#deep-dive-discussion

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smoky gorge
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You need to finish Conquer Hoxxes 4 to unlock the game :p

waxen terrace
smoky gorge
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You’re right

random rampart
wraith shard
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I suggest not leaving the first mission in DDE half way to do something

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I went to look for something for my friend and came back looking at my screen alive with a dreadnaught in my face

waxen terrace
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oof thats an unlucky spawn

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only had bulks

wintry knoll
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it took me 6 hours but i finished all that shit

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now i see assigments

jolly hazel
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if u are just going through that now

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it'll be a few hours at least until u can access deep dives

dusty meadow
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It's not difficult. Just need some sembelance of situational awareness.

wraith shard
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guys can backpacks and batteries spawn in deep dives?

main sage
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no

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neither can machine events or data cell events

wraith shard
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ok thanks

vagrant oasis
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man i wanna play deep dives with real people

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not that i don't enjoy bosco's company

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bosco my beloved

junior silo
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any that could repost this weeks challenges for me would be appreciated, scrolling for the answer is atrocious

fringe kettle
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pinned messages

burnt sandal
junior silo
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thanks.

rustic plinth
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Damn just tried this weeks DD and 2 bulk detonators spawned one after the other on the first mission then 2 the next during the uplink so we had no chance

crude stream
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What's the dif between deep dive and elite?

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Just a higher hazardM

burnt sandal
crude stream
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It's a 5 I assume?

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And normal is a 3?

burnt sandal
crude stream
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Gotcha.

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So I should only do it with people I trust

burnt sandal
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I've been able to complete EDDs just fine

crude stream
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I'm on console

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So like 80% of the playerbase is brand new still

burnt sandal
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Playstation ?

crude stream
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Yee

burnt sandal
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Yeah, make sense then

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I guess it's better in this case to do it with people you can coordinate with then indeed

crude stream
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I mean I can handle higher hazards... but I doubt others can.

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They still struggle on haz 4 honestly

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It's a coin flip it feels

burnt sandal
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it's just people being new. Things will improve over time.

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Good luck if you decide to try it out, with randoms or not rocknstone

crude stream
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Mmhm. Thanks.

grim harbor
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Man I’m so tired of failing the 2nd EDD with a team lol.

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This weeks one is so much easier than last week but people keep dying due to lack of oxygen. Putting the resupplies right by the oil rig is not going to end well lol.

burnt sandal
waxen verge
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that sucks yeah

earnest orbit
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I kinda find it harder than last weeks, but I also hate nuclear fallout bubbles.

foggy musk
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What’s the difference between deep dives and elite deep dives?

waxen verge
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deep dives are haz 3-3-3.5, elite are 4.5-5-5.5

foggy musk
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And have better rewards?

grim harbor
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For completing each of the three stages

earnest orbit
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But you can get dd and EDD rewards only once each week. So if you want both you have to do the EDD too

leaden cypress
plush plover
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The rewards for the 2 are the same, but you have a slightly higher chance of getting an unstable overclock i think on edd

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i could be wrong

earnest orbit
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I think you are. But you can get rewards in both, so it's worth it to do both. If you can do edds

plush plover
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overclocks help out with edd, but if you play it smart you should be fine

crude stream
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EDD is still haz5

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So you gotta learn Haz5

earnest orbit
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Yeah you need either really good other players or be able to do haz5 reliably

crude stream
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It'll clap you if you don't have an idea of how enemies hurt or how fast they stack up

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You'll get slammed

copper void
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So you can only get overclocks once

crude stream
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Yes

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You can only get everything once

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But there's ALOT to get (at least cosmeticswise)

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1 cosmetic × 4 dwarves

earnest orbit
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You can get dd and EDD rewards once per week.

crude stream
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Vs 4+ OCs per weapon per class

copper void
earnest orbit
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When weeklies reset

crude stream
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You also have core hunt

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For another DD worth of cores

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  • 3 blank cores to run in normal missions
earnest orbit
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Yes. But I just thought he meant something else with once than you. 😁

ebon anchor
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As easy as DDs are, I still hate hollow Bough

jolly hazel
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edd is easy

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teammates are awful this week though

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thanks winter sale

burnt sandal
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keep in mind you were likely one of them once

jolly hazel
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i waited till I could handle haz 5 to do edd lol

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also not just bad players bad attitudes as well

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driller ragequit because scout didn't put up flares

burnt sandal
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🤷‍♂️

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different people

jolly hazel
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?

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idk what that means lol

burnt sandal
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It means, it's cool for you that you waited, but other people don't, that's it

jolly hazel
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well I would hope every effort would be made to become a competent player before jumping into endgame content

fringe kettle
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it's a casual game, not a milsim. If you're aware of ways players could play better for the team, communicate that with them.

jolly hazel
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it is casual, it is also me investing 40+ minutes

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idk how i can communicate get to the drop pod and dont die better lol

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anyways

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does player scaling take effect mid missions

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say 4th player disconnects

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does it immediately start 3 person scalinf

atomic prawn
fickle fox
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is there a way to control which of your two turrets are placed? I swear there was one

jolly hazel
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lol I wish

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enough players now at this point

burnt sandal
fickle fox
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i could swear there was a way....

crimson tinsel
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Had to kick a dwarf from a Dive for the first time since I've started. Level 12 Gunner kept starting things without asking and then going AFK afterwards. Called a resupply at his feet right after he started the Black Box without asking and let it decide for me. It killed him.

burnt sandal
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was probably just trying to go afk for free rewards, you did well

fickle fox
jolly hazel
jolly hazel
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almost wiped again

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also had to kick someone

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popped eggs during swarm on stage 3 twice and could not stay alive

graceful needle
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God that stage 2 took forever

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Edd

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On solo

jolly hazel
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no driller?

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*not

graceful needle
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This week's edd was super chill, a great time for anyone trying to break into EDDs but too scared to do em in the past!

jolly hazel
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man

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we got 3 praetorian swarms in a row on stage 3

main sage
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hope you had a cryo driller or a scout with IFGs

jolly hazel
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(we didnt)

graceful needle
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And swarmer swarm as engi is.. yknow zzz mode lol

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Turrets and pgl op

jolly hazel
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ya we had a swarmer swarm on previous try

graceful needle
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An oppressor spawned in a chokehold on a tunnel during stage 3 escape

jolly hazel
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carpet bomber ac just erased them lol

graceful needle
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But using RJ compound

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Aye goated weapon and oc

jolly hazel
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I always struggle with mobility on engie

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perhaps it is time to try the rj

graceful needle
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It is definitely time to do rj's

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Its super worth learning to use, gives you scout mobility

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And RJ compound itself is really solid just cuz it gives you 70% more ammo

jolly hazel
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I always worried

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becayse fall damage plats

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are sometimes iffy

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that I would self down like an idiot

graceful needle
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Self downing is fine, you're learning how to rocket jump which is a tough tech 🙂

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Fall plattys reduce a lot more damage than you'd think so go nuts honestly

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If you're scared of messing up just have platform gun on your quick swap to be ready to catch yourself on a miss

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Disabled inertia mod can help too in that case

jolly hazel
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lol I always wondered what the purpose of that mod was

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now I know

random path
tranquil apex
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this weeks edd was intense for me holy cow, only played the last 2-3 deep dive rotations, almost wiped like 3-4 times

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multiple of us used IW a few times, multiple times it was only 1 of us up having to clutch it

polar jungle
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I accidentally almost ruined my teams deep dive but we pulled through.

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Triggered Bet-C when we weren't ready on top of a swarm

arctic plinth
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Just did our first elite deep dive with my brother and damn that was hard

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I used no overclocks as scout and he was Gunner

waxen terrace
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just don't stray too far from your team

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the swarms are huge for this edd

polar jungle
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bruh both elite deep dives I've done have been abandons

wraith shard
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Stage 2 on deep dive elite is really impossible

cerulean lichen
lunar helm
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We did edd with a pretty noob team, it still went well

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We got lucky and got a swarmer swarm during stage 2

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The second stage is fine if your driller is good and your engie maintains an area with turrets

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The second stage is the most testing, but not too insane i'd say

spring valve
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Yup I spent 3 resupply to cover the chasms beside the refinery with platforms

lunar helm
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and luckily no nitra problems this week

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fucking hollow bough

wraith shard
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Everytime i play Stage 2 everything is fine but when swarm is here we all die

spring valve
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I've seen some ppl mentioned how this stage 2 edd has lot of macteras spawn, which I find quite true as well, so bring your best gear against the macteras

lunar helm
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yup, plenty of trijaws

marble veldt
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7 Trijaws spawning at once
Hellooo~!

tranquil apex
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that low ox pump one was spicy

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with the giant holes right in the way

tulip idol
steep cloud
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Stage 2 was hardest on the EDD, but it really didn't feel that bad for me

jolly hazel
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stage 3 was hardest when we got stuck in the rumpus room with the big pillars and cracks in the floor with about 10 praetorians and 5 oppressors

vagrant oasis
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Just promoted engi

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imma go for gunner now

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what's the best minigun build?

marsh haven
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needless to say, we ran out of ammo pretty much at the start of stage 3

steep cloud
wraith shard
vagrant oasis
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forgot i was here

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wrong chat

marsh haven
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im almost sure we got every piece of nitra on the map

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but since they called in too many resupplies in round 2 we were doomed in round 3

wraith shard
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That sucks notnice Calling down resups halfway between refinery and each pumpjack is somewhat the strat this week because of low oxy. There were a lot of lootbugs too bc of refinery, we left that stage with a surplus of at least 3 resups worth of nitra.
But yeah, maybe the people in your team were running really ammo hungry builds as well, or not being greedy enough during the first stage. Hope your next one will be better petbug

marsh haven
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i wasnt going for the cosmetic anyway

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just recently started playing so im going afer OCs

wraith shard
marsh haven
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yep

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blank core and OC

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im honestly praying for the damn shotgun OC

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for scout

leaden cypress
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how many supplies did you call ?

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by calling 2/3/2 supplies for stage 1/2/3 respectively, we ended the level with 700 nitra

final plover
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We only called 2 resupply on EDD stage 2, and by the end of stage 3 we had close to 300 nitra to spare. NTP gunner and sludge driller don't know the other builds.

jolly hazel
marsh haven
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there was one at each refinery

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which is fair bc of low oxygen

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but the random ones scattered about were weird

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some of these drops even had some ammo left when we were leaving

leaden cypress
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the hell notnice

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You could leave a single supply between the 2 closest wells to the refinery

marsh haven
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yea idek myself

leaden cypress
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with another one at the last well

marsh haven
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thats why we ran out on stage 3

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if they put the egg into the mule beforehand i wouldve clutched it

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but i couldn't run back and somehow go past the massive hoard camping it

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so i just ran in, in a last ditch attempt to save the team

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got two of em back up with medic + iron will but they didnt manage to live very long

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but i got my OC and blank matrix so im vibin

jolly hazel
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yeah ok lol

crisp gale
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How do I go about finding a deep dive team?

burnt sandal
crisp gale
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oh I didn't see that thanks

visual remnant
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Why does this game still have server lobbies jumping around when it refreshes? It's such a pain to realize you joined the wrong lobby because they reshuffled a quarter second before you clicked on one

crimson tinsel
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You can turn off automatic refresh

old widget
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Yeah I did that after about 2 hours of gameplay

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Of course then you’re more likely to get a join failed because it’s gone/full, but…

crimson tinsel
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Just manual refresh once before you select a game

lone lark
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You know what be a cool thing to add to biomes

violet sequoia
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more grabbing enemies

lone lark
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Old abandoned research stations or more old equipment from DRG like BET C

toxic coyote
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Were there a stupid amount of bulk dets for anybody else this deep dive? My friends and I ran into a total of 5

unkempt saffron
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Not really, your team probably got the short end of the bulk stick

crimson tinsel
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Yeah we only saw like 2 and one of them spawned right in front of us and got insta melted.

marsh haven
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i also saw 6

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but embedded dets on two different people were helping a bit

burnt sandal
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guess you got unlucky

main sage
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easiest EDD in a while for sure. didn't go down at all and my teammates only went down like 5-6 times a piece as opposed to 15+ times like last week

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scout went hard with the pots o gold

marsh fern
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does anyone know what this weeks deep dive missions are, i plan on doing it soon but im not sure what the missions are

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obviously i dont need to know, but i was just curious

atomic prawn
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check pins

main sage
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off-topic but does anyone know how the engineer in the results pic i shared got that DRG hat

olive vigil
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how does this EDD stack up to last weeks in terms of difficulty? is it easier or harder

lunar helm
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I'd say easier

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Judging by how many people were complaining last week about stage 2

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But probably around the same difficulty I'd say, didnt have many huge problems with either edd

tranquil vector
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cuas

severe jay
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you have got

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to be fucking

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kidding me

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died, ON the fucking drop pod ramp, because molly could not get secured in the pod fucking fast enough ARE YOU SERIOUS

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this was the final mission

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thats it

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im never playhing a deep dive again, fuck these so much

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especially solo

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lol, thanks to pots of gold i still brought home over 30k though

burnt sandal
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And it will especially take you forever with pots o gold

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(at least, you just missed the cosmetic so that's fine)

severe jay
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oh i know, i did it specifically because i wanted a big payday

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but ive realized its not worth it in deep dives

burnt sandal
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yeah

severe jay
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for one thing, deep dives are fucking boring

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no minerals besides gold and nitra, no random events

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two they take forever and you pretty much have to just power through

burnt sandal
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yeah well, they aren't meant to be farmed, and having minerals/event in those could lead to player just doing those

wise nebula
burnt sandal
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yeah me too

unkempt saffron
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Wow only 1 bulk spawn for the entire edd, not bad

waxen terrace
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youre supposed to just do the objectives and get the nitras

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deep dive payout is enough that gold barely makes a diff

wraith shard
jagged pumice
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completed edd stage 1, got cornered in the small room at the end with the mini M.U.L.E. and had to fight off a grabber, 2 oppressors, and a praetorian, which was extremely tense

maiden river
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did you win?

jagged pumice
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i've gotten through stage 1

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ok where is the third pumpjack place

tawdry basalt
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There’s one on the other side of the pumpjack closest to the rig

jagged pumice
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thanks

tawdry basalt
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o7

jagged pumice
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and i die to the first swarm

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well at least i got a blank matrix core

tawdry basalt
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The low O2 is a killer in that mission

marsh haven
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the worst thing is that you have to stay near the pump

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in a swarm thats pretty bad

glad tapir
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Solo EDD, how viable is it?

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never done EDD and dont like multiplayer with randoms. intimidated to try it

visual remnant
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If you've never even done an EDD, you aren't doing a solo EDD

supple hollow
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I passed my first EDD solo after failling a few times with randoms

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its definitely harder but if ur good u wont be held back by trash players

glad tapir
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see, im not good. lol. but i got my blank core, so oh well i guess

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man. i even had the nitra. i wish i thought of that before

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but yeah i went down 3 times in the first swarm on mission 2. guess i need to work on the fundamentals

wraith shard
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Holy crap couldnt beat deep dive ran out of resup

hollow summit
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that damn EDD was a frigging ride

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I really do not care for drillers that insist on bunkering. Even though they were categorically really good bunkers with an ascending wide slope to stand on, lots of fire lanes, and a side tunnel to escape. The driller made five of these that I counted, and not a single one got punished by a bulk detonator.

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I just... I hate that gamble. I hate it so much. It's so much safer to be in a big open room

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except it's not safer when I'm still in the big room and everyone else is in the damn bunker. Hell!

jagged pumice
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YOU CAN DO THAT??? my life is a lie

old widget
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The DRG artists didn’t create little models of O2 tanks to slap on the sides of em for nothing

violet warren
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Was he a cryo driller?

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Skilled cryo drillers can make bunkers foolproof by freezing oppressors to negate their front armor and freezing bulks at the right time so they can't blow up

burnt sandal
marsh haven
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you wont kill a bulk in a bunker

burnt sandal
hollow summit
burnt sandal
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the thing's so loud and slow, you hear it from a fucking mile 😂

marsh haven
hollow summit
marsh haven
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a bulk shows up

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and either you die

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or you evacuate

burnt sandal
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yeah you'll have to move

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but if you die to it, it's deserved

marsh haven
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yea theres no way in hell you can kill one in a hunker

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it aint happening

marsh haven
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hes too slow to catch up

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+he has to dig

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so you have plenty of time to just dip

hollow summit
marsh haven
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well ig its possible

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but i dont think its worth ut

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bc if you dont kill the bulk immediately hes going to kill everyone in the bunker

obtuse pasture
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bunkering is ok.. as long as at least. 1 person is out the bunker..

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but still rarely needed

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quite nice during mactera plague for example

hollow summit
hollow summit
obtuse pasture
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mini-bunker/funkers etc are good.. just carve out.. but actual bunkers are rarely good unless everyone is on the same page

marsh haven
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yea

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if people are outside its basically pointless

obtuse pasture
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1 outside is fine as you can modulate the swarm (assuming the person outside can take care of themself)

earnest spear
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first time i tried this weeks regular dive the hiveguard refused to summon the homies 😔

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other than that, pretty smooth stuff

marsh haven
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theres no point in engi vibing outside

earnest spear
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when exactly would you want to build a bunker? during haz4/5 swarms? what sort of missions do you guys end up doing better with bunkers built?

marsh haven
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i only build one when im playing pubs

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bc i cant trust randoms to live

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so id rather force them into a bunker so they actually survive

earnest spear
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havent built one yet, but they seem fun

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most ive done is bug plats and a driller diggin us an alcove behind us for some room

marsh haven
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i mean theyre not really fun

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bc all you do is hold fire

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and sit in one spot

earnest spear
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me shoot bug me have fun

waxen terrace
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most missions arent really viable for bunkies since they need you to move around

manic pivotBOT
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opal minnow
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That message fucked for everyone else or is it just mobile discord?

violet sequoia
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it's fucked here on my laptop

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it's been fucked since last week i think. maybe even before that

severe jay
# wraith shard 👋

hahaha, dont be misled, this is probably my favorite coop shooter of all time and it seriously is just the best, but maaaaaan it took a few tries to realize deep dives are not for me

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i wish they did something more unique and interesting with them, like biome modifiers you only see there, or unique enemies, or something unexpected aside from just 3 stripped down missions with semi-random objectives all in the same biome, but its understandable they didnt since that would take a hell of a lot more dev time

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also dying on the drop pod ramp at the very end of the very last mission after making two prior attempts to clear the EDD and getting screwed over both times (especially thanks to bosco) and well, yeah, 🧂 ahoy

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EDDs are very doable solo but they really just arent fun solo (for me, at least)

random rampart
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has been like that for a while

burnt sandal
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couldn't resist nice

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But yeah, the bots are breaking, on top of the union and EOTM processes being broken

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and the devs are occupied with the incoming update and the playstation bugfixes drillchamp

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They have their hands full

random rampart
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I tell you man

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Sony's fault

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Ever since the ps build came, shit pretty much hit the fan

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Pretty sure Sony is the rival tech corp

marsh haven
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xD

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wouldn't surprise me

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theres a shit ton of new players bc of ps+, that might be causing some problems tbh

wraith shard
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looking for a group on EDD

wraith shard
unkempt saffron
severe jay
hollow summit
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why the hell are there two BET-Cs in the regular deep dive

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this is annoying

gaunt valve
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just finished regular dd

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agree with the betc thing

woven whale
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I thought the deep dives were pretty simple.

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Even got the speed achievement for the regular.

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You want hard do the barrel minigame, that shit will make you need anti-depressants.

gaunt valve
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I just started the EDD, doesn't look tooooo bad

woven whale
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Be warned the second mission is a pump with low oxygen

gaunt valve
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Hows the nitra on it this week?

woven whale
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I suggest using a few resupplies there just for convenience alone.

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Next mission is too simple to need them.

feral pilot
pseudo spade
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Who else got a bulk on the data defense in DD stage 2 this week? That was an unpleasant surprise.

restive trout
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Stage 2 is manageable. Its very cramped however.

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And you gotta have to erradicate all of those harvest slicers or what they called.

waxen terrace
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nitra supply is fine

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only issue with edd stage 2/3 is swarms are pretty big

unkempt saffron
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theres not a lot of room to fight in too for stage 2, plus with low o2 it aint gonna be pretty

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best to place supply pods at strategic spots for that extra o2

leaden cypress
random rampart
pseudo spade
wraith shard
pseudo spade
wraith shard
pseudo spade
wraith shard
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Also true. And we were actually complaining that the last weeks EDDs were maybe a tad too easy, so here we go drillchamp
You gonna try again?

pseudo spade
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Not solo, that's for sure. The swarm sizes are just too much when tacking on the awkward terrain and the low ox. I already have all the weapon OCs anyway, I'm just working away at cosmetics now.

digital phoenix
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can anybody tell me where I can find the info for the deep dives each week?
pls and thanks!

wraith shard
wraith shard
pseudo spade
digital phoenix
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ty

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is solo EDD a fluke?

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all the YT vids?

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I'm a driller main so I'm screwed if there is a dreadnought 🤓

wraith shard
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No, it's absolutely possible. A lot of people here solo EDDs every week. Might depend on the class sometimes, but generally a skilled player can do that.

digital phoenix
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I have only tried Haz 4 a few times

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so I'm scurrrred

wraith shard
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No dreads this week on the EDD, why don't you give it a go?
The worst thing that can happen is you fail and know where you're at :)
Every week is different, so if it doesn't work out this time, try again next

digital phoenix
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Agreed

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You think a driller can do it?

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low Ox on a refining morkite YIKES

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I solo'd the DD with my engi but I'm poo with the engi

wraith shard
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There is a lot of nitra on the first and second stage, at least you'll take less time laying the pipes as driller.

digital phoenix
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Haz 3 dread is a funny joke

wraith shard
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Just make sure you prep yourself a decent fighting area straight into stage 2

digital phoenix
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I don't have like any OC's though

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I have a good one for my EPC

wraith shard
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Oh, hmm. Could be tough, but try anyway. If you manage to get through the first stage at least, you still get the blank

digital phoenix
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TRUE

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you, friend, make some good points

wraith shard
digital phoenix
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I dunno what Im in for

wraith shard
#

Tell us how it went drillchamp

digital phoenix
#

do I get one shot but a mactera on HAZ 5?

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probably need my cryo cannon for the Low Ox

wraith shard
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Oh yeah, good that you mention it. Make sure you have something effective against macteras. There are TONS this week

digital phoenix
#

hmmm perhaps the flamethrower then

wraith shard
#

Not a driller experienced dwarf myself, maybe ask in DRG chat

digital phoenix
#

what class are you?

wraith shard
#

Gunner gunnergrin

digital phoenix
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primarily

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Anything you can tell me to shake my understanding of the blast man?

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(that means gunner)

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I promoted him ages ago and haven't touched him since.

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someone told me I need OC's and his guns will be BANANAS but i dunno

wraith shard
#

Wait, I have something for you

plucky compass
#

Quick question, how long do deep dives normally take?

digital phoenix
#

depends on skill level

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DD this week took me 30 mins solo engi

plucky compass
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Thanks (:

wraith shard
digital phoenix
#

I have never done an EDD though

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is this link my world shattering gunner tip?

wraith shard
digital phoenix
#

"...simply jumping and humping walls can put you in a LOT of places that you might have thought were unreachable"

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this man told us to skyrim in DRG

pseudo spade
digital phoenix
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(or woman)

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@pseudo spade I have never even done a Haz 5 so you're already a dwarfier dwarf than I

pseudo spade
# digital phoenix <@!343901236359331840> I have never even done a Haz 5 so you're already a dwarfi...

The change from haz4 to haz5 is weird. If you get a level that has particularly big swarms, it's a big deal. But health doesn't scale up from 4 to 5, so killing stays the same.

On the 2nd stage of the EDD, one of the wells is down a long out of the way hallway, but it can get a tunnel drilled straight to it from the well closest to the refinery. Just a tip, you'll save some time like that, and there's enough nitra in stage on that you shouldn't be hurting for fuel.

digital phoenix
#

you, sir, offer welcomed advice

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So mobs don't get more HP?

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I tried a haz 4 point extraction once as the gunner and didn't have time to mine one aquarqs 😂

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not even kidding

tardy crow
#

Who mines as solo, bosco is your goto miner :p

earnest orbit
#

point extraction can be rough ... but yeah use bosco to get the aquarqs

digital phoenix
#

to summarize, get nitra, pray, cry, puke, kill bugs, and be quick. then you'll have yourself a completed deep dive

tardy crow
#

hes great for aquarqs, eggs etc

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he gets them quicker than you can

digital phoenix
#

I always forget I can use bosco for Aquarqs

tardy crow
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Bosco is amazing, dont ever doubt bosco

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he can do it all

digital phoenix
#

I have been playing the PS version with my cousin so I haven't had Bosco around much lately

tardy crow
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fair

earnest orbit
#

bosco can even kill al the stuff if you run out of ammo

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but you can also just play neurotoxin gunner and never run out 😄

digital phoenix
#

Bosco is a gangster, sheesh

tardy crow
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Yah, dont mess with bosco

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Bosco will take you out, and mine your corpse into the ground

digital phoenix
#

I have to actually figure out what's good and how to CC things I guess

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sigh

earnest orbit
#

you have to learn to run circles and stay away from ledges 😄

digital phoenix
#

IDK what neurotoxin gunner means

earnest orbit
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if you have problems

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overclock for thunderhead

digital phoenix
#

I have the movement down pretty well

earnest orbit
#

which makes it one hit kill most of the chaff with poison

digital phoenix
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I play a very vertically challenged class so I have to treat cliffs/edges like the plague

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I NEED OC's 🥵

earnest orbit
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yeah i meant more in the sense of field of fire

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ledges are death traps for newer players

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they look good until bugs start eating your feet

digital phoenix
#

I have watched so many scouts grapple into a cave with those dildos that spit at you and cart immediately 😂

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on PS

earnest orbit
#

real scouts grapple into leeches 😄

digital phoenix
#

Also the flower Doctor Octopus boss has killed soooooooooo many players omgoodnes

earnest orbit
#

wait what? you mean the caretaker?

digital phoenix
#

I don't know what anything is called I just kill it all 😂

earnest orbit
#

sabotage mission boss

digital phoenix
#

idk the plant that spawns the tendrils and you kill the tendrils and it opens up

earnest orbit
#

aaah

digital phoenix
#

OH don't even get me started ib the new boss

earnest orbit
#

tyrant weed

digital phoenix
#

on*

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YES the cursed weed

earnest orbit
#

yeah that can be nasty

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or super easy 😄 depends so much on the team and the cave geometry

digital phoenix
#

I had a floating one yesterday

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We aborted 😂

#

thanks for chatting. I'll be back to let you guys know how my EDD solo driller run goes

topaz wigeon
#

is the deep dive this week easy or good

tender tartan
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stream it kek

vocal compass
open ledge
#

Is it viable to bring fat boy oc on an edd? I feel like a safer oc like pack rat or clean sweep is more viable due to ammo but I’ve only done one edd so im just curious

open ledge
#

I completed it with a team that wasn’t all that high in level with discord comms and we were fine

open ledge
jolly hazel
#

just better options

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just dont take other peoples resupplies because you want to fat boy again

open ledge
open ledge
jolly hazel
#

what do you use as a primary

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shotgun can wave clear really well as well

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/pick off stragglers

open ledge
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Yes I use shotgun

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With stunner oc and I take the extra ammo

jolly hazel
#

do u have magnetic pellets

open ledge
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Yes but I don’t like it

jolly hazel
#

that shit mulches grunts if u can aim at all

open ledge
#

Any good builds for it?

jolly hazel
#

uh

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not off the top of my head but its mag size +recoil+full auto

open ledge
#

I also just got cycle overload oc

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Is it any good?

jolly hazel
#

idk I've only used magnetic lol

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I domt think

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u can really go wrong with the shotgun

open ledge
#

It fires slow but that’s cause I took turret whip over full auto

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With the magnetic pellet alignment

jolly hazel
#

ya I liked turret whip and hated full auto until I took recoil mod

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then it became usable

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basically u clear the waves quicker lol

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also

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my problem with fat boy is that it will destroy one wave

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but

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during a swarm there's usually multiple waves

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of course u can just kite around and get them in a big group to nuke

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but then again you can do the exact same thing with the breach cutter

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plus u get like 3 shells

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but fat boy is pretty cool

open ledge
#

It’s just fun to use, never brought it on edd

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I gave it 5 shots instead of 3

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And use lures

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Mainly cause they bugs walk into the radiation and die

marsh haven
#

i guess it would be nice to have on escort duty

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since you can nuke the path and the rads will do the rest

wraith shard
#

If I complete the same variant Deep Dive for the second time in the same week, will I not be rewarded with Matrix Cores? and edd have no time limit?

runic bane
#

You only get the rewards the first time you complete it. Repeating it before the weekly refresh will just give you xp, credits, the minerals you farmed, etc.

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Like doing a regular mission.

lean phoenix
#

Greetings, I still get blank cores don't know if it's supposed to do that but it's been happening. Also the deep dives keep switching back and forth from last weeks and this weeks.

jolly hazel
#

check ur system clock?

jolly hazel
stray dock
#

think as long as u are comfortable with using fat boy, it's def viable for edd

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i always run fat boy for edd unless it's magma, radioactive zone or involves a lot of dreads

open ledge
#

But like

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The fat boy is a nuke so those are basically useless

jolly hazel
#

ya

open ledge
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Unless I want ultra radius

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But then my team will cease to exist 😂

jolly hazel
#

more ammo+ opportunities is better

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lol

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I've only been ff killed like 3 times

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and its always been driller c4

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if I knew what did it

open ledge
#

Yeah pretty much 😂

#

Driller c4 ramp to pod

jolly hazel
#

mostly greenbeards who probably don't know ff exists lol

lunar helm
indigo moth
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Fucking hell

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Weapons got bugged, couldnt change them and failed a deepdive cuz of it

brave hare
#

I like the fatboy, i feel even more versatile than before, being able to dig aquarq on the roof is extremely cool

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And with a setup you can deny so much room

fickle fox
#

fatboy may be really fun and a very expensive version of tcf for mining, but have you concidered rj250 to fly up there like a scout and land on your own platform?

#

and the ammo rj provides to just fire it at everything?

lunar helm
#

Fat boy is cool, but dont bring it to the EDD this week. Exclusion zone's bugs are more resistant to radiation, and the pretorians are immune to it

brave hare
#

Went smooth on both

lunar helm
#

It won't be unusable of course, but I'd just advise against it if you're struggling

marsh haven
#

how much ammo do you get with fatboi?

brave hare
#

3 total and there's 2 upgrade of 1 ammo

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If i am not mistaken

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A single well spent shot does a very good job at whatever you wanted to be done :D

marsh haven
#

that is true

brave hare
#

I deeply miss the hyper propel tho

marsh haven
#

hyper propel is good on dread missions

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besides that it aint the best

sly vapor
#

i reached stage 2 on elite deep dive solo dstare

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using driller

marsh haven
#

did you beat stage 2?

tranquil apex
#

is it thursday already

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😦

jolly hazel
#

sure

marsh haven
#

yea im just waiting for it roo

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too

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gonna get another 6 OCs

hoary cove
wraith shard
#

Hi everyone is there a ways to contact develloper here ?

fringe kettle
#

for what?

burnt sandal
wraith shard
#

About the barrel kick game in the abyss bar, yep that may be dumb to ask

#

But every completionist struggle to get the 3000 point in less than 100 kick trophy, maybe making double the score when we get the barrel in may be a good way to make it less impossible

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As best i can score 2200, and it look like i cant get above

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Thats weird i know but it will help a lot of player that are trying to 100% the game

burnt sandal
fringe kettle
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it isn't impossible, many folks have that achievement including me. It's supposed to be difficult. That isn't really something to ping a dev over.

burnt sandal
#

also it's not a very hard achievement if you're patient

magic spoke
#

gets out an old piece of paper

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Ahem.

wraith shard
#

I keep trying everyday after school i cant pass it its a pain

magic spoke
#

Git gud.

wraith shard
magic spoke
#

Sorry bud, it's definitely doable

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Changing it now would be fucking over anyone who got it earlier

wraith shard
#

Well im gonna never get it

magic spoke
#

You can!

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(or use steam achievement manager)

wraith shard
#

I'm on PS5

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I need eithier to find a good lobby with a random that will try it but its most likely 0.01% chance to happen

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Or just die

burnt sandal
#

or you just try it from time to time until you make it

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that's how I did it

wraith shard
faint lake
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whats edd missions today?

old widget
#

See pinned messages. Ignore the post date, the post is updated weekly

frosty mantle
#

I fucking love when I crash on the 3rd level of EDD when the drop pod lands

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God I fucking hate morkite mining

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Plus I have to do that refinery and morkite mission with low oxygen again

frosty mantle
#

Yeah it just crashed again on the 3rd mission, this game can fuck right off

digital phoenix
#

LOL I just tried to solo the EDD this week. first try, I got grabbed by a mactera and that was it. I lost. Second try, I made it to the refining liquid morkite portion and got downed in one shot by a mactera. even though bosco revived me that was kind of it. i lost. Third try I somehow made it all the way to the end of stage 3 and got grabbed by a mactera while entering the drop pod. So i lost.

ebon anchor
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Think I always bring heightened senses on solo runs all the time now

digital phoenix
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I have it on

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guess im just garbage

long sparrow
#

how rough is the EDD this week

placid crane
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Not too bad

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First stage in my group we were chilling and then a surprise bulk turned the tides

fossil lagoon
#

Well, the fact that you even dared to solo EDD proves you're good enough

placid crane
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Haven’t solo the edd this week, current sick and low mental capacity.

feral atlas
#

This is the easiest EDD in months.

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Generally speaking, if you have the ability to complete any EDD at all through a method that isn't trying until you find somebody to carry you, you can finish this one.

ebon anchor
#

I think the only tricky part is stage 2 EDD with low oxygen and the bad area to fight in, especially with all the harvesters. Huge falls on both sides means you can easily miss your step while kiting

feral atlas
#

You can kill the harveters.

ebon anchor
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But it's not to bad cos you have a lot of nitra by then and you can just call pods at each oil rig

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Ye I murder them all

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Lul

feral atlas
#

There's so much nitra flowwing that even a scout can probably carry a team.

ebon anchor
#

I think this EDD is really comfortable

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Brought some of my greenbeard friends on this one as their first edd

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I tried to bring them last week's since I thought it was doable but stage 2 murdered them and I couldn't get to them all in time before I died cos I am not gearbeard enough

feral atlas
#

Pretty sure Haz5 bugs murderize most greenbeards.

silk prairie
#

just be scout and run away

digital phoenix
#

yea I found out how bad I am today

#

definitely a greenbeard

lunar helm
# ebon anchor I think this EDD is really comfortable

I think so too, there's plenty of nitra and the missions are straightforward. the difficult parts are the low oxygen refinery and the cavegen on mission 3 is a bit wonky but apart from that it's very doable with a decent team

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In my EDD team I was the only level100+ and it went well

digital phoenix
#

try number 6 I got swamred in the worst possible location on stage 1

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FML

wise nebula
#

do yall have tips for, EDD stage 2?

lunar helm
#

for stage 2 ideally engineer has an area to defend with turrets and platforms

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and a resup for 02

wise nebula
# lunar helm What class are you playing?

honestly any of the 4 work, I finally promoted my 4th dwarf,

but normally I play scout. (tho I also promoted driller because damn, he is very good on refinery missions.

lunar helm
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yeah

jolly hazel
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shoot bugs

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dont die

lunar helm
#

if you play scout, then just make sure to do the light and get nitra, that's most important

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I'm sure you know the rest

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revive teammates, stay alive

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on the second mission your team does a lot, the gunner and engie and driller are crucial

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The driller needs to focus on the pipes and guner and engie need to try to make a safezone to fight in

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otherwise it can go very wrong very quickly

jolly hazel
#

scout priority one is flares/killing acid spitters, fliers, opressor/praetorians in that order

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u should basically use the grappling hook every time it comes off cool down in a fight

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u just need to tap it if you have the increased velocity mod

wise nebula
wise nebula
jolly hazel
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no bunkers

lunar helm
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gunner should cover fire andplop down shields during dangerous swarms

jolly hazel
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engineer should be going ham and deleting half the swarm

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if he isnt he's doing something wrong

lunar helm
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you mean if he's running hyperprop nice

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on this EDD hyperprop is a mistake

wise nebula
wise nebula
lunar helm
jolly hazel
#

fatboy is good

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electrical smg burst is ok

lunar helm
#

but on this week's biome it's maybe suboptimal

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cause bugs are rad resistant

wise nebula
jolly hazel
#

ammo

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always ammo

wise nebula
#

got it,

jolly hazel
#

in edd

lunar helm
#

I know you need ammo, and the flame mod is also good on it

jolly hazel
#

also

lunar helm
#

It has enourmous damage just by itself

wise nebula
jolly hazel
lunar helm
#

yea

jolly hazel
#

I run a clean oc on grenade launcher

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clean sweep

lunar helm
#

clean sweep is pretty damn good

jolly hazel
#

and magnetic pellet on shotty/explosive rounds on lok 1

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just shoot em

lunar helm
#

you can even run pack rat

jolly hazel
#

pack rat is nice too

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pgl.has good oc

lunar helm
#

yes

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But if you're not used to engie, I dont reccomend trying edd with him

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Just play the class you're best at @wise nebula

wise nebula
wise nebula
jolly hazel
#

personal preference tbh

lunar helm
jolly hazel
#

I only run into ammo issues

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with double sentey

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but I also notice a lot less bugs

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and annoying pos enemies

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with double

wise nebula
#

additionally, hawkeye or defender system?

hawkeye let's me single out a dangerous target, but defender let's me better protect a specific area.

jolly hazel
#

hawkeye on everything except salvage/escort

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cuz u know where bugs will come from on those

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and can aim it

ebon anchor
#

I don't think I have ever changed out of defender since over 300 hours ago when I was using engi for the first time lmao

lunar helm
#

I love defender

lunar helm
#

Cause I always go ammo on that tier and it's usually fine

jolly hazel
#

only on escort

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well

ebon anchor
#

I think it depends on playstyle. If your sentry just sits there and you set it up prior then you do ammo it's fine

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I usually run too much out of my sentry range lol

jolly hazel
#

even then I eventually run into issues if our nitra isn't up to snuff

ebon anchor
#

Sometimes it's way faster for me to recall and place it where I am currently kiting them to

wise nebula
ebon anchor
#

Instead of refueling

wise nebula
jolly hazel
#

ya I mostly use hawkeye just for swarmer/naedocyte/ceiling enemy cleae

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for my team

open ledge
#

Hawkeye is pretty good with turret whip

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That’s what I use

#

Just kite enemies around while pining the bigger ones and shooting my turret

lucid sinew
#

So how difficult are Deep Dives to solo?

feral atlas
#

That question is unanswerable other that "yes, people solo them every week"

#

The more useful question is how good are you, and what difficulty do you normally play or solo?

#

If you consistently solo Haz3 without difficulty, regular dives shouldn't be too difficult. For EDDs, bump that up to Haz5.

marsh haven
#

yea if you cant handle haz 5 dont do elite deep dives

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bc it goes up to 5.5 haz afaik

jolly hazel
#

well said

lucid sinew
#

I haven't even unlocked H5 yet, I'm fairly new.

#

I tried a DD solo yesterday and wasn't expecting the difficulty level so I blew my revives early and then got killed by the dreadnought. Just wasn't sure if people typically ran them solo them or grouped.

tranquil moth
#

is there possibylity to drop skin on deep dive

#

?

unkempt saffron
unkempt saffron
tranquil moth
#

ty 😗

jolly hazel
severe tusk
#

Game crashes right as the drop pod is leaving on stage 3 of the DD notnice

brazen musk
jolly hazel
#

lots of crashes this week it seems

fathom kayak
#

So I am fairly new to the game, only player level 50 and only promoted each class once. Should I not even be looking at Elite Deep Dives until I get "good" overlocks for each of my weapons/classes?

azure lance
#

Same question haha

main sage
#

you dont need optimal/meta builds for elite deep dives if thats what you're asking

#

im sure a random gunner or cryo driller with no OCs could get by reasonably well

jolly hazel
#

can u handle hazard 5 without downing a lot

main sage
#

yea as long as you're comfortable with haz 5 you're prolly good for an EDD

lunar helm
#

What len said. You have to be able to clear really difficult haz 4s and regular haz 5s consistently

jolly hazel
#

assume the worst and bring your a game every time

main sage
#

and maybe bring iron will and medic since they refresh every stage and newbies could really use it

azure lance
#

Easiest class to play maybe be driller?

main sage
#

depends on the build i suppose

#

CRSPR is pretty simple to use

azure lance
#

Cryo + EPC

main sage
#

and is subata

azure lance
#

What is CRSPR?

main sage
#

wouldnt say its the easiest to use, but the disable + healing can certainly carry you

main sage
jolly hazel
#

just shoot the bugs and shield the revives

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and bring dash

main sage
#

cryo driller has the best survivability if going down is your concern but he is far from the easiest to master

#

gunner is pretty straightforward yea

azure lance
#

My biggest problem is, I am from Brazil, but play most of my games with US ppl, meaning, 200ms+

#

=/

fathom kayak
#

I have carpet bomber on the Autocannon, so I should be focusing on swarm control more than hard targets, correct?

main sage
#

carpet bomber great for grunt and swarmer clusters yes

#

especially great on swarmeggedon

#

build your secondary for burst damage

glossy walrus
#

really about skill

#

I was using no overclocks on my char (driller)

#

they did a good job making the base kit quite strong on every class

main sage
#

cryo driller is notably powerful before OCs since he can get freezing power 10 without OCs at the cost of ammo

#

the "meta" tuned cooler build plays the same as no OC cryocannon but with more ammo

glossy walrus
#

I was using freezing 8 with ammo, but yeah cryo driller is very comfy

#

not to mention as a driller you can make a bunker to make holding out against swarms even easier, just have to make sure to have a back door ready if a bulk shows up

jolly hazel
upbeat vault
wise nebula
wise nebula
ruby osprey
vernal willow
#

Are deep dives scary? Should I be doing them always, provided I have time?

jolly hazel
#

provided you can meet the challenge

#

deep dives arent scary usually

wise nebula
jolly hazel
#

its basically a really long haz 3 mission where nitra carries over

#

it only goes up to 3.5

wise nebula
#

elite deep dives are tough, but a core is a core.

jolly hazel
#

edd is 4.5/5/5.5

wise nebula
jolly hazel
#

np

#

you should be able to do deep dives immediately after unlocking them but please make sure you can handle hazard 5 and pull your own weight before trying edd

vernal willow
wise nebula
#

Best of luck, (though since the seeds are fixed per week, luck probably isn't a factor) but hope it goes smooth anyways, have fun,

weak ember
#

I’ve only payed the PS4 version but I understand this game is really old on steam. Can anyone tell me how often this game is updated can we expect a steady stream of content?

#

I read for example it took 3 years to get a third set of weapons I’m just wondering. I still working on getting first set of second weapons

burnt sandal
#

30 major updates over the span of 4 years

weak ember
#

That pretty good

burnt sandal
#

30 updates for 48 months, yeah it's pretty good

weak ember
#

I new player so I’m excited to get started

#

My favorite mission is defend them drill for example don’t know much more than that have yet to see any of alt weapons but promising updates

#

I was just worried a free to play game might not have enough income to do anything major but seems like they got this

#

I see no way to support game other than the skin packs

burnt sandal
red owl
#

Hey, finding a group for Deep Dive as a host, people can join until we drop, right?

burnt sandal
weak ember
weak ember
burnt sandal
#

have fun discovering the game

weak ember
#

I also like making the pipe line

#

It fun to plan out a root and how often that went to hell

#

I’m a digger so like drilling direct tunnel to node but my party likes going long way around already established areas

#

This fun argument

#

Normally what happens is by time they established the two pipe lines I’ve dug to the third node so Eveyone happy

burnt sandal
#

he's talking about something else, not normal missions

weak ember
#

Oh

#

My bad

weak ember
#

I do have a question, the items and cosmetics you see in the seasons? If you fail to get them do they get a rerun or they gone forever?

lean mason
weak ember
#

I got 4 days of game play and about half way threw the items on the tech tree thing but some of those armor skins I really want

#

So I’m happy they not gone forever if fail to get them and the level based items seem way out of my reach but I’m working on it

lean mason
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Yep! You still have a good bit of time still too. Best of luck!

wise nebula
spring galleon
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Help I crashed between stage one and two of a deep dive, random public server. Is there any way to rejoin? I don't remember the host name unfortunately

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I already tried relaunching but it didn't give me the rejoin button

lunar helm
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i don't think so

spring galleon
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Aw

lunar helm
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If you were host it ends the game for everyone

sinful grove
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Who else did not bother fighting that surprise dreadnaught in the stage 3 elite deep dive? We just got the egg and fucked right out of there haha

grizzled oracle
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I am new here, so is this the chat to ask ppl of they down to play in?

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Oops wrong shat I think

random rampart
grizzled oracle
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Playstation store

random rampart
grizzled oracle
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Oh someone told me the right channel

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Thanks for the help anyways

echo edge
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Are deeps dives layouts the same for Xbox and PS?

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wise nebula
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Mission control seems to have accidentally drank blackout stoat

lunar helm
sinful grove
lunar helm
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that is quite the dramatic finish, good thing you managed to survived though

jolly hazel
polar jungle
untold cipher
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Are deep dives completed solo normally? Everytime I load into one via server list it’s impossible to do with random players

iron adder
iron adder
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I'm currently watching USteppin's solo Elite Deep Dive.

open ledge
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What do you guys think is one of the best team compositions? Let’s say everyone is decent at game and isn’t bad

iron adder
jolly hazel
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drak 1 bubble bouncer/hipster scout, neurotoxin ac gunner, tuned cooler cryo driller, any engineer

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is probably meta

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i prefer carpet bomber ac

bold maple
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you can get deep dives done with any couple of competent players that have even halfway decent builds

jolly hazel
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alternatively shit builds with good players too lol

prisma junco
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The only class that feels very essential to me, at least where having a good time is concerned, is scout

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Just relieves a lot of pressure outside of combat for the whole team, and light is great

wraith shard
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Does anyone know how to post photos here?

quiet mortar
wraith shard
wispy rapids
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What are the missions for the normal deep dive right now?

vale vortex
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EDD cryo minlets any good?

leaden cypress
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Cryo minelet is good in general

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get blowthrough so you can use it on enemies on walls

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like menaces

fervent trellis
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whats the difficulty ratings of elite deep dives?

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i know the "normal" one is 3.5 4.0 4.5

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does it jump all by 0.5 or is it entirely different?

bold maple
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same i think

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4.5/5/5.5

lunar helm
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I heard the normal one is actually 3- 3.5 -3.5

quartz badge
jolly hazel
iron adder
jolly hazel
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the big takeaway is that you can always outrun dd bugs

wispy rapids
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I see. thanks for telling me kagamine len

woeful bolt
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That was the most Nitra I've ever seen on an EDD

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lunar helm
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That guy at mission control

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He really has a cozy job

lethal goblet
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I tried pulling two eggs and doing the black box at the same time. A bulk spawned halfway through. Would not recommend

brisk pagoda
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a bulk is just a free fat boy on legs

old widget
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Killed the bulk on top of the box and made a lovely bowl to get served up as glyphid chow. Actually had to abort the box and regroup, but we pulled through

polar jungle
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need folks for the elite DD, keep getting crushed on mission 2

feral atlas
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Generally, the day before the refresh is not a good time to try to find randoms for an EDD.

polar jungle
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only abandons

severe tusk
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My tip would be to use resupplies liberally, away from the the refinery rig. Lay down 4-5 of them if you need to to stay healthy. This EDD is swimming in nitra. Then fight as a team away from the rig in the area between the two pumps which have that tunnel connecting them. There's a nice little alcove to fight in as a team.

polar jungle
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trying it solo now

severe tusk
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I just did the EDD a couple of hours ago. Didn't have a problem getting a team that could handle it.

feral atlas
# polar jungle I've been trying for the whole week

I'm not going to say that this is a complete waste of your time. But the issue is that EDDs only need to be completed once to get the rewards that matter. The only people still trying on the day before the EDD cycles are either the rare people that actually does this for fun, or people that have consistently failed it. Ofc it's still possible to get a team going for this one, it's the easiest EDD I've seen in months.

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On average though, you're better off just solo'ing it if it's Wed.

severe tusk
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Or the people who procrastinate until the last day to do it like me.

feral atlas
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They exist. Doesn't mean you depend on it happening.

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You go by averages.

severe tusk
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If you're a good player you can usually carry a team in most EDDs with just a little bit of communication and teamwork.

polar jungle
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I'm soloing as scout 💀

feral atlas
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Yes? Doesn't change the selection issue though.

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If you've failed multiple times, you aren't at that level. If you are at that level, you beat it once, and usually don't try it again.

brisk pagoda
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if youre gonna solo you should usually pick gunner, sometimes driller

feral atlas
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And people have the most time and availability to make their attempts on the weekends.

brisk pagoda
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bosco's role is already sort of similar to scout and youll both be struggling in the wave clear department

severe tusk
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I feel I have had this conversation with you several times before when people talk about doing EDDs toward the end of the week. I have probably done at least 1/3 of them on the last day or two over the last year since I have been playing, and I almost always get them done. There may be some truth to what you say in that it is easier doing EDDs earlier in the week, but I do not think it is as hard as you are making it out to be for non-elite players to complete an EDD on the last day.

wraith shard
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looking for squad for current elite deep dive, can play as gunner and scout

feral atlas
severe tusk
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1-3 usually.

feral atlas
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So, you're probably a couple standard deviations better than most players. And you have the luxury of always having a good player on the team, aka yourself.

polar jungle
feral atlas
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You think the people that have failed for the entire week can get anywhere close to that level?

wraith shard
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where am I suppose to send invite squad link?

feral atlas
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In the short term at least?

polar jungle
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I mean I usually run haz 4 missions but I don't know why the stupid blade grunts are oneshotting my scout 😭

severe tusk
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I consider myself a good, competent player, but there are players way better than me.

brisk pagoda
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id reccomend having everything at bronze one at least, you might find a class youre better at, or like more, plus youll have a better grasp at what the class is good at and where it struggles, which is important to know when in a team

feral atlas
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I consider running a EDD pub on Wed and expecting to win a privilege that good players can indulge. Not a generally good idea for the average player.

wraith shard
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awaiting for 2 guys on edd

feral atlas
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It's 100% possible, esp this week since the EDD is so easy. It's just not the best use of time for the average pubber.

severe tusk
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I started out as a player who would sometimes fail an EDD 5-7 times the first month or so. You can take knowledge from your failures into the next run and share it with your teammates to succeed. When I fail a mission I think about why we failed and then think of things which could be used to our advantage on the next run. Usually this has to do with where on the map is a good place to fight, like in the tip I gave above for the guy who was having trouble beating stage 2 this week.

feral atlas
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Eh, idk how effective of a use of time that is. But if it works, it works I suppose.

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I run the EDD a second time as a scout yesterday, with a team of greenbeards that died so often I think I ended up solo clutching it at least four times. I don't think "turn around to regularly to maintain awareness" is something that can really be taught.

severe tusk
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Well, usually the people asking here have tried multiple times, so time isn't an issue for them. This is the end game content for this game anyway. It seems reasonable to have to try a few times to complete EDDs every week for most people.

wraith shard
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By doing the EDD on the last day you're honing your personal skill and doing a good deed at the same by helping out some greenbeards rocknstone

feral atlas
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Tbh, I think the most effective advice is honestly to tell these people to bunker.

feral atlas
wraith shard
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Probably, but it's at least a bit of comfort if it's Wednesday and you're struggling to find an experienced team-

feral atlas
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It's like when TF2 did autobalance by "asking" players to do it.

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Obviously, nobody did.

runic bane
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When people say it's the easiest EDD in months and you're struggling with it.
RIP self confidence.

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violet sequoia
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it’s a EDD i won’t experience because i’ve procrastinated on playing DRG for 2 weeks by now

polar jungle
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did it! 3 people was easier than 4

lean phoenix
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I beat the edd 5 times today but the extraction point keeps getting my team and me killed, I guess I'll just get next weeks done early

polar jungle
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our left during the first mission when a bulk killed everyone and then I took it out as scout after some iron will shenanigans

unkempt saffron
lean phoenix
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3rd, during extraction, they put it up that stupid cavern that you have to climb up

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But it's all good, I've done it pretty easily so in fairness I'm pretty content

unkempt saffron
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Iirc i drilled my way into the drop pod

lean phoenix
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The guys I played with panicked at the end lol

unkempt saffron
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Its definitely a rush at the end, though i found myself chilling on stage 3 moreso than on stage 2

lean phoenix
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Same stage two was a pain

gaunt valve
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Stage two screwed me

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the one morkite thingy is just a liiiittle too far away for the pipe to bridge the gap and I took too long getting it connected trying to solo it

polar jungle
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at least with 3 players

gaunt valve
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stage one done (again)

chilly obsidian
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EDD? stage 2 was PITA

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royal PITA

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Stage 3 was a cakewalk even if the bugs hit like trucks and regenerated

gaunt valve
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stage two DONE BABY

gaunt valve
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annnd stage three