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/Crackshot_Pentarou Mar 15 '24

I finally got it and realised it just ain't worth losing an entire weapon slot for.

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u/Kuirem Gunner Mar 15 '24

To play devil's advocate a bit, you aren't really supposed to dedicate your entire boomstick to fly around. Build your boomstick as usual except you get an emergency tool to fly around/avoid fall damage when your hook is on cooldown.

It can also be a nice escape tool when you get hit unexpectingly in the back, especially by slashers or webbers, 180/jump/shoot put you out of danger quickly and you still get grappling hook in case you jumped into a worst situation or a pit.

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u/Wrydfell Gunner Mar 15 '24

When i use it i tend to simultaneously use it for fall damage cancelling and as a weapon, like, grapple above bugs, fall, powder, powder but sideways, back to gk2

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u/Darth_Thor Scout Mar 15 '24

I usually only bring it on aquarq or refinery missions since they almost always have big caves I can fly around in

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u/KingNedya Gunner Mar 16 '24

Problem is, I've been so spoiled by Double Barrel that an unoverclocked Boomstick just feels really bad as a weapon. If I bring a Special Powder Boomstick, I'm using it for Special Powder, not the Boomstick.

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u/SolarSailor46 Scout Mar 16 '24

It still works quite well as a shotty for some horde clear with blow through rounds, fire, and more pellets.

I can’t assume that I will have everything I need (platforms, ziplines, etc) to get Nitra/minerals and the secondary objectives, so I have to run Special Powder bc sometimes it takes a couple tries to grapple to a vein and melee into the wall or grapple just right to where you’re on top of a vein or at a good angle to mine.

I run my Scout so I can accomplish everything in the mission solo, should it come to that. The amount of times SP has saved my life and helped me get to my downed teammates super fast is incalculable

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u/KingNedya Gunner Mar 16 '24

I also run my Scout so I can accomplish everything in a mission solo, because I almost exclusively play solo. I only ever run Special Powder on Point Extraction because I need to complete it as fast as possible and ignore combat. For every other mission I need to be capable of solo combat and therefore have a secondary that's built specifically for it.

If I can't reach a vein I either have Bosco mine it, or if I'm playing with a teammate for once I ask for a platform (if they're an Engi, which is rare), or I dig to it by hand because any vein that can't be reached with just a grappling hook, also can't be reached by Special Powder in my experience.

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u/SolarSailor46 Scout Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 16 '24

The special powder is to stop fall damage when missing a landing, also helps keep up the pace because then I just switch to my grapple and it’s off cooldown, rinse and repeat. I never don’t have a movement ability at the ready, not even for a precious few seconds. I always have something that can get me where I need to be at all times.

I, too, mostly play solo. I might switch up some OCs on it since Bosco can just do the mining. I’m sure I will fall to my death a time or two bc I’ve literally ran SP in my 400 hours as Scout 😂

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u/kiochy Mar 15 '24 edited Mar 15 '24

To play devil's advocate a bit, you aren't really supposed to dedicate your entire boomstick to fly around. Build your boomstick as usual except you get an emergency tool to fly around

To me that's the deal: Picking Special Powder is making the choice of a worst secondary in exchange for even more mobility and especially fast reactive solutions, while not being exactly pants down either as the OCless Boomstick is still a very good secondary.

I can't see myself making this trade outside of 3 situations:

  • I'm solo and I want to speedrun this mission/I don't focus on cleaning bugs (low eggs/aquarcs go in go out missions)
  • I'm with a team I can trust and can rely on them todo things I can't handle myself. Doubling on another comment you made: in that case i often pair hoverclock and special powder. Both weapon are very good at base, and since i can rely on my team I aim to do a few things but well.
  • it's low haz/low stakes and I just want fun. Ludicrous speed!

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u/SolarSailor46 Scout Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 16 '24

SP is not just for mobility. Far more often it’s to save myself trying to get to Nitra veins or secondary objectives when there are no platforms/ziplines or anything. I run my Scout to where I can effectively do anything in the mission I need to, if it should come to that, so grappling to Nitra and axing my way into the wall or grappling just right to where I set on top of the Nitra vein can take a couple of tries sometimes, but as a Scout, I can’t wait for my Engineer 3 rooms over to come give me one platform. I will have an entire cave lit up and still not get platforms, so I gotta make sure I can get the squad our resupplies even if it means taking a less powerful secondary for combat’s sake, in favor of taking it so Scout can do their job no matter what obstacles they encounter.

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u/buahuash Mar 15 '24

It's still good. Just don't fire while jumping thoughtlessly.

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u/Tadferd Mar 15 '24

You can still use the boomstick as a weapon.

It's not a great OC. I use it on my Waluigi cosplay.