deep-dive-discussion

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[gusty grotto]

Is the requirement to join an elite deep dive just to have your dwarf promoted once?

[median agate]

Yes

[gusty grotto]

Explains the level 12 driller joining my elite deep dive

[rose shore]

how?

[jolly herald]

its 3 levels or 1 promotion per rank up isnt it?

conversely this week i ran the EDD with a scout with 1 promotion and no OCs and it went fine

[novel sentinel]

Tbh EDD are not hard

We need even harder version of it

Extreme Deep Dive :))

5, 5+4, 5+8

[weary siren]

Master dive?

[jolly herald]

Would like edd to have more warnings

[civic yoke]

with this week edd anyone would say they are not hard

[hidden silo]

same on my first time getting to s2, i was fighting glyphids from the moment i arrived to 15 minutes later, we had no break and the only reason i survived that long is because i could fly midair with hoverclock+grapple

[gusty grotto]

I wouldnt of kicked but I wasnt in the mood to potentially fail the EDD due to a greenie

[lyric zenith]

you need a promoted dwarf and to finish a normal deep dive to get into an elite deep dive

but numbers aren't always a reason to discriminate, did last weeks hard EDD with 3 bronze and a silver - and people listening to the guy on the mic directing things made it real smooth

[torn escarp]

Is edd hard this week?

[wraith shard]

Not really

It is easy

Hopefully the new EDD will be actually spicy

[torn escarp]

Thx

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[gilded skiff]

What hazard is the normal and elite deep dives

[civic yoke]

Normal is 3, 3.5, 3.5
EDD 4, 5, 5.5

[eager atlas]

first stage edd is 4.5

[vague lantern]

what does the fraction do again?

i know it's "harder" but in what way?

[eager atlas]

various things https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Difficulty_Scaling#Deep_Dive_Scaling

[mystic horizon]

hope its a more difficulty EDD this time around

[rose shore]

going blind this time

[rocky quest]

Just finished last week's elite deep dive solo after several attempts and GOD it was brutal. I'm not sure I ever want to do something like Clean Bed solo again.

Thankfully I've heard here that this week's EDD is way easier, so that's nice.

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[marble thistle]

First stage DD is a refinery with dreadnought, volatile guts. Biome is magma core

EDD is fungus bogs

[drifting tinsel]

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 July 25 to 2024 August 01 (Week 252)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1722510000:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Magma Core | Code Name: Broken Ledge
Stage 1: On-Site Refining + Twins | Volatile Guts
Stage 2: 6 Eggs + Liquid Morkite Well | Duck and Cover
Stage 3: On-Site Refining + 2 Eggs | Lethal Enemies

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Fungus Bogs | Code Name: Secret Pocket
Stage 1: 7 Aquarqs + 150 Morkite | Parasites
Stage 2: On-Site Refining + 150 Morkite | Haunted Cave
Stage 3: 10 Aquarqs + Twins | No Mutator

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[quaint locust]

Haunted Cave on refinery

🤢🤢🤢

[mystic horizon]

what a pain

[fresh robin]

Damn this deep dive looks actually fun
Also ughhhh, Haunted Cave Onsite Refinery

[drifting tinsel]

we've set our sights on SEVERAL deep wells of liquid morkite

[fresh robin]

Bringing in my cryo driller for this deep dive

Or when there is one, my cryo scout can help

[fair karma]

Damn, what a deep dive to train my freshly promoted lads with

[swift niche]

So as someone who hasn’t done a haunted cave before…how fast does the ghost move? Like walking pace?

[opaque canyon]

it's basically an invincible bulk detonator so about the same speed I guess

[swift niche]

Ah gotcha

[mystic horizon]

this looks like a fine place for my generalist gunner to thrive in

not looking forward to that duck and cover 6 eggs though

[rocky quest]

It's on the normal deep dive, so it will be totally fine.

Haunted cave doesn't seem too bad for refinery, the bulk is easy to bait and moves slow.

[mystic horizon]

depends, it can be a kick in the arse if it catches you off guard during a bad swarm

happened to me once when i played a haunted caves refinery

wiped my entire team

[thin sage]

a good scout can bait it the entire time

[marble thistle]

Status effects still affect the ghost, so neurotoxin payload rules. Or IFGs

[mystic horizon]

key word good scout

[reef pine]

Looks like Molly is going to be M.I.A this week

[drifting tinsel]

molly is on vacation

[mystic horizon]

she’s sick of the dwarves talking badly towards her

[drifting tinsel]

conductive thermals doesn't work on the ghost :'( wish it did something so you could freeze the ghost for more than two seconds lol

[lunar linden]

oh god this EDD sucks

twins aquarq last stage?

[wraith shard]

Seeing no mutator on EDD nevers fails to be depressing

[atomic zodiac]

is there a new dd list or do we still have a day or two until the new one

[wraith shard]

There is

Just scroll a bit

[lunar linden]

it literally came out 1 hour ago lol

[wraith shard]

^

[atomic zodiac]

ah goodie, time to gamble with matrix cores

[sharp cradle]

If only EDD Gunners remembered that on slot 4, they have a bubble shield that can protect them from the 20 macteras that appeared above them

[drowsy solstice]

ah, if only

its also my two favorite Biomes!

oh boy, do I love playing in fungus bogs and magma core

but on the other hand, it does mean the normal dd is gonna be easy nitra-wise

with hopefully the edd being the same

[gusty grotto]

EDD is not that bad this time round

not easy but not ridiculously hard

[spark pebble]

Thankd

[fluid aurora]

horror was stressful but we still beat it

[spark pebble]

On-Site Refining + Haunted Cave is so annoying. I'll pass this time

[gusty grotto]

it doesnt help that the cave is small too

and the geometry of the terrain is awful

[vocal peak]

it'd be awesome if info like this would be pinned

[drifting tinsel]

great news it is pinned

[vocal peak]

Feelin' silly I didn't check at first

[topaz wren]

what are the missions this week?

[old widget]

there's a pinned message here in this channel with that info that gets updated every week
#deep-dive-discussion message

[topaz wren]

ah

ok

[mystic horizon]

cramped cave with an unknown horror

not the most fun

[quick whale]

damn 2nd stage edd is really tense

[crimson iris]

Why have the deep dives been so repetitive lately

[mystic horizon]

management really likes morkite

[acoustic skiff]

Our team got wiped with the drop pod still in the cave.

Got into 2nd stage, i shoot out two flares...

Its just cancer

cancer everywhere, only thing missing was stingtail

multiple praetorians

tons of grunts

webbers, spitters

and a rly annoying rolypoly boy

top that off with the haunted bulk who ONESHOT TWO PEOPLE IN THE DROP POD

and we failed fast

and im genuinely mad

OMG did i mention we got a swarm not even 5 minutes into that one btw???

fucking 4 tri jaws rolled up on me with 3 people down

[civic yoke]

you have to clear that big swarm at the start of refinery missions quick, or it will get worse with the ambushes, if I play gunner I usually shield push at the start to see where the priority targets are and clear most of the swarm.

[burnt sandal]

yeah the first swarm always hit about 5min in

that's pretty normal

[acoustic skiff]

the oneshotting in drop pod needs to be fixed though

[civic yoke]

don't you take 1% damage in the drop pod

[acoustic skiff]

haunted dude came over and killed our gunner and engi stuck in the drop pod

[burnt sandal]

the only way to get one-shot in the drop pod is by sitting in it for an extended period of time

the resistance wears off after a time, you're not supposed to be staying there idle

the ghost doesn't even spawn immediately either

gotta put those engi sentries down and move out in force with the gunner dropping a shield if the heat is too great

[civic yoke]

pub gunners on their way to never use shields and save them for revives

[burnt sandal]

yeah, a lot of people don't use the shield proactively

which can be hard to do sometimes because everyone is running into opposite directions

instead of sticking together

[edgy tartan]

Engineer putting down sentries can be a good way to get people to stick together and defend. As long as they're actually put in a defensible location.

[raven carbon]

Yeah this one was a little difficult

Otherwise edd was good

Not too easy like last week, hard to tell the difference between dd and edd

[lyric zenith]

good communication and a little bit of planning can do wonders, if people can overcome their apprehension to do so

[burnt sandal]

agreed

[agile zenith]

What haz is elite deep dive on?

[burnt sandal]

4.5/5/5.5

[agile zenith]

Ight thanks mate

[hidden silo]

this deepdive had a lot of on site refining

and i do love me some on site refining

[agile zenith]

Same

My fav mission type by far

[rapid totem]

wait the damage resistance deteriorates while sitting in droppod?

[burnt sandal]

for the starting pod, yeah

[rapid totem]

makes sense

[hidden silo]

they all pretty cool exept morkite mining

i don't like the worldgen on morkite mining

[naive notch]

If even that, seeing other gunners never use shields make me sad

[hidden silo]

its just corridors and corridors and more corridors

[rapid totem]

me wondering where the last morkite vein is then realizing its in a tunnel facing away from where you walk in

[agile zenith]

Its tedious and kinda boring

[hidden silo]

engineer also can't use sentries without relocating them every 10 seconds

even in swarms

[agile zenith]

True

[hidden silo]

angry mugman approved

[agile zenith]

The amount of times i died relocating my sentries

[agile zenith]

Yes

Its me every time i habe to play morkite mining

[hidden silo]

but again i could just be bad my engi is level 13 no promos

[agile zenith]

Nah i have my engi on two promos and i still mess it up 😭

Or maybe im just bad at the game i dunno

[hidden silo]

also last week i did my first successful elite

[agile zenith]

Niceeee

Im too scared to do one

[hidden silo]

stage 2 was hardest

[hidden silo]

what player level

[agile zenith]

30

😭

[hidden silo]

i was prob 37 at the time

you can do it

[agile zenith]

Thanks for the support🙏

[hidden silo]

also i main scout, wich made me only useful for task cause i just kept running away when swarms arrived

[lethal igloo]

edd was fun

[hidden silo]

hoverclock+special powder working wonders

[lethal igloo]

many glowtrees to light

[hidden silo]

didnt try yet

last one was kinda e h

[agile zenith]

Im so unlucky with my overglocks i really want the special powder for the Scout

But i only get driller and gunner overglocks

[hidden silo]

i was pretty lucky with hoverclock and gas rounds, but for special powder i just save scummed

[twin cape]

Grinding the dives this week was fun af for me, even the horror mission. Lots of on the fly strategizing, it was very intense.

[acoustic skiff]

I would just like to say

Pheromone gaming

Also, fun fact i learned today:
You can pheromone dart and grenade the haunted detonator

It cant be killed, but will continuously kill grunts and other creatures around him if you pheromone him

[coarse vessel]

Huh

[flint widget]

Good EDD this week.

[soft cipher]

stage 2 of the EDD is traumatizing me

[novel sentinel]

It's easier than a single haz5, just do it 😄

[soft cipher]

an elite deep dive? not this week's at least

[winged sluice]

I just completed the EDD And I used driller and drilled a hole around the map on stage 2

Still was hard but it made it doable solo

[fickle nova]

<@&296918282403840000> ☝️

[subtle sphinx]

nuh uh wrong server

[vapid lily]

this week's regular deep dive blows tbh

the gen was meh, I was super lucky to get rocky mountain on tap

and it was my least favorite mission type the entire way through

literally every mission was pumping liquid morkite of some variety

liquid morkite and eggs on the agenda I guess

8 unidentified eggs, a dreadnought cocoon, and 7 morkite wells

what a pain for a solo scout
Bosco made the pipe-building less miserable though

haven't done the EDD yet but HOPEFULLY there aren't any liquid morkite wells or onsite refinery missions

[eager atlas]

considering it's double aquark refinery, driller is the best way to solo

[vapid lily]

Oh thank god
I love doing aquarq missions

I’m surprised they haven’t made a deep dive secondary out of collecting aquarqs, it’s like one of the only ones they haven’t done yet I think

If you wanted you could even get all fancy and make a mini minehead instead of depositing them into whatever receptacle is available

[lunar linden]

Gl on solo Haunted Cave Haz 5 refinery

i would never even attempt such torture

[mystic horizon]

joined with a full team on EDD, driller randomly leaves during stage 1, engie gets downed stage 2 and instantly leaves too, me and my friend on scout had to duo that EDD smh

[atomic zodiac]

it was easy asf for me, i enjoyed the first pipelaying but after that it got mundane

[ionic salmon]

when you should go in deep dive elite?

[mystic horizon]

wuh

[atomic zodiac]

you-fucking-what

[lunar linden]

Second stage edd

[mystic horizon]

also to answer your question @ionic salmon normal deep dive difficulty modifier is iirc 3.5-4-4.5

while elite is haz 4.5-5-5.5

for each stage in respective order

[novel sentinel]

so what are this EDD warnings?

Haunted cave and something else?

[mystic horizon]

just parasites on stage 1 and haunted on stage 2

stage 2 can be a bit stressful cause the cave is relatively cramped with the unknown horror lurking

[old widget]

normal deep dive is Haz 3, 3.5, 3.5
https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Deep_Dives#Difficulty

which makes it very accessible as the bugs stay at Haz 3 speed for all stages

[mystic horizon]

ah alr

[novel sentinel]

only one warning per stage? that's why we need extreme deep dive

[near lynx]

AFter this dive I'm convinced I'm a bulk det magnet.

I had not one, but Six of them in the elite dive ||not including stage 2 WHY KARL WHY||

And somehow we still won the deep dive

with a greenbeard in tow that we were helping out too!

this game...

[novel sentinel]

solo 42 mins

can't say it was too hard

terrain in second stage made kiting big boi a cake

because driller drills

[winged sluice]

Did it earlier by drilling a hole around the map

[lyric harbor]

anyone have tips for the deep dive elite map 2? its so hard at the start

[winged sluice]

What class do you use

[novel sentinel]

Call a resup and quickly assemble pipes :/

[winged sluice]

I mean I’ve done it but I’m trying to figure out his class

Also why is it always stage 2 that’s the hardest

It’s always stage 2

[novel sentinel]

Well, yeah. If driller - just drill to 2 pumpjacks and kite trhu one on the right if you're facing away from refinery

[novel sentinel]

Because stage 3 gives you skins

Not OC

[winged sluice]

They intentionally made it more ass?

[novel sentinel]

Maybe, maybe just random

Never researched this topic

[lyric harbor]

engineer

currently buid is auto lock rifle, breach cutter, double sentry fast refill ammo, shredder grenade

perk for armor is fast regen sheild, immune dmg after being revived, more sheild

struggling a lot on the ghost bug (mainly cause our team scout dont have space to lure him away) and the ceiling plant that shoots projectile

[lost valve]

@wraith sequoia that was some funny shit, the stage 2 of EDD

[wraith sequoia]

the cave is just big enough for two dwarves and an immortal abomination

[lost valve]

I just kept chugging resupplies without counting

[wraith sequoia]

[lost valve]

Why did the pipes even broke at 98%

[wraith sequoia]

three praetorians

[lost valve]

(Rhetorical)

[tiny marten]

on paper this week's edd feels easy, did anyone try it yet? how was it?

[wraith sequoia]

very fun

[mellow cradle]

not too easy, not too hard

[wraith sequoia]

there's a lot of nitra

[tiny marten]

last week's was very easy, would you say this week's was harder or easier? or around that much?

[mellow cradle]

ye

harder

last week was a joke

[wraith sequoia]

ider last week

[lost valve]

It's harder, I don't even remember last week

[tiny marten]

i did it last day cause i was on vacation, prolly that's why i remember it xd

[tiny marten]

aight

[lost valve]

Bring a driller I guess

It'll speed up putting pipes in the cramped and uneven terrain

[tiny marten]

i did this week's dd without one, it was boring as shit, two refinery missions 😴

and the terrain was shit af

[lament ermine]

Was there a DD/EDD without Duck and Cover since season launch?

[lost valve]

This one

[mellow cradle]

nope

[tiny marten]

dd has one

[mellow cradle]

the normal dd has duck and cover

[lost valve]

I thought that's "or"

Not "and", sorry

[tiny marten]

gotta train dem new dwarves

[tiny marten]

excused

jk

[lament ermine]

Apparently the previous one and season launch one didn't have Duck and Cover at all

Still, majority of them had

Odd

[sharp shuttle]

failed the edd 4 times today

[sharp shuttle]

6

[proud zealot]

[errant torrent]

what is the deep dive schedule today?

[rose shore]

does waves stop during point extraction during the EDD if you start the boss?

[burnt sandal]

no

[rose shore]

god...

so im facing the twins solo with an army of slashers

i didnt order a fully grown hiveguard

Glad i started it early

[lyric harbor]

is every deep dive rotation mission randomised or it follow a certain patterns? like after 15 rotation the mission will repeat

[burnt sandal]

randomised

sorry, misread the first time

[lyric harbor]

yeah ik the weekly deep dive mission is fixed

[burnt sandal]

there's no pattern

[lyric harbor]

btw, any tips for deep dive elite map 2？struggling with ceiling plant and breeder cause there is too much bug and no one have time to kill it, ceiling plant was blocked by a lot of object

[lyric harbor]

so just random every week?

[burnt sandal]

yeah

[unkempt dew]

I think for Easter the deep dives are always egg related (dreads and Egg hunts)

[crimson iris]

neuro payload

was very helpful

for giving the ghost brain dmg

[timid coral]

Which missions are included in the normal deepdive?

The reddit hasn't updated yet

[novel quartz]

idk

[burnt sandal]

check the pinned messages

[gentle hinge]

Is it fine to run the EDD this week as a newbie?

Cuz ive heard that the last couple were insane.

[burnt sandal]

yeah but you might run into troubles

[gentle hinge]

Doesnt look like too difficult missions/modifiers

Parasites and caves

[vapid lily]

oh no
the second stage is one of THOSE missions

[burnt sandal]

it's more the combination of objectives that is difficult

PE + dread can go bad really quickly

on-site is fine as long as you know how to kite the ghost around

[gentle hinge]

PE + dread?

Oh point extract and dread

Got it

Why would that go bad in particular?

[burnt sandal]

because activating the dreadnought doesn't stop the swarm

that means you're gonna have to time it properly and kill it fast unless you want to fight the boss + a swarm

[onyx obsidian]

The spawn on the second stage is a little rough, too

[barren wagon]

finished the EDD. the key is for driller (which i played) to make clear paths up and through everything. quickly tunnel to wells on the haunted one and kill the twins at start or right after first swarm.

you’re not only fighting bugs but the environment.

[civic yoke]

was playing the edd on pub and the engineer died like 10 times to the ghost, bro was playing with airpods on.

[barren wagon]

if your team can traverse the environment easily it’s half the battle

[civic yoke]

not a lot of goo on the edd, jet boots helps a lot in second stage If you get cornered by the ghost (that shouldn't happen tho)

[barren wagon]

i run cryo so i can crowd control too

[civic yoke]

same, been having lots of fun with crystal nucleation

[barren wagon]

the thermal shock is door too

dope*

[civic yoke]

exothermic reactor?

[barren wagon]

the status effect temperature shock

[civic yoke]

I run boiler on the cooker when I play cryo, it's been more effective for me, might test it later with blistering I heard it's good

[barren wagon]

cryo freeze then burn them for disintegration damage i believe it is

[civic yoke]

yeah ik

don't use that on cryo cause I run vampire, and the 300% extra damage I find more important that the 200 (I think it's 200) damage temp Shok does.

[fresh ivy]

That deep dive was a lot lmao

[rose shore]

Finished the Deep dive alone, the EDD alone, then the deep dive again with a friend... my brains fried.....

i love the open areana given for the 3rd level of te edd

[eager atlas]

it does pause announced swarms so it's still somewhat good to have a dreadnought around that can only follow one person over the swarm, but the ambient spawns are still there

[burnt sandal]

not during deep dives

it pauses it for random dreadnoughts, not for secondary deep dives objectives

[eager atlas]

I'm sure I've used secondary dreadnoughts to prevent swarms in PE

[burnt sandal]

as far as I remember, the spawn rules during deep dives strictly follow the spawn rules from the main objective, with the exception of black box. Unless that changed and I'm misremembering it, that's possible. 😄

[small cove]

i highly recommend bringing a driller to this week's deep dive

[arctic surge]

haunted cave and refinery is worst combo ever

[gentle hinge]

Honestly the worst part is the 2nd spawn

2 scalebrambles suck

[arctic surge]

I always have someone leave on that stage

[rose shore]

can't have anyone leave if you're going in alone.

there haunted cave has the underpass that is awesome in making a quick getaway

i had a detonator spawn in the same haunted cave level XD

[arctic surge]

i had 2 now

2 detonators

and one haunted

Right after we launch minehead

Okay, on 4th try my game crashed on first stage

That's a sign

[fresh robin]

you know, it was a very bad idea that I popped the egg at the last stage when there was a swarm coming
We had to deal with both Twins and a massive swarm
I got like 11 deaths overall this EDD because of that mistake alone .w.

[old widget]

Pretty sure dread secondaries pause waves / swarms in deep dives, at least since this U34 hotfix patch note: #patch-notes-steam message

• Fixed enemy waves able to trigger while fighting dreadnought in deep dives.

I definitely remember it used to /not/ pause waves during dread secondaries though, and I remember that patch making PE + dread EDDs much less hectic

[rose shore]

as far as my experience went

i fought the twins while also facing Respawning slashers, grunts and guards

killed like 30 during the course of the fight, and group did get bigger but the boys was the 1st thing i did so it wasn't crazy

[mellow cradle]

those were ambient pressure waves, not announced swarms

[rose shore]

aaahhh i didn't see those, boss did finish rather fast

[lyric harbor]

i finally completed deep dive elite 😭

gosh its so frustrating

[deft holly]

So, any tips for this week's EDD (or at least the first two stages)?

Also, is there any merit to doing Deep Dives Solo (as in, does it adjust enemy stats for less players like normal missions)?

[arctic surge]

For second stage let the driller set up pipe lines alone while you kite around detonator

There is also high chance after launching minehead that detoantor(s) would spawn

[deft holly]

As in, on both stage 1 and 2?

[arctic surge]

Stage 2

[deft holly]

But yeah, that does sound solid, just need a team to execute it with. Any loadouts (including beers) you would recommend?

[arctic surge]

Every loadout work, if you good enough to be honest

I went with cryo sticky ice 33131 and microwave diffusion ray 13203

Exothermic only because I needed to kill a lot of grunts

Usually I dont take microwave at all

And during pumpung sequence my focus was survive>repair pipes>revive

[civic yoke]

Cooker tier 4 really asking for a rework, people don't even pick any of the 2 mods (and it removes the inspect animation which is the biggest issue )

[arctic surge]

They're pretty useless for me, imo

ALso inspect animation is fun

[novel sentinel]

they're useless overall

cooker deals no direct dmg so what's the point of these

I mean it does but so little

[arctic surge]

wait until there will be guy with 13337 hours who says some obscure but benefitial usage of wide lens

[novel sentinel]

The other sextillion pro players with TCF be like: ok, use cooker

[agile zenith]

So i tried to solo my edd

First*

And that second stage was a pain in the ass

But it was possible

Yet i still failed

[novel sentinel]

Try again, you can do it

[eager atlas]

honestly the 2nd stage of the EDD doesn't need a driller, the cave is a big circle that's relatively flat (there's some drops here and there, but nothing to merit drilling for the pipes)

that said driller can still make tunnels through the walls to get away from corners and such

but the main issue is the cave being kinda small

also if you're solo I'd still take driller since aquarks are much faster that way, on top of having good swarm clear

[agile zenith]

Thanks 🙏

[agile zenith]

Notes thanks mate

[novel sentinel]

Me picking driller because why don't play him 90% of the time XD

[eager atlas]

also don't forget that bosco can mine aquarks and build pipelines

[novel sentinel]

If your bosco doesn't build pipelines - don't play solo

[eager atlas]

[atomic zodiac]

i just ran through this weeks elite deep dive

holy FUCK it is hard

for people who are looking to play it please note!
Mission 1 will most likely include 1-2 bulk detonators
Mission 1 has so many of the gas dispenseer plants (bring a driller, burn them)

In Mission 2 run to the left immediately, deal with the first couple of waves with nuclear engis or scorching tide
Get rid of anything that remotely detrimental to the mission asap (Scalebramble, barrage infector, breeder)
Stay the FUCK away from the unknown horror

In mission 3 it cools down a bit with larger waves and a dreadnought battle (i didn't survive the dread)

also resup immediately after you complete the objective in mission 1

(also dont waste any time or resources)

[civic yoke]

I did it solo with driller and have been trying to run it on pubs, hardest part are the host quiting on stage 2 after dying lol, guess I'll try to host later

[atomic zodiac]

you ran it solo?

[civic yoke]

I rarely do them solo but yeah

aquarts and refinery, very easy with driller

[atomic zodiac]

very

i cant imagine that deep dive solo though

thats like some voodoo shit

me and my freinds were saying that there is no possible way any of us could solo it

[civic yoke]

When u get used to haz 5 with 4 players solo is not that bad

[atomic zodiac]

im used to haz 4, haz 5 is where i normally have issues

[civic yoke]

that and I have a lot of hours in this game so don't take my word when I say it's easy

[atomic zodiac]

i could see how you could do it solo but you'd have to be on top of your shit 24/7 and not wasting ANY time

[cunning cedar]

lord

this weeks normal dd was honestly harder solo than the edd 😭

[atomic zodiac]

this normal dd was a breeze imo

[civic yoke]

gotta focus on the objective, keep moving and keep Bosco busy

[atomic zodiac]

as are msot normal dd

[cunning cedar]

i feel with a squad it wouldntve been difficult

but i was solo engy for 2x refinery lol

so it just took hell of a lot longer lmao

[atomic zodiac]

ah yea engi solo is kinda painful

[cunning cedar]

the edd solo driller was a delight tho that was fun

[civic yoke]

might solo with engi sound fun

[cunning cedar]

tis

magma core refinery is annoying but if you go in w rocky mountain stout itll be a lot more fun lmfao

[atomic zodiac]

ngl on the elitle deep dive at the end of mission two our scout had to leave us behind because he was one-tap and out of ammo

[cunning cedar]

🫡

leave no dwarf behind (unless the mission fails otherwise :3)

[atomic zodiac]

only time i was ever reasonable with him whenever he leave dwarves behind

[cunning cedar]

yea thats valid lol

[atomic zodiac]

also this elite deep dive has introduced me to the "see you in hell" perk and i am now re-working all of my classes' perks

[civic yoke]

see you in hell god tier perk (if ur planning to go down )

[drowsy solstice]

its a sleeper perk that I wish I had the balls to run more often

also I hate having to leave deep dives when no one is willing to communicate over egg popping but I guess its now something I do lol

[civic yoke]

good god just did a edd run and the driller went down 27 times, bro was not having a good time

[cursive escarp]

HAHAH dude i was playing edd with randoms earlier and only one of us extracted on the final mission😭

literally our scout had to cause the rest of us got swarmed badly

some dude on the mic just kept saying to just extract and that he wanted out of the mission badly too

funniest shit ever

[cursive escarp]

wait huh

i completed an edd and it got replaced by another

[deft holly]

It's still the same EDD on my end and should be the same for the next foreseeable 4 days.

[cursive escarp]

weird

like it was a different one from this weeks one with haunted cave

[chilly flare]

This weeks EDD was fuckin tough

Took like 4 times to beat it

[orchid hemlock]

Is it possible to encounter events on deep dives?

[mellow cradle]

nope

[deft holly]

Yeah, and as my second ever EDD, this was a really spicy introduction to 4-player EDD. For context, last week's EDD was my first, where I managed to solo it through stage 2 but was got at stage 3.

Funnily enough, I managed to completely do this EDD, be it with the help of a random Greybeard engie, resulting in me getting the freeze enhancement overclock for the Cryo Cannon.

[sharp shuttle]

you know drg is hungry for the morkite when you get 3 refinery objectives

[drowsy solstice]

true

just finished that deep dive

[wispy fjord]

we had a hard time with the EDD but man that DD second and last mission was pure terror

soo many dam bugs the second one

[drowsy solstice]

EDD I had actual good players, so it was so much less stressful

stage 2 was cursed as shit tho, esp when a Bulk spawned on top of Ghost Bulk

[sand juniper]

I usually one-shot deep dives but having 2 greenbeards for the EDD wasn't the brightest idea.

[civic yoke]

wdym I love doing the objectives by myself while the scout keeps going down in the same cave 5 times

[sand juniper]

On my run the engi went AFK on stage 2 onwards and no one besides me wanted to kick him.

[bitter plover]

good god stage 2 of the EDD is hell

[sand juniper]

Onsite refining on DD is always tough.

[bitter plover]

I am always fine with Onsite refining, it is just the bloody haunted cave modifier

[sand juniper]

The greenbeards I played with had never seen the Unknown Horror before, it was a good survival horror experience for them.

[sand juniper]

It glows a whole lot on its contour. Much unlike the stalker.

There's a mod to improve its glow but I'm not sure if it's a verified one.

I don't consider it cheating if the game devs approve it for achievement progression.

I don't use it anyways — with Ultra graphics everything is so clear you don't even need scout flares most of the time.

I'll tell you what mods I use: hotkeys for stuff in the space rig, a heat indicator on the crosshair, and a funny mod to pet dwarves. That's it. All verified mods. I don't like cheating either.

Same as above, I don't mind as long as the devs allow it.

[civic yoke]

using qol mods won't stop bugs from killing you if you are careless.

[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!
_ _

[worthy ermine]

I got to the very end of this week's elite deep dive- literally last mission, drop pod returning, and my wifi cuts out

[silver trail]

I had a scout on edd who froze the ghost on stage 2. I had no idea that could be done

[rose shore]

it can also be set ablaze, although it won't do much...

[mossy zodiac]

Yesterday I did a duo with a friend on EDD. At the very last moment right at the drop pod I was grabbed by cave leech.
I was the only survivor at the moment

[unkempt dew]

lol

[crimson iris]

hit it with neuro payload

[sand juniper]

You can also dump goo in the unknown horror to slow it down.

[rose shore]

does electricity slow it aswell?

[chilly shore]

yea

[civic yoke]

Me on my way to weaponize the ghost with a single pheromone bolt

[royal karma]

Man EDD stage 2 is a pain lol

[tiny marten]

2 man was also annoying

[modern crown]

just finished EDD with engie driller and gunner

are spawns randomized too?

or is it just our luck that a regular bulk spawned too

on stage 2

[eager atlas]

pool is fixed, spawns are random

but because the pool is fixed, you're bound to get a bulk or two if you stay for a while

[modern crown]

ah i see

[tiny delta]

How in the world do you do this week’s EDD stage 2? It’s a corridor with haunted cave.

[native fiber]

power through i guess

[drowsy solstice]

loops

loops and pain

loops and pain and revives

[crimson iris]

Just drill and place all the pipes

[eager atlas]

it's a very open level so you don't even need to drill

[crimson iris]

Thats fair

I drilled the left pipe

If everyone just gets down to business

It's not too bad at all

[fresh robin]

Imma say, EDD Stage 2 wasn't really that bad
only have the gunner or scout kite it while team does the pipelines

[paper sinew]

this weeks deep dives had a lot of morkite objectives

managment wants a lot of morkite it seems

[tiny marten]

we literally milked the damn planet

[paper sinew]

well the main reason drg is even on hoxxes is for morkite ig anyway

[paper sinew]

I said this in game chat while doing the EDD and someone said back "well what are they gonna dip their balls in"

[tiny marten]

true, it's the only mineral we extract and not directly use it for us

[paper sinew]

I mean the minerals could just be acting as another kind of currency

like nitra

so we don't know that

[paper sinew]

the only reason we know this is the season 5 briefing

[tiny marten]

we use every other for mods and weapons, we use nitra for ammo, but morkite no

[manic pivot]

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

[novel sentinel]

first try as always

[analog crest]

the entry on EDD Stage 2 was pretty fuckin bad

failed it twice with the same scout because he refused to go kill the nodule up on the ledge

so the scalebramble never died

literally nothing I could've done, he kept just going around trying to revive people, ie standing still while the scalebramble kept firing

even told him before the second go, you need to kill it; refused to, fucking idiot

[manic pivot]

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

[fresh robin]

2 hours left

[tender halo]

does diffractor bio mass converter perk reset each map or it keeps the effect to the next map

the engi laser gun perk that expand the duration with each kill

[burnt sandal]

The way it works is that every x seconds, killing an enemy will give you back some ammo in your magazine

[tender halo]

oh well

so it doesnt stack if u reload?

from the descriptiom i thought it makes each ur mag shoot longer

for each kill

like from 10 sec to 11 sec for 1 kill

[burnt sandal]

Bio-mass Converter

Bio-mass Converter is a tier 5 modification that refunds 3 ammo each time an enemy is killed.
Cooldown: 0.25s

Excluded enemies include: Glyphid Swarmers

there's no stacking involved or anything

it's just "get some ammo back while firing so you can fire for longer"

[tender halo]

ah ive been using it wrong this whole time

i just try to kill smaller target before fighting boss so it can last longer when shooting 1 mag

back to slow down perk i guess

[jolly herald]

use bio-mass converter with feedback loop OC

[manic pivot]

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

[fresh robin]

A powerful combo, just like plasma splash with impact deflection overclock

[manic pivot]

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

[candid bobcat]

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024-08-01 to 2024-08-08.
Deep Dives will reset <t:1723114800:F> (<t:1723114800:R>)

DEEP DIVE
Region: Glacial Strata | Code Name: Stale Crypt
Stage 1: 225 Morkite + 2 Eggs
Stage 2: Kill 2 dreadnoughts + 150 Morkite | Low Oxygen
Stage 3: 7 Aquarqs + Black Box | Mactera Plague

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Big Path
Stage 1: 225 Morkite + Perform 2 Deep Scans | RivalPresence
Stage 2: Industrial Sabotage + Repair 2 Mini-mules | Exploder Infestation
Stage 3: 6 Eggs + Repair 2 Mini-mules | Mactera Plague

^ this is generated based on the seed (experimental)

[zenith ember]

seems correct based on 1st stage

[drifting tinsel]

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024 August 01 to 2024 August 08 (Week 254)
Deep Dives will reset <t:1723114800:f>

DEEP DIVE
Region: Glacial Strata | Code Name: Stale Crypt
Stage 1: 225 Morkite + 2 Eggs | No Mutator
Stage 2: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Twins) + 150 Morkite | Low Oxygen
Stage 3: 7 Aquarqs + Black Box | Mactera Plague

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Big Path
Stage 1: 225 Morkite + 2 Resonance Crystals | Rival Presence
Stage 2: Industrial Sabotage + 2 Mini-M.U.L.E.s | Exploder Infestation
Stage 3: 6 Eggs + 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!

oh mem beat me to it lol

[tiny marten]

industrial sabotage, Lovely

[candid bobcat]

assembly reverse engineered the deep dive mission template based on the seed, had to try if the little util i wrote on top of that worked

[lunar linden]

Looks pretty easy

Except for Sabotage

might drain a bunch of nitra

[cold kindle]

Well well

Rivals and macteras this week

[fresh robin]

dang this EDD actually looks fun, not too hard
Imma bring pure fire Gunner, Burning Hell + Hellfire

[zenith ember]

1st stage already spicy lol

pew pew pew

[rose shore]

a lotta mactera infection

[lunar linden]

I'm going Face Melter

[rose shore]

i feel gk with zuklov will work for a scout...

[zenith ember]

k this edd is cancer LOL

seesh

[wraith shard]

This EDD was fun and relatively easy

We had a nemesis spawn in the first stage, just as the swarm started

[zenith ember]

It was easy for you? I was wrestling with bad hacking pod areas and the middle area in stage 3

[mystic horizon]

rival presence on mining, exploder infest on sabo, mact plague on eggs

not too easy not too hard

[wraith shard]

Yeah. ECR and BC with swarms practically steam rolls the swarm

The most annoying part of the exploder mutator is that you can't listen to music/podcast while playing

This EDD also had a plenty of nitra, we had enough surplus to call multiple pods to leave for Karl

[static lichen]

stage 2 boss arena is cancer

and if you don't have a driller one of the hacking pod locations is a nightmare

other than that, a pleasant edd

there's an ongoing pattern through the last few elite deep dives where the second stage is the hardest one

[winter veldt]

Another fun EDD

[fleet skiff]

lmao we had a dreadnaught spawn

[old widget]

awesome, now we just need a way to figure out what dreads spawn

[vast garnet]

alr what's the best way to deal with the macteras as a gunner? 1h of life wasted due to budget house flies

[wraith shard]

bait them with getting on a zipline because they'll always focus you in a specific way and it makes them much closer together and easier to deal with/predict

[mellow cradle]

coilgun has reliable fear factor, and macteras don't resist fear at all

as for killing large quantities of them, hellfire can do that, and mortar round can clear dense mactera clouds because it will eventually hit

throwing leadbursters on the ground is also good

[rugged basin]

have yet to look at how anything inside mission gen works. dreads might be trivial, or could be obscenely complicated lol

[drowsy solstice]

oh baby Indust on a deep dive

time for pain!

[runic aurora]

I'm having problems creating a game invite in LFG Steam. Any suggestions?

[fresh robin]

Get a weapon with fear (perferably s coilgun with fear mod)
Or you can pick them off one by one with your bulldog, make sure to use hollow point rounds for 1-2 shots

If you're fighting a large wave f mactera, use your shield
And remember to move around and use your dash generously

Leadbursters are really good for anti-air as well

[iron berry]

i might just skip this week elite deep dive

[atomic zodiac]

is this elite one worst than last week's

[edgy tartan]

I don't remember last week's being hard, but we went down a few times in this one so maybe?

[tiny marten]

how's this week's edd?

[vast garnet]

you just need a decent team its not bad but macteras can get ya sweating and stage 2 care taker

[tiny marten]

if you have completed last week's edd how would you compare it to this?

[vast garnet]

waay easier last one gave me PTSD i was sweating like a fat person being chased by lions across the desert

[tiny marten]

lmao man xd

[paper sinew]

that EDD stage 2 BEATS YOUR FUCKING ASS IN HOLY SHIT

and our gunner left so it was even worse

[paper sinew]

yeah I aint planning on doing that shit

I'm good with my stage 1 blank matrix core

stage 2 is fucking cancer

god knows what stage 3 has to offer...

[paper sinew]

I don't remember last one being that bad

[vast garnet]

mactera plague

[paper sinew]

what objectives?

[vast garnet]

egg 6, 2 mini mules

i think, i already forgot

but i know the eggs

[jolly herald]

its always in the pins

[paper sinew]

ah thanks

[paper sinew]

hold on they're not updated anymore

but what

or is this a message

that keeps getting updated?

huh

okay that scrambled me a bit there

[jolly herald]

hmm, its usually in the pins

[burnt sandal]

it is updated

it's updated each week

[paper sinew]

yeah

yeah I figured

[jolly herald]

I am getting a discord bug, in the pins the last current post is dated 9/11/23

[burnt sandal]

and that's not a bug

[paper sinew]

just that it sent me for a loop that a 2023 message is current to the current deep dive lol

[jolly herald]

ah yes

i was being stupid

[burnt sandal]

the edit function exist, that doesn't change the date of when it was posted

[jolly herald]

carry on

i confused aurora, who then confused me

[paper sinew]

there should be a date of edit in discord tho

maybe

[burnt sandal]

https://tenor.com/view/obi-wan-confusion-gif-10824788

[jolly herald]

tbf the first line is the date

[paper sinew]

no we were both confused by the same thing

[jolly herald]

i just decided to not use my eyes momentarily

[fresh robin]

Actually you know what, not a burning hell minigun, just lsls

Time to bhop

[eager atlas]

there is, but it's at the bottom of the message

[cunning pond]

haven't played DRG in ages
maybe those new overclocks are fun
you know what let's do a dive

Industrial Sabotage

[lunar linden]

hasnt played DRG in ages

straight into EDD

[cunning pond]

Warm ups are for babies.

We won regardless.
But I will never indeed like running into that mission.

[cunning pond]

It could be season 15 and I could've made this exact same statement.

[quick whale]

see IS
hover over the "leave team" button
remember it's EDD and it's not a nice thing to do
pain

[jolly herald]

take new scout friend into EDD
fail
rock and stone
go again

[fluid aurora]

dives not so bad as long as you have a driller (source: was the driller)

first try the caretaker ceiling desynced for me so i couldn't c4 vents and then we wiped to a terrible 5 month long war of attrition hashtag fuck my shit lifew

second try it worked

u can also bunker for 5.5 mactera plague though it isnt rly necessary because mactera plague

sludge blast mulches patrol bots and appendages and pp is the anti swarmer/exploder/shredder ifnestation button

[tiny marten]

you can click on pinned messages on this channel to always check current week's dd/edd missions

Barron said last week's was worse, i haven't tried this week's yet

[iron berry]

5th time in a row elite deep failed..

can i please get a team that know how to dodge the boss?

[winter veldt]

This doesn't look good for me

[paper sinew]

yeah this week's EDD is just oh god

[cursive escarp]

holy fuck

2 of our teammates left edd first stage but me and other dude still completed it😭😭😭

Tufacee my goat ill never forget you

last stage was somehow definitely more rough than 2nd though

like at least in 2nd stage we had a good hiding spot but in last it was just mactera after mactera

[cursive escarp]

and since we were both gunners

shit was just constant shield spamming

[sage storm]

does pool spider spawn in deepdives?

[wraith shard]

No

[cursive escarp]

also i was gonna say neurotoxin payload my beloved

[nocturne umbra]

The deep dives felt rough for me this week

[icy hollow]

not going to lie

the regular one was harder than the elite this week

[spare night]

The EDD is nasty, geez

[fresh robin]

damn, the EDD really was tough
and somehow at my 2nd attempt, I was able to beat it with NO DEATHS

my loadout was perfect all along

[winter veldt]

Holy shit this EDD was crazy

But extremely fun tbh

I enjoyed it even more than the haunted cave from last week

It took me 2 attempts, same team

[jovial oasis]

Haunted cave is scary af on EDD

This week dd and edd sure are fun

With a shit ton of flying buddies

[ivory marten]

Black Box Mactera.

Nope.

[tender halo]

what does deedback loop does

[jolly herald]

The longer you hold the trigger the more fun you have

[tender halo]

will try it out once i have it

[cunning helm]

why does this week's edd caretake feel way stronger than anyh other caretaker ever bruh

[fluid aurora]

every caretaker is longer than the last one

[upper lark]

The last mission was a bit rough but it was really fun

[thick marlin]

I stg I wanna find the company that deployed the Caretakers and square up to them

[ivory marten]

The Rivals?

[vague arrow]

My team for the Elite Deep Dive went nuts when they realized what the second stage was.

[vale cypress]

Remember, shooting the leadership of the competition might not be legal but it sure is effective.

[compact wedge]

That caretaker is INSANE dawg the phase bombs never even let up to get a single revive in

[upper lark]

We got our ass kicked by the caretaker

Kept spamming the repulsion shield attack and we kept dying

[chilly flare]

Just beat it with two gunners, definitly needed. We also had a fuckin bomb ass lvl 80 driller. For the last stage we just drilled to each egg rather than navigate on the open air

[lime hollow]

EDD this week is a little hairy. My squads driller made a deep bunker and I made some platform walls so all our resupplies were in a House of Pancakes and just lasered the caretaker with the shard diffractor

turret whip was borderline essential, I can't imagine doing the last stage without it

truly awful

[chilly flare]

Use two gunners and a driller, both probably running the railgun with hellfire, and one of them needs too have a flame build, I’m lead storm biased. Need a driller to, and honestly I probably say no need for a scout. But after doing it six times a scout wasn’t needed cause I knew where everything was

[lime hollow]

I could see a stun sweeper being super helpful on stage 2 and 3

[chilly flare]

The scout grenade? Fer what?

[lime hollow]

Really just anything to help with cc, the exploders, shredders and mactara spawn absolutely just clogged the air on my run. That's really what was making it difficult tbh

an engineer will do it too but just for the sake of anyone reading here there's plenty a scout can help with if they want to play it

||plus I like to encourage scouts. Flares make the game pretty||

[chilly flare]

Reason I said two gunners is I was originally scout but we were getting absolutely swarmed with bugs and bots and I just couldn’t keep up. I tried single target and that failed and then CC but that failed as well. Granted I am fairly new to the scout, just wasn’t sure what I could do to have an impact

[lime hollow]

sweepers are nice just because they can halt an exploder swarm, destroy a shredder cloud or put a mactara swarm on pause if your squad is out of position. Normally I'd go cryo grenade but those are butts against bots

[chilly flare]

That’s good to know, I’m trying to figure out how to properly use all the scouts grenade types so the helps

[lime hollow]

but overall my caretaker advice to anyone struggling this week is to pick a spot or make a spot to fight it on the very edge of your effective range. Your biggest advantage is that the boss doesn't move. You can just leave the room at any time to get health or wait out a phase. It will never regen health like a Tyrant Weed or chase you down like a Bet-C. Slow and steady wins the race

[cursive escarp]

yea i redid it with 2 friends and that was the team comp😭

[arctic surge]

that edd is so long

[rose shore]

wtf is with this Deep dives vlack box spawn?

in a tiny tunnel with a pit next to it

WITH MACTERA PLAGUE

[sage parrot]

Do bunkers for black boxes

Much easier

[flint orchid]

WHY IS MY SCREEN SPINNING

[amber valve]

when this happens restart the rig or make it into the drop pod it'll reset itself

[eager atlas]

stop moving the mouse

[onyx obsidian]

The one I was in, the Driller tried to drill and blast it down, but it got stuck in the air. But it worked out; the driller and I just chilled standing on top of it only dealing with mactera

[rose shore]

im doing solo scout. both the dd and edd is done

[rose shore]

i did something very similar, add a resupply nearby, have it float and have a freezing contest with the mactera using ice grenades

somehow it worked

[novel sentinel]

EDD's are no harder than any haz5+ mission, hard to believe people can struggle for weeks to complete one

[chilly flare]

That was exactly what we did, I was like wtf

[chilly flare]

Most people don’t play Haz 5

[novel sentinel]

Most people play Haz 4

And even though it's a big step up, you have multiple resupplies at the 2-nd and 3-rd stage

[lime hollow]

I've noticed a larger amount of newer players since the season rolled over trying their hand at the EDD's. They can always be extremely tough if you're not prepared

[fresh robin]

what if management trolls us with a double industrial sabotage EDD with Escort Duty Rival Presence on the 2nd stage hahahahahahah

[viral finch]

hey any aus lookin to do a deep dive?

[eager atlas]

bring it on

[novel sentinel]

Well, I said we needed Extreme Deep Dive but not Hellish...

[rose shore]

Bring it on, but please keep the level generation simple

like dotty going vertical for some reason

or sabotage with goop everywhere around the boss

[novel sentinel]

Molly code vertical! Repeat, CODE VERTICAL!

[exotic zodiac]

I just got the ability to do deep dives and i was wondering if there was any solo driller builds i could use for my first run

[paper sinew]

I mean sticky fuel OC with 13221

it's just good

but you do need the overclock for that

I mean as long as the build is good and isn't horribly ammo inefficient you'll be fine rly

especially for solo on the ammo as you get 2 full ammo stocks per resup then

[static lichen]

the main issue with solo driller is having something against bosses and other heavy targets

and it's very hard to put some single target together without overclocks

[paper sinew]

ye

[exotic zodiac]

Sorry for the last reply!! would you recommend anyone else?

[rose shore]

ant the axe cover up for single target damage?
i use subata with the full auto oc(cause i dont like clicking that often) and choose ammo clip size, weakpoint damage, extra damage to burning targets, accuracy bonus. it works well in shredding most enemies that are burning

in haz 5 i can kill an oppressor by setting it a blaze then putting 1.5 clips in it and bam dead

[mellow cradle]

that build falls apart on dreadnaught fights, and relying on axes for single target damage all the time is a great way to run out of them (especially without cryo)

axes without cryo are mainly for stuns

and the odd meele vulnerable bug

[fluid aurora]

driller w/o overclocks makes single target rly difficult
if you do have overclocks i recommend scorching tide/ice spear/volatile impact mixture/sludge blast
usually run subata for single target built for whatever primary ur using it with but blistering necrosis is also good so you can smack bitches from the front and still damage them

[rose shore]

I just created the scorching tide and sludge blast(shotgun oc) how do you use them?

for the sludge one i quickly run out of ammo...

[rose shore]

makes sense, the build isnt perfect...

[fluid aurora]

sludge blast is magsize/either that isn't normal shot dmg/ammo/charge speed/damage

sludge blast rips through tanky enemies

secondary can be whatever but perferably persistent plasma for smaller things you dont want ot waste sludge blast on like swarmers jellies shredders etc

axes are the standard pick for any driller build basically

[exotic belfry]

On SB I would recommend Neuro Grenades, since SB lacks solid area control and already covers the damage role that axes fill

[rose shore]

true, i really dont want them nerfing the axe through, rather buff the other nades in his arsenal

[exotic belfry]

The main reson axes are so good is due to the secondary weapon balance issues. Subata would make Axes obsolete if it wasn't terrible. And TCF is a bit OP, while also covering the AOE role that Neuro and HE fill. Rippers just suck and do need a buff.

[fluid aurora]

driller primaries r all goated and then the rest of his kit is so fumbled its insane

[exotic belfry]

Tbh Driller has terrible mod trees on every weapon other then Sludge. Driller weapons are getting the question right using the totally wrong method.

[chilly shore]

I don’t think a better subata would replace axes unless it also had a very strong stun. that’s probably the biggest benefit of axes, being able to immediately and reliably shut down not only mactera but also spitting praetorians, stingtails, etc. Driller builds that can give up axes can only do so because they have some other way to quickly freeze or kill these problem enemies, and even then they still end up more vulnerable than if taking axes.

[rose shore]

can't drilling them do the same? immediate fear

[chilly shore]

The season 5 stalker is yet another enemy that demands axes - while immune to stun, the axe supplies a burst of damage that forces the stalker to burrow or outright kills it. The damage is also near instant which is very good since every millisecond matters when a stalker reveals itself on top of you.

[chilly shore]

Drills have a lot less range and their stun/fear is not guaranteed, especially not instantly. However the drills are still probably the best panic option if axes and power attack are not available.

[rose shore]

personally speaking i never have issues with stalker since i either run the cryo cannon with floor spike oc sticky flames...

i need a solution for gunner though

[chilly shore]

drills can’t stop a stingtail until it has already grabbed you out of position, and in my experience they often gore me at least once before I roll the stun/fear, which is kinda painful

[static lichen]

if you want a class with a no-overclock good generalist build, engi with shotgun + breach cutter works

[mellow cradle]

scout with m1k + boomstick is also good

coilfear + hurricane gunner is also good

[acoustic skiff]

yeeeeah...

I give up

im not doing the deep dive this week

stage 2 is just fucking awful

i've struggled through to the caretaker twice, but cant find a group that doesnt all die to the tentacles or exploders

the exploders make it errible

[crimson iris]

I find EDDs comfier than haz 5 and far comfier than haz 5+

It might be because the people playing EDDs tend to lift their end of the load

This week's EDD was the first tough one in a while

Almost wiped on stage 3

[novel sentinel]

Stage 3 was breeze

[crimson iris]

Having an edd go past 50 minutes is infuriating

[crimson iris]

My team ended up with a double swarm haha

[novel sentinel]

Aquarks were close and i had 4 resup on 3rd stage

[crimson iris]

Wait

[novel sentinel]

Oh, I was playing solo

[crimson iris]

Are we talking g about the dd or the edd

[novel sentinel]

Edd

7 aquarks and twins, no?

Oh, wait

That was the previous

This I don't even remember

[crimson iris]

Lmao

3rd stage this week was eggs with mactera

We got the double swarm pull

And we were separated

Was hellish

[novel sentinel]

Ahh, yeah, remembered

I was playing duo this one

[novel sentinel]

I mean all eggs were in 1 room

[crimson iris]

Sorta?

I think 2 were kinda out of the way

And it was not a small room

[novel sentinel]

2 were a bit higher but very close to the same room

[crimson iris]

Hmm

Maybe I'm tweaking

[mossy zodiac]

This week's DDs are kinda breeze compared to previous ones

[crimson iris]

I think the past few weeks have been crazy simple

So I'm going to disagree

A haz 5 industrial sabotage and a haz 5.5 masters mission don't seem close to the previous weeks EDD

As for the DD it's about the same

Goofy black box tho

[mossy zodiac]

Dunno, wiped several times on the 2nd stage three weeks in a row (EDD).
Today was first try duo tho

[crimson iris]

Interesting

[lime hollow]

My squad got an extra goofy black box. The Driller tried to drop it down to ground level but it just ended up floating in the air so the engineer had to make a platform fort

[crimson iris]

Same...

I was the driller on my team

Engi did not platform...

[lime hollow]

oh. oh no

[random reef]

I was scout

And driller nuked me

[iron berry]

has anyone even solo this week EDD?

[mellow cradle]

I have

with driller VIM + PP

got one stupid death because I blew myself up with c4 while hastily trying to nuke caretaker vents, but other than that, it was rather uneventful

it took me above one hour though, as I was super cautious on stage 2 and 3

[hidden meteor]

I tried breaking the ice beneath it to make it floor level and it ended up just being suspended in midair. Definitely made it harder on myself but somehow managed.

[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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[rose shore]

I've done the dd and edd with scout, freeze grenades, m1000 with hipster (ammo, quick focus, extra clip size, blow through, focus stun) and boomstick with extra ammo oc (ammo, quick fire, ammo, blow through, fire)
i mind the area around the black box in the normal dd and freeze the mactera while standing on the box. for the edd i saved up a lot of nitra for the boss arena, used 4 ressuply and used them whether my hp was below 50%.
had bosco (31133) didn't really need him and didn't optimised it.

i only died once when a mactera grabber grabbed me in the last Edd level and flew into a bulk deto, salute the kamikaze bug XD

personally speaking, besides the black box, this dd and edd was relatively easy

[rose shore]

shouldn't that make it easier? break enough of it so bugs can't reach you then just feel with ranged enemies while standing on it

[hidden meteor]

You have nowhere to go if you get overwhelmed. Mactera swarms don’t care if you’re on land or floating on a box.

[rose shore]

which class are you trying as?
as a scout using pheromone or ice grenade can easily kill them, as a gunner you can hold out using the bullet grenade and shields, as driller... he's driller. the flamethrower and axe can deal with them. I'm least experienced with engi, but with the swarmer grenade and breach cutter with the smg should be able to manage

[lyric zenith]

on driller cryo is good too, as soon as they freeze they die, and of course driller can bunker up practically instantly anywhere and create a single chokepoint so you can't get shot from 4 different angles

[lean mantle]

Honestly I heard a lot of talk about the edd being difficult so I went in solo, and it's probably just the fact I've been playing haz 5+, but it really wasn't that bad

Stage 2 was a bit of a pain, since both hacking pods dropped in really stupid spots and I was engie so I couldn't drill to them, but other than that it was fine.

You could argue there was very little room in the caretaker fight, but I kinda just stuck myself into a small hole in the wall, abused 20 billion platforms laced with repellent additive, and went on about my day, shooting from cover via the pancake pillar I made in the center of the hole

[exotic belfry]

To be fair, most people play H3/H4, so a triple warning EDD is pretty hard. Especially compared to some EDD's that are easier then normal H5.

[jolly wing]

Stage 2 was hectic

The exploders made it difficult to stay focused on the caretaker

And the roof was narrow for plat placement

[cold kindle]

I had nemesis jumpscare on stage 1

He literally spawned from nowhere

[idle pier]

Stage 2 killed my family

[cold kindle]

💀

[acoustic skiff]

yeah im debating if i even want to try a third time on this weeks deep dive

i dont even know what the third stage is

[wraith shard]

Eggs with mactera mutator

Are you doing the EDD with engi?

[winter veldt]

stage 2 has my family hostage

[rose shore]

preparation is mandatory for that weird black box spot

[deep raven]

is it me or was elite deep dive easier solo?

this week one

[ember zodiac]

Im doing a deep dive in pod 2

feel free to join

[eager atlas]

You are the only factor so, whether it's easier or harder depends on your skill and your team

[jagged carbon]

Do not C4 the black box

For the love of Karl don’t

[silent spruce]

I have to say, i really hate when there is hack missions on EDDs. The thing becomes so unnecessary longer it's crazy.

Over one hour to do it solo.

[jagged carbon]

If you C4 the black box it breaks and floats in the air

[silent spruce]

If i was on a team, it would be like 3 hours

[sleek hollow]

This elite deep dive is kicking my butt, 7 trijaws spawned directly behind me and power of friendshipped my dwarf butt

[silent spruce]

On stage 3? They spawned like crazy on me too. Did it fine tho, because i was carrying a lot of aoe stuff.

explosive chemical rounds kicks trijaws' butts.

[sleek hollow]

Stage 2 actually^^

I'm using mortar round and had no time to get up to speed

[silent spruce]

rip

[sleek hollow]

#drg-gallery message

I was like "Hey what's that sound?"

[silent spruce]

lmao

they went full omae wa mou shindeiru

very little time to reaction

[sleek hollow]

"The power of friendship!!!"

[eager atlas]

You're immune for the whole iron will duration so you didn't need to shield to resupply

[sleek hollow]

I was tweaking, didn't want to die immediately after It went away. That 2nd mission was sooo much harder than the 1st and 3rd

I died 3 times in 2 minute

[winter veldt]

Yeah when you see that many trijaws just drop a shield

[sleek hollow]

Definitely

[eager atlas]

Iron will last about 2 revives or 2 resupplies, you had plenty of time

[sleek hollow]

Good to know

[fresh robin]

🙏

😈

[rose shore]

for me edd averages to 1hr 20mins... i almost always solo them

[rose shore]

I'm actually scared if they throw double sabotage, considering i use atleast 5 resupplies during them, I'd be running on fumes in the second level...

[unique ore]

sabo also has like 5 resupplies worth of nitra in the level

[eager atlas]

That said I wonder how you use 5 of them solo

[honest bobcat]

Remember
In case of sudden mactera swarm
Shield

[thorny gull]

In case of sudden mactera swarm
Cryo cannon

In case of anything else
C4 scout

[restive harness]

Anyone got that shitty hack pod spawn in 2nd stage edd where it's placed really far away?

[mellow cradle]

yes

but I was playing driller

[rose shore]

during edd and haz 5 solo, it is extremely dangerous fighting the boss while on half hp, its spear like attack can one shot you, so i use them for hp solely

scattered behind cover so i can quickly heal up

[eager atlas]

I tend to just have 2 or 3 at most

[tiny marten]

damn son

at what account level where you able to pull this off? or hours played

i hoped it was levels to boost my confidence xd

😂

[fresh robin]

Then the caves better be extremely generous on Nitra veins, should be atleast 800-1000. Scout should be doing a lot of work mining all ghe Nitra for the team, Driller and Gunner will deal with the swarms while Engi can support Scout and deal with swarm

I'm just saying, double industrial sabotage would be funny

Just to troll players

[rose shore]

sounds fun, but i run solo...
it'd just be long at this point

but I'd still enjoy it

[safe plover]

dumb question, why can't I join most Deep Dives?

All but two teams are greyed out

[tame olive]

It means they are full or they've already started the Deep Dive

You can't join in the middle of a deep dive

BTW. Does someone have an advice or a guide how to complete the 2/3 stage of this week EDD, cause I'm trying to complete it 8 times honestly.
I'm really now in despair, even if it's skill issue, I can't just wait for another Deep Dive....
Please help me, thank you

[winter veldt]

Ask around and see if someone wants to help you complete it

there are a lot of very good players here

I don't offer my help so that if we fail it's not my fault

[lime hollow]

Yeah, putting out the call to action in #lfg-steam will probably get you a good team for it

As for advice my squad of 3 made it through but it took some drilling to make cover for the team around the base of the Caretaker / hacking pods and heavy CC to keep the exploders and bots off us.

I played Engineer. Turret Whip was really nice to have but Gemini System and Shredders are the biggest mvp. They'll pretty much singlehandedly control the exploder and enemy shredder swarms

brought the classic 31213 Overdrive Shard Diffractor to melt the boss and sniper turrets and we were outta there in no time

[true marsh]

This is my second try doing this week's EDD and me and my team died on mission 3. Don't know why they like to stay in the central area where the eggs are. You split from your team and macteras cook you.

Will give it a last try tomorrow night.

[ebon gull]

For engineers; running voltaic SMG or electrocuting LOK-1 with extra electrocuted damage shard diffractor can take care quickly of the patrol bots. Also lures help with the caretaker tentacles

[fresh robin]

Well when it comes to industrial sabotages, always bring some fire to your build
Like for Driller, go flamethrower ofc. For gunner, use minigun with hot bullets or coilgun inferno. For engi, all the secondaries deal some type of fire damage ofc.

I played Gunner and ran LSLS 32x23 and inferno coilgun with fear mod. Coilgun helps deal with those shredders and the mactera plague at stage 3

[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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[rose shore]

double sabotage? double elimination, triple escort??? nooooooooo

[fresh robin]

double elim would be fun. triple escort? a lil too much
double sabotage is where hell starts

[eager atlas]

Can't triple anything

[novel sentinel]

Quadruple elimination pls

And I don't care about the rules

[plain matrix]

Triple point extraction pleas :3c

[gilded skiff]

Do special drinks effect deep dives?

[wraith shard]

Yes

[wraith shard]

Double sabotage with shield distruption and escort would go hard

[mellow cradle]

yeah, on all stages

[lime flare]

I have learned to hate exploders with a passion

[main topaz]

exploders are ez

they are just a check if you are afk

you can run straight through them and they blow up

[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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[silent spruce]

It's very annoying to fight exploders without a headset. That's my current situation right now. 😩

They make almost no sound.

[main topaz]

look around more and keep mission spawn pools in mind

all missions roll a set spawn, youll know whats spawning and aprox in what quanitity

if you spot them they are easy to deal with, my preferred method is to run into them to trigger them anywhere expect point holds

thankfully they are bright orange whats easy to spot anywhere

sound only removes the queue that they are right ontop of you

i believe youll manage big boy, adapt and overcome

[obsidian flicker]

Hello, is there a "haz level" for the Deep Dives ?

I mean like an equivalent. I know there is no explicit Haz indication

[old lintel]

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

[obsidian flicker]

Ok thanks

[old lintel]

np!

[obsidian flicker]

So DD doesn't give blank cores ?

[novel shale]

idk where you got that
the DD and EDD give one blank core, one overclock, and one cosmetic core each (in that order)

[obsidian flicker]

Nvm, just read the title... saying "infused cores".

Did I got the 1st if I quitted at the 2nd one ?

[novel shale]

yes

though you might as well just go for all 3 because why not, still get the ones you completed even if you lose on stage 3 or something

[obsidian flicker]

My laundry was more fun than playing with some people

[novel shale]

damn

[obsidian flicker]

Last question for now,
How do you know if you already did the DD for the week ?

[eager atlas]

the terminal shows the time it took you to complete it

if you only did 1 or 2 levels I think the stage number frame changes so you should see a difference between them

[rose shore]

even if they make no noise when spawning they definitely make noise for 2/1.5 seconds before exploding, in my experience dash is the ultimate counter for them

[unique ore]

ultimate counter is being accurate enough to pickaxe them in the head right before they explode

[fierce pecan]

doing the EDD currently, solo scout (ai stability engine gk2 + embedded dets)

the first stage took me 45 minutes, it has been an absolute slog

[rose shore]

How'd it go?

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
New Deep Dives will be available in one hour!
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[rose shore]

oogie boogie

[eager atlas]

yeah this edd was long as hell solo

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/565850434376302613/1271049927723716608/2024-08-08_10-16-59_394811311.png

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
New Deep Dives are now available!
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[candid bobcat]

Weekly Deep Dives information for 2024-08-08 to 2024-08-15.
Deep Dives will reset <t:1723719600:F> (<t:1723719600:R>)

DEEP DIVE
Region: Hollow Bough | Code Name: Abyssal Level
Stage 1: On-Site Refinery + 2 Eggs | Low Gravity Duck and Cover
Stage 2: Perform 3 Deep Scans + Connect 1 Pumpjack | Duck and Cover
Stage 3: 200 Morkite + 2 Eggs

ELITE DEEP DIVE
Region: Fungus Bogs | Code Name: Blunt Avalanche
Stage 1: On-Site Refinery + Dreadnought | Exploder Infestation
Stage 2: 3 Mini-mules + 2 Eggs | Low Gravity
Stage 3: Kill 2 dreadnoughts + 150 Morkite | Haunted Cave

cc @drifting tinsel for the pinned info update

Looks like my little script didn't have unexpected cases this week

[steel kettle]

2 duck and cover missions god dayum

[frail charm]

not on the EDD, at least

only haz 3/3.5

[eager atlas]

haunted dreadnoughts oboi

[drifting tinsel]

still working on dreadnought rotation, should be up soon 🫡

EDIT: pinned info has been updated with dreadnought rotations, thank you for the patience! ≧▽≦