hi guys, I am fighting for the emperor since may this year, so someone may consider me as a rookie. Now I am playing mainly damnation, did some auric missions (36 or so), tried havoc a bit. I observed that in most of the times all members are running like hell towards, just as if every mission was …

Some teams can move “too fast” though you’ll find different definitions of that from different users here. [image] PsykerFTW: wouldn’t it be more reasonable to do everything in a more thoughtful way? Clear the area, stop, wait for behind horde, clear, advance, repeat. But this isn’t a thing.…

To note, Havoc actually has timed hordes and anti-backtracking measures to discourage people from using safe but slow and boring strategies, hunkering down forever, kiting stuff by going backwards, etc. It’s not the case in Aurics (*woops my bad, this does apply to hi-ints and maelstrom since the …

[image] aroth68: It’s not the case in Aurics It actually is now. [image] Bound by Duty - Free Update Out Now Auric Maelstrom and Auric HI-INS will now have timer based hordes **Dev note: **This change was made in an effort to allow these two modes to further act as stepping stones to hi…

I’m not advocating for lollygagging but if there’s disablers behind us I’m killing them and if a large horde spawns I’m killing that too what I won’t do is drag my feet around airlocks/elevators.

[image] PsykerFTW: Clear the area, stop, wait for behind horde, clear, advance, repeat. I have seen some many times that the pace of moving forward led to serious problems. Of course it applies only to high difficulty missions. There is no clear the area then stop and wait in Auric (or Damnat…

[image] PsykerFTW: when you lower your tempo then something will happen in fact something does happen in the form of the director sending dogs and trappers to get you, as well as a war of attrition against useless hordes that only drain your resources. likewise, by the time people chose to p…

the reason for teams speedrunning is that the faster you move through the map, the less opportunities the game has to throw enemies at you. it works when the team moves together. having a thin line of players where some run ahead and some backtrack is a recipe for disaster.

[image] PsykerFTW: As if there was a case that when you lower your tempo then something will happen and you would be looged off from the game. That actually happens if you take too long.

I find there’s a sweet spot in terms of pacing. Not so fast as a speed run, and knowing when to disengage. There’s room for self-indulgence to hold a sweet choke for a spell or clear a wave of specials if you also know how to hustle and re-group. It’s jarring to play with people who clear everythin…

[image] Frish: So bearing that in mind, I’d suss out the team from the start and stick with a player who isn’t speedrunning (or is, the least). Then you are always with someone for the sake of disablers n’ things, and can learn some of the preferred map routing from the vets. When I was learn…

The pace of doing missions

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@FatsharkJulia

Can you clarify timed hordes in Auric, as seen above?

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The pace of doing missions

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