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The trick with the titans is that you can interupt his attacks by blasting his hands.
I don't know if it's just because all teams are very storm heavy or people aren't focus firing enough but I think I've only seen this happen once so far
I think it's also a pain in the ass to time it right, I think I have managed to do it like 2 or 3 times.
It also depends on the weapon or abilities you're using. For example, the railgun can solo interrupt him most of the time because it pierces armor.
Yeah, that's prob it. I use the siege cannon and not the railgun.
Grass Grows,
Birds Fly,
'til there's Fire in the Sky...
So, currently the bosses do drop loot but it's "hidden" and just shows up in the expedition results screen. It also includes any guaranteed rarity from difficulties, while chests during the rest of the run don't. So it stands to ultimately be the "best" loot from the run, but it's unclear if you're getting it.
The patch on Friday will change this so the end of stronghold timer will be longer and the boss will physically drop the loot you would have otherwise got. It'll also automatically show up in the results screen regardless of rarity if you somehow fail to pick it all up. Should be more satisfying/more obvious that you're getting loot.
Would be super nice if there was a chest at the end of a stronghold. Since most of the time when I quickplay into one, it's usually in the boss room.
That's super weird that there's not. Putting the good loot behind the boss also encourages people to play the whole match.
There is boss loot, but atm you just get it and it pops up on the end screen. They said they where changing so it drops from the boss in the 22feb patch.
It's only for the swarm spider tho, as the other bosses drop loot.
Grass Grows,
Birds Fly,
'til there's Fire in the Sky...
What are these 'banners' you can unlock? Like for doing gear completions. I haven't seen where I can look/add/equip them.
It's not at all intuitive. If you go to the launch expedition screen then go to the squad "tab" you can change your banner there or see other people's in your squad. I don't know if there's a way to do it from the social screen, there might be. It would make sense but let's not pretend that the UI is about sense, heh.
What are these 'banners' you can unlock? Like for doing gear completions. I haven't seen where I can look/add/equip them.
It's not at all intuitive. If you go to the launch expedition screen then go to the squad "tab" you can change your banner there or see other people's in your squad. I don't know if there's a way to do it from the social screen, there might be. It would make sense but let's not pretend that the UI is about sense, heh.
Ah ha, I see them. That's cool...except when I put them on I don't really actually see the banners in a noticeable spot nor see my party's. I assumed it'd make my UI blade that banner but it didn't. Though I've had some weird load issues so I assume maybe it's just not loading up yet.
What are these 'banners' you can unlock? Like for doing gear completions. I haven't seen where I can look/add/equip them.
It's not at all intuitive. If you go to the launch expedition screen then go to the squad "tab" you can change your banner there or see other people's in your squad. I don't know if there's a way to do it from the social screen, there might be. It would make sense but let's not pretend that the UI is about sense, heh.
Ah ha, I see them. That's cool...except when I put them on I don't really actually see the banners in a noticeable spot =p. I assumed it'd make my UI blade that banner but it didn't. Though I've had some weird load issues so maybe it's just not loading up yet.
Thanks!
To be clear, I just stumbled on it myself. I make no actual claims that it works as intended, haha. It's a fairly minor system so I wouldn't be surprised.
Is there a list yet of all these effects and better descriptions? For example, the Chaos Core increases blast damage. Does that include weapon blast damage? or just abilities? Does the Storm augment that increases combo chains by 2 stack with the Combo Augment?
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Ran 3-4 legendary contracts tonight, and even got a few masterworks out of it! They're nice, relatively difficult at Grandmaster 1, but not as difficult as the beginning of Tyrant Mine. Loot:
The base of that augment is unfortunate, but that hit streak apparently counts Venom Bomb simultaneous hits, so it's rather generous on keeping the buff up. But man, look at all those base stats, that's 4.5x as much as my level 36 purples.
That Deadeye though. I might not hover much as Interceptor, but I'll take me that base damage upgrade and the mech pistol damage roll considering my other weapon is the masterwork mech pistol.
I think I have over +100% pickup radius at this point, it's getting a little absurd.
Also please give us gear level filters when matchmaking. I hate jumping into a stronghold with a lvl 2...
Everything in play should be scaled to your personal javelin gear/rarity, and no I don't know how they do that but they say they do. You're fighting something that is just as hard to you as the level 2's target is to them.
Alright, something is pissing me off. I'm not sure if it's network or what. Fighting Scars on hard, I took on a scout and scrapper; took fire from both but my shields held. Then 2 Scrappers come over and in 1 second I've got no shields and a sliver of health. Not sure what is going on. Did more testing and Scrapper bullets were curving like crazy so maybe thats the issue?
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Did my first bit of free play and some of the emergent world events are pretty fun and multistage. Helped a couple of downed striders and went resource hunting. This environment is damned pretty on a One X with HDR.
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I like how this challenge wants like 50 melee kills when after 9 hours of Storm I legit have like 3. One of those is accidental because I slapped my melee key instead of the hover key that one time.
I like how this challenge wants like 50 melee kills when after 9 hours of Storm I legit have like 3. One of those is accidental because I slapped my melee key instead of the hover key that one time.
Just go into freeplay on easy and Melee kill everything. It takes no time at all.
So legendary spoilers
A friend had a legendary constrictor drop that has the effect of healing 35% of your shield if you get eight hits in a row.
I like how this challenge wants like 50 melee kills when after 9 hours of Storm I legit have like 3. One of those is accidental because I slapped my melee key instead of the hover key that one time.
Just go into freeplay on easy and Melee kill everything. It takes no time at all.
So legendary spoilers
A friend had a legendary constrictor drop that has the effect of healing 35% of your shield if you get eight hits in a row.
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Colosuss- Firewall/railgun talk from other day.
New data - Rail gun is far outpaced in groups by siege artillery. Its a blast finish vs an impact finish so you just explode everything in your firewall in a chain combo.
While i will always love the railgun- the science favors the siege artillery for large area dps.
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I decided to try grandmaster last night after hitting 30. It was a lot smoother than I expected and my big ole shield could still soak up the damage, but the enemies were extremely bullet sponge, to the degree I don't enjoy. Combos seem ABSOLUTELY essential in that tier. Pulling them off and watching the HP bars drop was mega satisfying. But since it was randos, sometimes it was hard to get everyone to coordinate.
Oddly enough, finishing probably got me the worst drops I've seen in many levels. I have THREE greys and a few greens. On the plus side, the hard mission I did before netted me a Masterwork minigun which I got to try out.
Because it's my lunch break: Storm has a +50% damage, -20% recharge mod, and a +50% recharge, -20% damage mod. Let's math it up.
So having both mods gives +69% DPS on abilities.
Nice.
(assuming additive percentages on the base)
I've been using the +50% damage one and taking Quickening to help make up the difference. It helps I'm using fast recharge abilities as well. I'll have to see about putting both on, but I'd hate to give up my 35% blast damage for my Devastator.
Got a masterwork component for my colossus and holy shit is that a big upgrade
Over 10k armor on one component slot, worth like 4 of my lvl-36 components by itself, goddamn.
Also the 40% ability damage bonus whenever I detonate is cool too, I guess
What're y'all using for screenshots? I always relied on ingame functionality or steam in the past. Origin is letting me down here.
Because it's my lunch break: Storm has a +50% damage, -20% recharge mod, and a +50% recharge, -20% damage mod. Let's math it up.
So having both mods gives +69% DPS on abilities.
Nice.
(assuming additive percentages on the base)
I've been using the +50% damage one and taking Quickening to help make up the difference. It helps I'm using fast recharge abilities as well. I'll have to see about putting both on, but I'd hate to give up my 35% blast damage for my Devastator.
now, if you can spare the component slot, add in the 35% increase to elemental damage (but take the 35% hit to physical damage) and destroy the world. My main setup is frost shards and lightning strike. My alternate build is ice storm and fireball. The main setup is great for groups as it can just non-stop prime targets for constant combos. The longer recharge for lightning strike is a bit of a pain, but it is great at stripping shields. The Ice storm and fireball build is if I just want to blow up as many people as possible. It's more of a solo build and generally I don't have to use my guns very much.
There are some other setups I'm going to test around with as well, and I'm really enjoying the fact that we have these options on how we want to play.
I might have to wait awhile on playing this game more. Getting constant stutters now for some reason that I wasn't getting when the game was running sub-optimally (fps wise).
Got a masterwork component for my colossus and holy shit is that a big upgrade
Over 10k armor on one component slot, worth like 4 of my lvl-36 components by itself, goddamn.
Also the 40% ability damage bonus whenever I detonate is cool too, I guess
What're y'all using for screenshots? I always relied on ingame functionality or steam in the past. Origin is letting me down here.
If you have an Nvidia card, you can use their screenshot tool. I think I have mine set for Alt-F1 or something.
Because it's my lunch break: Storm has a +50% damage, -20% recharge mod, and a +50% recharge, -20% damage mod. Let's math it up.
So having both mods gives +69% DPS on abilities.
Nice.
(assuming additive percentages on the base)
I've been using the +50% damage one and taking Quickening to help make up the difference. It helps I'm using fast recharge abilities as well. I'll have to see about putting both on, but I'd hate to give up my 35% blast damage for my Devastator.
now, if you can spare the component slot, add in the 35% increase to elemental damage (but take the 35% hit to physical damage) and destroy the world. My main setup is frost shards and lightning strike. My alternate build is ice storm and fireball. The main setup is great for groups as it can just non-stop prime targets for constant combos. The longer recharge for lightning strike is a bit of a pain, but it is great at stripping shields. The Ice storm and fireball build is if I just want to blow up as many people as possible. It's more of a solo build and generally I don't have to use my guns very much.
There are some other setups I'm going to test around with as well, and I'm really enjoying the fact that we have these options on how we want to play.
Right now I'm sticking with Ice Storm and Glacial Spear. It really helps with shielded enemies better than fireball did. I use my guns a bit too much, I found the 35% hit to physical to be too much a negative.
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Yeah, that's prob it. I use the siege cannon and not the railgun.
Birds Fly,
'til there's Fire in the Sky...
I imagine not, unless there is a bug that has assault rifles boosting marksman rifles.
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Gear means it only applies to that piece of gear.
Person/Javelin means it applies to your whole Javelin, so potentially all gear.
That's super weird that there's not. Putting the good loot behind the boss also encourages people to play the whole match.
The patch on Friday will change this so the end of stronghold timer will be longer and the boss will physically drop the loot you would have otherwise got. It'll also automatically show up in the results screen regardless of rarity if you somehow fail to pick it all up. Should be more satisfying/more obvious that you're getting loot.
There is boss loot, but atm you just get it and it pops up on the end screen. They said they where changing so it drops from the boss in the 22feb patch.
It's only for the swarm spider tho, as the other bosses drop loot.
Birds Fly,
'til there's Fire in the Sky...
It's not at all intuitive. If you go to the launch expedition screen then go to the squad "tab" you can change your banner there or see other people's in your squad. I don't know if there's a way to do it from the social screen, there might be. It would make sense but let's not pretend that the UI is about sense, heh.
Ah ha, I see them. That's cool...except when I put them on I don't really actually see the banners in a noticeable spot nor see my party's. I assumed it'd make my UI blade that banner but it didn't. Though I've had some weird load issues so I assume maybe it's just not loading up yet.
Thanks!
To be clear, I just stumbled on it myself. I make no actual claims that it works as intended, haha. It's a fairly minor system so I wouldn't be surprised.
Additional chains of the Storm's effect onto nearby enemies.
The base of that augment is unfortunate, but that hit streak apparently counts Venom Bomb simultaneous hits, so it's rather generous on keeping the buff up. But man, look at all those base stats, that's 4.5x as much as my level 36 purples.
That Deadeye though. I might not hover much as Interceptor, but I'll take me that base damage upgrade and the mech pistol damage roll considering my other weapon is the masterwork mech pistol.
I think I have over +100% pickup radius at this point, it's getting a little absurd.
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I already have a snow day tomorrow. I need to find a shady game store, stat.
Everything in play should be scaled to your personal javelin gear/rarity, and no I don't know how they do that but they say they do. You're fighting something that is just as hard to you as the level 2's target is to them.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
"...only mights and maybes."
Just go into freeplay on easy and Melee kill everything. It takes no time at all.
So legendary spoilers
It counts each pellet as a hit.
So it heals you basically every shot.
That gun sounds so fucking stupid I love it
"...only mights and maybes."
First part: +50% base damage. Fine.
Second part: Lowers recharge rate. Keyword rate. Base rate is 1, lowering it by 20% gives a rate of 0.8.
So something with a base cooldown of 10 seconds will have a cooldown of 10/0.8 = 12.5 seconds.
So more damage, slower recharge. Hell of a weird way to describe it.
So having both mods gives +69% DPS on abilities.
Nice.
(assuming additive percentages on the base)
I use both on my Storm. Didn't bother mathing
New data - Rail gun is far outpaced in groups by siege artillery. Its a blast finish vs an impact finish so you just explode everything in your firewall in a chain combo.
While i will always love the railgun- the science favors the siege artillery for large area dps.
Oddly enough, finishing probably got me the worst drops I've seen in many levels. I have THREE greys and a few greens. On the plus side, the hard mission I did before netted me a Masterwork minigun which I got to try out.
I've been using the +50% damage one and taking Quickening to help make up the difference. It helps I'm using fast recharge abilities as well. I'll have to see about putting both on, but I'd hate to give up my 35% blast damage for my Devastator.
Also the 40% ability damage bonus whenever I detonate is cool too, I guess
What're y'all using for screenshots? I always relied on ingame functionality or steam in the past. Origin is letting me down here.
now, if you can spare the component slot, add in the 35% increase to elemental damage (but take the 35% hit to physical damage) and destroy the world. My main setup is frost shards and lightning strike. My alternate build is ice storm and fireball. The main setup is great for groups as it can just non-stop prime targets for constant combos. The longer recharge for lightning strike is a bit of a pain, but it is great at stripping shields. The Ice storm and fireball build is if I just want to blow up as many people as possible. It's more of a solo build and generally I don't have to use my guns very much.
There are some other setups I'm going to test around with as well, and I'm really enjoying the fact that we have these options on how we want to play.
If you have an Nvidia card, you can use their screenshot tool. I think I have mine set for Alt-F1 or something.
Right now I'm sticking with Ice Storm and Glacial Spear. It really helps with shielded enemies better than fireball did. I use my guns a bit too much, I found the 35% hit to physical to be too much a negative.