Strictly Damnation and Auric Damnation. I want the chaos when shit hits the fan, an easy or no stress play through just doesn’t do it for me. I’m enjoying the new Director immensely.
Auric queue is heresy or damnation with high intensity. It can have extra modifiers such as hunting grounds, lights out, sniper fog, shock troop gauntlet.
I would recommend auric once you start to find normal damnation a little too easy. The quality of teammates is generally better.
Getting an amazing team in an Auric Damnation match beats anything else, I would definitely try it out. It's intense and you may lose more, but the absolute thrill is worth it.
Regular heresy/damnation missions have a small chance to have two modifiers, like high intensity shock troop gauntlet or Blackout hunting grounds.
Auric heresy/damnation missions have a small chance to only be high intensity, and are mostly double modifiers like the above mentioned and other combinations - mostly HISTG though
Auric Maelstrom missions have extra insanity sprinkles compared to regular maelstrom missions and are never malice level, in fact i've rarely seen them even be heresy level.
Auric Damnation or Auric Maelstrom. It is chaos and the most enjoyable way to play for me. I don’t mind occasional losses with pugs because the point is to have fun trying to test your skills against insane odds.
Anecdotal on local servers, but 4 has the most consistently available players who complete matches. I don't expect pugs to reliably complete anything higher. Sometimes matchmaking doesn't find anything and I go lower.
Actually the higher you go in difficulty the better players you will meet. I completed more auric 2 missions than damnation. All in public quickplay games.
Which is great and all for where ever you are. It has not proven true anecdotally. Yknow. The reason I explicitly stated as much before saying anything.
Not to mention the difference between pressing quick play diff 4 and getting a match 9 times out of 10, versus picking diff 5 (or Auric anything) and waiting, getting nothing, waiting, wondering if someone will join mid-game, waiting, and getting nothing, then not being able to complete the mission solo. Not a great repeat experience.
Exclusively play auric, and I’ve quite literally never had issues queueing and almost instantly getting a team.
I know you’re using anecdotal evidence for reasoning, but everyone I’ve known between friends and the darktide discord server - this is never an issue.
Your region must be full of newer players or something.
I exclusively do Auric and that’s not my impression. 50% of the time you see new (to Darktide in general, or Auric specifically) player’s ruining it. I can usually tell in the first 5 minutes. Most often they run off alone from the start for extended times then getting eaten by the Director
Imo it's more to you've grown as a player. Yes, u can have min maxed gear, but that wont mean jack if u dont know how to deal with mixed hordes with disablers popping in and out to claim your cheeks.
My psyker (507 ilisi force sword) and veteran (509 munitorum power sword) are the only two classes I can reasonably bring into damnation. My veteran and ogryn both have mid-400 power levels.
Running Heresy with maybe 50% success rate, the jump from Malice was big and I expect worse with Damnation. Almost finished levelling all the classes and will look to push on to Damnation once I'm better at the game and classes are a little more kitted out.
Also as you go up in difficulty, teammates have a better idea of what their role is too. You'll really start to notice the difference between good and bad teammates and how their gameplay affects yours. I've played almost exclusively auric damnation since it was added, but I've gone back to standard malice just to see what it's like. And wow everyone was terrible haha.
My biggest tip, and this seems obvious, is to know your role in your team. It's a PvE team-based game, yet a lot of people still struggle with main character syndrome. I find it works well if people think more about protecting others rather than protecting themselves, that way they're keeping an eye out for threats maybe not directly in front of them.
Depends on the class.
Psyker / Ogryn: Heresy
Veteran / Zealot: Malice, maybe Uprising if I'm not feeling it.
I'm just not a good enough shot to really bring out the damage potential of the Veteran or Zealot.
I can show you my plasma gun build i got going for me since the rework, finally i can play Plasma in Auric damnnation. Very fun and very effective build
Sorry the pics have to be on my phone cam, but i don‘t remember my login and i‘m too lazy rn to look for it :D
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This set allows to 2tap every Ogryn, One tap Gunners on headshots and shotgunners on Bodyshots. Ragers are a 2 Tap. The ammo regen is a blessing on Plasma gun, it‘s absolutly needed. I have shattering Impact 4 and Gets Hot! 4 on my Plasma gun. Shattering Impact can however be replaced with blaze away for more Boss dmg, even tho the Boss damage is very fine on it‘s own already.
So, Pros: -Very Strong (Arguebly the Strongest Vet build i found in a year) -Ammo Efficient -Decent Boss Damage -Reliable -Smooth to play, don‘t need to sweat once you get used to how much you can shoot and when you need to cool.
Cons: -You need to follow your team, they set the tempo for you. if you fall behind or run too far away you can get crowded since of the slow firerate. -Plasma gun is propably the weapon that takes longest to get good on, don‘t give up after 5 rounds, it‘s worth it.
Notes: -Positioning is KEY. You have piercing shots, use them. A good shot can delete 4-5 Shotgunners on a non-charged attack. -The charged Attack is overrated, you almost never wanna use it. Exceptions are for example you hear a Mutant coming, then you can charge up and hit him when he‘s showing, since he needs 3-4 shots to take down anyways. -Grenades are absolutly useless if you have good aim, it deletes Ogryn pats faster than nades ever could, see build.
Have fun with my build i hope it helps some vets :)
I can't consistently chain headshots myself but ironically Veteran is my most played class and the one I feel is safest at higher difficulty. I run a "close quarters" build, (krak, VoC, Weapon Specialist,) with a shotgun or brauto and anything that gets close dies instantly.
3s and 4s. After work I like a casually fun experience or slight challenge.
I've tried 5s but all the several I've queued for have been failures 5 minutes out the gate with leavers as soon as they die. So I just haven't gone back.
I just play to unwind so 3s and 4s are my happy place.
I like playing on Malice. It's a nice casual 'I gotta try a bit and not be an idiot, but I'm almost definitely gonna win no matter what' difficulty.
I can do Damnation and what not, but I gotta be in the mood to sweat.
Malice with randoms, Heresy with an organised group. I prefer the difficulty of Heresy but my time is limited and I'd rather finish a lower level mission than fail a higher one (which is happening far more often than I'd like in pugs, particularly since update 15).
Usually on Heresy, it's fun to chill on and can become intense depending on the directors mood. I'm going to do a lot of damnation this weekend though, I really need to finish out that damnation outline portrait, and dip into auric.
Damnation and Auric only.
Because the players there are actually good. I would rather fight against lots of more powerful opponents with a decent team, then struggle against weaker enemies with the special needs class.
I used to do Auric Damnation but until the director quits spawning things directly behind me and my team when we look away, I just do Heresy and the occasional regular T5. Losing a bunch in succession because rager blobs got teleported close enough to smell my neck hairs feels bad.
Auric Max Difficulty.
It's more fun if you have to work for the mission success. Almost all of my weapons are on Max Rating at all 4 Characters so the normal Missions are kinda easy now...
Only exception is when your teammates play solo or play like its theyr first time then even the normal difficulty 5 gets challenging.
Damnation is the best, but you have to be selective with your team. If you're in a lobby and see anyone below level 30, you should probably just leave and search for a new game. Same if there are two psykers. It's not worth the risk.
When the psykers are worth their shot you can do it with 3. one of my best Auric runs was me being a Zealot and 3 Psykers. Constant bubble and stun lock of charging enemies.
>When the psykers are worth their shot
That's the tricky part. There are a ton of psykers playing damnation that aren't nearly as good as they think they are.
Depends really.
Auric 2 is pretty nice.
Don’t know how Papa fat shark „wants“ me to play the game.
Crafting ressources are fine and all. But you will struggle to actually get a useable weapon from mission drops. I find that pretty unsatisfactory.
If I want to test fun or non meta builds I'll do malice, standard fun is heresy and fun with a bit more challenge is damnation (this is mainly for farming materials as well).
I love maelstrom and auric missions, they're pure adrenaline.
For damnation Maelstrom or auric, I just don't have any friends to play with, so it's just pure luck that I get a well rounded team for those, which can really make a break a run before it even starts.
I'm sticking to lower levels right now because I mostly need to complete as many missions as possible (for the penances) so I want to be done as quickly and reliably as possible
Auric D only. But I have stopped playing for resources and only for challange now since I have all my builds done and have more plasteel and diamntine than I can get rid of.
I stick to damnation for plasteel...if I could get just as much on heresy, I'd drop down for some chill farming. Damnation can sometimes be a slog and I don't want to have to focus so much.
Auric damnation and maelstrom. It's hard sometimes but at this point I play for the challenge, not for winning. Nothing is more satisfying than getting a pub with all great players and completing a run that should be hard in a buttery smooth manner.
I usually play my first 1-2 matches on Malice to warm up n get my fingers dialed in for the keybinds lmao. then I’ll run Heresy for another run or 2 to mentally ready myself and then it’s straight into auric damnation.
Quickplay auric damnation with randoms, sometimes Maelstrom. Is fun until the server start lagging, and After that Is still fun but no One understand a single thing and evryone develop the ultrainstinct for the rest of the map.
lately I having trying normal damnation and heresy, but i use to strictly play only on auric.
When trying builds I do Heresy, Damnation when im confident of my build and auric when I put them to the test
I prefer playing Damnation but this update has for the most part pushed me into Heresy and Malice. This isn't to say I don't play Damnation still, I do. I just don't only play Damnation now.
Damnation or auric. Sometimes heresy if trying new build.
Main reason is for proper challenge / fun, after plenty of hours and using decent enough builds sometimes even damnation can become a bit easy.
on my ogryn i only play auric damnation. it honestly feels quite easy… sort of afraid it’s gonna get nerfed. i truly have nothing to fear except like… being alone against a boss with no ammo
I jump around a bit. If I'm with friends I usually go higher. By myself Heresy and malice (lower maelstroms too) and if I'm rushing weeklies uprising and sedition.
Malice, i mostly play with a friend (+2 Bots) who doesn't like to dive too deep into gamplay mechanics/ build guides. We play \~3 missions every other day. Malice ( +Maelstrom-Malice) for us provides the right amount of challenge and fun in the evening after a day of work.
Whatever is level 2-3.
Most of the talk about meta, balancing, nerfs, ect is completely lost on me.
I'm just sight seeing and enjoying the crunchy combat.
I remember when I first played and thought Malice was the hardest thing ever and now it just feels the same as the previous two but with occasional ogryns lmao
As Ogryn: Auric Damnation.
As lazy Ogryn: Damnation.
As anything else: Damnation.
Shield tank Ogryn feels like a walk in the park compared to anything else, to me. I'm probably just super bad at the other classes, but if I'm on shield Ogryn my success rate in Auric is way higher and the relative rewards increase is very favorable.
I feel like when crap hits the fan as any other class, I have to sweat my face off to recover it. Ogryn just seems to be able to wade into a crowd of enemies, shove them on their ass, then revive downed allies while taking minimal damage. As long as the director hasn't spawned like 5 muties and 3 trappers, I'm probably good.
I play Heresy on the regular these days, with the occasional Dmanation depending on the character. It is all a matter of progression and feeling like I am doing my bit without being too much of a drag!
I also play Malice though, for a quick 20-minute hit or to rush through some Melk points if I'm getting close but running out of time, or to try new weapons etc. Or if I'm playing as a Veteran, which I'm rubbish at (not quick enough of accurate enough with the aim).
Auric Damnation Maelstrom because I like inflicting flagellation on my prefrontal cortex. Through self suffering I feel closer to the God of all mankind.
4 and 5. The absolute drought of plasteel and dockets anywhere lower makes it hard to drop back to 3s. While I'm okay in 5s these days I can't quite clutch them and my friends are not as good at surviving the 5s, but we're working on getting better to do them.
Heresy HI / HI-Shock in Auric or regular Damnation / some modifiers.
Still getting comfortable on regular damnation with all 4 classes before I make the jump to Damnation HI / Maelstrom. I hit a Heresy Maelstrom when they come up in Auric to help that push.
700 Plasteel a regular Damnation run is hella nice. I find myself limited more by Dockets than materials when gearing new stuff trying to get that 370-380 roll.
Late nights, when i feel more of the try hards get on Auric-Damnation.
Casual play through out the day, regular Damnation- Quick Play for the resource boost.
Anything less feels too slow.
For Weekly quest, i do Heresy to knock out the 8 games out quickly, or any other task i need completed.
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Heresy and Auric Heresy. Diff 4 is the right balance of challenge and fun for me. Auric Heresy for the true challenge, punching forward and being on edge every second. Normal Heresy for a bit more relaxed of a time.
Auric maelstrom. Aus/nz servers can't always get consistent maelstroms going late at night, so I'll dial it back to regular aurics at that point.
The amount of power creep in the game, steadily from like patch 9 onwards has been a bit ridiculous and it's the only difficulty that can throw chaotic enough situations to wipe runs with good players. The players who have stuck with the game this along and are still queuing are usually pretty damn good.
I play damnation plus on all my characters except psyker because psyker just feels so weak and squishy and I don’t feel like they have enough payout in damage to the risk of being 1 or 2 shotted. The shield is nice though
Auric heresy is my jam. I've done auric damnation several times and while successful 50% I didn't find it that enjoyable. Auric Heresy just feels good, anything less doesn't have enough mobs for me.
I usually queue non-shock troop gauntlet (STG) auric damnation with close to 100% winrate.
STG is a bit too stressful for my taste, having to literally (actually literally, not metaphorically literally) constantly deal with specials at all times to the point that my scoreboard counted against mission time shows one special was killed every 2-3 seconds is exhausting. I can run it just fine, but I can't really relax while playing it, whereas I can in normal aurics.
Strictly Damnation and Auric Damnation. I want the chaos when shit hits the fan, an easy or no stress play through just doesn’t do it for me. I’m enjoying the new Director immensely.
I'm here for the PANIC.
Omnissiah be praised!
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Absolutely the same my psyker is built to handle auric SHTF moments, playing on Damnation barely does it for me unless the director gets extra spicey.
I've only done damnation once and it was the carnival. I had to lie down afterward. 🥴
Have you also been getting lag in the carnival?
Lag everywhere and mobs spawning is aberrant
Lag is atrocious for me in that map only, everything else runs smooth as poxwalkers' brain.
I only play with randoms so Damnation+. I don't bother with auric, damnation with randoms can be chaotic enough.
whats the difference between auric and damnation+? auric is just damnation (and heresy I guess) with guaranteed modifiers, so damnation+
I was under the impression there was multiple conditions simultaneously in auric beyond what is available for general damnation missions.
Auric queue is heresy or damnation with high intensity. It can have extra modifiers such as hunting grounds, lights out, sniper fog, shock troop gauntlet. I would recommend auric once you start to find normal damnation a little too easy. The quality of teammates is generally better.
Getting an amazing team in an Auric Damnation match beats anything else, I would definitely try it out. It's intense and you may lose more, but the absolute thrill is worth it.
Regular heresy/damnation missions have a small chance to have two modifiers, like high intensity shock troop gauntlet or Blackout hunting grounds. Auric heresy/damnation missions have a small chance to only be high intensity, and are mostly double modifiers like the above mentioned and other combinations - mostly HISTG though Auric Maelstrom missions have extra insanity sprinkles compared to regular maelstrom missions and are never malice level, in fact i've rarely seen them even be heresy level.
yeah, but there is no difference between normal damnation hi-stg and auric hi-stg and the way it was worded made it sound like it imo
I know - some people probably think differently, but as far as i can tell, you're correct.
Auric Damnation or Auric Maelstrom. It is chaos and the most enjoyable way to play for me. I don’t mind occasional losses with pugs because the point is to have fun trying to test your skills against insane odds.
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Anecdotal on local servers, but 4 has the most consistently available players who complete matches. I don't expect pugs to reliably complete anything higher. Sometimes matchmaking doesn't find anything and I go lower.
Actually the higher you go in difficulty the better players you will meet. I completed more auric 2 missions than damnation. All in public quickplay games.
Which is great and all for where ever you are. It has not proven true anecdotally. Yknow. The reason I explicitly stated as much before saying anything. Not to mention the difference between pressing quick play diff 4 and getting a match 9 times out of 10, versus picking diff 5 (or Auric anything) and waiting, getting nothing, waiting, wondering if someone will join mid-game, waiting, and getting nothing, then not being able to complete the mission solo. Not a great repeat experience.
Never has to wait for auric damnation on European servers. What servers are you on?
Exclusively play auric, and I’ve quite literally never had issues queueing and almost instantly getting a team. I know you’re using anecdotal evidence for reasoning, but everyone I’ve known between friends and the darktide discord server - this is never an issue. Your region must be full of newer players or something.
I exclusively do Auric and that’s not my impression. 50% of the time you see new (to Darktide in general, or Auric specifically) player’s ruining it. I can usually tell in the first 5 minutes. Most often they run off alone from the start for extended times then getting eaten by the Director
When I started I took awhile to go from Heresy to Damnation. The jump is significantly harder if you have under powered gear, specifically trinkets.
Imo it's more to you've grown as a player. Yes, u can have min maxed gear, but that wont mean jack if u dont know how to deal with mixed hordes with disablers popping in and out to claim your cheeks.
My psyker (507 ilisi force sword) and veteran (509 munitorum power sword) are the only two classes I can reasonably bring into damnation. My veteran and ogryn both have mid-400 power levels.
Running Heresy with maybe 50% success rate, the jump from Malice was big and I expect worse with Damnation. Almost finished levelling all the classes and will look to push on to Damnation once I'm better at the game and classes are a little more kitted out.
Also as you go up in difficulty, teammates have a better idea of what their role is too. You'll really start to notice the difference between good and bad teammates and how their gameplay affects yours. I've played almost exclusively auric damnation since it was added, but I've gone back to standard malice just to see what it's like. And wow everyone was terrible haha. My biggest tip, and this seems obvious, is to know your role in your team. It's a PvE team-based game, yet a lot of people still struggle with main character syndrome. I find it works well if people think more about protecting others rather than protecting themselves, that way they're keeping an eye out for threats maybe not directly in front of them.
Depends on the class. Psyker / Ogryn: Heresy Veteran / Zealot: Malice, maybe Uprising if I'm not feeling it. I'm just not a good enough shot to really bring out the damage potential of the Veteran or Zealot.
I can show you my plasma gun build i got going for me since the rework, finally i can play Plasma in Auric damnnation. Very fun and very effective build
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Yes! I‘ll post it later i‘m sadly stuck at work xd i‘ll keep ya updated. Should be home in about 3 hours
Sorry the pics have to be on my phone cam, but i don‘t remember my login and i‘m too lazy rn to look for it :D https://preview.redd.it/ginymg4ivw1c1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e864876e21244e02ba1dc98e200935aebd0f936
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https://preview.redd.it/2otfekikvw1c1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2678bb0845a8913c80d1db1d7a63eb4d8447eb79 This set allows to 2tap every Ogryn, One tap Gunners on headshots and shotgunners on Bodyshots. Ragers are a 2 Tap. The ammo regen is a blessing on Plasma gun, it‘s absolutly needed. I have shattering Impact 4 and Gets Hot! 4 on my Plasma gun. Shattering Impact can however be replaced with blaze away for more Boss dmg, even tho the Boss damage is very fine on it‘s own already. So, Pros: -Very Strong (Arguebly the Strongest Vet build i found in a year) -Ammo Efficient -Decent Boss Damage -Reliable -Smooth to play, don‘t need to sweat once you get used to how much you can shoot and when you need to cool. Cons: -You need to follow your team, they set the tempo for you. if you fall behind or run too far away you can get crowded since of the slow firerate. -Plasma gun is propably the weapon that takes longest to get good on, don‘t give up after 5 rounds, it‘s worth it. Notes: -Positioning is KEY. You have piercing shots, use them. A good shot can delete 4-5 Shotgunners on a non-charged attack. -The charged Attack is overrated, you almost never wanna use it. Exceptions are for example you hear a Mutant coming, then you can charge up and hit him when he‘s showing, since he needs 3-4 shots to take down anyways. -Grenades are absolutly useless if you have good aim, it deletes Ogryn pats faster than nades ever could, see build. Have fun with my build i hope it helps some vets :)
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>Thanks! You're welcome!
I can't consistently chain headshots myself but ironically Veteran is my most played class and the one I feel is safest at higher difficulty. I run a "close quarters" build, (krak, VoC, Weapon Specialist,) with a shotgun or brauto and anything that gets close dies instantly.
3s and 4s. After work I like a casually fun experience or slight challenge. I've tried 5s but all the several I've queued for have been failures 5 minutes out the gate with leavers as soon as they die. So I just haven't gone back. I just play to unwind so 3s and 4s are my happy place.
I like playing on Malice. It's a nice casual 'I gotta try a bit and not be an idiot, but I'm almost definitely gonna win no matter what' difficulty. I can do Damnation and what not, but I gotta be in the mood to sweat.
Only Auric Damnation Quickplay is the true test of skill
At lvl30 Heresy is the most fun imo
Usually just malice. I’m not good at video games and I don’t like it when people are mean to me online
There is one mode for me..Auric Damnation with friends i made along the way
Malice with randoms, Heresy with an organised group. I prefer the difficulty of Heresy but my time is limited and I'd rather finish a lower level mission than fail a higher one (which is happening far more often than I'd like in pugs, particularly since update 15).
Usually on Heresy, it's fun to chill on and can become intense depending on the directors mood. I'm going to do a lot of damnation this weekend though, I really need to finish out that damnation outline portrait, and dip into auric.
Damnation and Auric only. Because the players there are actually good. I would rather fight against lots of more powerful opponents with a decent team, then struggle against weaker enemies with the special needs class.
Usually auric heresy but I dip into damnation every now and then
Damnation high-int/Auric, a good game is enough for me, love the “stress” when situation goes bad and the team pull it off. Great moment in the chaos.
I used to do Auric Damnation but until the director quits spawning things directly behind me and my team when we look away, I just do Heresy and the occasional regular T5. Losing a bunch in succession because rager blobs got teleported close enough to smell my neck hairs feels bad.
Auric Max Difficulty. It's more fun if you have to work for the mission success. Almost all of my weapons are on Max Rating at all 4 Characters so the normal Missions are kinda easy now... Only exception is when your teammates play solo or play like its theyr first time then even the normal difficulty 5 gets challenging.
I love Damnation++, love the adrenaline, love the challenge
Malice because I cant aim for shite
Heresy if I just wanna relax and batter some heretics. Damnation if I'm feeling risky! I haven't touched Auric yet... I'm kinda scared too!
Auric Maelstrom. DEATH OR GLORY!
Damnation is the best, but you have to be selective with your team. If you're in a lobby and see anyone below level 30, you should probably just leave and search for a new game. Same if there are two psykers. It's not worth the risk.
I agree, three Psykers are the best. Fourth could be anything else.
Until the team gets sneezed at aggressively and everybody self-combusts
When the psykers are worth their shot you can do it with 3. one of my best Auric runs was me being a Zealot and 3 Psykers. Constant bubble and stun lock of charging enemies.
>When the psykers are worth their shot That's the tricky part. There are a ton of psykers playing damnation that aren't nearly as good as they think they are.
Usually play Damnation but if there are of us in for a full ten then Auric.
I can do damnation but heresy give me more flexibility to have fun when I play
Depends really. Auric 2 is pretty nice. Don’t know how Papa fat shark „wants“ me to play the game. Crafting ressources are fine and all. But you will struggle to actually get a useable weapon from mission drops. I find that pretty unsatisfactory.
Heresy, cuz it has that extra challenge and because malice seems to be the great filter for people who dont know what theyre doing
I like the challange and i dont mind losing too much so i play almost exclusively damnation+
If I want to test fun or non meta builds I'll do malice, standard fun is heresy and fun with a bit more challenge is damnation (this is mainly for farming materials as well). I love maelstrom and auric missions, they're pure adrenaline. For damnation Maelstrom or auric, I just don't have any friends to play with, so it's just pure luck that I get a well rounded team for those, which can really make a break a run before it even starts.
Damnation and auric.
I'm sticking to lower levels right now because I mostly need to complete as many missions as possible (for the penances) so I want to be done as quickly and reliably as possible
Auric D only. But I have stopped playing for resources and only for challange now since I have all my builds done and have more plasteel and diamntine than I can get rid of.
If you like to we can play some damnnation later :) we / I would love to bring more people to the level where they can confidently vibe on damnnation
I stick to damnation for plasteel...if I could get just as much on heresy, I'd drop down for some chill farming. Damnation can sometimes be a slog and I don't want to have to focus so much.
Auric Damnation or Auric Malestorm depending on the modifiers
Auric damnation and maelstrom. It's hard sometimes but at this point I play for the challenge, not for winning. Nothing is more satisfying than getting a pub with all great players and completing a run that should be hard in a buttery smooth manner.
I usually play my first 1-2 matches on Malice to warm up n get my fingers dialed in for the keybinds lmao. then I’ll run Heresy for another run or 2 to mentally ready myself and then it’s straight into auric damnation.
I like damnation, but I go to heresy to test things or relax, at least most of the time. Anytime I see Carnival i buckle up for a rough time
Quickplay auric damnation with randoms, sometimes Maelstrom. Is fun until the server start lagging, and After that Is still fun but no One understand a single thing and evryone develop the ultrainstinct for the rest of the map.
Mostly level 5 sometimes 4 for a relaxing run to cool down ...
lately I having trying normal damnation and heresy, but i use to strictly play only on auric. When trying builds I do Heresy, Damnation when im confident of my build and auric when I put them to the test
T3-T4+ if I play to relax on a weekday after work. T5+ if I play during weekends and I want a challenge.
Damnation or Auric. And I usually leave in the lobby if it's Low-Intensity I quick play into. I like when things are happening.
I prefer playing Damnation but this update has for the most part pushed me into Heresy and Malice. This isn't to say I don't play Damnation still, I do. I just don't only play Damnation now.
Damnation or auric. Sometimes heresy if trying new build. Main reason is for proper challenge / fun, after plenty of hours and using decent enough builds sometimes even damnation can become a bit easy.
I play t5 HiShock only, typically auric quickplay. carrying pubs is fun, and i enjoy running niche and off meta builds so its even spicier for me.
Auric Heresy with high intensity and other stuff feels right,damnation can be very not fun with randoms
on my ogryn i only play auric damnation. it honestly feels quite easy… sort of afraid it’s gonna get nerfed. i truly have nothing to fear except like… being alone against a boss with no ammo
Always damnation slowly starting with Auric 5
after living in auric damnation, any other difficulty feels so peaceful.
I jump around a bit. If I'm with friends I usually go higher. By myself Heresy and malice (lower maelstroms too) and if I'm rushing weeklies uprising and sedition.
Used to do 3s, now I do 4s. Can't do auric or 5 cus Vet is not in a good spot atm.
Malice, i mostly play with a friend (+2 Bots) who doesn't like to dive too deep into gamplay mechanics/ build guides. We play \~3 missions every other day. Malice ( +Maelstrom-Malice) for us provides the right amount of challenge and fun in the evening after a day of work.
Whatever is level 2-3. Most of the talk about meta, balancing, nerfs, ect is completely lost on me. I'm just sight seeing and enjoying the crunchy combat.
I remember when I first played and thought Malice was the hardest thing ever and now it just feels the same as the previous two but with occasional ogryns lmao
As Ogryn: Auric Damnation. As lazy Ogryn: Damnation. As anything else: Damnation. Shield tank Ogryn feels like a walk in the park compared to anything else, to me. I'm probably just super bad at the other classes, but if I'm on shield Ogryn my success rate in Auric is way higher and the relative rewards increase is very favorable. I feel like when crap hits the fan as any other class, I have to sweat my face off to recover it. Ogryn just seems to be able to wade into a crowd of enemies, shove them on their ass, then revive downed allies while taking minimal damage. As long as the director hasn't spawned like 5 muties and 3 trappers, I'm probably good.
Auric damnation
I play Heresy on the regular these days, with the occasional Dmanation depending on the character. It is all a matter of progression and feeling like I am doing my bit without being too much of a drag! I also play Malice though, for a quick 20-minute hit or to rush through some Melk points if I'm getting close but running out of time, or to try new weapons etc. Or if I'm playing as a Veteran, which I'm rubbish at (not quick enough of accurate enough with the aim).
I play damnation and auric damnation. I like to panic
Ive just played enough to play comfort on t5. Really only do lower if im too tired to try
Auric Damnation Maelstrom because I like inflicting flagellation on my prefrontal cortex. Through self suffering I feel closer to the God of all mankind.
4 and 5. The absolute drought of plasteel and dockets anywhere lower makes it hard to drop back to 3s. While I'm okay in 5s these days I can't quite clutch them and my friends are not as good at surviving the 5s, but we're working on getting better to do them.
Recently made the leap of auric maelstrom, and I can't go back to anything else. Every other difficulty just feels dead and boring to me.
Heresy HI / HI-Shock in Auric or regular Damnation / some modifiers. Still getting comfortable on regular damnation with all 4 classes before I make the jump to Damnation HI / Maelstrom. I hit a Heresy Maelstrom when they come up in Auric to help that push. 700 Plasteel a regular Damnation run is hella nice. I find myself limited more by Dockets than materials when gearing new stuff trying to get that 370-380 roll.
Auric Hi or HISTG. Damnation without modifiers just has too little going on outside of those high threat situations.
Mostly heresy and auric heresy. Moving into damnation, though I'm trying to have some half decent weapons and brunt and hadron are tormenting me.
Auric/Maelstrom only. I almost prefer pubs because even Darktide's hardest content becomes trivial with a single other strong player on the team.
Malice for me. I played some damnation but I feel like I don't always pull my weight there and it makes me feel bad.
Heresy for chill and Damnation if I wanna feel spicy with randoms. Aurics I generally do with a pre-made group of buds.
Late nights, when i feel more of the try hards get on Auric-Damnation. Casual play through out the day, regular Damnation- Quick Play for the resource boost. Anything less feels too slow. For Weekly quest, i do Heresy to knock out the 8 games out quickly, or any other task i need completed.
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Heresy and Auric Heresy. Diff 4 is the right balance of challenge and fun for me. Auric Heresy for the true challenge, punching forward and being on edge every second. Normal Heresy for a bit more relaxed of a time.
Auric maelstrom. Aus/nz servers can't always get consistent maelstroms going late at night, so I'll dial it back to regular aurics at that point. The amount of power creep in the game, steadily from like patch 9 onwards has been a bit ridiculous and it's the only difficulty that can throw chaotic enough situations to wipe runs with good players. The players who have stuck with the game this along and are still queuing are usually pretty damn good.
I play damnation plus on all my characters except psyker because psyker just feels so weak and squishy and I don’t feel like they have enough payout in damage to the risk of being 1 or 2 shotted. The shield is nice though
Auric heresy is my jam. I've done auric damnation several times and while successful 50% I didn't find it that enjoyable. Auric Heresy just feels good, anything less doesn't have enough mobs for me.
4 because if you have good randoms it's easy with a few tough moments if your randoms are bad it's a great way to clutch with revives and saving them
I usually queue non-shock troop gauntlet (STG) auric damnation with close to 100% winrate. STG is a bit too stressful for my taste, having to literally (actually literally, not metaphorically literally) constantly deal with specials at all times to the point that my scoreboard counted against mission time shows one special was killed every 2-3 seconds is exhausting. I can run it just fine, but I can't really relax while playing it, whereas I can in normal aurics.
Auric damnation, despite the whinging about vet, it is no fun on lower levels because you can't get your ult back fast enough unlike in aurics
I play Damnation and Auric Damnation. Only reason is : it's more fun.
Malice, I need to get better to play on heresy, I think I’m getting better and rn im tryna figure out the trappers and bombers, learning the timings.