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I vaguely recall them talking about that
Not sure what they would recommend instead
That makes more sense
couple days ago
So uncanny for the first blessing, mercy/riposte/precog/executor for the second
Yes
my knife had unyielding already so he recommended cara to me
Ty bro
Unyielding is definitely nice for bosses
Uncanny + flesh tearer/executor/mercy/ripsote/precog
Mercy Killer only if you grab Serrated Blade for the bleed on hit to trigger the blessing
I'll take unyielding / anything
Path (guide writer) started taking 2 stam even
Otherwise you will want one of the other blessings because your only other source of reliable bleed would be shredder nades and that's not worth
Unarmored might even be a good pick
Unarmored is ok
Dreg gunner / shotgunner oneshots are nice
Im going to be a gigachad guardsman just my lasgun and combat knife
wierd, without fireteam my knife can't one shot crit heavy headshot dred shotgunners
Wish me luck brothers farewell i will either succeed or be sent to the warp
Unarmored head
fwiw i talk to him fairly regularly about knife
honestly the perks are mostly whatevver unless you take literal trash
I'm not going to roll unarmored for my knife
he even running +2 stam now lmao
bps on knife are fairly loose and to an extent dont matter too much as long as you can 3tap crushers
Yea I'll just take unyielding / anything
Back to work for another hour
important thing is just to have uncanny rly
Unless you are zealot and you don't have the good vet talents 
also
penetration is not that importnat of a stat
we found out
as long as its above 50-60 you are fine
50-60 is the threshold to be able to 4 tap a crusher from nothing
no uncanny stacks
so
i would just have it at least at 60 and call it a day
the effect basically does nothing once you stack uncanny
since pen is actually modfiying ADM
which uncanny shoots you so far past 100 that it doesnt matter
Sounds right
basically
i built my psyker with the unmodified shield wall with the shards its pretty funny
mobility > 16% so you dont lose a dodge (basically impossible to lose a dodge on knife tbh)
penetration > 60%
everything else to max
and then perks, as long as you didnt roll
idk
groaner dmg or some shit
it should be fine
blessings, uncanny + whatever
flesh tearer is my favorite
does a well rolled knife one shot poxwalkers and groaners with a knife light
numbercat/path likes executor
I thought 51?
yes but that's with 80 in everything else
in practice they wont have 80 in everything else usually
so i just say 60 to be safe
ok
esp if they'r erunning something like a 70 FT knife ro something
depends
usually yes?
but only 1 per swing
it won't deal with dense hordes well no matter what
personally i dont really use manstopper on my lawbringer but scattershot definitely
It's like a mini kickback 
with full stacks of marksmans focus it still instantly cuts down 5-10 guys in a hord
e
Manstopper lets absolutely delete a chunk of horde
its really too bad it has no cleave
I run manstopper no respite because weapon spec
but i guess the tradeoff is for range
Swap every 5 seconds to proc agile too
also theres the times where you see like 6 scab shooters poke their heads over cover at once and its like
my time is here
i usually go all the way down the left side of the tree
so my shotgun has super spiky headshot damage in most cases
if theres crushers or something you just put it away
I heard when you ads shotgun gets finesse boost
Whats shotgun you guys use?
Seems to be right from my experience
lawbringer, yea
Only lawbringer?
it gets a tightened spread
more than the other ones
I really like my lawbringer shotgun but i can't one shot certain guys without crits on headshot which is a bummer
agripiinaa is nice too
i like all the shotguns they're nice and chunky
Agripinna is my go to normal shotgun
i just prefer lawbringer
Lawbringer is for the MF build scatter/manstop
the range is too good to pass up
i have a 550 knife sitting in my inventory i just dont use lol
i should take a look at it
Vet knife is really good
i used knives when i was levelling up my classes but afterwards i stopped
All the buffs to headshot damage and elite damage makes you oneshot elites
lawbringer
more like
chaossender
Agrapina since it has bigger mag
I'm pretty sure most headshot damage buffs go to ranged except for the one skill on the right tree
what mag size is the agrip
i have 11 shots in my lawbringer
13
Mine 13
dang
The left one buffs melee damage too, doesn't it?
no left side is all out ranged
Melee headshot damage*
Love this meme build so much
anything that isnt explicitly "ranged damage" buffs melee as well
so if you mean precision strikes
yes
it buffs melee
Delete hordes in the most efficient way on Vet
in fact
There's one talents that's 30% to precision strikes
Yea it's great
Not even melee weapons can clean up hordes as well as the meme Lawbringer build LMFAO
Since it's on the way to elite damage too
its a fairly significant melee dmg buff since melee tend to have good headshot modifiers
so you end up picking it up even on guns like recon or brauto with relatively poor finesse
also lasguns and iags really shine on the elft side skill tree
Power Sword with Power Cycler IV might be close but you need the horde bunched up for your swings vs Lawbringer just needs to fire at the horde and deletes them in a cone
made a much reduced in power knife build in order to have survivalist on this infiltrate build
Lawbringer is better the further the horde is
i take sniper so this is true
Yes
i honestly never run surv infil
let me look at my tree
its way too much of a point drain
Now I want to do a Lawbringer meme run
If the horde is on the far side of the corridor your specials is hitting everything
wat are you even running that you need surv on
it is absolutely a point drain, it makes me cry lookin' at it
nothing
Nah it's amazing
people complain about the speedy aura but i feel like i need it sometimes
zealots are so fast
speed yaura is based
Speed aura is good
if u take scattershot already, just go manstopper imo
I don't need survivalist at all
they're meant to work together
I use speed aura for my melee vet.
its just a "non selfish" build for scab melee maelstroms
5% move speed is fun and based
The zealot now goes even faster
It started as a meme for completing the Marksman's Focus 10 stacks kill penance and now it feels like a legitimate build LMFAO
It really is 
It's just harder to use than peegun peesword peeshout
on scab melee i usually bring a risky helbore/bolter/chainaxe/combat axe build
another person put it well, its hard to quantify but speed aura is basically:
dmg done +
dmg taken -
stamina +
its just hard to quantify
but the effect is real
i remember playing my first game with it and when the game ended it only took 25 minutes in auric
and i was like huh wasnt my last game like 40
it must work
speedier feet=speedier mission made sense in my mind
ya I made that recording just to show it snot an insignificant bonus
at the very least i feel a major difference dropping it even speeding around with knife
im glad they nerfed survivalist really
Agreed
Surv Aura nerf was very warranted and the overall balance of ammo economy on Vet and other classes can now be properly reigned in without being chained to this single aura for conversations
its still broken on no ammo modifier anyway
frankly
they shouldnt have nerfed it
I wouldnt have minded it staying the way it was, but it doesnt bug me, what does bug me is that the other two auras are still trash and only taken to save points
not when i use a bolter
even more moaning i mean
but since everyone uses a revolver yes
If a weapon is underperforming on ammo economy the weapon can be looked at without the shadow of Survivalist Aura looming behind it
its still busted
okay i know weapon balance is difficult
but like
i really think the bolter should just do way way more damage to carapace
like the revolver shouldnt outclass it
revolver outclasses everything
shouldnt compare it
bolter is mid but usable enough rn
i love the bolter but even in my most spiky headshot build it does like 800 damage to a crusher
it is a flavor fail though
I'm like 90% sure I can consistently 2 shot or 3 shot Crushers with a Boltgun but I can't verify this for another 40-ish minutes
since the best way to play it is sniping and almost never hipfiring
I'll try mine out
it honestly resembles the agri revolver more than anything else
Just gib ammo restore from elites/specials off melee as a core mechanic instead of this special from the warp free ammo from 1 class
but nobody wants to play a bolter like a sniper
they want to go unga bunga hipfire im a beeg spess mehrine
which is fair
Thumpiest dmr
When I get home I will begin the Crusher killing tests in Psykanium again
i do both
the finesse value on bolter is extremely high
it actually feels great to dump a bolter mag in a horde even though its not the best way to use it
its also becuase unless you make the whole build around crits the bolters main strength is mag dumping into big targets
well
that is how you are supposed to do it rn
surgical/pinning
also just to be clear
with deadshot
the bolter does insane damage to anything that isnt carapace
hipfire magdump is only for monstrosities
actually
i disagree on that
but not enough to one shot most maniacs for some reason
i think it could do a little more
Popping a Combat Stim, hitting Executioner's Stance and having Focus Target on a Plogryn/Burgle while every shot hits the head or back is satisfying in ways I cannot describe without sounding like I am falling to Slaanesh worship
to ragers
if there is one thing i'd buff about it
maniac
I really, really dont like deadshot
its just short of oneshotting both fo them without pinning stacks
which is kinda eeeh
i mean like
forget revolver
v7 can oneshot scab rager at least
I yearn for Boltpistol
it has way too much downtime compared to its uptime, and during that downtime your fucked in melee
im worried really
i mean
bolter needs to unads to unfuck its recoil either way
deadshot bolter rly shouldnt be a pr oblem to manage
I will use it whether it is trash or treasure because I am a clown and I already do that with basically every gun in the game
for what its worth the bolter bash has a lot of stagger
esp since i imagine most bolter builds will go tag keystone and you can grab target down
im in the pyskhanium and my bolter two shots maniacs to the body
the slow swap can be nullified as well
thats fine really
I dont really care if something is OP in most situations in a PvE game, I just want everything to be at least useable
how?
executor stance
ah okay
okay how does that work?
- have 1 round in your mag missing
- swap to bolter
- cancel swap animation with reload animation
- cancel reload animation with sprint
missing 1 round is p easy in practice, i barely think about it
i love them for their flak cleave damage
im personaly a power sword 6 guy cuz im a scrub and think poking ogryns in teh head is funny, but catachans are fun
if you bring savage sweep with it its pretty devastating in a horde
thats fine
okay so 2 of them kind of suck, but the last one is great
they're a do all weapon type
you have to be into those
idk about that
they are
atrocious vs flak
cannot kill crushers unless you slowly parry them to death
how is that do all
do all is rashad
but i dont want to use brutal momentum rashad
knife has a bit f trouble with hordes but aside from that it kinda wrecks everything
i dont understand how a weapon that is awful against 2 armor types, 1 the most common one, could possibly be do all
or rather
personally
i dont understand the point of running d claw at all
it is a sword
it just means your gun HAS to be able to match into crushers
its not really meant to do mutch to armor
and i dont really see what you gain from it
yes but that's a legitimate downside when every other melee weapon is good vs armor
i tend to just leave crushers to my teammates honestly
D claw is kinda like the heavy sword of vet
the catachans make hordes easy mode
i like to bring autoguns and thigns that dont do damage against crushers
i could believe that if the moment dreg bruisers showed up didn't make the dclaw cry
they are my weak spot
either you hit their bodies or suffer the shitty flak dmg
They really aren’t
Major flak & carapace weakness
fuck it
either way its not exactly a great choice to be making
I'm deleting my survivalist infiltrate build
Just because it can parry crusher doesn’t mean you should actively go parry every crusher overhead
just slap uncanny on dclaw and now its god tier :^)
works for ever yother weapon with uncanny
Dclaws are very fun weapons but they're not good for Crusher killing and when Scab Brusiers/Dreg Bruisers enter the mix their flak armour will make the cleave feel awkward. It's still very fun for clearing through your average horde until the flak comes out though
ive never really noticed a weakness to flak

but it normally staggers a wide crowd
Would you share a tin with a clown?
so that might just be how i use it
It doesn’t do very good flak dmg in the first place, and it loses a very significant portion of its dmg from cleaving through flak enemies
You can try cleaving through Dreg bruiser to hit another enemy in meat grinder
i do use savage sweep to cleave through lots of enemies
Savage sweep does not improve cleave dmg distribution
in bruiser hordes if i can hit at least one enemy head its enough
I have it on good authority that the DCS actually heals flak mobs
I have the data
true but it still activates vicious slice
which staggers a little
at the very least it can manage a horde and i never feel like im losing out when i use it
Let me become a Sister of Battle of the Orders Hospitaller so good at their job they accidentally heal heretics just to prolong their suffering to end them after
I mean I've used a DC for a while and I like it, don't get me wrong
but jesus christ good luck handling a single scab mob without charged attacks
You can't use those puppy dog eyes on me. That's cheating
rest of squad just looking at you wailing on that poor mfer
parry, and the flak modifier isn't as bad as it used to be, it can be overcome with consistent weakspots and crits, only really suffers vs maulers
and plasma and revolver both pierce armor
i dont use mods but i wish i could check the damage of the parry attack
Vicious slice is really not that great
it doesn't need to be great, I use it for the stagger
like honestly
yea the flak hurts but if you go say, sweep rampage, you can, brute force it
savage sweep with vicious slice slows people
if you dont call this dmg vs flak terrible
rampage gives stagger
then what is terrible
i dont have rampage
you cant say "just use plasma or revolver with it"
you can make any loadout good
by just
"using plasma or revolver with it"

it's a fun weapon and it's not terrible, it's better than taxes imo
it makes funny squishy sounds when you click near a horde
taxes break your finger on zealot
It's a good thing they're cat eyes and not puppy eyes
i remember old dclaw, the parry was useless and the flak modifier was somehow even worse
but yea, it's basically all in the parry for power, it can do silly things with the timing down
like parrying overheads
i dont know
Fine, clown. If you run recon then... sigh, I will run recon as well, and my recon build has survivalist aura
Perfect
and then kill them
Clown shoes it is if I meet you in quickplay
Anyway
recon did nothing wrong
can you try adding a bunch of scab guys in the psykhanium and just parrying them to death
I like dclaws

I ran one on my trauma psyker build for the longest time
I will defend the honor of my meme laser hose.
If I ever got ambushed by rager mobs I just danced through them and parried everything
RISE UP
its not even like the parry deletes a crusher anyway
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRISE UP
recons are fun but the vlad is not all its cracked up to be
TALOS THE MIGHTY
imo the MK II is better
TALOS THE UNASSAILA

It’s the 2nd best survival tool available
I just wish it had better flak dmg
It’s more awkward on vet than on zealot & psyker imo
i had no idea it did that much damage to a crusher actually
i thought it did way less
Because vet actually doesn’t have that many ranged weapon options to kill carapace
also the follow up to a parry attack is a downward strike that does more damage to carapace
U have plasma, HB3, 2 revolvers, boltgun (kinda)
Anything after that is usually lower efficiency than ideal
lower spread means it has much better range, better ammo efficiency, and works better with headhunter
recon was destined for greatness
i think the headhunter guns should do more damage to crushers
however lasguns in general are in kind of a weird spot rn
Sneaky Cat's recon kills crushers pretty quickly
recon lasguns are actually the only guns in the game that i dont really want to use much
v7 does like 2k+ dps
i try them periodically and i dont really like them
So does mine, a little less quickly, but it does
lasguns are solid, you just have to build them for crits
oh i do like lasguns
recons included
bring them with sniper for some pretty serious midrange damage
I mean hey, I don't even think recons are as shit as consensus indicates
but they are also kinda bad
and if you compare them with the really meme stuff like plasmas, it's just no contest
it depends on how ya use them
yeah its low tier, but they are viable with the right setup
everything in the game passes the minimum bar of viability
I really like the mk6. I can melt elites consistently at all ranges and look good doing it.
yea but you can dab on all the plebs who have to dodge the overhead
and infernus is probably the most enjoyable perk I've taken in a gun, to me personally
Anyway, infernus +onslaught is a funny combo
they kind of already do
but then again you can also (somewhat) do the same on an agripina IAG and not run out of ammo nearly as often
just spam shots into them
lul
mk3 with deadly accurate headhunter will just spam crit heads into crushers
the crits make it work better for me
or an ILG (even though I find them jankier to keep on target)
and mk7, is a bit weirder and slower but it can work in a pinch
it's all about the deadly accurate crits
why does your scope change models when you aim
yep this
mod shenanigans
and it has to be said that recons are very good at staying on a weakspot just going bananas
now the only thing fatshark has to do is give me a hotshot lasgun
and if the burst doesn't get them, infernus will. Eventually but
i keep being told im worthy of a hotshot in game >:((
yea but unlike headhunters they don't do damage

you are worthy of nothing
eat the corpse starch
No u
but but brrt 😦
i really really wanna use recons for specifically firing into hordes at head level but strangely they suck at that
it just feels like thats what they should do
they feel like lmgs
Ive been gigachadding with recon lasgun for too long cuz theres no other full auto lasgun alternative
recons just do what lasguns already do, which is get rid of specials and shooters
Now me angery
I mean they're good at that but their ammo economy dictates mag dumping into a horde is a gigantic waste of ammo most of the time.
I went this route thinking id easily get the 15 headshot penance

but I do like spraying a horde just to set half of it on fire as I strafe through them
it's like a long distance flamethrower
recons r best used as a support playstyle imo
and the fire probably doesn't do shit but I'm lighting heretics on fire and it's cool and fun
Melting crowds suppressive fire all that
Do they do decent suppression?
no
the only thing you're gonna melt
by hsooting into a crowd with a recon
is your ammo supply
I have the suppression buff so its ok
Not as much as like the mg iv and shit from my own personal experience but its still pretty handy
What’s the alternative
blaze away
burn stacks will actuly fuck up unyelding and bosses, its why gunlugger ogryn makes bosses a joke
Its just recons r in a shitty state rn
More power for spamming shots
i like elite+flak/maniac though
yeah perks mean A LOT more than blessings on plasma
i just want more full auto lasguns >:((((((((
prioritize good base stats and getting +flak and +maniac
blue infantry lasguns with marksmans focus and sniper and precision strikes
difference at close vs midrange
headhunter + infernus has always been super fun to run for me, and I've always had good results with it.
Granted, most I've ran with it is Malice
Most of the stats are good just ammo is kinda mid but it’s aight
For perks should I grab unyielding and flak?
thats what your meant to do with a recon yeah, ive made it work on damnnation, but only with a MK6 p[ower sword to deal with armor
I can run damnations but i gotta be super tryhard with it
Using my MG IV or IA is usally my go to for dams n mael (auric) but theyre still doable w recons
hard to fit it in when melee weapons exist and cleaving horde clear ranged weapons exist
elite + flak or maniac
Do you mean the shredder autopistol
like, the law and kant shotguns, agri brauto has good cleave through horde
I'm not actually sure what weapons are good for that
Elite + flak
I just haven't rolled a serious recon, went IAG this time around, but I'll probably eventually get to those when I have the mats and money to burn
Elite is first priority
Even tho it’s just 10%?
i have elite+maniac on mine
and then there is weapons that just ignore a bit of horde even if they aren't made for horde clear, like the plasma or revolver
elite* sorry helps you hit crusher 3 tap and dreg gunner hs 1 tap iirc
i don't think shredder is useful for clearing hordes besides a magdump to make some space, but agri brauto does that better
Man ive spent millions of dockets n tens of thousands of plasteel trying to get the right recon its not even worth trying until fs fixes the entire rng system
Yes, because u want to take superiority complex + focus target(redirect fire)/longshot to get 1 shot headshot on both gunners & both flamers
I still dont have the right one till this day btw
agri brauto with FF DS fully ramped is SO juicy god damn
Ok gona out elite and flak
yea, and not until they rework or heavily adjust recon
Put*
I'm not super picky but yeah as someone who recently sank like half a mil to end up with a 520 agripinaa IAG I agree with you lmao
Everytime they post updates and weapon tweaks i pray there's a recon buff but im always let down :(((
maybe i'm just weird tho i don't care for the laser guns much besides the hbs
at least I got rank 4 dumdum out of it
Bro my recon is 523
if i can be frank, my guess is that recon is a bit of a newb weapon that you are meant to graduate out of
total score doesn't matter
That was the best i could get my hands on w fhe right blessings n perks
it's not vt2 where it gives stat adjustment the more ilvl you have
N damage n shit
1 shot bodyshot scab gunner
1 shot bodyshot dreg gunner with AE/(LS + tag + RF) active
Better 2 shot consistency vs reaper (1HS + 1 bodyshot can 2 tap, instead of having to do 2HS)
1 shot headshot scab rager with AE active
Slightly better 2 shot consistency vs scab mauler
Agri? Are you sure you don't mean Graia?
Graia shoots way faster
Oh I’m dumb
agri hits harder and cleaves more, your graia just shoots faster
Its a fun gun to use i agree that the buff made it pretty broken esp the 6d but gutting it in half was not the right move imo
They nerfed it toooooo hard
Ugh I hate this stupid as system
ig you can 1tap dreg ragers without maniac using FT?
blessings dont really matter a ton on plasma
shooting faster doesn't give you better horde clear, especially compared to things like cleaving and damage
i take maniac for that and bodyshotting flamers
It’s like 40 dmg off for me, if I have AE up I hit it
ic
I don’t consider Dreg rager 1HS to be the most important breakpoint
Or if I have LS & enough distance I also hit it
It sucks ass that refinements aren’t separate from blessings :\
fair
I mean, recon I feel should be a lot like Infiltrate, something flashy but that requires actual control and skill to be effective at.
mostly i keep maniac bca its locked anyway
Hopefully that new update gets rid of locks
it effectively has no skill ceiling cause it lacks recoil and has great base ammo
that's the issue
Or if I have the cursed 8 stack modifier to boost RF to +12% I can also hit it

"control and skill" doesn't mean anything when you just hover over the enemy head without even worrying about recoil
yeah but by the same token you just described an agripinaa IAG
agri has recoil
or at least a couple of ILGs
ehhh
When it comes to trash mobs i use my dclaw but i enjoy using my mkII recon against ranged enemies
I mean the gun sure bounces around when you shoot it
but hold down that mouse button and you're nailing the same stamp on the wall
IAGs have recoil and the recoil does matter because bodyshot ttk on mk1 IAG is not that good
(approximately)
esp against ranged scab its just a light show of lasers going back n forth
sure it's not kicking like a mule cause the ads bug, but it's something
Mk1 IAG also has pretty low firing uptime
It's really just good for a very specific clown's preferences. I like turning a Recon into a Crusher killing gun. The Mk II and Mk VIIa just can't be juiced into doing it anywhere near as effectively. But if you ignore Crushers then the Mk II and Mk VIIa are both very comfy weapons for general use. The Mk II does feel very good to use even if it is the weakest damage-wise compared to the other two
there is a mod for that: https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40kdarktide/mods/87
the clown rending meta where vets were running headfirst into a crusher mag dumping into his head was absolutely dumb to watch
Yeah I did notice the iags do kinda low body shot damage
Can just bring a melee for Crusher killing and bring a Mk II or Mk VIIa
Yea i know but like actual new guns (hotshot now 😠 )
you can still do that though
ciag does it better
than recon ever did tbh
from what ive seen the II is about the same as the others when trying to hit heads, and is the most usable for said purpose
if you want to build it like that
The real winner of the “haha laser pew pew” patch was actually Vraks 3
yea, so did HH do it better, but it's the act of it
I heard the bolter does less damage at close range because it doesn't explode but I don't know if it's true
that most ppl didnt realize
Guess I should try it
i didn't see any vraks users run up to crushers melee range
i saw half a dozen different recon vets do that
it just looks silly
Im sfill gonna download that mod tho just so i dont need to keep spamming lmb on my kantrael lasguns
Yeah it's fine it just can't do this:
Unlimited crits
13 ammo used in this gif and now I have a better Recon that can kill Crushers in as little as 7 ammo spent
man those were fun days
p13 v3 was deleting bosses in a second
wait how are you gaining stamina back in that clip?
they had to nerf the finesse a crapton
Focus Target with Target Down
Target down
id get the clip but crab privated th eir videos or something
target down enjoyers 
I have one
Should I do the clown speech again
nvm
found it
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I only JUST got off work
very balans
When was this recorded?
tomorrow
Thx
i might need to become the recon hater idk
Uh idk but very recently and I still do this but I do this better now
i just don't like it thematically it seems goofy
sounds like a kid's laser gun you'd get from the value toy section
Ok here I go again
if you juice any automatic with onslaught and executioner stance it can do the sam ething
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Mk2 is the lowest DPS variant by a pretty big margin even for recon
Yea but ima sucker for lasguns
:/
the sad thing is
that is still slower than current patch ciag

look at that maniac kill time
Here is the talent tree set up I use, the Recon I originally used to make the gif and a Scoreboard of a Damnation run where I outdid a Columnus Infantry Autogun Vet and a Plasma Vet. The CIAG Vet only did 9k more damage but had less kills. The Plasma user had 2 more Ranged Elite kills. I blew them both out of the water on all other metrics and used less ammo too
I have a better Recon now and run Aurics
Tyvm im gonna try this out tomorrow
AND NOW FOR THE DISCLAIMER
unlimited ammo but does less than 1/3rd ciag dps on maniac
i thin kthat is a fair tradeoff
at lesat not one worth nerfing
lul
i refuse to read it 
(!) WARNING (!) YOU MAY SUFFER IF YOU TRY THIS
Chad recon enjoyers 
MG4 would unironically achieve the same thing with even less ammo used
And it has more reserve than all 3 recons

Just use hellbore and wait for surgical
MG4 also has faster ads move speed

Hellbored
yes, because using a better build doesn't make one the better skill player
so, I forget, does savenger matter more or less with high firerate weapons?
you have to normalize builds to a normalize skill level
it doesnt matter
it depends on the weapon in question's ammo economy
It only depends on your ammo reserve
surv scales off your total ammo reserve
some automatics have good economy
some automatics are 6d recon
some semi autos have good ammo economy
some are agri revolver
Shotguns have good economy too
Yea maybe not kanty
agri shotgun is not really good ammo econ
its one of the few gun si still run surv on
Worst ammo case is Agripinaa shotgun in my experience
This build is done with three Stam curios each with +3 Stam for a total +9 Stam from curios alone with an additional +1 Stam from the talent node under Confirmed Kill to give better Deadshot uptime
This build will benefit from you moving to the frontline and baiting enemy shooters into firing at you to regen stamina during fights to help Deadshot uptime
You need to get used to consistently pinging Specials/Elites with Focus Target to benefit from Target Down. This improves damage, toughness regen and stamina regen. The stamina regen helps Deadshot uptime
You need to be used to aiming heads with Headhunter blessing to keep crit strings rolling in combination with Deadshot to get free shots through Shock Trooper
Even after all that stamina regen you still need to watch your stamina bar because longer volleys will eat your stamina and you need to swap back and forth between aiming down sights for Deadshot and hip firing to let stamina regen
ehh, it's jsut a bit worse than revolver
just a bit worse than a gun that already is not really stellar in terms of ammo econ is not a good recipe imo
It’s a lot worse than revolver because standard shots loses key 1 shot breakpoints from ~12m+
unless youw ant to load slugs constantly
well
we were talking about econ
not fun value
At the time I recorded that I did not play Aurics much at all and did not touch Maelstroms. I was a young and scared clown. It worked well for Standard Damnation and it also works well in Auric Damnation High Intensity Shock Trooper Gauntlet too now that I am a better clown
And vet doesn’t have throwing knives to hard carry ammo economy
they should however, buff it's fall off since it's the sniper
For zealot the situation is different
otherwise i would just say agri revolver > zarona because fun
The other Vets in that squad were good players
They did not require anyone to carry them and they pulled their weight accordingly
We worked well together as a squad
This is not a massive skill gap moment
I have helped ducklings and carried homeless people
Zealot - throwing knives
Psyker - magic knives
Ogryn - concrete knives
Vet - 
These people were neither
I think the Plasma Vet was still adjusting to the Survivalist Aura nerf tbh
magical regenerating grenade knives
Probably why they ate so much ammo
Frag knives
If you were to give vet an ammo econ blitz what would that even look like
Grandes Regen anyways in most build
my imagination is unparalleled
Bring back BH shot from VT2 
How about this
Epic games sells the rights for the lancer to GW and we get an assault rifle with a mounted chainsaw
Anyway yeah you want Headhunter and Infernus for blessings on a Recon Mk VId. Pair it with Carapace perk and it cuts down Crushers. A Plasma gun, Revolver or Columnus Infantry Autogun will kill faster. Compared to meta weapons this build just makes the Recon more viable/competitive at the cost of survivability and utility since no Voice of Command or Infiltrate
The most 40k gun and it can't be in 40k because copyright
Just wait for Microsoft to buy james
It's gonna happen
Then James will fold and be closed 
Be very careful because you are squishy and rely on Confirmed Kill, Close Order Drill and Iron Will to survive from the tree in combination with positioning and dodging
Target Down does help offset Toughness woes though
Also I use whatever melee I want tbh
You can too
My bolter build is your set up with 3 talents moved around lol
I swap often between Chainsword Mk IV, Chainsword Mk XIIIg and Combat Blade Mk VI lately though
Nice!
I should check my Boltgun build to see how similar it is
it's crazy how much bonus damage comes out of headshots in this game
shooting a scab gunner in the chest vs the head with my build is nearly a 7x headshot multiplier
and thats without marksmans focus
or executor stance
depends on the gun
headshot bonus damage is contingent on finesse values
some guns dont really see a big improvement
Some guns have better innate modifiers even if it's not a stat you roll
brautos and recons for example
other guns
well
its like you described
go from taking 2 shots to 10 if you dont hit head
like v7
V7 my beloved
that being said, you prolyl still wanna hit heads with recon
headhunter and all that
this is what my Boltgun build looks like
What niche yall think bolt pistol is gona play into
You can drop determined, no?
Just discovered the power of the agropina today
being a shittier revolver
is that a niche
:((
I hope it’s decent lol
itll be better than revolver
10 shots to open bulwarks
IMAGINE IT GETS HANDCANNON
1 shot everything
Bolter is in a weird place rn so I mean I could c it
I like keeping it because the gun gets too wobbly outside of Exe Stance. My current best Boltgun has low stability stat
uncanny strike + surgical + handcannon
is that the suppression immunity talent?
alt action is you throw the bolt pistol at the enemy like a boomerang
How often are you trying to shoot it outside of exec stance
stagger them
Yeah
bolter absolutely needs it in my experience
Depends on the encounter but sometimes I can have Exe Stance droughts and I like keeping things consistent for when it is on CD
Best case scenario, slightly worse breakpoints than Zarona (prob no rager 1 tap and worse vs ogryns) but better mag size & reload speed with similar draw speed
Worst case scenario, just worse than Zarona for almost every enemy
surgical* dmr bolter needs it
I guess it's auric syndrome for me, exec is always ready to go and when it's not I've just used it and mags empty anyways
On a Boltgun? Pretty often
The day I can be this is the day I can die happy
The fact that he does not have volley adept to reload the thing
Do you think we'll ever get Plasma Pistol and Power Fist?
I hope we do
I’ve been wishing for it since day 1
What’s the point of getting shooter highlight for boltgun if u don’t have volley adept to reload it fast enough to chain refresh exe stance on shooter waves
At this point I’ll take just a power fist tho
Weapon Specialist Vet is really a vibe man
I can see how dual wielding would be a difficult task
Trigger happy axe murderer vibe
Watch power fist be zealot exclusive

Man I’d legit uninstall
dual wielding melee def in the future, give it a year or dozen
I want my freaking sergeant/commissar cosplay
Oh yah for sure melee
But melee/ranged
You're correct but also I rely on killing specials fast enough in combination with Tactical Awareness to just use the ability again when I want it
Other than a reskin of pistol/rapier from vt idk how it would work
melee ranged? idk, the specials as is seem pretty set in stone
If I swap off of Confirmed Kill/Close Order Drill to hit one of the reload talents I'm sacrificing a lot of survivability
rel*ading 🤮
imo dueling sword should have had a finger magic bullet instead of the stagger jab
If I take points from elsewhere I'm losing damage
Maybe the power fist has the attack side for killing and the plasma pistol is just a stagger? Idk lol
since it's psyker only
Tough to work out
It’s very funny to me that the turtolsky heavy sword (used by the vostroyan firstborn IG regiment) and the maccabian duelling sword (used by the maccabian janissaires IG regiment) are not available to veteran
Pretty much just described rapier/pistol I’m dumb
But the bot veterans in game can use heavy sword for some reason
I continue to pray for a Longlas
Meltagun
At least we're getting Boltpistol soon
just have it do the pistol/rapier except finger gun cause hahah funny space wizard. why is it just a different kind of stab xd
I want 2h sword on psyker badly too
A new toy at last
marksmans focus and volley adept and tactical reload really speeds it up
Can't wait to see what sorts of weapon skins the Bolt Pistol get
25 meltabombs taped to a suicide vest
1 Krak grenade rigged to explode the instant I honk my clown nose as soon as my Elysian grav chute gets me in range of a Chaos Space Marine
i wonder if its zealot only
I'm not on PC rn to load my build but
it doesnt sounds like a thing veteran would use
True
or psyker
The first set vets got tho was a shotgun skin
actually it depends on what they do with it i suppose
is it gonna be a hunting rifle type deal
really long range
or is it gonna be a super wide point blank shot
If the double barrel shotgun is competing vs Kantrael shotgun for zealot then it’s gonna be a hard sell unless it cranks out absurd burst dmg with decent reload speed
Marksmans focus was an interesting experiment but lost out in the end to focus for me
Which makes me think zealot tbh
I'll use it just for the gunlot synergy 
i understand this
If we ever get a powerfist/claw bolt pistol combo that’d be sick
but i just prefer marksmans focus for a few reasons
And I feel like you give up too much to get reload speed, but I mega value having both .25 stam regen delay nodes
mainly that it works on everyone
We just need a good commissar outfit now
and the reload speed is a bonus
not that the bolter really needs bonus damage on everything but it might push it to one shot a few extra things in the head
If this doesn’t drop when bolt pistol does with a proper rigging and gloves I’ll be so sad
double barrel shotgun special action
reloads TWO special shells
👻
everything else is the same
now it competes
:^)
Also need a commissar cap with a bionic eye badly
anyways templars, i must go to rest. you should really try out the chaxe and getting skulls for the emperor and blood for the golden throne
maybe itll be like the shotgun from battlefield v where it has a third barrel for a slug round
Freaking hate that face/hats aren’t separate
I oneshot everything but maulers crushers pox busters muties and monsters
either that or the special is you whacking them with the stock
Maulers are 2 and crushers are 3
The only real gun zealot synergy is railgun throwing knives
oh hot take, what if the double barrel shotgun was psyker exclusive?
since they don't have the normal ones
what if psyker staves were usable by ogryn
and that's the new two handed ogryn weapon
“I own a shotgun for home defense just like my beloved told me”
Vet needs the stubbers
Vet needs
Slow walk like the gunners except we get to bless it
im curious how a psyker would build around that
imagine an ogryn with surge staves between his fingers like wolverine
they dont have a lot of range talents just crit stuff
and then he staff bangs wolfer to submission
dual wield staves
kickback for psykers 
both are the small projectile
Doesn't the vet have art of gunning stuff down with a stubber lmao
Did u know that the psyker force staves have 22.4 cleave on special melee attacks

considering i only found out a week ago that the special action staff swing exists
no
That is a rotor cannon
Mini gun
Mini gun
Mini gun
It is a standard heavy weapon for imperial navy voidsmen
catachan edc
We are on a rogue trader's ship
Casually wields heavy bolter
She has voidsmen
not really related to any of this but do any of you know why the windows store version of the game doesnt let you interact with ragdolls
Chad
In the psykanium?
Pretty sure he killed a tyranid with his teeth too
i am kind of sad i cant shoot the guy in the head after ive shot him in the head
Or in missions
no in missions
Hey weird question I'm using Plasma for the first time in a while is it better to have Blaze Away or Gets Hot? I want to get Glory Hunter on this gun for funny tank memes
Huh weird
Gets hot
when are we getting the winterhome regiment cosmetics that barely exists in lore except it's an iceworld and their colors are grey/greyish pink
it seems to be a windows store exclusive thing
Ok thanks
i need to match with my twitch drop camos
Gloryhunter is not a meme on plasma
gets hot
It’s highly effective
i dont think blaze away really matters that much tbh
I'm running it with a meme talent set up for funny toughness
honestly
im inclined to think
gets hot/glory
is actually better
than gets hot/blaze
not to be a sadist but it was funny in vermintide 2 to chop up a corpse of a rat monster after you lop their head off if you are bored
Blaze encourages bad trigger discipline 
if you're doing glory
but that was the steam version
you should pick up born leader
volatile glory with infiltrate
im playing through game pass and it doesnt let you interact with corpses at all
