On the release of the overhaul I used smite and the peril gen was RAPID (I stunned a group of 6 enemies or so for like 5 seconds and nearly blew up) although that could’ve been the server at the time because it wasn’t performing correctly either.
Cause it’s quite strong, doesn’t really depend on skill, and it’s very visible, something that is Op but not flashy won’t get as many complaints
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Why would I waste a point on the Empowered Psionics when I can put it into LITERALLY anything else? I’ll stick to Assail, my Purgatus and a Force Sword, thanks! A weapon for “THESE TEAMMATES ARE USELESS!”, “haha, horde delete” and finally “Big enemy? no”. It’s very well rounded and fun, Empowered Psionics just doesn’t compliment it.
ppl who complain about it on lower difficulties just need to get good and play Damnation. Anything below that is for when you’re drunk. Enemies are supposed to get shredded by Level 30s on anything below Heresy.
well it ruins damnation to , and thats an interesting take doesnt make a lot of sense to me dont see the logic in destroying the game for teh vast majority of your playerbase for as far as i can tell no reason. but ok
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the vast majority of players before the XBOX release were Level 30 Auric Operatives. I’ve only seen an influx of noobs now because a lot of PC players left and only just came back or got it on game pass. Besides, your take is irrelevant unless a LOT of Level 30s are just casually playing Sedition or Uprising, which just sounds BORING as all hell. My Level 30 characters can all solo Malice with no effort.
couple of years ago on the vermintide facebook page they put a post up saying how the different difficulties were used. bear in mind htis is 3 years after launch. where im sure you would expect the vast mojority to have migrated up the difficulties.
Cataclysm 8%
Legend 27%
champ 19%
vet 22%
redcruit 21%
this forum is not close to representative of the actual player base if darktide goes the same 2 years from now 60% ish will still be playing in heresy or lower.
that is what your average gamer looks like. its not us 
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Smite now is bugged, so will not say anything on its power, but my fps does drop to digit long, so I want something done with it.
It’s actually funny how these Psykers force me to put all of my effort to kill the horde before Psyker notices them, if I will not do it, I will be forced to walk backwards(to not see the horde) for a while
Also, thanks to everyone for the answers and some discussions here, I get it now
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I’ve come to understand that many people here care deeply about score and statistics. And they are infuriated when they get a low score because another player steals their kills with a weapon/talent considered to be strong yet does not require much talent to use.
This is such a bad take, it’s insane
And at the same time, not surprising
This is where people go when they spent the better part of last year telling each others all Psykers were good at was being Surge Staff stunbots or Purgatus “i’m clearing hordes”
As a Psyker main, the only reason we weren’t top tier was because Fatshark refused to touch insane sh!t like Pinning Fire Bolter for so long, probably out fear for more hysterical backlash from the Power Sword crowd
But that also involved doing more than spamming both mediocre said staffs, and most of this game’s playerbase isn’t good enough for that
I mean, currently the only reason you guys think Psyker is “finally good” is because you can exploit a myriad of beneficial bugs like infinite Smite
Lobbies are literally full of you
I can’t wait for Fatshark to fix all of it so we can go back to normal, it has already gone on for way too long
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And we could still use the equally broken auto pistol with very close to as good damage output as Vet while still having a ranged answer to crushers 
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Then your comments about how smite currently bad is irrelevant, cause you don’t know what are you talking about.
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well sadly you are probably right , but some people wanting the right thing for the wrong reason doesnt mean there isnt also a right reason to want the right thing.
assail negatively affects game balance. thats why it needs to be changed
i thinkn Assail is fine too! .
BUT SO IS BIO LIGHTNING!
They split up Surge Staff so to speak. To get the same before the Patch being CC and Flak Dmg you need to skill it now for CC effect. Surge Staff is still sweet Flak dmg and only tends to spring to 2 Enemies at the same time unlike before
Since you dont Play Psyker you cant know. Bio Lightning doesnt do any major DMG. THe Damage is super duper low and for making it really viable becasue your Peril (Heat Mechanic) is generated at an extreme level even for light attack, you can go only one side of the Tree for the most part. With that you loose out a LOT OF DAMAGE!
Dmg is not all and i enjoy Biolightning extremely. When enemies that get cut up by your Team explode by the dozen because they have 1HP left and under your Biolighting, its just a Wonderous sight and im immersed in 40k Universe 
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People always like to complain.
For some various reasons there are 2 most popular complaints: “vet is too weak” ( yeah… right) and “and Assail is too much!” (a bit, maybe, but will be turned into wet noodle most likely) , while there are plenty of over underwhelming and overturned things.
Though there are Crafting and Item acquisition is first and foremost thing to be complained 24/7 about.
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Can’t say somethings not busted when folks are regularly doing between 700k to 1mil dmg with it. Closest any other class can get to this is zealots doing 600k to 800k, and vets and ogryns doing 500k to 700k.
It was more like “I’m clearing the horde, the shooters, the elites… Was it a boss? Naah… I clear that too!”
Uh, just because you can’t doesn’t mean that isn’t what I’ve been doing the past couple days. I pretty much only play with randoms. Every time I get a comment like this I spam my way through another high shock game and have a giggle when Assail kills a special or elite I didn’t even see through the horde.
In the time you have killed that group of heretics with some mixed in elite enemy, I have killed it two times over with my Voidstrike Staff or my Zealot Claw Sword crits.
Git gud. Skill issue. etc. pp.
lol imagine relying on Assail. Scroooooooooooooooooob.
Too easy to play, rest of the team doesn’t get to play when you have one. Voidstrike and ogryn bleed are also problem points.
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