#veteran-class

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Hopefully they drop some actual armor for veteran

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I'm hoping for practical armor for Vet

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Saw this a while back

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This Armor looks sick as hell

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That's a cool piece of armor

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Prob a modded Armor tho

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Though I do like what currently did for my Vet

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Ooo nice

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Also found a reddit gem

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This fucking build was recommended

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Which is... a thing

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What in the Frag is that build

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I dunno

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Like

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It completely misses the point of the bolter

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I can probably throw together a very adhoc Boltor build that's miles better than that

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The worst part is

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That was a recommendation for a guy with this buuld

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Which frankly is a player i hope never to see on my team

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Cos thats clearly the ammo hogger

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That's 100% the "No ammo modifier" on legs

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Yep

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Any Boltgun build that says “gun is primary, melee is secondary” is automatically bad tbh

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The remaining half of the reddit thread is recommending the guy runs plasma instead

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Unless u run exe stance in fog like craime

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Which is 🤮

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Reddit people rly have no idea how to play this game

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Nope

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Reddit is the last place you want to get advice from

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They seem to get offended when you suggest the boltgun is a precision weapon that can 1 tap enemies

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Boltgun magdump? Play zealot

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Zealot actually has the talents to make magdump Boltgun good

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I just saw a guy with character level 727 who had added 10% weakspot damage to BOTH his weapons

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It’s so good in fact that u can casually 1 mag 60% of plague Ogryn’s health

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Proof that you need nothing but time to get high level

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And they get mad that they cant kill 3 ragers in 1 clip cos, and I quote: "The weapon doesnt do enough damage. It should 2 shot ragers."

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Which is

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Wow

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gusty bison
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Yep

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15 shots for like 30k dmg

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It’s hilarious

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God damn. That's insane 0.o

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As a note

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Not just super effective but also very fun

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Bolter deals full damage to them

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And nothing like Emperor approved Cocaine injected into the veins

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Ah fair

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BRRRRT

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I love injecting Zealots with Red stimms and watching them just go ham

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Seeing boss hp drop 50% within 2s is a pretty huge morale boost for ur less experienced teammates

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Mhm

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Thats why I love the thunder hammer so much

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Great also for finishing off a daemonhost before it kills ur teammate

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I had one game recently as my psyker where a chaos spawn just got stun locked so hard by a combination of VOid strike staff headshots from me and rock head shots from the ogryn

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You wake up a host with a swing and listen for the sound of everyone shitting their pants before you cap her again before she even activates

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Can zealot 2 tap ragers?

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Not sure, not rly a big deal tbh?

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I think with the 25% short range damage boost they can

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I played Boltgun + crusher

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Heavy sword or crusher are both good weapons to pair with Boltgun

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Why would a Zealot shot a rager when they'll just dive into the rager ball with their melee out shounting "EMPEROR DEMANDS YOU TO DIE"

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Its not a big deal but its nice to know

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Also run throwing knives for special sniping

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I know vet can hipfire 2 tap ragers at short ranges

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Ye

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With 25% close range Dmg u prob could

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If anything with enough PF stacks u def can

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But usually i see vets blow an entire clip on 2 ragers lel

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And then blame the gun

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Some vets need to go back to basics

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I swear I see storm troopers aim better than some of the vets I seen recently

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Speaking of basics

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90% bad players in damnation can be summed up as “learn melee pls”

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Suppression

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On a boltgun

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Why

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Suppression is like

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Not a terrible pick

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I just wouldn’t run it for Boltgun

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For a shotgun I’d get it

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It works for some weapons

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I wouldnt run it on any precision weapon

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Boltor isn't that weapon

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Ye

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I swear I see people face tanking shit done

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And demand more damage

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Not realizing that damage isnt the problem lmao

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Boltgun Dmg isn’t the big problem

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The big problem is they are shooting walls

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The big problem is jank

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Also that tbf

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Slow draw, slow reload, bad recoil

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Recoil is ok just janky

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Like the amount is fine

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The animation sucks ass

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I wouldn’t mind if they slowed Boltgun firerate in ads down but gave it next to zero recoil

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Removing the cocking when you pull out the Boltgun would be good enough for making the pull out a bit faster

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It wouldnt feel like a bolter

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Bolter should feel meaty

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So u keep the meaty visual feedback without gimping its accuracy

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Slowing down its rof doesnt really affect it anyway since ur waiting for the reset

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Unless u are a reddit warrior that can put 7 shots into a wall and leave the gunner unscathed

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gusty bison
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Yep

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Check pinned

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That’s the talent stuff done

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Ah

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Will have to take a look at it when I got some time

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The current version has all veteran base stat lines & melee weapons done

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Always prepared isnt good for shotgund

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Tbh

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Cos it cant load a special shot

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You do take it on the way to reload speed though

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Yes for shotguns I think taking that for 20% reload speed is ok

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Yep

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Its like

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The only weapon that takes it

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Ye looks mostlyfine

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Some stuff I do like taking but i can agree is niche

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Like deadshot

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The avg person reading this guide will not be able to use it lel

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Niche is not “bad”
Niche is “think before u take”

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Ye

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Besides niche, it goes great > good > decent

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I feel like exec stance should be niche then

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I was going to then I read what it actually did

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The amount of buffs u get is pretty huge

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There’re few weapons that genuinely don’t benefit much from it

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Helbore

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But fair

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Gets some silly breakpoints

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Does it?

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Also keeps it running better than others because bayonet kills can refresh it

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I dont think it pushes my mk 2 to any new ones

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With mk1

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Mk2 can 1HS flamers closer

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Mk1 might even be able to 1 tap reaper if u build +elite perk

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Hrm

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I think you can 1 tap ragers with focus target no?

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Yes, like I said
After reading the buffs it actually gave I think it’s a really strong ability bogged down by bad pathing

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Just 2 stacks of course

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Cuz Helbore lower maniac Dmg

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Ah fair

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Lemme show u the weapon pages

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The other two abilities are well

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Amazing

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I actually took a week to figure out melee weapon movesets

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So I can write those

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Proceeds to flail like a lunatic

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Ye

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The problem is survivalist

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Like

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Oh and grenade regen

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The problem is not just survivalist

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Or nade regen

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Those two make pathing painful

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It’s that

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When u read the whole thing

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Ur gonna realize

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Building middle & left at bottom half

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Is much more generally useful than going right

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Mhm

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The exception is agile engagement builds

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But those either skip surv or eat a HEFTY tax

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Oh speaking of

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If u take exe stance helbore with AE

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Ur Dmg is crazy

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Ah yes

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Bayo helbore

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melee weapon page for chainsword I made

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Hm

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Seems about right

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Ranged weapons I finished infantry lasgun, infantry autogun, Helbore & plasma

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Not sure which to do next

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Bolder

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Boltgun is too hot a topic for me to do rn

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Its a popular one

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Theres two main builds tbh

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Surg DMR

And cava hipfire

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You can cater to both crowds there

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Although one of them shoyld play zealot instead lel

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Otherwise

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headhunters

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Easy one

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Or las pistol

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Those are pretty uncontroversial

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Volver as well is very uncontroversial

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Oh the builds are alr done

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I just didn’t do text descriptions on how to use

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Wait r u doing a tier list

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Also I’m not putting cavalcade Boltgun magdump in there

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I’m exclusively putting surgical + PF

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I mean you can always just not mention what weapons are "better"

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But weapons are kinda “rated”

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There’s a bracket next to their Mk# that says if they’re great, good, decent, niche, etc

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Tbf Id say volver u can very safely put in great without much controversy

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is there any nuance/weird shit involved in the difference between Deathspitter and Fire Frenzy?

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The people who see it as overrated are still gonna agree its a really good gun

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Ye

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The argument is whether its borked OP or not

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Usually deathspitter is the better pick imo

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Power is damage stagger and cleave

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Mk3 HB

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U got me

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Mk14 revolver

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Boltgun, Even

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Really? Boltgun?

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Like I know dumdum is weird and better than it says

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Id put V7 in niche before bolter

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Every other "precision" gun that isnt the volver or plasma

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Cos at least bolter does something on bodyshots

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Idk I think Boltgun is a really specialty weapon even for precision weapons

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Do u trust the avg damn vet with a helbore? Or worse, a vraks?

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But I feel like its easier to tell someone to use X talents

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Than to expect them to master a vraks 7

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Cos Vraks is really feast or famine

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Vraks also requires a razor edge build

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Vraks7 I put at good

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Mhm its a good gun i agree

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Da recoil suck for me to land on head

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I just wouldnt trust the avg vet with it

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Cos the avg vet cant hit heads

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Even with aim assist revolver

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True

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They could run the most cracked infantry autogun build and still flash a daemonhost by accident

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Skill gating :boowomp:

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Imho. I would put the Vraks 7 in niche just cos it takes skill to make the most of. Its like deadshot.

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Deadshot is good in the right hands. But its not for everyone

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Same for V7

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What did u put A9 in btw?

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XD

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Lemme just type these out

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MG1a good
MG4 decent
MG12 decent

HB1 good
HB2 good
HB3 niche

Recon2 underperforming
Recon6d niche
Recon7a niche

Laspistol 2 good
Laspistol 10 decent

Agrip1 good
Colum5 great
Graia8 good

Colum2 decent
Graia8 decent
Agrip8 good

Vraks3 good
Vraks7 good
Agrip9 decent

Autopistol underperforming

Boltgun niche

Plasma great

Zarona great
Agrip14 niche

Law6 niche
Agrip7 niche
Kant9 niche

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I think most of these i agree with ye

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And the ones i dont agree with are edge cases that could go either wsy

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Which would u change

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Graia to great KEKW_ogryn KEKW_ogryn KEKW_ogryn

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Which graia

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G8?

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Brauto lol

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Bolter i would put at good. In practice its an easier to use helbore for most.

Autopistol is on te fringe of niche.

A9 is definitely niche. 95% of people arent good enough to use this gun well.

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Thats it i would say

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Others look exactly like how i would ut it

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Autopistol I think is a really awkward tool for vet

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Considering this is a vet guide

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There is ONE build for vet autopistol

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And its a weird niche not normal vet build

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Don’t tell me u run onslaught

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I dont

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I run infiltrate

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Raking fire

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You can kill me now

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Raking fire is fine tbh

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Yea but its a weird diving build that plays like zealot

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I just think running autopistol in the first place and saying goodbye to any semblance of accuracy past 15m is a really bad tradeoff for veteran

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Thats a fair statement

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When I run that build I am the bullet lmao

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Basically ur a zealot

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No ifs and buts about it

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And I think even for that build the gun isn’t doing that great

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IAGs do it better

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U could run a laspistol raking fire build and prob do better

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Thats for sure

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autopistol is fine with exe stance, with the recoil and spread reduction

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not the META it used to be

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Its...

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Worse than all the brauto and iags tbh

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And also the vraks 3

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vraks 3 is obne of the best guns

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that's not even fair

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V3 ate a nerf in P14

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but i'd rank shredder with the worst of the iAGS and brautos

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Its no longer the creme la creme

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Cos of the finesse nerf

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IAGs out dps it now

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Its still a good gun

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Patch13 v3 was the real winner yet everybody was on the recon train

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Yep

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really wish patch notes were easier to access

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P14 also changed the bolter a lot

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But people didnt realize that

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i dont see the vraks 3 change

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● Bash weapon special
○ Tweaked hitboxes to be a bit easier to hit
○ Increased speed of normal/heavy bash
○ Added chain window from hip shoot so shooting won’t lock you out from firing
as much.
● Vraks Mk III Headhunter Autogun
○ Tweaked recoil behaviour

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Patch 13 v3 could 1 mag a plague ogryn

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Mhm

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P13 buffed all the HHs from 2.25x to 2.7x

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Then v3 got nerfed back later to 2.25

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Cuz I gave mk13 chainsword “incoherent” rating

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Can work

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"Counterintuitive"

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Lel

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Lets u avoid the hot debate of whether its good or ass.

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I think it’s a specialty weapon

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There’s only 2 use cases for it

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Option 1 is as a specialty precision weapon

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Option 2 is magdump boss dps

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Tru

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Vet just is not as good as zealot at option 2

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Mhm

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And option 1 is a massive point sink to make the gun function

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I suppose ye

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That sounds like “niche” KEKW_ogryn

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I guess if u factor in build investment

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I pretty much always do tbh

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I personally rate guns in context of their better/best builds

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Plasma is rated great even though it’s also somewhat of a point sink

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Plasma actually has BPs to build

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I think its power greatly exceeds the investment needed to make it work best

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Yep

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Also it uh

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Can be used by a potato

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Vraks 7 iirc has a razor edge build though

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So if u wanna say bolter is niche. V7 should also be niche

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Cos V7 is also super build tight and is a even greater feast or famine gun

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Like it works perfectly fine even if u just treat it as a rapid fire helbore replacement

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I guess

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It has a razor bp on gunners

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But fair enuff

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I dont think kant shotgun should be placed with the others

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Its in near every department better then the other shotguns

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Higher damage, strong special, more penetration.

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I think kant9 is generally most useful but still “niche” in the grand scheme of things

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Lawbringer could probably just be put down as underperforming

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Its very unremarkable weapon overall. espically when compared to its siblings

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Has a special that doesnt do a whole lot

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Flechette scattershot works I think?

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Damage profile wise its outdone by kant expect in like 21-22 meter range.

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You have to proc the special multiple times, put multiple shots into enemies for bleed to do anything

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Hmm ok

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Not to mention the lawbringer loses its penetration by going into ADS

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And not going into ADS loses alot of shotguns dps to begin with.

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So for shotgun blessings

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Law6
Full bore + no respite

Agrip7
Full bore + no respite

Kant9
No respite/scattershot/man-stopper

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?

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I run Agei shotty with fullbore manstopper

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But thats a meme build

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It works

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But its meme

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Not a normal build

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Full bore is actually pretty solid on the kant aswell

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If a single pellet misses on a rager it’s not gonna activate

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From what i saw testing it in the psykanium the range it had was still pretty respectable on the kant

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And I don’t think full bore gives any notable breakpoints for kant9

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No respite gives consistent 2 shot on elites

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Its not as good as no respite

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I dont think scattershot or manstopper are either

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If deathspitter worked for the fire DoT kills I’d put that as 2nd best

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Guarded but it doesn’t

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also just checked

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Kant9’s fire DoT kills CANNOT activate agile engagement

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It’s so over

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I wouldnt see shotguns either as complete BP weapons

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They suffer harsh damage falloff.

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I’d call retaining consistent 2 shot vs any elite within like 15m a breakpoint to care abt

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Yes but extending that breakpoint to longer away is also good to do with that weapon.

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Improves dps & dmg breakpoints for weapons with fast swap speed. Can activate from melee kills with ranged weapons, but not from dmg over time effects (ex: Mk9 shotgun’s fire shells).

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that is another reason

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why

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i didnt like the meme bleed fire kant

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for weapon specialist, it does not proc

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so you have to wait for them to bleed out before yous witch

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really

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MEH

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It’s very weird

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DoT kills contribute to whatever weapon u had when the kill happened for weapon specialist

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Yeah

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So you actually get melee kills tavks

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Lol

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I was hoping it'd activate melee wep specialist since someone lied to me and says it does

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Forgot who

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The special creates breathing room and thin hordes

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here's what im rocking for columnus V now, but thinking of making another.
any specific perks/blessings to look for?

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Left one is lawbringer right one is kant

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There are very few ranges where lawbringer actually has higher damage.

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Fuck it

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I’m adding a new rating

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“Weak”

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All 3 tac axes go in there

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Lawbringer can go in there too

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Didn’t want to type underperforming cuz it ruins the format’s clean look

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are tac axes just worse knives thinkinemoji

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fair. it just feels like it takes way too many hits just to kill anything with em, never understood the use case for em

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With old BM they were ok

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or maybe you gotta build specifically for it HmmHmm

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The new BM is much more geared towards horizontal/diagonal high Dmg per hit weapons that want 1 hit kill breakpoints

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Let’s just say that tac axes aren’t like that

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wish they'd add a human-sized shotty that performs like the uh, ogryn kickback

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We should get the same magfed shotgun that scab shotgunners use

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yeah or just a magfed shotty

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Beta launch shotgunners

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like current shotguns are alright, but the reload method makes them not worth imo

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Beta launch shotgunners were basically firing full sized Astartes bolters

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3 shots from them was downed i think as vet or psyker.

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1 shot was enough to instant break toughness

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We need a Pancor Jackhammer

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just did a high intensity hab dreyko

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that mission is the definition of evil..

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felt like a real kriegsman though lol

tame lodge
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Yeah, you gotta ping where you're going

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Part of me likes it because it's like the only finale that is challenging and has an actual "extraction" portion that isn't just a free walk to home free. But also the other part of me says "holy shit the director needs to learn pacing". Most other finales? Chill. Likely the least stressful part of a mission. Hab Dreyko? This finale is like a failure of enemy mob pacing

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Yeah some parts of dreyko are nuts

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Kind of fits the setting bc it is a hab afterall

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I've seen so many teams wipe at the first scan section when they don't know how to deal with the endless enemy spawning.

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which mission is hab dreyko again?

umbral scaffold
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The "new plague strain" mission.

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oh THAT ONE

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Yeah.

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Revamped into a finale nightmare.

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Festering Grounds always had one of my favourite escapes back in Vermintide

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Mr Catto answered all my questions but please do bossman

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They really should remove BM from rashad

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i wanted to avoid that

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bc the point of the doc

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was just to asnwer ppl what to put on weapon

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not tell them which weapon to play

winged warren
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This is one of the VERY few weapons that goes instantly unplayable without a specific blessing

winged warren
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But also

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But sir

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All 3 combat axes without BM would be unplayable

winged warren
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Without bm its one swing 3 zombie rite?

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Or 2

tall torrent
#

Just horrible take

tall torrent
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There is no cleave

winged warren
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:(

tall torrent
#

Only combat axe with some innate cleave is Antax

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Which goes up to 1.8 at 80% cleave target roll

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And it’s still really bad

white minnow
#

antax has the push-attack at least

tall torrent
#

It’s just completely unplayable without BM

winged warren
#

What if, they made BM slightly worse then?

white minnow
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w/o bm, rashad would be relegated to a single-target role which would be fine though it'd ideally have some form of cleave after such a change

tall torrent
white minnow
#

and the combat axes also can stack two power blessings if nothing else

bitter turtle
#

its acceptable at single target

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but not good enough that it would be able to thrive if thats all it could do

tall torrent
bitter turtle
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imo

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like why run it over knife then

winged warren
tall torrent
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It’s the ultimate resource sink

winged warren
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Dats true but Rashad do everything

white minnow
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as some flavor of single-target
though i agree that purely single-target melees without some oomph like knife's mobility are going to be a worse option in a horde game like this (depending on ranged weapon)

winged warren
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High single target damage and can actually clear nodes

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Hirde

tall torrent
#

And that means it won’t fit into some point hungry builds

bitter turtle
#

they can just nerf one of the damage types

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if they really want to nerf it

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you have plenty to choose from

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dont need to completely neuter the horde

white minnow
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BM does need to be touched in some way

tall torrent
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Like, if you’re gonna be playing Boltgun veteran, it’s hard to fit Rashad

white minnow
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well it's an axe and i hope it should retain some good single-target

tall torrent
winged warren
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Honestly I'm just thinking out loud. Ofc I'm still going to grind my Rashad KEKW_ogryn

white minnow
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BM is the thing that's messing up the weapon's identity

bitter turtle
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bm should be teouched the same way power cycler needs to be touched

tall torrent
#

I would honestly be ok if they rework BM again

bitter turtle
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weapons shouldnt be so ultra dependent on it to function

tall torrent
#

Carry its first target dmg to 4 enemies on weakspot hit, no weakspot dmg bonus

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Old BM inf cleave was bonkers

tall torrent
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And prob takes away the bruiser 1HS breakpoint necessities

winged warren
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Make attack speed slower when using BM KEKW_ogryn

tall torrent
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But at the same time

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This can also be very busted because that’s essentially sunder but always on

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So idk how they can really realistically nerf BM at this stage

white minnow
#

a simple numerical change would be to drop it from 4 targets to 2 targets

winged warren
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Or reduce number of cleave by 1

bitter turtle
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better to 4->3

white minnow
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nah

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even just 2 is quite good

old quail
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bm should be a weapon property rather than a blessing. achlys h1 should be more brutal than rashad lights

bitter turtle
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going to +1 target from +3 is literally over a 50% nerf

white minnow
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because you also get the good single-target that comes with rashads package

bitter turtle
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idk about you but i prefer incremental nerfs

white minnow
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yes the point is to nerf it though?

bitter turtle
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over what happened to recon

tall torrent
bitter turtle
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yes

white minnow
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yeah and a weapon should make sacrifices

bitter turtle
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+3 to +2 is a nerf

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a 33% nerf

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already quite big

tall torrent
#

Not to mention u literally have no cleave

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Like, none

white minnow
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sure, you can play around the lower hordeclear with your other weapons

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weapons should have meaningful differences and properties

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if you want a weapon with good hordeclear

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go take another weapon

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that's the solution

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in a game with many weapons to pick from

winged warren
tall torrent
bitter turtle
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i agree with that and i think its fine to nerf it

winged warren
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That's why peesword should be nerfed

white minnow
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sure, and we can make changes to the psword as well

bitter turtle
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but why not try 33% nerf

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instead of 66%

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lol

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like i said

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whats wrong with incremental nerf

white minnow
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sure we can go with an incremental nerf

tall torrent
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BM cleave 3 is fine, 2 is way too much

winged warren
#

Everyday I love arco more ||because he validates my opinions||

white minnow
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but i still think that +2 targets is already too good

bitter turtle
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we already see what happen when they nerf a shitton all at once

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(recon)

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becomes meme status

tall torrent
bitter turtle
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and im not convinced that a 2 target rashad would distinguish itself enough from knife to be worth

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its slower to kill elite, slower mobility, all it gets is 1 more kill in a horde?

winged warren
white minnow
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deterministic kill 2 bruisers with a single swing would put it above the knife clear

tall torrent
#

If Rashad only hits 3 enemies then both DC & CS would beat it by a pretty wide margin in killing poxers while Rashad still has better bruiser performance

bitter turtle
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both can 1shot on attacks in hordes

winged warren
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Handle as in not die from horde, clear is well urm, you really "win"?

tall torrent
white minnow
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i don't value mobility very much so sure i consider it worth it

bitter turtle
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i mean

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i dont know how to approach a subjective statement like that

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lol

winged warren
white minnow
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well yeah

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i don't have anything objective to say

bitter turtle
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and i dont see the harm in it if it hypothetically happened

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the worst case scenario is

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oh no

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rashad is above average still

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instead of worst case being

tall torrent
bitter turtle
#

another unplayable weapon

winged warren
bitter turtle
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as if we have too many choices already

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wheni was writing melee weapon

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i went

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"wait is that it" lmao

white minnow
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well, we do have a lot of good choices

bitter turtle
#

not that many weapons in the game

tall torrent
white minnow
#

it's not patch 12 anymore

winged warren
bitter turtle
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idk

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i think it only feels like u have a lot of choices to play stuff in this game bc you spent 10 years rolling the weapon out

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kek

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there's not that many weapons

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for a class

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white minnow
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i think it's quite a lot
the amount of weapons we have are to the point where i'm pressed to think of a new weapon that can distinguish itself from others

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besides animations

winged warren
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Like my feeling is, why would anyone run say a horde clear melee like dclaw when there's rashad, peesword that can do that AND kill elites/specials

bitter turtle
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thats because their movesets are all "spam light" or "spam heavy"

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and sometimes!

rigid pilot
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There's 2h powersword in the files, but I too struggle to think how to fit that into the game

bitter turtle
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"put one light in the middle of your heavy spam :^)"

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of course they dont distinguish themselves

white minnow
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yeah and differing combos can get covered by weapon variants

bitter turtle
#

yes

rigid pilot
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1h psword is already slow and already minces everything

bitter turtle
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so i can have mark 1 that spam light

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and mark 2 that spam heavy

trim steppe
bitter turtle
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repeat for almost every weapon class

tall torrent
rigid pilot
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2h powersword slower and mincier?

white minnow
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yeah i was just referring to between variants and not within

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e.g., between caxes and tactical axes, not within caxes

tall torrent
bitter turtle
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im just saying, plenty of ways ot distinguish new weapons

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they just dont

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nor am i really expecting them to rework movesets tbh

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they shouldnt anyway

white minnow
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yeah though i'd consider that just a combo rework

bitter turtle
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just make a new weapon

white minnow
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for how braindead comboes are for a lot of weapons

winged warren
bitter turtle
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point being, we already lack options for sufficiently different gameplay between weapons

rigid pilot
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Give me a bretsword and I'll play for another 1000 hours whatthefuck_heresy

bitter turtle
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id rather not kneecap something our of existence

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or risk doing it

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see: recon

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u can call it boring but a lot of ppl liked it because we're literally scraping the bottm of the barrel for "different weapon experience" in some cases

tall torrent
white minnow
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yeah it's one of the few weapons that you could truly consider weak

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like

bitter turtle
#

literally shooting bright lasers and having 0 recoil was different enough for some ppl to consider recon their favorite

white minnow
#

the majority of weapons in this weapon are really fucking good

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it's not like they're going to simultaneously kneecap every weapon

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you still have your other options

bitter turtle
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im not talking about what they're going to do ro not do

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because this is all a hypothetical nonsense discussion anyway

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not like fs is reading this

winged warren
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You said DC don't need that much plasteel and docket to be gud? Or point investment means the skill tree

bitter turtle
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just saying

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i dont agree with nerfing something over 50% in efficacy

rigid pilot
tall torrent
bitter turtle
#

omg john fatshark

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in the flesh

white minnow
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i do since i consider 4 targets way too much, and 2 targets appropriate

trim steppe
#

My main problem with the "lack of variety" is that it takes so much goddamn effort to customize weapons the way you want and try out blessing combinations, it takes a fucking college degree to learn the wacky shit for every weapon

rigid pilot
bitter turtle
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yes and some people think deleting voc will fix vet balance

winged warren
bitter turtle
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im not saying you're right or wrong that 2 is the correct number

terse idol
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Is kiinnda big as a comparison

bitter turtle
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but just do incermental nerfs so a weapon isnt unplayable if ur wrong

white minnow
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i consider 2 fine for a weapon that can make use of BM on bruisers and occasionally elites mixed into a horde
and for a weapon with good anti-unyield and anti-cara

bitter turtle
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and if ur right, wow, we live with an above average rashad for 2 more months

tall torrent
#

If BM was 2 cleave, you’re essentially looking at chainaxe horde clear without chainaxe’s anti-elite power

trim steppe
#

Like if I pick up a new weapon and it sucks ass, am I just bad at it? Is there a single blessing that makes it shine? Is it a stat, perk, talent, and blessing combo that makes it work?

terse idol
rigid pilot
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Chainaxe seems to horde clear relatively well

bitter turtle
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esp in a game with shitty crafting/progression system like this

rigid pilot
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The new one at least

bitter turtle
#

u really dont want to risk literally bricking a weapon

tall torrent
bitter turtle
#

that someone spent probably weeks making

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lol

terse idol
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Rashad's feel poopy, have a terrible Crusher BP

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Doesn't cleave

trim steppe
#

Like if I could walk over the hadron and try out whatever combo of shit I want on a weapon and then test it out, i'd probably use a lot more weapons.

trim steppe
#

As it stands I master like 2-3 options per slot per class and call it a day

white minnow
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i consider the crafting system as something that feels really bad but the consequences of it are less than how it feels

bitter turtle
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you can try them

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in psykarium

radiant chasm
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they should just remove BM and give enough base cleave on caxes to keep them viable

white minnow
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it sucks for weapons whose breakpoints are tight

bitter turtle
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that's what i mentioned with pcycler

terse idol
bitter turtle
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bm is the same imo

white minnow
#

but it's fine to have <t4 blessings and imperfect stats

winged warren
bitter turtle
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just fucking delete them and buff the weapons appropriately

terse idol
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Second it's BM AND unarmoured AND a breakpoint

white minnow
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and esp after they reduced the variance between blessing tiers

radiant chasm
#

or make BM into like, a generic stat boost, weakspot damage+increased cleave on weakspot kill

trim steppe
bitter turtle
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blessings shouldnt be literally required for a wepaon to function

bitter turtle
terse idol
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

radiant chasm
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Taxe died from the BM rework

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and never recovered

bitter turtle
#

bloodletter IV is a pretty big difference from III

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and iv ebeen rolling

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for 2.5 week now

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lmao

tall torrent
terse idol
#

But as it stands, blessings that "change your gameplay"

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Just don't compare

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To the straight damage options

bitter turtle
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im ok with more like deflector

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that give you other options

terse idol
#

Ghost on lasguns...

bitter turtle
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but not just ones that make the "this weapon but better xd"

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effect

terse idol
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Issue being BIS blessings are full pain

bitter turtle
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like pcycler

radiant chasm
#

classic fatshark balancing ending up making caxes and heavy swords better

terse idol
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I mean

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They did nerf caxes

radiant chasm
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by reworking BM to "fix" them

rigid pilot
#

Ghost lasgun is totally fine

terse idol
#

the cleave is alot worse

terse idol
radiant chasm
#

the BM rework was an objective buff to caxes

terse idol
#

Giving up DA, and Headhunter

radiant chasm
#

killing 4 elites per swing is ridic

terse idol
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Not thriiilled

radiant chasm
#

way more valuable than old BM

rigid pilot
#

You can live without DA cmonnn

radiant chasm
#

it just isn't as braindead

tall torrent
terse idol
rigid pilot
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But ghost lasts way too short for it to really matter

radiant chasm
rigid pilot
#

So DA it is

junior needle
white minnow
#

being able to do 4x first target damage compared to infinite cleave to an indeterminate amount of enemies ends up being better damage

junior needle
#

4 bruisers

white minnow
#

though you do lose some contorl

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e.g., new BM vs current sunder

tall torrent
#

Combat axe is not 1 shotting 4 elites per swing lol

radiant chasm
radiant chasm
winged warren
tall torrent
bitter turtle
#

😔

junior needle
#

One shots some weenie elites KEKW_ogryn

radiant chasm
#

pretty sure melee spec vet can do it

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easily

trim steppe
rigid pilot
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You must hit the head tho

radiant chasm
#

just get headtaker stacked, line up a headshot,

radiant chasm
winged warren
#

Can you parry the OH?

potent iris
#

rashad is what you go for if you want lowest common denominator ez gameplay

radiant chasm
#

with new bM

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🙂

tall torrent
rigid pilot
winged warren
trim steppe
radiant chasm
#

i currently use rashad on my vet and usually get 2-3 elite kills and mostly not getting 4 jsut cause I usually just gun them down at that point

tall torrent
#

Ok go play DC instead

radiant chasm
#

also, being short hurts

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i think you have a lsgith advantage to getting weakspots if you are taller

paper brook
#

If I'm running a Power sword with the Revolver, would point blank be a better blessing to have than surgical?

rigid pilot
#

Tall kings gang

radiant chasm
#

all my characters besides ogryn are shortest

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ogryn is tallest option

winged warren
# tall torrent Ok go play DC instead

But but can you answer the question? Pls pls pls pls.
Think of it like I'm asking why would people run dclaw over rashad, assuming he is willing to build a good weapon

tall torrent
#

You can fight 20 ragers with a DC sword

rigid pilot
#

The parry

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You press the funny button

trim steppe
tall torrent
#

You’re usually not winning 1v20 ragers with a Rashad

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Unless u dump all your resources

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Grenades

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Magdump

rigid pilot
#

Shout

tall torrent
#

Ability

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All of that

rigid pilot
#

||infiltrate||

winged warren
#

Nsybe I should try using dclaw tho

bitter turtle
#

u cant

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well

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maybe if you also take 10% melee

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this is also a perfect 80/80/80 axe

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took desperado, elite dmg, precision

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max headtaker

rigid pilot
#

Unarmored perk KEKW_ogryn

tall torrent
rigid pilot
#

Peegun

bitter turtle
#

running unarmored

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kek

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that was a given

trim steppe
# winged warren But you have gun :(

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking here. If you want to run rashad and shoot a lot of shit with a gun then go for it. Dclaw has its own use case and people who like it too, you dont have to want to use it

bitter turtle
#

u have to on vet

winged warren
#

No no but you shoot them before they come close. And and, is 20 exaggerating or you fought 20 ragers in current patch ( genuinely asking, maybe I'm really lucky)

rigid pilot
#

I'm no axe main

bitter turtle
#

nvm, still not possible with 10% melee

#

kek

winged warren
#

Ok but if I can interject myself. Dclaw does sound very cool now

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Thanks for sharing

bitter turtle
#

why do ppl literally make shit up 😔

tall torrent
trim steppe
tall torrent
#

You have options to fight ragers as veteran but that usually means you need to dump your resources, whether that be grenades, ammo or ability

trim steppe
#

what difficulty do you play on? not being shitty or anything I'm just curious

rigid pilot
#

But like that's what resources are for 🤔

tall torrent
#

You can have a lot of it over a mission but to dump everything all at once is always going to impact your decisions for the next fight

winged warren
tall torrent
#

And Rashad is not very good at fighting multiple (3+) ragers

winged warren
tall torrent
#

You have a reliable push atk that staggers like 3 Dreg ragers at most

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Scab I think only 1 because high mass

winged warren
#

Dat is true. I tried duelling 3 ragers with rashad in psk and was very hard. :(

tall torrent
#

DC doesn’t care about that

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Lock yourself in a room with rager groups

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You’re winning

wanton dawn
#

Eh

winged warren
wanton dawn
#

I just use ps6

rigid pilot
#

Peesword pogryn

bitter turtle
#

me + 2 grenades = room with 20 rager and i win

#

jk

tall torrent
rigid pilot
winged warren
#

Psyker is +60, zealot is +50, oggir is +10

bitter turtle
#

i always brauto/iag with knife

trim steppe
bitter turtle
#

gets boring though

rigid pilot
#

Perhaps

bitter turtle
#

you can do gud spraying hordes with those though

trim steppe
rigid pilot
#

But you don't get ammo back from killing trash

bitter turtle
#

yes I too love taping down my left mouse trigger

winged warren
#

I played only like 1-2 builds per class, maybe more on zealot if you consider all the different combinations.

That's why you keep seeing me ask about how different weapons compare

rigid pilot
#

Survivalists KEKW_ogryn

bitter turtle
#

and walking forward

rigid pilot
tall torrent
bitter turtle
#

this might be a hot take

#

but i think rashad is just alright if you dont go right tree

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it swings

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real fucking slow

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if you dont have aspd boosts to tape that up

tall torrent
#

@winged warren you know what, dm me

winged warren
#

Okeh bos

rigid pilot
bitter turtle
#

well first you probably want 5% melee and desperado minimum to hit the correct bp for vet

#

but i always feel like

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it swing way too slow

rigid pilot
#

Weapon spec helps alot too

bitter turtle
#

if i dont go all the way to weapon spec

rigid pilot
#

10%

bitter turtle
#

yes i know

#

im saying i think its just "ok" without weapon spec

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above average but not tippest toppest tier to me

rigid pilot
#

On my chainaxe build it's actually respectable horde clear lol

bitter turtle
#

but that might be a hot take

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at the very least

#

i can say i dont enjoy it very much

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at base aspd

wanton dawn
#

What ? You dare not put rashad at #1 ?

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I dont like it either

bitter turtle
#

😔 i go to darktide jail for my hair usy

winged warren
#

mr catto now in my top 5

tall torrent
trim steppe
#

I've been playing for 850 hours and I'm still missing 3 blessings

#

Maybe one day the emp will take pity on me

radiant chasm
#

Chaxe mk12 just better for vet

#

Faster and easier

umbral granite
#

When the base stats on the mission reward are questionable, but you got a tier 4 blessing you didn't have previously.

bitter turtle
#

idk if you saw my earlier reply to you

#

vet cant oneshot with a perfect max headtaker stacked rashad

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even a dreg shotgunner

#

actually

#

i just eralized

#

i took every single boost on tree

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except fire team kek

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either way not really realistic

umbral granite
#

Is supercharge even a good blessing on power swords?

bitter turtle
#

no

wanton dawn
#

Rip

umbral granite
#

so the sword above is basically just another sticker in the book then?

wanton dawn
#

Yes

umbral granite
#

well at least now the only 2 tier 4 power sword blessings I'm missing are bromentum and the one that gives insane cleave on charged hits (i think it's called sunder, but i don't know for sure).

bitter turtle
#

so

#

ur missing the literal best 2 after pcycler

umbral granite
#

Yes

trim steppe
#

But yeah unforunately that blessing isn't very good atm lol. Power cycler, bromentum, and sunder are the top dogs rn

umbral granite
bitter turtle
#

well

#

cycler is definitely still the better choice there kek

wanton dawn
#

Should have kept the sword

umbral granite
wanton dawn
#

Oh well, whats done is done

umbral granite
#

but it's way too late now

#

this was over a month and a half ago so..

wanton dawn
#

Spilled milk under the bridge

umbral granite
#

My friend got mad at me because I out-damaged him with this thing... while he was using a godroll plasma.

bitter turtle
#

tell him plasma bad

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agri shotgun actulaly meta

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then trick him into rolling one

wanton dawn
#

Well, your friend is not real good KEKW_ogryn

bitter turtle
#

then when he makes it go "jk"

umbral granite
#

You mean agri shotgun isnt meta?

bitter turtle
#

ur right

#

its just a bigger revolver

umbral granite
#

A bigger revolver that can break bulwark shields.

wanton dawn
#

Tbf tbf, plasma is not the greatest dmg gun out here

#

Due to low rof and heat

bitter turtle
#

damn

#

can break bulwark shield

#

AND is just a bigger revolver

#

its basically plasma + revolver

#

omega god tier

umbral granite
#

The sound of the slug breaking a bulwark shield is also very satisfying...

bitter turtle
#

smh impotent plasma users

wanton dawn
#

I think the highest dps gun in vet arsenal rn is...

#

Agri brauto

bitter turtle
#

if you mean racking up damage score probably

#

you want a gun that can shoot into hordes

trim steppe
wanton dawn
#

Highest single target would be ciag

umbral granite
#

I just toss a grenade into hordes and start swinging my chainsword...

#

assuming it's just a standard horder without specials/elites mixed in

wanton dawn
#

Highest in no ammo is plasma though

umbral granite
#

I've went through auric damnation levels with the agri-shotgun and only ever needed to pickup a singular small ammo tin...

#

granted, i was constantly loading slugs and aiming for heads...

wanton dawn
#

If you dont shoot horde and bring surv any vet gun can go full map without pickup

umbral granite
#

true

wanton dawn
#

If not, the gun is bad

#

Looking at no rec.. gun in particular

bitter turtle
#

im gonna make a 7 sometime

#

and try

#

like that guy we played w

#

he picked up no ammo

wanton dawn
#

I might try someday too

bitter turtle
#

that was actuallay the part that surprised me

wanton dawn
#

Granted, you can pad your scoreboard by playing aggressive

bitter turtle
#

yeah

#

but you

#

were also playing aggressive

#

running past all the goddamn plasteel

umbral granite
#

Behold: The Cadian flashlight!

bitter turtle
#

:(

wanton dawn
bitter turtle
#

i still outscored him