Doesn’t matter if I know what I’m shooting, as long as I don’t stop shooting.
Like a lot of Darktide players I was expecting the second DLC class, following the badass arbitrator, to be something exotic drawn from Warhammer 40,000’s deep well of weirdness. A skitarii cyborg maybe, or a ratling, or an arco-flagellant. Instead, we got the hive scum.
If you were hoping for one of those alien orangutans who are also scientific geniuses I can see how a new character who is basically just the gang punk who gets beat up by the hero in act one of an action movie could seem underwhelming. If you wanted to play a Sister of Battle in full power armor and were instead offered a normal drug addict, I sympathize. The way the Darktide subreddit immediately filled their nappies in rage over the hive scum reveal was a bit much, though. The hive scum wasn’t what I expected, but after leveling one up, it’s actually a super fun class to play.
Maybe „dual-wielding“ isn’t as big a deal as it was in the Rise of the Triad days, but having a character class who can shoot two pistols at once makes clearing crowds deliciously easy. Especially when paired with the Desperado ability, which lets me reload for free, even when I’m out of ammo, as well as dodge ranged fire, and can be upgraded to reduce its cooldown if I shoot nearby highlighted enemies during its duration.
