I speculated that it will be ganger because it fits, as is tech priest.
As for real reasons, it can be anything.
I think a part of the salt too is that one of the unique things the new class is bringing in are dual wielded weapons, which is something people have been requesting since launch. And to finally get it but have it locked behind a class when it makes total sense for other classes to also benefit from dual wielding leaves a bad taste.
Honestly, dual wielding a pistol and 1-handed melee weapon is ICONIC Warhammer 40k. Whether youâre talking veteran guards, priests, assault marines, gangers, cultists, eldar guardians/aspect warriors. Hell, there are probably more different units that have dual wielded weapons as a default than use full size rifles.
Worth noting that despite this all, it seems like the dual wielding here is either two ranged or two melee weapons, is significantly LESS common in 40k.
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The Vermintide games set in Warhammer Fantasy has infinitely more melee/ranged dual wield weapon(s) than the Darktide game set in 40k.
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As for Fatshark reasons, it was always gonna be ganger.
got something on your nose there, wash your hands after you wipe it off
On a serious note itâs absolutely insane how people can say âHive Scum seems a bit uninterestingâ and you instantly have people come out with âWELL WHAT YOU WANTED WASNâT EVEN HINTED ATâ. Like ok? Is your only defense to Hive Scum being uninteresting that nothing else was hinted at? Itâs some twitter mindset stuff where if you donât like X you must be a Y fan and Y fans are the enemy and evil
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Im not complaining about that here, letâs stick to the subject at hand. Go to my other post if you want to talk about that. The fact you still didnt address anything and instead chose to attack me because of things I posted on an entirely different thread kind of proves that everything I said was right.
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Doesnât matter.
What does matter is the fact FS ignoring one of the most popular community requests since day one for a few years already.
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Itâs actually insane how youâre being dogpiled for saying, in essence âPeople donât like hive scum thematically because itâs power progression wise below arbites so it feels like we regressed into something more basicâ
And the responses to this people can bring are
- you must be a fanboy of that other thing
- you must be sexist
Itâs almost beyond parody
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When no argument is left start clowning and trolling with stupidity, bring insults and devalue the conversation with âwhy do you careâ and 'itâs just a game", add some emoji for a better ragebite 
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Steam reviews doesnât matter. Devs donât care about metrics. Neither shareholders
Online doesnât matter for the same reason, i just need 3 more people
DLC sales donât affect cash influx and future content
I will cope by hyping up GSC for the next disappointment.
Arbites original things:
- Dog
- ranged shield weapon (just 1)
Hive Scum original things:
- Create your own drug
- dual weapons (3 ranged, 2-3 melee)
I donât really see how Arbites âbrought a lot moreâ
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What youâre quoting is a series of words that do not appear in my post?
Look, itâs not mechanical crunch. Hive Scum has some interesting stuff there with rocket launchers and the chem tree. Good potential maybe.
Itâs presentation. Arbites was a brand new exciting companion dog build, sure, but far more important than that was that it had something cool and unique to it with the Judge Dredd cosplay and everything else. People couldnât be Arbites beforehand.
Hive Scum didnât present itself as something new and exciting outside of the context of regular Darktide players. Weâve already seen crackhead Zealots and Veterans running around, itâs not ânewâ in the same way.
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Gunslinger just sounds like how I play a shredder pistol zealot, but now I have the option to $$pay$$ to make it easier with complementary skills.
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I was excited of getting something new and cool.
Like the Arbites, something different from what the classes we have now.
That gang character is not much different from what we have now.
Nothing special.
It adds nothing to the game.
About the Mechanicus, I have the right to have hope that is going to be a AdMech char.
But both things are independent, one from the other.
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Gotta be real honest here, this meme is about as neckbeard-ey as the âleave the multi-million dollar company aloneâ meme as itâs possible to get, mainly because from an actual business perspective, this should be pretty embarassing for Fatshark.
If the market is sending a clear and consistent signal as to itâs wants and demands, and you fail to meet that demand multiple times and instead release something the market wasnât strongly demanding, youâre probably missing out on sales and revenue and damaging your productâs value proposition.
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Yeah, itâs actually crazy how rigid some of the people on here are. The name calling and blatant insults over something that honestly isnât even that serious is crazy lol and yet we need to touch grass? As if theyâre not sitting here getting mad and typing whole essays over what some rando on an internet forum as to say. I havenât said anything that bad if you read my replies. But of course instead of addressing any points, they jump straight to insults in an attempt to shut down any reasonable, fair, and honest discussion
There are far better people with far better and structured arguments here that are worth discussion. Even if I disagree with ragnarok, thereâs at least substance there that I can understand and relate to and find something to talk about. If your only complaint about hive scum is that itâs lame and you wanted some other power fantasy, or that you donât find the women hot enough, go pound sand.
Itâs a pure aesthetic argument and if all youâre going to do when youâre called out on it is make yourself the victim then I donât see the point in discussion.
Is that what the post you replied to in this thread says?
I dont think Hive Ganger is lame, Im actually pretty hyped.
FS always delivers when it comes to new classes and their only mistake is always making them OP on release then taking a while to whittle down their power to acceptable levels.
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I realize I forgot to address this but:
Not really? Itâs about presentation. Arbites sold a particular unique fantasy that wasnât just crackhead behavior that already makes up the majority of players who know what theyâre doing.
Itâs not about literal mechanical differences outright, but a lack of those coupled with a lack of a compelling and unique archetype. The Arbites trailers did a good job selling the Judge Dredd cosplay fantasy. Hive ganger did not do a good job selling the crackhead scum fantasy, and it was hurt further by people already DOING crackhead stuff in game coupled with some talent choices virtually identical to base game class picks.
Like a tech adept class could show up and regardless of how interesting the mechanics are, if the trailer is a generic âdo something action hero style with zero dialogueâ approach with a character who looks like any other reject but with an augmentic eye and a single robot arm people are probably gonna dunk on it.
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