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Is there a spot where I can go view all the various cosmetic goodies for the veteran?

Just updated the game and fiddled around with the new system for a bit, quite lost with all these options, so went for a purely ranged veteran for now, dumping almost all of my points into the left tree, then hopped into the meat grinder for some testing and oh my days, I love it. I mainly use the Lucius (which unless I missed it during previous games, now has a cool visual effect of first the muzzle, then the barrel, slowly turning orange from repeated firing) and against Malice level opponents the damage output is simply delicious, dropping most specials with just a few well placed weak point hits, even the Mauler goes down in two(!) headshots now, which is saying something as in the past I had to go for the torso, which isn't carapace armoured. The reworked shredder grenade now also has more of a bite to it, not just a better bang, but also a bleed effect that is actually doing something.

Awesome, I'm really looking forward to playing some when I get a chance.

As a weird question, how much do skins average? I grabbed a physical copy of the game and it apparently gives 2100 Aquila off the bat.

 Kanluwen wrote:
As a weird question, how much do skins average? I grabbed a physical copy of the game and it apparently gives 2100 Aquila off the bat.

I think 800. I remember buying two sets of skins for my Ogryn and having enough for a partial set for my Psyker. I’ll confirm tonight and I do think it varies, depending on how ostentacious the skins get.

Speaking of my Psyker, I hopped on last night to test out new stuff and its pretty wild. New abilities like the barrier that I can put up is pretty cool. Also dealt wild damage. Once I fine tune my gear and actually put some thought into my spec, it’s going to get crazy.

Oh yes, the damage output has really been buffed and I am loving that I don't need to bring along a bolter to really be a threat to mid-tier threats anymore, like it's supposed to be.

Also really excited to see what the psyker will be pulling off, as that class has been lagging behind in terms of damage output in my opinion.

Woo! It's finally on Xbox! I have built myself an Ogryn!

My copy arrives tomorrow. Old giftcards covered it, yay!

Debating whether or not I want to make sure to grab a digital copy, but that's not my problem today.

Full change list for this update, too big to quote: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1361210/view/3743111208726626651

Typical. Wait till I’m away for a few days with work, then Release it… dagnammit

Always the way. Might work remotely on Android via Game Pass

Up to 12 now on a Veteran. I has a Kantrael Lasgun! Pew! Pew!

Just started a veteran. Damn but you run out of ammo quickly…

Early on, maybe. With all my tree traits? I doubt I'll struggle. I rarely did before the rework and there were less ammo-related perks then.

Ammo management gets better the further down you go and unless you have very greedy party members, you should be good on pickups as well, though that said.. I've had plenty of instances where I would keep track of allied ammo reserves (which are handily shown in orange or red next to their names when they get low), but always lose track of my own. 😅 But with my own group we had a good synergy about keeping track and pinging ammo when we saw it, actively calling out for those in need to pick it up.

Also depends on the weapon you use, I primarily use the Lucius, which now can really punch hard and above its weight in my opinion, but have tried every other gun out there and some just burn through ammo for little gain, rule of cool aside, like with the Accatran's disco of lasers.

Thanks for the hints. I have played a grand total of one game and have one trait point, so I’ll look out for the ammo stuff in future

I will say that the starter Kantrael is a bit crappy, with a poor cell capacity and low ammo pool, but play a few times and you'll have access to better variants, not to mention more trait points.

But that said, even the starter lasgun is pure awesome and sold me on my lasgun-heavy playstyle. The reload animation, with that puff of ozone, the sparks fizzing, just awesome.

Death Korps cosmetics are in the game, with a special shovel skin and officer helmet for the veteran, but karking hell, these are expensive!

2900 for the three piece set.

1400(!) for the officer helmet.

400 for the shovel.

Zealot has a custom flamer skin (400), psyker has a nice laspistol skin (400) and the Og has a shovel skin (400) and helmet (1400!) of his own.

 Flinty wrote:
Thanks for the hints. I have played a grand total of one game and have one trait point, so I’ll look out for the ammo stuff in future

If you got trigger discipline and some experience of other shooters you may find that Autoguns (the infantry versions which can actually AIM), an easier starting point to learn trigger discipline.


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The chainswords on veteran is now bonkers imo. Also the whole pick your traits system has massivly improved the game imo. Aswell as some optimisation.

However, the marketplace is still utterly garbage, the dual currency is once again still a bad faith practice of the gaming industry and i am not willing to credit them for finally bringing the game up to what it should've been at the start.

Atleast it doesn't crash anymore.

 BrookM wrote:
Death Korps cosmetics are in the game, with a special shovel skin and officer helmet for the veteran, but karking hell, these are expensive!

2900 for the three piece set.

1400(!) for the officer helmet.

400 for the shovel.

Zealot has a custom flamer skin (400), psyker has a nice laspistol skin (400) and the Og has a shovel skin (400) and helmet (1400!) of his own.

I'm wondering if Microsoft's delay in putting up the preorder/purchase for Xbox might have a part of this...since they didn't put it up until release day, there's a "gift" of 7k/14k Aquilas for anyone buying the game digitally until October 18th.

The massive recoil and tiny magazine has put me off autoguns for now. Upgraded a Lucius pattern lasgun to get me started

Eyyyy, another potential Lucius convert! It'll take some getting used to in the beginning due to its firing mechanics and I hope you got the version that has the stab attack for the bayonet, as opposed to the horrible hacking motion one variant makes.

And yes, the chainsword has replaced the nerfed into the ground power sword for me. With the right stuff slapped on it can chew through mid-tier armoured elites in a single blow, does leave you exposed for a bit as the sword does its work, but worth it.

The cosmetics are still criminally overpriced, 800 Aquilas more than previous bundles and they know they'll get away with it because this set of cosmetics has been on the community wishlist since day one.

I'll be sticking with my sumpmire camo and the goggles you can unlock by doing Veteran penances.

If they release a Valhallan skin I'll be tempted.

I tried out the Lucius a bit but it's not for me, Recon full auto madhouse all the way

I haven’t worked out how to use the bayonet yet to be honest next on the list.

Each weapon has a special function, don't know where it is bound to on consoles, but it's the button you use to rev up the chainsword or activate the flashlight on your lasgun.

And yes, the Lucius may take some getting used to, especially if you want to just quick-fire it as opposed to charging every shot. It may also be a bit wonky when playing with other folks online, weird as it may sound, with the gun performing the firing animation, without a muzzle flash or discharge sound.

Yeah I was playing some yesterday with a full team and the guy who was the new Psyker with the ludicrous needle powers kind of killed most things before the Lucius charged up.

@Flinty it's right stick click on xbox controller.

I have a Kantrael pattern Lasgun and used my 'freebie' aquilas from the Imperial edition to grab the Kasrkin skin.

Living. The. Dream.

Thanks Olthannon. Looked up the controls before the next match

New shiny is the agripina auto gun. Two shot burst fire is working well for me.

 Flinty wrote:
Thanks Olthannon. Looked up the controls before the next match

New shiny is the agripina auto gun. Two shot burst fire is working well for me.

It's good but has a tendency to Bug out.

The vraksian salvo rifle is my prefered of the two and bugs out less often.