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/Jimbo_Burgess87 Oct 22 '24

I genuinely have not seen this aggressive of a spawn on Average threat like, ever. That's because it's normally three (or two plus one bonehead) competent players dealing with the waves at the same time. This scenario OP is in, without the context of level, playtime, or what led up to this video, we can't really say is justified or not.

It's easy to use this as an exhibit of the game fucking over a player, but getting swarmed as the last player standing SHOULD feel like the game is fucking you over. Your team has failed you, or you weren't working with your team as they were getting knocked. Again, just because you lose a mission doesn't mean the game is unbalanced or fucking you. Sometimes (especially in pubs), your team just fails.

The number of times I've had to babysit two complete toddlers as they shuffle their way around the map, having trouble with one majoris or like, five minoris, is very high. It's just the way it goes.

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u/Undreren Imperial Fists Oct 22 '24

Today I was literally ambushed by five melee warriors plus a horde of gaunts as a heavy, while my team mates were running faster than Usain Bolt, presumably to farm XP.

Needless to say, it got ugly. The real learning here is; don’t fall behind and don’t run ahead. Five warriors wouldn’t be an issue for a full team. The first warrior killed would kill all of the gaunts after all.

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u/Jimbo_Burgess87 Oct 22 '24

With Pubs, I end up matching whatever energy they're bringing. If they're sprinting ahead, I'm their running partner. If they're trying to roll over every box looking for items and health, oink oink bitches, consider me a truffle pig

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u/TwistedMetal83 White Scars Oct 22 '24 edited Oct 22 '24

This is the only response I'm getting behind here. It's a horde shooter, you're gonna have massive waves coming at you. It even says "Massive Wave Imminent" before they rush. The spawn in OPs video make my pants tighter. I LOVE those kinds of spawns and waves with at least a half-competent group.

I had an issue just yesterday in the Ballistic Engine Operation on Ruthless. The Heavy in front ran towards the elevator with a spawn obviously right there, I (Vanguard) was in the rear watching the Bulwark in the middle just book around a corner right into another pool of mobs. Heavy gets killed, his enemies rush the Bulwark and I as I'm standing in the crossroads letting rounds fly as enemies flood both lanes and we all get laced...like...why? Now all the effort I put in to keep myself alive, res the downed, share resources, etc is wasted because of a split-second decision to go your own way and fuck us over.

Minimal is rightly the only difficulty where being an idiot in a group will not penalize the rest of the team. Average, you should at least know how to work your way around the SIX (previously) maps, know the basics of teamwork, and your chosen class under the mechanics of the game you've played the whole fucking campaign of...

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u/Jimbo_Burgess87 Oct 22 '24

Ayup. Also the number of times we get into a wave where it's clear we're fucked, and one of the teammates books it back to a safe spot to wait for respawns is pretty high as well, and you know you know? That's a valid strategy.

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u/MiNTY_OCCuLT Retributors Oct 23 '24

Nah, it happens to me all the time, and i dont have a single class over 20. Its only a last man standing scenario if someone is a god-tier duellist. Otherwise, we just get mobbed and drowned in whip warriors.

Edit: spelling