In-depth BEGINNERS GUIDE Earth Defense Force 5

[@TrueCicero]

I know this video is old, but dude, you know how to make beginner guides. I get so tired of looking up beginner guides for games and they're just full of stupid obvious stuff, like they were reading off loading screen tips. Lol This is what beginner's guides need to be. Toes dipped, quality of life information that can save a new player dozens of hours and get them to a point quickly where they can pull their weight in a co-op match. This makes the game more fun for them, their teammates, and they won't quit the game in frustration after a week or two. This is how you grow the community.

[@mkv2718]

Word

[@maxpower892]

"Players like to communicate in this game" me : EDF!! EDF!! Whoooooaaaaaa EDF!!!!!

[@JustAnOldStone]

Oh we are the Oh we are the Oh we are the valiant infantry~

[@JustAnOldStone]

@@kamdenjericho2534 cool nobody cares

[@astralFox]

Or me, "I'm gonna get coffee yall! Anyone want Tsujibucks!?" I say after going gung ho and my corpse flies gracefully through the air and landing right outside the store. XD

[@jUppers]

KevinEDF: Wing diver is one of the strongest in the game also KevinEDF: Air Raider is definitely the strongest in the game also also KevinEDF: Fencer is the strongest in the game

[@binkledorf]

LOL

[@bensosnowski1128]

It made sense to me. Wing diver has best mobility which makes it strongest for a new player since staying alive will be the main goal. Air raider is strongest with damage because of the call downs, but it is hard to effectively use them unless you really know what you are doing. Fencer is strongest overall and easiest as in all the damage comes from your guns. No complicated jet pack fuel or call downs or vehicles. However highest learning curve because with such bad mobility it takes serious skill to stay alive in the heat of battle

[@OHGAS-rt5uc]

​@@bensosnowski1128bro, it was my first time playing edf and i decided to pick fencer, idk if it's just me but he's not that hard, the class is an the equivalent of spartan armor and an gundam, it's full on anime

[@1974vadra]

@@OHGAS-rt5uc staying alive isnt too hard either, if you are getting seriously hurt spam shift + space (if you have dash on one and boost on another) and you will go far

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

@@bensosnowski1128ironic cause fencer is actually better in terms of mobility then diver … again but not as bad as in 4

[@Arkham_UK]

This guide is very strong. Very helpful thanks

[@KevinEDF]

My pleasure, if you have questions ever, just ask in my most recent videos and I'll try to help if I can

[@yoshen433]

Hope this channel isn't dead, very helpful and professional guide

[@Shaostie]

oof.

[@DivineX9]

It’s because of the sale. I’m one of them lol. I appreciate the videos. Subbed.

[@KevinEDF]

Thanks a lot! Hope you enjoy the game!

[@DivineX9]

KevinEDF Enjoy? I LOVE this game.

[@KevinEDF]

@@DivineX9 great!

[@coktoe4487]

I have encountered quite a few new players recently. Probably helps that it's been 50% off for both the regular and deluxe editions for the past few weeks in the year end sale on North American PSN. Happy new year Kevin.

[@KevinEDF]

Thanks happy New year! 🐸🥳

[@derekblacktechz]

I was always a fan of starship troopers and that's what ked me to edf 4. I've been playing edf for a while ,but I wanted to see if there was anything I could learn.

[@AustinB1024]

Here after the Christmas sale 2022 thanks for all the info. Great video

[@UmiTheSea-ix8jz]

wow this video come out at 2020, I thought i was watching some old vids. edf nvr dies

[@KevinEDF]

Hehe never :D

[@Ketsu357]

Only thing stronger than edf is Japanese copyright lawyers

[@Jasper_Hill]

Just picked it up. It is 50% off at time of writing, till March 30.

[@KevinEDF]

Cool cool, hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

[@dansmith1661]

Going to bust so many bugs with the DLC stuff. New Year's has quite a lot of things going on.

[@budlikycz2445]

Just bought this game for 20 euros. So far the gameplay is soooo good.

[@doc0core]

With my wife we play offline coop and have 96% the game and I still haven't learned to use Fencer *weep* . Finally I understand the dash-hop. THANK YOU. I have a (stupid) question, does the game scale up difficulty in *offline* coop? I guess I should go back and solo the game to prove my manhood? And a (final) comment, your play-style is too intelligent! Some of us just want to turn off our brain and brute force our way thru the game. So Thunder weapons for Wing Diver is not bad for that, and Limpet weapons for Air Raider to take down the Dropships. Don't you think?

[@KevinEDF]

I don't believe the game scales up offline. Yes you are right the thunder weapons are decent, I was mainly referring to online inferno, they tend to feel weak there. As far as dropships, I do take limpet for them occasionally but I typically like using a nix to take them down so I can take another air raid but the inferno limpet sniper is pretty strong. I was trying to make the video short so I didn't go into all the details like I do in my other weapon videos hehe thanks for the feedback! 😁

[@eathealthymeditateeveryday4949]

I play with my wife too Hahaha nice man

[@doddood5516]

Hope you make more videos once edf 6 drops in a few months

[@ChosenUndead87]

Subbed! Very informative!

[@KevinEDF]

Thanks 😁

[@zeeMuniStacksBundles]

EDF 5 is great, but the one thing that's really annoying is the pre-charge mechanism nerf they did to some of the Wing Diver weapons, especially annoying for the rapier type short range weapons. I believe it makes gameplay far too annoying and intrusive for that class. I hope they change it eventually. It feels like a knee jerk reaction of the developers to do that to the wing diver. I don't think they should make playing the wing diver more annoying to "balance" the weapons out, I would have rather had them reduce the damage or something else. It's really annoying and ruins the feel of the class when you have pre-charge every shot, I had a wtf moment the first time I used it. Other than that, EDF 5 is pretty good, but I'm thinking EDF 4.1 is the best version to date.

[@mr.surlaw4239]

Coming after Helldivers shitshow and EDF 5 going on sale. Bought 3 copies with refund money lmao

[@ritzman101]

First i want to give you a happy new year and i hope this year will give you many satisfactions, so as always you come up whit very good idea i would never imagine a video like this, and even if i don't need this beacuse even if i haven't buy EDF 5 beacuse i don't have the pc strong enough and my best friend and i we already know EDF 5 very well like you, i still found really intresting watching this video. I have two things that i don't totally agree whit you about the weapons choose and one thing about the farming mission, first i think that the thunder bow or the idunn but especially the thunder bow i think this time it's a good weapon i'll admit when i start using wing diver i didn't use it to much but when i start and become used to it, it conquered me, you need a bit of practice and gained used to hit one enemy at the time, second for air raider i almost totally agree about the rocket beacon the only reason that makes me disagree it's beacuse i think it's similar to the artilery or the cannon you need to used them at the right time and in the right place. Last for the farming mission i think that also mission 82 it's good when you use barga the first time, sure maybe the first time it will be hard in the ants fase but you can avoid this problem by doing this mission after you've done 86 for some time and obtain the right weapon to kill the ants fast, and also 82 gives you more weapon crates than 86. For me if you want weapon from 80 to 90 do mission 82 and if you want the final level the top of the category from 90 to 95 do mission 86. So this are my three things that i want to tell you let me know what you think and i'll be happy to hear your response thx and again happy new year.

[@KevinEDF]

I agree with the thunderbow view, I worded it a little too strong. Also I do enjoy the rocket beacon on certain missions. I was trying to make the video short so I wish I could have expanded on some things. The only reason I didn't include mission 82 is because I don't recommend it for beginners to farm as it can be very tough without certain weapons but I hope to being them to search my farm playlist where I mention 82, 100 and dlc of course. Thanks again for your feedback I always appreciate it!

[@drunkpilotexplorer7061]

I hope your back with EDF 6!

[@GIGroundNPound]

This was VERY HELPFUL! Thank you very much sir! EDF! o7

[@KevinEDF]

I'm happy to hear it helped 😁

[@sqrawnee7696]

Thanks dawg you helped my friend out tremendously I'm not that good pf a teacher lol

[@tadferd4340]

"Wing Diver has the easiest learning curve." Me who struggles with the new Wing Diver energy management from 4.1 As for Fencer, I'd add that the Heavy Cannons are better tgan the Hand Cannons in dps (except the M3 heavy cannon) and long range precision due to the flatter trajectory. Definitely cases where a Heavy Cannon is worth taking over a Hand Cannon. Hand Cannons are more general purpose and great weapons. Heavy Mortars are very good, especially since the early Dispersal Mortars are lacking. Arm Hounds are fantastic missiles, better than HAILs in most cases. They pair very well with Hand Cannons for mobbing and anti air. HAILs are too slow and really only good if the enemies are distracted. Arm Hounds let you fight with all the attention on you. Much more efficient. There is good reason that Fencer speedrunners use Arm Hounds and not HAILs.

[@vapreusvapreus9535]

Hot to open the difficulty like hardest and inferno !

[@votpavel]

do you remember where is fencers upgrade to have 6 jumps?

[@redseagaming7832]

I bought Earth Defense Force 5 played it for like 10 hours Put It Down didn't touch it for 2 years but now I'm playing it and I can't get enough of it I'm wondering whether I should slap myself for putting it down 2 years ago so far I'm loving it I have Earth Defense Force fever should I call a doctor. I put it down because I was having too much fun with Earth Defense Force 4.1 that was the same as a joke

[@Jojo46548]

I have the game since yesterday and fuckin love it. always had an eye on it but recently it was in steam on sale. single greatest trash game ever known to men :D I'll keep watching your videos, subbed

[@KevinEDF]

Thanks a lot, I'm glad your enjoying it too!

[@uchiha617hh]

why do I see everyone saying that the ranger is the weakest? I mostly use ranger and wing divers, never used air raiders, and tried fences occasionally, overall I find ranger does the most damage by a long shot, the thing is I have trouble finding overall reliable weapons on wing divers and fencers, wing diver weapons all seem to end up being very situational, and fencer weapons all feel like they are either close range/inaccurate or has a whole lot of limitations, i really do find the ranger weapons the best, with great range, excellent snipers compared to the wing divers, very good rocket(hornet series) and I find the rifles are the most reliable weapons in the game(btw I play offline alone, sometimes coop with a friend)

[@hacooray525]

mostly because the movement. wing diver and fencer can get super fast+air movement while keep attacking and avoid the horde while air rider has better vehicle or far from the frontline in the first place

[@alephkasai9384]

Ranger is a force to be reckoned with but on higher difficulties it's much harder for him to dodge attacks. It's not impossible and experience can make you very proficient at dodging even a horde's worth of attacks but it is harder than the other classes. His sniper rifles are some of the best and versatile long ranged weapons in the game. Which means that he often fills the role of long ranged DPS. So the reason why people say such things I'd say is that he's simply harder to play as on higher difficulties compared to other classes. Is he weaker? Debatable, each class has their specific strengths and weaknesses and whether those make or break the character simply depends on the person really. The equipment slot definitely helps with his movement though. I primarily main Air Raider but ranger is my secondary P.s Air raider definitely has higher DPS than the other classes but requires greater positioning and foresight. Good positioning in particular is not something you can always have though.

[@SethAbercromby]

In terms of raw potential DPS wing divers lead the way by how much damage their short ranged weapons pump out. Rapiers have insane DPS output and dragoon lances offer massive amounts of burst damage. Obviously since WD has to pick her fights much more consciously and select her secondary weapon a lot more carefully to cover the ultra short range of the primary gun that across the whole mission a fencer or air raider would actually beat them out if she goes with that loadout. Personally I'm very fond of the thunder crossbow series. They're nothing too exciting for overall damage, but they cover a wide range of situations for fairly little energy investment per full charge.

[@nunull6427]

Dumb question, but can air raider request support underground? I remember being sad as some of the best farm spots were underground maps. X.x

[@OHGAS-rt5uc]

For what i read, you can spawn SOME vehicles, like bikes and crawlers

[@kevo300]

yes thanks your the man!

[@KevinEDF]

No problem :D

[@donnaclifford3688]

Hey kevin i have a question can you use weapons you unlock in the tutorial missions? I am up to mission 109 and i am stuck on that mission so i need help in beating that mission also can you do a walkthrough on this game?

[@squirrelattackspidy]

How do you dash and roll with wing diver? Thanks!

[@CrypticBlight]

Just found your channel the other day, great videos. I am still wondering what weapons I can use until I get something that can do good damage or have a good range. I've been playing Wing Diver and have just finished the normal level Champagne and have about 800 health. I feel like I get one shot playing most missions on hardest and inferno.

[@KevinEDF]

Yeah 800 health on hardest or inferno is very rough, I would suggest hard next until you get 1500 health at least

[@CrypticBlight]

KevinEDF alright I’ll keep farming up. I had a 4 man group playing the dlc missions on inferno and we almost beat it but we’d all get one shot by basically everything lol. I haven’t played much of the dlcs so after I do hard and hardest that my next set.

[@elk3h]

Hey Kevin, awesome guide! What rotation speed and lerp do you tend to use?

[@zaydolla1]

Ty by the way deff subbed and liked

[@donnaclifford7691]

i am playing this offline and i am stuck on the mission fighters ambush where the missiles are launched from the enemy robots so i need advice on how to complete it

[@djtoxicdhg]

Just bot this game yesterday to test the waters sins it was on ps5 for sail for 15$ figured i would dip my tose before i spent 60$ on the new game edf6

[@fgjyuhf]

Any news on edf 6? Just taking a shot in the dark. Also super helpful video. Thanks man

[@KevinEDF]

No news yet, 2020 fall is probably when if I had to guess. Thanks for the kind words! 😁

[@StarzAlpha]

What happen to u brother haven't seen u post in a year!

[@keyandry24ggthefriendlynei63]

Hey I'm new to the game how do you get the giant mech as your vehicle?

[@davidtogi5878]

Air Raider only. Access the vehicle list and look for Powered Exoskeleton > Nix for the pew pew one or Special Weapon > Barga for the big yellow one that goes smashy smashy. For details look at 8:10. Remember that you need to acquire certain points to call them on mission. Means you cant just have it from the get go, you need to kill or let you team kill certain number of enemies to acquire those points then you can summon them. Have fun!

[@Ekamelev]

I have few questions. - Can you use dlc weapons out of dlc? - I saw in your previous videos Fireball for rangers and i cant find it in the game. Mb i got it wrong and its not for rangers?

[@chrisschneider7612]

I believe that you can.

[@JamesStocks]

Yes. There's a couple of napalm weapons for ranger, for sure. I forget the lowest level that drops.

[@KevinEDF]

You can use dlc weapons offline on any mission right away and you can use them online on any difficulty after you reach 70% mission completion. If you are under 70% then you can only use them on dlc inferno mission difficulty and you can't use them on the main campaign inferno difficulty until 70%

[@KevinEDF]

Yes fireball is for ranger but he only has about 6 or so varying in level range

[@justakorean9008]

Hi, i'm on Mission 33, Solo offline. My questions are: - are those Online only missions playable on Local co-op? - is offline solo and duo progress separate? - do i need to collect all weapons to 100%? thank you very much for making all these videos

[@KevinEDF]

The online only missions can not be played local coop unfortunately but there are only a small number of them maybe only 1 or 2 I can't remember When you play offline all progress is based off of player 1s progress and player 2 is a guest of player 1 from my experience You don't need to collect 100% of the weapons but if you wish to play on inferno you will need to farm for some of the important inferno weapons to help complete the tough missions. Let me know if you need me to clarify anything I mentioned 😁

[@KevinEDF]

if you are referring to collecting all the weapon boxes in a mission to receive them at the end rewards? Then yes you do need to do this in order to receive them

[@justakorean9008]

@@KevinEDF Tnx. and i have a one more question. - can i Platinum the game offline? im enjoying the game so much that makes me want to 100% EDF5

[@KevinEDF]

@@justakorean9008 yes I am 99.9 percent you can do this, there are no online trophies

[@ProphetOfSarge]

Hey, so Im new to the series and I was playing some EDF 5 and I started fighting pylons, and I have question bout em. If you make a circle on the glass part (with bullets) and then fire at the middle of that circle does it do more damage? Or something like that? If you know id appreciate it if you could let me know. :D

[@TheWillrocks51]

Any enemy that has a part glowing takes more damage to the glowing part.

[@GBugden]

offline and online dont share progress? RIP 25 missions ive done so far

[@EDFCentral]

Hey man, what program are you using to make those title cards?

[@KevinEDF]

3 apps on phone, Android "inshot", "open clipart", "auto photo cut paste"

[@normanschumann14]

Never noticed the spelling mistake on Wing Diver - 'Mid Range Engergy Weapons'. Anyone else find spelling mistakes like this in the game?

[@KevinEDF]

I never noticed this

[@MoonBeamLaser]

🥳 happy New year

[@Necroagundam]

Happy New year

[@KevinEDF]

Thanks happy New year 🐸🥳

[@HappiestSadGuy]

Broooooo I found this AFTER I exclusively played offline :( The online weapon limit almost made me drop the game. Too bad most other players cant remove the limits

[@Choho-]

super acid gun is lowerful

[@KingFossilFER]

I dont think the dlc is on sale on ps4 :(

[@iced2594]

It is Under DLC

[@KevinEDF]

Still worth it but I would imagine a reduce price or sale eventually considering the age

[@Dragonrah]

Its for free now 😎

[@Throwdownerx10]

4:50 6:40

[@ANKHZONE]

86 rock destroy(

[@KaptajnKaffe]

f me I love EDF!!

[@cartoonvideos5]

I never play online because I use mods

[@CrimsonBullet999]

"Average"

[@zaydolla1]

Anyone wanna play edf 5 ps4

[@The_Babe]

What would you say is the least played/popular class?