DRG: The Corrosive Sludge Pump

[@sniss]

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[@ratvey]

Rest in peace

[@thebigiron2950]

I like to joke that driller always get the scraps from R&D's meddling lol. "Finally, we finished the breach cutter, no more weapons needed! What do you mean we forgot driller, we dont have time to make another weapon! Look, just take apart that spare microwave we have and hope he doesn't notice like the fridge. The primary? I don't know, go find that old septic tank and siphon the sludge into that glorified spray bottle we made"

[@Lunar_Atronach]

i love this headcanon so much. "oh damn he wants another weapon. uhhhhh heres a plasma gun we found after fighting rival tech congratulations!"

[@temmie9430]

​@@Lunar_Atronach subada is just one of r&ds carry pistol and they bought another one three hours after giving it to driller

[@eclecticspaghetti]

As a Driller main, I’ve found at least three overclocks for every other weapon on every single class, and exactly zero for the sludge pump, my favorite Driller primary by far. It’s just a cruel joke at this point.

[@andrewallcaps]

praying for u rn

[@nattetosti9776]

Someone has been skipping their daily prayers to RNGsus...

[@RBrito-fd4lc]

The desire sensor strikes again

[@seekervaltriz9447]

Me with gunner cosmetics

[@thefriendlygliphid]

I really like the shotgun shell OC for sludge pump it makes charge shots already in fragments in a shotgun way

[@Attaxalotl]

"Dwarf breaks into chemical factory and drinks gallons of green goop" I love it!

[@Void_pineapple]

Dwarf joker origins

[@hammdogporkington3058]

5:44 As a fellow sludgepilled pumpcel, youre absolutely right about not wanting the goo inside to solidify! I kept doing it the first time I got the gun and my dwarf said "Gotta keep the goo inside from getting stiff"

[@l.4165]

Stay winning sludgepimp

[@Wulfjager]

Ive been wanting to become Corrosimp too but i just havent found the right build for me yet

[@jonathanwatson4484]

It is important, if the goo get stiff it could result the weapon bieng unusable due to bieng jam up in the pipe.

[@Draconis_Eltanin]

I didn't know sludge pump has +15% damage, +10% speed, +5% critical chance, +10% velocity, +15% knockback, +2 rarity tier, +209.85% value!

[@artist_leb]

+ No random crits

[@keyarthule5886]

+ 20% more bullet spread

[@autonomousanonymous6310]

+7% extra exp on kill!

[@gsjacobs]

yeah it's pretty legendary

[@vizthex]

hey wait a minute....

[@TheGrinningGamer]

As far as the breeder, I'd assume it floats from internal gases inside its giant body. Yes, that's where the roe mature, but... I dunno. That's my best guess.

[@Letinemeso]

it's pretty tough for a balloon. maybe it floats because of smaller naedocites inside of it. no idea why roe doesnt fly to the ceiling though

[@joeypaulzine3769]

imagine if it popped when it died

[@rattled6732]

Combining blistering necrosis with volatile impact mixture is my personal favorite. Basically the blisters allow the gupe to hit twice if not three or more times if you get lucky with the blisters and it just does ridiculous damage. Especially towards oppressors

[@floppymcflop5427]

🤨 interesting "write that down! Write that down!"

[@magnus5430]

Combine this with shotgun sludge overclock and bosses stand no chance

[@EPTber]

My fav build, for sure@@magnus5430

[@TheMrCtoer]

Crazy how GSG managed to replicate a weapon from UT99 better than what Digital Extremes did with it, even though they are part of the reason the original weapon even exists

[@B_Skizzle]

Multiple weapons, even! Thin Containment Field was clearly inspired by the Unreal Tournament shock rifle.

[@comet.x]

waddya mean the stug is amazing why else would trib try to beat the game with it

[@sniss]

can confirm this from speakin with ppl at gsg!

[@maxgoldstein7202]

Oh God not the stug

[@kirbbar2258]

@@maxgoldstein7202 Stug is love, Stug is life

[@somedude4087]

17:56 you don't actually need the charged shot normal shots radiate heat as they fly just fire a normal shot close enough to the puddle and it will light it up works great with goobomber to light up the whole line

[@thetute59]

I dont manage to light the puddles up at all. whether Im directly shooting at the goo uncharged or charged. Do I need to take a different t5 mod than Tin containment field?

[@somedude4087]

@@thetute59 you need the burning nightmare mod in t5 also whether you take faster projectile in t2 or not does affect that as well, since the projectile stays close to the puddle for less time, also the same thing applies to firing dirrectly at the puddles instead of flying right by/over them

[@thetute59]

@@somedude4087 but basicly I have to give up tcf in t5? I can't have both? :/

[@somedude4087]

@@thetute59 tfc mining isn't everything that epc is

[@thetute59]

@@somedude4087 you're right, but I truly like the skill-aspect of using it. Sucks that I can't have that then. Or would you be aware of an OC that can enable this regardless?

[@rpg247a]

I love seeing Sludge Pump getting more love. This is one of my favorite games in the game, and I think it's just one of the best ones overall.

[@caramel2933]

Favorite games in the game? 🤯

[@rpg247a]

*guns. Damn you Autocorrect.

[@peacefultreasure8497]

That sound you're infatuated with sounds like water running through a corrugated tube, slowed and pitched down

[@justgarrick]

I love the clean damage over time overclock andmgoing for max dot damage and fragments. Literally melting swarms is so fun. Doing a charged shot will make tunneling away from a swarm so much safer.

[@retrohero5475]

16:20 The head bone connects to the f o o t b o n e

[@kacheechang4667]

sludge pump is definitely really fun weapon to mess around with though I always somehow hit one of my teammates(usually a scout) with a charged shot every time I equip it. It's like I know where exactly they will grapple to and I shoot both them and the bugs. I think its some weird technology that drg equipped the sludge pump with.

[@MidnyaDaCow]

Sludge Pump is genuinely my favorite driller primary, it takes all the aspects of the other weapons into one so it becomes a really nice weapon to have in solo and in teams. Versatile weapons tend to be my favorites so Sludge def fits that niche.

[@andersgram550]

It's definitely my favourite driller weapon. Love the direct damage mod.

[@mynedracobirn9245]

Sludge Pump is my favorite weapon in the game entirely. Always nice to see a youtuber who praises it. My only problem is I wish the frameworks altered the gun a bit more, most of the time they don't reshape it much, and it'd be appreciated to see it vary a bit more wildly. Like have the cement mixer part of it change shape instead of just, changing the things around it.

[@The_one_with_many_names]

Sounds of sludgepomp's charged shot remind me of these liquids in portal 2.

[@ctrlaltrepeat245]

10:32 Thank you Piss, I did not know this. I should look into exchanging the industrial grill in my kitchen for a refridgerator.

[@choty7066]

I CAN FEEL IT. THE UNIVERSE IS TELLING ME A NEW SNISS VIDEO IS COMING SOON!!!

[@Boney9551]

I would say my friend calls it the Nickelodeon Slime Launcher but it’s me, it’s me who calls it that and I am no longer ashamed of that

[@bonus1057]

Combining Hydrogen Ion Additive on the sludge pump with Gamma Contamination and tier 5 neurotoxin makes one of the most hyper lethal DoT builds I've seen in a game. Works wonders on haz 5.

[@retrohero5475]

I think the little "EEARerewherwhehereweah" noise that the glyphids make when they disintegrate is one of my favorite sounds in the game. It's some kind or combination of cute, funny, out of nowhere, and yet very believable. I'm mentally stable, pinkie promise.

[@nopenoperson8964]

A lot of what you said about changing where you aim applies equally to the Lok-1, hence why it's one of my favorite weapons in any videogame.

[@keyarthule5886]

Did sniss already make a video about the lok-1? If nah he really should! Awesome sauce weapon

[@sniss]

ikr its so neat

[@mattguy1773]

With seeing the intro I kinda hope we get an official unreal tournament re release some day also a flak cannon inspired shotgun would be cool for drg

[@olaf.forkbeard]

Goop kid won't leave his Goop.

[@tee-sam-ee-red]

DRG: the only game that allows you to make a 20 minute video about a Funny Slime Gun

[@sniss]

truth

[@bonesmcrattley2849]

I've definitely warmed up to the Sludge Pump since I first started playing, usually when I use it I build it for maximum charged shot fragment count and corrosive DoT, then pair it with the EPC with burning nightmare and Persistent Plasma, for stacking a shitload of DoT effects on anything that might want to come close to me. Sometimes I even throw a Neurotoxin Grenade in the mix if I'm feeling spicy. Ultimately though my favourite of the three primaries is the Cryo Cannon, either with Ice Storm or Ice Spear.

[@MrSciencedog2]

Sniss you nailed the background music, really embodied the nature of the sludge pump, call the music genre gloopcore

[@Cyborgcupine]

Congrats on the sponsor man, that's big for someone your size

[@chaselowell4567]

I like your frequent discussions about drg’s development history a lot of people ignore a live service game development and don’t see the history that led to the game and can’t appreciate how far a game has come. Apex legends is a great example of this. The game is incomprehensibly better than its first two seasons but not many realize how many higher priority problems the devs have had then they complain about frankly often insane stuff like “p2l” weapon skins if they had somebody who explained the game before and the history it would really changed their perspective and I’m very grateful that you have given me a different perspective on drg than I otherwise would have had without knowledge of its def history.

[@KRIMZONMEKANISM]

8:54 The triangle graph-thingy here is pretty useful, but I'd make it more of a hexagon... graph-thingy. With the idea aside from those 3 stats, the Driller primaries also need to be accountable for: -how they deal with destructible bug Armor -how effective they are on Boss encounters -how Ammo efficient they are The Flamethrower has no armor damage, and it sucks against bosses, but Karl have a mercy, the CRSPR has a LOT of ammo. By far the easiest weapon to shred swarms with. The Cryo Cannon also has no armor damage, BUT, in practice, it can be made to completely ignore armor once an enemy is frozen, thus making it is an amazing weapon to use against Praetorians, Oppressors and Dreadnaughts (especially the Hiveguards). It also has decent amounts of ammo, more than enough to get the job done, but freezing big targets will usually take a big toll on the ammo pool. Meanwhile, the Sludge Pump deals an impressive amount of armor damage, which can be capitalized by your team, and it excels in boss encounters due to its exceptional slow effect. BUT. It is also the weapon that struggles most with ammo. I personally prefer using it on length 1 and 2 missions, and I like using it Mining Expeditions, On-Site Refinery, Egg Hunts and Elimination missions. Sidenote, the Sludge Pump is usually the Driller Primary that struggles most against smaller enemies like the Naedocytes (floating jellyfish thingies) and the Swarmers. Playing a Swarmaggedon mission on Haz 5, or bringing it to a mission on Dense Biozone/Glacial Strata is often a painful experience with the Sludge Pump. This can be mitigated in tight tunnels, but if you are out in the open, you are going to have a bad time. Meanwhile, the Sludge Pump is REALLY useful on missions with the Bug Regen anomaly. The DoT lasts for a very long time, it slows them down, and even IF they run away, they will come back with basically no armor, so it is easier to kill Grunt Guards and Praetorians :p

[@bageltime8983]

I have never,EVER left Doretta behind.

[@geoshark12]

646 its someone trying to drink water through one of those giant plastic tubes you can spin to make a whistling noise

[@Lullabydogfarmo]

The orange canister you refill the pump with to reload is compressed gas to repressurize the pump and allow the gun to fire again

[@danielplocica8766]

I remember speding 2 minutes looking at overclocks and mods to see how to make the sludge flammable just to realize it's by default

[@webkinskid]

yes!! more sludgepumpaganda!! I love the sludge pump, it's so mechanically interesting, and it's on driller, who already had insane depth! that said, the primary weapon slot is arguably the only slot that's purely a weapon, every other item has utility and combat value, so at least you don't have to wonder if you should be saving it for something besides combat. even impact axes have utility value, I like to mark my tunnels with them, makes it easier for everyone involved.

[@SmartieArtie]

Disperser compound and Fire upgrade on the plasma pistol is one of my favorite builds. That or the clean OC that ups your DoT and the radiation OC and T5 corrosive upgrade on the wave cooker. Good shit.

[@El-Burrito]

The full charge sound almost sounds like someone bouncing stuff off thinly stretched rubber

[@vaultking9984]

Fire=Hot Ice=Cold Sludge=Fun

[@Psyko_Monk3y]

The fact that goop can be set on fire encourages you to use burning nightmare if you're using the EPC but I feel like the main bonus that you kind of forget is that the goop is so good at grouping the enemies that burning nightmare really gets its bang for it's buck.

[@StallionGD]

I don't care too much about the sponsor, but I watched through it all, because I care about Sniss :)

[@LimeTortilla]

I really turned around on the sludge pump after my friend and I found a mod that replaces the corrosive death sound with a perfectly cut scream. It is hilarious to use and never gets old.

[@hummbirb1384]

thank you for showing me the shellback beta design. it's so amazing. anyways we stan the sludge pump. it's a funny gun. ROCK AND STONE!

[@xdragoonzero0]

15:20 The way you deal with tanky enemies like oppressors is pickaxe power attacks. The slow effects of the sludge pump mean that you can basically lock enemies in place and then just deal with the horde while occasionally reapplying any slows and slapping them in the ass with a power attack when it's available. My Sludge Pump driller doesn't even run the Throwing Axes, partially for the theme of having the Neurotoxin grenade, but also because big single targets aren't a big issue when reduced to 1/10th of their normal speed. I've even used this on Elimination missions (using Goo Bomber OC since I didn't have anything else and only just recently got Sludge Blast) and it works well even solo. Only annoying things is that the twins can still burrow to change positions and that the Hiveguard's little flap phase is hard unless using Satchel Charges (though this is mainly because I can't damage multiple flaps with the wave cooker for some reason).

[@Evrimomono]

I love using Sludge Pump and Wave Cooker to add 57 status effect icons next to enemies' names

[@voibox2844]

15:17 This is very wrong, don't lock yourself to 1 mindset and type of build with a weapon. You can easily solve both direct dmg and dmg over time with different playstyles and builds. 2 examples: Volatile impact mixture 21322 Sludge blast 22222 And of course you can supplement the debuff to pump in dmg with your secondary but that is outside the problem, but just some examples: Subata automatic fire 21113 Wave cooker blistering necrosis 221x1

[@Haunter_1616]

The sludge pump is my favorite weapon in the entire game. I find it so fun and ammo efficient to use. On Haz 3 or below a single sludge goop ball can take down a grunt or slasher with the DOTs alone and if you have bosco he can finish off the guards. One of my favorite builds to use with it that my friend showed me is just a pure DOT/debuff driller loadout. Sludge pump with your choice of overclock. (2 debuffs from slowdown) microwave gun with the radioactive overclock (2 more debuffs if you have the poison upgrade in the tree) and you can rock with the piss gas grenade for even more poison aoe DOT. You alone can do 4-5 debuffs on any enemy let alone not to mention if you play with friends and if they have their own stuff going on like fire shock or cryo that will just be added to the mix. It's alot of fun to see just how many debuffs you can stack on the enemy before they die

[@EvilPineappl]

The new Subata mod is the answer to Oppressors. Slow them, get behind them, full auto a clip into them, they explode.

[@milliuhn]

"a swiss army knife of warcrimes" Pretty much

[@Devmon52]

When I first saw the experimental prototypes, I had a feeling the Sludge Pump was based on the Biogun. It's nice to have confirmation. I think it was Unreal Tournament 2004 that I was playing that had the little globules form together when shot at. The weapon has been extremely creative and I love it for that. The Sludge Pump is definitely one of my favourite weapons and I adore the way it changes gameplay for the Driller and the game. Synergizing with teammates that use fire on defensive missions is a particularly great time.

[@noyes8848]

I love the fact that I can shoot down my sludge and then equip my secondary for damage it feels really smooth

[@KorotasGeckoGamingCorner]

One combo I like to run is the direct damage overclock on the CSP and the heavy hitter mod on the EPC, the damage output is really satisfying, and with the fire mod you can light puddles in one tap!

[@voidwalker5784]

17:07 ok so I know this is the sludgey boi video but you brought up my favorite lil pistol. I really love using it with explosive reload and the flamey boi with face melt and grenades for the Imperial Guard loadout. Feels like I'm fighting an underground hive of Tyranids especially when doing a dreadnought mission.

[@TravTravRA]

using Unreal Chill as a background soundtrack is actually a really good touch, respect

[@typerberry2741]

Sludge pump just feels way too good to use, by far my favorite driller primary

[@dakotahondalock5621]

Alright fine, I’ll watch the sponsored segment because I like you

[@yaboirelish7708]

Idk why tf this man just dropped a digital college essay on the deep rock galactic sludge pump but it is making things tingle inside

[@xislomega242]

First sentence after the sponsorship announcement and I'm already agreeing with Sniss profusely!

[@tawonauta]

i really enjoyed the editing in this one, good stuff!

[@discolovebiscuit6017]

It reminds me a lot of Demoman's sticky bomb launcher from tf2. While aiming direct shots can help, the best players use their environment to figure out where the goo/sticky would be best utilized, from traps, to closing off an objective, etc.

[@joshremis4274]

I've been a cryo canon girlie ever since unlocking it, and honestly getting bored with driller. Then a couple weeks ago I came back and tried the sludge pump and have simply fallen in love. It's my favorite gun in drg

[@bbbbbbb51]

Now go back to the flamer and build for heat & fear. Uses very little ammo and half the bugs just run away and burn to death. I love all the driller primaries, tbh. Cryo was my favorite at first, but is probably my least used now. Every once in a while I miss the cryovamp fun though. Nothing like freezing an enormous horde when you're the last one up and getting all your hp back with the drills.

[@limbomask4745]

There needs to be more bouncy bullet overclocks, imagine a flubber goo gun

[@davidhaas3111]

Sound design sounds a lot like bubbles coming out of something like mud or water + corn starch. Very goopy. Very satisfying.

[@TWTO8818]

Does the goo from the sludge pump come from goo sacks? THERE IS GOO IN THE SACK

[@muramasa870]

Blud doesn't game with TCF with the best secondary of the driller EPC💀 It's a bread and butter of any driller.

[@sniss]

its aight

[@terryeubanks8797]

On top of the holiday enemies, the sludge pump is great for fester fleas too. Nothing better than sneaking up and then watching this fat ball of green goo fly away and pop.

[@puglord7947]

It'd be so neat if GSG made stuff like the numbers that show up when damaging an enemy showed up in the base game rather than a mod. Just felt like sharin that cause of all the numbers showin up in this vid

[@vastttyl8161]

That thumbnail is so dope, making it SDS inspired is a great idea

[@cardboardcamellia]

21233 Explosive reload subata has become a favorite of mine for sludge, specifically for the NCTC passthrough ability. It's so good. Armored enemies don't stand a chance.

[@joemamma953]

Grindstone music always goes so hard

[@sakuyaenjoyer]

The behavior with the explosive reload subauta is funny. When you shoot a glyphid, it pins an invisible explosive where the bullet hit. This invisible explosive even lingers after death, so it can always be used. It is my favorite driller secondary.

[@morsperferro3419]

I didn’t expect to see Gunfire Reborn in a DRG video, but was pleasantly surprised that there are more people, who appreciate this great game

[@kartoffua4998]

I love how on the thumbnail it says 20m 16s and the video is actually 20mins and 16secs long🗿

[@noodle1672]

sludge pump sounds like me after eating at a Spanish restaurant

[@feasibilyheretical]

My personal favorite overlclock in drg is the goo bomber special. Love making walls of sludge.

[@Phhase]

I love the Bio rifle, my favorite weapon! I just love how it goes *glorf* as you hock a massive orb of green at your enemies.

[@RafaCB0987]

This is by far the best sludge pump video ever

[@everydaysniper9390]

i know its an aesthetic thing, but thats important too, the way that enemies get disintegrated by the sludge on kill is an infinitely satisfying effect to me, has to be my favorite in the game.

[@FrazzleFlib]

adding persistant plasma to the sludge/burning nightmare build for even more slow and dot is really good. persistant plasma in general makes the weapon so much better and more fun

[@infernus_wrath]

The amount of ADHD emitted from the editing brings me much joy. Do this more

[@MarkThunderous]

The Corrosive Sludge Pump is my fav weapon for driller

[@skybull14]

I was seconds away from choking on my drink when I heard the Kick Buttoski comparisation

[@colorized245]

I like the Sludge Pump because it's like a Splatoon weapon. Spread vicious goop in an unconventional and very fun way which forces you to really think about where and when you fire

[@tobz1000]

I guess going through overclocks would double this video's length, but Sludge Blast deserves special mention IMO. Made to destroy any large target regardless of armour (handling the issue with Oppressors you mentioned). Makes Eliminations a push-over.

[@tlarn]

I love running my pump with the Goo Bomber Special overclock; it makes the fragments far more predictable, since they fly and land in a line, and it gives me and my team clear lines of conflict to direct swarms and events. kite the bugs through the sludge, they slow down, free damage for everybody. when an engineer sets up a bridge, I stack up with them and lay down lines occasionally, easiest swarms you'll ever have.

[@dnielbloqg]

I'm glad to see that the need to jump around while running in this game is apparently more common that I first thought.

[@Garuda_XLI]

Wasn't expecting unreal tournament 1999. Haven't played it in over 10 years honestly one of my most favourite games of all time

[@Riff.Wraith]

Personally I always prefer using the overclocks that extend its effective range. Sludge blast or AG mixture. If you feel like you need sludge to kill oppressors btw then sludge blast will do it. MASSIVE impact damage.

[@aelfynnalochoir8249]

10:32 blew my mind

[@coffee0093]

as a kid I loved the bio-rifle in UT, such a unique weapon design

[@ChoomGuy]

Take me to snurch

[@Scripzure]

I absolutely love stacking status effects in this game. Two sludge stacks, neurotoxin, radiation. Then just sit back and watch em melt.

[@TotemSP2]

1:59 I see you have discovered Polish names. Pretty cool right?

[@secretname2670]

A random youtuber summoning 50 thousand polish people by mentioning anything poland-related in their video:

[@MoustachioFurioso83]

Please be patient, he's American.

[@mikeamarilio]

16:07 "How is that guy flying?" I always assumed he was filled up with lighter gasses, like a biological zepplin.

[@freshgandalf8946]

Dispenser Compount and Persistant Plasma combo is my absolute favourite Driller build. Deliver the doom of sticky napalm. Amazing dot and crowd control that one.

[@whatdoinamethis7963]

I just got back into drg yesterday, so this video is perfectly timed!

[@eksplosiveknight]

you're like DRG's version of modern uncle dane

[@DeerBonesBaby]

As a driller main who avoided the sludge pump, this video made me want to pick it up again