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My comments on meta builds Drak: Do whatever. Pick an OC you like and go ham. Hurricane: Fire build meta come and gone in a single patch, RIP. I think 4shots/sec is mostly mandatory or it suffers dps issues when surrounded, an unforgivable sin for the gunner. Most people run it pretty 'clean', with Salvo being the most popular. Goo: Everyone is still figuring out why to run this over sticky flame, meta hasn't settled yet. LOKI: Seems to be generally good with many popular builds, but mostly of the 'clean' sort (unstable Executioner counts as clean!). I don't see the explodey or 'never miss' OCs much, as they have bigger downsides maybe. edit: Reddit is really, really vocal about LOKI's ammo issues for some bizarre reason. It's fine, and I'm pretty sure that's just an echo chamber effect. Serephina fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Nov 19, 2021 |
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I had big problems with ammo on my first day with the LOK but it's fine now, and I have no clue why found some extra bullets in the couch cushions
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Nov 19, 2021 20:23
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LOK makes it easy to steal kills from your own turrets, you just have to slow down a bit
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Nov 19, 2021 20:28
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Serephina posted:My comments on meta builds thanks that sucks i didnt know they nerfed fire rockets guess i should drop the fire perk i want to like goo but i just like fire to much. i have the subata do more to bugs on fire. im also trying to like lok1 but i like stubby with electric turrets to much. i do love hurricane but the #1 selling point for me is when ever theres down time i reload a full a clip for that animation. was in an dd earlier and gunner kept doing that since the driller built a bunker and niether of us could shoot.
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Nov 19, 2021 21:47
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Loki has the same problem as you would if you just shot the SMG all day, it just chews up ammo. Mostly I see people use it like it is their only weapon. Engi ammo supply just isn't as good, it's not like autocannon gunner where you can basically just hold the trigger down all mission. Gotta be selective and also use your other weapons.
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Nov 19, 2021 21:56
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I had Pots O' Gold active, so you're drat right I spent an hour mining out a Crassus crater.   
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Nov 20, 2021 01:32
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snergle posted:new players are good it means drg gets more money to make the game better I wasn't complaining.
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Nov 20, 2021 02:29
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Dogen posted:Loki has the same problem as you would if you just shot the SMG all day, it just chews up ammo. Mostly I see people use it like it is their only weapon. Engi ammo supply just isn't as good, it's not like autocannon gunner where you can basically just hold the trigger down all mission. Gotta be selective and also use your other weapons. This. Be very discriminating and think where your rounds would be most use. Like you don't want to be hammering a Praetorians rear end with a full lock, instead take out over a dozen swarmers in a single lock on scan. e; https://i.imgur.com/0mN0Rm0.mp4 MariusLecter fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Nov 20, 2021 |
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Nov 20, 2021 02:32
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MariusLecter posted:This. Be very discriminating and think where your rounds would be most use. lol what made you jump that high? couldnt of been low grav or you wouldnt of died falling.
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Nov 20, 2021 06:38
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Looks like the engi RJ45s them
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Nov 20, 2021 06:40
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snergle posted:lol what made you jump that high? couldnt of been low grav or you wouldnt of died falling. It was the other dread twin doing a bursting out of the ground attack.
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Nov 20, 2021 07:23
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Comba bud can be shoved in the drop pod, this has been a PSA
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Nov 20, 2021 07:28
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Far more effective than big ceilings, I've found laying down on walls a pattern of "tank traps", as some of the goons I play with have started to call them, works really well. I have a couple of friends who swear by the Bunker (as they call it) strategy. They have the Driller dig the Control Uplink and Fuel Cells (after connection) straight down about 10-15 meters into the ground in a small tunnel, then carve out a cave around it about the diameter of the triangulation zone. The Engineer blocks the first hole, and the Driller then digs a long "escape" tunnel about 45 degrees up until they reach the surface which is where all the bugs will be funneled in an easy shooting gallery. Works pretty well, but I think it's kind of boring. And yeah, if a Bulk shows up it's bad news but the Driller should have enough time to dig an alternate escape route so a couple dwarves can pop out and distract it or get away and come back.
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Nov 20, 2021 14:28
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Big reason it sucks is because it's so boring
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Nov 20, 2021 14:39
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Sloober posted:Big reason it sucks is because it's so boring Definitely. I wouldn't be surprised if Ghost Ship programs a countermeasure somehow in the future since it seems to exploit spawning and pathing algorithms, but for now I only join them when they do it on Elite Deep Dives. Anything else I hang outside the bunker for sweet kills and action while they chide me. On Haz 3 or 4. Karl would be disappointed in them. Also had another friend who wasn't familiar with it but was our Driller and said "that's dumb" and proceeded to just C4 a hole in the ground and said "there's your bunker" while they yelled at him. It was pretty funny to see.
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Nov 20, 2021 14:55
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bunkering on H3 should spawn a bulk Bunk Detonator
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Nov 20, 2021 15:03
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I just want a mode where only bulk detonators spawn.
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Nov 20, 2021 15:12
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Kith posted:I just want a mode where only bulk detonators spawn. Sounds fun tbh. Chance at Crassus and free mining with other detonators? Hell yeah
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Nov 20, 2021 15:14
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What *are* the outer limits of a DRG map, anyway? I'm thinking you'd hit 'bedrock' at some point, in any direction, right?
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Nov 20, 2021 15:41
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XkyRauh posted:What *are* the outer limits of a DRG map, anyway? I'm thinking you'd hit 'bedrock' at some point, in any direction, right? Correct. You eventually hit a vantablack material that cannot be bombed or drilled, and can only be broken with picks. Some players made it their mission to dig through it and eventually found that the terrain generator freaks out after a point, creating massive perfectly square rooms of nothing.
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Nov 20, 2021 15:51
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Dig deep enough, you eventually end up here
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Nov 20, 2021 16:07
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Kith posted:Correct. You eventually hit a vantablack material that cannot be bombed or drilled, and can only be broken with picks. Some players made it their mission to dig through it and eventually found that the terrain generator freaks out after a point, creating massive perfectly square rooms of nothing. that's weirdly spooky lol
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Nov 20, 2021 16:08
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Kith posted:Correct. You eventually hit a vantablack material that cannot be bombed or drilled, and can only be broken with picks. Some players made it their mission to dig through it and eventually found that the terrain generator freaks out after a point, creating massive perfectly square rooms of nothing. That's both horrifying and strangely alluring. I'm curious, but terrified!
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Nov 20, 2021 16:12
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Finally tried out the Heat mod for the Hurricane after the nerf and wow, they really went too far. Any grunts are dead before you can set them on fire unless you hit them simultaneously with three rockets, Praetorians take way too many rockets to get set on fire now and Mactera with their fire weakness are also still generally dead from the rockets before the fire even matters. Def looking forward to see how they pull back the nerf a bit. Still a very fun weapon.
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I kinda want to get a group together and dig to the bottom of the map. I wonder if Resupply Pods can carve through the black material.Ciaphas posted:that's weirdly spooky lol XkyRauh posted:That's both horrifying and strangely alluring. I'm curious, but terrified! If you try it, bring Hoverboots. When I say massive, I mean massive - the fall damage can easily kill you.
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Nov 20, 2021 16:33
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I really wish there was a way to make Lloyd pour four drinks even if there aren't four dwarves
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Hwurmp posted:I really wish there was a way to make Lloyd pour four drinks even if there aren't four dwarves
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Call me crazy, but is the Drak-25's "impact deflection" overclock secretly very powerful? I use it when combined with the "Plasma splash" upgrade and I was able to kill a Praetorion in about five shots by shooting it in the head, it also works well on groups of enemies.
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Serephina posted:My comments on meta builds Chem rounds is actually really, really good. It triggers an explosion on the target after 3 hits or the critter's death. Meaning If you lock on to 2 or 3 choice bugs in a swarm you can wipe out a big chunk of the entire swarm just from the kabooms. Lock on to low HP targets and you get an explosion for just one ammo! Makes it pretty ammo efficient to use all-around, if you use your secondary for big targets. As a bonus it also makes it really effective against mactera clumps. https://i.imgur.com/gbXjdtu.mp4
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Tombot posted:Call me crazy, but is the Drak-25's "impact deflection" overclock secretly very powerful? I use it when combined with the "Plasma splash" upgrade and I was able to kill a Praetorion in about five shots by shooting it in the head, it also works well on groups of enemies. The bouncy bullets one? very. Especially once you get used to aiming at the ground under a bug to hit it in the vulnerables. I'd personally rate it as the best one, byt quite a way. I've tried all the others I think, though not a huge amount for some of them.
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Fishstick posted:Chem rounds is actually really, really good. It triggers an explosion on the target after 3 hits or the critter's death. Meaning If you lock on to 2 or 3 choice bugs in a swarm you can wipe out a big chunk of the entire swarm just from the kabooms. Lock on to low HP targets and you get an explosion for just one ammo! Makes it pretty ammo efficient to use all-around, if you use your secondary for big targets. As a bonus it also makes it really effective against mactera clumps. What secondary / OC would you use with this, hyperpropellant PGL? (not a fan of that one personally TBH)
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I use a breachcutter with the plasma trails mod, it's good for big targets and the plasma trails help conserve LOK ammo against swarmers n stuff.
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Fishstick posted:I use a breachcutter with the plasma trails mod, it's good for big targets and the plasma trails help conserve LOK ammo against swarmers n stuff. It's really great for a variety of uses. I tend to only take the PGL if I think it's gonna be a huge open space with lots of vertical surfaces (salvage in radiation zone or something), the breach cutter is just such a great multipurpose tool from unfucking yourself from an oncoming swarm to killing a bulk. Nothing like spamming 6 shots of it into something you need dead immediately.
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Nov 20, 2021 22:11
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Molly lusts for dwarf death. (I was not pressing forwards at any point here.) https://i.imgur.com/72eIiJj.mp4
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Nov 21, 2021 04:56
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Nov 21, 2021 09:59
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Is my browser loving up or is that gif at 5FPS
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Nov 21, 2021 10:46
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Kith posted:I just want a mode where only bulk detonators spawn. Some dwarves just want to watch the world burn.
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MariusLecter posted:I can't help but use anything but Roll Control. Super fun. OUt and back for me. Does what I need it to most effectively.
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heres some good points of the sludge gun i have found vs other driller primaries: - surprisingly ammo efficient, one normal shot can kill most enemies - stops exploders more reliably than the cryo gun. they don't explode if they die to sludge, whereas with cryo they have to be frozen before they die to not blow up - easier to cover a large area than with sticky flames i cant speak to the efficiency of it damage-wise vs the other two. it's hard to keep track of the initial damage + dot damage over time. I have the goo bomber OC and a clean OC that gives better corrosion damage and pool life time, and i tend to use the latter. it does seem much worse for killing dreadnaughts though.
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