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I’m just making various weapons
helbore takes very little accuracy loss from being suppressed
Once I get that I’m grinding nothing but mats
but u do get +ADS sway from being suppressed
So Determined is a bit less useful
Plasma i assume ?
That or the Pocket hand cannon
also
I think I'm starting to understand the +suppression nodes a little better
it does a weird thing
with +25% suppression node and +50% suppression talent
at first the gunner retained near perfect accuracy
but after a single plasma shot (applying high suppression), he loses accuracy tremendously
I've never seen anyone mentioning suppression doing this
with +75% suppression from both nodes, the gunner stays inaccurate far longer than without +50% suppression
Huh…
@somber axle u might have cooked up smth
So they go from perfect accuracy
To not so great to being able to hit you
Shit path
to not being able to hit the broad side of a barn
Try it it on
Suppression is actually great now
lemme see what the result would be vs gunner waves
Yes, not all enemies get suppressed, but the ones that do are extremely dangerous
Try it against Stalker and Shooter packs as well next
also need to check +suppression effects on weapons that don't suppress well
cuz plasma is very high suppression
Trying to think of what else
Poop sock
yea I'll check laspistol
Would the Ius Shredders even help?
I genuinely don't care abt that gun
Lmao
You are the chef this time Numbers Cat. The change to Gunners means that suppresion is more viable now! Plus the other two options in that tier for the talent tree are awkward. For the Emperor is ok for a very short 5 sec window to hit special breakpoints but it's so short duration and conditional that it's barely worth imo outside of funny breakpoints like 1HKO Crusher on Helbore Mk III. Born Leader is ok for medic builds but only situationally useful and provides less benefit than Focus Target + Target Down. So Keep Their Heads Down might FINALLY be viable!! Plus the patch notes mentioned that enemies now spend MUCH longer out of cover and MUCH longer in cover as a buff to suppressing enemies!
I’m trying to think of like BAD suppression weapons
this is vs gunner, not the stalkers that received change vs suppression
What builds work well with the agripinaa shotgun?
Does it also do it to the regular shooters too? 
ok double suppression node is pretty hilarious vs gunner groups (they need to be grouped up)
@faint beacon check this out^
This is my agri shotty build
Thanks
Instant Stormtrooper aim
I'll check
Always liked it on my zealot but it never felt like it performed amazingly
this changes my understanding of +suppression a lot
I still think the "make enemies seek cover or cower" part sucks
but dropping their accuracy makes a big difference
I wonder how severe it is with weapons like bolter
Holy shit lmao
Could you try it with the HHA?
Any really
Seeing I’m curious if it would at all help with well bullying gunners
shotguns, shredder, all high contenders for this kind of effect
Should I go tag or marksmans for BP
bolter is a bit niche in that most of the SUPPRESSION suppression and not just stagger comes from an enemy kill
so just firng off at dudes isnt that effective
@somber axle the +suppression nodes don't help vs scab shooters that much (who received +accuracy buff this patch)
they cower in place/reposition too much, so it's hard to group them together for suppressing a large amount of them very quickly
they do cower more easily but they also recover from being suppressed really fast
u buy like 1s of not getting shot at most
checking stalkers now
still with plasma
stalkers are weird (?)
yes
yea no this doesn't help vs stalkers
abt 1/4th of them straight up go for melee
and they spray while moving
Huh
brother wtf why is milk offering me 4 lasguns with falter
They are rather melee prone so you might need to do it from quite a distance
Also the shooters don’t surprise me they’ve always been annoying
here's the thing
they have really smart AI
if they're too far away
they push closer towards u at ~8m range
surround u
and spray u down while moving
what they end up doing actually is
a couple stalkers will spray u from range with decent accuracy while the large majority reposition close to u
then they surround & spray u down
Explains why they can really fuck you up when you’re by yourself
also
here's laspistol with max suppression vs gunners
Which talent nodes are causing this again
The light or heavy variant if I may ask btw
mk2
I think them cowering still sucks
lemme try a weapon that might actually benefit from stopping gunners
How does this look for bolt pistol
Ah ok
you need MF + double rending for crusher hunting
Well on the bright side suppression is more relevant now!
in a live match u'd get shot into a beehive immediately
just tried on MG1a
nope
the problem with this talent is that
u rely very heavily on ranged enemies grouping up
if they're spread out in flanking positions (which they usually are)
this has low value
Honestly them cowering is still good especially when you’re running a toughness battery build
the problem is, in a live game they're not stacked on top of each other
they're gonna spread out
suppression even causes them to spread out & seek cover
which de-values itself
Evening fellows
Have the Recon las changes made the gun any more usable?
yes, use 7a or 2
7a
still the ogryn marking on exe stance
If I crit once it goes to 3
why even bother with that one
there's like a bajillion more random shooting enemies than there is of ogryn enemies
A grey BP?
Yeah
Now imagine DA and Surgical
I bought one and am screwing around in psyk
if you want to get a duration reset, just got for the human sized shooting
Lmao
Could do + Elite for the absolute overkill
Yeah I don't see the problem everyone has with this thing yet numbers wise
I have yet to use it under live fire but like
Seems pretty solid
Even for funny spray and pray weapons like the Recon Mk VId it has niche value because spraying will already do it very effectively so it is just doing it slightly faster and for less shots
the main benefit I see is dropping gunners' accuracy
Boltpistol can 1HKO with a funny set up
I'm sure it can
but it doesn't help in spread out situations because u can't suppress enemies in a bunch of different directions all at the same time
I just need to get deadly accurate and surgical now
Usually in the 2HKO or 3HKO range unless Exe Stance and Marksman are active though
Deadly Accurate and Surgical make the Boltpistol crazy good with Marksman's Focus
Can someone here get on my account for 7+ games and get me auric exemplar? I've been 9+ two times and RUINED by shitty teammate

Yeah to suppress multiple positions it ends up being more effort and at that point it is probably better to run Smoke grenades
I need to try a Recon Mk II Exe Stance + Smoke build...
i've only done that with helbore II
It’s literally just why do blank when blank does the same thing but slightly better
That’s really all it is
Dopamine fire off when I see a heretics head become shrapnel
Shrapnel? That shit is a mist
Bone fragments
which one is better ? 🤔 
Id take the one with above 50% mobility for maximum dodges
73-80% damage rolls dont matter that much
i just went and upgrade all of them so now which xD
How do y’all even make talent builds
Like there are so many good options
Idek what to pick
whats the best full auto vet gun for all round use?
is it the recons or something else?
Idk what the blessings are like for these new weapons, but the ones on the first one seem to synergize well and it has good perk rolls
Mostly just deciding which grenade and ability to use and building around that choice tbh
That makes sense
Columnus IAG is considered the strongest, still seems great after the nerf
I’m gonna try n make a shouty up close and personal build so I can support
The ability and grenade will have a massive impact on how many talent points you have to spend further down the tree. Fire Team, Krak and Voice of Command save you lots of talent points because it is a straight shot down the middle talent tree. Executioner's Stance and Smoke grenades do a funny zig zag wasting talent points to jump back and forth across the talent tree to get both
You can't go wrong with the shout, its the best ability in the game
ight and if had to recomend a recon to my buddy which one would you say is the "best"
everything depends on your play style
what you use and how is your combat gameplay
Oh I can answer this! One second
DPS/TTK (single target)
Mk II > Mk VIIa > MK VId
DPS/TTK (multi target)
Mk VIIa > Mk VId > Mk II
DPS/TTK (carapace)
Mk VId > Mk VIIa > Mk II
Ammo Efficiency
Mk II > Mk VIIa > Mk VId
Recon Mk VIIa: 50-54 shots (2 ammo cost per shot, 100-108 ammo per clip)
Recon Mk II: 100-108 shots (1 ammo cost per shot, 100-108 ammo per clip)
Recon Mk VId: 160-180 shots (1 ammo cost per shot, 160-180 ammo per clip)
@severe finch The best general use Recon is the Recon Mk II now
Personally I use the VId because the fire rate is the most fun, I don't notice it being much worse than the other ones
thats how i made my own build not copied from other because mostly im support more with a plasma ( yes im main of it xD because this zooooooop sound love it ) , take down elites and give all the time shields
Recon Mk VId feels like a light machine gun for how massive the magazine size is and how fast the rate of fire is
A very fun gun
Laser hose
The short answer is that there is no best Recon anymore
Long answer is that the best Recon depends on what role you want to fill in a group
use to be so fun before the ammo refund got nerfed
Almost goated, right?
A lot of vets tend to use their guns too much and run out of ammo. Using it only on very dangerous elite packs and a few specialists you never really run out
Should I take all of the augs for focus target? They all seem incredibly good
i use the lucius mk2 ammo is almost never an issue for me my buddy wants an auto though so i wanted to give him the best info i could get on the short hand notice
What do I change, besides crit chance to flak?
@marble mantle as a pc player, I bind focus target to down wheel on my mouse. it makes it really easy to ping. on xbox can you ping it easy/consistently?
I prefer full bore because I use the shotgun to eliminate single targets like bulwarks or maulers
Yeah it’s a non issue for me tbh
Scattershot isnt useful to me on the double barrel
It’s more manual but manageable
yeah its a tap on the bumper
the problem for vets is that they have great abilities but you have to diverge a little to get them.. every point is precious. with the middle keystone depending on your gun you might have your points required in other places
Good point
Yeah thats what i thought. How about "both barrels"? keep that one, im guessing?
Yes thats the best blessing on the gun
yeh true but best choose is a Mk VIIa , high dps , more ammo
what are your current weapon choices?
for me plasma one love 
Melees are second power sword and the last shock maul, guns are plasma pistol, recon lasgun, or bistol
Just my favs
dont care about walls or shield zoooooop and ded
The day of the nerf is coming for you and your sinful kind
I’m just like super new to vet so idk what the optimal choices are for talents for my play style lol. There are way too many good ones
Yes vet skill tree is actually a skill tree
The tree is also still slightly bloated imo
One tip is that usually people dont get the bottom keystones
To save more points for better stuff
how does opening salvo work with the double barrel? is the 1st shot always given the 10% crit chance?
case in point
https://darktide.gameslantern.com/build-editor?id=9c69dd08-a0a8-4ab0-8b94-95d985f3dbb2 something like this
then 8 points .. I always go weapon specialist when going power sword and|or plasma, which I pretty much always do cause other weapons are just worse
Good? BiS blessings possibly? probably not tho....
Thanks!!
https://darktide.gameslantern.com/build-editor?id=9c69dd08-a0a8-4ab0-8b94-95d985f3dbb2 this is the one I use most games currently
having 200+ toughness with iron will and voice of command is pretty strong IMO
Mk VIIa has cleave for helping shoot through mixed hordes better to kill elites/specials but since Fatshark removed player bodies being blocked by shots the Mk II has the best ammo efficiency and the longest volleys between shots. It also surprisingly does better DPS than the Mk VIIa on Flak/Unyielding targets but the difference is marginal. Recon Mk VId does the best Carapace damage for melting Crushers but they all can kinda kill Crushers when built for rending/crit. They just do it differently. Recon Mk II and Recon Mk VIIa need Marksman's Focus and Chink in their Armour to get ok DPS/TTK on Crushers but sacrifice the ability to choose other keystones and require 10 stacks to maintain uptime for their rending to compete. Recon Mk VId uses Onslaught which is more talent tax heavy but allows you to go into Focus Target + Target Down or Focus Target + Redirect Fire depending on whether or not you're using Deadshot (TD for DS, RF for no DS)
bis is debatable but that's a perfectly good gun once you change the perks. puncture means you only need superiority complex and elite+maniac perks to oneshot most human sized enemies so you're not forced into focus target/executioner's stance
oh yeah they buffed sunder right? is it better now, still worse than brutal momentum
The best Recon changes depending on what your target is and what your talent tree looks like
cool!
I hate focus target as well
So the best general use Recon is the Recon Mk II because it is the least talent build dependent Recon while being the best Recon for ammo efficiency and DPS by default
so youre telling me ill hit breakpoints with that?
yeah more heavy damage
i only really like it on mk3
you should, just test in the psyk to make sure
I pretty much only use mk3
but I hit heads consistently so BM won out before for me...
The power sword is so strong you could just use a purple with power cycler lol
superiority complex + elite + puncture gives dreg gunner oneshot headshot
puncture + maniac gives flamer oneshot headshot
everything else below ragers should be oneshot headshot without a crit

totally not coping
promise

also 2 bodyshot rager
that too
3 bodyshot mauler
😂
wow it really just about gets em yeah
how about uhhh..... cleave?
it have any?
Halfway there
I know
nyet

But I have half the rolls i need to make this work
understood
the other blessing can be gloryhunter if you want
idk what to do about the 2nd blessing
tee hee explosion seems ok i guess
I already have deadly accurate 2 banked so I really just need either surgical or flak to roll on this thing
i'm still not sure how necessary this is for a vet guide besides the curio breakpoints for sniper or whatever
i pick explosion because i like seeing dogs fly 
this is just general info to have
almost a week now since the patch, how do we feel about recon lasgun now that it's been buffed?
still shit or is it doing good
I'm putting as much relevant info in there as possible
they're ok
still not a plasma or columnus, but btter
bolt pistol is a worse zerona from what I heard
It's still a valid gun, though.
double barrel shotgun is a shotgun, nothing else needs to be said
all "you could use it!" but "its not the best"
Double barrel is the rager obliterator 9000.
you know what obliterates ragers? my plasma shooting through 20 of them
I've seen zealouts decapitate entire hordes of them with two blasts.
then I shoot 5 more times
all the zealots I've been grouping with seem to be struggling
plasma gun, very good but what a snooze fest
Bolt pistol is okay
A "buff" in which their damage to armor was reduced. Still weird that they call it a buff to me.
The AOE has decent stagger
they are doing more dmg overall
I'm totally chill, just a snob for my own purposes. I hope you all have fun with w/e you wanna run
Is it enough to make a difference?
more peopleare running it so it has to be
if you wanna run a dull spoon instead of a power sword hey that's fine with me 😄
do you only play plasma gun and power sword
that must be a lot of fun
3k maniac dps
on headshot
so its not
absolutely fucking awful anymore
to try to kill specialists
still not as good as an iag
Most people don't check the numbers so I try to not put too much stock in usage alone.
but its ok enough
I see.
I play this game like once a day, maybe. Only run for me might be a lot different than someone who plays it 5 hours a day
upsides over an iag are bigger clip and better stability
on flak, they are not too different in dmg
if you're trying to kill a mauler or smth
idk man every time i ask most ppl seem to be running the numbers
sayin it works for them enough to use it
yes
seems the general consensus on it tho is that its not a garbage weapon anymore
can actually be used
We discussing recons still?
its like flamer tho, you're giving up some ranged capability for a different playstyle
more skirmishing (even tho i think infantry lasgun is better for skirmish)
You're stupid lol, that's not what I meant
its like flamer tho, you're giving up some ranged capability for a different playstyle
idk how else to interpret this
- it's literally a GUN, of course it has ranged potential
- i meant it in the way that there are better ranged options than the recon lasgun, hellbore and infatry lasgun specifically
its just a different playstyle from those 2, not being so mega long range focused as its counterparts
flamer is a gun too
try to snipe a gunner with it
except the part where it is fine at mega long range
Flamer is... not a gun.
A flamer is... a flamer..........
It's a ranged weapon, yeah, but it isn't a gun.
Made for burning heretics.... and flushing enemies from cover....
and horde clear...........
not for counter sniping...................
are we talking about flamers or recons
Personally I just use it to cook monstrosities on my stealth build.
way to deflect
Bruh
What the fucj
Calm your ass down jesus
It's semantics
A flamer is a close range "gun:
Anyway, that aside, you're not really giving up any ranged potential with a recon, short of having low ammo.
this worth buying from Melk?
i would just to research one of the 2 blessings
but its base stat is meh
This is like saying the shotgun isn't a shotgun because it doesn't have range it's still a gun
I usually don't run anything lower than 370
365 if its something ir eally want to try
Don't think you're high and mighty because you're arguing semantics
I mean isn't ammo kinda the dump stat here
stats are good, cant fix it completely though
cara is not worth
base rating is meaningless
stopping power and dmg are high
that is all that matters
I see
Bro I looked away for a minute and we’re arguing what happened
sadge
No, a flamer isn't a gun because it has a definite range before you literally can't hurt anything. A shotgun might do only 1 damage, but it still does damage, which makes it a gun. But yeah, semantics are irrelevant.
idk man Melk just hates my Vet for whatever reason
Nobodies arguing, some people are just braindead and don't know how to read
Melk hates all the rejects tbh
Melk loves my ogryn.
Who doesn't love ogryns!
He usually likes 1 personality of all 3 types on each class
like he gives my Ogryn and Shouty good stuff sometimes
Damage was buffed on the Recon Mk II and Recon Mk VIIa. Magazine size and rate of fire was buffed on the Recon Mk VId. All three variants had a buff to Maniac ADM. Recon Mk II and Recon Mk VIIa had their ADM brought in line with Recon Mk VId for Flak/Unyielding at "Near" range. I did testing on the Recons and found that they all still do fantastic damage across the board (including against Flak/Unyielding on the Recon Mk II and Recon Mk VIIa). These are buffs no matter how someone looks at them and the Recons are now solidly mid-tier weapons instead of just clown choice award weapons
I'm losing it
but Vet? forget it

Anger
just give up smudgels
The best way to learn how they perform is to use them though
someone who asks for help
gets it
and then has an attitude afterwards over dumbass shit
is just 
That plasma gun seems alright. Ammo is a little low, but you'll manage. Drop gloryhunter for gets hot and replace sprint efficiency with maniac(?).
SI isn't that good
Very 1 dimensional, but good if you want to have an all-round build I'd say
You could also do elite damage to help with crushers and maulers a bit more.
Definetly would replace SI with gets hot keep glory hunter
Cause the extra toughness gain is okay
Aight, I'll concede on that.
My thing with it is how rich are you in the currency you use to buy from Melk
Keep gloryhunter, then.
because if you've got money to spend, why not pick up a blessing just to have
Elite damage for Dredge gunner BP
*If he meets that bp.
you want elite dmg because it gives crusher 3 tap (so cara is not that great) while also doing dreg gunner
Toughness battery builds my beloved
You will meet the BP with elite
In theeooory
I do have a low dps pgun, but it should hopefully
Make it
With or without superiority complex?
with
With
but what build doesn't run that
SC is just good
for pgun
yeah I skipped it for now
Honestly I kinda respect not running obvious clear upgrades if it’s intentional lmao
I think they mean intentionally not picking superiority complex.
Ok so they aren't firearms, ya big nerd.
Oh
K
im not the one that lost their shit over semantics in the first place
If this is a pun I hate you 
Me with this information
I know GH4 won't change much, but I just like having maxed out blessings 
still searching for it
someone want to post their VIIa build talent tree?
last 2 points on whatever
you can also
go middle at the top
if you prefer confirmed kill and close order drill
yeah i was about to ask why you go sprint speed
its sprint efficiency
i go right bc i like movespeed
the 3rd node
also i like out for blood
and i sprint fucking everywhere so sprint efficiency is nice too
just my preference
whats up with the flak grenade? best one now?
it was always the best one
2 shredder frags kill everything except mauler/ogryns
with bleed stacks
can wipe out an entire room
unless you really want the boss stunlock from krak
what curio main and substats are we using
the same as for any other build? nothing special
about curio
for most build
unless you want to do some meme deadshot 6d with 3x stamina curio like sneaky
so 2 toughness 1 stamina then
i already have the toughness curios from before, but i also have ability cooldown on them and i heard that was crap
its ok
on infiltrate is very good
on voc its just ok
pretty bad for executioner stance
if you dont know what good substat perks are
hp
toughness
gunner resist
sniper resist
stamina regen
sprint efficiency
ability cooldown
all are fine/good
i wont have to change much then
16-17 toughness with stam regen, toughness/hp, last slot the other one or cdr or sprint efficiency
im gonna grab opening salvo with one of the extra points, since lasguns keep ammo when critting it should synergize nicely, with infernus as well
opening salvo is bad
dont get it
its not 10% after a reload
its when you are above 90% ammo
how many of your shots are done only at 90%+ ammo
only shotguns can kinda make use of it
if you're spamming the special action
well
i guess for recon its functionally the same
oh
kill zone or long shot then?
stam regen boost (under weakness exploit)
demo team (more grenades)
target down (regen toughness and stam 10% minimum after a tag kill)
any combo of melee talents for your melee weapon, might have to drop something else though
field improv is always a nice thing to have around too (improved medkits/ammo crate)
longshot if you want more dmg is also a choice
you could drop determined and go grab 5% melee+recip+desperado if you wanna use a knife too or something
BiS blessings/perks for bolt pistol?
enemy stagger on hit
you can inspect the weapon then hover over the stat to get a breakdown of what it does
thanks

its worthless
ill save you the effort of figuring out
lol
just have high dmg, ammo, and 51+ mobility
the other stats on the recon dont matter
like this and yeah it's worthless
collateral, not stopping power*
in case you get confused
i know backup was just using that as an example but just to extra clarify, since stopping power is good, and collateral is usually useless
Collateral can be helpful for stagger stunlocking Ragers but that is it really and tbh that's unnecessary
But it was really funny earlier using a Recon Mk VId with high collateral stat to save a Zealot pinned in a corner by a bunch of Ragers
You can do full damage while repeatedly stagger stunning a target
Collateral is 100% a dump stat though
You can kinda safely ignore both stability and collateral with very little change to gameplay on the Recons
it has a cool name so makes the gun better through placebo 
Mobility only needs 51%+
Recons are easy to roll stat-wise
Just get damage and ammo as close to 80% as you can
The perks/blessings and talent tree change performance on a Recon WAY more
YES
I can now 3 shot without crits with max MF
Nice!
Is that with Chink in their Armour and Rending Strikes? The extra rending allows 1HKO breakpoint
I don't think I need flak for this thing
(I know I can swap The Bigger They Are into Demo Team for grenade regen but I don't use grenades very often)
Yes
How close are you to 1HKO?
I can run 8% elite and 25% cara on this thing
Maybe it might be Marksman pushing it to the breakpoint on my end?
I think I'm just missing all the damage talents you have
I will probably leave it at 2 shot if I can't reach 1hko at point blank
I know Longshot wasn't needed for the 1HKO
I swapped the talent point off Longshot and was still able to hit the 1HKO
Alright with Carapace I can 2 shot without crits with max MF and Exe stance
DID IT
Now I just need surgical so I can do it consistently
Game is so mad at my bullshit it crashed
Time to see if bolter can do this
Just for the funny
Ok it works without For the Emperor!
what do i put for second perk
Which shock maul is better for Vet? I've been playing with the Indignatus a bit and I like the damage but it's really easy to get knocked out of your crowd control combo
Dumdum?
And there's no easy way to reset if you're in the strikedown chain
If you're gonna stick with Infernus probably swap damage vs Elites for Flak
aight
This can 1HKO a crusher at point blank with a crit headshot, Exe stance, and max MF stacks
how do i deal with crushers when using the accatran?
2 shot without Exe stance (1 crit 1 normal headshot)
Krak grenades or the right side talent that gives you rending on repeated hits
ty
This
- stab them
- bring kraks
- spend 4 points to get onslaught on the right side (only really good on the VId)
preferably just stab them
im using VIa
VIIa? the one with the cleave?
yeah that shoots the slowest and doesn't make use of onslaught very well
which melee do i stab them with then
is
yeah its alright
just saw a dude with a pink head running arround
i think thats a bug ?
liek gmod eske error colour
yeah, just a bugged cosmetic
lol...

you know, its kinda refreshing seeing it being not the person wearing krieg doing this kind of stuff
for once
hows the update
still deplorable tho lol
its, alright, could be more tho
are kantrael lasguns viable in aurik again?
Good hopes for greater next.
you use your melee
I tried to find link or tag bout lasgun buffed.
i'm playing another clandestium gloriana with fucking ogryns
use your melee,
they were always viable
i swear to god if they get shot to death i'm leaving all quickplays in gloriana from now on
everything is viable and lasguns arent even close to being the worst gun
its not shredder autopistol
if you use the kantrel for shooter control and your other teamates fill their roles it should be alright
but like ofc its not good for crowd control
feeling sadistic, time to play maelstorm
Nice roll, probably do carapace over crit if you want to go absolutely overkill and obviously surgical
i mean
a lot of guns that are considered "strong" are also not good at crowd control
like
revolver
Already did
is boltgun still top of the heap?
i mean youll see some dough brainer vet still shoot poxers will all their ammos
i don't think boltgun has been a top tier gun ever since the skill rework and the removal of insta-reload
boltgun is just decent
krieg isnt even inspired by ww2 germany 
but it might not be the way you want to play it
its a sniper rifle rn
you dont hipfire
automatic
its fien if you got like 700 ammo or youre in a tights spot but ... like come on
you mostly ADS and do 1taps
and even then "magdump boltgun x2" was only ever a burst-thing and not a conistent performer since it'd obliterate the team's ammo supply
whats top tier right now?
tf is ciag
Keep in mind that "viable" is an iffy term that can mean anything
columnus infantry autogun
Recon
plasma if you don't want to think
revolver if you can aim
Columnus is stronk af but treat it like an autopistol, not a rifle
Krieg is more inspired by a WW1 style in general, having a mix of both german and french
Recons are not top tier
revolver doesnt need aim either
dang i remember when plasma was complete trash
oh if you're from "plasma was garbage" ages no wonder you thought boltgun was top tier, yeah, that was a long time ago
plasma got buffed to become a destroyer of worlds
It's build dependent now. Focus Target + Target Down gives you enough stamina restore for Helbore lasguns to keep the benefit going without ever dropping to 0 stamina while still being a strong combo with Surgical to all but guarantee crits. I use it with all my Recons too for maximizing free shots from Shock Trooper to get better ammo economy. It's even got some niche value use with the Kantrael Mg1a Infantry Lasgun and Kantrael Mk IV if you can keep pinging targets and putting them down fast enough with Deadshot to keep the crits rolling and stamina going for better Deadshot uptime
Keep coping zarona user. Paul and recon are meta now
massive hitbox, ignores arm-hits (will hit the body if it can penetrate to it), and generally does a gorillion damage
it still has a slight shot delay, but that's fine
recons with the minus-stamina-per-shot talent
h-how many shots do you even get with a full stamina bar
Neither of those weapons can keep up with zarona kill counts 
It doesn't work on Plasma so it's bad for Plasma. It's also pretty good for Lawbringer Shotgun doing the funny Scattershot/Manstopper combo to help guarantee crits (but tbh with the wide horizontal special shot and Scattershot it hardly needs Deadshot tbh)
don't worry about that. sneaky is loco
sneaky uses 3x stamina curios so yeah
like the first patch after talent tree
release
was changed to flat drain instead of %
oh, huh, goes to show how long ago I even looked at that talent
I use triple stamina curios! And the +1 Stam node under Confirmed Kill. And Focus Target + Target Down
also what's the zarona again
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I want the recons to be good, but they're just alright
At least now
i was told VIIa received a buff tbh
you dont want guns to be stupid tier
yeah all the recons are solidly usable now
All of them received buffs
all 3 got buffs
i only tried 6 and 7
and recon2 is honestly "strong"
so how do they compare now to the top tier guns
for no reason
You can get up to a max of 18 STAMINA BARS with three stamina curios, the +1 Stam talent node under Confirmed Kill and +2 Stam on your Recon. Vet gets 2 Stam by default, Recons give an additional +4 to that
nice lmao
I am max stamina
who tf needs 18 stam bars
Thoughts on this ?
"top tier" is a bit of a broad category tbh
salvagable
ranged crit dmg -> flak/maniac
punishing salvo -> dumdum
I am a clown don't do what I do but yes me I am the one who needs 18 stamina bars LMFAO
2 bad perks
headhunter 4 is the only good blessing
1/4 recon, take the blessing off of it
unarmored isnt ideal but its not useless at least
Can't compete with giga dps/on tap guns but they can feasibly have better ammo efficiency than iag's with shocktrooper and crit stacking
Awesome thanks
okay nah fuck all this i need suppression immunity
Makes sense
i'm getting cancer trying to suppress gunners
Recon Mk II has such good ammo efficiency now that I would compare it to the Mg1a and Mk IV Infantry Lasguns
have you considered not supressing them and just shooting them 
which blessings for plasma?
It's not Helbore tier for ammo efficiency though
I wouldn't compare it to the mk4 personally
That thing is has yuge ammo efficiency by default
but seriously, yes, first of all, supression immunity is the best veteran node by a longshot
secondly, do you know how to hold your slide, and do you have keybinds set up in a way where you can do a "long slide" while ADS'd and firing
yeah as an MG4 enjoyer, recon2 isn't even close
1a is more appropriate
It's probably a biiit worse than the Mk IV but is in the same playing field on ammo economy tbh. I can regularly spray my Mk II into hordes and be fine on ammo
i havent tried 2 but i imagine being as efficient as mg4 might be a stretch
mg4 literally can hold down left click
the entire game
and probably still not go dry
Next question
Yep, you have to really, really, REALLY try to run out of ammo on the mg4
save your melkcoin
unyielding used to be good but not really anymore
Figured
its still ok bc boss damage+, but no more bulwark 1tap
not good enough to consider a major keep
I shall
in general save your melkcoin for level 4 blessings OR "is godroll ready"
don't drop melkcoin on a weapon that's just a minor upgrade
I've had exactly 1 game where I had a single red ammo moment on the Mk IV and that was with ammo goblins stealing every tin and pack before I could reach anything LOL it really is an infinite ammo gun in all but the most extreme moments
yeah i used it as a pretend recon prepatch with full auto mod
genuinely i was just holding down left click in games lol
mg4 is amazing because its hipfire reticle while sliding
is legitimately good enough to headshot with
High Intensity Shock Trooper Gauntlet will bleed your ammo dry if your team is braindead and still eating ammo while killing nothing
7a is just slightly less ammo efficient than the 2 on paper
If you've tried the 7a you've tried the 2
well
unless the dmg profile is significantly different
the cleave on 7 really puts it ahead of the others imo
and an important thing about weapons with tons of ammo in the mag is that you can fish for hitmarkers through things like fire
makes it so much easier to shoot through a crowd to get to the elite/specialist you're trying to kill
I did the maths
It's not significant but on Flak/Unyielding the Recon Mk II can weirdly get around 100 to 200-ish DPS more than the Recon VIIa. I think it's the better fire rate pushing it past the VIIa tbh
But yes the cleave can put it ahead of the 2
how tf do i shoot something when a total of 0 of my shots are hitting
6 had the tee hee funny pewpew ROF which is admittedly fun, but i really did feel the loss of cleave
The cleave means it cuts through mixed hordes to hit elites better
Single target the Mk II slightly wins out
by taking the suppression node, also I know how suffering it is when you're suppressed, that's why the emoji, to show I was being ironic
Which of these should I upgrade? Is the low pen on the 377 enough to dumpster it?
upgrade both, odds are neither will be a godroll
the blessing pool for mauls is really wide
What even is the roll for shock mauls?
so it's excessively likely it'll brick
You were saying?
Determined or Exe Stance are really important depending on the weapon. Any weapon that doesn't have suppression immunity or such high suppression resistance that it borders on immunity will need one or the other
WELP
Worth using, even with the low ammo roll? I know the key perks for it are Maniac/Unarmored for breakpoints, so this would meet that requirement, just low ammo roll lol.
Damn, that's really fkn good.
helbore has effectively infinite ammo
the ammo roll dont matter
^
skullcrusher + flaniac, second blessing is to taste but I prefer improved stagger buff on hit since it lets you topple enemy ogyrns once it's stacked
sounds good lmao
Run with shock trooper and you'll basically be unable to run out of ammo.
honestly
i dont even think you need to waste a pt on shocktrooper
but yea
if you use it you really cannot run out period
yeah that's what I figured, I never noticed myself actually running out of ammo with the other ones I had
Swap Falter to Weight of Fire, sprinting to Unarmoured if you use Voice of Command, or sprinting to Carapace if you use Executioner's Stance and Focus Target + Redirect Fire
ammo roll gives you a slightly bigger magazine for when you need to magdump blind fishing for hitmarkers on specials, but it's so marginal that anythign above like 30% is "plenty"
I mean, 50ish% ammo is gonna be significantly less shots.
sounds good thanks guys!
yeah the clip is more important than running out of ammo
in terms of ammo roll
For the shits and giggles I upgraded the other maul
but its still hardly something THAT big
The problem will be the no ammo pickups maelstroms and when you have idiots munching all the ammo.
dont bring a hb2 to no ammo mael in the first place imo
Probably just feed it to the blessing book though
if you voluntarily play vet on no ammo maelstrom you're a masochist to begin with
I got the Crusher oneshot to work without Killzone or For the Emperor!
Consider: thrust.
just bring rashad/knife/psword or something
just play psyker :T
I guess I can run this one for the Executioner's stance and Focus Target+Redirect fire
mael is doable if youre not given brickhead as teamates
Sharing some old info from some clown science I did on numbers testing for Helbore Mk II breakpoints
lets your dumbass teammates tank an overhead
Not a fan of thrust on the maul tbh, the heavies don't hit THAT hard and I'd rather topple an ogyrn on every heavy than reduce he hits to kill by -1 but then still get trapped by a quad-spawn
also you can knockdown ragers
the extra stagger just does so much work
Oh, it's every heavy that topples?
Can you knock ragers out of their combo?
once you get the blessing stacked up yeah it interrupts just about everything
That's... disgustingly good.
Welcomes! The perk you want is talent build dependent
i should probably check in psykanium, and tbh you shouldn't tempt fate
The one I've got right now is thrust 3 and lightning reflexes 3.
if you got riposte weapons that knock them on their asses or back yes
since in teh heat of the moment yo might drop the buff mid charge
but, just genearlly swinging with the stagger-buff-on-hit blessing on maul
Excellent, then I have one MKII for Shout vet, and one MKII for marksman
Yeah I know about rev weapons stopping ragers. That isn't anything new.
thrust is bait
anything you melee will just end up on the floor
where you can kill it at your leisure
riposte weapons
that stun them
This can do crusher oneshot
thats all or dont hug ragers
that blessing is VERY strong on maul (why is it even on claws, a large buff on nothing is still fucking nothing)
Who the hell calls them "riposte weapons"?
NICE!
he means claw parry
I can even drop points for supression immunity
Then just say dclaw parry?
claw parry is so ridiculously stacked, it interrupts pretty much everything and does a gorillion damage
me because i dont know the name of the exact weapons that auto riposte on blocked hits with the alt
last step is finding Surgical
i didnt know it was that weapon
Special, yes
i mean you asked
I was just asking if the shock mauls can knock ragers out of combo by hitting them.
you'd be surprised how many people don't know about the claw parry attack being stupidly strong
other attacks u need +stagger talents/blessings
No special or anything goofy like that.
I'm like 80% sure it can once hammerblow is stacked
with the alt ? yes
but I should probably check in psyk
Just straight bonkage.
no
ehhhhh the alt is dicey because the circumstance where you want to stagger ragers is when there's multiple
That one would be perfect yeah! You can swap Poxwalkers to your perk of choice and Infernus to Weight of Fire. Infernus isn't so good for the Helbore Mk II. You'll be killing most things in 1-2 shots and the fire damage is only a slight DPS increase on bosses
but lightning reflexes can stun them when u block their atks
if it's just one rager you can dodge every swing
Niceeee, any preference for the second perk? Or doesn't really matter since you hit every breakpoint with Executioner's is up
Flak+Maniacs the go-to for the double barrel or is it Flak+UA like the normal shotguns?
I damn near feel like the Supress immunity is crucial on BP, cause it REALLY hurts being suppressed when using it
suppress immunity is useful period
if you don't take it
you had better have a damn good reason
even if you're going right tree
Level 22 vet in this damnation mission... here we go.
I would rather drop iron will in mid tree before suppression immunity in left
Guns that either aren't effected by it, or you know how to deal with suppression
thats kinda the two big reasons
depends on weapon
okay yeah there are some weapons you can get away with not having it
autopistol lol
Suppression doesn't do anything if you've got a shotgun or autopistol iirc.
Could do Elite to alleviate talent point tax pressure to hit the 2HKO easier on Crushers even more and be less dependent on some ranged damage talents to hit so you can put the talent points elsewhere like getting Field Improv or something. Or could do Maniac for better Mutie kills. You will already 1HKO all specials/elites except for Mutie so Maniac could push it to that 1HKO crit headshot breakpoint too
Perfect, thanks again!
Welcomes!
or search for bayonet BPs 
Combat shotgun, assault shotgun, autopistol, plasma have suppression immunity
Helbore & laspistol have minimal suppression
Everything else have notable accuracy penalty from being suppressed
If something is just on the edge of health of a bayonet stab, grab the perk that would push your damage to a 1 shot bayonet kill
Ogryn weapons, flamers & psyker staves also have suppression immunity
i shall
Because ofc Psyker can’t afford to shoot not straight
30000 iq move, stabby

Yeah... that lobby I was just in was awful. The only other level 30 was a knife zealout that instantly dc'd when he went down.
absolutely no way a team that only had a singular me to destroy long range managed to win
i don't think i want redirect fire, do i
here's what i'm working with
with a basically perfect chainsword
how do i make room for suppression immunity from this?
Sprint cost
you could also just use executioner's stance as your suppression resist
nah this build is too fat
can't do away with sprint cost
and exe stance is 1. only up so often, even with resets
and 2. it doesn't have immunity, just decreased spread. sway still happens
i wonder how often shock trooper procs
cuz i don't really notice it
but then again do i really need redirect fire
how often can 7.5% damage really come in handy
Do you have ammo problems ever
yeah but what if it's because shock trooper
i'm gonna see how ass the build is without redirect fire
Just run a game without and see what happens
Best roll for power sword? Perks and blessings?
blessings
sunder and power cycler
perks???
i don't think they matter for power sword
Brutal Momentum and Power cycler + Flak and something
Reason I ask is shop sold a 373 with tier 4 power cycled and slaughterer
safe bet to go for like flak maniac
Whatever gets you breakpoints really
GET IT RIGHT FUCKING NOW
I did
PC4 IS INSANELY GOOD AND UNIMAGINABLY RARE
Man it’s hard to make tree
This is it
really depends on what you like doing
i used to play a support-y solo-ish build with infiltrate
So seems like I got lucky
where i could just solo but when with teammates i fucked off to go kill specials and elites
Unarmored might be useful on the power sword to help hit Bruiser one-hit BPs.
if you have sunder, change slaughterer to sunder and you're done
I’m definitely gonna use shout but idk like what I’m gonna do. Hard to pick between perfect this and perfect that
power up with good finesse gets it
So many great options
if shout just stay with teammates
Alright, will need to farm it. Actually just hit 30 on vet yesterday

