MARKSMAN BOLTER VETERAN - Auric Maelstrom Gameplay｜Darktide 

I agree

A fitting match: an awkward as f...weapon and awkward as f...keystone.

Truthfully! Every encounter had a teammate doing work. Ogryn peel, psyker bubble and flame. Oh, and Choco being absolutely cracked as usual. Incredible gun play and teamwork! It really all was a treat. CC, tank, and DPS living in perfect harmony! Ave Imperator!

Nice pfp bro

I think choco's playing on East Asia servers or something.

East Asia server player here(from Malaysia) It's infested with mainland china players And 99% of em are very toxic and selfish Heck, I simply told em to not rush and wait for those falling behind in the voice chat and they called me BAI ZU(which translate to white pig in mandarin) like bruv, I'm not even caucasian 😅

The thing with the bolter, at least for me, is that it gets boring quickly

Bolter is a good gun if you are bored with what works better

I'm sorry but that can be said about nearly any of the ranged weapons vet has...

If I'm using the kantrael my teammates don't even need to be playing and I'm the single ranged support.

@@Weltallgaia which kantrael? there's many of them

@@superbarnie I always use the xii. Love the feel of headshots with it

I played with it a bit right after it was buffed and thought about making a video of it, but am hesitant to make it content because I feel it is too strong. I may make one when things settle down a bit.

@@chocoB777 cmonn I'd love to see what you come up with for a plasma build!

I see it as canonically accurate, no real human person should even control something that big let alone fire it. Sure gameplay wise it could be a bit faster in a board shooter. But you’re mostly using it to clear specials and elites and bosses. Not basic cannon fodder. It’s fracking fun to use tho

@@JackoTheDragon24 The bolter is actually not supposed to have that much kick, and the version that humans use is significantly smaller than an astartes pattern. The idea is that there is a small charge that propels the round out of the barrel and then a rocket engine kicks in once it has cleared, so you actually don't get recoil from the main projectile.

I agree. My veteran's bitch-arms can't deal with the recoil of the bolter to reliably keep sights on enemy heads consistently. But mad props to those who can. As for me, I'd rather prefer to single-tap heads with the headhunter autogun.

@@ieruza Same, Vraks headhunter all the way.

you still benefit from the outlining of priority targets.

@@Freelocybin They're talking about one of the new Vet keystones, Marksman's Focus, not Executioners stance.

@@Tyranoman ah ok I mixed that up

marksman's focus specifically benefits lower damage faster firing weapons more. You get extra stacks for every headshot you make so if you can hit multiple headshots without killing them, you can easily build lots of stacks off a single enemy. It's very easy to maintain max stacks with columnus infantry and accatran recon lasgun because you can shoot someone 3-4 times in the head, and every shot gives you stacks. Against gunners, for example, I typically build 3-4 stacks off just shooting the head normally and then another 3 stacks from killing them with the final headshot. I can get 10 stacks off a rager with the recon lasgun. It makes getting to max stacks and staying at max stacks very simple and easy. I do think the bolter gets an insane amount of value from marksman's focus as well, for one specific reason - reload speed. Reloading the bolter is one of the biggest downsides of the weapon because it takes forever and a half. With one or two reload speed talents and decent stacks in marksman's focus, the bolter reload gets a lot faster (as chocoB shows) and one of the biggest downsides of the weapon is no longer a problem. Just gotta hit those headshots. The big problem with marksman's focus is that the stacks disappear quickly once you are forced into melee and if your teammates aren't paying extra attention to babysitting you, you'll have to swap to melee quite frequently in auric. Choco has some good teammates who are taking most of the melee pressure off him but in my experience, most people in auric don't watch your back, you are expected to handle your own shit and let them handle their own shit. In most auric games, zealots and melee build ogryn will typically dive into large packs of enemies and leave you alone to handle any horde that gets past them or spawns in the back, meaning you have to swap to melee every 3 seconds instead of holding out your ranged weapon to keep focus stacks up.

@@VortexMagus excellent summary, I think Marksman's Focus needs a little buff with either making the stacks fall off slower when moving, and/or a larger (5 second?) grace period after weak spot kills.

For Veteran, look at bottom left of the Skill Tree. “Always Prepared”, I believe.

@@ShyKun86 thanks

he put the build link in the description

@@TUX3D0S Thanks!

use a shotgun

Definitely use a shotgun. Low ammo and hard to miss with it if you're patient. Works best on a close combat build as loosing your range isn't the end of the world

I got this penance yesterday by going into a low intensity assassination mission and using only my melee weapon until the boss showed, then I emptied every round I had into his shield to be sure of 100% accuracy.

I got it first try with the plasma gun. Just make sure you don’t take the ammo on specialist kills.

when you get shot you regain stamina

@@kommissarantilus3742 how have I played this long and not known that

@@Armageddan the game really put 0 effort on letting you know how its mechanics works, (i suspect its because many of them are not working properly, so they just cover up their dirt undet the carpet)

Unironically? Most of the Imperium. While of course what we see in the games and campaigns is the giant death-battles because those are what’s interesting, the majority of worlds in the Imperium are not constantly under siege, and most Imperial citizens just work overly long hours pushing papers, growing crops, or working factories and then come home to their family or whatever else. Also, when most Guard regiments reach their end of service, they’ll conquer a frontier world and let the surviving Guardsmen build homes and raise new families on the newly settled world.

Where do you think all those untold billions of imperial subjects come from?

yes, there has been datamined voice lines for her on the Morning star as well.

Why not an entirely new character instead of things we already have lol.

Still hoping for a repentia sister. It fits the theme of rejects and disgraced soldiers.

@@Manslayer-eo1nh Repentia arent part of the guard. Also why do we want something we pretty much already have. A religious zealot that charges forward with a heavy chainsword, we already have that. Borrring . Give me new gameplay mechanics pleaseee

Yep. In most games heresy and above standing still is a death sentence. Most teams don't bother trying to maintain cohesion and so the guy in the back trying to pick off elite enemies becomes the horde-shield for the rest of the team.

It's a decent weapon for a zealot, you don't care as much about the mag size if you just dump it into a crusher and move on.

It’s in the description.

@@solid-desu9900 and its so annoying btw

@@revan1865 its so annoying to click on a link to a build editor that is way easier and informative than editing your build into the video . Is it also annoying for you to shower or go outside.......

my bad, thanks for the assist :D @@solid-desu9900

​@@revan1865Don't need to talk bad about yourself like that

Why is it frustrating... The Gameslantern build editor is so easy to use and so great that I just use that one. Maybe it is standard practice for you to show build/loadout first, but I don't want that imposed on me... I respect your opinion, but please understand that everyone has their own style.

@@chocoB777 I prefer the way you do it. half way through I might want to check out which talent was picked and don't have to back it up to the start and lose my place.

Because looking at the description is do difficult...

What do you want? An amusement park where you're riding a rollercoaster?

@@porkerpete7722 Yeah thats exactly what I meant! Finally someone who gets me. Ever played Vermintide 2? Those maps felt more unique and different from each other.

I think the issue is that the objectives all kind of blend together. Go to place, wait for timer, maybe interact with an object. If they could come up with something like an escort mission or even just one that is purely wave defense it would feel different.

@@PRC533 Could be, but also most of the architecture is similar everywhere, which is to expect from the lore of the game.

@@gabrielchcosta Unfortunately, the game has very specifically set itself inside a hive city, and in the undercity at that. So there's only so much environmental variation that can occur and all of it is going to have the same backbone. I think they would have more success in varying the gameplay within the environment to keep things interesting.

How can you even see shit without tags.

As opposed to people who never ping, of course.

It's really fuckin helpful on higher difficulties.

I hate when my team notifies me of all the important enemies and make the game easier ahhhhh!!!!!