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Fatelys
Fatelys

Nice guide, especially appreciate the detailed explanations ! Not sure I understand how stuffed shells is easier to use than jumbo shells tho.

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spacepillow
spacepillow Fatelys

Thank you! I'll pull up the stats for each in a second, but I find stuffed shells is easier to use since it's got more ammo and can do about the same amount of damage.

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spacepillow
spacepillow Fatelys

Huh, I just looked at the numbers again -- I must have read something wrong somewhere along the line. Jumbo shells is straight up better if you take both ammo upgrades. Will make an edit

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Honeycreepin'
Honeycreepin'

I've stuck to using Aggressive Venting for this gun and I'm kinda having trouble switching over from that OC to this one. Do you have any tips for avoiding overheating?

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asiwaritXR
asiwaritXR Honeycreepin'

Some mods have a ring around your crosshair showing overheat level, those certainly help.

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spacepillow
spacepillow Honeycreepin'

Honestly, the UI for the thing is pretty bad. I use the weapon heat crosshair mod so I don't have to look at my heat meter every few seconds.

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spacepillow
spacepillow Honeycreepin'

It is also something that you get a feel for, especially when you're firing bursts of a certain length.

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PadreDa
PadreDa spacepillow

Cries in Windows 10, no mods for me 😟

SamTheSandvichSales-Mann
SamTheSandvichSales-Mann PadreDa

They seem to work for me even though I have W 10.

spacepillow
spacepillow

For some reason, karl.gg posted this as an anonymous thing the first time I posted it. Pardon the duplicate.

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Blitz
Blitz

Maybe my testing with sandbox+damage numbers is wrong, but it seems like you get the full damage buff from TEF after 50% heat and there's no point to purposely trying to stay any higher.

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spacepillow
spacepillow Blitz

You tested it? Damn, dude. Is that on the new update? Haven't updated the guide since the last version

spacepillow
spacepillow Blitz

Tested it but unfortunately the damage text mod seems to have broken. it seems like it does slightly more damage, or at least does more heat as you go further up the thing, but that could also be a byproduct of higher ROF as heat goes up.

GeddaBolt
GeddaBolt

"If for whatever reason you want to use your boomstick to clear grunts ..."

Boomstick with white phosphorus can be one of scouts best waveclear options.

Gregarius
Gregarius

This is an amazing guide and build, thank you. Only thing I'm never changing is Special Powder for my Boomstick, but that's just me. The number of new Engineer players that don't know to platform minerals is too damn high. Special Powder lets me power attack a hole in the wall, break my fall with a shotgun blast, then grapple up and inside the new hole to get minerals myself.

Naut
Naut

FYI on the current patch (maybe earlier idk) Thermal Exhaust Feedback gives a flat +6 damage/heat above 60% heat (~44% of a full clip), rather than scaling with the amount of heat.

RetroLupus
RetroLupus

Im pretty sure that thermal exhaust feedback now interacts with plasma splash again since I have been able to consistently light groups of grunts on fire with it.