Diephoon posted:

Keep in mind that a Vet gets +50% ranged damage for pressing F and it has a really low cooldown. It also can have a really high uptime and give you even more damage depending on which level 30 feat you take. Your gun can roll + damage to specific types too. +20% flak damage does a lot of work against shooters, for instance.

Also Plasma pierces rails and other terrain much better than Voidstrike, IIRC

Angry_Ed posted:

I mean, weird change but VT2 does the same thing.

Angry_Ed posted:

I mean, weird change but VT2 does the same thing.

Estel posted:

At least in VT2 you could use a mod to skip the videos.

Turin Turambar posted:

drat Dirty Ape posted:

I just bought one for my vet so I'll give it a try. Still, it almost sounds like 'yet another reason vet is better than psycher'. I'm surprised I didn't see more buffs to non-voidstrike staffs.

!Klams posted:

I mean, this right here, is honestly the biggest perk on any gun I've had so far.

I SWEAR the Vet has an innate hidden passive where he can summon an Ogryn in front of him just by lining up a headshot.

Hra Mormo posted:

Meanwhile Surge, while abysmal against hordes, is excellent against everything else and brings a level of control over high threat targets that you literally can't get with any other weapon in the entire game.

I have a near-perfect Voidstrike staff and I barely ever use it, because it's also the staff with the least hard carry potential when poo poo really hits the fan and the choices you've made matter.

big cummers ONLY posted:

My big pet peeve is people strafing back and forth in place as if they are in melee, while we're in a firing line. There are no enemies nearby and virtually no return fire, why are you dodging back and forth directly in front of us while magdumping and missing half your shots?

Hra Mormo posted:

Probably because other than possibly Trauma, they really don't need them. Voidstrike stands out because it can do it's job the moment you get one even with middling rolls, but then you end up with a Purgation staff with high rolls and realize the limitations of Voidstrike in 4+, and how the only thing it really brings to the table compared to flames is the ability to suppress packs at a distance. Which is good, but not as good as you might think.

Meanwhile Surge, while abysmal against hordes, is excellent against everything else and brings a level of control over high threat targets that you literally can't get with any other weapon in the entire game.

I have a near-perfect Voidstrike staff and I barely ever use it, because it's also the staff with the least hard carry potential when poo poo really hits the fan and the choices you've made matter.

Don't make the mistake of trying to run purgation with the abysmally bad soulblaze feats though.

terrorist ambulance posted:

Does plasma gun shoot through allies. My recent experience playing a vet suggests that if I want to hit anything, rather than just hit my ogryns back, that the ability to "pierce" allies is very valuable

terrorist ambulance posted:

Running at an angle to enemies makes them miss as I recall, there's some reason to move while returning fire

explosivo posted:

Rerolling perks costs less the more times you do it, which is odd but kind of nice that the price doesn't go up with repeated attempts.

terrorist ambulance posted:

Yeah this. The clutch ability to zap a mutant or dog out of the air, or easily stagger multiple ragers, is so good on surge, I have trouble using anything else

big cummers ONLY posted:

My big pet peeve is people strafing back and forth in place as if they are in melee, while we're in a firing line. There are no enemies nearby and virtually no return fire, why are you dodging back and forth directly in front of us while magdumping and missing half your shots?

Also annoying are people who sprint around the combat arena during lulls, not to search for items or anything, but just because the idea of spending 5 seconds standing still and waiting for the next wave is abhorrent. So unless I also sprint with them along whatever random direction their drug-addled brains choose, I'll be out of coherency

Cowcaster posted:

purgatus staff isn’t bad, per se, but its weakness is the same as a flamer on a zealot where you can’t hit anything beyond spitting distance. in theory you could brain burst to make up for it, but brain burst itself isn’t that great. meanwhile with voidstrike you’ve got horde clearing AND range. maybe purgatus edges it out in total horde clear potential but it just doesn’t make up for voidstrike’s all in one package imho

Turin Turambar posted:

Can you delete the video file in your hdd? Some games will skip the video if it can't be found (others will crash, so i'ts a question of knowing which of the two).

Is the update on gamepass to or only steam for now?

terrorist ambulance posted:

Does plasma gun shoot through allies. My recent experience playing a vet suggests that if I want to hit anything, rather than just hit my ogryns back, that the ability to "pierce" allies is very valuable

big cummers ONLY posted:

My big pet peeve is people strafing back and forth in place as if they are in melee, while we're in a firing line. There are no enemies nearby and virtually no return fire, why are you dodging back and forth directly in front of us while magdumping and missing half your shots?

Also annoying are people who sprint around the combat arena during lulls, not to search for items or anything, but just because the idea of spending 5 seconds standing still and waiting for the next wave is abhorrent. So unless I also sprint with them along whatever random direction their drug-addled brains choose, I'll be out of coherency

Internet Explorer posted:

Yeah, when I saw that note in the community update I
was pleasantly surprised. At least there's slightly more forgiving.

Drakes posted:

Both of these can be answered with the idea of avoiding being stabbed in the butt.

Can't get stabbed in butt if I'm dancing while firing.

Can't stab me in the butt if I'm speedrunning through the level and mowing everything in front of me!

terrorist ambulance posted:

Does plasma gun shoot through allies. My recent experience playing a vet suggests that if I want to hit anything, rather than just hit my ogryns back, that the ability to "pierce" allies is very valuable

Does plasma gun shoot through allies. My recent experience playing a vet suggests that if I want to hit anything, rather than just hit my ogryns back, that the ability to "pierce" allies is very valuable

Vargs posted:

Is there any indication of what level the new weapons are unlocked at? I've only been playing a couple sessions per week with friends so I'm pretty behind. Don't want to log in to keep checking the shop for no reason.

explosivo posted:

If you're able to play now and thirsting for the new weapons/map it sounds like they're not added yet but should be later because it's a backend switch or something. A lot of pissed off comments already out there about "WHERE'S THE NEW WEAPONS FATSHARK" and people pissed about the hold space to skip thing that haven't discovered the option to disable it yet.