Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

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We have to talk about the psyker nerf
Why does fatshark hate the psyker?
Outside of the meta build, psyker is borderline unplayable right now. They stealth nerfed it in the last update and absolutely ruined the class.
90% of psykers i get teamed up with on auric gets rekt on the first horde, and the ones that survive that first horde die first anyway. When i use it, i've been downed in one backstab by poxers from full health. The weapons have been nerfed too, i tried staves and they do much less damage, i tried guns, and they do less damage.
I built a 500 power 80%dmg and stopping power double barrel shotgun with 25+ against maniacs and double shot a scab rager in the face. It didnt kill it, just stagger.
Asked people in game chat about psykers and many agreed.
Psyker needs to be fixed.
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Ishan451 24 Jul @ 1:07pm 
And what exactly do you believe they "stealth nerfed"?

More damage taken from the back and weapons are nerfed, despite their damage values being unchanged?

Do you need a tinfoil hat, or did you bring your own, because i am selling.
Donauwelle 24 Jul @ 1:53pm 
Psyker has still more viable builds then Vet or zelly atm.

Purgatus either Venting or gaze both work fine,
dodge-on-crit perk + more supression then 4 Oggys while doing reasonable dmg

Traumas CC is legendary, knocking crusher down as if they are chaff, again while doing reasonable dmg

Void is overshaddowed by Trauma but still works just fine

Gaze-builds work alltho hard to impossible to sustain in havoc
unless you run the one meme-smite gaze thingy....

Bubbles are with current CDR on kills and the 10000000 Elites and Specs insane aswell.
2-3 bubbles at same time is no biggie thanks to clowncar spawndoors dumping elites like chaff.

2H and reg forceswords are pretty solid picks, acess to dueling-crutch, dagger, choppyaxe....


Thats more ways to build then vet...
He has VoC and passive ammo build.
-fin-
Last edited by Donauwelle; 24 Jul @ 1:55pm
didn't even notice, still top fragging with gun psyker with venting shriek and assail
kozerd.lb 24 Jul @ 2:28pm 
Originally posted by JagdPanzer IV:
90% of psykers i get teamed up with on auric gets rekt on the first horde, and the ones that survive that first horde die first anyway.
Are you saying there is a massive skill issue in Auric right now? :steamhappy:

When i use it, i've been downed in one backstab by poxers from full health.
This is the intended behavior
Lonely enemies inflict more damage if you are not careful (= tunnel vision guy)
Otherwise, you would get killed much faster in a horde if they did the same high damage

I built a 500 power 80%dmg and stopping power double barrel shotgun with 25+ against maniacs and double shot a scab rager in the face. It didnt kill it, just stagger.
Asked people in game chat about psykers and many agreed.
Psyker needs to be fixed.
Why do you play with terrible weapons when you have access to staves? :steamsalty:

Psyker is one the strongest class if well played
There is no problem with psyker post update, I've seen many playing in Havoc and Damnation just fine, doing the damage I saw them doing before. They always were squishy and died easy, unless specifically build to be tanky.
Cor. 24 Jul @ 3:16pm 
Only problem I have with psykers is they arent crazy enough when they mumble and do voice lines.
BÆRD 24 Jul @ 3:26pm 
Originally posted by JagdPanzer IV:
Why does fatshark hate the psyker?
Outside of the meta build, psyker is borderline unplayable right now. They stealth nerfed it in the last update and absolutely ruined the class.
90% of psykers i get teamed up with on auric gets rekt on the first horde, and the ones that survive that first horde die first anyway. When i use it, i've been downed in one backstab by poxers from full health. The weapons have been nerfed too, i tried staves and they do much less damage, i tried guns, and they do less damage.
I built a 500 power 80%dmg and stopping power double barrel shotgun with 25+ against maniacs and double shot a scab rager in the face. It didnt kill it, just stagger.
Asked people in game chat about psykers and many agreed.
Psyker needs to be fixed.
Did you consider getting a part time job instead of posting silly baits on the forums which have zero influence on the game balance?
When one piece of trash, falling from the ceiling behind your back, with a rusty pipe, with the first blow destroys the full "Toughness", and with the second blow puts you on the ground - this is NOT NORMAL
mipi123 24 Jul @ 3:56pm 
Psyker is fine, biggest glass canon in the game with a high skill ceiling. If you get one shot from a mob behind you, you might want to adjust your playstyle
Originally posted by ♛ La*Kosta ♛:
When one piece of trash, falling from the ceiling behind your back, with a rusty pipe, with the first blow destroys the full "Toughness", and with the second blow puts you on the ground - this is NOT NORMAL
You are talking nonsense. If that's true, provide a video proof to this, it's not hard to reproduce this situation. The only cases when I saw my tougness go in a moment due to chaff attack is when you are attacked by a crowd of them - that's when they simultaneously can hit you and remove all your toughness. But that's not excluslively psyker's problem, happens to me on vet all the time. It's stupid I think and there should be some limit of how many attackers in the crowd can hit you at once. Still, it's not what you describe, so either you make up things, or you're seeing things, or you had some lag issue and in fact there was more than one attacker who hit you.
Last edited by dunnothisguy; 24 Jul @ 4:09pm
Originally posted by Donauwelle:
Psyker has still more viable builds then Vet or zelly atm.

Purgatus either Venting or gaze both work fine,
dodge-on-crit perk + more supression then 4 Oggys while doing reasonable dmg

Traumas CC is legendary, knocking crusher down as if they are chaff, again while doing reasonable dmg

Void is overshaddowed by Trauma but still works just fine

Gaze-builds work alltho hard to impossible to sustain in havoc
unless you run the one meme-smite gaze thingy....

Bubbles are with current CDR on kills and the 10000000 Elites and Specs insane aswell.
2-3 bubbles at same time is no biggie thanks to clowncar spawndoors dumping elites like chaff.

2H and reg forceswords are pretty solid picks, acess to dueling-crutch, dagger, choppyaxe....


Thats more ways to build then vet...
He has VoC and passive ammo build.
-fin-
So, the meta build works.. like i specified?
Originally posted by dunnothisguy:
There is no problem with psyker post update, I've seen many playing in Havoc and Damnation just fine, doing the damage I saw them doing before. They always were squishy and died easy, unless specifically build to be tanky.
my friend i have over 600 hours, and own the game for 1.5 years. ive played through several updates, and after this last update the psyker has been weaker. i already had builds that ran aurics just fine, which dont perform the same now. Maybe you dont feel a difference in the tutorial difficulties, but that doesnt mean the changes didnt happen.
Originally posted by kozerd.lb:
Why do you play with terrible weapons when you have access to staves
because i already played the meta builds, i already ran loops with trauma and purgatus staves on my main, so im trying gun psyker builds
Last edited by JagdPanzer IV; 24 Jul @ 4:34pm
Originally posted by dunnothisguy:
Originally posted by ♛ La*Kosta ♛:
When one piece of trash, falling from the ceiling behind your back, with a rusty pipe, with the first blow destroys the full "Toughness", and with the second blow puts you on the ground - this is NOT NORMAL
You are talking nonsense. If that's true, provide a video proof to this, it's not hard to reproduce this situation. The only cases when I saw my tougness go in a moment due to chaff attack is when you are attacked by a crowd of them - that's when they simultaneously can hit you and remove all your toughness. But that's not excluslively psyker's problem, happens to me on vet all the time. It's stupid I think and there should be some limit of how many attackers in the crowd can hit you at once. Still, it's not what you describe, so either you make up things, or you're seeing things, or you had some lag issue and in fact there was more than one attacker who hit you.
nah he is right, ive had single attackers like that spawn behind me and down me from full toughness and health in one hit. psykers are wet paper now.
Pick a big, buff and sexy Ogryn and protect your psychers. Also upgrade your weapons.
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