#veteran-class
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ditch duck n dive, take desperado
1 flex point, because you need to take redirect fire
anyone else sometimes put their finger in their gun when the other rejects aren't looking
also ditch catch a breath its useless
he should be taking catch a breath actually
he's taking get back in the fight rn
which is just no good now these days
Only reason to take duck and dive is for stripped down
tell me a moment where youll be in a time where you need said toughness when theres no enemies within 8 meters
To scout out gunners
more often than you think
watch your own gameplay
More than 5% on tag
it'll be helpful more oftehn than you think
Kill
8 meters isnt as big as you think
and get back in the fight is basically pointless now these days
so catch a breath is the way to go
Eh, its a get in cover sorta thing
I would rather run mine and take out for blood and the specialist toughness regen
catch a breath only really mattered in the past because of gunner stun bullshit
but that's not a thing anymore
It still helps you book it to cover
Then again I also play aggressively with vet
If you are running an exec stance build in a good team that will keep chaff off of you, cath a breath would be good
you're prob sliding into cover anyway, so it's not necessary
Maybe Im dumb, but why does noone take target down?
Like it gives toughness regen to the whole team on gold tag, which you should constantly be doing and killing if you have gold tag
Like if Im taking focus target and I can spare a point I always take it
target down is decent, i take it sometimes
Its free regen and will basically give you 25% toughness per specialist kill
If paired with the middle
lower priority than redirect fire though
if you're taking FT, you should take redirect fire
I guess
Whats a good aggressive vet build thats usable in both Auric and Havoc
Different builds for havok and auric
Hmmm
Aggressive vets dont survive that long in havok
Uh
If I were to guess
The generoc plasma gun fueling sword with shredders works in both I think
Frags with like infernus las weapon
Or the infernus lasweapons
You can run your havoc build in auric but not your auric build in havoc
Your main weapon are shredders
There's truth and it guides me đŁď¸
This was my level 20, except goop instead of parasites
Geez
I dread attempting to get the level 25 penance. I will definitely retreat back into my Noobliette afterwards.
help
tfw people are zealot players out of necessity and not enjoyment
i prefer knifes on ~
i don't like knives on a normal day and i use them on havoc because there's no way to do it otherwise
that was my havoc 25
was because i demoted 
Took like 9 attempts in a row but finally got True Survivor 
Now I never have to do that again lol
25 isn't too bad, you could find some nice folk in LFG to hard carry you through for the pants
Congrats!
what i wouldn't do for other modifiers
By far, this is the most cursed H40 I've gotten
what's the change between fading light 1 and 2
Emperor, am I cooked?
Means things attack/shoot faster
With II, the second a gunner shoots
You're cooked if you don't duck/cover in 0.00325 seconds
ah cool
An exaggeration, but yeah
Hunting grounds power supply is actually awesome because it takes up a ton of points with the AI director. You get way fewer spawns
Gloriana is fuckin rough tho LOL
I mean if you survive the first five minutes it's probably better than some other possibilities... đ
*if
That first data interrogation room sucks on havoc, it's just a 180 arc of 5000 shooters and like 2mm of cover
Yeah you're right, its not as bad as Sniper Gauntlet/vent purge
Just be glad it isn't pox gas, the blight spreads, pox hardened skin
whats the current melee meta for havoc? PS struggles against crowds
Power sword, combat axe, duelling sword
For veteran
Don't do that.
It is probably unhealthy but absolutely unnerving to see.
John Darktide when Hadron farts
what is the preferred laspistol mark?
With MF and Stance I would go Mk II, it can hit a lot of breakpoints with all that buff so it's just more ammo efficient
You can but it might not be needed
Not sure where to spend them
I would probably get one of the MF nodes that either gives more stacks or the stack gen when standing
you'll prob want demo team over field improve
and catch a breath over get back in the fight
catch a breath? Why?
I don't need toughness when shooting at ranged enemies when there is no one near me
I need toughness when I am not shooting, which is when there are enemies near me
it's more useful than people assume
especially if you don't have VOC
there are plenty of times where you're not noticing it, but it's helping you recover toughness
and also the other option sucks now
They both suck honestly
catch a breath can be pretty useful in some situations, such as when you're clutching
it's not the flashiest talent, but it works / has utility
get back in the fight is basically useless now
What did they do to it?
Ya maybe. I don't see it tbh
nothing, but the main thing it was taken to counter (i.e., stuns from gunners) is no longer a concern
Ur saying stuns from gunners isn't a concern? I've never not ran it so I guess I wouldn't know
I mean I would hope so
surely you're not getting hit right?
UwU
You caught me I take 0 damage every game!
I currently use catch a breath but im thinking about swapping over
I dont really find toughness regen at a distance so useful in a meta where VoC spam & toughness regen from other sources is so plentiful
It might've been because it was train, but catch a breath did literally nothing
I was watching my toughness for like half of this mission
Get back in the fight would not have done much more though
Its really a question of which niche situation do you want to fill, getting a break from being stunned bc you played poorly or miniscule THP regen from the few situations enemies aren't surrounding you
Both are just tax in order to get survivalist
Very true.
yah
why's it good
very high single target dps â
literally no pants match it đ
takes no skill to use â
rashad is bad, trust me
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mixed horde (?) with flanking behaviour, melee + VoC (1)
no grenades
no guns
is there a ranged weapon outside of the plasma that can deal with armoured elites very well? i wanna try the chainsword with a general shouty build
okay no offense but looking at this clip it looks like the guy got very lucky with bruiser AI
basically none of them did their fast lunging attack
I don't doubt that you could do it anyways even if they all decided to spam that
But that clip makes it look a lot easier than it's actually going to be in similar situations in game
nah, I ran this trial a bunch of times
it's not that complicated
besides this is melee-only demonstration
in an actual game it's actually usually easier because enemies won't have flanking behaviour activated unless you're last man standing
yeah they just spawn behind you or clip through your body instead
why does focus have to be such a fun keystone
just headshot a guy and bam there's a third of my toughness back
Its because of the PA
mobility
yup not taking that in havoc 40 đ¤Ł
check pins
Oh is there a new guide? I have one but it doesn't have Shock Mauls in it
There's a special behavior that activates as last man?
So they try to get behind you more or?
Why
Enemies occupy slots when engaged in melee combat
If thereâre no other players to have enemies fill their slots, all enemies would converge on the last player standing in flanking behaviour (surround)
Does that mean the last man standing has more slots to be filled?
Or just a matter of distribution?
it's so good 
Like unironically
What are ya taking?
scoreboard mod lets me stroke my ego while doing relatively simple content
I am going to tell people about my numbers any time I go down doing something stupid
I will intentionally be a bad teammate just so that I can get BIGGER NUMBERS
i refuse to touch scoreboard
anyways I tried out combat axe, and shocker it's very good
It feels awful to use though
Did u have attack speed talents
no I was using it on gun vet
Itâs a very simple weapon yea
Shock maul is fun
So much damage, even on Damnation
And the hordeclear oh me oh my
seriously its so boring
tbf
it's funni seeing four heretic heads go flying with every swing
the decapitation is just đ
Bigger better
Throwing the game for a higher damage number is truly the best strategy
Mission failed successfully
Because THE NUMBERS, MASON
WHAT DO THEY MEAN
/shitpost
I'm considering putting up with the MK IV helbores garbage bayonet to be able to kill crushers faster
Can somebody talk me out of this because I've been enjoying stabbing things with the IIIa quite a bit
your bayonet will be useless against a full squad of Crushers
and your teammates happened to be off elsewhere for whatever reason
and unless you are TEH LEET PRO type
I doubt you can gun down a full squad of crushers fast enough
especially if they are stealth, close distant spawns
#veteran-class message @tall torrent with this build do you run crucian roulette or point blank? i dont seem to be critting every time on redraw, but i dunno if letting weapon specialist reach high stacks was stopping it because i was running crucian
Surgical + Armorbane + Shock Trooper + Powersword stab to the face

Point blank
how many stacks of point blank should i look for to guarantee a crit on redraw?
sorry if its a stupid question im just trying to understand how to get the crit to work consistently
It has no stacking behaviour
ur right i just read it mb
Kill smth with melee, revolver gets +20% ranged crit chance for 2.5s (enough for 4 shots)
I'm saying mostly because I'm playing exe stance+focus
and boy is a power sword with very few melee boosts not adequate for killing ragers, crushers, and maulers
You will enjoy Mk4 1-2 shots
Take zealot with fotf thunder hammer marty, spam only special the entire game to get millions of damage (Don't look that it's overkill and your real damage didn't even reach 100k)
psword with bolt pistol, bolter with heavy sword, or the classic meta plasma with ds4 if im feeling like easy mode
Swap ur Rashadâs perks
bm with headtaker and what?
ill give it a shot with a recon then i dont have a loadout with that
You can run Rashad with realistically any gun that doesnât require hard spec into middle and left
red nodes needed?
Red nodes help a lot in havoc because you actually get to kill elites in melee with them
i figured
And realistically speaking
No sane person goes into havoc melee elite fight without gold toughness anyway
So red nodes are gonna be active very often
For ur Boltpistol
Unarmored + maniac for perks
Boltpistol is a really wack gun
i do when im charge zealoting but thats a different story
i dont usually take maniac
i take unarmored tho
Flak doesnât give Boltpistol new breakpoints
does maniac in havoc 40?
Cuz youâll get the same scab gunner 1HS (regular game) with superiority complex
Maniac gives u 1HS trapper in havoc
Without maniac u need a Crit
or maybe puncture finishes it
100-150 ya
Trapper in havoc is up to 1350 health maniac
ill swap see if it feels better
does lethal prox work if my melee is equipped when i throw a nade
i dont see the icon when i have my melee out so i didnt know
Inconsistent uptime
Yea the game is just very funny in coding
But it does work all the time
ill toss it back on
Rashadâs schtick in havoc is basically
You got a duelling sword that kills more than 1 guy at a time
But it doesnât have as good mobility and needs 5 points into right side for atk speed
i mean id take that 5 points in any build tbh
I think BIDâs value in havoc is lower than base game
Wait, people use mk4 bayonet ?
Superiority complex is not needed in base game like 60% the time
But it kinda does more than BID in havoc
For Boltpistol I think WS helps it a lot
well yeah im askin rashad
Having to reload that thing in the middle of melee is horrible
Rashad can go either
But if u already take superiority complex
what is THAT
i only 1 point ws in all my builds
Focus target is basically out of reach
Bring it down
Always prepared is kinda needed for Boltpistol imo
always prepared is just a wasted point imo unless ur relying on it
ive never not had ammo in my bpistol
Nah itâs really valuable for stuff like revolver / Boltpistol / shotguns
yeah I don't take it unless I'm using very specific weapons
Outside of those I think itâs not needed
revolver, and the shotguns are the ones I think of immediately
well i dont use revolver anymore and shotguns i havent touched
not sure ill switch that around i like my psword bpistol build where its at
ive never not had bullets when i need them
Boltpistol is like 2~3 shots to kill most things in havoc
8r mag
I think it benefits a lot
the reload time is so quick tho
real
hey thats me
u better take me
alright ill take this rashad recon into high havocs
what havoc level u doin i got a new loadout that needs testing
is it on party finder
well it is now
whats ur ign? not seeing it
my vets name is John-Warhammer
sent
Best ver weapons?
@tall torrent whats the trick against moebian 21st those guys didnt care at all about my axe
If i had to guess, caxe bps really hate havoc life increase
Shredder spam
And if your out of shredders? Seems bad against them
whats the go to perks and blessings for a revolver
me coming back from christmas break
Between Demolitionist, Demolition Stock Pile and Field Improv shredders are endless on Damnation and up
Perfectly timed voicelines.
Said with 1 wound left and a dead guy. Truly fitting
Lies. 5% just hates me. I can sit 59 secs at 0.
Auric mael btw.
The Demolitionist giveth, Demolitionist taketh
Random be random, sometimes I'm out for 60 seconds sometimes I'm suddenly sitting on 3-4 nades
I also notice that nowadays only Ogryn seem to pick up nades and maybe Immolation Zealots
So when those are not on the team I'm not above grabbing some from a nearby crate to keep the fireworks going
Will be thankful if I even get a +1, let alone 3-4 lul.
I might have finally figured out shovel, doing some field testing tonight
Skullcrusher+Thrust
I think someone told about it before?
Someone might have but it didn't work for me
Mk3 seems the better choice for cracking armor
I told you that.
7 is just too slow.
Sure, it does both hordes and st, but is like poor man ver of either.
You did, thanks
I just needed some time to make it work for me
3 is just, cracks open stuff. Is just having to get used to thrust.
Sometimes I rather just do it twice and not take thrust lul.
3 is fast enough to get away with it on lower diffs.
I also wonder about the value of thrust, I never seem to wait for full stacks
Maybe I should dook around in psykanium more on it just to see if it can meet bps without.
I haven't tested the Chained Power one yet, I don't know if the In-Out of the shovel procs it
It does proc armourbane
But yeah, don't think it matters so much on havoc, cos by the time it matters, don't bring shovel lul.
Is a funni weapon, but it's not high tier and better melees already suffer there to a degree lul.
Ah. I also wonder if the out counts as chained or not tbh.
I do normally use decimator + skullcrusher though.
But it usually requires 2 folded bonks.
Do note I have never used the melee side of the vet tree. So that could be why.
So is usually just running on elite+oggy+10% rend.
You're missing out
Since that's the usual revolver thing.
Hi
I mean, I only dipped into it for onslaught for meme recon or tactical reload.
Cos reloading a revolver without it is pain.
People take field improv?!
Same for my bolt pistol.
I do, on every vet build.
I hate ppl who grab grims.
I need you on my team
They can go die to doggo.
Most ppl don't. It is only meta for karnak
I still do anyway.
Your a nice person.
That's your build, idc
Very true
Hi
I'm a simple kitten, things go boom is gud.
You just like the boom sound don't lie
KABOOM!
When's it havoc time karien
Nu. Nu rike havoc. Must choir girl in it.
I get rejected for being under 100.
đŚ
I get rejected for not being a preacher 
Only shiny trinkets I have is now hard mode twins first try and funny malice 15 no downs.
Sheesh putting in work
I did twins when it came out and haven't touched it since
But yes, my psyker both smyker and burn get insta rejected.
I think I only ever got into one lobby with her and it's havoc 2.
A.k.a. random bs go, still win anyway.
That makes me sad
I asked Chaos for a carry through it. Found out pugs were awful.
I took a zealot that was lvl 75 into a 28 and he died 9 times. Still cleared tho
Like, when a first timer is being downed less, not sure what is going wrong.
I don't remember twins lol
Still got a carry though. The harder runs are all close to target lvl. Teamwork is dreamwork.
I only know heresy machanics.
Mostly cos did the 20 mins zealot thing on it.
Nu.
Ya
I saw 40 once, we did not get out of the first area.
Lolol
3 good players cannot carry a very confused 300 ping person.
40 is great time trust
It's doable
Me and my buddy carried 2 randoms through a 34
And I only know spam holy symbol gud.
It was a 28 death game and it took 1 hour and 7 minutes
Otherwise poke things in hed and pray for crits.
Yes, I took my ds4.
Is that or knife.
Need crits.
If shit gets bad, pull out burn gun.
But remember, limited fuel.
I remember 26.
1 drop of fuel per elite cos survivalist.
Nice
Got into a group of 24-27.
Your close to 30. That's where it gets fun
They didn't mind my lvl.
Most people don't if ur havoc level is close
30+ is cancer
Nah
Could be carried though.
30+ is all I play
AgentChaos carried 20-24 lul.
that's why I play zealot, book + firestorm = carry the worst teams
It procced, everything is fine.
đ
Panic for 2 mins after since 1 real hp.
yup. gotta play safe!
I literally had to adjust my trinkets since the game came out cuz of them
The corruption on an overhead necessitates corruption resistance
or u just dont get hit?
Or until death.
then u deserve to die lol
k
Would it actually save you then?
i have no idea. i dont run corruption res
if you ignore the twat, ya it does
yep
the twat sorry u took a big hammer to the face. you deserve to die đ¤Ł
trinkets are gunner resistance and corruption resistance across the board
makes a big diff
especially with some of the hazard conditions
ya thats what i usually run
I never run out of stam, I stopped using it
yeah, book + res makes it free
I guess I could chorus, but randos don't pick randos up at times.
Is basically why some more silly vet builds I have still run In death does duty end.
You can pick ppl downed near ledges or above.
Just hope the psyker perils themselves before the net hits, heh.
it's so worth it, if you're talking about what I think you're talking about
the shout reviving people, right?
Yeah. You don't need it in premades though.
true, but it's 1 measly point and can ress 3 people at a time... pug clutch king
But if you pugging, yeah.
whats the shout cd turn into with the node active?
1 point isn't gonna make a big difference in the grand scheme of a mission, but reviving 1 or 2 people on cooldown? 
45 secs cd.
ewwwww
45s cd, reduced area
I only take it if solo pugging.
Cos getting 3x lvl 6 in malice and 2x lvl 10 in heresy been happening.
Naw, always bad. No mechanical skill tbh.
Too many
i bet i got you beat lol
240~?
btw tried sunder on the psword for 2-3 games and didnt like it. back to slaughterer!
arent you on controller?
Yes.
Unless you want me to use my mouse which takes like 9 swipes to the left to spin around once.
whats ur dpi? lol
No table space.
ahhh
I can play some games with m&k, but shooters, nope.
đŚ
Well, nazi zombie was fine when I needed to snipe but still.
I just reach for mouse to plink heads in sniper spot.
Then go back to controller.
so much effort!
Zombie army games. You know Sniper elite?
i do
But yeah, I do play quite abit of similar games so.
Also used to VT2. But the lag gets bad and I got sick of IB Bardin.
ya thats true
Also, they get mad when I can't platform for grims.
That's fine
The game has a 1 sec delay before I jump.
Every game is like playing Borderlands 1 peer2peer.
You don't have jump if you aren't the host.
rough
i didnt play the 1st one đŚ
Is just the recon las inf ammo but more stable imo.
Like, I can run out in DT.
If I shoot into hordes.
Borderlands 1? But barring the brown on brown, has the best chars. Or is just me.
I like Lilith.
Ah. I played it late though.
When it was GOTY for $8.
I miss when big games drop to sub$10.
Now big sales is like $20.
Unless in a bundle.
Where I'm at?
ya its time to play some havocs
I'm dog walking.
havoc is gonna make me commit curze
havoc 24 and i get havoc 19s and 20s asking to join
i get 22s asking to join
and then i get people who are actually at havoc 25 level or above trying to help
I was 24 joining 26.
and people are going down before things get tough
little teeny hordes on parasite and corruption spreads
nothing difficult and people are going down
why
I'm in APAC anyway.
It happens. I ask to join up to 3 lvls higher than I am at tbh.
I said 26.
first guy hasn't experienced aurics maybe
second guy hasn't even played a maelstrom
I have not done aurics.
and sure 26 but nobody want me
i think i need to advertise myself better
need some auric exemplar
or ass
I have nothing of that sort. I'm honestly not even mechanically sound. I break into full panic often enough to even stress some people.
I just know it's just a game and one should just try to have fun in it.
If party finder is that bad, why not just LFG and ask for carries.
TBF asking to join higher at lower rank was how I got my 35/40 Havoc penances.
I ultimately judge by whether people are âquittersâ
(Although in my case I do have one of the Auric penance titles on display)
i do trust gold and purple titles more than blues and greens
but in my case, people who have those titles are my havoc rank anyway
Naw. I lack them and is 26.
Too lazy if they all work like that 15 no downs.
Was tiring enough to gamble even on a half competent team.
Cos need at least 2 ppl on objectives.
It's in almost all my builds now
Back from grocery shopping, I was testing with this build, replace shock maul with Mk3 Shovel
https://darktide.gameslantern.com/build-editor?id=9dd22cc4-83d2-4119-b462-c4949760b7f8
Managed to one shot a marked crusher out of stealth
Unless you play premades, is always good to bring tbh.
More BOOM is always good
Cos someone else might also have it. And I always do since I have stupid builds anyway.
When at first you don't succeed use more explosives
Kaboom! NYHAHAHAHAHA!
Well, when not tryhard builds on havoc anyway.
@austere pine btw
it's the first time i don't hit any top dmg stats
y'all were actually that good
i sucked
only reason i did a lot of damage
was because of horde spam
and holding left click on bosses lol
and heavy attacking captains
well, that's what all must do on this game
i got total top score only because i opened most of battery cases in the end, lmao
sure but that's the only thing i did
i also spam tossed grenades when we were getting overwhelmed
all i did
that's what vet must do
2 other dudes where also good, god damn
i got myself a competition here
So, everything went good?
I'm yet to find a dark tide player as good as these discussions
havent played in a while, is this a new game mode that just does waves?
Eh, I'm bad. Some will say I'm alright just massive lack of confidence.
Havoc25
yes, with little sprinkles of funny
Explain funni.
map was Chasm Logistratum (where u have to extract 5 fuel tanks from 2 wagons)
The ammo box fetch quest.
maybe that
Did someone fly off.
Yeh.
it was
chaos spawn
2 dudes got down
spawn ran at the 3rd guy
by some miracle 2 sneaky gunners who downed the first 2 dudes decided to relocate instead of mauling down me too
i got those 2 up and we clutched
also got downed myself in those that tricky 3-way chamber
killed a crusher, and a shotgunner's animation fell smoothly right crusher's death
so instead of being blocked by crushers body, all that shot went into my face
Happens. Mistakes just happen.
aside from these 2 moments it was real smooth
people knew how to prioritize targets, i just corrected their positioning a little bit
Ah. I mean, it's how it is. Some ppl just need pokes in the right way.
finally cracked havoc 40
now take a shower
strange that i put a lot of thought into a laspistol based build with smokes, when in the end i did best by picking up my old plasma + psword tryhard build and modifying it slightly
its has a lot of qualities that elevate it for havoc
access to ghost, ammo efficient with shocktrooper, great hipfire, immunity to suppression, infernus for pus hardened enemies...
but the raw killing power wasnt cutting it over havoc 30 anymore, teams needed more damage from me
glad to hear it
was about to whoop yo ass if you would try to laspistol-bruteforce havoc40
the real question is
how many people do i wanna troll by bringing tac axe + laspistol
and ofc infiltrate
if you will host those havoc40?
troll however you like
however, if i see you joining me with that bitchass small-balls tiny-dick energy build:
Host does whatever they want.
^
Others should go less meme.
^x2
Unless everyone agrees to meme.
Or is 1-10.
Because really, 1-10 isn't that hard if you can play random normal maelstrom.
ye, any build would work on 1-10
Hey returing player here are there any basic simple builds y can recommend ? gotta realern the game ^^
preferable class? preferable weapons?
im a veteran tahts why i posted here
i dont have any pref weapons for now so im more looking for a basic build too use untill i find waht i want^^
one sec, loggin in
- Melee weapon: dump Mobility/Defense, max out every other stat, like this:
- Range weapon: dump Mobility/Collateral/Stability, max out everything else, like this:
there are some exceptions, but you will understand them with experience
Curios:
try to get 410+Rating on ur 3 Stamina curio because of some weird calculations i am not competent about you will actually get less stamina if your Rating is less than 410
it doesn't apply to Toughness curios, so feel free to get anything you want in that regard
Same for hp.
No worries if it's 400 or below.
What you pick is based on how you play and what feels more important to you.
tahts a lot
Some ppl can play with 3x +3 stam.
It will mean you are glass, but if you can pull it off, inf push attacks and such.
Shush. Deadshot memes need it.
Wanna see how fast I can burn through stamina?
1 deadshot recon later
Wanna see me do it again?
XD

What is that face
On the guardsman in the meme?
An "alien" that was found in Mexico that turned out to be a complete hoax from a guy famous for alien hoaxes
seems like a lot too take in tbh^^
Running one +3 stam is nice as a general purpose curio. Having more stam for running/pushing/blocking/reviving feels really nice
yup 1 stam curio is goated
i used to take one +3 stam curio in all builds
but eventually took it off, just doesn't feel necessary for the way i play
i still take stam curios for deadshot builds tho
its users choice honestly. i really enjoy it for havoc
Its never necessary but it usually just makes things feel better. For me anyway
^
yeah whatever works best
what's better 30% weakspot damage or 10% crit and 25% finesse damage ?
Desperado vs Precision Strikes
is it for a range build or more melee focused build? Desperado is only for melee, while Precision Strikes is for both ranged and melee
both are top tier talents, generally if you have to choose, pick the one that costs less points to reach
but the question would be if you arent better off getting both anyway
Anyone willing to carry eu havoc 18?
inv me in a minute
Kay.
Do note, we are on call but yeah, one isn't feeling confortable with vc.
Outside of closed group.
Do you want another class or 3 zealots is fine?
doesnt matter lets go
Can someone give me a melee vet build with ps?
I can only take one to support heavy investmentin the middletree, using bolt pistol I'm less concerned with ranged accuracy
Similarly I'm wondering which is better: Hunter's Mark or Close Quarter Kill Zone
If y'all still up i could join
Precision
You see
25 finesse is weakspot and crit damage
Wouldn't that make Desperado better?
True but Desperado let's me get up to 25% crit along the way and/or 15% damage for 10s
My shout build can fit both so I'll try that in any case
My Infiltration build needs to choose, Desperado seems to make most sense
i can get it with infiltrate tbf
I might not fully understand how finesse works...
the pathing to weakspot damage on infiltrate is pretty brutal
Finesse is just the multiplicator of damage on crits and weak spot hits iirc
I'm going up the middle anyway so it's doable
well if you got points to spare
i rarely have points for bottom left if i'm taking infil
You could just drop field improv and passive grenade regen if youâre already taking demo team, that lets you get precision strikes.
Field improvement is especially unnecessary imo
Also not taking low profile?
Itâs a bit too good to pass up tbh
I feel you take either 50% damage reduction or -90% threat, you don't need 10s of damage reduction if you're not going to be attacked for 10s
Yeah, not taking damage is far better than taking reduced damage
I was trying to not ditch all the aggro on the rest of my team
oh i just realize the build is posted
Your team should be fine, most builds should be able to deal with having ONE less team mate
honestly you can drop overwatch and surprise attack
def surprise attack, it's pretty meh
and field improv like postal said
you don't even necessarily need to take hunter's resolve or low profile imo, but that's up to you really
get back in the fight is basically useless, i'd take catch a breath instead
Low profile tends to make the difference in getting that button pushed, that container delivered or that team mate up
only if your ult was poorly timed tbh
but up to you, it's just one point
Eh, when shit like shout, venting shriek and relic exist having one less team mate doesnât make a difference
Most teams usually have at least one of those
Or mobs gets in the way, regularly I get stuck trying to reach someone when poxwalkers surge in
i will say low profile is very funny as a skill check for the team 
but it's literally useless if you're clutching
If youâre playing stealth youâre gonna abandon your team for the specialist picks anyway so having a safety net while you do that is helpful
And clutching up with stealth is easy anyway lol
oh and you want redirect fire if you're taking FT
Thanks, made some tweaks on both my shout and my infiltration builds
Now get my kid to sleep so I can test it out
Is done, but thanks for the offer. Was mostly a mess with someone doing 18, someone skipping to 18 and I'm just there hanging out.
depending on weapon selection, i'd go something like this
2 flex points
but you can drop demo stockpile for 4 flex points
I would honestly drop demo stockpile for precision strikes and fully loaded
And then maybe pick up toughness on mark kill
def don't need fully loaded, precision strikes is likely unnecessary with bistol if you have FT
and agile engagement will pick up the slack
Yup, I only have ammo problems on boss missions
going to be more of a melee focused build though, this one
oh oops, take AE instead of serrated blade
don't take serrated blade 
Itâs so good wdym
fully loaded? it's nice for some builds, not necessary for melee-focused ones
Weapons I'm testing out chainsword, combat axe, shockmaul and shovel
I like having a lot of ammo, what can I say. (I suck dick at aiming)
if you're spending 2/3rds of the time in melee and primarily shooting to kill specialists and proc AE, fully loaded isn't needed
Nah, serrated blade, ignore the fact that shredders just exist
serrated blade's single use case is for mercy killer knife, that's it
Yeah lmao
Isnât grenade tinkerer a little unnecessary? Should you not just drop it for something else?
Or does it affect bleeding stacks or something
i just really like nades
Fair enough
Honestly never experimented that much with tinkerer
It's fun, got another nade build with all the nades except twinned
tinkerer + lethal prox on bistol = you can hit everything in the psyk with shredder bleed stacks from the center of psyk
Tinkerer affects bolt pistol?
The other way around
Wdym
lethal prox gives 25%(iirc) bonus radius to frags
Lethal prox applies to nades
Oh really?
Yeah, and tinkerer gives extra radius
Yup
yeah i have a dedicated bistol grenadier build... and it's a thing of beauty
So they give you silly grenade radius
Thatâs ridiculous
Bleeds for everyone
i take field improv too, because why the fuck not 
waiter, waiter, more shredders please
You'll be able to bleed enemies into your next game with that radius
Just hog ammo crates and you get 12 free grenades
i might've done that before...
16 if you grab the extra talent on the right
I respect it lmao
oh yes, i definitely did
I always hog the ammo crate when I bring field improv
Field Improv let me clutch at least once when a horde overwhelmed the rescue area
Dropped the box, loaded up on nades , pretended I was Santa and freed everyone
Shredders for all
Shredders for allmeeeeeeee
A whole squad of that build would be hilarious, especially with demo team proccing 24/7
Makes Ogryn happy too
Can confirm
Need to try this shit out on enhanced blitz
24 free nades every Ammo box
W/o grenadier ofc
Had the chance a few days ago, so many nades
Oh yeah enhanced blitz is a thing
And it is peak tbh
???
theoretically 144 bleed stacks... but you won't be able to drop the nades fast enough 
Gold toughness op
counterpoint: havoc is now a thing đ¤ˇââď¸
Yeah, exactly.
it's funny how nobody gave a shit about relic before havoc though
VoC?
voice of cummand
oh voice of command
Voice of command
Voice of command
Hat trick
ty lol
Relic and BoP both got their havoc spotlight
idk if VoC is "op", I think others just need to be as fun/useful as each other
Duty and Honour should get the cool-down increase that the other modifier has
VoC alone is not too bad but in combination with tac awareness and iron will its really busted
Which is a really low point investment considering how powerful it is
Tac awareness is ridiculous too as well
idk, havoc 40 has shown me nothing is "op", it's just viable or not lmao
Idk if I wanna use havoc as a litmus test for balance
Havoc 40 is just bullshit artificial difficulty so I donât really care about it
Auric vs havoc are definitely different games, but I still think auric is where Darktide shines the most
you have to use it as a litmus test, it's the entire second half of pH volume lol
disagree completely
but allg
at least half of the ppl are playing havoc it feels like, so if half your playerbase is in a certain mode/difficulty, not balancing with it in mind is... arbitrary to the say the least
Idk where half the player base is but I really dislike how havoc increases HP of enemies
I just hate how deadly shooters are
so do I... there should be more, not randomly tougher
Everything about the mode is okay, but shooters just ruin it for me.
ye, positioning is everything in havoc
I do love stuff like the scab and drag captains, that needs to be in auric.
it's annoying
I dont mind gunners but I run ghost a lot to counter them
Sometimes I peak a corner only to evaporate from the incoming damage lol
everyone runs damage res against gunners afaik for a reason
Iâm fine with elite gunners being deadly, just slightly tune the shooters
ye, but what i mean is, they're the most consistent damage your going to take
so if we had shooter res, we'd all use it
let's be honest
Yeah me neither
i don't play vet, so idk
They never stagger as well lmao
In auric theyâre actual pussies but my god they had a glow up
I still need to grind 50 more havoc for the title and I really don't wanna
I need true survivor but thatâs about it
Oh yeah that too
Probably not gonna touch havoc after that
Will say, it definitely whipped my ass up into being a better player.
So itâs really good practise lol
Im not a fan of the meta
Ability wise itâs not as inflexible as people make it out to be, but the meta weapons are basically needed
I dont like how hp inflation for enemies, hp reduction for alllies, and generally the modifiers make everything feel bloated and slower to play
Its basically survive while DoTs clean up a lot of the garbage on screen
i like that it feels different to play to auric/mael. but it wont be my favorite long term
I dislike the groaners and Poxwalkers getting health increases, it feels okay on elites though
Pox hardened skin just gimps ranged weapons so bad though
Yeah, pushardened is really a drag
And I mostly play exec stance so I weep when I have to play with it
shredder bolt pistol build in havoc 39. that was alota fun
nah, leave the HP as it is and just inflate the spawn rate if you want it harder... Making enemies bullet sponges is just boring
Ehhh, theyâre not that more spongey, except ogryn enemies and flamers
Bulwarks are just beyond tanky
Being able to survive a krak is just too much
<row_verminboard_score> is my favorite stat
vermin board is dope
What are vets best guns?
theres many. pick what u like
dunno this one seems to be missing a lot of stats i wanna see
I wanna use plas gun but itâs the last gun I unlock lol
what stats do u wanna see?
Well technically I canât see stats
Jk
Uhhhh
Probably big damage numbers
plasma for sure when u get it
I like big things 
bolter and the big laz0r cannon thingy
or bolt pistol
bolter is better tbh
theres so many
Yea I been using the revolver that thing is a blaster
thats how i like mine
ok now you lost me
Theyâre both good
Is the recon las gun good?
wait why do i need half that stuff on there
bolt pistol makes me pee blood after using a regular one
Yes
ammo picked up?
Just seeing how ammo efficient your build is ig
yeah ur right
Well what guns do you guys like using ?
If itâs good enough for commissars good enough for me
