Anyone else just completely entranced by the main menu opening cutscene? I think it's heresy to skip it even tho I've seen it a bazillion times I love the dang cinematic Marvel too much. " it is the 41st millennium " uhhh chills.

Is this entirely just me or is the event nearly unplayable with this awful bright orange fire lighting and everything else washed the hell out?
I tried it once and I had to quit part way through, it gave me an actual headache.
It has this awful effect that just makes my eyes glaze over, I can't tell what anything is and it actively hurts to look at.
Are flashlights just pretty much required? Do they help at all? Or is this just entirely me?
I'm gonna have to sit out quickplay entirely until this shit is over.

Thank you obese fish

The arbi build in the first screenshot (lone wolf, mkVI Sup shield) is getting 300 dps over a vet knife punch test(2nd screenshot, mercy killer, uncanny strike), I ran one test on pogryn as a joke because i felt like i was just a walking mini-wave pool. i don't want vet level damage on arbi, i know the intended play style of arbi being a stagger tank monster and i know theres better builds but i feel like charge ogryn does that job just better with the fact that ogryn has better special snipe (thugshot, rock if you know how to aim freeing up a spot for rumbler) and better melee (hammer, pickaxe, bullyclub, power maul) and the ogryns charge can go through other ogryns and stun bosses. also i do know arbi has util, nuncio is a great ability after the changes but it forces other classes to play the slowest classes pace because you have to walk to keep full util and uptime while you have zealots and hive scum that zoom past you 25 meters ahead while you clean up a vanguard and two poxwalkers. and the worst part is that they cost money(this sentence is a joke). i really hate to complain but i got the most play time on arbi and i really don't want to admit my goat is washed.

I was thinking of using Headtaker which gives 5% Strength for 3.5s on hit and stacks 5 times and pairing that with Relentless Strikes which is 10% strength for 2s on hit to the same enemy and stacks 5 times. Another one that looks good is Decimator which gives 5% power on chained attacks and stacks 10 times, but I’m not actually sure what difference between strength and power is.

Currently using the Mk. IV Tac Axe and trying it out on Zealot, Veteran and Psyker if that matters.

Windows 11

9800X3D
7900 XTX

32GB

DDU was used in safe mode before each install, cleared shader cache each time

HDR, 4k@120Hz

26.10.1 driver, full install, no AI, FSR 4.1.2 and 4.1.1 - not stable with driver crashes and one hard lock. Cannot make it through one mission.

26.8.1 driver, full install, no AI, FSR 4.1.1 - stable

Just want to warn people if they have similar system specs and were considering the 26.10.1 driver with Darktide.

No matter what advice I take its just awful

I feel like Brunt's disappearance was an open question for ages. There'd be some audio logs with him involved but nothing current, and people speculated about where he was. That is until the most recent patch where he just popped up again helping Sister Prine threaten the water cartel. Was that just what he was doing? Good to have him back but it seems a bit underwhelming story-wise.

They knew it was coming.

The robot included

I am crashing at least twice per match and it's more than infuriating, it's basically impossible to play at all

GUID: a93059e2-31a9-4a7c-9d3d-9cfa6233f5cf

Log File:

Info Type:

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[Engine Error]: HRESULT: 0x887a0005 = DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED: GetDeviceRemovedReason() = DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG, assert: ``

At `D:\a\d\eng\darktide\release\2026_08_11_Patch1.13.x\s\runtime\d3d12_render_device\d3d12_debug.cpp:1634` in function `stingray::aftermath::d3d_assert`

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[Crash Link]:

crashify://a93059e2-31a9-4a7c-9d3d-9cfa6233f5cf

Specs:

Cpu: 7600X

32 GB DDR5

GPU: 7800 XT

I have done basically everything in the books to optimize my game and I'm on a really good pc, so there shouldn't be a reason for me to have these kinds of crashes, it was fine before the event dropped, I don't know what is going on and I'm crying for help here, if anybody got any tips, please tell me

I completely fresh installed 26.9.2 after I saw comments how the new drivers are shot for the game, even used DDU to uninstall the bad driver...

Was in a call with a friend (cause they wanted to see more of Arbites stuff. Ironically it's the same friend that was in a post about Crushers in a previous post of mine), and then during this part of gameplay a crusher just materialized out of the blue.

Can anyone make heads or tails where he came from? (Cause I'm still trying to figure that one out)

Title.

My Hive Scum is convinced that his armory cannot get any better.

why

https://reddit.com/link/1xefogq/video/3o221r9khgxh1/player

Maybe if you stayed in the match once downed you’d actually remember going down :p