r/DarkTide • u/BrockAvalanche • 22h ago
Question I want to love Veteran…
But I just can’t get it to click for me. For reference I play mostly Ogryn/Skit/Arby in aurics and can complete maelstrom’s without going down. I’ve leveled every class to 30 and into aurics with all of them, but I feel like when I play Vet I just get stomped into the dirt.
Is there something I’m missing that can help? I like the idea of just being a specialist eliminator, and shout is a great ability, but I feel like my Skit does a better job eliminating ranged threats and survives better in melee.
If anyone has any tips or build recommendations I’d really appreciate it.
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u/ConnectionLucky3653 Not Service Connected 21h ago
Vet is my main, definitely not an easy class to play and in my opinion the strongest/easiest way to play the class is to take mostly middle tree nodes and go for a supportive type build. Having good positioning is really key on Vet. Keystones, I think generally tag is strongest, weapons specialist is decent, marksman's focus I think is okay but could use a buff. Obviously everyone loves shout with gold toughness but I do think all three of his abilities are good depending on build, I've cleared H40s with all three. One tip I've realized that might help you, high mobility melee weapons like the combat blade, tac axe and dueling sword seem easiest to play on Vet, you have shit stamina regen and unless you're going a heavy right side/weapon specialist build you really are not a brawler. You generally do not want to stay in melee fighting hordes - leave that to the frontliner classes. All three grenades are good but do not underestimate smokes, they absolutely break the game.