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Insert name here posted:The first game peaked at like, 6.7k players on Steam, and the devs have stated Steam and PSN numbers were roughly equal, so about 15k total peak. Helldivers 2 on Steam alone has peaked at like 280k, not even counting the Playstation numbers. If we assume the numbers are equal between platforms for arguments sake, there's literally no reasonable way to think the devs should have been ready to receive over half a million players, given the total numbers on their last game. 280 is old numbers https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1758940827533881590?s=61&t=fWsm-upldseXptBaVlet9Q
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queeb posted:is the autocannon bad? i figured it'd be able to shoot off the front legs of a charger but it just bounces, and those are what seem to be the biggest hurdle for mid level groups You can shoot the underside of their tail with the AC. A couple shots and it'll fall off and after a while they appear to just bleed to death? Similar to shooting the head off those medium sized bugs that keep comin for a while after. That being said you can always (also) bring EAT's - Its like a 80(?) second cooldown to bring 2 EATs and you only need one to break open a leg to make it vulnerable to small arms. Plus you can try and nail em with the pod too! Fishstick fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Feb 17, 2024 |
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Insert name here posted:The first game peaked at like, 6.7k players on Steam, and the devs have stated Steam and PSN numbers were roughly equal, so about 15k total peak. Helldivers 2 on Steam alone has peaked at like 280k, not even counting the Playstation numbers. If we assume the numbers are equal between platforms for arguments sake, there's literally no reasonable way to think the devs should have been ready to receive over half a million players, given the total numbers on their last game. It's well past 280k now.  edit: argh beaten
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oh christ so this is what draupnir is like this loving rules and is also terrifying
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This game is insanely good! I just thought I'd drop a link to the PGS thread for sub.io, where we've been having a lot of fun with this game, if anyone is looking for new people to play with. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3635620
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queeb posted:is the autocannon bad? i figured it'd be able to shoot off the front legs of a charger but it just bounces, and those are what seem to be the biggest hurdle for mid level groups You can't* strip the armor off a charger with an AC. What you CAN do is shoot it's leg if the armor gets stripped and kill it in like 2 shots, or shoot it in the butt when it charges past you into a rock to kill it much quicker than using your primary. AC is rad, and is by far my prefered secondary. It answers so many problems. Bug hole? AC. Bot factory? AC. Giant Mushroom Sprouting Spores Across the whole map? AC. Illegal broadcast tower 400m away? You're never gonna believe this...AC. *you sometimes can get the armor off the legs with an auto cannon, but it requires a very exact angle oblique from the behind, and a good bit of luck. Don't count on it.
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Thumbtacks posted:oh christ so this is what draupnir is like 
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Spanish Manlove posted:I'm gonna speedrun the game so I can burn out and stop playing it faster my '5 year plan' for life tbh
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Jakabite posted:If you think the randomly being ragdolled halfway across the enemy base and having to fight your way out isn’t fun then I’m not sure Helldivers is necessarily the game for you. It's mostly the near misses that cause your character to go into a limp state even though they've only taken between 0-20% of their health in damage. Repeat multiple times per firefight.
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I'm a rebinding nerd, so just thought I'd share my rebinds after tinkering for a while, the game feels way better for me on M/KB now: Dive: Double tap spacebar (A thousand times better than alt imo and works just fine without getting in the way of mantling) Crouch: CTRL Starategems: C Spot/social menu: Alt (tap/hold) Quick grenade: Q Melee: V Use: F Heal: E This has made my game play much more akin to stuff I'm already used to, and it feels way way better. If you find yourself frustrated at the default controls, give this a shot.
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What are the early primary weapon unlocks I should be going for? I picked up grenade launcher for secondary and that seems like it will carry me for quite a while to the Autocannon.
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I bought this because it looks fun and I liked the first one. Shame I can't play it though.
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I wonder what the devs originally bargained for with this game. They must have been thinking like 100k on steam and whatever bigger number on ps5. It's crazy how well it's done lol.
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disconnected from a mission halfway through and now PS5 "servers at capacity" screen. booourns indeed.
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JBP posted:I wonder what the devs originally bargained for with this game. They must have been thinking like 100k on steam and whatever bigger number on ps5. It's crazy how well it's done lol.  (150k would have been about 10x the first game, for reference)
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Seems like the problem is the live "everybody in one instance" model they're using. They're getting into concurrent player counts where that's going to be an unmanageable resource suck and the upside (everybody sees the same planet liberation numbers) is not really worth it.
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Fate Accomplice posted:disconnected from a mission halfway through and now PS5 "servers at capacity" screen. I took the time to do the extra objective in a solo easy mission (I'm level 3 and have no idea whats going on really) and with one minute left before extract I got booted directly to the ship lol.
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CainFortea posted:You can't* strip the armor off a charger with an AC. Yeah, there's like 2-3 things you need an actual rocket launcher for. For everything else there's Myrmidongs posted:What are the early primary weapon unlocks I should be going for? I picked up grenade launcher for secondary and that seems like it will carry me for quite a while to the Autocannon. Primary SMG (the second SMG in the warbonds, first is a machine pistol) is a slower firing, harder hitting version of the first rifle which will let you still use your primary if you're carrying something like the hard drive on upload missions. Other than that: shotguns for your primaries. Shotguns are actually pretty solid. For your drop ins: become everyone's friend with an ammo backpack. It's basically a supply calldown you wear on your back for people who have unlocked bigger weapons than you. Even better: if someone calls down the actual resupply beacon can take spare packs and put them in your backpack so you carry them with you. Just press "5" to resupply yourself or run up and press "E" (or interact on controllers I guess) to shove a yellow ammo box down a team mate's throat.
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I don't even get past a black screen when booting now lol gently caress Lmao
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RBA Starblade posted:I don't even get past a black screen when booting now lol Yep, same.
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Ciaphas posted:wouldn't this be the opposite of d-k, tho Dunning Kruger is usually used to point out an incompetent thinking they're competent. But the flip side of the effect is competent people vastly underestimate themselves but also recognize competency in others.
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i think i missed something with the autocannon, is there a way to reload it yourself or do you always have to have a teammate do it?
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Gone Fashing posted:i think i missed something with the autocannon, is there a way to reload it yourself or do you always have to have a teammate do it? wear the backpack it comes with.
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Gone Fashing posted:i think i missed something with the autocannon, is there a way to reload it yourself or do you always have to have a teammate do it? Reload it like anything else. Just takes a bit. Yeah, need the backpack.
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Nelson Mandingo posted:wear the backpack it comes with. ok yeah definitely missed this then, lol
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Nelson Mandingo posted:https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net...wut-shocked.mp4 Jesus. I figured it might cause me some problems when time came to focus on Rebirth and Dragon's Dogma. What I did not anticipate was this game lasting me until Monster Hunter Wilds. lmao so they got 3 or 4 times more people than even their upper limit planned for Happy Noodle Boy posted:280 is old numbers holy gently caress
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Typical Pubbie posted:It's mostly the near misses that cause your character to go into a limp state even though they've only taken between 0-20% of their health in damage. Repeat multiple times per firefight. smh not everyone has the STRENGTH and COURAGE to truly BE FREE. e] also just getting black screen on startup, glad i binged the poo poo outta this game all week
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Shoot I can’t even get further than a black screen after the “server is full” screen froze the first time. 3080, 3700x, windows 11
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I haven't read this thread so maybe this is super well known but on difficutly 5(?) and higher you can have "electronic countermeasures" as a modifier to a mission and cause your strategem inputs to pick something else at random, which if you're like my group and didn't know this was even a thing you're not paying attention and just throwing it anyway! https://streamable.com/wcby9e
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Basticle posted:I haven't read this thread so maybe this is super well known but on difficutly 5(?) and higher you can have "electronic countermeasures" as a modifier to a mission and cause your strategem inputs to pick something else at random, which if you're like my group and didn't know this was even a thing you're not paying attention and just throwing it anyway! It loving sucks! Dropped a 500kt bomb on the spawn in the first 10 seconds of a match, I thought the game was bugged for a few minutes.
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Actually that is amazing and loving rules lmao
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Basticle posted:I haven't read this thread so maybe this is super well known but on difficutly 5(?) and higher you can have "electronic countermeasures" as a modifier to a mission and cause your strategem inputs to pick something else at random, which if you're like my group and didn't know this was even a thing you're not paying attention and just throwing it anyway! lmao
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:It loving sucks! Dropped a 500kt bomb on the spawn in the first 10 seconds of a match, I thought the game was bugged for a few minutes. Haha owned
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One of the more amazing features of higher difficulties is the environmental pressure. Last night we ended up in a mission where we literally could not see poo poo against overwhelming but force it was crazy. The one before that got so dark we had terrible vis. We were moving to the extraction knowing lots of bugs were on use, then someone lit up a hill we ran down with a bombing run and we were all like "we need to loving leave" because the hill was bugs.
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There's also a malus that I haven't seen until suicide mission (7) that doubled all stratagem deployment times. That also counts for the extraction shuttle, which was quite the surprise for our group. Hope you can hold out for four minutes!
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JBP posted:One of the more amazing features of higher difficulties is the environmental pressure. Last night we ended up in a mission where we literally could not see poo poo against overwhelming but force it was crazy. "Alright, Extraction is on the other side of that hill. Easy run." *Turns on light* "...That's not a hill."
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Vasudus posted:There's also a malus that I haven't seen until suicide mission (7) that doubled all stratagem deployment times. That also counts for the extraction shuttle, which was quite the surprise for our group. Hope you can hold out for four minutes! 
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Rolo posted:Shoot I can’t even get further than a black screen after the “server is full” screen froze the first time. No one else is having issues, it's clearly a hardware issue on your end. Yeah you're gonna need to upgrade your stuff.
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