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And better damage per shot than XII
yeah
for once the middle ground is worth using
well
ever since they buffed recons
its alwaysx been decent enough to use
just ammo efficiency was not really that important in auric mael, so its strong point was just a bit irrelevant
Total base damage
XII is (180+880)x60 = 63,600
VIc is (108+636)x98 = 72,912
tbh i prefer weapons that specialise, so i shouldve stated for me it is worth using
compromises in weaponry are boring for me
i like extremes
So just came back a couple days ago but this def has insane potential for my grenade build right just gotta max it so I can max out the stats
i hated xiv
cleave is gud though
Havoc making me unironically use the Helbore for once
how's that going for you
Despite me making do with Bolt Pistol, I can say I have seen Plasma works wonders
For Havoc
Could be worse
Not as bad as I was expecting
Havoc having better teammates makes weapon switches much safer in general I find
in theory i think it should be pretty good
i just dont know how it fares into pus hardened modifier
its hard to actually test it
since if it suggs then im trolling my team lol
so anything i test i have to do it in like 25~
but then its not a real test since that just feels like auric
Also need to be locked in with the headshots so it's a bit of a skill check too
Doesn't have the plasma/revolver/bolter bowling ball sized hitbox
@bitter turtle the VIc is great, so much damage, so much ammo, so much fun
never ran out the whole game i just played
what stat should I get on 60
mobility

Cleave damage
Mainly because the cleave damage is just bad and you’re not gonna cleave things with that in havoc
Would cleave damage make a difference if you run a helbore with armour bane?
That's been my loadout recently and uh, maayyybbee I'm feeling it
what are these symbol?
Highest difficulty completion of that level
Why would that matter for duelling sword
ic
Armourbane is brittleness on charged shot
Woops i meant to say hotshot
Don’t think it’d matter a lot
Attack angles are bad for weakspot cleaving
Hmm
never
bros got his helbore for home defense
anyone have recon lasgun focus build?
or just plain infantry lasgun build is fine too
yep
what melee you using?
ds4?
dueling saber
What perks and blessings for 6c?
Call me crazy but
i think i'd use the Braced auto-gun more if i could put Run & Gun on it
for the reduced spread
Hmmm flakmark
thank
Hoe does it work with the bayonet?
6c?
I wish either braced auto or autopistol had runngun
What is the main weapon combo being used in havoc these days? And is there a forced build in auric? I'm using bolter and combat axe and just working on my skills in damnation at the moment.
Basic damnation
think the Meta rn is Dueling sword & Plasma
We got
if not plasma probably boltor
I don't think there's a forced build in Auric.
Auric is whatever
Almost everything is viable tbh
Havoc is forced VOC and a gun with alot of ammo
And magazine
Revolver is not good in havoc
Auric builds can use breakpoints that fall apart in Havoc
Well cause auric uses the same BP's for damnation
The requirements for havoc when the enemies get tanky over regular breakpoints is where like
It seems like things like infernus, ghost get way more use
what blessing I should get for dueling saber
or dueling sword ig
relentless strikes?
nonono
uncanny and precognition
or uncanny agile if you're doing high level stuff
Ghost + headhunter
VII has some use cases for falter + ghost

So more in the las side of things one way or another?
Which lasguns is best for Havoc?
My preferred normal build is bolter and combat ax. But lots of monstrocities and ogryns and shit and bolter is suddenly thirsty.
it doesnt
but i use infil
You use it for objectives and revives?
mostly objectives and stealthing to drop 2 nades on a group of bunched up enemies
this is just cheating, right
Pmuch
Same with the rapid trigget mod
The full auto infantry las
very much so.
i wonder when fatshark will decide to go through the mods and identify them as illegal
gotta tell these dumbdumbs to stop making cheat mods
i swear if weapon customization ends up getting shot lol
It does make the game worse when they do that kinda stuff.
it'd be fine if they could make private servers to play in.
but as is.
Huh?
Full auto is not exactly cheating but it can be a bit cheesy
i think about when fatshark (company that makes darktide) will make the decision to look at all the mods that exist (see: nexus mods) and identify (see: decide) which ones are illegal (see: not allowed in the game) @terse idol
full auto with no recoil would have a definite impact on the balance of the encounter, can't imagine not calling it cheating.
Yea, but that’s more the “no recoil” part tbh
The point is generally the same.
Mods which impact gameplay against what the developers intend. Not just like data mods to show end mission stats, or skins, etc.
i aint clicking individually for laspistol
you cant make me
Is that what yall are doing?
No wonder I dont like the semi auto lasguns
I can't
I
I sent 2 requests and join one
In the hangar bay another request gets accepted and my game crashes 
Oh i mean
Sanctioned mods were always a thing
Fs already made a statement about how like mods that only affect yourself are a-okay
And fatshark has a history of working with modders
Vermintide 2 mod launcher
Yeah they're probably not gonna do anything bout this. As stated in october on the mod server by FS LoPuS:
Kudos to you for doing the right thing here and asking the community to weigh in.
So the definitive answer is that no we won't have a strong opinion on this mod (in this case something about gas highlighting). Wether you consider it cheating or not wall hacks and other implementations are readily available outside of mods and we don't act on those either. Doing so would mean implementing anti cheat and we right now deem anti cheat implementations to be too limiting for the modding community and since darktide isnt a competitive game there are no real upsides to anti cheat.
Sure some might claim unfair advantage but really you are benefiting your whole crew so who cares really... And if you are playing Darktide for the bragging points you would still be at the mercy of the communitys opinion of the mod and not ours(Fatshark).
As for the intended behavior of this the analysis that we went back and forth on it and didn't clean up properly is probably a fair one 😉
I'll report this straight to the source of the weird behavior and try to get it sorted.
I can respect that.
scroll up slightly.
Full auto is as far as I’m willing to go
Other stuff like recoil fix, spider sense etc are just cheesy
full auto isnt cheating imo its literally just quality of life
I literally couldnt play the game because of a joint issue without this mod at one point
this game has dogshit accessability
Hey I need some help understanding Havoc, if I were to skip missions by completing another parties higher assignment, does that mean that I get that higher assignment rank next week or do i have to complete all missions in between?
Quite nice
Spider sense is for hard of hearing people
U get a higher ranked assignment next week because it’s based off the clearance u have this week (highest ranked assignment completed)
ok thanks so it doesnt matter that i skip then
I've seen it but honestly think it looks uggly
I understand aspect, I think it’s cheesy if used by people that don’t have hearing problems
I'm generally not a fan of lots of gamey stuff on my screen
I just set everything to red besides DH
I think a lot of people use it to avoid audio bugs
If I don’t like how it looks in game I’ll set it to off anyway
honestly as someone who doesnt get audio bugs and has good ears, I see nothing that this mod provides me
the audio in the game is already so good
so I dont really consider it cheaty
Getting an indicator on a specialist spawn 40m away is turbo cheese imo
Yeah it's cheesy when people appropriate accessibility for "sometimes I get pranked by bursters"
If it was like, max 10m, sure
My own? Or enemy explosives
I guess itd depend on the specialist
but you can hear them all coming anyway
I know its a meme that the crusher has cotton shoes but
Doesn’t it also show dh agro range
the rest of them are very audible
But you could set it to 40m and it’s literally covering full large rooms
There have been a lot lately, especially with the dogs
Yes
idk I've never really had them
I'm not sure what it is about my setup but I've maybe had audio not give positions less than 10 times total
Dogs are just kinda completely mute for me
nah they got that pitter patter
But also glowing bright green because of havoc
Also yeah without fullauto I couldn't use mk2b ilas or laspistol without my hand exploding
So I still see em regardless
game needs audio revised for higher difficulties
a lot of shit is just mute
literally this, full auto should just be a base game mod
what constitutes a salvo
I was lucky, my joint issues were medication related
but there are loads of people who have arthritis n shit that are unable to play the game for 0 reason without mods
I think it probably has an audio queue system and it ends up being bumped out as a dozen other play
If you’re referring to blessings opening is the first shot, and the other one is 2-4th shot
I believe it keeps looping after the 4th shot back to 1
I'm not lucky b/c I got tendinitis and no health insurance lmao 💀
Any number of shots fired continuously before recoil/spread (whichever applicable) resets to normal position
big oof, I'm sorry to hear that
Currently waiting for right hand to become usable again so I can pound out 9 more havocs and free myself from penance mines
I'd love if I could rebind melee keys though
a hold for light swings and a dedicated heavy attack button
theres keep swinging but its a bit jank
Honestly god send if this were to exist
My mouse could use a break anytime I equip taxe 
yeah i figured this may be the issue. but i also think theres just some enemies that need audio adjustments (POX BOMBERS) too
last masteries for guns. which one next, vet chat
also if i wanted better parries for devils claw, do i invest in block effifcency?
God the surprise bombers are godawful
its legit my least favorite thing about this game
pox bombers 100% need their audio looked at
Laspistol, it’s a great gun.
Combat shotgun is fun, but not super practical
I actually saw another vet using the laspistol in auric earlier today
I'm glad more people are giving the weapon some love
even if its just likely because its havoc meta...
I did the mastery on it recently just for completion and was pleasantly surprised.
yeah I mean its super good
very respectable damage and ammo efficiency
plus there arent many ranged weapons that give you so much move speed
Laspistol fits into any build for veteran tbh
Very versatile
Works with all 3 keystones
Can be played in melee hybrid, can be played in sharpshooter
interesting.
Both weapon spec and shout work great for it, even has enough base damage for exe stance
which pistol do you go
But Ik you hate exe stance as much as I do
First mark, the faster one
i see i see
Better dps, about as ammo efficient, still very accurate
lets pull up the book
Mk2 is vastly superior in most situations
bet
yes
and depending on your mark and finesse you may want to try +25 maniac if you want to guarantee a one shot on a dreg rager
otherwise flak will do well and also help with scab ragers
I like weapon spec with it a lot
the increased attack speed is fun
pew pew pew pew
mk10 I'd probably only take with exec stance
It’s nice to go full ham into melee and pull it out to kill gunners before returning to rampage
and even then I'd have to do some psyk testing to see what the breakpoints are like first
desperado seems like a fun blessing
is it only crit w/ the pistol?
aka would i keep the crit chance if i dodged and swapped to sword
+20% ranged crit chance for 6s on successful dodge
(Yes the tooltip is very wrong lol)
As it’s only ranged crit chance, it’s only going to work for the laspistol itself
incorrect tooltips... in my fatshark game?
though admittedly it seems every game that has any collection of abilities usually has a few that are wrong
Holy moly, that's impressively wrong. Even for FS
Might actually be worth on gunker
honestly desperado doesnt seem that bad with a 6s timer
I had just written it off because 2s
Refer to the blessing sections in my guide, or kuli’s blessing guides
The “expanded blessing & talent tooltip” mod is also not fully accurate
Damn. That's a shame. I like that mod
The bad one is concentrated fire
na its actually pretty accurate by Fatshark standards as its actually working
Concentrated fire is so unapologetically ass
Reset stack to 0 on missing any ranged attack & landing any ranged non-weakspot hit
yeah thats rough
I had assumed it was only against single targets
so if you weakspot someone else it just gets gone
the total crit chance also doesnt seem that high
I assume this is another one with stacks that arent shown on gameslantern as if its 5% peak, jesus
Stacks 5 times up to 25%
However practically it’s maybe 5-10% more, occasionally
lol
someone likes crit
I won’t out the person who posted this laspistol while path was simultaneously ranting about concentrated fire in vet chat 
sorta hard not to out them when you forwarded their message lmao
probably best you just tell them how concentrated fire is garbage
I passed along paths sentiments 
Tbh
It could be good if you have aimbot + headlock
if only i knew how to aim
and the AI director didnt love gunners
ghost is so nice rn
Just don’t miss bro 
laspistol does make me wish for just like a deagle gun
I guess that’s technically the revolver
but i do love me pistol builds
ya its why i love the revolver.
just slow reload
Though bistol might fit the aesthetic and feel better
Bolt pistol
I gotta get that mod for red weapons
Laspistol got some pretty insane hipfire accuracy
I sometimes wonder why I bother ADS 
yknow, not wrong
I love that mod
they call me 007
0 havoc missions won
0 rewards at the end of the week
7 teammates getting one hit by crushers
You mean 7 death into instant disconnects?
electricute on shock maul?
which mode-swap shovel is the vanguard attack pattern one?
cant check ingame for whatever reason
also, which mark is superior
mk III
light -> heavy = horde, reverse for single target
could marks differ in speed?
afaik its just the patterns
mk 3 has the better horde clear combo
horizontal swings
heavy 1 light 2
and then after heavy 1 all heavy attacks are overhead
it also looks cooler imo
PUT YOUR KARKIN BOOT IN
the
KASRKIN DOUBLE TAHP
should I get rid of the Grenadier and crit boost for something else?
not who was asked but
marksman and bring it down would be good no? not sure on the breakpoints on either of those weapons as to whether superiority complex would give much
grenade tinkerer also good
personally i really like the grenade talents
yeah though grenadier is definitely the worst of them
since you're not often gonna be at max with frags
yea
think its good with kraks though as they're just giga boss damage and the usage of those is way more reserved
I think the issue with it then is that a lot of people just
dont need grenades
ogryns runnin rock and zealots running knives and psykers getting their fancy infinite options
i need a melee build
does block effeciency also effect shoving
mmm voice of command or stealth
don't think so, I think it just makes blocking better which you probably don't want to be doing TOO much anyway
right side of the tree has a lot of melee stuff right?
honestly just go weapon specialist and pick anything you want, just be sure to grab reciprocity, desperado and trench fighter drill
outside of that its just whatever normal vet shit you like
most of the best melee stuff is right at the bottom
after stealth
so it doesnt really matter what you pick
kinda dumb but VoC is still the most point efficient because you can path through demo stockpile
please big fish
move it here and my life is yours
it makes too much sense to put the node every vet build wants, in the spot every vet build is forced to tak
still boring
and is immediately after the node every vet really should take
it's the strongest, and most point efficient
always
sometimes you dont got a choice
imo I'd like to run the movespeed shit on the right side down through the aura but I dunno
go fast with fury (for the heretics)
I dunno if that's even useful because DS IV slide stab tech exists to go fast anyway
I just take voice because i could yell someone up. Way better than trying to rez them during hordes
tbf it can be pretty clutch
the reason it's bad though is because cooldown reduction perma gold toughness is better
I think u could get marksman + superiority complex instead of the +1 nade
I tried the +1 nade
It was just ok
But I’m ngl
Superiority complex + marksman + CQKZ is insane
one time I accidentally forgot to take 'duty and honour' and was like wait why am I not making everyone gold toughness
I run it for plasma now
then I was like wait by default it 'just' staggers and restores your toughness? that's lame
Superiority complex + marksman + CQKZ all up is like
Havoc health plays like damnation lmao
you'd think it'd be innate but I guess it costs an extra point so fair
dutyless and honourless
i disagree. run into the downed person, press F, then IMMEDIATELY start rezzing.
like look at them even before u press F
what a junk passive
yeah exactly
that's the thing like VoC puts everyone on the ground, you can rez in that time
you don't even need an augment that gives you rez on voice
just do it with your hands
the increased cooldown also takes your downtime on gold toughness from 15s to 30s
CRITS?? hell naw
the fact it's only 20% brittleness too is like lol lmao
because importantly CQK is 'close damage'? how close are we talking here, is it like dumdum where 'close' apparently means out to like 15m or something
Group finder here on disc is probably better. See alot of penace hunters there
Group finder here on disc is probably better. See alot of penace hunters there
Group finder here on disc is probably better. See alot of penace hunters there
Check guide 
But basically
oh is it in there
Close damage is full effect up to 12.5m
Drops towards 0% at 30m (or stretched to ranged weapon’s effective range)
If applicable, it also works for melee attacks
oh it's not in there?
The very first page of the guide says to “read terminology & mechanics”
As it turns out
It’s in the terminology & mechanics section
Because I figured having 1 dedicated section that explains everything is better than sprinkling everything everywhere
what would u guys say is the least-used vet voice
Female cutthroat
im realizing a lot of ppl use the cadian guy (including me) so i wanna fix that
Male vet is very popular
i dont have any women characters
Don’t see many female veterans
i don't like playing as a woman unless i really like the character
none of the voices in this game stand out to me much, psykers have the most personality
tho i kinda hate woman seer ...
all my characters are girls
besides me, i barely see female vets
one every ten games maybe
fem loose cannon is the best personality in darktide
I think the reason people pick male vet in darktide is the same reason people pick human fighter in dnd
its the like
white bread option
most relatable to most people playing
simple
and most people playing games are guys
10000%
my vet is loose cannon which I thought might be like, something else but it turns out by loose cannon they mean completely fucking terrible at her job except when it comes to killing things
work-shy lazybones with a talent for murder
i used to use fem cutthroat but i realized it was really weird to have a veteran screaming about cadia while wearing a jacket from armageddon
the loose cannon is the irish lass
yes
I love that one of the other male vet lines slags her off
"you're a shit soldier."
always makes me laugh a little
some of the lesser used voices have so many good lines
I finally had a combo of the like.. boring law psyker, and the female beloved psyker
their interactions are amazing
"PLEASE MR. COMMISAR, MAY I SHINE YOUR BOOTS WITH MY TONGUE!?" is my favorite line in darktide
and its from the fem loose cannon
I dont think I've heard it either which is wild
I picked judge zealot then respecced to the fuckin crazy scottish one just because I heard it and was like wow that's the best
its an interaction with the male professional iirc
and for psyker I picked loner since I was like yeah okay that seems the least insane one
i wish one of the vets just stuck to calling enemies by their common names
feels still semi common I hear new ones
nah fuck that
instead of traxis something something
professional calling them by their code names is funny
only the most diehard of fans know what a traxis 34758 is
its actually more of a problem with loose cannon
loose cannon starts half of their code name and just goes "ahh whatever, shoot the flamey one!"
or you read the guide 🥹
because they dont say the full name at first
good note in here
"Traxis, uhh... forget it, shoot the trapper!"
you can't even trust her to get it right
to be fair I dont think the voice lines have ever given me info I didnt already have
male cutthroat and fem loose cannon also have my favorite VoC lines
i want my fellows to know who im calling out
some of them will proc like on spawn for some specialists/elites
some of them a bit late
there are times when it's like they call and you're like what, where, and the enemy hasn't even like shown up near you yet, they just kinda know
and I think it's because the enemy literally just spawned
it's why i like cadia guy for the most part
he usually just calls them by normal names
you know male loner psyker and the bully ogryn have the same voice actor?
genuinely polar opposite voices
bully sounds like an ork tbh
Not enuff talky
like a lot of other people I picked the spacey one
i love him though
It’s really rare
Female zealot & psykers are much more common
Most popular female veteran is probably loose cannon
i think i see female professional the most
no one out here picking the non-loose cannon female vet
I have seen maybe 0
except bots
i cant think of what makes them different
the only time I have seen it is bots, I am about 99% sure
Cutthroat still uses call-out codes a good amount
she's bullying the male professional
male cutthroat is the most common shit in the game
I swear
80% of vet players are male cutthroats
i dont like cuttthroat cause he does the half-assed code calls
at least professional does it right
Male cutthroat voice needs scion helmet to be truly peak
i enjoy the male professional. Instead of breaking, he goes numb and does the job
no?
thats loose cannon
and he's honestly pretty friendly with the rest of the crew
Cutthroat calls out correctly
oh whatever see they're all the same things to me
Loose cannon forgot
i meant loose cannon
cutthroat either calls it correctly or doesn't say it
Implying he ever knew them
most of the time. he doesn't have as many triggers for it as the pro does
mhm
who
He also has different pronounciation of some codes
whereas the loose canon don't give a shit
Cutthroat
yayaya i use him
ptsd man
I can’t imagine using cutthroat without scion helmet’s voice mod tho
several
only vets use the codenames
bro when i say codename i mean traxis whatever
common name is mauler or shotgunner or whatever
traxis 4 is shotgun 7 is mauler
lalalala i dont care i dont wanna memorize this
it's just gonna waste my brain space
👉
👈
just play the game and be aware
no i call normal name only
you'll get it in like 20 minutes
codenames are for lore geeks
My character is fem prof vet
Seems like she might have a thing for one of the zealots
which one?

also what makes you say that
man, suddenly the kantrael iiib and its ridiculous ammo economy makes sense
Professional has some flirty lines
not very professional
loose cannon vet is cannonically the coolest character, therefore caring about the codenames AND getting them wrong
is the most optimal
but the line takes so damn long
She says to one of the zealots, hey zealot, one of yours keeps eyeing me. The zealot is like, idk what his problem is or something. Prof gal says "I didn't say I didn't like it"
not sure which one, comes out in dialogue with a different one talking about another zealot
this just gives me "police officer who didn't pay attention in class" vibes
I think agitator? (The one that almost nobody uses lol)
Most likely
that the scottish guy?
better not be
No
scottish guy is best zealot
agitator is the youth pastor
Scottish drunk guy is fanatic
he's not drunk
nah the fem zealot lines are also cooler again, though the scottish guy is great
he is
he's not
it's heavily implied he's inebriated
Fanatic is deeply alcoholic

as any self respecting zealot should be
(Which prob is why they sometimes confuse which god they worship)
agitator zealot is okay but i dont like some of his lines
i actually really like when the fem agitator speaks calmly but her angry lines are awful imo
I like the fancy one getting called out by the uhh.. bitchy female psyker
god I really should learn their names
the german one?
she gets called out for faking knowing high gothic
I guess yeah
seer is the dream one
Loner is the worst personality in the game
I like the scots female zealot for the same reason I like loose cannon
whaaaaaaat loners fun
relax
It just is
saying that when bodyguard ogryn exists
I like that they're always testy
Easily the worst personality
Bodyguard is fine
whats so wrong with em
isn't male loner the german one, I like that
yeah
Loner is just horrible
for some reason male loner sounds like uh robin atkin downes
it sounds like the medic lol
i mean every psyker personality crumbles in comparison to the savant
aint no way
bait used to be real
his accent is the most interesting for sure
but his character writing is so boring
ID have stayed with savant if he didnt have one or two annoying lines
female savant is S tier personality
Seer > savant > loner
female loner is like the romanian sounding one, I like that
if I hear one more thing about the lex atoma I'm gonna
I'd second Seer being the best for sure
wait is bodyguard or brawler the rations one
the fem seer is hillarious
Savant is canonically the most skilled psyker
makes sense he's the most kept together but
whichever one is rations guy is the worst personality in the game
Just watched a smyker smite the fire on the floor how we doing today folks
Brawler is the dumb “rashuns” guy
by a long shot
eh he's boring
Nah
It’s loner
Bar none
whats with the loner hate
rations was funny the first month of this game being out
It’s no coincidence that they named the worst aura in the game “loner”
i like female savant
i like the fact shes like actually competent
and her voice doesnt annoy me
Canonically most skilled psyker is savant
I don't like male seer
female savant might be the rarest line in the game
I never hear her
also french so
automatic worst voice
absolutely not
female cutthroat exists
Enforcer training + incredible self control + respected by cutthroat
I like brawler since his bone 'ead implant is clearly not functioning properly
whyyy he's adorable
he has the best line combos with all the characters for sure
sah and rashuns arent interesting but him being soft fella and getting on with everyone is nice
He’s probably the most popular ogryn which is why u hear the most of his lines
though bully ogryn is probably my favourite
bully has really good line combos
part of why I picked brawler is cuz I heard bodyguard a LOT the week I started playing
bully and male loner have a really funny interaction
and bully was like no I want to be helpful :)
damn thats a combo I've probably not seen
but now it's like I could probably stand to play bully now
i use bully ogryn
i try to pick whoever i think is least popular or if i really like a voice
bully is def least popular ogryn
he's wholesome sometimes
I've never heard this one either
I think I haven't heard it
Me neither
she's literally my most played and that's likely the vet I encounter most
i think i've seen this?
Cutthroat has a conversation with female agitator zealot
it must be some real rare condition
I'm also convinced some lines just barely ever trigger even when you have the characters
male professional and male loose cannon have an interaction talking about the lasgun
ive NEVER heard it ingame
only in videos
it might even be cut content or not implemented in-game
any game with voice acting always has that kind of thing, like they just leave it in the files
kotor 2 had like 30% more game just not implemented but still in files
just needed to be hooked up
because obsidian was extremely pressed for time, as usual lol
especially given most of a games files are gonne be audio or texture files
I’ve seen one quad veteran conversation
All 3 male veteran personalities + female loose cannon
wow
Has a bonding conversation
yeah I mean you hear new ones semi frequently
its nice
it sorta keeps me invested in what they're saying
that is hilarious
ive never seen that
I know a lot of people aren't happy with these characters being more faceless but I think they're still all super cool
I didnt really like many of the vermintide characters anyway
U could use prologue mod to see some lines that only show in that level
I didn't come from VT2 I came from nothing so it has not troubled me
I'm just like yay cool game
then I'd have to play through the prologue again 
vt2 is cool, I've not really gotten that deep into it though
Cutthroat: “I survived Cadia. I will survive this.”
In prologue
vermintide has good dialogue too but ive heard it all a thousand times
warming up!
Going back to auric after playing havoc all day is like going to fight toddlers
think most skilled players are playing in havoc to be fair at this point
its a lot of grind to get through
not that auric was the pinacle of player skill anyway
the range is huge though usually players arent greatr
im playing havoc til i get the full outfit
then i am FINISHED
back to quickplay spamming
I hope they keep supporting havoc
But I wish more weapon choices were good in havoc
admittedly though this is particularly bad
One problem rn is like
When u get to 30+ in havoc
bah
You’re not rly gonna be testing new weapons out anymore
Build variety is super restricted
I hope they support havoc, I just dont want it to be more than a side mode
I'd be surprised if some modifiers don't get adjusted
the one that reduces ranged weapon damage for example
They were nice I can't complain
horde hitmass could prob be tweaked down a bit to lessen the disparity between weapons w/ cleave blessings and those that don't have any
I mean, would you rather play with 3 competent players? that sounds pretty boring to me
unless they're your mates
all ya can hope for really
Playing with 3 competent players in high havoc is like, peak Darktide (outside of duos)
I'll give my opinion when I get there, as long as you're still stressed I'll enjoy it
all my favourite darktide moments are when you're put up against some weird new combination thats hard to manage win or lose
brains wired up wrong, stress is fun
it's fun to shit talk among friends, prob not as fun with strangers perhaps
okay figured out what was going on with the tact axe. different marks have different armor penetration. I was using the one that has virtually none
No?
literally just compared the 3 back to back
How
testing room, hitting a crusher, only headshots, once kill twice more to account for crits then switch tact axe and check difference in damage numbers after repeat
???
What difference in damage numbers
Dps numbers?
damage per hit
What attacks
first kill lights. second kill heavies. third kill specials
.
This is some insane way to “test” lol
uh huh, comparing data sets where the only variable being the the mark is insane way to test
Are you aware of certain light attacks doing less damage
mhm
That a yes or a no
do you not know what mhm means?
What’s the result you got
mark 4 drops damage more than is proportial to it's damage rating. It's not a huge difference, but it doesn't punch through armor as well
Mk7 L1 = Mk 7 L3 = Mk2 L1 = Mk2 L3 >
Mk7 L2 = Mk2 L2 = Mk4 all light attacks
Heavy attack damage is same across all 3 variants
i'm aware
So what’s the lower Armor penetration thing
Are u talking about mk4 light atks being the lowest base dmg by default? Or smth else
the heavy attacks are identical. The light attacks on the 4 drop more than the damage difference between mk4 and the other 2
That’s because mk4 light atks use the sweeping light damage profile (better base cleave, lower base damage) which is also used for L2 on mk2 and mk7
mhm. leading to less armor penetration on the lights.
It’s the same armor penetration on L2 for mk2 and mk7
Tac axe
the l2 isn't the only light attack.
unless you want me to magically only use the l2 on the mk2 and 7 so they do the same damage as the mk4 to the crusher overall
If you’re talking armor penetration
I assume you’re talking about ADMs
That specific lower damage light atk has around 0.485 vs carapace which is nearly identical to the higher damage light atks (0.491 vs carapace)
So I don’t get the “lower armor penetration” part
If u were talking about flak armor it’d make more sense
using a partially leveled tact axe. mk4 hits for 101, mk7 hits for 118 on the same axe swapped to a different mark
Again, that’s the base damage being lower, not the “armor damage modifier” being significantly lower
You’re arguing semantics here
i'm arguing it takes longer to kill the crusher because of the sweep multiplier and lower damage combined
never said anything about an armor multiplier, only that it doesn't penetrate through the armor as well. Namely because of the sweep attacks
and because it's a relatively low damage weapon that hits quickly, the differences between hits add up
i'll give you my usage of "virtually none" was a bit of an exaggeration
any meta builds with a good gun for a one shot one kill type of fellow that yall can give me?
Which gun do u like
revolvers are great except i hate managing my mag that much
also I'm looking to do the best teamplay i can, i run with a group of three other friends
idk ilas or helbores i guess
bolt pistol
objectively the coolest one shot weapon
though yeah helbores are fine too, less cool
im down for bolt pistol
still looking for a build though lol, having a marksman gun was just one of my preferences to guide it
for bolt pistol surgical+deadly accurate then take +stamina curio and deadshot, preferably with some % stam regen like from focus target
then its just the usual vet shit
grenade regen, left and middle trees
kraks if you have a horde clear melee weapon, frags if you dont
how do i stop feeling like im shit at darktide
practice
darktide isnt a skill based game
its an experience based game
focus less on winning and focus more on splitting the problem into smaller parts you can feel rewarded for
im almost 500 hours in and get ass handed on damnation regularly
some people are just gonna be better at this kinda game naturally but
what are the main mistakes you miss
make
even

i have a build but its only for auric
does not work on havoc
you're over/under aggressive
do you want it
or you arent very perceptive
I'd put money on it being one of those three as a key issue
the playstyle is constant rapid swapping between your melee and bistol so you never need to reload or run out of stamina
but I dont think anyone in here can tell you how to be good when its a complex context based issue
sounds great altho itd be nice to have a havok alternative since we're doin that rn
yea i dont think this will ever work on havoc
it's a dive-the-ejnemy type setup
and thats just suicidal in havoc 40
most people aint gonna be playing at hav 40 to be fair
yeah im certainly not there yet
I've tried up to havoc 19 so far and honestly it feels like you can just use whatever
havent gotten far in havoc at all and after playing maelstroms all the time it just feels braindead
but other melee should work as well
also
ooooo
boltpistol should have run n gun + lethal explosion/puncture/deadly accurate
you can drop skirmisher on the tree if you run puncture
I was 16 last week, got booted down to 3, then climbed back to 8... dropped it and played to 18 with friends and then suddenly my ranks back to 16
wtf
boltpistol run n gun?
wild take
not that wild
considering surgical+deadly accurate makes all your breakpoints 1 hit kills
it tightens the spread so it becomes hipfire pinpoint
surgical + DA is just playing bad revolver
leveraging the bistol for its strengths is better
they're not the same weapon
yes but you are playing them in the same way if you do surg DA
bolt pistol is way more similar to laspistol than the revolver
they literally fill the same role?
they're ammo efficient elite clear
the zarona is worse at that than the bp but it has other benefits which the bp doesnt
you arent tanking gunner shots with bolt pistol
and the dmg profile and ammo count is way closer to revo than laspis
just mechanically they fill the same role, the bp is never gonna run out of ammo and has more shots before needing to reload
its not WS dependant
it's better at killing gunners than the zarona if you're hitting headshots
because the benefits the zarona brings are body shot break points, actually good armor damage, and boss damage depending
bolt pistol is just a marksman weapon, similar to others of its class
the revolver is kind of its own beast
let me rephrase it
you are playing boltpistol in a melee heavy build where you only shoot to pick off elites and specials
welp, so much for teamplay. offense-is-the-best-defense time
stealth is teamplay
is there any build to make only in death does duty end useful
I mean ghost isnt a playstyle?
l aspistol is a spam weapon
you're killing the same enemies with each gun
you dont spam bistol shots
surgical/DA is just the best way to make up your breakpoints
it doesnt rely on dots or condition
it means you can actually use the weapon with some speed
you dont need DA or the followup crit for most bp
I'm not sure what you mean by that
so
dreg gunner is 1tap with no crit if you have puncture, run n gun, or skirmisher up
so what knife blessings are the good stuff
im looking at the hammer of the emperor but it has too many options fo rme
again
dreg ragers are 1tap with crit
I'm being trolled
I could see skirmisher maybe on the knife
yes
but on bp that seems so int
why rely on all this weird condition based garbage when you can just
cus it only needs
or rather the inverse
holding aim for surgical is cringe
when i can just sprint hipfire 1tap everything?
guys ever hit shift+enter before?
you dont have to hold aim with surgical if you have deadshot



