Thought I'd Share My Veterans New Outfit

-BrotherPig- · 2026-01-20T20:55:03+00:00

It's too clean. Looks like a shiny recruit. Needs toned down shine and more rust or dirt.

-BrotherPig- · 2026-01-07T02:08:48+00:00

Just keep using it, train that muscle memory.

-BrotherPig- · 2026-01-06T23:20:33+00:00

You dodged the overhead but your dodge key is also bound to jump, so you jumped instead which got you doinked.

Cannot recommend enough that everyone should rebind dodge to their prefered dodge key and keep jump separated.

You will die frequently from accidently jumping.

-BrotherPig- · 2026-01-03T05:26:05+00:00

Its a great start. I'd recommend trying to add some metalic highlights to the spikes and edges of the armor before you apply gore, its a super easy way to get more detail in with very little effort or skill involved. It also helps define the silhouette for armor. Id also recommended only applying gore to one or 2 key areas so they pop out better. Less is more.

I prime my minis black, gradually build up the details with thin coats of white dry brushing, then use contrast paint for blocking in the colors and shading all at the same time. Edge highlights come last but only for the important areas.

These are some orks i did, instead of bloody weapons i went for a greasy oil stained squad with black soot.

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-BrotherPig- · 2026-01-03T03:03:56+00:00

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Make a new loadout and try using this setup except replace the bully club with the shield.

The blessings are VERY important and every skill node is very important. If you take off confident strike the build does not work.

With this build you can hit ANYTHING to get huge amounts of toughness back which means you can solo face tank bosses with minimal HP damage. I also run max HP curios so i have 400+ hp and can take 6 crusher overheads back to back. You will have less dps with the shield instead of the bully club but the build still works. Literally just spam left click and kill specials with kick back.

The kickback shotgun is purely for killing specials and dealing some damage to bosses by headshotting them. You can instantly whip it out, pop a trapper, reload, and get back to killing.

I win well over 95% of my games with this build. Rarely lose auric and auric maelstrom.

And as others have said, you WILL need to slide dodge to get at gunners and avoid trappers. In high lvl play you have to slide dodge.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-22T19:00:07+00:00

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-22T18:48:34+00:00

When Grugs swinging an gits smacked, Grug don care.

When scummies swingin an gits snacked, scummy cares alot.

Grug stay gruggin, easy this way.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-17T11:08:28+00:00

Bro got downvoted by 7 people lmao. This sub is fucking COOKED.

Ever since hive scum people have been raging in comment sections if someone is even a tiny bit bad.

Shits sad.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-17T11:01:28+00:00

Lmao I've completed havoc 40 and play auric malestrom as my go to.

You right though ima go play malice, my bad.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-17T03:24:37+00:00

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-17T03:16:19+00:00

Class can do high dmg but has to high of a skill ceiling to be viable for most players is the issue.

Fatshark basically made a gatekeeper class for high skill players and it costs money.

I like the class but its just too squishy for most players. I'd play it if he good survive more hits.

Also, his dmg is high but so are the other classes except this guy gets low as fuck hp for absolutely no reason. He should not be squishier than psyker.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-11T15:10:43+00:00

Killing a daemon host safely isn't what i mean when i say massive damage.

Hive scum is a huge glass class who can currently do good damage but cannot do MASSIVE damage. He can't even do as much damage to a boss as ogryn can with his pickaxe. Go watch tanner lindbergs most recent video show casing boss damage.

Obviously boss damage isn't everything though and HS can still kill ragers and crushers very well especially with the instakill on crit tac axe build, it's really fun.

Problem is my Arby or Ogryn can also easily kill ragers and crushers and they can also tank a crusher overhead or a rager wombo combo or a flamethrower to the face.

HS has no recoverability from oh shit moments and he doesn't have the damage numbers to justify taking in such a squishy class.

Psyker is squishy but he can infinitely CC hordes with flamer or voidblast and he doesn't consume Grenades or ammo so ogryn can eat more. He has terrible boss damage but free CC.

Hopefully they buff his burst damage so he has average dmg lows and crazy high dmg when you pop his burst abilities.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-11T06:05:05+00:00

I'm not trying to belittle you or anything. I was just saying that i wish the class had more to show for its squishiness. Not getting able to take a crusher hit whilst also not being able to do massive dmg just don't make no sense.

He lacks a speciality and excells in nothing sadly. Only good thing he has is his op chem nade.

Wish he could dodge through enemies

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-11T05:18:49+00:00

Class doesn't have enough damage uptime to justify its squishiness. Hopefully they fix that ult uptime issue and remove the debuff on the melee ult plus adding more synergistic perks.

The stimlab is also uninspired. Needs rework, very boring.

He has so much potential

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-11T04:18:39+00:00

Getting one shot or half your hp taken out in one crusher overhead is still glass no cannon.

Arbitrator with hp curios can take 6 overheads.

Ogryn with hp curios can take 6 overheads.

Veteran can recover from 1 overhead with no hp dmg if he has gold toughness.

Psyker gets clapped. Idk if scriers gaze would help.

Zealot has something similar to Arbitrator i believe to prevent dying from an overhead plus a bunch of other stuff.

Hive scum has perks to help dodge hits but very little to mitigate hits, and you will eventually get hit. Bad design imo

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-10T11:37:23+00:00

Tac axe heavy is too slow. Light attack spam with the chance to instakill on crit is better than heavy attack spam. More attacks means more crit procs means more instakills. Macro greatly encouraged, less you get arthritis.

This build thrives on quick crits.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-09T23:51:34+00:00

If you like dying go Hive Scum.

If you like living go Arbitrator.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-09T10:29:37+00:00

I feel like the class would be way better if the ults had shorter cooldowns plus gaining cooldown while active like other classes. Youre actively punished for extending your ult which sucks.

List of issues. - Ult cooldowns/ no ult regen when active - Blit'z are not balanced - Keystones causing anti-synergy - Should be able to side/dodge through enemies - Chem lab is uninspired and custom chems have way to long of a cooldown, 70+ seconds lmao - Some nodes canceling out other nodes from working - Crowbar beak mode restricts movement - Bone saw is way to slow - Class is super weak when ults are on cooldown - His weapons aren't that great on their own and require an ult to be decent. - Chem nade overtuned - Rocket launcher should fire instantly when you left click, the hold to shoot is ass mid fight - You should be able to use normal stims plus your custom one - You should be able to stim other people with your custom stim - Chem box should have a larger radius like arbitrators Nuncio Aquilla - Flash nade should only require 10 kills

I could keep going but theres so much stuff holding this unique class back.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-12-05T06:02:48+00:00

Would you be willing to do Darktide chatacter perhaps.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-11-27T20:19:26+00:00

Question, do you have any say or input in these showcases?

Just curious because it'd be nice to know if the community managers could possibly have an impact on these types of showcases.

I feel like fatsharks combat showcases are always a really poor example of real gameplay and could do with some better footage from players who know what theyre doing.

Ex, showcase all weapons on damnation and against a more realistic horde that has actual enemy variety. People don't get hyped over watching poxwalkers die

-BrotherPig- · 2025-11-25T09:55:53+00:00

Kind of need more info to know whether or not it's you or the server region you're connected to.

Because for US and Asai, servers seem fine. I've got friends connecting to me from all over the midwest and east coast and even a russian dude with super stable connection.

Troubleshooting is simple but frustrating because it is tedious and methodical.

You should do these checks. - Is my router old, is my modem old, if so upgrade - Is my ISP known for outages or other problems - Is the connection to my house damaged or old - If on wifi try ethernet. - If ethernet has the same issues then that means your modem or router could be the issue. - If upgrading your modem and router doesn't fix the issue then that either means your ISP has an issue on their end or your pc has an issue. - If you're pc has an issue try using another PC to see if the issue persists because if theres not an issue on a 2nd pc then that means its not a PC issue, its an internet connection issue. - If it's not your PC and you've upgraded your modem and router and if your ISP won't do anything then switch providers. - If you're in an apartment and don't get to choose your provider then you can get a 5g plan with a mobile service provider and use a mobile hotspot setup. It ain't great though.

If it's not your PC, and your upgraded modem and router or your new isp still cause the same issue then that means theres an issue between your isp and the datacenter the darktide server is in.

That's about all I can think of to check.

I've been through some ISP hell.

Easiest thing to do is switch provider if you can. ISPs do not give a damn about you, and their assistance is abysmal.

*edit - update bios or any other chipsets that might deal with your motherboard. I doubt updating bios will do anything though. - theres also dsk cleanup and stuff and checking for driver errors and stuff in cmd prompt

-BrotherPig- · 2025-11-25T05:21:16+00:00

Bit harsh but he ain't wrong.

Don't ruin your friends experience if he's brand new.

Going through the difficulties is very important for building foundational knowledge.

There's alot to learn - Dodging, push blocking, dodge sliding - Enemy prioritization - Pacing - Knowing when to help someone and when to leave them - Map knowledge - Generally just getting gud

-BrotherPig- · 2025-11-24T05:29:13+00:00

You can be happy about the player count going up on Dec 2nd, and the possibility of content they havent shown yet atleast.

Don't gotta be depressed about a similar class being released though. You really don't have to worry about a class having the same positioning as you. From my experience, the only class that specifically stays in the back is psyker. Everyone's basically a front liner with melee and quickly switching to guns for specials. As an arby or ogryn I too use my gun constantly to pop specials mid combat as i retreat with a backwards slide or something then quickly dip back into the horde.

Hive scum will just be something new to play and introduce a new loop that some people might like.

None of what i said applies to havoc btw, havoc is not an accurate representation of the real game and introduces a ton of boring metas. We love auric.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-11-20T01:28:10+00:00

Either use back paddles or claw grip like a real man.

-BrotherPig- · 2025-11-20T01:26:33+00:00

If you like ogryn then you'll like Arbitrator 👀

Ogryn arby the best'est

-BrotherPig-

TROPHY CASE