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pastel yew
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so long as you're getting ws kills

wanton dawn
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It use to be good with the ciag. Idk what this gun is called now

hasty rain
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Yeah this is my second question actually: I feel like the 'stand still and passively generate stacks' is a trap perk?

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Considering it locks out max stacks from 10->15

hasty rain
wanton dawn
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It was the columnus infantry autogun

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Autogun with the biggest finesse base

hasty rain
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Oh that, yes I've used that a bunch.

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It felt okay but the sights are what annoyed me

wanton dawn
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With bolter i prefer middle keystone

hasty rain
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Why so?

wanton dawn
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Cuz it already destroy tiny dude, it has stam regen built in for deadshot, and it helps killing what I try killing

hasty rain
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Good points, thank you

wanton dawn
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I also play it with exe without shooter highlight

pastel yew
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unsure

pastel yew
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honestly all of the nodes for mf ranged from bad to not good except for the one that lets you get 5 more stacks

wanton dawn
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The passive gain from standing still is the only one i value KEKW_ogryn

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Guess why ? It ticks in melee

pastel yew
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only if you're standing still

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the only way to maintain stacks is weakspot ranged kills

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so if you dodge you lose your stacks

wanton dawn
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It works fine enough for me.

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But that from my melee choice

pastel yew
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Shrug I cant think of any time I'm standing still in melee

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but if you are then fair

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it's not like generating stacks is hard though

hasty rain
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I've been playing for 160+ hrs and I just want to confirm my knowledge here:
Weakspot ranged kills = headshots

Right?

wanton dawn
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Yes

hasty rain
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OK cool, not difficult then

pastel yew
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a single range weakspot kill is already 2.25 entire seconds of standing still

hasty rain
pastel yew
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its a very slow stack gain

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any weapon with pen also makes it worse again

wanton dawn
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Until you consider bp interaction and the value of frontloading dmg gain

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Then you have to math it out

pastel yew
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idk I feel like for most weapons thats a non issue, maybe boltgun if theres nothing else to shoot

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and if you're going for bolter breakpoints I'm 90% sure focus target is better

wanton dawn
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Am talking autogun

pastel yew
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breakpoints on automatic weapons lmao

wanton dawn
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Yeah ? When you consider crit you can also kill from limb and body shot miss

pastel yew
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if you're that worried about breakpoints for the automatic weapon though

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you have loads of ammo

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it will take less than a second to kill a poxwalker or three

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and instantly be at almost full stacks

wanton dawn
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No you dont have load of ammo since surv nerf

pastel yew
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even then mf isnt really all that impactful for breakpoints there as

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in havoc I'd agree

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in normal play its impossible to run out of ammo

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like you have to have someone actively griefing your team to run out

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which isnt uncommon...

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but its not really that frequent

wanton dawn
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Oh well, we have very different experience

pastel yew
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idk I think its pretty widely accepted that ammo drops are far too plentiful in auric?

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it's why I didnt massively care about the survivalist nerf and why I dont often take it unless I want to be as ammo neutral as possible

wanton dawn
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You play recon with crit talent and plasma though

pastel yew
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so in my last auric game

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that wasnt rolling steel or a late join quickplay

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there was 23 light boxes picked up, 8 medium bags and at least one ammo box dropped

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that means each player had 100% of their starting ammo AND 286% around on the map to pick up

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and thats assuming ammo was split evenly amongst all four

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which it wasnt, and usually isnt

wanton dawn
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Thats about what I ate on my best mf ciag game KEKW_ogryn

pastel yew
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idk loads of ammo, though most of my ciag playtime was on psyker which

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was with my own build that had things to lessen ammo impact

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there I didnt have much trouble

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for sure the recons are basically infinite though

pastel yew
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probably closer to 236% extra in reality

crimson pebble
pastel yew
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just quickplayed into a game with 3 level 1200+

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jesus

pastel yew
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idk ammo overabundance is sorta one of those things I think is hard to balance well

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given weapons arent really balanced around it

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some weapons are really ammo hungry and do loads of damage... some guns are super ammo efficient and do the same or more damage

odd sparrow
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Yeah and each guns ammo usage is never in a vacuum because you never know ammo hungry your teammates are gonna be. They could be anywhere inbetween recon into crowds and staff psykers

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And youd rather have too much ammo spawning than too little because that would be super frustrating for gun dependant playstyles

wanton dawn
odd sparrow
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Oh right true forgot

wanton dawn
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Take autogun or shredder

odd sparrow
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Lmao havent given recon much thought i suppose

vital wren
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Yeah I was with a nice team that kept trying to feed me ammo and I had to be like, "Chill, I could barely run out in this build unless I made a point to do so."

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Using recon that is.

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"But your ammo percentage is lower" "I have 600 left and we're at the end event bro"

unreal nova
vital wren
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Oh yeah, it was just a little silly 🙂 Not an actual complaint!

scenic solstice
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dump stat of chainsword?

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is it penetration

tame lodge
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Never

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It's mobility

wild wasp
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Is there any point in blessing chainsword with both savage sweep and wrath? Is that too much cleave? xD

pseudo fiber
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Nah no point

tame lodge
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That is indeed too much cleave

wild wasp
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Thanks, will probably go for rampage as im not sure any of the others are fantastic

tame lodge
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You don't need 40 cleave on those heavies

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💀

wild wasp
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Being recommended to go duelling sword for late havoc, but i like the x11g too much

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Im sure anyone can make anything work really

tame lodge
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Well you see
If you have a purga psyker play around it and use DS elite killing power to keep your team safe from Ragers and whatnot

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The alternative is frag grenades for hordes

wild wasp
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Ahh ok, the blessings on DS do suit that better (much better)

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Im taking shredders anyway for those massive melee elite balls lol

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I think im running agile and riposte on that atm

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Its a bit of a mixed bag as i dont have a team to play with. I had two infiltrator vets on havoc 34 the other day lmao, normally i dont judge but they didn't subvert my expectations shall we say KEKW_ogryn

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Sorry for spam but do you think i should switch out agile for thrust or something like that to up its offensive a little bit?

unreal nova
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Is playstyle. I enjoy agile bs when I'm just tired of every bs the game shoves at me.

tame lodge
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I'd take uncanny
For dealing with armor and bosses+ buffing bleed from the grenades

unreal nova
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So reverse inf dodge bs back.

pseudo fiber
unreal nova
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At least my GF says.

pseudo fiber
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I suppose that's true I still find the utility from precognition useful

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And at high havoc agile isn't bad as there a... lot of enemies.

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Even then with modifiers like the 21st I prefer bringing power sword

scenic solstice
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shiit

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got 80 mobility

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should i just use

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this one

pseudo fiber
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Neither and go for low mobility still

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It's easily the worst stat

scenic solstice
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yeah

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game isnt giving that

unreal nova
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Just wait a little and try again.

terse idol
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you could probably make an argument for thrust but I haven't tested the BP

bitter turtle
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Thrust can 1 tap but I think it's a meme personally

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It's about as fast as just h1 special h1 anyway

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I run agile because it's busted imo but I know some people just run 2x dmg blessings and call agile bad

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Uncanny with whatever

pseudo fiber
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Uncanny agile is good

unreal nova
vernal trench
bitter turtle
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And in the actual sense of the word

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Good for bad players but makes good players worse

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Since you should just run 2x dmg according to them

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I'm just bad ig ChenShrug

pseudo fiber
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There are 7000 crushers and ragers ill take the dodges at high havoc

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In auric sure not needed

bitter turtle
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The convo was about havoc40 yea

vernal trench
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Wat r u talking about

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Are people saying agile is bad or uncanny is bad

bitter turtle
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Agile

vernal trench
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Agile is so great

bitter turtle
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Nobody gonna call uncanny bad

vernal trench
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Idk how to use uncanny tho cuz how am i gonna weakspot hit crushers that quickly

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Or can u do it with light attacks

bitter turtle
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You can buy idk what you mean how

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Just h1 special h1

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Their head

vernal trench
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How does uncanny work

bitter turtle
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Should kill them w/ some melee talents on tree

pseudo fiber
bitter turtle
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You gain 1 stack of uncanny

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Each stack is 30% rending or whatever idr the number

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Max 5 stacks

vernal trench
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Damn

pseudo fiber
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24 iirc

bitter turtle
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They fall off after some time of no attacks

vernal trench
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Ill try it out

bitter turtle
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Like idk 3.5 seconds? Literally just pulling out of my ass here can't be bothered to check

vernal trench
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Lmao

pseudo fiber
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Uncanny does something

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Idk what

unreal nova
pseudo fiber
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I forget does rending affect dregs helmets

bitter turtle
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Looked it up

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3.5 seconds

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Damn i was hella off

unreal nova
vernal trench
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What does rending actually do

bitter turtle
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Cause if you do its very simple

unreal nova
bitter turtle
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It's just a flat value added to adm up until 100% with quartered effectiveness after 100%

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Does not affect unarmored and infested, however

vernal trench
bitter turtle
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armor damage modifier

vernal trench
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So it makes armor ineffective

bitter turtle
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basically, yes

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but it isnt armor penetration

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because you can go above 100%

vernal trench
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how does that work

bitter turtle
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if you have an ADM of 70% against flak, for example

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and you deal 100 damage

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it gets mutipl;ied by 0.7

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so you only deal 70

vernal trench
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What about carapace?

bitter turtle
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if you have 10% rending it just adds 0.1 on to the multiplier

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so now you deal 80

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same thing

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all of themw ork the same way

vernal trench
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Oh okay

bitter turtle
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rending just adds 0.24 to the multiplier per stack

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however

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if you reach 100%

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you can go above

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so suppose you have an ADM of 100% on carapace

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and you stack rending (24%)

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it still does something

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but it only works at aa quarter of effectiveness

loud belfry
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rending just gives extra damage even beyond the armor resistance thing?

bitter turtle
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so what is a normally 24% boost becomes only 6%

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so you have 106% ADM vs cara

vernal trench
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Im more confused bow

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Now

bitter turtle
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ok so

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ADM is just the dmg multiplier against each armor type

vernal trench
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Break it down like im stupid xd

bitter turtle
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every single armor type has its own ADM

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like i remember pre buff recon was something like

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50% vs maniac

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70% vs flak

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so if you say, shot a recon with a base damage of idk, 50 damage per shot

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maniacs would only take 25 damage per shot

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flak enemies would only take 35

loud belfry
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why didnt you use 100 damage per shot you lunatic

bitter turtle
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because you only get 50% and 75% of your damage value, respectively

vernal trench
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That amkes a lot more sense

bitter turtle
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now

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what rending does is

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is add to that % as a flat value

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so suppose the same example

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we took rendings trikes on t he tree (+10% rending)

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now maniacs is 60% and flak is 80%

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so your 50 damage shot now does 30 damage and 40 damage respectively

vernal trench
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I always ise that but idk how much of a difference it makes

bitter turtle
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this works normally all the way up to 100%

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after 100%, you can still add more to your ADM

vernal trench
bitter turtle
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it was 50-> 25/35 before
now its 50 -> 30/40

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maniac/flak

vernal trench
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I thought u do more damage to armored enemeis

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With rending

bitter turtle
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no

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that's just ane asy way to thinka bout it

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but it affects maniacs, unyielding, etc

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it affects everything except unarmored and infested armor types

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let me write it in an organized way

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50 damage attack

50% ADM = 25 damage deatl
60% ADM = 30 damage dealt
70% ADM = 35 damage dealt
100% ADM = 50 damage dealt

loud belfry
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A flak enemy exists. You do 100 damage per shot. This flak enemy/flak as an armor has an ADM of 70% against your weapon(for example)

100 damage per shot * 70% -> 70 damage per shot against flak

if you add 30% (70 + 30%) rending it will be
100 damage per shot * 100% -> 100 damage per shot against flak, full damage

if you add 40% (70 + 40% = 110) rending it will be 102.5% rending

yes?

bitter turtle
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yes

bitter turtle
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also, damage falloff is done through modifying the ADM

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so if you see a gun say

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70 to 50 % ADM based on falloff

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at close range you get an ADM of 70%

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but it drops over distance to 50%

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so rending also counteracts damage falloff

vernal trench
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Tf

bitter turtle
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not important for the melee weapons, of course

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but

vernal trench
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This game mechanics too confusing

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Doesnt hellbore have a damage falloff?

loud belfry
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they kinda are but i think they do it on purpose to give us something to do

bitter turtle
vernal trench
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But still confusing as hell

bitter turtle
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i dont use helbores

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in any case, rending just adds to the ADM

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so if you have 20% rending

your ADM vs maniac/flak/unyielding/carapace are all boosted by 20%

lime pendant
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I'm definitely a window licker because I just discovered the shredder pistol.

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And it fucks hard.

bitter turtle
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UNLESS you hit 100%, then anything past that is only 1/4th in effectiveness

vernal trench
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I see

bitter turtle
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so if you got 80% rending but you are already at 100% ADM on that armor type, you only get 20% and your ADM on that armor type beccomes 120%

loud belfry
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so basically rending is op

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except against unarmored and infested which it does nothing

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but they apparently already have 100% ADM anyway(?)

hollow ibex
bitter turtle
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Rending isn't really op

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It's just uncanny provides an obscene amount

vernal trench
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How does uncanny work

hollow ibex
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yeah rending node for example can be good, but it really depends

bitter turtle
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24% rending per stack with 5 stacks

vernal trench
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Do u hit an enemy and if u shoot it it keeps the rending

bitter turtle
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It gives you a stack for hitting a weakpoint with the weapon that has it

loud belfry
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hmm, maybe brittleness is at least strong. like if you can increase your entire team's damage by sometimes 50%+ then that's gotta be worth something (looks at can opener)

bitter turtle
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Lasts 3.5 seconds and refreshes if you hit it again

vernal trench
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But if u got dueling sword they die in multiple hits even if u miss

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So whast the point

odd sparrow
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Rending is generally good.

On weapons with high ADMs it doesnt do much tho like plasma

bitter turtle
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Uncanny is a minimum 25% damage boost even if you hypothetically had 100 % ADM against that armor type

vernal trench
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But they die anyway

bitter turtle
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That's its literal worst case scenario

vernal trench
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I gotta try it n see how i feek about it

bitter turtle
hollow ibex
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crazy thing to ask

vernal trench
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Idk i like using thrust cuz i can break the captain sheilds quickly

hollow ibex
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"they die anyway"

bitter turtle
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Guess you are ok if u only deal 1 damage

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They will die eventually

hollow ibex
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let's see that bravado when you're dealing with 10 crushers

loud belfry
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well he isnt totally wrong in thinking that but the problem is that rending can be used on enemies that arent already dying since it's a buff for yourself

vernal trench
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Unless it can be so strong u can one tap crushers

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Idk

bitter turtle
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Maybe with a ton of melee talents idk

bitter turtle
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Ok

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Do you not see

vernal trench
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Thats what i use to deal with crushers if my dumbass dont miss

bitter turtle
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How if you have to charge 2 attacks

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It's much worse than say

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Not charging 2 attacks Thonk

vernal trench
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Yea but im like dodging back and forth it works well with the chatgung

bitter turtle
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And still killing them anyway

vernal trench
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Ill try it out

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Uncanny

teal canyon
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Oh look, frigging 3001 returned

bitter turtle
vernal trench
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I used the wrong dueling sword on psyker anyway i didnt even notice

bitter turtle
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Not that it's difficult at all

vernal trench
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Ny heavy was doing piss damage

bitter turtle
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H1 special H1

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It staggers the crusher

vernal trench
bitter turtle
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So you don't need to dodge

vernal trench
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Does it do that

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I didnt know that

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Ill do fhat then lmao

bitter turtle
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Ds4 special action staggers all non boss enemies

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On a weakpoint hit

vernal trench
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Damn

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Doesnt heavy also stagger tho

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I stagger them all the time with it

bitter turtle
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Idk, I don't in havoc at least ChenShrug

vernal trench
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I dont remember where it was but im pretty sure it does in havoc

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Lemme see what mk im using on my vet

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Mk 4 yea

bitter turtle
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It staggers an undamaged crusher?

vernal trench
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Idk about crushers

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I think it does

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Cuz i remember a lot of times they get staggered when i stab them

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Mayb eim weong tho

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Wrong

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But maulers definitely

loud belfry
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special is so fast and has such high stagger that you might as well do it to really force them to stagger

vernal trench
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They bop their heads

bitter turtle
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Special action staggers them much harder even on mauler

vernal trench
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Ill start doing thst

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I had no idea its good for staggering

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Thats gonna be so clutch

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How do yall know all this shit

bitter turtle
loud belfry
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personally i dont know that much but others seem to make it their hobby to know everything

bitter turtle
loud belfry
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and this isnt exactly hidden or rare knowledge

vernal trench
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Too many numbers

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Hurt my brain

bitter turtle
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i know a few people here have way more hours too

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and by a significant amount

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like 4k or something

vernal trench
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How many do u have

bitter turtle
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i literally linked it to u

loud belfry
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2.1k

vernal trench
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Thsts a lot

loud belfry
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i wish steam could track in-game time vs like, in mourningstar time. that goes for every game

vernal trench
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Yea i bet half my playtime is me afking

loud belfry
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exactly

vernal trench
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I sit there and do nothing for hours on end

bitter turtle
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the special actions taggers them way more

bitter turtle
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you can see it here

vernal trench
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Ph yea

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They get pushed vack

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Bacj

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I feel like everyone glazing shout way too much

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Its good but its just what it is

bitter turtle
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idk i use infiltrate

vernal trench
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I havent tried it in havoc yet

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Its way too op for survivability

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Idk how itll work if u can still just run up to gunners and kill them

bitter turtle
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here is with no special action

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the stagger is insignificant in comparison

terse idol
vernal trench
terse idol
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Because of the CDR you get

crisp oak
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Ive also found out that revive voc has a weird usage

vernal trench
crisp oak
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Glitching out daemonhosts

vernal trench
vernal trench
terse idol
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Me as I argue wether or not voc is only good or if it's OP

vernal trench
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Its like really good for team play but u lose out on that damage and highlighte from executioner stance atlwast for me

terse idol
vernal trench
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If my team can do fine without my shout i just wont bring it

vernal trench
bitter turtle
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stagger vs crusher

vernal trench
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Damn

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I gotta do that mire

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I do it with captains but never on regular stuff

crisp oak
terse idol
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It just works better for a good team since they've already built bps

vernal trench
crisp oak
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Was pretty annoying tbh

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"Oh no I ran ahead and stayed in one place killing poxwalkers"

vernal trench
bitter turtle
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it can also open up bulwark shields but unreliable

crisp oak
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Crap here comes ragers better let my team deal with it

terse idol
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Ahh

bitter turtle
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have to actually hit them in the head

terse idol
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You always need the survivability frankly

vernal trench
bitter turtle
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which is annoying

terse idol
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Since blocking burst damage is ggoooood

vernal trench
terse idol
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Yes

vernal trench
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Na

bitter turtle
terse idol
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On high havoc especially

bitter turtle
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that is why

terse idol
vernal trench
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Not if ur geam is good enough

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Team

terse idol
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Not on high havoc

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Where you need voc

vernal trench
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Unlike maelstroms

bitter turtle
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if you p[ay 35+ havoc

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heck, even 30+

vernal trench
bitter turtle
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maybe

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but gunners shoot faster

vernal trench
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yea

bitter turtle
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and by faster, i mean basic trash mob shooters are more dangerous than snipers imo

bitter turtle
vernal trench
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i was thinking using terrifying barrage and fucking them up

bitter turtle
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its good

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but ive been clearing just fine without it

vernal trench
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i mean u can run anything with vet on havoc 40

bitter turtle
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imo infil is better on some maps anyway

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hot take

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i guess

vernal trench
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with the stupid interrogation

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tbh idk how u can use infiltrate for to o

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Tho

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If u cant run up to frontlines and take hem out why bring it

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Them

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If its just for survivability it feels like a waste since ur not activeky doing more damage

pastel yew
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christ... thats a lot of hours

bitter turtle
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pretty sure i saw someone here say they have 4k

vernal trench
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Imnsure theres oeople with way more out there somewhere

pastel yew
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I think my most played game is r6s

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and thats only 2.5k and from playing for most of its 8-9 years of life

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darktides approaching 500 but the thought of someone having played 8x that is wild

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there's just not enough content

vernal trench
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I got like 300 something i think

bitter turtle
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i have a lot of fun with the game

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aside from mobile games

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its the only game i play now

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in my spare time

pastel yew
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yeah I mean me too but, I guess I get bored easy

loud belfry
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there isnt really a lot of content but it's fun. im starting to feel some boredom after 1.4k hours though

pastel yew
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most games I really enjoy tend to hit about 500 hours before I slow heavily

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after siege most games sit at far lower

bitter turtle
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MHW and MHR are seocnd probably

vernal trench
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How do u play that much of any game

bitter turtle
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but idk how much of that time is legit just sitting around looking at my character

pastel yew
pastel yew
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I think I put about 1k hours into siege in the first year of owning it

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monster hunter world is super cool

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I got annoyed by the janky hitboxes though

pastel pumice
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Gamers have all the time in the world if you actually are a gamer

pastel yew
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I tried the newer mh game and really didnt vibe with it at all

pastel pumice
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Getting 1k hours is easy work in my uneventful life

vernal trench
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I tried one but i just didnt like it at all

pastel pumice
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MH Wilds is gonna be so peak

pastel yew
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think I'll probably pick up the next mh game thats pc exclusive again

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as I think the games being tied to dated hardware really does affect the product negatively

broken spade
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1k+ hours piles up pretty fast if you have friends to play it with pretty often

pastel yew
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mhm

pastel pumice
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^^

pastel yew
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I mean if its your primary hobby

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and you're playing like 2-3 hours a day on average

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that's a significant chunk of time

pastel pumice
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Destiny 2, which is sad, but have over 1k hours on

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I play 14+ hours a day

pastel yew
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I mostly only play shit games too, so I relate

pastel pumice
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On day offs

pastel yew
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I've got the insomnia excuse Kleo

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what else am I supposed to do when everyones in bed

broken spade
#

People who "casually" play the same comfort game over and over again rack up hours without realizing it
I'm looking at all the warframe players out there

pastel yew
#

warframe is one of those games I really didnt get

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like its super pretty, and the movement feels good

pastel pumice
#

warframe being called a comfort game

pastel yew
#

but the gameplay is so dead

pastel pumice
#

that's just masochism

broken spade
#

warframe's gameplay is super casual but anyone who has played it for over a year is likely to have a thousand hours

#

it just drains your soul

#

I stopped at around 500

#

saved myself from that madness

pastel yew
#

not really a genre I've ever gotten into

#

a lot of it is mindless busy work

hollow ibex
#

i enjoyed it

pastel yew
#

very high quality game though

hollow ibex
#

it's just a power fantasy game

pastel yew
#

I wish more games had movement that smooth

hollow ibex
#

and it does very well for that purpose

#

you really feel like a godly space ninja

pastel yew
#

nice when power fantasy feels like a result of your input though

#

trepang is a great example of that

#

same with doom

#

power fantasy is there but make a single mistake and you get sploded

pastel yew
broken spade
#

yeah i can only stand a mindless power fantasy for so long before it feels pointless

pastel pumice
#

ahem destiny 2

broken spade
#

I've never played destiny

#

if it's anything like warframe, i'm not doing this shit again

pastel pumice
#

no lol

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destiny 1 was the GOAT

#

2 is just rundown version

pastel yew
#

destiny 2 seems like an abusive relationship from the outside looking in

#

all my friends that enjoy that game paint its quality to be like that of a yo yo

pastel pumice
#

everyone who plays it hates it

#

but they cant stop playing it

pastel yew
#

a feeling I know well

pastel pumice
#

only way d2 can be enjoyed is with a partner or with friends

pastel yew
#

but it's only those like... slightly shitty games that get you

pastel pumice
#

im one of the lucky ones to finally quit

pastel yew
#

because they're so close to getting something right

#

that you stick with

pastel pumice
#

it took 1.5k hours...

broken spade
#

I've learned to quit earlier when it comes to games that do that to me now

pastel pumice
#

Same

pastel yew
#

I feel like I've got loads of games I need to actually sit and play through but

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just go back to the same 5 or so games on rotation

broken spade
#

well, okay i'm not immune to sticking around a game for too long. 1.3k hours on darktide

wanton dawn
#

Havoc mod difficulty is as inconsistent as maelstrom mod

broken spade
#

but at least i take breaks from the game to play other shit

#

I've taken several months away from darktide back when the game didn't update

vernal trench
#

It depends on modifiers if

#

Ig

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Pox gas tho makes everything 10x worse

broken spade
#

The only havoc modifier that felt way worse than others is pox gas

vernal trench
#

Its just bad

broken spade
#

i switch to chorus zealot if i ever see pox gas

#

it's too painful otherwise

vernal trench
#

Pox gas sucks ass

tall torrent
#

havoc is so funny that the spread 10% crit chance talent for piety keystone is the go-to on zealot

wanton dawn
#

oh well, h40 validated this week, I can go on christmas now

vernal trench
terse idol
pastel yew
#

rather than these huge patches of very slow to change gas

#

it should be smaller patches of more rapidly changing gas

#

so you're actually forced to move around or get separated

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rather than current pox gas which is... sitting still and staring at a cloud for ages as you wait for it to pass

tall torrent
pastel yew
#

dont they benefit more from those crits though?

#

with duellist

tall torrent
#

More than inferno/voidblast psyker?

pastel yew
#

nah I suppose not

#

man psyker really is eating good in havoc

#

literally no major changes it seems

#

just play psyker

wanton dawn
#

Btw, what is your highest relic lvl ?

tall torrent
#

Relic lvl?

wanton dawn
#

Rating

tall torrent
#

What’s that

wanton dawn
tall torrent
#

430 is highest

tame lodge
#

And 2% tg on kills but that doesn't really matter

queen fox
#

whats the best weapon in your opinion to use with marksmans focus? im trying to get the penance

#

im thinking its kantrael but maybe plasma or vigilant

tall torrent
#

Crab walk, kill 2.5k enemies with melee / grenades / gun

#

Melee is fastest

wanton dawn
#

Alright, I am going to commit a warcrime

#

Am calling it "Overcommit"

#

Wait, I dont need grenade

slow flint
#

if it works it works ig

wanton dawn
#

Am gonna test it

wanton dawn
#

Am a professional

grand perch
#

That's close to my ilas build

fading meadow
#

Hi guys, I have a question , What is Volley Fire? And how can I get that for the Penance " Marked for Death"
Thanks

wanton dawn
#

volley fire is base ult without talent

#

exe stance is the improved form

fading meadow
#

Should I choose something in Talents to get that?

crisp oak
#

Is the upgraded version of volley fire

#

Btw guys, any way of making the shotties work?

#

Was thinking of pulling out the kantrael

tawny badger
#

crit build manstopper lawbringer- oh excuse me, "zarona" shotgun

serene bough
wanton dawn
#

vrak auto

#

viag

serene bough
#

Thats a lot of dps

#

Why not further commit to 20% rending w/ the left MF node

crisp oak
zenith widget
#

im gonna pretend to be a vet that runs out of ammo and refuses to pick up ammo

#

because that's waht d5 players do

#

it's either that or they only use guns and run out of ammo within 2 minutes

#

and become completely useless

tawny badger
#

manstopper is funny

crisp oak
#

Run it with the shock maul for peak police brutality

zenith widget
#

bolt gun blessings?

crisp oak
pastel yew
#

still kinda meh though

crisp oak
#

I dont use exec stance because its just not for me

pastel yew
#

think the shotguns just tend to feel a lot better on zealot since they have throwin knives

crisp oak
pastel yew
#

skill issue KohaNodders

#

;p

crisp oak
#

Yup

pastel yew
#

NOOO DONT AGREEE

#

makes me look like an asshole I was kidding

crisp oak
pastel yew
#

though maybe if you did use it

#

you'd adjust to it

crisp oak
#

I tend to be frontlining a lot with vet, which exec stance does not help out at all for me

pastel yew
#

you do sorta miss the main pro of exec stance by using shotguns with it though, which is that it lets you prevent bad things from happening but the range on the shotguns still isnt THAT great

crisp oak
#

I used the shotties a while ago, but they sorta nerfed them

pastel yew
#

and yeah for sure exec stance is more of a flank tool

#

pre fury of the faithful nerf they were so fun

#

because you could dash in and blast a crusher in the face twice

crisp oak
#

I miss infinite cleave kantrael

pastel yew
#

now they're back to being garbage

crisp oak
#

It was so much fun spamming incendiary ammo through walls and recovering infinite ammo with survivalist

pastel yew
#

wait the incendiary ammo used to go through walls????

fiery raft
#

what's a good melee to use with the autogun?

#

the one we all know and love

#

besides powersword

pastel yew
fiery raft
#

im thinking either combat axe or dueling sword

pastel yew
#

both sound p good yeah

fiery raft
#

is rashad the one?

#

the combat axe?

#

the good

crisp oak
sullen jackal
#

thing veteran may enjoy knowing: darktide has lag compensation! Enemies are rewound to check hitscan :3

vapid nacelle
fiery raft
#

i kinda wanna level the combat knife and learn how to use it

crisp oak
#

Knife needs some investment

fiery raft
#

how does one use the combat knife?

crisp oak
#

Talent wise

fiery raft
#

which talents?

vapid nacelle
#

you need the 25% finesse node on the bottom right tree

crisp oak
#

Serrated blade

vapid nacelle
#

and the 30% weak spot on the bottom left

vapid nacelle
faint beacon
#

It doesn’t need serrated unless you run Mercy

crisp oak
vapid nacelle
#

mine is uncanny riposte I think

faint beacon
#

Precog Uncanny
Riposte Uncanny
Precog Riposte

crisp oak
#

Mainly because it differentiates it from the dueling sword

faint beacon
#

Those are like the 3 combos

crisp oak
#

If I wanted to run uncanny precog or uncanny riposte

#

Why wouldnt I use the dueling sword?

vapid nacelle
#

also ran riposte and the crit on bleed one for a bit which felt fine

faint beacon
#

Why aren’t you using it in general

#

That’s the mindset

crisp oak
#

Because I wanted to do something different

faint beacon
#

Exactly

crisp oak
#

Hence mercy killer uncanny

faint beacon
#

Knife is just a different playstyle to it

crisp oak
#

Which is different

vapid nacelle
#

I like dueling sword I just like knife more

fiery raft
#

i mean i just wanna learn to use it

faint beacon
#

Lacerate Uncanny

fiery raft
#

combat knife seems interesting

sullen jackal
#

knife i think has like the highest finessee modifier in the game, and a completely not stated anywhere innate 25% backstab modifier

crisp oak
#

For the lels

faint beacon
#

I mean it works extremely well cause the bleed ramps off of Uncanny cause of shit tide code

crisp oak
#

Issue is then you arent hitting weakspots

vapid nacelle
#

smackdown haymaker if real

tame lodge
fiery raft
#

alright

crisp oak
#

If you take serrated blade then you use mercy killer+uncanny

#

But it is a point tax

paper trellis
#

What’s a good all rounder melee apart from power sword. Want something a little faster on one of my builds and am having a hard time choosing

sullen jackal
#

dueling sword :v

tall torrent
tame lodge
#

Unless it's the mk6
Then you use heavies for hordes if you feel like it

tall torrent
#

Uncanny is total rending

paper trellis
#

Hmm good point, shovel does do good work

sullen jackal
#

mmm that's technically not 'shit' that's more how it works yes

tame lodge
#

And then you learn the horde combo on the mk6 knife

sullen jackal
#

(as in it's how it's designed not anything wrong with the code itself)

hollow ibex
#

shovel's kinda eh

crisp oak
#

(It was the malice one yesterday that was scabs no ammo)

faint beacon
#

L and PA spam is more effective with MK3 if you’re doing horde clear on knives

#

That and strike down heavies

#

Again why are you doing horde clear on knives though

tall torrent
regal belfry
#

what do you think about chain axes

hollow ibex
#

i'm not a fan of how you have to pick between making them viable normal weapons or good chain weapons

crisp oak
hollow ibex
#

it's a problem with all the chain weapons

crisp oak
#

Nah like with lights

tame lodge
#

Used to be worse

hollow ibex
#

not talking to you

crisp oak
#

Ah

hollow ibex
#

i was talking abotu the point i made

sullen jackal
#

oh, right, bleed damage

crisp oak
#

Yeah

hollow ibex
#

but yes, the camera thing can be annoying too

tall torrent
#

It’s the fact that it increases ADM for every damage instance currently active

hollow ibex
#

uncanny + bleed uwugryn

pastel yew
pastel yew
#

also the dueling sword is silly levels of broken

crisp oak
#

I know

pastel yew
#

most of what makes the combat blade fun is its insane maneuverability

crisp oak
#

My point was if you are using the same set of blessings

#

Why not use the more broken option instead of the more unique ones

pastel yew
#

does mercy killer really make any playstyle difference

#

?

crisp oak
#

Not really, just more focus on headies

#

And not having to deal with the precog timer for your heavies

#

And requires a point tax in serrated blade

pastel yew
#

I run riposte anyway so

#

it's basically always no

#

on*

crisp oak
#

Fair

#

I would also like more bleed stacking talents

#

Or blessings that buff bleed damage

tame lodge
#

Blessings that buff bleed

crisp oak
pastel yew
crisp oak
#

Yup

faint beacon
crisp oak
#

Atm it acts basically only as a mercy killer enabler

pastel yew
crisp oak
pastel yew
#

kinda like the zealot bleed talent

faint beacon
#

I’d rather it be a certain thing you’d have to do to get bleed cause static bleed on hit is not good nor healthy

#

It’s shit outside of one build and that build is instantly strong

crisp oak
#

whatthefuck_heresy just imagine how funny it would be with burn stacks

#

And make it work with onslaught

sullen jackal
#

fun fact: bleed applies on the knife special.

#

you can bleed people to death with punches.

#

just fucking pummel a crusher to a bloody pulp with your fist

fiery raft
crisp oak
#

But yeah have done this

crisp oak
pastel yew
#

you need that 10% and the 5%

#

after that attack speed buffs are really good since it already reaches one shot break points

sullen jackal
crisp oak
#

I like this

#

Bleed, but bleed spreads on kill

sullen jackal
#

also make the heavy attack electrocute talent work on all melee attacks

crisp oak
#

Actually sold

#

Veteran is saved

pastel yew
#

nerf smite

#

put smite in a hole

#

kicksmite

#

throw smite off a cliff

#

remove smite from your will

sullen jackal
#

you can do those buffs after nerfing smite

fiery raft
#

this is what ive got now

gilded wraith
#

What's the best horde clear melee veteran weapon that doesn't require Trench Fighter to feel playable?

pastel yew
# fiery raft

if you're using the rashad I'd honestly drop the weapon specialist node "on your toes" and demolition team to get the +10% melee in the top right

#

there are some breakpoints that rely on that 10%

pastel yew
#

if you're only caring about horde clear I imagine the heavy sword is fun

gilded wraith
#

I think I'll try the mk3 and see if I can macro a decent heavy attack string to save my wrist... Sunder intrigues me.

pastel yew
#

mk3 is fun

#

but no funny push combo is a dealbreaker

gilded wraith
vale wraith
#

Uncanny + Decimator is a pretty good all rounder

#

Especially on ranged builds

#

It’s absolutely not the best but it’s not weak in any category really

pastel yew
#

it feels extremely safe

#

but it's not fast

paper trellis
#

Uncanny should buff shredder bleeds the same way it does with psyker fire shouldn’t it?

pastel yew
#

pretty sure it does

vale wraith
#

And grenades thin the hordes out.

pastel yew
#

is that the consecutive hits

vale wraith
#

Just don’t miss your swings

#

And it’s like 50% more power

#

Or 40%

#

I don’t remember the value

pastel yew
#

up to 50% ye

#

5% per stack, up to 10

#

looking at the gameslantern page

#

slow going but it'll get there eventually

gleaming turtle
#

Easiest way to do this? Build and weapon suggestions would be appreciated.

vale wraith
#

Yeah, it can be inconsistent at rager killing cause of that but you should really be using exec stance for that if you’re running ranged anyway

fiery raft
#

what are differences between combat knife marks?

pastel yew
#

and the other one is basically all stabs

vale wraith
#

Mk3 is more pokey and a lot of strike downs, mk6 does more sweeps

pastel yew
#

I think the general consensus is that the mk6 is better

#

but imo the mk3 feels so much nicer

#

try both in the psykanium and get a feel for what you enjoy

#

ngl the horde clear is rough but its something you can mostly ignore/get by

vale wraith
#

MK3 is better for shroudfield and infiltrate builds iirc

paper trellis
#

I should build up my second knife so I can have one with uncanny strike

vale wraith
#

Since you get a lot more reward off of exiting stealth

pastel yew
#

I feel like you're gonna spend waaaaaaaaaayy more resources getting a second knife

paper trellis
vale wraith
#

Just change the blessings out between missions

paper trellis
pastel yew
#

I see I see

paper trellis
pastel yew
#

still gonna work out more expensive but ye

vale wraith
#

Fair enough

pastel yew
#

its convenient

vale wraith
paper trellis
#

That and I think being able to use another knife as the other mark is neat

gleaming turtle
pastel yew
#

yeah I've tried a little of the mk6 but

#

I really dont like its moveset

paper trellis
#

God I hated crabwalking so much

pastel yew
#

you dont have to crab walk lmao

vale wraith
paper trellis
#

It speeds up the acquisition a lot

pastel yew
#

stacks remain for 6s now

gleaming turtle
#

Do I take any of the extra nodes?

#

Or just nah?

paper trellis
#

Since it only registers kills at 10 stacks, so those first three headshot kills on every group don’t count, and that’s assuming perfect aim

vale wraith
#

I play Marksman Focus quite frequently and Crab Walking is the worst way to play it, especially since they buffed it.

pastel yew
paper trellis
pastel yew
#

but the rest are pretty shit

vale wraith
potent canyon
#

Idea for a new vet weapon

pastel yew
#

since its replenishment not direct toughness

agile mango
#

what is the dump stat for dueling sword?

gleaming turtle
crisp oak
pastel yew
gleaming turtle
#

Mobility is the dump on DS

paper trellis
gleaming turtle
#

You get so much from 60% that it doesn't matter.

pastel yew
#

what you cleaving with the dueling sword tho lmao

#

might as well keep the move speed

agile mango
#

thx

agile mango
#

also, what's the dump stat on plasma?

pastel yew
#

I assumed it worked like the curio modifier

vale wraith
crisp oak
#

All 60-80 does is help sprint efficiency marginally I think

gleaming turtle
pastel yew
#

the toughness replenishment rate mod on the curio or whatever its called

paper trellis
pastel yew
#

its cleave is dogshit

paper trellis
pastel yew
#

but if it is genuinely just + toughness whenever you gain some from any source

#

then yeah that sounds fine

#

I just wrote it off as I assumed it worked like the curio which is to say, does nothing

paper trellis
#

But it can help

vale wraith
#

Confirmed kill works good with it

pastel yew
#

ngl

vale wraith
#

But confirmed kill is confirmed kill so yeah

paper trellis
pastel yew
paper trellis
#

I like that one more so because it makes it a lot easier to shore up chip damage and keep above the 75% threshold

pastel yew
#

I think my head automatically linked it to melee as you dont regen toughness on ranged kills base

#

it working with ranged attacks does make it significantly better

#

even if its still kinda meh

paper trellis
#

That and it gives a big chunk off of grenades

vale wraith
pastel yew
#

;-;

pastel yew
#

exhilarating take down

#

and that gives +toughness damage resist

vale wraith
#

Yeah, but exhilarating takedown requires weak spot hits and just blasting into a horde for quick toughness regen is more efficient.

pastel yew
#

all on a level

#

man shooting the horde with the plasma gun feels so satisfying

#

especially if they're all rounding a corner so clumped in a perfect line

vale wraith
#

I just like blasting with plasma gun, can’t be bothered being precise lol

pastel yew
#

plasma gun requires you to be precise though anyway

vale wraith
#

Not really

pastel yew
#

I mean it makes the difference between killing in two shots, and killing in one shot

#

which is huge ammo save

paper trellis
#

I haven’t fiddled with takedown in a while, might be worth tinkering with

pastel yew
#

but the node above it does nothing

vale wraith
pastel yew
#

and the node below it is 5% health.. so

#

boowomp

pastel yew
#

but I would hate to play a game with your spam pinging ass 🫵

vale wraith
#

What?

pastel yew
#

I can't stand focus target spam ping

vale wraith
#

Ah lmao

pastel yew
#

have you ever played a game with someone with ping bound to their fire key?

vale wraith
#

I don’t use it that often, weapon specialist on TOP

paper trellis
#

I mean, plasma is kind of a hipfire sniper

pastel yew
#

this was unironically given as advice by some darktide tubers at one point

pastel yew
#

it's so fucking annoying

#

and yeah plasma is definitely sniper territory

#

its a shame the default crosshair is dogshit

paper trellis
pastel yew
#

which is what you need for the plasma gun

paper trellis
pastel yew
#

fortunately I think you can change the crosshair in game now

paper trellis
pastel yew
#

as just a vanilla option

vale wraith
#

Just set it to another crosshair

#

It’s in game now

paper trellis
#

Really? Huh I’ll have to look for that

pastel yew
#

I think typically spam pinging is the optimal anyway

#

because of the weird way stacks work

paper trellis
pastel yew
#

like if you ping and kill someone you get 2 stacks rather than building up from the ground

gleaming turtle
#

There is a mod you can use.

paper trellis
#

To maintain your damage and toughness aura

vale wraith
#

There’s no point never not to ping, since you and everyone else get the constant toughness on kill

pastel yew
#

so I guess if you were using a semi automatic weapon that needs multiple clicks yea

#

but anything else you'd just hold lmb for one ping

paper trellis
#

God I am bored at work. Want to go home and play vidya

tall torrent
#

Server might be on crack today

pastel yew
tall torrent
#

Not errors

paper trellis
#

That and stressed out because my boss got fired and shit in all likelihood going to go topsy turvy

tall torrent
#

Just really bad connection

pastel yew
#

weird

#

my connections been fine but I know lots of people are having disconnects

paper trellis
pastel yew
#

darktides servers have always been varying flavours of shit though

vale wraith
#

Darktide is nigh unplayable on Xbox rn

paper trellis
#

And I have hardly been able to get through a match without someone getting kicked and reconnecting

pastel yew
vale wraith
#

The servers just boot your ass out every mission

pastel yew
#

I wonder how the playstation players are holding up

vale wraith
#

Before unlocked and loaded they were completely fine in my experience

#

Now they’re complete ASS

#

Disconnected 4 times in one havoc mission, and it caused a down each time

vale wraith
paper trellis
vale wraith
#

It’s still annoying as hell, the emperors punishment for people who gut suckered into a monthly subscription for online gaming ig

pastel yew