Do you have a main? If so, which class and why?

Let’s see if we can get some discussion going.

Recently, at least, my main has been Scout. I run M1000 with Electrocuting Focus Shots - the way I’ve built it provides a nice breakpoint for acid spitters. After playing Scout for a while I find it a little hard to go back to a slower class - more than once I’ve tried to grapple away and realize “wait you idiot you’re playing Engineer”.

After Scout, I like playing Gunner the most, followed by Engineer. I don’t really like playing Driller much - despite having many promotions on my other classes, I haven’t promoted Driller yet! I don’t hate the class, or anything, I just didn’t ever really click with the playstyle. I have a healthy respect of Drillers on my team for being able to handle crowd control well, so cheers to you guys.

KarthNemesis,
KarthNemesis avatar

Scout >>>>>> Driller/Gunner > Engineer
I like all the classes though, but scout lets me go as fast as my brain does. wheeee
I also am the one who never dies on my team so I end up being some kind of frenetic medic. I tend to play support and sniper classes elsewhere so it's like, exactly tailored to me.

adamantris,

love driller. digging paths in a digging game efficiently and having a strong freeze weapon feels fun to me

Brandon658,

Solo I tend to pick scout just for laziness of getting around quickly. Normally only run simple mission types this way.

In group play I mostly do driller. Even if I’m useless the whole mission I can make up for it with B lining to extraction point. Overall I just like the feel of the class and that I am always making an easy to use hole to where we’re going and use later. (Don’t worry about the one that leads through a ceiling to my and your death. I’m sure it won’t be a problem later in the mission.)

That said I do like all the classes and mix in a healthy share of gunner and engi keeping overall ranks semi near each other.

Krzak,

I don't main any class. I really like how each gives a completely different gameplay so I switch them from time to time. It doesn't get boring in here haha

ezures,

Have the highest play time and promotion (gold 2) on scout, but some time ago begun to enjoy the "no way? I make my own way!" energy of driller. Also often rotate, both dwarves and loadout.

Some fun ones for driller
-sticky flames for area denial
-vampire and barbed drill for the freeze gun
-slowdown build on the sludge gun for dreadnought fights

RipleyRiley,
@RipleyRiley@lemmy.world avatar

I main gunner. I like almost all of its weapons, grenades, shield generator and the zipline. I have found very enjoyable balanced and unstable OCs for all three primary weapons. Gunner class armor looks baller. The other classes are fun but there is always something that keeps me from wanting to play them constantly, but not gunner.

jrubal1462,
jrubal1462 avatar

The only reason I can't get behind gunner is having so few ziplines. I go between Engineer and Driller and when I see something out of reach I ask myself, "is this a 2 platform problem, or a 4 platform problem?" As a driller I just estimate the amount of drilling I'll get to do. I imagine as a gunner I would just be staring at all the things 8 feet up the wall and missing my other tools. That being said, I'm always so appreciative when somebody takes that burden to bring the shields and zip lines.

SwiggitySwole,

There’s something so addicting about holding down mouse 1 with my Big Bertha flak cannon and watching an entire swarm struggle to get close

Zerophnx, (edited )
@Zerophnx@lemmy.world avatar

I prefer driller, but rotate regularly to fill (and promote). I feel like it’s the most versatile class in the game.

  • Bugs? All 3 weapons do AoE very well and bring extra utility (robots on fire, enemies frozen, bugs slowed, etc.)
  • Stuff on the wall? EPC + Thin Containment Field
  • Gotta get somewhere? Drills
  • Teammates? C4

That said, they’re all fun in their own way.

Edited for formatting

koolkiwi,
@koolkiwi@lemmy.world avatar

“Teammates? C4” hits very close to home

anangrierterrarian,

Ive played all the classes for about 100hr each. Last class i chose was driller mainly because i dont like the feeling of flamethrowers in games and my friend was already playing as them. Anyway i level up with driller until i unlock the (imo) best primary in the game: Corrosive sludge pump. GODDAM DOES IT FEEL GOOD TO USE. I can charge a shot and the bugs fizzle away like soda. I now have about twice as many hours on driller as other classes, currently on silver 1. Driller is the most fun i had in his game

rxmc,

Engi all the way! Started building up a scout after 300+ hours of nothing but engineer. Scout is fun, I like the mobility. I love having a good driller in my squad, so I think that will be my next class after I level up scout for a while.

Heffy,

Driller is my go to.

Im absolutely terrible at traversing terrain and being able to just look at where the drop pod has landed and tunnel my way there is what made me love the class.

The flamethrower is great while solo, and the Cryo gun fixes the issue of friendly fire while playing with friends who can all gun down the frozen dreadnaughts nice and quick

TeaHands,
@TeaHands@lemmy.world avatar

There’s is no problem that can’t be solved if you just drill hard enough.

Esjee,
@Esjee@lemmy.world avatar

Gurren Lagann reference. Nice

Shialac,

Scout. Started the game with a buddy of mine, he picked Engineer as his main, since these two classes seem to synergize pretty good

koolkiwi,
@koolkiwi@lemmy.world avatar

I main Engineer, then Scout, then Driller. I have to admit, I don’t really see the appeal of Gunner. The rest kill stuff just as fast, and I always feel like he’s the class the group could do best without. Missing a scout, engineer (especially together) or driller is annoying, missing a gunner is… Eh, whatever. This excludes certain super vertical maps where his zip lines save so much time

TeaHands,
@TeaHands@lemmy.world avatar

Driller, baby!

I mostly play solo and after trying them all, that was just the one I vibed with. Although, when I do get into a group with friends it tends to go badly for them because I’m so used to being able to flamethrow everything without concern for other people.

Yes I am bad at this game.

TheSpookiestUser,
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That’s what the Friendly perk is for!

TeaHands,
@TeaHands@lemmy.world avatar

First one my husband got. I wonder why 🤔

morgan_423,
@morgan_423@lemmy.world avatar

The opposite, I’m a generalist and play all four classes equally (they are always on the same rank). I couldn’t imagine restricting myself to one artificially.

TheSpookiestUser,
@TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world avatar

It’s not artificial, at least for me - it’s just a natural consequence of getting into the groove. I play scout, I get used to scout, I want to play more scout cause it’s what I’m used to. I still switch it up, usually to Gunner, but habit is what it is.

SacralPlexus,

I find myself switching a lot because I play with randoms all of the time. I will choose my class based on whatever the team needs as I join.

vita_man,
@vita_man@lemmy.world avatar

I play solo. I started as gunner, but then switched to the scout because the grapling hook makes it so much easier to get around. If I played in a group, driller might be a good class, but I prefer to play solo and take my time.

Heffy,

How do you work around the lack of firepower on higher hazard levels?

I love swinging around and getting secondary objectives done so easily. But really struggle to have enough ammo when bigger bugs roll in

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