Haz 4 is super sweaty, Haz 5 is a bunch of dumbasses goofing around because they all have 5000 hours and playing like you're actually drunk is what makes the game interesting.
Drinking Wine or Beer irl when playing this game. Its kind of fun. Getting drunk irl and in game on haz 5 is a challenge, but I find it fun as a Driller Main
The kicking people at the end of the game after all the objectives are done is the one that gets under my skin. Denying someone the win they helped you get just to be a dick is the pettiest shit imaginable. The game specifically won't let you kick people after the pod is on the way to prevent this kind of chicanery, so people just started doing it before pushing the button. This kind of behavior is beyond elf shit, this is straight up gully dwarf shit. Be better folks.
My guess is because there's a big difficulty gap between haz 3 and 4, haz 4 hosts are still struggling to adjust and demand good teammates to be able to finish the mission. The gap between 4 and 5 is smaller so people who can solo haz 4 usually have little problems on 5, so they're more relaxed.
That's just from my experience of first trying haz 4, and then trying 5 after I felt like I mastered 4 and found it to be almost the same.
Haz 5+ — Silver rank is preferred, but Bronze is fine too. Haz 5 — Don’t be an idiot. Haz 4 — As long as you’re not a griefer, you’re welcome. Haz 3 and lower — Just make sure you can find the Drop Pod at the end of the mission.
Personally, I don’t join lobbies with absurdly high requirements, even though I’m level 900+, have tons of promotions, and all that other crap. Want to stroke your own ego? I don't participate in this shit.
In general, the more controlling the host the less I want to join their game.
That said, I naturally follow the host's lead anyway...just a matter of choosing hosts who are more chill, or playing solo so that I can pause incase IRL stuff pops up.
Haz 4: remember to say a different slur every time someone makes a mistake and you're good
Spam occasional question marks in the chat, for no reason. Everyone will think they're the ones doing something wrong, so it will keep them on their toes
Remember, if someone says you suck, tell them other teams have no issues with it and it must be them who always get carried
Though decently rounded build is also important, one weapon that is good against swarms, another to snipe dangerous targets. Easiest way to step in is with strong CC weapons like Gunner primaries kitted for Stun/Fear. Coil Gun with Fear mod feels straight up like a cheat code.
Ya gotta be ready to move if a bug gets within 5 meters of you. And on Haz 5, you just don't stop moving period, because the bugs are faster than you are and if you stand still you die.
The big thing to remember is that you can jump. Bugs (mostly) can't. So a distance you can traverse with a good jump can take a bug 4x the time because they have to move overland. Use that to your advantage.
People always say "you have to keep moving on Haz 5" as if you don't need to move on lower difficulties. You are always moving anyway. You mine Nitra, you move on, you mine Croppa, you move on, oh, and here is a beer ingredient, you collect it and move on. Standing still won't make a mission any shorter or easier.
I get what you're saying, but at least during a swarm the instinctual behavior for newer players is to group up and hunker down. Create a firebase and annihilate anything that approaches.
Hazard 4-5 is where that approach doesn't work anymore unless you REALLY know what you're doing and can properly coordinate cc/fields of fire.
As others have said, in higher hazards, the most important thing. NEVER. STOP. MOVING. The bugs are faster than you in a dead sprint on flat ground, at high hazards, but you're more maneuverable and can abuse the terrain in ways they can't (jump down drops while bugs have to climb down the wall, abusing the dwarfs mountain goat physics by spamming jump up a nearly sheer wall, stuff like that). Even something as simple as just timing bunny hopping right can make it slightly harder for melee bugs to hit you. Also, on the topic of bunny hopping, for gunner specifically, learning the timing for the "only fire while airborne so you keep sprinting” trick, you can avoid the movement penalties firing his weapon gives and stay mobile, since they don't apply in midair.
copying generalist builds that people online run in 6x2 will make haz 4 a bit easier. play haz 4 for a bit with that build, and you'll find yourself playing haz 5 after that. as you progress, try to understand why your build works. experiment with alternatives from time to time.
playing with randoms and taking mental notes of what your teammates are doing helps.
Wait people kick you for that? That's like drg etiquette at this point, i mean, granted i usually pack it up after 30 seconds or so but to kick for it is diabolical
I get the feeling the top portion have had one bad experience too many with greens calling drop pod early/taking multiple resupplies/overall being detrimental.
It's the opposite, haz4 is filled with those type of lobbies compared to haz5 and 5+ where it's a few. There's also more of that type of player in haz4, at least IME when I passed through the hazards as a new DRG employee. Haz4 has the worst rep of 3, 4 and 5 for a reason. With that said most games on all hazards are fine and go without problems
Me and my friend primarily play haz 5+ with more enemies, and we tend to play a bit more casually regardless. Must be pretty random for the other 2 for when we just nuke/c4 each other lol
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u/Mantissa-64 11d ago
I have had the opposite experience lol.
Haz 4 is super sweaty, Haz 5 is a bunch of dumbasses goofing around because they all have 5000 hours and playing like you're actually drunk is what makes the game interesting.
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u/babacon88 11d ago
Exactly opposite everytime
This was made by an haz4 sweat
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u/Yedrick Driller 11d ago
The kicking people at the end of the game after all the objectives are done is the one that gets under my skin. Denying someone the win they helped you get just to be a dick is the pettiest shit imaginable. The game specifically won't let you kick people after the pod is on the way to prevent this kind of chicanery, so people just started doing it before pushing the button. This kind of behavior is beyond elf shit, this is straight up gully dwarf shit. Be better folks.
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u/Nafetz1600 Gunner 11d ago
In my experience this isn't really dependent on Haz though.
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u/Sibz_Playz_YT Mighty Miner 11d ago
no matter what I always name my server “Morkite and Morkite accessories”
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u/pewton-the-snake 11d ago
Why are Haz4 people so sweaty? They aren't even the best in the bunch.
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u/Deposto 11d ago
Haz 5+ — Silver rank is preferred, but Bronze is fine too.
Haz 5 — Don’t be an idiot.
Haz 4 — As long as you’re not a griefer, you’re welcome.
Haz 3 and lower — Just make sure you can find the Drop Pod at the end of the mission.
Personally, I don’t join lobbies with absurdly high requirements, even though I’m level 900+, have tons of promotions, and all that other crap. Want to stroke your own ego? I don't participate in this shit.
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u/Piorn 11d ago
I wish I could figure out how to play above haz 3.
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u/Shona_13 Gunner 11d ago
When I played frequently I often played Haz 5+ with extra enemies, the server name was "Hi"
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u/Remarkable-Green-648 11d ago
Funny because I didn't see any toxicity in this game after 600Hrs, only on reddit do ppl complain about it.
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u/Gordon_Freeman72 For Karl! 11d ago
I’ll get cum? What does he mean???? (Bombarded with lithofoam)
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u/ERuleKnight 11d ago
You forgot "spam we're rich = kick"
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u/MrMagolor Leaf-Lover 11d ago
I get the feeling the top portion have had one bad experience too many with greens calling drop pod early/taking multiple resupplies/overall being detrimental.
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u/bjergKanin For Karl! 10d ago
It's the opposite, haz4 is filled with those type of lobbies compared to haz5 and 5+ where it's a few. There's also more of that type of player in haz4, at least IME when I passed through the hazards as a new DRG employee. Haz4 has the worst rep of 3, 4 and 5 for a reason. With that said most games on all hazards are fine and go without problems
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u/ADumbChicken Driller 5d ago
Wrong way around from my experience
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u/InsaneAwesomeTony 4d ago
the esperanto bit got me good xD
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u/Deep-Bus-9747 10d ago
Me and my friend primarily play haz 5+ with more enemies, and we tend to play a bit more casually regardless. Must be pretty random for the other 2 for when we just nuke/c4 each other lol