#veteran-class
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Idk man, that tends to be the close range number, but don’t take my word for it
I have seen some silly things from like really good players
right on, I'll just stick to infernus set up, likely somewhere near there
I think Vet's problem isn't how much you can squeeze out of the class but how you do it. There is one (1) really good build that does a really good job even in higher difficulties. And to get it you must go a very specific pathway avoiding a lot of bait talents that are there just to bait you. And even then with that very good build, you still have to know how to play and be very careful. Idk about others but it gets tiring after a while.
Me forgoing years of dodge instincts just to aura farm overhead parries with the claw (I died again)
I feel mortis infiltrate buff should be added to the skill as a permanent buff. Having infiltrate provide a brief team stealth and allow for melee in stealth is great
Zealots hunting you as we speak
I can hear the charging thunder hammers
Ur bout to get backshots buddy
Bet will do
Stealth in a team game where everyone has to kill their share of baddies to progress properly is just counter productive
I stealth, my share of baddies collapses on my team mate.
Heh. But yeah. Is like what if the psyker inquisitor set but you get serious and drop the second coat.
Stealth thummer zealot are extinct I swear
You still see them in auric but much like me
If I use infiltrate, I 100% double down on killing every elite or special I can to compensate for aggro loss
yeah but it wouldn't just be nicer if you pulled a gun and killed the same elite without the loss of aggro? Or send your immortal furry missile (dog) to kill it?
Yeah, sometimes I just want to ignore chaff and not melee them to just play ranged simulator more
You risk a team mate getting overwhelmed so you can go stealth and do ONE (1) big attack on ONE (1) elite. In a game that you constantly get overwhelmed by 20 elites at the same time?
It’s also a matter of principle to not be shout vet every game and change it up by using a poorly designed ability (infiltrate)
As far as zealots go they'll usually outweigh the downsides by actually murdering the elite and chaining it over and over
I understand how cool stealth can be for the stealthing player, I just think it is a shit mechanic on horde games
Vet has too much downtime between infils imo unless I'm missing smth
Me
If it allowed you to like hunt crusher packs
Or to systematically exterminate all the specials
It would be peak
Honestly infiltrate is just free obj clear
But like good team mates trivializes that
It lets you do the minigames without effort if ur team is dog
I kinda just like infiltrate just on weapon specialist double barrel
Every other weapon feels mid with infiltrate
it's a fun ability I don't think anyone would say otherwise
it is just not good
for the overall game
Nothing is good compared to shout
I mean stealth in general not just vet
Build variety, I’m praying for youuuu!!
stealth Zealots were the most obnoxious thing in existence
What gud teammates sometimes?
it is fun for the stealthing guy that gets to larp as the metal gear man
It’s fun to fuck over my team, I think they have had it good for too long
I would like 3 dogs as teammates. They play better than the 3 Arbys.
bro is on a mission while his team gets destroyed lmao
Infiltrate gives the same energy as the unemployed friend on a side quest type beat
perhaps hyperbole but does anyone ever feel more lag on vet than the other classes?
it essentially is that
Not rlly
Love ranged latency of hitting headshots 1-3 times before getting a kill on las pistol
Or hit head and get bodyshot
sometimes I'll shout and it'll come out what feels like almost a whole second later
I am not joking. When you hear dogs jumping on chaff about to hit you, you know the gud puppos all deserve pats.
While 300 ping minigame cos nobody wants to do it fun.
You pick your dedicated server to be closest to you?
Idk man
ya idk
I’ve never experienced a whole second of input latency
But I don’t doubt its existence
It don't matter, shout isn't on a crap delay or anything. There's just a slight castpoint if you understand DOTA2 terms.
Playing arbites and then going back to psyker has made me genuinely paranoid
That game is what turnrates and what castpoints last I heard so...
The frequency in which the dog said "no" to some random poxer in an otherwise empty room
Ah, reminds me of first game on vet after like 4 days of Arby. I potato'd on vet for the first time in forever.
Forgot I can't just bs block stuff and still 10% toughness regen per sec.
arbi just like
blinks and regens 120% toughness
Is more, but still.
Basically
Ogryn
Arbi
Psyker
Zel
All feel incredibly rewarded for doing their core stuff
Zel has talents that give u toughness and reduction on dodge
And a ton of melee toughness
Etc
Crits that stack into more crits
Vet has to like go out of its way to fufill specific circumstances, it feels like
Tech ically u can take that one perk that, if you shoot someone to death, people around it get toughness
But like
No work on self unlike the arby ver.
I like went back from arbi to vet and had the wildest experience like "damn I played like that???"
I always take that talent because I feel like the best choices for veteran are often team based
and this might be a hot take but I'd like Veteran to be a class that has strong team support options
but a lot of the coherency shit is just poopoo
True
Recon seems to struggle with damage in havoc. Any advice?
use dumdum instead of hh
run an actual melee weapon
don't use onslaught
What are good options against carapace then? besides dueling sword
Anything with uncanny strike I assume
And what to go for instead of onslaught? Marksman focus?
Yep.
for havoc?
psword
taxe is also good, lower dps but very safe due to excellent mobility
MMF is basically worthless with recon, try going center with FT
try your best to take redirect fire, and don't take 8 stacks
Thats so stupid man why
Nvm
Old school dt tax
I keep forgetting that vet is a relic
Mobility is dump stat for psword right?
also what's the set up for it? Power cycler + slaughterer/sunder? also what mark and perks?
More or less.
pc4 + brumentum is the best. or pc4 + sunder.
for havoc prob carapace elite
might get you two shot crusher breakpoint
but would double check that
I wouldn't even complain if vet got a reduced ver due to easier to proc, but nothing.
Dump cleave on ps because it already has a ton of it + brutal momentum, right?
cleave targets just barely makes a difference so yeah it's the dump
Ty
Why brutal momentum? don't energized hits already have infinte cleave unless hitting carapace?
no they don't have infinite cleave, it's something like 10 cleave
brumentum also helps with cleave damage distribution
sunder if you want to cleave everything, but you end up doing less damage overall
because brumentum is silly strong
So something like this? Not sure about what mk to choose
yeah that's good, though would test breakpoints for crushers
and you'll want mk6
for light spam horde clea
and PA + L for single target
and for block cancel
and for bonus sprint efficiency
oof that'd be insane
IKR.
brutal momentum makes it so you can slice through 5 crushers
imagine if you could
On release Psword had 3 energized hits by default. power cycler extended it to 7
But then zealots complained
is it just me or does the progenium-issue backpack use the wrong material for the leather bits
They're reflective like metal
When they 1 tapped bosses then?
I use sunder over brutal momentum because I hate crushers
Maybe they're coated in something waterproof
it's inconsistent with all other leather in the game, must be a material issue
too much nurgle heretical goo made it shiny in an icky way
Ping kitefin to ask her to check.
vEt sHoUlD bE RaNGed FocUSed
aNd NOt hHave GoOd MelEE
Such smurt.
worked for WWZ
@icy flume could you check that pretty please
Aslo check the stygian kantrael mk IVG flak helmet , the goggle mesh is busted in such a weird way
I think ppl think L4D too much.
it's ironic because vet's def a hybrid now
Autogun
It's like using the m16 in l4d
Range focus achieved
autogun goes clink clink clink against carapace
I just hope that if they ever rework vet, they make it so their coherency talents are actually good and worth getting
since they insist in it
rework coherency so it's actually usable half the time
it's expensive points you put into it for drip sized buffs currently
in havoc games people stick together so coherency works, it is just vet talents are so stingy. Pay a whole ass talent for some tiny buff
Veterans getting toughness sustain by playing the game normally would be great
idk man, when it comes to toughness regeneration I think Vet and Zealot are good examples. Everyone else that seems to be overtuned on it
Arby gains toughness for just breathing
Do u want a ton of crit on relic blade? Press the ability button and swing into a crowed or proc rage
Now with the correct talents crit enemies bleed, all your wideass swings make more shit bleed cause you get more crits on bleeding things, and it just feedback loops forever
I don't think that is how everyone should be
Zealot gains toughness by being in combat, it is thematic and not infalible as Arby
Indeed, thats what I mean
Issue
Arby can generate toughness by sprinting or pushing the air
Everyone else besides Ogryn and Psyker cannot
^
I keep telling you that I see arbys fighting in gas clouds
full toughness
that ain right
DR
I mean I can kinda do that on vet too but I need shout
And toughness regen
You need to be running CK
Shout
Shout procs and I get into a decent melee im fine
Arbites can do it w/o that
And killing every single elite you see
Yep
arbys wading through flamers, bombers, and tox with no repercussions
Hug puppo. No hug puppo and puppo mauling? Regen.
As for zealot I don't tend to care abt tox as long as there's shit to hit in the cloud
Do note I run forceful.
If there isn't then I must leave the cloud
that moment when youre trying to pick someone up who ledged himself while in stealth, and someone else stands in the exact same spot and doesnt understand he's not the one picking the guy up. then a mutant grabs you cause he made it go there 
naturally ledged guy died
Kill people who don’t assist in clearly easy saves
Also Arby Shield and Ogryn shield plant has proven to be useful to save people after I shield planted and let our veteran revive Bumner without immediately getting torn to shreds
H40
Rebreather
yeah I know
I still don't know the difference between regular shield blocking and special shield blocking on Ogryn
I thought it could bounce off shit like muties or other knockout effects
but not really
not sure what you're talking about, i nearly lost all my toughness here 😦
I don't quite think popping ur ult to walk down a burning hall is quite the same
As an arby not popping ult and just fighting shit while on fire
And still living
truly a travesty
they should give arby gold toughness on castigator stance
need that node nuked from the game on god
Thats a node vet should have
🥺
way too many arbiters in my lobbies causing team wipes by assuming everyone else has it
there is basically no future in which I take this
I mean depends... outside of havoc? splitting doesnt matter
...it is in havoc
mmh
then my argument would be if they're that bad they'd have just fucked up in some other way ;p
also tend to notice arbiters as most likely to run through fires
I've not done any arbites havoc yet
idk if I Want to until they get adjusted
if they even do
based
I hate how much stagger they have
this is kind of an interesting point in time as
we already see people leaving negative reviews because of plasmagun, ds nerfs...
I wonder how bad they'd freak if arbites got nerfed
I don't think their damage is that nutty its just part of their stagger that gives mad boosts. if they had less stagger they wouldnt be able to ignore the game
helldivers and its consequences have been disastrous for the co-op horde genre
yeahh
Yeah
I had made this comment somewhere but
I feel like casual players are way too catered to
its to the point where the tiny sliver of difficulty left in the game will get erroded and they'll think you're a buzzkill for calling for balance
like bro
you can play a lower difficulty
there are literally a billion turbo shitter difficulties that are completely unused
true
have a friend who mains arbiter and got h40 and almost has true survivor after 2 weeks of playin
im worried theyll never try other classes bc of how much easier arby is
LOL
I wouldnt be so concerned
different things appeal to different people
I tend not to play complex characters out of the box when I play hard games either
lets you get the basics down then swap to something more fun (veteran)
Oh yeah, who was it that wanted MM?
I dont really care how challenging the game is for others though, so long as it's not making my experience worse
I even had supper and washed up.
in havoc 40
"im worried i have a lot of bad habits i need to work on that arbiter lets me get away with"
"try a diff class then, zealot should help round out your melee game"
"no"
mmh thats fair yeah
not gonna suggest psyk and vet to an arby main skdjskdj
Notifs don't tell me reeeeeeeeeeee
i main psyker and have given up on gettin true surv
scammed
dying is a peril of the warp
....i do wanna try running WS DB on havoc now tho
No. I offered to help someone before cooking.
how is the double barrel post buff?
apparently it can reach purg staff levels
guys I know the Rebreather talent, I just think it is not balanced and trivializes one of the most deadly enemies in the game
check your message history
I gotta admit, I don't agree
or
I agree it trivializes them
I just dont agree that they're hyper deadly
also don't get me started on how the Rebreather is standard issue Astra Militarum equipment and Vet should have it as well
also just because skilled players learn how to position and avoid gas bombers doesn't stop them from being deadly. Tox Bombers are deadly in lower skill gameplay
which makes Rebreather even worse because Arby players don't learn how to deal with it
average darktide squad without gasmasks....
there is something to be said here for sure
but to me it comes down to "does this effect me" and the answer is not really
or perhaps just marginally compared to arbites mega stunlock
idk why they didnt just have... high damage melee and a separate high stun stagger melee
why combine em
I can get on now if you are still up.
it affects me directly when I hop in to do a chill regular Auric, got thrown into a pre-made group with 3 arbys spamming voice chat as they W key through the map and die in the first 5 minutes.
you just gotta change your perspective, enter the temple
this is a learning experience, you're about to doom guy
Manual searching pain.
yeaaaa
at least discord has some search filtering which is nice but
still no fun
I still feel grumpy theres no mid point between hav40 and auric maelstrom
I just want a casual q thats hard
WDYM I CANT JUST RUN INTO THE CRUSHER OVERHEAD

Yep. But still gotta see if he needs it still.
imagine not being able to tank like 4 crusher overheads
true combo
literal pleb classes
they cant even breath in the fart gas
inferior rebreather designs
also I like the difficulties as is, if you're too good for maelstrom then that's just the price you pay for being an elite gamer
suffering from success
I mean its just worth recognising that when this stuff was added it was a lot harder
and power creep has steadily made these things easier over time
some of that is me getting better sure, but I've still some terrible habits
power creep is also almost guaranteed to get worse
since more people are calling for vet and such to be buffed up to ogryn arbites level
good thing that you're a Veteran and you can challenge yourself by playing the Squigly mode
dont you think it just
this one here.
feels a little weird that most of the games difficulties exist for no reason
beyond playin once or twice as you level
Imagine getting overheaded
worm build 
This post was brought to you by the dodging gang
me taking this perk and just tanking them instead of dodging to get value out of the perk

dodging is something I used to do, now I aura farm... uno reverse the crusher one shot by face tanking it and then exploding them
if you clear havoc 40 on squigly mode you get the right to negative review the game saying it is too easy, catering to casuals, shit game. Do not buy
tbf catering to casuals is very much true regardless of who says it
I will not fall for propaganda 
it took them almost two years
almost TWO YEARS
to nerf the plasma gun
and in that time they BUFFED it
things have only ever been made stronger for the most part
what... you actually want to play a game? like... where you input things and... get rewarded based on your action rather than because of arbitrary node selection in your skill tree?
disgusting
mm'yess
no my builds are far too potent for you
the world isnt ready for stam max deadshot meta
they should add
imperial assassin class..
squishier than psyker
better single target than veteran
give me 1 hit point and mad defensive options
only if I can be an Eversor and kill my own teamates in a fit of rage before I die of heart attack from all of the chems they injected in me for the mission
New Vet ability
EXECUTE
- Downs an ally but buffing the whole team for the whole run
true comissar build 😌
Oho recognised
Peak 🗣️
only downs ??.... let me straight up remove someone from the match
each player killed n kicked buffs the team
That's a normal game with randos
fix? it aint broken... it's working as intended :3
minimal effort & quality for the maximum price
People fix shit that ain't broke all the time
I did like everyone getting so hyped about the free funny money from the last event
except it was like
500
which buys you precisely fuck and all
one discounted skin 
You mean 900?
is survivalist mandatory in havoc or is it fine to run move speed aura there too so i still have access to agile engagement?
Does lethal proximity also I creas AOE for frags?
Has FS ever mention why they made the bots in DT so soulless and useless?
Yes
nothing is mandatory per se but survivalist is unequivocally the best aura you could pick for havoc
you can path through the other auras to get agile engagement better, but unless you're running with a full squad already, people will expect you to bring surv
god i hate doing the 90% penance with randoms
Revolver/Plasma and pick easy shots
Spec for a strong melee vet with invis for gap closing or shout if you just want to face roll your way through
If you see another vet with survivalist then damn idk what to say mang
is there anything as ammo positive as helbore? i remember trying recon but i dont think i was going whole missions without picking up ammo tins the way i am on helbore lmao
i think it's the most ammo efficient gun in the game
sick
im still not sure what build people use to reach 1 hs breakpoint for crushers tho, unless exe stance really is necessary for that
so i really gotta two tap if i dont wanna run ES?
not the worst thing in the world tho, being able to whittle down crusher/mauler packs at range even without straight up killing is great
yeah prob
i mean the 1 tap is a bit of a meme anyway
gotcha
Does For The Emperor proc when Infiltrate is used or when Infiltrate's stealth ends?
still probs gonna run the brown mark since 3a cant pen cara
could use armor bane
maybe when the rewards from this week's havoc kick in, im back to being diamantine broke lmfao
i do have another helbore ready for testing mk3a more though
why mmf
i dont especially like wspec and the 2 points wouldnt really get me much else i care for
mmf is borderline useless
with recon
you can just go keystoneless
esp if you're going to dump a bunch of points into onslaught
you can also drop determined
You can run vet keystone-less
recon las doesn't really have suppression issues
unlike ilas
Like you can assign those points to grenade talents
Gives you more breathing room when you spam grenades at your feet
ill try it then
You don't need determined if you hold the trigger
Got enough rate of fire on the recon
then thats just grenadier vet and why am i trying to even make a different loadout lmfao
You suppress them back
true actually
half the time you can just hipfire anyway
It's like that evolution meme. Instead of revert to crab, it's revert to grenadier vet
Sorry I fell asleep, lmk if you're still down
i am very specifically trying not to just make another grenadier vet lol
if i wanted to spam my grenades i'd play smyker
did they fix veteran today'
alright then back to sleep i go
keep sleeping
Focus Target is so nice with the Recon
how do you know when you get the Havoc rewards?
once per week visit the havoc terminal and the reward cache will open
showering you with all the plasteel and diamantine you could ever want
Yay
I'm new to havoc sorry
Is recon with dueling Saber or psword with plasma better to run?
They make medicine that forces a coma now
If we are talking havoc
Power sword+ ranged of preference
Is the best choice
This havoc requires you to kill lots of things really fast
Psword is the best choice
Tactical Axe is right there also
another WS question: is it generally worth trying to keep 100% melee specialist uptime even if it chews through your ammo? i'd assume it would be for havoc especially when using shotties, but how about lower difficulties?
so just have the stacks banked for when necessary, then whip out gun with buff
unless it's dense horde you really need to thin then shoot double barrel every time you get 3 stacks for guaranteed crit bleed?
looks inside
Capped
Low cleave

for mixed horde it doesn't really fully kill ragers i noticed, but i assume the point there is to thin them out with the bleed to be able to shred them faster with the PS?

I'll experiment with both builds to see which I like more.
Staggers everything in the game baring monstrosities
🚬
The shit ton of chaffe I’m killing and something Ermm
Can’t hear you blah blah blah
3 cap lol
What weapon yall referencing?
Well, I'm up atm.
Tactical Axe
Tactical Axe
Zamnn
Karsolas pickaxe is crazy
Any new tech on taxes?
Yeah
With the changes?
It’s so over
So you can attack from running
Neat
All it needs is charging heavy attack that speeds you up
Love little tech like that
Mk4 is now usable but still leaves a bad aftertaste
Or the swinging momentum speeds you up a bit
It has knife mobility and increased damage against carapace now
It’s good
Vt2 days of bret sword swinging to run around
Higui is just a hater
If taxe ain’t right then imma be wrong
just give it a shot and if you fw it use it
This is him
too many things to take a grain of salt of on this discord ima be real
I like anything that I’ve haven’t gotten bored of
What does the smoke nade do
I need to use it for the penance
Seems like it does nothing
It disrupts every ranged enemy with a gun
Dogs
And beast of nurgle
Just remember to stay inside the smokes
Depending on your surroundings
Makes you immune to flamers
I wish Chword was decent/ good in havoc
You can actually toss BM for Shred + HT
mainly if you're running the Push = 75% Cleave
Arby is like one of the only classes that can get away with that, its weird knowing they have a shit ton more options on Taxe cause of that Talent
buff taxe again
i like seeing taxe haters cope
^ me sipping the tears of taxe haters (which is of course, cheap lipton tea)
no you see, I know the taxe is a decent weapon
I just don't like how it plays
the animations are fast and floaty
Unironically yes

Remove the cap then it's a good weapon
honestly taxe is prob a bit too good rn even with the cap
what source can i go to to check weapon caps
No exceptions
The Psykhanium
oh theres no collated data sheet or w/e? damn
I don't hate tac axe
And chain axes
But axes are ugly
wait so taxe has a cap but combat axe doesn't? bruh
i think gale said it's good on arbi
and then antax is just a worse rashad
well actually they both prob are
but sounds like achlys has better synergies
with arbi
yea i was wondering if i could just use taxe for WS DB when i dont feel like playing power sword since i find taxe performance better against carapace compared to rashad
Tac axe
Chainaxe
Combat axes have next to no cleave
Me (but I’m on vacation rn)
do an auric maelstrom to unlock it
it will give you a higher starting havoc grade
I was looking for a video like that recently
But it was Sneaky Cats one
Where they one shot like 5 crushers in a row

When are getting peak melee in darktide? https://youtu.be/2qYJI_HLFsY?si=5Vwybg4CODQSOd2B
Build: https://www.ranalds.gift/heroes/5/132221/37-3-4-6/70-4-5-2/3-2-1/4-1-2/7-2-2
NOTE: Unfortunately, in a recent patch they removed Conservative Shooter from the Trollhammer talent pool. RIP meme build.
Also for the last event you can just carry the ball up the ladder I dont know why but I forgot you could and kept trying to throw it up. 2k ...
tempted to engage in deranged behavior and drop both grenade regens on my exe stance infantry autogun build
eh actually
probably not worth
those 2 points wouldn't go into anything substantial
Are you dropping it for longshot and deadshot too?
I already always use deadshot on exe builds
Not in melee often enough to have good uptime on it xd
pro tip, don't take longshit
Tell that to Syvat
i prob already have 
The guns feel weird to use as the only dmg source
Most of the enemies die by melee anyways
Mmmmm ammo
its funny how long longshot has been bad and they just simply refuse to do anything with it
pay2lose class
I still think the sensible balance option for vet is to nerf recon back to dogshit tier
vet keystones should be scattered to replace the shit nodes
and replaced with heavy weapons keystones, like grenade launcher, volley gun, unique relic blade or powerfist + bolt pistol maybe. that are all usable for a small bit after combat ability
Commissar Raege.
wait wait hear me out
turret keystone
what's with people and turrets
its one handed and paired with a bolt pistol. and you whip that bitch out with your combat ability
Engineer. Drop and no need to aim.
okay but the're either going to be dogshit, or trivialize parts of the game. There's no happy medium w/ those.
you're probably right
Do you not know Commissar Raege?
uhhh, is that a tabletop character?
Probs like Outcast Engineer, if you know what you are doing. Game is now walking sim for the other 3.
the only books ive read so far are siege of vraks and the gaunts ghosts series
That's Fuklaw's teacher, innit?
Yes.
That's some proper kultur right there
She's like immortal beauty.
Always think she runs Bistol+Powerfist and taught Fuklaw about it.
its a cool combo. Have been dying waiting for vet content, I hope we get some cool new weapons soonish
and emperor willing, a skill tree rework
by 2027, surely
what year is it now
hopium
its all I've got
Thats what I told my friend
eh
I just want a more meaningful turret stance (some heavy personal damage mitigation would do nicely) and something that makes infiltrate not a "get your buddies smacked by a crusher" button
castigator but turret lol
nah castigator's purpose is a bit different
That's more of a "you can't fuckign stop me" stance
tbh you can already do castigator turret if you want
just stand still and blast things
turret stance as in you are the turret
castigator's doesn't really give you much of a damage buff unless you somehow kill a ton of elites/specials during it
exe gives u a damage buff
true
Don’t really need a damage boost if you can two shot a pack of specials in h40
so something like that that just gave you a decent amount of toughness DR and no flinch would be good because in the situations you want to use it, you're usually getting shot at
Isn’t it the stagger that causes the primary aim troubles?
like the enemies staggering or you staggering
You getting staggered
ye I think so
you can take a perk that leaves you unsuprressed the whole time iirc
I notice it when I get suppressed
Ah, i find it not impactful on my aim
suppress this
?
Oh I don’t really use the gun guns
average guardsman experience
what the heck I didn't remember the Ilas had such violent suppression
maybe the guy that picks the suppression immunity talent is right
Ilas gets the worst of it
Genuinely unusable if you are being suppressed by anything
Iag is bad but managable at short range
bolter is irritating but usually doesn't matter
shotguns also get it pretty bad but who gives a shit their use case isn't against enemies that can suppress you anyways
for any melee you just pick desperado and trench fighter
Keep sleeping
🗣️
It's just a casual melee build
idk what it is but let me try to guess. Brutal Momentum + whatever the fuck
yeah the Hammer says Brutal Momentum + Headtaker
mk7
perks i run unarmored + carapace
though tbh you could prob swap out carapace for something else
and this
or HT + deci if you like to suffer
mk4 is also funny for the memes, but strictly worse
hows plasma gun?
still very strong, still very boring
asking for friend whos a newb vet
still a bitch to roll
elaborate on strong
good damage, very good cleave, good mag econ, decent ammo econ, good breakpoints if built right
w
told him as much
Super strong but also the hardest weapon in the game to perfect roll
I'm rolling with 60% thermal resistance on mine and it is not too bad
using optimized cooling
best i got was a 70-70 after 2.5m to that scammer brunt
I got mine in 2 minutes lol
the duality of darktide luck
And I don't even use it because I don't like the plasma gun
Bomber resist includes those AOE fire pads as a result of their bombs right?
did you need to ask in every single chat
pretty sure somebody coulda answered in any one of them
How do yall feel about competitive Urge, i feel like its worth it in higher difficulty
Yes
But it doesn’t matter that much
It’s mid at best
It's alright but there's better choices
yeah i also feel that the uptime is not too great
REAL
isn't competitive urge like 2,5% chance to get a pretty underwhelming buff?
The buff itself is ok
But 2.5% chance on pure RNG, triggered exclusively by kills not by you, for a buff that lasts only 8s
Is pretty meh
If it wasn’t pure RNG (cumulative 2.5% chance up to 100%) and worked off ur own kills then it’d be good enough
yeah I could make that work, especially if I was running double barrel
Does anyone have a good build for veteran my buddy’s playing it and has no clue what to do for his skill tree
has instructions on how the build is meant to be used
at the bottom
It's nice to see some different weapons and skills compared to the usual ds plas voc build
Hopefully vet returns to its former glory soon
I think it would be really funny if shock trooper worked on all weapons
Can you imagine infinite ammo bolter or infantry autogun
actually probably not hard to imagine them
becaues of helbore and recon lasgun xd
this could have easily chosen a keystone
instead it gets competitive urge and extra suppression....right
It has access to all three keystones if someone wanted to take one yes. If you really, really an extra 20% of damage after waiting 10 seconds, you are very welcome to go for focus target. Weapon master doesn't really add anything to this build, and neither does marksmans focus...
So yes. Competitive Urge which is basically always on in high intensity giving a constant +20% base damage, +20% melee impact, and +20% suppression was chosen instead. The extra suppression given by KTHD makes gunners and reapers a complete non issue.
ngl giving up the steady bonus damage from ft and extra swing speed / fire rate bonus from WS to lean into meme mechanics like suppression and an infamously unreliable competitive urge is kind of crazy
I'm sorry you feel that way. Feel free to run something different!
i've seen worse on GL
Frankly you could run that build with 5 or 6 nodes left over and be completely fine on Damnation / Auric
competitive urge is just odd
it is odd
for certain
its basically a buff every 40 kills
it really doesn't proc as often as you might think
no, but by law of averages, it usually will when you're in the thick of things. It's just for fun on a simple build
keystone is w.e, even marksman or some of the earlier talents makes more sense
or stamina regen delay reduction
more reliable, fires more often
marksman especially if you can reliably land weakpoint hits is nice
brauto just doesn't make great use of that
since it works on melee or range
its already going to delete anything at close range
chainaxe would for boss damage
but thats about it
Already 1 shot crushers with chaxe
reapers melt
killing bosses faster is not nothing
true, but the build has regen kraks
I think an important aspect of this conversation is that the keystones, no matter how janky still give you control over your gameplay. You do a thing and you receive your benefits. So you can plan your steps while you play and effectively deal with situations with those in mind.
it is not comparable to the gacha talent that has a small percentage of giving you a buff
not that I'm against anyone playing a gamba build, twinned blast, and all of that
just being pragmatic about it
RNG is not preferred. Ideally, the veteran would have a tree more closely resembling the Arbitrators and we would be having a different conversation.
I am the author of that build, and I have already adjusted it to include your suggestions, it was just built that way originally because the build already had absolutely everything it needed for the difficulty it was created for.
The type of people willing to run brauto and chaxe at this point are not going to notice weakspot damage on shout.
Lol competitive urge, lmao
does not have grenade regen tho
demo team is superior on high intensity shock troop.
Okay, you can take one grenade a minute, or chuck a couple of shredders in auric and get them back when they go off lol.
I don't think I'm wrong for suggesting that demo team is far superior. Not to mention, every time demo team gives you a nade, it resets the timer for demolition stockpile, meaning it will basically never trigger on higher difficulties.
The problem of the build is lack of control on a class that is all about control. Veteran is not a run and gun, plug and play type of class. In higher difficulties you have to be very aware of all the steps you take to engage combat. If you take a mistep, it is very likely that you might get punished. So knowing that once I swap from my sword with 10 stacks of WS, I have a guaranteed crit and knowing that with my current setup a crit from my Bistol will 100% kill a gunner. Means that I can plan my actions to get rid of that gunner for sure, based on only my own ability to perform the task (hitting the shot)
That has never been my experience with that build.
maybe you're a god gamer, who knows?
maybe you thrive in incertainty
built different or whatever
It's the agripinaa braced.... it doesn't really need crits. neither does the chain axe
I know that if I charge a heavy, whatever it hits will die. If I shoot a group of enemies, they will get supressed, and then die..
why don't we all just run the plasma gun and dueling sword with WS, that'll be neat!
oh okay
what, you prefer the variant that chains on light attacks?
Yeah
fair

this buiild is meant to be noob friendly
It can actually clear hordes (both still capped)
Shovel is the only thing I can think of that might round it out better in melee
obv the plasma sword but those builds are already out there
and the dodge is not forgiving
a world without cleave damage distribution cap
The world where Veteran got buffed (very unlikely to happen irl)

no CDDC would buff hotshot veteran by a lot 
What I want is the LMG lasgun these traitor gunners havae
would interfere with backpack cosmetics : (
probably a no go lol
would love the volley gun though
Most backpacks look ugly anyway
wtf
guardsman def get em
that's goofy as hell
Give me 4 marks
and only 1 is good
but yeah for me a true LMG weapon for guardsman would be nice
or a true DMR weapon
that isn't the lucius because the lucius is a pain in the ass to use
I think the twin linked stubber the ogryn has was originally supposed to be an automatic vet weapon
its on our art, up in the top of the skill tree
lucius would benefit immensely from not being so slow to swap to ; (
I would love a long las, but this games balancing would make that so terrible
also get rid of the charge mechanic
I just want our fuckin hotshot las man
and more closed helmets
wait no, they made hotshots and gellguns separate thhons now
hotshot is basically like a plasma gun now right?
no
hotshot lasgun was armor piercing with a power pack
hotshot volley gun?
or is that not a thing
also, for long las, they could make it a special ammo for infantry lasgun
like the special ammo for exterminator shotgun
thats how it works in lore anyways
overcharge mechanics could be kinda neat
Dan Abnett wrote Gaunts Ghosts, and is writing the story for Darktide. Wouldn't hurt to use some of his stuff
in that series, there are hotshot battery packs I think. they also have overcharge or undercharge on their lasguns
hotshots and hells are kind of the same thing
what are they now
With names being interchangable OR based on pattern
vets should be reworked to effectively allow for bootleg stormtroopers
but overall basically just interchangable names
that's more or less what we've become at this point
so kasrkin
kinda but more on the side of tempestus scions
minus the carapace armor and heavy weapons
A Tempestus Scion in service to the Inquisition.
we're doing shit as dangerous as they do, in less numbers
I think we're qualified
sorry, hope images aren't a problem.
we are officially part of the warband at level 30 right?
from what the dialogue says yeah
but
the whole situation is
a little weird, just because of what grendyl's done
grendel is a strange creature
he's pressganged a lot of random mfs into this campaign
we know who grendyl is now
who be
A ghost
?
he haunt the ship
o i c
we
he is literally the ship
that's
so funny
so we're crazy ass mfs running around and serving a strange ghostman who has...posessed brahm's ship?
this is why I like 40k
Also he's the shipmitress brahms grand dad
he literally just keeps listing the ship in his kid's inheritence
but if he's with a rogue trader
why does he care about / order around the inquisition
so when one kid dies the ship is passed down to the next kid
and then uses the kid as a mouth piece/ puppet
by uuuh
being spooky at them I guess
He is an official inquisitor.... we think
i think..
probably
inquisitors be dedicated
as far as we know
you gotta remember that grendyl's been around for about as long as Morrow has
but what if
sure but zola is a genstealer
zola is the god emperor
which used to confused the shit out of me before the whole "Ghost" thing
they can live for at least thirty years
and has actually pretended this whole time
Yeah grendyl be a ghost
he might be in a spirit stone
when u hear that the inquisitor that kidnapped morrow is grendyl's...friend
like an eldar one
maybe
But yeah give us Hotshot/hellgun/Both as different guns. One being an LMG and other being DMR
also power fist
and then give ogryn just regular fists
like if you unequip your weapon you just throw hands
I forsee this game getting slowly more rediculous as time goes on
I see the day when the chainsword somehow ends up in S teir
nu
it just doesn't really do carapace
uh
maybe the eviscerator
not even



