Warhammer Darktide Reveal

DEL 707 · 18 Aug 2023 at 16:55

Looks like we're getting a skill revamp in October

'I don't think players expect this': Warhammer 40K: Darktide is adding RPG-style skill trees full of new abilities to its 4 classes

Darktide's developers have spent the last 10 months working on a complete overhaul of its disappointing class system.

www.pcgamer.com

Noxia · 18 Aug 2023 at 17:16

Oh yeah, forgot this game exists.

DEL 707 · 18 Aug 2023 at 18:54

Noxia said:
Oh yeah, forgot this game exists.

Must admit, I've taken a long break from it.

PinkFloyd · 18 Aug 2023 at 19:02

Same, hadn't played much for months but jumped back in a week or so back after seeing some patch notes that looked appealing. Raw gameplay is as fun as ever, the new Maelstrom missions are fun with all the extra specials, crafting whilst not perfect is a big step forward.
The proposed skill revamp looks good, hopefully it can add more flexibility to all the classes, whilst not taking away what works currently - I really like my Psyker as he is

Reppyboyo · 19 Aug 2023 at 14:58

Not touched darktide in some time myself, I look forward to this update.
Hopefully will make the Psyker fun to play as personally I found them useless and dull.

DEL 707 · 30 Sep 2023 at 19:38

Looking forward to this update now, looks like there's some nice new toys to play with.

ak22 · 1 Oct 2023 at 10:39

Looking forward to the update I found myself with 3 max level charters and not much to do..

gilljoy · 2 Oct 2023 at 08:29

Very tempted to finally pick this up. How’s it looking right now?

Cantankerous · 2 Oct 2023 at 15:45

gilljoy said:
Very tempted to finally pick this up. How’s it looking right now?

The combat and music was always great. The problems were lack of content and features. There wasn't a ton of missions to do or things to grind for. How weapon levels worked was very iffy for being rewarded with cool things. Some systems were also missing or partially implemented etc. Such as Cross play between Steam and GamePass... (fs that was a disaster for getting friends playing). That's all been resolved now I believe and hopefully with the class overhaul builds and gear won't be so cookie cutter.

It's fun game.

Glanza · 2 Oct 2023 at 15:46

Nearly a year after launch it might be worth putting back on with the class system finally being added.

gilljoy · 2 Oct 2023 at 16:20

I think I'll grab it then when it's back on sale again to give it a go!

PinkFloyd · 3 Oct 2023 at 22:57

Spent a bit of time this evening reviewing the new skill trees and trying out different build options with some of the rebalancing that has been done. So many exciting options to play about with now!
Rebuilt my old Psyker in the new tree, Brain Burst is way stronger, combined with the buffed lightning staff it's amazing. Flame staff also seems way stronger and the lightning and psionic throwing knife abilities are really strong too.
Looked at Ogryn, some nice options to build a proper tank now - taunt abilities and loads of damage/damage reduction options, alongside a bunch of new offensive choices.
Onto the Zealot, some nice specialisation options around back stabs, plus the throwing knives seem great - particularly as I never found much use for the old grenades.
Had a quick look at the Sharpshooter, some new grenades and stuff, but never really got into this class so didn't give it much of a look for now.

On the whole, pretty hyped. Definitely going to be playing a fair chunk more Darktide.

Glanza · 9 Oct 2023 at 12:48

Had a quick dabble last night with the new skill tree and built my Zealot into a full support now and it feels like it being able to stun all the mobs when required. Once I've got Starfield finished will give this another proper go.

will13 · 9 Oct 2023 at 12:50

Glanza said:
Had a quick dabble last night with the new skill tree and built my Zealot into a full support now and it feels like it being able to stun all the mobs when required. Once I've got Starfield finished will give this another proper go.

is it fun to play with randoms or is it kinda game you need friends ?

Glanza · 9 Oct 2023 at 12:52

will13 said:
is it fun to play with randoms or is it kinda game you need friends ?

Like any game, better with a group to coordinate but you can easily play with randoms depending on difficulty level. One of those games I found where if you drop on a good random group you'll stay grouped up for a few runs.

MoNkeE · 9 Oct 2023 at 13:59

Had a few games of this with my max Psyker, general thoughts:
- Game feels much more polished and enjoyable now.
- Psyker feels like a viable choice now. Being able to stack up to 5 head pops for free makes me feel like a psychic weapon now, rather than the old one trick pony.
- there’s a bigger focus on unit coherence now - you get team buffs by staying close together.
- big groups of ranged mobs no longer ruin your run

All in, it feels like this is the game it should have been. Is it late? Undoubtedly. Am I happy it’s now in this state? Absolutely.

Will I be playing it more often now? Definitely.

Devil_Spawn · 9 Oct 2023 at 16:20

DEL 707 said:
Looking forward to this update now, looks like there's some nice new toys to play with.

Pleasantly surprised at this actually, gotta be worth a spin

Cantankerous · 9 Oct 2023 at 18:20

Played a handful of games and the new builds are good and a lot of quality of life stuff has been fixed since last I played. Did have issues trying to do some T4s though with the quality of randoms

Ran into a lot of low level players who were, not great.

Had some good fun with the mob density and swarms. Being attacked by mass specials, 20 dogs etc. was great fun.

BS Dave · 9 Oct 2023 at 21:31

I've been playing it all week. It good fun. Even just playing with randoms

Kirby Wurm · 5 Nov 2023 at 15:35

I was up until 3 playing this yesterday, really enjoying! Only used my Ogryn so far but being able to turn him into a melee wrecking ball is great. Still need to workout the best build but the game is fantastic. It could do with a few more maps but overall I'm happy I've revisited.

Generally played with competent randoms which helps loads, even at 4th tier, although a few rounds were comical and the team was wiped so quickly. My mates have jumped back in however so I foresee many more hours krumping in the name of the emperor!

The psykers are fantastic to play with, the crowd paralysing skills are incredibly effective, so much easier to cope with the plague hound packs.

One thing I note is how demanding the game is, have mostly medium/some high settings at 1440p and while it's generally achieving 90-120 FPS at times it drops down to the 70s. I'm not sure why but the game just doesn't feel as smooth as it should, could be a result of recently having only played on my OLED or at higher FPS on the monitor.