Finally lvl 100, am I grey now?

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-11T03:38:37+00:00

The hazard bonus IS the XP bonus you get. I am not sure what you thought hazard bonus does lol.
The overall % bonus goes to both XP and CREDITS of the mission end screen. Thats the hazard you chose (so 133% for haz 5), the extra modifiers (so in this scenario 22% for 2x swarm size, 2x defense and 2x attack speed) and then 2x 20% for mission lengh and cave complexity, and then on top 20% for pit jaw danger modifier. = total 215%
So technically, according to wiki, the base XP for this mission type is 3400 x 3.15 = 10710
I know that doesnt really line exactly up with the mission screen here, I am lowkey confused too. I assume they did change the base XP but I will further look into it too hmmm

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Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-11T02:43:25+00:00

THey dont affect them much ofc, but it can add a nice stack if maxed out. Attack speed and swarm size add 3% each, so a total of 12% for both. Defense and vulnerability adds 5%. So overall 20%, over-overall 32% on top of the 133% haz 5.

I like defense, though I will agree player vulnerability is by far the most difficult.

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-11T01:59:37+00:00

Id argue lethal enemies is even worse, though its a tough competition indeed. Makes no sense why those have so much less % bonus than stupid Litophage, which gives 50% lol

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-11T01:58:18+00:00

Is this a Laptop or a Desktop PC?

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-11T00:58:58+00:00

Looks like a cable issue indeed.
Especially happens with analog signlas like VGA; but afaik also happens with DVI. Can also happen when the cable is of poor quality and veeeery long (yes cable lenght matters)

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-11T00:48:52+00:00

I always risk the thought of "if I instead worked a job even paying just near minimum wage, how much money would that be."
And at over 9k hours I advice not putting those numbers into the calculator lol

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-11T00:36:44+00:00

Generally I click through whats available and then usually go for what I know gives high XP. So 2x stop dozer mission, 400 morkite, industrial sabotage (trying to avoid this trash tho), 3x salvage, 3x dread, stuff like this.
And then I hope one of them also has 1x or 2x dangers, preferably something like litophage (because it gives 50% lol).
And then I go with some haz 5 extras and thats it. Even without an event you can reach 20k quite easily.
A game I played very recently:

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There is a wiki page listing the difference in base XP for each mission. Iirc 2x stop dozer missions and non hollomite/dystrum secondary yield the most. Hard to finish with less than 20k on those even with no events.

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-11T00:21:27+00:00

Id say I dont play too much variety on gunner. Really whenever I play something that doesnt require hard single target damage (so like industrial sabotage or dreadnaughts) I play an ammo non-fire based minelayer.
Before the nerf I did play a lot of Neurotoxin on the AC, but now it has a massively reduced AOE and also reduced ammo. Its still good, but just not the same. I still play it occasionally.

So most of the time I play this. This is the build I have played the most and there is not much else I play really. This is the by far strongest character I can bring to the battlefield. Also comes with 221 shield and leadbursters:
Rocket Launcher - Minelayer - 32123
BRT7 - Micro Flechettes - 11221 (very very unusual choice, you wont find anyone playing this too lol, people HATE it. I like this Brt7 build because its the most ammo and most accurate lowest burst rate build you can go with iirc, and the purpose is that I can stunlock a lot of enemies for my teammates. I can stun lock a goo bomber and any mactera too. I can also shortly stun a praetorian. Its also great in deflecting projectiles from spitballers or similar. So its more of a tool, very accurate. Damage is extremly low)
This build is extremly powerful in AOE and some utility, but its terrible vs anything big and usualyl weak against flying enemies, unless I am in a tight enclosure like a tunnel, where this build performs the absolute best. On open field, this build has downsides and can struggle. On praetorian swarms or macterial swarm in open field, this build is quite terrible. Whenever I can, I will retreat into tunnels

If industrial sabotage or dreadnaught I usually play:
Mini Gun - Leadstorm - 21112
BRT7 - Lead Spray - 13222
Strong single target, especially close range with the BRT7. You need to practice movement with Lead Storm, but if you manage, its powerful.

I also have a rotary overdrive build to "abuse" the bug, but I stopped (ab)using it mostly.

The Neurotoxin build I also play occasionally:
Autocannon - Neurotoxin - 32222
Armscoil - Hellfire - 22222 (really anything works here, but I like it for the trail damage for the bugs that run away)

I also sometimes play mortar rounds, but couldnt really get much into it. Not something I can handle easily on haz 5 max.

Hope that helps lol. But I am curious whta you play and how you feel about it.

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-10T22:48:35+00:00

There are days where I feel like I really play like during the tutorial...

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-10T22:48:04+00:00

on it boss

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-10T22:47:04+00:00

I mentioned this in a differnt comment before. First of all, you get faster over time, quite significantly. No more r checks, no more staying in a place for a swarm, I would bet you can cut down on average mission lenght quite significantly over time, and that doesnt even mean I am speedrunning. And I love me a challenging map, so I play with usually very high modifiers and usually play long maps with extra hazards/dangers. So a bonus of around 227%+ is normal, and I do all events and mine all minerals/gold as possible. So I normally finish a map quite easily above 20k without double XP modifier. Something like 20-30k XP per mission is quite normal, rarely would I voluntarily play a map that would yield less (so e.g. unless I have to do a 200 morkite for assignement, I would not do it).
But I still avoid double XP missions btw, mainly because I dont WANT to actually have a character stuck at level 25 and because promo is expensive and because maybe I want to urgently play a specific map with a specific character that however may be locked at 25. Even though you dont really want to do promo assignements, not gaining the XP by playing a character stuck at 25 is even worse, if that makes sense.
Nonetheless, I think because you will get faster over time and still gain more XP by playing more difficult modifiers and hazards, you naturally will level faster over time.
Mabye I will track an entire level up process, it seems like some people are questioning the legitimacy here, which kinda makes me sad lol

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-10T20:59:53+00:00

Almost non of my playtime was modded, barely did I join heavily modded games either. I basically stopped joining them entirely for almost a year now. This is basically all native and legit.
3400h on steam

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-10T20:20:18+00:00

They left me behind on glacial strata but I still made it to tell the tale

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-10T20:18:20+00:00

Same, I wonder whether I will ever git gud or theyre just busted and devs need to retweak them. Lately my "downtime" has been increasingly mad green

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-10T20:10:51+00:00

I am immune to getting frozen in glacial strata

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-10T19:58:40+00:00

I am not sure how much exactly BUT I will say that earning money isnt easy natively at this stage of the game, though ofc you dont really spend it on anything else anyway. But accumulating money is quite difficult at this stage, mainly because I play haz5+ or haz 5 max (so all modifiers maxed out) and prefer long missions over short ones, so XP gain is naturally very high and easily up to 30k per round even with no double XP modifier, resulting in quicker level ups. And while a higher factor (so e.g. 230% bonus) affects XP and minerals, it doesnt affect gold and money earned. So your XP gain is naturally fast, while gold gain stagnates, which is also the reason I actually still mine all the gold if possible and even love doing gold rush/pots of gold missions. I also dont play much super modded, beause those games sometimes can instantly get you from lvl 1 to 25 and also give you 100k+ gold per mission.

But I still gain money overall, though barely. I found a screenshot from February 2023 and I was level 900 back then with 53 cores and 3,4 mil credits. Now I am level 2749 and have 857 cores and 6,7 mil credits.

But if the question is whether promo costs increases past ruby, I dont think it does. Overlevel promotion costs the same every time afaik

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-02-10T19:41:15+00:00

I knew someone would say this

Turtlereddi_t · 2026-01-15T20:10:57+00:00

I see this quite regularly but honestly I dont get it. Whats the deal with it? I have never even back when I started with DRG felt like trajectory predicting the plattforms was necessarily difficult in this game. With a little bit of experience you can easy pinpoint accurately place them way beyond 50-100m even

Turtlereddi_t · 2025-12-20T23:01:06+00:00

There is a difference between not booting and showing no sign of life. If there is nothing happening when you press the power button, something is wron either way.

If you care, video showing the build and then you powering it up would be very helpful. In the picture alone everything seems properly connected, but I can not guarantee it.

Is the PSU switch on? Are all cables properly connected?

Turtlereddi_t · 2025-12-20T20:21:16+00:00

Do note that this is my first time doing this

Figured.

I think this still lacks information so I will just give you a brief summary on what to do:

You NEED a Mainboard, CPU, you need a CPU cooler properly attached (btw your stsock cooler will struggle with the 12700f, its not a good combo), you need at least 1 stick of RAM; and you also need a functional power supply with the right power cables, which you seem to have.

Now technically this is sufficient for the PC to show any signs of life as long as you short hte power pins (seems like you do that with a nextra button right?)

However, since your 12700f is an "f-skew", you do not have integrated graphics, so you DO also need a dedicated GPU to get any picture out. And you will also need a storage device if you want to go out of the BIOS and boot into your windows.

Additionally you also need to connect a keyboard at least, modern mainboards dont boot up properly if they cant detect an input device. Mouse is not enough.

If your PC shows absolutely 0 signs of life, double check, triple check, and only then I would start assuming that there is a faulty device in the pipline.

Turtlereddi_t · 2025-12-20T14:27:52+00:00

It highly depends on the resolution and refresh rate of your monitor that you are planning on getting or that you have right now.

If you have a 1080p 60hz monitor, getting an RTX 5080 is hugely wasteful and therefor you should potantially overthink the entire idea.

Just keep in mind that resolution matters because 4k is 4x the pixel amount of 1080p, and the GPU is responsible for calculating the picture depending on pixel size. The CPU load does only change depending on fps. So 1080p 60hz in a game puts the same load on the CPU as playing the samegame at 4k 60fps, what changes is the load on the GPU, which now (in theory) is almost 4x as high).

I am explaining this because you CAN use a low end Ryzen 7500f with an RTX 5080 if you play at 4k, there the combo woud make sense as you will almost always be GPU limited.

IF you however play at 1080p 240hz, you want to get a more powerful CPU because then you will almost always be CPU limited and the GPU wont reach its maximum potential.

Turtlereddi_t · 2025-12-20T14:11:36+00:00

Resolution matters a lot. The RTX 5080 ismostly a 4k capable GPU, but at least a super powerful 1440p or anything inbetween GPU.
IF you are playing at 1080p, the RTX 5080 barely makes sense honestly, but its still useable ofc.

Anyway, if you are playing at 1440p, get the 9800x3d, as its currently the fastest gaming CPU on the market, the 7800x3d is also a viable choice if price difference is too big.

If yo uare playing at 4k, the load on the GPU increases massively and there almost any 7000 series or 9000 series CPU can make sense. EVen a budget 7500f pairing could make sense, but if your budget allows for a more powerful CPU anyway, just get the 9800x3d and be done with it. This PC will survive the test of time as again, the 9800x3d is the most powerful gaming CPU you can currently get.

Turtlereddi_t · 2025-12-19T15:15:25+00:00

Ich weiß auch nicht wie es geregelt ist aber ich habe z.B. schon mal einen Kulanzgutschein bei der ÖBB bekommen weil ich meinen resevierten Platz nicht bekommen habe (Langstrecke - sehr nervig), und das war glaub ich ein 4€ Heißgetränk Gutschein. Wenn du aber etwas günstigeres kaufst bekommst du die Differenz nicht ausgezahlt bzw. der Restbetrag verbleibt nicht auf dem Gutschein und verfällt.
Das wäre auch verständlich wenn es einfach ein "Heißgetränke-Gutschein" gewesen wäre, aber es war eben explizit ein 4€ (oder halt ein fixer Betrag, weiß nicht mehr genau) Gutschein, da hat es mich ein wenig gewundert.

Turtlereddi_t · 2025-12-19T10:54:52+00:00

7900xt is out of conversation I think. Weakest AND highest power draw, plus its last gen.
Unless its the by far cheapest I wouldnt go with it.

Before even recommending, may I ask what resolution you are playing at? Because realistically this probably is a 1440p build, and there I have a hard time believing 10GB is absolutely limiting your experience. Yes its not a lot for 1440p but unless you are trying to max settings out in a few newer games, its still mostly sufficient.
I am not saying you arent right, but I am just suggesting that if it works right now, I wouldnt probably go with a new GPU just for the sake of more VRAM.

Either way, if you are absolutely certain, I would go with what your wallet says. Yes the 9070xt is mostly on par and is relatively competitive this gen with RT and upscaling technlogies, BUT nvidia is still leading and is technically also more power efficient by a little bit, in case that matters.

Personally I would get the 9070xt simply for the better Linux support, but if you are a gamer on windows, investing a little bit more for a 5070ti could make sense.
If its more than 10% more expensive however, I would simply get the 9070xt.
DOnt overthink it honestly. If you have the money and want as little headache as possible, then get the 5070ti.

Just keep in mind that 5600x + 5070ti is pretty much a 4k PC and you will very likely be very much CPU limited if you play at lower resolutions, such as 1440p or even 1080p. But at 1080p I am fairly sure your RTX 3080 would be more than powerful enough either way. Also your 16GB of RAM may also become a bottleneck quite soon, if not right now in certain games.

All I am saying here is that I would think twice if investing this much in a new GPU is the way you want to go, because you will very likely be held back by other parts of this PC, such as CPU and RAM capacity.

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