Hell Divers 2

[indigo herald]

FOR SUPER EEAAAAARRRTTTHHH

[mint spade]

https://tenor.com/view/helldiver-helldivers-helldivers2-highfive-liberty-gif-11160252798789218341

[indigo herald]

https://tenor.com/view/starship-troopers-paul-verhoeven-robert-heinlein-buenos-aires-kill-them-all-gif-23642456

[wild inlet]

Oh no, they’re back

[astral yarrow]

Ngl Id love if there was a bug you could kill to stop a bug breach

So you get the smoke and then a bug burrowing out and you can kill it if you are fast enough

[grave lantern]

Napalm

[wild inlet]

x4 x2 500kg bombs

[wild inlet]

interesting

[opal tiger]

ac6 moment

gimme all the stats

[wild inlet]

right hand ammunition at... 30 percent

[astral yarrow]

One thing I fear

[potent spire]

This is baloney. I want the numbers to show that the auto cannon is genetically superior

[tropic zephyr]

I don't need that fancy college boy math to tell me that

[wild inlet]

just did a mission where I had an unlimited supply of eagle napalm

that was

so fucking fun

fire everywhere

[granite mulch]

FUCK STALKERS ALL MY HOMIES HATE STALKERS

[tiny vector]

https://tenor.com/view/fact-checked-meme-unsc-halo-real-patriot-gif-16275685552391887287

[granite mulch]

my bestest friend cole is 3d printing us b01 helmets right now im so unbelievably excited

we’re prob gonna do odst helmets next

[formal cedar]

I can be on after the op today

[astral yarrow]

It do be

A/C supremacy

[static saddle]

did you get the bug?

I know of a bug going around where you won't have any ammo for your guns but your stratagems are unlimited

[wild inlet]

nah

had all my guns

just had unlimited napalm

its the thing on veld atm but it seems they fixed it and limited it to 3 before a refil

[potent spire]

we out here scrappin on veld

nah 500kg bomb lowkey ass

autotarget shit is king

precision rocket pods my beloved

[wild inlet]

real

[potent spire]

nah what the hell

if you watch the animation, the 500kg bomb explodes after drilling into the ground

not even an airburst

who in charge of this shit frfr

[wild inlet]

yeah its neat

you can kill smth with the hit

then more stuff with the boom

[mint spade]

Message sent by automaton spy

[potent spire]

yeh i have learned since that its gas im just whiffin crazy

[mint spade]

you should get on helldivers

[potent spire]

I’m eating lunch now and need to grocery shop. Maybe in 2 hrs

[mint spade]

alr

[potent spire]

Down plenty of time on the weekend

[cunning otter]

<@&1205214326844170292> anyone down for shennanigans?

[golden sleet]

Skill issue

[static saddle]

gotta pick up dinner and eat but after that im down for the tomfoolery

[cunning otter]

im gonna be playing the op here soon, after that i should be free

[static saddle]

ah

[formal cedar]

I will be on post op

[severe galleon]

I breifly forgot what channel I was in and my inner cheeki breeki was about to come out

[rancid tree]

<@&1205214326844170292> one slot left if anyone wants to join

[indigo herald]

[wild inlet]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1b4ptgd/hello_is_that_illuminate_contact/

[molten mist]

Are mechs released yet? I had one in my last game, the second i saw it though my game crashed haha

[wild inlet]

Not yet I don’t think

Hackers are spawning them in

[tropic zephyr]

I saw a video and I was like "those look unfinished"

[molten mist]

yeah it was pretty yucky looking

[wild inlet]

Tbh I’m just excited for the apc

Rolling in with the gang, lighting shit up with the turrets

[tropic zephyr]

I hope the tank destroyer comes back

Also give railgun tank

Love me a railgun tank

[dapper wyvern]

<@&1205214326844170292> Anyone looking to do their part?

[rancid tree]

perhaps

Fixing frostbite liveries for xake atm but i may hop on

[wild inlet]

gotta say

deployable hmg is incredibly fun!

[warped ridge]

https://fxtwitter.com/steal_your_shit/status/1763673507420893274?s=46&t=Rjsp7l8hVkqWQSJux9kxUg

[warped ridge]

Love it against hordes of bugs

[dusty thicket]

https://x.com/marpaparp/status/1763948519084433719?s=46&t=-rqEPIgmEZxsFFylxyz71g

Marp (@Marpaparp) on X

⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Twitter · Mar 2, 2024, 3:24 PM

https://x.com/marpaparp/status/1763703146378142186?s=46&t=-rqEPIgmEZxsFFylxyz71g

Marp (@Marpaparp) on X

Oh yeah. It's all coming together

Twitter · Mar 1, 2024, 11:09 PM

[exotic pawn]

@mint spade @cosmic meteor @light fractal

[rancid tree]

@raw tree https://discord.com/channels/836755485935271966/1211051464500187216

[raw tree]

I donmt have access

[mint spade]

yes you do

[raw tree]

thx toast

[grave lantern]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSWVB3haqGY

[mint spade]

Internet went out @rancid tree @raw tree @cosmic meteor

will be back shortly

[rancid tree]

@mint spade Are you still on?

[mint spade]

no sorry

[rancid tree]

shoot dang

<@&1205214326844170292> Anyone online?

We got two spots open

[lost helm]

@cosmic meteor and myself spent the majority of this mission contemplating whether this was a binary/trinary system or whether this was a very dim brown dwarf... or just a really illuminated huge satellite to our planet that had no visible shadow because of the angle of it. (there were two more celestial bodies in the sky indicating that it is in fact night time, and they both had visible shadows corresponding to the same source of light which was not visible because night time)

what do you guys think?

or of course there's the other option...

https://tenor.com/view/thats-no-moon-obi-wan-kenobi-starwars-death-star-gif-10170550

[wild inlet]

https://youtu.be/RyqE6dlAlBs

[grave lantern]

Since it's nighttime the glow reflecting off of that moon should be the light of the sun, and since the color is more yellow-green it's more likely a star that's like ours on Earth

if it were a brown dwarf it would be red

since everyone knows hot = blue, red = cold

[lost helm]

ok but you forgot to ask yourself the important question @grave lantern

[grave lantern]

since there's a big planet that's visible, you're most likely a moon of that planet

[lost helm]

WHY is malevelon creek in the goldilocks zone?

[grave lantern]

because the game devs didn't consider actual solar system makeup prior to creating these planets

Also since you never see the sun on Malevelon Creek, it's most likely tidally locked

[severe galleon]

that does seem more like an oddly bright moon than an oddly dim star, to me

then again if the atmo is dense enough

could be the star

[uncut zinc]

https://youtu.be/kCqkTqiIPpo

[calm ridge]

<@&1205214326844170292> Will you do your part? Help Spread democracy!

[mint spade]

https://tenor.com/view/im-doing-my-part-serious-stare-gif-11979677

[calm ridge]

265859300

[calm ridge]

@severe karma Most useless diver that's ever breathed

[mint spade]

buddy did not do his part

[potent spire]

holy

pit crew hazard pay goes crazy

1 nuke every 1:50ish

[formal cedar]

<@&1205214326844170292> anyone doing their part?

[tall oasis]

https://twitter.com/BNBaku2/status/1764078233438593441?t=DGjaRbP5XFTXChhyQtjNVQ&s=19

BNBaku (@BNBaku2) on X

Average Helldivers 2 gameplay but it's animated in the style of Genndy Tartakovskys 2003 Clone Wars.

All models made in blender by myself with Goo-engine, down to the weapons and automatons.

Twitter · Mar 3, 2024, 12:00 AM

[lost helm]

OMG YES

[dusty thicket]

That’s sick

[cunning otter]

My favorite thing to do as a lvl 41 is drop in on low level rando's on difficulty 1 and 2 and hear their relief when reinforcements have arrived

[calm ridge]

<@&1205214326844170292> Time to do our part!

[wild inlet]

Bots or bugs?

[calm ridge]

either

[calm ridge]

stealth?

[wild inlet]

Can do, I'm about to go to the shops to get supper then I can play a game or two, give me 30?

Also

[calm ridge]

ye i gotchu

and dw about it

we have to be entertained too

[still peak]

Who do you think operates the eagles?

[calm ridge]

<@&1205214326844170292> DO YOUR PART. FOR DEMOCRACY

[static saddle]

might be on in 15-20

[mint spade]

@calm ridge @mighty forge @dusty thicket do your parts and kill freedomplaza

[calm ridge]

Done.

[mint spade]

https://tenor.com/view/helldiver-helldivers-helldivers2-highfive-liberty-gif-11160252798789218341

[exotic pawn]

175520635

[wet swift]

can I get the divers role?

[severe karma]

done

[wet swift]

awesome

[calm ridge]

265859300

[wet swift]

yall need any?

[calm ridge]

<@&1205214326844170292> Who is going to do their part

[calm ridge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow7zdhGIgkg

[wild inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/spaceballs-assholes-surrounded-keep-firing-gif-7377871

Me @ the 380mm gunners about to wipe out my squad

[uncut zinc]

The mortar-mancer awakes

[mint spade]

putting the danger in danger close

[uncut zinc]

Putting the harm in Charm

[exotic pawn]

charger jumpscare

[mint spade]

you got games on yo phone?

[wild inlet]

Just don't be close to the enemy

Also I'm a big stalwart + manned hmg turret gamer now

All the auto fire, it's so fun

[cunning otter]

Add the slugger shotgun and thats been my loadout for a bit lol

[wild inlet]

also, rah rah, we love fighting bots from cover rah rah

[topaz plaza]

I have spent the last hour on planet scotland

[wild inlet]

Draupnir my beloved

[exotic pawn]

[dusty thicket]

https://youtu.be/IvmK57lpWoU?si=SdnR38pZ4mYgZm-A

[wet swift]

anyone else get a screen looking like this after several chargers to the head? been happening to me recently

includes hud text and button prompts

[rancid tree]

Huh… looks normal to me

[rancid tree]

I saw

[rancid tree]

It says close, quit game, credits, level 46 Admiral, etc. What’s the deal?

[mighty forge]

<@&1205214326844170292> Room for 2

[exotic pawn]

give me 20

[mighty forge]

I guess I'm gonna grab dinner.

[dusty thicket]

https://youtu.be/_le3HEcLFSY?si=bJPMBID9RUl1K7Vr

[light fractal]

<@&1205214326844170292> I've got a fever, and the only prescription, is MORE DEMOCRACY

[rancid tree]

<@&1205214326844170292> one slot left

[wild inlet]

Apparently there’s been a railgun nerf

And a flamethrower buff >:) @blazing abyss

Fixed armor rating values not reducing damage as intended.

Yippi

380mm and 120mm Orbital Barrages: Increased duration of the bombardment, decreased spread

Decreased spread by how much 👀

[opal tiger]

I will stand 10m from the center, let's test it😎

[golden sleet]

Honestly not of fan of the nerfs

[wild inlet]

Eh, railgun still works for chargers just on unsafe, and it'll give a chance to try other weapons/stratagems

[indigo herald]

I’m happy for the balance changes.

[potent spire]

Back to the holy autocannon I go

[potent spire]

Reducing 380 mm barrage spread is a crime. Now how are we supposed to have fun gambling

[cursive tartan]

Arc thrower my beloved

[wild inlet]

Stalwart and deployable hmg my chosen

nothing stands between me and all of my bullets (except chargers + bile titans)

[tropic zephyr]

Stalwart is so much fun

[tiny vector]

https://tenor.com/view/stare-finger-gif-16008816

[blazing abyss]

RAAAAAAAH

[tropic zephyr]

Laser cannon buff too

[tiny vector]

guess I'll have to try it now

[tiny vector]

@wet swift

[wet swift]

Woo hoo! Now I can read again!

Hopefully

anyone playing rn?

[wild inlet]

ye

but idk how much longer for

body is collapsing in on itself 😂

[mighty forge]

something something your mom joke something something black hole something something

[wild inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/depression-black-hole-h-hpeless-ness-gif-10287222

[tiny vector]

I...like the laser cannon now?

[exotic pawn]

https://www.arrowheadgamestudios.com/2024/03/balancing-the-firepower-in-helldivers-2/

Breaker nerfs too

[tiny vector]

This seemed to be true in testing. Actually managed to mostly wipe out a nest with a 120mm in the center of it.

[wild inlet]

https://www.arrowheadgamestudios.com/2024/03/balancing-the-firepower-in-helldivers-2/

Really interesting read

[astral yarrow]

EAT and friendlies exist

[calm ridge]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/4113546867235200192?l=english

<@&1205214326844170292> Time to do our part!

More democracy to be spread! 😛

[opal tiger]

ooooh, I'm down

[grave lantern]

the rail gun got raped by the balance update

[golden sleet]

It's never been more over

[grave lantern]

Takes like 5-10 shots to kill a charger now

[golden sleet]

Why even bring it now

I thought it was bad enough not penning on safe mode

[grave lantern]

better off bringing the laser cannon now

[golden sleet]

LMAO

[tiny vector]

https://tenor.com/view/ghost-busters-holding-on-keep-going-gif-9935479

[grave lantern]

Not even a joke, increased armor pen, faster firing speed, higher damage now

[tiny vector]

just got done using it on a solo run...actually enjoying it

[mint spade]

Womp womp

[grave lantern]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-stewie-funeral-rose-rip-gif-20602307

goodbye rail gun ;(

[mint spade]

Did the breaker also get a nerf?

[grave lantern]

Yes

[tropic zephyr]

yeah

[golden sleet]

yup

[mint spade]

How much

[grave lantern]

decreased magazine cap, doubled recoil

[tiny vector]

doesn't feel all that different

aside from the reduced mag cap

[mint spade]

That’s not bad

Random environmental events goes hard

Games already a movie, imagine a damn tornado coming through on top of that

[grave lantern]

I'm just sad that they obliterated a level 20 stratagem

but didn't touch enemy spawn rates or anything like that

so now if you get 8 fucking chargers on you, have fun idiot

[wet swift]

I only just got the shield and now it def doesn't work as well

[grave lantern]

I'm not too sure what to think of the p shield nerf yet

[mint spade]

Four words, five hundred kilogram bomb

What’s overkill?

[grave lantern]

the 500 kg has decreased damage outside of it's direct hit radius

not actually that great of a stratagem unless you call it on a charger sitting still

[mint spade]

Use the jewish space laser then ig

[exotic pawn]

two flamethrowers melt chargers now

dps upgrade go crazy

[grave lantern]

the one that doesn't hit its target all the time?

[mint spade]

Ngl I use stuff that looks cool, I couldn’t care less about “guhhh muh meta strategem”

[grave lantern]

Idgaf about the meta, when I call in a laser and watch it shoot the ground for half of its deployment time that shit is annoying

[mint spade]

if it looks cool and does a good job while looking cool, great

[mint spade]

true

[grave lantern]

or the 380mm sounded cool, but hit nothing

so why even take it

[opal tiger]

didn't that also get buffed?

[grave lantern]

plus the orbital laser's uses are limited by your team

[mint spade]

I haven’t used the space laser myself, but when my team uses it and calls it on something, it’ll hit it

[grave lantern]

It did

haven't tested

[exotic pawn]

railcannon does pretty good for that but it's not consistent against titans

[grave lantern]

Not consistent and cooldown time is immense

[exotic pawn]

been hearing good things about arc thrower against titans though

[grave lantern]

whenever I see the arc thrower get deployed, I was shooting at the same target with a rail gun, I would kill them, and my friend would go "look the arc thrower is so good"

[mint spade]

Time to use a different loadout I guess

[grave lantern]

Flamethrower new meta

[severe galleon]

rail gun was making all other AT borderline useless, breaker was well known to be busted

not sure what there is to dislike

[grave lantern]

because instead of improving lack luster weapons they took away the good ones

[mint spade]

I like the autocannon, doesn’t seem very good against titans but it’s great at clearing out medium bugs and nests

[grave lantern]

Expendable AT would be way better if they halved the cooldown

[mint spade]

Isn’t the cooldown already like 45 seconds

[grave lantern]

70

[severe galleon]

IDK man breaker was way better than it needs to be, and the nerf isnt even that big of a deal

[grave lantern]

The breaker was viable, it wasn't OP

[mint spade]

yeah that’s half of prob every weapon strategem

[severe galleon]

every weapon is viable

like literally they all do something work using them for

[grave lantern]

The breaker spray and pray couldn't even armor pen eggs what are you talking about

[warped ridge]

Crazy ass choice of words 💀

[severe galleon]

they dont all need killing potential to be useful

knock back/stagger is a thing

[grave lantern]

If you're playing on lower difficulties, sure

[severe galleon]

regardless, if you think the breaker was the only "viable" weapon you're using it as a crutch

I've played exclusively the base liberator all the way up to difficult 8

[grave lantern]

But the weapons that just got kinda buffed didn't even have good knockback

Base liberator was part of the meta lmfao

[severe galleon]

yeah it it feels pretty strong for the default option

[grave lantern]

Base liberator, breaker, the scorcher, and the slugger were the viable weapons

every other weapon struggles in the higher difficulties

[severe galleon]

im not saying we dont also need buffs but I think its a bit silly to say the nerf to the breaker was 1) unjustified or 2) a big deal in the first place

[warped ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/chad-gif-24721496

[grave lantern]

I think we need buffs to weapons instead of nerfs to one's that people enjoy using, it's a PvE game

[severe galleon]

tell that to destiny 2 pve

[grave lantern]

Don't even compare that dumpster fire to this lmfao

that's a whole convo about gear score and shitty looting mechanics

[warped ridge]

Idk I feel like the rail gun kinda needed one. It did literally everything. I do agree more guns needed buffs than those that needed nerfs and that’s what they did.

[severe galleon]

im not talking about either of those though

im talking about balance changes

[severe galleon]

rail gun defiantely needed a nerf but they're mainly talking about the breaker

[grave lantern]

I agree it needed one, but now it's a level 20 unlock that nobody is gonna use

[warped ridge]

Can still chain stagger hulks no?

[grave lantern]

Haven't tested against hulks, but it doesn't destroy armor pieces anymore

[severe galleon]

the fact that it did was frankly a bit ridiculous

considering there are 3 entire weapons designed to do that specifically

[warped ridge]

If it still staggers like it used to it’ll be fine.

[grave lantern]

When the game throws like 15 Chargers at you, it makes sense to have a gun that can do that

[warped ridge]

Anti Material rifle in the corner bouncing “anti material rounds” off of a chargers leg.

https://tenor.com/view/lethal-company-gif-8890329830311161961

[grave lantern]

Yeah that gun is in sore need of a buff too

[severe galleon]

TBH I think games need to stop calling their 50 cal equivilent "anti material"

[last copper]

just throwing in my 2 cents the braker spray and pray is butt cheeks

[grave lantern]

It shoots anti material rounds why wouldn't they call it that

[severe galleon]

that shit stopped being anti material decades ago lmao

in terms of heavily armored modern targets

let alone sci-fi ones

[mint spade]

Buff anti materiel rifle, either buff the 500kg damage falloff or buff the blast radius, make the 500kg not get stopped by a small piece of terrain, buff the space laser accuracy

[grave lantern]

that's not what anti material refers to but okay

[severe karma]

Was the autocannon nerfed?

[severe galleon]

it's what most games are trying to imply

[warped ridge]

I honestly think they’re just trying to incentivize team play at the higher difficulties. Why would u want two man stratagem like the Recoilless getting its fade ran by a single dude with a rail gun.

[severe galleon]

and its literally the basis of this conversation

[tiny vector]

doesn't appear to have been touched

[severe karma]

Let’s go

[mint spade]

That’s what I’m saying

[tiny vector]

would run autocannon 100% if it was more viable against Chargers

[grave lantern]

That's fair, but at the same time, the 2 person stratagems are not feasible when the game throws 1000 enemies at you

[tiny vector]

love me the big Luger

[mint spade]

an anti materiel rifle against an organic target like a stupid undemocratic bug with a bit of bone protecting its stubby lil legs should literally tear it apart

[severe galleon]

one problem I see with anti material rifle vs railgun is they're very close together in terms of use case, so making them similar in effectiveness means one of them becomes irrelevant

which is already sort of a problem in game

[warped ridge]

Yeah. They need better ways to pull group aggro besides sentries which take 9 years to come off CD

like the decoy from deep rock is unlocked frame 1 I think.

[tiny vector]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjcZsqsCvZ4

[severe galleon]

its really just fire rate at this point I feel like, in terms of major differences

[warped ridge]

Gimme a “pheromone canister” or something.

To distract bugs.

[mint spade]

Would be great for stealth

[warped ridge]

Yeah. Or giving ur homies time to setup turrets/duo weapons.

Many many practical uses

Surprised it’s not in the game already.

[exotic pawn]

in their own words
The AC-8 Autocannon is a good example of a well-balanced weapon: it packs a powerful punch, has a very good range, but requires you to carry an ammo backpack or have a friend assist you.

[mint spade]

It def doesn’t require a friend to assist but I think it’s well balanced

[warped ridge]

Autocannon have 2 stage reload is based. It reloads so much faster as long as you reload at the halfway point.

[severe galleon]

funny thing is I run the recoiless solo
the reload sure sucks if we're getting overwhelmed, sure, but I find it better than to take another shooter out of the fight unless we have time to prepare to hit a target that hasnt seen us yet, or a tank

[exotic pawn]

yeah it's a great weapon as it is

[mint spade]

you can fire 5 shots and the reload takes like 3 seconds

[grave lantern]

you will not survive on higher difficulty

[exotic pawn]

if you're using recoilless solo just use EAT

[grave lantern]

The best use of the recoilless is against bots to shoot down their dropships

They are infrequent enough that the solo reload doesn't matter

[warped ridge]

@wild inlet put me onto the stalwart and ammo backpack when I play with my low level friends. Unlimited brrrrr

Actually such a fun combo.

At the higher fire rate too.

[severe galleon]

why would I switch out a 5 second reload for a 70 second one

imma be real I genuinely never understood the point of the EAT once you get the recoiless

[warped ridge]

Reel

[exotic pawn]

you get 2 EATs per pod

[severe galleon]

okay

a 35 second reload on average then

[warped ridge]

Only reason I’d use EAT is because I could bring a jet pack

Or shield pack

[exotic pawn]

and personally I've never been in situations where the cooldown was an impediment

[mint spade]

Instant swap for the other EAT and your backpack slot is free

[severe galleon]

if im desperate for my backpack slot I'd rather have Autocannon or railgun over EAT

and tbh Im usually fine without it in larger groups- shield is nice but not manditory

[exotic pawn]

you'll likely have one on your person anyway when you're calling it in for combat

[severe galleon]

i've been in plenty of situations where I've had to deal with 3+ tanks at a time

EAT flat out would not cut it

[exotic pawn]

so that's 3 rockets with another 2 on a pretty short cooldown by the time you've used all of them

I didn't like the idea of it either at first, but having rockets pretty much on demand was great

[severe galleon]

admittedly, the backpack slot being opened up is useful on a relatively short cooldown but

I've never hurt that bad for my backpack to have something else in large missions

[exotic pawn]

for bots I run autocannon, personally

[severe galleon]

and in small missions I just bring rail or AC anyway

[exotic pawn]

it's 3-4 shots to kill a tank from the back and you 2 shot hulks to the face

[severe galleon]

also part of me just kinda likes a shoulder mounted AT, and if it's a straight competion between just the recoiless and the EAT, I just flat out dont see a point in the EAT

[exotic pawn]

and you can run EAT on top of it if you want something to take out dropships

[severe galleon]

unless I REALLY need my backpack for some reason

like a 2 man

[grave lantern]

the main problem with the nerfs and the buffs is that they didn't fix any balance, they just switched up what weapons are meta

[severe galleon]

that's kinda unavoidable regardless

[grave lantern]

It's not, if you make all of the weapons strong and useful

Then it comes down to personal preference and mission type

[severe galleon]

there will always be a strongest option

players will always optimize the fun out of the game

[grave lantern]

I mean the breaker was a great weapon in terms of the punch and the fun it was to use

[severe galleon]

the only way to prevent a meta from developing is to make everything identical.

[grave lantern]

Now it's going to burn through rounds

[severe galleon]

I was having a similar argument about this specifically earlier, where someone was trying to say the ammo nerf is borderline irrelevant

I think that's patently ridiculous, but

I also dont think it's unfair, or even THAT big of a deal

[grave lantern]

It's 21 less rounds per resupply lol

[severe galleon]

that the gun that can kill almost anything in 3-4 rounds, when most other guns take almost an entire mag

needs to be a bit more careful with its ammo

[grave lantern]

so now we've just switched the meta from Breaker to Punisher, cuz the ammo is ridiculous

[severe galleon]

no I agree with you it's definately not nothing

[grave lantern]

If they had just increased the recoil like they did, and made the spread a little bigger it would've been a balanced gun

cuz it was sniping shit at range

[severe galleon]

but in terms of it's economy it's still pretty up there

[warped ridge]

There’s always going to be a meta, it just moves when balance changes are made. I just think that others guns kinda needed buffs. Like the snipers/dmrs are DoA guns.

[severe galleon]

yeah unfortunately the semi's all feel garbage

I really tried

[warped ridge]

Why would I ever take the dmr or counter sniper over difficulty 6

[grave lantern]

Make all the guns strong and make the enemies harder, that would make the game more fun like

[severe galleon]

lets remember that we're getting mechs soon
and maybe vehicles if leaks are to be believed

[grave lantern]

introduce an assassination mission that would make it necessary to take that shit to stay stealthed

[severe galleon]

there's plenty of room for powercreep

😛

[warped ridge]

^^^

[warped ridge]

I just think single shot “snipers” should have insane crit shot ratios

Like 500% damage or something.

Make it worth my time

[grave lantern]

Also with the bots take the DMR, cuz if you kill the Commissars they can't call reinforcements

[severe galleon]

is that a suggested game change, or a statement

[grave lantern]

that is a statement

[severe galleon]

im pretty sure all the small-fry bots can call reinforcements..?

[grave lantern]

Nope just the Commissars

They blend in really well

[warped ridge]

Only the officers

U know they’re them because they have a single sword and a pistol.

Usually only 1 in each patrol.

[severe galleon]

is that their only loadout?

[grave lantern]

Yep

[severe galleon]

because im like 90% sure i've seen a 2-sword bot call reinforcements

and feel like I've seen plenty without any swords do it

[grave lantern]

Could be possible that you didn't see the sword, or that you saw the one sword and thought it was two

[warped ridge]

There is lots of visual clutter

[severe galleon]

Im not gunna outright say you're wrong but both me and a friend I regularly play with remember otherwise-

he, infact, plays a lot more than I do

[grave lantern]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1atd4pd/which_units_can_call_in_bug_breachesbot_drops/

seems like others are confused

But the commissars can also have the jump pack which might make them visually different

[severe galleon]

I'd go around agroing bots for the next half hour to check but I accidentally uninstalled

[wild inlet]

The team can focus on the big stuff, I’m gonna thin the herd

https://tenor.com/view/jeff-goldblum-jurassic-park-whether-gif-23033116

[wild inlet]

Hardly dude, it’s still usable just have to turn it off safe and aim

[severe galleon]

oh that too

[grave lantern]

doesn't shred armor off of the charger leg anymore

just pens

[severe galleon]

safety off still does a shit ton of damage

kinda forgot about that

[severe galleon]

i maintain that it really didnt need to

[wild inlet]

Ah rip, still not the end of the world

[grave lantern]

It's not worth taking anymore, unless you hit the same spot 3 or 4 times in a row

[wild inlet]

Time to use the mystery of other weapons

[grave lantern]

on a charger

Might be still good against bots since it was about finding a sweet spot rather than shredding armor

[wild inlet]

I’ve seen all small bots have called in a reinforce

[severe galleon]

that's been my perception as well

kinda like how most of the small/medium bugs can do it

[wild inlet]

Yeah, it’s not limited to the sword + gun combo

[wild inlet]

Boss mission like helldivers 1 lmao

[grave lantern]

Seems like they fire the flare faster

Might be the confusion point

[severe galleon]

that might be the case but I feel like it's possible this is a false assumption

[grave lantern]

play the game find out

[severe galleon]

I literally cant

😭

[grave lantern]

sucks

[severe galleon]

my stupid ass uninstalled when trying to move things around

[grave lantern]

It was the only reason to take railgun into bug missions

2 shots to a charger, switch to primary

[severe galleon]

that calls back to my earlier point about maybe too much overlap with the anti-tank

which IDK how they can solve really

[grave lantern]

Anti tank can kill secondary objectives, rail gun can't

[severe galleon]

but I dont think it needs to blow chunks of armor off to compete

[wild inlet]

Also its a month into the game, with loads of time for them to keep tweaking and adding

[severe galleon]

my point exactly

lmao

[grave lantern]

and anti tank can kill bile titans, you need like 10 rounds + orbital railcannon with rail gun

[wild inlet]

EAT or the autocannon I foresee being big

[severe galleon]

I think rail can too...? But tbh im not sure

[grave lantern]

10 rounds and a rail cannon shot

[severe galleon]

oh I see that edit now

how much from the AT rifle?

[grave lantern]

Depends on where you hit it, I think it was 3 or 4 to the head?

[wild inlet]

Autocannon accuracy at range is good and works well as a solo weapon

[grave lantern]

2 on lower difficulties

[severe galleon]

see, railgun being outperformed by AT rifle just flat out doesnt make sense to me

the two are relatively similar in concept, except one's a mag-fed semi automatic sniper rifle, the other is a

rail gun

methinks the latter should maybe to a touch more damage

Especially to the bile titan specifically

[wild inlet]

In their reasoning post they say they specifically intended the railgun to deal higher damage to spots like the head etc, and they’ve tuned it more to that

[severe galleon]

I mean unless that tuning included a bug fix, or this is the result of missing your shots

I dunno how they could possible bring that to a point that makes sense

[grave lantern]

When it doesn't shred the armor, you have to shoot the same spot multiple times to do the full damage

[severe galleon]

I mean if we're talking about the head-

[grave lantern]

bullets are small

bile titan big

actually bile titans are prey animals on their homeworld

and are a medium class bug

[severe galleon]

if you're missing with your percision weapon you should expect to be doing less damage

but either way the at rifle should have that problem but even worse, so I still think that's whack

[grave lantern]

it is extremely obvious you do not have experience with the rail gun dude

[severe galleon]

its only my second most used heavy weapon but sure go off

[grave lantern]

then you should probably know how the pen works

kinda wild you didn't notice

second most used weapon

[severe galleon]

????

Im not even

talking about armor pen

tf you on about

im talking about hitting the head

[grave lantern]

^

[mint spade]

Just blow it up with something

[grave lantern]

unless you play exclusively on level 4, in which case you shouldn't be attempting to argue from authority

[severe galleon]

I said that before you edited your post to say the rail coudl and in how many shots

so that was me going "wait can't the rail too? maybe Im misremembering, idk"

because I dont tend to be specifically in the situation to solo-kill a bile titan exclusively with a railgun

[grave lantern]

I mean you really can't, that's the point

you couldn't before the nerf with consistency

[severe galleon]

a point im not even disagreeing with

I said I think it's ridiculous that the at rifle does better than a railgun

like 3 times

[grave lantern]

you said they shouldn't compete

[severe galleon]

then Tort mentioned its supposed to do better at headshots

I said they have too much overlap, as percision kill weapons

as in- I dont know how they can make these two things distinct and both still be useful

[grave lantern]

you also said that in reference to the explanation that anti tank kills bile titans

since we were pointing out differences

[wild inlet]

Chill the beans on the polygons

[mint spade]

What’s the at rifle? Autocannon?

[wild inlet]

Come take painkillers with me

[severe galleon]

anti material

im shortening to AT because AM sounds weird

[mint spade]

Oh ok

You could heavily buff up its damage to armor itself because it’s a 50 cal HE round, and make the railgun completely ignore armor because it’s a railgun and nerf its damage for balance reasons

Maybe nerf the charge up time on it too

[severe galleon]

as in shorten, or lengthen, to be clear

[mint spade]

Lengthen

[severe galleon]

that's what I figured but I know some people who use "nerf" as a synonym for "decrease"

[mint spade]

Or, as an alternative to nerfing its damage, require you to reach a certain charge that’s very close to blowing up in your face on unsafe mode in order to completely ignore armor

[golden sleet]

It's a giant metal rod getting shot out at high speeds?

It's not not going to do something

[grave lantern]

railgun not railcannon

[golden sleet]

What's the difference

[grave lantern]

railgun is the handcarry

[mint spade]

Railcannon is the orbital strategem

[golden sleet]

Sorry, it's shooting a small metal rod

[severe galleon]

yeah, the railgun is firing something probably the size of possibly smaller than a bullet

im not saying it shouldn't hurt a lot

but I dont think it should blow all the armor off of a charger leg in a few shots either

[grave lantern]

vibrations should shred the armor

[golden sleet]

I assume it would have a lot more energy than a bullet

[grave lantern]

it's a hand carryable version of what we use to put holes in naval vessels

[golden sleet]

Yeah

But it's a steel rod instead of a small piece of lead

[calm ridge]

I see the laser cannon being meta now

atleast for bugs

[grave lantern]

and the flamethrower

[calm ridge]

perhaps

idk about higher difficulties.

[grave lantern]

7 second charger kill with 1 flamethrower

[severe galleon]

you mean the ones with barrels the size of people?

[grave lantern]

it's a hand carryable version of the ones with barrels the size of people, as stated above

[severe galleon]

slight difference I'd think

[grave lantern]

emphasis on hand carryable

[golden sleet]

Idk man that thing has no drop

[grave lantern]

theoretically because the object is so fast the size shouldn't matter

but it's a sci fi game so

[severe galleon]

something very small moving insanely fast woudl be more likely to blow clean through than it would be to shred something into pieces.

[golden sleet]

It would probably crack chitin

Obviously it's not but

[severe galleon]

it would 100% absolutely go through it without even noticing its there

I have no arguments against that

[calm ridge]

All im hearing is fucking neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerds

[uncut zinc]

Hit star marshall then i'll listen to your opinion

"cadet"

[calm ridge]

fite me nurd

❤️

[uncut zinc]

arathi basin in 4 hours

ill shrek you

[calm ridge]

ill be here big guy

[mint spade]

That’s what I’m saying

[severe galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/for-you-bane-the-dark-knight-rises-tom-hardy-gif-21912820

[mint spade]

This is a game where you blow up bugs and robots to spread democracy

[severe galleon]

I have no horse in this, my brain's just rotted by shitposts

[calm ridge]

I'm not back to work until saturday

im in it to win it babyyyy

[golden sleet]

They're ruining my bug killing :(

(Devs not nedall)

[mint spade]

But but muh meta 🥺 I can only kill a charger in 10 seconds instead of 7 🥺

[severe galleon]

wow someone didnt call me "Nev-all"

it's a miracle

[golden sleet]

Devan

[cunning otter]

Gimme Noise Marine sonic weapons im ready for them LOL

[grave lantern]

I am so ready

"at least if you get captured by Night Lords, you know by the end you will be dead, the minions of Slaanesh make no such promises"

[cunning otter]

When i get home im trying the new and improved 120 and 380, ill also use the walking barrage and try the flamer and cosplay as a krieger since 99% of the time i get the most melee kills anyways 🤣

[wild inlet]

Silenced smg please 😦

[wild inlet]

380mm actually is quite nice and not as tk-y

Good area of denial

[severe galleon]

im hoping it'll be more useful for larger bases/nests

[mint spade]

do strategems even destroy nests if they aren't directly hit?

[severe galleon]

though honestly I think a lot of the arty/explosive strategems need buffs to their blast radius against buildings

500kg feels literally useless

single target, why wouldnt I use laser or rail canon, groups, cluster and airsrike work just as well if not better

buildings? good luck

[mint spade]

the 500kg looks a million times cooler than the JSL and the rail cannon combined

if they buffed the blast radius and reduced the damage falloff it would be great

[severe galleon]

maybe it can take out groups of chargers/hulks but at that point it's just too specific to be worth taking IMO

and even then im assuming it's more effective than it's seemed to be

[mint spade]

this and made it more consistent overall, I remember eyos called one in on a bile titan, the bomb literally landed directly on top of it, exploded, and didn't kill it

[severe galleon]

personally I think it should destroy medium bases if placed well enough

[mint spade]

agreed

[grave lantern]

Maybe automatons, but the damage has to be able to get into the little holes, so the airstrike is way more consistent

very many times I've had the 500 kg fail me

[severe galleon]

I've had a cluster destroy one once

by accident, too

[tropic zephyr]

Ooo I dunno the Railcannon is pretty cool

But yeah once the honeymoon phase was over people realized the 500 is meh

And there's only one so the advantage of eagle strikes resetting rapidly is entirely moot

[calm ridge]

You can get 2 500s with upgrades

[tropic zephyr]

Ooooooo

That's something

[exotic pawn]

yeah fully upgraded eagle go crazy

[tiny vector]

the sentry turn speed seems to be worthwhile as well

[exotic pawn]

rearm goes down to 2 minutes and 1 additional charge of each strat

[grave lantern]

it is very good

eagle and sentry trees are the ones you should hit first if possible

[tiny vector]

just did a solo level 5 with laser cannon and punisher...autosentry is even better now

only died because of a damn meteor

[grave lantern]

pog

[exotic pawn]

rushing slugger now since the punisher ammo buff affected it as well

[grave lantern]

The slugger was good before the buff so it'll be pretty good now

[tiny vector]

yeah...moving to slugger as well

[exotic pawn]

yeah having it in your back pocket for when the major order goes back to bots will be nice

[grave lantern]

The scorcher goes hard into bots

[tiny vector]

I think the 120 is now useful...ish

380 still seems way to spread out

[grave lantern]

its joever

[cunning otter]

Dude the ammo upgrade for turrets is 😗👌 1 mortar continuous fire on a defense mission lasted untill the stratagem refilled it was pretty nice

[grave lantern]

It goes hard

[static saddle]

steam audio is borked. anyone wanna do their part? <@&1205214326844170292> ?

[grave lantern]

@tiny vector Wanna dive?

[tiny vector]

only if you promise to complain about them nerfing the railgun

[grave lantern]

I will do it the entire time

[tiny vector]

https://tenor.com/view/so-sayweall-battlestart-galactica-william-adama-bsg-twelve-colonies-gif-18616973

yep

[grave lantern]

get in the special forces

[mint spade]

https://tenor.com/view/giga-chad-gigachad-meme-giga-talk-talkmeme-gif-27266504

[exotic pawn]

<@&1205214326844170292> need more divers for the cause in https://discord.com/channels/836755485935271966/851159704473567253

[mint spade]

Treasonous message under review by the Super Earth Ministry of Truth

[golden sleet]

My eagle pilot flying into 4 bile titans when they all look up

[exotic pawn]

#5704-9869

[exotic pawn]

<@&1205214326844170292> 2 slots open

@ebon lake you asked earlier to get in?

[golden sleet]

also on the armor pen, what actually has light armor? I tried the liberator penetraitor but I didn't feel a difference

Do the bile spitters have light armor on their face?

I tried the liberator pen. but I didn't feel a difference

[astral yarrow]

Cooperation, my beloved broken mechanic

[cursive tartan]

https://x.com/helldivers2/status/1765737775570026861?s=20

HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2) on X

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Our factories are under attack, halting all output. Helldivers have been deployed to liberate Tien Kwan!

Twitter · Mar 7, 2024, 1:54 PM

Whaaat

[astral yarrow]

KILL THOSE FUCKING TINCANS

[opal tiger]

errrrmmm, achuaalyly

[opal tiger]

all praise xake

[tiny vector]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ps--hQiSXA

[tropic zephyr]

LAS-16 SICKLE MY BELOVED

[potent spire]

Bearer of the invisible artillery shell

[tropic zephyr]

favorite weapon from the first game

[wild inlet]

Its mech time????

Got a job for you 621! @uncut zinc @blazing abyss

I was so ready to go to bed once I got home

Now its time to dive!

[lost helm]

https://tenor.com/view/can-you-believe-guys-christmas-one-week-until-christmas-im-so-thriled-about-this-information-christmas-christmas-meme-gif-24202287

[cursive tartan]

There not in just yet

We need to liberate the planet there being manufactured on

[wild inlet]

A worthy fight either way

[potent spire]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-clone-wars-clone-trooper-cartoon-gif-17632481

Hope they add some kinda more mobile walkers like in Star Wars

I’m tryna zoom around the map

[wild inlet]

Honestly I wouldnt mind some deployable cover for extracts 😅

[potent spire]

“Orbital concrete-filled shipping container inbound”

[wild inlet]

Entrenching tool inbound

[potent spire]

New drill nose cone for the eagle

It just swoops in and grazes across the ground

[granite mulch]

sandbag airstrike incoming

“dispensing liberty!” then a line of sandbags is deployed in front of you like lego bricks

[grave lantern]

The front of the hive guards and the berserkers on bots I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1V2VG0UT28&t=229

my sentiments have been echoed

[golden sleet]

Damn

[grave lantern]

Lib pen is pretty underwhelming unfortunately

[grave lantern]

I would have been more excited for this announcement if they hadn't nerfed everything lmao

not a good look for AH atm

[golden sleet]

I've been out for a week wanting to play the game but I'm not even sure I want to anymore

I didn't think railgun would ge completely useless

[grave lantern]

I think the backlash so far is going to see things reset but we'll see

[golden sleet]

I think my favorite part is the antagonizing from the devs/mods side

It's wild

[grave lantern]

yeah they burned a lot of faith

the CEO issued a response I'm watching a video about it rn

[golden sleet]

Send

[grave lantern]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROQjSt511ho

[golden sleet]

Have you seen the subreddit

[grave lantern]

I was reading it last night, it was like staring at a car crash

[golden sleet]

Also as for the new pass, do the olds one stay?

[grave lantern]

I believe they do

but super citizens are not going to have the new one unlocked by default

[golden sleet]

Rip

[grave lantern]

ceo response starts at 4:47

or apparently the CEO thing was clickbait it was a game director message

[golden sleet]

I think it's the same person, or people just getting confused the CEO with game director

Same pile guy

People could just be calling him the "CEO of helldivers" or something like that

[grave lantern]

No clue, overall message was "dev behavior was unacceptable, legit critiques of the balance update were taken as a personal attack"

[tropic zephyr]

so does more guns do nothing?

[grave lantern]

Adds an additional shot to the barrages, the effect blanked for some reason

[mint spade]

Use the slur, call them clankers

Hard R

[wild inlet]

Hype for the new laser assault rifle

[tropic zephyr]

that thing was so good in the first game

[wild inlet]

Whenever a new full auto weapon gets added im always here for it lmao

[opal tiger]

I've been trying the stalwart and I like it a LOT more than the heavier MG

sure not as much damage but you can fire for so much longer, and have more mag's

[magic chasm]

stalwart is so much fun lol

[opal tiger]

also the reload while sprinting is a god send

[wild inlet]

Hell yeah!

[magic chasm]

feels like defending the trench in the somme or smth

[wild inlet]

May I interest you in deployable hmg

As soon as you see a bug breach throw it down a decent distance away

Chews through everything that isn’t a charger

[opal tiger]

need to try that and the deploy auto cannon

[wild inlet]

The hmg manned turret is very fun

I want to try 4 of them in a line for ultimate daka

[tiny vector]

HMG continues to be more and more useful

[tiny vector]

screw daka...I want Dushka

[wild inlet]

Why not both

[tiny vector]

both is ideal

just want a bigger more potent version that can do something against armor

[wild inlet]

You mean against the charger and bile titan?

It’s only been a month and im sure there’s a long life of updates ahead, who knows what will be added

[tiny vector]

yep

I'm excited to see what the future holds

[wild inlet]

Excited for whenever the apc rolls out so we can cruise in style and firepower

[magic chasm]

therell be an APC?

[wild inlet]

Apparently

[tiny vector]

oh yes

and a warthog-like jeep/humvee

[wild inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/rvb-red-vs-blue-red-vs-blue-red-team-red-team-rvb-red-team-gif-23514753

[golden sleet]

There was one in HD1 so it's believed

[dusty thicket]

<@&1205214326844170292> Anyone diving rn?

[potent spire]

when you droppin the tier list of every full auto weapon youve ever used in any game ever

[obsidian arch]

I have aquired the divers of hell

And Nuclear Option

[grave lantern]

rahhhh

[astral yarrow]

Its even better againdt clankers

Only thing it cant deal with is tanks

[uncut zinc]

Cool title, but at what cost

[obsidian arch]

So what is the recommended stuff for automatons? I wanna get over there and do my part but I know I’d get shidded on

[astral yarrow]

AT weapons and a steady aim

At least EAT and Anti materiel sniper

[obsidian arch]

I got a ways to go. I’m having trouble understanding how to get new weapons/strategems

[astral yarrow]

You know the terminal on your ship right across from where you load in from the cryopod?

You can unlock them there

[obsidian arch]

Ah sweet!

[astral yarrow]

Weapons you get from the Battle pass (they do not expire so gather medals and get your weapons)

[wild inlet]

Bet bet

[wild inlet]

Me @ lvl49 and staying a space cadet

https://tenor.com/view/starship-troopers-paul-verhoeven-robert-heinlein-want-to-live-forever-come-on-gif-23642437

[opal tiger]

once a cadet, always a cadet

[wild inlet]

I bring a kind of space cadet energy to the extraction zone that the death admirals don't seem to appreciate

[astral yarrow]

Lol

I just want the Marshall title

So I am Marshall MarshalClarke

[uncut zinc]

"Star Marshall Marshall Epstein"

[tropic zephyr]

I just like Death Captain

[cunning otter]

Im 7 behind ya!!!

[tropic zephyr]

Captain is the coolest rank

[grave lantern]

catch up

[cunning otter]

Im trying!

[astral yarrow]

hue hue

ALSO MECHS ARE HERE

GET IN YOUR PODS THEY ARE FREE

<@&1205214326844170292>

[tropic zephyr]

Super Earth doesn't want you to know this but the mechs on Tien Kwan are free

I have 458 mechs

[cunning otter]

Im eating brekke then ill be on

[junior night]

I got time

[wild inlet]

just got a mech in a mission

vgery fun

[tiny vector]

can confirm

but currently available for "Free" for weapons testing

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-up-gif-19907473

[junior night]

cant connect to servers, again

[astral yarrow]

community did the hug to death again

I think the servers are proper fucked

I just had a no rewards run

[junior night]

well, then democracy has to wait

[astral yarrow]

yeah the games fucked lmao

the server is just crushed

[severe galleon]

Im doing my part

by logging off

[wild inlet]

ope

so i've found out by following my impulsive thoughts that mechs can ford deep water

@blazing abyss @uncut zinc GUN 13 WHAT'RE YA DOIN?

[severe galleon]

SLAVE MARKET

[wild inlet]

He's playing Morrowind ;-;

[blazing abyss]

https://tenor.com/view/mech-slaps-gif-4984042

NO FUCKING WAY

GUN 13 TIME FER ANOTHER FIELD TRIP

[tropic zephyr]

https://youtu.be/zuOkllfv44w?si=cgEk6MEAmK4TBrsa

[candid spire]

any divers on?

[wild inlet]

servers chunking bc of mechs rn

[candid spire]

ah, so that's why i got booted

thought it was just my pc again

[dusty thicket]

you have to do it the old fashioned way of joining off of someone through steam

[wild inlet]

doesn't gauruntee it anymore :/

[wild inlet]

@grave lantern mech rocket 1 taps charger legs

[grave lantern]

pog

[golden sleet]

I wonder if Tien Kwan will get attacked again and the mechs get taken away

Also assuming mech cant be repaired, would be cool if it dropped with a repair tool of some sort

[grave lantern]

No repairs, but you get 2 per mission with a 600 second cooldown

[tropic zephyr]

it is time

[tropic zephyr]

mech good

[mint spade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9rEs4uRWow

[astral yarrow]

Same missiles as Spear

[tropic zephyr]

Also disposable AT

[static saddle]

me when cluster

[tropic zephyr]

HD2 players when armor piercing rockets pierce armor:

https://youtu.be/ZORE-wxQL18?si=N0WccbzYe-kADkxJ

[static saddle]

https://tenor.com/view/ses-super-earth-super-earth-saturday-helldivers-2-helldivers-gif-5818455100607913826

[junior night]

<@&1205214326844170292> Anyone up to squad up?

[astral yarrow]

sure, just wanna eat dinner first

[junior night]

Sorry, i need to cook some food fore the sisters. May be later

[dapper wyvern]

<@&1205214326844170292> Got 2 slots in vc2

[indigo herald]

https://youtu.be/_le3HEcLFSY?si=rhjolLyY56b1RIZI

[tall compass]

Did the update effect the number of hunters?

[astral yarrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7HCi_Du2v4

[mystic smelt]

So addicted to this game rn

[astral yarrow]

indeed

[mystic smelt]

Definitely more partial to the terminid front if I’m honest with you.

I much rather get my Johnny Rico on than my John Connor I think.

Last nights drop into oilers territory was fucking terrifying. Hadn’t dropped there or faced them before. And it was night. Jesus Christ.

We accomplished the mission, couldn’t extract. Re-education Camps will be named after us.

[topaz plaza]

patriot on the terminal

[golden sleet]

Wow came back after a week and the game is so much more difficult now

I might not go past 7 now

[mystic smelt]

Last night someone joined our squadron mid match, proceeded to kill us to zero reinforcements thanks to their mortar sentry and laser drone

[formal cedar]

Laser is usually fine imo but mortar is just tk unless a lot of communication

[exotic pawn]

Mortar is usually not a good idea for bugs

Since they’re mostly melee

So mortars will shoot on top of your own positions if you’re getting swarmed

[severe galleon]

there's enough melee/close range robots that I flat out think motar just is always a bad idea

[exotic pawn]

It works for bots, but you need to be very conscious of its presence and not run to positions that a bot was just in when you kill it yourself

Def not something you’d run in a random lobby

[topaz plaza]

armor values got fixed and weapons were tweaked, turns out all armor was using heavy armor values before

[golden sleet]

nah just the spawning

[topaz plaza]

oh

[golden sleet]

I was playing on 6 and we had 2 bile titans at a time back to back

[topaz plaza]

huh, I think they might have messed with that too but I cannot remember for certain

[severe galleon]

they said they're going to adjust it

I dont think its happened yet

[golden sleet]

I could've sworn there was an earlier patch which changed spawn rates

maybe that was only for exterminate

I guess not

I can't be bothered to check since the patch notes are so long

[severe galleon]

defense missions got adjusted

I seem to remember exterminate getting a buff?

or maybe it will

but yeah they talked about full sized missions being a little fucky and they're getting adjusted

[obsidian arch]

Joel was in your game

[golden sleet]

brutal

or it felt like that, don't have the recipts

[mystic smelt]

If the mortar is deployed, I now just sit next to it and try to pick of stragglers.

Best chance of survival when there’s a noncomm using big boy shit.

Last night I honestly would have preferred just fighting our battles without the kid with the pumped up kicks. Outnumbered.

Homeboys mortar was a bigger threat than the bugs. 😂

[astral yarrow]

https://vxtwitter.com/KRONOS_527/status/1765883704746918123?t=KpKi77KILnmLB1UxcRCsyw&s=19

[astral yarrow]

I played on 9 yesterday

We had, PER bug breach, 3 biles and 2 chargers

We just gave up

[mystic smelt]

I’ve started finding enjoyment in ICBM launch missions.

They’re very pretty.

[astral yarrow]

They are hands down the best

Imo

[mystic smelt]

All I’m doing all week on HD2

The SES Precursor of Patriotism is now responsible for the delivery of irradiated democratic care packages.

Provided to the Terminid theater free of charge, of course.

OMW TO GLASS YOUR ROCK

[wild inlet]

Bots = mortar, bugs = autocannon fr fr

[astral yarrow]

EAT anywhere

Lil disposables really grew on me

[mystic smelt]

Me and mine. - The last thing you see before you’re living on a glass globe.

[severe galleon]

I refuse to accept EAT is better than recoiless- every single time im with someone wh's running it and we get like 6 charger spawns and I hear them say "shit im on cooldown"

[astral yarrow]

For that, no its not

[severe galleon]

I feel immensely validated

[astral yarrow]

As an "oh shit" button short of a 500 kg or a railgun strike, s' pretty gud

I can smack a BT or two chargers per 70 seconds with the lil things

And still carry an Autocannon

Recoilless is AT king atm hands now (maybe after Spear if its aiming and ammo consumption werent so horridly fuckrd)

[mystic smelt]

Me over here with the standard rifle on semi

Having a ball

[astral yarrow]

You must like carpal tunnel

[mystic smelt]

never been there

[severe galleon]

im just salty because a friend of mine insists it's objectively better

then constantly gets into situations where it sure would be great to have more than 2 shots

[astral yarrow]

its a situational "shit" button

nothing more

for continual AT I'd take Recoilless any day

...Or the spear if the bloody targeting worked

[severe galleon]

about that

apparently its less fucked if you ping the target first

[astral yarrow]

"I am mentally completely stabe- oh look a small walker!"
ignores the tank and hulks

[astral yarrow]

might try that

[astral yarrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N5yxCfGOuM

this community mad talented

[astral yarrow]

New patchnotes, they tweaked charger spawn rate on diff 7 and up

As well as made it so EAT and recoilless can head kill them with a good shot

[mint spade]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-beverley-patrick-beverley-nba-timberwolves-gif-11752728165167489486

[wild inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/glee-sue-sylvester-cheering-cheer-excited-gif-16955937

[potent spire]

They removed the ecm weather effect 🤘😔

That shit lead to some of the funniest moments in the game

[astral yarrow]

For reworkinh

Tbh, Id rework it so it randomizes your stratagem loadout once you deploy

With a weighted table, so its alwaya at least somewhat useful

So you dont end up with ultra strong loadouts and not limp ones

Like, double minefield and machine gun turret and smoke

[golden sleet]

nah

probably randomized combos or will swap the arrows around every time you reopen

[potent spire]

This seems equally frustrating and less funny

[wild inlet]

I think randomize it once on mission start

so you just have to remember which one is the new one

[severe galleon]

Changing the arrows would be really good actually

That way you still get the stuff you want but you're slower about it

And it won't be as frustrating to people who didn't realize it was ecm

[grave lantern]

https://youtu.be/i8_8eb8Mub0?si=5yUDqKrti8oBgAJH

I forgot that the Automaton homeworld is “cyberstan” lmfao

[astral yarrow]

depends

I certainly got very pissed when I had to reinput the same bloody code 15 times

[astral yarrow]

https://vxtwitter.com/triumbrush/status/1767560500706214193

[dusty thicket]

https://youtu.be/Dhn_hycgNvM?si=PveIBMy_Ld9cpCJ3

[indigo herald]

https://youtu.be/vUy5fcETzCQ?si=8mi-G7vw9DxR7kgw

[astral yarrow]

https://vxtwitter.com/Lex_Dorkslav/status/1766984844217590110

[astral yarrow]

@tropic jasper Any Divers around?

[tropic jasper]

On occasion, aye

[astral yarrow]

like, now?

[tropic jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/odst-helmet-scifi-soldier-helmet-on-gif-19367981

Unfortunately not, still at work, soz!

[cunning otter]

you still on?

[ebon lake]

squashin bugs, LFM

[cunning otter]

i'm back on

[grave lantern]

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

[astral yarrow]

Sorry went and played Pacific drive

[wild inlet]

Oooh, how is it?

[wild inlet]

new laser rifle is dooooooope

[golden sleet]

I need to farm SC for the new pass

[tropic zephyr]

Oh did that come out

[golden sleet]

yeah this morning

[tropic zephyr]

Word

[astral yarrow]

Hella comfy and also makes me jumoy

*jumpy

[wild inlet]

jumoy?

hella

[astral yarrow]

Very comfy when its jusz driving around, listening to music and scrounging for parts

Makes me jumpy with the anomalies and when I need to haul ass out of the area

[wild inlet]

then the anomalies

hell yeah

it seems really cool

[astral yarrow]

The anomalies are wack

It is a lot of fun

[cunning otter]

<@&1205214326844170292> If anyone is down to dive i'll be on in 15m

[astral yarrow]

Only be home in about... 1.5 hrs

And rhen still need foodz

[cunning otter]

i'll be on, and if im not, just ping me LOL

[astral yarrow]

Fair lol

[uncut zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/dark-souls-praise-gif-25000256