The boltgun in Darktide is actually a variant that's sized for humans to wield because a real one would be far too heavy. These only have 15 rounds in a magazine, but a SM bolter has 30.
And this is the *better* upgraded version of that Boltgun too (Locke Mk IIb Spearhead), because the normal version (Locke), the one everyone else who don't work for the Inquisition get, only has 14 rounds and isn't capable of full auto at the hip, it can only fire in bursts. The upgraded one is half way between the frankly horrid Locke and the absolute unit that is the Godwyn-De'az Pattern in terms of quality, functionality and reliability. With that said, the base Loche Mk IIb is just as bad as the normal Locke (which is the standard human sized bolter produced by Forge Worlds in Segmentum Obscurus where this game is set), it is only good when it is rating 300 or higher with a high base stability because on low stability the weapon is absolutely horrendous and unwieldy, making it very slow to fire and use. Basically you want stability to be 74% or higher for the weapon to actually hit anything at hip fire and in aim fire it will have such a nasty kickback on low stability that it is almost impossible to hit anything further away from you than 5m multiple times. If you use a Boltgun, you'll want to go for faster reloads in the masteries, not the blessings, because there are better blessings for the Bolter than faster reload, but you do want that faster reload in the Masteries because it takes normal humans a long time to reload a bolter. Normal Humans still struggle to even use the Human Sized Bolter, only the Sisters of Battle can match the Space Marines and Custodies in terms of skill and accuracy with a Bolter only because they have been trained their whole lives to handle Bolters, give a Godwyn-De'az Pattern to a human who isn't trained to use a Bolter it will break the bones in their arms if they tried to fire it.
Using the special attack on that knife makes your next attack a heavy strikedown, even if you just use a light attack. So it can also work fine for single targets if you know what you're doing, it's just a little less intuitive than the orher knife.
You would think that his puny little knife very distinctly just bouncing off the solid metal over and over SHOULD be an indication for how effective the attacks are. >_>
Light hitting crushers is doable with the MK1 shovel/Combat Blades + uncanny strike. Shovel does like 500+ damage to crushers per head hit + special poke to stagger, while combat blades can rely on bleed DOTs to hit and run.
Genuinely wholesome to watch you improve as the video progresses. And with everyone besides yourself either dead, downed, or pinned at one point (10:45), that was technically your first clutch at the end as well. Congratulations. Hope you enjoy diving further into Darktide.
The dueling sword is a great weapon now that everyone except the ogryn can use it. The special attack will stagger and stop ragers or maulers with one head hit and you can follow it with a heavy stab to end them. The special attack is also instant with a very short cooldown. GJ learning more of the game mechanics. At high level you'll find people dodging automatically all the time to avoid nets that will fly unimpeded through a wall of crushers or a horde of pox walkers and disable you. The dueling sword perk agile also resets your dodge cooldown on weak spot attack so constant free dodges when you connect.
FR😭 im not even a new player, got the game on steam after starting through the Xbox gamepass, people insulted me for beeing lower level while I atleast know basic game mechanics unlike they did bcs😭
Sure, I want em around, but I don't want them to even THINK of going aulric until they atleast take the advanced tutorial and get familiar with some of the games weapons.
Only light attacks... against the chest. It is cool showing just how much there is to learn. Been playing this game so long, having the perspective of an actual new player is interesting. I am glad there are new people joining, keeping the game going.
fun fact the beast of nurgle looks at us the same way we look at puppies(they have to hug you) it just has no idea it dissolves skin and spreads disease when it walks by anything.
Ah the first clip. Use the alternate stab attack for the knife my friend. THAT penetrates. Add the bleed blessing? * chefs kiss* did that man just say " teabagging an npc". I mean...whatever floats his boat. :-P when running my veteran, I sometimes wonder if the reason the heretics hate me so much is that I like to body or nut shot, unless taking my time. Oh well. No one appreciates an artist in his own time.
If you're running a veteran class. You need a chainsword or the electric mace for melee. Then a the Recon lazgun that has a big mag. It will keep you alive.
Good video The knife would’ve obliterated the crusher if you 1. Used heavy attacks cause those do much more damage against armor and 2. If you want it to fucjing shred use the blessing that gives you crit chance on dodge and the blessing for bleed stacks on crit then take crit chance perk and idk maybe headshot damage perk
1:02 "this guy's the most useless idiot I've ever seen" you wont be saying that in higher difficulties when you're cornered fighting hordes and he lights up the only space you have
don't listen to the negative comments and just enjoy the game. by the way, try the knife with a good zealot stealth build, I don't like those zealots but it sure is fun as hell.
Okay fine I’ll tell you! … Do you know …. The nurgle man? The nurgle man? Yes I know the Nurgle man. W-who lives on Atoma Prime? Well… she’s married to the Nurgle man… The Nurgle man? THE NURGLE MAN!!!!
Game becomes way easier soon as you unlock your Curios and reach level 15 and unlock advanced Combat Abilities. If you're not rocking more Toughness than Health at level 30, you screwed up somewhere.
Some advice if you want it: 1. Most melee weapons heavy attacks will pierce armor. 2. for the pox bursters (the dudes that run at you and go boom) if you do a block push against them it will shove them back and knock them over, causing them to explode away from you. 3. if you time a dodge right as a dog leaps at you, it will break thir tracking and they will miss you. 4. For Mutants (the guys that charge at you then try to sumo you), if you wait until they start their charge then dodge to the side at the last moment they will run past you, usually running into a wall and stunning themselves for a few secends, giveing you a change to wail on them. 5. For Ragers (the guys with two axes you run at you), stick to shooting them from range, if they get within melee distance you you, just keep dodging away from them till you can hit them with your ranged weapon. DO NOT try to fight them in melee, just dont.
@@Vipertheskylord its actually based on if a teammate is nearby not walls. What they _will_ do however is sometimes yeet you into the back rooms for you to suffer in solitude.
@@SPITSPHIRE I been tackled into walls many times with no teammates around then the mutants just throw me away I fully don’t know the machine myself I am just saying base off my experience in the game
I know it's already clarified but man its funny to make fun of his "Dumbed down melee combat" opinion when the first 30 seconds is him butter knifing a crusher and doing 0 damage
@ there’s also a good build. You can run with the knife, which will make it one of the best weapons in the game and if you want to get through level quickly sprint while spamming a heavy attack for three seconds release and hold for three seconds more you’ll fly across the map.
@@SirDDD There's 33 days in the current season so next season might be a good time. A ranked vid or Operator specific vids could be cool. Just shooting some vid ideas at ya. If the vids pop off you could collab with Jynxzi which would be a huge collab. Thanks for all the quality vids man, shit's fire!
Their is alot in this that could use work with the understanding if the gear, setting and guns For example that bolt gun is not a space marine weapon, they make seperate versions for human and space marine use Not major issues just felt to mention if it interested you guys
Some mods make this game play better. HealthBars, AutoTag, or FullAuto actually make changes to how the game plays, I personally won't play without them, but some people might think they're exploititive. ScoreBoard, NumericUI, TrueLevel can add useful or interesting information.
come on dude the tutorial literally teaches you of heavy and light attacks and talks about penetrating armor. was that not clear enough? also idk if it's youtube but the colors are so desaturated, the hitmarker X should be blue, which means its doing a massive 0 damage
The legend of Farquad grows...
short Kings rise up!
8:06 "I wish this game had a board game"
You're not gonna believe this, but it DOES exist as a board game.
Its so funny as you can tell it's my name on every platform, since I kinda look like the lord himself irl
>I think your weapons don't have any armor penetration.
>Yeah It's a Knife dude!
...he doesn't know...
Yeah I had a chuckle when I heard that 😄.
zealot go brrrrrr
I was getting ready to type something similar..... but i figured enough people would drop a hint in the main comments lol
Haymaker + Mercy Killer 😈
one day he will do a heavy attack
Just got put some muscle behind those swings
The boltgun in Darktide is actually a variant that's sized for humans to wield because a real one would be far too heavy. These only have 15 rounds in a magazine, but a SM bolter has 30.
And this is the *better* upgraded version of that Boltgun too (Locke Mk IIb Spearhead), because the normal version (Locke), the one everyone else who don't work for the Inquisition get, only has 14 rounds and isn't capable of full auto at the hip, it can only fire in bursts.
The upgraded one is half way between the frankly horrid Locke and the absolute unit that is the Godwyn-De'az Pattern in terms of quality, functionality and reliability. With that said, the base Loche Mk IIb is just as bad as the normal Locke (which is the standard human sized bolter produced by Forge Worlds in Segmentum Obscurus where this game is set), it is only good when it is rating 300 or higher with a high base stability because on low stability the weapon is absolutely horrendous and unwieldy, making it very slow to fire and use. Basically you want stability to be 74% or higher for the weapon to actually hit anything at hip fire and in aim fire it will have such a nasty kickback on low stability that it is almost impossible to hit anything further away from you than 5m multiple times. If you use a Boltgun, you'll want to go for faster reloads in the masteries, not the blessings, because there are better blessings for the Bolter than faster reload, but you do want that faster reload in the Masteries because it takes normal humans a long time to reload a bolter.
Normal Humans still struggle to even use the Human Sized Bolter, only the Sisters of Battle can match the Space Marines and Custodies in terms of skill and accuracy with a Bolter only because they have been trained their whole lives to handle Bolters, give a Godwyn-De'az Pattern to a human who isn't trained to use a Bolter it will break the bones in their arms if they tried to fire it.
And the SM bolt gun would kill a baseline human when fired, assuming you can even lift it.
@@foxdavion6865 You definitely know more about that I do lol
@@MetalGeek464no
Not at all
It's rocket, not as much recoil we would think
Plus astra militarum soldier are much stronger than curent soldier
@@foxdavion6865lol SM and Battle sister just have a power armor that make them stronger
0:25 him only doing light attacks against a crusher hurts my soul 😅
yeah, although that was the horde clear knife so it still wouldn't have been great like the other mk. But still better than light spam.
Using the special attack on that knife makes your next attack a heavy strikedown, even if you just use a light attack. So it can also work fine for single targets if you know what you're doing, it's just a little less intuitive than the orher knife.
You would think that his puny little knife very distinctly just bouncing off the solid metal over and over SHOULD be an indication for how effective the attacks are. >_>
Light hitting crushers is doable with the MK1 shovel/Combat Blades + uncanny strike. Shovel does like 500+ damage to crushers per head hit + special poke to stagger, while combat blades can rely on bleed DOTs to hit and run.
Yeah thought so too, aswell as the shotgun spam, like throwing corn on him.
Heavy foreshadowing "This guy is the most useless idiot ever." oh how innocent you were in the easier difficulties.
Outlander is my spirit animal. A stray, weird little animal, but a spirit animal nonetheless.
Genuinely wholesome to watch you improve as the video progresses. And with everyone besides yourself either dead, downed, or pinned at one point (10:45), that was technically your first clutch at the end as well. Congratulations. Hope you enjoy diving further into Darktide.
Outlander quoting Akira, priceless.
The dueling sword is a great weapon now that everyone except the ogryn can use it. The special attack will stagger and stop ragers or maulers with one head hit and you can follow it with a heavy stab to end them. The special attack is also instant with a very short cooldown. GJ learning more of the game mechanics. At high level you'll find people dodging automatically all the time to avoid nets that will fly unimpeded through a wall of crushers or a horde of pox walkers and disable you. The dueling sword perk agile also resets your dodge cooldown on weak spot attack so constant free dodges when you connect.
Vets please treat the new players nice we want them to stay around 😂
FR😭 im not even a new player, got the game on steam after starting through the Xbox gamepass, people insulted me for beeing lower level while I atleast know basic game mechanics unlike they did bcs😭
Sure, I want em around, but I don't want them to even THINK of going aulric until they atleast take the advanced tutorial and get familiar with some of the games weapons.
*uses a knife against a crusher*
*only does light attacks*
I know he's new so I don't blame him but that was very painful to watch.
Only light attacks... against the chest.
It is cool showing just how much there is to learn. Been playing this game so long, having the perspective of an actual new player is interesting.
I am glad there are new people joining, keeping the game going.
we've all been there. its just funny to watch noobs doing noob things
What is funny is that,anyone can learn about heavy attacks in the prologue and in the tutorial
These type of dudes are the mfs i run into on auric maeslstrom missions
Underrated game
9:03 diddy turning a butthole into a lizard sleeve is a mental image that I didn't need to have man
wizard sleeve
@ that’s even worse man
That “E3” bit was so real i hated and loved every second of it❤
fun fact the beast of nurgle looks at us the same way we look at puppies(they have to hug you) it just has no idea it dissolves skin and spreads disease when it walks by anything.
I love seeing the normal sized human holding the Space Marine pistols and it just being MASSIVE!
Ok, I’m loving how much you are getting into Darktide…. Now if you tell us you’re listening to the Horus heresy audio books.. that’d be fire
4:37 I don’t know why he’s making fun of that guy. SirD looks just like that guy 😂
Bros getting actually pretty damn good, nice to see
Crushers and Muties having power steering.....hurts as much in here as in game
Remember. Heavy attacks ignore armour
Zanny / SirD is a dream team combo
“Imagine if they made a board game out of this game”
“Allow me to introduce you to…”
9:02 Bro what 😂😂
That "the fog is coming" scared the shit outta me man.
Not a single heavy attack to be found on that crusher knife clip lmao
Ah the first clip. Use the alternate stab attack for the knife my friend. THAT penetrates. Add the bleed blessing? * chefs kiss* did that man just say " teabagging an npc". I mean...whatever floats his boat. :-P when running my veteran, I sometimes wonder if the reason the heretics hate me so much is that I like to body or nut shot, unless taking my time. Oh well. No one appreciates an artist in his own time.
If you're running a veteran class. You need a chainsword or the electric mace for melee. Then a the Recon lazgun that has a big mag. It will keep you alive.
I died laughing at the ult in real life bit when the french music came on fuck i was wheezing
The alt in real life? Sorry I don’t know which part of the video you are referring to
@SirDDD ult
I'm just dumb was snorting too hard to spell apparently
I love this game I'm glad it's getting in the algorithm , the inquisition needs new recruits
Dris your squad of mates is hilarious, got me into Darktide
Remember reach - Cadia stands.
(seemed apropriate when the music started.)
Can't wait to see if he puts out videos for each class, it would be fun to see SirD play through the massively different playstyles & kits
I just might have to
3:06 This is why Outlander rules!!!’
The halo music in the background slapped like will Smith.
yea i got nightmares when i first started playing. id say its alot to do with dogs and boombers
Good video
The knife would’ve obliterated the crusher if you 1. Used heavy attacks cause those do much more damage against armor and 2. If you want it to fucjing shred use the blessing that gives you crit chance on dodge and the blessing for bleed stacks on crit then take crit chance perk and idk maybe headshot damage perk
God these videos get better and better!
1:02 "this guy's the most useless idiot I've ever seen" you wont be saying that in higher difficulties when you're cornered fighting hordes and he lights up the only space you have
How you feel about the finals?
Most fun game out right now imo
your darktide videos are awesome, man.
Would watch a stream or unedited version completely thru no joke
Maybe once I settle into this variety channel flow, I’ll make a third channel where I do long form content
Great Game, a true Gem.
Blessed by a SirD video today 🙏
Kevin Levrone mentioned, based content
Love the Halo Reach music lol
don't listen to the negative comments and just enjoy the game.
by the way, try the knife with a good zealot stealth build,
I don't like those zealots but it sure is fun as hell.
Okay fine I’ll tell you! … Do you know …. The nurgle man?
The nurgle man?
Yes I know the Nurgle man. W-who lives on Atoma Prime?
Well… she’s married to the Nurgle man…
The Nurgle man?
THE NURGLE MAN!!!!
4:08 Some Korean fried chickens have cheese powder on it!
See? That's what I talk about cheese everywhere!)
god i would love sooooo many videos on this
The knife has amazing armor pen
Can you try vermintide, it’s so good!
0:14 pov: Reinhardt mains in ow 24/7
Top Tier Thumbnail
Thumbnail is how it feels to play Auric Maelstrom while solo queue
Not the horrid pulp fiction scene as a thumbnail 😭
Great ingland. Outlander
my school teacher would be proud, she teach us well. no cap! carried that knowledge through decades!
Sir you should not sleep on the pysker it’s almost OP. Especially once you get the hang of it. 👍
People have unironically said that killing Poxwalkers is Fascist. No, I'm not kidding.
Sick references indeed
Outlander is my favorite
🤲❤☺
I think this guy would like ogryn
That E3 bit was so perfectly cringey. Well done
Bro spamming La with big armored boi.
sick reference bro xD
08:00 they did. They charged 53 dollars for it.
That's pretty cheap as far as board games go
This gives me life
Travis Kelce Ogryn
please try some other classes too
4:38 MF look like Jason Kelce
subbed just for thumbnail
That last segment in Gloriana was a serious sign of improvement. If he ever gets off of controller he might have potential...
I HEAR A ZANNY
4:37 bro wdym that's literally jason kelce
Game becomes way easier soon as you unlock your Curios and reach level 15 and unlock advanced Combat Abilities. If you're not rocking more Toughness than Health at level 30, you screwed up somewhere.
Some advice if you want it:
1. Most melee weapons heavy attacks will pierce armor.
2. for the pox bursters (the dudes that run at you and go boom) if you do a block push against them it will shove them back and knock them over, causing them to explode away from you.
3. if you time a dodge right as a dog leaps at you, it will break thir tracking and they will miss you.
4. For Mutants (the guys that charge at you then try to sumo you), if you wait until they start their charge then dodge to the side at the last moment they will run past you, usually running into a wall and stunning themselves for a few secends, giveing you a change to wail on them.
5. For Ragers (the guys with two axes you run at you), stick to shooting them from range, if they get within melee distance you you, just keep dodging away from them till you can hit them with your ranged weapon.
DO NOT try to fight them in melee, just dont.
Also with the mutants that grab you if they grab you while a wall is behind you they just throw you they don’t do damage
@@Vipertheskylord its actually based on if a teammate is nearby not walls.
What they _will_ do however is sometimes yeet you into the back rooms for you to suffer in solitude.
@@SPITSPHIRE I been tackled into walls many times with no teammates around then the mutants just throw me away I fully don’t know the machine myself I am just saying base off my experience in the game
I thought u asked abot when was the last time i Finished A Penance...
I know it's already clarified but man its funny to make fun of his "Dumbed down melee combat" opinion when the first 30 seconds is him butter knifing a crusher and doing 0 damage
YO THE NEW VID LES GO :D
Guy is not even using the knife correctly😂
I was newwwww chileee
@ there’s also a good build. You can run with the knife, which will make it one of the best weapons in the game and if you want to get through level quickly sprint while spamming a heavy attack for three seconds release and hold for three seconds more you’ll fly across the map.
you should play Ultrakill
good to see the console players enjoying the game
There's so much stuff wrong with this video... Light attacks and shotgun against crusher, running of poxburster instead of blocking and shoving....
Also where's the Siege vids Daddy D?
I need to start playing again. Maybe I need to time it with a new update for the game.
@@SirDDD There's 33 days in the current season so next season might be a good time. A ranked vid or Operator specific vids could be cool. Just shooting some vid ideas at ya. If the vids pop off you could collab with Jynxzi which would be a huge collab. Thanks for all the quality vids man, shit's fire!
Hamcannon
fuckin love this game
Heavy attack
Loving the content SirD! Have you considered playing L4D2 on the channel?
pwease rebind your tag key and use it often
Their is alot in this that could use work with the understanding if the gear, setting and guns
For example that bolt gun is not a space marine weapon, they make seperate versions for human and space marine use
Not major issues just felt to mention if it interested you guys
SirFreaky
W farquad
5:07
Ps5 pre-order gang!!
Knife heavy attack has high penetration. And your shotguns special attack can knock it back.
Who asked?
Some mods make this game play better. HealthBars, AutoTag, or FullAuto actually make changes to how the game plays, I personally won't play without them, but some people might think they're exploititive. ScoreBoard, NumericUI, TrueLevel can add useful or interesting information.
Mods are for heretics and sedition players
come on dude the tutorial literally teaches you of heavy and light attacks and talks about penetrating armor. was that not clear enough? also idk if it's youtube but the colors are so desaturated, the hitmarker X should be blue, which means its doing a massive 0 damage
oh god not the E3 scripted co-op gameplay
let's just go back to shouting slurs like normal people
algorithm boost comment
Lol this guy sucks at the game. Light attacking body shots on a Crusher and running from a Pox Burster...
Damn almost as if I just installed it
He literally just started playing. You are the type that should not talk. Shush.
@@avalokiteshvara113 Shhh...adults talking.