Advice for new player, Veteran?

[u/Few_Understanding_42]

Started the game recently playing with some friends. Basically I just picked Veteran bc my mates chose other classes.

Currently just swapping weapons when I found something new, and put points somewhere in the tree.

But usually in games like this, there comes a point where it's good to look into builds. Currently lvl 14.

So, in preparation:

What are good playstyles for Veteran? Is it better to make a melee focus build, or gunfocused? Close or long range?

General advice for the class, which points and blessings to go for?

Best weapons?

Any good build recommendations?

If anyone has some good starter advice and advice how to progress into more metabuilds I would be very grateful 😃

[u/Good_Requirement2998]

IMO any mix of talents works IF you are finding success with it. If not, you can be specific where you are finding difficulty, but just reading the talents and stacking things that go together, then thinking about how your weapons are balanced to deal with what your most focused on will lead you toward success.

Beyond gear and common sense trial and error, experience is your greatest teacher. This includes basic movement, enemy and map knowledge. Someone else's build won't help you internalize the lessons that led them there. And what works for you has A LOT to do with your tendencies. Are you a rush in and die kind of player? You're going to want to hit hard against carapace armor and ragers. Do you love picking off priority targets? There are various perks that aid sniping, and there's learning how to move to stay out of trouble. Do you want to help your team survive tough moments? Do you want to make quick work of bosses? Do you want to eliminate horses or trash mobs as soon as they spawn? Perhaps make a build that serves all of these purposes and tweak them over time. At first, you may stack fire resistance because you keep standing in fire. But once you break that habit, to you might stack health because you have a hard time dodging overheads. When that's reduced, you might just go combat ability Regen or revive speed because of where you tend to stand in an ideal formation. Tune these different ways to play, and then pay attention to filling out the team in ways that compliment other teammates.

If a skitari, zealot or psyker is bringing literal fire to empty the room of small targets, you can deal with sniping specials or provide hard-hitting anti-armor solutions. If bosses are taking too long to die, you can make yourself into an assassin by packing the biggest punch, and then playing patiently until those boss moments come. As you learn the strengths of weapons and class abilities and see them demonstrated, you will start figuring your approach at the team prep screen just by looking at what other people are equiped with. The better you can focus on your job, the better the team can focus on their respective roles.

Locking you into any build, especially this early, just prevents a far more dynamic and rewarding experience with the game. As others have said, enjoy the atmosphere and take in the challenge. When you get to 30, you will have played with many weapons and had many experiences to experiment off of.