Helldivers

[errant bronze]

Indeed

[grave verge]

All the complaints about balancing and useless primaries. A well placed Eagle will get the job done

[errant bronze]

Well and truly

[grave verge]

GUYS, SECOND GALATIC WAR HAS HIT OUR SPECIAL OPERATION IN CYBERSTAN

[ornate pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/clones-attack-of-the-clones-star-wars-gif-20468324

[grave verge]

Would you rather kill 3
or kill 5 ?

[errant bronze]

All

[errant bronze]

@fervent relic 👀

[fervent relic]

👀

[stone shard]

[grave verge]

[fervent relic]

[ornate pasture]

[errant bronze]

Audio broke :(

Okay, here we go

[grave verge]

unmagic missle

[obtuse hare]

i hope the weapon patch drops soon

[errant bronze]

Pilestedt is now the man Chief Creative Officer

[obtuse hare]

Dang

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-gif-25117042

[grave verge]

Me when I am in a banger executive decisions competition and my opponent is this guy ( I am no match for a king like him)

[errant bronze]

Real

[grave verge]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-gif-25117042

Real and do it yourself pilled

[obtuse hare]

i hope things will start looking up w this change

[storm bronze]

maybe now they will make the devs actually play the game they are trying to balance

[obtuse hare]

We know Joel does

[errant bronze]

Autocanon mech on the table

[grave verge]

Damn is it this time of the month ?

[errant bronze]

Wow, bug divers actually got off their asses and helped the bot front

[obtuse hare]

we're already done w it

or do we gotta hold the planet?

[grave verge]

What you bluds are waffling about ? We barely secured a foot hold on this cursed rock

[obtuse hare]

the tag was green, which usually indicates completion

[obtuse hare]

if there's anything that's unbalanced in helldivers, it's the boosters

[raw stag]

will helldivers ever be truly balanced

[obtuse hare]

i hope so

(give me my eruptor back, please)

[grave verge]

"Good things come to those who wait."

[grave verge]

https://fxtwitter.com/helldivers2/status/1795117725313794150

Nah arrowhead
You had me at "weaponization of dark fluid"

Can't wait to spaghettify some bugs

[errant bronze]

Same

New chemical weapon gonna drop soon™️

[grave verge]

Can't wait for the black hole orbital fr fr

[ornate pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/thank-you-very-much-gif-22695054

the time has come

[errant bronze]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1d2qiuz/heres_a_clip_to_prove_no_you_cannot_destroy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[grave verge]

Orbital Gas strike is just a spicier orbital smoke strike and you can't change my opinion

The Autocannon is way too good as master of everything at the moment. It needs rethinking with the next patch (explained in picture)

[errant bronze]

@old vapor pull up

[old vapor]

i want to play some strive for a bit first

[raw stag]

smh

disseminator

[grave verge]

Meridia: Infested with an terminid meneace
*Meanwhile @errant bronze @tall bough@grave verge *

[raw stag]

im going to dive wit yall later maybe

[grave verge]

State of Meridia

[errant bronze]

That'll actually be mad good when we get back to liberating

[grave verge]

when.

[errant bronze]

I dunno

[errant bronze]

It is actually really cool

[stone shard]

"me and my friends play exclusively on the hardest difficulty. Why is the new mission so hard?"

[rare hare]

i was just posting the duality of man

[stone shard]

ye ik, not criticising you

just the helldivers sub says the darndest things sometimes

[errant bronze]

Indeed

HMG Emplacement and Sentries actually shred on the new mission type

[grave verge]

I agree, we should both play trivial for vital comparison.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1d4aa1x/my_brother_in_christ_this_is_a_trivial_difficulty/

[errant bronze]

Anyone trying to dive?

[storm bronze]

Are the guns fun to use yet and the TTK isn’t objectively annoying on helldive anymore?

I’ve been very much out of their loop for a bit

[errant bronze]

TTK Doesn't change at all between difficulties though

[storm bronze]

Oh I assumed it was ramped up from 7-9

[errant bronze]

No

Only spawn rates change

[storm bronze]

Is the eruptor still shit 😦

[errant bronze]

Unfortunately yes

[storm bronze]

Damn

[errant bronze]

Supposedly new patch with some balance changes hit next month

[storm bronze]

That’s good to hear

[errant bronze]

They're really taking their time to iron out the changes this time

[storm bronze]

I’d rather them take their time instead of throwing shit at a wall and seeing what sticks

[errant bronze]

Same

[storm bronze]

Like what the hell is that new mech dude

[errant bronze]

It's pretty solid

[storm bronze]

For small and medium types yea

Feels like a waste against the big fellas though

[errant bronze]

Nah, it can shred everything on bots and it only struggles against Bile Titans on bugs so it's in a solid place at the moment

[storm bronze]

I should try it on bots soon

[stone shard]

yeah using 2/3rds of my ammo on a bile titan felt pretty bad but otherwise it's been great

[storm bronze]

That’s good

Idk why I’m even complaining about weapons rn I’ve just used the dominator and the scorcher exclusively

[errant bronze]

It has a unique interaction with the Striders since the Strider doesn't fire it's miniguns at the Autocanon mech for whatever reason

Which honestly are the dealiest part

[storm bronze]

Yea wait that’s funny

[tall bough]

Squad tactics, pair up with a recoilless team and you’re unstoppable

[errant bronze]

Indeed

[errant bronze]

We got a time window for the patch

Second week of June

[obtuse hare]

https://tenor.com/view/crowd-cheering-crowd-hype-cheer-cheer-meme-gif-22195506

[grave verge]

Man they better fucking cook with this patch because if it's unseasoned people will have a hard time justifying waiting for updates

[errant bronze]

I mean a patch is a patch, and hopefully this one will be pretty decent

[grave verge]

Axalu we are out here with 2/4 warbonds being practically dead in the water due to obnoxious balances patches

[errant bronze]

Yes

[grave verge]

I'm out here trying to love this game yet I look at half of the explosive detonation warbond and polar patriots warbond and I weep because how can you fuck up a plasma purifier ?

I take a peek at a crossbow and thing "yeah i would love for things to go boom on terminids"
but they don't and i get fucking swarmed because its bad

Deadasses literally look at an eruptor and said "yeah, remove the shrapnel from the shrapnel weapon"

And latest MO reminded everybody what the problem is because now they find themself unable to fend off the liberty forsaken horde with a mediocre weapon

[errant bronze]

I mean looking at the liberation trend the hotfix has made the mission significantly more manageable

[raw stag]

guys

is liberating fun rn

should i hop on

[errant bronze]

Yeah, it's fun

[raw stag]

would u be down to play with me

[errant bronze]

Got a family trip

[raw stag]

zamn

@grave verge ?

[grave verge]

https://tenor.com/view/hell-helldivers-2-helldivers-hello-chat-meme-gif-8772313703167271776

[grave verge]

https://tenor.com/view/tekken5-hwoarang-gif-26468798

I'm down

[raw stag]

THAT GIF LMAO

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1206947565371793478/1212839562573910077/download-1.gif

is it ok if i dont sweat that hard

i’m gonna play with controller

[errant bronze]

Meridia is at a .9 Regen rate, now is the time for the final push

[grave verge]

Are the helldivers avaiable for the final push in the discord with us right now ?

[errant bronze]

No, they exploded on Meridia

[errant bronze]

I can be on shortly

[errant bronze]

https://fxtwitter.com/helldivers2/status/1797349649008726306

[obtuse hare]

so meridia is just gone?

[errant bronze]

Correct

[stone shard]

[obtuse hare]

Damn, I liked the planet

Before the Super colony stuff

[errant bronze]

I wonder how effective the defensive strategem lineup we made for the dark fluid missions would be on other missions where you need to hold a position

[errant bronze]

Wonder what's going on here

[earnest tree]

purple planet

the illuminants are purple

wonder if they come out of the black hole

[errant bronze]

The Illuminates are blue

[earnest tree]

now that i think of it the black hole is actually kinda blue

[errant bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/spreading-misinformation-gojo-satoru-gojo-jujutsu-kaisen-misinformation-gif-4518847387446454843

[obtuse hare]

what if we weaponize the black hole

https://tenor.com/view/transitions-kinemaster-black-guy-suit-tiktok-gif-25279479

[grave verge]

I really like your approach towards the bug exterminator 2000 fluid, I such a tool of infestation removal would make a deadly weapon

[obtuse hare]

make the anti material rifle actually shoot anti matter

[errant bronze]

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

They're cooking something

[raw stag]

ruh roh

[grave verge]

"Those signals from the black hole ? Oh that's just the bugs, since they aren't done with the planet yet."
"And neither am I."
https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1d7d5tr/i_couldnt_resist/

I LOVE KILLING BUGS FOR SUPER EARTH RAHHHHHHH

Also

Charger last horizon

[errant bronze]

https://www.reddit.com/r/helldivers2/comments/1d8qwyx/heavy_armor_enforces_slower_paced_playstyles/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[errant bronze]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1d8r0q7/how_to_effectively_deal_with_bile_titan_with/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[grave verge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbb5ngK36x4

Inhales
Mozambique here.

[old vapor]

That pistol was cool

Also first time they ever show skin

[grave verge]

I can finally not worry that my emancipator is covered in piss yellow

[old vapor]

https://fxtwitter.com/helldivers2/status/1798686308258431215

[errant bronze]

June 13th

[obtuse hare]

We're getting patterns now

huge

[errant bronze]

And titles

[obtuse hare]

you think the patch drops along w the warbond?

[errant bronze]

Probably

[obtuse hare]

WAIT WHAT

Throwing knifes

[errant bronze]

Yeah

[obtuse hare]

they're really trying to cater this towards stealth i feel

[errant bronze]

I can see it

[obtuse hare]

i really gotta dive again, i haven't for like 3 weeks or so

[tall bough]

Holy shit

This is peak

[errant bronze]

The booster is actually busted

Look at this

[storm bronze]

juiced stims😭

[obtuse hare]

they done put a perc into our stims

[raw stag]

they zynned up the stims

[errant bronze]

Holy fucking shit

I think Supes at 6 is wack but everything else is kino

[old vapor]

What’s the unlimited Grenada fix

Was there a bug

[errant bronze]

Yeah

You could get like 4 billion grenades by spamming the strategem menu button

[obtuse hare]

100 changes

holy hell

https://tenor.com/view/writing-fire-gif-523038869044733220

Arrowhead cooking

can't wait to read 4 pages of patch notes

[errant bronze]

I'm gonna download HD2 on my dogshit laptop to play the new patch

[obtuse hare]

does it drop next friday?

[errant bronze]

Yeah

[obtuse hare]

or this friday 😭

[errant bronze]

Next Friday

[obtuse hare]

ah, i can't read

[grave verge]

Holy cookington

https://tenor.com/view/guilty-gear-sol-badguy-running-gif-21261305

me onw to read spear targeting fixes

[storm bronze]

they put the notes out already?

[grave verge]

Nah but i can feel them

My inner league of legends bard expirence has fortold me that

[obtuse hare]

watch them still not add the spear

next years april fools update surely

[grave verge]

3rd times the charm

Helldivers after they've made it off the planetside meanwhile using the new boosted stims

[errant bronze]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1da73f7/a_helldiver_standoff/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[errant bronze]

Damn, they actually told people the fastest route

[grave verge]

Fun fact: Back in Helldivers 1, an Illuminate incursion flew under the Helldivers corps radar because the Meridian bugs ate the Illuminate. No, they didn't retreat. They've got eaten

[tough epoch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5f9reK5CAE

[grave verge]

"God's strongest Helldriver."

[errant bronze]

We got confirmation the patch is Thursday and now I gotta be sad

[storm bronze]

atleast it's not next week!

[errant bronze]

We already knew it was this week though Hazma

[storm bronze]

not me

[errant bronze]

L

[storm bronze]

but now i do thanks Axalu

[errant bronze]

No problem, happy to help

[storm bronze]

I checked earlier, why are we on the green stink planet rn

I could not see

[errant bronze]

Major order

Potential new strategem

[storm bronze]

:0

I'll take more of those

[errant bronze]

It could also just be the anti-tank mines again but hey that'll technically be a new strategem

[storm bronze]

I want to use more mines but feel like people will look at me crazy in the loadout phase

they might be kinda good for bots but i've never tried

[errant bronze]

Mines in general are kind of mediocre

They're frequently set off by other strategems with higher firepower instead of by enemies

[storm bronze]

so like using one mine under a walker tank wont do much?

[errant bronze]

And enemies pretty frequently only set off a small portion of a minefield

[storm bronze]

oh lol

[errant bronze]

Hell no

[storm bronze]

yeah that doesn't sound quite optimal

[errant bronze]

It takes 3-8 shots with the Autocanon to the underside to destroy a Strider

[storm bronze]

maybe they are just meant for regular tanks/medium sized enemys

[errant bronze]

Tanks are too heavily armored, and anything tankier than the lightest foot soldier can tank at least on mine

[storm bronze]

hope they buff em on thrusday then

in addition to making sure the new warbond guns aren't mid

[errant bronze]

Indeed

Hopefully with Pilestedt on the case the balancing will be peak

[storm bronze]

With the CEO vision applied I'm sure we've seen balancing already at its worst in months prior.

Either get those people outta there or switch jobs and tell them how to balance around fun instead of skewed perceptions of number-based statistics

[errant bronze]

https://www.reddit.com/r/helldivers2/comments/1dcp9g7/youve_never_been_kicked_at_extraction_like_this/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[obtuse hare]

https://tenor.com/view/gohan-tweaking-gohan-geeking-gohan-gohan-angry-gohan-rage-gif-9806548706208748757

I CAN'T WAIT

[errant bronze]

https://vxtwitter.com/helldiversalert/status/1800489860060643837?s=46

The bot front is not okay

[grave verge]

gguys we gotta liberate vernen wells

[errant bronze]

Real

If only my shitty laptop could run the game above a staggering 10 fps

[errant bronze]

That mentality is so real

[errant bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-todo-aoi-aoi-todo-gif-17239660538013605823

[errant bronze]

https://vxtwitter.com/helldiversmedia/status/1800569894188339595?s=46

[ornate pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-gif-6854484037844207749

[errant bronze]

We are never getting those anti-tank mines

[ornate pasture]

If the two options were anti-tank mines, the mission would surely fail and not receive anything.

[errant bronze]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/SMFu4Ht90m

[errant bronze]

Duo 9?

[pulsar ridge]

no

7

i twas awful

[errant bronze]

Ah, I see

[pulsar ridge]

mis wouldnt stop killing me with the airburst

hilarious

[errant bronze]

Ah, so that's the reason for the 8 deaths

[pulsar ridge]

ye

[old vapor]

proof?
who had more friendly fire damage in the end

[pulsar ridge]

1 accidental vs 4 accidentals

[errant bronze]

Fuck them mines fr

[grave verge]

@errant bronze

[errant bronze]

These are so good

[grave verge]

Straight from the Cyberstan

[errant bronze]

I wonder how those divers are faring nowadays

[grave verge]

Good I hope...

[errant bronze]

@pulsar ridge @tall bough bots and bugs are up to fight in HD1

[tall bough]

I was cooking food

[errant bronze]

I actually just ate dinner

When did y'all want to do dives?

[tall bough]

Whenever

Ask Beril

[errant bronze]

He's picking up his sister rn, right?

[pulsar ridge]

just came back in fact

stop timing me

[errant bronze]

Lmao

I saw you deafened, knew the general timeframe a guessed

[errant bronze]

Shut up cracka

[pulsar ridge]

white baby you cant say that

[pulsar ridge]

cmon hop on h1

[errant bronze]

I'm booting up rn

[pulsar ridge]

no vc i imagine, hows the process?

[errant bronze]

We're all packed, they just gotta put shit in the truck

Either you or Welsh should host so you two can get strategems

The game crashed

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/640301533564764191/940416300335911012/caption-29.gif

What strategem was that operation for btw

[pulsar ridge]

no clue

[errant bronze]

It should tell you when you select the planet

[pulsar ridge]

yeah, i ddidnt look

[errant bronze]

Lmao

What do you think of bugs though

[pulsar ridge]

annoying

[errant bronze]

Fair

[pulsar ridge]

we lost to the thing that spawns tentacles

[errant bronze]

Oh that

Yeah the strat is to run forwards a bit after it buries it's head and plast it's exposed weak point

Which is easier said than done

Imma see if I can get the frame rate half decent

[pulsar ridge]

we wait dont worry

im reading the susano´o twitlonger

[errant bronze]

Lmao

[pulsar ridge]

have i told you how mad it makes me?

prettysure i did

[errant bronze]

Yeah, you have

It's not gonna work out

[pulsar ridge]

shame

[errant bronze]

Guess I gotta go back to gay baby jail (Vampire Survivors)

[old vapor]

It’s Thursday

Where are the notes

[grave verge]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1deunkd/patch_01000400/

I hear sizzilin' on the pan

They've unbenched the orbital strike

@errant bronze Man I know I ping you every other time but you need to see this

[grave verge]

They have also fixed the visor

And the lines drawn in crayon are beautiful

[obtuse hare]

They didn't bring shrapnel back

https://tenor.com/view/edgerunners-david-martinez-stare-gif-5267315122335519331

Idk if the damage increase is nearly enough

[grave verge]

I know the purifier buff is not enough

[obtuse hare]

The tenderizer seems okay now

So does the crossbow ngl

AND THEY FINALLY FIXED THE SPEAR

https://tenor.com/view/crowd-cheering-crowd-hype-cheer-cheer-meme-gif-22195506

[grave verge]

The armor selection for those interested

[grave verge]

All this begging... and here we are

[storm bronze]

WOOO

Is this like the first legit patch without weapon nerfs or

oh nvm the pummler smg got a slap on the wrist

arc stun nerf too

[grave verge]

On one hand
Spear works
on the other
30% damage decrease.

[storm bronze]

Eruptor is dead they do not care to bring back the shrapnel

because that kind of teamkilling is just too far ig

[errant bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-todo-aoi-aoi-todo-gif-17239660538013605823

[errant bronze]

Is that real

[grave verge]

https://tenor.com/view/tekken5-hwoarang-gif-26468798

I wouldn't lie to you would i

[errant bronze]

So no

Got it

[ornate pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-meme-i-need-it-gif-14006288

[errant bronze]

Then go save those children

[ornate pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/no-gif-22669238

[errant bronze]

Then no cape for you

[ornate pasture]

I have to finish the animations of a cassowary and port it to unity

[errant bronze]

Unfortunate

[ornate pasture]

I finish and the cassowary is going to go save the children.

https://tenor.com/view/cassowary-kick-attack-gif-27328569

[errant bronze]

Alright so I finally finished reading the notes

And holy fuck it's peak I'm so pissed

[storm bronze]

new armor perk goes pretty hard for some weapons

[old vapor]

Is the knife good

[grave verge]

No.

[errant bronze]

Peak

[old vapor]

whats the best shotgun right now

[grave verge]

The one I'm holding rn
(It has been blessed by general brasch himself)
Any shotgun, mostly incindiary braker on bugs due to chaff clear, normal braker close second and the rest doesn't matter

[storm bronze]

The side arm one because it’s funny

[grave verge]

That too,
You can also instantly teleport bugs to meridia with it if you set it to shoot all of its barrels at once

[storm bronze]

Gibbing the bots has never been this fun

[grave verge]

Never though that super earth would engineer a way to give bots an express ticket to cyberstan with 1 simple trigger pull

[grave verge]

https://tenor.com/view/ripbozo-tears-cdq-tears-cdq-bozo-tears-bozo-tears-pack-watch-gif-23896922

[errant bronze]

https://vxtwitter.com/helldiversalert/status/1801414667576951273?s=46

[grave verge]

Is it normal for the knife Icon to be so fucking wide ?

[raw stag]

knif

[errant bronze]

https://vxtwitter.com/pilestedt/status/1801603873502638151?s=46

[grave verge]

LET'S FUCKIIIING GOOOOOOO

the mines can wait

[errant bronze]

Indeed

Fuck them mines

[grave verge]

Fuck them mines

I can blow up anything i don't need no mines

[errant bronze]

Real

All I need is my autocanon and everything else will come naturally

[grave verge]

Ah i want that shit framed on my super destroyer

[raw stag]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[obtuse hare]

There's a bug with the ballistic shield yet again

If you dive with it and an smg equipped your controls are busted somewhat

I wasn't able to stand back up after being prone

And the aiming was scuffed after too

[obtuse hare]

I found out the hard way that gunships now appear on eradicate missions

[errant bronze]

[obtuse hare]

https://tenor.com/view/worried-scared-oh-no-stop-it-fearful-gif-12534009

Had me looking like this

[errant bronze]

Gonna have to bring the Autocanon on eradicates

Gonna be fun

[obtuse hare]

Tbf we still managed without shooting one down

But that depends on the map I think

[raw stag]

what is the deal with the anti tank mines being continually postponed

[grave verge]

My type of luck

[grave verge]

On the first time all the people who knew how to build them efficiently have died, on the second we have failed to deconstruct enough automatons for parts and this time we have failed to secure explosive stockpiles to build them, 'nuff said.

[raw stag]

damn we ass

[storm bronze]

any diver today

[grave verge]

Wee woo wee woo
bug order

[grave verge]

Oh I'm allways down

@pulsar ridge is probably too

[storm bronze]

Nice

[errant bronze]

Nah, fuck them mines

[old vapor]

https://fxtwitter.com/StarRailVerse1/status/1801838795077165449

[errant bronze]

He used the wrong forum chat

[old vapor]

i did

[grave verge]

I love helldive

[errant bronze]

Someone found a Hive Lord hole

[grave verge]

"Man these stims ain't sh-"

"I CAN FIST FIGHT HIVE GUARDS"

[grave verge]

I like the bugged spawns
love the chaos

[grave verge]

Stimmy Timmy

[errant bronze]

Holy shit

That supply pack going insane

[obtuse hare]

Check his fucking blood values cause holy hell

[grave verge]

Jasper you aren't convincing me that this person has any blood left, he has pure fent laced stims in his veins now

[errant bronze]

@pulsar ridge @tall bough I managed to get HD1 running well by some miracle

[pulsar ridge]

holy shit

hes the tech wizard

[errant bronze]

I dunno how multiplayer would work, but I managed to run two solo ops

[errant bronze]

I found the barrage strategem

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-scheming-plan-gif-10212416

[obtuse hare]

he truly runs on pure democracy now

[storm bronze]

new quad launcher on the way 😄

we can finally put the quesar cannon in the dirt hopefully

[errant bronze]

I've been using the Recoilless for a while now, it's pretty good but I hear the reload is bugged

Oh hey, new update

[obtuse hare]

It's a hotfix

They actually fixed the recoilless with this hot fix I believe

[errant bronze]

Oh hey they fixed spear targeting to go after spawners as well

[grave verge]

Spear is peak stratagem rn and i love it

One shots everything

shits on enemy structures

Works

what's more to love

[errant bronze]

I dunno I won't be able to play the game for like another month

[obtuse hare]

I tested the Heavy Machine gun

And holy shit

The thing mows through EVERYTHING

[errant bronze]

Yeah, I've seen some clips of it on current patch and it looks decent

[obtuse hare]

It can take out Gunships in 7 shots or so

Hulks in like 2-3

That's genuinely dumb

[storm bronze]

I hope they buff the magazine at some point

[obtuse hare]

Idk, their current policy seems to be more power=less ammo

[errant bronze]

Kinda a wack policy imo at least for a horde shooter

[obtuse hare]

Then again, makes sense

[storm bronze]

i wouldn't mind reduced ammo count if we could call it in more

[tall bough]

They buffed it’s pierce even more?

I’ve been a HMG Reuther since it’s dropped

But it’s good to see it even stronger

[obtuse hare]

it got a huge buff this patch

[tall bough]

I saw the lowered firing speed and got excited

Forget the rest

Any other weapon gets as powered firing speed and it’s a nerf

But for the HMG

[tall bough]

Big buff

[obtuse hare]

it's actually a real viable option for the bots now

not so much against bugs imo

[tall bough]

I’ve been using it regardless lmao

I always used it against bots because it could shoot through shields and chicken walkers

[obtuse hare]

i always used the laser cannon against bots (and bugs) but i've been switching it up recently

[tall bough]

Though Axalu actually showed me an interesting Reddit post a while ago

[obtuse hare]

anti material rifle for bots and i'm experimenting w the bugs still

[tall bough]

Where different armours have different metas lmao

[obtuse hare]

they kinda do to an extent

[tall bough]

What’s your average load out and armour type?

[obtuse hare]

whenever i play heavy armor, i use the ballistic shield and the pummeler

[obtuse hare]

i used to exclusively play light armor, but heavy armor against the bots kinda slaps ngl

[tall bough]

I personally use railgun strike, machine guns sentry and auto canon and recoilless/HMG/Arc

I think

95% of missions I’ve done is all heavy armour?

Maybe more like 98%

On bots and bugs

It’s really funny how light armour meta revolves around hit and run

[obtuse hare]

my go to stratagem loadout for bots is often Laser, Eagle airstrike, anti material rifle and well the ballistic shield

[tall bough]

While heavy meta revolves around turrets and holding positions

[obtuse hare]

that's what i'm doing w the bugs
i don't like playing heavy armor against them as much

[tall bough]

I think 6% of players use heavy armour and the average turret pick rate is like

2.4 turrets per mission

[obtuse hare]

for bugs i use the Breaker Incendiary and Rover

the incendiary variant is surprisingly efficient when clearing shriekers

one of the pellets touches them and they die

[tall bough]

With bugs I typically switch out HMG for the standard or light machine gun

[obtuse hare]

thanks to them fixing DoT

[obtuse hare]

i like using the Arc or Flame thrower

though the quasar is also real good

no more chargers with that thing around

the laser cannon is also a decent option

but not as powerful as the other options

[tall bough]

https://www.reddit.com/r/helldivers2/s/IyBc7LYLH6

Really interesting post that I talked about earlier

Heavy armour is playing a different game altogether

[obtuse hare]

i mean

i do feel unstoppable with my ballistic shield lol

just facing down the usually annoying Heavy devastator

[tall bough]

I personally run it as a meme occasionally

I don’t think the one handed options are good enough to warrant it, and the shield doesn’t provide enough perks

[obtuse hare]

the shield

?

[tall bough]

Ballistic

Riot shield y’know

[obtuse hare]

i think the pummeler is really good w it

[tall bough]

I wish it did extra melee damage or something

[obtuse hare]

i don't really run it as a meme

i just like using it

[tall bough]

Pummeller is definitely the best choice

But yeah

Wish melee either had pushback against smaller enemies or better damage

Just to help crowd control a bit

[obtuse hare]

more 1 handed options 🙏

[tall bough]

Like my biggest gripe with shield is once a bunch of smaller enemies get on you

You’re dead

[obtuse hare]

idk

i never really had that issue

are you talking ab bugs or bots?

since i only use it for bots

i got no clue how good it is against bugs

[tall bough]

Both tbh

It’s pretty much useless against anything but spewers

[obtuse hare]

would make sense

i mean the shield is op against bots from personal experience

cause you can literally just walk right up to a factory strider 😭

when the miniguns would usually shred you

[errant bronze]

Yeah, I'm surprised there wasn't any data around people who used the base armor considering that's one of the best in the game imo

Personally I think it's the best, but then again I've run only the base armor since skull admiral was the top rank

[tall bough]

What's it passive?

Extra armour?

Honestly an armour I'm surprised I don't see more people wearing is any democracy protects armour

[grave verge]

Passive being a heavy armor with medium stamina requirements

[grave verge]

Wearing the armor that protects you from dying is a skill issue and planning for failure

Jk it protects you from bullshit and shinanigans like no other armor does

[tall bough]

Personally, I love the fortified commando armour

[grave verge]

I think due to the nature of the game people take more proactive measures (more grenades, stims, increased range) than active (not getting killed)

[tall bough]

It's the only ultra protective armour

[grave verge]

I love all the pillow armors

And due to that

I am looking foward to the apc

because my legs are fucking killing me

[tall bough]

I'm praying for more heavy medic sets

[errant bronze]

Yeah, gives you an extra 50 armor at no cost to your running speed/stamina regeneration

[tall bough]

I must live up to the legacy of my hero

Stimmy Timmy

[tall bough]

How good is light gunner then?

Medium armour rating on a light armour

[errant bronze]

I think he was wearing an engineering kit suit

I don't own that one, so I'm not entirely sure

But I've heard decent things about it

[tall bough]

I think he's wearing Butcher or Clinician

Both of which are medic

The red box on waist

[errant bronze]

Oh yeah, he was wearing medium medic suit

[tall bough]

Probably clinician

Yeah

[tall bough]

Arrowhead

[errant bronze]

Me but with the Ranger set

[tall bough]

This one too

[errant bronze]

That one is pretty good, yeah

Fluffy

You can't tell me this isn't peak though

[errant bronze]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LowSodiumHellDivers/s/vTbC1JKL22

The agenda is spreading

[grave verge]

og hugo boss drip
viable
avaiable from the get go
aerodynamic
real

[ornate pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-monkeys-arctic-snow-love-gif-21286751

artic monkey

[errant bronze]

Oh yeah, you own HD1, right Raiden?

[ornate pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-shocked-cat-silly-cat-cat-kitten-gif-7414586676150300212

[errant bronze]

Cool

What's your favorite armor set from it?

[ornate pasture]

I always wear the desert suit

[errant bronze]

Looks pretty good

[ornate pasture]

I am happy with little

I think he was wearing a torn cape.

[errant bronze]

That helmet's really cool

[ornate pasture]

My only complaint with helldivers 1 is that it has very interesting armor and weapons but they are DLC

[errant bronze]

Yeah, it's a real shame how much of the game is locked to DLC

Like the LAS weapons

[ornate pasture]

I wait for the day they put the tank in HD2

and the motorcycle

[errant bronze]

Oh yeah, did you see the one clip I sent here with the tank?

[ornate pasture]

No, what clip is it?

[ornate pasture]

the train:

https://tenor.com/view/ash-ashh-baby-ia-gif-16729153814109504694

[errant bronze]

This also happened

[grave verge]

Plays against illuminate, a faction notoriously known for their area denial
Refuses to bring jetpacks

[errant bronze]

Rouge when newbies don't play the game 7000% optimally:

[errant bronze]

The Spear really isn't allowed to be good

[grave verge]

The Spear really isn't allowed to be good

[errant bronze]

Real

And Helldive pilled

[obtuse hare]

The tanks now have alcubierre drives??

[errant bronze]

Not the light speed jump

[obtuse hare]

Is that a bug that occurs now?

[errant bronze]

No, it's just a thing that happens when internet connections are shitty

[obtuse hare]

Speer vs Automatons

Lowkey

Viable

Oneshot tanks, gunships and anything that isn't a Factory Strider

Hell yea

[storm bronze]

when it doesn't crash the game yea I'm sure it will slap

[obtuse hare]

It hasn't crashed mine so far

[storm bronze]

SPEAR FIXED

https://tenor.com/view/launch-missiles-cartoon-gif-9911832

RAHHHHH

[grave verge]

https://tenor.com/view/senator-armstrong-facts-brother-so-true-my-friend-gif-25938367

[obtuse hare]

i love the spear now

fav support weapon against bots

just

4 shots is a bit too little

or at least give us 2 back per ammo pack

that's the only downside

[errant bronze]

Hopefully they fix packing methodology to work on packs again

[grave verge]

For what they are worth I can say that 4 shots are very generous and back in the day spear couldn't recharge via ammo drops

Good weapon 10/10, would run recoilless if they were more armored enemies

[obtuse hare]

Fair, granted I wasn't aware of that as I only knew that the spear was a piece of crap back then

[obtuse hare]

we need a LAS series repeater weapon

and cowboy armor

[earnest tree]

we need an explosive crossbow

[earnest tree]

i havent played in forever is there already one

[obtuse hare]

are you srs? 😭
if so, yes there is one lol

it's been in the 3rd premium warbond

[earnest tree]

dang

ymmm

uhhh

are there throwing axes

there should be throwing axes that also explode

[obtuse hare]

there's throwing knives

so that's a step in the right direction

[stone shard]

might as well be axes, they're forearm sized

[grave verge]

"Don't worry, she doesn't bite !"
Bulldog named princess:

[errant bronze]

Real

[errant bronze]

Any second now

[obtuse hare]

why do hellpods look like giant ballpens

i just noticed that

[errant bronze]

They're supposed to look like bullets

[obtuse hare]

makes sense

they look like ballpens to me tho

with the rounded, different looking tip

[grave verge]

wonder how they broke the spear this time

[errant bronze]

Can y'all believe the latest bot mo was completed within hours

[grave verge]

Can y'all believe most mo's don't lead anywhere

just like in D&D !

[errant bronze]

Good stategem improvements, even if small wow

[obtuse hare]

-10% reload time is actually crazy

[errant bronze]

Indeed

Especially considering Autocanon reload time is mad short if you do it properly

[obtuse hare]

it helps out the mgs too

[errant bronze]

And the Recoilless Rifle's reload is broken up in to two sections of pretty short reloads, so it'll be good for that too

380 stocks continue to improve

[obtuse hare]

does it count towards the arc throwers charge?

i wouldn't think so right?

[errant bronze]

No, I wouldn't imagine so

[obtuse hare]

they really gotta do smthn about the consistency of the arc weapons

sometimes it hits across half the map and other times not at all

[errant bronze]

Real

[obtuse hare]

if they basically force us to get the mines that way

istg

[errant bronze]

It'd be really cool if it was an actually cool weapon but I doubt it'll be that way

[errant bronze]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/75rLsZX27u

You gotta wonder what kind of spaghetti Helldivers is running on for this to happen

[grave verge]

Directional damage, landing on a limb makes you take less damage due to the lower damage multiplier than your head or torso.

Which meanwhile is very weird that it applies to fall damage, of all things.

[pulsar ridge]

gives a new meaning to falling with style

[errant bronze]

https://vxtwitter.com/helldiversalert/status/1810252820781678658?s=46

It really does

[grave verge]

Yep, even so thanks to the parabolical path he flew he didn't accelerate as much

[errant bronze]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/m9iDqBbmre

Now this is weapon balancing

[tall bough]

Okay, genuinely though

A nuke launcher would be fun af

[errant bronze]

True

It's just

It's an airburst nuke launcher

[tall bough]

The Fat Man in DRG is one of the funniest overclocks

and I wish we get something similar

[errant bronze]

True

[tall bough]

Also

Fat Man with the inertia upgrade might be the single worst thing in the game and it's peak

The team killer 4000

[errant bronze]

Speaking of I gotta get that new Thunderhead OC when I finish moving

[tall bough]

I gotta play DRG again

[errant bronze]

Apparently it turns the gun into a mortar launcher

[errant bronze]

Fat Boy is just the team killer 4000 in general

I use that thing with the proximity trigger and holy shit

The amount of times a swarmer has pulled up exactly when I shoot it

[tall bough]

I saw, seems fun af

Honestluy

Honestly*

Gotta try out the new Loki overclock

[errant bronze]

Gotta play season 5 fr

[tall bough]

Titanfall smart pistol here we come

[obtuse hare]

Fellas, I met a legend

[grave verge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmJ_RnQ9b-c

[errant bronze]

Sony really likes to spoil shit that's in the works huh

[grave verge]

God forbid Sony doesn't fuck up 10 things in a year

[obtuse hare]

so fire protection armor is coming

flame thrower stocks are up

[grave verge]

💤

[errant bronze]

Incredible

What a reward

[grave verge]

How do we feel about this chat ?

[pulsar ridge]

now on difficulty 10 they just unplung your ethernet cable everytime you try to use the quasar cannon

[tall bough]

https://tenor.com/view/its-peak-old-man-shaking-head-gif-3938163323164042530

https://youtu.be/pQl2BmhSCsA

[obtuse hare]

rocket striders

[errant bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-todo-aoi-aoi-todo-gif-17239660538013605823

[old vapor]

It looks fun

[grave verge]

What if those turbo fortresses are nothing but 360 barrage baits so that they can deplete our supply of 360 mm shells

[errant bronze]

Nah, the 8 year old miners would win

[raw stag]

It's time to get back into helldivers

[storm bronze]

This is propaganda @raw stag

[raw stag]

It's not time to get back into helldivers

[grave verge]

@raw staghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IZkOWc7PWQ

[obtuse hare]

least accurate rocket raider

[errant bronze]

Real

[errant bronze]

https://vxtwitter.com/helldivers2/status/1818270330260959371?s=46

Looks like a pretty good warbond

https://vxtwitter.com/helldivers2/status/1818271465197994210?s=46

Finally

Fire damage resistance

The chest bump is here too

[obtuse hare]

the armor looks sick

fire even

[grave verge]

This armor looks like it's from destiny 2

good luck matching it with anything.

Wow, a 5th version of the same shotgun ? They are spoiling us.
Now we will be able to paint our pelican in puke orange, great.
Only 2 armors for the price of three ? Splendid. Hopefully the super store will have more (for a price)
I expect the fire damage (which all weapons will share with the flamethrower stratagem) to be unujusted and untouched.

Surely the 5th August difficulty patch will bring no balancing issues

Like having two different incindiary shotguns, one being a pump and the other full auto

It also requires PSN account, or atleast that what they say

[tall bough]

FINALLY

A PASS FOR ME

LETS GOOO

[errant bronze]

Orange mechs are gonna be dope

I had the most fucked up mission tonight on a side note

6 Gunship fabricators all in activation range of each other with gunship patrols

At one point there was like 20 gunships overhead and all you could do was stim and try and find cover

[tall bough]

Lmao

Did you bring a launcher this time?

[errant bronze]

I had an Autocanon

Apparently if you headshot with it it can take one down in 3 rounds

[obtuse hare]

i had a similar one

was the only one who was to effectively deal with gunships

[errant bronze]

Damn

[obtuse hare]

i am hyped ab the new warbond ngl

[errant bronze]

Same here

[obtuse hare]

idc that it won't really be anything new

but the new shotgun seems like it sends out more of a slash of fire than a blast

[errant bronze]

I don't think it's likely but it'd be cool if escalation of freedom was also a warbond

[obtuse hare]

it might be a new frew one ngl

[errant bronze]

That's what I'm saying

[obtuse hare]

now that you mention it, that might be likely

maybe they decide to drop one free warbond every major update

[errant bronze]

That'd really be something

[obtuse hare]

if it ends up being the size of the first warbond

definitely

though the new update is looking awesome

[errant bronze]

Would definitely keep people busy for a while

[obtuse hare]

Impalers are looking imposing asf

they're basically just bigger chargers

[errant bronze]

They were pretty easy to deal with in my experience of HD1, but they're cool so I'm excited to see them return

[obtuse hare]

with "ranged" attacks

[errant bronze]

Not really

Their dynamic is extremely different from chargers

[obtuse hare]

i solely meant lookwise, should have added that sry

[errant bronze]

It's cool

[obtuse hare]

but the artillery tank looks real intimidating

nothing the spear couldn't handle tho

[errant bronze]

Indeed

Hopefully it'll be easily handled at closer ranges similar to the gattling tank

[obtuse hare]

i think they already showed how it'll function

it can't really shoot you when you're next to it

[errant bronze]

They've showed them attacking, but I couldn't make out if there was that line of rapid fire guns on the front or not

[obtuse hare]

ooh that's what you meant

i assume they'll have it

[errant bronze]

That'll be really annoying then

[obtuse hare]

as both of the already existing tank variants have them

[obtuse hare]

it could be simple to deal with, if they just decide for it being unable to move while shooting

(it's rockets)

[errant bronze]

True

[obtuse hare]

the thing i'm looking forward to the least this update gotta be the spore charger

it's a mobile spore spewer that jumpscares you whenever it appears

[errant bronze]

Yeah

Honestly the brood commander upgrade is probably gonna be a nightmare

[obtuse hare]

if the mf summons bile spewers

istg

Brood Commander that summons Brood commanders

[errant bronze]

Yeah

They showed that happening

It summoned like 20

[obtuse hare]

did they, i mighta missed that?
they said it can summon some speacial enemies

i think they might have a pool of enemies they're able to summon

[errant bronze]

That's probably the case, but the footage they showed was of an absurd amount of brood commanders so here we are

[obtuse hare]

can't wait for a factory striders that spawns Hulks

[errant bronze]

Now that'd be something

[obtuse hare]

Ax, what are your go-to loadouts for bugs and bots respectively?

[errant bronze]

They should put the canon turret on legs

Like one of these

[errant bronze]

Dominator and autocanon for bots, and I'm still workshopping my primary for bugs but I typically run the Recoilless Rifle for them

[obtuse hare]

i c

what about stratagems

and armors?

[errant bronze]

B-01 Tactical armor

And typically I run Eagle Airstrike, 380MM HE Orbital Barrage and I swap between Orbital Precision Strike and Orbital laser depending on bots or bug

[obtuse hare]

W

personally for bots, I've been growing fond of the Diligence Counter Sniper, other than that i also use the scorcher
as for support weapons, my go to is the spear (or at times the laser cannon)
i use the eagle airstrike and laser for bots
the armor i use for the bots is the CM-17 Butcher

for the bugs, my primary is either the Blitzer or IB
i grew rather fond of an odd loadout for bugs in recent times
it consists of the EAT for tank clearing, Arc thrower to deal with Bile spewers or any small stuff far away, the orbital gatling barrage and the Napalm eagle

i tried the commando and eat together but i ain't the biggest fan of the commando ngl

[errant bronze]

That's definitely an interesting strategem lineup

[obtuse hare]

it works surprisingly well tho

the consistency of the eat and cc potential of the arc thrower works really well

[errant bronze]

I can picture it

[obtuse hare]

the orbital gatling barrage is also real good

i can just throw it on top of a bug breach and it clears out small stuff

[errant bronze]

I'm not allowed to run arc thrower anymore because I keep killing teammates (Rouge) with it accidentally

[obtuse hare]

i know, i was there for it

Rouge is just a conductor 🤷‍♂️

[errant bronze]

Real

[obtuse hare]

i don't see the issue

i am surprisingly unefficient at killing teammates

that will all change with the coming warbond tho

[errant bronze]

I feel the only thing stopping me from killing them is luck, and that they're across the map

[obtuse hare]

primary flamethrower?
sign me tf up

[errant bronze]

I am definitely giving that a shot

Might be my new bug primary

[obtuse hare]

it'll have trouble with shriekers tho i imagine

so bringing a sentry would be wise

[errant bronze]

I've been wanting to run the base MG more so that'll give me a good excuse to

[obtuse hare]

fair, i hope there'll maybe be some buffs in the update too

the arc thrower kinda needs one ngl

it's just too inconsistent imo

[errant bronze]

I heard they butchered the reload on the Recoilless

[obtuse hare]

i have never touched the recoilless ngl

[errant bronze]

It's incredible

[obtuse hare]

it just seemed a little like the quiet kid in the corner of the classroom

[errant bronze]

The power of an EAT but it's got a reload and a backpack

[obtuse hare]

i might give it a shot then

i grew real fond of the eat as said

[errant bronze]

It's reload was legitimately the best support weapon reload with a pack especially for rocket launchers for a while

Fast and because it was decided into two main parts unlike the airburst it was really flexible

[obtuse hare]

so, in theory, the Recoilless is basically just the AC with a bit more oomph?

[errant bronze]

Not really, but I guess you could put it like that

[obtuse hare]

the new warbond seems unreal to me for some reason

maybe cause a month ago i was memeing ab a full flamethrower loadout

[errant bronze]

Lmao

It was possible in HD1, and they're making it possible again

[obtuse hare]

can't wait for the flamethrower guard dog

[errant bronze]

Honestly would probably be decent for bugs

[obtuse hare]

most teamkills in HD2 history

[errant bronze]

Especially for the user

New suicide drone basically

[obtuse hare]

they should make the guard dog a single stratagem ngl
that you're able to customize

[errant bronze]

I'm hoping weapon customization returns in general eventually

[obtuse hare]

i hope so

armor transmogs, or atleast color variations would be cool too

tho, as it looks rn, they're saving the colors for just recolored armors to sell anew

[tall bough]

I think they confirmed that they won't do cosmetic armour

[obtuse hare]

mighty unfortunate, but understandable

[tall bough]

Imo, depending on how good this new armour is

[errant bronze]

Honestly one of the things I hope returns from the concept stage are helmet passives

[tall bough]

I might've found a new main set

Depends on if either set is in the heavy class

[obtuse hare]

i really think it's gonna be flame resistant

that's all

[errant bronze]

Didn't they say the two sets are light and medium?

[tall bough]

Yeah

75% res

[obtuse hare]

finally, Hellmire and menkent are no more issue

for only 1000 super credits

[errant bronze]

https://x.com/helldivers2/status/1818271465197994210?s=46

HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2) on X

Armor:
I-102 Draconaught (Medium) & I-09 Heatseeker (Light)

Both feature the new Armor Passive. Enjoy 75% damage resistance to fire as you run head-first into danger like an unstoppable legend. For Democracy, of course.

[3/4]

Twitter · Jul 30, 2024, 1:04 PM

They did

[obtuse hare]

Draconaught is such a sick name

[tall bough]

Oh

[errant bronze]

Indeed

[tall bough]

That sucks

I hope we get a heavy variant in the superstore

[errant bronze]

Maybe someday

Do you run the viper commandos armor?

I tried that out recently and it's a pretty crazy passive

[obtuse hare]

i got the one from the super store (i am poor)
and it really is

especially with weapons like the HMG

[errant bronze]

I got the light armor from the warbond, and ngl while I prefer the B-01 Tactical I'll probably run the viper commandos one every now and then for fun

[tall bough]

Also this armor looks sick af

[obtuse hare]

where's that from?
is that a leak or sum?