deep-dive-discussion

[fiery thorn]

Which you get from Deep Dives

They're still heavily connected

[zinc current]

Man, the second stage of EDD is difficult

I’ve tried it multiple times but I still can’t get past it

[old widget]

solo? or with a group?

[zinc current]

4 tries with group and 2 solo

[old widget]

what gets you on stage 2?

[zinc current]

Still super sad about one time, we missed 3 nitra and we lost because of it

For the group? Ammo. One of my friends uses nitra resupplies for HP only when he has near full ammo

Solo? Just the amount of enemies in the small caves

[old widget]

yeah I didn't find that our crew was drowning in nitra by end of stage 2

[zinc current]

2 of my 4 deaths on solo were to cave leeches, I was too focused on killing enemies. Of course, a bulk detonator spawned on the startup sequence and 2 menaces, not fun

[old widget]

more ammo efficient builds might help, also slapping some sense into folks grabbing resups for HP, that's just inexcusable greenbeard behavior on an EDD with tight-ish nitra

slap some plats up for scout to knock down red sugar, take resupplier perk or the red sugar lover perk

(for the folks who have HP trouble)

[zinc current]

im running LOK1 (11312) with Eraser (only overclock i have on it), breach (11122) with HVC, gun platform (1231) and platform (212), plasma burst with perks friendly, born ready, resupplier, iron will, and dash

[old widget]

seems reasonable. friendly could probably be swapped for something else, BC doesn't do a ton of FF

but I don't think that passive perk slot will make or break ya

[zinc current]

i just gotta keep trying, i'll get it eventually

thank you for your input

[old widget]

third stage is a bit spicy too, but at least stage 2 will get you the weapon OC

[zinc current]

Yeah, just gotta wait and see

We were so close on one of our attempts, we just needed like 5 more seconds then the heartstone would have killed all the enemies

[old widget]

that is pain

do you have the EM Discharge OC for stubby?

[zinc current]

I'm assuming you mean turret EM discharge?

[old widget]

yeah. OC is for the stubby primary weapon, but effect procs on turrets

[zinc current]

because I actually do, it's the one overclock I have on it

[old widget]

you can do some pretty hardcore cheesing of escorts with repellant platforms and EM discharge

repellant plats are a good strat regardless though, make a "C" shape around dotty on the ground so that the bugs have to walk around and come from the sides

[zinc current]

Sounds interesting lol

[zinc current]

yeah I do that

[old widget]

with EMD you can make a 3-high stack of plats on either side of dotty, stick one turret on each side, then break the plats. gun basically floats just off the side of dotty

and when you proc EMD it does 60 AoE damage and electric stun chance to everything in a decent radius

it does do a little chip damage to dotty but not enough to make a difference (she does complain a lot though)

[zinc current]

i'll try it out when my friend gets on

[old widget]

if you do try it, make sure you set up your stubby for max electrocute chance

[zinc current]

ive got it at 23222

[old widget]

don't have my build handy but basically EMD triggers when the stubby would've proced the electrocute effect

[zinc current]

I cant send links here (I dont think) but I found something with what you mean

[old widget]

EMD is also super ammo efficient if you can funnel bugs with plats.

You can even do a similar quick funnel setup in the refuel room by slapping 2-3 plats in a row at front and back of dotty on the ground to force the bugs to come at the sides, then plop turrets down and stand on dotty and proc EMD over and over

[fallow spruce]

edd in this week ez "P "D

[scenic finch]

Just click ntp and you win this weeks edd

Counters every stage

[echo storm]

if im running engineer for the edd should i bring breach cutter with stronger plasma current or return to sender

[hoary cove]

return to sender is better for dreads, which this edd has none of

[fast field]

What's up with this week's EDD? Stage 3, last egg, wiped
For reference 👇
#drg-gallery message

And every subsequent match (twice in a row) I've had 1 player quit on stage 1 😆

[calm jetty]

Competency complications, that’s whats up

[zinc current]

managed to beat the elite deep dive! thanks for the tips

[vague sun]

got the DD done with three other people

though I have to work on my engi skills more

[spring rapids]

Does the difficulty scale back down when someone leaves?

[old widget]

Yes

Bugs won’t despawn, but the damage scaling takes effect immediately.

[spring rapids]

Thanks
So spawn rate decreases as well?

[jolly hazel]

do bugs speed decrease or is that tied to the spawn

[shut oracle]

think bug speed is just haz5 or below haz5

[old widget]

Bug speed is tied to Haz level and unaffected by player count

[jolly hazel]

ah ok

[ashen sandal]

im going to solo deep dive on driller

should i bring cryo or flame thrower?

[wraith shard]

flame

[old widget]

yeah, for normal DD I'd also vote flame

IMO cryo is better in a team or on higher haz as a safety net, but it's a 2-step kill instead of 1 step

[digital rampart]

what hazard level is elite deep dive?

[old widget]

Hazard 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 for stages 1/2/3

[golden granite]

Has industrial sabotage appeared in a dive yet

[tall meadow]

Nope

[burnt sandal]

it can't, so no

[golden granite]

Why can't it

Just wondering

[burnt sandal]

because it's not implemented to be part of the deep dives, as to why it wasn't, the devs just decided it wouldn't be part of it.

[golden granite]

Oh ok

[frank sparrow]

i wish Lloyd could be the bosco that accompanies us 😢

[soft token]

what’s the best hyper propellant loadout?

[scenic finch]

Direct damage and ammo normally.

[thorn moss]

considering sabo is implemented in nothing it just has no reason to be done after finishing the pass

[ashen sandal]

Any overclocks and also what about sludge canon?

[brisk basin]

How much until the new ones?

[wraith shard]

Roughly 26 hrs

[brisk basin]

Pain

[manic pivot]

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[cerulean wadi]

Just got cheesed by Molly on the Low O2 round of the normal deep dive, not particularly fun when your only O2 source runs away from you (up a cliff might i add)

[stuck tapir]

Yea we had to call in an emergency drop because Molly decided to climb a wall 😒 we would have died from loss of air otherwise

Make sure your engi makes platforms to get back up or a zip for your gunner!!

[digital chasm]

or just make sure scout knows how to follow the mule

[cerulean wadi]

Yeah we had just driller and gunner and had called a drop for the 2nd dread so were just kinda stuck

but live and learn I guess

[stuck tapir]

We had no scout when we went thru. Well we did but he went idle and got kicked haha so we were double engi/gunner

Was the hardest part of the DD for sure haha low 02 always makes it interesting

Still gotta rock the EDD this week. Tried it a few times and got taken out at the drilldozer heart stone. Will make a good effort tonight

[balmy stone]

I couldn’t kill the flying rocks and dotty went down to 17% at one point, if you have someone constantly repairing and clear the swarms from the sides + macteras it then you can prob get through it

The oppressors are a priority

And last stage is mostly goo so if you’re online you might wanna get all the aquarqs from the bottom area at once cause it’s pretty hectic

[echo storm]

the edd was a little tricky on the 3rd stage

[balmy stone]

Bosco helped a lot

The real mvp is dash

Saved me when I got stuck in goo kiting a bulk and an oppressor on the edge of the cliff

[scenic finch]

Mission control go home, you’re drunk.

[round beacon]

How long it usually takes to wait for random team on a regular deep dive when they are as old as now?

[balmy stone]

More people on wednesday trying to get it done before it resets

Also more people on dd, maybe 5-10 min or you can host / do a mission and check again

[wraith shard]

😵‍💫

[late trail]

Am I the only one who couldnt turn a bug into steeve in 2nd stage of elite deep dive?

[calm jetty]

Yes lofafo

skill issue

[late trail]

or maybe I did one and he got stuck

[calm jetty]

That’s usually the case

[late trail]

in a escort where the passage is wide is kind of a bummer

[velvet condor]

Someone know how to optimize fps in this game?

[jolly hazel]

install particle remover mods

[velvet condor]

I have it but it dont help at waves of enemies at 4 Players

[wraith shard]

how do i know when deep dives reset?

i did one like maybe 3 or 4 days ago? want to get more cores but idk if i did the current one or not

[manic pivot]

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[random rampart]

Every Thursday at noon, gsg time

[wraith shard]

thanks think mission control saw my plea for help lol

[violet plover]

Ronk n stonk

[wraith shard]

GRAVEL AND GRANITE

[violet plover]

Diamonds and diorite

Sapphire and sulfer

Garnet and graphite

[violet plover]

Go ahead funny guy, say it again

I have 20 more

On a google doc

For when people pull this joke

N-no

Just no

Thats

Not a rock

Or a mineral

Homie what

[digital chasm]

[north stump]

Anyone know the best way to build gunner for this EDD? I’ve been running Neurotoxin auto cannon with max ammo elephant rounds bull dog

[next pebble]

@violet plover don't do it here unless you're fishing for a mute.

[opal kraken]

Same way you do for other haz 5 missions

You could argue using elephant rounds is a misstep but it’ll work

[tiny swift]

I have a question for people who do a lot of EDD's. How do you go through an EDD and only die like twice? Every time I try an EDD I die an embarrassing number of times.

[digital chasm]

people who can get through an EDD with only a couple deaths are typically really skilled at the game

[north stump]

Haven’t unlocked haz5 yet lol, but I’ve been able to make it through other EDD

[lunar whale]

Hey y'all

What level is best to try out a deep dive?

I've unlocked them, but I'm not sure if my unpromoted classes can do the normal variant

[opal kraken]

As soon as you want to, level is not the deciding factor. Your skill is

[balmy stone]

Only promoted characters can be used

[opal kraken]

you also can’t use unpromoted dwarves in deep dives

[lunar whale]

Oooh, okay

I see

Thank you

[balmy stone]

For dd I’m not too worried about the team’s levels, I helped a player level 8 engi beat all 3 stages for this week

If you’ve played with the mutators before on other missions then you have a rough idea of what to expect

I recommend doing a low o2 mission before the dd if you haven’t yet

It’s haz 3/3.5/3.5 so not super hard just get that nitra and use ammo efficiently

Your nitra carries over into the next stage so wait to call resupplies until the next stage

[violet plover]

Ight my bad homie

[vital sluice]

whenever there's a point extraction on the EDD I usually resupply right before it as long as I'm not too strapped for nitra

[tepid terrace]

New Dds today?

[vital sluice]

yeah in 7 hours!

[slate tartan]

actually funny story regarding this edd, we ended stage 2 almost completely out of ammo and only 60 nitra, as the scout i was shooting stuff with my flare gun while we ran to the drop pod, we get in and notice the next stage is aquarq. One of my friends point out that aquarq missions start with a swam, we all promptly shit ourselves. The moment the drop pod opens literally all of us dash out of the pod, find the nearest nitra vein, mine 20 and call a resupply and barely get it in time before being overwhelmed. Whats worse is after we mined the nitra we had to wait for the mining platform to drop before we could deposit as the drop pod on point extraction doesn't let you deposit

10/10 good time

[unkempt saffron]

If your buddy was an engi the both of you could wait in the drop pod with sentries deployed until the enemies which spawned early are entirely withered down by the sentries

[vital sluice]

why do you need an engi to do that? Is there a reason you can't shoot the bugs yourselves?

[waxen terrace]

turret

thats it

[wraith shard]

practice on H5s

[sick lake]

Omggg why does every deep dive have low O2? Has this always been a thing? Hate this modifier

[leaden cypress]

purely random

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[manic pivot]

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[vocal saddle]

you reckon this week is going to be bad?

[reef bison]

Last 2 weeks EDD 2nd stage has been dozer so as long no dozer then I'm happy

[vocal saddle]

haha

[sly kettle]

Anyone know what the first stages are?

[reef bison]

Yeah its [[REDACTED]]

[sly kettle]

Ooof

Where's Muffin Cat when you need 'em

[fierce helm]

Management is hiding what's down there this time

[reef bison]

Naw I just havent gotten on this morning I need to come around first

[delicate flame]

she's currently away, told me to replace them for today and i be honest i thought the deep dives were supposed to reset next hour lmao, am a bit late

[waxen terrace]

edd never reset all along, thats why muffin never updated :))

[sly kettle]

Ah. Makes sense. The Daylight Hours thing is coming this weekend, if I am not mistaken.

At least here in Sweden.

[delicate flame]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Sandblasted Corridors | Code Name: Wide Edge
Stage 1: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 Mini-Mules | Critical Weakness
Stage 2: 200 Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Exploder Infestation
Stage 3: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 Mini-Mules | Shield Disruption

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Glacial Strata | Code Name: Bronze Goods
Stage 1: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + Dreadnought Twins | Cave Leech Cluster
Stage 2: 225 Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Exploder Infestation
Stage 3: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 150 Morkite | Rich Atmosphere Regenerative Bugs

Hello, i am here to replace Muffin Cat while they are away doing some stuff currently, if you all can keep me updated on any changes/errors please let me know so i can update the list, i will now be hopping into the EDD

[vivid zinc]

edd 1stage Dreadnought is twins

[delicate flame]

alr

[vivid zinc]

thx

[broken shore]

EDD 2 = 225 Morkite + Recover black box / exploder infestation

[delicate flame]

gotcha

[reef bison]

YO ON SITE EDD LETS GOOOO

[broken shore]

EDD 3 = Refine liquid morkite + 150 morkite / rich atmosphere + regenerative bugs

[north urchin]

I guess muffin finally got board of DRG

[oblique glen]

DD 2 is 200 Morkite, 1 black box, and exploder infestation

[reef bison]

Brooooooooo

2 refined liquid morkite stages

Theyve been listening to us

[oblique glen]

DD3 is Protect the drilldozer, Repair 2 mini mules, with shield disruption

[sly kettle]

Double escort duty?!

That's fucking AWFUL

[oblique glen]

there's so much nitra everywhere

[wild birch]

oh nice we protecting doretta

[dense pond]

shield disruption + dozer

sounds rough

[reef bison]

At least it's the normal fukin DD

[scenic trellis]

do i need to restart the game to get the new deep dives?

[reef bison]

If that was EDD I'd uninstall game

[wild birch]

i think no??

[sly kettle]

Yes.

[topaz prairie]

Double EDD refinery

xd

[dense pond]

refinery is so boring

[quick coyote]

2x dotty and 2x liqmork ayo lmao time to nuke management!

[stuck tapir]

That stage 3 shield disruption looks nasty on the DD. Also double refining EDD? Not sure if I should laugh or cry haha

[oblique glen]

gotta say, going up as scout against two warden boosted oppressors wasn't fun, especially with only the middle of dotty left. 🤷 well i made it to the last phase of the heartstone before dozer was destroyed

[chrome forge]

Wait what’s the primary for the edd?

2 refinery?

[waxen terrace]

yea

stage 1 and 3

[chrome forge]

Dang

Guess I have to solo as driller

I normally solo as engi

[unkempt saffron]

2 refineries for edd? Interesting

[vocal saddle]

That's DD

[stuck tapir]

Yea it got auto corrected. Meant for the DD

Dreadnought secondaries always suck too.

[waxen terrace]

just fight the dreads 1st

[slate tartan]

first tried the edd!

it was messy as fuck but we got through

[stuck tapir]

Well yea haha but you can still get hordes during the fight

[waxen terrace]

theyre collaterals

[stuck tapir]

Not sure what you mean by that

[waxen terrace]

if you have anything aoe you can deal with both at once

[stuck tapir]

Yea its just more of a pain was all I was getting at. A few weeks ago when it was stage 1 and 3 dreadnoughts we just went for them right away and it wasn't too bad. But we got caught once with the wave at the same time

At least its only the twins!

[analog blaze]

Extraction dreads with exploders was a thing in one of the previous weeks

[undone fog]

Sorry haven't played in a fat minute when is reset?

[analog blaze]

5 mins
Hurry

Nah it's a week

[undone fog]

I mean, I know it resets on Thursdays

But what time?

[analog blaze]

I think 1hr 45 mins ago

[undone fog]

That's 6am for me. Hm

Okay thank you!

[topaz plank]

Anyone done the dd or edd yet?

[analog blaze]

There's timer on the dd screen

[mellow cove]

Damn this EDD was lengthy

Took me almost 1.5h

[topaz plank]

Ouch

Any good?

[undone fog]

That don't sound good

[topaz plank]

I know

And it's 2 refinery missions

[mellow cove]

First refinery was a bit tough as solo gunner, second was alright

That mining mission though

Most of morkite is in last few rooms

[undone fog]

Still rather do that than the escort mission last week

That was tough

[dusty vortex]

do swarm types always follow a specific order in deep dives? the first swarm we had was a dreadnought swarm, we got teamkilled, redid the deep dive, and our first swarm was a dreadnought again. did anyone else get a dreadnought for their first swarm?

[burnt sandal]

no, it's random

[slate tartan]

you just rolled double dreads

nice

[dusty vortex]

wow, that must be extremely rare then

[burnt sandal]

yes

[olive marlin]

what's this week's deep dive?

nvm

[stuck tapir]

Pin not updated yet

[sick ginkgo]

Hello

in the EDD is it necessary to take a driller or is the shape of the cave simple?

[mellow cove]

Both doable without driller but first refinery can be tricky

[glossy dock]

Picks are like drills, with less spinning.

[slate tartan]

for the second stage our driller was key to drill a path to the drop pod

but not required for most groups

[quiet wyvern]

looks like heavy duty mining on the dives this week

[bronze verge]

I usually DD solo, but with two escort missions it may be less of a headache to team up

[quiet wyvern]

agreed, and with 2 refining on the elite

[winged agate]

New to the game and curious, if i have A prestiged dwarf but my friend doesnt can we both deep dive together?

[vital sluice]

Unfortunately, no, your friend has to also be promoted

[winged agate]

Ah tis a shame

Gotta get em not slackin then!

https://tenor.com/view/deep-rock-galactic-drink-gif-15431926

Thanks nonetheless

[west merlin]

Just completed my 3rd EDD ever! We lucked out with a rank 800 Engy joining our team, he did a good job although he had some interesting ideas about pipe placement

(he wound the pipes for the further pump jacks back and forth in parallel past the closer ones)

I think this was my first Haz 5 exploder infestation and I was astonished how much harder it was than Haz 4

Regenerative Bugs was also noticeably more of an issue

[misty vale]

deep dive was ok this week, but EDD with driller & scout only was a but much for my team lol

we managed the first stage

[random rampart]

Merry rocknstone, miner. Welcome to the rig

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/548430/extras/AboutThisGame_Top.gif

[digital chasm]

sadly no, you have to have at least one promoted dwarf to attempt a deep dive

[tall meadow]

Alright time for another week to help folks

[upper geyser]

annnnnd someone sets off the blackbox with the rest of the team nowhere near it

stressed tf out after that... first time I had to redo an edd in quite a while

[blazing jacinth]

Stage one and two went fine then not two minutes in I get grabbed by a cave leech all while an oppressor and bulk detonator spawn and we get wiped out instantly

Two minutes into the third stage I mean

[tiny swift]

I can't wait for the triple Doretta next week.

[digital chasm]

or the haunted cave salvage operation

[eager palm]

adding more nodes in a favorable place can be a good idea if you really want to minimize the chance of a break happening way at the end. Does take a lot longer to build initially though

[craggy crane]

Didn't know that was possible?

[west merlin]

Yeah that's impossible.
It's the one thing that would he too hard they just didn't allow it, along with I think haunted escort?

[west merlin]

It was kind of neat having them run next to each other for convenience of repair.
But it was more length to cover overall and also I kept getting stuck in between two pipes 😬

And annoyingly one of the pipes was so close the top of the pumpjack blocked grinding

[hoary cove]

good luck good sir

[proven mango]

the DD was unusually easy this week, i mean its only haz3 so its easy anyway but i mean it was extremely UNUSUALLY easy this week, stage 1 swarm was basically.. 2 aliens? have they changed the difficulty? idk if we just got extremely lucky with rng but the DD was more like a haz2?

havent attempted edd yet mind so karma may balance out and i'll eat my words yet 😄

[outer beacon]

Came back to DRG for a bit, decided to jump into the elite dive and I hated the second mission so much it sucked up my will to play any further

Vertical shafts, tight tunnels, constant swarms and exploders, scarce in nitra, it just sucked

[violet warren]

The first stage of the regular deep dive was really boring for some reason

Minimal threats overall

The repeat of the exact same stage in the third stage at least had a random bulk spawn that we could alpha-strike

[proven mango]

legit sounded like fun until the 'scarce in nitra' part 😄 even my masochism only extends so far 🥺

[calm jetty]

Ah man youre getting me hyped

[scenic finch]

Bruh

Random dread on the edd

[digital chasm]

F

[scenic finch]

Exploders lowkey make the game less fun during random dreadnought fights.

Not even lowkey

The do too much kb

Kept knocking me around so I couldnt resupp

Least fun ive had in the game ever ngl

[opal kraken]

Literally just walk away from them

Exploders are the only enemy in the game where not shooting them is optimal

[scenic finch]

.

[opal kraken]

Also what

Exploders

Do you mean shellbacks

[scenic finch]

Exploders broke the floor under the resupp multiple times

[opal kraken]

Random dreads shouldn’t have waves happening during them anyways so

[scenic finch]

Exploder

Infestation

[opal kraken]

oh nice

So like

Shoot them when they come and then resupply

[scenic finch]

Narrow cave, no ammo, no nearby open caves, bad situation.

You’d die too.

[opal kraken]

idk what class you were playing but all of them can delete an explorer infestation wave in one or two shots

I’ll find out soon enough

[scenic finch]

You wont have the dread

[opal kraken]

dreads are highkey easier than normal swarms so

[scenic finch]

Also my tm8 was a level 40 driller that died 6 times

[opal kraken]

Rookie numbers

[scenic finch]

Only died when I ran out of shields

Hence resupp for ammo and shields

And the dread was twins, and two oppressors decided to put their butts in the wall to knock us about

Im mad

[opal kraken]

f

[scenic finch]

Not a fun time, ill try again tomorrow. Im going back to bed.

Also got crap from my cores

[slate tartan]

Simply get luckier lol

[calm jetty]

Random dreads dont exist in edd

[burnt sandal]

they do

[calm jetty]

Thats crazy

[burnt sandal]

you can only get them in Point Extraction, Refinery and mining missions though

[buoyant wing]

I distinctly remember during the pumpkinpocalypse one of the dives had a refinery+dreadnought and by the time me and friend started dread a random dread spawned mid-fight

very memorable one

[topaz wraith]

Nothing is randomized on deep dives. I’m fairly certain that if a dread spawns on somebody’s deep dive, that’s how it is for all deep dives, no?

[old widget]

There’s RNG within the waves/swarms. It’s not 100% deterministic

[zinc current]

Yeah, happened to me with last weeks’ dozer mission

One time I had bulk det + menaces but after that fail I never had them again

[burnt sandal]

No, the spawns are random

[pliant stone]

Be me
Save the scout while dying in the process of stage 2 of deep dive
Scout attempts to save me in 3rd stage of deep dive
Scout goes into Iron will, saving me.
I save him with shield
Scout Escapes
I die trying to escape
I Iron will and get into the pod
Stage 3 Win for all 4 dwarves

[pliant stone]

I really wish I saved that moment

[verbal pewter]

Pretty easy dive this week, Driller Gunner combo, had enough Nitra at the end for at least eight resupplies

[waxen terrace]

stage 2 edd was my clutch

literally just kiting the bulk near the black box until it blows up

stage 3 was also kinda clutch

[pliant stone]

You got a bulk at stage 2 as well?

[waxen terrace]

yea

only at the black box part

[pliant stone]

The bulk came at my team after the black box

[waxen terrace]

yea the bulk was not fun

[sullen brook]

The EDD is so scuffed

Stage 2 specifically

[waxen terrace]

hope your gunner knows how to shield

[sullen brook]

Teammates down, we’re all out of iron will and i get hit with a pincer attack of exploders, detonator, pretorians, and exploders on the other side

1 hit from a slasher killed the run

As well as snow acting as a slow

[tacit jungle]

huh this was relaxing

not sure if I got hard-carried or lucky with no dets

[pliant stone]

Lucky. My dive got a detonator at stage 2

[vocal saddle]

I think because we were chill and went slow through the map the det spawned before we did the black box.

[waxen terrace]

maybe

[vocal saddle]

I just ended up covering one entrance for the blackbox with platforms

[waxen terrace]

we did the black box the moment we found it

[vocal saddle]

Yea thats probably why

Nitra was a bit tight on the second stage. We got through with no extra nitra.

[wraith shard]

Just got the det to spawn on the drop pod while waiting for molly stage 2. I've never seen a bulk die so damn fast!

[waxen terrace]

i think in stage 3 the bulk spawned just as we entered the drop pod

[bold maple]

did the regular deep dive without resupplying at all as scout just for the extra challenge but i dont think my team liked me very much

it was easy enough and i wouldnt have let us fail because of it but they were definitely not happy

[mellow cove]

Get carried challenge

[bold maple]

basically

i mined minerals and stuff but i just used pickaxe

idk its kinda trolly but it made it more fun for me, probably shouldnt do it again i do feel kinda bad

like 3 people should have plenty of swarm clear power for a regular DD so i wasnt really that concerned

[mellow cove]

I don't think having a dead weight was more fun for your teammates

[bold maple]

probably not, i didnt go in with the intention to do it but after i did stage 1 without resup i was like "hey how long can i go without one"

[mellow cove]

One extra resupply is nothing on DDs, there's already way more nitra than you'd need

[bold maple]

i wont make it a habit i just kinda wanted to try it for no reason

[royal vapor]

Usually for Deep Dives, I have a tendency of saving my ammo unless things really start to hit the fan. Like I'll still shoot things with a secondary (Primary for Engi) but the majority of my ammo is saved for swarms. Usually leaves one extra section of a resupply open for someone who needs it more.

[bold maple]

what i did more just borders on the lines of trolling if you do it in a pub lobby without friends honestly

i wasnt really thinking about how it looked to the other people in the lobby

[gleaming cave]

Having it up to here with my allies in the EDD

[vital sluice]

I know, right? Bosco can be really annoying

but yeah it's rough when teammates are being obnoxious or just struggling to carry their weight

Soloing could be pretty rough this week since it's liquid morkite though

[gleaming cave]

Twice too

[stuck hamlet]

I joined a public dd this week, and at stage 1 the scout depleted completely our nitra by calling all 5 resup at the ommoran stone
who the hell need 5 sup for the first stage of the dd, and it was even a simple dotty

[waxen terrace]

lmao

stage 3 dd is such a trollfest

[random rampart]

that scout

[stuck hamlet]

lol

[still veldt]

just did my first solo dd as driller... the stage 3 drop pod is an absolute troll got the w thankfully

[frail plume]

what's up with stage 3

i'm at stage 2 rn

[proud kettle]

My first deep dive was a solo, I was a just promoted Gunner running the hurricane, and I was just... Scared. I beat it in about an hour, but still. Then I did an elite deep dive and that was worse with a full team.

[frail plume]

well i'm at stage 3

[waxen terrace]

in edd your team needs to know what they can or cannot do

[frail plume]

guess i'll figure out what will happen with the pod at last stage myself

[waxen terrace]

and when its time to retreat and not be a hero

[bronze verge]

Two liquid morkite on EDD, two escort on DD. It's a good week to team up.

[frail plume]

nothing wrong with stage 3 for me

[west merlin]

That would be a fun challenge to do solo or if your team agreed to all do it at once

[west merlin]

That's kick worthy

Oh huh I just noticed both stage 2s are the exact same thing aside from 25 more morkite on the EDD

[chrome forge]

Fax if you are skilled enough going solo is better most of the time that running with randoms

[bold maple]

Yeah it was fun for me but I think 2 of my teammates who were not my friend didn't think so. One of them was in voice chat with me and was my friend so we were just laughing and having a good time. I don't think I'd do it again without consent from the other 2

[balmy stone]

For refinery I’d rather have teammates if the pumpjacks are hard to reach

Duos is my personal preference

[west merlin]

I wish one could do duos with a debuffed Bosco like maybe he has 1 revive and no rockets

My fiancee and I used to do duos but we had a few cases where we just both died at once and started playing with 1-2 randos where needed after that

I usually like 4 player teams tho

And we've added a couple a said randos as friends who we now play with

[balmy stone]

I’m gonna do randoms this week for double refinery and double escort

[spring granite]

this weeks edd was pretty fun

[balmy stone]

Last week and the one before it were stressful af and had escort so double refinery is a nice break

[spring granite]

I didn't do last weeks but the weeks before wasn't too bad imo

refinerys just a blast as a mission type

[balmy stone]

The randoms didn’t repair the dozer or shoot the rocks on salt pits and I got downed from ff 3 times and the 4th time ended the mission

Beat it the second attempt when I tried duo with a random I made friends with

One of them had full or near full ammo for most of it which caused the rest of us to burn through ours faster

So that was lame but the week before I beat it with randoms and they got their first edd win

Hmmm I guess the takeaway from all that is I want higher level lobbies for edd but lower is okay if they communicate and get downed in convenient places

And yeah refinery and point extraction are my fav mission types

[bronze verge]

Refinery is the best. I wish there was a mission that was only pipes with no bugs.

[wheat spire]

dd was easy for my group of randos

only got downed once

[hollow terrace]

is this something like New preferable play style?

[sick ginkgo]

?

[burnt sandal]

one message got deleted

[sick ginkgo]

Aaaaaaa

[tall meadow]

This week EDD was simple

[woven kayak]

[fallen jetty]

DD was very very easy this week. we had like 800 nitra for 2 people and werent challenged at any point

[wheat spire]

true

[balmy stone]

Idk only 20 resupplies per person is cutting it close

[grave jacinth]

how's EDD nitra this week?

[alpine raptor]

It's pretty fair. There was one point I was relying on sentry guns cause I was tapped on everything else, but that's what I get for bringing lures instead of mines.

[grave jacinth]

cool, just wanted to anticipate conserving if necessary. Thanks!

[fallen jetty]

Man I'm salty I was the only one on my team with iorn will for the edd. We died after calling the drop pod. Smh

[frank sundial]

i just lost the deep dive on the last stage bc we all wasted our iron will earlier

i feel so drained

[stoic forum]

Ok so I just unlocked Deep Dive, and don't know what it is... what is it?

[alpine raptor]

3 missions in a row. Gold and Nitra carry over, as does damage and relative ammo. Difficulty trends upward.

So if you end one mission with a sliver of health and no ammo, you start the next mission the same.

[bronze verge]

We went through ammo pretty quickly on the second mission, but had 2 or 3 resupplies going into the last mission

[frank sundial]

if a dreadnought wipes you one stage and you retry, will a dreadnought spawn again in your next run

[tall meadow]

No

[frank sundial]

ok

[tall meadow]

It is only a probability a dread will spawn in exchange of a regular wave

[frank sundial]

it happened 2/2 times in a row

[tall meadow]

Then you rolled the dice twice

[frank sundial]

on stage 2 during uplink

[tall meadow]

yup it happens

[frank sundial]

while we were all in a bunker

[tall meadow]

When a dread is coming would normally announce it

Dice just decided to roll the other way for you

[frank sundial]

BULKER

3é3

IN A BUNKER TOPO

LITERALLY SPAWNS ON A UPLINK BUNKER 3/3 TIMES

we killed it

the dd goes on

[tacit jungle]

you can just let the black box fail and try it again after popping the det

[frank sundial]

yesssss finally done the dd

after 4 and a half hours of trying

3 bulk detonators

3 different teeams

i am never playing deep rock ever again

[fiery lark]

see you tomorrow!

[violet warren]

Where's the black box on stage 2 of the EDD?

We can't find it

And we lost because the black box was somewhere really obscure and we just couldn't find it

[tall meadow]

nah not obscure at all

it was along the way

should be on the path of the last most cave

[violet warren]

We must have taken a really weird driller-inspired route then

Why are black boxes a scavenger hunt objective, at least when it's in an obscure spot in a regular mission you can skip it

[unkempt saffron]

Its not really in an obscure spot, more like off the beaten path

If youre looking for morky, which stage 2 you can only find a plentiful of them deeper in the cave, then youll definitely notice the black box

[violet warren]

Anyways we did something differently and ran into it on the second run and were able to get the rest of the EDD done pretty easily

Also brought in sludge driller (because grunts in glacial are resistant to freeze) and it worked pretty well

[tiny swift]

I was able to do this weeks EDD just not solo, and not as the scout like I was hoping. But at least I got it done. The most dangerous part of this weeks EDD was the engineer with nukes. We came very very close to wiping when he misplaced one of his shots. Bad engie!

[tardy galleon]

I got through the edd

and exploder infestation in the glacial strata fucking sucks

[zinc current]

just soloed the EDD, refining was super easy but the mining mission? my gosh that was a struggle

[violet oasis]

we just wiped on stage 2

I got sniped by 2 spitballers. one I saw. other I didn't. swarm came and the team wiped on my carcass

engi got lost while we were on black box and fell in a spot and got downed. I was on my way down to get him up when that happened.

I don't see any more open to have another go at it. aw well. Maybe tomorrow. I should work on my mod.

yeah I am not feeling ballsy enough to try it alone myself

[lucid trellis]

I would try it alone if I had something to gain other than blank cores

I reckon I have the cosmetics I could possibly want for each class

[tardy galleon]

I tried to get through that deep dive three times

I failed twice with full teams all with silver promotions and above

then I beat it with one bronze scout

[mellow cove]

First stage refining was harder than third stage

Ok, I did it solo

As gunner

Bad Bertha and magic bullets

Well of course I'm not gonna run PBM and flechettes for EDD

One time to the cave leech on the first stage

Imo skill issue

Sure

Yes I am bad at noticing leeches

There was

I'm just bad at reacting

[zinc current]

nitra is rough, unless i never saw all of it

elite 3 had a fair amount though

[mellow cove]

I left at least 3 resupply slots at stage 2

It was alright

Cave was pain though

[unkempt saffron]

Gunner this time round? Getting to that well in the other cave of stage 3 is gonna be a slog

[mellow cove]

It really wasn't that hard

Just had to do a little digging

[glossy walrus]

yeah just some digging did wonders to shortcut it

[zinc current]

My strategy for stage 2 EDD was rushing to a natural tunnel when a swarm would come, barricade one entrance off with platforms, then call a resupply + put turrets down and hope you survive

Worked out well, just took a really long time (around an hour to beat the mission)

[violet oasis]

we got it this time. This team was champions. even the level 33 driller!

[pseudo knoll]

I am going to go

INSANE

WITH THESE CAVE LEECHES

AND DUMBASS PIPELINES

I CANT

how the fuck do you kill bosses as driller

feels like I dont have enough damage

[cerulean lichen]

you dont

[burnt sandal]

by being patient

but driller is pretty much the worst class for dealing with high HP targets

especially if you don't go for a full damage build

[cerulean lichen]

well,in a party it is not your job to deal with dreads as a driller, and driller can wipe out dreads just fine as a solo

every class is better at something compared to other classes

[pseudo knoll]

I am doing solo so

yeah

guess I will stick to gunner/scout

[oak horizon]

What is it with deepdives and double bulks lol so troll

[vale falcon]

double bulk explosions is one of the most beautiful things in this world

[burnt sandal]

there's never more than 1 bulk, really

pop 1, it kills the others

[oak horizon]

Lol

[pseudo knoll]

JESUS CHRIST

IM GONNA HAVE A HEART ATTACK

EDD STAGE 2 COMPLETED

NOOOOOO ANOTHER PIPELINE

IVE BEEN PLAYING FOR 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES

[tight pecan]

I did this EDD with 1 other person in an hour how do you feel

[waxen verge]

why would you remind me of the drug that is Oops All Bulks™️

[pseudo knoll]

how do I feel? this is literally my 2nd EDD ever

[waxen verge]

xd

Good luck!

[pseudo knoll]

I died

atleast I got blank and infused

1 hour 45 minutes total

jesus christ

[wraith shard]

https://tenor.com/view/xqc-xqc-rage-xqcl-gif-23175635

there's a perk for you

they shouldn't even

this game feature is fine

it could be a bit harder

i have no words

[sour oyster]

What's up with the second stage this week

[glossy dock]

"protect the black box" um.. they can't hurt the box right?
Should be "protect yo self"

[sour oyster]

Nitra is next to non existent

And the entire map is cursed

[coral raptor]

shotgun goo canon overclock. Dont even have to hit weak points. Just melt em in their face. Make sure your secondary can handle swarms though. That's why Im excited for his new secondary weapon, looks like it can fill that role

also cryo canon direct damage overclock with cold radiance and axes

face melter flamethrower overclock is the worst out of the three but it also works just fine

you never have to hit weak points with these builds

[midnight shuttle]

Failed the third mission about a second from finishing as we got a bulk and somebody killed it and blew up the dozer

[violet oasis]

on EDD stage 3 I was up high and looking down by refinery and I saw 2 leeches reaching for the driller at the same time from opposite sides of the refinery.

I saved him from getting grabbed but I was curious to see what would happen if they both touched him at the same time

they were pretty much tangled together over his head.

[echo storm]

brought the wrong build for the edd as engineer

oops!

[ebon bramble]

whats the current deep dive

[alpine raptor]

^Pinned message. 🙂

[brisk pagoda]

use cryo gun with ice spear overclock, cold radiance, and max ammo. freeze and stab em.

youll need to cancel fast enough to use 3 axes to outdamage a spear. so learning the tight timing for 1 spear will be easier than learning the even tighter timing of a triple cancel.

[clever parcel]

Hey guys

Thoughts on this week's elite deep dive?

In my opiniom it's hard as hell

2 different teams, furthest we got to was level 3

The 2nd level is what messes up things so much with the exploders

[tall meadow]

Nothing hard or challenging

I’ve ran it 5 times now for different groups

Non failed so far

[clever parcel]

What the crap

Man y'all must be really high level

[tall meadow]

I play a bit is all

[clever parcel]

I was kind of leading the team after learning from 2 failed runs

After i started taking the lead the furthest i could go with the crew was to the start of level 3

The iceballers shat on all of us

And got picked off one by one

[tall meadow]

I’ll see if I have time to help another group today

[clever parcel]

Do ping papi💖 😭 🙏

[tall meadow]

NA?

[clever parcel]

Also I'm not that high of a level nor do i have much of a good build

[clever parcel]

?

[tall meadow]

NA= North America

[clever parcel]

Ahhhh

[tall meadow]

or are you EU?

[clever parcel]

No I'm not from NA

Uhmmmmmm

Middle east

[tall meadow]

Ah dk about ping but we’ll see

I’ll see if have time today anyways

[clever parcel]

All g bro

Just venting a bit of frustration

[tall meadow]

It’s all good

I have my bad days

[clever parcel]

What build do you suggest for drillers on this dive?

[tall meadow]

Heh

[clever parcel]

😵‍💫

[tall meadow]

I ran a bit funny driller build

[clever parcel]

Spill

[tall meadow]

The drillers I played with never go cryo that’s for sure

When I did have to go driller in last team, crspr facemelter with ER Subata

[clever parcel]

I seee

Is the epc a no go for this run?

[tall meadow]

Nahhh

You can go

May be even better if you good at it

I just wanted ER Subata because more stable and efficient

[clever parcel]

Subata it is

Hmmm

[tall meadow]

Main thing for drillers is to not waste time and just drill to the pumps to get the pumps connected

[clever parcel]

I went cryo to defend against the second phase

Did pretty well during the exploder swarms

[tall meadow]

2nd stage there be a funny cave system

[clever parcel]

Yup

[tall meadow]

Staying there is bad

Just drill a shortcut to shave off the walk time

[clever parcel]

What do you suggest?

[tall meadow]

Because the path to the last cave in stage 2 is just a big loop to it

[clever parcel]

O. O

[tall meadow]

1st cave from starting point in stage 2 has 1 vein of morkite near the next cave hole

2nd cave system should have another vein of morkite

[clever parcel]

My issue though is the nitra consumption atleast

[tall meadow]

I try to make sure the team only uses 2 resupplies in 1st stage

You can even stretch to 3

if all nitra mined combined you should have enough to call 4

So you always have a spare one for stage 2

Stage 2 nitra is more than sufficient

Each cave system especially the 1st cave where the uplink is good amount of Nitra

[clever parcel]

That's true

[tall meadow]

3rd stage don’t even need to mention because everything is more than enough

What’s consistent was gunners this run ran NTP so that helped

Although I did have a gunner run autocannon but is all good

[clever parcel]

All g

I'll keep all thsi info in mind if i intend in running the EDD again

Thank you so much for the advice, Blankets!

[tall meadow]

I try

[hasty eagle]

Full apologies to the PS4 team I bulk-detted on DD phase 3

i was a driller, of course

[jade tusk]

Drillers...I swear one day they will tame a Bulk det

[sour oyster]

Driller gaming

[jade tusk]

Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make

[sour oyster]

• war criminal

[jade tusk]

If you hear beeping. Run

[paper oasis]

his name shall be steeve-o

[jade tusk]

And we shall sic it on the scout to get him to mine faster!

[pseudo knoll]

also I am not a driller main so I have not practiced axe spam

and axes are more limited amounts

[terse fulcrum]

just got random dreadnought twice in a row on EDD

[jade tusk]

Man....How much did you piss off the bugs

[terse fulcrum]

playing as driller I think

hiveguard stage 1 and regular dread on 2

[jade tusk]

That sounds like a fun day

[digital chasm]

damn, I lost connection to the EDD I was on

[jade tusk]

Ouch man

[digital chasm]

second attempt the host appears to have rage quit

that second stage is hell

may as well try to solo it

[waxen terrace]

not that hell if you keep turning around and watching for sploders

[wraith shard]

This week was fine again imo. Stage 1 was the most difficult it got (and only because we had a shitty spot to fight the twins).

The area was nice and spacious, but there were 5 ice vents that kept freezing me. Should have chosen another spot maybe, but oh well
but enough nitra again, Blackbox in a nice, cozy area and third stage was just plain and uneventful

[desert ibex]

how bad is edd

[grave jacinth]

Not bad. Bring a driller.

[waxen terrace]

its refining so yea driller all the way

[patent carbon]

So I've done two attempts of the EDD, completed the second attempt.
First attempt failed during the second stage when we got two "swarm" dreadnaughts in a row, the twins and then the OG, We had four players.
Second attempt, on stage two, we got two bulk detonators, one per swarm, in a row, the first appeared right before we started the black box.

[frail patrol]

damn that b2b dread is just mega unlucky, dets shouldve been manageable tho

[zinc current]

that happened to my friends and I too just now with the two swarm dreadnaughts back to back

[patent carbon]

i swear its not a random event, its part of the seed, and for some reason some people just get that seed with the two dreads

idk if its region based, host player level, or something else

[echo storm]

one of the edd runs i failed we had the twins spawn in stage 2 then 2 bulks during black box

funnily enough we just got owned in one of the later mactera swarms

[spare glacier]

who do you guys main?

[wild birch]

engi

[left sleet]

how's edd this week compared to last week?

[wraith shard]

easier

[tulip idol]

tbh this edd I got 2 legendary ranked randoms and 1 randomly joined friend so I was just practicing RJ-Lok build - making ton of risky plays to see what works and what needs to be changed
I died like 9 times cause of the way I was playing but that was totally ok, I'd just call it field training

some people learn how to play on h3, I think EDD fits me better for that purpose 😄

[sick lake]

What does each deep dive level unlock?

[past sleet]

Matrix Cores

First a blank one, then a weapon OC and finally a cosmetic OC

[sick lake]

Thanks!

[frigid sigil]

I always wondered this, but is it possible to get industrial sabotage on a deep dive?

[wraith shard]

No, not at the moment. Maybe one day in some sort of trimmed version? But nothing atm

[frigid sigil]

Damn, would be awesome if is was the last mission on a dive.

[wraith shard]

I'd like that as well. I do enjoy sabotage

[vital sluice]

Sabotage missions are really long though, so I'm glad I don't have to do them on deep dives

[frigid sigil]

Fair

[vital sluice]

I wouldn't be too surprised if their absence was just an oversight and they were added

[wraith shard]

Yeah, not a full mission anyway. But parts of it like hacking pods or just caretaker? Could work. Although I haven't been up to date with their streams, I'm sure someone asked the devs about it already and they gave an answer.

[frigid sigil]

Maybe the new mission their adding via season 2 will apart of the dives?

[vital sluice]

Yeah I could see "hacking 1 data deposit" being a secondary

I can mostly handle EDD missions of any type but can barely do haz 4 caretaker fights, so getting a haz 5.5 sabotage would be pain

[wraith shard]

How many Sabotages have you done so far? I feel it just needs some practice, just like OMEN machine event. First it seemed impossible on 5, then you get better at predicting attacks and the different phases.

[frigid sigil]

I've been soloing sabotages this whole month. And I gotta say, it's a challenge but a good one. Sometimes depending on the class I think on how I have to approach everything. Like for defending haxy as engi I bring 2 sentries to help me. And for the care taker it's self I use grenade launcher in the vents and shotty on its eye... thing

[wraith shard]

hey guys how do I switch my active assignment?

https://i.imgur.com/m77Ou83.png

I have this one but it doesnt tell me what im supposed to do unless im blind

is it tied to the main assignment or what

[waxen surge]

you have the starting one active

[wraith shard]

ye how do I switch em

[waxen surge]

you can't activate that one until you finish the starting one

[wraith shard]

ah ok ty

[waxen surge]

you're welcome

[soft token]

imagine asking about assignments in the deep dive chat

[wraith shard]

no need to as I just did

[chrome forge]

Do you know the definition of insanity?

[wraith shard]

Insanity is...

the state of being seriously mentally ill; madness.
"he suffered from bouts of insanity"

[fleet yarrow]

heavy duty insanity

[manic pivot]

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[sleek steeple]

any advice for the first deep dive?

[calm jetty]

Stay frosty

[digital chasm]

Rock and Stone, until it is done

[jade tusk]

Stay vigilant.

As much as it goes against the tradition of the dwarfs. Ignore gold. DD and EDD give naturally high payouts and thus waste time

Try not to waste time during these missions. The less time you spend is the less ammo you burn on bugs, The less health you lose from bug damage, and the less supply drops you need to replenish those resources

Conserve your ammo when possible. Primary and Secondary ammo reserves carry over to the next stage

Target Priority. An Acid spitter or a Tri-jaw is a lot more dangerous then swarmer or a lone Grunt so focus on them (Within context)

Rock and stone or you ain't coming home alive

Lot of common tips for DRG applies to Deep dives in general

[vale falcon]

^propaganda, never ignore the gold

[echo storm]

i remember spending an hour in a normal deep dive just mining gold cause everyone had pot o gold

situations may vary

[tall meadow]

*vary

[jade tusk]

If you have pots have at it with the gold

[calm jetty]

Stay frosty when mining gold

[midnight shuttle]

Are bulks part of the mission or random?

[tall meadow]

Random

[jagged pumice]

if you iron will right at the end of one stage of the deep dive, do you just instantly ko the next stage?

actually nvm, you go to the regen threshold

that's nice

[ashen veldt]

Guys I've got an amazing idea

Who wants to do the rollercoaster achievement on this week's EDD?

[waxen terrace]

normal deep dive is whatever with gold since haz 3.5 is very manageable

mining gold in edd can kill your entire run with how much bugs spawn and how much they deal damage

[clever saffron]

MC had a stroke

[barren nymph]

I need help with EDD. it's too hard need carrying. 2 star gunner

[red hedge]

I got the DD done solo last night it was really fun.

[proven mango]

big thanks to the gunner that joined not sure what your name is here, my friends happy he did his first DD

[ashen veldt]

I can hop on at some point today if yw?

[hoary cove]

that’s just how he talks

[hoary cove]

what platform

[barren nymph]

PS4

@ashen veldt @hoary cove

[hoary cove]

try #lfg-playstation

[lucid island]

the regular deep dive

the first and last mission have same objectives lol

no crit weakness tho, sad

[ashen veldt]

Sorry, I'm on PC. Good luck tho

[subtle mantle]

never done a EDD before, is it the same seed/map as the normal deep dive? as in is the only difference is the difficulty being harder?

[sullen python]

EDDs are a new map that is consistent every run just like DDs, difficulty is haz 4.5,5,5.5

this weeks EDD is very straightforward

[small hatch]

Me and my friend suck at this weeks EDD lol

[marble grotto]

quick question, how long do DD's usually take? might want to try to run my first one before heading off to bed

[small hatch]

An hour and half ish

At least for me

[vital sluice]

the ones this week are particularly long, DD is probably an hour and EDD is probably close to an hour and a half if you're barely good enough to finish

[unkempt saffron]

You take an hour and 30 mins to complete it? Thats actually on the upper bound of dd length

Itll probably take about an hour give or take

But since its a dd you could complete it within 45 mins

The only slowing down factor is of course the 2 escorts for dd

[marble grotto]

Alright thanks, sadly not enough time tonight but I’ll try my first one at some point tomorrow 👍🏻

[small hatch]

Well yeah I’m not that great lol I barely get through

[solar basalt]

The EDD first mission is almost impossible

[sage kraken]

DD of the week is pretty easy,when playing with my friend duo,did it around 45-50 minutes

[sage kraken]

It's nutty at the beginning,but pretty easy with good team comp

[solar basalt]

No red sugar, no nitra, small cave I'd rather deal with 20 bulks

[waxen terrace]

there is enough nitra for 4 resupps

[wintry shale]

Tried the EDD twice. The first time, we died on the 2nd stage because a random dread spawned and ate up ALLL of our ammo for the rest of our mission. Didn't stand a chance after that.

Then the 2nd time with the same group immediately after, AGAIN. SAME MISSION. SAME ROOM. two bulks spawned right next to each other at the same time. We were right into a wave and the exploders were definitely not making coordinating easy. I was playing scout and SOMEHOW BY THE GREAT GOOD GRACE OF GOD managed to get our gunner up with his last shield and we made a comeback. Our driller who had been the experienced leader out of us disconnected going into the 3rd mission, but honestly I also had a mic and it was smooth sailing after that. Fun EDD this week

[hallow ice]

wouldnt be a fun EDD without some challenge

if you dont Rock and Stone, you ain't coming home

[mellow cove]

Just speedrun second stage tbh

[wintry shale]

Definitely not. At least it wasn't that 3rd mission Morkite Dread with a horror from a couple weeks ago. That one sucked lol

[mellow cove]

There's nothing interesting until last few rooms

[tepid oyster]

edd
driller brings cryo

scout goes for a second resupply a literally a minute after the first one

[leaden cypress]

Nothing wrong about using cryo, even in glacial strata (will take a bit more ammo to use it properly but that's not a problem)

Scout is a mistake tho

[tepid oyster]

Yeah, but I was gunner and I was using burning hell mod with hot bullets and it was just ruining my whole loadout.

[leaden cypress]

Life is like that sometimes

[hoary cove]

didn’t get any bulks on the second stage but one of the guys i was with swore he had like 3 on it lol

rnjesus be like that

[warped rune]

But muh thermal shock

[copper pulsar]

Are they long this week? I only just now finally got around to doing my first deep dive and it felt very long but I figured that was just how deep dives were, as they are well... deep dives lol

[copper pulsar]

How so? When enemies are frozen then burned it does insaaane damage

If anything, cryo+flame is very useful

[echo storm]

this edd took 1 hour

longer but easier

[copper pulsar]

I felt the resupply thing. I considered doing a public deep dive for my first one but I just thought back to the last round I played where two people basically didn't use the chat at all, nobody asked about resupplies, nobody asked if everyone was ready to move on, etc etc. Decided I was better off with bosco, as usual bahaha

[copper pulsar]

Gotcha

Yeah maybe it's cause I'm solo and not like, a pro player or smth, but I'm only now getting to stage 3 of the normal DD and it's been 54 minutes bahaha

[waxen terrace]

it deals 200 dmg, for trash its whatever but for heavies that 200 dmg is nothing compared to a 3x bonus dmg

[copper pulsar]

I'm a bit new, where does the 3x bonus damage come from? Sorry, just trying to learn :)

[waxen terrace]

frozen enemies take 3x dmg, 2.5x if its a dreadnought

also frozen flyers instantly die

[copper pulsar]

Oh, oh yeah, okay I was just confused then lol

[copper pulsar]

Yeah! I read about that and it blew my mind haha

[waxen terrace]

temp shock especially sucks on oppressors

[copper pulsar]

Oops, meant to respond. Okay, 200 damage definitely seems like relatively insignificant damage on an opressor

Anybody have tips about shield disruption solo DD? I've never actually even had to deal with shield disruption 😭

[waxen terrace]

use vampire/resupplier

[copper pulsar]

Okay, already got those, so that's good cause I can't change my perks now haha

[peak viper]

Boutta solo a deep dive for the hell of it. I don't even know the modifiers. How screwed am I, and what should I watch out for

Driller btw

[leaden cypress]

Get nitra

[copper pulsar]

||1st stage is I believe weak point damage boost, mini mules+doretta||

||2nd stage is exploder infestation, mining expedition- I think 225- plus recover blackbox||

||3rd is shield disruption, doretta+mini mule again||

Speaking of the 3rd stage tho

Anybody know where the hell the 2nd mini mule is in the 3rd stage??? I'm searching everywhere where doretta ran out of fuel, but can't spit the green little field that surrounds it normally

[peak viper]

Shit, I'm not doing ||two escorts without engineer. Last area is gonna be annoying as hell on that one damage phase.||

Maybe I'll do the elite instead. ||I can handle two refinery missions with driller.||

[copper pulsar]

||Nvm... I'm slow. It's in the area after the doretta fuel stop||

[peak viper]

I'm proud of you lmao

[copper pulsar]

You do you! I personally have managed on gunner with autocannon

[copper pulsar]

Lmao thank you 😩 I can't believe I didnt think of that

[peak viper]

I could probably do it on hazard 3 or 2 but what's the fun in that? :P

[copper pulsar]

Rood

But also sorta true lol. I really wanna get good enough to play hazard 4 but it just feels impossible at this point 😟

I haven't gotten better since after maybe the first 16 hours, of gameplay, no joke

All that has changed is more mods lol

I can do hazard 4 with others but even then it's partially due to them carrying me I think

[peak viper]

Solo missions are stupid easy if you're used to teams of four

The bugs have like no health and there are less of them, so being used to kiting legions of bullet sponges helps a lot with making it a breeze

I don't think I'll ever do hazard 5. I like the idea of it, but the bug health is too much.

[copper pulsar]

I still find I get swarmed too easily, even using crowd control and crap

[peak viper]

Sludge gun helps with that I find

[copper pulsar]

Part of it is that, no matter how well I position myself, I can never get the bugs to actually crowd in a way that makes grenades or my autocannon useful, they're too far apart

[copper pulsar]

I dont typically play driller lol

[peak viper]

oh right

My b lmao

[copper pulsar]

Driller is definitely my second most played, but I mostly play gunner

It's okay!

[peak viper]

I wish I enjoyed playing gunner, his kit looks awesome :')

[copper pulsar]

Why don't you enjoy it? I'm curious

[peak viper]

I have no idea, in all honesty hahahaa

I just kinda... don't really enjoy it. Not sure why.

Probably because I don't know how to properly use it. That's the most likely reason.

Same with engineer; it's just not something I mesh with.

[copper pulsar]

Same with engineer

Hmmm I wish I could give some tips but I'm not great at that sort of thing. I myself just kinda try everything, throw everything at the wall and see what sticks lol

[peak viper]

I switched to driller from scout because I hate swarmers

lmao

[copper pulsar]

Pffft fair

Me too

[calm jetty]

Bruh it takes way more than 16 hours to get good at any game

[copper pulsar]

I know? I never said I was good lol

I just said I haven't gotten better since then

[peak viper]

You will

[copper pulsar]

Idk about that lol I usually don't get better at things after I try them and get past the initial figuring things out

Also

[peak viper]

I find I only get better when I push myself to the point of failure

[copper pulsar]

I guess the only "tip" I can give is like, generally he's meant for crowd control, minigun is good for picking off targets one my one, managing overheat becomes easier when you make sure to let off the trigger when finishing a target and switching to a new one, when waiting for a swarm you can spin the gun up but not shoot, uhhh i think thats it lol

[peak viper]

Slam myself into some absurd difficulties, lose, and reflect on what I did right and wrong

[copper pulsar]

Wait dude wait hold on

You may have just done more for me than 3 years of therapy has done???

[peak viper]

Oh? Well I'm happy to help I suppose!

[copper pulsar]

Keyword is may but like. What you said there just made me realize that because of my extreme fear of failure, that may be why I never get better at anything

[peak viper]

That would do it

[copper pulsar]

Okok anyway sorry for the oversharing

[peak viper]

Everyone hates failing, but it's the best way to get good

[copper pulsar]

Probably

You have to be kidding me. Oppressor is stuck IN the floor by the drilldozer

[peak viper]

F

[copper pulsar]

I spammed shields to force it out, we good :D

[spark bridge]

tried my first elite deep dive today. That was fun

[ebon dove]

I managed to win my first elite today, I finally got a coordinated team that did its jobs

after a... 5 attempts

[toxic prism]

I used to fail every EDD until I had a solid team of four friends. This weeks EDD we got it on first try. Makes a wolrd of difference compared to playing with randoms.

[peak viper]

I'M SO MAD DUDE

I GOT INSTA-CUCKED BY LITERALLY 25 BUGS ALL AT ONCE WHILE i WAS STUCK TRYING TO CLIMB MY USELESS TEAMMATE'S PLATFORMS THAT HE WAS TOO DUMB TO P[LACE PROPERLY

[cunning badge]

sorry guys, what we have in this edd ?

[old widget]

See pinned messages

[tropic kraken]

Hey. Greenbeard here. Got one class promoted, working on my second now. Haven't done any deep dives yet. What kind of difficulty spike are we looking at? I mostly run on hazard 3, although I've done a couple at haz4.

[random rampart]

Regular deep dive is 3/3.5/3.5 and elite deep dive is 4.5/5/5.5

On stage hazards

[tropic kraken]

So each depth gets a bit harder?

[digital chasm]

yeah

[random rampart]

On the elite deep dive, yes

On the regular one, 3rd stage is the same hazard as stage 2

[tropic kraken]

And neither are quite as bad as haz4.

So not too rough.

[digital chasm]

it should go up to haz 4

make things a bit harder

[random rampart]

But you didn't! it doesn't

[cunning badge]

thank you so much

[old widget]

My advice, don’t “gate” yourself. Just jump in and try it. If you die, you die, but you probably will do fine in normal DD.

[random rampart]

The mentioned pinned message is updated every week with that week's dives info. So you can safely check that message every week

[tropic kraken]

I kinda keep forgetting deep dives are there. 😄 It's not at the normal mission select. Also the time commitment is greater. Sometimes I have to leave without much warning (kids) and I'd hate to lose an hour of progress with no reward.

[random rampart]

I mean, if you finish a stage successfully, you get that stage's reward, even if you end the dive lol

[tropic kraken]

That's good.

[random rampart]

||you just can't get them again lol||

[tropic kraken]

So each level gives you mission rewards, with a bigger bonus awarded for completing the third? And each stage reward can only be earned once each week?

[random rampart]

Each stage's reward can be collected only once a week, yes. 1st stage's is a blank core, 2nd stage's is an overclock core and 3rd stage's is a cosmetic core

[digital chasm]

you can only get the matrix cores once per week, XP and credit rewards can be repeated I think

[random rampart]

Yes, credits and xp are re-collectable

[tropic kraken]

Ok.

I got 1 blank core from a weekly assignment or something. But now I can open machine events, I need more.

[random rampart]

You can get a total of 3 blank cores, 3 weapon cores and 3 cosmetic cores per week

[tropic kraken]

That's with doing the weekly assignment, and both deep dives?

[random rampart]

Yes, exactly

[tropic kraken]

How does failure to reach the pod work on deep dives?

[random rampart]

If the entire team fails the stage, you fail the dive, and get every completed stage's rewards

[digital chasm]

so long as one person reaches the pod to the next stage you'll be fine

[tropic kraken]

Same at the end? Just need one?

[random rampart]

Yes, you just need one. You'll all end up revived for the stage after

[digital chasm]

you'll have less health though

[tropic kraken]

👍

Start at half health or something?

[digital chasm]

also if you iron will into the pod I think you'll get downed on the next stage

[random rampart]

At the same health as you get when you're revived

[barren nymph]

Elite deep dive stage 2 is Impossible.

Think I've had 5 different attempts with teams of over player level 100 guys

If anyone can help Me on playstation it would be greatly appreciated

[digital chasm]

EDD is hell

[barren nymph]

Yeah man

[digital chasm]

stage 2 has next to no nitra

[tropic kraken]

Is it possible to carry enough over from stage 1?

[random rampart]

Nitra and gold carry on to every stage on deep dives

[tropic kraken]

Yeah, I'm saying is there enough nitra in stage 1 to get you through 2?

[echo storm]

deep dives are pretty relaxing

elite deep dives require neuron activation sometimes

[digital chasm]

there is if your crew doesnt waste it all on stage 1

[tropic kraken]

"IF"

[waxen terrace]

yes

well enough for 1 or 2 resupps

[tropic kraken]

I just want to say, this game is great.

[chilly wren]

When I did it one resup was used on stage 1 and 2 on stage 2 then we ran out

Possible but you've gotta be fast

[tropic kraken]

I was super excited for Elden Ring. But I discovered DRG three weeks ago, and I keep wanting to dive instead of playing ER. 😐

[chilly wren]

We beat the EDD on our 3rd attempt

[digital chasm]

gg

[chilly wren]

It took everyone optimizing their stuff for ammo efficiency

[echo storm]

honestly yeah drg sapped a lot of elden ring time

[shut oracle]

id be more exited to play elden ring if they would give a full coop

but as its same crap as dark souls no thx

[vale falcon]

hah

[echo storm]

skill issue

[lost fox]

Elden ring my beloved

[lost fox]

I too have been playing more drg

[shut oracle]

they have like 90% of stuff alrdy to make a full coop

[obtuse herald]

Can I get 3 for a EDD? I play driller, have gotten to final stage 4 times. I just need a reliable group.

[obtuse herald]

Tired of being punished for playing the edd near the end of its refresh. Only guys who can’t beat it are left and I have to watch as they suicide, die, then leave, or stall the first stage for a hour. Ive tried this EDD >10 times.

[echo storm]

that's rough buddy

[lucid island]

how does this sound for a EDD build

1 1 1 3 1 facemelter flamethrower

3 2 1 1 2 full auto subata

1 1 1 3 suit

1 1 1 1 drills

2 1 1 3 satchel charges

[lucid island]

FUCKING TRIJAWS

[calm jetty]

Sounds food

Food

Food

Good

Just axe the trinaws

[jade tusk]

I agree. Fuck Tri-jaws

[lucid island]

maybe i should try not solo

think i will take more fuel over more flow rate

160% is too much

[jade tusk]

For the future. Run towards the Tri-jaw as they get ready to fire at you

[lucid island]

130% from face melter is enough

[jade tusk]

Cryo is a good way on solving a Tri-jaw problem

[lucid island]

yes

but its worse vs glacial strata in general

[jade tusk]

Same can be said for flamethrower in Magma core