deep-dive-speedrunning

[sleek sphinx]

Not too shabby for a pickup group! Chillest bunch of guys, much unlike my last group.
-Had a lobby with open class selection then tried to gatekeep the class you played.
-Had a guy who was super uptight and just a straight dick.

Remember folks, high emotional intelligence gets you nice results!

[shy owl]

couldn't get my usual group of friends to do the EDD this week so i went and tried it myself before it resets
first solo EDD, drilldozer was QUITE cringe and took over half the total time, otherwise went really smooth

[red apex]

It blows my mind that people are able to solo EDD's. I'd tried this EDD with a group and we wiped during the dozer boss fight. Still haven't completed an EDD with the scout.

[uneven lily]

Soloing EDDs isn't necessarily harder than doing them with a team, because you have Bosco and fewer enemies.

[fierce pawn]

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

[wind berry]

Dual escort DD and dual refinery EDD. Overall easy and straightforward. As usual blind run at reset with randos in Public lobbies. Cancerous week with no respect for players' time tho 🤣

[turbid jolt]

Got 46:57 on the last deep dive idk if that's good for a first speed attempt but I'm fine with it

Also damn these double refines and escorts, I like the challenge but it will take a lot of time, I do believe people may be able to get sub 60 min for both of them

[fierce timber]

EDD and Normal DD with randoms, got stuck on second stage of EDD solo, couldn't find enough morkite for a long time.. could have probably shaved 5 minutes off or more.

[rugged shale]

i wonder if you can compleat a deep dive fast enough for the drunk effect to not run out

[silent imp]

Good question

[pearl pulsar]

We died a lot, but it was fun. Most of the time we searched for morkite in second level xD

[red apex]

Congrats. Can I ask what your loadout was?

[spare brook]

idk if its meta but its fun and fast

[spare brook]

edd solo deathless sub 35

[near charm]

I've seen the most toxic humans in this community, but also the most beautiful people. It's a weird mix. One discord group I had almost turned me off from this community all together, 2 guys for an entire Deep Dive wouldn't stop arguing about who knew more random facts about the game. It was a dick measuring contest the entire time, couldn't get a word in about the mission at hand, it was horrible for 50 mins straight lol

[uneven lily]

I got the highest number of minutes, that makes me the best speedrunner, right?

[quick pagoda]

How the f did you even win with that much death 🤨

[molten surge]

iron will + bosco revives (max of 15 downs possible) other than that i dont know thats a lot of time

[uneven lily]

I had 3 bosco revives + iron will but after the second mission I had 9 deaths, which seemed impossible. I intentionally used all my revives on the third mission despite only needing one just because I wanted an impossible number

[restive pollen]

did you iron will into the pod then go down during the exit sequence? that's the most obvious way i can think of to get 4 downs in 1 solo mission

[uneven lily]

I don't remember, but that must be what happened

You mean 5 downs of course, since I had 3 revives + iw

[restive pollen]

ah yeah good point

[cunning lava]

Yesterday I did my first deep dive (solo) on Codename Wide Edge in 1 hour 20

Is that good?

[sage lion]

i did about the same for my first time

[dark jasper]

Ayy does anyone any tips on optimizing Escort missions?

or is it basically just path in w/e way prevents dozer downtime?

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Barbarous Carve
Stage 1: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 150 Morkite | No Mutators
Stage 2: 6 Eggs + 📡 1 Black Box | Cave Leech Cluster
Stage 3: 200 Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Swarmageddon

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Hollow Bough | Code Name: Fearless Land
Stage 1: 250 Morkite + Dreadnought Hiveguard | Parasites
Stage 2: 6 Eggs + Dreadnought Classic | Rich Atmoshphere Mactera Plague
Stage 3: 250 Morkite + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Shield Disruption

[wind berry]

Much smoother runs this week. Good time to try for sub 45 achievement!

[fierce timber]

Almost 35 min, deathless on EDD, solo.

[sour light]

What was your build for this run

[fierce timber]

Cryo cannon: 1,1,2,2,2 - Tuned cooler OC
EPC: 2,2,1,2,2 - Energy rerouting OC
Satchel charge: 2,1,1,1
Drills: 1,1,1,1
Grenade: Impact axe

[trail wraith]

What would you say is average time for elite deep dive completion

Current one

[sour light]

Probably less than 50 minutes. I did a public in that time with no mics so I can imagine a team that communicates will do better lol

[trail wraith]

Oh I got 1 hour ten mins w randoms

[mellow tendon]

dd with randoms

[cold widget]

is 30 minutes on a deep dive fast?

[agile smelt]

Reasonably

With randoms, definitely

[rain hawk]

36 min dd with randoms, was fun.

[marble ember]

hey i know this channel is for deepdives, but anyone posting here is probably pretty good at regular missions too, so can i ask for speedrunning lessons in regular missions? i'd like to learn how to play faster and more efficiently so if anyone who considers themself good at speedrunning would like to get on a pod and give me lessons i would totally appreciate it

[spare brook]

I'm no expert. I just go fast for fun. But I can give you some basic tips if you want

[marble ember]

i'll take anything i can get

[spare brook]

I'm in pod 15 rn

[marble ember]

says the channel's maxed out

[spare brook]

wack

[regal cloak]

Put all barrels into launch shaft speed run

[proper bison]

absolute mad lad

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Magma Core | Code Name: Old Hell
Stage 1: 4 Eggs + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Critical Weakness
Stage 2: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 2 Eggs | Lethal Enemies
Stage 3: 7 Aquarq + Dreadnought Hiveguard | Exploder Infestation

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Sandblasted Corridors | Code Name: Unknown Enclosure
Stage 1: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 150 Morkite | Rich Atmosphere Regenerative Bugs
Stage 2: 6 Eggs + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Mactera Plague
Stage 3: 2 M.U.L.E.s + 150 Morkite | No Mutators

[wind berry]

Quick and easy with randos in Public lobbies. Another good week to try for sub 45 achievement

[fierce timber]

This weeks EDD

[civic jungle]

Its way easier than any other EDD that i have ever done.

[thorn totem]

Yes sir ez record

(for the normal dd)

hf beating this

[dull orbit]

That was a super fun run

[twilit robin]

Solo or team?
Any tips on speed running dd

[thorn totem]

@twilit robin ignore bugs and split up objectives and communicate

[dull orbit]

Team of 3, no engi

[dull orbit]

Pop ALL the eggs

[plain relic]

is the normal deep dive 36 min a good time?

[dusk bluff]

i think so
im playing solo DD so im not trying to speedrun

[jolly obsidian]

got around 50 min one my first edd with random is it in the average?

[drowsy aspen]

yes thats about the average edd time

[peak kelp]

I got 47 but we lost a person halfway in stage 2, likely would have done it in low 40s instead.

[strange briar]

We were taking it slow and did it 46

Like really carefully

[mellow tendon]

gg bois tq for fellow random miners

gg bois

[nova cypress]

I dont think its very cool, but Im so proud of myself

[random wind]

LFG EDD

[turbid jolt]

Somehow managed a 53:54 on elite deep dive with 3 other randoms with mic.

[plucky oracle]

would have gotten the achievement if i werent playing my modded save (i only play with sound mods tho lol)

[silver copper]

Due to a CONFIRMED Morkite softlock on DD Stage 2, it is recommended to start with Dark Morkite!

DEEP DIVE
Region: Fungus Bogs | Code Name: Bedazzled Interest
Stage 1: 250 Morkite + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Critical Weakness Exploder Infestation
Stage 2: Protect the Drilldozer + 150 Morkite | No Mutators
Stage 3: 4 Eggs + Dreadnought Hiveguard | Parasites

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Magma Core | Code Name: Dirty Hell
Stage 1: 7 Aquarq + 📡 1 Black Box | Mactera Plague
Stage 2: 4 Eggs + Dreadnought Twins | Parasites
Stage 3: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 2 Eggs | Swarmageddon

[wind berry]

EDD s1-2 were a breeze, easily sub 10min each. Enter s3 - spitters galore, mactera and magma core rng caused 2 team wipes. Finally cleared with bunker strats. Got cucked out of DD due to 149/150 morkite. Will prolly reattempt with dark morkite beer but won't be updating

[dull orbit]

Wondering has anyone passed that regular DD without Dark Morkite? Do you just have to get literally every last iota? Side point: wondering if that's why there's no live stream from the devs today...

[wanton arrow]

@wind berry I experienced it as well 2nd mission of the regular deep dive (tried it twice, Stuck on Dark Morkite 149/150

I noticed that there was only a small chunk of it in near the Core (final destination) Drilldozer. Looks like there was not enough Dark Morkite generated for it.

[fierce timber]

Died a lot, but still decent-ish time I guess.

[fierce timber]

With some randoms

[true ruin]

love that suit on the right

[fierce timber]

ahaha, I forgot I had that mod still installed lol

[granite oxide]

What are the deep dive?

[pearl haven]

they are special 3 stage mission with difficulty scaling

[kindred robin]

Are all beers allowed in speedrunning?

If not I don't think we'll have times for the regular deep dive because it's luck-based as to whether rounding errors give you the 150 morkite or not

[proud nova]

I don't think there's any rules in speedrunning that stops you from using beers so yeah

[copper basalt]

What’s this weeks rotation

[queen ivy]

did the regular with some randoms, dunno if 38 min is fast or slow (used dark morkite cause of softlock in 2nd stage)

[tall moss]

when you dont take darkmorkite

for 2nd stage, checked discord and realised that stage is bugged lol

[agile smelt]

Ayyyy a smart person who looked before spamming “ohhhh noooooo there’s not enough morkite I’m illiterate everyone explain”

[compact swallow]

Guys, here is what you have to do for that second mission in the normal DD, because I finished it. In the mine, there is a very limited amount of morkite, but you can finish the mission with good mining, and without the beer. Basically, there is something like 149.8 morkite available in total in the cave. First theoretical thing to know, is that when you have only 1 morkite in your inventory, it doesnt mean that you really have 1 morkite to deposit. The "1 morkite" in your inventory appears when you have less than 1 total morkite, for exemple when you have 0.4 morkite. The problem, is that if you deposit that 0.4 morkite in molly, it rounds down to 0 morkite deposited. BUT, if your "1 morkite" contains for exemple 0.8 morkite, it rounds up to 1 when you deposit it. So, considering this fact, when you are doing the mission, you first have to collect every single piece of morkite available, and second and most importantly, you have to deposit the last amount of morkite you have in molly in a quantity superior to 1. The thing is that if you find a little piece of morkite, for exemple egual to 0.4 morkite, that gives you 1 morkite in your inventory, you deposit it, it gives 0 deposited as described. Later, you find another 0.4 morkite, you deposit it, and again 0. The thing is that if you had kept your first 0.4 morkite, you would be at 0.8 now, and it would be egual to 1 morkite deposited, and not 0. BUT, in this mission, even if its contradictory with what i've just said, if you collect every piece of morkite as I described, you are gonna finish with something like 130 in the mule and 19 in your inventory, but if you deposit that 19 (considering that you respected what I described above) its gonna round up to 150 in the mule, and the mission is done

[frosty island]

im so sad

[tribal night]

Not really related to speedrunning but i had to share this

Never had such a sad run in DD

We didn't finish it though

[languid spruce]

I went into the standard DD today not knowing about the morkite softlock.

But we managed to scrounge up enough dust at 149/150

[brittle thistle]

for the EDD, people should know that walking close to a mini-mule triggers an extra load of enemies. So you should clear the wave before walking into all the mules. It's killed me a couple times.

[flat ether]

Full squad of randos as well :D

[sour geode]

I just completed it, there's enough morkite without dark morkite :D

[languid spruce]

Just barely.

[sour geode]

idk how much my teammate got at the end, but ca 160, assuming the last vein was 10

[wanton arrow]

3rd attempt with the morkite beer 🙂 with Bosco

had 2 bulk detonators to deal with 😐

[chrome crypt]

30:22. so far fastest time ive seen for the morkite short level. wouldve been sub 30 if my friend didnt keep getting dropped

[young hull]

*dropped from the game, my ping was being doodoo

[chrome crypt]

38.34 On EDD

[viscid dagger]

little slow there towards the end

Honestly I think i could’ve done it faster solo. The last stage with 4 dwarves difficulty is a lot to ask for

[midnight belfry]

Path was not optimal, could've got < 30m I think

[chrome crypt]

DD in 31 18

[tidal turtle]

Yep! Also pulling 1 of the 4 legs (it's random which leg it is) for each mule spawns a smaller wave of enemies. The game really needs to convey this somehow.
This also means you should always repair mules before pulling eggs, IMO, so you don't accidentally run past all the mules while fighting an egg swarm

[turbid jolt]

I was able to pass the DD without morkite beer bois but it was only a 54:14

[rotund furnace]

I just like coming here and seeing how fun that look but realize I’m bad

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Magma Core | Code Name: Weeping Gods
Stage 1: 6 Eggs + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Swarmageddon
Stage 2: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 2 Eggs | No Mutators
Stage 3: 2 M.U.L.E.s + 150 Morkite | Elite Threat

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Sandblasted Corridors | Code Name: Foggy Keep
Stage 1: Protect the Drilldozer + 150 Morkite | Swarmageddon
Stage 2: 225 Morkite + Dreadnought Twins | Low Oxygen
Stage 3: 4 Eggs + 150 Morkite | Regenerative Bugs

[warm lance]

EDD

[mellow gulch]

@warm lance good

[wind berry]

No insane timings but double sub 45. Last week of DDs before S2 !

[fierce timber]

With some randoms

[fallow bough]

I know this is for speed running but just for comparison. xD

[oak barn]

Divy bois from Italy

[tall moss]

refinery and morkite made it slower but still went really well did 2 stages in like 18 mins and the refinery one in 12 odd

[viscid dagger]

really tried to do the EDD fast but the low oxygen slowed us down a lot

[flat ether]

Pretty dang fast for a 4 man rando squad, prolly not quite as fast as others but yea 😅

[native sail]

First ever sub 45 deep dive. What a good way to end season 1

[copper basalt]

Anyone can duo partner with me I’m engi 16 min to reset one try to do it

Ideally a scout xD

[silver copper]

DUE TO Season 2 Release, Deep Dives are near Identical, but Rival Presence is Swarmageddon

DEEP DIVE
Region: Dense Biozone | Code Name: Deadman's Fence
Stage 1: 250 Morkite + 2 Eggs | No Mutators
Stage 2: 2 M.U.L.E.s + 2 Eggs | Low Gravity Mactera Plague
Stage 3: 4 Eggs + 📡 1 Black Box | Cave Leech Cluster

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Fungus Bogs | Code Name: Decayed Heart
Stage 1: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 150 Morkite | Rival Presence
Stage 2: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Classic) + 150 Morkite | Parasites
Stage 3: 250 Morkite + Dreadnought Hiveguard | No Mutators

[obsidian thorn]

Uh, bringing that new "Rival Presence" in an EDD. That will be interesting

[wind berry]

As someone who did not play on experimental, Rival presence in EDD was p time consuming. DD was nothing in comparison

[fierce timber]

Tough one with the rival presence

[dull orbit]

That EDD was tough, over an hour. Don't remember the last time I did that in an EDD

[copper basalt]

Am at the point I’m leaving public games when we reach stage 3 just cba playing with randoms that team kills / team freezes

Ffs

Anyone can be my permanent duo partner I play engineer for speed run weeklies

[magic vigil]

went in blind to this weeks deep dive n got a sub-30
coulda gone a bit faster but i got cave leeched second stage

[native sail]

"DUE TO Season 2 Release, Deep Dives are near Identical, but Rival Presence is Swarmageddon"

Identical to what? I don't understand

[manic crypt]

to non steam players

[native sail]

I see. thank you

[solar dock]

Not a deep dive, but I did speedrun a regular mission

lovin the new boss

[slow flame]

My best time

[covert heart]

[agile smelt]

I took a while, like 42 minutes or something, because me and my teammate spent most of it using only melee

[magic vigil]

based teammates

[fluid gull]

went in blind, first sub 45!

[golden summit]

buy windows

[vital vale]

<@&296918282403840000> not deep dive

[abstract ingot]

Wow you guys are insane /pos

[tiny olive]

the pain of the carry broke my back RIP

[still spruce]

You’ll be dreaming of pipes tonight

[bitter steeple]

looks like me playing satisfactory

[cerulean ermine]

no

[ornate goblet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/237683817329065984/970846749960843364/unknown.png

gamers

[still spruce]

The dwarf on the left, goosh, what is that armoured braided sideburns called?

[ornate goblet]

Braided Bangles i think theyre called

from cosmetic overclock

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Glacial Strata | Code Name: Covetous Position
Stage 1: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | No Mutators
Stage 2: 7 Aquarq + Dreadnought Classic | Volatile Guts Rival presence
Stage 3: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Classic) + 2 Eggs | Regenerative Bugs

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Insane Derail
Stage 1: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 150 Morkite | Cave Leech Cluster
Stage 2: 10 Aquarq + 📡 1 Black Box | Mactera PLague
Stage 3: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 Eggs | No Mutators

[wind berry]

EDD had a Nemesis in s1. Otherwise, super easy run with very abundant nitra. DD was p uneventful but had a gunner afk half the mission. Definitely able to solo sub 35m both missions if anyone wants to speedrun. As usual blind run in public lobbies. Mix of greens and greys.

[novel plover]

been a while since is did a solo EDD run .. not exactly fast but i will take it

[sweet fjord]

pretty happy with these two from tonight:

[still spruce]

Mans got a beer for a hat

[tight shoal]

4 drillers EDD was super fun!

[steep shoal]

Loot bug, loot bug, loot bug, oh god I’m in great pain

[fierce timber]

Deathless EDD solo, almost sub 40. (Vid in #drg-videos )

[fierce timber]

Pretty good time for playing with randoms.

[wary kelp]

bruh

[proud nova]

take a screenshot of the whole escape menu and post it in #bug-discussion

[wary kelp]

it's not funny only if it's solo, although it seemed funny to me

why bother 😛

[proud nova]

because it's a bug and it's quite gamebreaking. It's not supposed to do that 😛

[wary kelp]

i'm not sure if i have cleared all of the cave, it's a deep dive and if no one reported this yet, it likely connected to another room

[proud nova]

make sense

[golden summit]

I got something very similar in stage 2 as well

[kindred tundra]

first attempt on a speedrun

[drowsy forum]

not bad, not great, not terrible

[placid moon]

5

[swift socket]

Very impressive dude

[steel elbow]

is this ok ?

|| btw I'm quite new to the game and haven't done any elite dives yet ||

|| this is my first normal dive btw ||

[proud nova]

for a first deep dives, it's a nice time indeed

[chrome crypt]

shouldve at least got the achievement, good in my book

way better than people posting 1.30 times in here lmao

[swift socket]

Since I only use driller, I have no idea what that is but very nice

Ah I thought it was an overclock

[pearl pulsar]

Over 300 nitra left in the end and the time has room for at least 5-10 minutes less. Both deaths were avoidable as I didn't watch the ceiling for leeches...

[clever fable]

Not great time but im proud that I finished it. Its like my 3rd edd run got doretta too !

[cold widget]

what is the wr currently?

i saw a guy get a 24

[proud nova]

We had Zh0s and Silaise do sub 15min EDD

and other people too

I think I saw a sub 10min once

[turbid jolt]

Bro the last edd screwed me, a nemesis used up all my revives and then I got killed by a shellback

[spare brook]

a not so deathless not very speedy run

[cold widget]

thats insane

[proud nova]

yeah

[glacial raven]

the best time is 8:15 for EDD and 8:24 for DD but each week the dive change, and with the update and new mission it's not comparable

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Glacial Strata | Code Name: Barbarous Trick
Stage 1: 2 M.U.L.E.s + 150 Morkite | Rival Presence
Stage 2: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 Eggs | Low Oxygen
Stage 3: 6 Eggs + 150 Morkite | Low Gravity

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Dense Biozone | Code Name: Old Dump
Stage 1: 200 Morkite + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Rival Presence
Stage 2: 10 Aquarq + 2 Eggs | Low Gravity Haunted Cave
Stage 3: 200 Morkite + Dreadnought Hiveguard | No Mutators

[wind berry]

Once u get used it, RP just becomes another modifier. Easy week to try for sub 45 achievement. Blind run in pub lobbies with randoms. Def felt like timing could have been much more reduced this week

[fierce timber]

Easy EDD this week, I think anyone can give it a try. (I just made small mistake and got 1 down at the end) Otherwise this is a good one to speedrun, could have definitely shaved some extra time off, especially if it wasnt solo.

[novel plover]

played really sloppy (a couple downs doing dumb stuff).. agree with @fierce timber .. this was easy and I think it would be awesome if you play Scout with Dark Morkite.. I think you can do this weeks EDD super quick

[fierce timber]

Oh yeah, that would probably be way faster.

[grim wasp]

Can confirm. I went in blind and got it done with randos. I'm not even a speedrunning kind of guy lmao

[tidal iron]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1823406302216019989/209D019CFC25034B2139037AC4E3F47FA0571F5E/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1823406302216020262/0A8669C33181F4EF0CD2D68144A79D9EF7DFC7F4/

[tidal iron]

Might try for a sub 20 EDD later this week, over prepared for the first stage which lagged us on the dread.

[jade hatch]

Not as fast but glad this one went smooth

[sleek sphinx]

I had a nice little sub 45 with a PUG group. Cloud error with steam currently but I wanted to give em a shoutout since they were cool dudes. Undercover Elf, Meisterproper, and Schmause.

[keen seal]

@sleek sphinx Was great playing together!

[sleek sphinx]

heack yeah dude, add me if ya like!

[rich gale]

It was awesome playing with you guys!

[strong karma]

Cheers Guys!

[sweet parcel]

glad to see everyone else has been zoomin through the edd!!

[brittle ember]

cool

[proud nova]

#deep-dive-speedrunning message

[mellow gulch]

edd speedrun as driller

[still spruce]

Only 97 gold

💀

[mellow gulch]

If you are interested, please check out my video in the channelhttps://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/662305161066053632

I didn't mine for gold, they were provided by the repaired Mule

[proud nova]

nobody got time for gold in EDD

[mellow gulch]

It is worth mentioning that repairing a M.U.L.E will reward the team with between 40-60 Nitra and 40-60 Gold.

[dusk bluff]

go crazy

[mellow gulch]

牛逼

[cloud charm]

Speed

[cold widget]

My first EDD win was 31 min lol

[tawdry gazelle]

[rose crag]

My very first edd solo

[sonic chasm]

It was tough but we made it in the end

[novel pagoda]

I missed the under 45 min achievement 😭

[neon plinth]

[neon plinth]

[nova cypress]

So perfect...

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Frozen Crater
Stage 1: 7 Aquarq + 📡 1 Black Box | Elite Threat
Stage 2: 6 Eggs + 📡 1 Black Box | No Mutators
Stage 3: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Twins) + 150 Morkite | Haunted Cave

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Sandblasted Corridors | Code Name: Unknown Blade
Stage 1: 2 M.U.L.E.s + 2 Eggs | Lethal Enemies
Stage 2: Protect the Drilldozer + 150 Morkite | Parasites
Stage 3: 200 Morkite + Dreadnought Twins | *No Mutators

[fierce timber]

This weeks Solo Driller EDD

[wet mist]

were is the morkite in the second stage

[fierce timber]

Morkite Timestamp here https://youtu.be/GdSjZoejStY?t=1299

(At least this is the one most seemed to have missed)

[pearl pulsar]

Slowest random EDD ever, but at least it was fun and got over 700 kills 😄

[twilit gull]

Is this good?

[tawny jasper]

yea we are having problems finding it too

[pearl pulsar]

Behind one of the sand pillars on second or third cave

[hollow tangle]

^

[wind berry]

Late to the party this week. Ended up running in public games with the "leftovers". Decent timings but could have been much better. Took dark morkite for EDD to avoid having to scrounge

[glacial void]

Stuck with 147 morkite unable to complete EDD stage 2

Anyone else had this issue?

[dull orbit]

It's behind the sand pillar where dotty heads to the ommoran in the refuel room. Whole vein back there @glacial void

[lucid coral]

Did the DD in 45:35 as a team of 4. Already have the sub 45 achievement

[slender cobalt]

Can any special events spawn during deep dives? like machine events, or crates etc?

[burnt fiber]

None that I know of

I know BetC spawns sometimes but others never happen

[fierce timber]

Just a reminder for everyone getting 147/150 morkite, its behind this pillar.

[red grail]

which cave is that?

first or second?

[next moss]

its the massive one

2nd i think

[tiny ice]

location morkite from Doretta

first refueling

[dark cargo]

pog

[keen cloak]

4th time doing elite with 3 morkite left on 2nd mission

[dark cargo]

be sure to mine ALL of it

iirc every room has it

[keen cloak]

just finished

you were correct

[dark cargo]

lol

yeah idk why its in such an obscure spot

just map generation i guess

[viral moth]

at least theres actually enough morkite this time...

[vivid nexus]

goofy ah morkite spot 💀

[heavy inlet]

finally, scout gameplay

[devout solar]

<- scout gameplay summed up

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Hollow Bough | Code Name: Natural Leverage
Stage 1: 2 Dreadnoughts (Classic + Hiveguard) + 📡 1 Black Box | Mactera Plague
Stage 2: 4 Eggs + 150 Morkite | No Mutators
Stage 3: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 Eggs | Regenerative Bugs

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Sandblasted Corridors | Code Name: Tainted Fort
Stage 1: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + Dreadnought Twins | Volatile Guts Rival Presence
Stage 2: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 2 Eggs | Lethal Enemies
Stage 3: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + Dreadnought Twins | Exploder Infestation

[fierce timber]

This was a tough EDD, kept getting bulks on uplink, kind of impossible to deal with when solo.

[foggy dune]

What was your driller build?

[fierce timber]

Crispr Flamethrower: 2,2,2,2,1 (Facemelter)
Collete Wave Cooker: 3,1,2,0,3 (Gamma Contamination)
Satchel charge: 2,1,1,1
Drills: 1,1,1,1
Grenade: Impact Axe

[foggy dune]

Oh nice

[golden summit]

why do you not run any mods for t4 on the cwc?

[fierce timber]

I like the reload animation lol

Basically only reason.

[golden summit]

lmao

[fierce timber]

[wind berry]

Tedious EDD with fun spawns and a bit of deja vu in stage 3. On the other hand DD can be done real quick

[granite oxide]

What is this weeks deep dive

[fiery bison]

scroll a little bit up

[drowsy aspen]

Fm and gamma? Interesting combo

[dark cargo]

oof

[dark cargo]

oof

luckily i got none

[dark cargo]

why did discord send my message twice

[dark cargo]

oof

deathless is def doable

all the stages arent too bad

[dark cargo]

lol

[alpine spear]

anyone here does a no overclock deathless solo run?

[dark cargo]

i mean

i was minigun

[viral moth]

based!

[dark cargo]

gunner supremacy

[fierce timber]

[rugged shale]

considering this was my first solo deep dive, that fealt patheticly easy.

i almost did both dread whitout taking any dmg

[proud nova]

Regular deep dives are haz 3-3.5 so yeah, if you're used to it, it's probably not hard

[rugged shale]

yeah im aware. i feel like the combo that i play haz 4 whit a full team and im starting to transition to haz 5 has skewd my expectations of enemy numbers juts a tad

[tiny patio]

Eh, edd is not that bad this week

True

Although you get a shitton of nitra out of it

so there's that

We summoned like 8 resupplys in stage 3

#drg-gallery message

Yeah.

[ashen rampart]

first solo edd
the second stage was definitely the most pain

[tiny patio]

GG

[midnight belfry]

very difficult EDD. May try again later in the week w/ Dev#1391 for better time and deathless

[dark cargo]

stage 2 is pain yea

[rugged shale]

and i tough that haz 4 triple dread missions back then was hard.

funny thing too, i did it whit a group 2 days ago so i didint eaven get anything for doing this.

[turbid jolt]

Long ass deep dive but as the gunner I somehow lived

[delicate falcon]

is there a category for blackout stout drunk deep dives

[still spruce]

What is the golden beard that “?” Has

[silk siren]

gilded mighty pelt, by the looks of it

[lusty steppe]

pretty relaxing EDD, went slow through it for a first time

dunno if I want to actually try being fast now

[dark cargo]

up to u

imo dont bother unless you are interested in speedrunning

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Devil's Shock
Stage 1: 250 Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Mactera Plague
Stage 2: 3 M.U.L.E.s + Dreadnought Classic | No Mutators
Stage 3: 250 Morkite + Dreadnought Twins | Parasites

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Dense Biozone | Code Name: Fractured Sleep
Stage 1: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 2 Eggs | Swarmageddon
Stage 2: 6 Eggs + ** Dreadnought Twins** | Haunted Cave
Stage 3: 200 Morkite + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Shield Disruption

[dark cargo]

wow thats the time it took me just to reach stage 3

[fierce timber]

Gotta go fast

[dark cargo]

using gunner for this edd

💀

i brought the wrong overclock

im satisfied

[dark cargo]

its actually bullshit

mule near the roof of the fucking map

[misty hatch]

how did you get only 573 kills? I literally killed 855 just on my first stage

[proud nova]

sounds like you took way too much time

[misty hatch]

I cannot not take too much time

they are overwhelming me all the time

eadoi9frupsgjnreadf

god I am so mad

I am done trying to solo it

[pearl basalt]

i finish stage 1

going down

then screen turn black

im the first aid room

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

EDD

oh well

[novel plover]

The opposite of speedrunning

at 3s/revive that is MINUTES spend reviving

[midnight belfry]

EDD 1st run, also lvl 300 :D

[sterile dagger]

not sure if this is the best place to ask but im looking for links meta loadouts. Sorry if I missed a pinned post or something obvious.

[drowsy aspen]

This is not the place, and no there isnt a definitive link or site to all meta loadouts per se

[novel pagoda]

1st EDD clear for our friend and....Gunner Supremacy!

[frigid trellis]

Without mods, like china players

[lavish pumice]

It was neither pretty nor speedy, but got it done.

[bronze stratus]

if it wasnt speedy why did you post it in the speedrunning channel when there is a deep dive discussion channel to post in

[lavish pumice]

There’s plenty of hour plus runs above if you’d like to go fun police those too.

I tried my best damnit.

[bronze stratus]

sure i will, i think its bullshit that they are posted here also

[lavish pumice]

Then you probably spend too much time here.

[bronze stratus]

they usually arent admitting that they arent a speedrun tho lol

[cold widget]

That's the problem - You're thinking

Don't think. Swing pickaxe, shoot gun, kill bug.

[lavish pumice]

I was not trying to go slow, lol

[glacial raven]

the concept of speed in "speedrunning" is often forgotten in this channel

[hollow tangle]

looks speedy to me

[finite palm]

https://tenor.com/view/eating-popcorn-nom-nom-this-is-gonna-be-good-gif-16262875

[cold widget]

Plus - What're the missions for this week's EDD?

[uneven wolf]

#deep-dive-discussion pinned messages

[lavish pumice]

I was a scout with a crossbow on swarmer salvage 😂 which is my own fault, but I wanted to do it anyway

[uneven wolf]

pheromone the buggers

[cold widget]

Oh yeah those missions are a mess.

The fact man's done a dreadnaught solo as Scout is impressive to me

[bronze stratus]

nice yeah, it is, they could also post about it in deep dive discussion 😜

[lavish pumice]

Yeah but nobody posts sweet post game screenshots in there.

Gotta get my post DD screen grab flex fix.

[bronze stratus]

be the change u want to see in the world mummy, u dont have to post runs here if they arent speedruns! its ur choice!

[lavish pumice]

Eh. Everyone does it. When in Rome. Etc.

[finite palm]

You dont get it, there's no time limit so it technically is a speedrun :)

[bronze stratus]

the mummy the type of dude to jump off a bridge cause all his friends did

[lavish pumice]

It was as speedy as I was able.

[bronze stratus]

do u think if u did it again u would be able to go faster

do u think if u practiced some speedrunnign strategies u could improve ur time? maybe then u could call it a speedrun

[lavish pumice]

Depends on the height of the bridge and the depth and current strength of the water below tbh

Yes, if I used an optimal swarmer loadout and was more aggressive with the twins could have gone faster. 🤷‍♂️

[bronze stratus]

i just feel like if the channel is for posting speedruns and enough people post stuff they are explicitly saying isnt a speedrun, then there is nowhere for people who actually want to talk about speedruns to go, u know what im sayin

[glacial raven]

if you have any question for speedrun strat you can always ask here

[bronze stratus]

oh i havent run the game in like 2 years

[lavish pumice]

I mean, I don’t think that screengrab has any practical effect on anyone’s ability to talk speedrunning strat.

[bronze stratus]

partially cause there was 0 community for it

[lavish pumice]

But now the channel is derailed, lol

[glacial raven]

there is a speedrunning discord for " normal" mission, and for deep dive there is only this channel, there was some good player but they stopped doing the boring DD

[lavish pumice]

Dun did it as fast as me could

[waxen tapir]

how fun even is speedrunning this game, just a curious question

[midnight belfry]

Very fun :D
Speedrunning = how much can you maximize riskiness, so almost always you have a swarm of bugs chasing you while doing the objective

[waxen tapir]

seems like it would be fun with fun friends

[midnight belfry]

Specially with a game thats procedurally generated, yeah rng makes speedrunning less rewardable but every level is somewhat different

[waxen tapir]

Do people do blind deep dive speedruns?

[turbid birch]

I do

[midnight belfry]

I often do blind speedruns, as if im playing a mission for the first time. I usually pre-look at what gamemodes the deep dives have though

[turbid birch]

Hoping for a sub 20 minute one of these days

[dark cargo]

u cant post images in #deep-dive-discussion

[dark cargo]

thats what i usually do coz i cant be asked to repeat the same three missions over and over

[waxen tapir]

i might try and do a blind one, definitely not gonna be a speed run though, idk any strats or if there even are any strats

[dark cargo]

literally treat it as any other mission

but prioritize finishing over killing everything

i dont take it seriously coz rng

sometimes game give you dreadnought on a stage

[dark cargo]

💀

[uneven wolf]

the patrol bot did not like that

so it kicked you from the world

[dark cargo]

perish

[slim zephyr]

not even close to a speedrun but we got three of the boys through our first edd, with starship and higher enemy cap to boot

[pure tree]

sounds like someone's mad

[reef sable]

Why are you mad

[pure tree]

as suspected, actively coping

[slim zephyr]

someone died on dd stage 3

[dark cargo]

i was in a group that wiped at the end of EDD stage 3

was very sad

[faint fox]

r

[tepid trellis]

you need a mediocre player? cuz i want the core from mission 2 and i keep dying lol

[white blaze]

rip

[dark cargo]

literallt last room

they died to betc

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Fungus Bogs | Code Name: Madmens' Grave
Stage 1: 7 Aquarq + 150 Morkite | Parasites
Stage 2: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 Eggs | No Mutators
Stage 3: 3 M.U.L.E.s + Dreadnought Hiveguard | Shield Disruption

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Beginner's Fort
Stage 1: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 150 Morkite | Exploder Infestation
Stage 2: 2 Dreadnoughts (Classic + Twins) + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Elite Threat
Stage 3: 10 Aquarq + 150 Morkite | Rich Atmosphere

[dull orbit]

The backwards titles on these deep dives are amusing to me 😄

[silver copper]

I know right? Lmao

[pearl pulsar]

I would say, you can save around 5 minutes more, besides that it was a smooth run

[silk ingot]

i wouldnt consider this speedrunning since i had mined tons of nitra and i didnt even try to improve my time. also died twice o.O, solo engi 56 minutes, EDD

[dark cargo]

i got very lucky on the salvage mission

[lavish pumice]

Well, I was trying to go fast. I should have tailored my loadout a bit for the dreads. I played myself grappling away from bugs in stage 2.

[tight gull]

Probably not the best runs of the week, but hey I tried lol

[ocean kestrel]

Wish i knew where mini-mules are, would shave off like 8 minutes of searching @-@ lots of nitra to spare, good EDD to go fast

[slow light]

EDD stage 3 sounds like a pain in the arse

Our team consists of a gunner and a scout

[ocean kestrel]

Add competent play at aquarqs stage and its good 35 minutes

[alpine spear]

did this exact combo was relatively chill

[midnight belfry]

blindspeedruns, 1st attempts, probably could've done the normal faster if I wasn't trying out a build on gunner

[viral star]

i did mine in 6 hours 17 minutes 52 seconds is that good

[grand latch]

Idk who yall are but damn we did good

[midnight belfry]

As long as you're having fun :D

[viral star]

i didnt have fun

i cried because i died 76 times

[pearl star]

Do y'all have any advice on getting the 2 achievements for beating a deep dive in an amount of time

[grand latch]

I realized it after I posted. I didn't read the deep dive portion of speed run

[west hornet]

Another successful EDD

[dark cargo]

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Azure Weald | Code Name: Devil's Killing
Stage 1: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 2 Eggs | No Mutators
Stage 2: 250 Morkite + Dreadnought Twins | Rich Atmosphere Rival Presence
Stage 3: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 150 Morkite | Haunted Cave

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Cruel Bedrock
Stage 1: 6 Eggs + Dreadnought Classic | No Mutators
Stage 2: 200 Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Volatile Guts Swarmageddon
Stage 3: 10 Aquarq + Dreadnought Twins | Rival Presence

[fierce timber]

First time playing gunner on solo EDD in a long time, didnt go so well but I made it under 40min I guess

[dark cargo]

gunner is mite

[wind berry]

Decided to try the EDD with rando greenbeards & somehow completed it with 40+ deaths as well as horrible (imo) timing. Most def could get sub 30 in a competent team. DD will have to wait for another time as I am SPENT

[fervent cipher]

drip gunner

[fierce timber]

Played with some randoms, not too bad time considering the slow objectives!

[wind berry]

Extremely frustrating week overall in pub lobbies. Guess it's one of those weeks. Tried directing randoms to skip nitra and be efficient overall to no avail. Even had a gunner try reviving me multiple times after I died on purpose to let the pod go. These guys have no respect for my time.

[uneven wolf]

My suggestion is to say you're speedrunning in your lobby name perhaps

[thick flint]

christ and here i sit doin stuff alone with over an hour of time total and being drunk on beer and mead xD

maybe search a group for speedrunnin via discord next time

[spare brook]

This guy is being ironic, right?

"These guys have no respect for my time."

lmao

[fickle river]

I'll take it

[dark cargo]

same

faster i finish a mission = more time spent doing more stuff

[novel plover]

A lovely run with a team of randos! The fun way to EDD!

[naive pollen]

nice

[midnight belfry]

Blind speedrun, got really quick times with the dreadnaughts

[trim jetty]

nice

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Hollow Bough | Code Name: First Gods
Stage 1: 200 Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Cave Leech Cluster
Stage 2: 7 Aquarq + 2 Eggs | No Mutators
Stage 3: 4 Eggs + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Critical Weakness Lethal Enemies

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Fungus Bogs | Code Name: Gunner's Enclosure
Stage 1: 10 Aquarq + 📡 1 Black Box | Shield Disruption
Stage 2: 225 Morkite + Dreadnought Classic | Parasites
Stage 3: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 2 Eggs | Low Gravity Swarmageddon

[sage raven]

blind run

this weeks is really quick

[whole sparrow]

almost under 30 min

breeder slowed me down a lot in the third stage

[fierce timber]

Solo driller on EDD blind run - Nothing too special, but got no deaths, which is nice.

[cloud anvil]

first speed run

[ocean kestrel]

Could be better if i didnt choke on third stage T-T

[dark cargo]

meh

[clear swallow]

me and the boys completing this rather simple EDD

[wind berry]

Had a driller leave after dying to dread multiple times at start of stage 2 (as they should if they can't take the heat). Ended up barely missing the 45 mark but def had fun trying to go quick

[wind berry]

When you get a rando team of Greenbeards that are on the same wavelength.. gotta go fast!

[crisp kernel]

Oh sheeeet you are in this server too XD

Rock and stone brother!!

[crisp kernel]

This looks more like the ratio of bugs u should have been killing =w=

[wind berry]

R&S!

[stark ember]

Gotta say good time with randoms

[plucky oracle]

good enough but definitely can be faster

[spare brook]

on the dot

[short turtle]

solo blind go nyooom

[spare brook]

Thanks man. I've never recorded anything tho, but I'll try to get stuff working tomorrow

its a lot of breaking my legs launching myself down small caves with special powder

[elder coyote]

this is my first go solo but seeing i died couple times i think this maybe my personal best and im not gonna improve it

[sterile orbit]

A relaxing deep dive, for a change owo

[floral oar]

silly mistake for the down but still thought id try a 0 kill run

[naive pollen]

good job

[midnight belfry]

amazing :D

[spare brook]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0oPfannySs

[spare brook]

Thanks, this is definitely not a blind run though. The first go is always slower

[fossil ruin]

Thanks for posting this! Fun to watch. What does clicking 'abort mission' while in the drop pod do?

[spare brook]

It saves a few more seconds by stopping the clock sooner. Masala told me about that one

[valid patio]

Wow. Got a 33:03, never had anything less than a 44 before that. Is this an easier DD? Or am I getting better

[reef turret]

you're probably getting better :)

[floral gate]

proof?

[silver copper]

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

[wind berry]

Blind run, quick and easy. Def could go way quicker in planned runs

[brisk bridge]

.

[sage raven]

Bro has 78 error cubes

How

[naive pollen]

are elite deep dives getting shorter? i dont think i was even trying to speedrun this

[white blaze]

naw its cus this week didnt have escort

[naive pollen]

ah yea maybe all the other weeks had escort

[silent fractal]

Anyone know a current and consistent setup for getting into the drop pod before it opens?
I've sometimes gotten the one where you jump up the deposit point up to the door, but it's super inconsistent

I watched a couple videos about it, but they don't have any information beyond "spam jump"

[spare brook]

Try spamming w and d with jump while looking at the corner. That works pretty well for me, but I don't know a consistent setup

[rapid loom]

fuck off

[silent fractal]

Spam W and D as well as jump or hold them both while spamming jump?

[spare brook]

spam w and d as well

[silent fractal]

Been testing this, works out really well
Thanks!

[spare brook]

18:42 https://youtu.be/TE0RQQWLnOY

[alpine spear]

this was pretty great mate

[radiant belfry]

Whoa you did the edd in its entirety in 18min? That's awesome

[dark cargo]

christ

faster than a normal escort mission

[quaint sinew]

Doesn't look like a deep dive speedrun to me

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Glacial Strata | Code Name: Weak End
Stage 1: 7 Aquarq + 📡 1 Black Box | Shield Disruption
Stage 2: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 2 Eggs | No Mutators
Stage 3: 2 Dreadnoughts (Hiveguard + Classic) + 📡 1 Black Box | Cave Leech Cluster

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Hollow Bough | Code Name: Shattered Position
Stage 1: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + Dreadnought Twins | Shield Disruption
Stage 2: 3 M.U.L.E.s + Dreadnought Hiveguard | No Mutators
Stage 3: 4 Eggs + Dreadnought Classic | Haunted Cave

[fierce timber]

Dreadnaught on every stage...
not very speedrun friendly

[merry lark]

but exciting!!

[fierce timber]

Didn't have a good time on this one hah, but still under 45, which I think is alright considering the missions.

[dark cargo]

time to bring gunner

[fierce timber]

Might have had a better time as gunner for this one honestly.

[turbid jolt]

Course you gotta get shield disruption on hollow bough 💀

[crude heath]

Thx

[dark cargo]

[sage raven]

[devout ibex]

[dark cargo]

will literally do it with tap fire build

[slender cargo]

oddly satisfying but not really speedrun time

[devout ibex]

ye but it looks cool

thats good enough

[wind berry]

Expectation: I am speed
Reality:

[crisp kernel]

Aaaaahhh u played with Jellybeans DX

[minor helm]

I'm hoping to take this down even further to a 27, maybe a 26. For Karl!

[dark cargo]

gunner runs when

[nimble ermine]

a little difficult but made it

[dark cargo]

game can suck my dick

contracted braincancer on stage 3

[dark cargo]

i somehow didnt get that many swarmers on stage 1

was just stage 2

[proud nova]

I had ton of swarmers on both

[dark cargo]

game is consistent yes

[dark cargo]

i stg every person gets somewhat different spawns

[dark cargo]

singlehandedly will cost u a resupply

[minor helm]

First finished solo run for this week. Stage 2 and 3 are certified bruh moments.

[pearl pulsar]

Pure madness, glad I was Gunner xD

[crude panther]

don't have a screenshot but i do have the achievement on ps4 my fastest solo run was 5 weeks ago i got 32 minutes

[midnight belfry]

an absolute must to kill the 1st stage dreadnaught with the minehead coming down, really easy to do just by shooting the egg instantly
also having two people makes it much easier to fight the dreadnaught on stage 3

Rock N Stone

[spare brook]

that's genius

[fierce timber]

Wish I thought of that hah

[dark cargo]

its possible

juat impossible to pull off

its highly unlikely arbalest is going to stay in that spot for long enough

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Radioactive Exclusion Zone | Code Name: Heavy Gorge
Stage 1: 2 Dreadnoughts (Twins + Hiveguard) + 📡 1 Black Box | Volatile Guts Mactera Plague
Stage 2: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 📡 1 Black Box | Elite Threat
Stage 3: 4 Eggs + 📡 1 Black Box | No Mutators

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Crystalline Caverns | Code Name: Shattered Hideout
Stage 1: 4 Eggs + 📡 1 Black Box | Mactera Plague
Stage 2: 7 Aquarq + 2 Eggs | No Mutators
Stage 3: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Shield Disruption

[cold widget]

good?

[fathom pewter]

dd, super easy but we spent sometime outside of the drop pod to shoot at each other
my first speedrun in squad 🤓

[cold widget]

time?

[next tapir]

weren't trying to be fast, but 39 on first attempt without looking at stuff prior. ^^

time for EDD!

[fathom pewter]

bottom right, 28:34

[cold widget]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i am so stupid

[nimble ermine]

Easy

[cold widget]

gg

23 sek

23...

[viral moth]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/779360354885959690/997180996187336744/unknown.png

got it in the bag, two of us ran shield link

[balmy lynx]

Hello! Dunno if this is the place, but how does one get into speedrunning?

[cold widget]

do the running, but speed

and then post your time

das about it

@balmy lynx sorry, if you actually need help with something in specific, feel free to ask. it is essentially just completing a deep dive as fast as possible and then posting your time though.

[ocean kestrel]

Leave no doretta behind! Really fast time tho, could be even better on second try

[gritty sky]

going more into detail about how to get into it, try watching the runs of ppl you are fast and try to reproduce what they do, learn their techniques. This also gets you into more specific things to learn / ask

[tough hull]

Compared to last week, these are going to be a walk in the park. Maybe I can even bring my greenbeard friends along

[balmy lynx]

no worries, it was me who phrased the question too vaguely

essentially what I wanted to know is what sets apart a speedrun from a normal run

but if I understand you clearly there is nothing special about it, just run fast, shoot fast and no lollygagging

[cold widget]

yeah pretty much, the interesting part of speedrunning comes in to play when you start trying to figure out all you can do to cut your time down as much as possible, the rules aren’t very complicated

speedrunning as a whole varies wildly in complexity from game to game but the way you described it is pretty accurate when it comes to deep rock

again if you have any specific questions i’d love to answer them, otherwise have a great time zooming through hoxxes!

[fossil ruin]

Glitchless run

[minor helm]

Did pretty well. Almost died stage 3. Shield disrupt is no joke. Red rock blaster helped out a lot.

[untold onyx]

Love it when on pace for like a 35 minute run then 3 people (including me) just get chain downed because they cant survive after res without shields lmao

[minor helm]

that's rough

[fossil ruin]

Second elite attempt + glitchless

[dark cargo]

finish objectives as fast as u can

the less time u need to spend time killing stuff or mining nitra means ur gonna finish faster anyway

[fickle river]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/565850434376302613/997412624436301824/20220715001826_1.jpg?width=1155&height=650

swift EDD with randoms

[dark cargo]

oof

[limpid holly]

Hi everyone! I was wandering if a dedicated DRG speedrunning community chat on steam exists? Not DD/EDD, but for missions? I get extremely frustrated when I run a public speedrun lobby with all the rules explained in MotD, but every other dwarf ignores it and lag behind. It's not fun for both randoms and those willing to speedrun in my lobby.

[sage raven]

yeah last stage almost got us

[nimble ermine]

well done

[fierce timber]

Tough last stage, but I think I did good for solo otherwise! So close to sub 35...

[minor helm]

Sub 22 is definitely possible. Sub 21 might be a stretch but we'll see

[wooden sapphire]

It takes me 22 minutes to do normal mission 💀

[wooden sapphire]

So much materials

[minor helm]

rip 💀

[young plaza]

@minor helm thanks now @fossil ruin and I need to try and shave another 8 seconds off.

[minor helm]

Good luck guys!

[dark cargo]

💀

[scenic flame]

Hey

Why not Speedrun of killing look bugs ?

[minor helm]

21 achieved, but I'm starting to think sub 21 is unlikely.

[clever trail]

not the greatest run, but hey, thought i did alright

[fossil ruin]

Sub-20

[minor helm]

^YOOO

think you'll go for 18?

[fossil ruin]

Switched from Scout to Engi and first run got 18:34 😄

[minor helm]

What's your build strat? I'm guessing cryo and hyper propellant?

[fossil ruin]

yep, you got it!

[minor helm]

Fantastic strat right there. Can't wait to see what time you guys can lower that to

[young plaza]

@minor helm our issue is the first mission we have a couple of times one shot the dreads but its so inconsistent. And than we had a invincible leach on a good run and that didn't help.

[minor helm]

@young plaza is your engi taking randomized damage with pgl? Also who is hosting? I've heard of hyper propellant not working correctly if the engi isn't the host. Also also, iirc from the LazyMaybe pgl video the incendiary pgl mod does not reduce damage with hyper propellant but I can't remember if the thermal shock interferes with the damage bonus on frozen targets. Might be worth a try tho

[fossil ruin]

Snoop (Driller) always hosts; here is the setup used on the PGL:

[proud nova]

HP with the velocity mod is known to have some trouble

take off the velocity mod and you'll be good

[fossil ruin]

Didn't know that - thank you!

[proud nova]

no problem

[minor helm]

I revisited the video and incendiary compound does not reduce direct damage on HP. So I think on top of the massive frozen damage increase you should get another huge chunk of damage from thermal shock. Might be worth checking out.

[spare brook]

@fossil ruin @young plaza watch out I'm commin for that time

[minor helm]

special powder?

[spare brook]

aye aye

[minor helm]

how do you manage the elite praetorians during the black box uplink?

[dusk totem]

For the team I was on, stuns and armor breaking did a lot of work in making it easier to take them down quickly.

[minor helm]

ah sorry, I meant that question for @spare brook , my bad

[spare brook]

no mb lol. I played too much sea of thieves and aye aye became a response for everything. I do use special powder

scout's m1000 and a couple shotgun shells will melt the elite preds

[minor helm]

interesting. I'm guessing hipster is on that bad boy?

[spare brook]

yep, a pretty standard scout build

[brazen trail]

yes

[spare brook]

The best I'm gonna get

[brazen trail]

yes

[young plaza]

@spare brook is that a straight run or using the pod glitch also?

[spare brook]

pod glitch. Anything to go faster

[minor helm]

how often can you get pod glitch? it's pretty hit or miss for me

[spare brook]

pretty consistently, sometimes it takes a couple seconds

if you want to practice it, i recommend the sandbox utilites and speedster mod

you can just set molly speed to 0 and call in the pod and try as many times as you want

[fringe falcon]

whats the pod glitch?

[spare brook]

Its a way to clip into the drop pod before molly gets there by standing in the corner above the door and spamming jump, w, and d

I'll put a video up in a few minutes where you can see it done

[fringe falcon]

Oh

[young plaza]

@spare brook we haven’t done the glitch just abort mission once in the pod.

[spare brook]

ah

[spare brook]

https://youtu.be/x4-LtsMDA14

[brazen trail]

zamn

deep dive are fun

[fringe falcon]

@spare brook full build?

[spare brook]

I show it for a sec at 10s\

[subtle fox]

Nice

[novel plover]

Would have been a lot quicker if stage 3 didn't kick me in the teeth so damn hard.. went in blind so overstockpiled nitra

[lament moth]

Any elite deep dive numbers? 

[granite shadow]

Looks like our friend greenhat did 55 so id assume reduce that by 10% per player assuming their equally skilled.

[floral oar]

has anyone done scout solo EDD?

[spare brook]

this time is from a scout run earlier this week, I didn't post it tho

[floral oar]

how did you manage the last stage? because i did it but it got quite close and i was just spamming cryo really

but it felt like a cheese strat because i couldnt do it without loads of resups

[spare brook]

yea thats kinda how it went for me, I went in with two resuplies and grabbed another whenever I was out of cryo

the drak can handle pretty well though

[floral oar]

i went m1000 for the rocks

but then its quite bad for the rest of it i felt

[spare brook]

I managed the rocks with drak so its definitely viable if you wanna try it out

I did have to shotgun and melee a few though

[floral oar]

yeah for me it was cryo shotgun repair

but it was too close in the end i didnt feel like i did it i felt i got lucky

[spare brook]

mine got really close too, I was just holding e on repair at the end, I think it counts though

scout is always gonna be rough on escort

you just get overwhelmed at a point

[floral oar]

same i was just keeping my fingers crossed and i think i had 10-20% left haha

i think my time saves would be on S1&2 though if i did it again because i dont think i could go much faster on 3 without risking failing

this was it btw

[spare brook]

I kept trying to get both the mules and refeul before the first wave, but it comes so fast

and the spawns from triggering mules are so annoying

[floral oar]

if im honest i didnt enjoy this weeks so i think ill just wait for another one i enjoy before i go for more than one run

[spare brook]

yea I was feeling the same, thats why i just went for the regular deep dive this week

[floral oar]

how many runs would you say you do of one youre going for a good time on?

because i did about 10 runs a couple weeks ago on one of them for a 22:22

[spare brook]

I am pretty picky on the first stage, so I'll keep restarting until I get a clean first stage, but after that I just take what I get. It's probably takes like 5-10 runs getting past stage one until I'm happy with the run

[flat vale]

"we'll do one as practice"

[white blaze]

not an amazing time or anything but im glad i got this one done

[dull orbit]

Late to the party but I'm happy with these times

[novel plover]

I think a sub 30 is possible with good planning in a 2 or 4 stack - only stage 3 is slow and top runners can finish a 1 stop dotty mission sub 20. Stage 1/2 probably in 10 min total with a little planning. Some terrain was ass though

[silver copper]

DEEP DIVE
Region: Fungus Bogs | Code Name: Everlasting Ditch
Stage 1: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 M.U.L.E.s | Mactera Plague
Stage 2: ⛽ Refine Liquid Morkite + 2 Eggs | Regenerative Bugs
Stage 3: Protect the Drilldozer + 2 Eggs | Low Gravity

ELITE: DEEP DIVE
Region: Azure Weald | Code Name: Calm Ceiling
Stage 1: 4 Eggs + Dreadnought Hiveguard | Cave Leech Cluster
Stage 2: 200 Morkite + Dreadnought Classic | Rich Atmosphere Regenerative Bugs
Stage 3: 3 M.U.L.E.s + 2 Eggs | Lethal Enemies

[fathom iron]

Oh god don't tell me it's oops all Dreads again.

[fringe falcon]

Not a speedrun
Double escort just takes long, but the secondary objectives are quick to do

[devout ibex]

bruh double escort

[fringe falcon]

that last level was rough, played with randos

[sage raven]

long dive, not difficult

just run plasma burster missiles if you have it and the dozer stages have zero difficulty

[restive pollen]

fun blind run with randoms, skipped hiveguard with a bulk

[fierce timber]

Pretty happy with this one, 0 deaths, under 30 min EDD..