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they like railgun
plasma is not horde clear

plasma is really good at killing specialists and ranged elites
which is a single dmg dealer
bring a melee weapon for horde
cant bolter literally do the same? Am i getting plasma wrong? Becuase i was told 15 minutes ago that becuase of cleavage i can kill multiple enemies in a single hit
heavy charge can have inf cleave
but too slow
uhuh
horde soft meat walk faster
and it just come say hi you before you fully charge the gun
got it
ideally boltgun is also not the go-to horde clear option
what about the mk3?
i used for horde so funfun
i mean yes, but i said about being single target with ability to kill bosses
boss has thick health, they tend need dps'er not burst dmg
it's the side function
what about it
if burst damage is big enough it can kill bosses, isnt it?
plasma is not rly a boss dps weapon
i mean doesnt that make plasma just being outclassed by any weapon in the game? Bolter may also kill specialist and also do what plasma cant
not worth the ammo sink
boltgun doesn't have 9.45 cleave, and has way slower draw
can't 1 kill, bosses, clear horde
and boltgun needs frequent reloads, plasma doesn't
plasma offer more rds
what does cleave even give in this case if its not horde clearer???
@tall torrent how many enemies pen through from a single shot mk2 boltgun?
if its not horde clearer, why does it even need cleavage? Whats the point???
there's this mechanic every enemies type has hitmass, so higher is, the penetration from weapon stop go through
sometimes the thing you want to shoot (flamer, trapper, bomber) is behind groups of enemies
that's where cleave matters for ranged weapons
damn
havent even thought of that
you can score double kill specs if they lining up
3 cleave
oh right plasma can shoot through certain thickness of the wall
i dont know every single perk
the hell???
daaaamn
you can shoot enemies behind cover
but light attack is lesser cleave value
which is charge come shine in
is plasma any good for sniper build or hellbore/bolter is better?
sniper slow shot high dmg not worth on weaker specs ranged enemy, but the bolt and hel are like dmr type worth killing
idk if you are gun fan that dmr is fitting for bolt and hel
plasma can work like only light attack
wait, with infinite cleavage i can pierce infinite amount of enemies until its stopped by carapace, right?
plasma is good for melee hybrid
boltgun is a gun u need to build around
helbore is dedicated backline sniping that takes way more investment to build around
plasma is not infinite cleave, but yes
lasagna pizza just told that m2 have one?
or i got it wrong
he is wrong
the game build around has inv wall
cant shoot through thickess wall
cover is acceptable
The today update changed it from infinity to a limited cleavage
daaaaamn
it was never infinite
let me guess, fatslop bad description writing
Sorry path but the patch notes say infinite so you're wrong 
it was like a 100 cleave
it's not infinite
Yeah
Fatshark moment
you need grass touching, i think you obsess with excel stats stuff in this game for far too long
Yeah i was parroting Fatshark's words
excel is life, excel is love.
And explosions are infinite cleave
excel is best thing that happened to humanity.
lorewise plasma is explosive gas lob thingy not a railgun
fs make it railgun instead just wacked the weapon
your speech sound like that oil floats on water joke
Yeah I have a bad habit of breaking sentences like that
Yes it's a bad habit
I'm not changing 
no i mean.
step 1 - oil floats on water
step 2 -cover yourself in oil
step 3 - its raining
step 4 -fly
path being dataslaver for far too long in this game, i played Toxic commando without seeing nerd dataslaver around here tell; x y z this weapon stats suck, you need this make build better
That or poorly written haiku
That had a high armor piercing, only bested by melta gun
melta like dragon breath open from 5000 degree furance
But it doesn't keep going through multiple objects like a railgun might
the hell is toxic commando, since when does he have toxic damage or you just played toxic?
other game
wait
ror 2 i guess
Back 4 Bloodlike
im starting to confuse stuff
i ask my friend try b4b before release of TC he won't buy it, not because he know, because he doesn't want spent more money on the older game
isnt it just more corerct to call it a l4d-like becuase its older?
john warhammer
Mark Ecko's
my friend call ubi as ubislop for profiting Tom Clancy dead writter
the division 2 is slop
my friend hated them, he try realism once and i was too early opt out being to bland and boring
he is right, i mean siege is only reviving now
straight up downfall at wamai/kali add
and glaz nerf made him not so cool anymore
Rainbow Six Extraction moment
and Ghost recon wildland are his favorite, i brought breakpoint he didn't like how it looks
lmao, yes!
my laptop can't play that game
on demo is send me an error of graphic incompatible
you cant play this game anymore as far as i know
it was shut down cuz nobody played l4d r6s misscariage

It got shutdown?
I didn't know
breakpoint is so ass it cant even be called a ghost recon sequel
i dress as divison agent and have SHD mp5 went gunblazing in enemy compound not getting punished
still a l4d r6s miscarriage lol
who are those
dont know what this is
remedy? isnt that xbox exclusive about vampires and shit?
wait i thought abour arcane
yes, redfall
i havent even saw this game released
like
????
it was that bad i guess that it was not worthy of drama

3a slop, my beloved
handcrafted by idians on outsource doing anything to not starve to death
helldivers be like:
i hope they retcon firebreak by just saying they ran out of volunteers and thats how the hiss broke out
i heard control was a good, but strange game becuase it tried mixing storytelling and scp stuff like documents and anomalies
havent got a hand on it
i enjoy poker night in inventory 1 personally after its remaster, dont think that with darktide and marathon i would even want to play something single player from AAA
i guess, but for lore diving i personally would prefer warhammer (duuuhh)
Guys is autopistol still buns?
yes? i guess its just a worse carbine?
wasnt it supposed to be just bad?
i thought it was this kind of weapon that you get over after level 3
as i heard it is good on hive scum
Shredder APistol should have better mobility profile imo, it has quite strong stagger and it's weakspots damage is fine but below Vraks
Everything is good on Hscum because it's broken
Lmao so they still haven't nerfed them? Noice
It's a pretty good game with insanely high highs and few but painfully low Lows
It mixed metroidvania with like dark souls campfire mechanic
The enemies sometimes spawn and they spawn in few so grinding for mats isn't that reliable
Sometimes you get alarm events where you go to x and kill y so you can get mats
And if you're lucky you get good weapon mods
They Nerf it, but just isn't brain-dead as before
Ah I'd think they would, but glad to hear it is still the good glass cannon they went for
sound fun, but not as fun as poker i guess
or getting your ass pumped by giant blue man with horns cuz your tem def him
Sliperyest cannon there is, even more dodgy and somehow ObeseFish make it so the perk tree make it more
Literally go crazy with dual wield guns, I really hope diverse weight sharky put some dualwiled guns one the veteran some day
Would prefer they made the inf Lasgun good, this patch made it more ammo nonhungry but don't know if that makes it better than recon or helbore in any meaningful way
Personally I'll still be running helbore despite the infantry las buffs
I mean there's literally more than 3 automatic las guns, why they don't add more variety, I want more guns and melee weapon too
Mk5 Helbore still the superior infantry Lasgun 
We still need a lmg gun as a veteran, imagine they could do like the veteran goes crazy when he keeps shooting without end that'd be fun
how is power falchion doing this patch?
No they buffed it
I will never be emotionally separated from my plasma gun
lets just say the buff didn't address any of the issues the weapon has
in typical fatshart manner
amazing
they upped it's initial light stack damage which doesn't help it
attack
Is not only not surprising but true
Mk 5 helbore with weight of fire becomes the superior recon las 
Nah the recon fire rate makes stacking fire a breeze while not being slow for mobility
Da cancer got you
The changes
Is the servers up?
Already running those
how the ilas change
They buffed its ammo from Infinity to Infinity +20% (or Infinity +80% with Efficiency blessing). No improvement to Flak ADMs, no change to wacky inverse damage falloff. I'm not hopeful
Yeah
Helbore

Fatshark buffed dclaw so many times that when they actually buff flak , the game will implode
whas dclaw?
Better than before
Not rly a top tier gun tho
What's our ideal gun for elite killer/left side build?
anyone figure out how the cleave node works with lasguns yet?
like i tihnk it works with recon but i can legit not tell
\it oculd be that im going through or just missing my first target, you nkow?
oh my god DB shout build is so good on expeditions
It’s good for weapons with >2 base cleave
Recon XIV 3 cleave
Helbores 3 cleave
Infantry Las sub 2
ok, can confirm, it does do something, definitely against hordes and less armor on auric diff
Aka 1.5
in particular if youre running rending and britlle and burn on crushers and maulkers it will appear to apply at least a stack beyond first target
interesting
especailly interesting that it doesnt work on inf las , but of course it wouldnt lol
oh thats funny, leaving psykhaneum activates all the mobs to attack you rn
What
None of the lasweapons have enough cleave to pass maulers and crushers
rending node, onsluaght, burn crits on inf ammo lasgun with enhanced weakspot damage is proccing it, dont know what to tell you
probably a bug
i do have the+10 strength on weakspot hits and cleave nodes and used this with shout
mark
Both work
is it too much skillpoints in one segment? Should i get rid of some of them?
Get rid of cleave and opening salvo
crits from reload is kind of useless i think
And get iron will
Never mind, I mixed up ult with capstone
Not taking iron will is a massive L
i dont need more cleave becuase plasma already has best cleave?
Because you have better stuff to put that point in than cleave on plasma gun
okay, thx
now it is okay i guess
Always take iron will
Get rid of opening salvo
Choose between cleave and field improv
what about this section?
i think its viable personally
but i dont know much about perks, there may be better way to arrange skill tree
Might be worth dropping the right toughness regen and/or longshot
i guess, i could get extra ammo if i drop 2 of them
i am lvl 24 vet so i need to compriomise
U normally only want 3 points here
Longshot and out for blood are good but not necessary
Case dependent
i guess i cant do any better with this now, have no skill points left. lvl 24 for clarification
or for plasma i should go for sniper concentration?
I think running focus target on most builds is fine, even with plasma because giving your team extra damage on bosses or crusher spam is always nice
Take toughness instead of competitive urge or whichever that one is called
The marksman focus keystone is good but i think focus target is better in most cases
Ur missing a lot of damage by not going bottom right
real?
you mean gun specialist?
Yea you’re missing like 60~90% damage
No, Weapon Specialist
lol
WS by far is the best keystone
i see many crit here, okay i get it now
i guess for my recon build i should also go for this tree
I can see that, guaranteed ranged crits and good melee buffs is nice
15% melee damage
Skirmisher 25% global
Exploit weakness 20% global
Agile engagement 25% melee/ranged
Desperado 25% melee finesse, 10% melee crit chance
Reciprocity 25% crit chance
Drop the ammo
and for recon i should move to the bottom right crits as well?
did
No, MF is by far the worst keystone for Recon
Recon has bad finesse modifiers
so i should keep sniper?
Sniper?
Left keystone recon is shit
i go no keystone for recon
Dont
Nope that's outdated
vet is only class that can be viable without, and it still is
Keystone is much easier to get now with new tree
No lmao
This is a take from one year ago
tell it to my h40 run yesterday
At the very least just take WS just because it's busted for melee
There is legit 0 reason to not take a keystone
so what is best keystone for recon
Either of the other two work
I've done havoc 40s with no Psyker/Scum/Vet
So take that 😈
Gotem
ive done h40's with my brother
and hes a fuckin dipshit
so you play with him now and ill go veteran no perks
probably be easier lol
is it peak meta?
no.
Sorry, opinion invalid cus I'm the "better" player
What kind of setup are you even running where you cant spare a single point for keystone
but you cna make some really fun no keystone builds that are h40 viable was my point.
ill post it
its gonna get roasted but its really fun
hmm, doesnt want to let me post iscreenies
Grey name
do i need to get apporval from mods or something
Since there's no better player than me
I can confidently say that
yeah, what a pain in the ass
Get a keystone
oh well

You need red role
Keep chatting
Did you run Havoc 40 solo?????
Holy what a beast 
but have you considered this footage of egoist higui sleeping with a rannick body pillow
Based???
no the scandal is that he only has one rannick body pillow
Wooooah you used your toes? 
With 10 hours of loud Soviet Russian anthem
Playing on my left ear
And the entire bible in Japanese
On my right ear
Ok that's funny
so i only recently added the cleave and the getting folks up shout ability to try em out, but i usually run bring it down and superiority ocmplex instead
its fun
This build is dogass
No keystone worked maybe 1 1/2 2 years ago for a grenade build
i mena, if it gets me to the end of h40
I respect the born leader pick
then it works dont it?
Yessir!
Either you are getting hard carried or you are unbelievably cracked out of your mind if youre pulling h40s with this
Genuinely fucking how
nah bullshit aside, im def getting carried, im getting carried with meta builds too
but its fun through auric maelstroims and thats what i tend to play
i think im contributing to h40s but i know i aint clutching shit
Tinkererless kraks, no skirmisher or exploit weakness, no superiority, no bring it down, taking onslaught for some reason
onslaught is good for support, ime
Opening salvo, the ranged cleave node, exhilarating takedown over confirmed kill
Not really because it only does something if youre shooting crushers
Which is not something you should do with the vast majority of guns in the game
i mena, its 8 shots to build 10% brittleness and some burn, switch to shovel, poke pushattack into heavy and that's 3/4 life gone
spray a few rounds into heads and your krak doesnt need the boost
You could also just throw a krak to immediately kill them
opens up the node
agreed, but this isnt meant to be meta
its meant to be fun and shoot a lot, provide support and give a hand
i'll admit im confused tho
So how is not Chaos Wastes
i get youre saying is hould run tinkerer, and on my non lasgun focused builds i always run skirmisher and exploit weakness
You should still run those
Youre missing out on a lot of damage by not taking them
then how am i supposed to do that and get to a keystone
while getting to inf ammo lasguns
By getting rid of the dogshit nodes you also took
is this worth having

like?
deadshot time
so you have played with these new nodes?
Shout revive technically got buffed but i still dont think its worth the point, ranged cleave will maybe let you hit an extra fodder enemy sometimes but you shouldnt be shooting at hordes with recon anyways,
Marksman just doesnt have enough uptime and opening salvo is still opening salvo
opening salvo usually regenerates around 5-6 extra magazines if no one is running crit chance aura over the course of a havoc game
thats the only reason i run it
im messing with cleave rn to try it out, same with revive
but i find that while marksman pairs well with rending and onslaught, unless im misreading ow that works
its also nice to get some damage boost on shout
Its only 10% crit on the first 20% ammo
Its way too little of a boost
This is prob what i'd run for recon
that plus the crit chance on the weapon and crit boost from headhunter frequently means ive got starting crit chance up to 25% on ranged hits, which means on headshots its critting way more often over the course of the match
thats all
ill look this over
i tend to skip non manditory touhness nodes and focus on avoidance
new update brought back all the idiots it seems
tons of people who wont stick with the group and die alone
The issue is youre sacrificing a lot of your damage output for for this
the rending node is covering a lot of damage output on rapid firing weapons
You also should replace headhunter for dumdum on recon
i know folks dont like it but its strong as shit
i dont fire it up close much
melee
Close range is 12.5m
For those who don't have the long bomb penance - you can use the mortar nade in expeditions to get it almost instantly by throwing it at the floor
id probably replace burn first
Dont
Might be good for the 40 kills while stunned on zealot
Aparently the mortar ones count as nades for pennances
So it might work on most nade pennances
Have to test it tho
Theres really not much of a point in running headhunter over dumdum or infernus
ammo is basically it
And you lose out on a significant amount of damage
id really need to run a few matches and compare
i know im missing on steady damage, but the 10% rending, brittleness and crit damage im pretty sure works out to more than 30% and doesnt have a range limit
thats true, but it adds up quickly, particularly against carapace and unyielding, ime
i'll work on the math in excel and see
You really shouldnt be shooting carapace anyways
im only shooting it while i am out of range to hit it with melee
yup. flexibility of options in engagement, debuffs on targeted enemies we focus on as a team, weakening bosses, evading weapon weakness limitations
with recon mark xii i can splashout a lot of debuff on enemies very quickly
expending little or no ammo in the process
But you'd probably save more ammo on your Recon going Dum Dum + Infernus or Dum Dum + Deathspitter for faster TTK
I like Dum Dum + Deathspitter on the XIV
i'll give it a shot, but last time i ran dumdum i found i had much lower damage for the match
buyt about the same kils
so i dont know how that one worked ouit
Dum Dum + Infernus on the other two
It’s not because of dumdum
Dumdum is stupidly strong
i mean it was the only change, but i getcha
Well no. There are an infinite number of factors that could impact your damage between two matches
Which is why controlled testing is important
i think of it as with this set up after 12 weakspot hits ive spent 5-7 rounds of ammo and my enemy is half as tough and at max burn stacks
fair, but i mean i looked at it over 10 games, not h40 admittedly
10 with dumdum and infernus and 10 with headhunter and infernus
10 isn’t a material sample size
fair, but this isnt my job and im not gonna have time for much more
Play 1000 games and get back to us
No amount of games will compensate for infinite factors impacting your damage output
Simply do a controlled testing in psyk
For something like this
im trying it righjt now
specifically on plasma heavy gunners and both ragers
that was menat for you i mean
the testing it
so far
Any new science for ranged cleave talent?
trying infantry lasgun for the first real time which version do you guys like best
Blue one is carpal tunnel simulator
But instant sprint to ads and ads movement speed is neat on it
Aim for head
Unironically
It matters way more than on recon
Good for revolver, helbore, boltgun IIb, combat shotgun, recon XIV
igy i see headhunter recommended on it so ill try to aim better
Use infernus and dumdum instead
I think he’s talking about Ilas
yea infantry lasgun
flak and maniac?
my favorite lasgun is the little one i can fire with one hand
Las pistol my beloved
hmm i do like IIb mobility
I wonder how the hitscan change feels on the infantry las
Apparently there’s like no recoil
thank fuck for autofire mod though
^
never going back
some averages: with my build, 7 rounds spent to kill a dreg rager, 9 for scab, 3 spent for scab or dreg shotgunner, 5 for hound, 1-2 for sniper, 1-3 for trapper and either bomber, 3 for scab gunner, 2 for dreg gunner, 10 for mauler, 9 for plasma gunner, 15- 24 for crusher with on melee or krak, 9-15 on reaper, 111-15 on bulwark. more shot, but thats the cost, plus 12 ammo back per kill, which i didnt include
How does that look with headshot/crits with deadly accurate?
Oh I’m stupid
Didn’t read up that you was demo’ing infernus and dum dum
console players in QoL hell
for this test
I’m sad to see no devils claw changes
But like, I’m holding out on hope that there’s a future blessing rework that has devils claw getting nutty blessings
Yeah
nah
Claw sword hamstringed from abysmal flak adm
and shitty blessing pool
And fishing for perfect parries is anti-mechanics for darktides combat flow of avoiding dmg
“Just dodge”
Would be fun if they added precognition but for perfect parries
60% finesse to nuke everything with wasted dmg from overkill
Hivescum might go off with that tho
does anyone know if shredder frag grenade can get the long bomb penance / trophy?? all i can find is that Krek definitely doesn't count
the shredder?? its the only
one that says "this is an augmented frag grenade"
or do i have to go in a game with like 10 skill points and default grenade 💀
You can get it with the shredder
tyvm
I feel like devils claw is in a weird place similar to heavy sword. They are great into everything but big stuff but if you give them too much str against them they become universal weapons.
I think the heavy sword changes are pretty clever
You're not saying that dclaw is great into everything are you?
I still think it needs help
Having underperforming weapons in a game where build diversity and rewarding combat mechanics is a lackluster feeling
Where are you aiming brother
Claw sword has very bad flak adm
It suffers mostly if not entirely just from that one hamstring
Carapace dmg is entirely a whole different case
I mean the carapace is more limiting imo.
It's like Fatshark wants armor types to matter beyond just "Carapace Yes or Carapace No" but they will only apply this logic to 3 or 4 weapons
The head lmao
No flak damage
Just as I said
💀
Which Helbore should I use, mk3a or mk 4
Never had an issue with it against anything other than the big guise.
Imagine losing over 50% of your damage on your strongest heavy because it has poor flak adms
💀
Fortunately it has some of the best finesse scaling
Either one of the 3
Claw just needs better flak adm and better blessing pool, it’s underwhelming yet fun in my eyes
And still loses to a dreg Bruiser
💀
God forbid a guy wishes to enjoy a niche weapon even moreso
Yea the blessings are pretty meh. I have been enjoying skullcrusher lately only ever took rampage shred.
Most weapons blessings are 75% dogshit anyway
Maybe its you
Skullcrusher do be neat, but the insufficient stagger for breakpoint on perfect parry for crushers kinda makes me go bald
Son
I have better flak damage than claw
Brother it is literally the claw falling short
I could punch metal and deal more damage than claw
Reminder that revolver punch has more dmg than claw light against flak
Veteran is probably the worst class for it
Zealot and hivescum are poor comparison cases, as they are million instances of melee dmg boosts
Not saying vet isn’t strong with melee oriented builds
Top 6
The other trees have more to offer it for arp and finesse
Vet casually having +finesse and +melee on the tree
Bro willing to die on a hill that keeps claw enjoyers down in the dirt
Being right ain’t that important mang
Im not saying it's meta or even top tier
i feel like my recon lasgun build will work great with the new gamemode
Just not as bad as its made out to be
Hey guys is power falchion even like good? I wanna use it for my commissar build but idk
What would y’all run on it?
Looks good to me
Idk tho, I haven’t demo’d falchion enough to determine how it feels yet
Doesn't have scriers/DD nor rampage/fury
i like it more than psword
Right side of vet tree more than enough to match up to those in terms of versatile power
Agree to disagree
Hey woah woah now
Let's not compare Vet with Psyker shall we
Gotta come back to reality for this one
psyker is trash
Or scum for that matter
my expeditions build
2 of these have rending which would you look at that solves flak issues
Because dclaw flak damage is trash
That’s the main issue, with lackluster blessing pool being another problem I have gripes with
Rampage and shred being best in slot with skullcrusher being an alternative option for claw has me yearning for more options
In terms of fun in my case
More fun and enjoyment doesn’t sound like stuff to be against
Gimme 3 hours and I can probably join in as well if needed
Actually I have to download the update and the way game pass Xbox bullshit goes about
Not happening today
Disregard whatever I said

I'll be on in about 3 hours
Why are all of the unoptimized weapons the most fun? Like shovel and combat shotgun or double barrel shotgun? Like yeah I won't do fantastic in aurics or damnations, but holy shit they so much fun. Or the shredder pistol?
double barrel is cracked lmao
Nothing is unoptimized
@tall torrent what would be the timetable on updating the guide after today's patch?
does anybody have a good infantry lasgun build?
Id argue having to choose weapons with notable downsides means you need to adapt to game changes more meaningfully which makes them fun
Change how you play with certain threats, bring a load out to offset weaknesses, etc.
Overlord fan spotted
I mean y’all are right, but you understand the sentiment behind the statement I think.
Weapons have different strength that can be increased by playstyle or build
It just comes down to figuring how how too achieve that
People call Dclaw weak but the same people I see saying that struggle against groups of dreg ragers
Which is what claw would destroy
I understand
Specially since shovel is mid
Hahaha
Dclaw not beating the gimme fuel gimme fire gimme Ragers or I'll retire allegations
Every weapon you named can be used to immense benefit
Shovel double barrel WS is legitimately one of the most potent builds in the entire game
I don't have one
because I'm playing expeditions 
Based
Daaaamn
Finally getting more use out of long range precision builds
Love this new game mode
Rashad needs Rending Strikes still for crushers, right? Just messing around with my builds again after not playing in a while lol.
I've been trying the 2b and the xii lasguns in expeditions and I'm having a way more fun time with the xii. Obviously not reflective of best of the best but idk its working well
No
rate drip
why tf are they smothering the plasma in the crib are they on hive stimms?
wtf are they doing?
like what is this
They made secondary actually have a point
Mandatory scoreboard
no but the timescale dude they're making it 15% slower to come out wtf wtf wtf
use less ammo and actually explode which you cant say for primary fire.
Still no real use to charge it
Also currently testing plasma draw time
Yeah
Kinda feel it
Kinda
It's not instant but you can still buffer the attack
Ok I gotta readjust muscle memory
So yeah
Something happened
WTF they nerfed VOC? wtf are they doing nerfing vet for like the one thing it can do while classes like ogryn and arbitrator got BUFFS?
right right right those classes were REALLY struggling
Yeah Gunlugger buffs
of course
Still not good
#buffGunlugger
And Arbites is mid so maybe they made it not mid anymore
And Gunlugger still not good btw
#buffGunlugger
Yeah Fatshark has this thing where they only control buffs on ogryn
Look at the buff on rocket, compared to ogryn buffs lol
Also vet is still incredibly strong
Shout is still pretty strong and you also have exestance
Oh and infiltrate got buffed a bit
A nerf that was a long ways coming.
Vets just here's +100% damage for existing
And honestly its still really strong
Ogryn is, +1.2% damage when you fart on a tuesday
Solution: add manstopper to ripper and twinks and PBB is 100% ammo replenished
I like how it went from "Gunlugger is just PBB" to "Gunlugger is just PBB"
Truly my heavy weapons power fantasy
infantry lasgun is super awesome on expeditions
Yay +50% cleave is quite noticeable on recon las 
Goes through a decent number of the specialists
so, how are the infantry lasguns feeling for exe stance now?
how does ranged cleave actually work?
mid tier at best
should have gotten flak ADM buff
Different enemies have different mass that matches up to a guns cleave stat. Like recon las traditionally has 1.5 cleave which doesn’t really go through anything. With 2.25 cleave it’ll pierce various enemies and hit the dudes behind them
So with the range cleave node it can now clear trash even better, and also potentially deal with various packs of specialists/gunners faster with less ammo. Depending on how they’re lined up of course.
Is ILAS IX still like Flak/Maniac, HH/DA?
You also won’t get body blocked as much when trying to pick off anything troublesome in a pack depending on what’s doing the body blocking
HH+ghost/DA
darn, was really hoping to pick up some different guns for my exe stance vet
normally I run Helbore and sometimes Plasma and I just want some variety
also I got the Cadian Shock Troop set and wanna find smth that fits
if their objective was to make this gun good
they failed, as per usual
if their objective was to make this gun better than before
that's certainly happened
Put the Vigi in the bag
actually I've never played with Vigis
way back when, when the game released, I was still a stickler for burst-fire guns, my opinion on them has definitely laxed
Best thing about the new expedition mode is the wider open spaces, ‘cause now my helbore lasgun feels right at home, one shotting almost any ranged opponent that dares exist in my sight line
Better than helldivers at least
my game keeps fuckin crashin 😭
Could be mods
i dont have it them installed
maybe ill just remove it all but i havent ran the installer
i get in game but then it crashes in like 2 minutes
yo would the 50% ranged cleave be good for boltor?
would helbore work good on expeditons?
purge the mods
I feel like it'd be good, but it feels Im wasting a talent point
I’m using it, and I’d say so, but I’d use it anyway since I’m a marksman lover so… take it with a bit of salt
ok bet i love sniping
It is what excited me most about the expedition reveal, I saw outdoor landscape and my sniper senses kicked in
how's it nerfed? the res node doesn't hurt radius anymore, or extend cd
Didn’t they also buff the duration or strength of the increase in cool-down recovery on elite kill or something?
Either way. The revival node no longer shortens its distance or increases its cool-down, which I love, always wanted to use that more but felt the spam-ability was more worthwhile
yeah i got rid of them completely
and now im ok
also lasguns feel gooood
From 3 cleave to 4.5
Eh not bad
Yea- Im not familiar with cleave values to know if its good lol
Ik 3 is apparently high
tactical awareness is unchanged if thats what youre talking about
Okay, I just saw a few duration increases in the patch notes for vet, and I can’t really remember every single node of every class, not even my main
pretty sure the only changes vet got were the ability tweaks and get back in the fight being replaced with the ranged cleave node
otherwise completely unchanged
Those were for ES
also infiltrate damage buff
exestance lasts for 1 second longer and infiltrate damage buff lasts for 8 seconds instead of 5
Ah, that makes more sense, I just assumed the cooldown speed buff got buffed ‘cause VoC still felt as spammable as before if not more
WTF so if your character is down and didnt get to extract, you just wasted 30 minutes of your life???
Like you dont get anything even though the whole team was able to extract
except you
im pretty sure you still get stuff
I just finished a very tough game where I died at the last minute but my team was able to extract. My progress towards the next hub is stil the same
is the cleave talent good for helbore?
i'd assume it is
so what is best keystone for plasma?
weapon specialist prob
uhuh
damn dude, its been 7 hours and you are still in this chat?
i am on all the chats
i mean do you even sleep?
First time facing the new boss. This knife build I've recently started running is nuts
Okay reapers are so good in this mode. They should be renamed rapers because they just bend over everyone without consent
Yeah
3 cleave base
4.5 with the ranged cleave node
9 cleave with hotshot blessing
normal person: wow the reapers are pretty tough in this gamemode
its been years since i played vet, probably my least played class. anyone got a fun build i can try thats good for auric+event/havoc/auric-expedition, and not using the Plasma? that guns is 😴
double barreled shotgun weapon specialist with a melee of your choice
mkVII infantry las with DA/HH
the melee of your choice being either mk1 shovel or knife tho
Much better than the one I got yesterday 🥀
new update out?
Yes
No new weapons but every class got new shop and penance cosmetics
Lots of desert themed stuff
There's new grenades in expeditions
nice
man
how are you so tall dude
here's my build that I run, it's quite flexible so feel free to make changes as you see fit https://darktide.gameslantern.com/builds/9f3c6424-3c04-4446-9875-2fcdecb5b950/flexible-helbore-havoc
like I even have an alternate version that runs with Desperado and tac axe
hey gamers, what are some fun/good melee weapons to pair with infantry lasgun?
what is rashad?
combat axe
ty, think Ill try te falch
Voice of Command cooldown nerf does take some getting used to, but it's nice that the revive shout comes in clutch
I feel like making revive shout into a 'i can't spam this now in case I need it' button defeats the purpose
Finished the event
that was the reason why it had a radius nerf and cooldown increase
astonished that ilas got more ammo as its buff
it did feel like it had a substantially low pool given that it has only 1/2 of it's actual ammo
Pretty good
Wish Fatshark would kick it harder
fr
after playing the other classes... is it me or does veteran's blitzes feel pretty underwhelming?
@tall torrent is the Helbore build in the guide good for the new gamemode?
well infantry lasgun buffs have not changed my opinion on it much
still a big ol' "why would I use this over the laspistol again?" from me dog
nice its very similar to what i was trying to do. except i was using dagger and ES but i think this is better
im supposed to always full-charge the helbore right? otherwise its crap
How do we like the new game mode
If you use MkV fuck it why not full charge not like it takes much time anyways
Very fun!
IIIa and IV have a bit more nuance
I just had a Combine and Dorn in the same lobby both playing hive scum and my slow ass exe vet just slowly walking behind
Maps are open enough that even with them running way ahead of me I could just shoot specialists from the other side of the world
So that's cool
Mk IX Infantry Lasgun has been fun for Expeditions
it's still not worth using it to shoot at flak ragers or maulers but that's fine for how quickly it sweeps all the specials/elites not covered in armour
also genuinely feels like it doesn't need Fully Loaded or Shock Trooper even without Efficiency tbh
so potentially solid for saving ammo
and talent points
I havent used IX yet only IIb
Can't bring myself to part with kraks for this reason
I haven't even been running the new Efficiency blessing tbh
just HH/DA
also the wide open spaces make the reverse damage falloff feel like it barely exists
well yeah what's the point the thing has borderline infinite ammo before you even account for shock trooper
Helbores are definitely still better for taking care of any and all threats but the new Infantry Lasgun feels very cozy and low investment to shine
also idk if its placebo or what but it does feel like that change to how the lasguns detect headshots makes it feel a lot simplier to land consistent headshots spamming at a group of shotgunners
also I was kinda surprised at how non-threatening the new armoured dogs and the new Ogryn packmaster boss were
they both seemed pretty easy to deal with
ogryn packmaster animations *SUCK
I hadn't had the chance to really fight one in isolation
why does he move like that
I chucked those rocket heads at it and it died swiftly after
I got the chance to sorta duel one when the rest of my group was tied up with hordes and specials, and they're really slow and predictable
I haven't seen what they do to the Arbites cyberdog yet so at least there's one last surprise to find out next time I play Arby
oh also Mk XIV recon lasgun with the new ranged cleave talent is very funny
1000 degree knife through poxwalkers
Whats the cleave on that gun normally
or maybe it just already did that I'm not actually sure
3 on the XIV
Pox walker weed whacker
could also throw in Marksman for the +20% strength and use Deathspitter on it instead of Infernus for a little more strength
burn through the horde to kill a particular elite/special hiding behind them
the build works... i just took it into QP, everyone was a backliner so i ended up getting double the kills by just mostly swinging the power sword lol
its probably nicer when theres 1 or 2 front liners though
helbore is cool but its a sunny day type of weapon
i usually liek rainy day builds for when shit hits the fan
They look fine to me
vet feels squishier even than psyker thats impressive
Make psyker have 50 toughness
Outside of the really obvious guns like the revolver and plasma gun, which ones really see any benefit from the extra cleave node?
Wait how does plasma benefit from the cleave
The uncharged hits doesn’t have infinite cleave now, I think around 20 or so so a 50% increase would be noticeable
I always liked using the charged shots more anyway
veterans are gonna remember their gun explodes
i love th ranged cleave perk
the revolver did NOT need 50% more cleave but by god is it even better
shotguns like ranged cleave
i havent tested the perk on shotty but i imagine its good
db might be really good for it
I just feel like I wouldn’t notice too much of a difference on guns like the shotgun which already has good cleave, and that it wouldn’t be enough for some weapons
it might not matter in the end but it does defintely make it feel different
like, extra cleave on dclaw is not needed
but boy does it feel so much smoother
I did notice some cleaving on the las rifle but it varied sometimes, like I was able to get a cleaving headshot on a scav stalker but not a dreg bruiser
but taking both would be overkill, right?
"noo you're doing overkill you're wasting perks"
haha heretic go red mist 
Manstopper would simply override the first node. Especially if you go for only crits
yeah i dont think cleave would work particularly well with it
well
hmmm
i think initially it would but then it wouldnt be as good
once you run out of enemies it stops doing as much
yeah but the question would go as "is better to keep manstopper or take this node and take no respite?"
more cleave = less enemy usually
Also which node we are talking avout so i can find it
imo the node would be better since its a passive +50 rather than based on hitting enemies/crit
manstopper can be very inconsistent
mainly when you arent shooting hordes
withering fire i think its called
Depends on gun
Imo
agri combat shotgun
I dont run manstopper at all with agri
No respite full bore
manstopper doesnt even say how much cleave it gives
Then yes the node is fire
if ur crit build agri manstopper is usually whats taken
Manstopper is infinite
if ur not crit build yea manstopper wouldnt be worth
and what i meant by manstopper being inconsistent is that youd probably be running scattershot with it
However if you are going with db this node is not needed
its not like itd be bad
Because db is usually taken with weapon spec
Like ifnyou play weapon spec properly
idk i just do whatevers fun
You have 100% crits on yout gun
More strenght to you
I was mostly asking about the node since I don’t imagine it making much of a difference on something like the shredder or las pistol which are some of the guns I really like, and the guns I know would have high cleave like a revolver, I wouldn’t need to boost
Well it works best on guns with already high cleave
agri with the cleave do feels nice, would have to test it vs a swarm trying to eat me, but it seems promising
also if you dont just want words
Using a las pistol, and currently a knife (trying to trade it up but thatll come later)
Suggestions on things?
just put it on and go into the meat grinder
test it out
there is the creature spawner mod but mods borken rn caus eupdate
y knife
seems like kinda a bad pick for what is basically just all-rounder gunbuild
I dont have 500s yet
Knife is highest power
tbh empower level doesnt reaally matter
you can always just upgrade to max from whatever level its at
Mastery requirements
I dont have those
true
easy way is to just buy a bunch of the weapon, upgrade once, then sacrifice
uses a lot of money/plasteel but those are the easiest things to get
i do it for a majority of weapons beacuse imo a lot of weapons suck until you get the good blessings/empower level
Im choosing to put in the hours for it. Let me get used to the weapon, decide if i like it or not
Idk. The exe uptime has been phenomenal. And spamming las shots down range from a pistol is hilarious
thats what i used to do





