Warhammer 40K: Darktide, Secrets of the Machine God - Hotfix #42

Zug goes through the changes made today with Hotfix #42
Detailed Changes for Pickaxes (Numbers)
Branx Pickaxe
Light 1 range mod from 1.25 to 1.2
Light 1 damage window start from 12/30 to 10/30
Light 2 range mod from 1.25 to 1.55
Light 3 range mod from 1.25 to 1.35
Light 3 damage window end from 22/30 to 24/30
Heavy 1 range mod from 1.5 to 1.6
Push follow-up range mod from 2 to 2.5.
Borovian Pickaxe
Light 1 range mod from 1.25 to 1.45
Light 1 damage window start from 9/30 to 12/30
Light 1 damage window end from 15/30 to 16/30
Light 2 range mod from 1.25 to 1.45
Light 3 range mod from 1.25 to 1.5
Heavy 1 range mod from 1.25 to 1.6
Heavy 2 range mod from 1.25 to 1.4.
Karsolas Pickaxe
Light 1 range mod from 1.25 to 1.45
Light 1 damage window end from 15/30 to 16/30
Light 2 range mod from 1.25 to 1.4
Light 3 range mod from 1.25 to 1.38
Light 4 range mod from 1.25 to 1.45
Heavy 1 range mod from 1.25 to 1.6
Heavy 2 range mod from 1.25 to 1.67
Light special follow-up range mod from 1.25 to 1.35
Heavy special follow-up range mod from 1.3 to 1.5.

[@shambleshef]

Is it safe to say that +gunner resistance curios are more useful now?

[@BroadsideGamingTV]

Yeah, they've increased the spawn rate and damage that gunners do, I'd say for the moment they are 100% needed

[@shambleshef]

Definitely makes sense given my recent experiences. I've been using +90% toughness regen speed across my 3 curios to try and compensate but I can't help but feel like this is a little wasteful. Especially with how many toughness generators (talents, blessings) there are out there already.

[@BroadsideGamingTV]

ive found since the patch, a moment or two out in the open and my toughness is stripped off completely, im not 100% sure on what exactly they've changed but gunners are definitely spawning more and doing more damage

[@shambleshef]

For me personally I feel like it's all shooters except snipers being stronger. Patch notes only says it's gunners but I feel like all enemy ranged units hit harder.
Also that curio perk should be redesigned to affect all ranged damage, not just gunner damage. I would feel like it would be more worth using over bonus dockets/grimoire resistance

[@BroadsideGamingTV]

I think you're right, ALL ranged enemies seem to be doing stupid amounts of damage now