I honestly just fire from 3rd person a lot with the railgun
#Helldivers 2: For Managed Democracy!
steady bone
hullo fellow hellers, one question, and an odd one at that...is there a way in game to turn off the HUD and UI in game?
daring monolith
I’ve been using it vs bots (mostly because that’s what my crew likes fighting) and it shreds what the autocannon bounces off
vestal trail
I like the railgun alot, but yeah, the sights leave a lot to be desired
honest acorn
hullo fellow hellers, one question, and an odd one at that...is there a way in g...
you can futz with pretty much the whole UI in settings
rotund marten
Autocannon does tanks better than the railgun in my experience
honest acorn
Vs bots I really like the autocannon, but the AMR works in a pinch and the spear is actually fairly useful (the ammo issues are so real though)
steady bone
Nice thank you for that.
rotund marten
It's very quick to triple tap the vents with it, the railgun has to reload twice
honest acorn
vs bugs there just isn't anything else which can pen a charger's leg armor up close and not blow me up
rotund marten
Scorcher, amazingly, can magdump tanks and cannon towers in a reasonable length of time
although you need to be pretty much in the middle of the rear arc or it'll rotate away before you're quite done
God tier for bots, mixed for bugs
stone bridge
The AC can two tap Hulks with two very precise shots to their small head, and kills tanks with three shots to the rear heat sink on a flank
rotund marten
I would like a martyrdom booster just because I want to embrace diving into bug holes once you're out of grenades
stone bridge
Failing hitting a Hulk's head you can dismember their weapon arms with like 4 shots to the limb joints
It handles them just fine
rotund marten
The headshot is a bit finnicky sometimes but the arms are easy
daring monolith
Will have to remember that.
rotund marten
The more we play the more ways we find to trivialise heavier armour
stone bridge
George'ing a hulk is pretty trivial yeah
rotund marten
The main really tanky bastards are Bile Titans at this point
stone bridge
Best against Scorchers, since the flamer is the big instakill threat
honest acorn
Bile Titans are wild
rotund marten
Autocannon being able to turn anything the bots have to jam really makes it the god weapon once you know the hit locations and are confident without the personal shield
honest acorn
They just inexplicably survive all kinds of shit
cobalt patrol
It's actually harder to George a Hulk with the Railgun than it is to just kill them.
I don't understand Biles. I've done the one shot railgun kill, I know it's possible
I've killed two with one Railgun shot before!
daring monolith
I’m nearing confidence without the personal shield. Still not quite there.
cobalt patrol
And then I've had so fucking many survive all kinds of Railgun shots too the skull etc
500kg underneath them seems the most reliable
rotund marten
The grenade launcher is better at mulching groups of scout walkers, infantry and devastators than the autocannon, especially when they drop in tight balls, but it's much worse at hulks and tanks and doesn't have absurd building snipe range
idle hollow
rotund marten
I can see meta bot teams being one GL with supply pack and three autocannons
cobalt patrol
Supply pack is 100% slept on
honest acorn
not that the AC really needs it
cobalt patrol
Esp since picking up supplies with it reloads everything as normal and gives you extra charges in the pack
And at one point when I ate a pack I had 7/6 grenades, which was a thing
meager saffron
🤔
hollow plover
Yeah it's just good in every situation
gritty sundial
why my arm fucked up <XD
hollow plover
Everyone has to fight for Freedom™️, no matter the age, ability, or cognitive function
stone bridge
I think the Railgun is way more consistent for Hulks, so it has a place on a bot team, but the AC is definitely a swiss army knife there
honest acorn
Yeah the railgun doing damage instead of fuck all if you miss the eye is nice for hulks
gritty sundial
can anyone play with? <@&1206091872716595200>
cobalt patrol
It's like 3 oc if you miss the eye, and it staggers them
Which I really like
My favourite is abusing the piercing of the Railgun to send it through multiple enemies and still kill the Hulk
stone bridge
can anyone play with? <@&1206091872716595200>
I'll be on later
honest acorn
It's so satisfying when you shoot a devastator in the face and get the 3x skull
strange vine
i think someone has described why hulks are so much better/fun to deal with than chargers as hulks having more "interactability" and i think that explains it a ton
with a hulk you can hit the head, break off the arms, or hit the heat vents
with a wide variety of weapons
gritty sundial
Do operations you've partially completed stay active if you exit the game?
strange vine
with the charger you either hit the leg or you hit the ass, very little interactability
strange vine
Do operations you've partially completed stay active if you exit the game?
yeah
gritty sundial
Oh thank god
jolly mortar
only resets if you start a different operation, to my understanding
gritty sundial
very good and cool
honest acorn
with the charger you either hit the leg or you hit the ass, very little interact...
There's also weaker armor at the bottom and the side plates but those are very hard to interact with
cobalt patrol
The back legs open up to normal weapons after they crash into a obstacle, but that's very non obvious with chargers
rotund marten
I still haven't got the achievement for killing a charger with the resupply pod, apparently a clean headshot doesn't do it
which means you need to damage a charger, presumably with a few railguns, then get it wedged somewhere
honest acorn
I bet you could just EMS strike one
I need to remember to use it more
short cd, extremely fast call in time, basically freezes enemies
jolly mortar
that's my thought. have two people pack EMS so you can stun it, fuck it up some, then stun it again and hit it with the resupply
rich marlin
Opened up Twitter to find some memes only to be met with the news we lost Malevelion Creek which is kinda sad ngl i wanted funny and instead i got hit with feels
glacial light
Supply pack is 100% slept on
My friend runs supply pack and railgun and you can press 5 to reload the railgun ammo from your pack and be an armor destroying monster
Although I think it's fair considering it eats up 2 stratagem slots, back slot, and heavy slot
Spamming railgun like a primary
jolly mortar
that sounds silly as hell and I'm real tempted to try it
glacial light
It's really effective against bots
jolly mortar
because I usually wind up being the designated Hulk-hunter because railgunning them through the eye is so fuckin' fun
cobalt patrol
It's so fun!
rich marlin
Seriously thinking about doing a marathon Helldiver day Saturday
Not like i have much else to do.
autumn plover
lol yeah i can respect just wanting to say fuckit as a change of pace. but i also respect the devs for being pretty clear in their goals and wanting to just focuse on said goals as well.
i mean hell the first thing i did in first mission with my gf was end up in a small jokey gunfight
everybody loves a wholesome game of dance around the blind fired hmg lol
jolly mortar
i think the difference is that's not really competitive pvp so much as it is just fucking around for fun
autumn plover
def
which is fine imo
cuz like its something you and friends have decided to do for the fuck of it
jolly mortar
yeah. some amount of bullshitting is fun when you're not doing, like, diff 6 and up where taking it seriously matters.
autumn plover
instead of it being some crazy try hard screeching in all chat or something in an actual pvp lol
rich marlin
Finally a funny one
https://twitter.com/py_bun/status/1762702674510893310?t=JHqdlN_ivavND3lJaxVA1Q&s=19
Twitter
honest acorn
Someone in the discord said they got a mech drop, idk if they're lying or if the GM pitied them or if it was a hack or what but its interesting (they are lying nothing ever happens)
unkempt flax
Twitter
unreal merlin
Never forget that whatever happens, there's always the possibility that your misfortune is the result of direct GM intervention and not a genuine skill issue on your part.
jolly mortar
partner sent me footage of the mech in-gameplay. looks like it's ingame already, just not fully functional and unlocked
cobalt patrol
everybody loves a wholesome game of dance around the blind fired hmg lol
May have murdered everyone with a HMG emplacement to test it yesterday.
Then they respawned and murked me, respawned me so I was left behind on the planet
jolly mortar
cobalt patrol
Entirely valid
unreal merlin
the HMG emplacement actually kind of rocks if you use it wisely
jolly mortar
it seems super situational because of how slow it turns
unreal merlin
it also can just directly shoot objectives like bot AA guns/mortars to blow them up
jolly mortar
like probably shines defending an extraction with good choke points
unreal merlin
if you look for good spots you can often find decent places to put it out in the field for mowing down a patrol or into a base
it's certainly a situational thing and you gotta go out of your way to use it to full value tho
unkempt flax
meager sandal
Smh gen z and their participation trophies
eager pine
Apparently just under 5% of steam players have not even finished basic training...
I kinda have to wonder who those people are...
Maybe just people who gave up completely after they couldn't get into the servers?
glacial light
The turret section probably got a lot of people
eager pine
The part where you have to press the button to go prone?
glacial light
Yea
eager pine
Like... they couldn't figure out how to press the button so they gave up?>
glacial light
It took me at least 3 tries before I noticed the little text saying to dive here.
But also I wonder if it counts skipping the tutorial
eager pine
I think you have to play it to count as a player don't you?
pale remnant
It took me at least 3 tries before I noticed the little text saying to dive here...
I died a couple times to it because I held down alt which made me stand up immediately after diving :v
glacial light
No if you exit it then you can just play, or game crashes
eager pine
I died a couple times to it because I held down alt which made me stand up immed...
I did this once. XD
honest acorn
Apparently just under 5% of steam players have not even finished basic training....
You can skip it
eager pine
DIdn't know that.
Now I'm shuddering to think how many of my worst experiences with PUGs are players who skipped the tutorial...
strange vine
It took me at least 3 tries before I noticed the little text saying to dive here...
i mean the facility operator eventually just flat out tells you what to do
its very funny
very awkward "uhhh yeah i think you have to dive and stay prone in order to get past the turrets"
ivory swallow
<@&1206091872716595200> anyone wanna help out a newbie and dive some hells?
honest acorn
<@&1206091872716595200> anyone wanna help out a newbie and dive some hells?
I’ll be about 30 mins but I’m down
glacial light
Same
ivory swallow
OK
strange vine
escape room attendant watching the customers really fuck up the puzzle energy
eager pine
And let's be clear. In universe she's not telling you after so many attempts. She's telling the whatever number person after she's watched however many recruits that came before them in a row die to friendly fire in a training exercize.
glacial light
And let's be clear. In universe she's not telling you after so many attempts. ...
Unfair advantage they get advice not to die /s
eager pine
Except the escape room is a death game.
Like like, a death game story where the death game is so badly designed that none of the participants get anywhere and the maniac running it just slowly goes more and more nuts in frustration that people aren't magically getting their moon logic puzzles.
Getting more and more megalomaniacal thinking their non-sensical puzzles are just too complex for the tiny minds of mere mortals to understand...
I wish I could come up with ideas on my own instead of always having to build off someone else's.
I might actually be able to do creative writing.
eager pine
<@&1206091872716595200> anyone wanna help out a newbie and dive some hells?
I'm game
ivory swallow
were going in 30
unkempt flax
https://twitter.com/TheIOGuy/status/1762693287163412549?t=2KfRyw0DmHoYNnR3wgYEQA&s=19
Found it, for anyone needing it
Twitter
burnt vapor
It's part of the armour you're wearing
glacial light
Oh neat
glacial light
<@&1206091872716595200> anyone wanna help out a newbie and dive some hells?
What difficulty are we planning?
honest acorn
I’m in activity 1
glad marsh
I’m in activity 1
Any chance you've got room for 1 more diver?
honest acorn
Any chance you've got room for 1 more diver?
We do!
glad marsh
Lovely!
Be there in a mo
Might be a lil longer actually, discord is clearly having some trouble on my end
Probably like 3-4 minutes?
coral linden
what's the trick to snagging fabricators with the autocannon?
stone bridge
shoot the vent cover at close range to richochet the round into the vent
at around a 45 degree angle
eager pine
@coral linden Shoot near the base of the door to the vent. Try to fire from dead ahead.
You don't have to be at close range.
keen zinc
understanding a 45 degree angle
stone bridge
whuh
naive dragon
Tried the distraction 3-1 play yet?
3 of you hold a point away from the objective, one of you runs the evac buttons
daring monolith
my group and I successfully did a diff 6 evac the day before yesterday with that. But if you just try to hold the middle the highest diff we've managed is 4
coral linden
Tried the distraction 3-1 play yet?
Group tried this today, I was on the point and still just kinda got mogged by 2 dropships just Pulling Up
unkempt river
<@&1206091872716595200> making a second group in Horus if people wish to hop in
candid finch
It may just be that I play with randos a lot but oh boy is it easier to run hard missions with bots while running the railgun
Which is sad because I love sniping with the AMR but I cannot piece the armour of hulks reliably with that
naive dragon
Railgun is a must on 5+ bots yeah
candid finch
Not having fun with Cannon turrets though, I find they almost always target me and my allies don't care about that so I get deleted
unkempt river
#autocannons4lyfe
candid finch
Bots are rough for that though, like I've not seen any bug equivalent
Like there's spore spewers, met one of them recently, but with boys there's just so much stuff that can instantly delete you from range
fringe quiver
anyway to skip the mission complete screen?
candid finch
Not that I'm aware
strange vine
how does one win a defend campaign against the automataons
if youre asking about the major order thats a playerbase-wide thing, a defense campaign is the thing that says "DEFEND" on the planet
meager sandal
It's confusing definitely thought it was a defense mission or operation at first
candid finch
It's the major orders though right so it's like for everyone across everywhere and isn't completed quickly, right?
daring monolith
yeah
we're at 5/8 successful defenses iirc
we may actually not complete it in time
candid finch
The big ones with the vents on the back?
Hitting that vent with a primary or sidearm does huge damage
alternatively, for support weapons, the disposable anti-tank is good as long as you hit with it and reloads quickly
Railgun and AMR are strong too, though you need to aim more with AMR
meager saffron
I think hulk vents might still have some armor although I could be wrong
candid finch
Wish the railgun had a decent scope
daring monolith
I believe the hulk vents are medium armoured
oblique lotus
I've killed hulk vents with small arms
keen zinc
thas me
candid finch
full of drugs
keen zinc
jump pack stalwart grenade man
i destroy tanks by jumping above/behind them and impact grenading them
eager pine
Amko is full of drugs.
candid finch
I just keep an orbital railgun in my pocket for tanks
eager pine
I steal Hades Autocanon after they DC and shoot them in the back.
unreal merlin
I think Precision Strike is safe enough for me given how slow they are, but Railcannon is definitely a good pick for just deleting some problem armor enemy without having to think about it too much.
candid finch
Plus it auto aims so I can hide behind a rock and limply throw a ball roughly in their direction and it'll focus them
one I do wonder is the rocket plane
candid finch
Like it says they target at the strongest person in the area but I don't know if it actually does anything because it just seems to bomb immediately where I threw it
upbeat vector
one I do wonder is the rocket plane
For the bot tanks? 10/10, I don't think I've ever had it not kill them first shot
upbeat vector
Against other armour, I've had mixed to poor results
unreal merlin
It's not as generous with its targeting as Railcannon, but it's still enough that you don't need to be exactly precise with the beacon, just get it close.
Other armor, yeah it is fiddly because they tend to be moving too fast (Chargers running, Hulks trundling around especially the faster ones, also Hulks are relatively small targets)
keen zinc
i actually struggle against hulks most
impacts do not hurt them from the front and hitting them in the back is just luck
unreal merlin
Really requires teamwork to have one person run off in a direction that exposes their back to a friend.
unreal merlin
Otherwise yeah, that.
eager pine
@keen zinc That one that had you pinned. I unloaded a scorcher mag into its back and it died.
unreal merlin
Railgun, autocannon, and AMR can all kill it with hits to the eye.
eager pine
Railgun is great for taking them out at range.
candid finch
The railgun even does decent chunks if you hit the arms and such
eager pine
If it can turn around and shoot you the railgun is less good.
unreal merlin
Aim for the joints, it's amazing at disarming (hah) bots. Especially if you aim for the waistlines of devastators, it instakills them.
eager pine
You do about the same amount of damage with the RG hitting them in the back or front it feels like.
If you charge the railgun in one shots devs pretty much anywhere around the torso or head. Including through a shield.
unreal merlin
I can't be bothered to focus on overcharging it tbh.
keen zinc
i hope they fix the stalwart hitmarker bug
unreal merlin
My habit is to hold charge and aim for the right weakspot, so I never practice with overcharged shots.
keen zinc
cuz i love jump pack stalwart impact grenades
rich marlin
I need to grind samples so i can upgrade my ship 
candid finch
Mood
I can't succeed anything over 6 because the spawns seem to be kinda fucked
I need those rare final sample type
keen zinc
patroling popli makes you wish for a heeth winter
glacial light
So is the 500kg once per mission by default?
rich marlin
I can't succeed anything over 6 because the spawns seem to be kinda fucked
I tend to be bad at locating samples that aren't around human built places. I so easily lose the ones near bug nests
candid finch
It's once, then it goes and reloads and takes a while
glacial light
Ok so it just has one use before rearm
keen zinc
eagle strikes are fast and low cooldown but they have limited uses before needing to rearm
glacial light
The N/A cooldown sort of confused me
rich marlin
And I haven't even attempted to try and find stuff in bot missions
candid finch
Yeah, meanwhile other plane delivered weaponry often has more than one charge
I mostly just realize where the bot stuff tends to spawn and know to check those areas when wandering around
glacial light
Is 500kg better than eagle airstrike for medium nests and fabricators?
candid finch
One thing to note for having multiple plane drops on the same mission, when rearming it will rearm all of them
glacial light
Ye it also means until you rearm all then you're empty eagles won't recharge
candid finch
So if you have a 500kg and smoke drops it won't rearm your 500kg until you've either dropped all your smoke or you rearm manually
glacial light
Slight advantage of of orbitals is cooldown independent of each other effectively
I still like eagles more
candid finch
The 500kg is great for closing everything, but it's a lot longer to recharge than others
glacial light
If you only have the 500kg is it just the standard like 2 minute rearm?
candid finch
I tend to try and have one orbital and one eagle, a support weapon and either a backpack or a decent turret to drop
yee
I think so
glacial light
Ok so cooldown on a 500kg is at fastest 240 seconds which is like powerful orbital cooldowns
glacial light
Ok so my current loadout as a self assigned siege speciakist is eagle airstrike, walking orbital, 500kg, and recoilless rifle.
Im debating on replacing the eagle airstrike with an explosive orbital
candid finch
Ahhh going building killer?
glacial light
Yup with throw range armor I've gotten good at destroying small and medium nests before anyone can get close
candid finch
Honestly it might be worth replacing the eagle airstrike with a regular orbital shot because it recharges so much faster than all the others
glacial light
Usually a single walking orbital can take out a medium nest or fabricator I've come to love it
It just takes a good starting positionand angle
kindred lintel
Is that a belt feeder?
And how heavy are we talking, the lvl1 one is already quite umph-y
glacial light
They need like a comical Gatling that feeds belted ammo from a backpack with insane pews
keen zinc
And how heavy are we talking, the lvl1 one is already quite umph-y
Technically that is a medium machine gun
unreal merlin
That indeed looks like a belt-fed machine gun firing bullets the size of carrots.
candid finch
I really want to do the whole two person belt feeder and other person firing thing from the autocannon
I did it once and got the achievement but it is just kinda cool
upbeat vector
Sweet Liberty...
rich marlin
I love this game, suddenly everyone playing it is an A list actor and the community is in on the bit
Instagram
This ones a bit loud so i'll leave it as just a link, but its a Helldiver transmission about calling in an SOS only for the person answering to be an infamous 'traitor'
rich marlin
Third time ive seen this here a d it never gets old
candid finch
ha whoops
rich marlin
Its funny!
unreal merlin
Is it just me or is there sometimes WIND that prevents you from maneuvering your hellpod on reinforcement?
oblique lotus
Like it says they target at the strongest person in the area but I don't know if...
you have to get it reasonably close but it does seek
cobalt patrol
Is it just me or is there sometimes WIND that prevents you from maneuvering your...
iirc, there's invisbiel walls so you cant land in some areas
unreal merlin
I don't have specific examples but I've definitely had my pod forced in one direction while falling before, not just "you can't maneuver this way" but more like if I had been holding DOWN+LEFT the whole time.
cobalt patrol
Yes, that's what i'm talking about. I'[m pretty sure it does that sometimes as a you cannot land safley in xyz areas
candid finch
Some of that might be because you're being shot at an angle from the low orbit ship in the middle of the map
So you're coming in already at an angle
unreal merlin
It makes me angy.
rich marlin
Tis 1:30 in the morning you know what that means
Time to dive some hells
Nooo I have to wait for my game to update
south temple
NOOOO IM BACK IN THE INFINITE DROP POD
honest acorn
The stealth technique for defend ops works super well
It’s just scary being on the 3 man distraction team
unreal merlin
That being what, three goons act all noisy and hold attention away from the main site while the fourth just runs between the doors?
honest acorn
That being what, three goons act all noisy and hold attention away from the main...
Yeah
oblique lotus
The stealth technique for defend ops works super well
in my experience it's really brittle
if things start to slip you're trying to hold the point with 25% of your team stratagem space occupied by smoke
when it works it works really well but it's difficult to restabilize from
oblique lotus
I saw it tick to 100 upon completing an op
Bug, unfortunately
rich marlin
Ah damn
Still, your contribution to the war effort will not go unnoticed
And no helldiving for me, computer locked up good and I just decided to go sleep XD
ivory swallow
https://x.com/pcgamer/status/1762976064651804801?s=46. GOD’S NAME IS JOEL AND WERE ALL FIGHTING HIM
Twitter
rich marlin
Ngl, I heard about Joel and thought ‘I want their autograph’
I always want autographs from weird people XD
cobalt patrol
<@&1206091872716595200> So who'd like to dive some hell?
https://i.redd.it/9ucljwfp3elc1.png Also he has the high ground
honest acorn
I really like the incendiary breaker
cobalt patrol
Yeah? (Also, you want company in the game? iwanna play with folks, happy voice on or off, i just wanna play with friendos)
I am 302 medals away from my scorcher
honest acorn
Yeah? (Also, you want company in the game? iwanna play with folks, happy voice o...
Sorry I’m going to bed
cobalt patrol
All good
honest acorn
But I just got it and it’s great
Best thing I’ve seen for dealing with those horrible berserker packs
unreal merlin
Both are great solutions.
jolly mortar
impact grenade is my goto honestly. impact is my goto for a lot of situations now.
cobalt patrol
My fav is still railgun straight through a bunch of beserkers to kill the Hulk scorcher behind them
also i am around, if folks want to team up
hit me up
honest acorn
Yeah those are pretty good but being able to just hit them all with a dozen burning shells is pretty goated
jolly mortar
yeah i wont lie i wanna get my hands on incendiary breaker
esp before they start rolling out balance patches
honest acorn
It’s fucked up it seems to do nearly as much damage including the dot and has an extra 10 shells per mag
“Downside” is that it has to burst fire so you can’t waste them all as easily
jolly mortar
okay that extra 10 shells per mag is damn near an advertisement to use it over the base on its own
unreal merlin
THE HERO READS A MOST UNSETTLING PASSAGE
||BILE TITANS ARE A MID-TIER ENEMY||
the leaks are going wild these days
oblique storm
oh no
fleet jacinth
mmm one more game then i sleep
unreal merlin
jolly mortar
it's been said like multiple times across the internet now but there's supposedly lore somewhere that says Bile Titans are considered smaller Terminids.
cobalt patrol
https://old.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1b2uem7/i_was_on_erata_prime_and_it_sucked/ artist here o be;ove
fleet jacinth
Ngl this game is probably one of the best games I’ve bought, really having fun with it
cobalt patrol
It is immensly good
<@&1206091872716595200> Got room for more if folks wanna be shooting some of that robutt
cobalt patrol
<@&1206091872716595200> Who's around at this hour?
rotund marten
I can helldive shortly, just making toast
hollow plover
Apparently just under 5% of steam players have not even finished basic training....
I wasn't allowed to crawl under the barbed wire at the beginning of the test
I had to learn Brasch tactics MANUALLY
rotund marten
<@&1206091872716595200> can we get two more?
hollow plover
I am hellman
cobalt patrol
@rotund marten @hollow plover my computer is throwing a massive tanty, better to go without me sorry
cobalt patrol
spilt water next to my computer but not on, then grapics card dint like me moving the computer to make sure it wasnt getting splashed
and then every bootup hell divers threw a tanty
and caused a graphics crash
so i'm hoping things are fine, i'm verrifying files now
but we'll find out!
rotund marten
do we wait for you or shoot things?
coral linden
i can hop on in like 15/20 if you guys have a slot?
just need to get dressed and make some tea
unkempt flax
Until i get the game, my contribution to the liberation front, will just be random memes
To bolster the troops morale
keen zinc
hexed steeple
me
people say 'you should try to always be moving and repositioning' ok. i'll always be moving towards the enemy
keen zinc
so true
placid linden
Picked up the game earlier this week, so far I've only played two missions with a friend, spent my time with it yesterday troubleshooting and rebinding controls to MGSV
naive dragon
people say 'you should try to always be moving and repositioning' ok. i'll alway...
Unironically a good strat if you're kitted for it
My ballistic shield takes so many rounds
unreal merlin
Reminding your stratagem keys so you can WASD walk while using arrow keys to ⬆️ ⬇️ ⬅️ ➡️ is huge
Genuinely a difference of life or death, success or failure
You can trundle towards the objective while keying and throwing the reinforcement beacon to summon the next trooper to walk and call you back down, taking turns
steady bone
so what you're saying that I should rebind them to arrow keys and then get an extra arrow pad so I can type in the keys with my toes
so both of my hands are free
unreal merlin
You could do that, though you do need to also rebind CTRL to the toe pad too
glacial light
DDR dance pad for calling stratagems
fringe quiver
Nah, use voice to text for the arrows
steady bone
that would take time to process, but certainly an idea
rich marlin
DDR dance pad for calling stratagems
Honestly would be sn interesting thing to see a streamer do
I'd watch it
junior badge
I think I saw someone do that
unreal merlin
Nah, use voice to text for the arrows
Voice Attack for Helldivers sounds like a great idea
junior badge
Was that posted here?
unreal merlin
Only if VA is set up that you have to shout the directions though
rich marlin
Oh if someone has a link i definitely need it. Love myself a good gimmick
graceful bluff
rotund marten
someone put this together, which is neat
apparently it takes longer to reach over and hit the macro key than it does to just input the strat normally so it's mostly for show, but it's cool
quick crown
I need to figure out how to set the settings on controller better
As it is right now on default controls on PC you can't walk forward and punch in strats
And if you have ⬇️ in the inputs you use a supply from your backpack
My backpack supply useage has been abysmal because of it 
It might be a steam input issue but idk
(Ok 5 minutes of check work and I found the solution)
naive dragon
I just wish I had a mouse with a hat switch
Do they even do that
Like the 4 way hat on a HOTAS but where the mouse would have thumb buttons
supple siren
I've gotten so used to entering the codes mid-dive
Much training in GTA3 for midbattle code entry
naive dragon
I could use that for more things than this game too 🤔
supple siren
Friend I play with has one with like 15 buttons and I cannot comprehend remembering which do what
unkempt flax
How is the game on controller?
naive dragon
... Actually I wonder if I could modify my throttle deck to work like a- oh my goodness this is a terrible idea
wind arrow
Oh I have a friend who deploys strategems using voice macro
wind arrow
And kept forgetting the trigger term he set on the first day he uses it
Pretty sure he is good at it now
barren reef
I swapped the strat keys to arrow keys so I can comfortably sprint away while calling in airstrikes.
graceful bluff
I thought the anticheat didn't like the streamdeck software?
keen zinc
What birds is this
graceful bluff
A turd of some kind probably
crystal canopy
I swapped the strat keys to arrow keys so I can comfortably sprint away while ca...
I like the pressure of my ddr output being my literal life line
Dance dance or death
steady bone
Dance Dance Revolution or Death Death RIP
honest acorn
kindred lintel
Sounds like haz 5 alright
gritty sundial
<@&1206091872716595200> diff 5 bots on popli?
kindred lintel
I mean 20 dollars
steady bone
I want 20 men
gritty sundial
I mean 20 minutes
cool beans
glacial light
Gimme 20 dolllars
These macrotransactions are getting silly
ivory swallow
I can be on in a bit gonna nap
fleet jacinth
Right now really loving the marksman rifle from (i think) level 3 of the warbond. Only problem is I keep running out of bullets in my mag but that’s probably because of all the oil I’m spilling at a time lol
quick crown
How is the game on controller?
Plays great but i reccomended doing that trick with remmapping i mentioned earlier
rich marlin
Got myself a new snazzy computer so i can helldive properly
unkempt flax
Plays great but i reccomended doing that trick with remmapping i mentioned earli...
I can put the strats on numpad? Nice
wind arrow
oh, malevelon creek push back started already?
modest fiber
i last night bought helldivers 2 and already doing my part.. sadly already lost a campaign against the robots, but i did just get the recoilless rifle so i can finally play my ideal role of explosions c: random players are a hit and miss at times.. and while i do have decent number of friends playing the game they can't be online that much. overall its a fun game ^-^ also 5.4% of players haven't completed the tutorial, lol
naive dragon
Are we finally defeating Joel
unkempt flax
Is that sly marbo
naive dragon
It is
unkempt flax
Hell yea
oblique storm
How is this at all related to me
keen zinc
Sly Marbo
oblique storm
what does sly marbo have to do with veld
keen zinc
Look at the deployed helldivers
oblique storm
ohhhhhhh
keen zinc
This was in a reddit thread about our loss
gritty sundial
lmao
keen zinc
And people was like "where is John Helldiver" and this was the response
Then Sly was response to that
rapid scaffold
Sly marbo jumpscare
gritty sundial
And people was like "where is John Helldiver" and this was the response
hey Amko you ready?
keen zinc
Soon, I gotta let my dog in before the rain gets here
But we just finished putting away groceries
oblique storm
My meme that has a non-zero chance of directly making a multi-million dollar corporation make a specific figurine
winged patio
Amazing
keen zinc
naive dragon
Voy Marbo
oblique storm
i did done do dat
naive dragon
That's amazing
gritty sundial
I do ask we complete the op I'm in the middle of doing before we drop on Veld
keen zinc
We can
rotund marten
I can come hit Veld in 20 minutes or so
winged patio
I am astounded that this game can run on my shitty laptop
gritty sundial
Any slots left?
there seems to be one
We're gonna finish an op I have going on before then tho on popli
strange vine
leaked weapons
graceful bluff
||I like how they have a stealth weapon in the crossbow but then made it explosive||
indigo bear
||That teleport backpack has some real potential for fun chaos||
autumn plover
Lol they're adding a bolt action bolter
junior badge
||I like how they have a stealth weapon in the crossbow but then made it explosi...
||As long as it obscures where you are, it might be just stealthy enough, after all.||
modest fiber
where to find groups for diving?
oblique lotus
Oh good the friendly fire inator is coming back
fringe quiver
azure pewter
where to find groups for diving?
here is pretty good ngl
junior badge
Yeah, I've met lovely groups here
crystal canopy
hitting bugs later today
unkempt flax
so they still do it, lmao
Was it a player?
oblique storm
no
it was a bug
Or maybe it was them!
idk!
no notification
just black screen and back on the destroyer
azure pewter
barren reef
Does difficulty level change the health and armor of enemies? I'm unclear on that.
stone bridge
Afaik not at all
candid finch
placid linden
but my hot take is hd2 has mgsv dna
I thought something felt familiar when I was playing the other day, then I saw a tweet comparing them and realized, so I was changing up the controls then
dusty spruce
leaked weapons
oh sweet, a return of the glorious Arc Shotgun. Interesting that it's a primary again, while the og arc thrower is a support weapon now
does mean I can be double lightning now >:)
I know I saw an image as well showing the Sickle laser carbine will be returning as well
autumn plover
Ngl I want a player operated mortar lol
stark ether
gib more per round reload weapons 
dusty spruce
Ngl I want a player operated mortar lol
I crave the return of the Rumbler. Was a hand-held mortar that fired poison shells. It and the Paragon (high powered rifle with, again, neurotoxin rounds).
Here are the leaked images I saw, can't find the other pages.
Was part of an issue with an update, from what I grasped, temporarily showed some stuff that shouldn't have been toggled yet
Interested as well in knowing what the booster in Cutting Edge is and that pistol in Democratic Detonation
unreal merlin
Here are the leaked images I saw, can't find the other pages.
||SICKLE MY BELOVED PULSE RIFLE||
dusty spruce
I wonder if we'll get the Tanto back too. Feel like it'll be wonky to get used to the limited range in third person
steady flameBOT
we accidentally had a thought about a lancer/helldiver crossover and now we can't stop
keen zinc
HD guns i want most: the Ninja, the Patriot, and the Constitution
the patriot because lmao
dusty spruce
Hey, the Patriot was pretty good against the Illuminate
Especially since the Stalwart is now a support too
keen zinc
yeah
the patriot is a fun SMG+
the Justice is probably going to be very good in hd2
with the longer ranged fights
stark ether
the booster and the pistol have my attention
dusty spruce
I kinda figure they crammed the Justice into the Liberator Penetrator, so maybe the Patriot comes out as the Liberator Suppressive or something like that?
keen zinc
no way
the Justice was a battle rifle version of the liberator
the penetrator does LESS damage
honest acorn
Has a lower damage stat at least - I think the better pen evens it out a lot
dusty spruce
I wish it did, but it mostly felt wonky to me. Need to use it more against Devastators and see if the loss in 'good feelings' is worth it. I've mostly been maining the Defender because it feels so right against the Bots
honest acorn
@gritty sundial think you’ll be much longer?
gritty sundial
<@494599098763313153> think you’ll be much longer?
I'm back
dusty spruce
the booster and the pistol have my attention
Looking closely I think that pistol may be a little grenade cannon? Looks like it has a chunky barrel. I know the game has slots in the dll for a 'plasma_pistol' and a 'grenade_pistol', so my money is on either of those. No idea about the booster
quick crown
JUST A WARNING Artist draws NSFW on occasion
i love seeing everyone drawing the Eagle pilots
Pilots are so cool 
quick crown
I am an eagle stratagem stan. Rocketpods and 500k > laser
dusty spruce
The rocketpods are so good. They've saved my life against tanks and those terrifying cannon turrets. Pop fabs and arty pretty good as well.
red steeple
I am an eagle stratagem stan. Rocketpods and 500k > laser
I need to hop on some higher level games with folks on here to get the last Eagle upgrade...
dusty spruce
Same. Have everything that takes rare/commons done, need to find some SUPER URANIUM, but couldn't find any of those wonky rocks. Didn't help it was on Mort or Troost at the time and I couldn't see anything in the fog
upbeat vector
They only appear at higher difficulties, and I feel like I'm kinda blocked off from those until I hit level 20 and unlock the good anti-armour stuff?
junior badge
Nah, play with peeps here and it's fine
quick crown
Same
dusty spruce
The auto cannon and decent strategems are good. Most teams also don't need to be all AT anyway
junior badge
I managed to survive a few 6+ missions with Cyan, Misc and others here.
Despite literally just now hitting 15.
For anti-armor, the AMR, EATs and Autocannon all do plenty of work.
dusty spruce
Oh yeah, the AMR hits pretty high above its weight. I think it'll kill most Bot stuff if you hit the heat vents?
I really want a testing 'VR training' or something to hash out some tactics
north fiber
AMR can kill hulks from the front if you nail the red line
Note that the default AMR zoom is a weird zero so your bullets can be above your crosshair.
fringe quiver
I have only seen 2 hulks
The first I defeated with the managed democracy of the AMR at max zoom
The second I was upholding democracy by leaving on the evacuation shuttle so I can go do another important objective instead of wasting time with the 2nd hulk
north fiber
I'm assuming you've only played at lower diffs?
fringe quiver
I did my first difficulty 4 solo yesterday at lvl 5 I believe
north fiber
Because only two hulks at once is a relief once you hit higher diffs
fringe quiver
It was an escort mission and then another mission with multiple objectives
crystal canopy
gonna set a kettle and brew libertea anyone wanna dive
fleet jacinth
hell yeah
daring monolith
Looks like we’ve failed the major objective huh
daring monolith
I’d be down for playing in like half an hour
fringe quiver
I would join but at work
fleet jacinth
sent
gritty sundial
we just did a full level 6 op on veld and I'm fucking exhausted
crystal canopy
ok mic is broken so rip
fleet jacinth
we just did a full level 6 op on veld and I'm fucking exhausted
liberty speed to ya
gritty sundial
also the railgun is uh
Fuck
I thought Bile Titans were serious trouble
I um
No longer think this
dusty spruce
The Railgun is glorious and divine. I love any weapon that charges
gritty sundial
also we got Misc to level 50 lol
fleet jacinth
I love my EATs
crystal canopy
daring monolith
I saw 309k on Veld and was like ‘why’ and then I heard there was a major order for 45 medals and then it made sense
steady bone
instructions unclear, had very long shower
barren warren
helldivers 2 is now installed 
crystal canopy
what the fuck are these new bugs
steady bone
friends
stone bridge
what the fuck are these new bugs
wait what
dusty spruce
if you tickle the rocket devastator it will hit you with only 2 rockets instead of all five
unreal merlin
I would simply kill it first.
Ever since learning that devastator waists are just as vulnerable to railguns as their heads I've been relentlessly cutting them in half from afar.
burnt vapor
Embrace the Tau lifestyle
unreal merlin
The exception being heavy devastators who wisely shield their waists while facing you. They get headshots or at worst two shoulder shots.
Or go from the side/back if they're distracted
Also running EMS orbital is kinda clutch
burnt vapor
Or go from the side/back if they're distracted
Yeah I’ve found a clear shot to their backpack can down them in one go
unreal merlin
Yeah heavy devastator backpacks are rather good targets too
No stalkers are not new
crystal canopy
oh ok
burnt vapor
They have been here since day one but only show up around special nests at like 4+
shrewd tiger
crystal canopy
surprised id never seen them then
unreal merlin
You just didn't notice them because they were camouflaged
meager saffron
I was going to say their entire gimmick is that you cannot see them
that's the point :v)
burnt vapor
They are specifically a special objective if you ever see one try to go in the direction they came from to find their nest and destroy it
dusty spruce
The exception being heavy devastators who wisely shield their waists while facin...
because I overuse the railgun, I sorta just do a hip-fired railgun shot through the shield that usually just kills them. I do love the way they sorta crumple when you hit their waists, tho
unreal merlin
Yeah if you keep getting harassed by stalkers, note which direction they're coming from and RUN OVER THERE AND BLOW UP THE NEST
dusty spruce
I was going to say their entire gimmick is that you cannot see them
Except their cloak is so visible, I almost always see them from so far off. But they do scare me pretty badly solely because of the fact that they sprint straight at you
burnt vapor
Yeah honestly at times their cloak makes them easier to see in dust/spore clouds
rotund marten
stalker nests become incredibly high priority on higher difficulties because their spawn rate really cranks up
I've seen 12-16 stalkers attacking almost simultaneously
burnt vapor
That is legitimately terrifying
meager saffron
panik
barren warren
the tutorial was very cheeky
north fiber
Stalkers are interesting because by itself the cloak is useless.
But you throw in a bile titan, chargers, spitter artillery, and a couple warriors for taste all of a sudden that cloak becomes very good at it's job.
hollow plover
A lot of the stalkers threat is their behavior
They're fucking persistent and love to flank, like their despicable cousins the hunter
upbeat vector
The hunter...
dusty spruce
Also that they 100% also bowl me over before running off again
unreal merlin
Honestly yeah the cloak is okay to useless, but they just run up on you and get right on your face and send you flying and are SO DISRUPTIVE
upbeat vector
Those are the kinda white/red ones, who leap at you?
dusty spruce
they bully me, clotheslining me before disappearing back into the crowd
hollow plover
Those are the kinda white/red ones, who leap at you?
ye
upbeat vector
I hate them so much
north fiber
Speaking of behavior, we saw a really cool video. It was showing off the cyborg marching songs, but at the end the player got spotted then hid. The Commisar called a halt, then ordered the other two to investigate while it hung back.
eager pine
HUH
Suppressing fire works. Fire wildly in their directly and they will hit you less.
Ya know, I like the HD2 loading tips better than Darktide's. It's funny that Darktide's are all just blatantly mindless propaganda, but HD2s are actually useful, while also often being mindless propaganda.
unreal merlin
https://youtu.be/bbSw7-E-c8s?si=_YTXDrjDWJqO37MN
Blatantly ignoring the actual starship troopers game that's over in the corner being overshadowed by cries about democracy and liberty.
ivory swallow
https://helldivers.io/ we should probalby pin this
idk why its showing ai art in the embed tho
fuck ai art
eager pine
Blatantly ignoring the actual starship troopers game that's over in the corner b...
Yes
cobalt patrol
<@&1206091872716595200> anyone got room for a fellow liberty bringer?
eager pine
Wait, the bugs retook Veld without anyone defending it?
eager pine
<@&1206091872716595200> anyone got room for a fellow liberty bringer?
Looks like there's two squads up
modest fiber
<@&1206091872716595200> anyone got room for a fellow liberty bringer?
we got room, there is 4 but one of them dosen't have the game
cobalt patrol
5324-3441
fleet jacinth
what are some good eagle stratagems?
unkempt flax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR92qfoiI58
Why nobody told me the National anthem was such a bopper
It reminds me of Civ6 theme
cerulean sluice
basic airstrike is good, because it's able to bother top-tier enemies like hulks, chargers, bile titans, and tanks, break buildings/bug holes, and is more forgiving than the 500kg with it's line of damage
hollow plover
And they're always available (™️)
barren reef
Rocket pods are decent when you get access to them, they crack charger armor and take out tanks.
vestal trail
basic airstrike is good, because it's able to bother top-tier enemies like hulks...
Yeah, the Eagle Airstrike is a workhorse, swiss army knife Strat
Like, the only thing it can't do is kill Bile Titans and destroy Research Station buildings, but that's it basically
hollow plover
That's only because it doesn't deal enough damage, in one strike
The second kills the Bile Titan dead
fleet jacinth
gonna try out the airstrike!
rich marlin
Alright Helldivers, i'm going to be grinding on Saturday and wanted to ask:
What ship module should i try to focus on getting?
I got the ammo one already, what's the next one to get?
fleet jacinth
seconded!
eager pine
Eagle!
cerulean sluice
eagle, to build for the extra airstrikes module?
barren reef
More eagles is always good.
oblique lotus
Like, the only thing it can't do is kill Bile Titans and destroy Research Statio...
if you get a better than average strike i.e. the bile titan moves in the direction of the strike it can kill it
it's just very unlikely
oblique lotus
eagle, to build for the extra airstrikes module?
the extra strikes module is the best "more strikes per unit time" module available in the game
it is at minimum 25% more strikes and at best 100% more strikes
graceful bluff
anyone up for some lower difficulty stuff?
rotund marten
500kg bomb x2 is the good stuff for bile titans
just pull aggro, drop the beacon just in front of it and then move up to bait the bile attack, which will keep it still long enough
vestal trail
Alright Helldivers, i'm going to be grinding on Saturday and wanted to ask:
Wha...
Turret Ammo increase is fairly impactful, especially on the mortars
azure pewter
<@&1206091872716595200> banaged emocracy
graceful bluff
what difficulty
azure pewter
no pref ngl so whatever people are good with i guess?
kindred lintel
depending on how high we are, probably 4-6
vestal trail
it is at minimum 25% more strikes and at best 100% more strikes
For most Eagles it's either a 50% bump or 33% bump, yeah. Quite Good.
kindred lintel
100% bump for the best one
stone bridge
I honestly don't rate the 500kg
Ton of flash, small boom, deceptively long call in due to the bomb needing to actually land
vestal trail
It's certainly more precision that it looks, wouldn't mind if they buffed the area
fleet jacinth
god doing just challenging rating solo is so stressful
but so fucking fun
do wish I had another helldiver with me
rotund marten
500kg just needs some practice
great for bile titans, passable for buildings, for waves of stuff you need to aim well
graceful bluff
no pref ngl so whatever people are good with i guess?
whats yer thingy to join on
dusty spruce
Ton of flash, small boom, deceptively long call in due to the bomb needing to ac...
Yeah, 500kg being wonky is why I prefer the missile pods for heavies. At least I have two (un upgraded) in case it goes wrong. Maybe with the upgrade the 500kg would be more worthwhile, but it just doesn’t feel right
The fact the missiles can be dropped at your feet and they will selectively target the bigguns are nice
I guess the 500kg is when you want something that does a little bit of everything, but even bigger
cobalt patrol
I'll be around in a while for Helldivers
supple siren
500kg with the upgrade is real nice, I run that and the basic bombing run and it's just so much exploding for your dollar
fleet jacinth
update: fighting two chargers solo is not fun
supple siren
You can get them to bonk into eachother which is delightful to watch but yeah getting demolished from the side is rough
modest fiber
update: fighting two chargers solo is not fun
fighting two chargers in general, is not fun
rotund marten
This is why I really have started to warm to the orbital laser and the railcannon
Charger and biotitan solutions
unreal merlin
More "leaks" with reported dev confirmation. Quotations because I don't think any of this is really much of a secret.
||https://vxtwitter.com/jojakelion2/status/1762945988220584065||
oblique storm
Illuminate!!!!!
modest fiber
This is why I really have started to warm to the orbital laser and the railcanno...
now imagine encountering a charger, with no AP weapons, its dodge aclock
fleet jacinth
also yeah eagle airstrike is a very good strategem
fleet jacinth
now imagine encountering a charger, with no AP weapons, its dodge aclock
essentially me lol
rotund marten
I quite like the scorcher for solo because you can dodge and shoot a charger in the abdomen and it will die within a mag or two
fleet jacinth
mostly cause I don't trust myself to aim well enough at close range
rotund marten
or else you can just EMS strike it and leisurely walk behind
fleet jacinth
mostly cause I don't trust myself to aim well enough at close range
re: aim well enough with my EATs
rotund marten
four grenades from the GL pop the abdomen but it's a tricky shot, two impact grenades under the front legs is a clean kill and quite easy to line up
modest fiber
essentially me lol
i got a flamethrower.. thats the most that could do some damage to it.. usually someone else has the explosive equipment so i try not to double stack that stuff
rotund marten
Impact grenades can two shot tanks as well, they're great
modest fiber
hacen't unlocked those yet, got the G6 and the high EX
stone bridge
Autocannon will pop a charger butt in 3 rounds as well
Not an immediate solution, but it'll bleed out fast
modest fiber
would you like another one? yes
fleet jacinth
stark ether
i want hesh rounds for the auto cannon
fleet jacinth
WOAH
wraith furnace
Alright Helldivers, i'm going to be grinding on Saturday and wanted to ask:
Wha...
Eagle modules are fantastic
stone bridge
Eagle and Sentry modules offer the highest bang for your buck, I think
supple siren
I want to see how much steering the steering upgrade provides
unreal merlin
That +1 strike upgrade is big value.
supple siren
It's so fun to revenge-drop chargers and titans
stone bridge
The difference between unupgraded and fully upgraded sentries is night and day, especially for the Autocannon and Gatling
unreal merlin
Also true. The turn speed is critical.
fleet jacinth
bruh dropped into a mission with a full team and when we hit the ground I'm the only one here
;-; I got left behind
0590-4182 my code please help if you can
glacial light
What level is the purple samples
hexed steeple
i keep hearing people say the oribtal 120/380MM is trash what's up with that
glacial light
They've got kind of a large area spread, especially the 380mm
120mm seems nice for medium bases though, although i prefere walking barrage
graceful bluff
Which of the level 8 and under stratagems are worth getting
glacial light
A single walking barrage can clear a medium fabricator/nest easily and it's more predictable so you can move up while it's ongoing
Eagle airstrike
I still use that
meager saffron
380mms are highly rng and prone to BF out of nowhere, even if you think you're standing in a safe spot
unreal merlin
What level is the purple samples
1-3 is only common samples
4-6 is common + rare samples
7-9 is all three samples (giving 3/5/6 supers per mission)
meager saffron
they have such a colossal range and basically 0 probability to hit anything useful
stone bridge
i keep hearing people say the oribtal 120/380MM is trash what's up with that
They both have the same basic problem of "huge spread, small AoE"
They need massive target saturation to hit anything useful over the duration
glacial light
Damn 7?
hexed steeple
damn
stone bridge
I firmly believe the 120mm needs some level of target tracking to be any good
glacial light
I would love the 120mm if it was more true to the description and had a tighter area
stone bridge
And the 380mm should have like, double the explosion radius per shell
Make it a real "fuck this area" stratagem
cerulean sluice
honestly they should have some degree of weak targeting to ensure it doesn't hit nothing
fleet jacinth
yea
unreal merlin
Yeah as-is with the 120mm/380mm you essentially are just choosing to cause lots of screen shake to potentially zero if not fratricidal effect.
Just far less time consuming to use literally any other stratagem so you actually hit the thing you want to hit.
hot meadow
How is connectivity and latency these days?
I've been lurking but thinking about buying if I'll actually get to play without too much hassle.
stone bridge
We're basically over the hump now
glacial light
It's fine I've experienced little issues with that
I did wait like a week after launch
stone bridge
Haven't heard anything about it recently
unreal merlin
Never have queues or disconnects here, anymore.
kindred lintel
800kcc is more than capable
glacial light
Make it a real "fuck this area" stratagem
380mm shells should have explosion huge radius and maybe even longer cooldown to be like a heavy base killer
hot meadow
Awesome. Thanks folks.
glacial light
As is it's not even good at clearing heavy bases which is what the trailer shows it doing
kindred lintel
It would be cool if it were a spiral pattern oging outwards
glacial light
Yea something that'd eventually saturate the area with at least one bomb per several meters
Walking is great cause it's predictable and has a relatively tight area of effect and nearly every partof the line it goes through will have a barely overlapping bomb
fleet jacinth
how do I do this?
umbral temple
what is that, is that like some kinda weird herb grinder
fleet jacinth
ah got it
kindred lintel
Press console, wait for ship, close vavle, wait, open valve, repeat
unreal merlin
As is it's not even good at clearing heavy bases which is what the trailer shows...
The trailer shows it hitting nothing inside of a large base
Sorry 380mm enjoyers, but I like my stratagem to do its job in < 5 seconds and not miss.
I have other things to be doing than waiting around hoping someone doesn't get caught by a stray shell they had no way of avoiding
fleet jacinth
finished the mission
gaud damn
I like solo runs but I think I'm good for the week LOL
winged patio
I decided to rebind my stratagem keys to the arrow keys. One one hand, I can now move and call in orbital strikes and CAS at the same time. On the other, I sometimes hit the side of my LMB when I go to grab my mouse to aim said strikes and accidentally call hellfire down directly onto my position.
glacial light
Walking lasts like 8 seconds which feels like a long time in a game but you can basically just throw it at a base and walk away
That's what I want but bigger for 380mm
By the time the 380mm finishes I expect nothing to almost nothing alive
unkempt river
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fleet jacinth
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wassup
also, are the 110 rocket pods good?
keen zinc
Ye
dusty spruce
If you're being harassed a lot by Chargers, the rocket pods will help a ton.
oblique lotus
depends on what you're fighting
I'm not super happy with the 110s against bugs tbh
fleet jacinth
depends on what you're fighting
fair
dusty spruce
If you care more about swarms, mortar/gatling is good
oblique lotus
they don't track chargers very well and don't really do much to bile titan
against bots they will fairly consistently oneshot tanks and turrets
dusty spruce
0590-4182 my code please help if you can
Also with this, do you still need/want some extra help?
stone bridge
I think 110s are a tad buggy because they occasionally miss stationary targets for no reason - but they usually do land unless the target is going At Speed, like a charger charging someone
In which case you wait for them to come to a halt first
dusty spruce
They haven't missed the chargers for me, my gripe with them is more the fact that they don't 100% kill it, but put it into the limping state.
My tip to is not use it like a normal Eagle strike, aim it closer to yourself. The rockets rarely kill me instead.
fleet jacinth
Also with this, do you still need/want some extra help?
ah I finished it already
stone bridge
They'll put a charger into bleed out and tear a super weak spot open on biles
dusty spruce
It's funny to me that they'll one shot the tanks and the dreaded bot towers, but only mostly kill a charger. Never used them on a Bile Titan before
Been basically going on the forever defense with bots until just today, really
stone bridge
The heavy terminids are extremely durable but less dangerous
Compared to the automaton heavies
Its a lot easier to kill a Shredder Tank if you have the ordnance or flank it, but if it sees you on an open field you kinda just die a lot of the time
dusty spruce
hehehe, true
stone bridge
I do think the paradigm needs to shift more toward the middle, for both factions
Tanks are marginally less dangerous than Biles because you can kill them on a flank very easily, or one shot them with a basic Eagle Airstrike
And they don't have the range of vision they do either
Meanwhile Biles just feel fucking unkillable without someone who knows the Railgun timing to one shot it, or long CD ordnance
cobalt patrol
I still cannot get the timing down on the railgun
you can also take a bile down pretty fast if you impactgrenade it's guts and then eat's it's face.
stone bridge
That works, but it's dangerous and a high expenditure of resources proportional to how many spawn at 8 or 9
cobalt patrol
cobalt patrol
That works, but it's dangerous and a high expenditure of resources proportional ...
Oh, agreed
autumn plover
dusty spruce
Well. Got a surprise bile titan on a Veld extraction. Rocket pods do damage it, but it needed some more auto cannon and arc thrower shots to actually kill
stone bridge
Yeah pods will tear its armour open
Then you can volley small arms fire or medium support weapons into there to do big damage
unkempt river
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frantically filling in a C-1 form
rich marlin
*frantically filling in a C-1 form*
Rookie move. I have C-1 forms prefilled with all my info so it's as simple as handing it off to the other party for finishing touches
cobalt patrol
still riding the high of killing 3 bile titans with my railgun
In one shot?
gritty sundial
one of them was with one shot, one with two, another three
The one with one shot was glorious
I was calling it out as I aimed and pulled the trigger
Didn't even finish my callout
'There's a bi- nevermind, got it.'
naive dragon
I hate fighting bugs I hate fighting bugs I hate fighting bugs I hate fighting bugs
I drop. I get covered in green shit instantly and die. Repeat.
gritty sundial
I was forged in the crucible of automaton warfare, bugs are nothing to me
Me saying this is only like half a meme, I do think it's genuinely a good idea to start bots first
autumn plover
meanwhile im guerilla warfare fighting my way through all the automatons she aggroed
gritty sundial
to get firmly kicked in the balls and realign what is likely a new player's impression of the game
gritty sundial
meanwhile im guerilla warfare fighting my way through all the automatons she agg...
I'm a marksman, doesn't mean I need to be stealthy
I don't see you complaining that I two shot pretty much every hulk :3
naive dragon
Bots are way easier than bugs for me
stone bridge
I hate fighting bugs I hate fighting bugs I hate fighting bugs I hate fighting b...
What kind of armour are you running?
autumn plover
#yeah i kited a whole bot army and thats why the defense mission suceeded why do you ask
stark ether
the group i play with is slowly learning they dont have to kill all the red dots on the minimap
naive dragon
Bots you can do things like "not be slowed by an enemy half your sight who blends in wiht everything then get ripped to shreds by its friends"
autumn plover
as long as i cant get cyberbullied cc by five missiles being shot at me ill be fine lol
but im also just bizarrely good at surviving shit i shouldnt
autumn plover
#yeah i kited a whole bot army and thats why the defense mission suceeded why do...
like rhi can attest to this
like it happened and it is absolutely probably why we won that defense mission lol
stone bridge
Bugs you really want speed to kite back away from hordes
dusty spruce
The Battlefield 2 Dark Trooper build is a lot of fun against bugs. Arc thrower and jump pack to put maneuver and zap hordes
gritty sundial
I think with bots I'm gonna keep the amr and bugs I bring the railgun
stark ether
railgun does well on bugs
stone bridge
Once armour gets fixed I think you can def get away with wearing heavy, but until then you just want to spec for speed
stark ether
still want hesh rounds for the autocannon 
naive dragon
I want to go back to malevelon and never do this again
stark ether
naive dragon
It's so frustrating
stone bridge
Tony, what gear are you running?
stark ether
i mean we have access to the creek again dont we?
crystal canopy
We do
stone bridge
If you change your build up it can help
honest acorn
I want to wear medium armor
I've been running medium armor (drip or drown) and its been not that bad
I'm looking forward to being tougher for it though
autumn plover
everyone keeps talking about armor weights and perks on them and im still unsure where to look to know any of that info lol
gritty sundial
hit control when hovering over a piece of armor in the armory or your equipment screen
stone bridge
The armoury
gritty sundial
btw, I've decided for myself that base diligence is good for bots, would the diligence counter-sniper be better?
dusty spruce
It has a wonky thing like with the revolver, if you've used that
dusty spruce
Where it controls sluggishly
stark ether
the reload wonk?
gritty sundial
Ah
naive dragon
Tony, what gear are you running?
What do you recommend because it feels like literally every choice is the wrong one
gritty sundial
for bugs if you have a machine gun or gl, use that
stark ether
mood, i have no idea what to run as primary for bots
gritty sundial
and some form of automatic primary, like the breaker or base liberator
for bots, precision weaponry
diligence, amr, etc etc
autumn plover
mood, i have no idea what to run as primary for bots
i just use the starting ar atm
dusty spruce
I can recommend the Defender for everything. Feels good for Bots and for Bugs to me.
autumn plover
but i know the auto shotty is good for dealing with the chunky melee bots
meager saffron
starting AR unironically a slapper
daring monolith
liberator is a really good all rounder
for both bugs and bots
gritty sundial
the starting ar is just a good gun
meager saffron
the main annoying thing about robots is that you have -1 good AP options early game
gritty sundial
I stand by the revolver actually being pretty all right on bots
there is no way that shit doesn't have medium pen
naive dragon
why does the green stuff have to make me unable to move past a walk
stark ether
the revolver is pretty alright on everything is you can make up for the reload
stone bridge
What do you recommend because it feels like literally every choice is the wrong ...
Lightest armour you can get, either an SMG to kite or the Breaker for heavy duty killing, a Guard Dog Rover for a backpack if you're running a non-backpack support weapon, the best of which are probably the GL, Machine Gun or Arc Thrower, otherwise an Autocannon will serve you in good stead
meager saffron
it's no darktide revolver
meager saffron
not many things are, in fairness
stone bridge
If you get gunked, dive and keep diving until the debuff wears off
gritty sundial
god you made me remember that's the gun I use on all the builds for both my main classes, fuck
stark ether
guard dog rover 
stone bridge
While shooting back at your attacker
naive dragon
Super Earth needs to be destroyed for farming these things instead of destroying them
sr
stone bridge
I know you feel bad about them rn but they're definitely not unbeatable by any means
gritty sundial
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