Space Marine 2 - Max Difficulty Operations Are So Much Fun!

[@Ghost_515]

You missed the gene seed while talking about the gene seed Lmaoo

[@joeschmoe5608]

I thought so too, but watched it at .25x speed and paused when the UI said it was a melta bomb. You can tell too because it’s red, the gene seed is white with the prime helix on it (Apothecary symbol)

[@lilweeboi]

what I love is you get rewarded for agression. if you are able to get those parrys you just spam execute and knock back the whole horde over and over while armoring up more. with bulwarks shock you can literally feel like a greyknight whos psychic presence fells enemies before you even have time to hit the execute button

[@kidhavoc24]

When you’re surrounded you have flashbacks of hunters on helldivers 2

[@nicksouthcote8826]

the Hellmire PTSD is real

[@chaplainarkanus6410]

the heavy bot is my favorite bro just plants his feet into the ground and start blasting

[@canadiancanucklehead8310]

“And this is where I’d put my coop play….IF THE SERVERS WOULD STOP DISCONNECTING ME!!!!”

[@SuperdivorceChugsFarts]

Try appeasing your machine spirit

[@heroman1322]

It smoothed out for me and now I don't crash and have less disconnects on PC :)

[@LeonYEET]

Gene seeds are in any difficulty, (at least I only played the first two and already found some) but you really have to check every corner and highlight walls to find them. Like those floating armor heads but less obvious to see

[@matthewcoffey1306]

But they aren’t always in a mission right?

[@th3r3v92]

@@matthewcoffey1306 Actually, the gene-seed always spawns in every mission. It appears on every map and difficulty, though its exact location is randomly chosen from a set of fixed points.

[@sugrivathechimp9938]

seeing you low health with the gene seed whilst having stims was so annoying lol found myself screaming "HEAL" at my monitor 😂

[@dirtymnk9269]

There are passives that proc when you are low not sure if this class has it

[@battlecorgi8695]

@@dirtymnk9269 Yeah but nobody should be taking risks with the gene seed

[@_FIow]

Tbf there’s a bug with the melter, you can heal more than the white bar lets you. I was once half way down and quadrupled the white regeneration bar. It wasn’t even closely as much as that. Only melter and grenade launcher from the tactical can do it so far as I know. Pretty weird.

[@BlazingDarkness]

@@dirtymnk9269 I stay on low health occasionally with my melta rifle since it auto reloads under 30% just to go full guns blazing lol

[@MrStonehengeX37]

You can see team mates’ Med kit supply in the scoreboard, so you can decide even without a mic who needs to pick it up. Also, gene seed is on all difficulties and is a chance spawn. Probably has a higher chance on higher difficulties to spawn. Saw it on 1-5 in a place you’d find a guardian relic.

[@th3r3v92]

Actually, the gene-seed always spawns in every mission. It appears on every map and difficulty, though its exact location is randomly chosen from a set of fixed points. I have never seen guardian relics on gene-seed spawnpoints unless the player who picks up had a guardian relic already, since in that case, the player's guardian relic will replace the gene-seed on the ground. But other then that, they have totally different spawn points.

[@MrStonehengeX37]

@@th3r3v92 Then I am not looking hard enough. By the Emperor, where is my eye-spy and Where’s Waldo collection???

[@NorthInium]

Melta Bomb is great for example on the first mission there will always bee one Tyranid Dropship comming down at the same spot and a Melta Bomb just instantly clears that spot. If I play Assault what I mainly do is I go in with a jetpack boost throw the bomb down and jetpack away detonate it and have a lot of enemies cleared instantly. For carnifex or brutes its also a big dmg pump

[@joeschmoe5608]

Yeah, all grenades are good in their specific use cases. I prefer the Melta bomb for the Hive Tyrant as soon as he changes phases I detonate it and if I’m lucky there’s another one in the arena for me and bang, half health gone in 2 hits

[@prez-e]

If you want a different primary I'd check out the instigator bolt carbine. It's my go to with the vanguard.

[@_FIow]

Or melter for trash clear and easy game. Did a solo highest diff run with it easiest run in my life. With people it was even harder than with bots.

[@th3r3v92]

Gene-seed spawns on every map and difficulty. There are videos showing where to find it on different maps (Operation 2 has a fully complete guide, as I always find it on that map, regardless of difficulty), although some guides are incomplete. The spawns are essentially randomly selected from a set of fixed locations.

[@viktorhr6360]

So from having played a lot on every difficulty ( fully maxed 2 char ) Gene seed seems to spawn around 70% if the time. ( so probably it’s 100% but I don’t know all the spawn locations ) Armoury data is 100% of the time. On all difficulty’s also same spawn spots. Higher difficulty: slightly more hp on enemies, and the dodge and parry window is slightly shorter. Honestly not an issue- except for when you swap around difficulty. What makes it a bit difficult at times is the fact ammo spawns are fewer- but if you speed run it don’t matter. Honestly I feel they played it a bit too safe at lunch, and made the difficulty to low / similar

[@theinfrequentdead6289]

The wounded state doesnt just go away. You have to overheal with a medicae pack to get rid of it.

[@vik1837]

Nice to see you taking a break from HD2! Love both games!

[@joeschmoe5608]

Gene seed is on all diffs, I’ve see it on 2 but I do think the spawn rate is higher for 3 and 4, with 1 being the rarest. I know it spawns on diff 1 though because that’s where I first saw it and actually extracted with it

[@th3r3v92]

The gene-seed always spawns in every mission. It appears on every map and difficulty, it is a guaranteed spawn, though its exact location is randomly chosen from a set of fixed points.

[@Hastalapizza66]

Honestly the heavy bolt gun is better in ops because it can level up and carries 500 rounds as opposed to the 200 from campaign

[@_FIow]

That is because your character has a backpack loaded with ammo. Instead of a loose heavy bolted pre loaded.

[@MatthewChampiones]

So to enter single player PvE, simply enter the ready zone in front of the Thunderhawk before you are put into a team with anyone else.

[@chrysoar3058]

The gene seeds appear in every difficulty they just have multiple spawn points they can be at

[@gjl4101]

Good video! One thing I don't fully agree with is that spam rolling in this game is actually very effective, depending on the situation. If you have enough ammo then you should not spam roll, but when you need to resupply, you are nearly invincible spam rolling to the crate.

[@Andrew_GNX00]

0:12 This loading screen reminds me of XCOM 2

[@vik12D]

Reminds me of Darktide.

[@imruss8818]

in conclusion it looks pretty cool

[@chrischirholm3013]

All difficulties, and you lose them from just going down, not dying, just from being knocked.

[@M0N573R11]

you can get gene seeds on all difficulties source i have gotten them on easiest difficulty. pretty sure they spawn in every mission just in obscure spots you cant speed run the missions you have to actually search for them until the spots are found that is

[@brandongriffith6547]

whats your build for the vanguard class?

[@XNobleActualX]

So are the operations only coop? Can I play through the main campaign with friends as well?

[@lancehaderlie9587]

I have been playing on average difficulty while leveling all the classes evenly. I've definitely found gene seeds

[@insane5907]

Higher difficulties are so hard with bots only and getting good teammates seems to be hard for me too 😂 I’m excited mostly for the announced horde mode though I think

[@ImIncluded166]

Yeah there kinda tedious to do especially when u fail at the end alot i just done the last ruthless mission today.... definitely taking a break From it lol

[@sixthseis]

Bulwark is so damn good too man! Straight TANK.

[@vynnski]

it may not be panicking so much as just being used to dodging being so effective in HD2 :)

[@slyllamademon2652]

When it rams you dodge to the side. In fact most attacks you dodge to the side.

[@JustRiico_]

Omg I love that u look like Spawn lol

[@phdbot4483]

I see you went Raven Guard for your Vanguard. I don't have this game yet, but I would happily paint my Space Marine as a Salamander, and I have three classes I'm most interested in playing, Heavy, Bulwark, and Tactical. To answer your question earlier, Heavy can still parry despite not having a melee weapon, but I heard the parry window is smaller for them.

[@SP00KYF0X69]

Parrying is all I do with vanguard and I can’t get enough of it. I know how to parry the Tyranid warriors and sometimes the frustrating chaos marines but the hive tyrant is my one true weakness. It hits u with 5 unblockables then when u could actually parry u barely see it coming.

[@TipTheScal3s]

When in doubt you can always perfect dodge the attack which shows the parry indicator. I dont know what it is with parries, but the timing on anything higher than Hormagunts seems strange, at least sometimes.

[@oOoSHEPARDoOo]

The game looks dope. What would you guys say, can I play this game without knowing ANYTHING about Warhammer at all?

[@starwars11ish]

Lore knowledge is helpful for the narrative and immersion but it is not explicitly required! If you like to let the action and setting speak for itself, jump on in, maybe ask questions later. Though if you want to feel the in-universe weight of being a space marine and a servant of the God-Emperor, or know specific characters and plot points, a video primer on the setting, or even just space marines, could be enough. It's a good time either way, honestly. Good luck!

[@jpsfish5966]

You can find the gene seed on any difficulty.

[@seanpurdy8230]

Gene Seeds are in every mission besides Inferno at all four difficulties. Also, he wants you to pick up all the Medical, because if you even go down, the Gene Seed is lost.

[@Apollo-GD]

You can find gene seeds on average as well

[@enzolibardi2679]

This video made me want to play vanguard class so bad

[@joshualafaber1686]

Do the bots have unlimited ammo?

[@adamarmstrong5780]

Yep. Had a sniper bot and he was tearing it up!

[@Fr33climb]

I bet they'd be fun too if I could get matchmaking to work correctly on PC

[@MrStonehengeX37]

Don’t believe you need to actually use the weapon to gain xp for it, just has to be equipped when you extract I’m pretty sure. Each “checkpoint” gives experience to the character xp and the weapon xp, and post match accolades also add more. Haven’t tested if switching weapons mid game at the drop pod cuts xp for all used weapons or just the 1 you hold during extract.

[@adamarmstrong5780]

It’s definitely rated on how long in the match you’ve had the gun. I’ve switched guns at certain points and the xp earned always seems to be related to when in the operation I switched rather then how many kills I got with the gun.

[@MrStonehengeX37]

@@adamarmstrong5780 Yea it slices that xp right up and gives a negligible amount of xp to both weapons. You’re better off playing a whole game through with the same weapons, but u can re-equip your load out at a drop pod just to refill ammo.

[@Jakedameister]

We found a couple of gene seeds on the 1st difficulty so it seems like any

[@joshizfly]

Hell yeah bought this game yesterday

[@mrmugen53]

With your FPS instincts I'm surprised you didn't go with tactical or sniper class. Sniper is a rough start, but gets fun once you start getting the perks that boost headshot bonuses and camo procs. Plus makes it a lot easier to set up melta bomb carnage.

[@brandongriffith6547]

I was trying to use the same bolt rifle that he uses but I don't see the occulus without the scope? Anyone care to explain how he was able to take the scope off?

[@theannouncer5538]

Ngl I’ve found dodge spamming to be pretty useful

[@patrickhuffman9632]

What's up legend!

[@Golden_Tenders]

I’ve been playing this whole time not knowing you can shoot the poison traps on the ground until I saw you do it :/

[@minty257]

What?! Takibo is playing space marine 2, when did this happen, how could I not notice this?

[@DanielFerreira-mh2hd]

When playing with friends, yes. With randoms? Hell no!

[@The_Avenger596]

Already here.

[@The_Avenger596]

FOR THE EMPEROR

[@Frozentoast84]

Ah I see you are rocking the 'German' Camo

[@fahroeki5955]

ive seen gene seeds on every difficulty

[@Universekittenmittenz897]

I hope they don’t change the difficulties or the progression even tho some people are bitching about it. Ruthless is fun. If you don’t totally suck lmao

[@puregarbage2329]

I found a gene seed on level 5.

[@puregarbage2329]

Armory data has like 50/50 chance gene seeds feel like about 10% chance.

[@sixthseis]

Same here !

[@SLG493]

So many people running raven guard.

[@hatenuke1]

yeah where are my brother dark angels at

[@yao8]

Chainsaw is betetr than the knife right?

[@Prockski]

They are good for different things.

[@Sharyf]

no friendly fire?

[@puregarbage2329]

What up taki.

[@alexbach3332]

I've only found one gene seed and it was on the easiest difficulty

[@ichewcrayons]

Game looks cool but is it worth 80 dls? Idk…

[@LeonShallop]

i found on geneseed on the easiest difficulty in the 5th operation.

[@joshizfly]

Yeah I'm playing tank all day

[@jupiterkingBR]

Ok but why do all the videos i see of people playing this game they just refuse to use their melee and parry the gigantic blue circle that basically screams PLEASE!! PARRY ME!!

[@delacroixii]

Use Melta.

[@kingofthornes1061]

As I have been playing on the harder difficulty’s this didn’t seem very hard

[@p1ls726]

Random queueing can be annoying..... I want to play heavy goddamnit, and every game....class already taken. How bout let people pick their class PRE-QUEUE and don't match them with the same class? can't be that fuckin hard

[@m1stern00by]

I am so annoyed right now. Internet provider modem has broken and I need to wait a WHOLE day to play this again. I hate how progression in operations cant be done offline. modern games these days.....

[@rayhanhussain4997]

1st

[@jdiggitty]

El Espanol es mal!

[@fogstorm5531]

Massive mob garbage. Ranger enemies two shot you

[@TheNicolasd]

The gameplay is just so boring

[@gotindrachenhart]

I just can't get past the shitty melee system in this one. The first game's melee was way better IMO. And damit, I want to love this game.

[@_FIow]

What’s so shit about it tho? Can you explain more detailed than just complain. Because that’s all I hear from people on comments or when I play with them. But no further explanation.

[@gotindrachenhart]

@@_FIow the first game's melee was fun and rewarding AND, could keep you alive in very tough spots. You used light attacks to build up to a strong attack which would give you some HP back. It wasn't as fiddly with the parry system either. The new system just feels far too punishing. These are space marines and these aliens are a threat, yes, but the marines should be able to hew their way through everything but the warriors and above without much risk. The new system feels like it's overly complicated to me. It would actually be easier if it used street fighter combos. Nobody asked for soulslike crap. Hard gameplay is fine, I dig it. This just doesn't match the feel of the first game which made you feel like you were playing this epic character, this billy badass. This game it's like oh, guess I didn't hit that parry or dodge just right, guess I die now.

[@billyherrington7004]

Sorry but I don’t find bullet sponge any fun.

[@Prockski]

It’s because people making videos refuse to use melee, parries, and the snap shots. They hugely speed up fights.

[@_FIow]

@@Prockski On top of that this guy here (the creator no hate now) uses a pretty shit weapon. Of course everyone can play how they want, but obv it’ll be a bullet sponge fest with a weak MP. The melter is preferably the best for the vanguard.

[@CJM738]

Good to watch but gunna pass for now.

[@CristyJamesDike]

You’re missing out

[@maiy8786]

Ammo searching simulator. This is HD2 all over again, I cant understand whats fun about it. Always having to spam your secondary to conserve primary ammo as much as possible. Then you get swarmed by trash mobs anyway. I thought this would be a shooter but its more like a melee game with guns added an an afterthought.

[@SuperdivorceChugsFarts]

Melee for ‘nids, guns for thousand sons