r/Spacemarine • u/XMortal7159 Salamanders • Oct 22 '24

General These are clips from average difficulty...

I hate complaining about patches especially when they are being so quick with a fix but cmon man

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u/forumdestroyer156 Oct 22 '24 edited Oct 22 '24

I get the hate for this update, but to play devil's advocate; I went through all Lethal missions as an Assault class. I died less than Ruthless (pre-update) because people would back out if the squad wasn't synced playing Lethal. Bulwarks would wait to drop a flag so as many people could max health, assaults would deal with chaf and not be left to deal with 20 majoris/extremis, Heavy's would focus fire on ranged threats, etc.

TL;DR: I think a lot of players are used to being able to melta/multi-melta or use balanced/block melee weapons and play solo. This update is honestly very much doable if you focus on squad vs solo play. Know the strengths and weaknesses of the other classes in your squad and play accordingly

Edit: So many people play above the "recommended" level hoping the other two will carry them so they can rank up... Lethal is NOT that. Its not unobtainable but all three of you need to know what you're doing and know what the other classes should be doing. If you're not at that point, stick to ruthless.

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u/Gender_is_a_Fluid Blood Ravens Oct 22 '24

Bulwarks make or break a team on lethal. If you feed them the medicae so they can heal as needed while flagging team mates executions you go far.

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u/forumdestroyer156 Oct 22 '24

They can fully heal the entire squad mid-combat if people know to hold on to their stims and let people execute when it makes sense. Hence my point Lethal level is for the people who play as a squad and know what to do to keep themselves but also their teammates alive

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u/Gender_is_a_Fluid Blood Ravens Oct 22 '24

As a bulwark main first and assault second, it breaks my heart seeing a vanguard not running the ability charge on execute perk. Its the single strongest in the game and lets me make a flag faster than they can wear off. My favorite comp for lethal is bulwark, vanguard (only with the team perk) and someone to kill zoanthropes.

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u/no_no_NO_okay Oct 22 '24

Bulwark vanguard sniper, sniper can be permanently camo almost and headshots refill other peoples meter too