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Vermintide 2: POST FOR OL' KRUBER.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    ok this game is hard

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    it is, especially when you're first starting out

    but you should definitely stick with it, and try all the characters

  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    they put out a patch today that fixes the bugs with Deeds, woo

    my 300 hero power elf is available if im in the game, i'm not sure how steam IDs work but mine is my forum name (i think)

    I'm about at the point where I need to start playing Champion for a challenge, but I want my level 20 talent first

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    the nice thing is, like, the chest you obtain aren't tied to anything. You can pretty much boost another character by hoarding the lower-level chests and having them open it.

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  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    the nice thing is, like, the chest you obtain aren't tied to anything. You can pretty much boost another character by hoarding the lower-level chests and having them open it.

    They'll open a bunch of whites at level 1 though. I honestly don't think that method is worth it too much unless you're good with whatever your level 30 has available.

    Also I wish the Hand Maiden was good and not a terrible mixture of traits that don't make an even passably playable character.

  • DrDinosaurDrDinosaur Registered User regular
    The Handmaiden is good, though

  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    if you have health the revive skill is useful at least on lower difficulties, haven't played much on higher ones to say.

  • MrGrimoireMrGrimoire Pixflare Registered User regular
    Open crates on your highest level characters to get those sweet blues and oranges, then craft what you want for lower level characters.

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    handmaiden's dash is hard to do stuff with

    like you'd think you'd mainly want to hold it for escapes, but it also does damage, so if you try to use it for that it's really easy to wind up completely surrounded because you dashed into way more enemies than you realized

    it also doesn't give you any iframes at all so dashing through enemies who are currently attacking you is incredibly risky, and they almost always are doing exactly that, thus making it not great for escaping, either

  • DrDinosaurDrDinosaur Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    handmaiden's dash is hard to do stuff with

    like you'd think you'd mainly want to hold it for escapes, but it also does damage, so if you try to use it for that it's really easy to wind up completely surrounded because you dashed into way more enemies than you realized

    it also doesn't give you any iframes at all so dashing through enemies who are currently attacking you is incredibly risky, and they almost always are doing exactly that, thus making it not great for escaping, either

    Hold block when you dash (also do this when leaping as Slayer)

    It's really good against shield enemies and stormvermin, you get the automatic bleed damage and can easily flank them

    Also handy in some cases for dodging past bosses, since you'll go right through them

  • PinfeldorfPinfeldorf Yeah ZestRegistered User regular
    My Saltzpyre is fully equipped with orange items. My...ring? makes it so my potions affect a nearby ally. It is very good for boss murder.

  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    i agree that handmaiden is pretty much how much you can get out of her dash... which often isn't that much... i'm thinking that with some good oranges she might get to a place where her dash is available VERY frequently, enabling you to do some goku stuff, at least with a conc potion

    as shorty has alluded to, it's really all about the delta between HM/Shade and Wayfairer, because Wayfairer is a GOD, and is always good in any situation, map, difficulty, etc

    i just got an orange that gives me a 20% chance to dupe my healing item... could be a nice game changer... not reliable though. I haven't gotten many useful oranges so far, and I'm not one to reroll

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  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    DrDinosaur wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    handmaiden's dash is hard to do stuff with

    like you'd think you'd mainly want to hold it for escapes, but it also does damage, so if you try to use it for that it's really easy to wind up completely surrounded because you dashed into way more enemies than you realized

    it also doesn't give you any iframes at all so dashing through enemies who are currently attacking you is incredibly risky, and they almost always are doing exactly that, thus making it not great for escaping, either

    Hold block when you dash (also do this when leaping as Slayer)

    It's really good against shield enemies and stormvermin, you get the automatic bleed damage and can easily flank them

    Also handy in some cases for dodging past bosses, since you'll go right through them
    You don’t get the bleed till level 25 though and before then the dash is just an okay escape at best.

  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
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  • MrGrimoireMrGrimoire Pixflare Registered User regular
    Nice!

  • DrDinosaurDrDinosaur Registered User regular
    DrDinosaur wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    handmaiden's dash is hard to do stuff with

    like you'd think you'd mainly want to hold it for escapes, but it also does damage, so if you try to use it for that it's really easy to wind up completely surrounded because you dashed into way more enemies than you realized

    it also doesn't give you any iframes at all so dashing through enemies who are currently attacking you is incredibly risky, and they almost always are doing exactly that, thus making it not great for escaping, either

    Hold block when you dash (also do this when leaping as Slayer)

    It's really good against shield enemies and stormvermin, you get the automatic bleed damage and can easily flank them

    Also handy in some cases for dodging past bosses, since you'll go right through them
    You don’t get the bleed till level 25 though and before then the dash is just an okay escape at best.

    The dash by default inflicts a bleed / stagger, the level 25 talent adds damage but reduces the stagger duration

  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Then the hit box must be tiny because I’ve literally never seen it do anything

  • DrDinosaurDrDinosaur Registered User regular
    Then the hit box must be tiny because I’ve literally never seen it do anything

    It's entirely possible it's bugged, but dashing through a Chaos Warrior causes the "armored" icon to pop up, so there is some kind of damage component

  • Lord_AsmodeusLord_Asmodeus goeticSobriquet: Here is your magical cryptic riddle-tumour: I AM A TIME MACHINERegistered User regular
    What level are you supposed to start opening commendation chests?

    Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. - Lincoln
  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    What level are you supposed to start opening commendation chests?

    It does that thing where loots determined on open not drop so like 30 I guess

    I find the power system so dumb but w/e games fun

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  • RiboflavinRiboflavin Registered User regular
    Ok, I love this game. I've been playing as Kreuber with Mace and Shield because I couldn't get a good 2 handed hammer which is my baby. Finnally got one and showed the Ratmen what for. It is officially Hammertime.

    The sweep attack seems much more satisfying to me in this game. I may try a Glaive Glaive Guisarme Glaive when I find one. ;-)

    Also, in order to help others I'll mention this, I was crashing about 5 times an hour. Usually with an audio stutter stuck on repeat when it happened. I disabled in game chat and lowered the number of blood decals. I haven't had a problem since I did this. I don't know which one fixed it. My friends and I use Teamspeak so it's not really a problem but I hope they fix whatever is causing this. And yes my audio and video drivers are up to date.

  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    Then the hit box must be tiny because I’ve literally never seen it do anything

    its kinda subtle.

    Also very anime.

    In that you dash through a bunch of trash mobs and turn around to see them all slowly crumple to the ground from the dot.

    Steam PSN: DerWaffleMous Origin: DerWaffleMous Bnet: DerWaffle#1682
  • MrGrimoireMrGrimoire Pixflare Registered User regular
    What level are you supposed to start opening commendation chests?

    When the power of your gear is at 200.

  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    I can't help but feel like they need to take off the character level on your portrait.

    Replace it with your gear score. Or nothing at all.

    Steam PSN: DerWaffleMous Origin: DerWaffleMous Bnet: DerWaffle#1682
  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Then the hit box must be tiny because I’ve literally never seen it do anything

    its kinda subtle.

    Also very anime.

    In that you dash through a bunch of trash mobs and turn around to see them all slowly crumple to the ground from the dot.

    Almost feel like it should be instant damage just so the power is more visible in that case.

  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    it definitely stuns them... i would say the bleed is nearly worthless though. It's most useful against packs of shield rats since I think it will shield break them too

    a cool thing they could do instead of making it a super fast recharge as it is currently, make it a normal recharge, but allow you to use it twice in a row... then you could break lines and return to safety

    right now there's a lot of risk for little payoff... and in situations where there is no risk... it's hardly worth doing anyway

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    we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    edited March 2018
    handmaiden and shade are both just way worse than waystalker right now

    e: this is not to say that you shouldn't play them, necessarily

    by all means, if you have fun with them, please do

    just don't be surprised if you have to work twice as hard as you would have

    Shorty on
  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    it is hard to argue with a passive heal.

    Steam PSN: DerWaffleMous Origin: DerWaffleMous Bnet: DerWaffle#1682
  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Honestly it's super weird that Hand maiden's this support/off tank and Waystalker is the definitive ranged sniper and it's the DPS class that gets the heal.

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    it is odd but it's also worth mentioning that on the higher difficulties the passive heal doesn't really matter

    most things hit so hard that you'll die before it can be of any use, especially if you're collecting any grimoires

  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    1.0.3 out... gives wayfinder effectively infinite ammo... you'll get arrows even when above 50% health with that talent... so the rich get richer

    just did a champion run and never came close to running out

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    I swear to god grimoires are some sort of dunning-kruger experiment







    dunning-kruber

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    I swear to god grimoires are some sort of dunning-kruger experiment







    dunning-kruber

    yeah. its especially good when they get picked up when you're already all at like 12% health

    ...sure bud.. it'll only get easier from here

    i've generally found that unless I am personally carrying in quickplay i dont win. but this changes in Champion, where apparently people have enough shame to not queue if they are unsure where the block button is

    but for leveling up other heroes it's pretty brutal having to choose between being extremely bored in recruit, or losing in veteran because you're not 100 hero power too high for it

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    I've gone through veteran Against the Grain enough times that I feel like there's a special place in hell for the people who pick up the two grimoires before opening the barn door.

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  • IblisIblis Registered User regular
    I swear to god grimoires are some sort of dunning-kruger experiment







    dunning-kruber

    I was playing with a friend and some of his co-workers, and his two co-workers tried veteran for the first time with us. We were on the level with the nurgle growths you have to pop at the end, and we were doing... okay. Definitely having some trouble though, and I was like "Okay, we should probably just skip the second grim. It's a huge pain in the ass, we're already having a bit of trouble and we'll probably take more damage trying to get it than the enemies will deal."

    Nope, had to try and grab that grim, wasting all our remaining healing supplies in the process. We finally get it, then once we get to the next section everyone but me gets wiped out by a horde with a chaos warrior. I run my little dwarf-ass raw while turning around to fire at pursuing enemies with my drakefire pistols, and manage to murder/run my way to all my allies who had respawned. I get two of them up, but get grabbed by a leech and then the two I got up get wiped out again. It's like... man, maybe we shouldn't have wasted a ton of resources and time to grab an item that only weakened us further when we weren't doing hot?

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    i got kruber to 7 to see if that profession was good.. and uhh, no maybe not. i thought the ammo perk would be solid but getting headshot crits consistently with his guns is unpleasant and counterproductive

    regular ol' kruber is hard to replace. back to salty as my backup hero

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    I was surprised to see Saltzpyre seems to have unlimited ammo for his offhand pistol when using his rapier.

    Wasn't that limited in the first game? Granted, I know it's a weak attack, but an unlimited ranged attack is still a nice bonus.

  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    I've gone through veteran Against the Grain enough times that I feel like there's a special place in hell for the people who pick up the two grimoires before opening the barn door.

    No fear.

  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    its unlimited, however it's not really a ranged attack... the effective range is quite short. i think the purpose of that move (which I admittedly only starting toying with last night) is more like a cone stagger effect

    you can't use it to kill a special or anything like that, its sort of a 'get off me' move

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  • DrDinosaurDrDinosaur Registered User regular
    It's useful for taking advantage of his first two subclass' special abilities. Witch Hunter Captain auto kills with a crit headshot, and Bounty Hunter can trigger Blessed Shots with it (which resets it on kill since you're using a melee weapon technically)

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