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[image] DeathGuard75: Will probably hit like a wet fart. No. Look at FS’ track record. DLC classes and weapons will be shamelessly OP. Then dialed down a bit after a year or so.

[image] harlekein: Look at FS’ track record. DLC classes and weapons will be shamelessly OP. Then dialed down a bit Either way, they’ll be “balanced” for a few weeks with virtually everyone playing as them! No one’s OP if everyone’s OP! :rofl:

[image] Frish: Good doggo, jumping on that big mean mauler [image]Introducing: The Cyber-Mastiff - Dev Blog You can also opt out of the Mastiff if you want to; there’s a talent in the tree that removes the dog if you’re going for a different playstyle or player fantasy, and you’ll get some pretty decent bonuses to make up for the lack of a companion [How Bad Can I Be?]

I have no problems with new features being more or less unbalanced because some things need to be in the wild to be assessed thoroughly. That said, with such a pessimistic entitled attitude of yours I’d recommend to play something else for maybe half a year and then come back to see if your tea leaves where right.

New weapons look really weak to me, will have to wait to see new talents tho. Dog looks way weaker then skellys tho since they don’t take agro… Also have to wait to see the classes base dmg reduction, ms, toughness, etc. If I had a prediction, Havoc 40 meta will be to get rid of Dog.

[image]Arbites Class Coming June 23 Muscle forwards with reinforced Assault Shields and a choice of Dominator Maul or Arbites Shotpistol - Darktide’s first defense/range combo. I think shield+maul and shield+revolver are two different weapons. Swapping between them would feel like you only swapped your main hand, and imo is a cool idea.

Yea, shotty is cool. Imagine now plasma that kills that same amount in a straight line with also bodying crushers :smiley: Or why even shoot into a horde? When vets infinite grenades kills that entire mob three times over and staggers anything short of a boss (or just kills it as rending on a melee weapon counts for a grenade bleed?) Or you know .. psyker? One fwoosh and that screen is dead. Power Maul and shield definitely is cool , and its nice there is an option to no have to permanently cringeslide… (god how much i HATE that f-cking slide and how not optional/situational it is - and that it requires a mod so the game remembers you are running after you slide) But lets be honest … is that combo knife/ds good? No And no matter how much some people try to pretend its ok to have knife/ds. Havoc exists purely because these + couple talents + couple blessings interactions are so above and beyond anything else (several peoples worth of damage combined), that anything not this good will never see the light of day in non meme/challenge run havoc. (yea, remove havoc as well it exists because instead of nerfing blatantly OP sh-it, made a mode for them)

From the May 22 dev blog/post Exact punishment with extreme prejudice: Muscle forwards with reinforced Assault Shields and a choice of Dominator Maul or Arbites Shotpistol - Darktide’s first defense/range combo. For tougher targets, the Arbites Shotgun packs a unique punch with its Special Issue ammunition. i hope if you have that maul and pistol the shield stays functional as you swap the other. Little concerned with the weapon choices, i mean 1h mauls and shotguns not in a great place right now. hope they are doing some work on those types.

What’s wrong with shock mauls?

Yeah, Shock Mauls are pretty solid. I think that they’d be decently popular if Duelling Swords and Combat Blades weren’t insanely OP.

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Gideon404 June 9, 2025, 8:05am 27

I think shield+maul and shield+revolver are two different weapons. Swapping between them would feel like you only swapped your main hand, and imo is a cool idea.

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