#veteran-class

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tall torrent
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probably ogryn?

strange crow
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Alr bet

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Thank u

tall torrent
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it's much easier to pick up as full beginner

hollow ibex
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I feel like zealot is still the best starter

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Ogryn will absolutely teach bad habits

strange crow
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Oh rip

tall torrent
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also pickaxe unlock is lv14

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relic blade unlock is lv18

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so yea

strange crow
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Oh lol I'm just getting back into the game, are those the cheese weapons rn?

tall torrent
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not "cheese"

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strong

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cheese is more like DS4 where ur primary strategy against mixed horde is running away

strange crow
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Yeah ok ok but they're not like duelling sword or knife?

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Ok yeah haha I understand it now

tall torrent
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no they're more "stand and fight"

strange crow
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Valid

tall torrent
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and they're very good at doing that "stand and fight" thing

slow spade
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god I love the pickaxe

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its such a funny weapon

strange crow
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First we mine, then we craft! LETS MINECRAFT!!!

tame lodge
strange crow
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@tall torrent hope I'm not bothering u with the ping, but is there any good build that uses MF and rashad? Or would that just require too many points?

strange crow
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Fair, any good builds for MF that don't use psword/duelling sword?

strange crow
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Lmao

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😭

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Any that don't use duelling sword?

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(aka do use psword)?

hollow ibex
strange crow
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Hmm yeah that's what I was thinking but wasn't sure

hollow ibex
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So long as you have a gun that can kill crushers

strange crow
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Like revolver?

hollow ibex
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Or Kraks

hollow ibex
strange crow
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Is it really viable to rely on kraks to kill cara?

hollow ibex
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Yes. It’s one of the intended uses. But unless you take the grenadier perk

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It might get sketchy on higher difficulties

sharp epoch
hollow ibex
strange crow
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Haha awesome thanks guys

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Yeah I'm def not good enough for havoc

strange crow
hollow ibex
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Nah

sharp epoch
strange crow
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Awesome thanks again guys

hollow ibex
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I like to take both stockpile and demo team

sharp epoch
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but probably less effective in easier difficulties

strange crow
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Fair thanks guys

hollow ibex
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But on damnation and above absolutely worth

sharp epoch
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I think one of the leaderboards counts grenades generated and in havoc demo team is actually generating you more than grenadier

gilded raft
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yeah, demo team doesn't really come online until you get a screen full of baddies, so I'd argue even in aurics it's a point you can spare if you got your eyes on something else, though it does still do its job well enough. In havocs however, it's a must pick with shredders

slow spade
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Its also funny with smoke grenades

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Because no one on your team deserves to see

hollow ibex
radiant adder
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Am I a weirdo because I prefer the knife to psword?

hollow ibex
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Nah knife is fun

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Psword is for sweating

sharp epoch
tropic notch
radiant adder
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But it ain't like knife does bad damage.

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To goons or elite stuff.

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Plus for big AOE I got shotgun and grenades.

tropic notch
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Vet knife is pretty alright

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Better than psyker knife

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Really just because of attack speed

tall torrent
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You should have a melee that can kill carapace at minimum

tropic notch
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I only like them for bulwarks

narrow frost
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@faint beacon VA extance

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with shock maul

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is fun to just brain off and shoot

faint beacon
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....which Vigilant....

narrow frost
faint beacon
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7...................

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Not 9...........

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Im going to convince you to play 9

narrow frost
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I'll try it

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but I dont like the idea of burst weapons

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*burst fire

tall torrent
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Burst fire is good when it doesn’t suck

faint beacon
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its funny cause its a lot more bareable vs 3

tall torrent
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Like halo’s battle rifle

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Quite good

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But in this game

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Maybe giving burst fire guns a lot of recoil is not a very smart idea

hollow ibex
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Could be ok if it was just simple vertical recoil

narrow frost
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random thought

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what if vet got braced toughness regen

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ads toughness

tropic notch
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No we gave that to orgyn

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I’d like more crit for him

tall torrent
narrow frost
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I'm thinking of a way to balence it

tall torrent
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I think CaB is very close to being very good

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It needs a bit more

narrow frost
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limit how much in a timeframe?

hollow ibex
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While adsing thumbsup_ogryn

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Per second

faint beacon
narrow frost
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oooh

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stance buff

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yeah

faint beacon
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give it ADS Toughness Regen once EStance is active

tall torrent
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8%/s instead of current 5%/s
increase deactivation duration from 5s to 8s
make it immediately reactivate on successful dodge

For catch a breath

narrow frost
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ads stance

faint beacon
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You know

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reward you for Tunneling with the sniping ability

faint beacon
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I could care so little how much regen it could give cause like

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it should reward you for Consistently dropping highlighted enemies

tall torrent
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Make it give so much toughness gain

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That u can actually tank ranged enemies

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Without ghost

faint beacon
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15-20% tbh

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Probably 15% cause then you path through CAB in order to have more Toughness up during ranged duels

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also can we like change Longshot and ET to be just

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weakspot

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in general

tall torrent
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CaB is very very close to being good

faint beacon
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instead of Distance and ranged only

tall torrent
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It just needs more consistency in melee combat

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Vet needs better melee staying power

faint beacon
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Honestly thats kinda what I want left side tree to be

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is just

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Weakspot rewarding focused

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The if you can aim your ranged and melee you deserve bonuses

tall torrent
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Give vet a second CDR talent

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On weakspot hit, gain x125% CDR for 1s

faint beacon
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Im super torn on that LMAO cause like

narrow frost
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voc too good

faint beacon
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yeah that would be cool but it would need to be incredibly toned back

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VOC Will never be nerfed or the shitter vet players will be up in arms again

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cough

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Pre-nerf PS

tall torrent
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VoC is very easy to nerf

faint beacon
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It is

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I just think FS is scared too

tall torrent
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Nerf CD, reduce toughness gain

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Keep gold toughness

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Just make it not give 50

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Make it give 20

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Or 15 even

faint beacon
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20 is fine

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but I know 15 is still fine if you aren't well

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unaware

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I still personally think Iron Will shoud remain in the higher sections of the lower tree or just hell even in the middle if a rework ever happens cause it's

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very much a BNB choice

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like every vet chooses it

tall torrent
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I made it 20 in my draft just so it still has some semblance of team utility

faint beacon
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so they dont fold immediately

tall torrent
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I don’t like iron will that much

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I think the design behind it is ultimately flawed

faint beacon
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I dont either and I personally wish we had more options aside of just

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static Defense

tall torrent
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No no

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The issue with iron will is that

faint beacon
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but one is Team Coherency and the other is locked behind a dogshit pathing

tall torrent
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Once u reach below that 75% toughness threshold

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You’re in deep trouble as vet

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And vet has not enough melee staying power

faint beacon
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You get tagged at like

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above 75% and nothing hurts

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the moment you fall under it

tall torrent
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So your entire game plan relies on killing things fast enough to not drop below 75% toughness

faint beacon
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200 HP to like

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60

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in 1 second

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shit sucks

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LMAO

tall torrent
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It’s not like zealot where

faint beacon
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Its a great talent but like

tall torrent
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Enduring faith works all the time in combat

faint beacon
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Veteran probably is a great example in regards to when you're killing things and keeping toughness up

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High Highs

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and Low lows

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I honestly would use ET more

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IF

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it was strictly just weakspot

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Melee and Ranged

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Though they'd need to nerf the Toughness gain

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so it isn't just

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O4B but better

barren nimbus
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I guess voc is pretty strong now that chorus got nerfed, but I feel like nerfing it is somewhat pointless

faint beacon
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Not really? Chorus really only got nerfed cause its cost got increased

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shit is stupid if you're being attacked and a Zeal is proccing it

barren nimbus
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Didn’t chorus used to give 125 golden or was that just me looking at chorus and shout

faint beacon
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you'll get tagged and watch your toughness not even go down at all cause its rapidly ticking up to 75+

faint beacon
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no it was previously 100+

tall torrent
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Chorus was 100

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Now 75

faint beacon
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they only docked it by 25

tall torrent
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But the TDR subnode buffed

faint beacon
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and buffed the other nodes

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Damage and TDR Subnodes got buffed pretty heavily

barren nimbus
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I don’t think voc is strong, but my issue with it is veteran is completely shit without it

faint beacon
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VOC is

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incredibly overpowered

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its the hardest stagger in the game

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On top of Golden Toughness

barren nimbus
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It has the same stagger as chorus essentially

sharp epoch
faint beacon
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Yes and no

narrow frost
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it can stagger captains

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which choruis cant

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not stagger

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PUSH OVER

faint beacon
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Ogryn taunt also only soft staggers

narrow frost
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which mean you can ledge them

faint beacon
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it doesn't push over

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it does hard stagger bosses

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but it soft staggers hordes

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which is intended

barren nimbus
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Obviously chorus has drawbacks but voc by itself isn’t as powerful as chorus by itself

faint beacon
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cause you're not using Taunt for CC in terms of knocking them over

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you're doing it

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so you can draw agro and make it easier

sharp epoch
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it pushes captain over but as soon as his shield gets up he teleports up into attack animation

narrow frost
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that doesnt change that VoC is the hardest stagger

faint beacon
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In the game

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I dont really give too much of a shit about VOC being the hardest stagger

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but what does irk me

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is the Golden Toughness

barren nimbus
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If they nerfed voc and massively buffed non voc veteran I wouldn’t care

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You literally have no sustain without voc

faint beacon
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You do its just its

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locked to a very

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weird and unusual way to do it

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Ainz can back me up on this

narrow frost
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in misison

faint beacon
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Tunnel Vision CAB EStance

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made me not go down at all

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MMF keystone

faint beacon
narrow frost
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boss

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alt tabbing

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fast

faint beacon
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I think you should kill it Ainz

narrow frost
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ded

narrow frost
serene bough
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wish exe had its own kind of stagger or utility effect

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like 200% extra supression or something

faint beacon
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I dont think it needs Suppression

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I just think it should have a Toughness Regen on ADS

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so then it can compete with VOC and Infil

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cause those two abilities are instant Toughness Refills

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EStance is the only one that doesn't

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and Psyker with SG can do this with combining the generate and quell peril talents

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Literally just be existing they can generate toughness

barren nimbus
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I guess most of my experience running not voc is also trolling on a non weapon specialist build which also hurts sustain a lot

faint beacon
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well Vets weapon choices aren't the best either

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Melee wise

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Ranged we're pretty solid

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just Melee- you're extremely limited

tall torrent
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Psyker has a lot of problems

barren nimbus
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They need to make serrated edge easier to get

tall torrent
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Serrated blade doesn’t matter

barren nimbus
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its pretty good utility and damage over a mission

tall torrent
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nah

barren nimbus
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It'd be nice if weapon specialist buffed melee damage and worked better for rapid firing weapons

tall torrent
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it's worthless lol

barren nimbus
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a lot of veterans perks are pretty worthless

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they dont really feel interesting or changing

faint beacon
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Yes and no

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All of the good ones are just taxing to reach

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which are all at the bottom

barren nimbus
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Oh boy 20% more ogryn damage! but its not really something fun to pick up or play around, unlike say bleeding enemies providing damage resistance or critical chance

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agile engagement, an actual very cool and interesting perk is basically unreachable

faint beacon
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Its just called Veteran is old

sharp epoch
faint beacon
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and needs a Tree Change

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not really a rework aside of small changes to existing ones

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Vet is just suffering from Point Tax

barren nimbus
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I honestly kinda wish all abilities and grenades could just be freely taken

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for all classes

faint beacon
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Ogryn

barren nimbus
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it was really aids for old ogryn, where you can to run bomb for free 15% damage for your entire team

faint beacon
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is literally the best example of that right now

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you can choose any blitz and ability for your Build now

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its why it feels the best to use atm

sharp epoch
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ogryn tree is pretty streamlined all the bad stuff to the side now like on the top

barren nimbus
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they did a good job on ogryn, but if theyre going to take an entire year to do that to all classes it just feels pointless to wait around so long

faint beacon
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Everything on Ogryn is pretty fucking good imo

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there's only like a few

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never really need to use Talents on them now

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I'd say a good 80-90% of the rest of them are like

junior grail
faint beacon
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solid build dependent choices

barren nimbus
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its actually insane how much easier the game is on ogryn, I find it boring, and I used to main ogryn

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literally no real reason to play other classes unless you like challenge

tall torrent
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Zealot may also be this year

regal smelt
barren nimbus
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I guess I can look forward to human weapon buffs with the zealot rework

faint beacon
barren nimbus
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please make the classic warhammer weapons good

faint beacon
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they could manage to push it probably start 26

tall torrent
faint beacon
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Yeah no I doubt its happening

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if it happens it happens

barren nimbus
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darktide and space marine 2 speedrunning thumbling the bag

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Imagine if they just combined the platforms, space marine 2s story is insane but the combat is horrendous

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darktide best combat system of any game of its type but no story

tall torrent
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SM2 story was pretty mediocre

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DT story surprisingly interesting even though presentation is questionable at best

pseudo fiber
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It's got good lore

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honestly all the tide games have great lore

faint beacon
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Its still "new"

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with the lore also

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cause its lore is being moderately drip fed sadly

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but every new map or mode drops some huge lore shit

pseudo fiber
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I need more Swagger lore

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And Grendyl I hope he doesn't stay a mysterious figure forever

sharp epoch
faint beacon
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I think Grendyl wasn't expecting Atoma to be the source of Nurgle's Influence, but he's done something that makes it incredibly important to not heed Exterminatus (Laugh now)

strange crow
pseudo fiber
faint beacon
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Biologis Karib literally recommends multiple times

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nuke the planet

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and in the back of my head like

pseudo fiber
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Too many people put an earthly scale to 40k

Mf this isn't that bad all things considered.

Factorums work. People are mostly safe. It's not that bad

faint beacon
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Oh 40k redditors are clapping their hands like seals at that word alone

pseudo fiber
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I think Brunt is going to be introduced proper next update

faint beacon
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Nurgle is Incredibly

pseudo fiber
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With brand new weapons

faint beacon
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difficult

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to remove off a planet

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probably one of the most dificult when it comes to Chaos

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But its possible

tall torrent
pseudo fiber
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And my veteran power fist

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It's real to me

pseudo fiber
lime niche
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question

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does desperado from laspistol apply when not holding laspistol?

pseudo fiber
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Answer

lime niche
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word?

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fuck

tropic notch
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I find the chain axe to be only usable on vet

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I can’t use it on zealot

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I always end up running knife or something

calm shard
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I am quite fond of green chain axe on gun psyker

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it relies on its push attack for horde clear a lot so the infinite pushes is really helpful

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plus it ruins ragers and captain shields

molten yacht
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Any meta for the plasma gun? I'm using weapon specialist.

Blessings are rising heat and blaze away.

What perks should I use?

narrow frost
molten yacht
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Is that for me? What does that mean

narrow frost
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there is a guide for weapon blessing and perks

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in pinned

molten yacht
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Oh I may have missed it where is that

narrow frost
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scroll for plasma

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or ctrl F

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and search for plasma

molten yacht
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Ty

hollow ibex
# molten yacht Ty

Path's Plasma Copypasta

69% thermal resist
71% charge rate
80% everything else

68+ decimal in thermal resist gives 8 continuous shots from 0% heat instead of 7, so I recommend 69 thermal resist for safety sake
Charge rate affects left click’s pre-fire delay therefore firerate, so it’s not a dump stat and u want as high as possible (which there’s only room for 71~72)
Plasma actually needs very high damage & stopping power stats to hit breakpoints
Ammo roll too low = you don’t get 1/3 shot worth of ammo back from each survivalist proc

barren nimbus
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Would a hotshot lasgun even be balanced for the game

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Some alternative cleaving weapon for veteran would be cool, but I think the plasma gun is already pretty similar. I like what space marine 2 did where the plasma gun fires a blob of shit. darktides plasma gun is more like a railgun

errant carbon
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You'd have a Recon Lasgun with a scope that fired charged Helbore shots at the low, low price of having a long draw time and poor mobility with it drawn. Or you'd have something that just didn't match the established description of what a Hellgun is. (I would say Games Workshop wouldn't allow that, but they allowed the SM2 Melta Gun so who the fuck even knows what their thought processes are.)

crimson pebble
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just have it be infinite ammo but give it a heat mechanic similar to relic

tall torrent
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smth like that

errant carbon
crimson pebble
austere mica
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Melta's in RT just have a fire selector or something

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It kinda makes sense

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The damage being static doesn't

errant carbon
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It's just weird seeing a Melta Gun be a horde clearing specialist weapon that seems to do fuckall damage to single targets

austere mica
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Yes

errant carbon
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Especially since you can get a [whatever Flamers are called now] in campaign

faint beacon
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@narrow frost Went flawless with said MMF Tunnel Vision Build

crimson pebble
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they def couldve had the melta be more dynamic in sm2 ideally how it is now would be its hip fire while adsing would fire a beam for single target dps

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how i hope it is aswell when they inevitably add it to darktide

atomic zephyr
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has anyone had issues with bursters exploding early in their animation?

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its happened to me twice in the past hour

narrow frost
soft jewel
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Melta in sm2 doing fuckall to single targets?

crimson pebble
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its not horrible but what the melta is in lore should absolutely be one to two shoting basically every out side of the giant tyranids

soft jewel
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That's fair. Someone in one of Astartes chapter discord I'm in swears by the Melta on heavy. Won't use anything else

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Tells you you're wrong for using anything else

atomic void
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melta on heavy melts everything

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melta on others classes takes a bit to kill majories but truns hordes into a joke

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melta with auspex tactical is pretty peak tho

soft jewel
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Melta on vanguard is what I see a lot run

atomic void
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yeah cause you're always up close and personal

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melta on tactical is hilarious cause u still hit and stagger many majoris but also kill them 2x as fast

soft jewel
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For heavy I normally just use the heavy bolter

atomic void
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cant go wrong with anything on heavy

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they got the 3 strongest ranged weapons imo

soft jewel
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For Tactial I was told I was using the worst gun but I enjoyed it so eh

atomic void
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which gun

soft jewel
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Auto bolt

atomic void
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oh yeah it's not good

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its getting buffs tho

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seems like patch 7 is buffing everything

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inb4 people cherry pick few nerfs to blatantly op shit

soft jewel
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I'm glad it's getting a buff. I like the gun mostly

crimson pebble
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everything in patch 7 seems rlly solid expect heavies prestige perks are all absolutely dog ass

soft jewel
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Heavy getting melee prestige is dumb

atomic void
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its ok saber will learn how to design perks 10 patches from now

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🤌

soft jewel
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They'll figure it out by SM3 hopefully

atomic void
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sm2 is a nice throwback type of a game but i hope sm3 is a lot more indepth

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not tide game tier 1 billion dmg and armor types but just more depth all around

soft jewel
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Yeah, the ops are fun but also lacking at the same time. Doing the same exact thing 1000 times gets old. Even with the tiny changes they throw in every so often

atomic void
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i play the game in bursts
no life it > take a break > no life it > take a break repeat

soft jewel
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That's how I've been. I play it for a bit, get some gear unlocked then fuck off for a day or two or longer. Play Darktide and Fo76 otherwise

errant carbon
# soft jewel Melta in sm2 doing fuckall to single targets?

tbf almost everything feels like a wiffle bat against most enemies, I understand Rubric Marines are some of the toughest enemies we could possibly face, but Tyranid Warriors eating multiple charged Thunder Hammer overheads is getting old

atomic void
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been a while since i played but a proper relic hammer builds nukes majoirs Haha

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a lot of weapons are very strong now

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they fkn made the power fists super strong too

errant carbon
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Still need to try the power fist

atomic void
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i watch first tour guardsman uploads since he's playing on the test server and he's showcasing all the buffs
fkn heavy bolt rifle is a beast now

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power swords are strong too

errant carbon
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Also I love all the videos of people purposely downgrading their melee to purple tier because attack speed overrides all other stats. Get through the stupid fucking combos faster so you can get to the attack you actually want

atomic void
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speedy weapons winning tale as old as time

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tbh i get it

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on the chainsword if u spam double stomp as fast as possible you're immortal

soft jewel
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I love powerfist on assault, not on bulwark

atomic void
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the "meta" now by people who are good at the game is block weapons
u trade the entire parry mechanic for much stronger melee dmg output

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once u get used to it seems like its worth it

soft jewel
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My biggest struggle is parrying

atomic void
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its very easy to me

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probably one of the easiest parry timings in any action game

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it just feels right

soft jewel
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I've always struggled with parrying. So I've stayed miles away from souls likes

errant carbon
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Threw me for a loop when I found out we're supposed to block early in SM2 to get a perfect parry, every other game seems to want you to do it as late as possible. Also you're still supposed to dodge as late as possible

atomic void
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except sekiro

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that game is parry simulator

atomic void
soft jewel
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The hive tyrant on anything but minimal is my kryptonite with parrying and dodging

atomic void
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hive tyrant has stupid hit boxes

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but i really enjoy the fight

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seems like they have an actual post fight in the new operation too

soft jewel
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The new fight looks terrifying

errant carbon
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I learned to dodge its green wave attacks consistently and it's fucked. You have to let the wave outright hit you or it's considered too early

atomic void
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yep iframes

soft jewel
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To get one of the like special ranks in the chapter discord I'm in you have to 1v1 melee the tyrant on ruthless

atomic void
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the game doesnt tell u this but it has iframes

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if you come from souls games its very much natural to do

errant carbon
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You can have a game with iframes while also making it so that avoiding the attack avoids the attack

errant carbon
atomic void
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lmao nothing will beat the amount of shit darktide doesnt say

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1/10 new player experience

soft jewel
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I mess up so much going from Darktide to SM2. I try to switch my weapons using Y on my controller and waste my ability every time

atomic void
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i need to reinstall sm2 before patch to get rid of the rust

errant carbon
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Gotta dig up a datamined spreadsheet to find out the Heavy Bolt Rifle does less damage per shot than the regular Bolt Rifle

forest scaffold
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become one with dakka

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never dodge again

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just outheal damage

atomic void
forest scaffold
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All the weapons in sm2 are dogshit

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and you can't change my mind

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Ah yes, hitting a tyrannid warrior 15 times with a chainsword is fun and engaging gameplay

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or shooting it 75 times in the head

atomic void
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no need to change opinions based on 10 patches ago

forest scaffold
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its just not fun game design

errant carbon
atomic void
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which gun and which class and which build

forest scaffold
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plasma rifle, heavy bolter, las sniper

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uh

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whatever the not bolt sniper is on sniper is good too

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stalker?

soft jewel
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I don't play high difficulties cause I just don't find it as fun, so having to hit anything 15 times isn't a worry I have

errant carbon
atomic void
#

all pasmas, all meltas, heavy bolter, stalker, regular sniper, las fusel, heavy bolt as of latest patch

#

all good

forest scaffold
#

heavy plasma really depends on your teammates

soft jewel
#

Heavy bolt makes things go boom

forest scaffold
#

if they like eating all the ammo

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and don't keep minoris off you

#

its a rough match

#

but its funny oneshotting a pod of 7 tyrannid warriors, yes

atomic void
#

heavy plasma with the right hands is a walking nuke

soft jewel
#

Biggest issue playing heavy is teammates walking in front of you while you're shooting

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Like hey, don't stand directly in front of the walking tank firing their gun

forest scaffold
#

Like. . . I get it

#

Saber can't throw helldiver numbers at us

#

but it makes for shit gameplay

atomic void
forest scaffold
#

same issue as Spacehulk Deathwing

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everything is a gigantic bullet sponge that forces 1 of 3 weapon choices

atomic void
soft jewel
#

Man I miss Deathwing

atomic void
#

not saying they shouldnt improve on the dmg systems

#

but its gonna be the same shit regardless

#

when GL was broken every single tactical was running GL

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regardless of how good the others felt

#

simply because GL nukes entire rooms

soft jewel
#

Isn't tactical finally getting more sidearms?

atomic void
#

tac is getting plasma pistol

#

full plasma loadout is gonna be pure filth

#

2 shotting a warrior with plasma perks 🤌 😩

soft jewel
#

Damn, I was hoping they'd get the heavy bolter too

#

Oh well

#

Regular bolt pistol I keep

forest scaffold
#

I like that heavy is getting the HBR

#

except its worse than the heavy bolter in every single way

#

I get it, tabletop accuracy

errant carbon
forest scaffold
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but what the fuck saber

errant carbon
#

Also they don't give you such consideration for gun strikes because they just don't okay

gilded wraith
#

Has anyone gotten graviton grenade influence to work?

atomic void
errant carbon
#

Hive Mind stands in awe of you dropping your Thunder Hammer to kill that dude with his own claw

atomic void
#

we're that cool bro

#

the emperror himself is stopping all these mfs

forest scaffold
#

sm2 just doesn't feel all that fun

#

even with all of the issues hd2 had with its release

#

I managed to put 600 hours into it

#

SM2 just feels like a slog every time I play it

#

bad weapons, overtly tanky enemies, STUN LOCKING, awful ammo/med economy

#

Like the game isn't even hard

#

its just not well made

atomic void
#

i mean ive said this before and ive said this again
sm2 does not compete with hd2 or darktide where both have way more content and mechanics and shit going on
its a throwback type of action shooter game that heavily relies on you wanting to willingly play that style of "outdated" gameplay Haha

#

hd2 and darktide have way more shit to learn and sink your teeth into

soft jewel
#

Not every game is gonna be for everyone. Especially cause yeah it's a modern 360 era game

forest scaffold
#

I wouldn't mind it too much if I actually felt like a space marine lmao

tropic notch
#

Sm2 was a cash grab

#

Slop

forest scaffold
#

but using a bolter that can't kill a warrior in one magazine is just so soul-suckingly unfun that I can't even get that

tropic notch
#

Sludge

forest scaffold
#

and on the flip side, the astartes mod lets you kill like 5 warriors in one mag lmao

atomic void
#

im still not a big fan of how the healing/armor system works but i very much feel like a super soldier in it idk Haha

forest scaffold
#

which is way too far in the other direction

atomic void
#

i tried it before and while its fun, they treat marines like they are primarchs lmfao

forest scaffold
#

Yeah

atomic void
#

LORE ACCURATE MARINE!!!

deletes 10000 warriors

#

aite

forest scaffold
#

It's fun for a little bit

#

Like the funny auto-pistol is hilarious

#

but it being the best weapon in the mod is weird

errant carbon
#

Or I guess more specifically, Dan Abnett Marines

atomic void
#

i do appreciate all the effort modders put into the game tho

forest scaffold
#

termies

atomic void
forest scaffold
#

the man figured out termies

#

which is cool don't get me wrong

#

but also kinda out of place

#

I wonder if he'll figure out how to separate champion skin pieces

#

so I can put the wolf helmet onto a space wolf termie

little path
#

The fact that sm3 was announced already is kind of

soft jewel
#

Wolf helmet is best helmet

forest scaffold
#

eh I don't mind that space

little path
#

kinda mega telling that SM2 was rushed

forest scaffold
#

Its 4-5 years away

#

Kinda feels like saber didn't actually mean to announce it though

atomic void
forest scaffold
#

considering it took the community rep 3 different posts to untangle all the community "Wtf" moments

soft jewel
#

Idk if it says it was rushed or just they are working on the next to keep the flow going. It's been so long between one and 2

atomic void
#

them announcing it too early is kinda wtf but if u know a thing or two about game dev u would know that itls years away

soft jewel
#

Also yeah games take years to make unless it's CoD or Assassins creed

little path
#

There's going to be way way less hype for 3

forest scaffold
#

or anything from from software

soft jewel
forest scaffold
#

FromSoft has made a product a year for almost 20 years lmao

#

10?

#

Its 10

atomic void
#

even cod takes years
activision justh as massive teams

forest scaffold
#

but before that, it was still really quick turnaround

little path
#

sm2 was weird, it got a lot of attention from non 40k fans

atomic void
forest scaffold
#

I mean I'll give sm2 credit where its due

#

its fun

atomic void
#

elden ring took them like 8 years

forest scaffold
#

but that fun doesn't have any real staying power

#

imo

little path
#

I actually think SM1 was more fun

forest scaffold
#

Its just a slog of dealing with terribly slow leveling, DOGSHIT balance decisions

#

and bullet sponges

errant carbon
#

FromSoft are also absolute madmen who don't lay off the whole staff between projects to juice that next quarterly report

atomic void
#

modern AAA studios have thousands of employees and games takes 5 years at least if its a big production

forest scaffold
#

But that doesn't really start to show until you move on to other classes and wanting to play at ruthless+

tropic notch
#

Fromsoft had a field day with elden ring

forest scaffold
#

being stuck on ez mode with terrible weapons because it takes 30 matches to level a class is so stupid

tropic notch
#

Aren’t they triple a now?

atomic void
#

how long has it been since u played Haha

forest scaffold
#

I would consider fromsoft triple a after darksouls 3

forest scaffold
#

SO YOU STILL GOTTA GRIND YOUR NUTS OFF

atomic void
#

u can trade for weapons

#

and leveling is ez

soft jewel
#

Things just shouldn't take as long as Bethesda games

forest scaffold
#

yeah, but its also super fucking boring

#

leveling in sm2 is the most unfun thing I've put up with

atomic void
#

i dont disagree but i also hate leveling in every co op game

#

dorkshite drg sm2 u name it

forest scaffold
#

all your good shit is hidden by level 25 and 30 upgrades

atomic void
#

these games do not need levels

forest scaffold
#

and your weapons suck ass until they're gold tier

atomic void
#

or that many levels at least

forest scaffold
#

some are okay at purple

forest scaffold
#

you can level all four classes in a week of gaming for 2 hours a day

#

its overclocks that are a real slog

#

and mostly because its basically just a lootbox bananza

atomic void
#

drg leveling is kinda of a slog unless u have a friend who can run u through a bunch of haz 4s and 5s to get that exp fast

#

locks too much of your kit

#

base kit for engi is so dogwater lmfao

junior grail
#

Drg has the advantage of procedurally generated maps which are fun

atomic void
#

WHY IS IT RNG

#

i have all of them now but

#

took me hundrends of hours lol

junior grail
#

Darktide has random fixed maps which annoys us

atomic void
#

i like the fixed maps

soft jewel
#

Drg does take forever to lvl. I normally just turn my brain off and don't pay attention to that

#

Just kill bugs and dig holes

junior grail
atomic void
#

oh that

#

yeah the way u select what u can play is....something

#

but the actual gameplay loops and map designs i like

junior grail
#

Only comment is I'd like some more variety

#

More maps in the Wastes outside the Hive and maybe even some in an abandoned Hive Spire

errant carbon
#

Same reason games have done that shit going all the way back to trading card booster packs

atomic void
#

hate rng seething

#

i like working towards something and getting it 100%

errant carbon
atomic void
#

like i get the appeal of rng looter shooter stuff like borderlands 2 but in online games? hell nah

errant carbon
# junior grail If they're always available, I'd agree

Redditors convinced Fatshark that if we get to pick our own maps we would just spam the same one over and over again (whichever one is fastest/easiest) and there is no possible solution short of taking away our ability to pick what map we want to play

uncut pebble
#

Until they put penances tied to specific maps.

junior grail
uncut pebble
#

I.e. "complete havoc 40 on x mission."

soft jewel
#

I have only gotten train once. I wish I'd get it more often

uncut pebble
#

You know you can queue for it on purpose if it's on the board, right?

errant carbon
hollow ibex
#

man. after playing ogryn, i just can't play vet without the melee talents anymore. vet without melee talents feels so fucking bad lol. even with PS.

errant carbon
hollow ibex
#

zealot can be fucking bonkers too

#

imagine whta they're going to look like after their rework lol

errant carbon
#

Ogryn got VT2 Slayer's shove-on-dodge talent baked right into the class, maybe Zealot will get innate Second Wind so that every build doesn't have to path through it

faint beacon
#

that's what I'll say LMAO

tropic notch
#

Zealot will break the game

#

He’s already stupidly good

hollow ibex
#

lol yeah gonna be... interseting

#

bummer

#

didn't hit 200k bleed damage

#

gotta remember to link to this whenever someone accuses lacerate knife of being bad KEKW_ogryn

unreal nova
hollow ibex
#

yeah serrated blade is def great with a lacerate build

unreal nova
#

Mercykiller uncanny funni.

gilded wraith
#

Very puzzled.... Chainaxe H1 and H2 have a cleave of 8, but there's a note that cleave damage distribution falls to zero after 4 targets... So what's the point of having a cleave of 8?

hollow ibex
#

or stagger more enemies per hit uwugryn

hallow drift
uncut pebble
austere mica
#

Because it’s dumb

#

And stupid

hollow ibex
#

Chsword would be too op if the damage cap was removed

grand perch
#

Let chsword be good for onceSitgryn

#

It still wouldn't have an answer to more than 1 rager

gilded wraith
#

Can someone explain the damge cap you're talking about? Does it apply to Chain Axe as well?

unreal forge
#

very loaded

#

the rest don't really care

#

focus target is great on rapid firing guns but even they benefit from the brittleness talent near weapon specialist

#

makes the lasgun go from 2 magazines to kill a crusher to just about over half a mag

unreal forge
#

the special ability is way way too slow at killing to be worthwhile over light attacks

#

and it's not particularly good at carapace either so you'd still rather use anything else

grand perch
#

chainsword got undeserved attention by too many gameslantern builds - top voted vet build uses it for instance...but lets not talk about the karking squad leader build

#

chsword lacks in any category that isnt trash horde clear basically

unreal forge
#

if they make the shredding do like 3x the DPS it'll be good

grand perch
#

it still wouldnt have an answer to a group of ragers

#

or more than 1 crusher/mauler

unreal forge
#

I feel like that's workable

#

if it were to have better special DPS

#

but rn it's not

#

maybe make it so that on end of ability use, if it kills, it staggers enemies within a radius

#

that'd do for a cool blessing

little path
#

Personally I would prefer if they made the special not only do basically 1 big hit

#

instead of doing a bunch of tiny hits then the final 1 big one
Just make it do a bunch of larger hits through out the entire shredding hit so canceling it still does some decent damage

uncut pebble
#

Sawing needs to have equal dps per tick and chainswords need to have faster sawing.

unreal forge
#

the way it works rn is so weird

little path
#

Also it could be fun to have a version where it's activated and deactived like the relic blade

#

Each hit now only hits the one guy and sticks you into the target but you can do it over and over

sharp epoch
#

the reason they arent that good is cause if theyre good on vet theyll be busted on zealot

#

like how the dueling sword on psyker was ok then zealots and vet got it now its getting nerfed

unreal forge
#

dueling sword on psyker was already op

calm shard
dry cloak
#

Heh gonna do some testing today

#

Shredder with exe stance

smoky sparrow
#

i got a question about the powersword

#

right now for single target i do pushattack>light>heavy

#

is there a better combo?

dry cloak
#

Mk6 yes

placid portal
#

Chainsword or Chainaxe loregryn

calm shard
#

gonna try using this in new havoc and see how disastrously it goes (with Mk IV Helbore and Mk IX Heavy Sword)

#

if it sucks too much ass against captains/twins I'll prob switch to powersword or chain axe and see how that works

normal bay
calm shard
#

chainsword damage is so bad that it doesn't even feel good on gun psyker

#

that shit still feels like it does pool noodle damage with the literal highest damage amp in the game

placid portal
#

Chainaxe mk4 with sticky lights just feel so visceral

#

You feel damage pumping

forest breach
#

where plasmapistol

trail raptor
#

Dropping ability cooldown from one of my curios, should I take stam, 2nd gunner resist, or sniper resist?
Currently I have 2 toughness, 1 health. 201 hp. +%toughness and +%hp on all 3. Gunner resist and sprint efficiency.
Is it worth upgrading my +20% hp to +21% if I am already above 200 hp? (by 1) Still looking to find toughness ones higher than 14%...

calm shard
#

Sprint efficiency?

#

You're not an ogryn get that off of there

dry cloak
#

On bosses

grand perch
#

Sprint efficiency is good

#

Just no must pick

calm shard
#

It's good on ogryn and if you refuse to put your helbore away sure

#

Most weapons have tolerable sprint efficiency, and you'll almost always have one weapon equipped with good sprint efficiency you can swap to

trail raptor
#

oh nice shop just had a 68 thermal, 72 charge plasma gun. So close.
Okay so say I am dropping sprint efficiency AND ability cooldown, any suggestions? I would only have hp/toughness + 1 gunner resist

trail raptor
#

grabbed

pseudo fiber
#

Good

#

Test in meat grinder if its 8 shots god roll

trail raptor
#

I have to get to 500 first yeah?

pseudo fiber
#

Yeah

calm shard
#

really you just need to have the thermal resist maxed

#

and go from there

pseudo fiber
#

Basically Plasma guns god roll is 68 point something thermal. Since you can't check decimals that's why the optimal one is 69% thermal since that'll always be over the decimal needed for 8 shots while also maxing out charge rate

trail raptor
#

Okay so 8th shot got me to 100 but I think I waited a second between 1-2 shots. gonna try just spam clicking

#

8 shots

#

dfaaaaamn

pseudo fiber
#

Nice favourite

#

Lucky you

#

That's the god roll

trail raptor
#

Thank you very much for getting me to grab it

trail raptor
#

Haha sorry

pseudo fiber
#

It's fine enjoy gamer

trail raptor
#

Will do!

calm shard
#

oh dodge sliding gives you a marksmans focus stack with camouflage now

#

that's weird

slow spade
#

I'm not saying no UwU

torpid canyon
#

I gotta check my scout lazgun for stats

fervent quest
#

Quick question, if I have Catch a Breath and Born Leader, what do my teammates get when Catch comes online? 1% a second?

faint beacon
#

its not really worth taking for the sake of like

#

buffing Coherency regen slightly but idk thats up to you

fervent quest
#

Yeah it's more like "Well they're on the way to stuff I'm taking anyway and I can sort of see it being useful". To be clear it's not exactly the same as Coherency Toughness Regeneration, right? I know it's regenerating toughness in coherency 😅 but it's predicated on the Catch a Breath trigger not the normal coherency regen conditions

#

This is for a "messing around in Damnation pubs" thing where having some team qol seems like an OK idea not like fine tailoring talent selection for Hav 40

faint beacon
#

well tbf the moment any horde show up or you get shot at Coherency regen is no longer active till the fight ends

#

so I mean it has use?

#

extremely small

#

but its there

red robin
#

Man

#

Does covering fire have a use case?

#

Or is it trolling

#

Because of “just melee in that scenario”

#

3s of 20% base dmg seems neat for teammates

hollow ibex
red robin
#

Dang

#

I hate point tax

umbral scaffold
#

All right new to playing veteran what talents should I take if anyone would like to help

grand perch
#

its just base damage and doesnt apply to yourself. trash

umbral scaffold
#

I would appreciate

grand perch
#

just take grenade tinkerer every time

grand perch
slow spade
#

Covering Fire is so bad compared to tinkerer

#

I'm surprised they haven't overhauled it

red robin
#

Yeahhh

#

They just buffed it this patch I think

#

10% base dmg to 20%

hollow ibex
slow spade
#

Indeed, a small buff but at least it's something

red robin
#

But 3s up time is nothing burger

slow spade
slow spade
quartz adder
slow spade
#

To be fair, Weapon Specialist is a good keystone

#

Ping keystone is too bland to be interesting but at least its good

Marksmen is just annoying and buffs the wrong guns imo

fervent quest
grand perch
#

no its all toughness you get, they get 15% of it

hollow ibex
#

well i'm glad they're fixing the havoc derank issue. now they just need to make the damn thing QP instead of shoving the party finder down our fucking throats

#

nobody uses party finder on NA west

#

which means havoc is dead there

red robin
#

Basically it’s stronger the more toughness you have

#

I think shout bonus toughness counts for that percent too

fervent quest
#

Yeah with my build and curios I'm pretty well north of 200, might be like 230/240 have to check

red robin
#

If you want to play off born leader, mmf has tunnel vision which can multiply your toughness gain by 50%/75% at 10/15 stacks

fervent quest
#

No thanks

red robin
#

I like using it and I notice my psyker friend dying less

#

Just use automatic weapons with mmf

#

Makes it less dog

#

Shredder makes good use of it

#

With its finesse curve buff

red robin
#

Can even take inspiring barrage to regen more for your team

#

It’s a lot of point tax building a support build that wouldn’t be needed if you just optimized for dmg tho

#

Best support gameplay is killing the thing before your team can go out of their way to die from it

unreal nova
#

And then the Field Improv war starts.

slow spade
#

Born Leader is good by sheer virtue its competition is shit and it leads to good nodes

red robin
#

^

slow spade
#

10% damage for 5 sec, 50% suppression, or coherency wide toughness regen

#

What a competition lol

red robin
#

Literally hate the 5s buff and I hate when suppression makes gunners seek cover

#

I just want them to be shot dead

slow spade
#

Indeed

#

At least Born Leader is at least good now

#

It used to be coherency regen only lol

red robin
#

It also didn’t function at max toughness

#

Nothing burger for so long

#

Now it does

stuck gorge
#

just constantly regen your teammates toughness

pastel zealot
#

what perks make the most sense on a power sword? i kinda want to use it now that deactivation doesnt cancel out on getting hit

hollow ibex
#

elite + carapace is what i use

pastel zealot
#

ooo thats probably way better than what i have on currently. i havent used it since before they made more mobs with carapace

#

good call

hollow ibex
#

oops

#

maniac + elite

red robin
#

Why maniac?

pastel zealot
#

is it still brutal momentum and power cycler?

hollow ibex
#

i didn't test breakpoints

red robin
#

oic

hollow ibex
#

all i needed was the crusher double tap

#

which i have, so rest is whatever

red robin
#

does that anyways eh

pastel zealot
#

oh so maniacs is preferred over carapace?

red robin
#

Ok sounds good

hollow ibex
#

i'm just following path's guide

loud belfry
#

elitiac

pastel zealot
#

mood

#

i appreciate y'all

red robin
#

Dreg Ragers would probably be worth taking the maniac dmg for

#

And sneezing on mutants

hollow ibex
#

yeah

#

actually i think maniac might give the one tap breakpoint against muties

#

with push attack

#

on some builds

#

so that can be meaningful

tall torrent
#

Can use carapace too

#

Carapace saves u 1-2 points (no need for bring it down)

pastel zealot
#

i just played a game with the power sword...ugh. i love this thing.

#

thanks for the advice 😄

fervent quest
#

Power Sword is a lot of fun just wish the activation was more like relic blade

woeful oak
#

Was power sword fixed to not deactivate on getting hit?

hollow ibex
#

hope you really love PS, because vet doesn't have many other options for melee KEKW_ogryn

hollow ibex
pastel zealot
#

i noticed it did cut off a few times

woeful oak
hollow ibex
#

it's still bugged, where if you get hit while attacking, you lose the charge

fervent quest
hollow ibex
#

but realistically top tier is powersword, followed by DS and Rashad

fervent quest
#

I tried messing with HS IX on Zealot and idk wasn't vibing with it

#

Maybe I built it wrong

hollow ibex
#

well you can use VII too

#

it's mainly a low-investment melee option if you hate PS

#

and have something to deal with carapace

pastel zealot
#

i figured it would be DS > PS because of the mobility difference?

hollow ibex
#

well DS has lower damage potential

pastel zealot
#

eh?

hollow ibex
#

esp against hordes/mixed hordes

pastel zealot
#

fair

hollow ibex
#

and PS kills crushers faster too

pastel zealot
#

honestly i like the Shock Maul too

hollow ibex
#

i never vibed with shock maul personally but yeah it can be ok

#

just a very mid weapon, but doesn't need investment

cinder token
#

I've started leveling my Veteran (I mained Psyker previously) and have faced the problem of never having enough stamina. I can't block at all. I bought 2 stamina curious, hope it will change something.

hollow ibex
#

welcome to vet life...

cinder token
#

I also really want to make Infantry Lasgun + Executioner's Stance work, but it seems that I'll have to run VoC if I want to do high diff missions with less pain

hollow ibex
#

take sprint efficiency on your curios

#

and yeah ES isn't easy to play

cinder token
slow spade
#

Its really good at it but idk if it's the best

hollow ibex
#

i'd say it's the best

barren nimbus
#

The best weapon for most hordes is probably the knife and dueling sword

hollow ibex
#

if you factor in mixed hordes

slow spade
#

Rashad when boosted can compete with it

hollow ibex
#

rashad is going to be very close yeah

slow spade
#

Chain axe best hordeclear UwU

cinder token
#

I'll try Power Sword. Sapper Shovel MKVII is decent, but I struggled with it against hordes. I didn't have any curious tho, it might be different with +max stamina, stamina regeneration and sprint efficiency

hollow ibex
#

sprint efficiency is very good on vet

#

better than stam regen

#

max stam just give you more stam

cinder token
#

do you have a noob friendly all-rounder build with VoC?

hollow ibex
#

but you should take sprint eff on all 3 curios

cinder token
#

with grenade regen probably?

hollow ibex
#

this'd work

cinder token
#

thanks a lot

#

vets have the best drip in my opinion, i want to make them work

hollow ibex
#

vets aren't having a good time rn, but can still be good

pastel zealot
stuck gorge
#

vets have some cool cosmetics just don’t feel fun to play

stuck gorge
pastel zealot
#

seems so

pseudo fiber
#

Rising heat always was strength

stuck gorge
#

I just don’t remember it giving a bonus besides crit

pseudo fiber
#

Oh right sorry I misread

#

Maybe it was one of the classic hidden fatshark tricks

stuck gorge
#

my favorite, descriptions that aren’t accurate!

pseudo fiber
#

They kinda are... but also aren't now

#

Gets hot gives a scaling value in to 50%

#

But only says 10 now

pastel zealot
#

but is my plasma gun built correctly? 😮

lusty ether
#

looks like a plasma gun

#

so I assume so

#

else it wouldn't work as one

austere fog
#

One message removed from a suspended account.

narrow frost
#

not most of the time

#

its just quality of life

fervent quest
#

Weapon Specialist is great and focus target is free damage but you can easily go without keystones imo.

narrow frost
#

weapon specialist helps with auto reload

#

for melee vets

red robin
#

oi

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this outdated or still correct?

austere fog
narrow frost
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works well for that

tall torrent
pastel zealot
tall torrent
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and 1 bodyshot tox bomber given enough rising heat stacks

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in havoc, enables 1 headshot dreg shotgunner, and 1 headshot tox bomber given enough rising heat stacks / red node temporary buffs

plucky kite
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chat is this a good stat spread?

hollow ibex
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If you enjoy suffering

red robin
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stability is dump

plucky kite
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gotcha

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what are good perks for it?

orchid hemlock
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Who will win?

Path making 1 comprehensive guide that is easy to navigate and understand

or

8, one hour unedited rants on YouTube

red robin
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i like rants because it fills up my time to draw

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but the other one is good for quick reference

serene bough
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I avoid youtube for information

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I use a mix of my own testing and the information from this discord server

versed osprey
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Most meta build for havoc rn_

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?

narrow frost
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Psword/Dueling sword, Plasma/Bolt pistol/recon

unreal nova
hollow ibex
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Should be done by August?

unreal nova
tall torrent
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I may release it early with majority completion

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with some parts to add later

rain badger
unreal nova
rain badger
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ABOMINABLE INTELLIGENCE?! Wut

unreal nova
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Some are just direct rips from guides.

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Or wikis.

tall torrent
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currently missing
40% of intro
21 melee weapons
5 blessing sections
entire curio sections
entire enemy sections
entire build sections

TBA post-release (?)
havoc related parts
penance related parts

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also I joined zealot guide production

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there'll be some overlap with that

unreal nova
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Melee?

tall torrent
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more like

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entire intro sections will mostly be copy paste from my vet guide

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as for melee weapons

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not sure how the other producers want to approach it

unreal nova
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Ah.

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Ranged might be same but not in ways as well?

faint beacon
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@tall torrent Speaking of, hows Vet Guide looking so far

tall torrent
faint beacon
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Probably should try helping with some of the melees

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been doing nothing but grinding Camos on Zombies and brainlessly pub playing on Tide

tall torrent
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and won't change stuff already there

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I can add u as contributor

narrow frost