deep-dive-discussion

[potent vector]

twins is alright

until one of em goes rambo while the other never shows up

and then you're stuck with them repeatedly sharing health

[next vessel]

I have to do my first elite deep dive yet. Should I bother trying without proper overclock? i do have meta perks tho

[potent vector]

oc is more impactful than perks though

but how comfy are you in regular DDs?

[dull nexus]

From someone who’s new to EDD, i would recommend doing DDs and HAZ4/5 missions first before going into EDD

[valid ginkgo]

Getting used to Haz 5 would benefit you greatly if you want to tackle EDD.

[next vessel]

so elite deep dive is like the 133% difficulty? in terms of monster speed damage and health?

[waxen terrace]

yes its basically haz 5

meta perks wont save you if you are not able to survive in haz 5

[dull nexus]

and 70% friendly fire too

[waxen terrace]

bug hp and spawn size also varies based on player count in haz levels

[dull nexus]

Is there a calculator for the spawn size for 4 players?

[wraith shard]

https://deeprockgalactic.fandom.com/wiki/Difficulty_Scaling

[dull nexus]

Thanks

[jolly hazel]

yeah he wasn't bad either lol

grabbed all the ceiling nitra and kept it reasonably well lit

[potent vector]

oh yeah, when doing EDDs and if you're new, let the lobby know. if you don't beat stage 3 that's fine, all the goodies are in stage 1 and 2 (blank + weapon core)

probably why lately stage 3 on EDDs are relatively easier hmm

[jolly hazel]

I mean

I have all the weapon ocs

so I am specifically going for stage 3

probably shouldn't assume that people don't want to finish the edd

[limber ridge]

Doing my first deep dive, going solo

Wish me luck

[burnt sandal]

good luck miner

[polar wyvern]

I created an elite deep dive and literally nobody joined for 10 minutes now, peek hour Europe, sounds strange?

[burnt sandal]

make sure your system's clock is synced up properly

[polar wyvern]

sure is, also have no problem with people joining hazard 5 for instance

[jolly hazel]

"friends only" turns on randomly for me sometimes so double check that?

[polar wyvern]

yeah it's on by default (before I launch a mission); I'm constantly toggling it off

now I do have mods (drglib, motd/stat track/mod hub)

ok it worked after rebooting the game people can join it seems now.. I guess my client was stuck in a wrong state somehow

[jolly hazel]

if it says modded on top right outside of the menu it will show up as modded

[latent adder]

Both DD were extremely fast this week

[wraith shard]

Hey folks - just tried my first EDD. Is this weeks first mission particularly challenging or do I need to git gud?

[blazing current]

First one can be challenging since 10 aquarqs and black box, but can be negated with quick pacing. Second one is a breeze. Third one can be problematic with swarmageddon + fast swarm cooldown of stage 3 EDD

[wraith shard]

gotcha - got to 9 aquarqs and box done. Just couldn't find 10th one. I'll give it a few more whacks and see how it goes

[acoustic junco]

i hope i get sludge blast or vim this edd

[jolly hazel]

you'll get disperser compound and you will like it

[jolly hazel]

there's more than 10 that spawn, check every back room

easy to say in hindsight though lol

[blazing current]

Using terrain scanner helps a lot

That's how I found the path to black box

[wraith shard]

yeah ended up getting through stage 1 but was out of nitra for stage 2 lol

[queen patrol]

this one is on the easier side of things, speed is key because none of the objectives are timegated for the first two missions, third you should bring some serious aoe because haz 5.5 swarmers dont mess around

taser bolts or fire/cryo on the boltshark would probably make quick work of them

[unkempt saffron]

Aggro vent and impact deflection are not bad options for stage 3 edd

Also cryo minelets are an option too

As long as theres some aoe to manage stage 3 the edd will be a breeze

[blazing current]

I used boomstick for the swarm, and standard m1000 blowthrough for general purpose

[jolly hazel]

out of nitra solo?

[real shell]

just got my first promotion, how hard are deep dives?

[desert siren]

Hardest ever thing

Fr though

3 3.5 4

4 4.5 5.5 hazard afaik

[limber ridge]

Honestly, I just finished my first, and did it solo. Wasn't that bad with Bosco at my side. I ended up having to restart only one time, and that's cause I had to get up for an important phone call

[wraith shard]

It was a full squad - just stayed in first mission too long

[manic rampart]

about to try my second deep dive, anyone want to hop in a pod and join me?

[severe tusk]

The regular deep dive is pretty quick this week. I did it with a random group (as always) and we did it in under 30 minutes, without even trying to speed run it.

[unborn viper]

both are quick this week if team is competent

[fair pasture]

Is it possible to go into a deep dive with randoms like you can normal missions?

[tall meadow]

Yes but only before the dive starts

Once dive starts

You cannot join mid way

[fair pasture]

So I simply wait in the station after queuing the mission?

[tall meadow]

Yup wait in the space rig and make sure it public

[fair pasture]

Alright, thanks

[tall meadow]

Or you can see if any other people are hosting

[flint orchid]

Someone please help me out with the EDD I'm gonna pull my hair out (PS4)

[analog brook]

u feel that

i*

[hollow citrus]

I like hollow bough tbh

and this regular DD is really fast cos the maps are really small

[ivory marten]

i DESPISE the hollow bough.

[dull nexus]

I too dislike hollow bough

[echo storm]

got it sub 30

[shut oracle]

stage 3 edd was spicy 😬 1 guy left in stage 1 one in stage 2

edd took us 1,5hrs and i had 800 kills on scout and brother nearly 2k on gunner 😂

[fresh turtle]

childhood is thinking hollow bough is the worst

adult hood is realizing that fungus bogs actually sucks more

[shut oracle]

depends on goo

idk what sucked so hard about stage 3 but prob that we spent first 5min in droppod and had swarm for the next ~1hr

[fresh turtle]

also if the driller didnt bring a flamer sometimes you just have rooms full of constant DoT from the toxin gas

[unkempt lantern]

axes are really good against those, and reusable

[elder pecan]

So how is the normal deep dive this week

[glossy walrus]

yeah just chuck axes and clean out corridors of them at once

axes do a lot outside of combat and a lot of drillers don't know about them, eg how they can one shot the thorn vine roots in bough

[limpid pond]

True maturity is realizing Magma Core is the worst

[lime dirge]

Magma Core, Hollow Bough, and Glacial Strata are just consecutive circles of Dante's hell

[drifting shore]

Absolutely standard. If you are doing it with Bosco, you can probably do stage 2 without leaving the Mine Head. Lethal Enemies on the last stage is evened out by the Critical Weakness and no stage is long.

[blazing current]

Is crystaline caverns the ring 8?

I swear crystaline caverns can have the worst cave gen out of all biomes

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
We are hearing rumors that some dwarves are still not done with this weeks Deep Dives!
We want to remind you that there's only half a week left until our scanners pick up new missions!
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[molten granite]

Just unlocked deep dive i dont know if its like different ir

[burnt sandal]

different what ?

[molten granite]

From a normal mission

Is it just really hatd

Hard

[burnt sandal]

Deep dives are 3 missions linked one after the other. There are a few main differences when compared to normal missions :

• There are no crafting materials, no plants, no compact gold, etc.
• Instead of having one primary and one secondary objective, you have 2 primary objectives and you need to complete both before being able to move on to the next stage.
• You conserve your ammo and the health you had between stages. You also keep the gold and nitra mined.
• The difficulty goes up as you advance in the dive.

Each stage has it's own reward. Once you've finished a stage, you immediately get the reward for that stage. Keep in mind that you cannot get the rewards from the same stage twice. Meaning : if you've finished the deep dives this week, doing it again will NOT yield you any extra reward. You'll have to wait for the weekly reset.

Now, there are 2 different dives : The regular Deep Dive, and the Elite Deep Dive.
They both have a separate reward pool. And the major difference between the two is the difficulty.
Regular deep dives difficulty level are haz 3/3.5/3.5 (for each stage, respectively)
Elite deep dives difficulty level are haz 4.5/5/5.5

If you got any question, feel free to ask

[molten granite]

This was really helpful, thank you! But i do have one question, can i bring bosco on solo deep dives

[burnt sandal]

you can

[molten granite]

Alright nice

[bleak dagger]

hollow burough imo is worse than fungus bogs

so glad this edd wasnt hollow burough

[queen patrol]

rats dont meow

[dull nexus]

What if it’s a cat in a rat costume

[regal knot]

Question: what is a green beard

[jolly hazel]

an inexperienced player

[wraith shard]

deep rock not my favorite game i think its not really good but i want to gave him another chance ONLY because of VR mod bt its doesnt work! can you help me please (i am on gamepass)

[regal knot]

Thanks

[old widget]

#modded-drg-chat (or the modding discord)

EDIT: actually I think that VR mod has its own discord, should probably start there

[random rampart]

Wrong channel, btw.

The answer is: ||only steam has mod support ||

[waxen terrace]

^

[echo storm]

the last time an edd was in hollow bough it took me 5 tries

never again

[knotty fiber]

6th try for edd solo

im so done and frustrated with it

[summer forge]

@knotty fiber could go duo if you want

@wraith shard what the fu

[knotty fiber]

i was debating it but it wouldnt sit right with me if i did it with someone else

me and bosco

[summer forge]

I did it solo as well

hmm, trying to remember what i used for it

Its gunners enclosure, must have to play gunner xd

[knotty fiber]

i only got engie promoted

sadly

[summer forge]

oh, i honestly woulnd't go solo until you have proper overclocks for solo

unless you are like silver engie already

[knotty fiber]

oh noo, i played the game around ~2020 and just recently came back to it

i got like 50hrs only

[summer forge]

Just be mindful that EDD is not really a good idea for solo play, haz 5+ missions give very little time to do objectives between huge waves

[knotty fiber]

yeahhh that was my biggest outtake from my tries, havent gotten past 1st stage

[summer forge]

Also first stage is legit hardest

This week

[knotty fiber]

best attempt was like 8 aquarqs and the black box, but ran out of nitra eventually

[summer forge]

I dug up to the black box from main room as well (had beer for digging)

[prisma lake]

just do objectives during huge waves

[summer forge]

You can, its just pretty hard

Bosco do be carrying those aquarqs even during swarms

[knotty fiber]

yep yep

i sometimes forget that i ordered him to carry it around

and then wondering why isnt he shooting

😆

[summer forge]

if you really want to try solo - remember where aquarqs and nitra are

and try doing it by plan

[knotty fiber]

yep, but i think i'll pass

maybe i'll try other classes

i havent touched anyone other than engie

[summer forge]

you can only go to edd/dd with promoted tho

[knotty fiber]

yup yup

i meant it in a "try em out" way

[summer forge]

have fun!

[solid crane]

What should i expect for this weeks DD

[knotty fiber]

standard DD was a breeze too

i did it yday but honestly dont remember a thing

it wasnt really challenging though

[summer forge]

Really fast

[knotty fiber]

but also that no shield debuff

is really really hurting

especially with the amount of those little bugs

[summer forge]

Not having shield hurts, but dont forget that you also get 30% less total damage

[knotty fiber]

i dont know the name but hooooly arent they annoying

[summer forge]

what is your loadout?

[knotty fiber]

shotty and breach cutter and lure, ive been really unlucky with the overclocks though so i dont have any

[summer forge]

Lure is good, but i just can't stop using plasma grenade at this point
So much free damage, especially with heavier power loadouts

[river pawn]

stage 2's dread is brutal

[hollow junco]

yo how hard is this weeks elite dive?

[limpid pond]

Stage one is a pain, but the other two stages are pretty easy. The nitra is plentiful. Overall fairly quick and easy.

[jolly hazel]

but its in the spawn room

[unkempt lantern]

classic dread in the spawn room how much easier do you want?

[light elm]

whats the edd?

[random rampart]

whats in the (updated every week) pinned messages

[static orbit]

Anyone doing the EDD? no Steve’s tho!

[obtuse tinsel]

Quick question, how can I get the special powder over lock?

[random rampart]

Like all other overclocks, by rng

[scarlet shoal]

EDD stage 1 oh god. Constant swarms of little critters ontop of having no shields so chip dmg everywhere. Getting bombarded by chonky waves of enemies that deplete my ammo reserves. Fun times.

just opted for solo to get the map layout nailed down but dang, struggling to get nitra to fend off waves and also get aquarqs collected to speedrun this even with bosco 😔

[obtuse tinsel]

So just from deep dives and other Things.

[scarlet shoal]

swear to god I might just dig myself a little tunnel/bunker and use gemini + stubby for the electric fence to efficiently camp out the waves of garbage

Still won't guarantee that I'll win cuz I need to find the Aquarqs and there's still enemies roaming around 🤔

[burnt sandal]

I definitely wouldn't recommend that, particularly on point extraction

[limpid pond]

That's the exact opposite of how to play PE lol, being fast is what prevents the map from constantly being caked in bugs

[fresh turtle]

oh my god people refuse to cooperate on the first stage of the EDD

something about shield disruption is also a fucking brain disruption i swear

[scarlet shoal]

yeah just tried it. Definitely didn't work out so well lol

maybe I didn't dig tunnel too far or maybe made it too big. The big guys managed to get me. Might've worked if I had breach cutter though cuz I was using PGL which can't deal with them from the front 🤔

[burnt sandal]

you can make as many tunnels as you'd like, that won't help you much in point extraction

[humble sage]

EDD was fucked this week. First and third stages were horrid

[scarlet shoal]

I mean it does help efficiently clear a wave if it succeeds but otherwise, yeah it doesn't with the mission objectives. Goal is to rush Point Extraction. Problem is that I suck so I can't rush getting all the Aquarqs while being chased by literally anything

Waves come in too quick tho even with Bosco. I'm wasting time gathering Nitra to have enough ammo to survive the waves and still have enough leftover to fend off the multitude of respawning enemies littered around the map

[burnt sandal]

sounds to me you're struggling at killing enemies efficiently enough

you're taking too much time, basically

[scarlet shoal]

Wish I had EM refire for stubby but this game has been choosing to give me every other overclock except that one

[glossy walrus]

if you have em discharge that should do quite well for groups

[limber nimbus]

How experienced with haz 5 should I be before I do edd (this is all solo btw)

[waxen terrace]

if you can solo haz5 and live then edd should be fine mostly

[fresh turtle]

the main issue with stage one of the EDD is that people will walk out of the drop pod and get dropped instantly by the two spitballers

stage 3 is fine because by the time you get there you just have 10 resupplies

[scarlet shoal]

depends on the current EDD though because sometimes its especially rough or sometimes pretty easy. Haz5 follows the same logic anyway but its randomized and not consistent like EDD's set layout. You can pretty much check in every once in awhile on someone running the current EDD and see if you're able to take it on or if you should bail until next EDD 🤔

[lost jungle]

real

[upbeat chasm]

Just shoot the spitball projectiles

Real talk that sounds nasty

on the bright side it's better that the difficulty spike is at the start rather than at the end

Even if it means you dont have excess nitra going in

[scarlet shoal]

Got past 1st and 2nd EDD but was too mentally exhausted to even start doing 3rd EDD

lucked out and didn't get too many oppressors so I was able to efficiently use my breach cutter for safely clearing hordes of grunts and swarmers so I could kite

[jolly hazel]

lol wait till you get the 1 hour dive

[azure delta]

how long is an average deep dive ?

[mental urchin]

it depends on your playstyle. id say ~30-40 minutes

[azure delta]

ok

and if my playstyle is not being good ?

can it expand to like an hour ?

with bad rng and skill issue ?

[mental urchin]

haz levels for regular dd is 3, 3.5, 3.5 so it shouldnt be that big of a deal for casual players. i highly doubt that it will last longer than an hour for you unless you want it to

[azure delta]

ok thanks

[random nimbus]

elite deep dive for xbox anyone ?

[scarlet shoal]

(me doing the EDD up to finishing 2nd stage but hitting past the 1h mark)

fought more waves than necessary due to my slow pace now that I think about it

[random nimbus]

oof

[random nimbus]

on xbox?

[scarlet shoal]

PC lol. If it was on xbox and on controller I don't think I can handle my heightened ineptitude at platforming and aiming

[jolly hazel]

1 hour to get through aquarq+mining?

[brisk pagoda]

you should have bosco on digging duty, not shooting duty

[vast crown]

how do swarms work in deep dives? are they on a timer? can they appear even though you are still dealing with the leftovers from the last swarm?

[flat owl]

they function the same way they function in a normal mission

so on a point extraction yes they could be endless if you stay too long, otherwise no outside of popping multiple eggs and triggering several swarms they will generally not overlap

[burnt sandal]

the swarms function the same as in normal missions, and since there are two primary objectives, the rules applying for each stage is depending on the 1st objective.

[lavish ice]

Soooo, wtf is up with the black box in EDD phase 1? That spot is so cramped

[waxen terrace]

clear the area then

c4 exists

[digital chasm]

its not that bad

[severe tusk]

With 4 players, the black box on stage one of the EDD was located near a wall in a large chamber, which was easy to defend.

[stuck forum]

awooga

[supple zinc]

Nothing like making it to stage 3 of the EDD and then having your game crash

😃

[urban cobalt]

Oof

[supple zinc]

Attempt #2 tomorrow before the reset ig

[fresh turtle]

i found that if you make sure that there arent any unnecessary holes you end up with a kinda of shooting range effect for the black box

everything spawns at the end of the cave and comes towards you

[woven spade]

How much more difficult are elite dives compared to regular ones? Is there comparative hazard levels

[supple quarry]

3 / 3.5 / 3.5 for DD
4.5 / 5 / 5.5 for EDD

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
Planet scanning is now booting up, 24 hours left until new Deep Dives!
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[granite bridge]

dd is haz 3 edd can be 5-6

also https://deeprockgalactic.fandom.com/wiki/Difficulty_Scaling

[jolly hazel]

there is no haz 6

[unkempt saffron]

Modded hazards have haz 6, but thats beyond the scope of the game itself

And beyond deep dives

The max possible haz is only haz 5.5, and to say its the most difficult haz heavily depends on how stage 3 of an edd is

[dim fractal]

Bring at least 1 good CC to the Edd. Doing it without an AOE CC is possible but it sucks ass.

[woven spade]

So edd probably isn't possible for me yet since I'm still getting used to haz 4 and prepping for haz 5?

[burnt sandal]

possible but you might struggle in solo

[woven spade]

👍

[rocky mauve]

does anybody know when deep dives reset?

[pine palm]

#deep-dive-discussion message

[burnt sandal]

every thurdsay, 1pm CET

[dim fractal]

Bring a class tailored for crowd control. You want AOE splash and lots of ammo, with a little bit of single target dps for the regular dreadnaught. There’s also a nemesis.

My scuffed team only had issues with the last mission because the gunner was using ammo efficiency minigun and thus couldn’t deal with the swarmers. Hyper propellant engi and hipster scout, we had a lot of trouble..

On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d rate the pain level a solid 9. Lost hope a couple times but not enough pain to put us down completely.

[lusty shuttle]

I got to the final stage of the EDD last week and it crashed, should I even bother getting the cosmetic today?

[dim fractal]

You here for motivation? Yes. Suffer for that beard cosmetic. Only through struggle and grinding can you shine.

[fiery urchin]

How hard are deep dives? Also, any recommendations for soloing a deep dive? (I primary as scout (only promoted class, so far) and secondary as driller)

[arctic sorrel]

And yet your name is engineer boy

the duality of a dwarf

[cobalt meadow]

just did my first solo elite deep drive/first elite deep dive in general\

totally cheesed it with scout and bosco but I did it it god done it's done

[manic pivot]

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ATTENTION MINERS!
Planet scanning is still in progress, 12 hours left until new Deep Dives!
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[dim fractal]

Deep dives are easy if you have a nice overclock, elite deep dives test your skill.

[unkempt saffron]

If you can do haz 4 and 5, hell even haz 3, then deep dives are piss easy, elites on the other hand will require more focus and require proper builds

[plush dew]

as a reference, regular DD's are haz 3/3.5/4 and EDD's are haz 4.5/5/5.5
they dont spawn events or minerals tho, and due to a lack of multiplier bonuses, gold is even worse than it already is in regular missions.
meaning, you gain a lot of time since you only need to mine nitra and do the objectives, which saves ammo.
DD's are kind of a yawn fest even without upgrades, you keep your nitra (and ammo/hp) per stage, so you just have a ton of it anyway.
EDD's are fairly easy aswell if you can run h4 compftably, some weeks you can get pretty difficult layouts, tho thats rather rare. just try it out and see for yourself tbh.

soloing h5 content as scout often devolves into running away, herding the spawns around, and letting bosco handle stuff. not very plausable in escort, but if you're good and got overclocks to boot then its fairly doable aswell.

[supple quarry]

3 / 3.5 / 3.5 *

[plush dew]

oh ye that's true

[gleaming trench]

thats exactly what i do lmao

[hollow citrus]

salt pits this week please

[manic pivot]

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

[dire terrace]

salty DDs

[sacred rover]

ok yeah the game litearly said screw you right there

i start the black box, the music starts only to imidietly cut out, then 2 menaces, 2 trijaws and a bunch of webspitters imidietly spawn. combined whit that terrain the bulk i just killed created, it killed me.

[dire terrace]

non-driller/engi gameplay

[sacred rover]

i was using driller

[manic pivot]

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

[sly kettle]

Good luck, everyone.

[pearl horizon]

is it me or you cant access them

[ember zephyr]

we're gaming

[brazen musk]

Restart your game

[sacred rover]

slayer stout mvp

[sly kettle]

So what are the Deep Dives?

[sacred rover]

killed a classic dread whit basicly just a pickaxe

[fresh turtle]

slayer stout is good when you think about the number of "strong" enemies that have big weakness to melee damage

i never see people excited for it but its probably one of the better ones to get

especially when you think about how it lets you stretch your ammo slightly more

[vivid zinc]

@quiet mortar you gonna do the weekly thing?

[pearl horizon]

azure weld and magma core

magma core in elite

[fresh turtle]

oooh boy

[scarlet oar]

I always confuse those 2 beers that change something about your damage with your pickaxe

[quiet mortar]

Can never catch a break, always forgetting me am on it now

[fresh turtle]

slayer stout is the better of the two pickaxe beers

slayer is 1/4th power attack cooldown

the other is just 20 extra damage

[sly kettle]

7 second power attack cooldown is so gooood!

[scarlet oar]

I just go with the daily beer no matter what it is, so I wouldn't mind slayer stout

Especially because I power attack anything that gets too close on reaction

[fresh turtle]

also elite deep dive on magma means its time to bust out the elemental shield

[marble veldt]

It's muffin time!

[fresh turtle]

oh wait the weekly deep dive report is an actual person

[pale sigil]

a very dedicated person

[scarlet oar]

Oh boy, I won't play driller on magma core
I still remember when I drilled through a wall and almost got knocked out by a explosive maggot

[fresh turtle]

i thought you were like a bot this whole time

[pale sigil]

thank you Muffin 💗

[quiet mortar]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Azure Weald | Code Name: Natural Avalanche
Stage 1: 250 Morkite + Dreadnought Hiveguard | No Mutators
Stage 2: 6 Eggs + 📡 1 Black Box | Mactera Plague
Stage 3: 200 Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Rival Presence

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Magma Core | Code Name: Great Crypt
Stage 1: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 2 Eggs | Regenerative Bugs
Stage 2: 6 Eggs + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Swarmageddon
Stage 3: 225 Morkite + 2 Eggs | Low Gravity

[fresh turtle]

yeah the formating makes finding the previous ones easy to find too

[quiet mortar]

Lmao, nah I'm real
As far as you know

[shut oracle]

do u run both simultanious or lost at dd stage 1?

[fresh turtle]

man elite deep dive is gonna be nasty this time

that first stage is not looking good

[signal pawn]

@shut oracle you can just boot the dives and go to the esc menu and see what the details of each first stage are

[shut oracle]

ah yeah

[fresh turtle]

still probably better than last weeks tho so theres that

[shut oracle]

why does it look bad? regen bugs isnt that bad

[fresh turtle]

magma core mostly

[shut oracle]

better than swarmageddon at least

ah i kinda like magma

[fresh turtle]

and eggs on refinery is a personal hatred of mine

[shut oracle]

prob get the eggs on a broken pipe phase should be np

[fresh turtle]

it just drags it out too much is my thing

[scarlet oar]

Well, as long as you do eggs first and don't do them during the refining process like my team did last time

[burnt sandal]

you rock

[fresh turtle]

you have the possibilty of having to sit through 2 extra waves of bugs before starting refining

its just a time and resource drain

[shut oracle]

we did them first last week and was huge pain, guess ill try on broken pipe phase this time

but swarmageddon and being afk the first 5min while we were only 2 was more the problem

like we had full cave for an hour

[scarlet oar]

Oh God dammit, morkite on azure

I hated that the last time that happened already

[fresh turtle]

morkite is fine to me cause i can see the glimmer on it

i dont have such luck with dystrum

[sly kettle]

All details for the normal DD already known?

[shut oracle]

i hope i can fix my fps drops cause i want to be scout for that

[fresh turtle]

also morkite has a rougher texture so it sticks out slightly more to me

[scarlet oar]

And rival presence on DD, ew

[shut oracle]

having good scout solves azure morkite

[oak horizon]

6egg 1blackbox mactera stage 2 dd if it isn't already known

[scarlet oar]

I'm getting ptsd from the last morkite azure rival presence DD

[fresh turtle]

lots of black boxes

at least its on normal deep dive

[shut oracle]

at least its in dd and not edd

so dont care

[scarlet oar]

I'll just solo the dd, shouldn't be too hard

[fresh turtle]

honestly normal deep dive looks fine for bringing crispr driller on

[shut oracle]

i enjoy having a harder dd cause its just boring to do most times for me

[fresh turtle]

the one dreadnaught is the only issue and its on stage one

[shut oracle]

just azure gonna pull it into lenght

[wraith shard]

Magma core let's gooo

[shut oracle]

i only hate magma if its drilldozer

[wraith shard]

equips cluster grenades to fuck up the ground even more

My team will suffer

[shut oracle]

maybe dotty parks on vulcano again

so 1 can just repair for whole fuel stop

[fresh turtle]

and there we go

swarms on egg+mule second stage

[waxen surge]

waiting for escort + black box rival presence for stage 3

[brazen musk]

If there are no dreads I don't mind rival presence, since then I can just bring face melter

The issue for me is having those 2 together

[fresh turtle]

theres one dread today on the first stage of normal deep dive

[brazen musk]

Normal deep dive is whatever, you can literally bring anything to it

[fresh turtle]

so honestly you should be fine even without facemelter if its not your style

yeah

[brazen musk]

Sludge will do fine for both in normal dd

[fresh turtle]

any tips for using the sludge gun btw, im always running low on ammo for it way faster than i do the other primaries

i run a full puddle setup btw

with reduced charge shot cost

[brazen musk]

Hmm, not sure, it always seems to be most efficient for me, even with the fast charge. I combo it with the cooker

[fresh turtle]

same

for the cooker bit

[brazen musk]

I take the ammo mod and just aim charged shots at the enemies

[fresh turtle]

ah see i dont take the ammo mod

i forget what i use in its place but i figure taking an ammo mod isnt gonna help with my ammo usage

oh wow they give us a freebie on the 3rd stage of the EDD

[brazen musk]

It's nice when you just want to have goo everywhere, without much care about where you aim it

[fresh turtle]

man MC wants a lot of eggs this week

eggs and morkite

[waxen surge]

Wow, that's a super easy third stage

Low Gravity too

[fresh turtle]

possibly the easiest stage between all 6 stages if you dont account for hazard level

[restive trout]

Dont you love it when the Hiveguard bugs out? And just paces back and forth?

Does it snap out of it eventually or is that a restart?

[torpid solar]

Just let it bite someone

[restive trout]

Cant believe that actually worked.

Thanks Rowno!

[torpid solar]

Regular DD was easy with a tonne of nitra. The only thing of note was that a random Classic Dreadnaught spawned right after taking down B.E.T.C. on the last stage.

[restive trout]

Missing 8 morkite in Azure Weald. Name a more iconic duo.

[potent vector]

EDD was very easy. had like 480 nitra on stage 1 total due to sheer amount of lootbugs

had 2 bulks and 1 nemesis throughout the run

breeders on both stage 2 and 3

I got lots of mactera, combined with the breeders, bring some freeze

[obtuse pasture]

super easy (solo) EDD this week - provided you can handle swarmageddon and haz5 mission in general

[potent vector]

one thing to note: there's very little red sugar on stage 2. so if you have low hp on that stage, you're not gonna like it a bit

[obtuse pasture]

lol I got a LOT of oppressors.. lost count levels of them

[frail gyro]

EDD Stage 2 was pure horror for me. we got 5 bulks. almost the entire main cave was rendered DOT

Not to mention swarmageddon devouring all that nitra from stage 1

[obtuse pasture]

i think multiplayer EDD this week will be more annoying than solo.. just because of stupid terrain layout and annoying egg positions (no probs for bosco of course)

[obtuse pasture]

I had my questionable test build .. but swarmageddon does eat ammo particularly during busy swarms.,. when I play solo I usually double pull eggs but man this one was touch and go at stage 2.. stage 1/3 are easy in comparison

[frail gyro]

Combined with the periodic wave behaviour of egg missions and the mule legs also spawning a lot... it can get extremely messy and lengthy..

[obtuse pasture]

FYI Stupid build is Gunner - AC Combat Mobility 32312 and Coilgun UMC 12123 with Sticky nades. The build is fun.. but questionable particularly going in blind to an EDD

[obtuse pasture]

I think a 4 player drop into the main area could be ugly AF.. I had the explosion of my bulk pop an egg and it got ugly for a bit had 2 downs (only ones of the mission) in stage 2 - due to stupid quakes making me crawl like a snail as my shield dropped.. that was brutal

[frail gyro]

we decided to drill into the cave so we can atleast hold a choke.... then bulks appeared and snatched that dream from us

going into all these mule legs unprepared can spell disaster with this spawn pool

[obtuse pasture]

but all in .. not a bad EDD for a first timer.. if you have never done an EDD before this is a good week to start. No dreads, no bollocks modifiers and no escort of tricky 10 Aq stage 3 PE with a terrible mode etc

[summer forge]

@quiet mortar huh, my stage 1 is 250 morkite and it’s a hiveguard dreadnought

On DD

Not 200 morkite and dred classic

[burnt sandal]

you might wanna restart your game after making sure your system clock is synced properly

[summer forge]

The name is the same

Which is weird

I’m still gonna get rewards?

[burnt sandal]

Probably but for some reasons you don't have the same seed as other players

[summer forge]

System clock is okay

It’s not even the start of dd, it’s like 4 hours since already

Weird

Haven’t encountered to bug out like that yet

Anyway

Blown up hiveguard to bits with detonator

Totally worth the time

[burnt sandal]

@summer forge Did you first started the game on Steam or did you transfer your save from the Microsoft version ?

[summer forge]

Steam first started

Sorry for wrong ping then, I didn’t know that getting different seed works like that

I do get a rewards, so, nothing wrong really

[burnt sandal]

I think your ping is fine. If anything, it's an interesting "bug"

[summer forge]

@burnt sandal I checked the clock and reloading the game didn’t help with it tho

I still get 250 morkite mission

[burnt sandal]

very weird 😄

[gloomy dome]

I got hive for stage 1 on DD

[potent vector]

yea I got hiveguard too on stage 1

[sly vapor]

is the edd hard this week?

[dim fractal]

Doesn’t look hard. Looks like you can stack crowd control and win

First one also has regen bugs so you can get an immortal steeve

[sly vapor]

i read that stage 2 is really hard

[gloomy dome]

If you're a scout, yes

Otherwise swarmageddon is just an inconvenience

[dim fractal]

Crossbow with bodkin bolts for CC, hipster m1000 with blowthrough for everything else. Scout has no real AOE splash for swarmers (besides drak splash but I’ve never tested it personally) so the EDD will kick your ass.

Pheromone grenades are your go-to for “oh shit” situations, and there’s no bosses so IFG isn’t really gonna shine as well

[twin idol]

Can’t remember the exact build, but I use GK2 focused on rate of fire, ammo and weakspot damage. Shotgun with blowthrough rounds. Cryo nades.

Use GK2 for single target, shotty for clearing grunts or killing frozen praets/wardens. Cryo prioritised for breeders, overwhelming swarmers and overwhelming mactera.

A lot of solo scouting is about heavy focusing threats you can deal with (breeders, spitballers, praets, slashers, spitters), ignoring stuff that isn’t a threat (non-slasher grunts, oppressors etc), and letting bosco deal with the threats you can’t deal with effectively (swarmers)

Build is secondary to all of this

[dim fractal]

AI stability for weak spot or overclocked mechanism for RoF. There’s a clean over lock that boosts rof by 1 and reload by 0.3 if that’s what you mean

[twin idol]

I think that’s the OC I use, yeah

[echo storm]

I like using Drak with Overtuned Particle Accelerator and the Zhukov Nuk 15s with cryo minelets

essentially freeze with the minelets and kill with the Drak

and cryo nades for breeders and the like

you do end up having to become a short to medium ranged engagement type character though

[dim fractal]

You can usually get under the whales and shoot em in the mouth

Espec with overturned accelerator you can probably melt them, but I don’t use the drak personally. I use rewiring or the fire one only

[hoary cove]

it’s not

[hoary cove]

ifg is always pog

[ebon anchor]

Stage 2 EDD, definitely don't take it too lightly

There are a lot of spawns

It's not super hard but can really take teams by surprise if they aren't prepared.

The only downs on my team happened on this stage. No downs for us on other stages.

I think it would be easier on solo cos the swarm size from swarmaggedon is a lot smaller. 4p those swarmers kinda crazy.

[wraith shard]

2 detonators at once in stage 2

💀

(EDD)

[tacit marsh]

What are the EDD missions this week? I’m thinking of bringing my engi for once

[severe tusk]

Check the pinned messages.

[wraith shard]

Check the pinned messages.

[limpid pond]

Impact Deflection Drak (11122) + Embedded Detonators Zhukovs (11231). Your primary demolishes groups, your secondary demolishes Dreads and priority targets alike. Combine with IFGs for long lasting CC, and you have a loadout that's super effective vs everything other than Mactera Plague, but even that is plenty doable.

[plucky compass]

wow that low gravity in stage 3 was really nice

refreshingly easy compared to the other two

[quiet mortar]

Thanks thought I might be wrong on that

[summer forge]

As long as I am not imagining or having a bug xd

It is also 250 morkite for stage one

not big deal tbh

[quiet mortar]

Fixed, sorry about that lol

I tend to focus too much on the EDD lol

[vocal portal]

Fully cleared my first edd today. Somewhat proud of myself. Sludge pump is a beast of a weapon, especially if you dont need to kill a lot of bigger bugs, so you can grab an aoe build on it and melt hordes down

[scarlet shoal]

That pump ontop of the ceiling smh

[jolly hazel]

lots of nitra this week

[scarlet shoal]

Considering the amount of time spent digging holes, swarmers, mactera, spitballers, and bulk detonators... yeah thats still quite a lot of nitra this week. 😉

[jolly hazel]

swarmers are a one tap

[jolly hazel]

which platform? no cileing pump for us

[scarlet shoal]

PC EDD Stage 1. There was one morkite pump on some isolated cliffside/edge near the ceiling of the map. Had to mine my way up but then I remembered I was engineer so I just platformed it lol

[ebon anchor]

I don't remember any pumps on EDD being out of reach. The one at the bottom below the mining rig maybe

The rest I could reach without anything, very nearby

Are the pump locations RNG, maybe that's why I got lucky

[jolly hazel]

weird

windows store?

[scarlet shoal]

Yeah windows

[jolly hazel]

that might be why

level gen quirks

[scarlet shoal]

Was looking for my role but then I remembered Microsoft store crossplays with Xbox so I gotta get this Xbox role smh

[deep lake]

What’s a great build with Drak Thermal Exhaust Oc

[scarlet shoal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltJ2Q7ZzKzg
@ebon anchor @jolly hazel This is what I had to deal with smh. Mining Rig is down a ditch with no ramp up and then there's an Oil Pump basically near the ceiling with also no ramp up.
Mining Rig at 1:50 and Oil Pump at 2:50 and 4:00 (terrain scanner)

[waxen terrace]

lol this week's EDD is literally an easter egg hunt

[scarlet shoal]

Nitra everywhere though atleast so even if we take awhile, we got plenty of resources to spare

[jaunty python]

anyone need an engi for the dive? i need a team that knows whats up

might be the wron channel

[scarlet shoal]

There's LFG channels and make sure ur on the right platform

[dim fractal]

Bring CC for second stage, don’t forget the eggs up top or you’ll regret it.

Second stage EDD is pretty rough, but easy with 2 people on CC

Any dot that slows is also important because there really isn’t much of a fighting area

[echo storm]

actually yeah the second stage edd required some neuron activation cause we pulled 4 eggs at once after a swarm started

[summer forge]

I played this EDD solo with salvo hurricane
Worst mistake of my life, holy crap it was unreal to kill swarmers consistently
At least I learned how to use zips against waves well

I think gunner is the best solo edd runner, he is not the fastest, but having like 12 shields per stage carries

[grave mantle]

New player here. What are deep drives for? Are they better than normal missions?

[lusty shuttle]

What's CC in this context?

Crowd control?

[lusty shuttle]

Deep dives let you get overclocks and the blank cores you need to get overclocks from certain events you can randomly find in missions.

[long pivot]

anyone else get two random dread waves on the deep dive????

[bleak dagger]

3 bulks stage 2 EDD

theres a mactera plague in disguise

my run had like 12 mactera grabbers

[civic island]

^

legit 3 bulks and 12 grabbers

there were so many grabbers the sound was overlapping

[exotic sundial]

So are edd's just beefed up enemies

[potent vector]

not quite

the edd stages difficulty’ are at 4,5/5/5,5 respectively I believe

so only the third stage enemies would have higher than haz5 scalings

aside from that, due to the dives having 2 primary objective counts, there would be more primary objective related swarm triggers.

so that random ass PE swarm+egg swarm or mini mule swarm can stack for example

[odd comet]

And also because on certain missions spawns scale with time, and the timer doesn't reset beween DD/EDD missions, getting a time-scaled mission on the last stage can be extra spicy

And also it's hazard 5. A lot of people aren't good at or at least comfortable with hazard 5, but they still want the cores which means you might be doing it with a team that's not used to hazard 5, which means it can be easier to get overwhelmed by large numbers of enemies that seem to be spawning as fast as you can kill them

[dull nexus]

Oh my sweet Jesus stop giving me secondary OCs

[dawn zealot]

i think i died to maggots more than anything else
first solo edd though so im proud ish

enemy that god spammed at me was goo bombers, i had like 30 in total

[reef bison]

Those maggots were fucking annoying

Never noticed them that bad before

[dawn zealot]

Ah yes let me just put flames at my feet so these swarmers don't kill me
: bonjour

[blazing current]

Which is harder, finding who asked or finding the last 7 morkite

[dawn zealot]

🤨

[ivory marten]

Anything weird I should be aware of for this week's deep dive?

[still ice]

Which one

[ivory marten]

Regular.

[still ice]

Elite or default

Ok

Azure Weald doesn't have many unique enemies

Cave angels of course but they aren't hostile

[ivory marten]

I'm more referring to the dive itself and its terrain.

[still ice]

Large cliffs and drop offs

[ivory marten]

I see.

[cyan dragon]

its hard

[ivory marten]

MHM. YES.

[still ice]

Cave angels recommend for travel

[ivory marten]

I SEE.

[still ice]

They are really helpful in that biome

[ivory marten]

VERY ASTUTE OBSERVATION, MR HOLMES.

[dull nexus]

elementary my dear Watson

[ivory marten]

but yeah, anything funky in the deep dive?

[cyan dragon]

enemies

[ivory marten]

Not asking you @cyan dragon

[dull nexus]

Nah it was much better than last week

Except stage 2 EDD

[ivory marten]

I'm doing regular dive.

[dull nexus]

Nothing special there too

[dawn zealot]

The terrain of stage 2 edd is ugh

[dull nexus]

It was pain

But not as pain as last week

[dawn zealot]

At least there's a hoarder

But god theres a big crack that it goes through isn't there

Stage one has that sneaky spitballer

Stage 3 is easy

at least with bozco

[dull nexus]

There wasn’t a hoarder for me

[ivory marten]

Thanks for warning me about the brood nexus.

And Spitballer.

[dawn zealot]

You didn't have a hoarder stage 2 edd? Odd

[dull nexus]

Yea I didn’t

Too busy trying to survive swarmageddon

[dawn zealot]

Fair

Mine was right outside the pod

So I just tunnel visioned onto hoarder and burned jt

[dull nexus]

Damn nice

[ivory marten]

FUCKING MACTERAS.

I failed the dive.

[errant moat]

Ice ice baby

[wraith shard]

it m1000

[latent adder]

Is it me or it seems everyone lose their braincells as soon as they're on the 2nd mission EDD ?

[jolly hazel]

its a weird cave

but pretty open

lots of good space to kite

one of the easier edd recently imo

[feral pilot]

Hardest part of second stage, at least for the team I was with, was clearing and getting set up in the open room. Otherwise it was nice and simple

[dawn zealot]

hardest part of second stage is probably just getting into that room and not getting fucked over by a maggot

[violet warren]

Magma maggots are kill on sight for me

[dawn zealot]

i died an embarrassing amount to them soloing the edd

oh right swarmaggedon can also be annoying

i forgot second stage had swarmaggedon

[blazing current]

Quite a lot of mactera aswell, they wiped us out

Gonna try again tomorrow

[dawn zealot]

the amount of god damn goo bomber i got

eugh

[queen patrol]

just had the very bright idea of doing the black box during an egg swarm

as solo scout..

[dim wigeon]

2 bulk, a nemesis, and opressor in the starting drop

on 2nd EDD, dang

also i'm so sure that 2nd stage of EDD there's mactera plague hidden

[scarlet shoal]

I had to solo EDD purely for Bosco abuse infinite ammo to deal with swarmers while I walked around the place like a leisurely stroll

[queen patrol]

ok both dives done

final rating, 1/10
too many macteras but it let me use special powder in low grav

[stuck matrix]

when does season 2 end?

[dawn zealot]

Late quarter 4 of the year supposedly

[potent seal]

what a miserable dive

went scout and teammates went down every other minute

had to clutch from last man standing multiple times

shame, the edd seemed like it woulda been a bit more chill if my teammates helped

[dawn zealot]

This weeks edd was easy but I didn't find it fun
Though thats a very personal opinion cause I'm not a fan of eggs for whatever reason and swarmaggedon is one of my least favorites

[potent seal]

yeah, it seemed very easy but teammates left me for dead against the swarmers multiple times

and then got mad when i didnt mine nitra lol

[proper timber]

Jesus Christ I know the EDD is supposed to be hard but wtf is that second stage

I swear I saw more praetorians then swarmers

I am so sad I died on the second stage I knew the last egg I got would cause a swarm but I couldn’t get to the pod

[lilac bloom]

i never run edd pubs if theres swarmageddon, idk why but i have more chill runs with lethal enemies than this

[violet warren]

Swarmageddon puts a lot of pressure on the driller to suppress swarms

[jolly hazel]

or gunner

or engie

if engie has a sentry up in a good spot they are a non issue

and if gunner brings aoe they die in about 5 shots

[blazing cave]

sadge. this edd broke my win streak

[bleak dagger]

me too

[light harbor]

So for the deep dives, is it only 3 cards a week or can I do the deep dive again to get more cards?

[alpine raptor]

only the 3.

[blazing cave]

they only give ya the cores once

[lofty parrot]

i hate the core. all three stages suck especially 2

apparently the guys i joined were doing it for a while

[dusty narwhal]

damn I joined two deep dive but end up lose connection in the middle of missions both, then I tried to be host but no one comes.... feels bad 😦 can't finish my first deep dive

is it my problem or the server

[lofty parrot]

im pretty sure theres no server. its all p2p so its you

[jolly hazel]

check that "friends only" isn't ticked on the escape screen

[ebon anchor]

Hosting public dd always take some time for people to join

[quaint matrix]

was just sitting in the lobby on a edd waiting for the host to start it. i was the host.

[plush dew]

shouldnt take that long unless you're in oceania maybe. and if the time of day is bad, but its the weekend, so should be good no matter what.

[hexed night]

should i take deep dive normal or elite usually ?

[jolly hazel]

depends on what level of challenge you want

[lofty talon]

how hard is this weeks EDD? is it realistic to do it solo?

[burnt sandal]

looks like it yeah

[wraith shard]

what is the third mission on edd?

[dawn zealot]

Morkite and egg i think

225 and 2

Both eggs are very deep and at the end of the cave

[wraith shard]

ok

thx

[blazing current]

Phew finally done with EDD

You really need to plan out in stage 2 or it is instant loss

[wraith shard]

ok

[dawn zealot]

Kill maggots and make sure you have swarm kill

[burnt sandal]

don't forget to check the pinned messages in the future ^^

[alpine raptor]

Anyone else getting absolutely gutted in stage 2? Like, hot damn.

[blazing current]

I did, 4 times

[burnt sandal]

EDD ?

[alpine raptor]

Oui Oui

[blazing current]

Just need to plan out before doing anything, and stick together

[dawn zealot]

I got screwed over by a maggot stage 2
And a bulk as well

[alpine raptor]

The maggots... Brother! I feel this.

[dawn zealot]

The maggot killed me, the bulk just made pathing harder

[burnt sandal]

Okay, I haven't done it but I can offer some wisdom :

• make sure to always have at least two person in the group who can deal with swarmers. Having some AoE at hands is recommended.
• Since it's egg hunt, you can take your time BUT that means more swarmers spawning if you take too long. It's gonna be a nightmare to balance the timing right. If everyone is fresh and confident, you can pop eggs one after the other fairly quickly but that's not gonna happen all the time. You'll have to work quickly to gather nitra and drop some supplies preemptively.
• Try not to pop multiple eggs at a time. And you might wanna do the mini-mules first : they give out some nitra upon repair.

[dawn zealot]

I also got a bulk stage 3 which wasn't fun to deal with because it made the egg swarms much harder

[blazing current]

Atleast plenty of nitra in this edd

[dawn zealot]

Yeah

Don't pull too many eggs unless you're confident and have both swarm eggs out of the way

[echo storm]

yeah stage 2 took the longest

[alpine raptor]

I'm just gonna go AGAIN! Cryo Driller is always hungry.

[blazing current]

Also prepare for mini swarm when you walk close to one of the mini mules for the first time

[dawn zealot]

Bozco is honestly really good for the edd this week

So if you feel like you want to solo, go for it

[burnt sandal]

not sure they spawn some if they are the second objective

IIRC the spawning rules applying depend on the first objective, and in this case, it's eggs.

so there should not be a swarm when coming close to the mini-mules

[dawn zealot]

Eggs always cause at least 1 swarm though right, like even if they're a secondary objective
Maybe I just had some wicked coincidences

2 [secondary]: 1
4: 1
6: 2
8: 3

[blazing current]

Oh right

[burnt sandal]

Not sure they do, can't recall for sure

[dawn zealot]

I think it might only be eggs that are like that

Which I guess makes some sense

Did anybody else get a huuli stage 2 though

[burnt sandal]

looks like it yes

those are seeded so everybody should have it

at least on Steam

[hexed night]

i somehow manage to find a Bet C in my first Deep Dive
She can spawn in deep dive ?

[burnt sandal]

yeah, she can

[hexed night]

huh

[dawn zealot]

Right outside to the left is where I found the huuli btw for anybody that wants it
Be aware of the crack it can escape through nearby

[wraith shard]

oh

[blazing current]

I got huuli at stage 2

[lofty talon]

wait, maggots do something?

shit

no way right

[dawn zealot]

They explode in magma core

So if one crawls near you while you're trying to put flames on the ground to prevent swarmaggedon from killing you you just, die

[lofty talon]

oh shit

[dawn zealot]

I think all of my deaths were because of maggots

[fiery urchin]

Well I attempted my first deep dive with a scout, forgot to make sure everything was set and got overwhelmed on stage 2 and failed (out of ammo out of nitra)

[blazing cave]

there is just an absurd amount of stuff spawning during 2nd stage

at one point i looked up and saw a stupid amount of web spitters up on the ceiling

[fiery urchin]

I saw stupid amounts of flyers on stage 2, so my grenades were next to useless. The swarmageton was manageable in the first stage. I think I have a burning hatred of swarmers now (learned the scout’s shotgun works quite well against swarmers).

[dawn zealot]

I got like 20 goo bombers when I did it, very annoying

[polar wyvern]

how hard is the EDD this week? any tips on loadout needed

[river pawn]

man

whenever the EDD starts with a liquid morkite mission, it trivializes the next 2 stages

they just give so much nitra

[dawn zealot]

Edd isn't as hard as some others have been but stage 2 has vibe checked many

[alpine raptor]

Stage 2 was a vibe check. Got out by a beard's hair. Stage 3 is cake. Cryo Driller FTW!

[alpine raptor]

Elemental Insulation. Help reduce some of that chip damage.
Unstoppable to reduce the movement penalty from quakes.

[dawn zealot]

Driller is a must, stage 2 needs heavy swarm clear and has bleh terrain and he can also make one part of the first stage easier

A must in drg terms, aka heavily recommended

[alpine raptor]

I dug a hole from the spawn room to the main landing in stage 2 and it made all the difference.

[lofty talon]

i tried stage two without a driller, and we probably got down 10 times each person

it was really bad

[fresh turtle]

yeah even tho im probably better with minigun if any stage of the EDD has swarm on I i bring the autocannon

cause i am not about to deal with that shit even with the most competent driller

[ebon anchor]

minigun with burning hell works too, that's what I ran on my run

[fiery trench]

did i hear rock and stone?

[frail sorrel]

Holy Jesus that elite dive is aptly named and a VERY HARD FOUGHT victory

If anyone's looking to do it, i very strongly suggest that gunners bring autocannon with either carpet bomber or Neurotoxin

[lone agate]

holy shit the second mission in the elite dive is hell

even with driller flamethrower for swarm clear

[jolly hazel]

just stay in the middle chamber

you have huge sight lines

[swift inlet]

EDD is alright, driller is my preferred pick, terrain is a bitch this week

[molten torrent]

anyone know why my game suddenly goes down to 30 fps

[jolly hazel]

try #bug-discussion

[lone agate]

does anyone keep crashing in the second elite mission?

[swift inlet]

It may be do to a massive amount of bugs spawn

Not much you really can do if it's a PC problem, I haven't had trouble with crashes for either deep dives

[lone agate]

swarmageddon probably is what's crashing my game then

it never crashes on anything else

[storm narwhal]

overlays can limit you fps, make sure discord/fps counters or any other overlays aren't limiting your frames

[jolly hazel]

turning off steam overlay gives me a slight boost as well

[dull perch]

i haven't done a deep dive before. can someone please tell me how they work so i don't go in blind?

[sacred escarp]

that second stage of an elite deep dive was something

took me 4 attempts to complete it

[trail depot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/692373882740670568/992909231395197018/unknown.png

bunkie moment

[lusty shuttle]

DRG just froze and went completely unresponsive when I was hosting an EDD. I had to use task manager to close it.

[jolly hazel]

https://deeprockgalactic.fandom.com/wiki/Deep_Dives

[grim tundra]

TL;DR: 3 missions back to-back with same nitra/gold/ammo/health deposit. 2 required objectives per mission. Hazard 3, 3.5, 3.5 for regular deep dive and 4.5, 5, 5.5 for elite deep dive + 2-3 warnings total

Was curious how short could I make this with inclusion of critical info

[safe fractal]

don't forget about each mission having 2 required objectives instead of one mandatory and one optional

[grim tundra]

Right

[wraith shard]

anyone else struggling with this week's EDD?

4 attempts so far and I've only got as far as stage 2

[dull perch]

Thank you!

[hoary cove]

i cud help you with it

[wraith shard]

just finished it on my 5th attempt but thanks for the offer

[jolly hazel]

man thats some shitty teammate rng lol

[umbral valley]

just finished the EDD solo

pain.

[atomic prawn]

did you go scout 😂

[umbral valley]

no i went driller

[odd plank]

why do deep dives automatically set to private when launching?

[wanton knot]

just did the edd in a pub. stage 1 and 2 were so bad holy heck

hella nitra at least

[unkempt saffron]

stage 2 was quite the challenge, sucks that 2 of my randos DCed during stage 3

[vapid roost]

Trying to avoid what the objectives are in the EDD
can someone say how hard it is, running with my DRG partner in 3 hours

[vapid roost]

W pfp

[blazing current]

Stage 2 is hard, stick together and plan before doing the objectives

Stage 1 and 3 is a breeze

[lime dirge]

Is this

ADVERTISING!?

[jolly hazel]

<@&296918282403840000>

[devout wing]

Both random games i had, thet would down themselves on that huge hole with no proper exit, and i would try to help , and the game ended there

[ivory marten]

The poor bastard got hacked.

[lime dirge]

Rip

[jolly hazel]

its still up

[azure delta]

Mods actually ban the person but don't resolve the problem

Maybe it's difficult idk i'm not a mod

But it's a bit weird

[jolly hazel]

the message can be deleted

[random rampart]

the dude behind the account deleted it. it was not an account ban

[azure delta]

Oh ok

[primal gale]

just a quick question can randoms join my deep dive whilst im doing it or am i alone for the entire thing

also Can I leave a deep dive and then finish it later or is it all in one sitting

[random rampart]

after you start a deep dive, no one else can join

only those on your lobby get to do it

with you, that is

[jolly hazel]

one sitting

[surreal drum]

Hello guys i have big problem i dont know how to explain but when i playing Best game DRG i have flashing black stratching objectives/things on my screen, when i have bigger swarn i have more intense black flashing. I tried somethings but didnt work. Thanks for help i have this for 2 weeks

[primal gale]

thx

[primal gale]

thx

[jolly hazel]

sounds like gpu artifacting

update drivers/verify integrity of drg

or maybe ur gpu is dying

[dim fractal]

They can only join in the first stage, after that you’re committed.

[old widget]

switch to DX11. also, #bug-discussion is the best place for tech support / glitches as there's a lot of common problems folks have (like this one)

[surreal drum]

Okey ty

[wanton knot]

yikes, somehow the randoms i was with didn't dc and we managed to get through it with like 15 downs on that stage alone

we had to leave our driller behind on all 3 stages

i was also playing gunner with an aoe build so i just kept shooting the floor. entire floor was untouchable

never playing gunner on magma core again unless im bringing a direct dmg primary

[old widget]

I do love a good host crash during extraction on stage 3 of EDD 😦

[wraith shard]

is this week's elite deep dive hard not counting it being on magma core?

[ember otter]

Depends on how dumb your teammates are.
If you have some leroy jenkins in your squad 2nd stage will be a pita, long as you take it slow it shouldn't be too bad.

[dim fractal]

On stage 2, clear the initial packs of mobs that spawn and then enter the main room and kill the spitballers and spawners ASAP. There’s lots of nitra but you still want to hurry

Have the scout get the eggs while the gunner covers him, meanwhile the driller and engineer either stay with the gunner or help get nitra.

It’s important to cover the scout cause lots of the eggs are in the ceiling, and if the scout dies while getting them i can assure you that reviving them is gonna suck

From a support gunner perspective, as long as you cover your team from swarmers and ambushes while they do their jobs then the entire dive isn’t that difficult.

[unkempt saffron]

Also, mandatory aoe gunner builds just for stage 2, so ntp, cb, ss autocannon or fm, salvo hurricane are top tier

[summer forge]

how do you use salvo against swarmers?

[summer forge]

salvo really doesnt work for me against swarmers, not sure how to use it

[jolly hazel]

charge it and run backwards

aim for center of swarme

[fierce stirrup]

Karl would be proud

[frigid swallow]

has any1 crashed on stage 2 of EDD

[frank viper]

no but someone crashed into a door with 5 edds on

[manic pivot]

_ _
ATTENTION MINERS!
We are hearing rumors that some dwarves are still not done with this weeks Deep Dives!
We want to remind you that there's only half a week left until our scanners pick up new missions!
_ _

[lime dirge]

We didn't get a single nemmy during edd

This is what I call being lucky

Lol

[humble sage]

aww I'm sorry 🤗
better luck next time!

[lime dirge]

Ikr

What a scam

Smh

[unkempt saffron]

Salvo is a bit of an acquired taste imo, like someone else said just charge it till the first 2 or 3 boxes are red and fire at the swarm of swarmers

[crimson lagoon]

Just had a really rough EDD stage 2...

[nocturne stratus]

apologize to whoever i was in elite deepdive, this game wont stop crashin

[next vessel]

any veteran wanna help me out in a edd? i promoted all classes but rather not play engineer did play and win some haz 5 missions too

[next vessel]

wtf i did the first deep dive solo but i think this week's one is impossible to do all 3 stages solo

too many swarmers + hot ground + eggs and repairing mules spawns even more enemies on the 2nd stage what the hell

[sly vapor]

let bosco take the eggs while you fix mules, scout sucks for swarmageddon

[open ginkgo]

is bosco allowed in deep dives?

[burnt sandal]

yes

[next vessel]

what if i am driller? is solo recommended only as scout?

[jolly hazel]

you are having trouble with swarmers as driller?

are you using flamer? lol

[open ginkgo]

Actually how viable is it to solo deep dives?

[jolly hazel]

repairing doesn't spawn them, just walking near the mules triggers a spawn in roughly 20 seconds. you can use that to your advantage and get somewhere defensible

[jolly hazel]

lots of people do it

you just need to be very situationally aware and good at killing

which comes with experience

less so for dd

[burnt sandal]

it's doable, with any class, though some might struggle more than others, but it's all up to your own skill

[jolly hazel]

I was referring to edd solo

[open ginkgo]

So I probably shouldn’t for my first few

[jolly hazel]

that is up to you

trial by fire is always fun

if you can handle haz 3 you can probably handle a solo dd

[open ginkgo]

Oh that’s fine

[dull nexus]

It’s kinda insanely impressive how people manage to solo speed run EDD

Like damn 30 minutes for EDD?

How

[jolly hazel]

lol

pull all eggs immediately

[dull nexus]

Do you guys like memorize the cave layout?

[jolly hazel]

kite the bugs while the drop pod is coming back in

yeah its usually not the first run

[open ginkgo]

Are there any specific perks that are really good in the context of deep dives or are usually sets fine

[jolly hazel]

same thing with game speedrund

memorize where shit is

and then do it immediately on fresh run

[jolly hazel]

dash is mandatory, other active is either IW or Field Medic

[dull nexus]

Do you like even stop to mine nitra?

Or just straight to objectives

[jolly hazel]

field medic is useless with solo though

so you might try beastmaster or hover boots

[open ginkgo]

What’s IW?

[jolly hazel]

iron will

[open ginkgo]

Oh right

[jolly hazel]

idk you'd have to ask someone who does it lol

for passive id take resupplier, thorns, and born ready

born ready is mandatory-ish

other two are up to you

[dull nexus]

Don’t be like me and take second wind 💀

[jolly hazel]

but I like fast resups and hate swarmers and jellies

[open ginkgo]

I assume iron will wants something like vampire to guarantee survival

[jolly hazel]

thats one method

[dull nexus]

Will you try speedrunning?

[jolly hazel]

other is look for red sugar

you can replace thorns with vampire

[open ginkgo]

I don’t trust myself to spot red sugar in a panic

[jolly hazel]

no, I dont find enjoyment in it

[dull nexus]

Ah okay

[jolly hazel]

you have roughly 9 or 10 seconds to look around during your final "down"

before popping IW

[open ginkgo]

Im assuming bosco revives don’t refresh between missions right?

[jolly hazel]

they do

you get a lot of the bonuses of multiple missions tacked together

(bosco revives and nitra)

[next vessel]

i usually go cryo cannon or sludge but no overclocks yet. also ye there were like insane amounts of swarmers and big ones too and if u get stuck in a hole u end up wasting revives idk i dont really like solo

[jolly hazel]

this week id go flamer

but yeah I despise solo tbh

game is much more fun with others

all I can say if u get stuck in the hole is drill baby drill

[hexed night]

can u deep dive all the time or is there a limit

[dull nexus]

You can deep dive all the time

But the rewards are one time

[vast crown]

why can dreadnoughts bite behind themselves? i just lost a good run because it bit me when i was picaxing its abdomen

[quaint ore]

All mobs can do that

Or well enemies i should say

[jolly hazel]

could also be host-client desync in dread positioning

there are no dreads this week though besides stage 1 dd

[dim fractal]

They can also shoot from behind them

[jolly hazel]

yeah that ones catches me off guard a lot lol

[next vessel]

my bad for not explaining i was stuck on a hole in the ceiling to get an egg so either i would get the egg from the hole and go back the way i came or die to drop it down and waste a life but couldnt find the egg before the hole was swarmed by praetorians and such and ended up wasting 3 lifes just there lol

[old widget]

C4

[brisk pagoda]

butt teeth

[severe finch]

HECK

We almost cleared the second stage of EDD but died trying to get back to the drop pod

[subtle solstice]

Hey, can anyone give me a quick rundown of this week's DD?

[random rampart]

yes, the pinned messages can

its updated every week

[tall meadow]

Yes updated by a living bot

[wraith shard]

Hello

[lone agate]

does anyone have any idea how to do the second elite deep dive mission

i've thrown myself at it like 10 times

[wide sorrel]

My SO and I beat the elite DD in under an hour

[brisk pagoda]

a decent achievement for magma core with a refinery

[severe finch]

My team tackled the large room first when we ALMOST beat it. We did die during extraction but it's the farthest I've gotten

If you're a gunner, I absolutely recommend a Thunderhead w a Magic Bullet Bulldog.

[jolly hazel]

kill good

stay in the middle rumpus room

and dont go down into the pit in the middle of the big room

gunner carpet bomber/splintering shells/boreotoxin snoreload if you want to carry

[jolly hazel]

yeah thats rough, best you can do is just use map and dig a tunnel that is open to the main cave on the side so you can bug out if you need to

woops sorry didnt mean to ping you

[hexed night]

only one time huh ?

each stage

or

once dive

[jolly hazel]

you get 1 set of rewards per week

depending on how many stages you clear

[quiet wyvern]

anyone struggling with the elite dive this week?

[hexed night]

ah so

i can only have my rewards once a week

[glossy minnow]

trying to do it with randoms, failed once on second stage and had my game crash once on second stage :c

[quiet wyvern]

oof

[glossy minnow]

first one goes pretty well with my driller loadout, but I only had one other person

had someone die in the first minute and they immediately left the game lmaooo

[quiet wyvern]

Duo's and solo shouldn't be too difficult if you bring the right loadout, usually with driller and scout can be a good combo, drilling anywhere, swarm clearing, and scout can provide light and be quick to take out a breeder or 2 with cryo grenades

[quiet wyvern]

green beards be like that sometimes

[glossy minnow]

might have to break out the NTP to get it done, I dunno

I haven't actually fully completed an elite dive yet

[quiet wyvern]

Neurotoxin payload can be good, the Dot is nice plus it helps to delay regen bugs when afflicted

[quiet wyvern]

you'll get there someday, just keep trying

[glossy minnow]

sludge pump was doing pretty good at that, and driller is almost necessary for that first stage

[quiet wyvern]

drillers do make it easier on refining as they can drill right to the pumpjacks from the refinery, and make path's for easier pipeline construction

[glossy minnow]

might swap off sludge blast for my full puddle focused build though

[quiet wyvern]

if you have a decent build with the cryo cannon, that can also help, cold radiance helps against swarmers too, plus if you have vampire, extra dmg. on drills, and even impact axes, sustain on driller can be easy that way. And i mean that in a great way from my personal experience

[glossy minnow]

yea I have that set up as one of my builds on driller, though with that you kinda have to rely on your team for big single target damage

I do have heavy hitter OC for EPC though

[quiet wyvern]

that is true also

[glossy minnow]

I like sludge blast with persistent plasma OC, nice combo of single target and crowd control

[quiet wyvern]

do you have either Explosive chemical rounds or inferno overclocks per chance?

[glossy minnow]

but TFC kinda sucks on magma core biome

[glossy minnow]

nope, sadly

[quiet wyvern]

ah well, if you did, both those are fun, inferno can be used against crowds and ignite big enemies, allowing for the Loki smart rifles explosive rounds to have extra dmg. provided with the mods electro chemical rounds and electric generator mod

[glossy minnow]

I have executioner OC for Loki that I like to pair with the PGL

[quiet wyvern]

Executioner is also nice, and provided you have a decent build with it, executioner can really help to deal with those oppressors and praetorians

[hexed night]

deep dive with randos is a bad idea

tbh

deep dive is pretty fun on solo

[old widget]

Hard disagree, IMO randos are a lot more fun than solo, to each their own I guess

[quiet wyvern]

well i did my run of the EDD with rando's, beat it first time through

[frozen field]

elite deep dive this week can suck my DICK

[jolly hazel]

whats giving you issue

[timber rune]

what does PGL mean?

[jolly hazel]

grenade launcher

[humble sage]

It was so hard. The third time I tried it there was a nemesis spawn too , during the opening phase of round 2. We finally got it on the fourth attempt

I have a great screenshot of the entire ground covered with bugs, a nemesis flying around, hundreds of jellyfish, and I think a horde of mactera flying around but can't remember 100%... All over my dead body

[glossy minnow]

yea, giving up on the elite dive for tonight. doing it with randoms sucks but I don't want to solo it either

keep getting people who join and then leave right away, or people who go down every 2 seconds.

just had a 2 star gunner who got downed at least 10 times in the first stage, and never once did I see them use their shield.

[scarlet pike]

I mostly go down cuz I’m just bad at the game in the first stage can never get past the 2nd stage this week for the elite deep dive

[hexed crystal]

Propelled grenade launcher I think

[quiet wyvern]

Hey if you want? Just hmu I can do it with you in a duo at least if you want, just another option to consider

[frozen field]

We had 3 bulk dets spawn

[brisk pagoda]

free wave clear

[vocal saddle]

We got lucky on our last run and had none swarm on the second stage

[vocal saddle]

the lava floor is pain

This week was rough holy shit

[brisk pagoda]

cheese stepping stones

[dull nexus]

Not as rough as last week’s tbh

[vocal saddle]

We had to cheat and use bunker for second stage. Just couldnt manage the swarmagedden

[vocal saddle]

honestly cant remember last weeks

[dull nexus]

It was point extract hollow bough shield disruption

Pure pain

[vocal saddle]

that sounds disgusting

[dull nexus]

Absolutely

[vocal saddle]

what was the name of the mission?

[dull nexus]

Hmm I don’t remember

Only those details

[vocal saddle]

this one right

it was called gunners something

[dull nexus]

Yea

[vocal saddle]

oh i didnt find that one too bad. Maybe it was because we used brute force

just stacked shields

[dull nexus]

I wanted to just give up

[vocal saddle]

it do be like that sometimes

[dull nexus]

And it was the first mission

I literally just ran around kiting with 0 ammo on everything

[vocal saddle]

the black box in a weird place

[dull nexus]

In a high spot too