DRG Really Bad Timing

[@on_the_inverse_5193]

Pots O' Gold: "I've won... But at what cost?"

[@benjaminsmith7396]

I should mention that they all wanted the gold more than the mission, luckily for them I stayed with the drilldozer to make sure the mission was completed.

[@bruhmoment7931]

@@benjaminsmith7396we’re rich!

[@benjaminsmith7396]

This game is all about teamwork at it's core,and with little more than a laser pointer can communicate exactly what's needed for each situation. This is honestly the best live service game currently available, at least in my opinion

[@caosin3667]

​@@benjaminsmith7396live service game?

[@NameIsDoc]

10,000 gold

[@Killerthealmighty]

This is why the drilldozer has 3 lives

[@benjaminsmith7396]

That sounds more like Bosco

[@sogasakoo]

This is a real fear I feel every time I play escort mission.

[@yingtyson4493]

Shred through dotty like toilet paper. Haz 5 spawn rate doesn't help.

[@kelmirosue3251]

I once got 3 bulk detonators in a row. That was just an auto fail mission

[@matthewboyd8689]

I fear them on salvage missions It's happened, I was alone.. I survived

[@benjaminsmith7396]

That's why I love the new shredder grenade for the engineer, add the smart rifle and lmg2 turret, and nothing will ever get the drop on you

[@terryeubanks8797]

I did one recently where we drilled right into a swarm, 2 stingtails, and a Nemesis. It didn't last long.

[@humanracecar]

Bulk detonater jumpscare

[@benjaminsmith7396]

Honestly I will never get mad at DRG, because it is well made, and has one of the most friendly communities. Sadly though, it is a live service game, so it won't be around too much longer

[@orionstarbelt9822]

Craussous detonator jumpscare

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

@@benjaminsmith7396 It's not though? It gets continuous updates but the game itself would run fine unsupported. It's peer-to-peer, weekly systems like deep dives and assignments are automated, and it's entirely capable of running offline as it is.

[@snowconemonster1311]

It's confirmed to at least have a season 5 and 6. Also with a new upcoming game soon to be released side by side. I don't think DRG will be going anywhere soon.... But alas. All good things come to an end eventually

[@Vanguard7274]

​​@@benjaminsmith7396 I'm no expert, but I know DRG is peer to peer, so it might be less of an issue than you'd think. Im sure there might still be some costs to GSG, but they dont have to worry about server upkeep the same way other live service games do, so it might be more feasible for DRG to stick around for a long time than it would be for other games.

[@AnnoyD]

I remember spawning in late to a friend's dreadnaught elimination game. All 3 of them were down right as my spawn pod landed on the last dreadnaught lacerator, killing it instantly. I had not realized until after the game when I finally joined their discord VC. Apparently, they were out of ammo and decided to use my pod as a weapon so they kited the thing around my spawn beacon. Worse case scenario, a very low melee boss is face to face with a freshly spawned and very angry driller, best case scenario it dies instantly.

[@broomer0]

Spawn pod deals no damage

[@Aflay1]

​@@broomer0 Are you calling AnnoyD a liar?

[@4ardW0rKINGbarn1CAL]

​@@Aflay1 They ain't calling them for Dinner

[@2sad2live50]

You can’t kite anything to the spawn beacon because it spawns just seconds before dwarf lands. And I think landing deals no damage

[@kharsa77]

No one cares if its deal damage or not the important thing that its dead ROCK AND STONE

[@mooshrooom6853]

Lucky that engie wasn't riding the drilldozer

[@dinoaurus1]

Id be surprised if no one was running iron will

[@mooshrooom6853]

@@dinoaurus1 you never know man, my go to is iron will and dash. Best combo imo.

[@heyhoe168]

Engie actually was actively evading the crash. He was experienced, not lucky.

[@fernando47180]

In the milsim gaming community, they call this a lesson in spacing.

[@Name_Pendingg]

i love that he’s only on screen for one second

[@benjaminsmith7396]

It's why I thought it was kind of funny

[@plompedu]

How did you not get immediately prepared the moment the sound queue played at the beginning? The bulk sound has been ingraved into my brain at this point

[@caosin3667]

Maybe he tough that the bulk spawned behind the trail that doretta has done, and wasn't a crassus

[@marcellvagi8290]

​@@caosin3667 You can hear the crassus at the start of the mission though. If you start the mission and there's a detonator already, it's most likely going to be a crassus. This only failed me once on point extraction.

[@caosin3667]

@@marcellvagi8290 ik that already spawned detonators can be crassuses, but i believe that there is also a chance for a normal bulk to spawn

[@marcellvagi8290]

@@caosin3667 That's why I mentioned the point extraction. Within the first minute the game threw a nemesis and a bulk at us with the starting ambush

[@hummus1973]

he's holding two gigachad bronze stars, its really no surprise lol

[@Maethendias]

we engees and our sixth sense i swear its always the engee that survives tpks

[@benjaminsmith7396]

It's funny because you'd think it would be anyone who plays the scout class mainly

[@katier9725]

I did a couple clutches as Scout. Probably the best of them was this: -Escort Duty, Doretta down to 1 panel -everyone but me down -Bulk Detonator next to Doretta, about to wail down on a player close to her So what I did was try to distract the Bulk, didn't work. Then kept shooting it until it was nearly dead. Repaired Doretta to 100%, killed the Bulk. It explodes and does no damage. Then revived everyone and we actually managed to win with everyone getting to droppod. That was my Karl moment. And for those wondering on the how, if you repair a Doretta panel to 100%, she gets 4 seconds of invincibility similar to Hiveguards and Korlok Cores.

[@Heb_N]

Just remember in that situation, bulk not going for dotty, bulk going for YOU. you gotta get away from dotty when killing it, or put up a shield, or have scout cryo-cancel the explosion.

[@kentreed00]

That's too much for my teammates to process, they always make the detonator explode near dotty.

[@squiddler7731]

I think here it was dotty that drilled directly into it and killed it instantly. So in that case there's not much they could've done, lol

[@_.Ok.]

when i was first starting that's how i found out what crassus detonators were

[@Ze_N00B]

I once had a game where we lost both of Doretta's treads since a teammate decided to start a machine event while one of us was afk and the other hadn't placed any turrets yet. The moment we started the Ommoran Heart drilling a Bulk Detonator spawned INSIDE Doretta.

[@dinbas]

That happened to my buddy and I. We came out into a cave and immediately died. Luckily, he had iron will on, and we got to mine it.

[@wesleykupic627]

This MIGHT be the most devious bulk detonator spawn

[@benjaminsmith7396]

@@wesleykupic627 After the most recent update, I've been seeing them in almost every mission

[@benjaminsmith7396]

I haven't played much lately since most of my friends have stopped playing for now

[@t.m.w.a.s.6809]

I hate how common this is on drilldozer.

[@Nova-ly7tx]

I once had a Detonator spawn with the dozer beeing on 0ne healthbar, and the guy just walked in the drill, like what are we supposed to do I cant Steeve him and givehim a leash xD

[@denisosh]

"I've got a good feeling about this" lol

[@adamt.borrowmanmr.mattobei9865]

This is why I always explore the cave first before activating dorreta

[@dogdog357]

Issue was, the bulk was behind the wall. They couldn't tell that Dotty was about to go straight into it

[@rezwolf.7774]

karl would be proud yr stood yer ground and kept fightin and was rewarded with gold Rock and stone brother

[@paille-boy]

Man why i never seen any of those buggers when i have pot of gold (wich are 100% of the mission i host)

[@flodthelunatic5678]

This is the reason why I almost never play the escort mission

[@caulan318]

ok so I just learned something new today.

[@drucy.]

And that's why I dig through walls and completely clean the rooms BEFORE even unpacking the Drilldozer...

[@rosalynnnguyen3648]

I think more than the Drilldozer has taken permanent damage.

[@nosville22]

This is what season 5 rock prisons feel like at least if there is a lot of yellow around you already.

[@Mega_idk]

Drilldozer struck gold. Literally.

[@robertfletcher1871]

I've had that happen to me in solo once. Good to know it's been documented.

[@benjaminsmith7396]

@@robertfletcher1871 many times, not just by me though

[@qm230]

Did y'all get the dub tho?

[@animatt1881]

That Det literally hit the griddy on you guys

[@PetarUtevski]

i kinda also had this encounter i got in to a ship with ohter people went in to the cave and wee all got swarrmed by a bulk detonator and a giant swarm of ghypidhs while we just got off

[@Take22952]

That happened to me while I went solo. I was on doretta, while bosco tried to revive me.

[@alx1003]

I once spawned near korlok weeds, in the middle of a swarm on haz 5

[@alx1003]

I died instantly

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Nobody expects the Second Bulk

[@WreckItRolfe]

Me and a mate had two appear on an escort. Unfortunately I was just in range of the blast of the second's explosion.

[@nikitaKarkavin]

Hey, have you been drinking on the job by any chance?

[@benjaminsmith7396]

@@nikitaKarkavin other than Pots of Gold, a good dwarf drinks after a job well done

[@Ironface53]

Ain't no way you used the bulldog on a single swarmer

[@aperks]

bro really shot spawns with bulldog💀

[@Spearmaster-and-suns]

This happened to me the first time I did and escort lol

[@Bepisipeb]

WE’RE RI-

[@BFedie518]

All things considered, that could have gone *a lot* worse.

[@HanganakaNak]

free gold :D

[@denchique77]

Aint no way gunner died from detonator

[@incrediblebat]

mfw bulk detonator spawns on drilldozer

[@TheGreatSeraphim]

This is basically s5 all the time.

[@xenomorphoverlord]

And that's why I always drill ahead when I play as a driller

[@benjaminsmith7396]

Good advice, is a tactic I do see a lot of players doing before activating the drilldozer. Also try Rocky Mountain Ale too!

[@KRIMZONMEKANISM]

Ah, shame. This happened because you guys are a couple of Greenbeards (not insulting you guys, you are all new to the game, same as every player ever was) Here's the deal, whenever you hear a Bulk Detonator since you landed with the Drop Pod at the beggining of the match, then that's your cue to acknowledge: "Oh hey... a CRASSUS. Driller we need you to scout ahead with the Driller's so Doretta (and us) don't explode." PS: Bulk Detonators and Crassus Detonators operate under different rules. A Bulk Detonator "might" randomly spawn "during a swarm". A Crassus Detonator has a random chance of spawning "with the cave", kinda like a Huuli Hoarder. This means that if you spawn into a mission, and you already hear the sounds of a bulk, then that is a Crassus, and not a regular bulk :)

[@benjaminsmith7396]

And I thought I played a little too much, but this is a case of randomly joining public matches, in progress. I usually join before the mission starts or has just started. Joining near the end, usually means you want experience without having to work for it.

[@KRIMZONMEKANISM]

@@benjaminsmith7396 though I'm certain there are players like that, sometimes it's just the match they can find that suits the class they want to play. But in the case of joining while the mission is already started, it's always good practice to ask teammates questions of what they have already done. I usually first check my map to see if they found lost packs or cargo crates, and then go: "Any Events?" "You guys need *a class resource that I have*?" If you notice anything out of the ordinary you can always point it out as well. :)

[@couchdiabetic7421]

GOLD!

[@manuelrodriguez9471]

Don't look behind you 0:23

[@bast4rdlyreaper]

What hazard level was this?

[@benjaminsmith7396]

Normal

[@nathanieljohnson5430]

Stuff like this is why I check my scanner regularly to know when she's entering a new room. Seen too many people get snagged by a leech because of it.

[@tysoncook5152]

oof

[@SequentialSnep]

Or is it really good timing? XD

[@alx1003]

It actually happend to me

[@bobconer5240]

hey want some free m oney?

[@yingtyson4493]

It was at the cost of their life and possibly dotty