driller caretaker C4 spam

[kestrel]

yeah so can we do something about this? it's getting pretty annoying how every single driller insists on hogging a resupply to themselves and spamming C4 on top of the caretaker to destroy all the vents

it always exclusively goes one of two ways. either the driller clears the vent phase instantly with no skill or ammo cost required, or he dies up in his little foxhole (usually from getting stabbed by the tentacles) and he just sits there wasting everyone's time trying to revive him. this often results in the scout getting killed as well from catching a bunch of stray fire trying to grapple to him

it causes a domino effect where his failure results in the rest of the team dying eventually because of one player who wanted to cheese but was too ♥♥♥♥ at the game to actually pull it off

driller's job during the caretaker fight is to handle the tentacles. all 3 of his primaries can make quick work of them so the rest of the team can instead focus exclusively on the caretaker, saving time and ammo in the process. driller doesn't have much he can do vs. the caretaker itself, and that's fine, because he has a distinct role to fulfill during the fight itself. that role is not camping in a tunnel and dropping C4 like seagulls ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on a beach pier

it's the same as engineers in escort duty who bury the drilldozer in platforms to "protect" it from the flying rocks, very often getting themselves killed in the process because they don't know how to do it properly and bringing down the whole team in the process. it's not necessary and it's not ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fun to play with, cut it out

[far sighted]

tcf epc can do solid work on vents and the eye

[Yeti.^^]

Originally posted by kestrel:

driller's job during the caretaker fight is to handle the tentacles

Hm.. no,i think i'll continue on doing my thing and ignore you trying to tell me what to do :3.

[babuk.fracal]

Personally I just drop 1 C4 and then go go on top of the caretaker myself to kill the arms with axes and finish whats left of the vents with heat radiance.

When the eye open I go back on the ground and focus the arms, patrols bots and possible shredders/snipers
(Though in case of snipers, they become a priority over the rest when they spawn the first time)

That way I get to actually help, use my ammo and not have to put one resup for myself.

[Fail]

hehe c4 go booooom

[Qua2ar]

Imma do it even more now

[Gravgon]

You should have well over 4 pods worth of ammo by the time you get to the end. I'll keep calling down a single pod for myself thank.

Also did not read the text wall.

[JeanneOskoure]

True chads are skilled enough to throw the C4 from below and still hit 3 vents by timing the explosion properly.
But yeah, I wouldn't be against some kind of explosion armor that increases the caretaker's resistance from explosion against C4s (and only C4 as to not hurt other options)

[zverozvero]

Can sludge blast vents from above too. Tentacles cant reach, repell blasts cant block.

[Bad Harmony]

Nah, nothing will be done about it, drillers will continue to drop C4 on Caretaker and force everyone to predrill in Escort and Engineers will continue to attempt to shield Doretta from rocks with plats. Best to suck it up and let people be.

[Tyyne]

Umm... host your own as driller?

[Chibbity]

Typical Driller L.

[climbingeastofwinter]

Is drilling beneath the caretaker and dropping resupplies directly onto it still a thing?

[kestrel]

Originally posted by climbingeastofwinter:

Is drilling beneath the caretaker and dropping resupplies directly onto it still a thing?

tbf that at least sounds kinda funny

[Ser Pounce]

Originally posted by climbingeastofwinter:

Is drilling beneath the caretaker and dropping resupplies directly onto it still a thing?

I don't think it ever was a thing, since the caretaker platform has always been a massive block.

[AyyDimitri]

Originally posted by Ser Pounce:

Originally posted by climbingeastofwinter:

Is drilling beneath the caretaker and dropping resupplies directly onto it still a thing?

I don't think it ever was a thing, since the caretaker platform has always been a massive block.

Supply will go through the caretaker and get buried underneath the base, idk if it deals damage.