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WTF Is Progress? 25 MINUTE Death Wish True Solo - Ramparts (elf)

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Channel: j_sat · 2017 · Gaming

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Reddit Discussion:  https://www.reddit.com/r/Vermintide/comments/67vjgy/wtf_is_progress_25_minute_death_wish_true_solo/  
Set-up:  
Melee:  red SD (kb/reg)  
Range:  Trueflight (ammo/scav/hail of doom)  
trinkets:  anti gas, anti gunner, run speed  
  
Note:  Decided not to do commentary on death wish because it is not representative of cata, I did a 2H hammer soldier clear I'll commentate on eventually.  
  
Thoughts: The concept this video highlights that I will eventually flesh out in more detail is PACE.  This game punishes you hard for not making progress.  I need to do more research to determine whether or not there is an explicit mechanic that summons hordes when you go slow or if there is simply a randomized timer, but in either case the result is the same--the longer it takes you to get through a scene specials and hordes you will have to clear in addition to ambient spawns.  
  
Ramparts probably has the thickest ambient spawns in the game, but normally even a single player can overwhelm them with consumables and anti-range to quickly pick off stormvermin.  Not so much with FIFTY HP death wish SV...there is no fast with them, so that means slow and steady and that means more spawns and that means more RISK and more FATIGUE.  
  
I think we sometimes value how important kill speed is because it is almost every new players instinct to slay as many rats as possible!  Gimme dem kills!  But there is a huge strategic advantage to having a team that clears fast and when you take away the ability to clear fast the costs are manifestly huge.  ...in other words, your falchion saltz that literally never stops pressing w is contributing to the party too... :)
   
I'm very interested in your...  
1)  thoughts/questions on the gameplay decisions  
2)  suspicions regarding spawning mechanics  
3)  thoughts on pacing in a map...when do you take the time to go  for pickups?  What decision making rules (heuristics) do you use?  Are there map specific things you do?

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