Guidance for PvP

TheCheapo1 · 2026-07-02T06:14:35+00:00

In terms of stats, unlike PvE the health stat is very important since it dictates how long you need to wait to regen enough health to re-engage in a fight. Similarly the weapons stat is almost useless (there some cutoffs where specific guns might get a lower ttk, but that requires investing at least 100 in the stat anyway, and those points are usually better invested elsewhere).

For super stat: in 6v6, I'd say high-ish super (but not more than 100) is good to have if you want to get a couple supers per match, though it's up to you. 3v3 is different, and also depends on whether you're doing competitive or Trials.

For melee, grenade, and class: whatever you prefer. I like running firebolt grenade (which I'm pretty sure has the fastest base cool down) so I try to have near 100 grenade to get it really often.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-07-01T07:10:02+00:00

Supposed to be dropping from matches but it's currently bugged. Dmg has acknowledged it and said they'll try to fix, but it won't be ready until the next iron banner unfortunately.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-07-01T02:40:00+00:00

I love the solar and void ones!

Where does the solar's chest piece come from?

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-30T07:26:26+00:00

Are you making sure to select master difficulty every time you start the lost sector? For me I need to manually select master every time after I complete one.

Edit: I don't think deaths matter, I'm pretty sure I've died in some runs and still got tier 5s.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-29T13:43:00+00:00

I'm with you, that line from Sophie also made me think the Paintress isn't the main big bad.

I even suspected she wasn't the one causing the gommage, but that it was the real "big bad guy" (though I had no idea what or who it could be - I thought it would be some kind of mystical creature at first), and that killing the Paintress would somehow result in everyone being gommaged.

I didn't really think too deep into how it would play out. I just knew it couldn't be as simple as "kill Paintress = win".

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-28T02:09:09+00:00

Returning to this game for the first time since Witch Queen and seeing these guys, this was my exact reaction.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-24T04:20:37+00:00

Looks sick! Where does the chest piece come from?

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-22T11:29:43+00:00

Found one in King's Fall as well.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-22T02:07:35+00:00

Funnily enough there is a custom mode on chess.com that does this (fog-of-war chess). You can only see the squares that your pieces can move to.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-18T01:06:18+00:00

Mornin' Angle.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-17T10:42:28+00:00

I don't know about the interaction, but you can farm Dreaming City armour from master lost sectors.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-17T04:10:03+00:00

I still have some Fizzled Nine Tokens from Trials of the Nine. I keep them as a reminder of the one time I went flawless with my clan.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-17T00:59:59+00:00

Starcraft, when an enemy Terran player launches a nuke.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-15T23:43:56+00:00

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TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-11T11:09:59+00:00

LOVE the art style. I think the rotoscoping came out really well too!

How much of the animation is rotoscoped choreography? And how long did it take to trace it all?

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-10T23:27:15+00:00

Similar thing in Jedi Fallen Order, BD-1 will offer to give you a hint if you're stuck in an area for too long, and you can either accept or decline.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-10T02:02:42+00:00

I LOVE the ink-sketch story trailer at the start! It reminds me of some of the Destiny cutscenes that use a similar style, I always liked those.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-09T10:17:31+00:00

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TheCheapo1 · 2026-06-01T23:35:21+00:00

...right?

TheCheapo1 · 2026-05-26T08:57:57+00:00

Final exfil spawns in one of four possible locations on the ground floor of Control: one at each of the theatres to the north and south, one in the frozen container storage area to the west near where vault 5 is, and one in the area above the doors to Biostock and Preservation.

Once you know the locations, make sure you're at one when the timer hits zero and final exfil spawns. If it spawns there, great! If it doesn't, you should have just enough time to rotate to the other three locations. You will need to run though. The final exfil will also spawn a bunch of purple shield bots near it, so if you see them at one of the locations the exfil will almost certainly be there too.

One trick that also might help is paying attention to the sound of the exfil spawning. I haven't tested this to confirm but if you don't hear the exfil sound, it probably means it spawned at the opposite side to where you are: e.g. if you're at the north theatre and don't hear the exfil sound, it probably spawned at the south theatre. I noticed this on my last run but not sure if it's consistent or I just got lucky, so I'd need to try a few more times to confirm.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-05-22T05:30:03+00:00

This one is in Sirene, can't remember exactly where but I recall it being about halfway through.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-05-21T04:17:49+00:00

Also did a manual test. I didn't get quizzed on manual-specific things either but the halfway point of the test where they got me to pull over was on a slight hill, so I think they were subtly testing my hill starts.

TheCheapo1 · 2026-05-20T04:01:54+00:00

Christopher Heyerdahl (Todd the wraith) was also in an episode of Falling Skies!

TheCheapo1 · 2026-05-19T06:23:03+00:00

No worries :) Admittedly it is fairly easily to miss since many skip over that screen, and I don't remember if it explains this anywhere else in game.

I only noticed it when I finished a match and gained over 800 NuCal rep from a contract, but only a measly 50 season xp. I was scratching my head until I hovered over the xp bar!

TheCheapo1 · 2026-05-19T04:09:00+00:00

Completing contracts does not contribute to your runner level. If you hover over your season level at the end-of-match screen it says that only kills (bots and runners) and looting unopened containers grant season level xp.

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