nitra+my first time playing with duck and cover which oml its so funny

[humble harbor]

good heartstone layout

almost no spitters were camping the high ceiling so FSD could easily wipe em out

[timid ferry]

failing the last stage of a deepdive is so bedge

also 26 death eng was our downfall copium

and half of team's deaths were from his fatboy friendly firing

[little flax]

How is this weeks deep dive? I haven't found the time to play it yet.

[dawn crown]

normal one is easy as last week

elite one was hard, especially the third stage

what I do is mainly lying on the ground, waiting the dozer stop so other teammates can come to save me

[drowsy tide]

what the hell is with this week's deep dive?

I thought this shit was hand made

i reached a dead end.

[burnt sandal]

they aren't

[drowsy tide]

that explains why it's so scuffed

[spark moth]

What's this weeks deepdive?

[burnt sandal]

pinned messages

[spark moth]

Ah

[jolly herald]

deep dive was fine?

[drowsy tide]

so you didnt run into a straight up dead end with no soft dirt?

in the very first part?

[jolly herald]

yeah I just assumed caretaker feared for its life and sent the robotos to block my path before i yoinked the data rack

[drowsy tide]

caretaker?

the first part was salvage + liquid refining

[jolly herald]

wasnt that on sabotage?

ah i misremember

did it last week

[drowsy tide]

ah

[spark moth]

Bruh there aren't any deep dive lobbies and nobody is joining :(

[jolly herald]

are you EU or NA?

[spark moth]

EU

i got in eventually though

[jolly herald]

[hallow dragon]

i just completed drillevator mission ... except we skipped scanning, and we never called the drillevator

do we get a special prize

[timber coral]

lol yea, tunnel lead to dead end in first deep dive

[hushed bough]

what are the edd missions and modifiers?

[supple shell]

#deep-dive-discussion message

[humble harbor]

i was on driller so it wasnt too inconvenient

but damn nice tunnel generation gsg lmao

[wraith shard]

I died to a parasite 1 hour and 10 mins into the edd,after doing the drilldozer mission worst ending ever, ran out of IW earlier so couldnt IW

fun tho

[dense tulip]

greenbeard question: what Haz are DD and EDD equivalent to?

[small cove]

DD stages in order: haz 3, haz 3.5, haz 3.5
EDD stages in order: haz 4.5, haz 5, haz 5.5

[dense tulip]

TY!

[strong pumice]

is EDD hard?

this week

[unkempt kayak]

How long do deep dives usually take?

[mellow cradle]

between 35 to 100 minutes I'd say
depends on the missions, but this weeks normal DD is quite long

[mellow cradle]

not really, if you can handle the haz 5.5 escort, that's the hardest thing there

[unkempt kayak]

Kk thank you o7

[jolly herald]

bought 2 greenbeards to EDD, 1 quit as soon as he got the weapon core the other panicced on the final stage and went down 8 times before we wiped

[copper cedar]

What is the EDD this week? It’s not seeming to be what on pins

Mines hollow bow not fungus

[raven carbon]

Are you on console?

[copper cedar]

Yes

It was hollow bow
3 mini mules + Dread naught x1 hiveguard
250 morkite+ black box
Liquid refinery + hiveguard

[polar pond]

Are deep dive codenames like, seeds for the deep dive? Like does that dive come in and out of rotation?

[zenith ember]

Just a randomised name like all missions

[scarlet wigeon]

This week's deep dives are a nightmare solo

usually not a big deal but this elite basically took 2 hours

[raven carbon]

Since console doesn't have season 5 yet with the new mission types, the deep dives for the two weeks in between the releases are different

They will be the same again after the launch

[light horizon]

god the EDD escort on solo was stressful

had to rough it out with bosco after game crashed twice in a row trying to host

[still geode]

solo escort is arguably hardest solo mission type

[languid pike]

honestly if bosco didnt suck at the defending the drilldozer it would be ez pez

[jolly herald]

I might solo it, after last nights wipe not sure I have the patience for carrying anymore fresh greenbeards

got to be the worst mission to carry on, doretta just gets wrecked when the swarms roll in

need to stop doing EDD at the end of the week

too hard to find decent lobbies

[copper cedar]

Completely forgot about that. Thanks

[drowsy solstice]

edd pain

had two failures on escort duty

once bc of a bad driller and the other cuz our gunner dced randomly

[jolly herald]

i feel you

are you NA? EU?

i will run it back tonight prolly

my gunner last night had no IW and stock minigun

[drowsy solstice]

I got a DND game tonight sadly

[jolly herald]

No worries

[wraith shard]

what are the objectives on this week's DD

[jolly herald]

pins

[wraith shard]

oof i dont like that

whatev i need cores

[dense yew]

Hey, so I played the standard Deep Dive Earlier in the week and ran into a BET-C.
But when I replayed it a few days later to help out some Green Beards she wasn't there?
Are those kinds of side encounters randomized each time?

[mellow cradle]

yup

[dense yew]

Cool

[mellow cradle]

same with nemesis
you might see him, or you might not

[little flax]

Ugh. Did the deep dive solo. got Nemesis in the first mission, barely got the heartstone cracked before the acid spitter swarms could smash the drilldozer. I managed to get the deep dive finished, but damn.

[cinder geyser]

I couldn't trust public players so I have completed my first Deep Dive in Solo

my hands are tired

[cinder geyser]

yeah the second mission was roughest

[scarlet wigeon]

I just realized

Deep Dive caves are pre-generated right?

Its the same for everyone?

[mellow cradle]

yes

[ebon basin]

But the odds are modified or it's just like a normal mission?

[old widget]

minor nitpick, but not really pre-generated, the game engine generates a given cave layout based on a seed value. deep dives just all use the same seed value.

[mellow cradle]

hmm, good question
I don't really know

but at the same time, I don't see a reason why the devs would modify this chance

so my money is on 3%

[ebon basin]

Making DDs more equal for every player I suppose. The a really cool part of the deep dives is advising other players. "Try defeating this bulk detonator in X area so it explodes and exposes another part of the cave" but If it's no bulk detonator this advice is useless

[mellow cradle]

if they wanted to make it equal, they would've made the nemesis spawn guaranteed based on the seed

which is not the case

[jolly herald]

#lfg-steam message

running EDD, EU

[eager atlas]

I don't know about nemesis, but bet-c is supposed to be seeded, she just sometimes doesn't spawn
I've also seen statics move all over the place or things like leeches be there or not in re-runs with the same player count, so there's some funky thing going on with enemy spawning that makes things inconsistent

[mellow cradle]

ah, true, rumors about bet-c's are certainly true rather often
and about the stationaries, I guess just the variety and amount is seeded, but the placement isn't?

[eager atlas]

I suppose, but they tend to be the same/similar very often, it's just that sometimes things get screwed up

[jolly herald]

So we just went all in on wave clear options for stage 3 and it made it feel way easier

turns out having 1 other player with a brain makes it a lot easier

[indigo drift]

pretty much my experience with haz 5 escort. If Im in a team that geared up for CC, then the mission goes smoothly. If I'm with 2 scouts then I feel like Im playing haz 5+ with max enemies.

[eager atlas]

we did double scout on EDD, just 2 players, we almost lost at the end, but it was fun

[topaz plank]

is there a way to report toxic players?

[eager atlas]

no

you can block them on steam/whatever platform you use, I guess

[topaz plank]

yeah I did that

still so annoying tho

he was racist and kicked me and another dude right before the very end of a deep dive

[jolly herald]

literally this

it did make the elim feel a bit rough

thankfully only haz 4.5 so managed to brute force it

[manic pivot]

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

[crimson iris]

How many promos

I for DD/EDD try to host or join a host with a few promos (I also check blue rank to make sure he doesn't play just one class)

[west merlin]

Just zoomed through the first 2 stages of EDD with little trouble and lost right at the start of stage 3.
Engy got downed in the tunnel and I (driller) ran past a Warden clump to Field Medic them, Scout got downed on Doretta, I died in the first room, IWed and ran to Scout but Iron Will ended with half a second left before reviving Scout.
Then Engy IWed, ran to Doretta and died a second after reaching our corpses

[distant dirge]

Is this the correct channel to ask for a crack squad of dwarven chads to take on EDD? Been struggling with the 3rd stage

[old widget]

#lfg-steam probably better, but not unheard of to ask in here too if you need specific help

[manic pivot]

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

[distant dirge]

last stage was tough this week, careful predrilling required

[topaz plank]

I cant remember

but he was a scout main

fairly high up from what I remember

[humble harbor]

im pretty sure theres a scalebramble spawn but my ass is not predrilling

[crimson iris]

doomed

[crimson iris]

that's tough

[humble harbor]

I don't think I even fear spammed ngl

[crimson iris]

I can only think of two times where I've been kicked

awful feeling

[topaz plank]

yeah I have 55 hours now and its the first toxic person Ive encountered

I get why theres no report system cos toxic players are so few and far between

Its just frusterating

[eager atlas]

there are no public/global servers, reports wouldn't do anything since people can't be banned globally or anything

[wraith wharf]

they can and should be banned from hosting

[eager atlas]

are the devs going to put a thing in place to make it so your steam account can't host? seems like too much

[upbeat seal]

A reputation system could be good

[wraith wharf]

they can just deactivate the host button if your steam id is in the banned list, but if they really want to address the issue then there's no stopping them from solving a harder problem

[upbeat seal]

For people that grief or ditch missions

[wraith wharf]

I remember watching some yt short somewhere about a game that ties your progression to a reputation system

if you get an upvote then you progress faster if not it'll take you years to level up

could be a good way to promote positive behavior

[eager atlas]

it would force the game to be online only though

[upbeat seal]

I dont think its necessary to tie it to progression in a game like drg

But just having it as a number you can view before joining a lobby

[novel shale]

easily modded out if it's clientside, and implementing it serverside would be a gigantic pain (and they would have to have a unique implementation for every platform); automatic solutions could be used for griefing (see: spam reporting streamers) and they simply don't have the manpower to do it manually

[novel shale]

would incur either an increased server cost on their end, now they have to store a number for every player that's ever played the game (and unique implementations again) or would be clientside and easily faked

it's honestly not really a big enough problem to spend the resources needed to solve it

[upbeat seal]

Agreed, not nearly common enough to really need a solution implemented imo
I dont think a single extra value per player would be a big deal, i dont see it being easier to fake than any other facet of your account info

[misty maple]

is 2 scout 2 gunner a good lineup for this edd?

[upbeat seal]

Nah, i would definitely take a driller or engineer over a second scout

[misty maple]

trying to figure something out

yeah that's what i thought

ty

[eager atlas]

4 scout or bust

[nova coral]

anyone up for elite deep dive

[manic pivot]

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

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

[drifting tinsel]

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 June 27 to 2024 July 04 (Week 249)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1720090800:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Dense Biozone | Code Name: High Outpost
Stage 1: 4 Eggs + Liquid Morkite Well | Duck and Cover
Stage 2: 7 Aquarqs + Black Box | Critical Weakness Low Oxygen
Stage 3: 250 Morkite + 2 Resonance Crystals | No Mutator

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Dirty Reserve
Stage 1: 4 Eggs + 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s | No Mutator
Stage 2: 7 Aquarqs + Hiveguard | Rich Atmosphere Elite Threat
Stage 3: 200 Morkite + 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s | Shield Disruption

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!

almost identical primaries, we love to see it

[midnight sky]

bruh what are those same primaries 💀

duck and cover on the easiest mission too, thank lord

[cold kindle]

Why stage 2 on edd is always pure hell

7 aquarqs + bloody hiveguard + elite threat

[wraith wharf]

rich atmosphere ease it by a mile

[zenith ember]

eh all rushable if your team knows how to

[zenith ember]

p easy edd

[wraith shard]

Yeah, basically free. The devs really should exclude no mutator from EDDs

[whole pollen]

Agreed

[upbeat seal]

Picked up 22 revives this EDD

Only hard part was the dreadnought area on stage 2, terrible terrain for that one

[zenith ember]

yeah stage 2 edd is too cluttered up, but rich atmosphere helped to kite the bugs

[upbeat seal]

Rich atmosphere was so nice for that level yeah

Zooooooomin

[little flax]

Argh. I hate low oxygen on missions you don't get a mule 😦

[mellow cradle]

I swear there was a low oxy aquarqs with critical weakness and black box on a deep dive not so long before

[autumn moat]

Anyone having a glitch in stage 3 of deep dive where other players minerals are desynced with the host

[upbeat seal]

Reg deep dive took a while

All the morkite is hiding in the furthest point in the cave :(

[jolly herald]

Yes - in crystal caverns too I believe?

[mellow cradle]

pretty sure it was fungus bogs

[jolly herald]

Ah I misremember - we had fungus bogs with low o2 recently but it was egg hunt I believe

I remember because I definitely over estimated how much oxygen i had left vs the length of the gunners zipline to the top and nearly ran out of O2 on the way to the drop pod

[mellow cradle]

found it #drg-gallery message

[jolly herald]

ah - 2 months ago

i can't remember much 2 weeks ago let alone 2 months

[mellow cradle]

lel xd

[drowsy solstice]

checks pins oh that edd is gonna be spicy lmao

[small girder]

So the DD and EDD both have the same main missions this week, huh? What are the odds of that?

[humble harbor]

that edd looks easy

[mellow cradle]

like 1/729

[humble harbor]

first off the longer objectives are secondaries

[mellow cradle]

yeah, the edd looks pretty free

4 mini mules with nitra for free (without the salvage tax)

and the most dangerous mission has rich atmosphere

[humble harbor]

actually the two dds are similar...

breh

[sterile bobcat]

whats salvage tax? low nitra spawns in mission?

[mellow cradle]

nah
the tax is having to do the uplink and refuel sections

lmao

[jolly herald]

Uplink/refuel with no shield is taxing for sure if people don't play it right

[final sorrel]

Damn that second stage of the deep dive was pretty nasty. Got absolutely demolished at the transponder location

Think I'll need to retry with some aoe instead of scout

[edgy tartan]

Yeah, second stage was tense

[plush plover]

man whoever designed the 2nd stage of the deep dive

is something special

whatever you had i want some

[humble harbor]

put a resupply on the black box

[plush plover]

not that

the drop pod lol

it wouldn't be DRG if the drop pod wasn't in a spot where you needed like 5 zip lines to traverse to

[quick leaf]

its not the dd

[plush plover]

it is the deep dive...

[quick leaf]

ah ye

we got the same dd

i mean pick driller and here you go

[plush plover]

shame my driller didn't drill at all

[zenith ember]

Did you get the fked up drop site above the box

Where it somehow hung onto a tiny plot of land

[plain hemlock]

extraordinarily easy edd this week. Randos and I got it done sub 30, even with the scout as a millstone stopping us to mine literally every vein of nitra

[ruby hinge]

It is definitely not pleasant to get insulted and kicked at the end of the Deep Dive, but my advice is to just let it go. For an abusive host like that, there will be several others who will treat you better. This game also makes it easy for others to host their own lobbies. Create your Deep Dive room and set whatever rules you prefer in the future. This way, no one will kick you. If you are playing on Steam, setting your game details public will make it easy for other players to re-join you in case they get disconnected or crash.

[ruby hinge]

This game is one of the last bastions of freedom, there is no need to police the behavior of players and lobby hosters unless they do something malicious, like DDoSing or doxxing someone. Let them host lobbies on their own terms and sort out the issues themselves. Dictating how players should behave is a trend in many modern games, and I cannot think of a single good example where it has resulted in more good things than bad.

[ruby hinge]

Nothing good will come out of that, you will just get mass-reported for being a demanding hoster, for not playing the way hosts want you to, or for banter with friends that strangers will not get. I remember playing Back 4 Blood with a Twitch streamer that would play recklessly, set off every alarm and horde trigger, and go down repeatedly. When it happened for the umpteenth time, I just came to him and teabagged him without saying a word. He insulted me right on stream, asked what the hell my problem was, and reported me. Fortunately, no action was taken, but this is how such a system is going to be used. People can report you for the most miniscule things these days.

Report systems get abused to no end, usually by thin-skinned people who do not wish to get held accountable for their actions or who feel like they get to dictate how others should interact with each other

EA Games has taken their "positive play" so far that even the word "assault rifle" was considered a slur for a while, and it takes getting punished for inappropriate language 3 times to get your entire account hardware-banned

Reports will need to be processed by someone: by a support team of humans, by software bots, or by both. None of those options is exactly good. The developers will need to hire a large team of moderators who will be going through a flood of reports every day, either directly or by outsourcing it to someone else, and those will be funds not spent on the actual development of the game and community streams. Humans are also bound to take things wrong without seeing the context, especially if they are not native English speakers.

When reports are processed by software, it tends to look for offensive language that is misspelled on purpose and results in false positives. As an example, one player (in another game) got a 4-day ban from the Xbox Live network for listing "Lucky Pennies" as an ability that is desired to have. The automated speech policing system must have mistaken it for another p-word and issued a ban.

[crimson iris]

Honestly, just host

or play on higher hazards

I feel like people who play for longer/on higher difficulties are less likely to kick

[livid snow]

I've only ever kicked two people from a mission

[fair flower]

I think the only person I kicked not for AFK was someone who just jumped around during dreadnaught fights. I asked him to help, kept not shooting and got kicked

[lunar linden]

Low oxy aquarq, thank god its not in the EDD

[raven carbon]

Dd and edd both great for speedrunning this week

Got 37 on edd and 27 on dd

First time I can remember sub 30 time

[quick leaf]

those are easy ones ngl

[boreal snow]

drop pod location on stage 3 DD was horrible

[drowsy solstice]

honestly both stage two's of either deep dive were rough

I swear PA gets harder on deep dives

I was lucky and was playing driller on the DD stage 2 and could carve a path to the awful placement

but thankfully I cleared my weeklys and both deep dives today (thanks car breaking down) so I can grind in peace

[mossy monolith]

I'm still remembering a deep dive in the Crystal Caverns I tackled solo a while back... before Season 5 was released. The second level had a Haunted Cave... but the third level... that level was awe-inspiring, I swear. It was this massive, open space... and there electro-crystals all over the place. It was dangerous for sure, seeing it... wow.

[lethal igloo]

edd 32:55, very easy this week

[bold terrace]

[lethal igloo]

same with dd weirdly, blind 30:29 with pubs

[weak roost]

Any one up for elite deep dive

Never mind

[opaque heart]

pod spawned above the minehead in dd stage 2

only scout could get to it

[fresh robin]

dude we lost the EDD cause a DREADNOUGHT fucking spawned

and it was at the last EDD as well

[steep pasture]

lol

i feel like i have gotten way more dreadnoughts since season 5

i think i saw like 2 total before the update dropped and then 4 the week of the update dropping

maybe just astronomically bad luck

[plush plover]

yes actually, which was the regular deep dive, this is late because i was at work

[clear slate]

anyone else's drop pod spawn in the ceiling on deep dive stage 2

[plush plover]

just another drg moment

[tribal parcel]

Is it just me or was the elite this week like, a lot friendlier than they usually are

Our team usually is fighting to breathe by the last stage but we genuinely ran into nothing of note this time around

[raven carbon]

Yes very easy this time

The mission type and warnings made for an easy combination

[jolly herald]

yeah I had a couple of bad players and we still made it work

think i had 8 revives on the first stage...

[vague lantern]

the elite deep dive wasn't too bad this time, but my team did have two greenbeard drillers which made things a lot harder when fighting the hiveguard in low o2

[ornate cape]

What is the end reward difference for regular deep dives and elite dives if there are any

[mellow cradle]

just slightly more credits and exp (and minerals if you get a hoarder too)
but you mainly do the EDD for another set of cores

[ornate cape]

K thx

Unfortunately I don't have but 1 friend who plays this game. So I'm going to keep soloing the regular dives

[mellow cradle]

it's friday, so there should be lots of public EDD lobbies

[ornate cape]

Yeah but I play on Xbox and the lag likes to creep into the games I play

It sucks ngl

[mellow cradle]

ah

[ornate cape]

You know what I'ma do a deep dive

[jolly herald]

hiveguard was rich atmosphere/elite threat not low o2, but i can imagine that was a pain regardless

[vague lantern]

oh my bad

[jolly herald]

our gunner kept getting sniped by elite mactera, i think he forget shields existed in his panic

[vague lantern]

i got the missions mixed up

[jolly herald]

and our driller just got the new flamer OC so he kept running up to swarms hoping to 1 shot them all and immediately going down

[vague lantern]

oof

[vapid coral]

Chad

[jolly herald]

have to respect it

[mental rampart]

Someone activated the drop pod right as the core stone was opened

A bulk detonator spawned 20 seconds later

Naturally, that person was me

[jolly herald]

there are no events in deep dives

[snow sparrow]

What the hell was that drop pod spawn on the 2nd normal deep dive

[outer halo]

A scout's dream, that's what it was

whole second level was a nightmare (for non-scouts)

[fresh herald]

if i did deep dives for this week, do i get more cores if i redo it or is it one time per week thing?

[lunar linden]

one time per week

[vapid frost]

is Scorching Tide charged shot affected by CRISPR's damage, ignite speed, reach mods?

or any of the sticky flame ones?

[burnt sandal]

no, don't remember and no

yes for all the sticky flame mods though

[west merlin]

Once per week per deep dive

[ornate cape]

I figured that out the other day

The hard way

[jolly herald]

run a deep dive without someone leaving on stage 1 challenge: impossible

[mellow cradle]

stage 2 I would understand, but 1?

[sand juniper]

regular DD stage 2
no Molly, black box, and Low O2

The black box is indefensible unless you call an ammo pod next to it, right?

[mellow cradle]

black box gives oxygen

by itself

also there are bulks in the pool for that stage

and get ready for extraction

[quick jay]

dd stage 2 was pretty easy when i did it last night, idk what y'all are talking about

[mellow cradle]

it was easy

nobody is saying it wasn't

simply funni drop pod

[vague lantern]

a bulk spawned the exact moment that we activated the black box lol

while me and my team of experienced players casually dismantled everything the game threw at us we were discussing about how unfair newbies would consider it to be

[quick jay]

our drop pod wasnt even weird

[ornate cape]

Is the elite deep dive able to be soloed this week

[burnt sandal]

yes, just like every other week

[plain hemlock]

[west merlin]

I did it with a team but it seemed like maybe the easiest EDD I've played, it was the 6th one I fully completed and we set a time record without trying

Roughest time was doing the Hiveguard on stage 2, we started it after swarm 1 and just barely finished before swarm 2

[torn escarp]

Deep dives give over clocks, right?

[ornate cape]

Yes

1 blank, weapon, and cosmetic

In that order

But only one time.

@west merlin I got stuck underneath the drop pod at the start of stage 2 somehow

[west merlin]

At the start? Oof, did it not leave without you?

Or do you mean the escape pod at the end of the regular DD stage 2?

[knotty bough]

I thought I would share something I just figured out on deep scans to help with future dd/edd deep scan, I found a glitch to bypass the drill for the way down. 1. Find all the crystals. 2. Dig below the drill and do not power up the drill. 3. hold all 8 morkite seeds and quick deposit all of them into molly. Well done if you did it in this order molly will let you leave without having to start the drill

[ornate cape]

@west merlin Sorry for not reading your ping. We did beat the deep dive btw

[upbeat seal]

So would you have driller go down and grab all the seeds then leave him behind? It would have to be a huge pain to get back up without the upgraded jetty boots

[eager atlas]

so you have to dig the whole way down? this seems like far more work than just starting the drillevator

[boreal sentinel]

The extraction on stage 2 dd was crazy 😭

Ceiling drop pod

[marble laurel]

matrix cores: 1 blank, 1 overclock, 1 cosmetic, once per week

[torn anchor]

What class do you all think is best for solo deep dives?

[sand juniper]

Just cleared both dives for this week. Thought stage 2 of the regular DD could get tricky but the map generation was very generous - there's a ramp not too far from the minehead which allows easy access to the upper level where the black box is.

[mossy umbra]

"Zipline up!"

[tribal phoenix]

Hey guys does the triple line mod take up 3 ammo a shot ?

[sharp canyon]

No

[sand juniper]

Yes, but I cleared it solo as driller.

But yes ziplines are totally gaming on point extractions.

[eager atlas]

The one you're most comfortable with, if there's one.
But driller probably has the most mobility without compromising firepower, the only thing you really lack is burts to deal with large targets.

[plain hemlock]

Animation canceled axes would like to have a word with you about large target burst damage

[eager atlas]

but then you use all your axes and then you cry ;-;

[plain hemlock]

smh why doesn't driller just pick up his axes after they hit an enemy. Is he stupid?

[vestal sapphire]

Yeah ive never really understood why people dump all their axes into a praetorian

Brother it does not need to die this instant, you can walk away from it

[undone turret]

Last night I solo'd my first elite deep dive! Pretty happy with that

[flint widget]

Easy EDD this week.

[still geode]

The downside of throwing 8 axes in one second is running out of axes in one second

[still geode]

Yup save the axes for stuff like shellbacks or use them to stun

[mental rampart]

Sometimes throwing an axe into a Praetorian to stun it can save my life, cause the spit attack has such a generous hitbox

Axes are the Driller's only source of on-demand stun really

[eager atlas]

C4

[sand juniper]

I'll make do with the slowdown from the goo gun.

[soft quarry]

everyone got a funny drop pod this time on dd stage 2?

[vague lantern]

i usually use my c4 for praetorians because it chunks them quite well and i rarely use it for anything else

[half zinc]

Yooo wtf just did stage 2 of a regular deep dive

wtf is that drop pod placement?!?!!?

[eager atlas]

not everyone

[half zinc]

??? pretty sure deep dives are the same for EVERYONE

[burnt sandal]

drop pod location might not be though

[eager atlas]

not everything is the same

and drop pod location is based on where people are

[half zinc]

isn't the drop pod location, with exception of the Escort mission, always based on the seed/

[eager atlas]

not sure if it's when the button is pressed or when it arrives for missions such as aquarqs though

nope

unless it's based on player count which I doubt, no

ours was open, double scout, no more players

unless the ceiling is at the middle of the cave

[half zinc]

well Dd Mission 2 is an aquarq mission though

so everyone would have the same drop pod location on that one

[exotic belfry]

No, its based on the players current position. If you want to test it, its pretty simple, go into the DD and call it on the first stage at one end of the cave, then restart and do it again at the other end. The pod will fall in a different place the second time.

[eager atlas]

well mine wasn't in the ceiling

[humble harbor]

okay without being pedantic

[exotic belfry]

on PE players tend to stand at the center of the cave when calling the pod, so I can see people having similar spawns for it

[humble harbor]

its been common for the drop pod for the dd to be in the ceiling

[half zinc]

Yes but DD mission 2 is a mining station mission (aquarqs) so there is no possibilities the drop pod can be called anywhere but one spot.

[eager atlas]

seems to be, I just answered to the "everyone got it?" question

[exotic belfry]

All player positions effect it, so unless solo it should be at least slightly different for each team.

I'm not 100% sure on this next part, but even on solo it should have some variation.

[eager atlas]

fun fact, I've seen the drop pod land at the end of the cave on escort missions because scout went all the way back before the button was pressed

made everyone walk less, and scout take doretta all the way back to the end lol

[exotic belfry]

Fair. Didn't see it on my run, but I don't doubt the cave gen makes it a common location.

[exotic belfry]

yeah, I've done that before, really good strat if the way back is precarious. Though its not 100% consistent. If the cave the team is in is too small, or you are really far off it often just spawns in the middle of the tunnel as it normally would.

[humble harbor]

some random decided "what if we all just went scout" for the dd so we did that

very convenient

[outer halo]

did my first edd 🎉
this one was pretty easy ngl, my first attempt did not go this smoothly

[zenith ember]

Gg

[sterile bobcat]

every time we get to rocks and my entire team instantly dies and then 500 rocks kill the dozer

[wind zephyr]

What do I need to know before doing a deep dive? Any etiquette I should know? Can I just join a game?

[onyx dirge]

You can usually join a game, but they might have rank requirements (will say in title)

Nitra carries over for the 3 games, so be a bit careful with resupply orders

Just like other games, play your role well and don't start things without permissions

[tight herald]

Hey do do you get different overclocks from completing the elite vs normal deep dives? So If I already did a deep dive and got the rewards, will completing the elite one give me sepreate overclocks?

[mellow cradle]

yes

[manic pivot]

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

Thank you btw! I did a deep dive and elite deep dive consecutively with a random party of more experienced players!

[carmine gulch]

Just completed an elite deep dive solo for the first time.

[raven carbon]

Rewards and timing are separate for both

It's tracked in the deep dive terminal

Repeating them gives xp and credits but no cores

[sterile whale]

@half zinc You are mostly right, but in some case, there are other factors coming in. But yeah, that 2nd stage place was nuts

[half zinc]

Let's go! What class/build did you use?

[lucid frost]

time to gameplan: keep the dreadnought alive (in phase 1) throughout the 2nd EDD stage, surely nothing terrible will happen

elite threat oh god

[mellow cradle]

that's actually a good strategy

as as long as the dread is alive, no announced swarms will happen

so me and my team popped the dread; scout, gunner, engi fought it, and driller was digging aquarks in the meantime
that's why we got an almost sub 30 time

[lucid frost]

true, i am now extracting

[lucid frost]

first time EDD solo les go

[carmine gulch]

My class was driller
I was using the sludge pump and EPC

[half zinc]

Nice! I've done it as Engineer with Lok-1 and Breach Cutter (spinning death)

[carmine gulch]

OCs were Volatile Impact Mixture (Sludge pump) and Heat Pipe (EPC)

Probably not the best, but they worked for me

[lament lantern]

This week's DD and EDD solod! Easier than most I'd say.

[cyan birch]

I thought it was always based on Molly's position and the drop pod being what it's position was a set amount of distance away

[exotic belfry]

I'm not 100% sure if molly does or does not influence it, I would have to look through the code to figure that out. But I do know its based on all players positions, and there's always a player right next to molly when its called, so it doesn't really matter if it does or doesn't include her.

[dusky stream]

You know EDD is easy when you can call in some ammo for Karl in the end

[runic narwhal]

I have yet to beat and EDD😔

*an

[wraith shard]

Im new here, if u also looking to make more friends to play let me know If u down Steam Code : 485768874

[eager atlas]

be the change you want to see in the world

[old widget]

Welcome, new miner - you probably want #steam-profile-sharing for that.

Also check out #lfg-steam

[lethal prism]

2nd stage of the normal dive had a real messed up drop pod for me

[honest bobcat]

As in... On the roof?

[white ember]

Aye I had it happen in one game and not in the other one that cave is just wack

[stable bear]

Always thought DD drop pods were always in the same place

[shrewd grail]

Hello, can I ask is there a problem on DD stage 3?

[soft token]

anyone got a good carbine build for dreads?

i dont get much use out of aggressive venting on elimination

[woeful glen]

what the freak is DD stage 2 drop pod location

it on freaking rooof

[novel sentinel]

driller special

[stable bear]

I mostly use 31112 conductive thermals but it might not be the best loadout. I just dislike the stock projectile speed and accuracy. T5b is only because i forget to manually reload. Conductive thermals provides decent help for your team

[crisp sparrow]

just did the standard dive without resupplying lol

might just be me but it feels like this week's is really easy

[terse breach]

they all are, its haz 3. Its suppoesed to be an easier way to get cores for ppl that just wanna chill

[random rampart]

3/3.5/3.5, to be more specific

[crisp sparrow]

I thought it was 3.5/4/4.5?

[jolly herald]

3/3.5/3.5 DD
4.5/5/5.5 EDD

[crisp sparrow]

oh okay thank you

not sure where I got those haz numbers from lol

[jolly herald]

[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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[foggy jackal]

never been on a deep dive lmao

[lunar linden]

They're usually chill

Except when you get point extraction second or third stage

[stable isle]

FOR ROCK AND STONE!!!!!!

[manic pivot]

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

[random rain]

how long do deep dives take

[fossil moon]

Really depends

Usually less than an hour

[unique ore]

depends on lot on type of mission objectives, this weeks are fairly fast

[arctic plover]

Man I locked in this stage 2 edd

Not good times but at least I got them done

[sharp shuttle]

Dense biozone'd

[opal dirge]

Who's up for a late night DDE?

[manic pivot]

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

[manic pivot]

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

[drifting tinsel]

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 July 04 to 2024 July 11 (Week 250)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1720695600:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Dense Biozone | Code Name: Corroded Plateau
Stage 1: 6 Eggs + 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s | No Mutator
Stage 2: 7 Aquarqs + 2 Eggs | Lethal Enemies
Stage 3: 4 Eggs + 2 Resonance Crystals | Elite Threat

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Radioactive Exclusion Zone | Code Name: Outrageous Reserve
Stage 1: 250 Morkite + 2 Resonance Crystals | Rival Presence
Stage 2: 4 Eggs + Liquid Morkite Well | Ebonite Outbreak
Stage 3: 2 Dreadnoughts (Twins + Classic) + 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s | Mactera Plague

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!

[fresh robin]

We're cooking omelettes with this deep dive 🥚

[cobalt sage]

many many egg

[zenith ember]

stage 1: Nemesis may be able to spawn in as a normal wave for some reason
Stage 2: a lot of stationaries

[mellow cradle]

it's rival presence

so naturally nemesis can spawn as a wave

[fickle nova]

disconnected at the end of stage 3, waiting for molly to return to pod

[zenith ember]

I didnt know that, we almost got the bulk drop pod treatment

[zenith ember]

Were you a gunner?

[fickle nova]

hurricane gunner

[zenith ember]

My team's gunner died right as molly was going into pod

Ah its you LOL

[fickle nova]

cryo ?

[zenith ember]

ye

Wp throughout tho

[fickle nova]

well played

[jolly herald]

looks like another pretty easy week tbh

[quick whale]

as long as your teammates aren't running into turrets

[rose shore]

how long are deep dives available until reset

[sick moon]

1 week

[rose shore]

and are they more valuable than doing single missions.
does the pot o gold effect last the whole dee dive?

and will i receive more empty/filled oc modules by repeating the deep dives

[sick moon]

for me, yes and yes

and no

[burnt sandal]

no
the main interest of deep dives are overclocks, you'll do more gold in normal missions

[mellow cradle]

no
yes
no

[rose shore]

how different are dee dives and elite deep dives?

[burnt sandal]

difficulty

[mellow cradle]

just the hazard level and possible number of warnings

[sick moon]

edd is generally harder

[burnt sandal]

https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Deep_Dives

that should answer most of your questions tbh

[rose shore]

so for the 3rd question, i have to do three deep dive than the elite deep dive for maximum oc gains

[rose shore]

ahhh tyvm

[sick moon]

both just once

[mellow cradle]

no, you just do both of them once

and the weekly core hunt, and that's all your OC's for the week (not counting promotions and forge bonuses)

[jolly herald]

rival presence can be rough in EDD but stage 1 haz4.5 isnt too bad

[rose shore]

Boscos revive reset in between missions?? (⁠╬⁠⁽⁠⁽⁠ ⁠⁰⁠ ⁠⁾⁠⁾⁠ ⁠Д⁠ ⁠⁽⁠⁽⁠ ⁠⁰⁠ ⁠⁾⁠⁾⁠) so you can have upto 12(15with iron will ) and i did my forst deep dive with only one iron will cause i was afraid I'd lose a permanent bosco life...

a question i do have, how does diff 3.5 work?

[burnt sandal]

everything you want to know is either on the page I've linked you or in the different articles linked in said page

see the difficulty scaling article for 3.5

[quick whale]

true

5.5 would be so much worse, especially in pubs

[jolly herald]

agree

[sick moon]

i wonder if edd's 5.5 and haz 5+ are similar

[mellow cradle]

not really

[jolly herald]

haz 5 to 5.5 is quite a small difference

[sand juniper]

5 and 5.5 feel the exact same to me, personally.

[burnt sandal]

they're almost the same

[lunar linden]

pretty easy

nice

[cold kindle]

Egg collection time,team,alien eggs

Management needs them,don't ask why

[flint widget]

Oh, first time we've gotten the ebonite mutation on a dive.

[woeful glen]

ebonite mutation just make my life worse

[lunar linden]

its just annoying

[mellow cradle]

ebonite mutation makes my life better

free power attacks

[little flax]

Look on the bright side, you essentially have free power attacks for the entire mission

mine through that rad zone rock easier

[sand juniper]

Ebonite mutation makes most missions easier.

It's also unlimited health if you take the Vampire perk.

[indigo drift]

also gives a reason to bring berserker if going off alone at times is preferred

[flint nexus]

how do i o about gathering a quick team for deep dives?

[exotic belfry]

Open a lobby and wait for it to fill up, or make a post in #lfg-steam

[rose shore]

this is so usefull, tyvm

mostly high melle enemies...

[quick leaf]

nah the edd this week feels like a labirynth

barely made it out

[lunar linden]

[idle island]

Is the new deep dive out yet?

[runic tide]

yes

[jolly herald]

This weeks EDD is incredibly easy, if you are considering giving it a go for the first time, highly recommend this weeks

Stage 1 is moderately spicy if you get caught in the weird cave gen with a nemesis spawn but otherwise its plain sailing

[clear slate]

it's so easy

37 minutes

[tribal parcel]

stage 1 has cursed generation but otherwise elite is pretty friendly

[lucid frost]

ebonite

oh right the power ups

[zenith ember]

Driller supremacy, wtf is cave generation

[olive hill]

Just beat normal deep dive, should I EDD?

[exotic belfry]

If you can do H5, then you should be able to do the EDD

[olive hill]

I did "Carl would be proud" so I think I could

[exotic belfry]

Then I would go for it. Worse case scenario you fail and try again.

[olive hill]

Only thing I need for EDD is switch some perks

[twin stag]

how come my drills refilled on 2nd stage?

went from like 10% to 90%

[honest bobcat]

Well did you take a resupply

[twin stag]

no it refiled as the 2nd stage started

I had under 50% on my primary so I couldn't possibly have refilled

strange

[upbeat seal]

Reg deep dive was crazy easy

Stage 3 had a pretty intense start tho lmao

[rose shore]

do you all have tips against the mactera plague the the edd?
i think i can manage heat 4, but i haven't unlocked heat 5

most likely will be soloing it

playing as a scout

[jolly herald]

Stage 3 has elim cave gen so as a scout the easiest way to handle mactera plague is to zip to a tunnel and cryo nade the clumped up mactera

[rose shore]

going in with cryo nade, definitely. im going with a single target m1000 and fire penetration shotgun...

and i found pot o gold before starting the event

[jolly herald]

I have played on haz5 duck and cover missions where my team stood in the open trying to out shoot a swarm of mactera - its just not worth it

[rose shore]

made it so bosco has 4 lives... took iron will and dash

Wish me luck

[upbeat seal]

Gl champ

[jolly herald]

[rose shore]

passed stahe 1... damn its hard...2 full resupplies s
used

eggs and melle enemies now...

[rose shore]

found jetboots, do they carry onto the next mission?

[eager atlas]

Cave generation is what the game uses to build the terrain seen in the different missions, it provides variety and differences in the different biomes beyond those that are purely aesthetic.

[eager atlas]

No but your muscle memory does and you'll be trying to use them when you don't have them anymore

[rose shore]

2nd level done... dreadnoughts...

and 2 mini mules... last level was easier woth unlimited power strikes

[rose shore]

they dont carry over then...

ahhh now i remember... mactera plague with dreadnaughts, gonna love being grabbed while fighting them...

[rose shore]

a question, i accidentally shot the dreadnought egg instead of a breeder

do i fight the Dreadnaught, or distract at amd fight the flying breeders

[eager atlas]

https://tenor.com/view/why-not-both-why-not-take-both-gif-11478682

[rose shore]

THE WINNER IS MEEEE

[glossy zephyr]

second stage of the normal deep dive this week is gorgeous

ive never seen caves generated like that

[sage pine]

feels like the last few dives have been a little stale

lots of res crystals, pipelines, aquarqs, eggs, morkite etc

[hybrid sorrel]

thats not as hard as it sounds

also ITS KARL

you give dwarves a bad name