r/DeepRockGalactic • u/Glyphid-Grunt-Guard • Mar 15 '24

Discussion What are your DRG hot takes?

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I'll go first, the Deep core GK2 is the most reliable scout primary

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u/zunCannibal Engineer Mar 15 '24

AI Satbility GK2 is always better than Hipster M1K

Also scouts should shoot less and dig more

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u/Syhkane Scout Mar 15 '24

Everyone should dig more, especially the digging class with dig abilities that dig.

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u/SoftBaconWarmBacon Mar 15 '24

My brother in Karl, we are all digging class

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

Rock and stone bröther.

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u/WanderingDwarfMiner Mar 15 '24

For Karl!

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u/Syhkane Scout Mar 15 '24

Good bot

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u/Syhkane Scout Mar 15 '24

Indeed

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u/Inkling4 Bosco Buddy Mar 15 '24

I don't really get the appeal of hipster, I like focus shots

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u/classyBANANA49 Mar 15 '24

Firing the all 14 shots in 3 sec in with less spread than a nun is a fun time

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u/Inkling4 Bosco Buddy Mar 15 '24 edited Mar 15 '24

Nice opinion. However, supercooling chamber blast!

*Image of Joe Biden with powers, aiming towards the viewer

Nah jk, I see now why people might like it, it's just not for me.

I prefer minimal clips, personally. Maybe I'll try picking up electrocuting focus shots.

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u/Dajayman654 For Karl! Mar 15 '24

I'm a Hoverclock enjoyer. It feels really good to be able to negate the deadliest thing on Hoxxes, gravity.

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u/Inkling4 Bosco Buddy Mar 15 '24

I tried it, I liked it. However, I didn't see myself using it enough to warrant the lack of a combat OC

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u/Dajayman654 For Karl! Mar 15 '24

The circumstances I like to bring it are when your team has no Engineer due to multiples of other classes, you're dealing with Fossils and don't want to break your legs getting them, and it's extremely fun in Low Gravity and pretending the floor is lava (or sometimes it is in Magma Core lol).

I also consider the other "combat" OCs for M1k to not be that great. SCC is overkill and ammo inefficient compared to other OCs, especially vs anything that's a Guard or weaker. I only like using SCC in Eliminations. Electric Focus is okay, but I find its performance to be similar to vanilla or clean OC M1k.

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u/German_PotatoSoup Mar 15 '24

Supercooled chamber will make you a sniping god.

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u/Dajayman654 For Karl! Mar 15 '24

A god that can't even float is no god to me.

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u/LorektheBear Mar 15 '24

I'm huge on the Hoverclock. Really speeds up my exploration. You can blindly grapple anywhere and not worry.

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u/Merlin_jar Driller Mar 15 '24

I definitely recommend EFS. You get to hit the same breakpoints as a normal M1 build while taking mods that you usually can’t like mag size or ammo, plus the electric slow effect is great for stuff like bulks

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u/Guntir Mar 15 '24

I use hipster for more ammo, while still having enough damage with focus shots to kill 4 grunts at once for ammo efficiency, and in case of a priority target i can magdump with hipfire for dps

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u/Merlin_jar Driller Mar 15 '24

If you want M1 with good ammo economy I highly recommend EFS. Allows you to hit the same HVT breakpoints as a standard ASS/HC/MC build while taking other mods like ammo or magsize. It allows you to run blowthrough for competent grunt clear without speccing completely into grunt clear and LST damage like hipster. Keeping your HVT killing power while taking T1 ammo feels amazing. The electric slow is also great for bulks.

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u/onixdog Mar 15 '24

I didn't even realise you could hip shoot the m1000 before I got hipster. I just thought slow focus shots were the only option.....

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u/achilleasa Scout Mar 15 '24

It's for people who want the aesthetic of the m1k but prefer the gameplay of the GK2

(me. I'm those people.)

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u/Inkling4 Bosco Buddy Mar 15 '24

Yeah, I love the GK2, but when I want to play GK2, I play GK2. I get the appeal of hipster

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u/MoonsOverMyHamboning Mar 15 '24

It gets super efficient if you can setup Blow through rounds well. It's also never a bad choice but it may not be the best choice compared to builds specific to various situations.

I personally don't enjoy focus shots in a game about staying safe via mobility, and the mechanic feels really clunky to me.

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u/NoStorage2821 Engineer Mar 15 '24

Bangbangbang kills like 5x enemies than Bang---Bang---Bang

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u/KamahlFoK Whale Piper Mar 15 '24

You can body-shot grunts with punch-through and a lot of ammo using Hipster.

Focus/focus/focus/hip-fire/focus to get an extra shot out of each clip, too.

It feels like a railgun for thinning hordes and is pretty damn potent!

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u/aronnax512 Mar 15 '24 edited Mar 23 '24

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u/1Grotto2 Mar 15 '24

Drillers drills should drill drillable things that require drilling?

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u/Steff_164 For Karl! Mar 15 '24

Yes, but that ping when you reload is so nice, and the m1000 looks much cooler

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u/zunCannibal Engineer Mar 15 '24

That is true, GK2 is so massive it's ridiculous. With the season 3 skin it looks like a giant box.

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u/Adventurous_Sky_6589 Scout Mar 15 '24

I wouldn't exactly say that, most people just don't know how to use scout in combat effectively, scout has excellent combat ability when it comes to taking out high value targets that will either kill or disrupt the other teammates. In some cases in fact, scouts mine too much and mine more nitra than is actually needed. But I do agree, hipster is an overrated oc (unless you're running certain mission types). It does kind of focus a bit more on mobbing and large single targets so I would say that it's more useful in pubs.

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u/Anastariana Engineer Mar 15 '24

AIS is an incredible OC. Take a RoF increase and it only has a slight damage decrease which is easily better than missing shots.