Triarii posted:

I kinda hope those mission debuffs get reworked at some point because they're kind of miserable right now. DRG's manage to be much more interesting by giving you an extra problem to deal with on the mission rather than just making part of your kit suck.

For example, how about a modifier on bug missions that makes 2-3 extra stalker nests spawn in addition to the usual ones.

deep dish peat moss posted:

If you use a grenade launcher against bugs you can take a charger down in just a few butt shots, explosive damage does 100% damage there. Grenade launcher is also just insanely good against bugs paired with a supply pack anyway.

A lot of people find bots easier but I think it's just familiarity because I find bugs very easy but I am terrified of bots because of how hard they own me if I have even part of one limb exposed. Overall very much appreciate the design of how different the factions are to play against and how much familiarity seems to help with feeling confident about them. Can't wait for the third to get added eventually!!

johnny park posted:

You're shot out of a cannon in a bullet-shaped pod. You sure about that?

Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

Rectal Death Alert posted:

Yes. Having played extensively with the Maxed Sweatlords there are people who do this. Not everyone but they exist in great enough numbers some etiquette has been spread around.

1.) You must ask first to see if people agree, you do not call it down without asking
2.) Someone runs to extract to throw a resupply first thing so it's there during the end of the mission
3.) You take one supply unless someone else doesn't take one, then the remaining ones are first come first serve
4.) The host can do whatever they want gently caress you

I had to sit through some breathless lectures because a rambo was calling down supplies every single time for themselves solo across the map and the host died after running out of stims.

All it does is make people not use the resupply and it sits available after people who use it get kicked. The sweats want it ready when they need it. When they stop gunkataing because their meta weapon is dry the resupply better be available for them.

Kazinsal posted:

EAT and RR are nice but it's good to get used to how to do unsafe railgun shots. Supposedly controller makes it easier because there's a rumble, whereas on KBM there's no indicator on screen or anything that your railgun is about to take your arms off.

On the other hand, the round still fires if your railgun explodes, so... technically still a good shot!

Triarii posted:

One thing you can do with the AC against dropships is to put a few rounds into the troops hanging underneath it as it flies in. You can pretty reliably kill all the small/medium stuff before they can detach.

Turin Turambar posted:

I will be the first one to say it: if they nerfed the Breaker, the Shield and the Railgun, I don't see how they won't nerf the Mech, because at least against Terminids is SO GOOD.

Banjo Bones posted:

What are some stratagems they should add? Here's some:

* Orbital flame thrower
* Laser mech
* Orbital Lightning
* Gas gun
* Eagle laser strike
* Bug pheromones
* Laser sentry
* Mortar mech
* Laser sword
* Lightning sword

GokuGoesSSj69 posted:

Why does no one use the assault rifle drone? I haven't tried it myself but is it really hard to keep enough ammo for it or something?

The Fattest PI posted:

I'm bad at videogames and I'm struggling getting into the harder difficulties. Seems like it's got a different tempo that I'm still getting used to. Any tips?

Here's my takeaways so far:
-Don't linger, always be moving. If there's a bug hole or whatever you can still deal with it while moving to your next objective, and at least that way they're only coming from one direction.
-Turrets are extremely more situational or straight up not worth it. Instantly gets stomped down by a charger.
-Stop loving around trying to deal with stuff with my regular gun. Call down a strategem, use gun for cleanup.
-Stop shooting a twig 3" away from me with a rocket after I call down a mech

Am I on the right path I have no idea, I haven't got any super rare samples yet and lose most that difficulty.

Phenotype posted:

I tried it once early on and never went back, I really oughta give it another shot. The thing is that the Redeemer is basically the best-feeling "secondary" possible in a game like this. It's not so much a second weapon as an oh-poo poo button that murders the poo poo out of the last few bugs that are still in your face and your primary mag just ran dry. I imagine the Senator works more like an actual second weapon that you can use, but that feeling of pulling out the Redeemer and tearing a couple hunters to pieces with a million bullets per second is gonna be hard to beat.

Play posted:

Is the grenade launcher any good on higher difficulties? It's the one calldown weapon besides the break action that I've barely used at all, but I've heard it can be pretty decent at some things. How is it best used?

Risky Bisquick posted:

Remember your ABCs people, Always Bring CEATs uh Always BCalldown CEATs. Dont forget to shoot the drop pod cans so they appear on the minimap

hey mom its 420 posted:

What kind of loadout am I supposed to take on bug missions now that the arc thrower is baned? man this sucks. I tried bringing back the stalwart and it was kind of fine, but took forever to kill bile spewers. and I'm really bad at using the grenade launcher, it just bounces off everything and I run out of ammo in 2 seconds.

Musluk posted:

Once the ammo only 6x backpack drops I'mma grab that and a heavy machine gun and relive my bad company 2 days so hard

explosivo posted:

Does it? It always felt pretty instantaneous to me.

Dren posted:

You are valid. I run 500kg instead of EMS mortar but EMS mortar is a strong choice for certain mission types. If it’s blowing up egg nests u should take a 500kg.