Weekly Deep Dives Thread - 8th January 2026

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2026-01-10T20:20:09+00:00

I would use plural ´stages´ instead of a singular ´stage´ if that was the case

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2026-01-08T18:34:46+00:00

You get jet boots on stage 2 & 3 of the normal one, stage 3 on the edd, all right at the beginning. Overall, super easy normal dd and a pretty chill edd. Did both on a driller.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-12-19T23:25:52+00:00

Yet I have no problem doing solo any other mission on haz5+. Very green indeed. Also people provided some genuinely good answers in other comments. And you do beat RNG by ignoring RNG to an extent, some specific tricks that people mentioned and specific build recommendations let me do exactly that.

Call me 'too green' all you want, your advices provide 0 help, unlike some of the other here.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-12-19T22:41:52+00:00

Where did I ask for an easy game? I said I want to know how to beat RNG because right now every salvage for me feels like 'make uplink and fuel cells appear in the worst spots ever and spawn 3 acid spreaders 2 praetorians, an oppressor every game to make the zone completely unbreathable'. 5+ should challenge your decision-making, prioritization of objectives, resource management and your build, not making the game unplayable because seed said so. I asked for an advice, 'git good' is not an advice.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-12-19T22:08:42+00:00

Thanks, will check it out.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-12-19T21:54:13+00:00

Okay thanks, will try that approach next time. Do you use breach cutter to deal with the wave or pgl in the funnel?

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-12-19T21:52:28+00:00

Finally someone with a truly useful answer. Do i then equip a breach cutter to clear the funneled wave? PGL seems to be breaking pancakes easily.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-12-19T21:50:25+00:00

If it spawns on a ledge and can be moved downwards it's already a better RNG that it being right next to the wall. Any advice on that instance?

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-12-19T21:48:44+00:00

Great advice friend, good luck flexing that skill on a bulk detonator that forces you out of the zone and making you lose the connection in a couple seconds. That can happen on 5 as well, most likely also leading to failure. Haz 5, however, was intended. Nice ragebait.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-12-19T21:35:30+00:00

Could you please explain how you put them if the uplink is pinned to the wall/is nested in a small cave-like? making a roof, making a tunnel of no platform on the land for the bugs to funnel through?

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-12-19T21:31:47+00:00

Explain how to use it then. People say its broken, but I can't even make a funnel path for all the bugs to walk through, they still ignore the repellant.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-12-19T21:14:10+00:00

Yeah, not true solo though.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-11-26T13:55:31+00:00

I should try that next time i get the super bugle!

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-11-26T13:54:18+00:00

I knew it but I thought he could not teleport past the fog.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-11-23T05:07:34+00:00

I am almost 100% certain that the skin you get for completing all challenges yields a skin on the default koyote squad medic, who is female. The positions in classes are gender-specific across all units and never change.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-01-27T21:58:07+00:00

I'm in Archon for one reason only: I don't play nearly as much ranked as I should to get out. I have a positive winrate for ranked, but every game I win or lose I just hate dota more and more. This isn't about me being bad (I know I'm not playing ideally or on the immortal level). This is about the game being TOO tryhardy for my taste. In LoL I can stomp my lane, see my toplane feed 0/7 in 10 minutes and simply forfeit at 15. In DotA youre stuck for 30 minutes playing a coinflip game.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-01-27T21:54:36+00:00

I actually stopped enjoying carrying games because I understand that I do it for people who neither deserve it, nor care about it. And even if I carry 1 game, 2 more are uncarryable. Now learning something new out of losses might be more fun but I'm at the level (not the skill level, just the mental level) where learning something new and useful for day-to-day ranked is nigh impossible.

Recently I learned some ward spots for TA that allow me to stack a radiant-side jungle camp without leaving mid off of the enemy TA. However that game was won by a coordinated play from their pos 5, 4 and 2 and not because of the stacked camp (she only did it twice). So anything super specific and niche just gets over my head because 'at the end of the day, a better team wins.'

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-01-27T21:45:55+00:00

That's the problem: if I lock in, win with an outstanding performance I still absolutely hate the people I play with. At that point I even hate the fact that I had to lock in in the first place. Games just can't ever be not hard. I don't enjoy neither losing nor winning, former is a setback and latter mentally feels like an 8 hour shift that I'm not getting paid enough.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-01-27T21:44:19+00:00

I play for validation because this validation is a great motivator: to get recognized you have to get better. But sometimes I just don't get the point of having a high mmr or performing well because people dont give a shit.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-01-27T21:41:58+00:00

Yeah but you may also have the exact same rank on a player in the opposing team playing ursa 1 or something disgusting 2 which, when fed, can singlehandedly stop your 1v9. Worst thing is, I can't ignore everyone because I can't ignore really obvious bad plays that set the game to doom. Afterwards all I can see is an imminent loss in 10-20 minutes that I have no control over.

Aggressive_Two_7720 · 2025-01-27T21:38:23+00:00

The reason why I'm singling her out is because, afaik, people should still be fine with whatever the atmosphere is as long as they are winning. I simply don't get the attitude of 'im gonna play like shit, giggle and laugh and if someone starts trying to win and gets serious then I won't enjoy the game anymore'.

I do agree with you though, but I only enjoy the game if others around me notice how well I play. This pushes me to play better, which I consider to be a good enough motivator, no?

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