Patch 4.5 Update! VOLKITE PISTOL and BOLTER BUFFS - Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

[@baldsquidgaming]

Patch Notes: community.focus-entmt.com/focus-entertainment/space-marine-2/blogs/109-patch-4-5-is-available Spreadsheet for Making Good Decisions: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3342567260

[@DFENS-dx1ns]

insert Best I can do Is 1 extra Mag Meme

[@WisecrackJax]

Cloaked Bolt Carbine actually seems kinda sick when you’re up close and dump ammo into a head of a Majoris or extremis, or a crowd of minoris

[@ezequielcantu5266]

Thank you for your work, and your videos!

[@jackdetweiler3442]

Really enjoy hearing your logical take on things.

[@baldsquidgaming]

@jackdetweiler3442 So you're saying I should scrap the mrbeast style script and edits I have planned for the Astartes Overhaul Mod video? 😉 ...I couldn't even type that with a straight face lol

[@piotrcthlu]

@@baldsquidgaming haha, both are viable I guess. Although the facts on the table and I am a normal adult man approach speaks to me Nowadays it's just hype hype hype and pretending that stupid boring games are awesome so that someone gets paid Such is the world we live in

[@jackdetweiler3442]

@@baldsquidgaming 😂

[@betterarmed]

Cloaked sniper barrel stuffing a majoris with the carbine is pretty fun. I’m playing him like a sneaky vanguard lol

[@baldsquidgaming]

@betterarmed I'll check it out after I finish leveling the volkite pistol. Have another 1-2 lethal runs and it should be relic. Maybe work both into a video of their own, since I imagine it wouldn't take long to run through each weapon.

[@betterarmed]

@@baldsquidgaming not long at all Looking forward to seeing it

[@floorpizza8074]

That sounds like a blast! Thanks for the build idea, Brother. May your foot fall silently on the throats of our enemies.

[@nagiaoe2434]

I don't like the drip feeding they're doing I'd rather wait perhaps a little longer and have say: -a new weapon -a new mission -new cosmetics All at the same time

[@baldsquidgaming]

@nagiaoe2434 Astartes Operations Overhaul mod...just sayin' 😉

[@floorpizza8074]

@@baldsquidgaming Some of us are paranoid about getting banned, though. : / I agree with @nagjoe2434... Don't drip feed us. We can wait til everything is done. Well, everything but the crash/bugs/performance patches. Feel free to hand those out like candy.

[@baldsquidgaming]

@floorpizza8074 Latest version of the mod turns itself off if you play in public lobbies, so no worries there. Saber is fine with it in private ones.

[@kcaptainawesome4800]

I really like how saber was like 1 extra magazine on the auto bolt rifle will surely make the weapon compete with bolt rifle/w GL, stalker bolt rifle, plasma incinerator and melta rifle

[@clevergoblin1714]

1 extra reload will definitely help the underwhelming weapon.

[@baldsquidgaming]

@clevergoblin1714 I think you dropped this: /s

[@CaptCheeks]

I mean connectivity issue improvements are welcome but I really want to stop spawning into a game where my class clashes with a player in game. They've got to address this at some stage.

[@floorpizza8074]

Agreed. That and the troll kicking at the end of an Operation. Turning off crossplay helps a lot with it, but that shouldn't be a needed work around. There are a few duo teams on console that do this literally every game they play.

[@S1030dan]

The only vague part about that Bolt Carbine buff to me, is the second part. What original pre-patch value, the original base damage? The original falloff damage?. Since we got a straight 50% damage boost within a 10 meter radius, If the falloff damage is now the pre-patch Base damage. That will make the Bolt Carbine quite a bit better, its pretty much a straight buff. The Bolt sniper buff, is pretty on point, it needs to shoot faster its a Semi Auto sniper for emperors sake, that shoots like a bolt action. Personally i would leave the Head shot bonus to x2. Instead increase the reserve ammo amount by like +10.

[@clevergoblin1714]

The Bolt sniper advertises extreme damage and that's the only way could have it somewhat closer to Fusil.

[@clevergoblin1714]

Got in game and looked at the bottom tree. Burst out laughing when i saw the 2 second buff Gunstrike, and then for 2 fucking seconds get a 30% damage bonus, you'll likely get hit because gunstrike has no s but assuming you don't and you get to fire off the gun immediately on a Zoanthrope, it still wont die. The relic perk for killing a majoris with melee (so a finisher) you get a 30% damage boost for 2 seconds. 2 fucking seconds. This has to be a joke right. Who'd ever choose that.

[@baldsquidgaming]

Was thinking more the thermal accumulation rate, since the secondary explosions seem nice from initial tests for aoe and stagger. Still, we'll see once everything is relic-ed out what winds up working the best.

[@piotrcthlu]

@@baldsquidgaming yeah. Stuff need to be relic and "real world" tested to be sure, game has a lot of hidden mechanics and multipliers and god knows what else Numbers tell like half of the story here if even

[@baldsquidgaming]

Fun discovery: gun strikes seem to proc the AOE explosion. The plot thickens.

[@clevergoblin1714]

@@baldsquidgaming Does it? I've not noticed that affect playing assault and leveling it up. Choosing Assault because they get 15% extra secondary damage and it feels the gun needs all the extra damage it can take. If a gunstrike does trigger the aoe, and it's intentional, that's pretty good. But knowing these devs it was purely unintentional

[@piotrcthlu]

Thank you I've been waiting for your point of view Brother :)

[@baldsquidgaming]

Not what I'd planned to post today, but wheee pivot and improvise

[@piotrcthlu]

@@baldsquidgaming such is life I guess

[@bendre1997]

I’ve seen so many people commenting about the single mag change for the auto bolt rifle. Wouldn’t you rather this than ping-ponging buffs and nerfs? Small incremental changes are definitely the call.

[@baldsquidgaming]

I called for precisely that in a previous patch video. Smaller incremental but meaningful changes. This is certainly 2 out of 3, and I'd argue it whiffs on the meaningful facet. The weapon underperforms in large part due to a comparative lack of headshot multiplier, and in a game where functional ranged damage demands headshots, it will remain uncompetitive unless fundamental changes happen.

[@vixsplays7170]

Haven't played yet but the vague wording around fixing the perk trigger on kills - maybe they've patched aux grenade launcher full refill for majoris executions? Just a guess. They can tell us about it without all the nerf tears

[@baldsquidgaming]

@vixsplays7170 Maybe. I'll take a more detailed look at possible perk fixes after getting the volkite pistol to relic and patching back to vanilla, since the quality of life changes in the Astartes Overhaul mod make leveling much more bearable, but aren't useful for testing and bringing y'all info.

[@johnshepard7630]

Folks using the volite pistol is annoying. Using every little ammo can they can find for what?

[@baldsquidgaming]

After getting it to relic, I'm underwhelmed.