Jury-Rigged Boomstick - Overclock and gear mods analysis - Deep Rock Galactic

In this video we examine every overclock for the Scout's Jury-Rigged Boomstick and look at key gear mods. Side by side videos to compare, time to kill, ammo used and other metrics to determine which one is the best overclock.

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FAQ and video clarifications:

Q: Why no Jumbo shells versus praetorians and oppressors? A: The Scout suggested playstyle in its own section below is the primary way most high level scouts agree to play. This playstyle does not focus on large single targets and there are other options (Embedded Detonators) if you do want to focus on them. Future video will likely look at Jumbo versus ED in simulations but the focus of this video was primarily on emergency horde clear which is how most players in my research used the Boomstick.

Q: Jumbo Shells is an OC for killing big targets, why are you using it on the horde? A: Nearly all the high level players I spoke to in my research use Jumbo Shells for horde clearing. This is because the high damage helps get fire ignition and spread going quickly. The scout suggested playstyle below also explains why high level players rarely focus on larger targets.

Q: Why no Special Powder simulations? A: The stats for Special Powder and Compact Shells are the same. The sections where simulations are run with Compact Shells Ammo/Pellets and Damage/Pellets have the same stats as Special Powder and should be viewed as the same data set.

Q: So what is the best OC/Build for horde clear? A: The most efficient yet with some ammo in my simulations was Jumbo Shells Ammo/Pellets. Compact Shells Damage/Pellets was a very close second and has more ammo. The primary conclusion from my tests was that one shot Glyphid Guard ignite was the key factor in ammo saving and TTK.

Scout suggested playstyle glossary below:

High level scouts in a good group will often try to only focus on HVT's and limit their time with the Horde and LST. HVT can kill your team quickly and being ready to bring them down with minimal team damage is important.

LST are often slow and can be focused near the end of the fight after HVT and most of the horde is cleared. Other classes are often better equipped and have more ammo to deal with LST's.

Horde targets can be cleared quickly and effeciently by the other classes and can be left or only focused when positioned when it is ammo effecient for you to kill them.

This is a very short suggested playstyle but not the only playstyle, your play group may differ so only take the above as a suggestion and something to ponder.

Glossary:

BP (Break Points) - Damage required to kill a tarket in one shot
Fire ignition - Fire damage required to set a target on fire so it takes fire dame over time
Fire spread - When targets on fire cause enough heat damage to near targets to also set them ignite them
Horde - Grunts, slashers, guards
HVT (High Value Target) - Enemies that can disrupt or kill quickly: Acid Spitter; Webber: Mactera Trijaw; Menace: Cave Leech.
LST (Large Single Target) Tank type enemies: Preatorian; Oppressor; Dreadnought
Stationary enemies: Spitball Infector; Brood Nexus

Players who helped:

LittleBobbyTables -    / vorpalsword9  
Virryn -    / @virryn  
AssemblyStorm -    / @assemblystorm  
EvitanRelta - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIn...
Blindfolded -    / @blindfolded8362  
MountAndDewMe -    / mohhpp3d  
Djinneazam -    / @djinneazam  
Stret -    / @evitanrelta  
Rodders -    / rodderss  
Mr Happy -    / @astroman1027  
Byrne Beastbreaker -    / @byronbeastbreaker  

Gaming Existence Discord Server -   / discord  

Resources: Boomstick Damage Spreadsheet fromLittleBobbyTables and MOUNTANDDEWME - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Mods used:

Utilities Sandbox - https://drg.mod.io/sandbox-utilities
Custom Difficulty - https://drg.mod.io/custom-difficulty
Spawn Menu - https://drg.mod.io/spawn-menu
Damage Text - https://drg.mod.io/damage-text
Ammo Resupply Indicator - https://mod.io/g/drg/m/ammo-resupply-...
Health and Shield Numbers - https://mod.io/g/drg/m/health-and-shi...
Weapon heat Crosshair - https://drg.mod.io/weapon-heat-crosshair
Mod Hub - https://drg.mod.io/mod-hub
DRGLib - https://drg.mod.io/drglib

0:00 Intro
0:35 Gear mods
4:16 Double Barrell
5:14 Shaped Shells
6:52 Damage vs Shells
8:47 Stuffed Shells vs Jumbo Shells
11:24 Compact Shells
14:09 Special Powder
15:06 Summary

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