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How are you all finding groups? I can’t find any on PC. I just end up going out solo and getting my rear end kicked by robots.
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LuiCypher posted:They're easier now and are fairly manageable if you are able to clear missions at that difficulty (and understand that Mortar Sentries are OP in that scenario). Now that I think about it every time the group dominated someone had a mortar sentry. I should unlock that! Yeah the rocket devastators are real bastards. I’ve been trying to master maps on medium before moving to higher difficulty but keep forgetting to up the difficulty. Time to try hard. Diephoon posted:Thanks, Eagle 
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Awkward Davies posted:How are you all finding groups? I can’t find any on PC. I just end up going out solo and getting my rear end kicked by robots. Join the discord, join the Goondivers 2 Steam group.
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Quick tip, don't drop a Hellbomb too close to a building. After I typed in the code on the panel, I was stuck in the building and just had to blow up with it... for democracy.
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Should I join the second discord link in the OP? I only see a general HD chat thing there and the first link is invalid.
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TaurusTorus posted:Join the discord, join the Goondivers 2 Steam group. Hell yeah Edit: First discord link is expired FYI
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Feb 19, 2024 20:31
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Here's a link to the first Discord (PS Goons) that will not expire: https://discord.gg/PW5TYbkAbC OP please update to this link if you see this tia
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Feb 19, 2024 20:34
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jokes posted:People who take video games seriously and only use things that are strictly better than other things are the reason video games loving suck nowadays. This game, thankfully, has a bunch of variations of each thing that are all roughly as good as each other but are usually more situationally better so just do whatever and you'll be fine. Who gives a poo poo that the laser cannon and autocannon are stronger than the flamethrower, the flamethrower is cool and strong in some situations. I don't know why it's "taking video games too seriously" to suggest that it would be cool if some of the weaker guns could kill things better. Like would you actually be upset if the devs went "you know what, they have a point, we're gonna up the damage/range/penetration/etc. of these guns, go kill some bugs soldiers"? It would be cool if the flamethrower staggered bugs or something so it could feel more effective. Would that "loving suck" for you?
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Crows Turn Off posted:Quick tip, don't drop a Hellbomb too close to a building. After I typed in the code on the panel, I was stuck in the building and just had to blow up with it... for democracy. I had this happen but not as bad. It was angled in such a way where I could use it but the camera glitched and wouldn't let me see the input code. I had to blindly guess/memorize it. Once activated my character stumbled out of the building and i gained control so I could escape.
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TaurusTorus posted:Join the discord, join the Goondivers 2 Steam group. Can you link to the Steam group? I just did a search and only found the original Goondivers group. Or is that the same one we're using for HD2 as well? I don't suppose they've turned matchmaking back on yet, have they? Looking forward to getting on in a few hours here. All goon Helldivers are welcome to launch from my ship, the Emperor of Morality.
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I don't think primaries are meant to be strong, and even calling them primaries feels like a misnomer. They are usually your third best option for killing stuff. Unless you are carrying around one of the rocket launchers, you might have your support gun in your hands more than half the time. Primaries are more like your basic attack/resource builder in other genres, and as you get better skills/gear most builds use them less and less.
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Stuck in login queue, which is supposedly actually a lottery? I got right in like 2 hours ago, which makes me think it prioritizes you when you're first launch. I really hope they get this resolved either with more server capacity, or at least kicking AFKers since apparently that's what tons of people are now doing to avoid login queue. TaurusTorus posted:Join the discord, join the Goondivers 2 Steam group. I don't see that steam group when searching 
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Kitfox88 posted:I got a Core(TM) i7-7700K with 24 gigs of ram and a GTX 1080 Ti, is it even worth grabbing or should I just put that 40 bucks towards my planned new computer build for this fall? My HTPC laptop is a gen 8 i7, 8GB, max-q 1060, and it's running the game fine at 1080p60 on mostly medium settings. I guess "fine" is relative, but it's not a slideshow or anything.
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jokes posted:People who take video games seriously and only use things that are strictly better than other things are the reason video games loving suck nowadays. This game, thankfully, has a bunch of variations of each thing that are all roughly as good as each other but are usually more situationally better so just do whatever and you'll be fine. Who gives a poo poo that the laser cannon and autocannon are stronger than the flamethrower, the flamethrower is cool and strong in some situations. I want to use lots of different things but it's not that some things are 10% better and I'm only going to use the best, it's that some things feel incredibly less effective (the flamethrower being one) to where it actually feels bad to use them because I can't avoid noticing how weak they feel at killing the bugs. I want to find the Flamethrower's niche and have fun filling it to its full potential and every time I try I fail miserably. P.S. Everyone should play how they want and try to avoid needlessly antagonizing each other.
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CainFortea posted:Edit: Also breaking the habit of opening up on patrols 100m away. Stop that! someone's not using a mortar sentry 
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Feb 19, 2024 20:45
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my friend and his flamethrower (hi hambrose, you!) cleared a bug swarm before I had even finished reloading my primary, i wish it had darktide's flamer range at least. it's also king at the egg nest missions.
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Feb 19, 2024 20:48
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:HD2 key bindings often distinguish between a tap, press, long press, hold, and double tap of a button, all as different functions. check in your bindings that switching to your shoulder support weapon isn't set up as one of those. there's also an option in the menu for 'classic HD' weapon switching which is tap for switch to support, hold for switch to sidearm. i figured it out lol, I picked up the backpack but not the actual weapon lol
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I personally enjoy the slow drip of weapons, it gives you a chance to try them out, and I actually like fighting with primaries. I feel like I've grown to despise the loot systems in most games, stopping every 5 minutes to see that "this gear is 1% better at this, but 1% worse at that....oh boy should I keep it? " kind of thing.
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Feb 19, 2024 20:53
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Phenotype posted:Can you link to the Steam group? I just did a search and only found the original Goondivers group. Or is that the same one we're using for HD2 as well? https://steamcommunity.com/groups/goondivers2 I don't know why it's squirrly sometimes, it's supposed to be a public group.
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I was about to complain how I'd waited for the weekend to be over and it's still queueing me, but I suppose everyone's trying to play this afternoon now that it's president's day. Maybe tomorrow!
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ijyt posted:my friend and his flamethrower (hi hambrose, you!) cleared a bug swarm before I had even finished reloading my primary, i wish it had darktide's flamer range at least. it's also king at the egg nest missions. When I shoot the flamethrower at a mixed swarm (which I can only do from extremely close range), the medium ones keep walking toward me faster than I can walk backwards and attack me, so I have to run away. A swarm of only small enemies is very rare and a magazine of the Breaker can take out 15 enemies in a swarm of only smalls, so I'm not sure if that qualifies as a niche in my book. Some range on the FT would help it a lot. I think the Arc Thrower outcompetes it significantly with its 35-40m range, infinite ammo, and ability to better clear mixed swarms which are more common. The FT might be the best at killing eggs but I wouldn't use up the support slot just for that.
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It's crazy that some of y'all are having such a hard time getting on to the game. I've had basically zero issues at all finding games this weekend. I wonder if it has anything to do with location and how many servers/players are near you? Edit: it sucks that y'all are having a hard time with it cuz the game is extremely fun and good. Edit2: had a ridiculously hard "challenging" mission against the bugs that basically only spawned chargers and stalkers. It did not go well. dog nougat fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Feb 19, 2024 |
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dog nougat posted:It's crazy that some of y'all are having such a hard time getting on to the game. I've had basically zero issues at all finding games this weekend. I wonder if it has anything to do with location and how many servers/players are near you? Works on my machine
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They should personalize every death in the after-mission screen like the XCOM memorial “Killed by danger close ordnance fighting for freedom” “Saved his fellow helldivers by drawing enemy fire”
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dog nougat posted:It's crazy that some of y'all are having such a hard time getting on to the game. I've had basically zero issues at all finding games this weekend. I wonder if it has anything to do with location and how many servers/players are near you? I am going to hunt you down and take your server slot. 
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:They should personalize every death in the after-mission screen like the XCOM memorial "Killed by own grenade" "Killed entire squad with mortar sentry"
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dog nougat posted:Edit2: had a ridiculously hard "challenging" mission against the bugs that basically only spawned chargers and stalkers. It did not go well. You might know this already and it's likely already been said but PSA: Stalkers only ever spawn out of secondary objectives called Stalker Lairs which look just like normal bug holes. When you see a stalker it can be good to run in that direction and look for the hole to close ASAP. They are often near the edge of the mission zone and pointed outward so they can be tough to see from a distance.
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dog nougat posted:It's crazy that some of y'all are having such a hard time getting on to the game. I've had basically zero issues at all finding games this weekend. I wonder if it has anything to do with location and how many servers/players are near you? I was you up until this last weekend when karma showed me just how bad it could be. The desync is super weird and not intuitive, showing 0 helldivers and I can't quickplay or anything. And I start the mission and immediately my crew fills up, or I dick around for 2 minutes in a mission and suddenly helldivers start joining. I log out and rejoin on friends to try and re-sync and that sometimes works.
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Baby T. Love posted:You might know this already and it's likely already been said but PSA: Stalkers only ever spawn out of secondary objectives called Stalker Lairs which look just like normal bug holes. When you see a stalker it can be good to run in that direction and look for the hole to close ASAP. They are often near the edge of the mission zone and pointed outward so they can be tough to see from a distance. Yea this. Even when we're doing the really hard stuff just trying to get super rare samples and extract we will hunt down a stalker if we see one and find it's home and destroy it from orbit. Trying to be a sneaky boi on a map with stalkers is a non-starter. Also when you spot stalkers that's probably the direction the nearest lair is. I say nearest cause sometimes the map has 2!
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AFKers have been declared Unpatriotic. https://x.com/Pilestedt/status/1759386313327841423?s=20 They should have the AFK timer be a lengthy "surface to orbit defense countermeasure" Stratagem Popup on the bridge. If you don't do it, you get logged out. Other people on the same planet get to watch another Super Destroyer out there explode.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:
That's a pretty great idea. Have the ship go to red alert and you have to enter some long code like at the evac terminal to perform evasive maneuvers to avoid incoming fire. That might take more dev time than they can spare right now, but that would be an incredible way to implement an AFK timer in a way that stays in character.
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Baby T. Love posted:You might know this already and it's likely already been said but PSA: Stalkers only ever spawn out of secondary objectives called Stalker Lairs which look just like normal bug holes. When you see a stalker it can be good to run in that direction and look for the hole to close ASAP. They are often near the edge of the mission zone and pointed outward so they can be tough to see from a distance. I did not. It may have also been my first time encountering the fuckers, the drat tentacle attack that sends you flying is so goddamn annoying. I feel like my squad was ill prepared for what we encountered. I should've been running a shotgun instead of my smg. The autocannon was still good for the mission, but I feel like having an EAT call-in would've been better for the amount of charger spam the game threw at us.
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dog nougat posted:Edit2: had a ridiculously hard "challenging" mission against the bugs that basically only spawned chargers and stalkers. It did not go well. Can't speak for the super high difficulties, but on lower ones stalkers can only spawn from their hole, so it's worth blowing it up as soon as possible.
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dog nougat posted:"Killed by own grenade" Identified as a traitor by artillery Galaga Galaxian posted:They should have the AFK timer be a lengthy "surface to orbit defense countermeasure" Stratagem Popup on the bridge. If you don't do it, you get logged out. Other people on the same planet get to watch another Super Destroyer out there explode. 
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Baby T. Love posted:A swarm of only small enemies is very rare no it isn't
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Whoever's badtalking the Slugger, get out. The Slugger owns bones. It's got pretty harshly limited ammo, but it can do a ton of work with what it's got. It's got medium armor pen, so can direct-kill armored bugs. It's got enough direct damage to stagger Stalkers and save your life. It can one-shot medium bots in the head, and three-shot Butchers in the lower torso, which is a dead easy shot. It's got enough damage to stagger lock anything not named Hulk - saving your rear end again from Butcher swarms and stunlocking Stalkers. It can crack Charger legs if you hit them from behind. It can open those shipping containers with one convenient shot. It's got a nice pinpoint red dot and the accuracy to nail shots as far out as you need. (fuuuuuuuck then Railgun sight) It can damage turret/tank/Hulk vents. It's fully responsive up close, not lagging off of your sights. Coming from regular Suicide+ runs, please do not sleep on this b e a s t. Edit: It is true that you need to be a little more careful with Hunter swarms, but at high levels you or someone you love is running the beam drone. Between that and being able to one-tap them Hunters aren't a thing I've ever worried about. raverrn fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Feb 19, 2024 |
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ijyt posted:my friend and his flamethrower (hi hambrose, you!) cleared a bug swarm before I had even finished reloading my primary, i wish it had darktide's flamer range at least. it's also king at the egg nest missions. The flamethrower is the king of weapons!
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dog nougat posted:I did not. It may have also been my first time encountering the fuckers, the drat tentacle attack that sends you flying is so goddamn annoying. I feel like my squad was ill prepared for what we encountered. I should've been running a shotgun instead of my smg. The autocannon was still good for the mission, but I feel like having an EAT call-in would've been better for the amount of charger spam the game threw at us. You can do both. Run around with the AC, and then call in the LAW as needed. Grab it, boop stuff, pick up your AC again and continue dispensing 30mm of Liberty.
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