The scarabs not summoning is a tragedy! They are perfect for farming to get through certain quests quickly where you have to kill 250 with melee or ranged respectively without wasting all your energy.
The patch notes say they won't have the Summon trait, not that they won't summon additional scarabs with the Scarab Summon ability. At a guess, scarabs summoned during a battle will have the summon trait, in the same way summoned guardsmen do, but not guardsman who were part of a battle from the beginning. I believe this change simply makes it so that the initial scarab swarms will count towards kills for events that care about numbers of kills like Training Rush and the upcoming Machine Hunt.
Then I must have misunderstood. Granted I didn't read the notes. Just removing the trait wouldn't seem very impactful and I don't see how that would help newer players if they stayed the same otherwise.
As a fellow Nurgle follower I'm always happy seeing Death Guard getting some attention, especially since Corrodius and Mmaladus are my 2 strongest units, Rotbone close behind and I just recently unlocked Pestillian currently leveling him.
As another commenter noted, this isn’t the actual change as far as the patch notes say. They are losing the trait summon, not their summoning ability. It mainly concerns this upcoming machine hunt event, so that the ones that spawn at the start of the game count.
Rotbone should absolutely be one of the core three for a DG campaign. I guess it does not matter all that much, especially for people that have them all, but Pestillian seems like a reach designed to promote BP sales...he's a distant 4th or 5th out of the DG IMO.
I dont think it would be for BP sales, the BP starts on 19th and the event just a few days later, much too soon to be able to unlock him from the BP and level him to use in the event.
@@shticks9152 because SP are half assing this game now. Incursion & Survival have been fun but players need campaigns now. It’s a joke with the number of factions and how each release we lose another rare/epic/legendary node and we don’t get it back
Same here, I have Pestillian unleveled and not very enthusiastic about putting resources into it when they could be better utilised elsewhere. I might sit out the first campaign event a bit and just get as far as I can with Rotbone and Maladus.
@nick1635 probably for the better. Don't have typhus, which is definitely a bummer, but my dg roster is maladus (leg, s3), rotbone (leg, g1) Pest (rare, stone 1), and corrodius (epic s1). 🤷♂️ Looking forward to subbing in my Kharn. Lol. We'll see how far I get
Great summary, thanks Buzz! I have Pestillian and dont think its a very useful character, I will probably get the base battle pass for the extra resources and the Pestillian shards will just be a bonus this month.
@LordBuzzKillington Honestly at G2 I 1-shot any character! He also unlocked all the legendary events for me. Top 5 chars in the game for me. I'm only lvl 50 for context. :)
It is *really* difficult to hear you, with the music this loud. Combined with the actual patch notes not being on screen, I honestly only caught about 60% of what you said (and I don't have enough attention span to watch the video again). So turning down the music would be really appreciated. "No scarab swarming will be appreciated by new players" ... No. No it will not - speaking as a player that has played for just under a month. Scarabs are supposed to swarm, and finding a counter for it takes very little trial and error. The swarms are also pretty critical for certain quests, if you don't want to spend tons of energy on them. Just one example off the top of my head: There's an early guild mission to deal 50k damage against scarab units (which I only just completed last week). That will be absolutely horrible for new players going forward. Not everyone has money to spend on the game, and removing the "easy farming" on scarabs will make some things quite a slog. Considering the amount of characters new players have to scramble to upgrade to have even the chance at getting anything out of events? We need the energy for campaign battle raids for upgrade materials. I like that we get to "borrow" characters for certain events - but when we borrow them, they're not upgraded - meaning they're pretty weak. Again meaning that the rest of the characters have to be better upgraded to compensate. I can already tell, for instance, that I'm not going to get much out of the upcoming Death Guard event. Of the 3 required characters, I only have Malladus. This is not meant as a complaint about the event or how things are done... I'm new to the game, and I don't have money to throw at it, so I expect my progress to be very slow and that I will miss out on things, because my characters aren't strong enough. But hearing you talk about how you might not bother to ascend the character, and how it's a problem for you because you just spent all the effort upgrading another character? Sorry if this sounds harsh, but you're completely out of touch with how it is to be a new player 😅
The scarabs not summoning is a tragedy! They are perfect for farming to get through certain quests quickly where you have to kill 250 with melee or ranged respectively without wasting all your energy.
The patch notes say they won't have the Summon trait, not that they won't summon additional scarabs with the Scarab Summon ability.
At a guess, scarabs summoned during a battle will have the summon trait, in the same way summoned guardsmen do, but not guardsman who were part of a battle from the beginning. I believe this change simply makes it so that the initial scarab swarms will count towards kills for events that care about numbers of kills like Training Rush and the upcoming Machine Hunt.
Then I must have misunderstood. Granted I didn't read the notes.
Just removing the trait wouldn't seem very impactful and I don't see how that would help newer players if they stayed the same otherwise.
@@schalkreynecke7335Kid. Keep playing the game and learn more before I spew further stupidity.
I leveled Pestillian for Vitruvious event (1 hit objective), and everyone called me crazy..
Who's the tough guy now, Vinnie?
As a fellow Nurgle follower I'm always happy seeing Death Guard getting some attention, especially since Corrodius and Mmaladus are my 2 strongest units, Rotbone close behind and I just recently unlocked Pestillian currently leveling him.
Scarab swarm change seems mainly like a nerf to finishing certain quests for 6 energy, rather than a buff for new players, idk
As another commenter noted, this isn’t the actual change as far as the patch notes say. They are losing the trait summon, not their summoning ability. It mainly concerns this upcoming machine hunt event, so that the ones that spawn at the start of the game count.
@FormlessPBnJ ooooh, that makes sense! Thanks for clarifying :)
Rotbone should absolutely be one of the core three for a DG campaign. I guess it does not matter all that much, especially for people that have them all, but Pestillian seems like a reach designed to promote BP sales...he's a distant 4th or 5th out of the DG IMO.
I dont think it would be for BP sales, the BP starts on 19th and the event just a few days later, much too soon to be able to unlock him from the BP and level him to use in the event.
@@nick1635 Yeah maybe. I still don't see how Rotbone and Maladus aren't the first 2 of a required 3. Healer+Tank are like PB&J.
This sounds terrible. Like how will we get areas to farm upgrades instead of continuously losing upgrade slots when new factions come out
I feel like this is definitely the elephant in the room that no one is talking about. The node creep for items is real...
I mean, I get your point, but calling it terrible is a little sensationalist no? At the end of the day it's something we didn't have before.
@@shticks9152 because SP are half assing this game now. Incursion & Survival have been fun but players need campaigns now. It’s a joke with the number of factions and how each release we lose another rare/epic/legendary node and we don’t get it back
Always grateful for your videos. I guess I have to pick up my Pestillian from stone 1... Wish I didn't have to...LOL
Same here, I have Pestillian unleveled and not very enthusiastic about putting resources into it when they could be better utilised elsewhere. I might sit out the first campaign event a bit and just get as far as I can with Rotbone and Maladus.
@nick1635 probably for the better. Don't have typhus, which is definitely a bummer, but my dg roster is maladus (leg, s3), rotbone (leg, g1) Pest (rare, stone 1), and corrodius (epic s1). 🤷♂️
Looking forward to subbing in my Kharn. Lol.
We'll see how far I get
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Bro, lower game music volume, we want to hear you not game music 😀
Hmm okay, don't usually get complaints about that. I'll look into tweaking my audio
@LordBuzzKillington yeah, I agree. Background music is too loud imo 😊
Totally agree, I barely hear you, no joke
Def turn up your mic volume
Really Bad news i like events with history but that doesnt replace the campains
Great summary, thanks Buzz! I have Pestillian and dont think its a very useful character, I will probably get the base battle pass for the extra resources and the Pestillian shards will just be a bonus this month.
Sounds cool, dont have the chars or not leveled so wont get much out of it lol
But you always get something out that helps so not bad
Remember that you'll be able to "borrow" the characters for competing in the event if you don't have one/all
@@LordBuzzKillington Like for free? Or gold? Will I be able to upgrade the borrowed or will they be like during a character event?
@@theronlansky4977 I think in the same way as with Quests that revolve around characters not everyone has unlocked
Same I have them but pest and corrodius have been stone 1 for months lol
I think stara się will reproduce, just not have summon keyword for missions or Ulf acrive
Yeah, the Machine Hunt event specifies non-summons, so it's probably for that.
@MachJacob343 yep
Pestilian! I choise you!
Why on earth have you not levelled Snotflogga?! He's one of the strongest characters imo! 😂
I'll get him! Eventually....
@LordBuzzKillington Honestly at G2 I 1-shot any character! He also unlocked all the legendary events for me. Top 5 chars in the game for me. I'm only lvl 50 for context. :)
Yeah game music is a bit much
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It is *really* difficult to hear you, with the music this loud. Combined with the actual patch notes not being on screen, I honestly only caught about 60% of what you said (and I don't have enough attention span to watch the video again).
So turning down the music would be really appreciated.
"No scarab swarming will be appreciated by new players" ... No. No it will not - speaking as a player that has played for just under a month.
Scarabs are supposed to swarm, and finding a counter for it takes very little trial and error.
The swarms are also pretty critical for certain quests, if you don't want to spend tons of energy on them. Just one example off the top of my head: There's an early guild mission to deal 50k damage against scarab units (which I only just completed last week).
That will be absolutely horrible for new players going forward.
Not everyone has money to spend on the game, and removing the "easy farming" on scarabs will make some things quite a slog.
Considering the amount of characters new players have to scramble to upgrade to have even the chance at getting anything out of events?
We need the energy for campaign battle raids for upgrade materials.
I like that we get to "borrow" characters for certain events - but when we borrow them, they're not upgraded - meaning they're pretty weak. Again meaning that the rest of the characters have to be better upgraded to compensate. I can already tell, for instance, that I'm not going to get much out of the upcoming Death Guard event. Of the 3 required characters, I only have Malladus.
This is not meant as a complaint about the event or how things are done... I'm new to the game, and I don't have money to throw at it, so I expect my progress to be very slow and that I will miss out on things, because my characters aren't strong enough.
But hearing you talk about how you might not bother to ascend the character, and how it's a problem for you because you just spent all the effort upgrading another character?
Sorry if this sounds harsh, but you're completely out of touch with how it is to be a new player 😅
Idiotick move make camagne that You need chars, unavalable to take other way then rng...
Bro at least put the patch notes in the vid. You talking while scrolling thru ur characters in game is low effort.