you forgot to mention that the power attack flips your pickaxe around, so you attack with the other end of it. its a small detail but i like it totally did not take me 200+ hours to notice
When they added pick customization is when I really started thinking about my dwarves' personalities. As I unlocked a collection of parts, I knew I'd use them to further cement their unique quirks. My insane, gore-spattered gunner carries around a rusted thing with a big axe on the back. My sleek scout uses a climbing axe that fits his colour scheme, my gaudy gold-covered driller uses a heavy, blunt tool, and my by-the-book veteran engineer's is a battery-powered precision instrument.
Sniss: Here's how the pickaxe works and why it's so satisfying to use Everybody else: ROCK AND STONE! DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE? THAT'S IT LADS! ROCK AND STONE! ROCK AND STONE TO THE BONE! STONE AND ROC- oh, wait...
I wish they would delegate activating Berserker to a separate keybind, I tried it a few times but kept accidentally activating it with the current version.
Just by looking at it a can already see that it was made not only for mining but also for obliterating the skulls of glyphids brave enough to approach a dwarf
In all honesty, I took a break from DRG by playing some sanctum 2, and I have to say, not being able to press V to rock and stone and melee things had me feeling weird. (Sanctum 2 is an FPS TD) I'm back, and I won't cheat on you again, DRG, I promise.
Here's some advice for using the pickaze: • As mentioned you can mine standing minerals from the bottom to mine them faster, this also includes bismor and magnite. • The best way to mine resources embedded in a wall is to mine from the side, as the width of the pickaze zone is nearly twice it's depth, making it easier to mine all of the vein in one go. • Mining a small ledge, or a staircase through the resources to get to stuff just out of reach will save you a lot of trouble and navigation tools. • Always mine all of the morkite and nitra you find as leaving small bits behind adds up. Since you collect in increments of one tenth, nitra will add up quickly and you won't be struggling to find little pieces of morkite you missed for that one off from quota. • You should get comfortable with pickazing small enemies such and swarmers zappers and shredders, as you will conserve a lot of ammo this way. Just don't become too reluctant to shoot at large swarms of them like I am. • You can slightly delay your power attack to sneak in a very quick regular attack before the power attack for what I call a buffered attack, this is incredibly useful for killing slashers in one shot. It's best to practice this on lootbugs, you will hear the first hit when you can activate the power attack. This is similar to Q mining as it cancels the back half of the regular swing animation. • Pickaze attacks are great at destroying armor; guards, pretorians, shellbacks and brundles all can be made vulnerable. There's a sweet spot in the pretorians armor just behind it's neck that will break it all off with one well placed swing. Shellbacks can be redirected away from you with a well timed power attack. Brundles armor can be broken with a regular swing, but a power attack will shred half it's hp. • Power attacking most enemies in the face will briefly stun it, this works best against slashers and pretorians as you can interpret their attack. Power Attacking a dreadnought in the face to assert dominance has a good chance to make it drop agro on you. Advanced Pickaze Skills: • Power attacking the dreadnoughts is a great way to conserve ammo, hitting the exposed nubs on the hiveguard is the simplest and is a good use for the buffered power attack, as the hit confirmation for the first attack will insure you are lined up for the buffered attack. Power attacking the dreadnought with armor or exposed is useful and will even hit through his front plate, just be mindful of when it can do it's big ground smash attack, which has a substantial cooldown and a fairly long wind-up. Hitting the twin with higher health when they are about to heal or to keep them even health can save you some trouble, they are still vulnerable while they are diving into the ground which is the best time to strike. • You can bounce off of large enemies rear to continuously hit them with the pickaze while staying out of line of fire and away from the bugs bittey and pokey bits. This works well against the hiveguard to strike the nubs continuously, just be careful cause he can still attack you if you are near to his face. I wouldn't recommend using it against the other types of dreadnoughts though. • All bots are weak to pickaze attacks and can be delt a huge burst of damage if you hit the weakspot. Use it against the prospector when it gets near or the arms of the overseer after they try to bash you. Don't try it against the nemisis unless you like getting grabbed as it does negligible damage. • All mactera are weak to pickaze attacks as well, and can be delt with swiftly if you are brave enough to reach their weakpoint. Goo bombers and swarms are easy targets, but the real magic is power attacking a grabber right before it reaches you to save yourself. Hitting the weakpoint on grabbers and goo bombers will chunk half there health, and swarms or trijaws die to one blow.
EDIT: I'M TOTALLY WRONG! IGNORE ME! Note if you do try and mine standing veins the "quick" way you lose roughly 30% of the minerals you would gain by picking them top down.
@@Fresh3990 is this actually true...? I discovered this method by accident (just have 60 hours right now) on crystalline caverns and have been using it :(
DRG, or the Delegate Republic of Germany, was a failed project in 375 B.C that lasted around a day to four months. It was established by GSG, a.k.a Grinkle-Snapöl the Gremlin.
@@ravelnavarro9625 ohh good to know , i come from the ogre republic and emigrated to elfland in search for high profile work as a magic-wand manufacturer, we export these boxes of lead infused wand catridges to DRG.
All of the sound design of DRG is so good! The snoring sound of Betsy, the screaming of the Huuli Hoarder, and all the Rival enemies. So many good sound design choices!
have you guys ever broken those premade bridge caves? like mined out every supporting pillar and every bit that touches the walls? that goes insanely hard
I find Vampirism and See You in Hell to be a fun combo, so I get to look at the snazzy pickaxe designs a fair bit during swarms. That said, the latest Chillaxe look has captured my affection for the time being.
Imma say something, any kind of game, if it has a pickaxe, it MUST have a good feeling while using it, the sound, the impact, the weight when you swing and hit something, those are the main things that any pickaxe in any videogame must have
Ah the lovely rock and skull cracker! With DRG I easly get idealistic mindstorm ( that gets undermined, shot down on Reddit, Discord. Parts of the DRG is EXTREMELY hostile to ideas, even sound ones) before I noticed that the power attack uses the back head part of the pickaxe, I suggested different parts would do different kind of dmg + focused or aoe dmg with the p.a mods enhancing that even more
Big fan of mixing the front blade and back blade from Drift Cruiser with the Glyphid Trophy Hunter for a really brutal looking and feeling pickaxe, I use that on my gunner who I’ve given a set of cosmetics to make him look a bit more like an Uruk from Lord of the Rings; pale, covered in bug parts and blood, weapons covered in bug parts, scraggly and unkempt beard.
I'm so happy to be in a community like this. From the amazing developers to the awesome content creators, even your average greenbeard. It's truly beautiful. Rock and stone, lads! Thanks for all the memories!
One of the most beautiful dreams I've had recently was some kind of drilling vehicle being driven through a yellow crystal crust. it was definitely a combination of DRG and Rock Raiders, and felt like the loading screen between deep dives as the crystals just kept on coming...
The greasiest greybeards will say that Dash and Iron Will are the best perks for keeping yourself alive. But nothing beats the satisfaction of ripping Glyphids apart with your trusty pick. It's about fun, not winning. Plus, using the pick as a weapon conserves ammo.
Im still new to Deeprock but something thats always stuck out to me is that there's a name for new players (Green Beards) and skilled veterans (Grey Beards) but I've never heard something for the players in between. I assume there's just nothing to call em by, but why not something like "Red Beards" to describe those mid-level players?
There is only 1 bad thing about the pickaxe: You can't use the back pick customisations on the front pick. All I want is the shovel back pick on the front as that's the side that I do the most digging.
Randomly got recommended this video and I had no clue what to expect going into it. Completely blew me away, great job with the video. I had never put much thought into the pickaxe but it's clear to see how much effort went into making it as good as possible. Great video!
Little appreciation for the music choice and timing on the outro and your “rock and stone”. As satisfying as popping a salt crystal as you said. Gohoood tiiimes
god, it bothers me so much that you kept running past all the secondaries and other minerals. i've got almost two dozen promotions and still mine everything.
Isn't the pickaxe cancel trick still in the game, just worse? I remember hearing that you can cancel a pickaxe swing into another one to mine like 2% faster.
I'm very partial to the Incorruptible blades and the Pneumatic head. It's a solid combination as the glowing crystals in the parts and shapes really play well with each other. They also change color with the different paint jobs. Excellent overall color theory and design elements. And on the subject of sound design, my favorite sound in the game is when you step on fields of Oripricots or Bloopy Fruit in Azure Weald. The sound and color is amazing. Not pickaxe related, but incredible nonetheless. Thank you for another well executed, well put together episode. I always love your content.
The dirt digging sound in DRG is just so smooth and satisfying. Like digging into a cake This oddly just brought me back to playing really old(2012) custom Minecraft maps with massive swathes of dirt to dig through. It was just as satisfying
Really loved this video, taking a deeper dive into a small piece of this incredible game. It reminds me of Illusory Wall but for DRG and that’s high praise.
I still do Animation Cancelling when mining all the time, just timing it can make a huge change (maybe discussed but I haven't gotten there, just saw Q-mining)
my favourite pickaxe I've made up so far consists of: - Chillaxe blades, head and shaft - Pneumatic handle - Chasm-borne cliffhanger pommel - Hammerblow paintjob
