#veteran-class
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Games lantern has very questionable builds on it
the only thing its worth is that it lets you infinite slide
single shot or fan the hammer revolver?
<.<'
with no stam usage
ahhhh i cant read 
It lets you get pushes out better when ur at low stamina...? (yeah it's more a meme) :3
just not very often that you're gonna be out of stamina though ;p
unless your melee weapon is super reliant on them for horde clear
gotta admit
both stam delay nodes does feel reaal good though
I mean... when I have my shovel... <.<'
both are those are good into them yeah
I just swap between the mk6 heavy sword and the mk3 shovel whenever I feel like it
I haven't used the revolver in quite a while
Also I got this on the build I have
krak minigame of stacking enemies quite fun
They're more for monsters with how I fight crushers... unless there's like 10 of them
I'm just addicted to grenade spam
yeah I mean... they're just boss damage and team support for pubbies that are getting swamped by guys you cant get in melee with
frag* grenade spam
I tend to save frag nades for monsters as well, when I have them... x.x
Frags should definitely be spammed
more cuz I forget about my nades sometimes cuz of zealot maining for so long
I have all the grenade regen stuff that's good so
I got so used to saving stun nades for clutches... that I forget to use nades
Less so on Vet
still trying to figure out what I'm most comfortable with for grenadier but so far I've been liking this most
knife boltpistol
Imo
Invigorated is important on knife bistol
if I had the points I would get it
Not sure how good that is compare to recon
but like I don't wanna drop anything that's there
Drop crates?
I always take the crate perk
Curious why ppl use knife and not dueling sword or chainsaw
not because it will guaranteed be game saving but because of the many times I've had a situation where it would be
For hoard clear/elite kill
Also I would say
I don't like the chain weapons except for the one handed sword on Zealot specifically
Drop ogryn damage and get superiority complex
Instead
Pretty sure you can't get close to 1tapping dreg gunners without it
And it's only 5% lower damage on ogryns
Unless you really value that boss dmg
sometimes I wanna drop weapon specialist lmao
this class has to be so point hungry
Bistol has too much synergy with WS, I think
Which is unfortunate but yeah
And point hunger is why I don't take crates on most builds yea
Honestly
Not having agile engagement on knife /bistol is really feelsbad
Since it's trivial to maintain the way that build would play
which one is agile engagement I don't know them all by name
25% dmg boost to your melee when you get a range kill
25% dmg boost to range when you get a melee kill
but then no survivalist :(
you don't really need surv with bistol (so long as you hit breakpoints)
assuming non-havoc ofc
I think agile is unironically stronger than surv in auric
The real loss is shredders for smokes but
It's good to learn how to use smokes anyway
They're quite good
You could try this
well this I absolutely won't do
But no crates so idk if you would want to
I am not going without frags
I wanna keep playing veteran but the only gun I like is the revolver but it just feels like too many enemies too little bullets
frags are half the reason I enjoy the class
I don’t have the diamantine for a good melee lol
Fair enough
resources are shared
play another class you enjoy till you got the mats for weapons
just have someone carry you through havoc 40 
bad times
people need to suffer
verry annoying time ;-;
I don’t like playing private game with randoms tbh
Suffering builds character
shit gets toxic
yeah
and you get matchmade with the worst people ever
part of the fun
who r somehow failing the easiest tasks
tbf thats because everyone playing non auric is either sub30 or
not that good
so you can't expect them to really hold their own
surely
I mean to be fair
iron will is good
but I wouldnt say its absolutely mandatory
Current build I am running on veteran. I am close to getting max level on that accatran (one more mission run). Is my build decent?
plenty of other ways to make up for worse defence
Just dont get hit
I have maniac on my bolt pistol and I genuinely do not remember why
fact
Yes it's pretty standard
Except
Drop exploit weakness
It's garbo
25 toughness instead
Maniac and elite/unarmored
Is how you perk a bistol
Iirc it's flamers
And dreg ragers?
I think
10-4. thanks
Oh wait
Dueling sword
yeah it seems to be
Switch one blessing to uncanny
Personally I like agile uncanny but I have had someone claim agile is bad
I don't agree but 
It's not necessary on zealot
Because of duelist
Which is the only time I could see dropping it
But i still run uncanny just because idk
Also noted. Are the marks good? I can't quite tell the difference between the dueling ones except for the one that doesn't have cleave
trying it, seems to be for two shot body shot + bleed on ragers
head shot has no change
Mk 4 is the meme one that people say is OP
Even on crit?
I can crit 1tap dreg rager
Idk if maniac is needed but I assume so
I should mention recon marks as well actually
I think I'm able to crit onetap but I can't get the crit to happen lol
not running surgical on this one
12 is fastest fire rate but worst ammo efficiency
6 is highest ammo efficiency
14 has cleave and can shoot through lesser enemies to hit 2 targets
I don't surgical on bistol either
WS
For guaranteed crit
Surg bistol is just bad revolver imo lol
okay yeah it is a crit one shot
What tends to be taken? Or is it all preference
Imo
Havoc = 6
Auric and below = 14
In havoc 14 can no longer pierce due to enemy hitmass
12 is very popular
Because it's fun seeing the torrent of lasers
And it's on paper dps is slightly higher (it's less than a 10% difference)
But I personally think it's mostly a meme
the slow draw and slowdown while firing the 12 is pretty annoying
but honestly all the marks are good
Yea it's not a huge difference either way tbh so just try and see which you like
People like 12 for the onslaught build to make the gun kill crushers as well, but it's a waste of points to do that
Especially since you're using ds4
I use 12 for this eldritch horror
Ah yes
The "look at how fast i kill crushers" build

I like how you take opening Salvo instead of iron will
That takes guts
But you forgot deadshot
for the memes
Opening salvo is ok for recon
But taking both talents in that row is just meme
Isn't that 2 revolver crit shots?
It's ok but I would still take kill zone personally
the purpose for this is purely for max hypothetical damage and nothing else lol
D:
Just run 3 stamina curios
realest shit you've ever said
Nah shocktrooper let's you shoot longer without reload
It's indirectly contributing to damage

I just got the on overwatch achievement :D
My heart was beating so fast the entire time cuz I had to stay locked in
Congrats
Thank you :)

By doing this I also got the untouchable penance
honest to the emperor, how do i improve this? i know get rid of glory hunter, but should i replace it with blaze away or something else?
also im unsure if maniacs is good choice for this
been away for a while and i want to get back into auric
Glory hunter is bad in all forms of the blessing availible across all weapons and classes that can get it. Gets hot and blaze away are good. I personally run crit chance and carapace. Thermal res can go as low as 70 and charge rage should be higher.
charge rate higher?
yes, it affects your left clicks as well
i thought that only influenced the ADS, good to know
unless i am wrong, go to breakdown and hover over charge rate, it should say primary and secondary
@tired egret
What he said 
hip fire = left click
charge = braced
Gloryhunter is ok for plasma gun
honestly I wouldnt drop glory hunter from the plasma at all
mega toughness given how fast you're killing it basically lets you ignore the game and fill your role
im a left click spam enjoyer, so I like blaze away lmao
Then it’s blaze away + optimized cooling

glory hunter is like 50 ish toughness per elite kill
thank you
thank you guys for the help.
im running ACDR Sprint eff, Stam regen, and block eff for my curios with dueling sword having uncany and respiot (however you spell it)
What's up guys, new to Veteran. Does he have any melee weapons that trivialise Ragers? I can bully them on Ogryn(stagger lock them) and Psyker(force weapon push knocks them down), but I'm struggling on Veteran.
I tried Shovel and Power Sword so far but they're way riskier. Power Sword you need that space to activate it and the MK7 Shovel mode switch can be interrupted by them quite a lot trading with you, it cancels the second damage tick when you pull it out of their head. Does he have anything like Ogryn/Psyker to bully them?
Would really appreciate some recommendations!
dueling sword, rashad combat axe, chainaxe, power sword, list goes on
some easier than others for sure
you can cancel mk6 powersword activation with block
also yeah mk6 cancel helps a lot
the power sword isnt exactly super safe rager clear but it will deal with packs of them easily
I have been doing that but taking any hit even with full toughness it deactivates
aim for the head
can always dodge back while activating, as long as they're not in their combo you should be gucci
This one was recorded before Dreg rager attack speed nerf in grim protocol update
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/985983134275366943/1306382291781681252/Warhammer_40000_Darktide_2024.11.13_-_12.57.55.43.mp4?ex=673676d1&is=67352551&hm=68c82723d28b4d4353ad9c06cad9774e6613cbc72b43d320e30c5e58fa8ffc68&
Yeah it is good don't get me wrong I was just looking for ez mode haha, I heard the mk1 shovel can stagger them a lot
With the little stab
what's that hud mod?
if you're looking for easy mode then like path just showed rashad for sure
looks sweet
rashad is the ultimate easy mode does it all weapon
Which one
cant go wrong
The dodge bar?
just needs melee investment
yes
ShowRemainingDodges
What's that there push attack heavy spam in the vid?
Push attack into Light1
I haven't tried the axes yet thanks
Repeat
Push attack light got it
doesnt numeric ui already have a dodge counter built in?
Cheers man
Easiest ez mode is dclaw for rager
Number doesn’t look as good as a stamina style bar to me
And the bar can be customized in color
thats fair
Default is yellow / red
You just need to make sure you build the rashad properr
I use turquoise / orange
the dclaw fucks up ragers
I tend to dislike really overt hud elements more often than not so the smaller a profile they take up the better
Mainly all damage max, Brutal momentum, and head taker
Unarmoured and Cara or flak iirc
Oh yeah d claw is very good I forgot about that
its a shame the devil claw is kinda mid outside of that though
If dclaw didn't have such god damn terrible flak dmg
Carapace + elite/unarmored
Id like em more
ok, TIL that blessing exists.I havent used plasma much since lock and loaded. Testing it with blaze away, it seems to not do anything? It doesn't feel any faster IMO
Optimized cooling is not faster charge speed
(Yes the tooltip is wrong)
any weapon that does 0 damage to carapace is an instant bin tier for me usually
melee weapon
not as bad on zealot
since you have more freedom in kit
but vet absolutely never would I run a melee that can only rely on parry to deal with crushers
His class specific weapons feel more skilful than what I used on Psyker/Ogryn like with the force swords you can just keep them on the floor. Power sword is sick though it cuts through everything like butter when I'm in that flow state but if I'm just sightly off it's just getting deactivated all the time
it getting deactivated is a bug so it might change
Oh is it?
Not a bug
its not?
I swear I've seen it confirmed that it shutting off is a bug
im losing it
same with the psyker force sword losing all charge when hit
trying to play aurics with randoms and i've had bad game after bad game
If u get hit, you lose the charge (this is intended)
I thought it was intentional like the force swords as well?
Yes, that one is also intended
wow thats
You get combo reset when u get hit
dogshit
idk I feel like If I've just been carving through enemies gaining charge meter to fire my projectile
I press button and get tickled losing all charge
that sucks
The projectile is pretty mid anyway
I can get dropping the activation
For fgs
but losing all meter is just not a fun mechanic
It’s as simple as making some space then using the projectile
Psyker players somehow cannot comprehend that
rule of cool baby
I haven't had it interrupted yet ye
it looks sick
Just back off a bit
I got on really well with the force GS tbf they're very good of at least feel it
Or*
so my testing is correct, I get 1 more charged shot before 100% heat? 4 vs 3?
Idk if it's meta but it clicked with me from playing VT2 a lot it feels like exe
You get 3 more (11) if you have the perfect roll
I’m not sure if it changes if u have like 80% thermal resist
I tested with mine which was a perfect distribution
the plasma gun needed it
it was so weak before

Is that Rashad axe in the vid tac or combat btw sorry I should asked sooner
In blaze away’s context, that’s 3 extra shots with full blaze away stacks
Which is a lot more damage
combat axe
Rashad mk3 combat axe
Ty
Tac axes are actually kinda better at killing ragers
sorry, was talking braced shots, a shot was generating 12 heat (not inlcuding charge heat)
They don’t have to waste 2 PAs just for stagger
I honestly haven't tried any axes yet
Brace is the charged shot
Aren’t u left clicking (hipfire)?
oh my god this is confusing 
Left click = hipfire
Right click = brace
right click charging nets me 1 additonal shot with optimized cooling
Base brace firing has 3 shots then vent
With optimized cooling I think u can squeeze 1 more but that’s not the point
The point is that u can left click spam 3 more shots (11) instead of 8
Those 3 extra shots have max blaze away stacks of +40% strength
Stat spread, I just changed my blessings
If u want a magdump plasma, this is the magdump plasma
I think if u want blaze away u should just take optimized cooling
Sounds good, I just dont use plasma as much as I used to
Otherwise go smth like gets hot + rising heat / gloryhunter
on that Recon Las train right now
still need to check out double barrel and revolver
Ive been playing the last 85 levels on a new psyker, and i wish plasma was like a void strike staff, now THATS how plasma should be
Psyker just has more fun ranged stuff compared to vet, and I am level 434 on vet lmao
imagine a plasma with a blessing that shot 2 shots on crit 
or a perk tree node that increases your cleave....
voidstike definitely more fun than the plasma because of the lead time and visual but
I dont really think its a better weapon
hella fun though
voidstrike + double shot on crit + cleave node lets you pierce an entire line of ragers until the end of the known universe
doesnt the plasma gun literally do that exact same thing with proper breakpoints
- no crit reliance
I think the only major benefit I felt over the plasma gun was that I could shoot crushers without feeling bad
If it does, it doesnt feel like it
boss damage is also hot garbage on the voidstrike for whatever reason
Voidstrike with max warp splitting is still less cleave than plasma
from using staffs the last 30hrs, I wish plasma cooldown was as smooth as peril quelling
one tap of plasma cooldown is two uncharged shots
would be cool if vets got more cooldown based weapons, and then a tree based on cooldown weapons
also side note I cant believe that
more variety pls
I know of it, just never used it
thank god its not commonly used but this is very much open cheating
Voidstrike has a lot worse breakpoints
I may or may not use a mod that doesnt let me kill myself from perils of the warp lmao
voidstrike hard forces you to take dd for proper breakpoints
but dd is goated with the voidstrike so
cant complain
pff, blow yourself up coward
do it
100% peril? lmao, cant use anything that generates peril
idk the quell macro is just stupid though
the firerate is so far beyond what any human could reproduce
what mod is that
ive seen it in game, never used tho
It has been delisted sadly
they say scriers keeps bugging out and they pop themselves when its active
just get them to change his name to Ed Sploder
then them detonating becomes a funny joke
if youre on the darktide modding server, you can find it there
damn the joke doesnt work for fem chars
I guess you could be female ed...
its current year
i dont think she wants to be male, irl or otherwise 
same 
lifes fucky
also all the fem characters have better voice lines 
would i rather have shred for crit chance or savage for cleave on my chainsword?
always want shred
shred + x depending on the weapon apparently
Keystones are overrated
Where did you get this image?
check the pinned messages
first link
goes over all the vet stuff
about as accurate a general guide as you could hope to get
why>?
I kinda dig it
weird splattoon goop
Thanks. Forgot to check the pinned messages lol
I got it on the Gloriana mission
It's ridiculous on the tight Catwalk space before you take the train
Green stuff ebrrywhere
I got that+lights out
I love when one of them blows up and suddenly
there's now this glowing wave
it spirals p quick
tbf anything in gloriana can be come rapidly aids
it's like the entire mission is designed to be as annoying as fucking possible
especially since bots pubbies can't play it well
Another one that was difficult, was the one where you break up walls
I just don't get what the fuck my mates are doing
carnival? 🤔
I take out big groups with my grenades
And i snipe gunners etc.
But we still get overrun
I am wondering if i am not doing enough or if my teammates aren't doing their job
Cause i am pretty sure that i do my job when i 2 shot Ogryns and gunners etc. I don't think Plasma gun DS is meant to clear hordes
You need to ONESHOT ogryns
not two shot
that's your mistake
1-2 shots max
That's how it goes with me most of the time
But it's enough
just get better teammates bro
That too
I need like a Chorus Zealot that covers when you're rezing
You know how i often i played Chorus Zealot standing on top of a mate and the other guy runs off instead of resing?
Feels like forced to take shout rez in pubs tbh.
true, though so are all the other classes
the hard parts of the game arent linked to classes particularly
I'd say sometimes ES is a better hard carry for bad players
bad players cant always make use of that extra tankiness effectively
but bad players can always make use of the proactive space you make with es
Eh, I'm not that good to make use of it well tbh. Also running revolver with random melee to lvl up melee weapons build.
veterans talent tree is just crazy good, coming from someone thats just maxed out pennances on zealot and oggy
its insane how you're supposed to be this weak sharpshooter that needs to keep their distance but you have crazy good melee node options and also just oh shit buttons generated for you every 60 seconds
vet isn't supposed to be a weak sharpshooter, hasn't been since post talent tree rework
vet wasn't one pre tree either
i wasn't there pre-tree 
being a sharpshooter was a lie and the whole gimmick was actually just being an immobile stat stick
everyone kept calling it a ranged class but that was bullshit
This game, man
vet had higher innate crit, higher innate toughness, higher percentage of toughness gained on melee kill, but worse dodge stats and sprint stats
and we had the best melee weapon in the game with the only downside being mobility
the identity in reality was just immobile juggernaut
To be fair, he is a guardsman (gun guy) who's original ability made shooting better, with talents that made you invisible if you roleplayed a turret gun
all of vet's hidden stats was just "be good at everything except moving"
Dump stat on knoife?
Lot of people didn't look far beyond that, which is fartshart's fault more than theirs (I'll give them that)
yeah to be fair, those stats were actually hidden
I feel bad that a lot of veterans are allergic to melee
not that many people knew vets got 7.5% toughness off melee kill back then
Mobility
My best mate who I love to play with is like that and I dont have the heart to break the habit, so he either suffers or will learn in time
kinda crazy they had that in addition to also having double everyone's base toughness
Warp god
Tried to bait him back in with the relic blade
I know he enjoys zealot since ogryn is in a rough spot
No dice because no vet weapon
Dump on PS is still Mobility, right?
Yes
And Helbore?
Stability
kk
There are probably better setups but this one has treated me well
I also two-shot a Reaper with the bayonet on Damnation
I have no idea how I did it and I haven't been able to replicate it
yeah, game's fault right there
Does the Plasma Gun still do that weird thing with charge rate or whatever?
what weird thing
Depending on your CR roll, it would vary how much actual damage you did by a lot.
never heard of it
There used be a big old graph showing the correct rolls to hit the right breakpoints.
This was a thing from last year.
I am asking what the dump stat s.
charge rate
I am aware it's very powerful, but I don't want to make a mistake.
Because CR used to be extremely important.
Alright
breakpoints are bait my guy
11i wouldnt say thats what vet is meant to be
they're like the jack of all trades class
they shouldnt really excel beyond other classes
they're not as aggressive as the zealot or as dps heavy as the psyker (except they totally either are or almost are)
things are just a little overtuned, but thats the game generally
It used to be that with the right rolls on a Plasma, they had to be very specific, you could 2 shot a Crusher, anything else was three.
Vet has not been the “ranged class” for over a year now
So, it was not bait, lol.
not since the class updates pretty much
or
well a little later probably, when weapon specialist was added
I'm still in shock gunpsyker got buffed
it was already nuts
vet had high melee stats since launch anyways
They become ammo gremlins though.
No
But there is a specific perfect stat distribution
And that is?
think it depends on the weapon being used and the set up
I played a lot of columnus which was the most ammo heavy in usage but even that I didnt find bat
bad
though I only really used it for dealing with elites
or specialists
Had one in a two survivalist vet party, had to hog ammo to keep rolling lul. 3 recon lasgun game much.
automatic weapons in anyones hand get ammo heavy when used improperly though ig
a lot of people dont pace themself
or be a bit more reserved
theres always gonna be a full ammo box on the map somewhere but people are allergic to their ammo count being orange so they freak and scoop up more ammo than they need
I mean, I know the feel. Good thing tins are enough for vets doing that though.
the fact that they can nerf ammo pickups by 75% in havoc shows us how stupid the ammo economy currently is outside of it
There is such an insane amount of ammo on maps that they had to go hard on the havoc debuffs
I dunno, never really did havoc. By the time I bothered, I can't find any sub 10 ones and I don't think I can really do the higher ones anyway.
Running out of ammo becomes a lot more of an issue in high havoc, but people still manage
way way too much
even a crate only gives 25%
There’re still people that think survivalist is always mandatory lol
75% might be a bit too intense of a nerf given what i've been told about havoc meta ye
but less ammo would be good
it'd give more ammo efficient weapons a better opportunity to shine but
Well, it can feel that way with an ammo gremlin.
even some of those do the exact same damage output as less efficient weapons so maybe the system as a whole is just a mess
old survivalist used to be so good
The reality is that most people who take absurd amounts of ammo don’t know how to loot properly so they can only pick from what they see
Kinda, and it's also worse because it takes more ammo to kill things
But it's high havoc and it's meant for insane people. People can manage it
generally just dont shoot anything thats green
But the funny green glowing skull thingies.
I either get terrible vets or amazing vets in havoc
The good vets all have something in common:
They all have good melee damage dealt
you're on havoc chances are you dont need resources
like the good havoc vets i get are doing some ballpark of 500k-600k in melee and 300-500k in ranged
sunder power sword going hard i guess
the shit vets will literally never melee
I'm not. I only got to 2 since nobody wants to do lower and anything higher is a straight rejection.
I'll be honest and say I can only do Auric Heresy, maybe.
Yeah don't worry about it if you're new then
havoc is more of an endgame tryhard challenge
Havoc is for people that want to experience PTSD when seeing 6 shotgunners come around a corner
But cosmetics lul.
havoc is for people that want to experience ptsd when seeing 1 shooter around a corner
A single reaper in havoc is genuinely
havoc is for people who want to experience ptsd when not seeing the 1 shooter
Already get that from gunners deleting an ogryn from full in 2 secs.
Would u like to know about
Only reason I wasn't dead was straight agile DS Zealot.
So inf dodges.
i played a mostly melee psyker up to 40
pretty exciting, don't do it
you will die instantly
I mean, that already happens on damnation at times.
So it actually reliably staggers buffed reapers?
Because funny +9 Stam.
Wdym buffed reapers
Pus hardened?
I'm pretty sure the blight skin modifier in havoc increases stagger resistance
No
It def feels like it
Enemies have generally increased stagger reduction
Wdym
It’s not tied to a specific modifier
Blight and pus harden don’t interact with enemies’ stagger reduction
Is just a havoc thing.
Enemies have generally increased stagger reduction in havoc
i wish i could put havoc modifiers in psykanium so i could test the stagger breakpoints
You are more likely to get an update to that mod that does it instead, knowing FS.
I think this is the stagger changes but idk how this shit works
I guess none of the specials change for stagger
Light, medium and heavy are stagger thresholds
U need to have enough remaining stagger (after stagger reduction) to exceed the stagger threshold of enemies to be able to successfully stagger
Speaking of melee, have the gunner changes made the maelstroms with mostly melee enemies easier than some non-maelstroms now? 😄
No?
What's sticky, explosion, light ranged and killshot?
no, breakpoints are, in fact, a bait
you have a thing called team
i haven't bothered with breakpoints in havoc
everything is so tanky
killing shit is a team effort
On Havoc 31+:
PowerCycler + Sunder on powersword
or
Powercycler + Brutal Momentum
it's gotta be sunder right?
I hate the fact that ALL disconnects result in deaths
Get desynced from the spaghetti servers while saving an incompetent Psyker from Ragers? Too bad
would this work with plasma/powersword?
Dueling Sword IV

exactly. Break points are great if you're soloing, I guess, anywhere else you're gonna have a flame psyker doing the last 100 damage while you're killing the thing, easily.
just take brutal
sunder is ass, you're not cleaving that much to have it make much of a difference
you shouldn't be the main crusher DPS anyways (with PS, maybe ur plasma gun lol)
dont need it if u take plasma
power sword horde clear is great
Power Sword + Plasma Gun very nice for Havoc
I'd argue better than DS for generalist setup
luv me psword and working on building a perf plasma gun rn for havoc as a matter of fact.
ha.
fatshark seems like they have a very high opinion of themselves and their game somehow
like they think for some reason that like... I dunno... anyone cares
like they're somehow some important thing
like ooh esports darktide ooh competitive level hardcore kaizo darktide, now you're a profreshional gamer now baby
I'd say we're all tired of people leaving auric maels when they down.
you should always have a psyker, because without bubble.. good luck lol
And with a psyker, power sword becomes a lot worse than DS
They don’t tho. I disconnected like six times in a game this morning and always came back with the hp I had
Some stuff missing
They allow gameplay altering mods on the basis that the game is casual so I don't think that's the case
Like ai dropped the med bag and ditched the stim
Could you elaborate on why you think that? I don't see how bubble increases DS stock so much
People complained about ASS cheesing encouraging people to quit since the penance dropped
because of flame staff
flame and frags should be enough for hordes
Your melee only needs to kill elites because purg staff + flamer kills hordes
you can use DS for cleanup but it becomes better to have DS to pokepoke the eyes
I don't think flamer is viable in havoc
too little ammo
It is very viable
Make every shot pennance will be the death of me i cannot get it to work no matter what i do
not in real havoc, havoc 20 or whatever everything is viable
Yes
Yeah I've seen Zealots try to take flamer but they seem to run out pretty quick
Almost every zealot I played with use it on 40
you should be giving your plasma vet all the ammo
Plasma vet is ammo hoover in optimal team
using it on elite hordes is an interesting concept
It's like an extra oomph when inferno staff is not enough
but if you're doing that ur not doing pokepoke or knifeknife to get lower CD on relic
idk I don't have any real arguments for why it would specifically not work
Zealot pops relic
Vet throws 2 shredders which puts everything to near death
After relic is done then u flame to clean up everything that is probably low hp now
W/e i don't really care to argue about this lol
Js most zealots I see in 40 are
Flamer/ds4
Sure, go tell them that, I'm not a zealot player or like the class enough to bring it to 40 like the ppl I'm playing with
Js that's what I see
this ok for a split?
wouldnt you just go 60 charge rate cuz of weapon specialist
what's the ideal
according to HoE its 69 therm/71 charge/everything else 80.
which is an annoying stat spread.
Plasma not having a dump stat is truly a pain
Still rolling for my optimal after like 30 attempts
I think it let's you get maximum shots before vent
And charge rate as high as possible in relation to that to reduce the pre shot delay
Is my completely
Out of my ass guess
imma go with that one. closest to "mid" I rolled outta 50ish tries tonight.
rolling a perfect plasma is the true endgame experience
I think you should not
Use that one
Isn't thermal res like 68 + [hidden decimal here]% but we don't know, so 69% thermal res is the safe option lol
Stopping 70 is probably bad
we'll find out.
Idk how strict plasma bps are but I think they are strict
I like how you think
Yeah, below the thermal res bp you lose one shot before venting
Yes
Quite strict but not as strict as Boltpistol
As high charge rate as u can get while still having max ammo, optimal breakpoints and 8 continuous shots from 0% heat
you might think so but I have had the impression from havoc and the way they designed it (patterned after WoW which is a junk game) and the whole "now we have made it so you can't leave the game. ever." like, I dunno, it's shitty for just a game I want to play in co-op mostly for fun
But I don’t personally run power sword for havoc
If u had to I’d recommend power cycler + sunder
Sunder makes the weapon a lot safer to play
I was running power sword in havoc briefly but keeping up with a team of DS4s can be difficult unless your primary is like a las pistol
just cuz you're sloooooowwww
i have 5 identical lasguns
I think if they cared about competitive integrity things like spider sense would alr be gone
The leaving thing, well, ppl wanted it like this
You saw ppl celebrating in patch notes lol
I'm aware
and you have to in order to keep up
I also played xiv and ppl won't shut up about it
so I am sure they're fine with it
yeah
XIV is a different thing
cuz mods are specifically outlawed
Tbh I think people only celebrated that because the cheese made ASS mean nothing, you can't really use it as a yard stick for a dependable teammate
Not in any practical sense they are not
Ppl use automarkers and mechanic solving algorithms and stuff all the time
from what I have heard they can't police your computer by japanese law and don't want to, hence they don't even have a crappy anticheat to attempt to stop that stuff
No they just don't rly care because stopping mods would kill more than just raiders
but anyway my point is darktide clearly follows the WoW pattern, they're never gonna do anything about spidey sense unless, I dunno, maybe they start randomly caring
idk I think spidey sense if fine, I dont use it and think the hud element is ugly af
but it means you can play the game with music on I suppose
or if you're hearing impaired
It’s not that “slow” because people don’t go through havoc fast unless it’s low rank
it really should just be a base feature
DS is taken because it takes literally zero investment into melee to be able to kill elites extremely well
Yeah got a friend of mine who I recommended it too because poxbursters are pounding him because he's deaf
They should honestly integrate it for that
It's fair enough for the hearing impaired
fucking rsi simulator
their accessibility features are really funny
what is it like, 'screen shake off' and 'peril aura effects off'
But you can't pretend being told that specialist spawned 40m away and in what direction isn't an advantag
like yay
Same with healthbars
Like being Deaf in Darktide is the true hard mode
they are a MASSIVE advantage
I just dont think that advantage really matters to me
same with health bars
If that mod was limited to 10m, fair
I play with health bars when testing new builds, and turn it off when not
I dont really feel much difference in strength
But it’s up to 40m and that’s just pure cheese lmao
i dont care either
i also use healthbars just cause
compare that to like quell macros
but im just saying
or straight up cheating
i dont think they rly care about competitive integrity
they havent pursued any esport like nonsense either
its just cause ppl really hated leavers
like REALLY hated leavers
darktide esports would be hillarious
the hating leavers drama was always so fucking stupid
Tbh I don't think I've encountered anyone who like genuinely cheats in a meaningful way
there are situations for instance where like, target priority, right, if you don't have health bars then you might look at a group of crushers and just see 5 strong crushers, but if you have health bars you might see THREE out of 5, are on like 25% HP, so if you have the mod you kill them first, down to 2 crushers instantly, however if you don't have health bars, you might try killing the healthiest ones first, or at least, you have a random chance to hit the low hp crushers
why do you care if they've bounced from your game they're dead
i can understand in some circumstances
i have had games
where the mission went out of rotation
so nobody new can join lol
so im stuck rest of the mission with just 1 other person
I tend not to leave but if I see its gonna take unironically 10 minutes to get to me
feels kinda bad
especially if they're really really really bad teammates
or if a team mate barrels me off a fucking ledge 
also keep in mind im pretty sure my attitude towards winning and losing in this game is much more chill
than the avg person
I kind of like party finder feature now actually
since i have fun even if we lose
for ppl that really care about winning
i can imagine its rage inducing if the scenario i described happens
I would not be surprised if people complaining about leavers, are like, "everyone left the games I'm in because I'm an ogryn with 300 hours who still doesn't know how to pick up a teammate when they're downed!!!"
cant backfill anymore, so the game is pretty much lost
unelss you can solo it with 3 bots
I dont mind the loss
You have Ogryns that don't pick up?
I main Ogryn and I bust my stagger resistant ass to pick up my lil uns
some teams are very frustrating ye
tbh I only care because all the penances have STREAK requirements
the penance streak requirements should be removed
theres no point for them to exist
the rewards are worthless
if they removed the streak requirements for all these stupid penances I would not GIVE two FUCKS about the new like alt+F4 bs
I feel like those that got it legit, know its worthless and just dont use it
so i can nose down at everyone without it
50 clears on one of the maps
um
keep it simple
forgot which one
it's from doing EVERYTHING on one map
and I can tell you which
chasm logistratum I thikn
yea
or that area
ye
Just run poxbreaker / true survivor when u get them
those are decent titles
I think I've only seen 1 person running Poxbreaker
Every other title not super relevant
im trying to improve and such but im not sure what to improve upon
are you sure you need to improve and your team isn't letting you down
is poxbreaker the one tied to total kills?
that happens
1M personal kills
Yeah
mmh mmh
well im not sure if im doing something wrong or if its my team
to be fair that just means you have a lot of hours
and there has to b something im doing wrong
probably both
since i barely manage to complete any
Do u have poxbreaker
... but I guess if you have, let's see. 3,000 hours or something in darktide, or more, you're probably OK at the game
nop
not all of them but most
it certainly feels like it
True survivor, you can in theory, if your team is good enough, get carried to Havoc Forged
i had a run where i did second best on scoreboard and somebody had 42
I don't think you can really get carried to true survivor
yet my psyker told me to go back to malice
yes you can
eh ignore the toxicity
what if someone logs onto your account
True survivor then imo
if you can jump to auric damnation
and plays for you
its far far less toxic there
!!!
That's not a carry
i am mainly doing auric damn
because all the toxic people are entitled and cant improve so they hover in heresy
Insane levels of cope in the chat
If someone really does that for a darktide title
More power to em
wtf
zealot chat? psyker chat? someone mentioned seeing it lol
Good lord
whats good spearhead boltgun blessing for boss dmg?
Imagine buying a Havoc 40 clear and you're so bad that they fail 
pinning fire and cavalcade?
I think
lol wtf
i like puncutre
I cant remember
what do you even get from clearing havoc 40
A title
a title
bleed good for blotgun?
the ability to join any game and run a troll build and then blame your teammates
I think the only 2 titles that actually mean smth are poxbreaker and true survivor
it is pretty good
4 stacks is p crazy
but thats just me
a sense of pride and accomplishment
ight ill see
True
Really only True Survivor
is max bleed stack 4?
no i think its around 16
Poxbreaker just means you don't know what colour grass is
what was poxbreaker again?
True survivor is basically 4 people with gold toughness spam lol
If you’ve killed 1 million enemies I’ll assume you’re pretty decent
oh 4 shots to get the 16 stack tho right?
every insane player ive seen uses the reject title lol
1m kills
after all you are a HAVOC 40 TRUE SURVIVOR and they are a little clearance 25 hardstuck scrub
1M personal kills
ah
what if i told you i got true survivor in a group with only 1 gold toughness ability
yes
I loving using reject title

Still spammed gold toughness for sure, and it’s probably chorus
its the best one
Why would you lie so boldly
its true though
It’s chorus
oger zealot psyker vet
reject best title
and im the vet
currently trying out the flip shovel
and i play infiltrate
Oh so bubble and book
what do we think of flip shovels
And like
yea but bubble is not gold toughness
you dont need to tell me infil is good
i only play infil
yelling at people is rude
infiltrate hit and run braced autogun
Unironically better than shout
pretty fun combo
For the vet
honestly never understood the braced autoguns
they feel so dead
why not just use a regular autogun
you don't
You down to share build? I want to see if mine is similar
yea sure
I think my only issues with infiltrat is it feels so spensive to take because of the sub nodes
and 45s cooldown really does make a lot of difference
given its spam impact is so much lesser than shout
nothing is necessary except low profile
What’re the top 2 node again?
It’s hard to have either and be bad
swap speed, o4b (5% toughness on every kill), 5% movespeed

