deep-dive-discussion

[jolly hazel]

I did say manual rewiring so its my bad too

[high minnow]

Second evening in a row that a launch a deep dive, no one is joining (Europe). Is this happening to you too lads ?

[jolly hazel]

are you sure it is not set on private? its automatically on private and not public

[soft token]

what are the best deep dive builds for minigun and burst fire secondary

im asking because theyre the only ones i have overclocks for rn

[jolly hazel]

oc help determine build

what are they

[jolly hazel]

don't have to fight dreads in the cave section they spawn in

[main anvil]

I looked for open cave couldnt find and swarm was about to spawn in a min

[amber pawn]

i'd love to see a clip of someone doing third stage of the elite dive rn

my first elite dive and that was nuts

[quaint junco]

Did 2 deep dives, got nothing, why is that ?

[wicked ravine]

did you complete them previously?

[ripe shard]

Why is escort missions in EDD literally IMPOSSIBLE

[quaint junco]

No, they were all first tries, I believe

[quaint junco]

Coz it's elite

[ripe shard]

The first mission for EDD is a breeze but then when we hit escort, it’s just impossible lol

[amber pawn]

we got through the escort because one guy big brained and told us to leave the driller cause it had enough HP

and we just let it do the last 10% or so on its own

[quaint junco]

I did 10 DDs and 2 EDDs, a good day team goes a long way(literally) then playing with 3 lone wolves

I had a driller who was using the pickaxe to drill

[amber pawn]

@quaint junco any tips for stage 3

?

[ripe shard]

F

[amber pawn]

elite

[quaint junco]

What objectives?

[amber pawn]

i believe it was mineral and eggs

3rd day playing probably not the right terminology

[quaint junco]

Minerals first priority, get eggs along the way, always check back of the drop pod throughout any game mode( DD,EDD,solo, multi-player etc)

You're fine, it's my 5th day i think (not boasting, just telling)

Stage 3, bulk up on sugar

If 2 of same class, don't chose that class, ever

That's Me lol

Do you need more? @amber pawn

He OD'd (jumanji, WTTJ reference)

[amber pawn]

the main issue is the critters ngl

they go from being small and amusing to downright terrifying

[soft token]

both are ammo based

thinned drum walls and i forget what my burst fire is

[main anvil]

Any tips for deep dive? Got the game a week ago, and just unlocked them. I can’t seem to get the hang of it, always in the wrong place at the right time.

[jolly hazel]

kill the bugs

this week doesn't have anything too difficult or anything dumb like refining or escort

what class do you play

remember only nitra+gold spawns on dd so you can generally spend less time mining

your ammo carries over so its best to get through each stage asap

generally if you are "in the wrong place" that usually means you were stationary

always be moving, at hazard 3 bugs cannot keep up with you, even slasher (iirc)

trying to defend a static location is a death sentence

if you dont have to

[signal needle]

What difficulty are Deep Dives and Elites at? Me and my friends did em yesterday but I'm just curious if they're a specific hazard level or if it's its own thing

[hoary cove]

dd is haz 3, 3.5, 3.4.
Edd is haz 4.5, 5, 5.5

[signal needle]

ohhhhh

makes sense, ty

[quaint junco]

What's your main?

[civic hatch]

I'm trying to get at least the first two Stages done of this week's EDD

[jolly hazel]

why not all 3

[main anvil]

Engie

[quaint junco]

If anybody wanna add me to play DRG, lmk

[harsh kiln]

u want to do this weeks EDD

[jolly hazel]

#lfg-steam

ok engie's crowd control is either shotgun stun/stubby electricity/lok 1 overclocks/pgl+breach cutter fear/lure

its not as good as the other classes

so you have to keep moving

[quaint junco]

I can do whatever

I don't mind

[civic hatch]

I can't even get competent people in public Matchmaking and LFG on here has yet to yield results

[hoary cove]

wdym? he has prob the most swarm clear out of any class. Pretty much all his weapons have builds that handle large groups of grunts

[civic hatch]

It's like I'm shadowbanned or something

[jolly hazel]

carry harder

thats what i have to do

[civic hatch]

Then there's the whole anxiety issue of me having a hard time reaching out to random people

[jolly hazel]

he has the best swarm clear but not much hard cc

the best cc is death but he seems to be getting caught

[main anvil]

Ill try to level up my engineers other weapons

[jolly hazel]

arent you promoted?

you should have all the unlocks

[main anvil]

Yes

I do

[jolly hazel]

warthog is pretty good without any oc

[main anvil]

Ah

Ok

[jolly hazel]

it is a 4 player co op game

maybe it can help with that

[quaint junco]

Up to you

I'm just trying to get my 3 Characters promoted

[main anvil]

Also why are there so many swarmers on stage 1 of the normal deep dive?

[jolly hazel]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Magma Core | Code Name: Bad Badland
Stage 1: 250 Morkite + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Swarmageddon
Stage 2: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Twins) + 📡 1 Black Box | Volatile Guts
Stage 3: 6 Eggs + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Mactera Plague

swarmageddon

[hoary cove]

it’s swarmegeddon

[main anvil]

Any tips for the dreadnought part?

Because I kept getting blown up by stuff

[hoary cove]

stay moving

[cold skiff]

run dash if you dont already

pretty much a get out of jail card . also helps in traversing caves

also if gunner brings neurotoxin on a revolver then the fight becomes so much more manageable, especially classic dreadnought

dont even have to hit a vulnerable spot. u can shoot them anywhere to get a chance at a proc

[jolly hazel]

when the dreadnought (any dreadnought except the twins) shoots fireballs it is fired at your current position so you need to keep transveral velocity (side to side motion) when it is targeting you with fireballs. for the AOE stomp it will come with time to get the exact range but if you can touch the dreadnought you are way too close and will immediately die if it decides to stomp. melee attack is easily avoidable if you keep moving. your job when fighting dreads is,

1. if you are being targeted, lure dread away from team so teammates can shoot the butt, you cannot damage it from the front so dont try to lead it in circles to hit it because you have 3 other guns trained at it
2. if you are not being chased shoot the dreadnought while staying out of aoe stomp range or just inside it so u can react

for hiveguard do the same but just pop sentinels and remember they leave mactera goo bomber sludge

just shoot the yellow thingies when they pop up, hiveguard fireball is worse and slower than regular dread and the aoe stomp is avoidable (just dont stand in front of a rock as it gets shot away from the dread)

for the twins, remember to split damage or you will be wasting ammo as a large enough difference when they heal is a net heal instead of sharing the difference they automatically do once per fight

the only troublesome attack lacerator has is the rock pillars that he always shoots three of in a cone, if you dodge one rock pillar, stand where it just went because it won't hit there again

flamethrower is easy to dodge and if you see the ground rumbling, gtfo because lacerator is spawning below you and will launch you into the air

arbalest will always spawn on a wall or cileing if it can, the aoe fireball is dangerous because its basically a projectile dread stomp that thankfully has a delay

run away from the bombs and always be moving in twins figbt

fireball spread can kill you but its dodgeable

thats basically it, AFAIK only the arbalest gets a rage mode once you kill the lacerator where it spams bombs everywhere in anger but by then the arbalest should be dead so just shoot it and don't stand in front of it

iirc twins regain armor if they heal too so you have to split damage

thesis over

[cold skiff]

all helpful. just want to emphasize the movement part. holding sprint like at all times is really important. most dreadnought attacks, regardless of type, are avoidable if you just run horizontally away from its line of sight. also use the dash perk

[jolly hazel]

also hiveguard and classic dread can shoot you from their side, so always be moving even if you are not currently targeted

yep keeping transversal velocity is key

and not getting cornered

stay in the open

because there is no auditory indicator for dread switching targets

also vouch for dash

life saver perk

especially dread missions

also sludge pump goes through dread face armor

learned that this week

[cold skiff]

should go without saying that all of this is kinda contingent on a good, open arena. look for a good one in the cave, and stay there. sometimes u may have to leave if there are too many holes from explosions lol. driller will have to clear open some space regardless tho. like moving obstacles from the ground (those blue tendrils will stop some projectiles lmfao) and destroying pillars

once i decided to run ice spear for the meme and it literally got caught in those blue ground tendrils and i took damage. i hated my life

[jolly hazel]

if you cannot find a good spot to fight, the spawn room is almost always a circle with 2 or 3 pillars

so go there if u can't find a good room and kite the dread there

[cold skiff]

mhm. just destroy the pillars and have engie plat the droppod hole

[cold skiff]

u ran sludge on elim?

how did that go

i never not run cryo because there is always an engie that be usin hyper propellant in the ideal party. trivializes the mission lol

u dont even have to aim for weakpoints u just freeze them and they get chunked to hell. this isnt fair

[jolly hazel]

goo bomber special w/slow mod turns the dread into a snail and trivializes the movement aspect

sludge blast shreds the dread because now 1/3rd (fuck scout) of the damage is being applied constantly

because it doesn't need to hit the butt

[cold skiff]

word. im on that cryo impact axe barbed drills vampire shit. i cant stop

also thats really neat

[jolly hazel]

also yeah cryo is really good

because you can cut down on the stages

if u freeze right

[cold skiff]

yeah. i always maintain a low temp right up until they become vulnerable, then i go for the full freeze

[jolly hazel]

the problem with hyper propel is that its basically worthless on edd

because engie needs that swarm clear lol

[cold skiff]

honestly true

[jolly hazel]

but great for elim!

same with sludge

[main anvil]

Are you sure that the normal deep dive is haz3?

[jolly hazel]

yes

[cold skiff]

yeah

[jolly hazel]

3/3.5/3.5

[main anvil]

13 grunts just spawned

[cold skiff]

that's not a lot

[jolly hazel]

I've seen 80+ in a wave before

[cold skiff]

i absolutely live for those huge swarms

[jolly hazel]

that was

[main anvil]

I cant get the ones close to me

[jolly hazel]

probably the one time I've felt terror

in this game

turning and seeing a literal sea of bugs

[cold skiff]

simply have a gunner running neurotoxin payload

[main anvil]

I dont have a gunner friend who is promoted

[jolly hazel]

true but the sight

was crazy

[cold skiff]

it is a sight to behold for sure

[jolly hazel]

it was the starship troopers scene

at the outpost

[main anvil]

How do i get rid of the little ones in my face? Stubby doesnt do enough fast enough

[jolly hazel]

while we were defending data deposit hack c

[jolly hazel]

the swarmers?

[main anvil]

No grunts

[jolly hazel]

aim for the face

[main anvil]

When theres like 68259 of them thats difficult

[cold skiff]

what class are u playin

[jolly hazel]

just focus on one at a time

especially with stubby

[main anvil]

Im dead by then

[jolly hazel]

are u walking backwards

grunts cannot catch u on haz 3

[main anvil]

Im in a small little cave with a mini mule

[cold skiff]

yeah uh

[jolly hazel]

ok thats the problem

[main anvil]

I just suck idek how to play this game

[cold skiff]

if you get caught with a swarm in a small cave and have no where to go

[jolly hazel]

no problem its a learning curve

[cold skiff]

driller absolutely needs to use c4 to make some room

[jolly hazel]

when you get near a mini mule

[main anvil]

Im solo

[jolly hazel]

a hidden timer starts

and within 30 seconds or less

a mini swarm will spawn

if u walk near a mini me

mule

immediately get to flat open ground

[main anvil]

Ok

[jolly hazel]

they will be on you unannounced

[main anvil]

Good to know

[jolly hazel]

yeah its not explained

in game

[main anvil]

I just cant wrap my head around deep dives

Ive solod haz 5 like 5 times

[jolly hazel]

deep dive is just 3 in a row

[cold skiff]

yeah

not that much to it really

same primary objective as reg missions but secondaries are different

[main anvil]

Some mental block i cant get past

[cold skiff]

ok

if youre solo, and and engie

i would absolutely not run stubby lol

stubby is a support weapon

[main anvil]

What run?

Like lok1?

[cold skiff]

warthog or lok1

[main anvil]

Ok

[cold skiff]

i like warthog because if u use the magnetic alightment oc, hitting grunts in the face is a 1 shot

also you get turret whip which is great crowd control and makes your turret do substantial damage

[main anvil]

Ok

Thank you

[cold skiff]

it also stuns

and fears

[main anvil]

Ive only used stubby

I will now use shotgun

[cold skiff]

yeah stubby is a CC weapon meant to make it easier for ur team to hit moving targets and also proc certain ocs/mods to do bonus damage on status inflicted targets

[main anvil]

That explains it

I was using it as offense

[cold skiff]

lmao

[main anvil]

I literally installed less than a week ago idk these things

[cold skiff]

ive been a warthog user as long as ive been playing. using stubby results in a super dramatic decrease in my killing ability

because t hats the point

yeah thats fine

[main anvil]

Ok thank you, have a good day.

[cold skiff]

ur on the right track if u can solo haz 5 already

better than most can say

[main anvil]

One last thing though, what upgrades for warthog?

Like i heard someone say 13212 was good but idk

[cold skiff]

for me it depends on the oc

[jolly hazel]

em refire stubby makes it good

[main anvil]

I have none

[jolly hazel]

but mag pellet warthog rocks

[cold skiff]

then get grinding

lol

but without oc hm

[main anvil]

Ig but

I need to do

Deep dives

[jolly hazel]

also get cores from weekly core assignment

[main anvil]

Fr?

[jolly hazel]

yeah just check the assignment board

[main anvil]

Also I can get my own discord account soon, my brother is letting me use his

[jolly hazel]

lol

rough

[main anvil]

Hes like level 120 or smthn crazy

[cold skiff]

honestly mostof them seem ok. the last mod is the most important choice.i run turret whip since i am super attentive to sentry placement and using my laser pointer to change targets and proc the turret whip to do stupid damage . if you want to focus onur actual gun doing more damage and worry less about the sentry then i would run the full auto

[jolly hazel]

do u ask him for tips

[main anvil]

Yeah but he always says ask here

[jolly hazel]

[cold skiff]

im like level 450. drg gaming

[jolly hazel]

thats not very rock and stone

[main anvil]

Wow

[cold skiff]

drg gaming!

[main anvil]

So what mods?

Just numbers are fine

[jolly hazel]

always ammo mods

[cold skiff]

my personal opinion
X131X

[main anvil]

Ok

I like ammo and automatic stuff so 11312

?

[cold skiff]

u can choose either of the first

[jolly hazel]

what are first 3

I forgot

[main anvil]

Faster firing seem good

[cold skiff]

https://deeprockgalactic.fandom.com/wiki/"Warthog"_Auto_210

[main anvil]

Okie thnku byebye

[cold skiff]

i cant even remember what i run lol

besides more ammo and turret whip

[jolly hazel]

21122 for me i think

with cycle overload

[vagrant wagon]

Currently on stage 2 of DD and the hiveguard won't attack. can't find minions anywhere after searching the entire cave system and digging around the egg spawn for 30 minutes -_-

[hoary cove]

try pickaxing her

[supple zinc]

Might sound sketchy but let it melee you

Last time that happened to me I let it do that and the animation to summon the sentinels played after

[open ledge]

Is 4 scouts winnable on edd

A harder one for example

Like hypothetically, 4 solid players

[sullen python]

yup, all cryo scouts

and by cryo i mean cryo minelets zhukovs

and then any primary

[open ledge]

What primary do you run with cryo minlets

[unkempt saffron]

Itd probably work well enough for this edd

[open ledge]

It seems fun to try lol, but painful too

[unkempt saffron]

Since there isnt a refinery mission

[sullen python]

i just did the EDD and failed but i had a good run on my scout

i went pulse rifle with OPA

and cryo minelet zhukovs

[open ledge]

I still have yet to try them

Currently I use ED on my Zhukov

[sullen python]

once i tried this build i never switched off hahah, its too good

i used to be a special powder lifer

i go ED on zhukovs if the deep dives got 3+ dreads

[hoary cove]

bullets of mercy, hipster, Overturned particle accelerator

[sullen python]

rest is cryo minelet zhukovs

[open ledge]

None of which I have 😦

[sullen python]

u dont need OPA for pulse rifle

it shreds by itself already

[hoary cove]

reg m1 and drak also work

[open ledge]

I see I see

Will have to try

[sullen python]

the zhukov build is kinda specific tho

theres a YT vid out there of what the important upgrades are for cryo minelets, i think its just more accuracy and blowthrough that are importnat

[waxen terrace]

accuracy ammo and penet

[sullen python]

^ ty

[main anvil]

My little brother is sleeping atm, ty for helping him though

[wise nebula]

not the M1000 since weak point damage doesn't exist on frozen targets.

they don't move so plasma carbine is pretty good.

[main anvil]

And also doesn’t carbine get temperature fluctuation dmg buff too?

[wise nebula]

one of the overclocks let's it do fire damage, if that's what you mean?

[hoary cove]

just use blowtbrough with it lol

[wise nebula]

true,

[waxen terrace]

m1000 is fine with cryo mines tbh

and frozen targets are considered 3x weakspot dmg

[manic pivot]

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[arctic vault]

What happens if you fail a deep dive

[hardy nacelle]

you keep the matrix core from the last stage you completed and lose the same amount from your xp and credits reward as if you lost a regular mission

[arctic vault]

Ah so no big punishments, I've been trying to mentally gear myself and my friend for our first five

[hardy nacelle]

you do have to do every stage over again

[arctic vault]

Well that's not as bad

[scarlet jewel]

The regular deep dive isnt that tough, so if youre used to haz 3 itll be pretty much like home

The elite dive is not as easy, but sometimes it is easier than the regular one funnily enough

Difficulty for regular is haz 3 for first stage, 3.5 for second and third
For elite, haz 4.5 on first, 5 on second, 5.5 on third stage

[jolly hazel]

damn I don't get a thanks too?

[lunar helm]

nope

[arctic vault]

Oh nice I've been running just has 4 and joining 5

[jolly hazel]

think of edd as just one long haz 5

with the bonus of 1st mission being slower enemies

[random rampart]

nope, you get a c4 and a nuke blown at your feet

[agile crypt]

did my first deep dive and it wasn't too bad, are the elite ones super hard?

knowing that the ammo/nitra situation transfers between missions i ended up hoarding probably more than i needed to, ended the mission with like 350 nitra lol

[jolly hazel]

I mean

its 3/3.5/3.5

versus 4.5/5/5.5

so yes its technically harder

but its the same mission types and structures (not exact same as deep dive, but same combo of main/secondary main objective)

if you can handle haz 5 you can handle edd

[leaden cypress]

Completely random

Some EDDs were quite hard with few nitra & difficult objectives

[jolly hazel]

the salt pit one with the big room was hell

[leaden cypress]

others (such as this week's) had plenty of nitra with quite easy objectives

[jolly hazel]

this week isn't that bad

[leaden cypress]

You have enough nitra to do that EDD twice in a row

[lunar helm]

This week was very doable

the last really difficult one imo was the hollow bough one

Where there was a shortage of nitra

[quiet wyvern]

Dd's looking good this week then?

[waxen terrace]

yea this week is fine

[fringe kettle]

Pinned messages

[true lotus]

Are edd very hard?

I'm level 32

[old widget]

don't gatekeep yourself, go click the button and find out

[true lotus]

Ok first mission was easy

Let's see how it's gonna go in the next one

[main anvil]

How did it go?

[true lotus]

Nice mission 2 was good

Only 1 died

And it was a gunner who died

Btw it's only me and 2 other guys
Scout (me), another scout and a gunner

[polar jungle]

I think this week's is really hard, especially compared to last weeks

Mission 3 is really hard this time, while last week the bottleneck was mission 2

[jolly hazel]

the eggs?

[polar jungle]

yeah

No places to grapple as scout so I get swarmed and die

[jolly hazel]

just stay near the walls

[polar jungle]

the enemies just don't stop coming

[jolly hazel]

I think I remember there being a large sloped area in the middle

[polar jungle]

there is no lull to do the objectives in

[jolly hazel]

on haz 3? there are no swarms on egg extraction

the only time enemy spawns are during egg pulls and getting close to the mini mule

[polar jungle]

we had swarms withotu egg pulls

[true lotus]

This was REALLY easy

[jolly hazel]

did you get near a mini mule

[polar jungle]

because it's also Aquarq

[true lotus]

That's really haz 5?

[polar jungle]

there is no mini mule

It's Aquarq+Egg

[true lotus]

Ok wow edds are easy

[true lotus]

?

[jolly hazel]

oh I thought u meant dd lol

[polar jungle]

I've been stuck on this EDD, failed 6 times

[jolly hazel]

last one is just a matter of good ziplines

[polar jungle]

did last weeks

[true lotus]

Just did it

First time

[polar jungle]

I have not had a good gunner

[jolly hazel]

be the good gunner

[polar jungle]

I don't have a ranked gunner lmao

I main scout

and I've done driller as well

[jolly hazel]

scout has the least impact in edd

[true lotus]

@main anvil @old widget
So edds are easy, well this one

This was my first one

[polar jungle]

then why did my EDD's as driller with bad scouts suck?

no light

[jolly hazel]

ok you said it 3 times do you want a medal

🤡

[main anvil]

🏅

[true lotus]

Yes please

[jolly hazel]

use ur flares lol

[polar jungle]

the first mission of the EDD is fairly easy with a good team

[polar jungle]

oh wow 10 feet of light

I can't see the spitters on the ceiling

[jolly hazel]

thats drillers optimal range

follow the spit trail

and use laser pointer

[polar jungle]

the second one isn't bad until the rock section of the drilldozer

[main anvil]

If you are so lost without light just play scout

[polar jungle]

That's why I've been playing scout mostly

[jolly hazel]

he does and then he has no impact because his teammates are garbage

its quite the conundrum

[polar jungle]

this EDD's been kicking my ass though

[main anvil]

Is that a “garbage” or a garbage?

[jolly hazel]

engie can trivialize this part by covering the drulldozer with platforms about one dwarfs height above

[polar jungle]

I lost one because we didn't have any nitra for mission 3, so I had no cryo grenades for the breeder

[jolly hazel]

garbage as in bad players

[main anvil]

Ah

[jolly hazel]

u should not be running out of nitra

[main anvil]

So not just complaining

[jolly hazel]

this week

[polar jungle]

lost one getting swarmed on 3, one the gunner had the lowest killcount and kept bombing us so we lost on mission 1

[main anvil]

Def not

[main anvil]

Abandon the gunner

[jolly hazel]

yeah I get that a lot

I had to carry the last 3 super hard

[polar jungle]

this was during the black box

[main anvil]

Ah

[jolly hazel]

was he using cluster

[polar jungle]

yeah

[jolly hazel]

did you host

[polar jungle]

on a zipline above and kept throwing it down on us

no

[jolly hazel]

I recommend hosting all edds

[polar jungle]

I was driller that mission a scout was hosting

[jolly hazel]

you get to control bad players

[polar jungle]

Our engie kept mining gold despite being silver 2

[jolly hazel]

and not rely on a garbage player to kick other garbage players

tbh I am almost out of gold from buying minerals

at player level 130

[polar jungle]

I don't mine gold on EDDs

[jolly hazel]

I dont either unless we are waiting for scout or something

stage 3 of edd just needs everyone together OR driller to drill directly from the spawn field to the minehead

because you cant get to the minehead

without mobility tools

/engie plats/ good ziplines

we got a swarm during the first egg swarm at the bottom

had to call 2 or 3 resups

[jolly hazel]

are you sure u did edd and not dd?

[polar jungle]

This EDD was Morkite+Black Box, Dozer+Morkite, and Aquarq+Egg

if that's not what you did you did the DD

[jolly hazel]

also if u really need the edd done, I can help you through it tonight @polar jungle

[polar jungle]

I'm free after ~4:40 EST

[jolly hazel]

okay ill see if I can get to it

[cobalt flame]

Is it detrimental to join EDD groups without a lot of OC's? Playstation gunner main here who has the worst luck 😂

[jolly hazel]

no

player skill matters a lot more than overclocks

if you can handle a hazard 5 mission you are more qualified than most

:^)

[jolly hazel]

if I can't get around to helping, try hosting and playing the class you are most sure you can make an impact with

in the end if you can carry its more likely you will succeed

[random smelt]

Carpet bomber still top tier overclock?

[shadow shoal]

No

Never really was

Was overhyped

[random smelt]

I got it as my first overclock and looked it up but all the info seemed old

[shadow shoal]

Then Neuwotoxin was mega buffed and took over the AOE thunderhead build

[cobalt flame]

@jolly hazel I havent done any Haz 5 missions because ive been putting that assignment off but I feel like my player skill is up there! I feel comfortable with all the dwarves since ive been focusing on prestiging each one at least once. I breeze through solo haz 4 missions. I think I'll take your advice and run some haz 5 and see how I do

[random smelt]

Thx

[jolly hazel]

carpet bomber is great

the best gunner oc imo

and most fun

swarms die QUICK with carpet bomber and your team is going to shoot the neurotoxin feared bugs and waste ammo anyways

[jolly hazel]

yeah if u feel comfortable with 4, 5 isn't much of a leap but slashers WILL catch up with you backpedaling and everything is basically faster, bulkier, and meaner

don't necessarily wait till you have haz 5 to jump in but be aware it will be harder and require smarter positioning and play

also solo escort duty+morkite SUCKS

and thats what is this week

[random smelt]

Is there anywhere where you can see the missions in dd/edd

[jolly hazel]

pinned messages in this channel

[cobalt flame]

@jolly hazel do EDD's scale to how many people are in your group or is it always 4 player difficulty

[jolly hazel]

yes

but scaling between 1 and 2 players is the same

3 and 4 scale

[cobalt flame]

I think I'll attempt it a few times with some friends and see how we do today. Appreciate the info!

[hoary cove]

It needs large clumps of grunts to feel better then splintering imo

[jolly hazel]

np

yeah but you see a lot of those

especially at haz 5

[hoary cove]

my main problem with it is neurotoxin does the same thing but better, hurricane has minelayer, and Big bertha is more well rounded

it’s fun to use with max fire rate but i don’t think it’s all that good

[jolly hazel]

big Bertha ammo count sucks balls

and yeah my build is max rof

neurotoxin nerfs ttk in return for cc

I like seeing bugs explode so I like carpet bomber

also makes swarmers/exploder trivial

[hoary cove]

the ammo count is fine for something that buffs direct dmg and doesn’t touch ur aoe

it makes ac very well rounded

[jolly hazel]

idk the only time I've ran into ammo issues with oc is with big bertha

i do use max rof though

[hoary cove]

do u use mag size?

[jolly hazel]

yep

with the density of swarms i usually see i think carpet bomber is worth

[hoary cove]

ye any autocannon build that uses that will feel light on ammo

[jolly hazel]

how

its a direct ammo buff iirc

because it adds to ur ammo count not subtracts

[hoary cove]

ik it gives some but everytime i use CM with mag size i feel like i run out super fast

[jolly hazel]

cm?

[hoary cove]

combat mobility

it also decreases mag size

[jolly hazel]

oh I love combat mobility

2nd last gunner oc I got

even though I wanted it first lol

makes kiting so much easier

[hoary cove]

big bertha just feels so much worthwhile to me

it has no trouble handling anything

[jolly hazel]

thats weird cuz doesn't it impact max ammo more than combat mobility

maybe the lower rof compensates

do u run rof on big bertha

[hoary cove]

lower rof and massive damage buff

big bertha is still good for swarms while having great single target dmg

[jolly hazel]

I just whip out my lead spray brrt

or if its a warden or something, scout can deal with it

[hoary cove]

well obviously there are dif secondary builds that compliment big bertha

magic bullets goes really well with it since you can switch to it while you wait for born ready

For me, no matter what tier 1 i take with CM it feels like i made the wrong decision lol

[jolly hazel]

ya magic bullets is on my non-carpet bomber builds

my cm build is 22123

I'm gonna try out big bertha again on ur reccomendation

do u take all dmg mods?

or tier 1 ammo mod

i love dmg resist mod on ac

cuz its forgiving

[hoary cove]

tier 1 ammo, dmg on the last tier, and armor break. Everything else is preference imo

[jolly hazel]

do u take spread

[hoary cove]

accuracy works pretty well

i think i have that other rof growth on to get the dmg bonus from tier 5 instantly

[jolly hazel]

oh ok

[simple forge]

Just did an elite deep dive for the first time last night. Hooooo boy... That's some rough diggin

[jolly hazel]

congrats

[simple forge]

Oh, we didn't win. Haha

We got to the third map and just petered out. Couldn't gather anything without dying

[jolly hazel]

did u get stuck at the bottom?

PE is always a race against time because it just gets harder and harder

[simple forge]

We got up to the base but the bugs kept comin' and eventually we just all died. I think it was first time for three of us but we had a gunner who was a total badass and just lived forever somehow

[jolly hazel]

gunners are badass

t. gunner

[hollow flower]

Just beat the azure weald EDD solo, and oh my god that was rough

[tardy flower]

test

[main anvil]

e

[sly raven]

I haven't done DDs, but I do have a promoted scout. As long as there are no pipeline missions, is soloing a normal DD pretty reasonable?

pipeline exception because doing those without drilling or platforms is a very sad time

[humble sparrow]

how do you feel on missions at hazard level 3? Deep Dives are 3 consecutive missions at haz 3/3.5/3.5 so slightly tougher

[sly raven]

3 is fine, I've generally considered that the default, at least for jobs I've leveled up.

[humble sparrow]

then yes, i'd say pretty reasonable. sometimes a lame ~~mutation ~~warning combo can make it tougher, but sounds like it should be doable

[topaz acorn]

Yeah i got macteras on the 3rd level and i was boned

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[outer beacon]

I hope I finally get Fat Boy tomorrow. I've been hunting it for so long now.

[sly raven]

Not loving swarmageddon with m1000 but I can mostly grapple around and let Bosco take care of it

I should have brought bosco in mining mode though

[sly raven]

Oh! I get rewards as I go. That's really nice.

[polar jungle]

okay that was a lot easier with good players

[sly raven]

Macteria plague sure sounds unpleasant

[pseudo tapir]

which union should I join?

[sly raven]

Two down, one to go. Magma Core Dreadnoughts solo as scout I'm hoping was the height of the difficulty.

[polar jungle]

union machine broke
nvm it's workign now? cool

[ancient sinew]

Only the best one

😎

[dapper current]

hey is anybody willing to carry my friend and i through the EDD? We keep failing on the 3rd stage

[frosty isle]

anyone down to play

[old widget]

try one of the #lfg channels (for your platform)

pinned messages show how to host for steam channel

[frosty isle]

k

[orchid jasper]

We beat stage 2 today and I consider that a victory given how hard it was and that this is my first EDD. 3rd stage we just got overwhelmed before we got a single Aquarq

[sly raven]

Are pheromone grenades useful in DD? I don't find them that useful in normal hz3 at least

[jolly hazel]

pheromones are very mediocre when ifg and cryo are scouts only real crowd control

[sly raven]

I usually run ifg so far because cryo mostly helps me with praes but not at all with bigger things

[jolly hazel]

cryo instantly kills non goo bomber mactera and breeders

plus swarmers

2 should freeze an opressor

[sly raven]

hm I'll have to give it a try again

I thought the oppressor threshold was higher

[sly raven]

It took me 1:21 but I soloed my first DD

[upbeat carbon]

how are you guys passing the EDD so easy lol

im on my 10th attemt

cannot get by the 2nd round

any tips?

[crimson tinsel]

I abide by AoE and fear bullets

[hollow steppe]

holy crap i have playing this game since early release and just now noticed the drop pod is a face

[main sage]

squidward's house

[stiff igloo]

You guys cant survive the edd? I cant even survive haz 5! And I have 400 hours!

[upbeat carbon]

got the heartstone and died

just too much of a nonstop swarm

[brave hare]

It's quite dangerous in the EDD and now it's a global habit my pickaxe is a secondary weapon, trying to use the most of vampire, my shield and pickaxe whenever possible can help being more ammo efficient, wich is a huge step toward easier missions

[waxen terrace]

always use your pickaxe power attack

[left sleet]

anyone here doing the EDD? I usually play random and it's OK but it's really rough this week on stage 2

[hardy nacelle]

I'm down

[left sleet]

lemme know your game's server name so I can find it =0

[hardy nacelle]

oh you don't want me to host

[left sleet]

oh

I can host then. It's called Deep Portopotty

[velvet copper]

Still looking?

[velvet copper]

Any room?

[brave hare]

Even classic hits work decent ;D

[noble folio]

Dead Space and DRG Crossover when?

[strong pine]

So cross-platform isn't on for PS but I just saw a guy lvl 2668. How is that even possible?

[lunar helm]

I'm guessing cheats

That level would take an obscene amount of hours to do legitimately even on pc

[burnt sandal]

a dude lvl 2668 on PS ?
Sounds like a cheat yes.

the game isn't even one month old on playstation

[severe tusk]

This week's EDD was maybe a tad harder than average, but there have been some fairly easy EDDs the last few weeks before it. I always feel good when I finish an EDD with 0 downs though.

[left sleet]

welp thx for trying @hardy nacelle lol

[arctic vault]

would anyone be interested in joining my friend and I's EDD? it's the first time for us, we're on the west coast

[fierce swan]

Smh sounds like a elf, real dwarves work for their rewards/progression

[arctic vault]

just saw a 7238 level one join our group

and then leave

[polar jungle]

good team

best tip

unironically. The team I did it with today we failed on the 1st mission due to a mistiming on the black box coinciding with a praetorian swarm

the secon time we tried we swapped some of our weapons out (Special powder on the last mission as scout was the only time I'll probably run it but holy shit it helped out, because grappling on that level is hard as hell)

I even had the wrong grenades and we still did fine

[leaden cypress]

Don't mine gold

Look for nitra

[polar jungle]

^

[left sleet]

I give up

[leaden cypress]

do the objectives efficiently, not fast

[hardy nacelle]

haste makes waste

[polar jungle]

Except for the 1st mission this EDD you should explore everything and get all the nitra

[leaden cypress]

Doesn't apply on point extraction since you have to be fast tho

[left sleet]

that EDD is nuts

[polar jungle]

the time I succeeded was the first time my team had spare nitra for the 3rd level

[left sleet]

I should find a team to play it with instead of randoms =x

but also I'm bad :D

[polar jungle]

I thought that too but a good team iss SOOO much better than randoms

[left sleet]

look at mr. bigshot here with his own team

[polar jungle]

I just put a discord joinme in the LFT earlier today

so basically randoms but we could talk

[leaden cypress]

I do EDDs every week with randoms

Never had any issue

[polar jungle]

The classes really need to be focused on detering small enemies, so double turrets, cold radiance, etc.

[polar jungle]

lucky u

I did last weeks fine with randoms

but not this weeks

[left sleet]

yeah I pretty much only do randoms

[leaden cypress]

If it happened every week for 2 years i don't think that's luck at this point

Everyone knew how to use their respective class

[left sleet]

except that one time nuk17 joined, but he can't handle my weight 😄

[polar jungle]

I get a lot of greenbeards. my 2nd EDD attempt ever our engineer told me to fuck off when I told him to get some red sugar in front of him and ran past it, "I don't need it"

gold miners that are silver 2

I'm playing the least impactful class outside of nitra collection and high-single target damage.

[hardy nacelle]

escorts make my blood boil

the caves are always so tiny

[left sleet]

I usually don't mind them, but I hate how long it takes to get to minerals in other rooms

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[thorny sinew]

Elves invaded mission control

[lunar helm]

Same, but some random teams are definitely better than others

[vocal saddle]

Less than 20 minutes. You guys ready?

I hope they don't change the time. For me its 10pm on Thursday so It's the end of the day you know what I mean.

[unkempt saffron]

Its kinda nice that the reset happens in late evenings for me

Have some dinner, check what the dd and edd has in store, then start at night

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[restive trout]

Lets go!

[vocal saddle]

good luck lads

Rock n Stone

[restive trout]

Rock and Stone!

[vivid zinc]

Rock n Stone

[north urchin]

Have fun people! I'll do it later probably 3 am my time might have to solo it.

[quiet mortar]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Azure Weald | Code Name: Dusty Shelter
Stage 1: 2 Dreadnoughts (Classic + Hiveguard) + 2 Eggs | Regenerative Bugs
Stage 2: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 Eggs | No Mutators
Stage 3: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Mactera Plague

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Fast Slope
Stage 1: 2 Dreadnoughts (Classic + Twins) + 2 Eggs | Regenerative Bugs
Stage 2: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 Eggs | Lethal Enemies
Stage 3: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Twins) + 150 Morkite | Rich Atmosphere

[sly kettle]

Same for both deep dives?

[supple crest]

Elite deep dive 1st stage 2 dreadnoughts 2 eggs regen bugs

[quiet mortar]

Yep, weird af that both dives start the same

[hardy nacelle]

wacky

[sly kettle]

That's unusual. But alright, cool.

[vocal saddle]

I got rocky mountain for my beer

[north urchin]

How do you get the info so fast? Are you given them?

[quiet mortar]

Nope, I just log in quick and type fast :)

[north urchin]

Thanks for what you do it really helps :)

[supple crest]

there is lot of cave leech too

not a modifier

[ebon anchor]

Cave leeches really do always seem like a hidden modifier xd

[supple crest]

its normal dreadnought

other one is twins

elite deep dive 2nd stage drildozer 2 eggs lethal enemies

[wraith shard]

Another escort on second stage!

Nice

[pastel wasp]

two eggs again too

[supple crest]

there are leechs at 2nd stage too

[warm imp]

Really a "don't talk to me or my son again" situation so far huh

[supple crest]

caves are tight so lethal enemies are problematic

[ebon anchor]

Rip

At least it's not shield disruption.

Shield disruption is even more problematic I feel

[unkempt saffron]

Wow somewhat similar stages for both the dd and edd

[supple crest]

be craful of detonators

two spawned right at the end of heart stone

3rd stage 2 dread 150 morkite rich atmosphere

[restive trout]

2 dreads 150 morkite abd rich atmo

ye

[supple crest]

cave leech once agaşn

hiveguard

[jolly hazel]

4 dreads

[wraith shard]

anyone else having the problem of not being able to join a EDD?

[broken shore]

EDD 3rd dreadnoughts type : hiveguard + twins

[wraith shard]

Oohoohoohooie! This weeks DD looks juicy!

[supple crest]

There was quite a lot cave leeches in this weeks EDD so don't forget to look above

[restive trout]

2 dets during the dozer mission in EDD

At once.

[vocal saddle]

oh god 2nd stage ran out of ammo is there any ammo

had 3

dets

did we miss some in first stage

[wraith shard]

Save a teammate yesterday killed the leech , looked around and went to him, i came a milisecond away from being grabbed by a second lol

[vocal saddle]

aight im going in with a duo for better ammo

[supple crest]

nah nitra is low this EDD

[narrow schooner]

someone knows when will the season end?

[dense pond]

is this edd tough?

[supple crest]

2nd is

[restive trout]

Kinda? I did it first try with randos.

[supple crest]

also nitra is low

[dense pond]

i've been wanting to play a challenging edd for weeks now

there hasn't been a tough one in ages

[ebon anchor]

well ya last few weeks were very comfy

[dense pond]

the nightmare-level ones are fun

they require actual teamwork etc

[vocal saddle]

aight second stage got 160 nitra for duo i think we sweet

[crimson tinsel]

Looking a bit spicier this week especially if nitra is limited

Four dreads and low nitra should be a good challenge. Also needs some AoE thanks to the eggs

[lethal goblet]

Is it worth busting out executioner lok for this edd?

Over an mpa hog

[vocal saddle]

boys i died

[crimson tinsel]

Executioner might be too ammo hungry

[vocal saddle]

trying 4 man team again

[cunning thistle]

Try adding in blowthrough 13112

[crimson tinsel]

Still have to be conservative with your ammo

[jolly hazel]

explosive chemical rounds

are nice

executioner is a straight ammo debuff

[crimson tinsel]

Those reduce ammo even more don’t they

[jolly hazel]

not iirc

executioner is unstable

seems like everyone is getting bulks on 2nd stage

that'll be fun

[supple crest]

for scouts I recommend shield battery booster

[jolly hazel]

eh

I think u give up a lot

compared to funny bouncy ball 30% damage buff

[crimson tinsel]

Explosive chemical rounds -36 ammo

Executioner -12 ammo

[supple crest]

Yes but your wave clear makes up for it

[cunning thistle]

ECR gives you a shitton of extra aoe damage

[jolly hazel]

the fuq

[supple crest]

Still ecr sucks against dreadnought

[jolly hazel]

I always felt like I was running out of ammo

with executioner

and never with ecr

[crimson tinsel]

Fighting four dreads with ECR not recommended

[supple crest]

aim for the heads

[jolly hazel]

lol

[supple crest]

executioner is more of a sniper

[jolly hazel]

yeah ik but I guess I was carrying harder in those lol

[cunning thistle]

executioner and hyper prop. Name more iconic elimination build

[jolly hazel]

this may be a sludge pump kinda week

[supple crest]

Ice is better

[jolly hazel]

4 dreads sucks with randoms

[crimson tinsel]

I use magnetic shotgun and hyperprop for dreads

[jolly hazel]

idk sludge blast and goo bomber slow are REALLY nice

[waxen terrace]

so this edd is stingy on nitra?

[supple crest]

kinda

[waxen terrace]

so only concerns atm is the double bulks at the end hmm

[loud nexus]

Whats up with the devilry in the EDD 2nd stage

[vocal saddle]

aight died again

im gonna try and do solo

[open ledge]

Someone lemme know if the EDD is easy or hard or something in between

[jolly hazel]

try playing it

[open ledge]

I wish

It won’t be for a day or two

[fallow mist]

Doing it now, will let you know

[loud nexus]

It feels "normal" but the hordes in 2nd stage are really overwhelming

[open ledge]

Solid thanks

[loud nexus]

Failed it three times

To same

[open ledge]

Shiiiii

Well I will fail a bit too then

I’m still getting used to EDD

[loud nexus]

Weirdest thing is: I tried with "noob" and "good" players and everyone got surprised by the hordes

[open ledge]

Thanks for the info

I’ll do my best

[solar cobalt]

Guys, I dare you to do 4 scout EDD this week. It's hard this time.
Also if you're going to create an all-star party, feel free to invite. I tried this EDD twice with randoms, and we died twice on the same step.

[loud nexus]

Sounds familiar 😄

[solar cobalt]

Actually, I'm very thankful to the devs that this week's EDD is hard for 4 scouts. Finally some challenge.

[vocal saddle]

oh god this is fucked

drilldozer went through egg

What is the strat for this week guys

get that one egg out first

[solar cobalt]

oh my god I love this EDD already. We haven't gotten to this point, but I'm already vibing like a Christmas tree in anticipation.

[vocal saddle]

Actually rethinking my life choices on this one

This isnt an unlucky spawn this is just a skill issue

Who tf said edd is easier than haz5. You've jinxed this weeks one. Just wasted 3 hours on this shit

I might need dash or something

It's literally just the second stage thats fucked. If I can scrape through that.

[open ledge]

That’s the most important stage

If you need weapon over clicks

And it seems to be the hardest

[vocal saddle]

have you done it yet

[open ledge]

Nope

In the only 2 EDD I’ve done stage two is my most failed

[vocal saddle]

oh god maybe someone can carry me

[open ledge]

What level are you? And skill

I’m like level 65 and moderate skill, Idk if I can carry but I won’t be a burden

[vocal saddle]

142 i use gold 1star gunner

[open ledge]

I top frag with engi if that means anything

[open ledge]

That’s sick

[vocal saddle]

bruh we need those like 500 rank players haha

[open ledge]

Fr 😂

I’d be down to play with you, I’ll do my best but earliest I can play is Friday

[vocal saddle]

Like i physically cant get through the second stage bruh there is no hope

[open ledge]

Wait

There is

Run a driller with epc mining and 3 gunners

[vocal saddle]

what on earth

[open ledge]

That will shred the crowd right?

In my head theory it makes sense

But idk lmao

[lime heron]

I just got through 2nd stage through pure luck

[vocal saddle]

we all put shields around doretta. I N V I N C I B L E

[open ledge]

That’s ideal

[open ledge]

Exactly

Plus 3 autocannons would be insane

[vocal saddle]

AC bruh noo

hurricane

[lime heron]

I asked gunner what he did to the 2nd bulk detonatonator and he said I killed it while it was under the heartstone. like wut

[open ledge]

I’ve never really used it but that too

[loud nexus]

Under heartstone 😄

[vocal saddle]

lifechanging

[open ledge]

Do you think the driller gunner strat will work?

[vocal saddle]

nope

[open ledge]

Even with 3 hurricanes?

And like a cryo driller and epc

[vocal saddle]

You can call a tsunami and i dont think that would help

[wraith shard]

Don't forget this week has 4 dreadnoughts to fight as well though

[open ledge]

[wraith shard]

[open ledge]

Guess skill is the only way to beat this one then huh

Or luck

[wraith shard]

Haven't tried yet, it looks spicy fs 🔥

But I'm excited, would be a good change compared to the last weeks

[vocal saddle]

If I thought I could get lucky I'd have hope but nah

need big brain strats for this one

[loud nexus]

Need driller and three big brain autocannons

[open ledge]

I said that

Shoe Chickens done it and says it won’t work 😦

But only one way to find out

[cerulean lichen]

2 leeches in 2nd mini-cave in dozer

pre drilling is the way to go i guess, cuz of the eggs

[open ledge]

@vocal saddle idea!

4 fat boy engis

[cerulean lichen]

we just wiped to the swarm, cuz the 2nd cave is too tight, doesnt work with egg-swarm

[open ledge]

If they pace their shots they will delete the swarms as they come

With lures and double turrets bugs don’t stand a chance

[vocal saddle]

aight legendary players have joined

[open ledge]

Lemme know if you win

Or perish…

[fallow mist]

Felt super easy to me, make sure to predrill second mission, there's 2 detonators, one halfway, one at the end and it will come on 3rd stage

https://alchameth.is-pretty.cool/9WXzVSW.jpg

here's how we did, cheers to my team for being cooperative and funny

[spring fractal]

Finished deep dive 2 people, 2 LVL 40s. I'm promoted 1 engi team mate is promoted 1 scout . Ran plasma and smart with elite. Very easy for nitra. Finished pretty quick.

[wraith shard]

Careful, you gonna trigger half the server for this 😂
Seriously though, cheers for the heads up!

[ebon anchor]

definitely at the upper echelons of miners lol

look at their deaths, literally nbody died

all gods

[fallow mist]

wasn't hard at all

i also learned something new regarding pre drilling so it was a major win for me

[outer beacon]

Oh, wait, I can't embed stuff here, I thought you could

[wraith shard]

Post it in gallery and link it here

[outer beacon]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/565850434376302613/936282903510417438/20220127122545_1.jpg?width=1202&height=676

Alright, there it goes

Well, as I was saying, first tried it but man, that second stage was a fucking pain for us two. I had like zero ammo left because we had like no nitra from the previous map, and on top of that, Dotty just drilled right through one of the eggs and made one of the swarms worse. We ended up losing both of the sides and we had to try so hard to aggro the bulk away.

[fallow mist]

use sharex like i do

[outer beacon]

Luckily the game seems to have taken mercy on us because it didn't spawn the second bulk det like it did for others and I just did the cheese of putting platforms above Dotty in the flying rock phase, then had no ammo left for the final one and had to just stick to repairing her while my friend dealt with the bugs.

It was a pain but we pulled through and the last stage was practically a victory lap for us.

[fallow mist]

still pretty impressive to 2 man it, respect for you both

[vocal saddle]

HOLY FUCK MADE IT

3rd stage

[open ledge]

Let’s goooooo

[vocal saddle]

holy shit welldone

[vocal saddle]

same bulk det didnt appear on ommaran stone

[open ledge]

@outer beacon what’s your loadout

I need to know

600 kills gawd damn

[fallow mist]

that's just engineer stuff

[outer beacon]

I just run stock shotty with Light Weight Magazines, grenade launcher with the Clean Sweep OC, proxy mines and upgraded turret

[open ledge]

What’s your build on clean sweep? Napalm or nah

I use napalm rn with proxy trigger

[outer beacon]

Uh, I think I just do 22222 on everything, lol

Me likey area damage, I just see a cluster of bugs and shoot at it

[open ledge]

Lol

This is the way

[humble sparrow]

This is the way

[vocal saddle]

I made it guys

2 engies, driller and gunner

[unkempt saffron]

Stage 2 for edd was quite difficult with the odd bulk spawns

And the halfway point itself wasnt really a conducive environment for killing

[fading thicket]

For goodness sake just lost a deep dive Cus the random gunner started the black box way to early on the final stage 🤦‍♂️

[unkempt saffron]

It happens with randos, keep your head up and attempt it again either solo or with a dedicated team, or even a better set of pubs

[supple hollow]

I give up doing edd with randoms. so many noobs on ps5

[vocal saddle]

Holy shit EDD with controller that is insane

oh man my ps5 brother

[supple hollow]

ive done edd solo every week so far

only came out on ps5 in jan

[radiant edge]

Is there any way to check if i've already completed a deep dive? I keep forgetting

[unkempt saffron]

Go to the forge terminal and it should show the number of stages you have completed

Along with the time to complete the dive

[pseudo adder]

The 1-2-3 will be in green when completed

[radiant edge]

ahh

excellent thank you both

[unkempt saffron]

It isnt really green, more of an orange fill to the original blank stage hexagon

[radiant edge]

ye they all black atm

[unkempt saffron]

Actually more of a yellow rather than orange

[pseudo adder]

They'll be colored in

[vocal saddle]

Holy moly did you do this weeks one solo?

I just got completely decimated in stage 2

[supple hollow]

Not yet, just tried it with randoms and i got kicked after stage 1 lmao

[vocal saddle]

haha

[supple hollow]

Because i didnt revive them and just went back to the drop pod

Im not gonna waste my ammo to save them :/

[vocal saddle]

I literally did this

[supple hollow]

I mean does it really matter if everyone doesnt make it back?

[glossy walrus]

they're gonna get revived for next mission anyway

not even a survival bonus to worry about for between stages

not that it's something to worry about in the first place for EDD

[vocal saddle]

I ran and jumped around for 2 minutes waiting for molly because I didn't want to waste any ammo fighting😂

[supple hollow]

yeah exactly

these are the ppl u deal with on ps5

they had to get every single bit of gold on the map aswell

they had to get every single bit of gold on the map aswell

[glossy walrus]

it's what happens with ps+ games, gotta find groups of good people

[vocal saddle]

I dont understand why these people would be attempting a edd like this.

[unkempt saffron]

The game is fairly new on ps, so players arent really accustomed to how an edd runs

[glossy walrus]

most of them probably don't realize that spawns are timed

and that ammo/nitra is your limiting resource

[supple hollow]

yeah i dont expect everyone to know it all

[vocal saddle]

After getting destroyed first time doing EDD i knew what was up haha

regular DD like oh yea im a big man

EDD just rekt

[unkempt saffron]

Stage 2 was a really close call, but good thing those bulks prefer dwarves instead of dotty

[glossy walrus]

if it actually said haz5 on it I imagine fewer people would try to join when not ready

[supple hollow]

one thing i dont know is

does it matter which grunt u tame?

Like is a slasher better to tame than a regular grunt?

[vocal saddle]

I assumed it does

[unkempt saffron]

Usually slashers and guards are better

Tame guards so they can tank more hits and slashers during regen bugs for more damage

[vocal saddle]

probably guards because I guess they would stay alive longer???

[supple hollow]

ah right thanks

[vocal saddle]

Man I hate slashers. Like I've recently discovered that these grunts are what actually down me

[supple hollow]

i wondering if they might have been equal since even the regular grunt has quite a lot of hp when u tame it

[vocal saddle]

could be

[supple hollow]

yeah slashers are annoying

[vocal saddle]

maybe its on wiki

[unkempt saffron]

Acid spitters are far worse, they climb up them walls and they just machine gun you to death

[vocal saddle]

oh man spitters

fuckn

[unkempt saffron]

And sometimes its hard to see them since they blend in pretty well

[vocal saddle]

actually worse than menaces

like menace is quite often in a weird place

spitters are always in the optimum zone to fuck you up

and they are more frequent

[unkempt saffron]

I tend to find them spawning less frequent than macteras, though whenever they do spawn theyre the first to be wiped off from the face of existence

[loud nexus]

Okay, time to try EDD again soon. Have you guys had any luck?

[stray dock]

For EDD stage 2, might be gd to pre drill to the two eggs before starting the dozer

[violet warren]

Has there ever been a deep dive with a spawn horrible enough that the mission is unwinnable?

[stray dock]

I doubt so

[burnt sandal]

nah

some unwinnable combo are not even possible to start with

like escort + haunted cave

[violet warren]

Well there's always the possibility that the first mission is a mining expedition with all the nitra in the final cave

Or swarms you with a really nasty entry swarm

[burnt sandal]

I remember an EDD that had a very nasty starting swarm

and 3-4 spitballers right out of the gate

[violet warren]

Oftentimes starting swarms are the hardest part of the game because you simply do not have the chance to set up

[cobalt flame]

Where can I find the specific missions for this week's deep dives?

[burnt sandal]

pinned message

[cobalt flame]

Thanks!

[waxen terrace]

god stage 2 pubs is stupid

3 tries and everyone died at the drill phase

and 2 bulks making everyone ignore doretta

[violet warren]

Regular or elite?

[waxen terrace]

edd

1st round we overused resupps