I told my wife, "This is how I got good - watching Spike videos! Haha!!"

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Love it :D

Love to see it. My friend asked how I come up with builds, I told him to read Spiked video descriptions and experiment 😁

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Ha aww, that's really nice to hear :)

These solo runs with commentary are good for listening to while I’m working

Bro I can't believe how few of enemies you're fighting. 20 minutes before you even see the first bot drop flare on screen and you haven't run into or had a patrol run into you yet. I gotta start moving along faster like you are, the hit and run style almost completely negates bot drops.

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

I'm pretty certain as well that if you hit and run, there's often one trooper stuck 2 bases back still trying to call bot drops on his location, it's not uncommon to see a flare going off half a map away.

you know what? imma just gonna take your word for it and use the RR to drop some gunships for random lobbies 😎 edit: nice run, btw

Love both solo and coop content - it's great to see how to play solo and coordinate in a squad! I've been loving tenderizer recently for the same reasons. Also the sound of it firing is just so satisfying!

Thermites go really good with RR for bots, or eagle strafe Both finish hulks/tanks that survived the 1 shot, and pretty quick too

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Nice. Been meaning to find a use for them tbh, so thanks for the tip!

@avocadoc1292

20 күн бұрын

Do they also strip Charger legs?

@newspiked7385

18 күн бұрын

I'm not that familiar with it, but I think it outright destroys it rather than stripping, but I can't remember how many are needed.

Nice run, love the Recoilless, first weapon i started using a lot vs the bugs. Dont see much point to bringing it to either front anymore sadly. Maybe if they just fix the "walk forwards to strip legs" on behemoths it'll feel good again, seems like an oversight with ow it currently works.

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

I think it's still top tier for Bugs, 1 shot for Chargers and 2 for Titans is still excellent for AT. It just needs that momentum fix because walking forward to fire it just feels silly atm!

Scout conflict-avoidance loadouts are great! If you don't wipe out the entire squad of bots quickly, the battel becomes impossible to win heads up. Abandoning the area until despawn is Scout tactics but with more steps... and death.

idk mate, i like the coop runs way more tbh. more action, entertaining and interesting strategy-wise.

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

No worries, I'll keep both types of runs coming!

You probably know this already, but the spear can be aimed downward. You lock at the top for your detection ring and crouch down and the shot will fly out low and hit medium and close range targets.

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Yup! You can even make it curve left/right by diving, but it's finicky.

@Kyrox2

20 күн бұрын

@@newspiked7385 Ooh, I'll have to start trying that. I hate trying to hit bile heads when they are targeting teammates.

The bubble plants are certainly useful but risky to be near when fighting the bots. Believe it or not, I had a mission on this planet where the Bubble plants' explosions sent me downwards, killing me instantly to physics damage TWICE in the same mission, lol!

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Oof!! Yeah I definitely try and burst them before any firefight starts.

Something I've noticed about the Establish Communication Uplink subobjective is that if the SSSD is inserted before getting to the step where you need to tune the signal strength, the signal will automatically be set to 100% and the step is effectively skipped. Oddly it only works sometimes though.

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

I think it's purely a bug that happens regardless of when you insert the SSD, I've had it bug out either way.

I just like the quasar because you can shoot down drop ships, and handle hulks, turrets and tanks as long as your teammates distract em so you can hit them from behind.

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Fair enough! AC / AMR just seems to handle most of those while dealing with devastators and scout striders way faster too.

@czarpaul01

20 күн бұрын

@@newspiked7385 yeah probably. I’m not super adept at cycling through all the weapons constantly, so the quasar is a little simpler for me. With the AC I always get caught with my pants down while reloading lol

@czarpaul01

19 күн бұрын

@@newspiked7385 well I ran the AMR with supply back tonight in botsville and with the peak physique armor it is so much easier. Basically used it like a primary, good fun

@newspiked7385

19 күн бұрын

@@czarpaul01 yeah, AMR is top tier!

High quality.

"oops. well. he's free now." hahahaha (btw. never thought of bringing an RR to a bot mission. will try later, seems fun!)

11:04 pre quasar nerf I would run eagle airstrike, 110 pods, quasar, and jump pack and I was able to clear bases and leave so quick it became boring, which led to me switching my loadout

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Bot hit and run strat can really trivialise missions, for sure

Recoilless is my favorite weapon by far. I have always been disappointed that's it's not really an amazing option for bots. I think the fact that it's really hard to 1 shot hulk eyes with it, and that shooting down dropships doesn't actually kill the bots unless you are very quick takes out most of it's utility. I wonder if making it so that the round can penetrate a larger section of the hulk's face plate would make it a lot more useful? Maybe if they make it so that dropship corpses have collision, causing the freshly deployed bots to get killed when it falls on them? Otherwise I'm just going to take Spear if I want an AT option

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Yeah, not really sure what would make the ATs more relevant vs bots without crowding out the Spear. More Factory Striders might help indirectly, since the Spear lockon means you can't target the weakpoints manually?

I can’t believe you just casually called that they would release the commando off the top of your head days before it happened

@newspiked7385

15 күн бұрын

I knew it'd been leaked before, then saw the hints of HD1 weapons returning and put 2 And 2 together

I would love to see the Toxic Sludge Spewer from HD1. Damage Over Time and a Speed debuff? Yes please!

@newspiked7385

17 күн бұрын

I need it for a toxic build for sure! As long as they make the DoT weaker than the flamer, I think it'll feel fair

I notice that when I try to solo Autos, they constantly launch flares the moment they see me. It becomes a bit impossible very quickly.

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

The thing to remember is, the bot drops deploy where the flare was, not on the player, so if you move fast it doesn't even matter. I think in most of my bot solo runs you'll see bot drop alerts go off constantly, I'm just usually miles away from where they're calling.

@seanpurdy8230

20 күн бұрын

@@newspiked7385 I'll try to keep that in mind. It definitely gets very overwhelming very fast when those things come in on you about 12 minutes in when you are trying to get rid of a radar jammer.

Im glad someone else also thinks the anti tank launchers are meh against bots. Outside of the ability to shoot down dropships, it feels like theres really no scenario where I wouldn't prefer an autocannon, spear, railgun, HMG, AMR, or laser cannon.

@newspiked7385

19 күн бұрын

Think you can add the new Commando to the list, that thing is fantastic for bots :D And maybe it's ok for the other ATs to only excel at Bugs, they're great at that tbf.

Waiting for the rumbler. Then we will see some real numbers on friendly damage

Have you given the throwing knife a go? What're your thoughts?

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Barely touched it tbh, I think it's firmly a close range stealth option for bots tho, and even then it's very niche. Will do a proper test at some point!

Why does on your Terminal stand COB instead of Super Earth? Is it because of the Viper Commando Warbond?

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Hmm not sure what you mean, what timestamp?

@SpoonRacing20

20 күн бұрын

Some terminals have different start-ups, it's been like that since launch

How would you deal with scout striders with this build? I've noticed that there were barely any present in this run and they seem a pretty big problem.

@newspiked7385

19 күн бұрын

That's what I brought grenade pistol and impact nades for, with the grenade armour that's 8+6 nades if needed. Lone scout striders are also pretty easy to flank if needed, their turning speed isn't all that. Alternatively, you can just swap out the Tenderizer for a Scorcher, but that can get a little boring tbh

For crowd control vs bots, I found Cluster underwhelming. Too often it leaves multiple devastators alive. The best non-Airstrike option IMO is the Orbital Airburst. Guaranteed no devs walk out, covers a wide area and has a short cooldown.

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Yeah Airburst is nice, gas strike is surprisingly effective too

Have you ever dipped your pizza in milk??

can't believe you didn't get factory dog or tank, smh my head should have played 4000000 missions until you found some blocked and reported

@newspiked7385

19 күн бұрын

Bro not my fault you killed them all, stop hogging all the bot action and leave some for us Unfriended and unsubscribed

@StevenConstantineMoschidis

19 күн бұрын

@@newspiked7385 🤣🤣🤣 it's true, I am a known bot eradicator, I can only apologise

unga or bunga?

@newspiked7385

20 күн бұрын

Por que no los dos?

@mattmaffett5879

20 күн бұрын

Generally I go 2 unga dungas, then another quarter turn, and call it a day