I’m a dedicated gunner player, and whenever a driller drills straight to the dropship, I always watch his back the entire way without even thinking twice
When accompanying Doretta, bring the rippers. By throwing them orthogonally at the walls of the caves she leaves behind, it'll continuously spin around, killing most Glyphids that try to enter instantly, leaving only the bigger ones like Praetorians and flying enemies.
My man actually covered himself in wood chips just for that intro. That's dedication. Also, try drilling to 12 with your drill setup. It requires you to stop holding the button as you hear the 12 terrain break and your drill will hit 100%, but not overheat.
at 19:26 when you talk about sabotage, while none of the driller primaries work well against the boss, the flamethrower works obscenely well against the bots, as they instantly die when set on fire no matter the health
I still think the zipline launcher needs some love, the ability for the zipline to cart pears/chunks/eggs/aquarqs/data cells/ect would be a nice bonus having said that i find this guide amazing as any and all information on any classes is helpful :P
Honestly, all the zip-line needs is retrievable ammo, which hopefully the Crossbow provides a good framework for. Small change that would bump it up from situationally A tier to a solid option everywhere.
agreed. I think it needs to move you WAY faster than it does. In general I want all the utility weapons to get more upgrades in their trees. Like the platforms could have a glowing option, the ziplines could have small turrets on them... I am hoping the next big update is all about new utility abilities and a poker table in the rig for betting with minerals and money.
Ziplines are arguably the most useful tool in point extraction missions, as the platform often spawns at the lowest point of the cave system and the ziplines give you a safe way to quickly return to the platform in case of swarms or full pockets. It's also fun to build elaborate zipline systems for traversing the higher areas and safely shooting bugs.
I'll be real - when I first started playing Driller seemed like the least interesting class. But the more I play and the more I watch other people's strats I see Driller is probably the best dwarf all around. Insane DPS, great utility, and if you're alone you can drill anywhere and get stuff you'd normally have a scout get, even if you're less efficient.
Drillers are a godsend if the generation RNG didn't like you during a liquid morkite mission. Although herding a new driller to try and drill towards the pumpjack can be a pain I can't exactly fault them.
Driller in Refinery is so fun because who wants to spend forever making a long path to the pumpjack that then has to turn around and collide with itself making it bad for mobility? Just DRILL
I'm a newly self-proclaimed driller main, and when i finally decided to look for ways to get gooder at drilling, many fellow dwarves pointed me to your channel, and your content is definitely helpful(and sometimes amusing). You've earned this Dwarf's subscription. Rock and Stone, brotha!
it looks like the terrain was curved when you saved yourself, using the 2m wideness of the drills, you must have caught the terrain when it was closer to the drill range but far enough from your feet that you were able to drill in time
When drilling to the drop pod, especially when molly is lagging behind, drill _just_ to the drop pod's entrance but don't breach the terrain. This essentially turns the tunnel into a map long bunky, allowing easier management of glyphid spawns until molly docks. when the gates are open (or when an oppressor decides to spawn inside the tunnel) simply breach the surface and run straight up to the drop pod. Bonus points if you breach with a C4 and everyone dashes out just like in the movies
You are able to drill above the caretaker and throw satchel charges on it to destroy it's shields, but I'm still an amateur and that's the only trick I've known so this video was hells helpful to me, thx dude
I have quickly found the drillerr to be my favorite simply because I can immediately drill to the drop pod. Otherwise it is so difficult to leave the mission sometimes. This guide was amazing for me. Rock and stone! ⛏️
I love drilling out for my team but personally I love the extraction run more. With "RUN!!!" pumping in the background and everything I have put in place on my way down ready, I just get a kick out of finding my platform staircase to that steep cave opening or riding up a Zip Elevator in a vertical cave from hell.
Greenbeard here, been playing a few days now with my buddy who is also new. We had a lightbulb moment when he said we're thinking like humans, think like a dwarf and since then we've been digging tunnels everywhere lmao. Great video as well. This is a really fun game.
S+ driller guide! Explanation: I think you must be in precize angle with drills as you are falling down (little bit higher than aiming comletely down), so you are somehow closer to the side of that hole that is about to be created, and so you can ledge grab. Climb animation is canceled since you are still in drill animation. 2nd theory: Its somehow releated to reseting your velocity by drills and it could be affected by FPS in that given moment too. It could be even releated to physics in engine in a way like barrel jumping/boosting is, there is no way how to do it consistently.
Fantastic Video! I was really surprised that you went over pretty much everything with the Drills, and your videos have helped a ton when I play Driller. Keep up the awesome content!
As a secret little tip, satchel charges can almost destroy all of the caretaker's vents or a load of their health if you get above them by either using a tunnel or by using a gunner's zipline
outstanding video man. love your channel. i main driller (i literally cannot play another class lately because of the sheer versatility of the class), and i still learned more than a few things here. you deserve every subscriber you have in addition to many many more that i’m sure you’ll be getting soon :) rock and stone!
Pro Tip: On Industrial Sabotage, you can save your entire team the effort of attacking the weak points if you drill a path above the boss to where you can easily drop C4 on the center of the boss, saving valuable time and ammo. It takes 2 C4 so with a total of 3 phases, it's 6 C4 to fully clear the weak points yourself and can save your team a lot of time to focus on everything else. Just make sure you have yourself a clear path back to the entrance of your tunnel along with ammo in a safe location.
The drill save may work because ledge grabs cancel fall damage. As you are drilling out a piece of terrain below your feet, you create a ledge to grab. Maybe your character grabs this at the last second as you hit the ground where you drilled into?
@@CrOsSeDUpTv what i meant was, drilling in the name of knows that drilling a hole in the ground saves you, its the fact that it doesnt happen every time is what he wants to figure out .-.
Great stuff as usual. I don't love the trenches technique during an omen module, they don't provide that much cover (drones and burster are still an issue) and they impair your ability to move and dodge those things. Instead (if the terrain allows) I dig Dreadnaught tunnels that connect each activation platform to each other. In one of the hallways out of sight I will drill a little cubby for a resupply so you and your teammates can heal in peace. Gives you much better cover from drones (they don't seem to follow you into the hallway if you are out of sight) and if you get knocked at the opening of the hallway, your teammates have cover to revive you. The Dreadnaught tunnels are also helpful for Korlaks, especially when they are in awkward spots, like up on a smallish ledge overlooking a larger room.
Oh boy, 300 hours in DRG, 7 minutes in and I got to bomb tips with the jumping while checking the map and the wayppoint feature. Awesome video, hope the rest is as enlightening as the first seven minutes.
About the drilling down saving manover: "If you pull up a ledge you take no fall dmg and reset your momentum." But because the Script that DRG uses for updating voxels and terrain is so inconcistent it can not realy be pulled of reliably. Just pray that you will dig the moment you hit the ground and the created hole is exactly in the angle to climb it.
My brothers and I all love playing this game, and we all have different approaches. My oldest brother Aryn and my youngest older brother Clay both main Engineer, and Hawke, our middle brother, is the resident Gunner. Meanwhile I play the Driller, and while technically the youngest, Driller is perfect for how I like to play support and "baby" my brothers. Don't worry about a thing, Oldman Young is ready to roll.
Bro i came across this video back when i used to play alot and when i mained driller. This video came back into my feed today and now most of this is second natire to me as an driller main. Im VERY grateful for this video cause it taught me most of everything i know now added with a couple of cool little tricks ive learned like using enemies or teamates to break a high fall by landing on them and breaking ore spike stems by hitting the bottom twice and immediately using the power move yo destroy it
"Now I want this video to have something for everyone..." Literally only 2 hours into the game, played every class once. Don't even have upgrades or _beer_ unlocked yet. The drills were easy to pick up on, but they seemed more hassle than they were worth compared to just the pickaxe. Super short overheat, wonky physics, fills the screen with dust, and can't be used to actually mine things? Clearly I need a veteran's guidance on these things. So I jump to 4:25, and it's actually helping. Sometimes, a visual demonstration is what you need to see, and you're putting together clear examples without going too fast or too slow. Thank you
Learned a lot from you. I have been a cryo vamp driller main since I've started and I hit max rank just a month ago. I play around Asia region(I host all the time) and it's still satisfying to me seeing new players getting amazed and commending me on their first time encountering bunker defense especially on Salvage missions.
When your bomb dispenser is on higher ground than the shard you should open line of sights to be able to throw bombs down at it. For example in the video at 20:40 blow up the wall to the right when looking at the shard so you can get closer to it without having to drop down
I love how almost every Driller main story begins when thinking "could I drill straight to the Drop Pod?" haha That was me in my first mission, I revive my friend, drilled to the Drop Pod and we barely made it out alive, at zero seconds left. Another thing that I love about Driller is doing an On Site Refining, and making the best tunnels in the world (in my mind at least haha), straight road from the refinery to the pumpjacks, one time, one of them made a perfect path to hacking an enemy tower Just got my second Driller promotion a few hours ago; between my two groups of friends who I play the game with, I'm the only Driller and that makes me feel more special B)
Owwwww dude. The driller is a iceberg class. Has so many depth than you actually seeing, this guide must be fixed in the menu of the game alongside with the other videos of you. Nice job man! You rock and stone! (Sorry, english its not my primary language, maybe one or more errors in the writing)
I still watch your guide videos religiously despite me being almost rank 400 and not necessarily learning anything from them. They have great entertainment value !
Just watched this video and I'd never thought to use the EPC TCF for terraforming things connected to the ceiling. This video really has something for everyone.
Great video! I learned a lot! One tip you didn't mention which is perhaps obvious is drilling under turret controllers. You can pop just enough of the surface under them to hack from the bottom without leaving the tunnel or exposing yourself at all. If there are a lot of distant or ceiling turrets this provides (relatively) high safety and an easy way to take them all out at once.
All I can say is: Keep up the good work! Love your presentation style, in-depth analysis and overall feel. Just feels cozy but informative. I love it and I wish you all the best for future videos. Rock and stone!
10:40 Its just as fun if the teammate is alive too tbh. Not gonna lie it took me watching this video to realize "Oh, the angle meter." I've just been freeballing it the whole time. Excellent video! ROCK AND STONE!
Buff the flare gun This was an amazing video about using the drills more dynamically. I’m a scout main by trade but I dabble in all classes and I definitely struggle to get through my drills’ fuel before I’ve expended my other ammo and need resupply, more so than any other traversal tool. The grappling hook is free, the zip line is so limited that using it dynamically is extremely niche, the platform gun I found pretty intuitive, but not so much the drills. But this showed me a bunch of little things, like not clearing some obstacles, and that 11-break method which is just awesome. Now I just need to figure out how to differentiate scout playstyle from everything else. I rush in too close too much without the proper tools. And I need to work on my builds, I don’t quite have a grasp on what’s effective and what’s worthless or redundant for driller, particularly his primaries. But thanks to this video I think I’ll actually take that damage cooling because I don’t use enough fuel as of now. Thanks for the advice! Looking forward to hearing what I’ve already figured out on my own from musnothus soon :)
1:44 it's utility is letting the scout get resources faster which if you spend too long in a mission more and more bugs show up so it does help in that aspect.
I'm a week in, got promoted. Still learning the art of The Drill. Driller is my favorite class. I can see the roles for everyone else and I do need to learn them if only so I can know how better to assist but I love the gurren lagann dwarf.
Seeing driller make a path back to the drop pod at the end of a lengthy mission is just the thing that made me start playing him. I'm so glad I did, as I used to be a scout main and I am now enjoying having myriad choices for bug slaughter, and not just having to run back to my gunner buddy to get things killed. Rock and Stone brother!
Honestly though, this was such a wonderful way to learn more on the drills. I started off playing engineer, then started to learn each of the other roles as well. Eventually settled on Driller for the most part just because of all the interesting implications his drills have, I remember when this video came out
Using dash to cross a distance high up into a wall to then use the drills to "catch you" making a route along the ceiling. Making little tunnels in the Dreadnaught missions to sneak into for cover, the cave's your canvas
Drill holes in a checkerboard configuration to slow enemy pathfinding, catch flares, minerals and grenades if you plan on camping for longer periods in one area.
At first I tought Driller was really boring class as they could only drill and stuff, so I started out on Scout because the Grappling Hook was undoubtely fun to use, but then I learned the way of Engie and had a blast feeling really powerful dealing with swarms and using platforms to support and redirect bugs... but then it happened, I tried Driller for the first time and I had a blast from the start to my first promotion, his weapons, axes, drills... I felt like I could be so creative and versatile at the same time! Being able to completely modify terrain and dig shortcuts to otherwise hallways that were a chore to sprint through that were helpful to both me and my team felt otherwordly satisfying! I love Driller so so much it's my most played class right next to Engineer. They're both a blast to use and I'm thankful for your guide to enlighten me on some tricks that I had no idea about! Rock and Stone!
i remember when i start playing . Driller was my least played class . then later after i start playing him more . i got one of those famous eureka moment . literally got the best terrain shaping tool in any game and can nullify the really hard vertical cave layout . and one of the c4 upgrades let him make big hole . if used in the right circumstance . you could break an enemy pathing to you . so now they taking the long route . making them easy picking .
even though im already saving up for my first plat promotion on driller, i still learned new stuff from this video, a lot actually, can't to take this into pubs and blow some greenbeards' minds
15:44 Are you really OCD? I was diagnosed recently, and it's helped me understand a lot of the oddities about the way I play this game and others in retrospect. Things like counting out the number of times drills tick before an overheat--cool to learn someone else does that, btw! My "I actually didn't know that" moment in this video was you can instakill turrets by drilling underneath them. I usually just instakill them with the CRSPR instead, but this is a useful thing to keep in mind especially if I somehow end up in a Sabotage mission with the cryo cannon.
19:31, where's your correcting clone? "Hold up, the CRSPR with the triple-filtered heat mod will make quick work on the Rival bots. You don't need the mod, but it helps."
I'm a gunner main to this day but I reached silver 1 yesterday and I think it is time for me to try other classes. This was a very nice introduction to the class for me kutgw. I mean ROCK AND STONE.
driller was my least favorite character for the longest time because i didnt think any deeper than "drill from point a to b", but this has convinced me to give him another go.
Great video! My favorite trick is for opening up an area near a wall without (much) ground height variation: walk right up to the wall, facing it, angle your drills at 45 degrees, drill two ticks or until it stops drilling, and, without changing camera angle, throw a satchel with max carving radius, back away, and detonate. It's fairly close to the height of the terrain that you started on but saves you a lot of drilling effort. For spiral staircases, I got fed up with them not being perfect, so I've got an AutoHotKey script that makes perfect staircases every time. It's now my preferred method of dealing with modded x2 swarms: drill a long horizontal tunnel until it overheats, then spiral down at a 30 or 35 degree angle, and repeat for two overheat cycles. Return to the beginning of the long tunnel and prep a small hole on the side of the tunnel to dodge acid spitter shots, and then fill the entrance with goo, persistent plasma, and neurotoxin grenades (not at all once, unless there's a massive swarm that needs to be dead immediately). If they chase you, just go down the staircase and leave the same DoT death trap and if done right then the DoT will apply through the walls and affect more bugs.
I once saw a driller use a cheese strategy on the caretaker, much to the entire team’s delight. They drilled into the ceiling and dropped satchel charges on its head so that the radius hit all three armored corners. I haven’t tried replicating this yet, but it shredded the armor phase pretty quickly.
Another thing the drills make a lot easier is sinking empty supply pods and objectives into the floor. The fuel cell in Salvage missions in particular is obnoxiously huge and blocks line of sight like a champ, so while a couple seconds sinking it a meter or two into the ground does reduce the defensive area slightly, it also does wonders to clear the lanes. The uplink box is a lot smaller, and just a couple ticks of drilling leaves only the less obnoxious antenna above the ground.
For industrial sabotage driller is actually the best dwarf, the bots will immediately die once set on fire. And if you get above the caretaker you can throw c4s on its head and one/two shot all the shields at once. And with the shields gone if you throw a c4 on the top again it’ll do massive damage to the red eye regardless of what side it’s on. The driller makes that mission so easy with that strategy
I did learn a thing or two in this vid. I've beeing playing since 2018 and my fav classes were Engi and Driller. I new most of the things you told like spiral drilling but the drill save or that drill would do in huge gaps. And the perks to take too, I belive in you in all of them. I had to change to drill damage after this vid.
There was always great use in taking two drill speed mods. Drillin's video on drill speed was always incredibly misleading. The blogpost it mentions in the description was always much better - and that blog post does not assert or pretend that speed was a bad mod.
The whole "creating tunnels" thing with driller for bosses also is VERY good for a gunner/driller team facing an OMEN, especially with those one-shot beams of death. It creates a great sightline to their units and is easy to make cover for thats impenetrable. No more jumping! Driller makes a couple tunnels with viewports for shooting, then stands on the platform. Gunner goes in the tunnel and uses his high kinetic damage capabilities to destroy the OMEN laser first. From there, everythings a lil bit easier. Or, you know, just target whatever you wamt first. Pro tip, if playing with 3 or more, get an engi as well who can place pancakes in front of the platform from the tunnels. Now theyre invincible from all forward attacks, like those purple scythes and even the searchlight. Now they only have to focus on killing the drones.
Dang it, I've been watching your content for a bit now and I just love the editing and the humor. The dictionary part (where you literally printed the google translate definition, and stuck it inside) was the final push for me to subscribe. Well deserved!
When dealing with most of the bosses in this game, dwarf-made tunnels, trenches, and any other holes you decide to make can go a long way to giving your team more cover to work with, making trenches to get easier resupplies and such
to whomever may see this: DO NOT DRILL THE MOLTEN ROCKS ON MAGMA CORE! they will give you shittons of heat probably setting you on fire, the better stretegt is probably to mine under the molten rocks but they usually arent annoying enough for you to use the amount of fuel needed to drill around them
10:20 is big for me, i hard carry my team all the time and have problems with reviving them when they are in diffrent cave systems or surrounded by enemies, i never thought of this, very nice!
I decided to try driller next after promoting engineer. While im honestly still not too sure how to feel about him in terms of his playstyle, i definitely see the value in the drills.
31:20 I'm pretty new to DRG, but from what I'm seeing, I'd say the key is the timing of the tick. I think the key would be to time the tick of the drill to destroy the rock right at the perfect timing (be it when you hit the rock, just before, just after, I don't know though)
Absolutely amazing video! Finally a guide about my favorite class, and I learned so much. I've max upgraded my Driller and still didnt know a heap of stuff in this video. I feel like my Driller game is about to get MUCH better now because of this. Cheers mate!
I’m a dedicated gunner player, and whenever a driller drills straight to the dropship, I always watch his back the entire way without even thinking twice
Rock & Stone!
This is the way gunner brother. Rock and Stone.
Suppressive fire.
Is nice
I did it by instinct (and free kills and no dwarf left behind)
From a professional and dedicated driller, it’s you fellow dwarfs that make us thrive.
For those looking to optimize ebonut collection, use impact axes. They instantly get rid of the shell, and you can pick them back up.
Good to know!
oh damn really? another point for impact axes!
drills are better cause u don't have to chase a recoil'd impact axe nor aoe urself at close range.
The axes can also damage ebonite glyphids, which can be helpful in some cases even if they get used up
When accompanying Doretta, bring the rippers.
By throwing them orthogonally at the walls of the caves she leaves behind, it'll continuously spin around, killing most Glyphids that try to enter instantly, leaving only the bigger ones like Praetorians and flying enemies.
I had no idea drills had an absurd 10,000% armor breaking aspect to them :o
they cut through armor smoother then butter
@@tam_69420 less like a hot knife through butter and more like a rocket through a sheet of paper.
My man actually covered himself in wood chips just for that intro. That's dedication.
Also, try drilling to 12 with your drill setup. It requires you to stop holding the button as you hear the 12 terrain break and your drill will hit 100%, but not overheat.
Could not have figured that out without this comment. Thanks 👍
at 19:26 when you talk about sabotage, while none of the driller primaries work well against the boss, the flamethrower works obscenely well against the bots, as they instantly die when set on fire no matter the health
Well done mr fancy pants
Sludge blast OC works very well against the boss, not against everything else though.
Was going to comment this too!
Drill the ceilings and throw C4 to the top. It damages in all phases
Not just the bots: the tentacles also immediately retract when you get them to ignite.
I still think the zipline launcher needs some love, the ability for the zipline to cart pears/chunks/eggs/aquarqs/data cells/ect would be a nice bonus
having said that i find this guide amazing as any and all information on any classes is helpful :P
Honestly, all the zip-line needs is retrievable ammo, which hopefully the Crossbow provides a good framework for.
Small change that would bump it up from situationally A tier to a solid option everywhere.
It also gives everyone free and basically permanent high ground
agreed. I think it needs to move you WAY faster than it does.
In general I want all the utility weapons to get more upgrades in their trees. Like the platforms could have a glowing option, the ziplines could have small turrets on them... I am hoping the next big update is all about new utility abilities and a poker table in the rig for betting with minerals and money.
@@binnieb173 I'd love a zipline launcher that deals Shock damage to bugs that fly into it.
Ziplines are arguably the most useful tool in point extraction missions, as the platform often spawns at the lowest point of the cave system and the ziplines give you a safe way to quickly return to the platform in case of swarms or full pockets. It's also fun to build elaborate zipline systems for traversing the higher areas and safely shooting bugs.
I'll be real - when I first started playing Driller seemed like the least interesting class. But the more I play and the more I watch other people's strats I see Driller is probably the best dwarf all around. Insane DPS, great utility, and if you're alone you can drill anywhere and get stuff you'd normally have a scout get, even if you're less efficient.
Drillers are a godsend if the generation RNG didn't like you during a liquid morkite mission. Although herding a new driller to try and drill towards the pumpjack can be a pain I can't exactly fault them.
Driller is a poggers class that I constantly keep forgetting to play
@@alephkasai9384 once while i was doing a salvage mission the fuel cells spaned under the pod
Driller in Refinery is so fun because who wants to spend forever making a long path to the pumpjack that then has to turn around and collide with itself making it bad for mobility? Just DRILL
I just started drg a week ago and I can’t stand playing anything other than driller. It’s all so boring to me
You can also use throwing axes to one shot the small ebonite glyphids, so not just the drills and pickaxe
I'm a newly self-proclaimed driller main, and when i finally decided to look for ways to get gooder at drilling, many fellow dwarves pointed me to your channel, and your content is definitely helpful(and sometimes amusing). You've earned this Dwarf's subscription. Rock and Stone, brotha!
Thank you my friend! Rock & Stone!
it looks like the terrain was curved when you saved yourself, using the 2m wideness of the drills, you must have caught the terrain when it was closer to the drill range but far enough from your feet that you were able to drill in time
So the idea would be leaving sideways on a sloped terrain while drilling down?
Is it possible that the type of terrain mattered as well? The type of rock is what gets left behind from satchels. We need more testing.....
highly likely that he did a ledge grab very briefly, which cancels all fall damage.
I think that not being the host, and maybe having a ping on the higher end might be part of it
When drilling to the drop pod, especially when molly is lagging behind, drill _just_ to the drop pod's entrance but don't breach the terrain. This essentially turns the tunnel into a map long bunky, allowing easier management of glyphid spawns until molly docks. when the gates are open (or when an oppressor decides to spawn inside the tunnel) simply breach the surface and run straight up to the drop pod.
Bonus points if you breach with a C4 and everyone dashes out just like in the movies
You are able to drill above the caretaker and throw satchel charges on it to destroy it's shields, but I'm still an amateur and that's the only trick I've known so this video was hells helpful to me, thx dude
I have quickly found the drillerr to be my favorite simply because I can immediately drill to the drop pod. Otherwise it is so difficult to leave the mission sometimes. This guide was amazing for me. Rock and stone! ⛏️
Thank you, Rock & Stone!
I love drilling out for my team but personally I love the extraction run more. With "RUN!!!" pumping in the background and everything I have put in place on my way down ready, I just get a kick out of finding my platform staircase to that steep cave opening or riding up a Zip Elevator in a vertical cave from hell.
Greenbeard here, been playing a few days now with my buddy who is also new. We had a lightbulb moment when he said we're thinking like humans, think like a dwarf and since then we've been digging tunnels everywhere lmao. Great video as well. This is a really fun game.
S+ driller guide!
Explanation: I think you must be in precize angle with drills as you are falling down (little bit higher than aiming comletely down), so you are somehow closer to the side of that hole that is about to be created, and so you can ledge grab. Climb animation is canceled since you are still in drill animation.
2nd theory: Its somehow releated to reseting your velocity by drills and it could be affected by FPS in that given moment too.
It could be even releated to physics in engine in a way like barrel jumping/boosting is, there is no way how to do it consistently.
5:50 Holy crap, pressing the jump key while the terrain scanner is up is a trick I had no idea about!
impact axes can also be used for traversal. you can stick them in the wall, climb up on them. Then retrieve them when you're done.
is this still a thing?
What!?
This is fixed. 😔
doesn't work anymore.
If only it wasn’t a bug 🥲
a HUGE QoL for drillers btw is using impact axes on the electric crystals in crystalline caverns- - three axes destroy them and they're retrievable
Fantastic Video! I was really surprised that you went over pretty much everything with the Drills, and your videos have helped a ton when I play Driller. Keep up the awesome content!
Thank you Ron!!
Hi Ron :)
@@0bashie Hi!
As a secret little tip, satchel charges can almost destroy all of the caretaker's vents or a load of their health if you get above them by either using a tunnel or by using a gunner's zipline
Yup exactly! Once I realized this I never looked back! Every time.
outstanding video man. love your channel. i main driller (i literally cannot play another class lately because of the sheer versatility of the class), and i still learned more than a few things here. you deserve every subscriber you have in addition to many many more that i’m sure you’ll be getting soon :)
rock and stone!
Thank you so much!! Rock & Stone!
Rock and stone to the bone
same
Pro Tip: On Industrial Sabotage, you can save your entire team the effort of attacking the weak points if you drill a path above the boss to where you can easily drop C4 on the center of the boss, saving valuable time and ammo. It takes 2 C4 so with a total of 3 phases, it's 6 C4 to fully clear the weak points yourself and can save your team a lot of time to focus on everything else. Just make sure you have yourself a clear path back to the entrance of your tunnel along with ammo in a safe location.
The drill save may work because ledge grabs cancel fall damage. As you are drilling out a piece of terrain below your feet, you create a ledge to grab. Maybe your character grabs this at the last second as you hit the ground where you drilled into?
he wasnt asking why, he was asking how it was able to drill when he hit the ground
@@elijahsawyer8176 thats the first step in figuring out how my man
@@CrOsSeDUpTv what i meant was, drilling in the name of knows that drilling a hole in the ground saves you, its the fact that it doesnt happen every time is what he wants to figure out .-.
@@elijahsawyer8176 you totally missed the part where xzackly talks about ledges.
Great stuff as usual. I don't love the trenches technique during an omen module, they don't provide that much cover (drones and burster are still an issue) and they impair your ability to move and dodge those things. Instead (if the terrain allows) I dig Dreadnaught tunnels that connect each activation platform to each other. In one of the hallways out of sight I will drill a little cubby for a resupply so you and your teammates can heal in peace. Gives you much better cover from drones (they don't seem to follow you into the hallway if you are out of sight) and if you get knocked at the opening of the hallway, your teammates have cover to revive you. The Dreadnaught tunnels are also helpful for Korlaks, especially when they are in awkward spots, like up on a smallish ledge overlooking a larger room.
Thanks John! That's fair! Tunnels are definitely great for Korloks.
So many helpful little tips! even with 300 hours i did not know many of these, thank you!
Oh boy, 300 hours in DRG, 7 minutes in and I got to bomb tips with the jumping while checking the map and the wayppoint feature. Awesome video, hope the rest is as enlightening as the first seven minutes.
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About the drilling down saving manover:
"If you pull up a ledge you take no fall dmg and reset your momentum." But because the Script that DRG uses for updating voxels and terrain is so inconcistent it can not realy be pulled of reliably. Just pray that you will dig the moment you hit the ground and the created hole is exactly in the angle to climb it.
My brothers and I all love playing this game, and we all have different approaches. My oldest brother Aryn and my youngest older brother Clay both main Engineer, and Hawke, our middle brother, is the resident Gunner. Meanwhile I play the Driller, and while technically the youngest, Driller is perfect for how I like to play support and "baby" my brothers.
Don't worry about a thing, Oldman Young is ready to roll.
0:25 seconds in and I already liked the video. Love the dedication right there
Bro i came across this video back when i used to play alot and when i mained driller. This video came back into my feed today and now most of this is second natire to me as an driller main. Im VERY grateful for this video cause it taught me most of everything i know now added with a couple of cool little tricks ive learned like using enemies or teamates to break a high fall by landing on them and breaking ore spike stems by hitting the bottom twice and immediately using the power move yo destroy it
"Now I want this video to have something for everyone..."
Literally only 2 hours into the game, played every class once. Don't even have upgrades or _beer_ unlocked yet. The drills were easy to pick up on, but they seemed more hassle than they were worth compared to just the pickaxe. Super short overheat, wonky physics, fills the screen with dust, and can't be used to actually mine things? Clearly I need a veteran's guidance on these things.
So I jump to 4:25, and it's actually helping. Sometimes, a visual demonstration is what you need to see, and you're putting together clear examples without going too fast or too slow. Thank you
Thank you very much! Glad I could help!
Learned a lot from you. I have been a cryo vamp driller main since I've started and I hit max rank just a month ago. I play around Asia region(I host all the time) and it's still satisfying to me seeing new players getting amazed and commending me on their first time encountering bunker defense especially on Salvage missions.
When your bomb dispenser is on higher ground than the shard you should open line of sights to be able to throw bombs down at it. For example in the video at 20:40 blow up the wall to the right when looking at the shard so you can get closer to it without having to drop down
I love how almost every Driller main story begins when thinking "could I drill straight to the Drop Pod?" haha
That was me in my first mission, I revive my friend, drilled to the Drop Pod and we barely made it out alive, at zero seconds left.
Another thing that I love about Driller is doing an On Site Refining, and making the best tunnels in the world (in my mind at least haha), straight road from the refinery to the pumpjacks, one time, one of them made a perfect path to hacking an enemy tower
Just got my second Driller promotion a few hours ago; between my two groups of friends who I play the game with, I'm the only Driller and that makes me feel more special B)
Always love your stuff. There's a hole in my heart that can only be filled by deep rock and you're fillin it
What a great guide! This deserves a lot more views!!
Thank you my friend!!
Owwwww dude. The driller is a iceberg class. Has so many depth than you actually seeing, this guide must be fixed in the menu of the game alongside with the other videos of you. Nice job man! You rock and stone! (Sorry, english its not my primary language, maybe one or more errors in the writing)
I still watch your guide videos religiously despite me being almost rank 400 and not necessarily learning anything from them. They have great entertainment value !
Thank you!!
For the drill save, I think you need to have the "Rock Knock" Apply during the same tick as you land.
Best Guide I have seen for DRG Driller. ROCK & STONE ⛏
Just watched this video and I'd never thought to use the EPC TCF for terraforming things connected to the ceiling. This video really has something for everyone.
This guide goes down as cold beer after a long dive.
Helpful and entertaining.
Thank you!!
This is my first time noticing the angle meter. Worth a watch just for that.
Even though I've never played driller this video was still greatly entertaining and well made, good job!
Great video! I learned a lot! One tip you didn't mention which is perhaps obvious is drilling under turret controllers. You can pop just enough of the surface under them to hack from the bottom without leaving the tunnel or exposing yourself at all. If there are a lot of distant or ceiling turrets this provides (relatively) high safety and an easy way to take them all out at once.
Thank you! Put this out before the most recent update. Might have to do a followup with tips for the new events!
All I can say is: Keep up the good work!
Love your presentation style, in-depth analysis and overall feel. Just feels cozy but informative. I love it and I wish you all the best for future videos.
Rock and stone!
Thank you so much!
10:40 Its just as fun if the teammate is alive too tbh.
Not gonna lie it took me watching this video to realize "Oh, the angle meter." I've just been freeballing it the whole time. Excellent video! ROCK AND STONE!
Thank you!! Rock & Stone!
I may be a scout main but i think this is helpful since even i play miner every now and then, you've earned a sub from this dwarf, rock and stone!
Buff the flare gun
This was an amazing video about using the drills more dynamically. I’m a scout main by trade but I dabble in all classes and I definitely struggle to get through my drills’ fuel before I’ve expended my other ammo and need resupply, more so than any other traversal tool. The grappling hook is free, the zip line is so limited that using it dynamically is extremely niche, the platform gun I found pretty intuitive, but not so much the drills. But this showed me a bunch of little things, like not clearing some obstacles, and that 11-break method which is just awesome.
Now I just need to figure out how to differentiate scout playstyle from everything else. I rush in too close too much without the proper tools. And I need to work on my builds, I don’t quite have a grasp on what’s effective and what’s worthless or redundant for driller, particularly his primaries. But thanks to this video I think I’ll actually take that damage cooling because I don’t use enough fuel as of now.
Thanks for the advice! Looking forward to hearing what I’ve already figured out on my own from musnothus soon :)
Missed opportunity to say "My Digger" instead of "My Dwarf" but I'll overlook it because this video is so helpful
Incredibly well done vid. Been playing for 3 years and honestly learned a lot.
Thank you!!
1:44 it's utility is letting the scout get resources faster which if you spend too long in a mission more and more bugs show up so it does help in that aspect.
Here I thought I knew everything about terraforming but an excellent tip is opening up the ceiling!
7:25 - 8:16 I HAVE PROMOTED 13 TIMES ON DRILLER AND NOW YOU TELL I CAN DO THIS!!!! thank you and R&S
I'm a week in, got promoted. Still learning the art of The Drill.
Driller is my favorite class. I can see the roles for everyone else and I do need to learn them if only so I can know how better to assist but I love the gurren lagann dwarf.
Seeing driller make a path back to the drop pod at the end of a lengthy mission is just the thing that made me start playing him. I'm so glad I did, as I used to be a scout main and I am now enjoying having myriad choices for bug slaughter, and not just having to run back to my gunner buddy to get things killed. Rock and Stone brother!
Honestly though, this was such a wonderful way to learn more on the drills. I started off playing engineer, then started to learn each of the other roles as well. Eventually settled on Driller for the most part just because of all the interesting implications his drills have, I remember when this video came out
Using dash to cross a distance high up into a wall to then use the drills to "catch you" making a route along the ceiling. Making little tunnels in the Dreadnaught missions to sneak into for cover, the cave's your canvas
Drill holes in a checkerboard configuration to slow enemy pathfinding, catch flares, minerals and grenades if you plan on camping for longer periods in one area.
Okay that intro was hilarious. Just had to comment that, just made my day.
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I just stumbled upon this video and wow I am amazed at the versatility of this class, I'm a greenbeard so will try the driller more now.
At first I tought Driller was really boring class as they could only drill and stuff, so I started out on Scout because the Grappling Hook was undoubtely fun to use, but then I learned the way of Engie and had a blast feeling really powerful dealing with swarms and using platforms to support and redirect bugs... but then it happened, I tried Driller for the first time and I had a blast from the start to my first promotion, his weapons, axes, drills... I felt like I could be so creative and versatile at the same time! Being able to completely modify terrain and dig shortcuts to otherwise hallways that were a chore to sprint through that were helpful to both me and my team felt otherwordly satisfying! I love Driller so so much it's my most played class right next to Engineer. They're both a blast to use and I'm thankful for your guide to enlighten me on some tricks that I had no idea about!
Rock and Stone!
i remember when i start playing . Driller was my least played class . then later after i start playing him more . i got one of those famous eureka moment . literally got the best terrain shaping tool in any game and can nullify the really hard vertical cave layout . and one of the c4 upgrades let him make big hole . if used in the right circumstance . you could break an enemy pathing to you . so now they taking the long route . making them easy picking .
Happy anniversary! You’re the only deep rock channel I like so I’m truly greatful you exist
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As a Driller main I very much appreciate this! Ty for this guide!
Happy to help!
even though im already saving up for my first plat promotion on driller, i still learned new stuff from this video, a lot actually, can't to take this into pubs and blow some greenbeards' minds
Happy to help!
15:44 Are you really OCD? I was diagnosed recently, and it's helped me understand a lot of the oddities about the way I play this game and others in retrospect. Things like counting out the number of times drills tick before an overheat--cool to learn someone else does that, btw!
My "I actually didn't know that" moment in this video was you can instakill turrets by drilling underneath them. I usually just instakill them with the CRSPR instead, but this is a useful thing to keep in mind especially if I somehow end up in a Sabotage mission with the cryo cannon.
19:31, where's your correcting clone?
"Hold up, the CRSPR with the triple-filtered heat mod will make quick work on the Rival bots. You don't need the mod, but it helps."
I love your sense of humour and the level of research put into explaining things perfectly. You remind me of Karl !
Great, very informative, cool editing
bonus points for using my favourite ambient theme in the game.
Rock & Stone, my friend!
I'm a gunner main to this day but I reached silver 1 yesterday and I think it is time for me to try other classes. This was a very nice introduction to the class for me kutgw. I mean ROCK AND STONE.
I just recently started , and Driller had immediately charmed me by the ability to not bend to the whims of the generated map
driller was my least favorite character for the longest time because i didnt think any deeper than "drill from point a to b", but this has convinced me to give him another go.
Very interesting stuff as a mini-drilldozer myself.
saw your bunkie video and now I'm here
you have my attention
Welcome!
Great video! My favorite trick is for opening up an area near a wall without (much) ground height variation: walk right up to the wall, facing it, angle your drills at 45 degrees, drill two ticks or until it stops drilling, and, without changing camera angle, throw a satchel with max carving radius, back away, and detonate. It's fairly close to the height of the terrain that you started on but saves you a lot of drilling effort.
For spiral staircases, I got fed up with them not being perfect, so I've got an AutoHotKey script that makes perfect staircases every time. It's now my preferred method of dealing with modded x2 swarms: drill a long horizontal tunnel until it overheats, then spiral down at a 30 or 35 degree angle, and repeat for two overheat cycles. Return to the beginning of the long tunnel and prep a small hole on the side of the tunnel to dodge acid spitter shots, and then fill the entrance with goo, persistent plasma, and neurotoxin grenades (not at all once, unless there's a massive swarm that needs to be dead immediately). If they chase you, just go down the staircase and leave the same DoT death trap and if done right then the DoT will apply through the walls and affect more bugs.
sometimes i just come back to this video for the intro, the wood chips are so good
Heyyy, good to see another Driller main. This video makes me smile, thanks mate :)
Thank you! Rock & Stone!
I once saw a driller use a cheese strategy on the caretaker, much to the entire team’s delight. They drilled into the ceiling and dropped satchel charges on its head so that the radius hit all three armored corners. I haven’t tried replicating this yet, but it shredded the armor phase pretty quickly.
Another thing the drills make a lot easier is sinking empty supply pods and objectives into the floor. The fuel cell in Salvage missions in particular is obnoxiously huge and blocks line of sight like a champ, so while a couple seconds sinking it a meter or two into the ground does reduce the defensive area slightly, it also does wonders to clear the lanes. The uplink box is a lot smaller, and just a couple ticks of drilling leaves only the less obnoxious antenna above the ground.
The intro was amazing
I've been a driller main since my very first assignment, i doubt I'll ever change my main class, drills are just perfect to me
For industrial sabotage driller is actually the best dwarf, the bots will immediately die once set on fire. And if you get above the caretaker you can throw c4s on its head and one/two shot all the shields at once. And with the shields gone if you throw a c4 on the top again it’ll do massive damage to the red eye regardless of what side it’s on. The driller makes that mission so easy with that strategy
I did learn a thing or two in this vid. I've beeing playing since 2018 and my fav classes were Engi and Driller. I new most of the things you told like spiral drilling but the drill save or that drill would do in huge gaps. And the perks to take too, I belive in you in all of them. I had to change to drill damage after this vid.
As of season 2 the drill speed mod has changed to give you a speed boost while drilling meaning there is now great use in taking two drill speed mods
There was always great use in taking two drill speed mods. Drillin's video on drill speed was always incredibly misleading. The blogpost it mentions in the description was always much better - and that blog post does not assert or pretend that speed was a bad mod.
The whole "creating tunnels" thing with driller for bosses also is VERY good for a gunner/driller team facing an OMEN, especially with those one-shot beams of death. It creates a great sightline to their units and is easy to make cover for thats impenetrable. No more jumping! Driller makes a couple tunnels with viewports for shooting, then stands on the platform. Gunner goes in the tunnel and uses his high kinetic damage capabilities to destroy the OMEN laser first. From there, everythings a lil bit easier. Or, you know, just target whatever you wamt first.
Pro tip, if playing with 3 or more, get an engi as well who can place pancakes in front of the platform from the tunnels. Now theyre invincible from all forward attacks, like those purple scythes and even the searchlight. Now they only have to focus on killing the drones.
Dang it, I've been watching your content for a bit now and I just love the editing and the humor. The dictionary part (where you literally printed the google translate definition, and stuck it inside) was the final push for me to subscribe. Well deserved!
Best guide out there. Amazing work on the video. Mad respect.
Thank you!!
im very new to the game and thinking about buying it
driller is the class im planning to play and this guide will be pretty helpful
It's on sale now!
@@DrillingInTheNameOf thank you very much, but when will it end tho?
@@lukazfox_lol Never!
@@Thrashman138 too late, i got it a week ago
When dealing with most of the bosses in this game, dwarf-made tunnels, trenches, and any other holes you decide to make can go a long way to giving your team more cover to work with, making trenches to get easier resupplies and such
Great video! Not a driller much, but will share this video with my friends who do.
Thank you for sharing!
To be fair the grappling hook can be used as a weapon, ballistick dwarf strike or baiting detonators to blow it's fellow bugs to bits.
to whomever may see this: DO NOT DRILL THE MOLTEN ROCKS ON MAGMA CORE! they will give you shittons of heat probably setting you on fire, the better stretegt is probably to mine under the molten rocks but they usually arent annoying enough for you to use the amount of fuel needed to drill around them
Oh my god, I didn't even know about the waypoint thing so many hours in. That could have been so useful
10:20 is big for me, i hard carry my team all the time and have problems with reviving them when they are in diffrent cave systems or surrounded by enemies, i never thought of this, very nice!
Great way to clear a downed teammate! Engi's prox mines work well, too.
Wow, that's a lot to try out, man i love this game! The jump looks thrilling... and dangerous.
Now i need to go try the bunker strategies!
I decided to try driller next after promoting engineer. While im honestly still not too sure how to feel about him in terms of his playstyle, i definitely see the value in the drills.
Good job with the edit! It makes the educational video super fun to watch. 👍👍👍
31:20 I'm pretty new to DRG, but from what I'm seeing, I'd say the key is the timing of the tick. I think the key would be to time the tick of the drill to destroy the rock right at the perfect timing (be it when you hit the rock, just before, just after, I don't know though)
The amount of useful information in this video is insane. Driller 4 Life.
Absolutely amazing video! Finally a guide about my favorite class, and I learned so much. I've max upgraded my Driller and still didnt know a heap of stuff in this video.
I feel like my Driller game is about to get MUCH better now because of this.
Cheers mate!