#deep-dive-discussion

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chrome elk
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Also, anyone find any really badass skins?

jolly crypt
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So, just did the Deep Dive. Have a few complaints.

The rewards feel lackluster for Deep Dives. There should be an extra at least 10% modifier for beating it or SOMETHING. Minerals seem almost non existent (maybe just bad luck?). The rewards you get still have to be paid for even though you literally get them as a reward for beating the deep dive in the first place..

Is it just my group of friends and myself that feels like this?

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Also, you can only get the rewards once a week from the Deep Dive if I'm understanding it correctly?

woeful flame
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Quick question: Does everyone in a party have to be promoted to do deep dives or just the host?

civic cairn
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yes everyone has to be promoted.

wraith shard
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so if I have a matrix core, but no upgrades i want to spend it on, do I still have to?

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or will different upgrades show up later

blissful matrix
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@jolly crypt I just did an elite deep dive. It isn't difficult. It's outright unfair.

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I'm playing as a solo scout. You literally cannot do the second stage because the swarm is endless

fringe kettle
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second stage for this seed is brutal

blissful matrix
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can't repair the mules because they're obviously swarming you, and you can't get ammo

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I only cleared first stage because I could run around as scout

fringe kettle
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first and third are much easier in comparison

blissful matrix
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is solo possible?

fringe kettle
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I haven't tried

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I've done a 4 and a 3 man group.

blissful matrix
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it would seem that the second stage would be possible, but extremely difficult still, with a full team

fringe kettle
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Lets just say we were playing hot potato with the iron will perk

blissful matrix
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it's tsill got a 45s CD

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that must've been a long hot potato

fringe kettle
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it consisted of being revived, running around with little to no ammo, reviving someone, running around some more, then going down.

blissful matrix
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how'd you finish it with no ammo? just pushed the objective hard?

fringe kettle
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we had plenty of nitra for resupply, but couldn't sit on it long enough to actually supply. Eventually I got a shield down on it and we finished off the swarm. Took much longer than it should've.

blissful matrix
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imo, elite is poorly designed

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there's a difference between difficult and unfair

fringe kettle
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it's just the seed that's used, it'll probably be improved for next week

blissful matrix
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it's just hte infinite spawning

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i think i had a swarm within a swarm

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there's needs to be restrictions

livid prairie
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our gunner kept getting a bug where he couldnt join at stage 3 of the elite, screwed us over a bunch. is there any way to quit and rejoin a deep dive?

blissful matrix
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yeah, there's been trouble with loading on pods

fringe kettle
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I had a teammate with that exact same issue. Black screen?

livid prairie
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yep

blissful matrix
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I've spawned above the drop pod

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and below it

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ltierally the whole team fell to the death

fringe kettle
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he left and didn't rejoin so I assume you can't.

blissful matrix
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except I was the only one without iron will so they could pick me up lol

livid prairie
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supposedly the engi had someone leave and rejoin in experimental

fringe kettle
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There really ought to be a 'rejoin game' option especially for long missions like this where no one else can join an in progress mission.

blissful matrix
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disconnects should allow the rejoin

rotund ivy
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a rejoin option appears when you crash

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not sure about alt +f4s

fringe kettle
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which is great and all, but it doesn't rectify issues where a player has to rejoin due to corrupted packets or other miscellaneous issues.

rotund ivy
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all those will get ironed out eventually

tender axle
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Yeah i didn't see any minerals on my deep dives either, maybe they just don't spawn

fast veldt
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@blissful matrix That's the downside to playing scout, you have no kill potential though you do have stall - IFGs, M1000 fear, Grappling hook

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if you have to kill every enemy to complete objectives, scout is not the haz5 class for you I guess

glossy agate
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How come I can join deep dive groups with my not promoted gunner?

fast veldt
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Only need one promotion AFAIK

finite quarry
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I've had a host who didn't load at all. Waited a good 10 minutes and then force quit

paper meteor
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why did I only get one cosmetic item for completing elite dd for first time?

tribal ridge
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because you get 1 mineral, 1 cosmetic. and 1 weapon overclock

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elite and normal dd are seperate pools

wraith shard
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0 exp and money for failing isnt pretty nice...

azure plume
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I mean its supposed to be a endgame thingy hand holding is not something wel get

tender sierra
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community goal screen is just an endless loading circle

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any fixes?

fresh imp
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i'm in a mission right now to kill dreadnoughts and the last one was killed but we didn't get credit for it what do i do?

azure plume
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my friend you are screwed

fresh imp
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k

static swallow
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Who pinged me

azure plume
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i sure didnt

static swallow
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I don't believe you

azure plume
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too bad

static swallow
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wait huh

azure plume
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you know what i got a idea

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@static swallow

static swallow
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Yea?

azure plume
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nothing i just pinged just cuz

static swallow
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Okie

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:(

azure plume
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Sorry o had to

static swallow
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sniff sniff

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SNIFF SNIFF

azure plume
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Its okay here have a drgbeer

livid portal
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So if I attempt a deep dive and fail on the 2nd, can I re-attempt the whole thing again for the cores I didnt get?

bold patio
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Pretty sure you can run deep dives as many times as you want, no?

livid portal
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But only get the rewards once a week for each dive?

bold patio
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I think you get rewards everytime you run it

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Have yet to run them more than once personally, but I've heard you get rewards more than once

livid portal
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This is the part of the patchnotes that confuses me, plus I vaguely remember them saying it would be limited in attempts when they were first talking about it conceptually
"Each Deep Dive (Normal and Elite) will reward you with a random Matrix Core infused with a specific weapon Overclock. On top of this, you will get a weapon Overclock for completing the Weekly Core Hunt assignment. So in total, 3 weapon Overclocks per week."

bold patio
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Perhaps further runs will not award additional overclocks? Not sure

stray pawn
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you can play them as much as you want but only get rewards once

livid portal
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Even if I only earn some in one I can still earn the rest in another attempt?

hollow iris
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Should be able to

stray pawn
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yes if you get the 1st reward and not the rest and retry and succeed you will get the 2nd and 3rd reward but nothing on the 1st stage

livid portal
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Awesome, thanks for the answers

covert wadi
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Do crafting minerals spawn on deep dives? I haven't seen any so far.

lean pebble
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What do weapon overclocks give in reality?

harsh steppe
elder copper
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Ey, just got me promotion, and have been preparing for my first deep dive, any advice?

rugged pecan
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Prepare ur second screen to watch some movie, it's ez

blissful matrix
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except elite deep dive

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you won't be able to solo that

rugged pecan
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duo yesterday in 39:37 w secret achievement unlock ofc

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Solo idk

blissful matrix
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no time to ammo up or repair or anything

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endless spawning

rugged pecan
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and that's great ^^

blissful matrix
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well difficult and unfair are two separate things

true charm
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yo, so any advice on second mission on elite deep dive ? I never got so rekt in my life on deep rock lol

charred shore
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I'm having trouble finding people to deep dive in AUS

covert elk
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ehh, almost completed deep dive and my friend crashed... then we ded

jaunty basin
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@charred shore join the Aussie discord

charred shore
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ah cheers

jaunty basin
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Tho no one is really on tonight

forest thunder
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@brittle fractal this is the chat for deep dives, questions and general discussions

latent mango
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Haven’t touched deep dives yet, what hazard level are they equivelant to?

iron cosmos
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3-4 ish for normals, 5-5.5 ish for elites

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@latent mango

latent mango
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Aight

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Well guess I’m not gonna touch elites for a while, I’ve never done haz 5 yet been too nervous to

iron cosmos
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they are doable if you are on the top of your game.. and the others are too 😄

latent mango
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That and I’ve only recently promoted a dwarf and I’ve seen a lot of people talking about kicking unprompted dwarves from haz 5

iron cosmos
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because usually they havent played enough yet, to have all the right upgrade, skills, and just be able to handle themselves

latent mango
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Oh yeah I’m not saying it’s unwarranted

iron cosmos
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then again a recently ok player and 3 good ones could work

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-reasonably

latent mango
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For example I don’t have vampire maxed yet cause I didn’t really realise how usueful it could be

iron cosmos
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make a beeline for vampire and berzerker :p

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those alone make day and dnight difference

latent mango
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So I spread out my perk points on a lot of cheap ones to get to the 4th perk slot perk

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Yeah I am at the moment

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Need to get engi promoted

iron cosmos
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to be fair the extra perk slot is also worth it :p;

latent mango
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Yeah

iron cosmos
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so good decisions there

latent mango
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I’ve got vampire 4 atm and I forget what tier of berserker

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Is the revive speed perk considered okay? I like running with it

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I actually don’t remember what the other perk I use is?

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Though iirc it’s generally something I float around depending on objective

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Or cave leech awareness because fuck cave leeches

pastel summit
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That isn't fun... they implemented a new ELITE Mission but don't have a chance to upgrade our armor? Or medikits or something...

crimson shale
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whats the diff between a norm deep dive and the elite one?

rotund ivy
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difficulty mostly

latent mango
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Elite is at a harder difficulty

crimson shale
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ah righto

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should prolly stay away from it solo then

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cheers

latent mango
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Up above I was told normal is around 3-4 while elite is 5 or higher

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In terms of hazard levels

crimson shale
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ah i see

latent mango
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Really depends on how the spawns are feeling that day though

burnt oasis
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Revive speed is super clutch, and I'd say any class should take it. Iron will is the same. Never leave home without it. Vampire is also similar. People pooh-pooh on it, but it can be one of the few ways to keep your HP up. Combos incredibly with any form of CC, especially freeze. But you can also pluck a couple grunts off a lure or a pheromone. Just be careful when you're iron willed, since any HP gain brings you out of invincibilty but your cooldown is proc. But the cost is worth the gain.

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Those are the only perks I'd say should go on all builds and classes regardless of your playstyle, since they're all game changers or clutch winners

latent mango
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Oh right iron will I’ve maxed

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I’m so used to having it I forgot about it

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Probably gonna try my first deep dive when I get home

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I don’t need to do them as a promoted dwarf right? Just have one promoted

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Since I want to get my engi promoted but I’m not there yet

burnt oasis
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You should probably refrain from taking anyone sub 25 into one, as despite them only being about hazard 4 they are all steeped with potentially difficult mutators

indigo jungle
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iron will is a crutch, real miners don't die

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it's definitely one of the better perks but too often wasted on classes that can't benefit from it

latent mango
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I thought the last gear unlock was at 18/20 unless there’s other bonuses at each level?

indigo jungle
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iron will is mostly good if you can actively secure your corpse, gunner and scout can

latent mango
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A good grenade launcher blast to my feet or nearby usually works well enough at haz4ish on engi

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I’d still say it’s useful as hell even if you just use it to move into a better spot or clear out some grunts

cold lark
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iron will allows you to come back to life after you would usually just die

burnt oasis
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It lets you survive and revive in impossible situations, or stagger over to a safer zone, or secure a buddy at the bottom of a pit that you jumped off of to revive them

green oxide
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Yea, there needs to be like a 5 second immortality so you can either RUN, toss a shield or a grenade under yourself.

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I usually toss a grenade under myself or a shield and then get a quick melee kill.

ember hull
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Wait does a vampire kill revive you from iron will??

vale agate
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Yep

ember hull
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Holy shit I need vampire

proven raptor
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Any form of healing does

cerulean magnet
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Though it also immediately ends it as well, so you can immediately get downed if you are tagged after leeching a sliver of health

hybrid jackal
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guys do you find elite dive too easy ?

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Just tryed yesterday, normal is ok its normal. But elite i expected me dying or team. But we got one man down the hole elite part

vast locust
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i solo'ed elite last night

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granted it took me 55 mins

latent mango
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do deep dives have matchmaking?

vast locust
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it shows open lobbies that hasnt launched yet

proud kayak
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how was the third stage of elite deep dive?

hybrid jackal
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same as all 3

elfin current
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What do you get for completing secondary objectives in Deep Dive?

hybrid jackal
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easy

burnt oasis
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The vampire/iron will interaction is frustrating, but it's frankly needed for balance

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Otherwise it'd be trivial to basically wade into a swarm, proc iron will, and come out with more HP then you entered with

latent mango
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What are the objectives for the normal deep dive this week?

true charm
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elite is impossible

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15 tries

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nothing

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people die or disconnect or just dont shoot

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was only able to go to second stage once

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and got brutally murdered there

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also, thsi last try the bug that kidnaps you got into the escape pod and got me and fly with me god knows where.....so yeah, thats a thing

green oxide
peak granite
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1st one is extraction and morkite with mactera plague and rich atmoshpere
2nd is egg hunt and mule(?) with exploders
3rd is morkite and mules with no shields

true charm
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git gud, its interesting how I always die last

green oxide
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Also its a new patch... .expect bugs.

peak granite
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if there's bugs just shoot them kappa

true charm
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what if I shoot all 3000 rounds and my team still wasnt able to get any nitra or anything done ?

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I main gunner btw

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sorry for the rant I just flipped my shit with this last bug

wraith shard
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Same expirience

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2 elite stage is imposible in solo, but public is useless. Go get 3 more friends or forget about elite dives. 😦

true charm
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hmm cool.....so thats it, 1 overclock a week ? cool

rotund ivy
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if you shoot all your ammo and your team hasnt gotten nitra or anything done, then the team probably isnt ready for EDD

quasi sable
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so....am i locked into my union now?

jaunty basin
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@wraith shard people have solo elite dives

true charm
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might as well go solo

wraith shard
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@jaunty basin Cool. Glad 4 them. Not every player is that hardcore.

jaunty basin
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You only have to finish the 2nd level as that one has the Overclock the 3rd is just a cosmetic

fringe kettle
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It was doable yesterday probably since most of the folks playing were the more experienced players trying to try it out first.

jaunty basin
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I waited for DD players but no one was on for Oceana servers

true charm
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I am dissapointed, this was supposed to be endgame, or at least part of it.....but what I see is a weekly quest

shy patio
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So....... how about them shellbacks huh

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Is it just me having issues with them 😂

jaunty basin
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Laughs in Auto cannon

exotic raven
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Speaking of the autocannon, how do people feel about the big Bertha OC? Almost double damage is real nice but half mag size along with the other downsides makes it feel really meh.

wraith shard
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Nevermind my previous messages. Actually elite dives is rather easy solo if u remain u stuff under control.

unborn nexus
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@exotic raven it's not really worth it, since it's more of an anti-swarm gun more ammos is a must (at least in my opinion)

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Or you can build your aut-canon to be a Automatic shotgun of death that will destroy everything in his path with full dice on damages and AOE and nothing in the rate of fire

livid portal
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reee I want more overclocks I waited over 2 months for this now am too impatient for 5 more days! gib plox

cerulean magnet
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Also it's potentially 3 a week

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To whoever said 1/week lul

livid portal
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3-4 since if you get at least 2 cosmetic cores (in addition to the 3 wep cores) you will alternate between an extra cosmetic and an extra wep overclock from forge mastery

elfin current
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I don't want to rant

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But

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People are terrible, that's all

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A lot of people, are not ready for Elite Dive

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They play anyway

cosmic vortex
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:( Is there any guide to read to improve?

elfin current
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Yes, but people don't use them

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They don't sometimes even have basic understanding of dives

wraith shard
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There are many on steme

elfin current
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Like that you keep nitra

wraith shard
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But best teachers are practice and death

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And sometimes other dwarves

cosmic vortex
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"Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others."

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If someone's already done the research, there's no point in me reinventing the wheel

wraith shard
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But okay
Mushu made a good guide for newcomers

cosmic vortex
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I don't mean the quote literally. I mean I'd rather not grind out different strategies when someone else already had tried it.

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Sorry man, maybe not the best quote

wraith shard
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Have no link to it tho
And this actually belongs to #drg-chat

fringe kettle
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If the elite deep dives are going to be challenging, perhaps they should only be unlocked if someone has completed the haz 5 assignment in addition to completing a regular deep dive.

indigo jungle
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that's not challenging that's gatekeeping

outer pasture
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You could argue it is about consistency

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I mean, we have to unlock haz 5

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by beating haz 4

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and since the end of edd is haz5+

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it kinda makes sense

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then again, i'd argue beating a dd is like beating haz 4 anyway

cerulean orbit
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are the deep dive difficulty levels locked?

fringe kettle
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they're based on seeds so for each week the levels will be identical.

indigo jungle
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okay now I'm very confused and have a small memory but

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can anyone confirm they've actually brought back minerals other than gold from deep dive?

tardy ferry
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normal deep dives feel like hazard 3 at most, I was surprised at how easy it was

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Glad to hear EDD is harder

livid portal
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The hazard 5 requirement seems like a no brainer

heavy wraith
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i know the missions will be the same for the week, but are the rewards each time you do it random?

cerulean magnet
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Cores are random

heavy wraith
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ok good

cerulean magnet
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The core type is not

heavy wraith
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time to hop back in then

buoyant token
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You only get the rewards for doing it once per week

heavy wraith
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oh ok lol

buoyant token
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Other than XP & Gold, which you can still get

heavy wraith
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got an engie beard and i dont even play engie so time to wait another week

cerulean magnet
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Materials for stage one, weapon for stage 2, cosmetic for stage 3

buoyant token
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You can get up to 8 cores a week

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Plus 6 one time from the breach the core assignment

true charm
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how do you get 8 cores

buoyant token
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3 from each deep dive

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Plus 2 from the weekly core hunt

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You can get even more, from forge mastery too

true charm
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where do you access weakly core hunt ?

buoyant token
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1 core every 5 forged

heavy wraith
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assignments

buoyant token
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assignment terminal after completing the breach the core assignment

idle trellis
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the deep dives are the same all week right? does that mean you can only get rewards from doing them once per week?

buoyant token
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Yes

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You can get gold and XP from doing them again but that's it

hollow iris
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So the elite dive is complete BS on stage 2 yeah?

tribal ridge
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Yeah

hollow iris
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Spawn in on 2 spitballers a brood nest and tons of grunts and exploders?

tribal ridge
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With the spifters l ao

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Just sit inside the pod

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And get your engi to gl the spitballers

feral atlas
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don't just rush out of the drop pod immediately

hollow iris
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I mean when exploders walk up to it

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What do you do?

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Just wasted a half hour

tribal ridge
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you sit in the back of the pod

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lol

cerulean magnet
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Run out immediately, burst down the spitballer that is right there, take cover from the other while you deal with the explodere

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Gunner bubble gets work done for that part

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You just need to be coordinated

hollow iris
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Burst down the first spitballer, shield ran out before next wave of sploders + the 2nd

cerulean magnet
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Yeah, you have to take cover behind some stuff after the first baller

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Don't just stand in place when the bubble is running out

hollow iris
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WHAT cover?It spawns in a big empty room

fringe kettle
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teammates

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use teammates as lures while you deal with them

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a good scout can avoid most of the stuff

true charm
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actually drop pod does not function as safe zone in deep dives, I got captured by flying bugs many times, also took damge and got killed while inside

hollow iris
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^

sick wren
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Works fine for me, you still can be captured and stunned tho, but didn't take damage

indigo jungle
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can anyone confirm they've actually brought back minerals other than gold from deep dive?

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or is it only gold/nitra

hollow iris
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Only from a hoarder, it doesn't spawn otherwise

cyan ether
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There a list for new mods/weapons options?

indigo jungle
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it's odd because I'm watching a vid and the dude has umanite but it's also experimental branch so

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and I don't remember from yesterday

buoyant token
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The wiki should be all up to date with overclocks and the new weapon mods

dull spruce
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hey all

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is it normal that doing a deep dive twice gives...nothing?

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like no material pack, no cosmetics, no gun overclocks, nada?

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it gives gold and XP, but I was still a little sad

foggy sentinel
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You only get those rewards once per weekly rotation

dull spruce
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damn

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are the rewards for the elite and non-elite kept seperate?

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or do you just choose one?

foggy sentinel
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They're separate

dull spruce
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are they generated randomly, and then chosen by the DRG team or something? Or are the maps made entirely by hand?

foggy sentinel
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Completing Elite after beating regular basically doubles the rewards for the week

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Now that I can't answer. I'd probably guess they gen up a few random caves and maybe they pick the coolest ones to put into the Dives, but it could be all automatic

tribal ridge
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the dives use a set seed, so they are the same every time

wraith shard
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Game sent a dreadnought on solo elite 1 stage.

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nonono, this. This is broken.

tender axle
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The wiki says that crafting mats don't spawn on deep dives and i haven't seen any either

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safe to say it's just gold and nitra

hollow iris
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Alright, stayed in the pod in elite stage 2, rollers kept hitting us anyway

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Another half hour wasted

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Almost lost at the end of stage 1 cuz 4 grabbers spawned and kept taking us out of the pod through the walls

foggy sentinel
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I found elite stage 2 much more difficult than stage 3

dapper cove
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stage 3 was a crazy hell for me. I was stuck in a tiny hole during a whole swarm with a engi. We made it alive thatnsk to the allies cover but it was so freaking close

indigo jungle
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I posted a feedback thread about current state of deep dives

rotund ivy
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shows up as deleted

indigo jungle
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huh

rotund ivy
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im assuming you wrote a big block of text?

indigo jungle
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yes

rotund ivy
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probably auto removed by spam bot

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or something

indigo jungle
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well fuck, do I just pm a mod

rotund ivy
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you could

twin summit
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grabbed a cargo crate and finished mission but cant find the skin i got anywhere. what gives?

hollow iris
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Did you actually hit E on it?

rotund ivy
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do you remember which weapon it was for

twin summit
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nope but i checked all of them and nothing

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hit e on it as well

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everyone else in the lobby is having the same issue

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restarted game and it showed up now

rotund ivy
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thats good

cerulean magnet
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I appreciate the stage order for the elite deep dive this week

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The first stage can be completed really quickly so you aren't punished for losing stage 2 very much

kindred rapids
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are deep dives too easy for two players at the moment?

tender axle
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Some people say deep dives are a cakewalk and some people say they're impossible, honestly it's a combination of how you perceive difficult... and how the spawns feel on that day

kindred rapids
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ok so more of the usual RNGesus stuff.

bleak sierra
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is there a place where I can check if the weekly cap is lifted?

tribal ridge
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normal deep dives are super easy

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ddes are a good challenge

indigo jungle
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there's a huge gap in difficulty due to modifiers

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you can sometimes have no red modifier at all vs having no shields

bleak sierra
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@tribal ridge I can do normal deep dives for loot, infinitely?

tribal ridge
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for credits and xp

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not matrix cores

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matrix cores are capped to 3 per dive

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so 3 for normal, 3 for elite, and 2 from assignment

wise sphinx
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Isn't mods the same on dd though

ember scarab
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Can I just say that the Salvage Mission for the 3rd Stage of the Exposed Fury Deep Dive is amazing?

wraith shard
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Deep Dive elite is hard. Even for dudes who were with me at like level 200 and up.

ember scarab
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Having a drop pod and objectives in the middle of a big cavern instead of the usual little nook adds so much.

kindred rapids
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awesome. i need an asskicking anyway

knotty rampart
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doing deep dives if anyone wants to join. need driller

wise sphinx
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Elite dd feels about the same as haz5 managed to complete it with lv 20- 70 with ease

amber plover
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The elite Deep Dive is hard and I LOVE IT

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its been a long time since DRG has challenged me

wise sphinx
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Do we have damage and speed valves to compare to haz5 yet

amber plover
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Gonna have to ask the developers about that one.

wise sphinx
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How did EDD give you a challenge if you find haz 5 easy?

amber plover
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I haven't played in a while so I've lost a lot of my game knowledge.

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I've never really found hazard 5 easy, it's always kept me on my toes

rotund ivy
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the new haz levels are on the wiki. regular DD appears to be 3 and 3.5; EDD appears to be 4.5, 5, 5.5

sick wren
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That's interesting to know

rotund ivy
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whether what mission uses what hazard is undetermined

buoyant token
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Could be check by modifying values

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Special Enemy Encounter Chance in particular

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As if you set that to 1 then BET-C will always spawn on that hazard

woeful moat
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Hello, some dwarves for a deep dive ?

untold sun
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but yes I am

knotty flint
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So, stage 3 of the elite deep-dive.
Shield Disruption. Is a fox hole the best option to survive waves?

woeful moat
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Alright

edgy sleet
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Fox hole is almost always a great option, but i've found a lack of coordination can absolutely wipe your entire team

indigo jungle
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fox hole is all fun and games until a cluster grenades bounces off the helmet of a fellow dwarf

plain flint
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need a box with beer for deep dive 2nd and 3rd cave. no one wanna play deep dive with fresh head

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exeptin' leaf lovers)

waxen dawn
#

Hoo boy elite deep dives are tense. Fun but good lord me and my gunner friend were on our toes a lot.

placid drift
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I've only attempted the elite dive twice so far, and stage 2 is the run killer

pure portal
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wait till you get to 3

placid drift
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Stage 1 isn't too bad, its just going through the motions and avoiding mactera spit

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and getting two supplies worth of nitra

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stage 2 though

pure portal
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stage 3 is haz 5 shield disruption

placid drift
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yikes

pure portal
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mining expedition

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only 250

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so its menable

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i dit it with 2 other ppl

placid drift
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Any strategies for stage 2 though, aside from spamming LURE

pure portal
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but it was intense

placid drift
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Couldn't get past the first room

pure portal
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what was stage 2 xd?

placid drift
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2 spitballers and a nexus

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exploder infestation

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the ballers are literally infront of the pod

pure portal
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oh right make sure you're refilled before going in

placid drift
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and then theres 2 breeders down the road

pure portal
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you need your scout to take care of them

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I was playing scout so I got them

rotund ivy
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yeah you gotta be quick

placid drift
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I'm wondering if bringing 2 turrets with instead of 1 would be better for surviving stage 2

rotund ivy
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no doubt it

wise sphinx
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A better tactic is turn your mic on

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Team coordination and dps focus does alot

torn horizon
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Aren elite deep dives just harder then normal?

rotund ivy
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generally

torn horizon
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I did the normal one with another Gunner, it was pretty easy

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I had expected more of a challenge, so I hope elite gives mt that

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*me

rotund ivy
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regular DD is between 3 and 3.5 haz

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elite should be 4.5 / 5/ 5.5

torn horizon
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Hmm, maybe i should unlock level 5 haz and try them out

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Level 4 is a challaenge

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2/3 isn't to tough

rotund ivy
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yeah the increased spawn rates might get you

torn horizon
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Not when I have Flak cannon with Fear

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muhahahahahaha

dull spruce
#

oh that's cool

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host disbanded while I was opening a pack of jadis from a core

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it ate my core but didn't give the jadis

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nice

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didn't need that at all

livid portal
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Anyone else open all 8 wep cores day one and now is going through major withdrawal waiting for the next 4, next week?

tender axle
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lol, on my elite dive i spent half of the 2nd floor running around with 5 hp and no ammo, ended up just doing the objectives while my team shot stuff

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the 3rd floor wasn't too bad, it seemed like i got extra hp that basically just replaced my shield? i'm not sure if that's normal

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i walked out of 2nd floor with almost no hp then came out with like half

vocal bronze
#

yeah its normal, they softened shield disruption a bit

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by giving you extra HP

feral atlas
#

by a bit, you mean a lot

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also, just finished the elite dive, wasn't too bad

vocal bronze
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i mean a bit

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still dont have a shield

feral atlas
#

Eh, feels easier to me.

frail mountain
#

Does anyone want to do a deep dive with me? I've yet to complete any of it. Dx

covert heath
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@frail mountain maybe

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Just started a mission. After this one?

frail mountain
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sure 😄

covert heath
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alright, sit tight and I'll poke you when I get out of all this sand

frail mountain
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Shall i host and wait or jsut wait? 😄

feral atlas
#

Given that all the dives share the same seed, I assume the enemy welcoming party on stage 2 of elite is the same each time?

vocal bronze
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the exact spawns are random, but there's always the two spitballers and a brood nexus just hanging out

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you get swarmed soon after by random crap

pure portal
#

also breeders

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scout need to killem quick

feral atlas
#

exploder infestation?

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eh

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it's exploder infestation right?

long blaze
#

Vietnam flashbacks of stage 2 intensify

feral atlas
#

or is the mutator random too?

pure portal
#

detonator infestation when?

feral atlas
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on elite stage 2

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it was for us

vocal bronze
#

its always exploder infestation yeah

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IIRC, its like

feral atlas
#

it honestly wasn't that bad

vocal bronze
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Rich Atmosphere/Mactera Plague
Exploder Infestation
Shield Disruption

feral atlas
#

we did it first try with scout/gunner/engi

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with randoms

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Gunner stayed in the pod, we set up the sentry in the pod door

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and I ran out and threw mines around and led the grunts like the pied piper

pure portal
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we did it second time cuz we got suprised at the stage 2 start I had no ammo others died so I needed to run around wait for ammo drop ressuply and somwhat kill all the stuff and hel ppl but stupid spitter sniped me god I hate them

feral atlas
vocal bronze
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I just brought a cryo cannon and froze the spitters/nexus

feral atlas
#

I think driller is actually probably the least necessary of the 4 for the deep dive

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given the nerf to the epc

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you probably want engi first, then scout, then gunner

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otherwise you get overwhelmed by bad jelly spawns

vocal bronze
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nah

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driller is great

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does just as good a job of clearing jellies as engi

feral atlas
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Meh, as long as it works.

pure portal
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I dont know I never liked the EPC ppl say its great for clearing trash when you have literally primary for that and c4 driller struggles with specials and tanky enemies subata is great for that and now they buffed it and its even better it melts

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and I dont have any overclock for it yet

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imagine with that what it can do

vocal bronze
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I mean, pre-nerf, the EPC's charged attack was literally a better PGL grenade that had ten times the ammo

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You can't understate how stupid that is

pure portal
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maybe I didnt use it didnt like it

feral atlas
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EPC was a mini BFG

pure portal
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also didnt like PLG nerf

feral atlas
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cleared entire hallways

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loved it

vocal bronze
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yeah it was broken as fuck

pure portal
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with that random ass upgrade that I still domt understand what it does

vocal bronze
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The PGL honestly barely got nerfed

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Using it for direct damage was always a mistake

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No matter what

pure portal
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what it does the 4th I think upgrade you get 80%-140% damage on PLG so it means you get only 40 more and can hit less or 140% cuz I dont get it xd

vocal bronze
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Yeah tbh that upgrade wasn't necessary

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Damage at tier 2 lets you hit the necessary breakpoints for haz 5 grunts

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And lets you maximize your AoE hard

slate pine
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whew that stage 2 of elite is a dousy, first room is easier with 3 or less instead of 4

pure portal
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so can you hit below your 100% damage or its only upside ranging for 80% damage incerase to 140%

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explain that upgrade to me xd

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Im not a fan of RNG

feral atlas
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yeah, that upgrade is bad

vocal bronze
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uhh it's literally variable damage yeah

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Its bad

feral atlas
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you trade consistency for RNG and occasional overkill

vocal bronze
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You just take Tape and Nails at that tier now

pure portal
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Well I kinda dont want to without it slashers can survive and I want them dead instantly

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they can mess you up

naive geode
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i just completed a deep dive with my friend

vocal bronze
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My PGL build is 12221

naive geode
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our first on

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e

vocal bronze
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Yes, but it won't kill Slashers all the time

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You trade being able to kill Slashers some of the time for not being able to kill Grunts all of the time

feral atlas
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i usually use 12221 or 12222

pure portal
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thats why Im salty about this nerf

vocal bronze
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And the latter is far worse

feral atlas
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sometimes flame rounds if it's mactera plague

vocal bronze
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oh wait, Tier 1 5 is prox trigger

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yeah nvm mine is 12222

naive geode
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theyre not too bad, at least the normal one this week. although im sure thats just 2 person missions being busted balance wise

pure portal
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so Im asking can it lower your damage or is it only upside

feral atlas
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prox tigger for mactera plague

vocal bronze
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it can absolutely lower your damage

pure portal
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but I doubt it can incerase your damage by 140% if RNGesus bleses you

feral atlas
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you deal anywhere from 80% to 140% of normal damage

pure portal
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if it lowers then it sucks

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damn

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thats bad

feral atlas
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like, is it hard to read the description?

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I don't get the confusion

pure portal
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I dunno I thought it was flat incerase

feral atlas
#

granted, the upgrade is dumb

pure portal
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maybe Im dumb maybe I misread

feral atlas
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did you really think they would add an upgrade that, at worst, was a flat 80% damage increase?

pure portal
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xD

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yea kinda stupid

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so nails and tape it is then and I hope there is damage incerase overclock

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so I can 1 shot slashers again

feral atlas
#

what's the slasher breakpoint?

pure portal
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like 180

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150/1.2

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or something

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like that

rotund ivy
pure portal
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yea * sorry

vocal bronze
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You can run Fat Boy if you wanted

pure portal
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radiation?

vocal bronze
#

yeah

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If you take all ammo with fat boy, you end up with 8 total again

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1 in the gun, 7 reserve

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And with 440 damage, uh

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nuff said really

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Then you have the radiation field for crowd control and lingering damage after that

rotund ivy
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no if you take all ammo, you have 4 in reserve

vocal bronze
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?

rotund ivy
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its a 0.3x multiplier for ammo

vocal bronze
#

does it halve ammo gain as well?

#

thats fucking stupid, damnit

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Micro Flechettes on the BRT does that for damage as well

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Really makes a lot of these OCs feel like they're not worth taking

rotund ivy
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a lot of mods and OCs are scaling

vocal bronze
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Well yeah

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My point stands though

rotund ivy
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Micro flechettes are alright

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The nuke is more for fun

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Then having any actual practicality

vocal bronze
feral atlas
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just did a second edd, 0 downs this time

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yeah, they need to make these harder

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double mutator :3

pure portal
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I want double mutator

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also Haunted Cave gives 30% hazard and I myself think its piss easy

feral atlas
#

haunted cave isn't hard; it's just that the optimal strat is boring

pure portal
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not only 1 bulk but you can see him ot he map constantly

feral atlas
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one guy leads around the bulk like a chalid

pure portal
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unless they changed that

torn horizon
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holy heck

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The elite dive

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level 2

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Is one hell of a doozy huh?

feral atlas
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Get a good gunner.

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and you'll walk out fine

tawny steppe
#

Cryo cannon with Ice Storm OC owns

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15 damage for barely any freezing power

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But it's perfect against grunt swarms because a "shot" can hit multiple enemies in a small AoE

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Or you go up to 18 damage for 400 ammo instead of 550

slim dove
#

How are Elite Deep Dives different to regular Deep Dives?

tawny steppe
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Hazard, i think

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Normal dives are hazard 3 and Elite 5, i heard

slim dove
#

Don't regular Deep Dives have a chance to range from Haz 3 - 5

dreamy stirrup
#

I dont know, but this week deep dive seems to be hazard 3 with insane amounts of nitra, so even easier than hazard 3

burnt sandal
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EDD are haz 4= and 5

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it's 4-4-5

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and normal DD are 3-3-3.5

tawny steppe
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gonna try doing elite dive solo with redrock buff as gunner

buoyant token
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Elite Deep Dives may be 4.5 - 5 - 5.5

burnt sandal
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since I'm playing mostly haz 3, I'm not sure I can get into the EDD

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I can play haz 4 for sure but dunno about haz 5

tawny steppe
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You have bosco

burnt sandal
#

not sure I can make it without being a huge dead weight

tawny steppe
#

Remember that bosco can dig out eggs and other wall minerals and carry them to you

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As long as you keep your distance and aim for weakspots, you should be fine

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Remember that you should call the droppod as soon as you can, because gold doesn't pay you anything and crafting minerals don't exist

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(Cargo, error and Bitter included)

indigo jungle
burnt sandal
#

I kinda like your suggestions and agree with most of those

tawny steppe
#

This game has no restraint wit those jellyfish shits

burnt sandal
#

?

viral crater
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Is the overclock random?

burnt sandal
#

yes

jade jasper
#

i was really looking forward to trying these with my friend but we have two classes at 20 and 21 :(

burnt sandal
#

Gotta promote first 😛

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going for my first Elite Deep Dive

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wish me luck

dapper cove
#

Good luck to you miner, try to not die too slowly

ripe trellis
#

am i the only one experiencing the sudden lag that last for 2-3 seconds after the latest update?

naive geode
#

i dont think dd is haz 3

burnt sandal
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made it to the 2nd

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where the enldless wave of exploders finally got us

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Normal Deep Dive are haz 3

naive geode
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what makes you say that

burnt sandal
#
Deep Rock Galactic Wiki

Deep Dives are an End Game mechanic that is introduced in Update 25: Endgame Part 1. Deep Dives are accessible to the player once they have promoted their class. The new mechanic consists of two pre-seeded, difficulty locked variants: Deep Dives and Elite Deep Dives. Each var...

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new difficulty level

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starting out at 3.5

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to 5.5

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that makes me think that the regular starting difficulty for Deep Dive is 3

naive geode
#

yeah that makes a bit more sense

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because some of the later ones i felt it did more damage than haz 4

proven viper
#

Also deep dives have enemies with better stats no matter what.

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even if its just a haz 3

buoyant token
#

I don't think that's the case

delicate valve
#

You can get minerals on a deep dive if it spawns a Huuli Hoarder, which are on the spawn list for at least one stage of the normal deep dive this week. Came back with some Bismor from killing it.

lusty salmon
#

how does deep dive joining work?

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when i wanted to join every mission was grey

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and the one that wasn't greyed out it failed to join

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and no one is joining my mission either

wise sphinx
#

Use the big orange terminal and wait

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And make sure the dwarf you're using is promoted

lusty salmon
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all mine are promoted

pure portal
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you cant join mid sesion

lusty salmon
#

ah

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I noticed that the loading screen shows the depth going down

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so i guess it's depth to next stage and not total depth

patent pendant
#

Honest question. How do I know if I'm the bottleneck? Because I've attempted the deep dive six times with random people, and we fail the mission every time. Is it me?

lusty salmon
#

Do you go down the most?

patent pendant
#

Nope!

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Though, it's pretty easy to avoid that as the scout.

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So, my guilt complex kicks in and I think, "Am I the problem?"

lusty salmon
#

are you lighting and kiting?

patent pendant
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Kiting?

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Definitely lighting.

opal mica
#

thats when you goad enemies arround

lusty salmon
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^

alpine parrot
#

Staying mobile when big enemies are after you.

opal mica
#

like, you lead them in circles and occupy their time

patent pendant
#

Hell yeah! I love to grab enemy attention and zipline around. I didn't know there was a term for that.

lusty salmon
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Probably aint you then

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unless you are litterally team killing

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but i just solo'd a deep dive

patent pendant
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That's a relief. I actually popped into the Discord to try to find a team. Maybe I'll try soloing. I just really like playing on a team.

burnt sandal
#

If you want

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I can help you going through the deep dive with randos

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randoms*

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I've finished both deep dives so I can probably help a bit

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@patent pendant I will probably be able to help you this evening if you want

gusty ermine
#

I've only done the first one so far, but I can't help but feel the whole experience was a little underwhelming?

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having the two objectives was okay, and it was nice they were a little different to the normal missions, but outside of that the thing felt emptier since there were no other minerals available, chests don't spawn, etc.

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the two main objectives made the missions even easier though, compared to the normal secondary objectives

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also not receiving XP for kills or minerals mined makes the deep dives a lot less valuable outside of the matrix cores

wraith shard
#

🤔

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Idk i don't really look at XP since all my dwarves are pronoted

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And minerals are also not that valuable

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Not running out

stray escarp
#

deep dives are really only for overclocks. Devs even mentioned somewhere they aren't here to replace normal gameplay

burnt sandal
#

Also

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they are not complete yet

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since half of the update is coming with the update n°26 basically

patent pendant
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@burnt sandal That would be awesome. Just let me know when you're on or if you want to add me on Steam or whatever.

gusty ermine
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I have >1000 of most minerals and have all dwarves promoted at least once (and up until buying loads of cosmetics from cores recently, ample Gold)

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doesn't change the fact that the missions themselves felt kinda empty and dull

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as much as I want to earn the overclocks, I don't want to commit to doing boring missions every week to get them

burnt sandal
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Still, deep dives aren't complete

bitter saddle
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So, I have a question about deep dives. Does a dwarf have to be promoted to be involved? I'd like to do one with friends but none of mine who have the game have reached 25 yet.

burnt sandal
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New objectives and new enemies are coming along the way I believe

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@bitter saddle yes, the dwarf has to be promoted

jaunty basin
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@bitter saddle idk I think you could get away with it if you hosted and they were in your party already

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They wouldn't be able to use the terminal to join a deep dive tho

burnt sandal
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@jaunty basin tried it with a friend recently and I couldn't launch the deep dive 'cause they were not promoted

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So unless it's inconsistent/bugged, I guess it's the same for everyone ?

bitter saddle
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Welp, looks like I'll be playing more with them, then.

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Not a bad thing but we've never been able to get our schedules to line up all that well for it.

jaunty basin
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Well there you go myth busted

burnt sandal
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Nah, I wouldn't say for sure

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It's just my experience

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but the update is rather buggy so....

jaunty basin
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@bitter saddle well they can always join randoms if they don't like solo play

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To lvl up

balmy sinew
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Do deep-dives scale to the amount of players doing them?

burnt sandal
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Yep

balmy sinew
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Neat.

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Because pubbing triggers me with idiots spamming resupply calls on the first stage, just.... Why?

wraith shard
#

So if you do the same deep dive twice, would you get two cores or is it a once per dive thing?

shadow depot
#

Developers, thanks for last update!
This update is totally awfull, ruined game balance and added new annoying bugs.
I was fan of DRG, but today I dropped it from my steam account because it rage quit me and become impossible to play with shitty mechanics.

wraith shard
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👀

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I thought those often stay to shit a little more

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But okay

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@wraith shard you only receive the rewards once

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That's what I was thinking, thanks. My friend was convinced it you got the rewards multiple times.

harsh mountain
#

i legitimately don't really notice any new bugs, the only thing that really has me kinda bummed was how gutted EPC got, but i suppose it had it coming

acoustic raft
#

EPC ?

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EPIC 😂

harsh mountain
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driller plasma gun

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the subatas growing on me though

acoustic raft
#

ah

tender axle
#

Ehhh, there's definitely been more crashes than update 25 and the optimization could use some work but they fixed most of the major problems in the hotfixes

harsh mountain
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i guess the blackscreen of crash did happen to me, but yeah they hotfixed a lot of stuff it seems-

acoustic raft
#

saying optimize something is easier said than done

tender axle
#

I'm not saying they need to optimize the entire game now, cause if they did and then started adding new stuff it would probably just revert back, not saying they're incompetent

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And besides they chose to make a game right? Doesn't matter if it's easier said than done that's what they picked

balmy sinew
#

Basically it's less "optimize everything to perfection" and more "optimize things so people don't have crashes or the game lags hard"

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No?

tender axle
#

Exactly, doesn't matter how good the game is, if nobody can play it. Obviously you need to draw a line between usability and perfection though

harsh mountain
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personaly i don't have issues with lag, but

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i guess wweaker pcs and what not

edgy star
#

How does one beat this weeks Elite Deep Dive?

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I keep loosing on stage 2

harsh mountain
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stage 1 don't die and get as much nitra as you can rush obj
Stage 2 don't leave the pod

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stage 3: pick a god and pray

edgy star
#

What's on phase 3?

harsh mountain
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shield disruption and morkite

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andm inimule

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not that big of a deal tbh

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it's just hazard 5.5

elder shoal
#

Elite Stage 2 w/ egg hunt and dreadnought be like:

feral atlas
#

I've beaten the EDD 4 times by now

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You need a non retard gunner

edgy star
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Don't shame me

feral atlas
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rip

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stage 1 is easy

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stage 3 is okay; shield disrupt mutator has been nerfed

edgy star
#

I keep getting gang banged by those electric jellyfish and frozen in place

feral atlas
#

stage 2 requires a gunner to throw a shield out the gate, and focus the spitballers

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engi turrets should cover the jellis

edgy star
#

Perhaps if I listen to "All Star" at 100% while trying to do the dive I'll win

remote pelican
#

That advice for stage 2 is good. I just did my first elite dive attempt and hoo boy, that was brutal

feral atlas
#

basically for this week's EDD, you need a good gunner + a semi competent engi

edgy star
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I've tried and failed at least 5 times now

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Every time I try to res people when the pod has arrived they run away from it

harsh mountain
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the ideal comp for EDD is 2 gunner engy scout

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i feel

feral atlas
#

yes

harsh mountain
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driller just isn't needed in this map gen

remote pelican
#

My team got to 2/4 eggs and both mini mules before dying miserably to the 2nd egg swarm

harsh mountain
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sincei t's pretty open

feral atlas
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driller is only useful for moving dirt

remote pelican
#

I guess driller isn't the best in this one. EPC nerf made me lose a ton of CC and direct damage

feral atlas
#

best comp is either 2 gunner + engi + scout or 2 engi + gunner + scout

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1 of each is okay

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but you absolutely need an experienced gunner

remote pelican
#

So assuming you guys are experienced with this, which turret is better, single or double?

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I only play driller and gunner, so I haven't gotten a feeling for it

harsh mountain
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i'm inclined to say single cause it's more ammo efficent

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but i'm not an engy main.

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i think most engys i see use single though

feral atlas
#

either

harsh mountain
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probably preference

remote pelican
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My friend who plays engie complains that they nerfed the detection radius on the turret again

feral atlas
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for this EDD, the only job of the engi is to deal with the jellies

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I don't care if it kills nothign else

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If you don't get kill counts >500, you're slacking

remote pelican
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Hm. Noted.

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Man, I'm concerned that with the emphasis on combat driller's gonna be underused in EDD's.

fleet bloom
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strongest class combat-wise gonna be underused?

remote pelican
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I always figured that was gunner

harsh mountain
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gunner shields are god

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but uh

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Driller usage is probably going to fluctuate the most cause it really depends on map gen

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so far it seems that maps in DDs are actaully

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not that scuffed

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and pretty good

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so driller's probably not the best.

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maybe if there's a shit ton of trash and no mactera-

feral atlas
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driller is a swarmer specialist

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and depending on how you mod your minigun, gunner is nearly always more consitent in performance

remote pelican
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I've been using the ice storm augment on my cryo, it's DPS is insane now but I feel like I'm missing the point because I barely freeze anything, let alone the dreads. Really missing using my flamer and its direct damage explosions when shockers start flooding in

feral atlas
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but seriously, driller isn't all that important for this EDD

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granted, we've been "persuading" the noobs to take driller

harsh mountain
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i mean tbf

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unstables are supposed to do that-

feral atlas
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but I'm been killing more as gunner

harsh mountain
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but damn +8 dps

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yeah as a driller main i felt

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really bad trying to do EDD with people cause i know Driller isn't that great for EDD

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but i wanted stage 2 weapon mod

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( i don't have gunner promoted yet)

feral atlas
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rip

harsh mountain
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i probably should, since i imagine they're relatively evergreen

remote pelican
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I've gotten my driller to gold 1 now, but I've realized it was a horrible mistake to grind up to gold 1 only doing haz 3-4. I have almost no haz 5 experience and I felt that in the EDD.

feral atlas
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hm, doesn't seem to display

remote pelican
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I can't click it either

feral atlas
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generally, if you play haz5 normally

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or are a freak like me, and play haz5 shield disrupt because he likes it

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the only semi difficult part is stage 2

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I would argue stage 3 is easier than stage 1

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because of the cave structure

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and lack of mactera

harsh mountain
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yeah i think stage 3 is easier then 2, even though i died on 3

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spawning on 2 stinger 1 brood nexus and a breeder

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isn 't fun

feral atlas
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which is why gunner needs to throw a shield out the gate and focus them

fleet bloom
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spawns are different every time if i got it correct, so, it depends

remote pelican
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I just feel like there's still a lot for me to learn. I know a lot of movement tech and ways to be efficient with driller now, but since I play haz 5 so rarely I don't have methods to deal with the insane grunt damage

harsh mountain
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the 3rd stages pretty normal, just haz 5 shield disrupt with the potential to be on low hp just cause stage 2 is trash

feral atlas
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which is why you need a fully upgraded gunner

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no

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preplaced spawns are identical each time

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I've gone through this 4 times now, they are identical

harsh mountain
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preplaced spawns are always identical

feral atlas
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right down to where that cave leech spawns

harsh mountain
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yeah

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same seed basically

feral atlas
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grabbiest cave leech I've seen

harsh mountain
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i know cause i know exactly how many mactera spawn in stage 1 after

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attempts

feral atlas
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got the reach the size of texas

harsh mountain
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(i don't actually know)

remote pelican
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Any specific tips you guys have on playing gunner well?

feral atlas
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Play TF2 and learn how to not get crushed in pubs while playing heavy.

harsh mountain
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learn how to aim

feral atlas
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It's all about awareness and positioning.

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Aiming is just a prerequisite

remote pelican
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I guess playing heavy would teach me a lot

harsh mountain
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heavy will teach you to get yelled at and switch to a better cla-

remote pelican
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I mean I can aim well in DRG. Not in shooters like counter strike or something

feral atlas
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well, it's not really that hard to learn

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every time you die, you made a mistake

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recognize that mistake, and don't do it again

harsh mountain
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but yeah gunner's pretty basic in that you don't need to learn anything special, just you usual positioning and awareness

feral atlas
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and knowing when to run

fringe kettle
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In my experience don't drag between targets while holding down LMB, release it. If you just hold it you're wasting ammo and building heat. Even for half a second if you release it you're removing heat. Effectively you're firing longer.

harsh mountain
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well yeah that's just somethng you should always do, don't fire useless bullets, there's a spin down timer for a reason lol

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if you really wanna keep your gun spun up, learn how to fire 1 bullet every 3s or whatever the spindown timer is

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same concept as puffing with the flame thrower

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(well you don't really puff in this game in particular but)

remote pelican
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yeah I found that puffing is really ineffective in this game

harsh mountain
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the existance of a proc bar does that

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sticky flame/ground fire also seems

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kinda ineffective imo

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but that's mostly cause i'm a littl e used to KF2 which is instant sticky flame

remote pelican
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I just notice that puffing doesn't seem to apply any ground fire. You have to hold it or the singular flame particles don't do anything.

harsh mountain
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yeah

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i kinda main freezethrower just cause i think it feels better then fire

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(also shatter)

feral atlas
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half of it only though

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recording cut out, and I was mainly hoping to get footage of a drop pod spawn bug, which I did

harsh mountain
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nice one

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which of the gunner primaries are better anyway?

feral atlas
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mini

remote pelican
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As far as I can tell minigun is still far ahead in DPS

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seems like the autocannon is very ammo efficient though.

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maybe that's just me.

harsh mountain
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figured.

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flak's supposed to be aoe or something but the aoe is kidna tiny

remote pelican
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God I wouldn't mind playing other classes if digging through some rocks didn't take 3 swings. tunnelling upwards is just painful.

harsh mountain
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it'd be cool if there was an airburst oc i guess

remote pelican
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as much as I love combining zerker and vampire, I really miss driller's pickaxe speed upgrade

harsh mountain
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i still don't get why drills can't mine minerals

elfin current
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@remote pelican One thing that most Gunners and Drillers don't do is to jump backwards and fire only when in the air, if you hold down the fire button, you are slowed down, but if you move backwards first and then jump, you move at regular speed even when firing (while in the air), you can use this to move at regular speed even with the mod that prevents you from moving but gives you more dmg (minigun). There is some dps drop, but you get more survivability.

remote pelican
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I mean they can now in an indirect way. Drill out the rock behind a vein and it all pops out. I haven't tested it but it might be faster for 2-hit ores

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I've tried jumping and meleeing with driller, but the timing was rather specific

feral atlas
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That's basically TF2 rev jumping

harsh mountain
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it also applies to the m1000 for engineer

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(which is why hoverclock is a meme)

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not engineer scout

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dero

covert heath
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Sigh. six attempts at the regular deep dive so far. Attempt 1 fails due to everyone quitting at once as trolls and laughing at me. 2 has two people leave due to crashes. 3 has 2 people leave to ragequits. 4 refuses to do classes other than scout and they leave mid game. 5 fails to steam crash. 6 gets 2 bulks at the final part of mission 3.

fringe kettle
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regular you say? PM me an invite and I'll join in

covert heath
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Sent

harsh mountain
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@covert heath do you need another player?

covert heath
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Attempt 7 has two people drop at the start of mission 1. That's it, I'm taking a break.

harsh mountain
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rip

covert heath
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Maybe latter radish, it hasn't been kind as of late. heh

fringe kettle
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I'm thinking maybe there ought to be penalties for leaving a deep dive since no one else can join in progress games.

covert heath
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-goes to work on his three D&D groups since his fourth TPKd yesterday- time for a change of scenery.

zinc sail
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ughh the elite mission is toughh, stage 2 is actually manageable after the spawning chaos but stage 3 me and my crew got blasted by a swarm of grunts

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My question is, is the swarm being a grunt specific swarm a scripted event in related to the seed or is it just always random?

tender axle
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my team of pubs just bum rushed it and we won lol

bronze wadi
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what's the hazard lvl of normal deep dive?

tender axle
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well other than the second stage

zinc sail
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so we just were extremely unlucky to be in a pretty small place with a massive grunt wave coming

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regular wave would've been easier imo

harsh mountain
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3/3.5/4

rotund ivy
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theres no 4 in regular DD

bronze wadi
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is the map and enemy placements always the same?

rotund ivy
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the map and static spawns yeah

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random spawns/waves no

patent pendant
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@covert heath It seems like you're dealing with similar bullshit as me. Just made attempt 7 as a duo. That one failed because of my own mistake (getting cave-leeched while trying to stop my partner from getting cave-leeched), but it's still rough to have to do so many attempts when I previously considered myself decent at the game.

covert heath
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Yeah, it's one of those days. I'll try again later tonight. I've got the first two maps memorized by now

raven fable
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hey

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can you play a deep dives with a 0-star character if you have at least one other promoted?

wooden gust
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I thought that was the case because yesterday I Was playing with two friends who don't have any promotions and I was given the option of starting a deepdive. I didn't start it to test that out though, unfortunately.

naive geode
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the regular deep dive is pretty easy

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at least for me and my friend

nova elk
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If I play deep dives again with my friend who hasn't done them yet but I have do I get any loot? Like crafting materials or gold wise

rotund ivy
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you get everything from the DD except for core rewards

tender axle
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crafting mats don't spawn in dives but you get the gold

nova elk
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So I'll mostly be doing it to be nice then eh lol

wraith gull
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hey guys, did any1 got an overclock for the bulldog on gunner?

fringe kettle
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Elephant Rounds
+45 Damage
-12 Max Ammo
+150% Recoil
+100% Spread Per Shot

rotund ivy
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its x2 damage

wraith gull
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That was the Clean, Balanced, Unstable or some else?

rotund ivy
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unstable

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theres a wiki of all the OCs if you're interested

wraith gull
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Yeah, please link it to me

wraith gull
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the grinding never stops

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Thanks!

wraith shard
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if you leave a deep dive can you rejoin the same server

bleak pine
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Did the devs ever mention why deep dives dont have crafting minerals spawn?

harsh mountain
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probably because the seeds are preset every time?

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they don't want people routing super fast crafting routes or something

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idk

bleak pine
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Oh, are the seeds pre-determined?

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Sorta bummed about that to be honest

harsh mountain
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it's for speed runs

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yeah i was a little bummed that it was preseeded but

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eh

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i understand it might be nice to like

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do some actual speedrunning in routing

opaque parrot
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rng deep dives is scary

brittle relic
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I like it for elite deep dives

opaque parrot
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its nice that every week everyone's gonna find the optimal strat for this week's lol

brittle relic
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I'm still salty bc I got kicked from an elite deep dive bc I wasn't "killing enough as a gunner" Despite the fact I singlehandedly took down a jellyfish breeder, a spawner, a swarm of exploders, and a swarm of regular glyphids.

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but I guess that's "not enough" for the dude that got more kills since he killed swarmers and nothing else

opaque parrot
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ye kills shouldnt matter as long as youre actively doing your thing to help the team

nova elk
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Maybe someone should suggest more stats on the end screen to show other things players did during the session that are helpful

opaque parrot
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ye

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e.g

Most big boi glyphid kills
Most damage to a single target
Shield absorbed damage
Metres traveled on a zipline

nova elk
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I mean why not? I personally love huge stat screens

wheat token
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What difficulty levels is an Elite DD?

nova elk
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I thought it was 4-4-5.5

wheat token
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Somebody said it's 3-4-5

rotund ivy
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its 4.5 / 5 / 5.5

nova elk
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oh no that's scarier

proven viper
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whats next 6?

wheat token
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how can it be 5.5

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that doesn't exist

rotund ivy
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yes it does

harsh mountain
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elite DD is 4/4.5/5

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er

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SORRY I'M BAD

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4.5/5/5.5 yeah

nova elk
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it exists for this mode specifically to make it harder

harsh mountain
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and DD is 3/3/3.5

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it's in the game files

peak maple
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This is a struggle

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But I'm sure it's soloable

harsh mountain
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but uh

wheat token
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somebody edit the files to make it 6/6/6

harsh mountain
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i think the only difference between 3 and 3.5 is like

peak maple
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lol

harsh mountain
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spawn rates

nova elk
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Spooky

peak maple
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I don't think the game knows how to treat that

harsh mountain
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rpobably the same for 5

rotund ivy
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the hazard stats are up on the wiki

harsh mountain
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oh thanks spirit!

wheat token
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Does DD difficulty scale to player count?

rotund ivy
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yeah

harsh mountain
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yeah.

nova elk
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yeah

harsh mountain
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iirc duo scaling is the same as single scaling

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cause of bosco

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and 3 and 4 are a pretty big jump

covert heath
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Time to give this another shot. You wanna tag along radish?

harsh mountain
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sure

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what class do you play?

covert heath
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scout main, occasional driller or engie, gunners can go burn

frozen wren
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(every gunner main just sitting in a corner.) "what did you just say?"

rotund ivy
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its not the same but not a big difference