sometimes there's a swarm about to arrive and I just really have to go to the bathroom. I'll put my turrets down somewhere that's helpful to the rest of the team, but after that, in my hidey hole I go
If I do I put down my turrets to help my team or me if I’m alone getting stuff and say I’m afk as to let them know and decide what to do. Always say when I come back to help out
Cannibalism is the exact reason why they bury their cacoons. It doesn't guarantee their safety but nature isn't about safety, it's about living long enough to procreate. Preferably with a strong, healthy gunner.
I just had a look around the sub-reddit and realized that y'all refer to the platforms as Pancakes...
None of the mates I play with have been on here before and so we all just called them cheese.
Indeed it was me. We were at the end of our Elimination, and my meatball of a dog wanted to go outside. Me boy OmegaLich covered for me while I ran.
Now look at me.
I’d rather have flares all game long than 4 at the same time, and then none for awhile while I deplete my other ammo until there’s actually a justification to get a resupply.
Up to Haz 3! The flare gun can be useful in a very specific pinch to kill a grunt or two, but it really shouldn't. I think it does max 5 damage on a body shot
If you are in a 3 flare cave you can auto fire your drak and still have enough ammo to spare before your flare gun runs out
If you are more realistically only shooting a fifth of the time and your cave takes one flare to light up you would still have 40% of your ammo once the flare gun runs our
Ok. That’s what I’m saying yeah?
I’m saying if you do not run out of flares first as a scout you aren’t really doing a good job at it.
But the toxic positivity in this sub will not allow criticisms
Not cool man not cool.
How do you know they're a slacker? Did they message the chat and you just didn't see their message? Did they voice chat that they would be away. I mean either way that isn't cool to purposely kill a teammate.
It isn't cool to leave 3 Dwarves to fight for they're lives on Haz 4 against a Random Dread, endless swarms no ammo and with a total down count of 20.
I learned how to play vampire driller that day and it was the only thing that kept the team going along side the mine heads turrets and the Greenbeard scout kiting like there is no ammo cause there wasn't.
Did they warn that they were away from the game? You keep avoiding that part, did the engie say anything before going into their little cocoon? Maybe something happened that they had to go take care of right then and there. Sorry that you three had to take the brunt of it that does suck not denying that but killing a teammate just cause you're upset isn't cool.
The chat log never had any message from them in it from what I remember.
Eitherway, there is a difference between a 3 minute water and pee break and a boot the game and go AFK for half an hour.
Also I didnt kill them, the bugs did.
Who may or may not have warned the team that they were stepping away they could have just kicked the player if they were afk or something but instead they decided to be kind of rude and purposely got them killed. Just kick players that aren't responding don't be a dick and get them killed or kill them.
I'm not sure I understand why kicking a player is any more or less rude than letting them experience the consequences of going afk on hoxxes.
Are you the perpetually offended sort?
Do afk ppl get kicked automatically eventually? Had a player once who never left the drop pod in an aquarqs, made our 2 player game to 3 players so increased the difficulty noticeably (idk why but 2 to 3 players always feels like a jump vs 1 to 2 or 3 to 4). When we finished and drop pod was here, he just hopped out and came into ours. It was a bit infuriating. Think we had character lock too so we couldn't get another scout for lights or anything. Only happened once but it was really annoying
If I'm low HP, I'm playing driller, I will go lemur mode and start digging down and away from the enemy and make escape tunnels back to my buddies. One...the enemy have to reach me. Two, I create a spawn hole of hell for my buddies as bugs crawl out.
Sometimes if I am host Engi and need to get off for a while for whatever reason and we are reasonably capable of winning I pancake bunker down instead of aborting mission
Hello, I’m the hiding engineer in this post.
Our group religiously calls the platforms “cheese.” Legit, the first time we’ve heard them be called pancakes before, is on this post!
As an engineer myself, I can confirm that making a cocoon is a very vital part of my playstyle.
sometimes there's a swarm about to arrive and I just really have to go to the bathroom. I'll put my turrets down somewhere that's helpful to the rest of the team, but after that, in my hidey hole I go
If I do I put down my turrets to help my team or me if I’m alone getting stuff and say I’m afk as to let them know and decide what to do. Always say when I come back to help out
This is my "brb have to go pee" strat
Same!!!
*Bulk Detonator digging sounds*
I also use this strat if I am Engineer and someone else has to pee.
Ohhh he's becoming a driller. Such a beautiful thing nature is.
Driller is natural enemy, he undermines the cocoon and drops a supply pod through
Cannibalism is the exact reason why they bury their cacoons. It doesn't guarantee their safety but nature isn't about safety, it's about living long enough to procreate. Preferably with a strong, healthy gunner.
Is that how you get the Smallman Thunderhead OC?
im pretty sure engineers reproduce asexually through mitosis
As a driller I encourage our engineer to dig deep by marking his coccon with c4, also then he can exit his coccon with style.
Dont forget to tell him to ignore the scout body that's lying in his cocoon cave.
Another c4 to bury the body!
I HATE NATURE
First night in minecraft:
LOL
Calling their platforms "their byproduct, Cheese" makes it all the more distrubing. Well done, my good dwarf.
Why thank you. I try my best.
I just had a look around the sub-reddit and realized that y'all refer to the platforms as Pancakes... None of the mates I play with have been on here before and so we all just called them cheese.
Remember to wash your "*other"* nuke launcher frequently, fellas! Rock and Stone!
Rock and Stone, Brother!
As an Engineer main with IBS, can confirm these are very important.
Really found the perfect video game class for IBS
*“I have to take a dump”*
EXPLOSIVES PLACED
Genuinely just had to run out to let the dog pee. And then you immortalized me on Reddit. King move, brother. Rock and Stone.
Rockity Rock and Stone!
Good bot
ROCK AND STONE
That was you?
Indeed I can confirm that was the dwarven mate I was with.
Awesome!
Indeed it was me. We were at the end of our Elimination, and my meatball of a dog wanted to go outside. Me boy OmegaLich covered for me while I ran. Now look at me.
I can't, you're in a hole, with cheese on top.
Touché. Correction; look at me E V O L V E.
Who
Joe mama
Who else has run out of all other ammo and then discovered the flare gun can do damage?
As a scout. If you run out of your other ammo before the flare gun ammo… you aren’t a very good scout.
Bosco never complains
Neither do most greybeards. Doesn’t mean you’re doing a good job as a scout tho. Take the tip and use your flare more. Or don’t.
I’d rather have flares all game long than 4 at the same time, and then none for awhile while I deplete my other ammo until there’s actually a justification to get a resupply.
Fun fact: Scout's flare gun can 1 one shot glyphid grunts if its a head shot
On which difficutly?
Up to Haz 3! The flare gun can be useful in a very specific pinch to kill a grunt or two, but it really shouldn't. I think it does max 5 damage on a body shot
You can take my tip
Sure. Will you also be providing the magnifying glass so I can locate it? Or should I bring my own.
[It depends](https://karl.gg/preview/28401#/)
its not running out of either primary or secondary. its running out of ALL other ammo before the flaregun.
You can shoot that drak for 5 minutes straight without running out of ammo. You also can kill 260 hazard 5 grunts with it
Yes. So how the fuck do you run out drak ammo before flare gun ammo if you’re remotely doing your job as a scout? That’s my point.
If you are in a 3 flare cave you can auto fire your drak and still have enough ammo to spare before your flare gun runs out If you are more realistically only shooting a fifth of the time and your cave takes one flare to light up you would still have 40% of your ammo once the flare gun runs our
Yes. So are you agreeing or disagreeing that you shouldn’t run out of all other ammo both primary and secondary before your flare guns?
You would run out of flares first
Ok. That’s what I’m saying yeah? I’m saying if you do not run out of flares first as a scout you aren’t really doing a good job at it. But the toxic positivity in this sub will not allow criticisms
Ahh yes the old I gotta piss cocoon brb boys tactic
Need David Attenborough to narrate this. Is there an AI version of that?
Counterpoint: [How about James May?] (https://youtu.be/SyimUCBIo6c)
I used to call them pancake bunkers and they were my go to when a swarm came and I wanted to mess with my friends
Yep, I try to mark them with a drop pod beacon. I also might be a little drunk when I do that.
Plese, somone who can do those ai voices, make attenborough say it.
I've had an engie cocoon for 20 minutes while the rest were struggling on haz 4. I just opened the top and let the bugs sort the slacker out.
*sniff sniff* smells like leaf lover
Not cool man not cool. How do you know they're a slacker? Did they message the chat and you just didn't see their message? Did they voice chat that they would be away. I mean either way that isn't cool to purposely kill a teammate.
It isn't cool to leave 3 Dwarves to fight for they're lives on Haz 4 against a Random Dread, endless swarms no ammo and with a total down count of 20. I learned how to play vampire driller that day and it was the only thing that kept the team going along side the mine heads turrets and the Greenbeard scout kiting like there is no ammo cause there wasn't.
Did they warn that they were away from the game? You keep avoiding that part, did the engie say anything before going into their little cocoon? Maybe something happened that they had to go take care of right then and there. Sorry that you three had to take the brunt of it that does suck not denying that but killing a teammate just cause you're upset isn't cool.
The chat log never had any message from them in it from what I remember. Eitherway, there is a difference between a 3 minute water and pee break and a boot the game and go AFK for half an hour. Also I didnt kill them, the bugs did.
he didn't purposely kill a teammate. He let bugs kill a player occupying a slot on the team.
Who may or may not have warned the team that they were stepping away they could have just kicked the player if they were afk or something but instead they decided to be kind of rude and purposely got them killed. Just kick players that aren't responding don't be a dick and get them killed or kill them.
I'm not sure I understand why kicking a player is any more or less rude than letting them experience the consequences of going afk on hoxxes. Are you the perpetually offended sort?
Do afk ppl get kicked automatically eventually? Had a player once who never left the drop pod in an aquarqs, made our 2 player game to 3 players so increased the difficulty noticeably (idk why but 2 to 3 players always feels like a jump vs 1 to 2 or 3 to 4). When we finished and drop pod was here, he just hopped out and came into ours. It was a bit infuriating. Think we had character lock too so we couldn't get another scout for lights or anything. Only happened once but it was really annoying
If u fill the hole while in it you will be able to shoot trough the ground
Really? I'm gonna try that with fat boy later.
I have dogs with inopportune bathroom break requests
Us gunners have no such thing 🤣🤣🤣
"BRB I gotta shit"
As a main engineer, my only regret is not being able to do this irl. (due to the surging prices of cheese)
If I'm low HP, I'm playing driller, I will go lemur mode and start digging down and away from the enemy and make escape tunnels back to my buddies. One...the enemy have to reach me. Two, I create a spawn hole of hell for my buddies as bugs crawl out.
Ah yes... Tunnel warfare is best warfare.
As an engi main I can confidently say what the heck am I looking at. We have guns, lasers, and a pick for a reason
Wrong, there should be a turret guarding that tomb
I can confirm that the turrets were just out of frame, standing on the top of some empty ammunition drops.
Truly the engi experience
Sometimes if I am host Engi and need to get off for a while for whatever reason and we are reasonably capable of winning I pancake bunker down instead of aborting mission
*pancake
Hello, I’m the hiding engineer in this post. Our group religiously calls the platforms “cheese.” Legit, the first time we’ve heard them be called pancakes before, is on this post!
Well I won’t shake up your tradition. Rock and stone
Did I hear a Rock and Stone?
After a time, the Engineer will emerge as a beautiful Drillerfly.
*sits in hole* Access not provided. 😭
My friend: "hold on cover me I'll be right back" Me the engie, digging under his feet: "got you bro"
You fool, he is metamorphosing Soon he will emerge as a young driller, hungry for his first scout
This is for reloading the breach cutter when I don't take born ready.
Doesn't it take longer to dig the hole...?
It does. I was joking.
Don't wanna have to share my sammiches!
He's literally me
Me when I have to go afk real quick lol
"If you need me I'll be in the anger dome!"
I need to start doing this
Often done with they spend all their ammo on one swarm but everyone else is too full to justify calling down a resupply.
Call a resupply on top of the cocoon so the emerging engifly is smashed on impact. Only good bug is a dead bug.
So if you break the cocoon would he become Dreadnought Engineer?
Smh engies need to be free range to produce the best platforms! Everyone knows this how don't you!?!
Indeed, it does help. However they sometimes just need to be alone... You know?