#veteran-class

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calm shard
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solidifying its victory as THE most weapon ever in darktide

austere mica
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It can like

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Melt captain shields

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And open bulwarks

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And besides that its just Weapon

hybrid plover
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Don't use it to fight a boss.

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Just, don't.

versed mural
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Yeah, I’m just experimenting and trying to play with stuff that’s not just “the meta”

versed mural
austere mica
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The issue with that is smaul isn't even very fun

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Its just

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Completely mid

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In every single respect

versed mural
hybrid plover
austere mica
versed mural
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I don’t think I’ve played with the chainaxe at all yet, I need to try that

austere mica
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It just

hybrid plover
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I genuinely don't think there's a worse weapon for that.

austere mica
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Isn't a fun weapon

versed mural
jaunty sphinx
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Insanely good

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Tactical axe has fun horde clear too

versed mural
jaunty sphinx
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uncanny strikes + decimator

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Unyielding + carapace

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Mk1

versed mural
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Thanks

jaunty sphinx
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They both affect your damage the more you hit enemies in the head

versed mural
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What exactly is the “power” stat?

jaunty sphinx
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Try not to swing randomly since if you miss your decimator stacks reset

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Something someone more knowledgeable than me can explain but iirc it's the best kind of damage boost

versed mural
jaunty sphinx
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Decimator can stack a ton so it's good for long engagements with hordes and can deal decent carapace headshots

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Use the push attacks for single target

austere mica
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Skullcrusher is also good

jaunty sphinx
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Or spam lights

austere mica
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Because its skullcrusher

azure narwhal
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Yeah you can run skullcrusher + uncanny just as well on the good shovel

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Special into push attack

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Spam heavy for hordes

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Sleep

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Wake up, realise you play darktide all day and are miserable

jaunty sphinx
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Idk I've been enjoying myself playing this game recently

azure narwhal
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I'm joking, i love darktide

jaunty sphinx
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ah

azure narwhal
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If the servers ever crash or something i put my head through the monitor, hence decapitating myself

mortal aspen
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Darktide bad

jaunty sphinx
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Oh true actually I didn't think of that

mortal aspen
jaunty sphinx
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There we go

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Thanks

versed mural
jaunty sphinx
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Oh and take trench fighter drill and serrated blade

versed mural
jaunty sphinx
mystic lodge
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Is infantry autogun + power falchion a good combination?

dry cloak
dry cloak
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Havoc has its own rules

azure narwhal
limber bane
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what are some h40 viable weapons atm apart from dueling sword

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for a primarily melee build

pseudo fiber
calm shard
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you're looking at

pseudo fiber
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Power sword is probably better than DS

calm shard
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Combat Axe, Tactical Axe, Power Sword, and Shovel Mk1/Mk3

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Power Sword is almost certainly better than dueling sword

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And it's not even a contest

limber bane
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I like PS but the constant charging feels so ass

calm shard
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Like Power Sword is the hydrogen bomb

pseudo fiber
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Better into mixed hordes and can still kill crushes with ease

calm shard
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Dueling Sword is at LEAST a 500kg bomb

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But it sure as shit isn't a nuke

limber bane
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also main single target dmg requires you to charge - push - push attack

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feels like I get left vulnerable and spent a bunch of stam doing it

pseudo fiber
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You can block cancel the charge

limber bane
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oh?

pseudo fiber
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So you can charge > block cancel > push > PA > light > light pretty quick

limber bane
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what would be the hord clear combo with that

pseudo fiber
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Horde clear on power sword is just charge then light 3 times

limber bane
pseudo fiber
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Yup

limber bane
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I meant how would I incorporate block cancel into horde clear

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okay will try that

pseudo fiber
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Oh then yeah just tap block

limber bane
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and what about the shovel is it any good?

slow sky
pseudo fiber
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Shovel is good with shredder/bleed builds since it has uncanny strike

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Quiet you

slow sky
thorn lark
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It's a safe weapon!

slow sky
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not great for any specific thing, but does nothing okay or worse

pseudo fiber
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You can also knock crushers out of overheads with the poke

slow sky
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safety
gives you a means to avoid giving up ground

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without needing an ability or anything

limber bane
slow sky
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mk1 is the one im bias towards, which has the stab we're talking about

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the other two have the folding heads which stab into an enemy and get yanked out for 2 high damage hits

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the mk1 has stupidly easy combos tho

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the heavy attacks are perfect horizontal cleaving attacks for horde clear

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the light attacks are strikedowns for single target (despite their angles)
the push attack is a single high damage overhead that naturally deals good damage to everything

thorn lark
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it's very safe against dogs

limber bane
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ty

turbid ibex
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Shovel is nice but nowhere near the meta

turbid ibex
dapper coyote
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He does not know the shovel...

turbid ibex
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What happened with the shovel for it to be considered meta

dapper coyote
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There's nothing special about shovel, but at the same time, there's nothing bad about the shovel

turbid ibex
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Its nice

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But not enough to be meta

dapper coyote
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Meta for what? havoc?

turbid ibex
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Because its competing with shit like pord

dapper coyote
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looks at Cole's Avg gameplay footage seems meta enough for me

turbid ibex
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Just because it isnt meta doesnt mean its dogshit

slow sky
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It falls behind power sword in damage, but not in safety

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Power sword has some of the worst dodges in the game, which already can be extremely unsafe

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And you cant deal damage if youre dead

dapper coyote
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True to that

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Can't do shit if you're fucking dead

tame lodge
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Yeah so you kill the target

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Which means power sword supremacy once again

slow sky
slow sky
tame lodge
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I know Cole is motivating people to play shovel because it'll be buffed on the next update due to "Trenches of Atoma"

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I just can't prove it

turbid ibex
tame lodge
tame lodge
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Wave of flamers would be fun

surreal mountain
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Waves of shovels 🙏

tame lodge
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We got wave of muties, bursters, dogs and Tox Bombers

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Melee scab shotgunners

slow sky
tame lodge
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Oooooh

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I remember now

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I also remembered that they weren't threatening at all

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Because mortis

tacit sonnet
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is anyone playing with falchions?

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All I see are old powerswords, dueling swords

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and SHOVELS

distant mural
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Its still decent tho

tame lodge
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Anything you want to know about it?

tacit sonnet
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nah

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I don't play vet

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Was just wondering if I dreamt falchions up and they never existed

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Because I don't think I ever saw them except right on release

shy sphinx
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Sometimes i see teammates with em

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I think they are ok

distant mural
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They are

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They are like a knife kinda

tacit sonnet
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I see more shovels and axes and knives than falchions

distant mural
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But more cleave and less single targwt

tacit sonnet
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Because I don't see any at all

distant mural
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I just dont like the falchion moveset or id play it more too

tame lodge
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Axes are goated
Knives are goated
Shovels are mid but has bonk.sfx
Midchion is mid but no bonk.sfx

tacit sonnet
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both of them have pretty much the exact same moveset

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Just reversed

distant mural
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I fckn hate it

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Couldve made em more different atleast

bold sierra
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3bcDPlsVRs&t=24s Man Ghost on inf Lasgun is so bussin dude

Build at the end.

The OG inf lasgun Exec Stance point and click setup, and honestly pretty damn amazing...even BETTER if the user actually can aim, unlike me lol. Ghost helps you A LOT at just simply NOT getting shredded, just dont get too tunnel-visioned and actually use your melee, then you're golden.

And actually, Exec Stance is pretty damn...

▶ Play video
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also OG exec stance lasgunning

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tis good

vestal arch
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Wait why is your vraks have a attachment?

verbal token
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There are mods that let you customize your weapon.

vestal arch
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You can mod this game?

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I didnt know that

tame lodge
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Yeah
Basically every mod on Nexus is green lit

verbal token
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Yea, but some are just small QoL changes, others are somewhat op.

vestal arch
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like game breaking op?

shy sphinx
vestal arch
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and i thought modding the game might get you banned

verbal token
shy sphinx
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INSTALL 50 MACROS AND ANIMATION CANCELER RAHHHH

verbal token
tame lodge
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Then there's Servitor one which is Bosco from DRG

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Then there's mods that just add a red background to maxxed weapons lol

vestal arch
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red background?

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isnt gold the highest tier you can get?

verbal token
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Yea it’s just that the mod makes power 500 transcendent weapons look red.

tame lodge
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Yup so whenever your weapon is 500
It turns gold into red

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It's just cosmetic

verbal token
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And referred to as “sainted” instead of transcendent iirc

vestal arch
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heh, thats kinda funny

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simply changing the background and the name

umbral scaffold
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what would yall put on this beauty

heavy rover
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depends, do you want to magdump or be more marksman with it?

umbral scaffold
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shoot elites mostly

turbid ibex
umbral scaffold
umbral scaffold
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im changing it all

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also if i just dump whole mag i miss half of the shots if not more due to this bs double fire bursts

turbid ibex
vestal arch
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the mod of weapon customization is hidden

heavy rover
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if you're magdumping, you can run calvacade and pinning fire

vestal arch
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damn

heavy rover
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if you're being more precise with it, you can run surgical and puncture / pinning fire / shattering impact (if you're really focusing on like a boss or something)

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but yeah for both you can run flak and maniac

umbral scaffold
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oh yea this thing deletes bosses

turbid ibex
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For bosses you'll want unyielding perk

umbral scaffold
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they have unyielding armor?

turbid ibex
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Monstrosities are all unyielding

azure narwhal
limber bane
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what blessings/perks do you use on psword

turbid ibex
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Power cycler and sunder

heavy rover
turbid ibex
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Power cycler is mandatory for the extra energised hits and sunder gives you an insane amount of effective cleave

limber bane
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and perks?

heavy rover
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I do maniac and carapace

distant mural
turbid ibex
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Unyielding carapace i think?

distant mural
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Flak maniac will help u lots with most enemys

heavy rover
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sunder also works well with serrated edge talent given all the crazy cleave you get

distant mural
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Forgot name

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Unyielding is only good for bullwarks reapers and bosses

turbid ibex
distant mural
tame lodge
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Why slaughterer

distant mural
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Horde killing

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Yes brutal momentum is better hurrdurr

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But slaughterer is also good

turbid ibex
distant mural
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Sunder is better for carapce

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To kill crusher fast

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Brutal momentum is better for miced horde

turbid ibex
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Sunder is the gigacleave blessing

heavy rover
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once you clear a horde with Sunder and heavy attacks, it's hard to go back

limber bane
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so if you're running sunder on mark 6

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should you be spamming heavies to horde clear instead of lights

turbid ibex
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Mark 6 is light spam for horde clear

distant mural
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Isnt mark 6 just better either way?

turbid ibex
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Or rather activate->block cancel->light->light->light repeat

turbid ibex
distant mural
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Like the cleaves are barely different

tame lodge
limber bane
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so the heavy attack part of sunder is wasted then

tame lodge
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Yup

turbid ibex
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But thats not the point of running sunder

distant mural
turbid ibex
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You run sunder for the cleave

limber bane
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I see

tall torrent
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BM is a more horde oriented blessing

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Sunder is significantly better mixed horde clear

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Slaughterer is good but not as good as these 2 above

tame lodge
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Maybe one day when Psword gets 3 charges baseline

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We'll run Rampage

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(or just sunder BM lol)

tall torrent
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It’ll just be sunder + BM

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Or still power cycler

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5 atk per activation is still good QoL

tame lodge
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Fuck, it truly is

spark helm
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Not almost reverting the original nerf by accident 😭

sly orchid
tall torrent
bold sierra
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tis not bad

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but MAN i wish they give you 100% switch speed instead of insta-switch to gun

sly orchid
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exe stance getting turned into hybrid ranged and melee would be fun

spark helm
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It already was

sly orchid
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slay man sized enemies on headshot

spark helm
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There's just more sauce to be gained these days

bold sierra
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i like meleeing in exec stance, but the insta gun switch sometimes screw me a bit xD

spark helm
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You honestly really can if you're just close enough

tall torrent
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The ranged damage aspect is entirely secondary to its use atm

spark helm
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And is full of modifiers and supplementary talents to make peril gen less immediate

charred finch
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holy crap louis

spark helm
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Well someone else can win jackpots.

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(I have now lost 10 million dockets searching for the godroll)

tame lodge
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Congratulations

frigid swallow
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So how often does the Karsrkin outfit usually rotate in the store?

exotic grove
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i know it's not good but i like braced autogun on veteran

sharp epoch
exotic grove
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i have ork brain so i just want mo dakka

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me when i hit exec stance

sharp epoch
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I feel like gunlugger ogryn fits that more now tbh exe stance is more precision

exotic grove
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i will play "acuracy by volume of fire" on every character

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(Aiming is humie behaviour)

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alway hesitating between the MkIb and MkVIII tho

tame lodge
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4 is literally the dakkaest of them all

inner iris
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does anyone actually uses exec stance these days

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its just more ranged damage p much isnt it

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and i guess highlighting enemies

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which you dont really need

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90% of vets are shouters

spark helm
# inner iris does anyone actually uses exec stance these days

Its been sleeper good for a while tbh.

The new patch made it stronger by significant margin as well as other talent pathing changes and mergers.

Exestance is an ability that gets better the better the pilot using it actually is. This has always been the case even when voc was even easier to be more liberally used. The entire left tree for vet got better.

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Information and free gun damage is the entire reason why vet has had heavy duty exestance builds that delete problems for free. Plus depending on the build you can have an effective sharpshooting vet whose kills translate to a steady font of toughness. It's undeniable in-game especially at this point.

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Plus, being able to shutdown shooters has always been a valuable thing to do since closed beta. Exestance just had to compete eitj a fundamentally powerful and far more accessible ability since they pivoted to the talent tree system forever ago

inner iris
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what even was the other one again

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some stealth thing which no one has ever used in the history of ever basically

spark helm
# inner iris some stealth thing which no one has ever used in the history of ever basically

Infiltrate. People use it and have used it. It falls behind often because playing with stealth, even if it provides a way for players to not be attacked, still requires the player to perform without it. That takes time and most people getting better aren't rounded out in their basic play so the risks that can come from misuse of infiltrate happen more frequently. Up to aurics however, is where it can absolutely perform well. Can't speak for havoc but I imagine most totally ignore it in favor of voc or exestance.

And it was more popular than what you're saying. Certainly overshadowed and more narrowly built.

That's different now by many respects but it could still use some minor buffs. The right tree for veteran has mainly found use as a staple for the talents in the final tier of talents. This has been the case for the majority of generally good all-rounder meta builds on vet because it's inherently an all-rounder cornerstone of a class long before this major patch.

sharp epoch
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I use exe on h40 and it works even better than old shout

inner iris
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im sure the others are good its just that they lean into the ranged vet more which relies more on having good team mates to cover you id say

tame lodge
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There's more than that under but the main thing is stun/slow immunity

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Which pairs well with problematic weapons like Power Sword

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Which is also the best melee generalist in the game

spark helm
tame lodge
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While also generating toughness

spark helm
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This as well

tame lodge
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Totally forgot exe does that now

sharp epoch
spark helm
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The survivability of exestance has gone up after some needed quality of life changes so it's easier to use and get used to

spark helm
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That's a new thing. Any toughness you gained was from your own actions and anything else that feeds toughness.

sharp epoch
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oh I meant the stun immunity

spark helm
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Mm. Got you

willow prairie
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voc: low skill ceiling + team utility
exe: medium skill floor + depend on user to get value

spark helm
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Medium to high depending on the range weapon chosen, yeah.

gentle lake
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Send out 55 more crushers

inner iris
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I've been trying to find good off meta vet builds for a while now, which is why im asking about other stances but every time i try it feels like im just a detriment to my team because im not easily running around killing all the crushers with a dueling sword and 1 shotting everything else and bailing the team out with VOC

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dueling sword is OP af imo

sharp epoch
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your better off playing book zealot if thats the value you want

narrow widget
sharp epoch
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upgraded shout and better with a DS

narrow widget
tropic halo
tame lodge
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Yeah

tame lodge
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And the horde clearing aspect isn't amusing

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I love hacking and slashing through hordes on my horde game

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🗣️

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Internet double send moment

trim badger
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Instead of 1 shotting crushers with DS you'll 1 shot them with Helbore

trim badger
sharp epoch
primal ice
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What weapons should I use if I wanna use infiltrate?

trim badger
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But that's not what I said

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I said DS shout is better than DS book

narrow frost
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I just use tactical axe

trim badger
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Vet can pump damage with no downtime

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Zealot can't when casting book

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Which means losing all scourge stacks garanteed

sharp epoch
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with their cooldowns considered, class talents, and the ability themselves I still think book is better than shout

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shout is up every 20-30 seconds while book you can get every 30-40 seconds more consistently than shout because it doesnt require you to kill specialists only

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then you look and see that book also gives 30% damage to the team which makes up for not being able to hit stuff

hollow ibex
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Stealth bomber build is pretty funny

patent sentinel
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What’s everyone’s opinion on the Headhunter/vigilant autoguns?

narrow frost
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amazing

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I love them, probably the best chill sniper playstyle weapon

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single shot is good general, double can be build for anti carapace, 3 burst is best dps but worse handling

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all can hold up in havoc too

patent sentinel
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Interesting, i’ve been avoiding them for some time but need to level it for mastery. Yall talking about exe stance being good got me thinking about it lol

narrow frost
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dont need stance with them but it helps the 1-2 shot marks

blazing jetty
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I like the 2 shot burst one

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Would be better if the ironsights didn't stink

tall torrent
trim badger
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For shout at least

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Shout will probably be ready every 20s worst case scenario

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It's impossible to not find any special during that time

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Shout realistically takes between 12-24s to be ready

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Book requires 25 (tho if you're running book you're probably using PCT, which would make it 30)-52s

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Everyone and their mom run triple combat ability curio

trim badger
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Goober ^

slow sky
trim badger
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No specials killed

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So just 1-2 specials killed during that time it garantees it to take less than 20s

slow sky
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youre spending 3 curio slots to save just over 3 seconds

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that will likely already go to waste unless youre spamming it off cooldown, which is even more of a waste

ornate hound
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Best nodes for exe stances?

slow sky
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and its not even close

ornate hound
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Ohhh oki

slow sky
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due to the duration increase

ornate hound
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So the damage is just gravy?

slow sky
trim badger
slow sky
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its just whether it highlights shooters, ogryns+duration, and if it marks them for your team

ornate hound
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Oki

slow sky
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like lets assume you had tact awareness up 100% of the time

trim badger
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15s with no curios ya

slow sky
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your 30s cooldown now takes 15s
with perks, your 26.4s cooldown now takes 13.2s

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saving not even 2 seconds

calm shard
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okay but what about my 45 second infiltrate

slow sky
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granted thats unrealistic, but my point is to show how they get less value the more cdr rate you have

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and theres plenty of good curio perks

trim badger
slow sky
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toughness
gun resist
hp
stam regen
revive speed

trim badger
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Nvm I remembered it

tall torrent
slow sky
trim badger
tall torrent
trim badger
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Maybe arbites with charge tho

tall torrent
trim badger
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But for the rest wut, it comes clutch

tall torrent
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cuz most CD talents are CD rate

slow sky
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it saves so little

trim badger
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8 seconds for book

slow sky
tall torrent
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it's not 8s unless u skip all 3 CD talents on zealot

slow sky
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cuz of cdr

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and chances are
youre not popping book within 4s of it coming off cooldown often

trim badger
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Not exactly like I can win cdr while casting book tho

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So i'd say it's more of 6s-7s of benefit

slow sky
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or any ability for that matter

mortal aspen
slow sky
mortal aspen
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3 curios is 12%

tall torrent
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u save 3.6s for chorus from using triple CDR on curio, if u get crit CD talent

tame lodge
slow sky
tame lodge
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💀

mortal aspen
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but Vror was asking about cdr, i assumed you just made a typo

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well nvm

slow sky
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nah they asked how dr was calculated on the perks as a followup to other perk options

tall torrent
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DR is usually multiplicative with each other

tall torrent
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not always the case

trim badger
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??????????

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wa

tall torrent
slow sky
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what are you confused about

trim badger
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What weapon are you using to be able to get that many crits with book

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O_o

slow sky
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or any weapon with a crit blessing

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or any weapon with inherent crit chance

narrow frost
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piety plus base class critis 30%

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then add weapon crit

mortal aspen
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I also always assumed that cooldown rate wasn't dependent on the flat cooldown
The default rate is 1s per... second. But if you have 100% rate you get 2s per... second

slow sky
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and scourge

narrow frost
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easy 35-45

tall torrent
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piety setup, getting a crit hit every 3s is not a particularly hard ask

trim badger
slow sky
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roughly every 3 hits reprocs it

tall torrent
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even if u run weakspot CD, it's only saving u 4.11s

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meh

sharp epoch
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thats why book zealot is better you can consistently get your cdr

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if your fighting a boss as vet your not getting cdr modt of the time

trim badger
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(krak OP)

hybrid plover
tall torrent
sharp epoch
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I think martydom book zealot would be interesting

narrow frost
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Marty purpose is my fav cdr

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its always active

tame lodge
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Yeah

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Went from living with 22 seconds on fury after a CRIT to a permanent 20 seconds on fury

tidal mango
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Sorry if this has been asked already, but is there a bug where tagging and com wheel just don't work?

narrow frost
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yes

tidal mango
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I only seem to get this with vet in havocs

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Anything i can do about it?

narrow frost
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I am unsure

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it happens to me

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and sometime later its gone

tidal mango
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Yeah after some minutes it goes back to normal

sharp epoch
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easy fix press alt+f4

hybrid plover
sharp epoch
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I feel like it might be the sleeper build of book zelots, just takes more skills

tall torrent
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it's just 40s CD for chorus

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constant 40s CD

hybrid plover
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To which, I said no chadgryn

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That's a boring way to think in my opinion.

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And a bad way because then what happens when you're possibly the only one alive and all you have is your chorus to survive with no real offense?

hot maple
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does bleed dot ownership work like flame staff?

lunar maple
sharp epoch
tall torrent
sharp epoch
ornate ivy
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which cdr NODE did you take

sharp epoch
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On zealot, I've had crit since forever, but I think weakspots is more consistent for melee heavy builds and martydom is actually decent if you want to use your ranged a little

torn moat
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How does one build a combat shotgun these days? Perks/Blessings?

hybrid plover
hollow ibex
hybrid plover
#

But all combat shotguns actually have some genuine options

torn moat
#

I'd like to run the slug one (Agripinaa?). But I wouldn't mind having a build for the fire shell mk either.

hybrid plover
#

Same thing for accatran or

calm shard
#

Accatran's kinda bad :(

hollow ibex
#

Forget the Accatran

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It’s ass

hybrid plover
#

You can also run manstopper and flechette

torn moat
#

Also, is Stab or Mob the dump stat for shotguns now?

hybrid plover
#

But you need weapon spec for that.

torn moat
#

I thought Accatran was the best shotgun? (Or it used to be a year ago)

hybrid plover
#

And it's arguably worse than double barrel but it doesn't need always prepared.

calm shard
#

Yeah back when it had infinite cleave on fire shells

#

And when they went through walls

torn moat
#

They don't anymore?

calm shard
#

No they haven't for like a year at this point

hybrid plover
#

Don't even bother with flame shells

#

Just stick with the regular buckshot.

torn moat
#

But the Zarona is good now? That's surprising.

calm shard
#

Accatran's like

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Entire purpose

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Is being an objectively inferior double barrel that has more ammo, and better accuracy at range

calm shard
#

Now it's still weird but also good

hybrid plover
#

Tbh

#

Accatran's more of a psyker gun than a vet gun imho

calm shard
#

It's the only gun in the game that has an entirely different damage profile when you ADS compared to hipfiring

torn moat
#

Sounds like Agripinaa is the best now tbh... Since Accatran is just a worse DBS, and Zarona is awkward to use for it's special shells.

hybrid plover
#

Because scattershot + flechette with the node that gives you cleave on high peril gets very stupid.

calm shard
#

You don't use Zarona for its special shells

#

You use it because it has the highest damage regular shells by quite a lot

#

Its special shell is okay tho

torn moat
#

I thought Accatran had higher damage regular shells?

hollow ibex
calm shard
hollow ibex
#

Accatran barely saw buffs

calm shard
#

Simply because Zarona has vastly higher crit/weakspot damage on regular shells than the other two

hollow ibex
#

Which is a huge issue

#

When the other shotguns got buffed quite a bit

hollow ibex
#

Hard to tell

#

Stat card on shotguns are just totally wrong

calm shard
#

Here's a simple little breakpoint for you then

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Zarona can one shot bodyshot auric maulers with regular shells

#

Agri has to load slug

torn moat
#

What's the recommendations for an Agri build? No Respite, Man Stopper?

calm shard
#

I'd say Full Bore+Manstopper for agri all the time

#

Full Bore is free +20% strength

#

The agri is super accurate, and the slug counts as "every pellet" as well

torn moat
#

Won't No Respite only work on targets you hit twice?

calm shard
#

Well you don't have to hit them yourself if they're staggered by anything it counts

torn moat
#

Or does it apply on the first hit when the enemy isn't staggered yet?

calm shard
#

Also No Respite is fucking lying it is not 20% damage

#

It is 20% per level of stagger up to...100 or 120% I can't remember how many there are

torn moat
#

And Flak and Maniac for perks?

calm shard
#

Ye

#

Unyielding is also decent too

torn moat
#

Also, why not use Stab for the dump stat?

calm shard
#

Zarona wants crit+unyielding imo

torn moat
#

Seems the fire rate is low enough that you don't care about Stability rolls.

hollow ibex
calm shard
#

ergonomic this dick

hollow ibex
#

Hey I like both of the combat shotties staregryn

void dragon
#

Question: you folks think that Kraks needed the ammo pool increase when they now have easy access to another charge + 20% chance for a 2x1 in the perk tree and the other damage buffs vet got?

hollow ibex
#

Yeah

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and I think it needs to just instakill crushers

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Instead of having to rely on buffs

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Tinkerer is basically a havoc Krak tax

void dragon
hollow ibex
#

Nah that’d be kinda weird

#

And stepping on frags toes

tall torrent
tall torrent
#

manstopper without deadshot on this gun kinda low value

#

even with WS's guaranteed crit

hybrid plover
#

It would still be awkward with all of that more accessible grenade retention if you could only have two and grenadier would become a tax node for using kraks.

tall torrent
#

and grenadier prob can use a rework

#

20% chance to not consume blitz rather than throwing 2 at the same time

#

krak twinned's homing is wack

#

frequently both stick on same enemy and it's just wasted dmg

void dragon
tall torrent
#

u gotta throw a twinned first then hope they stick onto diff enemies

void dragon
#

Is there a way to manipulate if the extra base comes left or right?

tall torrent
#

20% chance to not consume a charge is just more versatile

void dragon
#

Would make smoke setting more fun imo, tossing 2 smokes sometimes is a waste

tall torrent
#

smoke twinned is basically always a waste

#

lmao

void dragon
#

Yeah, even on open arenas one should be enough

hollow ibex
tall torrent
#

krak twin gamble is meh

#

it's just for +1 nade to cope with rot armor

serene bough
#

back when krak had 2 max capacity it was mandatory but 3 is a good sweet spot

sharp epoch
hollow ibex
sharp epoch
#

Im more talking about the trajectory without the lock on

#

like with shredders too,

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they wont go where you throw them they split equally from your hand

tall torrent
#

yea they do diverge but the homing still fks it over

#

I think they need to make it 20% chance to not consume charge ngl

sharp epoch
#

the best way to get a good homing is throw them from far thats the only time ive got it to work right

sharp epoch
tall torrent
sharp epoch
tall torrent
#

like, u can tell 1 explodes before the other

sharp epoch
#

it would require something to check every millisecond if something is homing in on a certain target

#

its probably too complicated for one grenade interaction

tall torrent
hollow ibex
#

alright, tested finesse on CS

#

vs. Scab Flamer

Agri
Bodyshot: 639
Headshot: 1574 = 2.46x
Headshot Crit: 2197 = 3.44x

Zarona
Bodyshot: 856
Headshot: 1656 = 1.93x
Headshot Crit: 2190 = 2.56x

#

agri has some insane finesse

#

zarona has higher base damage

#

i knew agri had high finesse

#

but yeesh

#

3.44x damage multiplier on headshot crit... is pretty insane

orchid hemlock
#

Agri shotgun right 😈

hollow ibex
#

yeah

orchid hemlock
#

This dog just walked up to me in the barber shop 😭

#

What do I do?

vestal arch
#

which stats should be at 60 for helbore?, Stability?

#

Cause I compared to a 80 stability helbore to a 60 stability helbore

#

I couldnt tell the difference between the two other than my shitty aim

red portal
slow sky
orchid hemlock
slow sky
split swan
#

Which melee is better for vet, rashad or Mk1 shovel?

#

Been trying the shovel more and it seems decent

hollow ibex
#

rashad requires specific builds though

#

also did a more fulsome test of shotgun finesse vs. dreg gunner at point blank rage

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TL;DR agri has insane finesse, accatran finesse is laughably bad

split swan
hollow ibex
#

and you need to run unarmored (carapace is recommended as second perk) and brumentum + heaadtaker

#

all of these are mandatory

#

for damnation/auric breakpoints

#

but if you have all of these, rashad's prob the second or third-strongest melee for vet

split swan
#

What would be better? DS and pSword?

hollow ibex
#

power sword is number 1

#

i think some people would rate dsword about rashad

#

but i personally would not

split swan
#

Fair, I just do not like power sword so rashad is good for me

hollow ibex
#

a lot of people hate psword

#

so that's totally normal KEKW_ogryn

split swan
#

Like i dont want to be super slow and press a button anytime I wanna attack

#

Haha

#

Appreciate the info, thx

tall torrent
hollow ibex
tall torrent
tall torrent
split swan
tall torrent
hollow ibex
#

It’s a good weapon to force yourself to learn melee fundamentals

#

So there’s that lol

turbid lodge
#

hey guys just wanted to ask a quick question, do you guys think focus target or marksman's focus is better for a infantry lasgun build?

split swan
#

Sounds like its a skill issue on my part lol

tall torrent
tall torrent
tall torrent
vestal arch
#

oh

turbid lodge
#

oh wait nvrmind

#

weapons specialist

tall torrent
#

the only gun I would consider running MF for is helbore

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because MF takes 3 extra points to reach on bottom left

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and u can usually get 70~80% of its dmg bonuses for ranged (which also applies to melee & grenade & DOT) by taking all dmg talents on right side

turbid lodge
#

do you guys think ill get my arse handed to me if i try to do havoc with the infantry? and if i do (i already have a maxed one out), what melee should i bring alongside for it?

tall torrent
turbid lodge
#

besides the dueling sword

#

ive seen that everywhere

turbid lodge
#

mid 30s

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like i think 33 rn?

tall torrent
#

I think inf las is playable atm

#

but not as good as helbore

charred finch
turbid lodge
#

is it cuz the charging you can do and the pinpoint accuracy you can achieve with it?

charred finch
#

that rending modifier goes fucking nutters too but u dont really need it

tall torrent
charred finch
#

yeah the only thing it won't onetap is a crusher

turbid lodge
#

and just to be clear, the best inf las blessings are headhunter and deadly accurate, right?

turbid lodge
turbid lodge
#

thought so

#

would deadshot be smart to run with this or?

tall torrent
#

I run them with FT / WS

turbid lodge
#

what melee should i run with it? i was thinkin power sword / falchion but idk

charred finch
tall torrent
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turbid lodge
tall torrent
turbid lodge
#

crit shock troop las build with kraks, all the usual toughness stuffs, and focus target

charred finch
uncut pewter
#

Is melee focused vet a bad idea out of curiosity? Haven't seen vet tree since the rework/update

tall torrent
charred finch
#

i meant to reply to deadshot comment

turbid lodge
charred finch
#

ok if you're running ilas, just ditch deadshot

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not worth it since the firerate can't keep up with the stamina drain

turbid lodge
tall torrent
turbid lodge
#

any specific ones in mind?

uncut pewter
tall torrent
#

non-negotiable for hybrid builds?

turbid lodge
#

i lean more for ranged

tall torrent
#

agile engagement is really strong too

turbid lodge
#

but fair

tall torrent
#

if u play ranged focus I still think those are like, not really negotiable

turbid lodge
#

off topic but

tall torrent
#

both skirmisher and EW are better than superiority complex for example

turbid lodge
#

should i swap to Ex Stance rather than VoC

turbid lodge
tall torrent
tall torrent
turbid lodge
#

i went straight down the first 2 paths

tall torrent
#

gotta send a pic or smth

#

u can dm it

turbid lodge
#

yea true

#

1 sec

orchid hemlock
#

Wait you can just use this too

tall torrent
orchid hemlock
#

Wait what?

tall torrent
orchid hemlock
#

?

hollow ibex
#

he prob sent over DM

orchid hemlock
#

Sus

tepid otter
#

Floof

vestal arch
#

What perk do you guys run with Vrak autogun?

#

Unyielding + Carapace?

hollow ibex
#

crit + unyielding or flak

#

cara not worth

vestal arch
#

What about the blessings?

#

Im running with dum dum and deathspitter

orchid hemlock
digital escarp
#

is weapon specialist the most optimal keystone for these? feels very situational but I don't know what else would be less bad on a melee vet

hollow ibex
#

yeah revolver and knife both love WS

tribal pebble
tribal pebble
#

i have play many amount arbite and now fight with combat knife is hard

azure narwhal
#

Don't use stance sparingly

#

It's so easy to upkeep it now

tribal pebble
#

i am bad at to using the ability at good time

tribal pebble
stable sun
#

slow as grandma

tribal pebble
azure narwhal
tribal pebble
#

thank you

azure narwhal
# tribal pebble thank you

You're welcome. Also feel free to send your build here, there might be some changes to assist you better

tribal pebble
#

i only have 23 level amount

azure narwhal
#

That's okay. It's up to you, whether you start worrying about it now or at 30 (maximum)

tribal pebble
#

it is this

tribal pebble
#

i love arbite

#

i am many amount more good with arbite

digital escarp
tribal pebble
#

i holding block but recovery is slow and is impossible for avoid hit like this

#

this is not happen with light so i only do light with combat knife so this is not happen

#

is more safe but slow

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i thing safe is more important than quick but i try for make balance

azure narwhal
tribal pebble
#

i know how it works i was just showing example

azure narwhal
tribal pebble
#

i was trying for make this happen in the video

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it happen many time without trying though

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is make heavy attack is dangerous because enemy sometime is do big lunge that can not block even if react to it if in recovery

azure narwhal
#

I'd send a video but i'm not home. Later i can show you a little better

tribal pebble
#

thank you

tribal pebble
#

so can copy

azure narwhal
#

Now that i had time, give this a shot, see how you feel @digital escarp

digital escarp
#

ty for the tree, will take a look

azure narwhal
#

Yeah

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Knife may not be king of horde density but with WS and serrated that does not matter as much

#

Not to mention, catachan MkVI has 2 horizontal heavies and horizontal lights

#

Has you covered, in that sense

#

Though i will say, my favorite knife build is knife + plasma WS

tribal pebble
mortal aspen
#

why

tribal pebble
#

i want to practice for when i have none

turbid ibex
#

Survivalist

mortal aspen
tribal pebble
#

and i like to take as little from team as possible

mortal aspen
#

you don't take anything from your team. free ammo from survivalist, free grenades from all your grenade talents

tribal pebble
#

what is survivalist

#

is the thing this give ammo to kill specialist?

azure narwhal
#

Veteran aura

#

Yeah

tribal pebble
#

it is small ammo

azure narwhal
#

Yes but very additive

tribal pebble
#

it help?

azure narwhal
#

You will encounter many such enemies in a match

#

Yes, very much so

#

I haven't taken an ammo box as vet in a long time

#

Survivalist is a very good pick

tribal pebble
#

oh

#

i thought is low amount

shy sphinx
#

The only good pick

azure narwhal
#

Try it; you'll feel it

tribal pebble
#

yay i will try

azure narwhal
#

Other veteran auras are still dog

tribal pebble
#

i am use movement speed thing i think

azure narwhal
#

Yeah that's fun to use but sadly doesn't give the amount of value survivalist does

shy sphinx
azure narwhal
#

You take movement speed if another vet on your team has survivalist; for example

tribal pebble
#

i just use it because other i thought is small amount

#

i think it is only thing i use before

mortal aspen
azure narwhal
tribal pebble
#

is good for revolver?

azure narwhal
#

It's almost always active in high difficulties

#

Yes of course

tribal pebble
#

i like quick draw stub revolver

mortal aspen
#

like the best weapon in the game - Double Barrel Shotgun

tribal pebble
#

yay

azure narwhal
#

It's pretty good

tribal pebble
#

i never play in above uprising difficulty as veteran yet

#

and there is not many specialist

azure narwhal
#

Oh

mortal aspen
#

it works for elites too

azure narwhal
#

That makes a lot of sense

#

Yeah

#

Elites too

tribal pebble
#

i have play damnation as the arbite though

azure narwhal
#

The more you push up difficulty wise the more you'll see it

#

It's literally always active

tribal pebble
#

i am 1 mission away from have auric but i think arbite is too much easy

#

i think am bored

#

i like gun most

azure narwhal
#

Arbites has a lot more cushions as a class yes

#

Easy survuvability and damage output

tribal pebble
#

it fun when i start but i never am take damage and is feel boring

azure narwhal
#

Though other classes can do more damage wise. It's difficult to beat a good plasma/double barrel veteran, for example

tribal pebble
#

it is like if survival horror game like resident evil is give infinite ammo

#

i think i never use double barrel before

#

is hard for shoot far away enemy?

#

or is like subductor pistol

#

is accurate

azure narwhal
#

No

#

Double barrel is short range high burst damage

mortal aspen
#

you can still kill some far away enemies

#

snipers specifically

tribal pebble
#

sniper is small health

azure narwhal
#

No subductor pistol though that's a little much

tribal pebble
#

i like subductor pistol

azure narwhal
#

That thing is literally a pocket sniper

mortal aspen
#

pistol sucks ass

#

the best thing about double barrel vet is that you almost never have to reload

#

shistol is reload animation simulator

tribal pebble
#

how to not reload?

azure narwhal
#

It's aight. If i want to take tight spread i'd go for executioner shotgun, that one mk of it

mortal aspen
azure narwhal
#

Weapon specialist

#

Lol

tribal pebble
#

what is it do?

silver patrol
#

specialize in weapon usage

mortal aspen
tribal pebble
#

OH

#

is good

mortal aspen
#

it's good for revolver too

azure narwhal
# tribal pebble what is it do?

Its modifier gives you ammo back in magazine whenever you switch weapons (activating ranged specialist). 3.3% seems small but calculations are out of the window when you have 2 bullets in your magazine

turbid ibex
pseudo fiber
#

It's 3.3% rounded up so yeah very good

tribal pebble
tribal pebble
azure narwhal
#

Yeah

#

With knife and revolver

#

You should

#

1000% be running WS

tribal pebble
#

i am excited

#

i will try when finish other game i am playing

#

i will do many amount ammo with aura thing

tribal pebble
#

i try the aura thing it is amazing and good

#

is this is good as well as?

dapper coyote
tribal pebble
turbid ibex
tribal pebble
#

oh

#

that is sad

#

i thought critical chance is many amount good

dapper coyote
#

You'll playing an entirely different playstyle with it but its eh

turbid ibex
#

Can be neat with helbore but thats about it

dapper coyote
#

Its for guns that has low fire rate like helbores, plasma and what not

turbid ibex
#

If it didnt consume stamina per shot it wouldve been nice for recon

dapper coyote
#

True

turbid ibex
dapper coyote
#

Oof

turbid ibex
#

Like at all

tribal pebble
#

it is ok with revolver?

bold sierra
turbid ibex
bold sierra
#

also combat shotguns'

#

combat shotgun with manstopper is great with deadshot

dapper coyote
#

Cshotguns the universal gun

turbid ibex
#

Theres much better talents for you to spend your points on than deadshot though

#

Specially for ws builds

bold sierra
dapper coyote
winter grove
#

Plasma doesn't even benefit from dead shot

#

Ah

dapper coyote
#

TWAS ALREADY CORRECTED.

winter grove
#

This cannot be forgiven we stick krak grenade to your groin now

dapper coyote
bold sierra
#

either way, deadshot can be great for a lot of weapons, but not all

dapper coyote
#

True

winter grove
#

It's great for vraks infantry autogun KEKW_ogryn

bold sierra
dapper coyote
#

Use a Shredder autopistols guys, its the best guys, its even better with marksman and is best at counter snipers

winter grove
#

Lowkey shredder felt good this patch

#

Idk maybe it's because vet finally has a good talent tree

dapper coyote
#

fucking why an arbites player uses that over his shotgun hunting snipers, i will never know

winter grove
#

Oh on arbiter

#

Yeah nah wtf

bold sierra
#

shredder is lowkey more or less a great utility weapon xD

dapper coyote
#

-# from 10+ meters

bold sierra
winter grove
#

Esp ragers or other maniac specialists

#

But I assume good at killing part is exclusive to vet

bold sierra
#

I appreciate its high stagger

winter grove
#

After all I did a dumb idea of knife + ius and thought no way it'd be good

#

Turns out it is if you make it WS

tribal pebble
#

is devils claw sword is good for use?

tall torrent
tribal pebble
#

oh

#

that is sad

analog mural
#

It's not bad... Until you encounter anything armoured

tribal pebble
#

oh

#

i need fight armour with melee weapon

analog mural
#

Well dclaw is probably not the pick then

tribal pebble
#

thank you

#

why critical chance is say 20 when have pull out gun or sword

#

but when i shoot or swing attack it change to high number

#

i do not have any tallent that do this

tall torrent
#

35% is prob with knife