Helldivers 2

[mystic blade]

TFW you say 1 thing and this is the first response you get:

I dunno what he is even referring to.

[subtle mortar]

[mystic blade]

Some of the people that are very active in that server are mega cockheads from what I've seen so far.

[stable osprey]

what a weirdo

[mystic blade]

Being active in the same server as Sony Fanboys has prolly turned him into a Paranoid Schizophrenic.

[mystic blade]

I made a unit patch for Helldivers! (Sharing it here cuzz I can't share it in the HD2 discord).

@rich idol @quiet echo bonus points if you can spot the references.

[rich idol]

they are billions?

[mystic blade]

Posting it here as well. @subtle mortar @tribal marten @quiet echo Honk Squad Helldivers 2 Sub-Faction.

[mystic blade]

God damn it.

So Sony just delisted 3 more countries. We're up to 180 countries that can't play Helldivers 2 now despite AH trying to get it relisted everywhere.

https://fxtwitter.com/PirateSoftware/status/1788842253626273906

https://fxtwitter.com/PirateSoftware/status/1788981046295556606

https://fxtwitter.com/PirateSoftware/status/1788981930161266754

[mystic blade]

@rich idol

[hot quarry]

Someone make a assistant app?

[stable osprey]

https://vxtwitter.com/ToastedShoes/status/1789365648709263636?t=qhwjX5HcGrJKIskvUGy_GQ&s=19

[mystic blade]

Man the Anti-Cheat Helldivers runs on is basically a chain link fence. lmao

The only thing it is evidently good for is lowering your FPS.

[mystic blade]

These guys are not okay in the Helldivers 2 discord. lmao

[mystic blade]

https://fxtwitter.com/cancerous86/status/1790396782486098138

[mystic blade]

https://tenor.com/view/yakuza-gif-18148683

[hot quarry]

oh damn

[quiet echo]

This is going to trick a nonnegligable amount of people to open the game right now thinking there’s illuminate content

[mystic blade]

[mystic blade]

What's wrong with this picture?

[mystic blade]

https://x.com/Helldivers2HQ/status/1792613760093532605

HELLDIVERS 2 Updates (@Helldivers2HQ) on X

Can't miss a single POI | #Helldivers2

🔗 Desxon

Twitter · May 20, 2024, 5:50 PM

[trail vigil]

It's time for mech 2 electric boogaloo

[mystic blade]

Oh did we take V5?

[trail vigil]

Nah. Just wanted to share the new goal

[mystic blade]

We should be at about 60-70% lib right now.

Kinda hope we can get a car soon so they'll add the Vehicle Module so I have something to spend my samples on.

I hope we can get a couple Major Orders like this one cuzz I really really want to play around with some new Stratagems. We have had 2 potential ones held back from us twice now.

https://hd2galaxy.com

[mystic blade]

https://fxtwitter.com/helldivers2/status/1796205656334028938

[mystic blade]

@subtle mortar @rich idol @hot quarry @jagged olive @stable osprey We can go to Super-Cancer-Fun World now!

[rich idol]

Yay super cancer

[mystic blade]

It's actually pretty cool cuzz in the missions that aren't the new one on Meridia, the entire map is covered in Terminid Terrain Creep.

[rich idol]

Ooooo

[mystic blade]

Also, if you want to experience what Meridia is like, this weekend is likely the only time to do it because the in game narrative is we're trying to blow the planet up by shooting Dark Matter into the crust of the planet to hopefully cause it to implode.

[mystic blade]

No Liberation Progress, but decay rate is going down. Looks like we might have a countdown on our hands.

[unborn lantern]

Yeah because our previous idea to kill the bugs went great

[mystic blade]

You can use the Dark Fluid Canisters as a super jetpack~.

[unborn lantern]

Silver linings~

last time we got flying targets so we usually get a good thing out of it

[mystic blade]

I have bad news...

[mystic blade]

What I wouldn't do for some Hellbombs on Meridia.

[jagged olive]

@mystic blade @stable osprey https://youtube.com/shorts/_M5Ypo1LKhE?si=hYAjQtMTvD7Axqq0

[jagged olive]

@subtle mortar ^

[stable osprey]

it is time

let's dive

[jagged olive]

GONE REDUCED TO A BLOCKHOLE

[mystic blade]

Strot, you missed it. Reedy played long enough to do the new mission and then one Eradicate and then my ship did an "Emergency FTL Jump" to Super Earth.

[jagged olive]

i saw the blackhole

and had the emergency jump

[mystic blade]

You get to just go there whenever you want.

[stable osprey]

so when do the illuminate come out of that black hole

apparently the song that plays when you visit the black hole is a slowed down version of their combat theme

[mystic blade]

I'm hoping soon. Honestly, there really isn't a better time to drop them. If they hodl them to their chest any longer it's gonna leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth.

[mystic blade]

https://fxtwitter.com/HelldiversAlert/status/1798032834978017735

[mystic blade]

They added a Pog

It doesn't look very good. lmao

[jagged olive]

@mystic blade

i want that beret

also throwing knives against armoured enemies

[unborn lantern]

was personally hoping to see it held back while they work on the big patch, but looks good

hoping its not like last warbond without any good guns

[mystic blade]

I'm excited for the Catachanian Larpers finally getting something, but the only thing I am excited for in this is the Bushwhacker. Also I am excited for the giant swap they use in the background of the trailer.

[unborn lantern]

ohshit that bushwacker is a secondary weapon, yeah im excited about that, thats about it though.

[jagged olive]

did they say what the experimental infusion does?

[mystic blade]

I don't think so...

[mystic blade]

It'll go great with my SG-8.

[jagged olive]

sounds interesting

[unborn lantern]

from a quick search, makes stims give you a move speed/damage reduction boost for a bit after use

[jagged olive]

"There’s also a new booster called Experimental Infusion, which gives your stims the added bonus of boosting your movement speed and reducing the damage you take for a short time."

[mystic blade]

There's a lot of things in this one that make me retroactively sad. The new armor sets get bonus melee damage. And this Warbond gets a title for completing it.

[jagged olive]

I like that booster

[unborn lantern]

the booster seems fun, but will depend on duration and affect strength.

I don't have a ton of confidence in their balancing atm though

[jagged olive]

That booster and medic armor

[mystic blade]

Like, I don't get a title or unique armor bonus for any of the other sets, but the Catachan/Rambo larpers get bonus melee damage and a title. Good for them, but why is Polar Patriots and Democratic Detonation just default perks...?

[unborn lantern]

the last two warbonds were trashy imo

had a few decent things in them, but they all got nerfed

probably only thing i would ever use at this point from them in the grenade pistol

[mystic blade]

They were only trashy cuzz the new armors don't offer anything new, and all the weapons either got nerfed or pre-nerfed. Like the new AR in Polar Patriots is worse than the Liberator and equal to it at best.

[unborn lantern]

well yeah, if the weapon in them were decent id have loved the warbonds think thats fair

except the polar warbond, that one was a miss overall

[mystic blade]

Like, Polar Patriots and Democratic Detonation would have both instantly been more worthwhile if the armors benefited you directly in the categories they are implied to fill. IE Polar Patriots getting immunity to slow by snow and blizzards

And Democratic Detonation getting even more Blast Resistance and some fire resistance.

[unborn lantern]

Like just give us snow shoes and it would have been 100% better yeah

[mystic blade]

WELL THEY DO HAVE SNOW SHOES BUT THEY DON'T WORK!

[unborn lantern]

but yeah if the two guns turn out to be fun ill wait a month for potential nerfs and then get it

cuz i would love for a new rifle and shotgun

[jagged olive]

I love rifles.

[unborn lantern]

Like assault rifles or single shots?

[mystic blade]

I can't find it, but there's a video that makes me cringe of a Polar Patriors armor with the snow cleats running on ice and they still slide.

Also the third armor set in PP is really weird. It's dark blue and orange, and doesn't have snow cleats. Doesn't like strike me as polar.

[mystic blade]

https://tenor.com/view/xqc-slam-slam-desk-desk-slam-xqc-slam-gif-19145485

Answer the question, Strot. DMRs? Assault Rifles?

[unborn lantern]

my mans running a musket out here

imagine DMR fans have mostly quit at this point, so probably assault rifles

[jagged olive]

DMR

my most used support weapons are the anti material rifle and grenade launcher

[mystic blade]

Someone found a Lever Action rifle and a bolt action rifle in the files but they're incomplete and non-functional. That being said, they come as no surprise given the presence of a Bolt Action in HD1 and the fact Helldivers are bozos and bring Pump Actions and Revolvers into fights against Automatons and Terminids.

[jagged olive]

also break action shotgun

[mystic blade]

AMR I think is like one of the only Support Weapons on record to get a buff and no prior nerf or subsequent nerf.

[mystic blade]

Makes me sad the Break Action Shotgun is A: a support weapon and B: Light Armor penetration

[unborn lantern]

I would LOVE one of the warbonds to be like flintlocks and shit like that

[jagged olive]

where the full auto shotgun thats shoting slugs

[mystic blade]

https://helldivers.fandom.com/wiki/M2016_Constitution

[jagged olive]

https://tenor.com/view/big-gun-to-head-gif-21960096

[mystic blade]

Prolly eventually. I mean, they have a Breaker in 3 different flavors. WHy not 4?

[unborn lantern]

I mean, hopefully they will eventually add weapon customization and youll be able to make them slugs

[jagged olive]

slugs would atleast be high pen or medium pen

[unborn lantern]

i'd roll this

so theres unironically a chance considering HD1 had one lol

[mystic blade]

I don't think Weapon Customization will let you do that. I think it'll be stuff like Camo, scope, and attachments (Flashlight, laser sight).

There wouldn't be a point to Warbonds or a way to sell them if the existing weapons could have their bullets/shells changed.

[jagged olive]

i mean i think the sg 8s slugger is using slugs

[mystic blade]

It is but it's a different gun.

[jagged olive]

and for some reason that shit has light armor pen

[mystic blade]

What Romayne wants is the ability to change the shells/bulletsof the guns he already has.

[unborn lantern]

its medium now

[jagged olive]

did they buff it

thank fuck

it was so useless

[unborn lantern]

Kinda sorta

also nerfed it i think

[jagged olive]

i just looked at its patchnotes

Patch 01.000.200:
Arrow 1 D ⁅ Reduced Stagger from 1 sec to 0.2 sec
Arrow 1 D ⁅ Reduced Damage from 280 to 250
Arrow 1 D ⁅ Reduced Demolition Force, no longer able to break fences and storage container doors
Arrow 2 L ⁅ Now properly displays Medium Penetration on trait list

Patch 01.000.100:
Arrow 4 U ⁅ Increased Total Ammo Capacity to 60 from 40. (Undocumented)

[mystic blade]

Yeah, they buffed the SG-8 Sluggers armor pen, but they nerfed it's impact (even though that doesn't make sense cuzz it's the same size shell as the regular SG-8 concentrated into a single point).

[jagged olive]

they absolutely gutted its stagger

[mystic blade]

I dunno why, honestly.

The SG-8-S can only hit one thing, and takes more effort to be accurate than its default counterpart the SG-8.

[unborn lantern]

there was no reason to nerf the slugger

it was already off "meta"

[jagged olive]

i think we still only have 2 dmr rifles and the anti material right?

[mystic blade]

As someone that prefers and likes the SG-8, I think the SG-8-S should cause the same stagger as the SG-8. Cuzz, regardless, they both 1 shot Devastator heads, which IMO is a pretty fuckin' good benchmark.

[jagged olive]

diligence ,diligence counter sniper and anti material

[mystic blade]

One of the new ARs can be set to single fire, and was originally described as a marksmen rifle.

[unborn lantern]

but it got nerfed

[jagged olive]

adjudicator?

[mystic blade]

Ye. The Adjudicator. It did? It was really bad baseline cuzz its recoil went to the moon even for MnK.

[unborn lantern]

oh i was thinking of the eruptor, forgot the Abjubicator existed. For good reason methinks

[jagged olive]

i mean the railgun is classified as rifle but not enough ammo imo gotta run a resupply backpack with it

[mystic blade]

It was supposed to be a Marksmen's Assault Rifle. Which... Sounds a little psycho.

[mystic blade]

Using Railgun instead of the AMR or Quazar...

[unborn lantern]

the eruptor was fun for awhile, i used that for a bit

[mystic blade]

Like... They gibbed the Railgun.

Even after buffing it a little post nerf, it's now just outmoded other support weapons.

[unborn lantern]

yeah the railgun is probably one of the least used weapons now. I see more heavy machineguns than railguns

[mystic blade]

Solo? Use the AMR or Quazar. If you've got a team reload? Just use the Recoilless.

[mystic blade]

Well, that's cuzz Machine Guns have practical use in team situations. (Also the fuckin' HMGs Durable Damage, and Armor Pen' is fuckin' bananas. It can kill a Factory Walker by shooting it in the eye with a single mag).

[unborn lantern]

that and the fun factor of max RPM is hard to beat

combine it with a supply backpack and shoot for days

speaking of completely pointless nerfs though, why tho?

i had like 2 rounds with it before this

[mystic blade]

They actually pulled it's max RPMs down because it burned through ammo too fast and its recoil is way to high.

[unborn lantern]

they didnt touch rpm or recoil though from what i can see- oh you meant the machine gun ooop

they touched everything else

like i could understand if the change was reload speed and recoil

[mystic blade]

Couldn't fuckin' tell you. It was already kind of pretty fuckin' bad since it couldn't even kill Facs or Holes.

[unborn lantern]

i enjoyed using it, for fun not really for effectiveness (same reason i use the bolter of a JAR dominator) alongside a stalwart but then this came out of left field

i was expecting a buff lmao

[mystic blade]

Same.

[unborn lantern]

these weird changes aside, looking forward to possible illuminate soon want new things to shoot at too

[mystic blade]

I'm hoping they seriously buff most things cuzz most weapons feel so bad right now, and no one uses ARs past level 20.

We also haven't got new Automatons or Bugs to fight since Factory Striders... So I am hoping we see something new to fight soon too.

[unborn lantern]

it feels like they are balancing for an upcoming PvP mode rather than more PvE sometimes

Helldivers 2: Battle Royale coming soon!

[mystic blade]

God, I hope the fuck not. lmao

[unborn lantern]

thats why i hated the eruptor nerf so much though. It was an explosive DMR with a shrapnel burst. Was fun as hell to use

[mystic blade]

Tbf the Eruptor was insanely strong.

[unborn lantern]

yeah i could have seen a nerf like halving the amount of shrapnel or something, but not just giving up and removing the shrapnel altogether

Would the Dominator be a assault rifle techcially?

[mystic blade]

12 mags, shrapnel damage causing insta-kills on Chargers. It could solo objectives like Shrieker Nests, Outposts, Spore Spewers, and Dissident Broadcasts...

The Eruptor and Dominator are basically bolters.

They both are shooting Gyro Jets.

[unborn lantern]

thats why i like them so much

even though the recoil is insane

[mystic blade]

That's why their Ergonomic stats are so bad cuzz they way a fuckton and recoil is bananas when a small rocket shoots out everytime you pull the trigger so the gun needs a shit ton more housing and shrouding to not blast apart from the gyro-jet rounds rockets not destroying the barrels.

The only thing that doesn't make sense about them is why they're rifled the way they are, a Gyro-Jet launcher wouldn't need to be rifle length, cuzz the gryo-jets do all the work in regards to range. Just a weird design thing, I guess.

The Eruptors barrel is neat, though, it's one of those ones that the barrel goes back when the gun shoots. I can't think of the term for it, though.

[stable osprey]

i need context

[rich idol]

new major order

[unborn lantern]

This update makes me feel good again

[mystic blade]

Helldiver Defrosting

https://tenor.com/view/gachi-gif-22065071

[mystic blade]

So, looks like the Patch Notes on steam got cut off. They're actively missing some of the notes they reported on their discord.

I told everyone that the Quazar had the same cooldown no matter what. No one believed me. lmao

[mystic blade]

Bro, the new sidearm has a "Fuck one guy in particular" setting:

[rich idol]

the best setting

[ebon mica]

So this was literally the Elden Ring Dog situation

Where the "Hit once" Flag wasn't there so you just take a billion damage at once

[mystic blade]

It was also true for Hulk Flamers.

And Bile Titans.

[quiet echo]

I played a bit for the first time in a month and is it just me or did the game get an audiovisual overhaul? Certain weapons have different (better) sounds, font seems new, tracers are more distinct, the entire GAME actually feels somehow crisper

[hot quarry]

Amazing news.
Now we can start working on making those mines mobile.

[mystic blade]

[mystic blade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1204848159088709652/1251723408190996501/RDT_20240616_0617384320122264384507700.gif

[mystic blade]

@subtle mortar @hot quarry @rich idol

[ebon mica]

Tbh that gun isn't bad????

I definitely thing the Mag size to Fire Rate is too uneven

[mystic blade]

I mean, the argument has always been that it isn't that bad. It's just out performed regularly. The task it claims to is better completed by the Liberator Penetrator, the Diligence CS, and now the Tenderizer too.

It's just always competing against 3 weapons at once, and has difficulty proposing a counter argument when leaning into any of the other above aforementioned rifles is more efficient and reliable than the Adjudicator.

[ebon mica]

I haven't played the latest patch but surprisingly my go to is the SMG

I also lean heavily to stealth gameplay

While my friends don't

So I'm always the one getting flanks

Been runnning around with the base scout gear too

[mystic blade]

The latest patch just widened the gap.

Also yeah, why bother with AR when the SMGs exist.

That is also still true post patch.

[ebon mica]

I've used both SMGs

I like the new one just due to the stun

And I pretty much got used to not running with ballistic shield cause of the holding bug

[mystic blade]

They nerfed the fuck outta that ones stun (rightfully so, my SG-8 has more stunning power but can't do what it could).

[ebon mica]

Zamn

They hate fun

:)

[mystic blade]

The Pummeler's balance reminds me a lot of the Eruptor's balance on launch.

[mystic blade]

https://tenor.com/view/tom-hardy-mad-max-point-thats-bait-gif-9452999

[ebon mica]

Do the mechs feel squishy still?

[mystic blade]

Their weapon balance wasn't good, but the weird cope about the Pummeler and the Eruptor being fair when launched was psycho.

[ebon mica]

I know they changed the spitter damage

[mystic blade]

Yeah, but they can't reload so what does it ultimately matter?

[ebon mica]

Er rather

Hits

Their walking deals damage to the smaller ones

It's funny

[mystic blade]

Do you mean Bile Titans, Nursing Spewers, or Bile Spewers?

[ebon mica]

All of the above, cause the spit attack basically pulled the Elden Ring dog damage wise

So it makes me wonder if the mech can take some of the spit

[mystic blade]

It can but in that kind of way you're better off not.

Honestly? Mechs need to just have their use cap blown up.

They're on a long fuck cooldown anyways, the likelyhood of using both is so small unless you spawn one right at the start.

With the way enemies prio mechs it's just safer to start walking away once they notice you.

[ebon mica]

Also fucking mechs having 0 application against bots

Cause all it takes is 1 rocket to blow it up

[subtle mortar]

cope

[mystic blade]

Cool that there is proof that it works now.

[ebon mica]

So apparently the Ballistic Shield counts as line of sight breaking against the automatons

[mystic blade]

Nice try, Satan, but you can't convince me to use it.

Also

[ebon mica]

I mean it works and its silly af

Anyways I stopped playing cause DT came out and its time to go to BRAZIL

[mystic blade]

Helldivers community is cooked. I saw a video this morning talking about a new community manager, and talking about the fan made 3d model tank design that is in the discord and the reactions in the video are like:
"A new CM? Great another person to ban me now. 1984! 1984!"
and: "Dude, that tank design is ugly and stupid. If they ever add it to the game I will kill myself."

[mystic blade]

DT?

[ebon mica]

Dawntrail

[mystic blade]

I see what you did there, you left out the FFXIV part of it.

https://tenor.com/view/nice-try-saturday-night-live-good-try-nice-attempt-nice-shot-gif-25237563

[ebon mica]

[ebon mica]

WHICH HAS A FREE TRIAL-

[mystic blade]

https://tenor.com/view/jim-carrey-jim-carrey-dumb-and-dumber-jim-carrey-i-don't-hear-you-gif-9558280472791987858

[unborn lantern]

Did you know that the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV has a free trial, and includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn AND the award-winning Heavensward expansion up to level 60 with no restrictions on playtime? Sign up, and enjoy Eorzea today!

[ebon mica]

It's stormblood now

So you can go to lv70 :)

You get SAMURAI and RED MAGE

[hot quarry]

I should do the trial at least once to know if I like how it is made.

[ebon mica]

The latest expansion adds Viper

Which has a john madden mode

[unborn lantern]

The trial claims a new soul

[unborn lantern]

also heck, i need the updated copypasta

[ebon mica]

Loooool but I beat Dawntrail already and I loved it

[unborn lantern]

Found one.
Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV which has an expanded free trial that you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning HEAVENSWARD and STORMBLOOD expansions up to level 70 for free with no restrictions on playtime? Now available on XBOX series X & S! Sign up and enjoy Eorzea today!

[ebon mica]

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDGK78Vtt-A

[jagged olive]

[mystic blade]

troo

[mystic blade]

FINALLY

[subtle mortar]

cant wait for it to take 50 hours of farming samples to get them

[mystic blade]

(I've already seen the upgrade costs for T5 modules and they're definitely that)

[subtle mortar]

[mystic blade]

I think one was 250/200/30

[subtle mortar]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

suck my pussy dude

they used to respect the players time maaaaaaaan

[mystic blade]

You and I both know you don't have one.

[mystic blade]

Unironically hoping T6 switches from requiring Common and Uncommon to just Uncommon/Super/and LEGNDARY or whatever the fuck they are gonna call them

[subtle mortar]

cum samples idfk

[mystic blade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1103229065395191849/1236162494477897810/Helldivers.gif

[subtle mortar]

i want to go back to simpler times

[mystic blade]

You're okay. Half of them prolly aren't gonna work anyways. One of them is supposed to make it when you tag things, your Mortar Sentries prioritize that target.

[subtle mortar]

bull shit

[mystic blade]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[unborn lantern]

oh that makes sense

mystery solved

[shrewd steppe]

honestly i shoot speed runners

the lil bitches that join the mission to hit the objective and ditch

[mystic blade]

I just had a mission where a dude who was holding like 20 samples got killed because while we were all at extract, one of the other people through a 500KG on the ground in such a way that prevented the guy who had those samples from getting on the shuttle. Which pissed me off, cuzz that guy helped me also collect like the other 20 I was holding cuzz we went around the map clearing all the sub-objectives.

Then when I scolded the dude his response was: "Get your kills up."

?????????????

[mystic blade]

[ebon mica]

The moment you see it, it's already too late

[rich idol]

can't tell ya how many times i turn around just to see them stick their ass in the air at that moment

[mystic blade]

(Arivain, that's their mouth)

(Terminids secrete their pheromones through their mouths)

[rich idol]

ass, mouth, nasty shit still comes out

all dead to me

#ForTheOil

[mystic blade]

I find them fascinating for some reason. Terminid are really cool.

[mystic blade]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-helldive-dive-silly-carbot-gif-6896996586713501531

[mystic blade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1204848159088709652/1261388511874121861/500-stims.gif

[mystic blade]

This is depressing. Storyline had us cutoff half the Bot Front from the other half, and all Bot planets that got cutoff from Cyberstan have a decay rate of 0%. Despite this there are more players on the Terminid front pushing a bolder up a hill still.

[subtle mortar]

Sisyphus music

[mystic blade]

I hope Joel is at least nice to the Automaton Players and gives them a few days to actually enjoy this.

Cuzz hell, by Charon Prime's count alone it will take almost 3 IRL days to cap it.

[jagged olive]

https://youtu.be/pQl2BmhSCsA?si=tykbmsR3xKRcrliv

[mystic blade]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1103229065395191849/1265531393530790010/steeve.jpg?ex=66a1d974&is=66a087f4&hm=f72644caea0ae9462039fbd28630ffe5abff95515e98588636a2f88b1772ad4a&

[unborn lantern]

Mushroom!

[trail vigil]

[mystic blade]

https://fxtwitter.com/HelldiversAlert/status/1819941946237841483 @subtle mortar

[mystic blade]

This is what I always talk about. Motherfuckers just can't help themselves and us AI on their thumbnails. The devs added a full yellow armor set and he didn't even screenshot it... HE AI GEN'D A FAKE ARMOR SET AND SHOPPED A NORMAL HELMET ON IT.

[mystic blade]

Also, for those curious; no, they did not drop the new Warbond yet for some reason.

[ebon mica]

What is bros legs doing

[hot quarry]

lol the helmet is even offset

[tribal marten]

https://x.com/plagueofgripes/status/1822531552082903463?s=46&t=jM_WA1pSsml54WTVtIUSjA

Plague Of Gripes (@PlagueOfGripes) on X

In weird gaming news, Helldivers 2's remaining player base got so fed up with the state of the game's development and patch direction that they're allowing the bot faction to invade Super Earth.

Honestly, the writing about Arrowhead's attitude was on the wall since month 1.

Twitter · Aug 11, 2024, 7:12 AM

Lmao

[mystic blade]

On the one hand, some of the people still bitching about the nerfs to the Incendiary Breaker (yes, the uproar is about one gun again) are the same people who got mad about the factually overtuned Eruptor, which happens to be a vocal minority.

The only actual problem is that AH is balancing based on usage data. Which is why a lot of under-performing weapons continue to under-perform despite buffs.

[hot quarry]

Are people still being undemocratic babies?

[mystic blade]

In a way, but AH has tipped their hand about the fact that they only target weapons for a nerf based on usage data. They claim to have a 60 day plan or some shit.

[mystic blade]

[rich idol]

[hot quarry]

lol

tbh if they can expand on that and make it fun for everyone that would be cool.

[mystic blade]

I personally thought a Traitor faction would have been fun. Mirror match style, fight your own equipment turned against you. You Hellpod in a mech and they Hellpod in a Gatling turret against you.

[ebon mica]

Maybe autocannon turret

I dont think gatling is enough to pierce mech

[mystic blade]

I do not wanna fight NPCs using an Autocannon. Also, the Mech has Light Vehicle Armor, and the Gatling Gun has Medium Armor Penetration.

It might not be efficient but it will kill one. Just hard to test, because there isn't a shooting range to test things anywhere in the game.

[ebon mica]

Wish there was so we can try before buying with medals

[ebon mica]

Thats wild cause that means automatons only have light armor piercing

Cause the mech feels like it takes nothing from their bullets

[mystic blade]

Yeah, currently the Player Faction has no equipment that is resistant to any of the weaponry the enemy uses.

[ebon mica]

You would think that the heavy armor would have an armor rating

[mystic blade]

I think I could cope that if they add the cars and a tank if those vehicles had progressively armor. But I know they won't anytime before likely the first year anniversary.

[mystic blade]

You'd think!

[ebon mica]

I imagine an APC would atleast have medium armor

[mystic blade]

There is an APC in Helldivers 1

[ebon mica]

Cause otherwise youre asking for losing 4 people

[ebon mica]

Was it any good atleast?

[mystic blade]

The mechs were better in HD1, so hard to say.

[ebon mica]

Also i sometimes think about how the mechs are amphibious

Can go fully underwater

[mystic blade]

It can but most places you can fully submerge are places you don't want to go with it cuzz it will never get out.

[ebon mica]

I crossed a swamp land just as a test once

And i was like huh...

Surely this is oversight

[mystic blade]

Oh, the Swamp/Bayou biome is about the only safe map cuzz the land under the water bowls. I forgor. On most other maps with deep water, the ground under the water is close to like a 90 degree angle sometimes.

[jagged olive]

@mystic blade #1102974129734434919 message

A BUFF A DAY KEEPS THE BUGS AWAY

Buff no. 2: The Railgun

The Railgun's damage will get a boost too! Durable damage will be increased from 60 to 225 and fully overcharging damage will be increased from 150% to 250%.

[mystic blade]

Wonder how long that will last. Lol

[mystic blade]

@subtle mortar

[subtle mortar]

[jagged olive]

[mystic blade]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1204848159088709652/1285033835381133332/RDT_20240915_1923265610209221461855401.jpg?ex=66e8cc85&is=66e77b05&hm=bd9244815771665e54253c4d3160fff5ddacd200296cd96f196a226d44dfd04b&

[mystic blade]

https://tenor.com/view/the-boys-gif-26661918

Fuck the weapon changes, this shifts my whole opinion on fighting Automatons

[ebon mica]

Thank fuck, that means my autocannon turret can actually do something rather than waste ammo

Probably*

[mystic blade]

However, despite all this some of these known issues still being in the game is super fuckin' bad IMO:

"Large Units have no audio cues" that has been a thing since day 1.

Baffles me how they never noticed: Charges, Bile Titans, Tanks, Hulks, and Factory Striders walking around in total silence.

Hulks technically make ambient noise, but it's communication chatter they only do when not aggro'd.

They did get rid of the Rocket Launcher on the Hulk Bruiser, though, and replaced it with a "Heavy Laser Cannon" and "Increased their fire rate" so...

[ebon mica]

"Invisible mines"

[mystic blade]

Insanely bad, further disesentivising people to use them beyond their near uselessness and Anti-Tank Mines which also still triggers when lightweight entities like Helldivers or enemy infantry walk on them.

[ebon mica]

Didn't we not get anti tank mines?

[mystic blade]

No they finally gave them to us

[ebon mica]

When I was around no one was really pushing the objective

Oh lol

My guess was that it wasn't shiny enough compared to mechs

[mystic blade]

There's also an Orbital Napalm Barrage now.

[mystic blade]

Anti-Tank Mines would have been shiny if, like I mentioned, they only tripped when a heavy unit walked on them. But a Helldiver in Lightweight armor, and or enemy infantry like Scavengers, Hunters, and Troopers can trigger them the same way a normal mine would trigger makes them worthless cuzz you get less deployed on a longer cooldown. It also take like 2-3 mines to kill a Hulk. Soooooo...

[ebon mica]

That makes no sense when irl anti tank miens have a weight trigger

[mystic blade]

Which, that might be a little different now? Cuzz Hulks have had their armor class reduced, just like the Bile Titan (BTs can now be killed by shooting them in the belly) but still.

[mystic blade]

PRECISELY

[ebon mica]

Like, you can pass a Humvee over them and they won't trigger until the tank treads do

[mystic blade]

It's like... The devs intend the game to be a mil-tac sim but kind of forget some fundamentals willy nilly.

Like the Snow Armor with cleats on the boots still sliding on the ice.

[ebon mica]

How about the fact that the fire suits don't make you fire proof

Only reduce damage taken

[mystic blade]

I mean, there is no such thing as Fire Proof, just Fire-Retardant.

And the DR on that set is insanely substantial in the grand scheme of things.

Plus you don't need fire immunity in Helldivers, because your cape acts as a Fire Blanket and when you dive it exstinguishes the fire.

That's not even me making that up, by the way. If you dive it exstinguishes the burning condition.

[ebon mica]

imo, if we're that far into the future that helldivers can mostly survive the shock of impact with only moderate airbrakes, they would have tech so you don't atleast immediately take damage from fires

Prolonged exposure I understand but not like immediate

[mystic blade]

I get what you're saying, but the case where you catch on fire in Helldivers are extreme situations where not igniting wouldn't make any sense. Fire Tornadoes don't just happen. Those planets are extremely hot for that to happen as a regular occurence. And The Automatons are using Napalm, just like Helldivers do. There is a reason Napalm is banned, it's because it sticks to you and burns. You don't need to catch on fire yourself for Napalm to set you on fire cuzz it's a burning glue that sticks to you.

[ebon mica]

Tbh I dropped off hard when it started feeling like they just releasing a whole lotta empty air

I wanted the mind control aliens

[mystic blade]

Well, the Illuminate aren't finished being made from what the Leakers have found.

To make matters worse, dev speed slowed down because of their summer vacation + team morale. Over Ambitious Promises, with an absent parent of a Publisher (Sony) also didn't help them either.

Top it all off? A tech debt race cuzz they're using an outmoded game engine.

[ebon mica]

Sony being how sony is is not surprising

[mystic blade]

It's just baffleing... Imagine promising a portion of your game's sales forever and Sony does the bare minimum to help out/advertise for your game.

Like, I didn't know Helldivers 2 was a thing until a couple weeks after it launched.

Cuzz people used to shoot players in the Blue Pre-Order armor cuzz they thought they were cheaters using unreleased gear. Shot them so much the devs have had to release multiple PSAs telling people the Blue Armor is not a cheater.

Which is crazy to me that that can even happen because your publisher did you so dirty on the advertising front.

I still see more adverts for Starship Troopers than Helldivers 2.

[ebon mica]

I only knew it existed cause of the streamer hype

From YT recommednations

And thats only from 1 of the 4 I watch regularly

[mystic blade]

I dunno who I actually saw play it first. I just picked it up cuzz everyone told me to then I ended up playing it more than any of them ever did.

[ebon mica]

Day 0 people not logging out to preserve their spot on the server

[mystic blade]

I heard about that stuff but like... I saw the videos and stuff after it happened.

[viscid portal]

I was there man

it was FUCKED

waited like 3 hours to get in with flip

[mystic blade]

I'm surprised. You two typically strike me as the type to not give a game that kind of time.

[quiet echo]

No, Vya is straight up deranged

Set no expectation

He is capable and fully willing to do nothing and everything

[subtle mortar]

Basically he’s fucked up

[mystic blade]

Just to let everyone know the new Space Station thingy being built in Helldivers 2 might be some sort of Platoon/Clan system.

Emphasis on might, of course.

[trail vigil]

[mystic blade]

Fingers Crossed! And if that ends up being true I'll be making the: 13th Plasma Weapon Field-Testing and Research Division for the server.

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCX4OLgkBnE

[mystic blade]

Whoa holy fuck

So, the Verdict is now a Deagle like I said it should be and has Medium Armor Penetration. The Senator is now a meme and has Heavy armor penetration. lmao

Thank fuck

There are a bunch more. Honestly some of them will be pretty unnoticeable to most of you since Helldivers has been kind of dead on this server, but a lot of it is good overall. I think the... Changes to the Autocannon and the Recoiless are interesting, sad to see they only really buffed the Airburst's reload, but what can you do.

Oh!

Actually

they figured out how Automatons were shooting through cover. They don't really elaborate but the Automatons being able to abuse map generation so well comes from the fact they reliably tracked and shot at you even without LOS so they fixed the Automatons shooting directly at you without LOS which should fix a large chunk of them shooting through walls.

You can also control your Drones better if you like Drone Backpacks.

Also, Devastator's head armors got tweaked down, and tank front armor is back down from Armor Rating 6 (Basically the only thing breaking it are Orbitals) back down to 5 (Commando, RR, and EAT now hurt the tank from the front again).

Tank weakspots are a seperate health pool as well, but damage to the Tank weakspots now also damages the main health pool at 150-200% damage (depending on the type of tank). So if you shoot the tank from the front a bunch, but then shoot it in the weakspot the weakspot will take damage and deal damage to the whole tank and if the main healthpool dies the tank dies, however, the Weakspots health pool is smaller and takes more damage. If you kill the weakspot it will instantly kill the tank (sounds over-complicated but Helldiver's health system is really weird).

[trail vigil]

Full video of the 60 day patch.
https://youtu.be/Dupl3lr2UBk?si=K9fMxodwUkujnpAx

We're so back.
(I never left.)

[trail vigil]

Can't wait for the Concord episode.

[mystic blade]

@subtle mortar

[mystic blade]

https://fxtwitter.com/Helldiversmedia/status/1848720434524786971

[mystic blade]

https://fxtwitter.com/HD2Memes/status/1849387278159724556

https://x.com/HelldiversAlert/status/1849453723229003868/photo/1

Helldivers Alerts (@HelldiversAlert) on X

The Truth Enforcers Premium Warbond lands on October 31!

#HellDivers2

Twitter · Oct 24, 2024, 2:11 PM

[mystic blade]

https://x.com/Iron_S1ghts/status/1849351246118814008

IronS1ghts (@Iron_S1ghts) on X

(Leak) Helldivers 1 Armor! (Liberty Day)
#Helldivers2

This armor will be given to players on liberty day

Twitter · Oct 24, 2024, 7:24 AM

[mystic blade]

https://x.com/helldivers2/status/1849826167450153024

HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2) on X

Become the patriot your family needs. Join the celebration on October 26th to claim your Liberty Day rewards!💪

Twitter · Oct 25, 2024, 2:51 PM

[rich idol]

fuuuck i was too high last night i forgot to re-install HD2

[stable osprey]

i saw someone say they're teasing illuminate for the anniversary is this true

[subtle mortar]

i havent seen anything about that

[stable osprey]

ive been bamboozled

[mystic blade]

I did some scanning and it does seem you got bamboozled. None of the slop channels are reporting anything and all the leakers have found is code for a new Terminid enemy and new extreme planet type.

[stable osprey]

Well that's incredibly unfortunate, I was gonna reinstall the game for that alone

[jagged olive]

https://youtube.com/shorts/okfs8_ux6Eo?si=Mozq7dfhU6UncJh5

[mystic blade]

Wow, so new tech revealed in Helldivers 2 with the SG-20 Halt in the new warbond. It's not just just got two ammo types, but has two seperate magazines.

Ohhh, I see, so the SG-20 is built off the SG-8 framework. Which the SG-8 line of shotguns have 2 magazines but homogenous ammunition. The Halt is the first one of the line to actually take advantage of the seperate magazines in the line. Nifty. Explains why it's next to the other similar models in the menu and not below the Breakers.

[hot quarry]

Nice lol

The City of Arkham needs a fresh serving of Democracy.

[mystic blade]

https://youtube.com/shorts/05-wcUG8r9o?si=eB5GbIZ8w5H5REFO @subtle mortar

[mystic blade]

https://fxtwitter.com/battlecatbeta/status/1859951054013804645

[hot quarry]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/EbpMvun5bE

They got an official Super Earth certificate of accomodations.

[mystic blade]

Hell yeah.

[mystic blade]

@rich idol @unborn lantern @subtle mortar

[subtle mortar]

DUNK IT

[unborn lantern]

Saw this and knew you all would like

[rich idol]

Oh god

I’d defiantly run the other way

[ebon mica]

https://tenor.com/view/isekai-anime-hit-accident-gif-17021075

[foggy blaze]

Im committing to the cause. Finally got the game

[mystic blade]

All it took was cars and illuminate

[foggy blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/head-banging-waynes-world-gif-22703830

[ebon mica]

Love the fact that the trailer they showed was the car and a helldiver getting shot by said car

[foggy blaze]

Cannot wait for the Sunday driving clips of blue on blue car slaughter

[unborn lantern]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/4bYNdu4H7b

[mystic blade]

https://youtu.be/kR7KRfV9sVY?si=8tKBz7leGEtB17ye @trail vigil @hot quarry @subtle mortar @unborn lantern @rich idol I knew I wasn't fuckin' crazy! They do salute sometimes when they die.

[trail vigil]

Wow,. what a nice detail

[mystic blade]

You weren't in the VC yesterday when we were playing but I saw it once and said that's what I thought I saw and the others weren't sure if that's what I saw.

[trail vigil]

That's crazy

no wonder I was seeing people with the arc gun. I thought it was just because the flying enemies are annoying to shoot down

[mystic blade]

I kept finding discarded arc weapons that were dropped on the ground that spawned in with the level.

I don't ever usually deploy with a support weapon Statagem cuzz everyone else always does and gives me one later, or I scavenge whatever I can off the ground.

[trail vigil]

There's a shit ton of weapons across the urban areas.
I've almost never drop with a support weapon now cuz of how many they are

also. The new car is so much fun

can't wait to unlock it fully

[mystic blade]

I might push to unlock the car early so I can spawn it in for everyone.

[rich idol]

Ooooo imma have to try that out. Love lil details like that

[unborn lantern]

Yeah I'm wanting to helldiver's more

[trail vigil]

We haven't unlocked the mission that gives us the car to purchase. Right now the only available ones are the ones that randomly spawn in this new planet

[mystic blade]

Oh, I thought it was in the Warbond.

[unborn lantern]

Nah just a skin for it

[mystic blade]

I see I see

Well, regardless, Melee Weapons are on the menu now, divers! It's just one for now, but I have a feeling that will change very quickly.

[foggy blaze]

My first drop, I watched a comrade get swarmed by voteless with the baton swinging for their lives

[ebon mica]

God my first drop was into automaton territory

[foggy blaze]

There is a stun lance in the newest pack

[hot quarry]

Well two weapons

there is a lance and baton

[ebon mica]

Some of the automaton voicelines imply that they put civilian brains into the foot soldiers

[unborn lantern]

There's the stun lance and then the stun baton, two

Baton doesn't do much damage, but swings left to right and is great for hitting multiple melee guys, won't kill them quick but stuns too. The lance however, it kills things fast and will take off arms and heads.

Killed arivain with medium armor in one hit from full with the lance

[rich idol]

and he hit me in the arm

[unborn lantern]

But im not sure how i feel about the directional energy shield, it just feels better in every way than the riot shield.

[foggy blaze]

The MG-43 machine gun is fun as hell to use

[unborn lantern]

That the heavy one or normal? theres like 3 different machine guns

[ebon mica]

Very first HMG

[unborn lantern]

ah gotcha yea thats always been a banger, personally i like the heavy so i can hold the trigger at highest rpm and hit nothing

[foggy blaze]

teammate did 16k friendly fire dmg in a mission

[unborn lantern]

Rookie numbers

Gotta use a bombardment 24/7 and boost that

[mystic blade]

[foggy blaze]

THE ILLUMINATES ARE BACK COMRADS!

TO ARMS

[ebon mica]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1208835423565258813/1303976831082565743/SPOILER_hd2__66pct_smaller.mp4?ex=6761c9cf&is=6760784f&hm=1838e1a33417dfdee526c32f513b9b91f8cff8422b6ff24a988d1374af4125bd&

[foggy blaze]

someone stole my recoiless rifle launcher after i picked up the pack. Suddenly there was a 380mm barrage centered on them. I wonder how that happened?

[mystic blade]

[stable osprey]

Yo why do those killzone cosmetics look SO DOPE

[foggy blaze]

killzone fans rn

https://tenor.com/view/you-suck-mad-milk-mocha-gif-20823235

[ebon mica]

I hate tjat i was like

Wait they look weird

Then realize its that fucking handsome eyebrow up man

[stable osprey]

y

[foggy blaze]

because the last killzone was a ps4 release title iirc

[quiet echo]

Because they want you to present your wallet and buy them

[ebon mica]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-epic-dive-bile-titan-no-reinforcements-gif-11990433295822767885

@foggy blaze Is this you?

[stable osprey]

is it not available for in game credits

[unborn lantern]

Not home to check, is this price real?

[quiet echo]

Yes

It’s quite pricy

[unborn lantern]

Fucking 615 super credits? That's disgusting

[trail vigil]

It's not that different than the normal assault rifle in the base game.

The armor though. Sheesh

[ebon mica]

It looks like it has fire damage attached

[unborn lantern]

I'm more referring to having any item that costly for super credits

[trail vigil]

The best resistance armor in the game currently

[unborn lantern]

That's most of the price of a war bond alone

[quiet echo]

This single crossover set costs almost as much as two entire warbonds. It is very clear what they’re trying to do here

[unborn lantern]

Squeeze for money

They mentioned somewhere that it's going to fund the ability for them to release some illuminate things for free, but I don't believe them/believe that they need more to do that

[stable osprey]

what does 650 SC equate to in USD

[trail vigil]

The whole thing in super credits comes down to around 15 bucks if my math is correct.

[unborn lantern]

1000 is 10$ish so about 6.50

But ofc can't buy 650, gotta buy 1000

[foggy blaze]

Yes

[foggy blaze]

I got immediately kicked for accidentally team killing the host at the beginning of a round. Dude dropped us in a hot zone and got mad at me. Its part of the game to be team killed. I had to solo a 7tier mission because of his baby ass. It was tough but I managed to do it. FOR DEMOCRACY!

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-2-arrowhead-game-studios-sony-interactive-entertainment-playstation-elite-force-gif-11050324331370512126

And i'd do it again

[mystic blade]

Eugh. I was really hoping we just wouldn't have crossover stuff. I'm so tired of every IP having to be in every game.

[foggy blaze]

The scientific term is fortnightification

[hot quarry]

Sony shoving their fist into Arrowhead again

[foggy blaze]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Jw9curWZdKA?si=jVtGoalfzb-L-eaz

[mystic blade]

Waaaaaaaaaait a minute...

This shit is way too strong for a fuckin' crossover set...

[hot quarry]

50% resist anything that kills from sources hard to avoid.

[unborn lantern]

Good thing, but I honestly can't give them any credit at this point I feel like every chance they get they screw it up somehow

[subtle mortar]

We just need the superstore to stop being a rotational system

It just needs to be a big selection of things

[unborn lantern]

It's just annoying. Every time I look they are doing something anti consumer, whether it's locking the game from certain places, retroactively requiring a separate account, or the 1500+ super credit armor set

Granted I feel like half of that was Sony

[mystic blade]

This particular super store thing was apparently their blunder. But given they tried to take the fall for the last time Sony shoved their fingers into the game it's a bit of a toss up.

[foggy blaze]

The dev does has to make money, themselves and I guarantee their Sony contract makes them have to push stuff like this for Sony's profit. But also it's optional

[unborn lantern]

Yeah but if you told me they were running low on funds I'd call you a liar

Making money doesn't have to mean squeezing for every nickel and dime from your consumers

Plus like, they already have the price for the game, warbonds/seasons, AND a cash shop

They aren't struggling

[foggy blaze]

That is true but, Sony probably has something making them price it at insane rates because if not someone from corporate that approves of the store prices that isn't part of Arrowhead

Or they're just "secretly" greedy

[unborn lantern]

Yeah that's why I said about half of all of it was Sony

I doubt arrowhead is making all of these decisions

Depending on the deal they did with the crossover it also could be on the kill zone side

[mystic blade]

Romayne, buddy, as far as Helldivers goes it ain't that bad in the grand scheme of things. It could be Destiny 2/Bungie pushing 20 dollar skins (20 dollars per class) that do nothing other than look unique.

Besides, we can't be too mad at the end of the day anyways, because Super Credits are earnable.

My only qualm was the window of time they put it in when it would have been more realistic to make it a warbond like they were originally going to.

but they said they wanted Warbonds to be reserved for their content which is... incredibly arbitrary because IMO the sanctity of the in game narrative/universe is already now very flimsy by putting in blatant crossover stuff (unlike the Master Chief set just being an armor set with a different color and referential name).

[unborn lantern]

It's not the worst, but I still view not that bad as bad tbh

Like sure most companies are anti consumer and will add price tags to anything they can, but I'm not going to applaud when a company charges 15 instead of 30

[mystic blade]

I dunno, I still find it hard to be mad at a Live Service game for doing Live Service things. Remember, we didn't even pay full retail price for Helldivers. It's $40. To Neon's point: they have to make money somehow. I don't agree with the prices, but at the end of the day they have to make money for the game to continue to be live service.

[ebon mica]

Don't agree for that price for a few skins

But also every content has been given for free on a silver platter

And the only monetization up to this point was just fast tracking easily unlockable gear

I think the biggest point here is that you DONT have to spend money on skins

[unborn lantern]

If they want to make money, they should make warbonds people want.

Not almost 20 dollar skins

At this point I'd be more happy buying 20$ warbonds that are actually good, and made with effort

[foggy blaze]

Also also people don't care about the price because look at apex and valorant. Look at mobile games and gacha games. People will spent dumb amounts of money on skins and companies know it

[mystic blade]

Make one super expensive skin and enough Whales will buy it to where the bulk of the userbase cannot vote with their wallet. That Diablo Horse skin's analytics come to mind.

[unborn lantern]

Yeah I can't argue with that, companies do it because even if more than half of the player base doesn't spend money, there are always people with more money than sense

And yakno, if you enjoy the game enough it's hard to count the money you spend on it as a waste.

[foggy blaze]

I'll drop money on Warframe in a heartbeat but I've put 500 hours into it across 2 accounts. But it has to be a similar situation for me to do that on other games

[ebon mica]

https://tenor.com/view/side-eye-gif-3425669563334334864

I totally didn't spend money

[unborn lantern]

I don't even mind cash shops or anything, I just don't like predatory practices.

Like putting a $15 skin in the fomo shop

If it had been a warbond (which it should have been, it already had the same # of guns than some warbonds) I wouldn't have cared, because you can farm it on your time

[foggy blaze]

I think a licencing restriction makes it hard to be a war bond

[unborn lantern]

Yeah that's true, I don't know the licencing side of things.

Then again other games have crossovers that get added and just stay tho

Then again, again, those are usually the free ones now that I think about it

[stable osprey]

Meridia about to become a hotspot

[foggy blaze]

Did the black hole ever turn out to be anything? I've been at work all day

Or is that meridia

[stable osprey]

There's been some "electromagnetic phenomena" around it

Black hole, formerly meridia

[foggy blaze]

I hope the illuminate show up and we see multifunction planets OR crazy sub-species terminids

[unborn lantern]

Personally I'd love to see us dropping into contested zones or smth.

Drop me into a planet that has both terminids and bots

Are the three factions we are fighting even friendly with each other? I'm not a helldiver's lore buff

[foggy blaze]

I would assume nobody is friends with the termanids but the bots could partner with illuminate

[unborn lantern]

thats so sad, no friens

[foggy blaze]

I just wish they'd nerf the fucking bot reinforcement rate. It's fucking insane with a team that keeps leaving you behind

[stable osprey]

i want them to invade super earth but they are cowards

lore wise, i dont understand what is stopping them from just blitzing earth

[foggy blaze]

Well the bots use human corpses to build bots or for fuel so I'm sure that might be a source they don't want to snuff out.

[mystic blade]

It was a warbond when it was leaked but they said they decided to change it to super store offerings.

[foggy blaze]

this game is so bullshit sometimes. I dropped into a solo blitz into a swarm a flyer bugs. They proceeded to burn all of my reinforments and lose the mission. THen I join another blitz where the mini map is blocked out from spores. WTH

I still love it but damn

[ebon mica]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072146499426844702/1319781006558888047/Replay_2024-12-20_22-12-10_online-video-cutter.com.mp4?ex=67673558&is=6765e3d8&hm=99de6fc972a1a90ef78a8ff14b21116e934430944714964dbf39add05717369b&

[mystic blade]

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OtQp-SIjxAg

[foggy blaze]

I just expierced pure cancer on a bug planet.

cloakers with heavy fog plus constant bug swarms

so many fucking cloakers

[foggy blaze]

https://youtube.com/shorts/pIgG2EgHgN0?si=Nr8N2jCi4jK8KZlH

[foggy blaze]

https://youtube.com/shorts/RB6QIZ_0sbs?si=SfG-toJwVBFbI9Bc

[mystic blade]

Hell yeah

Cannot wait for a map editor in Helldivers.

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mj88v5cJxJc

[unborn lantern]

Looks like that black hole is finally having something happen with it

[trail vigil]

The new wasp stratigem is quite the gem.

[hot quarry]

[mystic blade]

Killzone fans fuming at their fuckin' IP holder.

Sony be like: "DAMN this IP is comfy to sit on."

[foggy blaze]

Didn't even port them to PC smh

[mystic blade]

That's cuzz Sony knew that no one would sign up for PSN to play them.

[foggy blaze]

you know, kicking someone because youre standing in a airstrike zone that you couldve stepped 5ft back to avoid inst really a valid reason to kick someone. There are some uptight ass mother fuckers in this game sometimes.

and its always the playstaion mother fuckers too

[ebon mica]

Ive always seen friendly fire as you know

Part of the game

Trailers advertise getting hit and shot by friendlies or orbitals

Youre not safe from a 380mm bombardment unless you are on the otherside of the map

[foggy blaze]

it was a eagle bomb run. A tiny little killzone and brody walked towards it, died, and kicked me seconds later

other times i get kicked right when i join a game

all day today i either had people not helping or kicking. not very helldiver of them

[ebon mica]

You can also manipulate eagle runs too

Since its always perpendicular to your Line of Sight

When you toss it

[mystic blade]

It's why I think it should be vote kick not host kick like Darktide and Space Marine 2. Host kick mid mission is heinous. Post mission, whatever, but I always hated reacting to SOSes and getting kicked not long after dropping cuzz they waited for my Stratagems to load.

[mystic blade]

(That and Vote Kick just makes more sense narratively.)

[hot quarry]

I never tried it since I didn't think of doing it but apparently the flag raises faster if you salute it.

[unborn lantern]

Imagine not saluting the flag

Report to your nearest democracy officer

[unborn lantern]

Yooo? New warbone coming out has a portable hellbomb backpack stratagem

[mystic blade]

Wonder how many people will actually remember to drop it or will just suicide bomb with it.

[unborn lantern]

ill be there encouraging people to shoot it off my back

[rich idol]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1i5zue8/made_this_cowboy_bebop_parody_intro_hope_you_find/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

@subtle mortar @unborn lantern @mystic blade Found this gem, check it out

[mystic blade]

This isn't edited by the way.

[foggy blaze]

Im sure thats fine

[mystic blade]

https://fxtwitter.com/helldivers2/status/1890063544604844481

[foggy blaze]

https://youtube.com/shorts/2H20FA41gYU?si=GQHbBJ94iHeLIszF

[ebon mica]

Only people over the age of 12 can handle the mini Hellbomb

[mystic blade]

https://youtube.com/shorts/9Vlyfm9aaQ8?si=fMKfQzuVV3dPau7Z

[ebon mica]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg-kiduku_w

[mystic blade]

Interesting border gore post in the Helldiver's discord showcasing every planet that the game has had a Battle on and which faction was there when we fought there.

Secondary map

[hot quarry]

neat

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4yJ17TC1TOU

[ebon mica]

Alternatively

Mecha

https://tenor.com/view/tsk-chilling-extraction-super-earth-helldivers-gif-8069894531116202141

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nfWDoAoOvdg

[trail vigil]

The auto cannon in flak mode can 3 shot the fleshmob pretty much like tissue paper.

[mystic blade]

https://youtube.com/shorts/3mPkqQQetMw?si=SsSYrIIiPdfP49Ue

[hot quarry]

nice lol

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NoWzlqEBELc

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lteJ3j9bcMA @subtle mortar

[ebon mica]

It was me, I was the one who called in a 500kg on the SEAF soldier

They were surrounded by Voteless

[mystic blade]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-funny-stare-death-stare-blank-stare-gif-14190365348877720827

[unborn lantern]

yoooooo the funny looking armor is actually decent now

[rich idol]

[ebon mica]

Meanwhile me

500kg on one civvie cause theyre surrounded

[unborn lantern]

let me know if anyone wants to helldive i dont have a whole lot of people that play it

[mystic blade]

I'm thinking about diving tonight when I get home if you're still down. I should be home around 2230 EST.

[unborn lantern]

ill be around

just ping me or smth

[unborn lantern]

its time

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pkZ2-Q54SlE

[rich idol]

@unborn lantern

[unborn lantern]

@trail vigil just let me know if you want to go more when you are back

[trail vigil]

Could come back to play but Ima play it safe and rest for tonight. Hope it's alright.

[unborn lantern]

ye have a good one!

we can play another time

[unborn lantern]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1kynhmv/he_died/

[unborn lantern]

combat hatchet in the super store

and good looking armor, has the blow up after death affect

[ebon mica]

Helldiver, what are you doing. You have no Explosives!

[unborn lantern]

It's proving to be extremely useful for bug fighting

May or may not have jumped into a swarm a few times when death was likely

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T4l9dmPJdCQ

[mystic blade]

@unborn lantern they buffed Integrated Explosives, you now get +2 throwables as well as blowing up when you die.

[unborn lantern]

Hell yeah

Truth enforcer armor also is better now

[mystic blade]

(I didn't bother mentioning it cuzz I didn't think you cared about the Truth Enforcer warbond).

[unborn lantern]

i dont but ill eventaully get it

[mystic blade]

I think the Reprimand and Loyalist are the main sources of value in that Warbond if you don't care about the aesthetic and armor. The Reprimand has both a Wick Flick reload, and a HK Slap.

[unborn lantern]

i want the medium armor submachine gun it looks good

[mystic blade]

That's the Reprimand.

[mystic blade]

@subtle mortar @unborn lantern The new pistol is a Smart Pistol.

[unborn lantern]

Does it need WiFi

[mystic blade]

That's the reason why some weapon got that new "Guided/Unguided" toggle that didn't do anything cuzz it was an implementation bug in prep for that weapon dropping.

[mystic blade]

No, but like Judge Dredd's pistol and (kinda) how Robocop's works (Robocop has a smart link to put it in Cyberpunk terms, but basically the same thing).

Also, apparently the Guard Dog K9 is an Arc Thrower, not a Blitzer and like I predicted does not have any kind of cooldown.

Apparently, the devs are pointing out that it is a bug that the Laser Guard Dog is going on cooldown really quickly. It's according to them, going on cooldown after only halfway heating up; regardless of biome.

[unborn lantern]

Wack

Not sure how I feel about the pacifier now, after seeing it has stun rounds. Didn't read much about it before release. Might be a better concussive lib but I hated that gun. I'll still give it a shot

Find stunning in general to be a pretty niche mechanic at best, and an excuse to have slap less damage on stuff at worst sadly. I just don't find use for it or see it when other use stun

The rpm for pacifier might mean it's somewhat lethal tho

Apparently the arc grenade launcher shreds though. Can take down hulks and more in just two shots

[mystic blade]

There isn't a way in hell it isn't going to get a touch up. It describes itself as only having medium Armor Pen, but it doing that kind of damage implies to me its grenades are using the Arc Thrower's stats.

[unborn lantern]

from what im reading its not the arc that pierces, its the explosion from impact? ill have to get it and play with it

[unborn lantern]

apparently it takes 4-5 hits, 2 headshots with the arc nade launcher. the impact explosion is medium armor peircing but im seeing alot of people saying the arc from the grenade is round ap4

kinda hearsay for now, but its from multiple people

People are thinking its just using the AP of the tesla tower which is 4

The pacifier doesnt have any magazine cuztomizations so if you wanted a drum mag or a short mag you're outta luck but it has 40 in its base mag so its fine

[unborn lantern]

Playing with the pacifier more it's probably the best stun weapon they've released so far, its comparable to the liberator penetrator damage wise. Medium armor piercing, 10 less damage a shot but more rpm

But the warrant has some bugs with its bullet lockon, certain enemies just can't be locked on apparently

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nb02IX0OoAg

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WNoZUlZeMsA @subtle mortar @unborn lantern

[unborn lantern]

yesssss i love the visuals of the armor that has those effects so i love that

even if we never got the cowboy hat it deserved

[unborn lantern]

also getting a teleport backpack

But the volley gun seems fun

[unborn lantern]

Also a laser turret and plasma launcher

[mystic blade]

Y'know, looking at it from the lens of what Super Earth has turned into Helldivers and Helldivers equipment it's now just test subjects. I do like how the new armors' effect is basically the Trauma Harnesses from Fallout New Vegas.

[unborn lantern]

Yeah. The armor effect and the warp backpack looks fun af,and i like the unsafe vibe of all of the newstuff

Even the volley cannon mentions possible self harm

[ebon mica]

Dislocating your shoulder just by firing all 7 barrels

Reminds me of the 9 Barrel skill from DFO

9 barrel shotgun LMAO

Has to brace it on his sword

[unborn lantern]

7 round volley primary, arc grenade, arc guard dog, self destruct armor

walking liability

[ebon mica]

Lets not forget the Plasma gun with no safety switch

[unborn lantern]

that does sound fun too

but that slot is super competitive with the flag being there

[mystic blade]

It's not just all 7 barrels, that mode doesn't knock you on your ass. It's the "shoot everything left in the gun all at once mode".

Think of the Smart Shotgun from Cyberpunk 2077 that fires a bunch of different barrels all at once. Now think if all of those barrels fired every single round that was loaded into them all at once, instead of just the salvos.

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zL7GgmoQxns @unborn lantern

[mystic blade]

The new Helldivers 2 Update has a couple surprises inside.

The biggest one here is that Scout Striders and Overseers have become a little more interesting to deal with rather than just disengage with due to the lowering of their armor (Scout Strider Legs and Overseer's chests).

Also there is a bug with the new update to The One True Flag being able to be planted in Large Enemies that is causing the game to crash if you do it, and they are trying to fix it.

[mystic blade]

Really good Judge Holden dressed as an Imperium of Man Commissar with SEAF marking s fanart from the Helldiver's discord.

[ebon mica]

Done in pencil no less

With little to no erasers

Visible erasers atleast

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sqYELHfmB2g

[unborn lantern]

The variable is a lot of fun so far

particuarly like making myself go flying from recoil

[unborn lantern]

The plasma feels awful to use though. The shot dropoff only works like half the time too so sometimes it goes perfectly straight and sometimes its got a 90* curve to it

I've been reading that the spread is bugged and is currently about 10x what it should be too, but take that with a grain of salt. It can go basically sideways from the barrel though so it sounds right

[mystic blade]

https://youtube.com/shorts/00JxtxNiTi8?si=Zj6Tn6s-Sf_G3I2k

[unborn lantern]

there was no way we were getting this was there

[mystic blade]

It seems like it might be a snowball effect because when we defeated the Fleshmobs more Factory Striders started spawning and we got free Recoilless Rifles for 24 hours

I think when Shriekers finish something might happen with Impalers or Leviathans. Though, I will say, the Leviathans one is quite steep for how needlessly difficult that particular one is to kill.

But, do keep in mind, technically the shrieker kills percentage completion by the end of the MO can slightly translate into further progress on the other ones. So I won't be totally hopeless yet.

[unborn lantern]

Yeah implaers and Factory striders arent easy but damn thats a lot of leviathans to kill

[mystic blade]

Well, IMO, Impalers and Leviathans are enemies designed around being destroyed with Stratagems. Leviathans are not designed to be destroyed by Stratagems which is kind of just the fundamental issue with the Leviathan's design as an enemy unit.

[ebon mica]

Leviathans have weird ass armor points too dont they

[trail vigil]

mhm. If it isn't an open plains map with them I barely even bother to kill them, the anti tank emplacement is a godsend for those leviathans

[mystic blade]

https://youtube.com/shorts/SCsB3GgbtAI?si=9pj7kI09-z9wayQe

[unborn lantern]

Portable hellbombs are one of my favorite things they've given us so far honestly. I dont use it myself but its always a joy

[mystic blade]

https://fxtwitter.com/Tabbierthanever/status/1951301214764753217

Tabbi (@Tabbierthanever)

Sustenance.
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[unborn lantern]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/pz1buQgWCm

I didn't actually know you could use pings to direct commando missiles

[mystic blade]

what.

[subtle mortar]

woah

[unborn lantern]

I do love the railcannon

[mystic blade]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l4rj7q4Wh-M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRl_8bCeJLc

[stable osprey]

They're adding Halo ODSTs 👀

[mystic blade]

So noooow you wanna get back in a Hellpod.

[stable osprey]

Maybe, I mean I love halo lol

Helldivers are literally just legally-distinct ODSTs anyway 😛

[unborn lantern]

Reeby is ready to dive again

[stable osprey]

Especially since it looks like they're adding new mambasa too, man I need to play odst again

[subtle mortar]

Dived with @viscid portal the other day dude got mauled by bugs and took an impact grenade to the back of the skull

[unborn lantern]

Classic

It can't be vyas fault though so I imagine you threw it

Last time I dived I had a taste of my own medicine and got lightning guard dogged

[mystic blade]

With an ironically higher chance of survival for landing. Canonically ODST have a pretty decent chance to die on impact.

[unborn lantern]

How does that compare to the 2 min ish life expectancy of the helldiver's tho

[tribal marten]

Helldivers stick the landing, then get fucking domed by a random bug

[mystic blade]

Yeah, Helldivers make it out of the pod consistently at least.

And the difference of duration post drop for Helldivers versus ODSTs is that Helldivers have the same kind of training as SEAF; where as ODSTs are elite specialists.

So if an ODST survives the drop they're at least more valuable than a Helldiver.

Cuzz Helldivers get 20 minutes of practical training after the physical fitness exam and then get frozen in cryo storage until they're needed.

I wonder if we'll get the SPNKR for a support weapon or the Spartan Laser.

[unborn lantern]

Feel like we already have enough Lazer heavies, but I'm down for whatever I'm a halo fanboy

[ebon mica]

"All Small Weight Enemies are now suicide grunts. Good luck"

But if there was a collab call in that screamed halo? Scorpion Tank or Wart Hog

Or ODST Armor

[unborn lantern]

I would absolutely love to call in a warthog or scorpion. Or ghost, even though it probably would never happen

[ebon mica]

Covenant vehicles would make sense given what the illuminate are

But UNSC Vehicles are more likely options

[ebon mica]

I'll be honest, what we really need is an air vehicle option now

Given that like the biggest threats that the illuminate have are airborne

[unborn lantern]

With the issues they had with mechs and the transport I doubt we will get fliers anytime soon

[subtle mortar]

theyve been sitting on the APC for ages now

[unborn lantern]

Engine issues is why they haven't released that, right?

[subtle mortar]

i got no clue

[unborn lantern]

Off topic but I imagine your name tastes like bubblegum given the color

[subtle mortar]

hell yeah

[mystic blade]

They're not gonna do The Scorpion before The Bastion is even playable.

[mystic blade]

Fun fact, there exists a model for The Bastion.

[unborn lantern]

I mean people were spawning the apc into the game in 2024

its existed for awhile im not really sure why it hasnt been released. Has to be an bug/engine issue

[subtle mortar]

Or just classic drip feeding content

[unborn lantern]

They had a ton of problems getting vehicles to work in the first place so thats the only reason i would think that

[subtle mortar]

My issue believing that is they have one already

If the engine is really gonna be this much of an issue it’s not gonna hold up much longer

[unborn lantern]

Looked up what the game runs on, apparently its a modified version on the same engine helldivers 1 ran on.

[subtle mortar]

It’s a really old engine

It’s not good

[unborn lantern]

Autodesk stingray is its name. Discontinued in 2018 lmao

Either way though hopefully we see the apc soon

I need more vehicles

[quiet echo]

The day they add an airdropped light tank or similar is the day I play the game for more than one session per week

[subtle mortar]

Sounds about right

[ebon mica]

Fucking riding the regular humvee and it flips over a tiny rock

Land roof first? It just explodes

[quiet echo]

Cause don’t get me wrong the mech is fun (and I imagine the armored car is too I haven’t tried it) but I can’t recreate a Thunder Run with those and seeing as that whole thing is basically Super Earth ideology it’s a sorely missed opportunity

[ebon mica]

Hear me out

I wanna be able to fly the eagle

And do bombing runs

[unborn lantern]

The armored car is pretty okay. Easy to headshot teammates and its gun is just a heavy machinegun but its fast and fun

[ebon mica]

And fly back to the destroyer to rearm

[quiet echo]

That would be also, but I think the game would also detonate and kill you irl instantly

[subtle mortar]

even just calling it in and getting to control it for a second

https://tenor.com/view/cod-missile-air-strike-cod-air-strike-air-strike-meme-call-of-duty-gif-16636986599218531111

[ebon mica]

Like set it as a role I can be and just launch, circling the map until I get clearance to drop bombs

But during then be a scout for helldivers

[quiet echo]

Maybe it’s wrong think but they need to diversify their aerospace assets

Eagle this, Eagle that, it’s versatile but it also can’t level a city like a dedicated bomber could

I want x25 500kg bomb strategem

https://tenor.com/view/b52-bombs-missiles-gif-7364132356217042235

[stable osprey]

Yeah I think I might reinstall just for this Collab lol

That trailer looked so fucking cool

https://youtu.be/s4skV9c0bKc?si=obSoqpSZj-G0SMiF

Wasn't expecting a whole ass warbond

[unborn lantern]

Hell yes I was hoping we'd get the classic assault rifle

Armor is

Do we know the armor affect?

Nvm found it

[unborn lantern]

Strangely it seems like the halo warbond is going to be a stealthy one

Two suppressed weapons, the SMG and pistol, and armor effect is also stealth

[subtle mortar]

kinda sucks because i really dont feel like stealth is super good in the game

youd need to run off alone or hope your teammates are also stealthy

[unborn lantern]

I like it though. Everyone's gonna be running it probably

Or maybe I'm on copium. Wouldn't be the first time. Still think it's neat tho

[subtle mortar]

You’re gonna see a decent number of people with it but XBOX players who buy the deluxe edition can’t use the warbond token on this special warbond for some reason

So they’d be paying full price for the game and then told they have to pay more for the crossover stuff

[unborn lantern]

Wack really?

Guess it kinda makes sense the token doesn't work, isn't this bond going to cost more?

[subtle mortar]

It costs 1500 I think

I don’t know how much they normal cost I forgor

But they frame it as a special warbond when I think it still has the usual amount of content in it

It is cool ass content though

That alone is gonna make people pay for it

[stable osprey]

i think it's kinda funny they didn't go this all-out for the killzone collab

granted i guess the game was still early in its lifespan, but huge collabs like this will absolutely bring people in

also surprised they havent tried doing a starship troopers collab

[subtle mortar]

That would also go hard

[quiet echo]

Hm. Guess they’re now at the Crossover Stage of live service already? Thats not encouraging

I guess there was the kill zone one but that was barely anything

[subtle mortar]

i mean this is good form though this is a crossover to mark the XBOX release but also one of the major inspirations of the entire thing

Killzone one was strange though lmao

[stable osprey]

To be fair this is probably more to promote the Xbox version than anything, and I believe before they said they would only do crossovers that look like they belong

[quiet echo]

Aren’t XBOX folks with the anniversary edition having to pay for it anyway? Rumor I heard, unsure of the validity

[subtle mortar]

yeah they are lol thats what i said further up

[quiet echo]

Fair enough

[subtle mortar]

but yknow get that bag i guess

my only gripe currently

is lack of new FREE content

[quiet echo]

I love shorting my costumers 24/7

BUY MY WARBOND

MOST NEW CONTENT IS LOCKED BEHIND A SOFT PAYWALL!

-Arrowhead, probably

But yeah that’s what is making Not Want to Play. The game would be 500% more fun if I knew I didn’t have to put in 100 man hours to unlock meaningful amounts of new toys

[unborn lantern]

I don't care about crossover stuff honestly. But the lack of any free new weapons or anything like that sucks majorly