#veteran-class

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tall torrent
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not exactly

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the guide is a bit outdated

faint beacon
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I’m just making various weapons

tall torrent
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helbore takes very little accuracy loss from being suppressed

faint beacon
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Once I get that I’m grinding nothing but mats

tall torrent
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but u do get +ADS sway from being suppressed

wise fossil
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So Determined is a bit less useful

tall torrent
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it does sway a bit more when ur suppressed

muted knot
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Plasma i assume ?

faint beacon
tall torrent
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also

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I think I'm starting to understand the +suppression nodes a little better

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it does a weird thing

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at first the gunner retained near perfect accuracy

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but after a single plasma shot (applying high suppression), he loses accuracy tremendously

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I've never seen anyone mentioning suppression doing this

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with +75% suppression from both nodes, the gunner stays inaccurate far longer than without +50% suppression

faint beacon
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Huh…

tall torrent
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@somber axle u might have cooked up smth

faint beacon
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So they go from perfect accuracy

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To not so great to being able to hit you

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Shit path

tall torrent
faint beacon
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Try it it on

wise fossil
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Suppression is actually great now

tall torrent
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lemme see what the result would be vs gunner waves

faint beacon
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Shooters and stalkers

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You know the REAL reason we die now

wise fossil
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Yes, not all enemies get suppressed, but the ones that do are extremely dangerous

faint beacon
tall torrent
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also need to check +suppression effects on weapons that don't suppress well

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cuz plasma is very high suppression

faint beacon
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try…

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Laspistols

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Or IAG or HHA

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recon

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bomb

faint beacon
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Trying to think of what else

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pee

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knife

faint beacon
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Poop sock

tall torrent
faint beacon
tall torrent
faint beacon
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Lmao

somber axle
# tall torrent <@164192519465205760> u might have cooked up smth

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!

faint beacon
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I’m trying to think of like BAD suppression weapons

tall torrent
dreamy vortex
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What builds work well with the agripinaa shotgun?

somber axle
tall torrent
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@faint beacon check this out^

wise fossil
dreamy vortex
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Thanks

dreamy vortex
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Always liked it on my zealot but it never felt like it performed amazingly

tall torrent
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this changes my understanding of +suppression a lot

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I still think the "make enemies seek cover or cower" part sucks

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but dropping their accuracy makes a big difference

austere mica
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I wonder how severe it is with weapons like bolter

faint beacon
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Could you try it with the HHA?

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Any really

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Seeing I’m curious if it would at all help with well bullying gunners

hearty panther
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shotguns, shredder, all high contenders for this kind of effect

austere mica
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Should I go tag or marksmans for BP

hearty panther
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bolter is a bit niche in that most of the SUPPRESSION suppression and not just stagger comes from an enemy kill

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so just firng off at dudes isnt that effective

faint beacon
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Honestly might be the best for

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Bolter cause of pinning fire

tall torrent
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@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

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they do cower more easily but they also recover from being suppressed really fast

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u buy like 1s of not getting shot at most

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checking stalkers now

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still with plasma

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stalkers are weird (?)

hearty panther
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yes

tall torrent
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yea no this doesn't help vs stalkers

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abt 1/4th of them straight up go for melee

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and they spray while moving

faint beacon
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So you’re telling me

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They resort to melee when they get suppressed

tall torrent
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no

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I'm saying

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in the first 2 tests

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a bunch of them just went for melee

faint beacon
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Huh

austere pine
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brother wtf why is milk offering me 4 lasguns with falter

faint beacon
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They are rather melee prone so you might need to do it from quite a distance

austere pine
faint beacon
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Also the shooters don’t surprise me they’ve always been annoying

tall torrent
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they have really smart AI

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if they're too far away

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they push closer towards u at ~8m range

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surround u

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and spray u down while moving

tall torrent
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a couple stalkers will spray u from range with decent accuracy while the large majority reposition close to u

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then they surround & spray u down

faint beacon
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Explains why they can really fuck you up when you’re by yourself

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tall torrent
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here's laspistol with max suppression vs gunners

faint beacon
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Which talent nodes are causing this again

faint beacon
tall torrent
faint beacon
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Oh it’s light

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I typically use heavy for my build

tall torrent
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I think them cowering still sucks

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lemme try a weapon that might actually benefit from stopping gunners

austere mica
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How does this look for bolt pistol

austere pine
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ogryn and not human-sized shooting on exe stance

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immediate disagree

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somber axle
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Well on the bright side suppression is more relevant now!

tall torrent
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just tried on MG1a

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nope

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the problem with this talent is that

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u rely very heavily on ranged enemies grouping up

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if they're spread out in flanking positions (which they usually are)

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this has low value

faint beacon
# tall torrent

Honestly them cowering is still good especially when you’re running a toughness battery build

tall torrent
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they're gonna spread out

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suppression even causes them to spread out & seek cover

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which de-values itself

thin kernel
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Evening fellows
Have the Recon las changes made the gun any more usable?

thin kernel
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Which is the heavy variant again

tall torrent
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7a

thin kernel
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Alrighty

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Remembered it got changes and just used it again

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Feels much better

austere mica
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Can get 4 shot on crushers with max MF at point blank

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(grey pistol)

austere pine
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still the ogryn marking on exe stance

austere mica
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If I crit once it goes to 3

austere pine
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why even bother with that one

austere mica
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about it though

austere pine
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there's like a bajillion more random shooting enemies than there is of ogryn enemies

faint beacon
austere mica
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Yeah

faint beacon
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Now imagine DA and Surgical

austere mica
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I bought one and am screwing around in psyk

austere pine
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if you want to get a duration reset, just got for the human sized shooting

faint beacon
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Lmao

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and +carapace

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and the marksman talent

austere mica
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30000 ordo's to get this

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(I am a broke bitch)

faint beacon
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Could do + Elite for the absolute overkill

austere mica
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Yeah I don't see the problem everyone has with this thing yet numbers wise

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I have yet to use it under live fire but like

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Seems pretty solid

somber axle
# tall torrent this has low value

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

tall torrent
somber axle
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Boltpistol can 1HKO with a funny set up

austere mica
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I'm sure it can

tall torrent
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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

austere mica
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I just need to get deadly accurate and surgical now

somber axle
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Usually in the 2HKO or 3HKO range unless Exe Stance and Marksman are active though

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Deadly Accurate and Surgical make the Boltpistol crazy good with Marksman's Focus

gritty nimbus
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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

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somber axle
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I need to try a Recon Mk II Exe Stance + Smoke build...

last parcel
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i've only done that with helbore II

faint beacon
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That’s really all it is

austere mica
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one of these makes a giant boom when I pull the trigger

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And is therefore better

faint beacon
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Dopamine fire off when I see a heretics head become shrapnel

austere mica
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Shrapnel? That shit is a mist

faint beacon
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Bone fragments

urban steppe
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which one is better ? 🤔 KEKW_ogryn

torpid grotto
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Id take the one with above 50% mobility for maximum dodges

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73-80% damage rolls dont matter that much

urban steppe
marble mantle
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How do y’all even make talent builds

Like there are so many good options

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Idek what to pick

severe finch
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whats the best full auto vet gun for all round use?

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is it the recons or something else?

torpid grotto
somber axle
marble mantle
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That makes sense

torpid grotto
marble mantle
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I’m gonna try n make a shouty up close and personal build so I can support

somber axle
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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

torpid grotto
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You can't go wrong with the shout, its the best ability in the game

severe finch
urban steppe
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what you use and how is your combat gameplay

somber axle
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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)

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@severe finch The best general use Recon is the Recon Mk II now

torpid grotto
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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

urban steppe
somber axle
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Recon Mk VId feels like a light machine gun for how massive the magazine size is and how fast the rate of fire is

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A very fun gun

torpid grotto
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Laser hose

somber axle
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The short answer is that there is no best Recon anymore

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Long answer is that the best Recon depends on what role you want to fill in a group

severe finch
civic knot
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Almost goated, right?

torpid grotto
marble mantle
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Should I take all of the augs for focus target? They all seem incredibly good

severe finch
civic knot
arctic rampart
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@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?

torpid grotto
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I prefer full bore because I use the shotgun to eliminate single targets like bulwarks or maulers

marble mantle
torpid grotto
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Scattershot isnt useful to me on the double barrel

marble mantle
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It’s more manual but manageable

arctic rampart
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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

marble mantle
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Good point

civic knot
torpid grotto
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Yes thats the best blessing on the gun

urban steppe
arctic rampart
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what are your current weapon choices?

urban steppe
marble mantle
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Just my favs

urban steppe
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dont care about walls or shield zoooooop and ded

torpid grotto
marble mantle
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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

torpid grotto
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Yes vet skill tree is actually a skill tree

terse idol
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I mean vaguely

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We got like

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A handful of mandatory talents

topaz lance
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The tree is also still slightly bloated imo

torpid grotto
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One tip is that usually people dont get the bottom keystones

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To save more points for better stuff

rigid schooner
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how does opening salvo work with the double barrel? is the 1st shot always given the 10% crit chance?

arctic rampart
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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

civic knot
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Good? BiS blessings possibly? probably not tho....

arctic rampart
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having 200+ toughness with iron will and voice of command is pretty strong IMO

somber axle
# urban steppe yeh true but best choose is a Mk VIIa , high dps , more ammo

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)

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arctic rampart
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oh yeah they buffed sunder right? is it better now, still worse than brutal momentum

somber axle
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The best Recon changes depending on what your target is and what your talent tree looks like

civic knot
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I hate focus target as well

somber axle
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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

civic knot
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so youre telling me ill hit breakpoints with that?

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arctic rampart
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I pretty much only use mk3

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but I hit heads consistently so BM won out before for me...

torpid grotto
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The power sword is so strong you could just use a purple with power cycler lol

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tall torrent
bitter turtle
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totally not coping

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promise

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also 2 bodyshot rager

last parcel
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that too

bitter turtle
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3 bodyshot mauler

civic knot
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wow it really just about gets em yeah

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how about uhhh..... cleave?

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it have any?

austere mica
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Halfway there

civic knot
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gloryhunter bad

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compared to the other options

austere mica
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I know

topaz lance
civic knot
austere mica
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But I have half the rolls i need to make this work

civic knot
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understood

bitter turtle
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the other blessing can be gloryhunter if you want

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idk what to do about the 2nd blessing

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tee hee explosion seems ok i guess

austere mica
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I already have deadly accurate 2 banked so I really just need either surgical or flak to roll on this thing

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tall torrent
frail citrus
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almost a week now since the patch, how do we feel about recon lasgun now that it's been buffed?

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still shit or is it doing good

tall torrent
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I'm putting as much relevant info in there as possible

bitter turtle
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they're ok

arctic rampart
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still not a plasma or columnus, but btter

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bolt pistol is a worse zerona from what I heard

uncut pebble
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It's still a valid gun, though.

arctic rampart
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double barrel shotgun is a shotgun, nothing else needs to be said

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all "you could use it!" but "its not the best"

uncut pebble
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Double barrel is the rager obliterator 9000.

arctic rampart
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you know what obliterates ragers? my plasma shooting through 20 of them

uncut pebble
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I've seen zealouts decapitate entire hordes of them with two blasts.

arctic rampart
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then I shoot 5 more times

uncut pebble
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You're comparing two totally different classes of gun, bro.

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Chill.

arctic rampart
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all the zealots I've been grouping with seem to be struggling

frail citrus
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plasma gun, very good but what a snooze fest

terse idol
midnight mortar
terse idol
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The AOE has decent stagger

bitter turtle
arctic rampart
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I'm totally chill, just a snob for my own purposes. I hope you all have fun with w/e you wanna run

midnight mortar
frail citrus
arctic rampart
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if you wanna run a dull spoon instead of a power sword hey that's fine with me 😄

bitter turtle
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its playable

frail citrus
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that must be a lot of fun

bitter turtle
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3k maniac dps

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on headshot

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so its not

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absolutely fucking awful anymore

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to try to kill specialists

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still not as good as an iag

midnight mortar
bitter turtle
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but its ok enough

midnight mortar
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I see.

arctic rampart
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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

bitter turtle
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upsides over an iag are bigger clip and better stability

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on flak, they are not too different in dmg

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if you're trying to kill a mauler or smth

frail citrus
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sayin it works for them enough to use it

tall torrent
frail citrus
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seems the general consensus on it tho is that its not a garbage weapon anymore

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can actually be used

faint beacon
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We discussing recons still?

frail citrus
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its like flamer tho, you're giving up some ranged capability for a different playstyle

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more skirmishing (even tho i think infantry lasgun is better for skirmish)

bitter turtle
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no

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its ranged capabilities are fine?

frail citrus
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You're stupid lol, that's not what I meant

bitter turtle
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its like flamer tho, you're giving up some ranged capability for a different playstyle

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idk how else to interpret this

frail citrus
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  1. it's literally a GUN, of course it has ranged potential
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  1. i meant it in the way that there are better ranged options than the recon lasgun, hellbore and infatry lasgun specifically
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its just a different playstyle from those 2, not being so mega long range focused as its counterparts

bitter turtle
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flamer is a gun too

frail citrus
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try to snipe a gunner with it

bitter turtle
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except the part where it is fine at mega long range

uncut pebble
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Flamer is... not a gun.

frail citrus
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A flamer is... a flamer..........

uncut pebble
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It's a ranged weapon, yeah, but it isn't a gun.

frail citrus
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Made for burning heretics.... and flushing enemies from cover....

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and horde clear...........

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not for counter sniping...................

bitter turtle
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are we talking about flamers or recons

uncut pebble
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Personally I just use it to cook monstrosities on my stealth build.

bitter turtle
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at this point

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idk anymore

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recons are fine at mega long range

frail citrus
bitter turtle
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alr

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next time im just not gonna bother answering your questions

frail citrus
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dont

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would save the time typing

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and the bandwith to send the messages

terse idol
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Bruh

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What the fucj

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Calm your ass down jesus

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It's semantics

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A flamer is a close range "gun:

uncut pebble
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Anyway, that aside, you're not really giving up any ranged potential with a recon, short of having low ammo.

wild vortex
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this worth buying from Melk?

terse idol
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Recon has range

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It also a gun

frail citrus
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but its base stat is meh

terse idol
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This is like saying the shotgun isn't a shotgun because it doesn't have range it's still a gun

frail citrus
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I usually don't run anything lower than 370

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365 if its something ir eally want to try

terse idol
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Don't think you're high and mighty because you're arguing semantics

wild vortex
bitter turtle
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cara is not worth

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base rating is meaningless

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stopping power and dmg are high

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that is all that matters

wild vortex
faint beacon
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Bro I looked away for a minute and we’re arguing what happened

wild vortex
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sadge

uncut pebble
wild vortex
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idk man Melk just hates my Vet for whatever reason

frail citrus
frail citrus
uncut pebble
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Melk loves my ogryn.

frail citrus
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Who doesn't love ogryns!

uncut pebble
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Pulled 2 perfect guns out of his inventory.

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Anywho...

faint beacon
wild vortex
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like he gives my Ogryn and Shouty good stuff sometimes

somber axle
# midnight mortar A "buff" in which their damage to armor was reduced. Still weird that they call ...

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

wild vortex
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but Vet? forget it

terse idol
faint beacon
bitter turtle
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just give up smudgels

somber axle
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The best way to learn how they perform is to use them though

bitter turtle
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someone who asks for help

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gets it

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and then has an attitude afterwards over dumbass shit

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is just KEKW_ogryn

uncut pebble
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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(?).

frail citrus
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Plasma Gun is really good

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Buuuuuut

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Boring to use after a little bit

terse idol
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SI isn't that good

frail citrus
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Very 1 dimensional, but good if you want to have an all-round build I'd say

bitter turtle
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you want gets hot on a plasma

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the only issue on that plasma

uncut pebble
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You could also do elite damage to help with crushers and maulers a bit more.

terse idol
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Definetly would replace SI with gets hot keep glory hunter

bitter turtle
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is 1/4 rolls

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you cant replace all 3

terse idol
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Cause the extra toughness gain is okay

uncut pebble
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Aight, I'll concede on that.

bitter turtle
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2 perks and SI need to be replaced

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or want to be replaced at least

frail citrus
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My thing with it is how rich are you in the currency you use to buy from Melk

uncut pebble
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Keep gloryhunter, then.

frail citrus
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because if you've got money to spend, why not pick up a blessing just to have

terse idol
frail citrus
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Just for collection purposes

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If not, then meh you'll probably get a better roll

terse idol
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Or is it spec

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I forgor

uncut pebble
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*If he meets that bp.

bitter turtle
faint beacon
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Toughness battery builds my beloved

terse idol
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You will meet the BP with elite

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In theeooory

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I do have a low dps pgun, but it should hopefully

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Make it

faint beacon
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With or without superiority complex?

bitter turtle
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with

terse idol
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With

bitter turtle
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but what build doesn't run that

terse idol
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SC is just good

bitter turtle
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for pgun

faint beacon
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Yeah true

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Meth heads

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That’s what they do

wild vortex
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yeah I skipped it for now

faint beacon
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Honestly I kinda respect not running obvious clear upgrades if it’s intentional lmao

terse idol
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Skipped what?

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It's an okay pgun

bitter turtle
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btw

uncut pebble
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I think they mean intentionally not picking superiority complex.

uncut pebble
terse idol
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Oh

last parcel
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K

bitter turtle
faint beacon
bitter turtle
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in case you tell me 40k wiki is shit

terse idol
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Me with this information

bitter turtle
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lexicanum calls it the same thing

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lul

hollow warren
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I know GH4 won't change much, but I just like having maxed out blessings chadgryn

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still searching for it

quartz leaf
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someone want to post their VIIa build talent tree?

bitter turtle
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last 2 points on whatever

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you can also

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go middle at the top

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if you prefer confirmed kill and close order drill

quartz leaf
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yeah i was about to ask why you go sprint speed

bitter turtle
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its sprint efficiency

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i go right bc i like movespeed

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the 3rd node

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also i like out for blood

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and i sprint fucking everywhere so sprint efficiency is nice too

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just my preference

quartz leaf
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whats up with the flak grenade? best one now?

bitter turtle
#

it was always the best one

quartz leaf
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oh

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been a long time since i played

bitter turtle
#

2 shredder frags kill everything except mauler/ogryns

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with bleed stacks

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can wipe out an entire room

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unless you really want the boss stunlock from krak

wild vortex
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I'm using kraks for penance rn

quartz leaf
#

what curio main and substats are we using

bitter turtle
#

the same as for any other build? nothing special

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about curio

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for most build

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unless you want to do some meme deadshot 6d with 3x stamina curio like sneaky

quartz leaf
#

so 2 toughness 1 stamina then

bitter turtle
#

hp works too but yeah

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depends on what you want

quartz leaf
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i already have the toughness curios from before, but i also have ability cooldown on them and i heard that was crap

bitter turtle
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its ok

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on infiltrate is very good

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on voc its just ok

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pretty bad for executioner stance

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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

quartz leaf
#

i wont have to change much then

late hatch
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16-17 toughness with stam regen, toughness/hp, last slot the other one or cdr or sprint efficiency

quartz leaf
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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

bitter turtle
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dont get it

quartz leaf
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and just used the second one on a crit node

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oh, why

bitter turtle
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its not 10% after a reload

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its when you are above 90% ammo

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how many of your shots are done only at 90%+ ammo

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only shotguns can kinda make use of it

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if you're spamming the special action

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well

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i guess for recon its functionally the same

quartz leaf
#

oh

bitter turtle
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but

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idk

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its just bad

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dont get it

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if i have suggestions for the last 2 pts

quartz leaf
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kill zone or long shot then?

bitter turtle
#

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

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field improv is always a nice thing to have around too (improved medkits/ammo crate)

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longshot if you want more dmg is also a choice

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you could drop determined and go grab 5% melee+recip+desperado if you wanna use a knife too or something

quartz leaf
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meh

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only use melee when i have to

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what does collateral mean? for lasgun.

civic knot
#

BiS blessings/perks for bolt pistol?

last parcel
quartz leaf
#

thanks

wild vortex
bitter turtle
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ill save you the effort of figuring out

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lol

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just have high dmg, ammo, and 51+ mobility

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the other stats on the recon dont matter

last parcel
bitter turtle
#

collateral, not stopping power*

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in case you get confused

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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

somber axle
#

Collateral can be helpful for stagger stunlocking Ragers but that is it really and tbh that's unnecessary

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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

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You can do full damage while repeatedly stagger stunning a target

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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

last parcel
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it has a cool name so makes the gun better through placebo chadgryn

somber axle
#

Mobility only needs 51%+

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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

austere mica
last parcel
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crusher meme shot acquired

austere mica
#

I can now 3 shot without crits with max MF

somber axle
#

Nice!

austere mica
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4 at point blank

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Could probably 2 shot if I crit with Exe stance and MF up

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Yep

somber axle
#

Is that with Chink in their Armour and Rending Strikes? The extra rending allows 1HKO breakpoint

austere mica
#

I don't think I need flak for this thing

somber axle
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(I know I can swap The Bigger They Are into Demo Team for grenade regen but I don't use grenades very often)

last parcel
#

next to superiority complex

somber axle
#

How close are you to 1HKO?

austere mica
#

I can run 8% elite and 25% cara on this thing

austere mica
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with a crit

somber axle
#

Maybe it might be Marksman pushing it to the breakpoint on my end?

austere mica
#

I think I'm just missing all the damage talents you have

somber axle
tall torrent
#

@bitter turtle yo I might need some help

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dm

austere mica
#

I will probably leave it at 2 shot if I can't reach 1hko at point blank

somber axle
#

I know Longshot wasn't needed for the 1HKO

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I swapped the talent point off Longshot and was still able to hit the 1HKO

austere mica
#

Alright with Carapace I can 2 shot without crits with max MF and Exe stance

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DID IT

last parcel
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goooood

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eeeeeexcelllent

austere mica
#

Now I just need surgical so I can do it consistently

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Game is so mad at my bullshit it crashed

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Time to see if bolter can do this

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Just for the funny

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Ok it works without For the Emperor!

quartz leaf
#

what do i put for second perk

steady cedar
#

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

sturdy zephyr
steady cedar
#

And there's no easy way to reset if you're in the strikedown chain

quartz leaf
#

also no

steady cedar
#

If you're gonna stick with Infernus probably swap damage vs Elites for Flak

quartz leaf
#

aight

austere mica
#

This can 1HKO a crusher at point blank with a crit headshot, Exe stance, and max MF stacks

quartz leaf
#

how do i deal with crushers when using the accatran?

austere mica
#

2 shot without Exe stance (1 crit 1 normal headshot)

steady cedar
quartz leaf
#

ty

austere mica
last parcel
#

preferably just stab them

last parcel
#

VIIa? the one with the cleave?

quartz leaf
last parcel
#

yeah that shoots the slowest and doesn't make use of onslaught very well

quartz leaf
#

which melee do i stab them with then

last parcel
#

knife, power sword, combat axe, folding shovel

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pick your poison

umbral scaffold
#

is

quartz leaf
#

probably power sword then, i want horde clear too

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lasguns got buffed right?

umbral scaffold
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yeah its alright

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just saw a dude with a pink head running arround

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i think thats a bug ?

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liek gmod eske error colour

last parcel
umbral scaffold
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lol...

onyx anvil
last parcel
umbral scaffold
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you know, its kinda refreshing seeing it being not the person wearing krieg doing this kind of stuff

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for once

bleak jackal
#

hows the update

umbral scaffold
#

still deplorable tho lol

umbral scaffold
bleak jackal
#

are kantrael lasguns viable in aurik again?

sturdy zephyr
#

Good hopes for greater next.

bitter turtle
sturdy zephyr
#

I tried to find link or tag bout lasgun buffed.

austere pine
#

i'm playing another clandestium gloriana with fucking ogryns

umbral scaffold
bitter turtle
austere pine
#

i swear to god if they get shot to death i'm leaving all quickplays in gloriana from now on

bitter turtle
#

everything is viable and lasguns arent even close to being the worst gun

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its not shredder autopistol

umbral scaffold
#

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

faint beacon
# austere mica YES

Nice roll, probably do carapace over crit if you want to go absolutely overkill and obviously surgical

bitter turtle
#

a lot of guns that are considered "strong" are also not good at crowd control

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like

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revolver

quartz leaf
#

is boltgun still top of the heap?

umbral scaffold
drifting oak
#

i don't think boltgun has been a top tier gun ever since the skill rework and the removal of insta-reload

bitter turtle
onyx anvil
bitter turtle
#

but it might not be the way you want to play it

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its a sniper rifle rn

#

you dont hipfire

#

automatic

umbral scaffold
#

its fien if you got like 700 ammo or youre in a tights spot but ... like come on

bitter turtle
#

you mostly ADS and do 1taps

drifting oak
#

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

quartz leaf
bitter turtle
#

revolver plasma ciag

#

in that order imo

#

but

quartz leaf
#

tf is ciag

junior needle
#

Keep in mind that "viable" is an iffy term that can mean anything

bitter turtle
#

columnus infantry autogun

sturdy zephyr
#

Recon

junior needle
#

If you mean good then they're fine

#

I assume you mean ilas guns

drifting oak
faint beacon
junior needle
#

Recons are not top tier

bitter turtle
#

revolver doesnt need aim either

quartz leaf
#

dang i remember when plasma was complete trash

drifting oak
#

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

somber axle
# umbral scaffold is

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

shadow aurora
drifting oak
#

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

junior needle
#

Neither of those weapons can keep up with zarona kill counts KEKW_ogryn

somber axle
#

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)

last parcel
bitter turtle
drifting oak
#

wait

#

I thought it was % based

bitter turtle
#

no

#

they changed that ages ago

bitter turtle
#

like the first patch after talent tree

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release

#

was changed to flat drain instead of %

drifting oak
#

oh, huh, goes to show how long ago I even looked at that talent

somber axle
drifting oak
#

also what's the zarona again

bitter turtle
#

ads revolver

shadow aurora
#

Revolver

junior needle
#

I want the recons to be good, but they're just alright

drifting oak
#

oh

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i guess you have to call it that because there's two revolvers now

junior needle
#

At least now

bitter turtle
#

they're fine

#

that's good

quartz leaf
#

i was told VIIa received a buff tbh

bitter turtle
#

you dont want guns to be stupid tier

drifting oak
#

yeah all the recons are solidly usable now

junior needle
#

All of them received buffs

bitter turtle
#

i only tried 6 and 7

drifting oak
#

and recon2 is honestly "strong"

bitter turtle
#

7 is the best one imo

#

well

#

between 6 and 7

#

i dont have a 2

junior needle
#

6d got the worst buff

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Also some nerfs

quartz leaf
#

so how do they compare now to the top tier guns

junior needle
#

for no reason

somber axle
#

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

somber axle
#

I am max stamina

quartz leaf
#

who tf needs 18 stam bars

marble mantle
#

Thoughts on this ?

drifting oak
bitter turtle
#

ranged crit dmg -> flak/maniac
punishing salvo -> dumdum

somber axle
drifting oak
bitter turtle
#

unarmored isnt ideal but its not useless at least

junior needle
#

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

marble mantle
bitter turtle
#

you can rip off headhutner once you get a better one

#

ideal is flaniac

austere pine
#

okay nah fuck all this i need suppression immunity

marble mantle
austere pine
#

i'm getting cancer trying to suppress gunners

somber axle
drifting oak
quartz leaf
#

which blessings for plasma?

somber axle
#

It's not Helbore tier for ammo efficiency though

junior needle
#

That thing is has yuge ammo efficiency by default

drifting oak
#

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

junior needle
#

1a is more appropriate

somber axle
bitter turtle
#

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

marble mantle
#

Next question

drifting oak
#

Yep, you have to really, really, REALLY try to run out of ammo on the mg4

bitter turtle
#

0/4

drifting oak
bitter turtle
#

unyielding used to be good but not really anymore

marble mantle
bitter turtle
#

its still ok bc boss damage+, but no more bulwark 1tap

#

not good enough to consider a major keep

marble mantle
drifting oak
#

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

somber axle
# bitter turtle and probably still not go dry

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

bitter turtle
#

yeah i used it as a pretend recon prepatch with full auto mod

#

genuinely i was just holding down left click in games lol

drifting oak
#

mg4 is amazing because its hipfire reticle while sliding

#

is legitimately good enough to headshot with

somber axle
#

High Intensity Shock Trooper Gauntlet will bleed your ammo dry if your team is braindead and still eating ammo while killing nothing

junior needle
#

If you've tried the 7a you've tried the 2

bitter turtle
#

well

#

unless the dmg profile is significantly different

#

the cleave on 7 really puts it ahead of the others imo

drifting oak
#

and an important thing about weapons with tons of ammo in the mag is that you can fish for hitmarkers through things like fire

bitter turtle
#

makes it so much easier to shoot through a crowd to get to the elite/specialist you're trying to kill

junior needle
somber axle
junior needle
#

But yes the cleave can put it ahead of the 2

austere pine
bitter turtle
#

6 had the tee hee funny pewpew ROF which is admittedly fun, but i really did feel the loss of cleave

somber axle
#

The cleave means it cuts through mixed hordes to hit elites better

bitter turtle
#

when i tried both out

#

i did like 3 games with both on histg new map

somber axle
#

Single target the Mk II slightly wins out

drifting oak
steady cedar
#

Which of these should I upgrade? Is the low pen on the 377 enough to dumpster it?

drifting oak
#

upgrade both, odds are neither will be a godroll

#

the blessing pool for mauls is really wide

uncut pebble
#

What even is the roll for shock mauls?

drifting oak
#

so it's excessively likely it'll brick

steady cedar
somber axle
#

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

drifting oak
sullen scarab
#

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.

uncut pebble
#

Damn, that's really fkn good.

bitter turtle
#

the ammo roll dont matter

uncut pebble
#

^

drifting oak
sullen scarab
#

sounds good lmao

uncut pebble
#

Run with shock trooper and you'll basically be unable to run out of ammo.

bitter turtle
#

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

sullen scarab
#

yeah that's what I figured, I never noticed myself actually running out of ammo with the other ones I had

somber axle
drifting oak
# bitter turtle the ammo roll dont matter

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"

uncut pebble
#

I mean, 50ish% ammo is gonna be significantly less shots.

sullen scarab
#

sounds good thanks guys!

bitter turtle
#

in terms of ammo roll

steady cedar
bitter turtle
#

but its still hardly something THAT big

uncut pebble
#

The problem will be the no ammo pickups maelstroms and when you have idiots munching all the ammo.

bitter turtle
#

dont bring a hb2 to no ammo mael in the first place imo

steady cedar
#

Probably just feed it to the blessing book though

drifting oak
#

if you voluntarily play vet on no ammo maelstrom you're a masochist to begin with

austere mica
drifting oak
#

like you CAN do it

#

but why.

bitter turtle
#

vet is good on no ammo mael

#

surv op

#

on that condition

#

also infinite nade

bitter turtle
#

just bring rashad/knife/psword or something

drifting oak
#

just play psyker :T

somber axle
sullen scarab
#

I guess I can run this one for the Executioner's stance and Focus Target+Redirect fire

umbral scaffold
#

mael is doable if youre not given brickhead as teamates

bitter turtle
#

2 or 3 shot all the crushers

#

voc is nice too

somber axle
#

Sharing some old info from some clown science I did on numbers testing for Helbore Mk II breakpoints

bitter turtle
#

lets your dumbass teammates tank an overhead

drifting oak
# uncut pebble Consider: thrust.

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

uncut pebble
#

Oh, it's every heavy that topples?

sullen scarab
#

Awesome, thanks sneaky cat

#

super helpful

uncut pebble
#

Can you knock ragers out of their combo?

drifting oak
uncut pebble
#

That's... disgustingly good.

somber axle
#

Welcomes! The perk you want is talent build dependent

drifting oak
#

i should probably check in psykanium, and tbh you shouldn't tempt fate

uncut pebble
#

The one I've got right now is thrust 3 and lightning reflexes 3.

umbral scaffold
drifting oak
#

since in teh heat of the moment yo might drop the buff mid charge

umbral scaffold
#

or cahinsword alt

#

chainaxe

drifting oak
#

but, just genearlly swinging with the stagger-buff-on-hit blessing on maul

sullen scarab
#

Excellent, then I have one MKII for Shout vet, and one MKII for marksman

uncut pebble
#

Yeah I know about rev weapons stopping ragers. That isn't anything new.

tall torrent
drifting oak
#

anything you melee will just end up on the floor

#

where you can kill it at your leisure

umbral scaffold
#

that stun them

austere mica
umbral scaffold
#

thats all or dont hug ragers

drifting oak
#

that blessing is VERY strong on maul (why is it even on claws, a large buff on nothing is still fucking nothing)

uncut pebble
#

Who the hell calls them "riposte weapons"?

somber axle
drifting oak
somber axle
#

Hunt those Crushers

#

Put some in the dirt for the Emperor

#

I would but I am at work

austere mica
#

I can even drop points for supression immunity

uncut pebble
#

Then just say dclaw parry?

drifting oak
#

claw parry is so ridiculously stacked, it interrupts pretty much everything and does a gorillion damage

umbral scaffold
austere mica
#

last step is finding Surgical

umbral scaffold
uncut pebble
#

Yeah I know about dclaw interrupting them as well.

#

That also isn't anything new.

tall torrent
umbral scaffold
#

i mean you asked

uncut pebble
#

I was just asking if the shock mauls can knock ragers out of combo by hitting them.

drifting oak
#

you'd be surprised how many people don't know about the claw parry attack being stupidly strong

tall torrent
#

other attacks u need +stagger talents/blessings

uncut pebble
#

No special or anything goofy like that.

drifting oak
drifting oak
#

but I should probably check in psyk

uncut pebble
#

Just straight bonkage.

tall torrent
drifting oak
#

ehhhhh the alt is dicey because the circumstance where you want to stagger ragers is when there's multiple

somber axle
tall torrent
#

but lightning reflexes can stun them when u block their atks

drifting oak
#

if it's just one rager you can dodge every swing

sullen scarab
steady cedar
#

Flak+Maniacs the go-to for the double barrel or is it Flak+UA like the normal shotguns?

faint beacon
drifting oak
#

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

uncut pebble
#

Level 22 vet in this damnation mission... here we go.

drifting oak
#

I would rather drop iron will in mid tree before suppression immunity in left

faint beacon
#

Guns that either aren't effected by it, or you know how to deal with suppression

#

thats kinda the two big reasons

tall torrent
drifting oak
#

okay yeah there are some weapons you can get away with not having it

#

autopistol lol

faint beacon
#

on BP its fucking CRUCIAL

#

you take it

uncut pebble
#

Suppression doesn't do anything if you've got a shotgun or autopistol iirc.

somber axle
# sullen scarab Niceeee, any preference for the second perk? Or doesn't really matter since you ...

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

sullen scarab
#

Perfect, thanks again!

somber axle
#

Welcomes!

last parcel
#

or search for bayonet BPs chadgryn

somber axle
#

Ooo that's a fun idea

#

Bayonet things to death in the Psykanium!

tall torrent
sullen scarab
#

that's a great idea

#

LOL

somber axle
#

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

tall torrent
#

Ogryn weapons, flamers & psyker staves also have suppression immunity

sullen scarab
#

i shall

tall torrent
#

Because ofc Psyker can’t afford to shoot not straight

sullen scarab
#

30000 iq move, stabby

tall torrent
uncut pebble
#

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.

austere pine
#

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?

austere mica
#

Sprint cost

last parcel
#

you could also just use executioner's stance as your suppression resist

austere pine
#

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

austere mica
#

Do you have ammo problems ever

austere pine
#

not relaly

#

it's an infantry lasgun

austere mica
#

Cool

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drop shock trooper

austere pine
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yeah but what if it's because shock trooper

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i'm gonna see how ass the build is without redirect fire

austere mica
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Just run a game without and see what happens

austere pine
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brothers in arms

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can i have a chainsword with better pen that 60 something

celest cove
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Best roll for power sword? Perks and blessings?

austere pine
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blessings

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sunder and power cycler

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perks???

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i don't think they matter for power sword

austere mica
celest cove
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Reason I ask is shop sold a 373 with tier 4 power cycled and slaughterer

austere pine
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safe bet to go for like flak maniac

austere mica
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Whatever gets you breakpoints really

austere pine
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GET IT RIGHT FUCKING NOW

celest cove
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I did

austere pine
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PC4 IS INSANELY GOOD AND UNIMAGINABLY RARE

marble mantle
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Man it’s hard to make tree

celest cove
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This is it

marble mantle
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So many good things

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Do I be support or independent

austere pine
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really depends on what you like doing

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i used to play a support-y solo-ish build with infiltrate

celest cove
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So seems like I got lucky

austere pine
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where i could just solo but when with teammates i fucked off to go kill specials and elites

steady cedar
austere pine
marble mantle
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I’m definitely gonna use shout but idk like what I’m gonna do. Hard to pick between perfect this and perfect that

austere pine
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power up with good finesse gets it

marble mantle
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So many great options

austere pine
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if shout just stay with teammates

celest cove
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Alright, will need to farm it. Actually just hit 30 on vet yesterday

marble mantle
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Yeah

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Best I got rn btw