#veteran-class

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tacit sonnet
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depends on the gun

faint beacon
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Worse dodges you’ll get with it is 3 best is 5

tacit sonnet
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I guess I'll equip my columnus

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I don't like how trauma blessing sounds

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It's just extra impact

faint beacon
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That’ll work, still find it hilarious you can consistently stagger Mutants with the SA on the SIM shovel by just learning about poking their head mid charge

tacit sonnet
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I'd rather get decimator

unique orchid
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also fine

tacit sonnet
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And flak instead of sprint speed I guess

faint beacon
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Deci or Skullcrusher I’d say is the two you could think on

tacit sonnet
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Apparently I don't have decimator

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Skullcrusher it is

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Can always change it later

midnight totem
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@tacit sonnet this is what you use a shovel for

tall torrent
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low point cost option for sharpshooter veteran to deal with carapace

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Has very mid horde clear

shadow urchin
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Whoa, the Krieg must be jacked to disarm that axe one-handed.

tall torrent
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It doesn’t have +cleave blessings so fighting bruiser hordes will be noticeably harder

midnight totem
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Impact knocks him down, easy kill cutenod

tawny badger
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getting sick of these fraudulent waist-high barriers

uncut leaf
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whats the standard build for powersword + plasma gun?

tawny badger
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uh

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executioner’s stance(?)

tacit sonnet
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I just tried it

snow cypress
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How do you see this curiosity perks for vet toughness generator? +4 ability speed,+5 toughness,+30% toughness regeneration

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Btw the toughness i regenerate passively is also given a 15% of it to my partners if I have born leader?

coral willow
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cause skullcrusher requires the enemy to be staggered to get the debuff correct

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honestly just spam voc

snow cypress
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awwwwwww man

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sad

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very sad

tall torrent
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Born leader scales from non-coherency toughness

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Toughness regen is coherency toughness regen

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They’re 2 different things and do not interact

snow cypress
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damm it

tall torrent
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Toughness regen is also just not that great for veteran imo

snow cypress
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oh

tall torrent
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U might get a bit more value out of toughness regen on Ogryn maybe

snow cypress
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I said it because i tought it would be useful to give more toughness to the team,but if you say that is not that good

coral willow
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generally spamming voc achieves the same effect tbh

snow cypress
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yeah

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does VOC stack?

coral willow
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from different vets

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not yourself

snow cypress
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awww man

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imagine XDD

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That would be kinda op

coral willow
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not that it matters +50is a high bar

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zealot goes +100 and gives toughness damage resistance buts way slower

snow cypress
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yeah

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I prefer vet's

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It's more versatile

coral willow
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its just better really

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knocks crusher on their ass vs slightly pushes them back

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like its only not good on bulwarks i guess

snow cypress
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well

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i have krak and plasma

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They are not really a problem XD

coral willow
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i use frag

coral willow
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knocks them down so i can shovel them

snow cypress
coral willow
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idk really

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its good

snow cypress
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if i get it on my 3 curiosities

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Without it I have to kill 5

serene bough
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Im so excited for the emoji to be posted on Twitter to tease the update !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

snow cypress
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oh nvm

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dumb question

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XD

snow cypress
shadow urchin
snow cypress
tawny badger
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The arched one

shadow urchin
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Its in that one room in Archivum Sycorax, right before the first elevator/mid event

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But mayhaps it is railings in general.

tawny badger
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ooo yeah

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in my case it’s either

  • gunners not giving a damn about the fact that I’m crouched behind cover
  • vAULT OVER THE BARRIER FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
shadow urchin
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The cover thing is real, that's why my vet is smol. I swear any taller and the top of my head sticks out or something.

tawny badger
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Ain’t no way the height actually affects your hitbox like that

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I mean that’s a neat attention to detail but also :(

shadow urchin
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I've no other way to explain why my max-height zealot tallboy gets lit up when crouching behind cover.

snow cypress
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Guys does this activates Born Leader?

agile yew
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Just your daily dose of Melk teasing with lvl 3 Power Cycler

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Half year gone and still no IV

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At this point i dont even logon to the game anymore, just go check out if its there for laughs

agile forge
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Tbh 4 changes very little

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It took me a year to get it

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And I find I still do 2 hit combos most of the time lmao

mortal orbit
agile yew
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Dont have the resources for it

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Blazing Spirit for Trauma Staff took me 2 weeks of material farming and about 40 tries until i got it. And its 1 out of 7 and only lvl 3

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This would be way more costly to do

balmy flume
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...imagine a mining mechanic for the new mission...

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We 40k Minecraft now

inland orchid
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rock n stone? hmmgryn

midnight totem
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You get a better chance of rolling for pc4 by rolling to transcendent then by rolling to blue

tawny badger
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getting height reduction surgery so I can actually take cover behind waist-high barriers

somber axle
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every once in a while I remember Vet has a cover mechanic

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and then remember to just crouch behind a box and aim to peek over it

midnight totem
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We have a cover mechanic?

last parcel
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yeah

somber axle
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if you put yourself up against a wall near a corner and right click your character will peek out to the side too

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no one uses it though

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LMFAO

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everyone is usually too busy running around to stop and taking cover anywhere

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I usually forget it exists even in times when it'd be actually useful like for killing gunners/reapers from cover

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Vet is the only class that can do this

tiny summit
tiny summit
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Soft cover leaning is the extent of the cover system

midnight totem
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I

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Why

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This isn't mentioned anywhere in game

tiny summit
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Fatshark gaming

midnight totem
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Why only vet?

somber axle
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Vet is the only one who realised that cover is important
Zealots are too busy charging into melee to realise hiding behind cover and shooting from safety is a good tactic
Psykers are too busy thinking about blowing up their own head to worry about someone else shooting it off
Ogryns ARE the cover

near bay
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I swear I took cover as my Zealot once or twice

midnight totem
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I can't walk up behind an ogryn with a slab shield and peak out behind him

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With that mechanic

somber axle
midnight totem
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Are you immune to shots and can you shoot back from peeking?

somber axle
last parcel
somber axle
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and yes

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you can shoot while peeking

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then stop aiming and go back into cover

lime gyro
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The fact more vets dont use cover still surprises me till this day

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I see alot of vets playing like zealots and rushing in head first

last parcel
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my cover is faith

lime gyro
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Understandable the Emperor protects

near bay
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I just wish a zealot would mind my back while I take out shooters. Yes, I know the gunners are murdering us but I can't do anything is I got poxers on me

lime gyro
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Shield ogryns are the best cuz they are just mobile cover

somber axle
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I usually play too aggressive pushing fast into enemy lines to get better angles on them

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Just dodge and you don't need cover

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I fallback behind cover if I turn a corner into something I realise is a mistake to run headfirst into

near bay
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I mean, I'm a ogryn main most of the time, I am the cover

dreamy spade
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The vet lean ability should be around corners too because i hardly ever use it

midnight totem
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I mean. Everybody puts away their gun if you're in melee with them

somber axle
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but I haven't used it in forever

tacit sonnet
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Randomly got this chain axe

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What do I do with it?

midnight totem
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I've gotten pretty used to dodging sliding and charging at enemy lines

somber axle
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clown dancing is too fun

midnight totem
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Even with a power sword

somber axle
dreamy spade
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Swap both blessings

somber axle
tacit sonnet
dreamy spade
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U want bloodletter and headtaker

last parcel
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i should ask them for the wip version

somber axle
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Probably swap Bloodthirsty to Bloodletter and go Rev It Up to Headtaker/Slaughterer

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I'd probably prefer Headtaker over Slaughterer

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Unyielding and Carapace are fine

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They'll mean you kill Crushers with it and demolish bosses

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Don't do maniac

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that's not necessary for this weapon LOL

tacit sonnet
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Unfortunately I have 0 blessings unlocked for chain axe

somber axle
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ah rip

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well eventually you can change it

tacit sonnet
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As this weapon was ass for most of it's lifespan and I never bothered

midnight totem
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It's probably vet's simplest elite killer

agile forge
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Is 12 just better than 4?

tacit sonnet
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oh, melk sells 2 chain axes, one with bloodletter and one with bloodletter slaugherer

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lol

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thanks

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Useful for once

agile forge
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I want to make one for my zelly

midnight totem
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12 has better strike down, worse horde clear

tacit sonnet
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And I got this

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What is with the emperor today

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Gave me 3 decent weapons

somber axle
agile forge
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With martyrdom I would imagine it gets better

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In both instances

tacit sonnet
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I know there is a good one

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and a bad one

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And one other I think that's also decent

midnight totem
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Most people like the mk4

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First heavy is strike down

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The others swap up the heavies

tacit sonnet
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Emperor really gave me 3 good weapons today

midnight totem
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One is sweep, strike down

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The other is sweep, sweep

tacit sonnet
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Don't remember when I got anything even half decent last time

tawny badger
tiny summit
tawny badger
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the sound that would make

midnight totem
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Masoszi be like: I can't do stealth insertions when your ogryn is dummy thicc and his ass cheeks keep alerting the Moebian skyfire defences

last parcel
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lemme tap that ogrussy

plush jetty
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how long does it take for a "salvo" to reset ? on both semi and full auto weapons ?

hearty panther
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its tied to the weapon anim

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so whenever it literally visibly sets back after a shot. opening salvo will light up

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easiest way to tell

plush jetty
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OK nice ty

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Also does salvo blessing stack their damage ? for example, weakspot salvo + normal shot salvo ?

old quail
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yes, they're also shots 2-3-4 in a salvo, not 3-4

midnight totem
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Oh hey, Warframe pfp

old quail
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(except for opening salvo)

midnight totem
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I haven't played that in 2 years

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... probably should. Oh God I'm so behind

tacit sonnet
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How exactly do parries work?

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I heard they are strong

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but do I need to time them?

midnight totem
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Parry right before enemy swing connects

plush jetty
midnight totem
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Yes they stack

old quail
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yeah

tacit sonnet
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Is there anything I can't parry

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other than probably crushers overhead

old quail
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all attacks are parryable, overheads you have to do it within the last ~300ms otherwise it eats all your stamina and guardbreaks you

tacit sonnet
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I CAN PARRY CRUSHERS?

old quail
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(grabs notwithstanding)

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and maulers yeah

plush jetty
# midnight totem I haven't played that in 2 years

Advice : if you feel there's too much shit to do but wanna play still, don't take it as a sprint, just unlock stuff at your own pace and have fun. I stopped playing a long time ago because I burnt out. Fantastic game still tho

plush jetty
old quail
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yeah, i think for every other case it's just a somewhat notable stamina cost reduction

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it's only overheads where it's particularly significant (and doesn't apply to regular blocking sadly)

midnight totem
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I gotta write DnD campaigns for my friends, be a Ninja in Warframe, keep up my declining apm in StarCraft, slay heretics for the Emperor, save the world (again) in FFXIV while maintaining an island, have chivalrous duels in For Honor by ledging anybody who's not a Knight, and play taxes atop my normal 9 to 5?

midnight totem
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Life's tough

tiny summit
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Havent played For Honor since like the first 3 months of its launch. I did enjoy the text chat as a lawbringer.

near bay
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My best memory is being called the n-word by my own teammate. Funniest thing that ever happened.

midnight totem
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So, League of Legends?

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I made a Khorne and Inquisition logo in For Honor

tiny summit
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Imagine For Honor. Combining technically a team hero game with fighting game mindsets

last parcel
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this is my favorite for honor memory

midnight totem
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As well as Imperial Fist

last parcel
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really encapsulates the essence of the game

tiny summit
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League of Legends fighting game 2XKO toxicity is gonna be wild

midnight totem
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One of my favorite games was

near bay
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I played League once. Not my cuppa tea.

midnight totem
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Putting on my imperial fist logo and Lawbringer

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Against a guy named Kharne

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Anyway, I grenaded him to death and constantly ledged him

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I'm not stupid, I'm not fighting Kharne fairly

tiny summit
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Those e-couple shorts like for Valorant, wondering how thats gonna go for 2XKO

somber axle
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geez

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why are MOBAs and fighting game communities so nuts

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I've never even seen that behavior in MMORPG PvP

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LOL

midnight totem
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Pretty sure I've seen it in wow pvp >_>

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Big overlap there with Dota and league

somber axle
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I played LoL a LOT but the gameplay got kinda boring and repetitive to me so I quit around the time they stopped doing their funny lore newsletter

somber axle
midnight totem
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And you're not in creature conflict for ffxiv pvp, I've seen people get salty as fuck

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Horde

somber axle
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People spamming certain chat lines in FF14 PvP when they're mad LMFAO

somber axle
midnight totem
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Let's be fair

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I was blood elf

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That's like, horde lite

somber axle
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that's basically red Alliance

midnight totem
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I had an alliance alt. Worgen

somber axle
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My main was Night Elf because they were my fav faction from WC3

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plus Shadowmeld in Warsong Gulch flag room for ambushing people

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funny memories of instagibbing people

terse idol
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Horde diet

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Horde Zero even

midnight totem
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A serious answer though. The way I see it. League especially has the issue with its formula that

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In a 5v5 format

terse idol
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It's just a staple for mobas

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The whole 2 top 2 bot 1 middle is like

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Keyed in

midnight totem
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It's very easy for one player's overall skill or lack of it to snowball and exponentially fracture a team's cohesion.

terse idol
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Hmm

somber axle
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it's a staple for the competitive scene in any game but unfortunately even casual League has people being weirdly competitive LOL

terse idol
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This is why I thought HOTs was so much better

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Because it was more teamcentric

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1 person can't usually carry the entire game like in league

somber axle
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I can't think of any game community more well known for being awful than LoL

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other than like

somber axle
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CoD lobbies

midnight totem
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And fighting games are fighting games

terse idol
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I'm not playing casually in a casual minded lobby

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I'm gonna play hard to learn

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(And destroy people, and be destroyed myself)

midnight totem
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Characters are never "perfectly balanced" outside a mirror match

midnight totem
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So people can throw blame wherever they like, inleiu of actual personal mechanical improvement

terse idol
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There is no other game that matches can go 1 hour of the enemy team not ending

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And your team also kinda griefing

midnight totem
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It's not like StarCraft 2, where pure mechanical speed is a big part of improving

terse idol
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Sc2 isss, well at the start it is juggling your macro timing

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I think wintersc2 put it best

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You gotta learn the "real time" part of the game

somber axle
midnight totem
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Yes

terse idol
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Before you can even touch the "strategy"

somber axle
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WC3 you could just carve into a treeline and hide a base in the trees once you have space in some corner of the map forcing your opponent to check every single tile in the grid for your last base or to give up and forfeit

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and if they find it

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you've built another

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on the other side of the map

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LMFAO

midnight totem
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When I played Planetside 2 with an outfit, we weren't the very best players on the server

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But we were good enough and tactics and strategy carried us the rest of the way

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No salt, just fun

somber axle
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I tried planetside 2 because a friend recommended it but I had no idea what was happening and it was always a zerg rush

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I wasn't sure how to learn how to play the game so I quit after a few times running in with the group and dying + not even being sure what killed me

midnight totem
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It's very overwhelming for a newbie too

somber axle
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If you don't have a friend to help you understand things the game sorta just leaves you to figure it out through trial and error LOL

midnight totem
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I wrote a post on the reddit to be more inclusive and training newbies to learn the game because there's literally a hundred ways to die and not including your teammates

covert sluice
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Hey all! Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'm trying to do the long bomb penance and I cant figure out how to get the grenade to not bounce. Any advice?

midnight totem
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Chasm Terminus ammo pick up mission

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When you reach the Valk, slot in all of the ammo, there should be a horde that spawns at your drop down into the area

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So grenade it from the valk

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You'll get it easily

covert sluice
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I see, thanks for the advice I'll give it a shot!

tall torrent
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high throw

midnight totem
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You can test ranges in the psykanium

tall torrent
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bascially u want the grenade to airburst

midnight totem
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See how far you have to be for the grenade to detonate in midair

covert sluice
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Ill make sure to try in the psykanium first

sullen scarab
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Just rolled this 😮 Better to run Slaughter instead of Thrust on this, or Bloodletter?

midnight totem
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Aye. It was a grand thing in that game to mass within a camped spawn room, Don exosuits or redeploy to pull a tank line to break a siege from the next base over.

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But a lone newbie wouldn't know any of that. He'll just get farmed

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Not a great experience

clear lantern
visual sandal
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Thanks Melk

hoary horizon
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How do you guys 1v1 the horde?

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Like im impressed and wish to learn

clear lantern
hoary horizon
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Uh hu

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But what about if the horde is behind ya

clear lantern
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grenades at your feet

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360 noscope

hearty panther
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its really easy you just square up on those heretical fuckos and you go swish swash swoosh and then pow and when you here a fwwwwwish you go BLOCK and then whooom wham kaplak

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and before ya know it

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tertium is free

midnight totem
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Surely an ogryn with as massive and sturdy arms like you has no problem 360ing the horde around you

clear lantern
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sometimes the horde is really just 4-6 maulers walking on babysoft pillows so they don't make a sound and manage to strike you all at once.

hoary horizon
tall torrent
tall torrent
modern tapir
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is there anyway to identefy weapon types ... i hate the spray fire weapons but it doesnt tell anywhere what a weapon does until i craft it... currently im looking for a Burst weapon but i havce no effing clue wich one it would be and just keep spening all my money going through them

near bay
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Headhunter Autoguns

modern tapir
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so whats the naming convention

near bay
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So, autoguns come in three types: Headhunters are your burst (save for the tan version, that is semi-auto), Braced are shot from the hip, and Infantry can be aimed down the sights

modern tapir
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also on another note can i get rid ofthe BOTS

tall torrent
tall torrent
modern tapir
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the naming convention / lack of weapon info in this game is kinda ass ... and so is the AI, they kinda did a lot of things wrong they got right in Vermintide

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variant?

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what does that mean in terms of handeling

tall torrent
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For guns it’s usually

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High firerate low dmg
High dmg low firerate
Somewhere in the middle

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For melee it’s moveset difference

modern tapir
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god i already hate this system ... so basicly i need a spreadsheet if i wanna know what gives me what ... why coulndt they just tag the info on the blueprint (i mean they will probably become useless end game cuz i assue u get better stuff from drops, but still)

hollow ibex
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And sometimes some variants are just straight up worse than others lol

hollow ibex
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Fwiw before level 30 just use whatever the fuck you want

hollow ibex
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Because you're replacing everything anyway

bitter turtle
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Just try things and see what you like because pre 30 gear is going to have lower stats

tall torrent
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It just depends on how ready you are for a 70+ page veteran guide

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But it is really good I promise thumbsup_ogryn

bitter turtle
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If you want semi auto guns, vraks 7, all the infantry lasguns, all the helbores, revolvers, plasma, laspistol all fit that bill

somber axle
# hoary horizon How do you guys 1v1 the horde?

Map awareness and mobility mostly. Hordes spawn in from all angles and I like to know a map well enough to have a "circuit" to lead a horde through. If you keep mobile through an area hordes will naturally follow after you and get funneled in one direction

modern tapir
somber axle
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The clown must lead the circus! And this is a bloody parade

bitter turtle
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Bolter also fits since the hipfire is used less.than semi auto snipe

agile forge
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You can manually burst fire on an infantry or braced autogun too

bitter turtle
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It's headshot dependent and fits the sniper fantasy well

agile forge
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Just fire a couple of shots and release the trigger

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Infantry autoguns are very headshotty

tall torrent
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Best hipfire in the game

bitter turtle
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He says he likes to play at a distance

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I don't think laspistol is a good pick if you stand far away all.the time

modern tapir
tall torrent
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Vraks 3 and Agripinaa 9

bitter turtle
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Oh

tall torrent
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I hope you’re good at reading Roman numerals

bitter turtle
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If you like burst

tall torrent
agile forge
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If you want something locked to burst

bitter turtle
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Then yes vraks 3 for sure

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Very accurate at long range, 3 round burst

modern tapir
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imma give it a try after next mission ... currently broke from guessing wich weapon means what and beeing wrong

tall torrent
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Vraks 3 is basically halo’s battle rifle reborn

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In terms of function

agile forge
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I mean the best headhunter is the semi-auto 7

bitter turtle
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Be warned

agile forge
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But the other two work

junior needle
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Both 7 and vraks 3 are good

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But the agri 9 is undoubtedly the worst

bitter turtle
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Vraks3 has a really nasty kick when ads firing on the move if you have low stability on the gun

junior needle
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The low stability thing seems like a bug

bitter turtle
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So if that part is off putting, it gets better

junior needle
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But yeah you want high stability to offset that

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I saw a video and it was just cartoonishly big recoil

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So I'm assuming the arbitrary low value is set to something it shouldnt be

bitter turtle
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Yeah a low stab v3 basically can't be ads fired on the move

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Found the clip I made

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Lol

junior needle
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That's the one, fatshart seal of quality

modern tapir
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also other question, is there a waz to get 3 scriptures with 2 BOTS ... thez BOTS in this are just total ass

junior needle
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nope

junior needle
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Bots can't pick shit up

tall torrent
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U need real players to join

elder fiber
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not 100% sure but I think they're mad I incidentally knocked a dh off a ledge with shout that they wanted the killfeed for (they were probs gonna get it with zealot relic)

modern tapir
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how did thez even mange to fuck that up

tall torrent
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Bots are bad in this game

junior needle
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the players are not much better to be fair

modern tapir
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they were fine in Vermintide tho

elder fiber
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bots are better than at least 40% of damnation psykers

junior needle
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Welcome to darktide, downgraded vermintide in many ways

dry vector
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bots are better than knife players

elder fiber
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they were bad in vt too but like, better partially b/c there are fewer ratlings for them to walk straight towards until they die

modern tapir
junior needle
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It's not the gameplay that's the issue

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It's that so many features were just clearly made worse

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Like item crafting, bots, no mission select, no moddability besides purely client side stuff

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And there's dedicated servers but the hitreg BLOWS

modern tapir
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it feels cheaper than Vermintide (quality) but more gimme ur money

radiant chasm
junior needle
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One of my favorite things to come out with regards to darktide

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How far you have to sink to have bum tickley not simply criticize you but be right about it

tall torrent
midnight totem
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You can play regular missions melee only

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Anything under high intensity modifier can be feasibly done melee only without gimping your team much

clear lantern
junior needle
clear lantern
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that's got juice

flint lake
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Bro when the Loose Cannon gives a yeehaw I'm hit with this vid

#

SW

junior needle
#

It's true

#

Undeniably big facts

somber axle
#

I tried to like Vermintide but tbh I couldn't get into it

#

I played a little bit with friends

somber axle
#

I have almost 1000 hours in Darktide and I'd guess less than 10 hours in Vermintide 1 and 2 if you added them both together

frank basin
#

I have like 300 hour on Vermintide

somber axle
#

The story is neat but the gameplay didn't catch me like Darktide did

frank basin
#

Because maxed out level and decent gameplay for me

junior needle
#

Your personal preference doesn't mean that my statement is incorrect

#

A lot of systems HAVE downgraded

#

Including the bots, mission select, and crafting

somber axle
#

Morrowind can objectively be a better RPG to Skyrim but you can also see why it's not more popular

#

Better systems do not mean better game

junior needle
#

Did I say better game?

#

Or did I say some systems have been downgraded?

somber axle
#

I thought downgraded implied that LOL

junior needle
#

Undeniably the crafting system came out worse than current vt2

#

And the bots are egregiosly bad

somber axle
#

Anyway I like Warhammer Fantasty and played the MMORPG (and then later the weird private server version of it years after it closed down)

junior needle
#

There's no reason for these kinds of downgrade

somber axle
#

I couldn't get into Vermintide 1 or 2 though and idk why

junior needle
#

When they already have a working system in a previous game

terse idol
junior needle
#

But everyone I've talked to has told me that the crafting vt2 had on darktides release was way preferable

terse idol
#

Hmm

junior needle
#

Something about your shit not being locked tposegryn

terse idol
#

Frankly I thought it was worse if you started out,
There's also much much fewer viable options
Someone starting out will have a miniscule amount of crafting resources

#

Crafting oranges is just tedious

#

Hmm, I'll collect my thoughts on these

#

I feel like, if you don't try to roll 380's you can just get by

#

Issue being the 2 lock system just sucks

#

And there's still only a hand full of blessings and perks you actually want

junior needle
#

Or game design, if they're just really poorly made

#

But darktide has a few really shit blessings/perks too

terse idol
agile forge
#

Tbh if I have 70+ in important modifiers I accept it

#

Unless there's a specific breakpoint

terse idol
#

I feeeel like starting out in vt2 is just worse

#

Due in part of the crafting but

#

Darktide level based, compared to uh, gear level base which gets weird

hearty panther
#

god VT2 crafting was dogshit

junior needle
modern tapir
#

how do the weapon stats work are they just random or increase with player lvl

junior needle
#

Random with a range based on your level

#

You need to get to 30 for the max range

somber axle
#

Plus like getting a solid 360-379 weapon is not hard at all for anything other than like

#

Rashad??

#

People just get too hung up on a weapon not having the ideal perks/blessings when it's not that big of a deal

last parcel
#

9% mobility chadgryn

somber axle
#

Helps for breakpoints sure

somber axle
last parcel
#

yes

somber axle
#

I should try to run an Auric with it

frank basin
#

No run on maelstrom

somber axle
#

That's the true test

#

If I can run my 0% damage Helbore on Maelstrom then I can confidently say damage is a dump stat

terse idol
#

Which I mean folks should be satisifed with Bare minimum chad

somber axle
#

People get hung up on a weapon as an excuse for why they're performing poorly

#

Give a random person in quickplay a God roll perfect 550 weapon and watch them still eat shit and need a rescue

#

It's not the weapon, it is the hands behind them

#

good hands and good weapon can pull off extraordinary things though

umbral scaffold
#

veteran class channel is the best cos tinycatbighat is here

frank basin
#

“Useless fragger, Help me!” Literally me dying to 200 pings

junior needle
last parcel
#

just use cycler 2 chadgryn

junior needle
#

facts

terse idol
junior needle
#

Just roll better

last parcel
#

roll better or get rolled

terse idol
#

frankly it's worse when youtry to get it

#

But I can't say much

#

iirc I rolled only like 100,000 or so

#

Or melk

#

I forgor which

junior needle
#

I spent easily over 40k just looking for t4 infernus back in the day

last parcel
#

SWEETY LIBERTY

somber axle
#

You can build Power Sword to 1HKO Crushers

junior needle
#

Unspicy take: The game doesn't respect your time

somber axle
#

I'll add some more spice: it's not intentionally designed that way like the awful Battlefront 2 controversy

#

It's just incompetence, not malice, that has left us with a system that is so awful LOL

#

The devs know it is a problem and are working to fix it unlike Battlefront 2 where people calculated that to unlock Darth Vader and get all the related cards would require literally thousands of hours LMFAO

junior needle
#

Oh no, it is intentional

#

The devs have known people hated it since the game launched.

#

It's only very recently that they actually said they'll do something about it

#

100% "player retention" at work

somber axle
#

Idk if it's intended to make you grind for hundreds of hours to not have one blessing

#

The grind is intentional. The amount of grinding is not

sinful swallow
#

Meanwhile devs: 🧊

somber axle
#

but I am an optimistic clown

junior needle
#

Be a realistic clown instead

somber axle
#

There are no realistic clowns

#

Those are just normal people

#

Pessimistic clown doesn't suit me

junior needle
#

They can determine the average amount of grinding for things mathematically

somber axle
#

They can, but did they?

junior needle
sinful swallow
#

As long as it's capped

somber axle
#

I point to the Battlefront 2 thing again where they made a comment so dumb that it got the record number of downvotes on reddit

sinful swallow
#

Which it currently isn't

somber axle
#

Guarantee that most of the company, if not the entire company, had no idea the grind would be THAT bad

junior needle
#

Companies hire analysts specifically to make/adjust systems to maximize "player retention"

#

Most of the company isn't even in charge of doing any given thing

#

You have people specialized into doing the thing, doing the thing

somber axle
#

Yeah so someone calculated how long it would theoretically take to grind something on average and someone else looked at the data and signed off on it

#

But some people get PC4 within the first few hours of trying to get it

#

And others grind for months with no luck

junior needle
#

RNG

#

How it works

somber axle
#

Yeah

#

No matter how you analyze that, you will get outliers in the extremes and the minority will always be the most vocal

junior needle
#

Gambling is a heavy incentive for player retention due to how the human psyche works

spice wadi
bitter turtle
#

I doubt they are unaware of their own system

junior needle
#

There's been a vast amount of bitching from a very large amount of people about the crafting system

bitter turtle
#

The point of it was to keep ppl playing when we had less content

junior needle
#

Not simply a vocal minority of people who were unlucky

somber axle
bitter turtle
#

Back before mael and aurics and skill trees and whatnot

junior needle
#

Which is how companies try to pad out their content

#

Introduce ridiculous grinds to keep hamsters on the wheel

bitter turtle
#

I don't think they are ignorant of it, they chose an rng system intentionally

junior needle
#

This is how MMO's work

bitter turtle
#

I don't really call it malicious either though

#

It's just grind padding

#

Sometimes people get upset when it's not there too bc modern gamers have been conditioned to need a carrot on a stick to do stuff

somber axle
#

PC4 is one of the most egregious examples

junior needle
somber axle
#

It's still a very small number of players affected

junior needle
#

pc4 is the most egregious example, where even the mazed rats still chronically playing darktide struggle to get it

bitter turtle
#

I don't rly understand your argument because nobody thinks the crafting is annoying but only for pc4 specifically

somber axle
bitter turtle
#

I took months for bloodletter iv myself KEKW_ogryn

shadow aurora
somber axle
junior needle
#

That means it's conjecture on your part

somber axle
#

Are you sure you can point to it and say someone specifically wanted it exactly this way?

#

It's conjecture on both our parts

bitter turtle
#

Well

junior needle
#

No, there's a logical reason why game companies try to force long grinds into their games

shadow aurora
#

Wow i walked in on a massive nerd fight

bitter turtle
#

I think you can guess that it was intentional cus we know they scrapped a better system

somber axle
bitter turtle
#

Remember they talked about a better system initially and scrapped the whole thing and we had a dead crafting menu that said coming soon on every line

#

I think cause they knew the game had no content on launch

somber axle
#

You should see how silly I get when I talk about how much I hate leavers in games

junior needle
somber axle
terse idol
#

Barebones talent

junior needle
#

But they ONLY did it after a truly immense amount of complaining and the game nearly dying.

terse idol
#

Unfinished crafting systems

#

Poor optimization

#

I got mah checklist

somber axle
terse idol
#

Even the premium store bundle being changed later

#

to be MORE expensive

bitter turtle
terse idol
#

Which really was a head scratcher

bitter turtle
#

If they didn't intend it to be this way the locks wouldn't even exist

terse idol
#

Oh the locks

#

Hhhhhhhh

somber axle
#

They thought it would be fine and I absolutely agree it was designed with the thought of player retention in mind. Grinding is intentional. This level of grinding was not

terse idol
#

I just thought that was normal

#

I swear modern games hinge on the >You can only change so many settings

somber axle
#

It took them time to get around to it but they do recognize it is an issue that needs to be fixed

junior needle
bitter turtle
#

I mean u have to intentionally add the locks compared to just all 4 can be changed freely

terse idol
#

yeah

junior needle
#

They chose not to

somber axle
#

If they didn't think it was a problem there would not be a crafting system rework in the pipeline

bitter turtle
#

Well that's the thing

#

The game actually.has a reasonable amt of.replayability now

somber axle
coral willow
bitter turtle
#

I don't think it's a coincidence that only now they agree to make things a little better lol

somber axle
junior needle
#

Corporations do whatever they think is best to try and maximize profitability. Even if the audience finds it severely unpleasant, as long as they tolerate it, the corpos will continue to do so.

somber axle
#

You can literally 1HKO Push Attack them

tall torrent
#

In any case I’ll be playing DRG s5 tmr KEKW_ogryn

coral willow
#

with infiltrate damage or something else?

somber axle
#

I am not home or I would show how

junior needle
#

Fatshark has determined that either it's no longer working like they wanted or that their plan just failed.

somber axle
junior needle
#

That's why it's changing now.

coral willow
#

wp power?

#

it does decent damage but not that much unless you build for it

junior needle
#

They follow the money trail. Fatshark is a publicly traded company, they are absolutely beholden to more than just themselves.

bitter turtle
#

Keep in mind sneaky saying "u can do x" does not necessarily translate to something practical or worthwhile

somber axle
bitter turtle
#

Just that it's physically possible for it to be done

junior needle
#

You're attempting to absolve them of purposeful blame for really no reason

coral willow
junior needle
#

Especially with tencent holding the reigns

somber axle
fiery wave
somber axle
#

People are generally dumb

somber axle
#

Men In Black taught me that

#

LOL

junior needle
#

People are, but higher ups in game development aren't regular people

last parcel
#

looking in a mirror taught me that

junior needle
#

And people making decisions in corporations typically must have an understanding of these things

fiery wave
#

The majority of the dev team don’t play the game

somber axle
#

They can be both malicious and ignorant

#

But the devs? Probably just ignorant

junior needle
#

You doubt it, but corporate sociopaths are very real

#

And there's a lot of them

#

The devs do what the higher ups tell them to do

somber axle
#

I know I see them weirdly often with how many conventions Vegas hosts

junior needle
#

If they say "make line go up"

#

Then they make line go up, even if it sucks from the consumers perspective

somber axle
#

A lot of them seem like they have two brain cells competing for third place though LOL

junior needle
#

There's no reason to assume total incompetence when it's very common place for these kinds of practices in games

somber axle
# coral willow wp power?

Probably doesn't require too much effort to hit the 1HKO Power Sword Crusher kill but that is a clown science session for after work

#

I am eternally trapped at work

coral willow
somber axle
#

I can find minimum investment to hit it later

fiery wave
somber axle
coral willow
#

hope tencent just explodes one day

junior needle
somber axle
#

It's bad, to an extent that is by design, but to this extent?

coral willow
midnight totem
bitter turtle
#

An rng system has outliers as an expectation

fiery wave
#

The people in general would call it doomposting, but if the numbers don’t improve, DT will enter EOL faster than VT2

hearty panther
#

It's just lazy, lmao.

bitter turtle
#

They.could have just picked a straight grind if they wanted to avoid that

somber axle
coral willow
#

god damn

junior needle
#

Could've just been a prank

midnight totem
#

I hope yall told him to change out pc4

somber axle
#

Maybe but it's funnier to believe they were genuine

#

People are actively playing other classes for penances

#

Speaking of which

coral willow
somber axle
#

Despite work I am SO CLOSE to getting the last few points to get the outfit finally

coral willow
#

know a guy who exclusively plays veteran

somber axle
#

so, so close ugh

#

If only work would LET ME LIVE

coral willow
#

hes like 4k levels

#

hes great i suck

somber axle
#

That gets so boring

midnight totem
#

What penance

fiery wave
#

I am 30 aurics from finishing all of the penances

somber axle
# midnight totem What penance

I have to do the Zealot 1 wound 90% of a match in under 20 minutes one to finish out Zealot and since it is private games only and my friends don't play anymore I have just given up on it LOL

#

I'm just grinding out points elsewhere

midnight totem
hidden torrent
fiery wave
fiery wave
midnight totem
#

Damn

fiery wave
#

I fucking hated it

somber axle
#

I have literally every single other class penance from Vet, Ogryn and Psyker. Zealot has 3 penances and they're all tied to doing that one thing

fiery wave
last parcel
midnight totem
#

In only at 600

somber axle
hidden torrent
#

Yeah backup never speaks and still somehow makes everyone blame them

#

Crazy

somber axle
#

Also yeah I know it is easy but it requires private matches so I was vaguely hoping to do it when the bolt pistol drops and my friends return LOL

midnight totem
somber axle
#

But I might join some Vets here for a run

#

I've played a little with some people here now

hidden torrent
#

You implied that Backuo was a bug

somber axle
#

Less sneaky than before

fiery wave
midnight totem
#

And?

hidden torrent
#

The guy with the highest level I've ever seen was objectively terrible

last parcel
hidden torrent
#

Doesn't really mean much

fiery wave
#

I think Fox is the highest vet main I have played with

narrow frost
#

He's 1340 something

midnight totem
hidden torrent
#

How did you cheese it if you just played it

fiery wave
somber axle
coral willow
# fiery wave Who tf

korean guy who only plays vet for 3k hours
mains agrapina shotgun of all things

midnight totem
#

Well that's easy. We skipped. I found some fire

hidden torrent
fiery wave
#

Peak

midnight totem
#

Got myself down to under 20 percent. Waited 10 minutes

#

Then killed the twins in the next two, three minutes

hidden torrent
#

Mean while I'm level 100 Vet with a 30 game Auric Maelstrom Survive streak chadgryn

coral willow
hidden torrent
#

I do have an issue with holding W tho ngl

midnight totem
narrow frost
#

Me on my 1 streak (psyker headache)

#

Kaboomed

hidden torrent
#

If a Psyker exists they will down themselves 3 times

#

It's a fact of life

narrow frost
#

Easy

#

Funny number goes to 100

hidden torrent
#

The giggle number

midnight totem
#

My last penances are

somber axle
#

I have no idea what level I am LOL

hidden torrent
#

69

narrow frost
#

At least level 2

somber axle
#

I am sorta curious though

narrow frost
#

Atleast

somber axle
#

Just not curious enough to download true level to see

midnight totem
#

250 auric games, ring master, 1000 + barrel kills, and dream team

somber axle
#

Barrel kills ugh

#

2500 barrel kills is pain

hidden torrent
#

True level is only accurate to skill level to ~700 levels

#

But sometimes not

narrow frost
#

Lucky enough to get a good mercantile to farm them

#

With mmt

hidden torrent
#

There's definitely natural gamers out there

#

Who know how to turn around

narrow frost
#

Pimini

hidden torrent
#

Severe drop-off after level 700 usually

#

Only someone mentally disabled plays that much of 1 class

midnight totem
#

I don't doubt that. Like my best friend

#

Good gamer, but an fps player he is not

fiery wave
hidden torrent
#

I'll let you guess which lmao

fiery wave
#

Cyra is the best zealot player, level what, 3450?

hidden torrent
#

Cyra barely even know her

fiery wave
hidden torrent
#

Well I'm going to go see how bad the teamates are in Maelstrom fellers

fiery wave
#

Let us know how many quitters

hidden torrent
#

Nature is healing

#

Usually people alt f4 before they hit the ground

oblique totem
stoic mantle
#

I can't wait for hadron to brick this

#

could be better

#

could be worse

junior needle
#

Crit damage>something else

#

dev strike>wrath

#

Good enough

shadow dagger
#

salvageable?

hidden torrent
modest rock
#

Man stopper is fun

hidden torrent
#

No one even quit crazy

last parcel
hidden torrent
#

wait

#

did they quit

last parcel
#

yes lmao

hidden torrent
#

I was too focused on gaming

last parcel
#

they quit before the first medicae

#

and a third zealot quit while i was picking them up near the second medicae

fiery wave
#

Zealot damage so low

#

I’m sad

shadow dagger
fiery wave
#

Looking like I’m playing with @proven egret

tall torrent
hidden torrent
#

wdym

tall torrent
#

the orange number

#

how many lvls counts as 1 prestige

hidden torrent
#

every time they hit 30

#

basically

last parcel
tall torrent
#

after lv30 it's the same XP amount per lvl?

hidden torrent
#

I believe never really looked

#

But you get 1 prestige every 30 levels

last parcel
#

i think it increases

#

i only just glanced at zombine's code so idk for sure

hidden torrent
#

Idk it should be base game tbh

#

level cap should be 69420

fiery wave
#

True level should be base game

hidden torrent
#

most people are proud of their level

#

so idk why it isnt

#

Like i'm gonna be toxic regardless of scoreboard so fuck it right

clear lantern
#

then just run without mods, liberate yourself

hidden torrent
#

no

late hatch
#

Lets leave out true level and any kind of marker to show you are a long term player and instead... how about this hits blunt we make a trash rng crafting system for long term player engagement

junior needle
#

Every time hadron bricks my shit and spits in my face I feel a little more engaged

late hatch
#

Well that does sound a lot like marriage KEKW_ogryn

junior needle
#

While also taking my money to do it

#

Yep, just like marriage

hidden torrent
#

guy fucks

hidden torrent
#

Rip my survives in a row Backup blew me off the side with a barrel

coral willow
#

he was doing his penance

last parcel
#

lub

narrow frost
hidden torrent
#

Backup killed me and I still clutched the game

#

ez

delicate moat
#

i love when 2 or maulers are spaced/staggered in such a way that when you dodge the first mauler, the second mauler semi-inside the first mauler magically phases out of the model of the first one and delivers the sticky overhead

last parcel
#

the first one gave birth

coral willow
#

anyway hi

delicate moat
#

hi

frail lily
#

Hi! could really use some meta advice and guidance, or some people to play a round or two with while talking, or both!

#

level 30, mostly meta, at least as of recently

coral willow
#

plasma powersword voice of command

frail lily
#

lol

#

well, thats why I was lookin to chat, but thank you nonetheless my friends 😂

junior needle
#

You'll get better luck with more specific questions

#

People are less inclined to hop into voice chat with strangers

frail lily
#

fair, fair. Just talked to a guy, got a lotta good info. Appreciate y'all nonetheless!

granite kestrel
#

Why do so many players quit mid run? What’s the advantage?

terse idol
granite kestrel
#

Half way through the run usually

clear lantern
#

sometimes people doubt the team; sometimes they just lose connection honestly; sometimes something in their life comes up, like they have a phone call or someone close to them needs something.

#

Until I replaced my power supply, sometimes it would short out in the middle of a game and shut my PC down.

midnight totem
#

I doubt all of these people are having power supply issues

clear lantern
#

but in my case, the other 3 people didn't know. I just disappeared and never came back; my point is that we can't press a single purpose onto why people leave games -- especially not something as malicious intent or ragequitting. Context is important.

hidden torrent
#

Want to know why

#

Penances

#

You're welcome

somber axle
#

I mean yeah it depends. If the person went down multiple times in a run they might feel ashamed of their performance and leave because they feel like they're forcing the team to carry them. Or if they disconnect the first time they go down then it is definitely a rage quit. It depends on what's happening and what difficulty. You'll see leavers being lame often on Aurics because of the penances for Auric Storm Survivor and Auric Exemplar currently not counting going down against the achievement if you disconnect before you die

hidden torrent
#

I prefer people to need to be carried

somber axle
#

Sometimes people have a valid excuse but a lot of the time they tend to be pushing difficulties they're not ready for and being too prideful to lower the difficulty while practicing

hidden torrent
#

It's boring when I don't need to carry tbh

somber axle
#

I like playing with newer players because everyone started somewhere

#

They are learning

#

I hate playing with leavers because they're losers

#

If someone is abusing the mechanic of leaving and reconnecting to avoid going down they're pretty lame

#

I'm pretty fast in laser focusing to a downed squadmate to rescue them but sometimes people disconnect and reconnect anyway and it's so bizarre

clear lantern
#

bringing my 540 autogun to t1 and just using bash

somber axle
#

I will protect a newer player as much as I possibly can. If I notice a leaver disconnects every time they're on their knees I will not bother to try to rescue them

#

No use attempting when there will be a bot where they're laying in a couple seconds anyway

clear lantern
#

two nights ago I saw an ogryn, maybe out of sheer method, bull run from the group in the middle of a horde to rescue a bot and about wrecked the whole game

#

I was playing stealth-spec, but it got hairy

somber axle
#

I had a weird match where an Ogryn joined next to me, immediately went bull rush right into a bunch of gunners, died trying to swing at one gunner while out in the open in front of the rest and then instantly disconnected

#

I think that's the fastest I've ever seen someone join and leave

#

They were probably in the game for less than 5 seconds total LOL

#

I didn't even get a chance to try to rescue them

midnight totem
#

I know I've definitely charged at like, a line of gunners out in the open just to see if I could make it there

#

I usually don't lol

clear lantern
#

it feels good when you make it just to the gunner line and they begin to bleed

umbral scaffold
#

is this good

hearty panther
#

you cant know til you upgrade it

#

but probably yes

umbral scaffold
#

i mean the base stats

hearty panther
#

Ye

shadow dagger
#

whats the strat for marksmans focus penance

#

do i just have to keep my crouch key in a chokehold for half the game

thorn lark
#

crouch, use shred grenades

#

and also psword

#

there's a setting to crouch and uncrouch with a toggle

midnight totem
#

weak

#

work that crouching finger

shadow dagger
#

i have hold crouch bound to alt now

#

warframe has taught me that ctrl to crouch is one of the worst default settings of all time

thorn lark
#

why?

shadow dagger
#

one of the core movement mechanics starts with a crouch

sinful swallow
#

Stack it up then just crouch melee a horde

shadow dagger
#

technically a slide

#

and the space ninja game builds maps around the assumption that you are constantly using this movement mechanic

#

currently watching a lacerate knife + run n gun staff psyker spam ready/unready in queue

#

this auric maelstrom will be fun

scarlet cargo
#

people keep leaving in auric when downed

tall nova
#

cheesing the titles

scarlet cargo
#

like dang titles what else they want a medel?

frank basin
tall nova
#

nah they're just cheesing Auric Storm Survivor and Auric Exemplar

sturdy zephyr
somber axle
#

Yes to get the penance done for the points and title

tall nova
#

to get it

#

once you get a title you can't lose it

somber axle
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Everyone must earn the battle pass armour at their own rate

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Some people just cheese it hard

scarlet cargo
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yeah, i dont even want it it reminds me of halo 3 helmets on xbox

sturdy zephyr
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Battlepass surely a work. Especially the missionary guardian. I think those quite a run to get.

sinful swallow
shadow dagger
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hab dreyko maelstrom moment

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two stealth vets and neither seemed to remember that end event got reworked

midnight totem
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anybody up for a game?

somber axle
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There's only a max of like... 4860-ish total possible penance points in game I think

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You need to do 4500 to get the chest piece

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Even just being able to ignore 360-ish points of penance points likely means someone got a LOT done to earn it

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You can't earn it by only doing the full achievement list of one class

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You'd need to do multiple

scarlet cargo
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I'm just upset at people leaving, or complaining and leaving, or getting downed. I picked up a grim book and one person said "no" and left.

somber axle
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It's usually a good practice to ask if everyone is ok with grims before picking one up

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Or to ask at the beginning of a mission if people are ok with grims

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Some people bounce into quickplay without thinking and get dropped into a mission with grims

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They should probably implement some way of excluding mission types players don't wish to play with when queueing quickplay

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People could turn off a modifier so it doesn't show up in quickplay like lights out, vent purge, grims, etc.

midnight totem
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Modifer: No recons

midnight totem
uncut leaf
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whats the 2nd blessing for power sword i should be looking for? or its up to my build

sturdy zephyr
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Sunder,bromomentum

sinful swallow
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Brutal momentum or sunder

tall torrent
last parcel
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they'll add it soon

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just like solo play

tall torrent
oblique totem
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Solo play will be added next week.

sturdy zephyr
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Like solo n bot?

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Or just like a private game

oblique totem
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I'm kidding.

last parcel
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with the option for true solo

oblique totem
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Never gonna happen

somber axle