Deep Rock Galactic Needs Help...

[@nameisnttaylor]

it's just so bog. you already know what going on... hop in the discord! - discord.gg/nameistaylor for the people that're feeling super generous today! - ko-fi.com/nameistaylor hope you enjoy(ed) the video smiley face

[@ravelnavarro9625]

starting with KATANA: ZERO ost??? you spoil me, taylor

[@eclecticspaghetti]

Honestly, for new players getting thrown directly into hazard 5 shield disruption, zag and gabs performed shockingly well.

[@nameisnttaylor]

true! no mods either

[@Roukle]

Yeah I was wondering what they were thinking taking Greenbeards into that...

[@eloniusz]

@@Roukle Your assumptions about thinking were wrong.

[@changeuphitter5678]

6:40 Less than ten minutes into the first mission and gab is already having an existential crisis about the purpose of life. Haz 5 does powerful things

[@nameisnttaylor]

potent difficulty indeed

[@JoanLamrack]

it do be like that

[@ToonLinkHox]

I am fairly certain bringing 3 greenbeards to a haz 5 shield disrupt constitutes both a warcrime against them and self-harm against yourself. As trials by fire go, there are probably kinder minefields out there. ...and then you brought OPA Drak. There's a very good reason you ended up favoring the Zhuks and your 'rangs, lol. I'm gonna start thinking you're a masochist, mate. Oh, and my heart absolutely broke when that slasher showed up at the end. "10 haunting photos taken moments before disaster"-worthy.

[@nameisnttaylor]

HAHA! yeah, i warned them! but i do have a soft spot for the drak, i’ll admit that it’s a bit of a problem

[@ToonLinkHox]

@@nameisnttaylor if you manage to get your hands on Thermal Exhaust Feedback, give X1212 a try (T1C is preferable as it increases your effective range but up to preference.). Failing that, 1X31X (T5B for a more regular operation, T5A to spam the OC effect) Aggressive Venting is also an option. Drak is unfortunately plagued with questionable OCs and a dubious core philosophy (a """sustain""" weapon on a pick specialist), but considering the amount of responsibility placed on your shoulders, having a more sustainable, generalist gun might be helpful in keeping you in the fight when you're basically by yourself. Pair it with either Boomstick as a get-off-me (or get-me-out if you find Special Powder) or Boltshark to mitigate your long-range weakness (even boosted, Drak's projectiles are still worse for range than hitscan, but Boltshark bolts are fast enough that they're almost on par with hitscan for most regular caves) and add some extra versatility to your kit, and you should be fine. Zhukovs are fairly redundant with the Drak unless you get your hands on Cryo Minelets, where their area denial is preferable to their direct damage. Looking forward to the next episode, how will y'all fumble the bag next? On the edge of my seat

[@supersaiyanweegee5599]

OPA is great though. I've been using 21112 as my main build for the past year or so, and it's been very reliable. You just need to accept that you shouldn't shoot at enemies on the other side of the cave with it and manage your heat well. With no OC taking damage mod you get 11 damage with 750 shots, with OPM taking ammo mod you get 17 damage with 760 shots. That means even if you'd need to miss more than a third of your shots to lose ammo economy over stock. You definitely shouldn't play it like a typical accurate scout primary, but it is much better for scrapping with bugs up close and personal. And again, even if you sometimes miss like half of your shots on an important target at mid-long range, you're still doing similar damage and will easily make that ammo deficit back against close range targets.

[@ToonLinkHox]

@@supersaiyanweegee5599 yes, that _would_ be a decent rationale *if you were playing solo* or in a Scout stack, but in any other situation, every other class is better at close-range combat than you, even with OPA, and conversely, every other class is worse at mid- to long-range combat, where you absolutely excel and is indeed at least 33% of the reason to bring a Scout on a team, the other 67% being lighting and mining. You can't possibly expect to outperform Driller in CQC, I won't let you lie to me like that. Engi's Warthog and Stubby bloom past a few yards and his Lok-1 has a max range on the locks; Driller's primaries all have a very short (relatively speaking) max range; Gunner's minigun has to shoot at other targets first to build up "reverse bloom" and not waste ammo, his Hurricane's rockets take a while to reach longer ranges and leave him wide open to close-range attacks as he's locking on and his Autocannon has crazy bloom, even at closer ranges. Meanwhile the GK2's more effective builds and the M1000 in general all have next to no bloom and are ideal for those scenarios. You can _try_ to have the Drak mimic them or make use of the AV gimmick, or you can miss a third to a half of your shots (like you mentioned) on something like a Trijaw in the middle of a fight, which can mean the difference between instantly dropping it and letting it fire its shots, potentially downing someone and blowing your defense wide open. Nevermind the ammo economy problem, which, yes mate, is a problem and isn't "compensated" by doing more damage, because while it may be "more efficient" than stock (a very devatable claim), it is _not_ more efficient than some other OCs and definitely less efficient than the other two primaries. It's good that you found something that works for you and you enjoy, but as Scout you are kind of expected to "shoot at enemies on the other side of the cave". Let's not pretend this doesn't make that job harder than it needs to be.

[@nando6458]

I brought 2 of my green beard friends into a haz 5 mission w shield disruption and lethal enemies, let’s just say it went to hell pretty quickly but it was hilarious hearing their reactions

[@cringeonmain5653]

The witch is getting stronger, it is imperative that we locate the coven known as the witch's brew and resolve these curses forever.

[@nameisnttaylor]

please… they’re taking over

[@HazyHoneyBuny]

did either of the gunners even use their deployable shields? cause like there's no way they just keep getting knocked down like that.

[@nameisnttaylor]

ONCE! granted they're VERY new and they got thrown into hazard five, but yes. ONCE!

[@infidelcastrato1844]

They weren't running shields 😢

[@PalpatineGaming]

Greenbeards are a rare and protected species

[@benkai9921]

​@@PalpatineGamingthrowing them in haz 5 modless is hardly a protective gesture

[@PalpatineGaming]

@@benkai9921 I never said protected in the normal sense of the word

[@darrenschumacher3980]

these videos just keep putting a smile in my face

[@nameisnttaylor]

i'm happy to hear that

[@trexcrazy4422]

A true dwarf chooses death over being a leaf lover.

[@nameisnttaylor]

rock and stone.

[@Subjecttochannel]

Is there anything more on brand than stuttering while saying "autistic squad roll out"

[@nameisnttaylor]

there really isn’t, it’s perfect

[@fourcable4691]

I've also done this

[@masonrobbins9302]

I see the intro and then a haz 5 salvage with shield disruption and I know all I need about how that went

[@ojhat]

[ambient goblin sounds, fiending for snacking] super normal sounds, they are. I hear they call Zag the [gnashing chipmunk noises]!

[@nameisnttaylor]

if they call him that i wouldn't be surprised

[@anythinggoes9635]

My brother in Karl, if someone dies from that cave leech... (10:36, upper right)

[@nameisnttaylor]

don't worry... i handled it...

[@anythinggoes9635]

@@nameisnttaylor Good boy. Have cookie. 🍪 :)

[@RookieREX]

damn, you must have heightend senses ingrained into your pscyhe

[@anythinggoes9635]

@ethangotz-price8551 Too many goddamn times as scout being yoinked by the ceiling meatball.

[@RookieREX]

@@anythinggoes9635 well i may not have many hours in scout but i always make sure that the first thing i do when entering a cave is to look up so i can safley say that im on of the few sco- *le yoink* Rescue me! HEEELLLLPPP!!!

[@james_unchained]

zag is so funny little guy

[@nameisnttaylor]

funny little guy

[@mapatay3641]

When the 2nd best player on the team is the witch that has spec'd into "int", you could only do so much. The TCU really is just filled with either trolls, newbies, or both. What's hilarious is that you made Gab and Zag gunners for this mission yet I haven't seen a single gunner shield this entire video. There really is a lot of "int" in this crew. I'm all for it, though. Rock and stone.

[@nameisnttaylor]

there was ONE gunner shield across these missions. one singular one, MAYBE two. it's really a marvel. rock and stone

[@fourcable4691]

Wake up, hun. Taylor uploaded a new video

[@TheCatOfJudgment]

Yes hunny =)

[@fourcable4691]

WHAT-

[@sciencool7227]

Wake up hun, new copy paste comment for instant likes just dropped

[@fourcable4691]

Real

[@lonelyboy9852]

Taylor Management needs to pay you more, you have to deal with ungodly coworkers sometimes. But at least The Witch didnt use one of his brews.

[@nameisnttaylor]

it's true... there's always a bright side

[@Powerminer55]

A rough way for green beards to learn hazard 5, shield disruption and brood nexus galore. It’s a wonder you all did as well as you did!

[@koopatroopa6412]

AND didn't give up. Impressive in its own right

[@chooseytoaster2672]

I wonder what your mission success rate is

[@nameisnttaylor]

so do i honestly, i can only imagine

[@abaddonarts1129]

@@nameisnttaylor I'd love to see you go to the statistics board in the lobby (where you cash in perk points) in a future video and show the numbers you have going on. It'd definitely be insane

[@Sebastian-iz1ln]

Zag barley spoke. Truly, a sad day for all us Zag enthusiasts. But Nameistaylor upload so W

[@nameisnttaylor]

he's an interesting critter

[@Sebastian-iz1ln]

@@nameisnttaylor an odd minuscule creature, one may say.

[@Nightmare_52]

haz 5? with barely any mods? with people that dont play that regularly? what could go wrong

[@nameisnttaylor]

what could go wrong? what could go wrong? what could go wrong?

[@kightdark068]

i cant help but stare at the leach just sitting there at 11:00 just vibing

[@nameisnttaylor]

i got him… trust…

[@kightdark068]

good... now i can sleep in peace. keep up the great vids@@nameisnttaylor

[@deathdiamond15]

I watched too many of your videos apparently and your curses are applying to me too, because my friends and I somehow got 3 bulks on a Haz 3 mission

[@nameisnttaylor]

that’s absolutely ludicrous on hazard three

[@deathdiamond15]

Okay so, Immediately after this I got a HAZ 3 mission with: - Tritilyte Deposit - Korlok Weed - Prospector Data Deposit - Bet-C If you're doubtful, I'll post the footage on my channel.

[@austino545]

⁠@@deathdiamond15reminds me of the time there was a korlok weed and breeder at a stop point for an escort mission

[@Midrealm_DM]

8:20 - If you tap Ctrl and then cancel out of it (I usually select a weapon by pressing 1) the highlighted outlines remain for the entire mission. You will have to repeat it if something new is added (new player, pumpjack, etc)

[@nameisnttaylor]

interesting!

[@cr0wvid19_3]

the curse only grows stronger as halloween approaches

[@nameisnttaylor]

oh no...

[@zx-3948]

When the greybeard brings along his new greenbeard friends for the first time

[@Wolfnacht]

I hope you guys did this weeks EDD or are planning to. Can't wait to see you struggle with it lol

[@nameisnttaylor]

we haven’t, but we should!

[@EthyrielY]

oh god

[@heretichazel]

This week's EDD is BRUTAL, I'd love to see someone suffer through the same pain I did :) me and my party failed twice even with a level ~560 helping carry All I can say for advice is, bring a driller

[@Wolfnacht]

@@heretichazel And engi should pick ECR on LOK-1 :) 1500 kills guaranteed with the amount of swarmers in the third stage

[@MCisAwesome95]

The witch's power seems to have grown to the point where it poses a noticeably more dangerous threat than ever before. From the space rig's wifi going down at best to the employees of DRG losing their memory during hazard fives at worst, the presence of the witch is ever stronger. No one is safe, and there are no signs of this changing in the near future. Trust no one, miners. - The Hoxxes Alchemy Team

[@R3LOADlikesgames]

Poor greenbeards... Throw them in deeper! >:D

[@nameisnttaylor]

next up, elite deep dive!

[@TripleNpple]

DWARVES INBOUND Did I hear a rock and stone for new miners!

[@wolfrein2020]

2:30 YOOO THEY JUST LIKE ME FR ‼️

[@nameisnttaylor]

FOR REAL!

[@RaidValency]

Lads I know none of you play that much gunner but not knowing about the shield after that many hours really puts into perspective how little y'all run with one *at all*. Honestly with overclocks, he becomes borderline unhealthy-for-the-game overpowered in some builds. Though they tuned back one of his strongest recently so it sounds like GSG is looking into it. Edit: Oh dear god they went into that mission with no mods??? My guy, your patience for their lack of prepardness is astonishing XD

[@nameisnttaylor]

it’s insane that he didn’t know. especially after my gunner arc, which he experienced first hand

[@heretichazel]

Who cares about NTP when you have bullet hell and the mole :)

[@Iminhimrn]

Hello ‘Taylor’ how are you? hopefully not good.

[@nameisnttaylor]

not good.

[@papapapuli1371]

Yooo the Katana Zero music in the beginning though! Baller ass indie game!

[@nameisnttaylor]

absolutely!

[@Lucky2Unknown]

taylor next mission is to fight his wifi

[@nameisnttaylor]

boss fight

[@DevNode27]

*checks chapters* "mission 1 [2]" oh yeah this one's gonna be good

[@TheUndeadslayer221]

You need a graybeard in that group every once in a while, ay?

[@danielfletcher706]

prepares to sweat with optimal scout perks takes OPA the pain i feel is immeasurable

[@jarojoel2914]

"I umped into the hoop i aint drinkin the leaf lover" Based o7

[@Aurora.Astralis]

My dumbass only focussed on one thing and was that zag has feminine voice (or im going insane) and was reffered to as he, and my question is what is going on here

[@nameisnttaylor]

he’s him

[@Peanutnibbler]

he's him

[@MegaLEEDLE]

Truly my doubts were... valid... Great vid as always Taylor!

[@Mrbuddd]

We are unfortunately losing members

[@nameisnttaylor]

that cannot be...

[@Darkmaniac2283]

Spontaneous combustion, the game.

[@waywardbubbles2258]

THE BEST DRG KZbinR UPLOADS!! STOP EVERYTHING.

[@nameisnttaylor]

THANK YOU!

[@Thatguy223-vc4wb]

Great scout gameplay! Just a tip from one scout main to another, brood nexuses are actually lower priority than you are led to believe and your resources are better spent on higher priority targets in hectic situations (still take them out after it calms down a bit). Overall though you are really good at scout. Rock and stone!

[@nameisnttaylor]

thanks! rock and stone

[@abaddonarts1129]

The "3 or 4 missions, in 3 and a half hours" was such a foreboding statement. I understand the need to state a set time for play, but knowing the channel, I also know that any timeline will not go to plan. I'm... pretty sure I've seen one mission take multiple tries across multiple videos

[@nameisnttaylor]

i think you're right, honestly

[@quadroff]

Whenever I play with a team of greenbeards, I pick gunner just because the shields and the pure firepower are better off in the hands of someone who knows the game a bit better. He is also the easiest to clutch with, especially if you run vampire to stay up after your iron will ends. I would also recommend that you get the "breathing room" tier 5 armor upgrade for all of your classes, since those 12 seconds of invulnerability are really good for chaining revives, grabbing a resup or just running away from the enemies that piled up on you while you were down

[@heretichazel]

Yeah, as gunner I almost always have at least 90% of all of the revives, especially when playing with greenbeards. When I do I'll end up with 20+ revives LMAO And unless I'm playing with a level ~560 friend I'm typically the one to clutch too

[@Sunny-gj2nt]

you gave me a smile mate keep up this content!:)

[@nameisnttaylor]

thanks!

[@Sedraskorm]

Excellent intro music choice

[@TPLS2]

Typical gamma missing all the fun

[@nameisnttaylor]

just u wait...

[@MistuFiner]

babe wake up new nameistaylor video

[@TheGoldIllusions]

Just noticed that your discord pfp is Ti'zo from Pyre and that completely owns

[@nameisnttaylor]

i love pyre

[@Th3_Sp4Ce_M0nK3y]

On the topic of multiple Naedicyte Breeders, got a funny story In one Morkite mission I did I actually got 3 breeders! However, I encountered them one room at a time. The first one was in the first room after spawn; the second room. After killing it I heard the second, so I cleared the room then went to the next. Killed that breeder and moved to the next room where I heard the third, I thought I was gonna find a fourth Funny stuff tbh

[@nameisnttaylor]

hate the breeders, i'm glad you made it out alive

[@steyn1775]

another rock and stone of a video! but the mission succesrate is not so rock and stone

[@nameisnttaylor]

well said, honestly

[@Domaty]

4:05 yeah same i guess

[@rohanshinn-martens9029]

MY GUY!! You are LORD OF THE DEEP!!! Get some DRIP!!!

[@nameisnttaylor]

i’m easy!

[@MasterSonicKnight]

what a nightmare-ish episode, holy crap game went relentless mode the moment u got a less experienced team

[@nameisnttaylor]

it became aware

[@ImTheOfficialFox]

please blink twice if your name isn't actually taylor

[@nameisnttaylor]

i’m blinking. i can’t tell you how many times but know i’m doing it

[@Ant05b]

new favorite deep rock youtuber

[@nameisnttaylor]

it’s an honor…

[@SicklySeraph]

I have to wonder crime you must have committed to get some of these missions, like 3 brood nexus and spitballers?

[@nameisnttaylor]

we'll find out soon

[@ocomolinaehain1795]

Do you play with your community? Very entertaining video!

[@nameisnttaylor]

i try to from time to time! haven’t had much time lately, though. and thank you!

[@locallyric9013]

nah you need more eggs homie thats what you need maybe ill throw in some bacon cause you're epic oooo a discord I see

[@nameisnttaylor]

thank you

[@Big_D39]

Dinner just got good

[@nameisnttaylor]

delicious

[@heliodorespecht6083]

fire intro

[@hunterxbr1758]

Keegan's witch's brew is messing your conexion Taylor I blame him fr fr👀

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

This does appear to be very out of hand. I can only assume your resident witch speedran the tutorial in order to get that time played on gunner stat.

[@nameisnttaylor]

you're a genius, that has to be the case

[@Argom42]

Those poor greenbeards *shakes head* they never knew what hit them XD on a lighter note, would you be accepting deep rock partners from outside the usual suspects, cause it does look fun to play with yall! I've got about a thousand hours in the game and I main engine c: let me know if you're interested!

[@nameisnttaylor]

we play in the discord from time to time! plan to do some community streams in the future

[@Argom42]

@@nameisnttaylor sick, I'll join up c: community streams sound fun as hel

[@Argom42]

@@nameisnttaylor oh wait, do you mean the drg discord?

[@Cheshire9k]

Not curses 1-Your party sucks 2-You guys play with trash low level loadouts at haz 5 What do you expect

[@MsQueenOfDance]

So wait, did you guys finish any mission? Did you stay up too late? I feel like you set up narrative threads and didn't pay then off.

[@nameisnttaylor]

it’s a lot to fit into one video, so i do them in multiple parts. i upload them in order, so the most recent video is what follows this one

[@trucid2]

Throw new players into Haz 5 shield disruption? Talk about trial by fire...

[@nameisnttaylor]

right?

[@Webly101]

Hey Mr Taylor, was just curious why you choose the Gk2?

[@nameisnttaylor]

hi! gk2 never lets me down and i like the stability engine overclock, feels nice

[@nameisnttaylor]

hi! gk2 never lets me down and i like the stability engine overclock, feels nice

[@mgsan4702]

Why the heck being a scout and didn’t vision your team 😢

[@nameisnttaylor]

I TRY!

[@Mr.Smooch]

His name is Taylor

[@nameisnttaylor]

this is true

[@saadbullock8122]

Epic video 👍

[@nameisnttaylor]

epic comment

[@bast4rdlyreaper]

I wish i had friends that i could call up to play DRG with. But i suppose being a college age helps.

[@jusjos1970]

I would end up not liking the game if this happened to me

[@LowryYT]

I play haz 4 because I don't want to sweat all the time :P

[@nameisnttaylor]

entirely valid

[@TripleNpple]

First time hoping on. I think the experience gap is unbearable and causes the problem. New players are faced with toxic hardy dwarves determined to get their loot if you are not a asset to the team, they boot you

[@quadroff]

Ehh, hasn't been an issue for me even though I mostly play public lobbies. If you're playing haz 3, no one really expects anything from you other than not starting events/calling the drop pod without making sure everyone's ready. If you're joining haz 5 lobbies as a complete greenbeard some hosts might kick you if you get downed a lot or don't use the basic features of your class like platforms, shields or drills, but that's the type of behavior most of the community despises. The lobby's name gives a lot of info on whether or not you should join it: if it says something like "speed running/no gold mining/no events/must have at least 3 promotions", then the host is probably a sweaty tryhard and he might kick you.

[@nameisnttaylor]

it does happen, unfortunately, i've seen a few posts echoing that sentiment on the subreddit. we generally stick to just playing with one another, and we'd never make anyone play hazard 5 unless they want to

[@onehmmboy7694]

Joe

[@xZanfis]

Can viewers join the lobbies?

[@nameisnttaylor]

hopefully sometime in the future i'll do live streams where viewers can join! we do play in the discord from time to time though, yes! not as often recently just cause we've been busy

[@ZeroXvi1]

anotha banger

[@ZeroXvi1]

Ggs in that league game btw

[@swampcooler8332]

It would be nice if i had friends to play deep rock with Or just friends

[@nameisnttaylor]

it's nice

[@dudewithaname525]

Yo cool, new vid

[@nameisnttaylor]

thanks dude

[@Accui-1]

I don't watch this channel. Immediately I loved keegan and zag due to their profile pictures

[@wyattarthur5275]

If you need some body to play with honestly hit me up and Ill add on Steam. I have been super burnt out playing this game and have been looking for a reason to come back. I don't hate the game, just done and seen every thing and I don't play with friends. But I would love to have a group to play with.

[@nameisnttaylor]

might do a playing with viewers thing in the future! alternatively, we play in the community discord from time to time

[@maxbradford5894]

ASD gang lets go

[@ediot1426]

Yaaaaayoyayoyayayoyoyyayo Yaaa yo ya yo! oiqibidibibdiqiuidibi

[@nameisnttaylor]

hell yeah