Hive Scum is extremely OP and it’s actually depressing having to play with this class if they have anything resembling a brain. Oh you wanna kill something in melee? Too bad the hive scum can zip around faster than you could even begin to dream of, while simultaneously doing more damage with melee …

[image] Durandal94: Blackouts are perfect or they would be if pocket toxin didn’t exist. Do you think that Blackouts are overtuned with pocket toxin? I love Blackouts, and it’s the only Blitz I use on Jado (my Scum). Not having to “fight” three other people to reclaim my blitzes is a godsen…

[image] Jado: Do you think that they are overtuned with pocket toxin? Honestly I don’t know because I don’t use pocket toxin, I just thinks it ruins the purity of the design of them as a defense tool but they aren’t any more overtuned than vets frag grenades I think. I have a intense autisti…

You’re 100% right and there’s no way back. FS has painted themselves into a corner where only a very rigorous re-balancing will save the game. But they won’t do it, because: They are unable to balance anything by themselves and don’t listen to playtesters Even if they would, the backlash at this …

[image] harlekein: This game is done for. I disagree with this take, but I do agree with the rest of your post.

[image] JanZamoysky: This general trend to allow players to blow up majority of enemies in one good hit has to stop. It removes the core combat from equation. Hel even our melee options are powerful enough to invalidate the core combat what with all the oneshots and absurd cleave. I can’t rem…

And Mr.CookEd was promoting boombringer should delete packs of crushers. I will not be surprised if some of youtubers were pushing the idea to remove the exhaustion window from the Rampage and so moving it from being an interesting design to beсome simplistic without any flavour.

Seeing you post this made me curious about what my initial take on boom bringer was this is what found: [image] General Hive Scum Gameplay/Strategy Discussion General Discussion He feels extremely powerfull to me, Rampage! turns you into a monster! Speaking of …

Mister E suggested that Rampage was not good enough an ability to warrant having an exhaustion debuff, comparing to melee psyker w/ Scriers.

[image] weeping.moon: And Mr.CookEd was promoting boombringer should delete packs of crushers. I will not be surprised if some of youtubers were pushing the idea to remove the exhaustion window from the Rampage and so moving it from being an interesting design to be simplistic without any flavo…

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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide General Discussion

Rvl March 4, 2026, 11:04am 52

It’s really funny guys everyone now switched sides on Hive Scum because some people from the forums thought RPG was underpowered before they buffed it XD

Look through that thread and how some people even reposted Tanner’s video where he said RPG is kinda bad…

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