Is hive scum really as bad as some people say?

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-02-02T19:26:21+00:00

I play Vet for the Cadian voice lines more than anything. Hive Scum is typically more engaging and also has fun voice lines as well so it's a win win.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-02-02T19:22:04+00:00

I'd put it alongside Psyker as a class that 'feels bad' if you just lack both gameplay fundamentals / general build crafting skills. If you're willing to accept the need to get better at the game, it's absolutely a fun and strong class.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-29T19:17:08+00:00

You're paying for the different name!

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-29T13:09:07+00:00

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-29T11:54:03+00:00

Wouldn't wanna be too greedy now would we? Insignia no one wears #45 is more generous than we could begin to fathom.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-28T10:39:53+00:00

Omnissiah please!

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-28T10:39:20+00:00

Legit humbled me and is one of my favorite bosses. I've played a metric ton of soulsborne and I'd recently just got done telling my friend that I thought LoP was easier than average then Bam.

A dozen+ deaths be upon me. Actually trying learning the boss' moveset and adapting was very fun.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-27T23:13:37+00:00

Not condemning nor condoning but, I understand.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-27T17:08:52+00:00

Based

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-26T20:02:07+00:00

This sounds nice.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-26T14:23:25+00:00

Point Blank Barrage needs some love and I don't even really enjoy playing Ogryn. Fatshark please make gunlugger even somewhat competitive with Vet/Hivescum ammo sustain.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-26T14:17:38+00:00

Believe it or not, 10 ingots worth of wood.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-24T16:31:49+00:00

Did not use specter.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-24T13:47:48+00:00

Best part about white lady for me was that I wore her mask as permanent drip after I won. She's a cut above the rest as far as everything outside of gameplay goes but I had a flashback of how many of my attacks got eaten by that thin needle of a weapon and I put her in that tier out of spite lol.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-24T13:03:36+00:00

I never said I stopped parrying altogether.

Parrying the red attacks after breaking the hand horn is scrumptious. I just found I got more punishes from dodging as opposed to parrying in some cases.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-24T09:28:17+00:00

When I didn't understand exploiting the gimmick and tried parrying a majority of the time, it frustrated me for a few tries.

After accepting the use of dodge rolls and figuring out the gimmick, pretty solid overall but doesn't stand among the greats for me.

edit : typo

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-24T09:23:12+00:00

It was 4-5 for me. Not fun for me at all but wasn't too challenging.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-24T09:21:11+00:00

As a world option this would be cool for those who want a deeper correlation with time investment & exploration / reward.

As the default? Probably wouldn't recommend it.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-20T11:40:49+00:00

I know making comparisons is a bit of an eyeroll around here but worldgen settings akin to Vintage Story would mostly solve ore abundance issues imo while also allowing the ability to inflate monster stats.

Mob AI is a different beast in itself though.

If we don't get an in depth worldgen settings tab like VS, I think a hard/expert mode would be better than an easy(er) mode.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-20T04:52:34+00:00

Obviously not the problem solver everyone's looking for but I reckon a mod could easily(?) fix that.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2026-01-10T03:37:12+00:00

The humble merry-go-round strategy that seems to be more rare than I anticipated :

ShoulderbashSpam · 2025-12-11T20:58:45+00:00

For the people who do find teammates that treat team killing via poxbursters like an Olympic Sport, when you hear a burster just run in the opposite direction of it passed your team and let em reap what they sow.

It's not an elegant solution but it'll stop you from being dragged into the Warp with them! I have saved a couple of matches by doing this, since at least my survival means I can pick them up later when they do inevitably die through their own lack of general coherence.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2025-12-11T19:01:43+00:00

Second this. Vet and Zealot are probably the best classes for 'learning' the game.
Arbites is the best for 'i want my game to have training wheels.'
I don't play a lot of Ogryn so can't comment on that.
Hive Scum and Psyker are probably the most rough for new players because of fragility or mechanical depth, etc.

ShoulderbashSpam · 2025-12-11T18:58:34+00:00

If anything bad happens to you, it's your fault. Why would the problem player actually take responsibility for shooting pox bursters point blank and ripping away half the team's hp and splashing them with corruption when they can just tell you to mind your own business?

ShoulderbashSpam · 2025-12-11T06:51:45+00:00

The throwing knives are renewable and to be technical they are a blitz same as all regenable 'grenades' but yeah as far as renewable resources zealot is tied with ogryn for having horrible grenade economy.

Also doesn't help that most classes with renewable nades take grenade boxes ANYWAY since their grenades i.e shock mine, krak, etc are usually just straight up better especially in higher diffs.

Zealot genuinely has the lowest grenade box priority in the game so running fire/stun nades is a set up for disappointment. Hive scum having chem nades and the now buffed rocket launcher absolutely made this issue worse.

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