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2 Airship foundries directly adjacent to each other on a blitz mission is, uh, sure something alright! 
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Rolled up to extract with no reinforcements left and an airship foundry right next to it. On top of that they dropped a walker factory between us and the beacon right when we got there. We didn't make it.
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Apr 17, 2024 05:40
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"Legit Business News" Farming Update: It would appear that Disconnect Farming is now off the table. After you run a map 2x, you no longer get sc/medals/rec slips deposited into your inventory. However, when I ran my map to test, I was able to get credit for some of the items on the first run, and then nothing on the second. So it seems like it is on a per cache basis. We haven't tested to see if group composition changes this calculus, or if there's an internal cooldown on the map/cache/rate per hour. More testing is required! However, blitzing through a bunch of haz 1 difficulty maps is still probably the most efficient way to do things, and with a good seed, you just get to do it twice.
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Apr 17, 2024 05:41
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Pops Mgee posted:Rolled up to extract with no reinforcements left and an airship foundry right next to it. On top of that they dropped a walker factory between us and the beacon right when we got there. It was a bloodbath. We did make it but only because we still had almost the whole reinforcement pool to spend.
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Apr 17, 2024 05:51
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It makes sense not being particularly bothered by just blasting out level 1 missions, while also not wanting just running the one really good one you found over and over.
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Apr 17, 2024 06:15
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It is good to have a way to get warbonds without paying if you've been away from the game for a while, even if it's a bit tedious. I can see myself playing for long enough that I never have to worry about supercreds just through regular play.
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Apr 17, 2024 06:19
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the warbonds so far have had a bunch of SC unlocks to convert your medals into SC
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Apr 17, 2024 06:34
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oh yeah, beat a difficulty 9 mission with just two players! me and a buddy of mine have really gotten into a grovel. apart from being really efficient and constantly moving, our loadout was pretty good for bots. we both had the dominator, I had the AC and my buddy had the laser. the laser really owns on bot missions, it kills hulks really really fast. game owns
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Apr 17, 2024 06:39
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I encountered a fun new big last night: gunship rockets knocking you clear through the ice on Menkent. Did you know there's water under there? And if you get knocked through the ice, there's no way out of the water so you drown? Thank god I didn't have the super samples. Also on a blitz mission a pubbie somehow managed to clip into the area behind a friendship door without opening it. On the opposite side of the map from the rest of the team. It took him 5 minutes of being stuck there before he grenaded himself and respawned :facepalm:
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Apr 17, 2024 08:34
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Spookydonut posted:the warbonds so far have had a bunch of SC unlocks to convert your medals into SC So buying a warbond is always gonna cost you 700 SC at the end of things, it's not like you'd ever want to buy one in order to get more SC. e: https://i.imgur.com/v0uaOxH.mp4 job's done 
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Apr 17, 2024 08:40
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I kinda like the crossbow. It kills striders and devs and also takes out the lil guys without a huge explosion I’ll play with it some more but I don’t dislike it as much as I thought
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Apr 17, 2024 08:55
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CelticPredator posted:I kinda like the crossbow. It kills striders and devs and also takes out the lil guys without a huge explosion i like it against nursers but bile spewers are more armored and it doesnt do as much against them as I like but it's still fun
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Apr 17, 2024 11:09
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Oh hell yeah.  Going to run mortars all day and just keep saying I haven’t done my daily yet. Anita Dickinme fucked around with this message at 11:29 on Apr 17, 2024 |
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Apr 17, 2024 11:26
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Definitely run it as much as you like. People on steam forums saying they kick people for using strategems they don't like even though it completes the objective for them.
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Apr 17, 2024 12:30
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As I said, run mortars against bots, drop your little explosive friend behind a hill in the middle of nowhere, and watch it mess up the enemy's entire patrol system while you go elsewhere and do your own thing.
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Apr 17, 2024 12:40
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I’m just gonna play solo tomorrow f that poo poo lmao
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Apr 17, 2024 12:42
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pair the mortars together for less angry pubbies.
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Apr 17, 2024 12:45
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Darth Walrus posted:As I said, run mortars against bots, drop your little explosive friend behind a hill in the middle of nowhere, and watch it mess up the enemy's entire patrol system while you go elsewhere and do your own thing. Combine with EMS Mortar for best results. I might just be imagining things but it seems like the killy mortar has slightly shorter range than the EMS.
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Apr 17, 2024 12:45
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NoEyedSquareGuy posted:They're going to have to add something really good to make me stop taking Autocannon Turret on every mission. Once you have the upgrades it will clear large Helldive encounters on its own, it might be the single best value stratagem if you can toss it somewhere out of harm's way. Orbital Railstrike takes some additional damage to take down a bile titan, the autocannon turret can do it on its own with ammo to spare. Now that I have the blast shielding from the recent round of ship upgrades it can even withstand a rocket in Automaton missions and keep going. They really should change it so shooting a Fabricator enough times with certain support weapons or turrets will just blow it up even without shooting it in a vent or open door, kind of a shame that currently only the Spear can really do that Sindai posted:Bots are much more fun now that you regularly see mobile factories instead of double tank or triple hulk drops. Mind you those definitely still happen Ice Fist posted:I tried very hard to give the spear a chance in a handful of missions. Yeah the main thing holding it back is how inconsistent the lock-on for it is, if that finally gets fixed it'll become a top tier pick for Bot missions Also is it just me or is it weird that you can use the Spear on Striders but not Devastators?
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Apr 17, 2024 12:49
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If I was a helldiver irl and I survived I’d sleep with the ems it would be a slow start in the morning though
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Apr 17, 2024 12:50
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drrockso20 posted:They really should change it so shooting a Fabricator enough times with certain support weapons or turrets will just blow it up even without shooting it in a vent or open door, kind of a shame that currently only the Spear can really do that Striders show up as big dots on the map, so they're classified as large by the game; the spear would be basically impossible to use if it locked on to devs, also.
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Apr 17, 2024 12:52
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If the bots ever figure out helmets we're in trouble
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Apr 17, 2024 13:20
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Infidelicious posted:Striders show up as big dots on the map, so they're classified as large by the game; the spear would be basically impossible to use if it locked on to devs, also. Striders being classified like that is basically a troll and only exists to distract the Spear/110/railcannon away from something you actually want to hit.
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Apr 17, 2024 13:22
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Arglebargle III posted:If the bots ever figure out helmets we're in trouble not even Super Earth can make functional helmets so I don't see how the filthy machines could ever manage it
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Apr 17, 2024 13:23
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drrockso20 posted:They really should change it so shooting a Fabricator enough times with certain support weapons or turrets will just blow it up even without shooting it in a vent or open door, kind of a shame that currently only the Spear can really do that autocannon sentry will just sit there and waste all its ammo trying to destroy fabricators and it makes me mad
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Apr 17, 2024 13:24
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Spookydonut posted:autocannon sentry will just sit there and waste all its ammo trying to destroy fabricators and it makes me mad
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Apr 17, 2024 13:30
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Any planet with the rock overhangs (like Chort Bay) are great for autocannon sentries, as if you drop the pokeball in the right place on the ground below the sentry will land on the edge of the overhang and be able to snipe at enemies with little resistance. I need to try it with the mortar too when I play later, they might be untouchable if put far back enough.
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Apr 17, 2024 13:32
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Icedude posted:Any planet with the rock overhangs (like Chort Bay) are great for autocannon sentries, as if you drop the pokeball in the right place on the ground below the sentry will land on the edge of the overhang and be able to snipe at enemies with little resistance. Its such a crapshoot which rock surfaces will/won't accept your balls. "Ahh this is a great spot for a sentry" - Strategem ball bounces 15 times off the surface and rolls off the ledge in between 2 containers.
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Apr 17, 2024 13:33
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It'd be nice if the strategem ball showed a red/green silhouette on the ground where it's going to hit based on whether it can stick to that surface.
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Apr 17, 2024 13:38
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Fishstick posted:Its such a crapshoot which rock surfaces will/won't accept your balls. The stratagem ball uses the same logic for surfaces as the climbing 
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Apr 17, 2024 13:39
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Orbital Laser chumps striders, so there's the can't be bothered solution if anyone finds them annoying. Dismantling them with a shitload of rockets is more fun though.
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Apr 17, 2024 13:45
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Orbital laser feels like it's exactly in the right spot. It's so powerful but I hesitate to use it because of the limited shots.
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Arglebargle III posted:Orbital laser feels like it's exactly in the right spot. It's so powerful but I hesitate to use it because of the limited shots. Multiple people can bring orbital lasers! If even two squaddies bring it that's potentially 6 bases you can destroy without even having to step foot in them. I've started running the orbital rail cannon and orbital laser and it's been working out real well.
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Apr 17, 2024 13:49
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Durzel posted:Holy poo poo how can anyone enjoy bots? At least on random pubbie matches.
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Apr 17, 2024 13:51
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Bots are so fun. They’re like little guys you blow up
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Apr 17, 2024 13:52
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If orbital laser had infinite uses they'd have to tone down either the duration or the damage, or both. The laser in its current state is "no no no, gently caress this poo poo, everything die, everything die right now so I can have some goddamn breathing room." 3 uses per mission is fair considering the sheer devastation it unleashes.
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CelticPredator posted:Bots are so fun. They’re like little guys you blow up EMS Mortar also owns bones against bots.
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Apr 17, 2024 13:54
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Sindai posted:As a card-carrying Spear Enjoyer I'm pretty sure the issue with cannon towers is that the "tower" is part of the terrain, not the entity, so if you're too far below the tower or too close to the base it obscures the aim point on the turret and isn't seen as a valid target. The Spear also just has a much shorter ranger than it looks like it should
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I hit a cannon turret from about 298 yards away last night, I think 300 might be the actual limit?
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