How good is Plastcrete Catalyst? And other burning questions | Commentated Hazard 6x2 True Solo

[@shinominxd]

I'm telling you, waste is as cracked as he is jacked. I saw him at a 7-11 the other day buying Monster and adult diapers. I asked him what the diapers were for and he said "they contain my full power so I don't completely shit on these bugs" then he bhopped out the door

[@gagooooooooooooooo]

wow. is this a true story?

[@R.Kardos]

@gago Yes, I was the diaper.

[@joeballoon]

real

[@Kevin80237]

@@gagooooooooooooooo yup i was the 7-11

[@jeefster3177]

Yes, and i want to be the bugs

[@spoopyboi1882]

Bunkering without the bunker

[@ericyang3332]

-ing

[@01eksii]

Honestly I was surprised by your words of engi being fragile, after certain point of time I just couldn't unsee him as a most versatile powerhouse that solos everything and doesn't care.

[@pvewaste]

My perspective is heavily influenced by modded gameplay; in vanilla, engineer feels like a powerhouse because he just kills everything. In modded, you can't do that at all without intense setup on engi, nor any other class besides driller, so survivability ends up more important, which engi objectively lacks in compared to gunner, driller, and scout.

[@Blackmail116]

​@@pvewaste DRILLER SUPERIORITY !!!!!!!!

[@slyllamademon2652]

My personal pick for the T5 mod on the shard diffractor is the dazzler lens. It slows the bugs down which means if you’re getting approached by a huge column of bugs they all walk into the splash damage and are slowed, given the bugs can be on top of each other this means you can have nearly unlimited valve out of this mod. Overclocks I would suggest is the clean oc that gives more ammo and faster recharge.

[@aarepelaa1142]

I feel like the magma trail overclock is probably overall best as it's like a pocket sticky flame, then the over time increasing aoe one isn't bad either. And i think the one that makes you shoot everything at once gives decent ammo as well.(not the giga boost that stops moving)

[@bluedistortions]

What I love about this weapon (and most of the weapons in DRG) is that there are so many viable, fun ways to build it. I love hearing new perspectives.

[@jamesw3413]

Gotta love the super fast playstyle contrasted with the jazz funk and chill commentary

[@aarepelaa1142]

Making an electic bridge with turret arc is actually pretty good, although you have to thin out the bridge so enemies don't walk beside the electricity, and you also have to place the turrets a little inside the bridge especially if the bridge is built like stairs. The turret arc will travel through the bridge as well, but you could always hit the high corners on a stair bridge to make it thinner, also something I noticed that if you make the bridge absurdly thin exploders wont be able to collapse it and bugs will struggle to pathfind to you And obviously stuff like mactera and spitters will still get you, and idk if building a hut for yourself is that good of an idea, sure if there's an easy blueprint to follow

[@pvewaste]

Definitely one of those strategies that seems like it could be decent, but takes a ton of setup to use, which makes it one choice among a million engi options that do the same

[@aarepelaa1142]

@@pvewaste yeah, only good for some mission types that have the objectives fairly compact, like on site refinery and the aquark thing, and if you wanna cheese enemies hard it's a lot more efficient to just clip yourself in a wall and it basically makes a 1 way wall you can shoot out of, similar funny thing with turrets that if you put then right beside a wall they'll shoot through to enemies possibly in other caves.

[@NoobicusProductions]

Great breakdown on the finer points of engi! I also enjoyed the light energetic jazz. It helped to keep energy and momentum up.

[@EldestSugar918]

Hype for new commentary content! Thanks for the upload. Really dig the chill style!

[@questionablelifechoices7501]

Some may prefer VIR because it's more viable. This is true. Some may feel that this overclock is a bit clunky to use. This is also true. However, I prefer PlasCat because dazzler module works well with it, I get a boom with 3/4 the damage of a fat boy nade at close to the same damage radius (assuming no +aoe mod on fb), less of the risk, at least 3 times the ammo overall, and a lot more flexibility and less team damage (assuming I don't constantly blow up my plats). I also don't find the setup to be a major issue, although I only play vanilla difficulties so I imagine it's different for you. Either way, seeing a group spawn in a big ope cave, tossing a plat at them, and comboing it with the laser to literally vaporize, not burn, vaporize the entire spawn group is beyond satisfying.

[@thorin4406]

Like poetry. That final fester flea was perfect. Kudos.

[@Alex21JMU]

I was just thinking about wanting to watch an interesting and commentated DRG video and you uploaded

[@Jordblitz]

I know the dangerous sequences are stressful to play, but man do they make for a fun watch lol

[@naanviolence8260]

The ammo efficiency is quite simalar for volitile impact reactor and Plastcrete catylist. Though VIR requires very little setup, PC is a little better spesifically against oppressors. But generally your primary is going to fair better against those anyway.

[@khirondb]

I like the gimmick very much, i think this was the first thing ive seen with more combo depth in DRG when i started, but i find it a bit weird to waste the platforms, then shoot them..which destroys them. Personally i left gunner at last, since i didnt like his style, but in recent time, with the help of some nice overclock rng..Engie is the one who is actually left behind by me. One thing i will always strive for tho is the Mad Engineer Style. Post more commentary or tier stuff bro, Karl would approve of this.

[@01eksii]

damn I thought I actually became good at this game... time to download some hazard mods

[@SupaThePotato]

i personally cant live without this overclock. its like you have a PGL that actually deals damage, has a lot of ammo and can be used for single target damage. not to mention how absurdly satisfying it is to desintegrate like 10 enemies at the same time. VIR is probably a better overclock, but this is just too much fun to pass up on

[@idkwatimdoingtbh]

I dig the commentary

[@jabberingjehoshaphat8286]

love your vids, please upload more drg content :)

[@FederalPandas]

Hey - I've noticed in your videos that you animation cancel the mining. I've always felt like that was weird, since it only increases the timing by a liiiiittle bit and if you mess up it makes it way worse. So why? Just 'cos it's fun?

[@pvewaste]

Mhm, I just find it more fun.

[@FederalPandas]

@@pvewaste Thanks for the answer fam. P.S. Run is sus 😤 P.P.S. No idea why folks say your runs are sus, but I'm here to meme it

[@azi7855]

great video

[@russellfrancis813]

I don't think repellent and plastcrete go that well together. I play it opposite and don't use that weapon perk. Wherever the bugs come from, I want them to walk on the platforms to utilize the bonus as much as possible. Dropping a plat in a chokepoint at the right spot, combined with turret whip, you can use the SD situationally to clear very large groups quite quickly, and it still has the ability to zap single targets whenever necessary (not to mention the ability to create a large explosion, situationally of course). You can also create bridges sometimes and force the bugs on it, making it very easy to zap ambushes.

[@open_mind8617]

youre cracked like a glowstick my guy

[@bluestar3144]

I prefer automated beam controller with full aoe and dazzler. The increased fire rate and slowdown allows for stupid easy big crowd clearing and it does faster with the fast rof and if the first mag doesn't get the job done, i can use in about 1.5 secs and finish the rest if need. Or pick bio mass convert to get more out of a single charge.

[@user-ox4ii2bw6x]

What's your take on the coil gun's hellfire? On the tierlist video, you said you could easily make the argument that it can be considered the best OC in the game

[@pvewaste]

I stand by that - Hellfire is insanely good.

[@user-ox4ii2bw6x]

@@pvewaste I fullheartedly agree, but in your words, why?

[@pvewaste]

@@user-ox4ii2bw6x the coilgun, with fear, is already an exceptionally potent self defense tool. Having a 5m tube of 250% fear on demand is very strong. Its biggest problem is that at base, it doesn't have very much stopping power, even against grunts, unless you hit them directly with the shot. Hellfire changes that, giving you a huge AOE infinite range ignition source that simultaneously applies fear and sometimes electricity, giving absurd levels of self defense and offense, due to the sheer amount of heat it applies coupled with heat spread.

[@Rewdy04]

@@pvewaste ammo or charge speed ?

[@pvewaste]

@@Rewdy04 ammo

[@phat-Rat]

I actually disagree with your first point about the platform gun. It works really well with fire rate as an escape tool. Might be a hot take tho..

[@phat-Rat]

Obviously, it's best for him to hold defensive positions. But in big open areas, faster fire rate Plat gun is amazing. It can actually save you.

[@atlasstoned]

but you can animation cancel and not need the fire rate upgrade as well

[@phat-Rat]

@@atlasstoned it's not as fast...

[@atlasstoned]

Do you know the stats on the other effect of PlasCatalyst? The purported intensification of the beam during/after making contact with a platform? Mostly wondering about its duration, if it’s viable to just sweep over a platform and then over a large target for extra damage.

[@pvewaste]

There's no duration - you get doubled AOE and damage when you're hitting a platform, and nothing else.

[@PerfectlySaneIndividual6969]

damn i didnt even there were speedrunning tactics in deep rock

[@snappa_tv]

so i know its probably for preformance but mind if i ask why you have the graphics settings turned so low? you already have over 200 fps i dont see the reason to turn them so low with such high framerate

[@pvewaste]

I have a 240hz monitor and can actually feel when my framerates drop to ~100, which can happen regularly on modded even with my optimizations

[@bluedistortions]

And here I am struggling to get 30 geez

[@Thunderheadheavyautocannon]

Whats your fov? Looks bigger than alowed in game settings

[@pvewaste]

150, you can edit the config file to get it

[@whoisatro2849]

Pls show us how ur dwarfs looks like I’m really interested

[@BlazingDiancie]

I wont lie, seeing Cycle Overload being used without Miner Adjustments feels incredibly cursed, but thats coming from someone who has the mechanical knowledge of an aged Greybeard but the playing style of a casual Greenbeard, Im probably not as much of a greybeard as I think I am.

[@rayniac211]

How do you know when it's safe to start pushing forward again? It seems like the enemies just keep coming and coming.

[@pvewaste]

it's mostly an intuition thing, but generally you judge when grunt density is thinning out enough that you can survive pushing and you're relatively confident you've killed all the mactera/acids/whatever

[@theeldestrelic]

How come you still do the tap deposit, i may be wrong but i could have sworn they patched it out.

[@pvewaste]

Just rapidly alternate between E and RMB

[@theeldestrelic]

@@pvewaste Huh sweet, I remember back in like 2018-2020ish that was THE way to do it. Didn't know there was still a way. Time to optimize even more while my casual friends scream in the background.

[@theeldestrelic]

@@pvewaste Also great video! Keep it up, very happy the buddies and I found your stuff.

[@Taziod]

Is q mining or whatever mining cancel people do faster still? I heard it was patched

[@Taziod]

@@shaunhayes3072 ok cause I've seen people do it and i feel like if you miss ONE swing you would have to swing like 10 times to make up for it so it feels kind of risky for very marginal gains. although it at least let's me use my brain to think of something while staring at a wall

[@issackim8038]

Just add time stamps to everything you do and it’s great

[@byamps422]

Why can you shoot so fast but also have turret whip?

[@pvewaste]

The overclock on my with warthog is cycle overload, which increases rate of fire

[@byamps422]

@@pvewaste ok

[@abc-ze2es]

I just don't see the point on using this over volatile impact

[@CrabOnABeach]

i feel like volatile impact reactor handles holds to the same degree as catalyst with more flexibility

[@pvewaste]

I think VIR is much better generally, yeah. It handles veteran grunts and airborne enemies worse, but is much more instant, doesn't require you to aim in one place, and is generally less finnicky to use. That being said, purely in the field of high-setup one-way holds, plastcrete is probably better? Maybe?

[@RAYY_WILD]

how to make such a fow?

[@pvewaste]

Set your FOV to 150 in the config files

[@RAYY_WILD]

@@pvewaste thx something i really needed whole time

[@hhexxbug]

epic

[@Thatguy223-vc4wb]

No full fish build

[@isiffrin]

It feels weird how the other two armour upgrades apart from breathing room (cant even remember their name) are actually more useful since you don't have Bosco.

[@bluedistortions]

I never thought of that, that's hilarious. Those other two mods get shit on so much, I forget they exist.

[@northern_limit]

give me and tahep menashe a shoutout

[@pvewaste]

tahep menashe is the one that needs to give me a shoutout