#veteran-class
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thunk
I really want to do a shovel knight build...
but there's no point other than the satisfaction of going THUNKTHUNKTHUNK

Shovel is a decent option for a build with low melee investment fwiw
oh yeah for sure
shovel can get uncanny right?
I used to run the spike shovels as an easy answer to crushers on my pure ranged builds
sure can
do the funny grenade bistol build and use uncanny shovel to buff bleed
that's why I was so shocked Orcka had such a fit over me saying I prefer the Rashad more
shovel is still good 
Rashad just REALLY good
i dont use spike shovels because i dont respect the mk3 heavy sweep and the mk7 light combo feels so silly
knife takes too many points
and horde is too painful with ds + bistol
maybe shovel would work well with it
yeah they're kind of clunky...
i might just be nitpicking but the feel just isnt right
New to Vet, what are the big 'melee investement' nodes?
I know there's the +10% melee, and Precision Strikes. Both seem mandatory to me tbh.
nah honestly feel is the most important stat in the game
if a weapon doesn't pass the vibe check that's an F-tier
and don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise

sorry to butt in, but every melee vet does this, and the 10% passive melee damage node up top
however, it is 1pm on a monday in my timezone
so iunno if literally anyone is online rn
let alone willingly playing a pox gas map
friggin nurgle fart clouds
No need to apologize, appreciate it a lot!
What about hybrid Vets that don't want Weapons Specialists but still wanna be good at melee?
when the game gives you a weapon that's 80/80/80/80/61, is it scamming you out of that half percent somewhere else and rounding it up?
Probably so.
I got just the thing! If you're not into WS you can run a Shout/Target Down build.
I've also seen it the other way around where you have a 59/80... weapons.
https://darktide.gameslantern.com/builds/9d5a10fb-449a-45bd-b98e-924011c3a88c/melee-vet-battle-medic
https://darktide.gameslantern.com/builds/9d5a10fb-dc42-424e-87cc-1bf2b3ecd3b8/melee-vet-axe-murderer
my shovel is one of those 59s
two different versions of the same build... one is more about team support, the other is full melee axe murderer
What's a tacaxe/boltor build where I can boltor as much as possible?
Would the melee one work with other melee weapons as well?
They're both melee, but yes, they'll work with other weapons as well. Might be a couple tiny tweaks to optimize them based on what you're running but it'll work. 
The "battle medic" build likes the Rashad because it gains back a ton of toughness in hordes. I wouldn't run that build with like a chain axe or something more single target.
There's also a sort of battle medic build in the guide, do they differ because yours focuses on melee?
Oh I haven't taken a look at the guide one! I'll have to see. I just call it "battle medic" because it's a really aggressive build based around the Born Leader talent. It's just flavor. 
You just dive headfirst into hordes and play total frontline for your team while you constantly keep up their gold toughness. You could rally a team of 3 brain damaged lemmings through auric missions with it.

At the moment, no. The displayed value is what you get. Theres a rounding error giving you a legitimate full point without deducting from elsewhere
Yeah that one relies on Glory Hunter + Confirmed Kill to regen a bunch of toughness for allies as well.
BUT when they fix it? Who knows
How do you keep up their gold toughness?
Does the Born Leader regen gold toughness?
Oh ok yeah, then they're probably very similar! The one in the guide might just lean more into the build being more of a special sniper while mine has special sniping but tends to be in melee clearing hordes.
when they fix it, will it turn into a perfect 80/60 roll or will it fuck something else and scam me out of that one percent?
That remains to be seen. Hopefully their "fix" doesn't ruin a lot of perfect weapons
the extra shout node provides gold toughness, which is the most broken mechanic in the game... if you know how toughness works, gold toughness means NO damage will go through to your health so keeping it up basically makes you a god
every time you shout you get that gold toughness cap
what are the chances of their fix ruining 80/60 now?
and born leader constantly fills your teammates toughness into gold toughness
Wait, Born Leader fills the toughness into gold? How?
you pretty much make yourself and your squad EXTREMELY tanky... which lets you play EXTREMELY stupid 
I thought toughness regen only fills normal toughness.
nope, you can refill gold toughness too... thanks Fatshark
totally not broken
Your guess is as good as mine. I'd guess they're probably safe. Maybe 59/80s end up better than the 61/80s. Maybe it's a wash
so you just spam shout to keep the gold cap and keep refilling everyone into that cap so you all take no damage
it's how I got the On Overwatch penance on my first try... that and hiding behind a pillar on the final event 
only if you shout first?
gotcha
Yeah shout is what gives you that gold toughness cap. If you're killing specials to keep shout up you can maintain gold toughness pretty easily throughout the entire match.
so what does a weapon specialist build do better? more damage?
Heavy sword is so nice honestly
Uh depends ig but like. Melee kill 10 enemies I think you get more dmg on range its not like marksman though
what should my friend have on combat knife and infantry lasgun?
Weapon Specialist is for builds that swap between your melee weapon and ranged constantly. It gives you better special sniping and overall more damage. Absolutely broken with revolver. Focus Target! is generally better if you're not frequently swapping weapons and it gets Target Down! for even more toughness/stamina refills.
Yurp
Mhm gotcha. I love revolver so gonna give that a go as well
Got a sample build for that?
Enjoy man! Make sure to grab Always Prepared for free revolver reloads and guaranteed crits.
Sure, one sec!
Would also love a classic Marksman build if you got one 🙂
Yeah the Always Prepared keystone subnode makes it so you never need to manually reload. Shoot something, swap to melee and kill 1 poxxie, swap back and you're full again
If you're empty, swap to melee for 1 kill, hit swap to gun and back between swings. 5 poxxies and you're reloaded
Not to mention in the middle of mulching hordes, you get a ton of extra damage building up for pocket sniping that specialist who pops up
Ngl heavy sword is fun
Hope you have something for carapace lol
HS9 is great
Any good or meme builds for dooble barrel shotgun?
Heavy sword special and a lot of heavies. Best I can do lol. But nah I can use plasma gun.
Plasma gotchu then
HS9 + plasma does work
Also the shove attack does do armor pen aswell on heavy sword. As always any melee heavy goes through armor and somehow heavy sword special does.
Marksman builds are a bit more all over the place just depending on what weapons/grenade you want to use. Do you have a specific one in mind?
Not really actually.
No problem! I'll just make a general one
Infantry lasgun marksman builds are solid
I personally never could get into helbores. So clunky
A decent build but shotgun feels like an accessory here... I want to really lean in to it
You are my kind of Vet! I'll pull up my DB shotgun meme build. 
It's really hard to make it work as a main weapon since it's super short range and ammo hungry but fuggit
we ride
I've been useing Deathspitter / Both Barrels for quick endless kills
I don't think it's a primary ever, agreed the range and ammo are too limiting
Manstopper makes it shred so much with infinite cleave
Are you fucking kidding me BRUNT
Here ya go! Just a plain ol' gunner build.
Fuggin rekt lol
I was going to try deadshot manstopper next, either with flechette or scattershot
Unlucky. Still better than the old system tho
500k and no 60/80s is pretty unlucky. Usually you can fish one in like 10 rolls
Yeah less friction points but this one still hurts.
Id still use that.. just sucks no dmg on it and well.. the mobility taking the dumbstat sucks
Out of money btw.
think of it this way, you get to play more DARKTIDE 
Especially for DB
True
You want mobility to be at 60 tho
The issue is the potential of damage is 79 rather than 80 which is annoying
I think Hammer wrote that range can be the dump too but I don't remember
Mobility dump
Not my builds tsk tsk plus its a shotgun and I use it on my stealth builds
I don't think it can?
I stand immediately corrected
So like. Range is my dukbstat
Dumbstat*
I always just dump mobility except on power sword
I mean you do you but I'm pretty sure that's almost objectively wrong.
Or if it has defences
You don't need more than 51% mobility to hit the dodge count cap
Im gonna be crawling up their spine anyway with stealth builds so it just doesn't matter.
If I find a full on use for the range then I switch out yk no skin off my back
Here you go!
I've ran it in auric missions and it works 
Awesome thanks
what in the damage taken
do i need to take off shout for a game or three
ive played with mr boxes before
both barrels is pretty funny but you'll pry run and gun from my cold dead hands
Nice, yeah that looks good - the base damage bonuses are needed. It was disappointing to have both barrels not kill elites in one shot.
i havent given man stopper a fair shake yet, I was so focused on single target, but it's clear you can't force it
Why do you take Reciprocity and not say Longshot and Determined?
ty
haha that's totally fair! I just love blasting fools with back to back buckshots and stealing all the ammo. 
Ill be honest I dont usually bother with reload speed stuff on doule barrel because weapon spec reloads for me
Oh yeah manstopper is huge and this build has really good crit chance. Just got to remember to let your stamina refill every once in a while.
longshot is a fake talent
yeah manstopper is a must for DB
helps cler chaff around what you're trying to kill
Oh yeah. I posted my actually sensible WS build back up. Now we're getting into the "just run around with the shotgun out all game blasting heads" builds. 
knife wants reciprocity
and longshot sucks anyways
Yeah deadshot is all good - I was fine with it pre buff now it is easy to use
Longshot is really bad despite what you might think. Super inconsistent. Can rarely get full value and even then it rarely helps you with breakpoints on most guns.
the +20% damage on the tin is at like what, 30m?
it starts at a pitifully low starting damage boost at like 12m
Determined is ok. You don't need to worry about suppression most of the time, especially if you're running exe stance which makes you immune. It's more of a fluff node if you have an extra point you don't know what to do with. Reciprocity is one of the most broken nodes on the tree. 25% crit chance is huge and dodging ANYTHING counts. If a soldier misses their shots at you, it gives you stacks.
can shovel heavies stagger ragers mid combo with enough stagger/power or am i better off using some other way
What melee weapon should i use
Ive done a build with power sword and want to try something else
Shovel staggers and punches through anything other than armor.... I think. Just from what I've witnessed so don't take it 100%
which is the best recon las gun?
Reciprocity is one of the strongest talents in the game, if you play aggressively it's almost 100% uptime. Crazy damage boost due to crits. Longshot is not linear, so you only get less than 1% damage before the 13m mark
Gotcha, cool!
Reciprocity also triggers on dodging ranged shots fyi
Duelling sword is super fun 
knife if you want to feel cool
I think the mk12 is the consensus favorite
cheers, do you know the consensus favourite blessings as well?
just like infantry autoguns
Not without Hammerblow/trauma

Well, not in 1 hit anyway
i mean im okay with using hammerblow thats what i was using before xd
can someone tell me how good/bad this build is? weapons are knife (mk6) and recon lasgun (mk12)
it's aight! drop the extra node on exe stance for Bring It Down! and Exploit Weakness for Shock Trooper
or actually
yeah but its so fun when done right
true
this tiny little blade getting me a 100 killstreak
two smykers and a krak spammer in civi
i may as well run quickplay if i wanted to have fun
pain
i mean at least a krak spammer is gonna kill some crushers
dont know what the psykers are gonna do
one of the smykers was talking about how he was 30k off 1mil damage at the end too
what are you doing dog
is this what the smite buffs does to people
1mil damage and like 3 kills
doing 15% damage to 250 crushers
yippee
im cool with at least like the +50 psyker smiting because he was panicking in text chat about it being his first time playing civi and seeing so many maulers
but what are we waffling about
is it weird to prefer the mk 6 knife
Varlet, please visit Interegator Rannick for immediate termination.
XII if u want full recon build
XIV if u just want a full auto lasgun
I prefer XIV
Lmao I had a civi once with a psyker who was lagging so hard he could only run smite cus he was like entirely on the other side of the world. Gotta say he more than pulled his weight. That mission was a cakewalk in the teapark
i prefer it as well after failing in a ci-vii with it because my team cant cope with a single horde lol
U don’t need to horde clear with ur gun
CIVI is just melee spam
What’s XIV for that scenario then
Path is asking why the mark of lasgun matters to why you wiped to a horde
XIV’s main benefit for me is the ability to shoot through horde to kill flamers & trappers
And cleave 1 shotgunners
i never said i liked it because of horde clear, it just felt good and my team was bad
What did you mean by this
i liked the gun
my team was bad
i dont remember why i added the comment after saying i liked the gun
so is it just max stacked 2 bodyshots to stagger out of a rager combo?
or is it a little more complicated than that
Idk, I don’t use those blessings personally
If a melee weapon sucks at fighting rager groups I basically just don’t use it
i cant tell the difference because i cant figure out the whole melee duelling rager thing regardless of what melee i use

What melee do u prefer
ive been using shock maul recently which yeah its like one of the better options
Duelling rager is not hard for most weapons
Once u understand their attack patterns
Ragers have 2 combos
Usually they start with a left-to-right (right-to-left for them) diagonal slash which u can dodge left for
This buys u enough time to start ur combos
yeah the problem is mostly on my end lol i just need to practice more instead of giving up after taking one hit, backsliding, and shooting them
nurgles blessing dreg ragers is the worst thing
Same and also I have a weird and insane question
Do different classes have different accuracy ?
Wdym accuracy
Like ability to land a shot
bullet dispersion
There’s no ADS bullet spread for most weapons
The only exceptions are shotguns (duh) and recon lasguns when suppressed
I go to poke a rager crusher mutant whatever on my vet and it kills or at least hits their head
Same exact toothpick on my zealot misses wide by a mile half the time
Uh
is your zealot shorter
I don’t think melee weapons have “accuracy” as a thing
and yeah accuracy isn't a thing but weapon hitboxes hit the first thing they come in contact w/
Nah I make all my guys tall as possible
idk i think just confirmation bias
Rager head moves a lot when they’re in combo, don’t bother too hard
noticing a pattern where there is none
I dont think there should be anything different with aiming melee in that case
This is part of why I think rager headshot breakpoints for ranged weapons are mostly pointless
I was thinking that too or some kind of selection bias
be sure to aim a bit above enemy heads w/ a lot of weapons
if you clip their body hitbox before hitting head then you hit body
varies per weapon obv.
Idk I hit em almost every time on vet and miss half the time on zealot
On psyker I just run away ngl
maybe a thing w/ zealot's movespeed

misjudging distance bc of it
Ur veteran is blessed by the emperor himself and ur zealot is cursed by a tzeentch daemon
Quite possible
Psyker has so many tools to trivialize ragers it’s crazy
Smite ragers blast ragers with trauma staff burn ragers with purge brainpop ragers one after the other spray ragers with machine gun staff deafen ragers with venting shriek stun ragers with a shield wall kite ragers and feed them to the melee ogryn
And and on veteran & zealot it’s mostly
“Boohoo I hope you brought a melee that can reliably break their combo”
vet/zealot just have their F
also KD block them and just walk away
Bonk ragers with a crusher magdump your bolter into groups of ragers knock ragers off a cliff with a holy relic shout at ragers decapitate ragers with a heavy eviscerator burn ragers with a flamethrower
Turn 360 degrees and walk away from ragers
Stub revolver my beloved
My gun can kill a rager in five shots
The infantry lasguns I mean
2 to the head but it is hard
The first one leaves them with like 300 health
Not nearly as many options as psyker
Fellow vets, what would be a good built for a infantary lasgun?
i want to get the mastery up but dont know how to build
Well you should take shocktrooper for the free ammo and that other one next to it or above to have more ammo
If you afford it you might consider onslaught for that fast brittleness application
ilas isn't really fast brittleness
Oh shit I misread that
Maybe throw some marksman’s focus in the mix then since you should really be aiming for heads anyways so might as well benefit from it + make some progress on that stupid penance
i already have the penance done
Shock trooper and either marksman or focus target
i have all the penances for classes
In my opinion
Yes
Im gonna do this with all lasguns and such later tbh
Shock trooper should still be a good option tho
i think i will do straight up exe stance and marksmen's
and get the node on exe stance that highlights all ranged
Although idk don’t listen to me if you’ve already done every penance you probably know the class better than me
I am always all ears, everyone has new stuff to say that i dont know about
Also i am dumb
If you’re not just highlighting but killing all the lil ranged fucklers you’re amazing tbh
What I do if I have a range gun and nobody else will lol
Ideally I have a ranged build tho
I’m an ogryn main so the lil shooters are the bane of my existence
I’d hazard a guess that at least 60-70% of all damage I’ve taken has been from those little buggers
Hence my undying love for any vet that actually deals with them instead of trying to compete for melee kills or whatever it is most pub vets do
Likely. I hate them whenever nobody deals with them. As ogryn or zealot I'll go out of my way swatting at trash and dash to them.
As i vet i mainly use my ranged wepon, because i like to shoot
i often get hit because i am just ads'ng to deal with shooters
I swear whenever I take my ranged build suddenly all melee guys turn ranged in match.
Makes no sense
I'm not an ogryn main but I hate ranged trash so much
Almost as much as trappers
what's the problem with trappers? they're the least annoying of disablers
dogs are the worst
Dogs are super staggerable, plus both easily shovable and dodgable
And they push aside enemies
their hitbox is a suggestion at best
Trappers do their thing and the only way to avoid is to dodge because chances are they're hiding behind masses of enemies
trappers are nice, they have a nice round white head just begging to be shot in the face
at the same height of everything else, mostly
Dogs' arrival is also much more telegraphed audio-wise
eh... both sounds are very distinguisheable
Both of their attack sounds are yeah
but as a vet I'm most often with my rifle out and I can't push with that
and dodging is finicky because hitboxes
I can handle both. What I don't like is audio making them sound like they're a room away whenever they're directly behind me
And lag
Ive once pushed without the dog being anywhere near me and it fell down.
I'm not sure that's lag, it might just be the hitbox
their hitbox is all sorts of fucked
with ogryn they'd be extra aggravating if I wasn't always holding a melee weapon and ready to push
cause you can't dodge that stuff reliably as a big man
So true! Only reliable dodges with big boy is back dodge.
only have 1 more skill point left either Target Down on golden tag or Exploit Weaknessfor brittleness on melee crit
unless you're using smoke for some weird reason, get demo team
ok, i dont get the ilas. It feels that i want to do what the helbore does, but worse
even for Damnation qps?
even regular non hi int damantion? hmm will try out
I mean, it triggers on elite and specialist kill, so the lower the difficulty the less use it has
but at higher difficulties you'll be swimming in grenades
i guess better for auric gamers
and it doesn't have to be you getting the kills, anyone in coherency kills elites and you get nades
Tanner doing duck posting
Honestly, good on them. We dont need two darktide youtubers starting beef
We already have too much toxicity in the discord and not that many youtubers
Both suck who cares moving on
^
Sarcasm
also Target Down isn't that good, Born Leader already spreads out toughness to other people and you get a ton of toughness from the passives at the top of the tree, whichever you went with
the stamina is too little to matter
Hey man like 90% of my toxicity on here is sarcastic

Vets posting in other channels don’t play auric, how surprising lmao
I don’t play auric because not everyone performs well on histg
i mainly play auric, but my server is not that well populated
so often times i get into matches with high ping
Chinese players
What's the best Veteran build rn? Asking for a friend
There isn’t one
I see guides in pinned but no builds
the highest difficulty is so low that theres no incentive to minmax to that extent
okay, any good one will do, with plasma for example
is redirect fire also good or bad? i think on average enemies will only get 1-3 stacks of gold tag, i dont think 4.5% damage will hit breakpoints
We have lots of fun builds but no definitive best because it doesn’t exist
a good amount of single shot weapons are like 5% dmg away from hitting important breakpoints
and stacks of redirect fire dont override each other
so if you get 3 stacks, tag, kill, get 2 stacks, tag, kill
you dont end with 2 stacks, you end with 5
oh nice so thats how the stacks work. will keep that node then
as for how much value redirect fire will actually get
youll usually just have to consult The Guide™️
and see if your ranged weapon of choice benefits from it
am i just coping or does dueling sword feel like
jank
i cant pin down the exact reason
but it just doesnt feel right
aside from its garbage horde clear i dont have any issues
i think its the really weird attack recovery after heavies or something
Damn
Tanner actually trying in a video to not be abrasive
Haters will still find a way to spew venom
hes been dialing up the sanity the past few videos i think
the schizo rants are getting rarer and possibly funnier because of it
True
I actually love that him and Mr. E have started a wholesome arc now
I was praying it would happen and it is
daaaamn
I mean I don't hate realasianrobot either
though I did find his builds really crappy and his "hopefully your favorite darktide content creator" schtick stupid

Engee’s builds are atrocious, his opinions terrible, his ego massive
I haven't really watched his build videos but his example psyker build when he went through their tree was trash
ego though? nah the dude has fully admitted to being completely wrong multiple times and even started a friendship with the dude who called him out
I see no ego. Just sometimes bad opinions.
agreed 
whats usually the dump stat for the powersword, never really messed around with it but want to use it more
cleave targets
since you only spam the energized attack and that stat doesn't matter on it
otherwise mobility
ah makes sense
I saw both mobility and cleave as the dump stat and was wondering if more was discovered
like how more people are dumping cleave on the dueling sword now over mobility
oh yeah I can see that
since you only spam the single-target heavy attack
think I'd still dump mobility though
Making a video about weapons, and having this be your tier list should exclude you from being listened to for a long time
eh it's MOSTLY correct
but the guy is a casual player making casual content
I don't mind
I like the sound of his voice, his sense of humor, and the sound of the katamari damacy music in the background
I can look past some uninformed opinions
b tier chaxe and no rashad is wild
where would you put chaxe?
rashad is in S
a to s
yeah rashad is definitely s
rashad is over mk 3 knife
really isn't
Personally I don't think it's that bad. I wouldn't really even have a D-tier personally. I don't think any melee weapons are that bad. Might not even have a C-tier tbh.
agree there are worse
my dude he put DS in C tier
Shovels are probably c tbh
Eh. Hammers aren’t that good
Cleavers not in fff tier
Hammer is not meta
They’re cool. They do some things good
Crusher is great probably s yeah
Chaine axe should be higher though
lmao he puts deimos in S too
i found him to be unintentionally condescending when i watched his videos lol
dclaw not in A tier
Yeah Deimos is a solid B
the 7 and 4 belong in A
really? I never got that vibe at all
I put all weapons in S because they all have a job they excel in
just my impression lol, he's not very obvious about it
ok as someone who gave up on using the dclaw I would love to hear why you give it A-tier
being genuine, no hate

why is nobody addressing the elephant in the room? 🐘
HE PUT DS IN C TIER
I dunno he's always come off as really down to earth to me, especially his reaction to the whole Tanner situation and the people who don't understand friendly banter spamming him with "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE INVOLVING YOURSELF IN DRAMA!"
That list is actually a masterful troll
The ability to just negate all dmg at the cost of stamina. Great it also does good CC and despite all that you can deal with armor.. its just not the best at it.
Also he says in the video that hammer belongs in A-tier he just put it in S because he thinks it feels chonky
which I respect
It somehow makes everyone angry for different reasons
You still get hit while using the parry if you're fighting multiple targets iirc so it doesn't negate all damage
i can never remember the hitbox angle of the parry :clueless:
wait......is he just pretending bad on purpose for clout?
hes playing chess
Yes
not checkers
Yeah unless you parry better
the truth is, darktide tier lists will always be stupid because the game is easy and every weapon can work to some degree and everyone runs them with different builds, in different situations, with varying levels of teammates
How to Get gud at parrying? Play dark souls and only parry
but tier lists are fun so why tf not? 
I mean, if you still get hit while parrying multiple enemies then you just don't parry and sadly thats like the only thing the dclaw has over other melee weapons as far as I know
S Crusher Heavy sword 7 and 9
Parry is cool and fun but is it A-tier worthy? Not from my experience
one shotting crushers with the parry
haha see that's an S for cool factor
but yeah weapon tier lists are especially tricky
I think talents are easier to properly tier
Thats the best part tier lists honestly doesn't work because its based on how the player sees it.
And individual opinion can change really fast too
Exactly
personally i love me chainsword
you change one node or the AI director plays nice with you
all of a sudden the loadout you hated is amazing

I may see someone be insane with combat axe or maybe knife or something then go 'yeah imma try that' then sit back and not try it because I hate them.
i know y'all will hate me for saying this but the proc rate on comp urge needs a buff
nah it does... I would be fine if they even reduced the strength of the buff to have it proc more often
it's just too unreliable on most builds
Yes
On the upside when it procs its good
And it may proc on my stealth build which is good
yeah, same issue with Skirmisher... great buff, absolutely crappy unreliable uptime 
tis a shame
could be a really cool node for mobile vets
like a 2.5% chance is just way to low make it like 5% or 7.5%
Just move more and kill faster smh
so true skill issue 
guess you put the wrong things on the dclaw
maybe! I haven't given it another shot since then
this is my beauty of a chainsword
Let’s see Paul Allen’s chainsword
Yes
Also discord saving gifs as videos is a crime against humanity
it was at 80% but for some reason it got bumped down to 79% when i consecrated it
Wtf damn I love it but wtf
I didn't even know red was a thing
its a mod
DUDE! That happened to me the other day but the opposite way! Went up from 79 to 80 and I was just like "
... Emprah bless!
"
Weird...
only one way to build it
flak maniac shred rampage
yeah but i wont complain
hmm that was my setup though... maybe I just suck 
Should be a full on thing tbh
horrible take
should be i mean the sainted thing is in the files
Actually curious, why
yeah I see no problem with having maxed weapons being red
it was cool in Vermintide
we cant unleash the full potential of our weapons until fat shark decides to make sainted a thing
is that the weapons problem or the game difficulty's though 😭
wait are we talking about the red little visual effect or are we talking about power creep?
Oh I thought you just meant the color
Not actual red weapon power level
same
it is both at the same time
is it? turning the weapon's banner red doesn't make it stronger
just makes it more badass 
No like that would just be a funny update
Yes
Really shows "I made this weapon and it was blessed and accepted and truly deemed holy!"
what melee yall like to pair with infant auto guns
Weapons both do too much damage and the enemies are far too few in most maps
events i should say
Activate weapons
rashad combat axe always good
ooooo there is red? I like red
Sadly a mod
I would love it if even for just a flex
awww
thank me later
edited my build slighty
am not mod-smert
ur cringe
the game is just power crept out of being difficult in any form outside of 3 maps
braincells can only into violence
go suck a fat one ya turd
a fat...shark?
yeah lets go with that
uproarious laughter
Should've included a trigger warning the fuck is this
Unless you are playing baross, excise vault and logistatum on rotation you should not be losing games ngl
that is a WILD looking build... what weapons you using?
Im just not that goood
watch the entire video
quickplay silo cluster kicks so many quickplay lobbies in the teeth for some reason
ya think 10% attk spd is needed for it?
win some lose some. I enjoy bayonet stab either way
no reciprocity or precision strikes? 🥺
What's the best melee weapon to pair with the Boltgun?
definitely not NEEDED but definitely great to have if you want to spend the points there
nah this build works just fine without it
Rashad... I'm just gonna spam this until the end of time 
she wild yeah but holy fuck it works
nvm i already have it, but fuck that is slow
Still wack as hell curio choices and low tree routing
BCR and CDR
Really
cause it kills everything in front of you in that one swing, just got to dodge every now and then 
Oh and a wound
yes really @austere mica
he is talking shit about others and takes a wound curio
you crazy
You have lost your shit talking perms
i wish there was more weapon skins
yeah i take a wound curio out of habit
I've been switching between the chainaxe and the power sword
I wish they make more Moebian 6th (Nox Defiant) weapon skins
Rashad is just the best generalist weapon pick and super easy to use
And please just give me Moebian 6 helmet + mask combo
Chain axe on Vet feels :🤮
No
sheeeee
5k penance point reward
oh damn
Infantry lasgun
Heavy laspistol
Combat shotgun
Ripper gun
Chain axe on vet feels
There’s another Moebian 6th set for crusher, chainsword, DC sword and cleaver earlier on
But those are meh, basically just different paint
The new ones have model changes
i dig the chainsword in the shop atm
U can brute force make it work on Zealot
Yeah sure I talk shit but I know my place and I know how good I can be when I actually bother trying
Plus the wound curio like I said it’s out of habit
crutch lmao post duo scoreboards
Don’t use scoreboard bro 
Do what feels right for you man but you should consider just changing your curio unless you're making use out of that wound one
Thoughts on Double barrel?
I do make use of that wound curio because I pick up grims now
fun
fun, funny, big boom... good offhand for WS melee builds, goofy in meme builds
Still hate em but money is money
Tryna reach breakpoints with them
gotta stack dough
maniac/flak as per usual
unyielding 
ah so you talk about how good you are and shit talk others builds yet cannot prove it
discord classic

Dorn do me a favour and can it
Yeah we had this earlier already with Orcka throwing a fit and then being proven wrong
we don't need a repeat of that

all i gotta say
See what I mean? @lavish token
lukes build fuck
"Earlier it was Luke" "Nah actually it was Orcka" "See? He's toxic" 
back on ignore he goes
thank ya! glad you're enjoying it 
Like yeah my build is wild yes but I take weird picks because I like being weird
For example duck and dive
He even said that he blocked me, but it doesn't seem like he has the self control to not view the blocked messages
You can check by reacting
I know, but I thought the whole point of blocking them is to not interact with them
Of its just a "power move" on their part
Duck and dive combo with stripped down
you can unblock people dude... I did it because I figured your earlier outburst was a lapse in judgement
sorry to see I was wrong
The fuck is range damage
talk to you later!
Wow that was quick
See there he goes again
Skirmisher vs Trench Drill Fighter?
Trench
Trench
Full more of shit than Elvis when he died 
Skirmisher is extremely hard to keep up and clunky
Skirmisher needs a rework
yeah... it's a shame because it's a really cool talent in concept
Rending strikes vs bring it down?
bring it down
I don't have points ;-;
bring it down is ALWAYS good... rending strikes is good depending on the weapon
20% damage on monstrosities and ogryns is massive
And the he cries about me "ignoring him"
Oh the hypocracy 🥱
Trying to make the specialist penance done faster
Bro imma be real you can honestly make do with just weapon spec alone
No need for the other nodes
But I'm also leveling double barrel at the same time
But that’s just my opinion
Always prepared is mandatory for small mags
So I'm trying to make it smoother
If you just want to level it and nothing else, you don't actually need to use the weapon in order to level it
you definitely want always prepared... the other one though is just nice to have
you can just take it with you and just use your melee all the time
I did that with the staves on psyker, they're quite bad without some stats put into them
Bring it down over rending for sure
I leveled most of my ranged weapons just from taking them along on my melee vet build through auric missions
jsut redownloaded the game what is a good skilltree for a boltgun?
Gotchu covered 


Niche but not bad
U can check the pinned guide here, I have detailed pages on mostly everything for veteran
Oh sorry! I missed one thing! Deadshot shouldn't be on there in the bottom left tree unless you're doing crit chance bolter
Use that talent point however you wish... You could even get rid of demo team and get the other reload perk up at the top if you're a true mad lad
updated it if you refresh the build
would strongly recommend that. bolter reload is a huge limiting factor
personally I like running both reload perks
but I know a lot of folks have issue with that 
i always do
do grenades have crit and ranged damage multiplier?
also, no determined?
nah... you could take it over demo team but I find exe stance takes care of suppression in most cases
I don't find myself getting suppressed enough to take it
No
oh you totally can if you want! some people prefer the more consistent puncture build, some prefer crit chance with surgical/deadshot
both are good
ok, thanks
A shame you can't get both reload perks without taking longshot
What have people messed with when it comes to other combat axes? The only one I've used is the Rashad.
yeah this is the true pain
Avoid Achlys and you'll be fine

buildcrafting is part of the fun smh
ik but when the game first came out bolt gun was king it seem like the double barrel shotgun is good now
isn't that the one with the horizontal running power attack?
Both are good now
So go at it
@tall torrent @slow sky what’s better for the mercy killer vet precog or uncanny?
I wanted to see if I can push my vet into peak minmaxxing but I know you two have tons of bet experience
Boring strong: uncanny
Interesting: riposte
So why not precog and mercy killer?
I figured bet would snowball with weakspot damage
Kind of?
Mercy Killer is for the quirked up fiends who like to live life on the edge
and by that I mean you spend one talent point and its pretty good
Mercy killer needs serrated blade, that’s all
yup
ive tested it myself
precog ends up being like uncanny but with more effort
so like
why
Oh
the numbers are roughly the same
because precog is badass
i save precog for zealot
Real I play my vet like zealot
even then uncanny/MK just fucks hard on vet
I just figured it would push vet further
Riposte is kind of better ngl
And i wouldn’t say it’s harder to proc all you must do is dodge
If u want a dodge-related blessing
i feel like vet talent for dodge crit, base melee crit node, and knives crit bonus is enough for me
plus its also like
id rather use something different on vet
if i was going to play dodge blessings on knife why not just play zealot for duellist and second wind
just something different to play into what this class can do vs the other
Executor + flesh tearer 
It’s somehow not horrible
Yeah dot is strong
Any dot is strong
If the purg staff didn’t exist I wouldn’t play psyker
Eh, not necessarily
Mmmm power and dot
DOT is only good when u can get high stacks very fast
I wish zealot applied more bleed with scourge
But then again if you try to stack it you’re already at 98 crit
I miss when Ogryn heavy attacks applied 6 stacks of bleed
That’d make it a bit too good
Scourge is already a very strong talent
do most people nowadays don't take Survivalist Aura?
Prolly could understand if the 1% is negligible every 5 second cooldown proc
Most builds don’t need it
Depends on the weapon nowadays
Its not a small amount over the course of a match
Normally the map has enough ammo to cover you so not necessary usually
Unless you queue with something stupid like 3 gunlugger ogryns
lol my rando quick play experience right there
My pug loadout packs Survivalist out of fear UwU
Prolly should get survivalist if im using Spearhead bolter builds
Usually if you’re running out of ammo, it’s more of a looting experience problem
Assuming the spawns didn't go "oops all bosses"
or you are playing with me
I tend to use a ton of ammo so I take it on my big ammo consumption weapons.
It depends
If u play Boltgun you’re basically Gunlugger 2.0
Takes Survivalist on Helbore Shocktrooper
This is true. Sometimes randoms will pick up a large ammo bag while only missing 2 rounds.
I do that if they just run past it
Pinged an ammo stash while missing 1 round
No one picked it up
its mine
That’s actually ok for stuff like C-I-VI
Yeah I tend to see people not picking up ammo even if I know they're missing rounds
Might be a PUG issue
You know what you're getting into if you queue for that though :p
duelling sword any good?
Yeah quickplay is full random. And you should take an in general use loadout especially against pubs.
very good! love the headpoker
I've only ever played without coms with randoms
I'm a shy masochist
I hate most randoms..
randoms are people too
with you on that one bro i've had my fair share of randoms that i've had to carry

I like carrying randoms tbh
what I don't like is randoms who take every ammo pickup and move at a snail's pace and shoot the poxburster right in front of me

at least some does
hey I used to be the worst guy in the lobby... feels good to pay it forward
finally gave in and bought the armageddon cosmetics
dont think ill end up buying any others
are you dripped out though?
with this jacket? hell yeah i am
damn right king 
literally the only cosmetic pack i've ever actually wanted
my drip
broooo that is noice!
what a handsome killer
this is now driptide chat
On occasion
Nice
I just wish there was more gas masks without the eyes showing.
same dude
this is one of the vet helms i look forward to seeing
I agree looks good
Or just let us toggle it idk itd just be nice to have goggles aswell or something.
Yeah the fetish gear is nice but it's just too impersonal 
besides, I like to look the heretics directly in the eyes when I slay them
Haha on zealot that gear actually looks cool af but when I first seen it I was like 'you serious?'
Haha I'm picking it up for Vet when we get the assless chaps update 
cmon Fatshark
Ok actually tho I wouldn't mind to have my zealot shirtless and just have them charging into the frontlines. Their faith is their armor hah
Yeah it's really disappointing we don't have more looks that let us show off our tattoos
Yeah
I feel bad for the poor artist who made all those textures just to have them covered
Same
Its like that guy that did the dreamworks dragons movie where the giant white dragon comes out of the water has this insane detail then its covered by the effects
Is the Plasma gun or Bolter better meta wise
Hahaha I know the exact video you're talking about
plasma is broken... bolter is REALLY good and more fun imo
and fun meta is more important than power meta
I’d agree. Bolter is less annoying to use
try them both out and see what you like 
I'm really not a fan of the plasma. I find it boring and it trivializes the game to an extent.
Bolter ain't perfect either but I'll still take it over Plasma any day
I’ve been completing my first Maelstorm missions with the bolter on vet
ayy congrats
Wait why can't I post iamges
you're too new
they block you from doing it until you've been around a little longer
does loading into a defeat screen mess up auric storm survivor?
i didnt even get to play it just loaded the defeat screen
Plasma gun is fun tbh. I enjoy it. I like using the strength build up
Nothing wrong with that! Plenty of folks love it. My taste is a bit different from most folks. I prefer the normie bullet guns over the lasers and plasma. 
Boltgun and Plasma users duking it out for the one shots, while the las and autogunners cheer on the violence.
Meanwhile pistols:
Me too. Most of the time I descend to difficulty 4 to carry while I level up weapons
Sometimes they even notice it
I'm usually decent but aoe attacks are what usually kills me
It’s from penances, pretty easy to get. I combo it with the penance headset
Oh it is?! I always thought you had to buy that one... I guess I should actually try to do penances
I use Plasma when I have to go hard, and other ranged weapons like bolter when I just want to have fun
Penances just finish while you play the game
Yeah but that must be really high up in points... I've been playing for 400+ hours and I think I have under 4000
Thanks I like how it feels
Can use it in bursts ita versatile and honestly the reload seems nice
it's definitely not great by any means but its also not useless by any means
D-tier gun in Darktide means it can clear the hardest content in the game

Listen only time when a weapon is F tier in my opinion is when its literally just terrible. Like you're better throwing axes or your socks at them
Yeah... Yeah it is... Helbore in general is kind of wonky
Ye have weapons specialist yes?
focus target bb
Weapon specialist isn't the worst with it. But it definitely needs faster prep time. Its not even that amazing tbh
if only helbore could also block and shove then i never need to use a melee weapon ever again
Hear me out.. the special is an alternate mode melee and gun mode.
im listening
I have no clue why youd have to turn off its safety every time tho.
Thats it. Just that. Itll have stamina use for block and shove and you can switch quickly to rapid stab if necessary.
for perks
u want crit chance and dmg
Then surgical and weight of fire
hold on let me
find mine rq
hey what gun is versatile?
Revolver, infantry auto gun vraks, Plas gun
Im trying my darnest to make a build for helbore
thats brain dead
I dunno if I'd call the revolver versatile... it kind of sticks to its lane
Yeah it has good crit chance making you have unlimited ammo anyway despite the blessings. Its just terrible at doing its job..
helbore cannot be braindead
I don't know if you can make the helbore braindead... it requires too much... AIMING 
Yeah good dps and usually just for special and elite.
This is the best I could cook
Exe stance for obvi reasons
Shredder nades to help w horde
The rest are just meta nodes
Meant for counter sniping elites
Don't get me wrong. Helbore is great I enjoy it. But geez its like flipping a coin when I use it
and specialist
longshot and kill zone are bad but other than that this is really solid 
any other versatile guns?
agreed, was about to write the same
FML
I didnt realize i picked up killzone
Pretty much only time I can use it is against snipers and anything focusing my team.
happens to the best of us 
opening salvo is great for shock trooper builds anyway
Actually
is the revolver versatile?
I dont need the left node under weap spec
Idk why i put revovler
just for picking out enemies in a horde
So no
I think you need to describe what you mean by versatile but no it's not
revolver has pretty much one thing it does and does it REALLY well
Like oh hey look trapper behind 2 other guys whips out revolver and hipfires because hip fire is 100% accurate
agripinaa revolver can do a little bit more but also isn't amazing at either of them
Any autogun really, any las, plasma and bolter.
I can take off always prep and pick up weapon swap speed
at the top for one motion
Cause reload aint that bad on las guns
its usually 1 to 1.5 seconds
Ive used braced autogun at distance to kill shooters and elites. Just do autoguns in bursts otherwise it 'blooms'
Oh yeah I forgot this was a helbore build! Yeah you don't need always prepared in that case. If you're running one of the helbores with a good bayonett attack I know a lot of folks like Agile Engagement too.
Point tax
Id probably have to drop the crit ammo