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Dandywalken
Feb 11, 2014

MUSCULAR BEAVER posted:

I've heard people talk about the bullet King farming guy so here is a trip report of my first attempt - I went to the Autumn safe house and ran outside, shot bullet King a few times but he killed me, respawned and went back outside and he wasn't there anymore but that yellow gun was waiting for me in the ground.

Was it meant to be that easy?

No, but he left that for you as a gift and wishes you well in your future adventures.

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chami
Mar 28, 2011

Keep it classy, boys~
Fun Shoe
Even with 70k+ hp those challenge mode rushers are ridiculous. Without any cc they will absolutely demolish a squad.

MUSCULAR BEAVER
Dec 26, 2014

HENDO! HENDO!

Dandywalken posted:

No, but he left that for you as a gift and wishes you well in your future adventures.

Thank you, your majesty

BadLlama
Jan 13, 2006

Does the flashbang grenade launcher and gas grenade seeker mine get any real benefit from skill power, like longer CC or anything?

Zedsdeadbaby
Jun 14, 2008

You have been called out, in the ways of old.

MUSCULAR BEAVER posted:

I've heard people talk about the bullet King farming guy so here is a trip report of my first attempt - I went to the Autumn safe house and ran outside, shot bullet King a few times but he killed me, respawned and went back outside and he wasn't there anymore but that yellow gun was waiting for me in the ground.

Was it meant to be that easy?

Yes

You're actually doing it right by dying, you basically shoot the king only and leave his minions alone. If the minions die he never comes back.

If you got a Caduceus out of it you basically don't need to do it anymore unless you need quick and easy phoenix credits. And even then it's probably better to run LEC challenge instead for the extra yellow gear that might come with kickass talents.

Asproigerosis
Mar 13, 2013

insufferable

vyst
Aug 25, 2009




Living the dream

Zedsdeadbaby
Jun 14, 2008

You have been called out, in the ways of old.
Head stuck up his arse, must be a goon.

Mr. Clark2
Sep 17, 2003

Rocco sez: Oh man, what a bummer. Woof.


My backs all hosed up. I need meds real bad.

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



He's huffing farts so you have to assume that he's one of those poop sockers that is complaining about having nothing to do now

Tenzarin
Jul 24, 2007
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Taco Defender

chami posted:

Even with 70k+ hp those challenge mode rushers are ridiculous. Without any cc they will absolutely demolish a squad.

They hit for nothing in quad smart cover.

WhiskeyJuvenile
Feb 15, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
74 hours in and i'm a bit burnt out

level 30/35, feel like I've gotten everything out of DZ that I'm going to, 130k/65k/20k stats

Guess I'll take a break until new content

FallenGod
May 23, 2002

Unite, Afro Warriors!

Tenzarin posted:

They hit for nothing in quad smart cover.

Does smart cover mitigate grenade damage as well? Otherwise I don't see how you'd be able to stay in one play long enough to get any use out of it.

Muffin Rhino
Dec 31, 2006

I am SO gay for Doctor Cox.

BadLlama posted:

Does the flashbang grenade launcher and gas grenade seeker mine get any real benefit from skill power, like longer CC or anything?

Shorter cooldown for sure

FallenGod posted:

Does smart cover mitigate grenade damage as well? Otherwise I don't see how you'd be able to stay in one play long enough to get any use out of it.

Smart cover reduces all incoming damage. The only time you're in trouble is if you get set on fire/shocked/stunned out of cover.

People are using it cuz it currently stacks. You can run four smart covers + four aid stations and become invincible.

Muffin Rhino fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Mar 20, 2016

Sir Tonk
Apr 18, 2006
Young Orc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQrokTHS8gE

Sir Tonk fucked around with this message at 02:56 on Mar 20, 2016

Gunder
May 22, 2003

How does this game handle level disparity between party members? I have a friend who just started playing, and I was wondering if i'd have to start a new character to play PvE content with him?

poptart_fairy
Apr 8, 2009

by R. Guyovich

Mr. Clark2 posted:

My backs all hosed up. I need meds real bad.

I understand and appreciate this reference.

Sir Tonk
Apr 18, 2006
Young Orc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebZc08kvTM

Is this the Lexington thing that everyone was experiencing?

Omi no Kami
Feb 19, 2014


I'm about 30% through finishing the story + side missions, and should I be making a point to visit the dark zone before I hit 30 and upgrade everything? I've only been using it when I run out of side missions and need an XP injection, but I'd hate to permanently miss out on anything I can't get once I cap out.

gibbed
Apr 10, 2006

Daily fashion restock:
  • ?-5: Digital - CADPAT
  • 6-7: Digital - ACU
  • 8-?: Leaf - Blue
  • ?-30: Leaf - Blue

Digital - CADPAT


"CADPAT" apparently means "Canadian Disruptive Pattern".

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



Omi no Kami posted:

I'm about 30% through finishing the story + side missions, and should I be making a point to visit the dark zone before I hit 30 and upgrade everything? I've only been using it when I run out of side missions and need an XP injection, but I'd hate to permanently miss out on anything I can't get once I cap out.

Do it at 29. We literally said why like a page ago.

Stormgale
Feb 27, 2010

Zedsdeadbaby posted:

Yes

You're actually doing it right by dying, you basically shoot the king only and leave his minions alone. If the minions die he never comes back.

If you got a Caduceus out of it you basically don't need to do it anymore unless you need quick and easy phoenix credits. And even then it's probably better to run LEC challenge instead for the extra yellow gear that might come with kickass talents.

The extra crafting mats from farming bullet king are honestly more useful

Omi no Kami
Feb 19, 2014


vyst posted:

Do it at 29. We literally said why like a page ago.

Ack sorry, thanks :)

Tenzarin
Jul 24, 2007
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Taco Defender
Anyway to hide all these loving side missions that you can replay? They look just like side missions you haven't done.

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
I'm trying to screencapture my character in the game but whenever I press 'print screen' and then paste it to paint it's a black image, what other solutions can I try?

gibbed
Apr 10, 2006

Tenzarin posted:

Anyway to hide all these loving side missions that you can replay? They look just like side missions you haven't done.
Go back to your own world? Side missions don't show up again unless you're in someone else's instance who hasn't completed them.

Legs Benedict
Jul 14, 2002

You can either follow me to our bedroom or bend over that control throne because I haven't been this turned on in FOREVER!

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

74 hours in and i'm a bit burnt out

level 30/35, feel like I've gotten everything out of DZ that I'm going to, 130k/65k/20k stats

Guess I'll take a break until new content

Not to be an rear end in a top hat about it but you played the game like 8 hours a day for a week. I'd be surprised if you weren't burnt out?

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free


That armour in cover perk is kind of strong. (Don't mind my garbage secondary weapon DPS, it's a poopy yellow LMG for suppression that also does 17% armour break)

Sir Tonk
Apr 18, 2006
Young Orc

Tenzarin posted:

Anyway to hide all these loving side missions that you can replay? They look just like side missions you haven't done.

There's options at the bottom of the map screen to only show intel (collectibles), active missions, and friends I think.

Tenzarin
Jul 24, 2007
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Taco Defender

gibbed posted:

Go back to your own world? Side missions don't show up again unless you're in someone else's instance who hasn't completed them.

I was in a group like 3 hours ago, drat this poo poo stays for a long time. I think your correct.

tehllama
Apr 30, 2009

Hook, swing.

chami posted:

Even with 70k+ hp those challenge mode rushers are ridiculous. Without any cc they will absolutely demolish a squad.

You're doing it wrong. My partner and I both have ~180k dps, he has ~60k HP and I have ~50k. Even with two poo poo random teammates we can easily kill rushers long before he can get on top of us. We only even need CC in pulls that have 3+ shotgunners. We both achieved that DPS when we were at like 30k HP, and while dicey I think its a whole lot faster to be able to down them in <1 mag and be fragile then to attempt to be tougher and risk having to reload while fighting them. You'd probably need like 100k HP before you could survive more than 3 or so shots from one anyway.

Dial A For Awesome
May 23, 2009
Thanks to Mcbexxx, MingeT and Sandweed for tonight's PC group. Many scarves were extracted and subways investigated. Plus I did my first ever challenging mission :woop:

One cool DZ experience. While levelling you find an echo where a rogue first wave agent finds some rykers hanging a JTF guy. He kills the rykers but, rather than cutting down the JTF member, he watches him die. While in the DZ tonight I got separated from the others and came across a pubbie bleeding out in the street. I probably could have saved him but I just killed the nearby rykers and then just left the pubbie agent to expire.

For a loot-y shoot-y game, this sure has some cool moments.

Dial A For Awesome
May 23, 2009

Al-Saqr posted:

I'm trying to screencapture my character in the game but whenever I press 'print screen' and then paste it to paint it's a black image, what other solutions can I try?

Sorry for the double post, but I think F12 is screenshot. Goes into your pictures/uplay folder.

afkmacro
Mar 29, 2009



tehllama posted:

You're doing it wrong. My partner and I both have ~180k dps, he has ~60k HP and I have ~50k. Even with two poo poo random teammates we can easily kill rushers long before he can get on top of us. We only even need CC in pulls that have 3+ shotgunners. We both achieved that DPS when we were at like 30k HP, and while dicey I think its a whole lot faster to be able to down them in <1 mag and be fragile then to attempt to be tougher and risk having to reload while fighting them. You'd probably need like 100k HP before you could survive more than 3 or so shots from one anyway.

Yeah part of it is knowing the waves in each dungeon. If you know they're coming just fall back and leave some distance before they pop.

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
My Character:- Leona the Professional.







She also resembles another weapons specialist character from one of my Japanese Animes.

Sober
Nov 19, 2011

First touch: Life.
Second touch: Dead again. Forever.

Legs Benedict posted:

Not to be an rear end in a top hat about it but you played the game like 8 hours a day for a week. I'd be surprised if you weren't burnt out?
In all fairness there isn't that much to do at the level cap but also in all fairness if you don't lock people out of course they'll poopsock the poo poo out of something like running the same mission on challenging or bullet king for the bird coins.

Roman
Aug 8, 2002

I hope the update next week fixes the goofy rear end menus. Trying to buy poo poo based on the vendor preview is annoying. Oh look this mod will raise your DPS! Nope, just kidding!

Dandywalken
Feb 11, 2014

Bullet King, unlike most Rikers, did nothing wrong.

I'm going to miss him. Joe Ferro and Bullet King could get Manhattan back on its feet.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
Broke 100k DPS with the High End Vector tonight, and managed to light both talents (% of crit damage back as health, and 13% increased damage within 10m, on top of the native 13% bonus against Elites.) Thing shreds.

vyst posted:

Do it at 29. We literally said why like a page ago.

I think you guys overstate the effect that levels have in the DZ in terms of "Lol you're gonna get reamed!"

Get some buddies and just go roll, I went in at Level 30, DZ3.

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Jerkface
May 21, 2001

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE DEAD, MOTHERFUCKER?

Inspector_666 posted:

I think you guys overstate the effect that levels have in the DZ in terms of "Lol you're gonna get reamed!"

Get some buddies and just go roll, I went in at Level 30, DZ3.

I think the thing with farming to 50 at 29 is that you can do it in a very safe controlled environment where you are guaranteed to be the biggest fish in the pond. Where as going in at DZ30 you have people that may have really poop socked this game that are running all high end gear that will be unkillable and kill you very quickly, negating any gains, along with the enemies being in general more difficult to kill.

The upside to getting to 30 is you can start grinding birdcoins & daily & getting level 30 drops. The upside to 29 is you can freely pvp / hunt rogues for DZ EXP, be a beast, and gently caress around.

I spent a few days at 14 & 19 doing DZ rogue & sheriff work and it was really fun. Much more fun than DZ30 where I once got ganked by a group of people with hi end gear that I couldnt even damage with an 80k dps gun. Its a lot easier to get up to par at the lower levels than at 30 where you're grinding & craftin.

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