#veteran-class

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agile mango
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how important are serated blade and trench figher drill for HSWORD?

torpid grotto
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Attack speed is very important for me

tall torrent
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and maybe DC sword 7? but nobody runs that

gentle lake
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Fucking Mr. E -_-

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Like the thing is

agile mango
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any idea what I can drop to make room for grenade tinkerer so I can use kraks?

arctic ridge
gentle lake
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Somehow these meta builds are supposed to be strong

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when I constantly see such users eat shit

agile mango
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gentle lake
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A melee weapon that cant kill hordes, and ranged that can't deal with carapace

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and it turns off for 8s which is really long

gentle lake
agile mango
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gentle lake
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Stop using dueling sword, my god. I hate dueling sword, remove dueling sword

gentle lake
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PLEASE

torpid grotto
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It’s a very good weapon

gentle lake
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poopy.

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use tac axe

tidal fox
agile mango
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aside from killzone is there anything I can probably drop? I think I need killzone for my 2 shot breakpoint on havoc 40 crushers

torpid grotto
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The recon

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My messages are laggin

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torpid grotto
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Watching dueling sword players move around like Bambi on ice while stabbing the air is my personal hell

agile mango
tidal fox
agile mango
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agile mango
hollow ibex
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only useful on mk3 tbh

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and only if you want to shoot crushers

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0.9568 ADM vs carapace

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rend/brit basically achieve nothing

agile mango
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sustained fire then?

hollow ibex
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i guess it'll give you around 10% extra damage against crushers KEKW_ogryn

tall torrent
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high ADMs across the board

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with helbore passive charge mod

agile mango
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instead of holding m1 to charge and releasing to shoot

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a lot more intuitive this way

agile mango
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thank you so much

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seems so useful

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yea it shud be base game options tbh

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I'm bugging playtesters abt it so they can bug the devs to add it

agile mango
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is there a mod that makes the charge bars on the helbore non-bugged too?

agile mango
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sometimes if I rapidly fire the helbore, the bars on the side of the reticle will stop going up past a certaqin point

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don't rapid fire helbore

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u basically only want to use the charged shots

agile mango
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brave acorn
agile mango
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agile mango
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didnt know that could even happen

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can't charge to max is the ammo left for that shot is below max charge shot ammo consumption

agile mango
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it's push/block/sprint cost

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and it's not exceptional in all 3 even if u max defences stat

agile mango
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H smiter is 11.7 cleave with 80% cleave targets

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with max headtaker this goes to 16.38, which exceeds 16.2 (4 poxwalkers in h40)

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u cannot get this cleave breakpoint without getting high cleave targets stat

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and H smiter doesn't have particularly good attack angles for horde (overhead or diagonal uppercut)

agile mango
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hybrid plover
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Perfect Strike enjoyers rise up

tidal fox
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🧍🏼‍♂️

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10, will reliably activate "hit 3 or more enemies in 1 attack" on most enemies
16.2, will be sufficient for most mixed horde scenarios across all difficulties

arctic ridge
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Smoke grenade triggers daemon?

tidal fox
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yes

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there's a little stagger it does on the blast

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it wont wake the daemon

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but it'll anger it

arctic ridge
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TIL

tidal fox
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that's why I sometimes throw it when picking up someone downed

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cause it staggers fodder just a little bit

arctic ridge
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Threw it when DH spawned in an unskippable area, & horde & specials were choking us to a killbox.

hybrid plover
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Also kinda messes with melee unit ai too

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So they're sometimes slow to react when you go for the rez

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Sometimes

pseudo fiber
tidal fox
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and it also makes shotgunners juke the shit out of you

arctic ridge
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Is speedrunning, a meta in Maelstrom?

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3rd time in a row I'm in a Maelstrom, both quickplay right in-game & quick-lobby, that I find myself in a squad where folks are all running around everything.

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2 of which, both had Nurgle Blessing + Monstrous Specials modifiers.

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tame lodge
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Don't stall and sometimes you have to take point

arctic ridge
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The 3rd time I was in, ended when squad ran into a wall of shotgunners + bulwakrs, while nurgle & 2 chaos spawns caught up from behind.

tame lodge
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Hell someone has to take point

arctic ridge
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If everyone can manage it, I can see that.

shrewd topaz
arctic ridge
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One of the end result screen had a victory runtime around 17 minutes.

shrewd topaz
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Then yeah

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Stealth zealots go brrr

arctic ridge
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Funny enough, only one of those runs had a stealth zealot, & that was the third one which ended in loss.

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arctic ridge
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Without map exploits, Maelstrom can go under 15?

tough nova
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With a good team yah

arctic ridge
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Not for all maps though?

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Excepting the train one, cause that's a fixed time of what, 10 minute end limit?

sick abyss
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I NEED HELP

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i seem to always have toughness pretty full but still take so much damage to my health, i dont know what is wrong with my build. i have good damage as well

arctic ridge
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Some attacks nonetheless bleed into health

distant plaza
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dodge dodge dodge
block
sliiide

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wary garden
sick abyss
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how do i even show you?

tall torrent
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can dm as well

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up to u

hearty panther
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turn ur screen towards him

sick abyss
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i dont see guardian gloriana here

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sick abyss
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one of my curios is that and i dont see it here

tall torrent
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curio name doesn't matter

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only curio stat matters

sick abyss
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do i send link here?

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sick abyss
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how do i share the build

tall torrent
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u can just send the build link here?

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or send a screenshot in dm of ur build

sick abyss
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i dont have a games lanturn account

distant plaza
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don't need one

somber axle
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you could use the snip tool on your computer or like press alt+printscreen and it will copy an image of whatever is on your computer

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but idk if grey names have image perms

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might need red first unless you DM them

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just fill the little talent tree, select weapons with perks/blessings and then share pics or a link to the page

shrewd topaz
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Think they do

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Can always just write it out Clueless

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tawny badger
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honestly I'd swap One Motion for Tactical Reload

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swap speed is already decently fast in most cases unless you're using like

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the helbore lasguns, bolter or maybe plasma gun

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question: are u new to the game

sick abyss
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no

tall torrent
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start from this base

sick abyss
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I know for sure my psyker build is good cause i dont struggle like i do on this class

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and my zealot

tall torrent
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well ur missing some crucial defense talents on ur build here

tall torrent
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and also a good chunk of damage

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sick abyss
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i promise

shrewd topaz
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No confirmed kill

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Yeah no

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Brick through your window

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Severe 🤨

sick abyss
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when i play psyker its a breeze just this class

shrewd topaz
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No demo team

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No iron will

tawny badger
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no demolition team, why live

sick abyss
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do i have to have survivalist ammo doesn't feel like an issue

torpid grotto
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not really in auric and below

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ppl will get mad at you tho

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shrewd topaz
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The other auras just suck

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survivalist is just too good

tawny badger
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so they suck in comparison

shrewd topaz
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Tbh if I had a choice I'd just skip the row and use default survivalist

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Would be funny but welp

shrewd topaz
tall torrent
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7.5% global dmg is by no means bad

shrewd topaz
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Is it base damage cardi

sick abyss
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i only have 6 skill points left

torpid grotto
fading yarrow
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Died while testing a build and was sat next to another teammate. One of the remaining two threw a smoke on us and went in to revive the other waiting teammate. Literally as soon as they stood up, they both got Trapped through the smoke lol

shrewd topaz
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Clearly you don't own an air fryer

sick abyss
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sick abyss
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i dont know what to use my last 6 skill points on do i just choose what i want now?

tall torrent
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what last 6 points

sick abyss
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????

tall torrent
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what blitz and ability did u take

sick abyss
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kra\k and voice of command

shrewd topaz
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Fym 6 points spare 💀

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normally it goes like this
blitz:
if frag, take grenadier
if krak, take tinkerer
if smoke, optionally take tinkerer

ability:
if VoC, take D&H
if stance, take ogryn highlight
if infiltrate, take marksman (bottom left, red node)

keystone:
if FT, take redirect fire
if WS, and using a gun that needs to reload a lot, take always prepared

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agile engagement is very good and if u don't play sharpshooter, u should have it

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trench fighter is also very good and if u don't play sharpshooter, u should also have it

sick abyss
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do i choose my keystone?

tall torrent
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it sort of depends on what weapons u take

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if ur using power sword or rashad, go WS (dodge and atk speed improvements help a lot)

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if ur using ranged weapon that needs to reload a lot (like shotguns, revolver, boltpistol), go WS and take always prepared

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otherwise focus target is generally a good choice, it's just a lot of extra single target dmg

sick abyss
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wat about close quarters killzone?

tall torrent
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it's not that good

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because vet has the worst ability CDR in the game

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it's entirely balanced around VoC being super strong when it's up

shrewd topaz
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Even with tactical awareness always up the CDR still bleh

tall torrent
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and as a result u either get really meh CDR if u go VoC or infil

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or u practically don't care about CDR if u go stance

tidal fox
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So is there no point on taking cdr on ur curios?

tall torrent
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depends

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if u one trick VoC, CDR does matter

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or if u play infil, CDR also does help

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but if u play stance then CDR is practically irrelevant

sick abyss
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is invigorated meh?

tidal fox
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I see i see

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sick abyss
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so like i just only get the one keystone thing?

tidal fox
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tidal fox
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Like specifically

sick abyss
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i still have 2 skills points

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tidal fox
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Yeah i think ill get rid of the cdr on my exe curios

tidal fox
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Ill keep it on infil tho

sick abyss
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that

tall torrent
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and probably change weapons

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DC sword not very good

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last point depends on what weapons u use ig

sick abyss
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i like using so much of them tho

tall torrent
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also change fire frenzy to deathspitter on infantry autogun

sick abyss
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chainsword

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torpid grotto
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thats the best way to play the game

vestal ravine
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Devil claw is really good on Scum and Psyker, but on Veteran you'll have to relly on kraks to defeat Crushers.
Armored enemies can be dealt with DC with a parry, it has a really good damage profile across all armor types.
Since both your weapons don't get decent bonuses from Weapon Specialist change it for Focus Target!
Then remove the left side near the keystone and remove Precision Strikes and the+10% ranged node.
Put those two talent nodes on the keystone, Focused Fire and Redirect Fire.
Then, as you're using Devil Claw, change the Trench Fighter Drill for Out for Blood, otherwise you'll be dying to anything in the game.

sick abyss
tall torrent
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focused fire (6 stacks) is not good

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if u take focus target, take redirect fire

vestal ravine
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# vestal ravine how come?

spending a whole point (on the class with 8 points worth of choice including blitz, ability and keystone) to get a measly 5% damage, is not worth

vestal ravine
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Extra 34% on single target, then a team wide bonus of 15%.

tall torrent
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that single target has a caveat of not tagging anything for 6s straight

shrewd topaz
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Math

tall torrent
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just not the right way to play the keystone

vestal ravine
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Nope, that's not how it works.

tall torrent
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yes it is

sick abyss
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can i just share my screen?

tall torrent
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FT minimum refresh mechanic starts u off on 2 stacks banked

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# shrewd topaz 9

4 stacks need to be banked, each takes 1.5s, so 6s total to reach max stacks

shrewd topaz
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Oh

sick abyss
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im in sp7

shrewd topaz
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We love hidden stuff

vestal ravine
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You can keep tagging to keep the 15% to the whole team, you just won't be getting the full 34% all the time, but you don't need to.

tall torrent
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so u get a 5% dmg increase for 1 point, which is not worth

vestal ravine
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max stacks takes 4.5 seconds as applying the stacks already gives you one.

sick abyss
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join me in vc pls

tall torrent
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4.5s gives u 3 stacks

vestal ravine
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You said 6 seconds.

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Ah, for four.

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Even then, you'll only be accumulating those stacks for the ogryns, the rest you'll be tagging no matter how many stacks you have to keep Redirect Fire on.

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With Target Down! it would be even better, but not enough points left.

turbid ibex
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If 6 stacks made it so you gained a stack every second instead of every second and a half itd be good

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vestal ravine
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6.5 seconds to remove 34% hp from a beast of nurgle... huge time.

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shrewd topaz
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Like yk

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4 stacks

hollow ibex
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bigdom

fading yarrow
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Died distracting a bunch of elites away from the objective. Controller ran out of batteries. Replaced them. Accidentally pressed the prompt to back out to the main menu instead of retrying the controller connection

turbid ibex
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Lol

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Lmao

hollow ibex
fading yarrow
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It was the end of the mission too

turbid ibex
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This is why you always have a charging cable ready when playing on controller

unreal nova
willow prairie
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wired is uh

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I don't need more wires on my table

tidal fox
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or better yet buy a pc

turbid ibex
willow prairie
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also latency is really good on controller + dongle now

unreal nova
lean rune
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has anyone done dps testing on all vet weaponry?

narrow frost
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yeah

lean rune
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do you know where i can find it?

narrow frost
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pins

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Path has done testing for vet waepons

lean rune
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oh, its in the guide somewhere?

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okay

narrow frost
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I think next to the weapons it shows adms

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and somewhere it shows damage scalings?

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forgot

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I know he has a graph somewhere

agile mango
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am I dumb or are smokes the best grenades bar none for vet in havoc now?

narrow frost
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best for what?

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all 3 nades do distinct things

agile mango
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I think the director getting less crushers means there's way more gunners now

narrow frost
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depends on the user skill/build and team comp/difficulty/enemy seed

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so it can be, yeah

tame lodge
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I think

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I miss havoc 1.0

mystic glade
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exec stance mogs shout in every way now

drowsy perch
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if ur ranged build ya

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its like always better

mystic glade
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even on melee

hollow ibex
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melee ES is goated

feral jetty
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what guns are good on ES

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I was using hellbore and it was fun but i'm wondering what else there is

austere mica
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Agri shotgun is fun

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I run it on my exe melee weapon spec build

willow prairie
tame lodge
willow prairie
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imagine being fucking 1m damage behind they're so ass

tame lodge
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Las

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Even recon although no real reason to run it

shrewd topaz
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TL992 vet 1.5m behind

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🔥

shrewd topaz
tame lodge
hollow ibex
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except maybe braced

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even ES can't save braced

feral jetty
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fair

shrewd topaz
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Auto pistol

hollow ibex
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SAP is great with ES

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mini vraks

mystic glade
shrewd topaz
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And

vestal ravine
# narrow frost

This is strange, the Zarona Combat Shotgun is, as always, with wrong ADS stats wrong, because it has a different damage profile when ADS, it's not just pellet count, it's like a different shot altogether.

vestal ravine
unreal nova
tame lodge
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True

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That's when you accept that everyone will be worse than you

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So you just be a kind soul and understand

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Like me

tidal fox
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we're all so good at darktide

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😌

tame lodge
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I'm gooderer

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HashtagBuffAdMech

shrewd topaz
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Admech on its way to get the hive scum treatment

tidal fox
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one day we will face a plague marine

tame lodge
tidal fox
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then we can truly throw powerscaling out the window

tame lodge
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Yay

shrewd topaz
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Surely it doesn't get its entire tree reworked

hybrid plover
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You're missing a very crucial detail on the chart that explains the different damage profile.

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It's actually completely correct.

vestal ravine
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Finesse?

hybrid plover
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Yep. Zarona in particular has a really high finesse curve for ADS shot compared to any other shotgun.

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The base damage is the same. But hitting a crit or weakspot nets a lot more than the other shotguns' ADS shots.

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Every combat shotty has that trait. It's just a lot more exaggerated on Zarona specifically.

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Or rather. The finesse curves a lot harder from hip to ADS.

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Agrippinna has the highest finesse on ADS.

vestal ravine
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But then why body shots have such a different damage profile as well. And if this was finesse people would see it scale normally, people even report this in the forums.

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Plague ogryn, body shot all pellets 349 damage, no crit, ADS 437 body shot all pellets, no crit.

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This is a classic case where finesse does not apply, yet, damage is far different.

hybrid plover
vestal ravine
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Both have 13, hitting all pellets

hybrid plover
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ADS shots on Unyielding have 15.

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This is unique to Zarona

vestal ravine
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So let me try the mutant

hybrid plover
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It has a higher maximum pellet count for Unyielding compared to any other armor class.

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It quite literally just magically forms 2 pellets.

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When you do that test with any other enemy type, the damage is consistent.

vestal ravine
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946 hipfire body - 946 ads body.

hybrid plover
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It's also why Full Bore is a decent option for making Zarona a boss killer.

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Because it's basically guaranteed to proc on a boss no matter what.

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But yeah you can even see it in the chart. The "MPC" for Zarona on VI Killshot for Unyielding is 15.

quiet lark
hybrid plover
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Apologies for misunderstanding your assessment the first time. I didn't catch what you were sayin until you mentioned the Plague Ogryn and it clicked lol

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But yeah it's just been like that the whole time.

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So it's most likely intended. Just.

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Confusing.

quiet lark
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also off topic may i again request your hsword zealot build 🙏

hybrid plover
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OH

hybrid plover
vestal ravine
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No problem, I'm just out of words because of that one line, although I never saw that table. All my knowledge of the weapon has been from playing with it.

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need to check again

hybrid plover
vestal ravine
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Thanks for the patience see you guys.

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hybrid plover
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But reaper themselves is considered Unyielding for center mass. I think it goes off of that instead of actual armor type being hit

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Which

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Again

tall torrent
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no, pellets go off of armor zone struck

hybrid plover
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Then that might be something to check on

vestal ravine
hybrid plover
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Or it could simply be the pellets steering off to the unyielding part which is resulting in the extra damage

vestal ravine
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As if the hit was being detected latter and hit a different armor type.

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hybrid plover
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It's a shotgun to be fair.

calm shard
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I could not possibly tell you for what reason, but that's just how it is

vestal ravine
hybrid plover
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honestly could trade the 10% melee damage operative node on bottom left for Against The Odds and it might actually work better tbh...

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hybrid plover
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You're right.

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It doesn't do the same thing for Bulwark

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What kind of Tzeetchian treachery is this???

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It could very well be that it's checking for center mass when hitting chest shots, which wouldn't matter on anything but Reaper.

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hybrid plover
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That is some actual mind karkery right there.

hybrid plover
slender elm
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I saw patch notes and was like oh shovel uncanny +db is dead

hybrid plover
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Don't really need uncanny for it anymore

slender elm
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Really

hybrid plover
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Shovel ADMs got buffed across the board to compensate for uncanny nerf

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And there's just not as many crushers anymore

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Crusher spawn nerf is actually really noticeable.

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I've stopped running carapace perks on my weapons cuz of it

slender elm
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But I cant clear a wave of scab ragers in one blast anymore...

hybrid plover
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you still can lol

slender elm
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How

hybrid plover
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Because ragers aren't carapace*

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Scab ragers

slender elm
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Scab rager chest are carapace no

hybrid plover
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They're considered flak for center mass

slender elm
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Wot

hybrid plover
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Which is what bleed's damage is dictated on

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Yeah

slender elm
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Dafuq

hybrid plover
slender elm
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Ok good day to you

hybrid plover
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We're learning a lot today kekw

dry cloak
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Scab ragers were all flak in the past

hybrid plover
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Yeah they never actually changed their center mass armor type

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Just gave the chest area carapace.

hybrid plover
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What a weirdly designed weapon.

dry cloak
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Its a hard counter to most things as long as you hit heads

hybrid plover
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No like, it's legit coded to be.

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That is a weirdly specific behavior for a weapon to have.

willow prairie
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I've been a believer from day 1

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but huh duh slug

torpid grotto
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i havent tested with and without

hybrid plover
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Is helpful.

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But I don't think it's necessary.

hardy marlin
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wa

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as well as twins

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but unyielding flak might be better now

shrewd topaz
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Isnt twins carapace like just head

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that a problem huh

slow sky
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so you rarely even notice it

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but if you want to minmax then a cara perk would be better but i dont think its worth it if the reason is "cuz twins"

tall torrent
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It’s mainly mauler tbh

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But I’m also considering dropping it for unyielding instead

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Power sword just does ridiculous damage

scarlet crescent
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which shovel are we looking at?

shrewd topaz
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Probably just not worth unless you need for 1 hit breakpoint

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But it’s still 2 hit pretty well and frags will help a good amount vs mauler wave

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Might do unyielding flak honestly

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Would still run carapace for weapons that don’t kill maulers fast tho

shrewd topaz
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Be a bodyshoter Clueless

tall torrent
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Rly wanna do unyielding flak for RB too tbh

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But then it actually just won’t kill maulers that fast

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Zealot problems

scarlet crescent
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i have 2 rb

fast dawn
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What melee weapon would you pair with the revolver?

pseudo fiber
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Psword is great with Weapon spec

fast dawn
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how is the rashad combat axe with brutal momentum? the power sword just feels so slow and clunky

fast dawn
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kk ty! I'll try it out. I'm pretty new to the game and just recently reached lvl 30. I've been using the duelling sword, but I struggle with horde clear

late sapphire
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i'm also figuring out darktide slowly

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trying to go for the biggest single target shot possible cus idk i like that

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so far, im torn between the revolver with the Mk IIa barrel or the Bolter pistol

fast dawn
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I've used the revolver since I got it when leveling and it's been a blast. Feels really powerful and fun to one tap specials cross map.

fast dawn
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fast dawn
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that makes sense. I was using revolver for them and found myself to be out of ammo a lot in auric or higher

tall torrent
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axe is 2~3 heavy atks to kill mauler and usually ~4 for crusher

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but unlike power sword, it can stagger crusher with heavy atk

quiet lark
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which makes it a bit safer

fast dawn
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oooh that's cool. You mentioned unarmored or flak. How would you decide which one you need? I'm still learning all the different types of enemies

late sapphire
quiet lark
#

flak unyielding 👍🙂‍↕️

tall torrent
#

both are valid

fast dawn
#

so if I can 1 hit bruisers in the head then I don't need unarmored and can do flak instead basically?

tall torrent
#

depends on how many buffs u need

#

if it's too much, that's where accessibility comes in

fast dawn
#

I see. Once I farm some materials to level it to max I'll test it out and see what I need. I appreciate all the help!

late sapphire
#

btw im trying out the scout laser rifle

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i do not like it at all

#

yeah it fires turboquick but it feels weird

quiet lark
#

the recon? im not a big fan of it personally but it's alright

late sapphire
shrewd topaz
#

it goofy till mark vic

late sapphire
shrewd topaz
#

pistol or spearhead

late sapphire
shrewd topaz
#

very specialized weapon

#

and very annoying on vet since no knives to swap cancel

late sapphire
shrewd topaz
#

bleh

#

zealot can skip the draw animation with knives

late sapphire
#

ohhhhhh

#

im running the mk2 revolver for now cus im legit oneshotting every elite on the dome

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until i get le plasma rifle

quiet lark
#

bolter is clunky but it's a strong option

fast dawn
#

hows the revolver vs plasma gun? I've seen a lot of people mention plasma is best. Does it play similiar to revolver?

tall torrent
quiet lark
#

revolver is bit reliant on ws and ap for reloads while plasma can run ws or ft. also cheaper to run cause you don't need the reload node as path said

fast dawn
#

ah I see

quiet lark
#

id say you can play more hybrid with plasma compared to revolver due to ammo i.e. not as melee focused

#

but it's also good with melee playstyle

fast dawn
#

that makes sense. I'll have to check it out in the future then

late sapphire
#

im mostly thinking of running a single target dmg build

fast dawn
#

https://imgur.com/a/OwdQf6g

This is my current talent tree while running duelling sword and revolver, but I'm switching to the rashad combat axe. Would you guys change anything?

tall torrent
#

Rest are fine

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Optionally use exe stance or infiltrate over VoC but that’s rly up to u

shrewd topaz
#

infiltrate mentioned

quiet lark
#

honestly i think out for blood or +25 tn is better than et with a ws build if you specifically want more tankiness, then id switch et for longshot. you would be dropping tinkerer tho

tall torrent
#

I also think frag with grenadier is higher value than krak with tinkerer atm

quiet lark
#

oops switch reload

fast dawn
#

Thanks, so I switched et and reload speed for longshot and tinkerer. If I don't feel tanky enough I'll try taking out for blood.

tall torrent
#

If u have stance u will be tanky enough

fast dawn
#

Which one is stance again?

tall torrent
#

Left ability

fast dawn
#

ah I see, I've been really liking voice of command so I think I'll keep running that for now

shrewd topaz
#

voc is fun

#

till you go to another class and forget they dont have voc

steep flower
turbid ibex
steep flower
late sapphire
#

which are the go-to stubnose mk-IIa blessings for single target dmg?

unreal nova
#

I should test it some day.

steep flower
agile forge
#

It might feel faster because you can hipfire it for single shots too

#

Bolter 2b needs to go into ADS for single shots which adds a little extra time

unreal nova
willow prairie
#

I mean bolter and bolt pistol are 2 shot weapon

tame lodge
#

That's Zarona right?

#

Surgical Trickshooter

#

Or

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Surgical Hand Cannon if you're planning on shooting carapace

#

Which honestly no real reason to

turbid ibex
#

What about false reason to

tame lodge
#

That would be Maulers and Plasma head

#

Sungunner 🗣️

turbid ibex
#

Moonmeleer

steep flower
outer cosmos
#

I want veteran to get a weapon in the same vein as rapier + pistol from vermintide

#

But it’s a sabre and bolt pistol instead

tawny badger
#

-# isnt that just dueling sword and revolver

tame lodge
stuck gorge
#

-# dueling sword and revolver but with plasma gun too

abstract horizon
#

Am I the only one bummed out that the graia helmet has no visor and doesn't match the color palette of the rest of veteran the uniform?

tame lodge
#

I don't remember names

#

Sorry

tidal fox
#

bro thinsk we out here memorizing vet cosmetics

verbal burrow
#

I just returned to playing Vet after a long period of inactivity, and I see they changed the Vet talent tree

#

I am also seeing that the funny combat axe no longer features heavily in the builds on Games Lantern?

tame lodge
#

Rashad Combat Axe still top tier

#

It hasn't changed since

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Uh

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As long as I have been around

#

So like 4 years

verbal burrow
#

I can still be the happy little hatchet man who gives his friends Toughness, and gives his enemies plasma shots and krak grenades, right?

tame lodge
#

Yes

verbal burrow
#

🥳

#

And does Withering Fire even do anything for Plasma Gun? It already has infinicleave, does it not?

somber axle
#

It has 18 cleave by default now so like no you don't need Withering Fire

#

it's nerfed from older Plasma days

#

Charged shots have 102 cleave or something

#

but it's still a crazy amount of cleave even at 18

verbal burrow
#

And Withering Fire would restore it to closer to the olden days?

somber axle
#

it's not necessary tbh

tall torrent
somber axle
#

you probably won't notice the difference much when you use it in game

verbal burrow
#

So what do folks usually take to progress to Catch a Breath?

somber axle
#

Iron Will + Field Improv are my must haves on every build for the middle of the tree

#

Superiority Complex, Withering Fire, Trench Fighter Drill and Serrated Blade are all dependent on what loadout I'm running tbh

#

I don't usually take Withering Fire but it's useful for Helbore Mk V with Hotshot and the Recon Mk XIV with Deathspitter

verbal burrow
#

I am not even seeing Iron Will at this crossroads

somber axle
tidal fox
#

ive given up field improve for the bleed cause it'll often synergize with the pubs

somber axle
#

it's the top middle

#

the shield

verbal burrow
#

Oh so it is

#

Well yeah that's pretty much non negotiable

#

Due to how peak it has been since launch

somber axle
#

I always take Field Improv unless I know there's another Vet in the squad who will take it instead

tidal fox
#

all of the options around there are pretty eh except for field improv

somber axle
#

Trench Fighter Drill on most melees but I don't take it on Knife or Tac Axe Mk VII

tidal fox
#

but people rarely need a grenade replen or corruption removal for a medkit

tidal fox
#

makes it fun

verbal burrow
somber axle
#

I'd say Trench Fighter Drill is almost mandatory for Rashad Combat Axe

tidal fox
#

it is mandatory

#

and still it's pretty damn slow

somber axle
tidal fox
#

yeah if youre desperate for talent points that'd be the first thing I drop

verbal burrow
#

The axe in question

somber axle
#

but if you're good I imagine you could get away with just one? Idk where else you'd rather have the point but both is really good QoL for Rashad Combat Axe

tidal fox
#

still extremely slow to me but it's a nice weapon to use ocassionally

verbal burrow
tame lodge
#

Oh yeah

somber axle
tame lodge
#

Also due to the low amount of crushers you might not need carapace
But Maulers still a thing I guess

verbal burrow
somber axle
#

ah ok

#

then yeah at least one

#

both is nice though

tall torrent
#

Tac axe and DS can skip trench fighter

somber axle
#

if you've been gone a long time another big change is Auric Crusher HP going from 4k to 6.5k

#

but also

#

Crusher spawns just got nerfed BIG TIME

#

so they're not nearly as frequent anymore either

tidal fox
#

yeah it doesnt even feel like they reduced it by 35%

#

more like 50%

#

or more

tall torrent
#

I actually think unyielding flak is the meta for majority melee weapons now

verbal burrow
#

Flak, really

tame lodge
#

🚬

tall torrent
#

There’re 4 exceptions tho imo

tidal fox
#

yeah cause maulers are a bigger issue than crushers now

tall torrent
#

Tax axe
Combat axe
Duelling sword
Force sword

verbal burrow
#

IDK there were a lot of Crushers and Maulers both back then

tall torrent
#

The rest are basically just unyielding flak

verbal burrow
#

So Combat Axe is an exception because it takes Unyielding + Flak now?

tame lodge
#

This says a lot about flak and the weapons with poor flak adm

tall torrent
tall torrent
tame lodge
#

We should nerf the number of flak enemies too

tidal fox
#

yeah

#

and then get rid of uncanny strike ENTIRELY

tall torrent
tame lodge
#

I'm joking
Don't shoot me

#

Aaaaaaa

verbal burrow
tidal fox
#

on a serious note it does feel a lot better not to worry about running anti-carapace all the time

orchid hemlock
#

Unarmored still has breakpoints I assume

tidal fox
#

but the fact that inferno staff isn't resting in the grave alongside cadia is still heresy

tall torrent
#

Can do unarmored over flak as well if u like bruiser breakpoint accessibility

hollow ibex
verbal burrow
#

I don't even remember which enemies the nominalistic term "bruiser" refers to

tall torrent
#

lol

verbal burrow
#

I do remember that I'd usually take care of bosses with a damage stim and krak grenades whilst shouting like the calmest man in birmingham

hollow ibex
tidal fox
#

rng

#

they nerfed it by 34%

hollow ibex
#

Gonna be real I didn’t mind the crusher walls that much

tidal fox
#

35*

tidal fox
verbal burrow
#

And Crusher conga lines coming towards me were also completely handle-able with Plasma Gun overcharge shots

somber axle
#

here's the link if you wanna look at enemies again

tidal fox
#

I dont know when you last played

orchid hemlock
#

Please don't waste ammo on crushers

tidal fox
#

but now that is trolling

orchid hemlock
#

I can't take it anymore

tidal fox
#

revolver into crusher players rise up

orchid hemlock
verbal burrow
#

It's been a while, I was doing Arbites for a long while

tidal fox
#

yeah no dont try charge shooting into crusher conga line bro

quiet lark
verbal burrow
somber axle
#

Helbore is the good Vet weapon for shooting Crushers

#

otherwise go melee

tall torrent
verbal burrow
#

Do we still shit out a Krak grenade every minute?

tidal fox
somber axle
#

Power Sword, Rashad Combat Axe, Dueling Sword, Knife

#

or Krak yeah

somber axle
#

that got nerfed

orchid hemlock
somber axle
#

but we do still have really good grenade regen

tall torrent
#

But crushers are pretty rare now

verbal burrow
#

So we do still DIY our own grenades

somber axle
#

Demo Stockpile + Demo Team means you have Kraks whenever you need them

#

as long as you're not spamming them everytime they're up

#

and there aren't enough Crushers anymore to push you that far

tame lodge
verbal burrow
#

Still salty Helldivers can't make their own thermite stickies

#

Guess that just shows who the real vets are

hollow ibex
#

I also haven’t touched the game in months

verbal burrow
#

Oh hell ye it still exists

tame lodge
#

It also got buffed right?
I remember this being only 10%

stuck gorge
#

last time i remember it was only 15%

#

so it got buffed twice

somber axle
#

if you've been gone a year

#

Exe Stance now lasts 6 sec by default, and 9 sec with Ogryns subnode

#

effectively infinite uptime

#

no longer drops when swapping melee

shrewd topaz
#

Where's the exe buff that gives helbore a sight

somber axle
#

and gives a good toughness regen

#

New Exe Stance + Born Leader + Confirmed Kill turns you into a toughness battery for your team

shrewd topaz
#

Wonder how funny exe stance would be if the insta swap was part of the buff

somber axle
#

Oh also we have Power Falchion now

#

It's not as good as Power Sword

#

but it's funny to play with a new weapon

somber axle
#

boltgun being able to fully reload the clip right as you're going full auto into a boss face was funny

shrewd topaz
#

💀

verbal burrow
#

I used to be really big on revving up and hitting a big bad on the head with it

somber axle
#

I just don't like the gameplay loop of special block cancel light light light

#

it gets mind numbing after a while

verbal burrow
#

I prefer to just go for the headshots with the Rashad. That Power Sword combo doesn't sound like my kind of thing. And the dagger bleed build would give me RSI

somber axle
#

That's fair

#

I usually use Tac Axe Mk VII tbh but sometimes swap to Shovel or Knife

verbal burrow
#

Any fun builds for these nowadays?

somber axle
#

oh right Infantry Lasguns got a buff too

#

but weird buffs

#

they have a lot more ammo now and a slight unyielding ADM buff

tidal fox
#

I despise how they made it so shit against flak

somber axle
#

it still has poor flak ADM and reverse damage falloff

tidal fox
#

stupid design choice

somber axle
#

so it's doing half damage per shot when firing at close range into flak

#

it's weird

tidal fox
#

fun weapon to use too

somber axle
#

you can offset it a bit with Rending Strikes

verbal burrow
#

Lorewise lasguns are supposed to just delete unarmored and flak

#

As in melts through and causes steam explosions

somber axle
#

and if you go further there's that +15% rending from the Marksman's Focus subnode too

tidal fox
#

yeah lorewise 4 crackheads on the same team shouldnt beat a daemonhost either but here we are

verbal burrow
#

I vaguely remember something about rending and burn damage on the accatran via marksman?

somber axle
#

Yeah the Recons are still good weapons too

#

Dum Dum + Infernus

#

alternatively if you like the Recon Mk XIV you could go Dum Dum + Deathspitter

#

Recon Mk XIV Dum Dum + Deathspitter has base 3 cleave that gets increased by Deathspitter stacking 5 times and it goes further with Withering Fire

#

that combo can burn through mixed hordes a bit better

verbal burrow
#

This is what I ended up with after my last stint

somber axle
#

yeah that's about right

#

though I'd probably swap unarmoured to maniac, unyielding or crit chance

verbal burrow
#

Crit chance would be nice for getting ammo back yes

#

then I can brrt more

#

I think last I played, I had a toughness team support build, a melee build, and a brrt build

#

Maybe also a sharpshooter-esque plasma gunner build

somber axle
#

I made a goofy set up for the Recon Mk XII recently that was fun for casual Auric quickplay

verbal burrow
#

What was the name of that really rapid firing infantry lasgun that made the LMB finger hurt, btw?

#

oh it got changed to IIb

somber axle
#

Base Vet crit chance (10% crit) Deadshot (+25% crit) Reciprocity (+25% crit) Opening Salvo (+10% crit for first 20% of clip) Lock n Load (Clip size to 225) Shock Trooper (No ammo cost on crit) Crit Chance weapon perk (+5% crit) for a total of 75% crit chance when everything is rolling but if you have a Psyker with Prescience and/or a Hive Scum with Anarchist their auras give you another 5% crit chance each for a potential total of 85% crit chance

somber axle
#

Feels a lot better now

verbal burrow
#

Do I read correctly that Only In Death Does Duty End no longer increases the cooldown on Voice of Command?

somber axle
#

Yeah that was another buff

verbal burrow
#

Oh my god I need to go shout at people right now

somber axle
#

No more CD increase on Revive Shout

#

But Voice of Command had the base CD increased from 30 to 40

#

It's not functionally infinite uptime anymore after the Tactical Awareness change too

#

But it's still a strong team support ability

verbal burrow
#

I mean, I also feed them Toughness via Covering Fire and Born Leader

somber axle
#

Medic loadout is fun to play with

orchid hemlock
verbal burrow
#

People shit on this harshly but if you get a group of melee zealots and you buff them with this, funny things transpire

#

A plasma round passing through a swarm will restore all their toughness to full

somber axle
#

Yeah it's not something people like for meta but it is a fun team support tool

orchid hemlock
#

I don't think that stacks

somber axle
#

If the buff affected Vet too people would take it always

#

Damage buff doesn't stack but toughness replenishment occurs per kill iirc

verbal burrow
orchid hemlock
#

I've never used it so I have no idea either

verbal burrow
#

I've been doing it since launch

orchid hemlock
#

Eyeballing in the middle of the game doesn't count

#

I never trust this game on anything

#

Plus you don't know if the replenishment is coming from somewhere else

vestal ravine
verbal burrow
#

The control test being people on voice chat reporting that they went from 0% toughness to full toughness the moment the plasma round cleaved through the horde of pox walkers that were eating them

vestal ravine
somber axle
#

Like next to One Motion and Longshot

#

If you take Confirmed Kill it is one of 3 choices to go down

vestal ravine
orchid hemlock
verbal burrow
#

I'm a masochist so I just use plasma gun without reload speed to save points for things that actually cause dopamine hits

vestal ravine
verbal burrow
#

ok

gentle lake
#

You can also just strategically reload

verbal burrow
#

I do

#

Though it is called a Tactical Reload

vestal ravine
#

What's funny for me is when I do test people shit on me because it's not gameplay, now we have another situation.

somber axle
#

There's like 3 skips or something iirc

shrewd topaz
#

Can also just WS reload Clueless

vestal ravine
#

Someone is taking damage, You killed something they recover 15% toughness, simple as.

somber axle
#

But I forgor what they are since I almost never use plasma

#

Another Vet might know

drowsy perch
verbal burrow
somber axle
shrewd topaz
drowsy perch
#

i always think exe reloads but it doesnt and then i have to waste time reloading

vestal ravine
somber axle
shrewd topaz
#

It'll be funny trust

somber axle
#

Base Vet crit chance (10% crit) Deadshot (+25% crit) Reciprocity (+25% crit) Opening Salvo (+10% crit for first 20% of clip) Lock n Load (Clip size to 225) Shock Trooper (No ammo cost on crit) Crit Chance weapon perk (+5% crit) for a total of 75% crit chance when everything is rolling but if you have a Psyker with Prescience and/or a Hive Scum with Anarchist their auras give you another 5% crit chance each for a potential total of 85% crit chance

orchid hemlock
somber axle
#

This with the Recon Mk XII

#

For Auric quickplay it has been fun LOL

#

I wouldn't run it in Havoc

turbid ibex
somber axle
#

I did run it in a few Auric Maelstroms too though

orchid hemlock
shrewd topaz
#

Tf

#

You have the points for reciprocity

somber axle
#

Yes

#

But the tree is cursed

shrewd topaz
#

Oh you need to drop demo right

#

💀

orchid hemlock
shrewd topaz
#

Least cursed build

#

Surely its overkill with crit chain anyway

somber axle
#

Crit string of 2 makes it funnier

orchid hemlock
#

No crit build

Just raw damage

shrewd topaz
#

Mfw just worse gunker atp

orchid hemlock
#

Psyker will always be giga broken so why bother comparing?

tame lodge
#

Idk everything is better than ogryn guns nowadays

orchid hemlock
tame lodge
#

#buffOgrynGuns

orchid hemlock
somber axle
#

nerf everyone to Ogryn Guns instead

#

for the funny

somber axle
#

I've fixed the power creep by creating a power vacuum

#

it's time to suffer

gentle lake
#

next class^

shrewd topaz
#

That all get tree reworks after a month

tame lodge
#

With the like

#

500 combinations of cartel stimm

#

Hive Scum is 5 billion classes in 1

tidal fox
#

we will soon see a space marine neophyte as a new class

verbal burrow
#

I see psykers are still doing shield bubble + burning everything to death

tame lodge
verbal burrow
#

It does look pretty good, and it would be another weapon to add to the collection

tame lodge
#

this is mk5 btw

#

my favorite is mk4

#

but I was feeling

verbal burrow
#

5ish?

tall torrent
tame lodge
#

yeah

#

ive been thinking

#

theres no crushers for it

#

I guess I will just go Maniacs and hit 2k body damage

#

hyperbolicly

#

I think

#

I miss my crushers

tall torrent
tame lodge
#

what a level huh

tall torrent
# tame lodge what a level huh

Carapace only rly applies to 2 enemies
Maniac doesn’t change anything
Flak doesn’t change anything
Elite doesn’t change anything
Unarmored doesn’t change anything

tame lodge
#

another helbore w

#

as always

#

suffering from sucess

#

I'll just get 2 stam

#

💀

#

or sprint eff

tall torrent
#

I think just crit chance lol

tame lodge
#

What else is available for ranged weapons

#

Reload speed? For the infinite ammo weapon

tall torrent
tame lodge
#

I'll just run Stamina

#

Gotta go fast

tall torrent
tame lodge
#

But don't worry about it

#

I might run Deadshot too because why not

#

I got the stamina to spare

tall torrent
#

lol

lunar maple
lean rune
#

can ranged weapons benefit from rending?

narrow frost
#

yes

shrewd topaz
#

3a hits 1 shot on everything else right

hollow ibex
tall torrent
tall torrent
shrewd topaz
#

Literally unusable

tall torrent
#

but IV doesn't 1 tap carapace enemies either

#

it can only do it on crit

#

to plasma gunner

#

mauler takes 2 (but usually comes in large waves which u can frag)

#

crusher takes 3 (but spawns way less)

shrewd topaz
#

This buffless or what

tall torrent
#

with MF and stance

#

I do think IV comparatively falls off a little cuz of crusher spawn rate reduction

#

the main reason for choosing IV over the other 2 variants is diminished