No news is like a punch in the face

Still nothing to report on the Saga front.

Darktide Beta over while Silverlode gets bought out...

So while I wait for more Beta content, I bring you a girl playing Wii.

Beta level cap = 25? Tried out Ignite Destroyer Skill

So I leveled to 22 today. I am in the final zone now, it looks like enemies cap out at about 25 or so.

Not a lot of loot to capture, no new ships since 18.

I leveled to get the "Ignite" skill. This is a 75 point talent near the bottom of the Destroyer line. It really didn't seem to be working well. Like "Charge" it does not have the range of my long range cannons, and it didn't seem to tick if I shot it by itself. It links I believe to your crew damage, which on my ship I run alot of short range crew, so possibly this is the reason.

Overall I think the talents and spells need some work, they just don't seem to be better then the passive bonus like cannon recharge.

Overall I think this phase of beta is done for me. I like the game, but not a lot left to do in the end-game for Gos.

I will watch the patch notes, as new stuff gets added I will keep writing, but for now, back to other mmo games.

Darktide: PVP Zone added to Open Beta

So I take a couple days off, and the developers add PVP to the Beta servers.

It takes me almost 10 minutes to sail from the 20-25 zone to this PVP area.

I guess the PVP area spawns free loot in the middle of the zone. (Who doesn't like free loot.)

As you can see below, its a very red zone. There isn't anything on the map except a supply hut on the bottom left.



So after exploring the ruins, and sailing around it looks like they have removed all free loot (chests/barrels), thus the reason why the zone is completely empty.

Sadly the duration of the excitement in the PVP zone didn't last but August 13th to the 16th.

Maybe the next patch will put in some more PVP.

Darktide Tricks for the early levels: Part 5

• Content past 29 seems a little weak. At 20 I'm basically running out of zones soon. Still grinding along with my level 19 class ship.
• I went the Destroyer route this beta, and it seems to have good damage against specifically flying dragons that have to close to attack. I can eat those for almost no armor loss.
• It's funny I stopped using my spells for normal attack rotation, mostly just hold them back unless I get jumped by several enemy at once.
• Short range crew seem especially powerful. I loaded 50% 50% medium/close. It seems to do the trick.
• Long range cannons I only put on one side of my hull. Mostly because its hella hard to get good long or short range guns. Mostly mediums are the easiest to get.