Description says high caliber rounds, while in reality it's worse than a standard assault rifle.
Yeah I explained it away that it was the MO raising rates. Since we have a bot MO, I'll see how spawn rates are on that front but I trust the science behind the person who discovered the patrol patterns.
Really hope they fix or revert the patrol change cause 4 players worth of patrols for less than 4 players is not fun and has been criticized by many
Its unfortunate that out of the many bugs they decided to fix for the previous patches this was one of the ones. Sure it extends the MO time but theres been a lot of known issues backlogged and the new patrol bug
I tried to hug a charger...
View: https://clips.twitch.tv/SpinelessFantasticSeahorseRitzMitz-Mc-POYH_X7t-vqVM
View: https://clips.twitch.tv/SpinelessFantasticSeahorseRitzMitz-Mc-POYH_X7t-vqVM
Wait so are the authors saying bot spawn rates were also broken since the last MO? Or just after a more recent patch?
I rarely play bots solo (prefer to just veg out & autopilot on bugs), but when I did never noticed an uptick in patrols. OTOH, if it was bugged to begin with, it would explain these times I ran across a bunch playing Pokemon Go; guess their pathfinding glitched & is why I never encountered them piecemeal.
Wait so are the authors saying bot spawn rates were also broken since the last MO? Or just after a more recent patch?
I rarely play bots solo (prefer to just veg out & autopilot on bugs), but when I did never noticed an uptick in patrols. OTOH, if it was bugged to begin with, it would explain these times I ran across a bunch playing Pokemon Go; guess their pathfinding glitched & is why I never encountered them piecemeal.
The bot patrol spawn rate is definitely way higher than before. They do get stuck fairly frequently and I notice the stuck ones don't always show up on radar so it can be pretty dangerous.
So the author of the video only started playing again after the patch, but considering the complaints I've seen from solo people in 4,5, and 6, I believe it's been busted on both fronts since the patrol update.Wait so are the authors saying bot spawn rates were also broken since the last MO? Or just after a more recent patch?
I rarely play bots solo (prefer to just veg out & autopilot on bugs), but when I did never noticed an uptick in patrols. OTOH, if it was bugged to begin with, it would explain these times I ran across a bunch playing Pokemon Go; guess their pathfinding glitched & is why I never encountered them piecemeal.
The ones in the picture have been a bug since at least March from what i've seen. They're always stuck near the center of the map and unable to path / walk past each other.
Ah ok. In the end, I guess it doesn't matter when the spawn bugs happened; fact seems to be that both sides are less fun for people unless they have four friends/run with randos.
Those incendiary impact grenades? Idk if I'll ever use anything else tbh. They're almost too good. How is no one talking about these things? 🧑🍳👌
My buddy was raving about them last night, I don't have the new WB yet but definitely looking forward to them.
It's so nice having flame dot working now, running the breaker incendiary last night and it was doing serious work.
Sadly I see a nerf to DoT Damage coming soon. Their fault for tweaking the numbers higher to get people to use it without realizing it was bugged
Ooh, now I'm tempted to go full fire bug for the next major bug order. Breaker incendiary, impact incendiary, flamethrower, napalm!
Anyone done more testing with the Thermite grenades since the new patch? Not got round to it yet.
Wish there was an orbital napalm. Orbital gas is really good at bug breaches though.
Inconsistent at best. I think some said it can take 3 to kill a charger while others have said sometimes you can throw all 4 to basically minimal effect
I have not played around with the gas very much. Going to have to try it out!
Yes, without the audio cues I'm bad at keeping track of Eagle rearms, so I never want to take another Eagle strat that might hold up Airstrike when I need it. Will try gas over laser now that DOT is fixed.
I've run it a few times vs bugs (before the new grenade, I just used normal incendiary grenades), its very fun!
At this point, it has to be a visual bug. I really doubt the third faction is ready yet.
I was thinking the same thing. But it's more fun to play along. Hopefully, AH leans into it even if it is a glitch and pretends it was the Illuminate the whole time.
I guess. Would love to see more in-game lore with buff, bugs and nerfs.
"Our factories have found out that our eruptor bullets were being packed without sharpnel. The dissidents have been arrested and the factories have restored normal production"
Really liking the Pummeler, it's useful on both bots and bugs. It doesn't have the raw DPS of some other options, but it's great at creating some breathing room for you and your teammates. Staggering Devastators is really nice in particular, I saved my teammates quite a few times from groups of them.
At least the CEO has, lol
Legitimately can't tell if it's an easter egg or not, considering it seems to actually do damage and knockback, and isn't just a visual bug
View: https://twitter.com/Pilestedt/status/1768765861463035956
I suspect it works but is just useless.
It says it reduces the duration of slow effects that aren't AoE.
But you remove the effect by diving, not by waiting for it to time-out.
Who cares if a hunter slow duration is now 2 seconds instead of 3 seconds since you'll hit that dive button and clear it immediately.
I also expect the next patch to buff the warbond items. The tenderiser didn't even get the memo about the ammo economy rebalance (10 clips but only 2 clips per supply pack, really?)
I think the Devs might have erred on the side of caution, since nerfs cause a massively negative overreaction from the community. If they take care to avoid OP guns and buff things later, it won't lead to as many "How Arrowhead just RUINED Helldivers!" YouTube videos.
Might take a break from this for a while to play Rebirth 2 (which will likely take me 4 or 5 months, maybe more).
I don't want to miss being a part of the game's evolving story (would suck to not be a part of the next Mavelon Creek equivalent), but there's also a lot that needs ironing out and addressing right now.
I can even live with the current balance and bugs, for the most part, but there's a huge amount of negativity in the community right now which is taking its toll.
Hopefully by the time I return to it the community and game will be in a bit of a better place.
I don't want to miss being a part of the game's evolving story (would suck to not be a part of the next Mavelon Creek equivalent), but there's also a lot that needs ironing out and addressing right now.
I can even live with the current balance and bugs, for the most part, but there's a huge amount of negativity in the community right now which is taking its toll.
Hopefully by the time I return to it the community and game will be in a bit of a better place.
Arrowhead CEO says Helldivers 2 was going to have helmets with bespoke HUD elements like enemy outlines—but they were cut due to 'well, having to ship the game'
Arrowhead CEO says Helldivers 2 was going to have helmets with bespoke HUD elements like enemy outlines—but they were cut due to 'well, having to ship the game'
I guess this means they're planning to bring the idea back one day?? Would be pointless bringing it up otherwise
Maybe but probably not. I'm guessing it was something in the design doc that they didn't have time to implement. I saw some wild things in design docs when I worked in QA.
They obviously didn't have time to implement the helmet stuff before launch, but that certainly doesn't mean its not coming down the line yet. They plan to update this game for many years, so we'll be getting a LOT of stuff we don't have today. That could easily include features like these specialized helmets.
It would be fun if helmets had stats or "abilities" instead of being purely cosmetic. Maybe tempting to add stats to capes too but I think they should remain a flavor thing.
So anyway, 2 billion bots? I'm a little doubtful given that 30% of the playerbase seem to always be killing bugs and nothing else lol
So anyway, 2 billion bots? I'm a little doubtful given that 30% of the playerbase seem to always be killing bugs and nothing else lol
Absolutely get Cutting Edge instead. That warbond is super goated now with all the post patch updates. All those weapons are really effective now. I ended up going back to Steeled Veterans over Polar Patriots for the same reason.
Here is a slight update rundown after my testing these past few days:
Arc Blitzer: Just a goated gun now. Uber Powerful with unlimited Ammo. A lil limited on range but makes up with pure power. Incredible for Bugs, Decent for Bots
Eruptor: Hard nerf on this weapon lately. Its decent but its nothing like its initial launch capability. Still has a tiny bit of splash damage but now you do have to focus on actually hitting your target. Still has the bughole / fab destruction property so still has some utility.
Crossbow: Hard nerf on what little remained of its capability. Not even really worth using at all.
Punisher Plasma: This is a REALLY good gun now. To the point I think its super underrated. They totally tweaked the lob system into something way more usable. Still has explosive properties and a decent amount of range, esp when you arc your shot. Can stagger Walkers and Devastators with ease.
Diligence Counter Sniper: This is also a pretty good gun right now. Excellent range and decent power output. Can put Bile Spewers down in 3 head shots, 5 to the body. Very useful primary sniper
Adjudicator: Gun is in a weird spot. It is better post patch but I would prob lean to the Counter Sniper for better accuracy and less recoil.
Scythe: The Scythe HAS been improved but only marginally. Not really that great for Bots. Way more effective with a Guard Dog Rover.
Dagger: Hey..... the Dagger can finally kill now..... Its still trash. needs a real buff. Worthless without Guard Dog
Laser Cannon: Kills really quick now, In a good spot.
Best Overall Primaries:
Scorcher
Blitzer
Sickle
Punisher Plasma
Breaker Incendiary
Dominator
Diligence Counter Sniper
OG Breaker (Hearing people going back to this)
Punisher
Pummeler
For Both:
Scorcher
Sickle
Punisher Plasma
Diligence Counter Sniper
Punisher
Dominator
For Bugs:
Blitzer
Breaker Incin
For Bots:
Dominator
Pummeler
DCS
It is a massive bummer to struggle through a particularly tough Helldive with only 3 players because people kept joining and dropping, make it to extraction with a ton of samples, and then the Pelican bugs out and refuses to take off. I basically just take that as my cue to shut the game off for the day at that point. They really need to fix that.
I definitely noticed that in our games, there are more issues when there are more than 2 players. I can count in one hand how many times we had weird issues when duoing. There must be plenty of network bugs remaining.
Of course the fewer players there is the more punishing the game becomes so there's that...
For me I take grenade pistol and EAT. Maybe flamethrower too against bugs.
I've noticed that this usually is an issue if there's corpses and stratagems basically terraforming the landing zone. It's a bit finnicky and annoying though I agree
How we feeling about the MO? Think we'll pull it off? Over a day into it and not 25% done yet.
It's probably tight. Also the total number of players seems to have dropped from before.