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sushibandit posted:That isn't saying much coming from the CEO whose studio apparently never expected most players to default to a simple railgun + normal weapon interaction for chargers, given their crazy spawn rate. When you're really close to something - say, developing a game - with a small team of people over the course of years, it's very hard for those people who are living and breathing the game to understand how someone completely new to the experience will figure out what to do or what strategies they'll come up with to deal with your challenges. Now multiply that single data point by half a million, and those half a million data points will come together and figure something out that you never could've predicted. Why? The computational power of a little over 100 people, even though they built and developed the game, will pale in comparison to that half million. Doubly so when the situation under which you're testing the game (a bunch of colleagues who are likely communicating with each other) is probably different than the reality of a bunch of silent pubs all trying to figure out how to do things on their own without relying on others. In other words - cut them some slack, Captain Hindsight. They've been working their asses off since launch and I think they've honestly made some really good steps towards balancing the game in light of the oceans of toxic fans on the Discord and Reddit trying to drown them.
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hey mom its 420 posted:anyone on PS5 geting the bug where after you log in, some stuff that should be saved is reset? whenever I log in, I have the random voice for the helldiver, the liberator as my primary weapon, I see the major orders instructions when I look at the map and I keep getting the tutorial overlays (use your strategems!) constantly for the past 3 days and its annoying as hell
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Fresh Shesh Besh posted:Problem is it doesn't even really do that because the AOE is incredibly small. Visually it's big, but the actual damage AOE might only hit a couple scavengers. You run out of ammo incredibly fast trying to do what most other guns do better without even trying. I gotta disagree about the Punisher. It's really really good against bugs as a close range backup. It's easier to use vs. Hunters and Warriors than the Slugger, and while it doesn't kill Brood Commanders or Hive Guards very well, it still staggers them and pushes them back, which the Breaker doesn't do
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The charger leg thing feels a lot like they got used to a certain way of killing chargers before being able to leg-shot them to death was implemented internally xDAipsh posted:Which one is the sickle? I got the laser assault rifle in the first page and it’s okay I guess. It doesn’t look or sound like a laser, although weirdly I does look a lot more laser-y when someone else is shooting it It's the first one. Real true real life facts: there's a couple ways to deal damage with lasers. continuous beams are one way, but so are extremely intense, extremely short duration pulses. the way in which they damage material is different. I do like the plasma shotgun, although i don't know why it's a 'Plasma Punisher' if its not going to be rounds reload. The radius is smaller than grenades which gets pretty noticeable when trying to kill scout striders. TBH impacts radius should probably be more like the plasma punishers if they want grenades to be balanced. Plasma punisher definitely feels like a gun thats not very independent. its got a specific job. Can use it to hose down bot drops or big groups, but you'll want a reliable support weapon to go with it, or be real handy with your secondary.
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TheDeadlyShoe posted:The charger leg thing feels a lot like they got used to a certain way of killing chargers before being able to leg-shot them to death was implemented internally xD tempted to test it out with the little uzi secondary and like an MG as a stratagem. still having fun with that new AR Laser gun tho. it's pretty sick
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Helldivers 1: sickle is patched into the game, immediately obsoletes scythe Helldivers 2: sickle is patched into the game, immediately obsoletes scythe
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By the way, I am fairly sure that personal orders like these are incremented by anyone on your team, not just you. For these weapon-specific ones they certainly are, because I haven't touched a machinegun yet today.
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LazyMaybe posted:By the way, I am fairly sure that personal orders like these are incremented by anyone on your team, not just you. It was the only way I got the 120mm order done from back before they buffed it
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I will never use the sickle because it looks really loving dumb bouncing around on my hip. Needs a major aesthetics buff.
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The sickle needs to be patched to sound like zapzapzap or something instead of like a normal gun. It’s incredibly good though.
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Fresh Shesh Besh posted:The Sickle is lightyears ahead of anything else in the Warbond. It's almost insulting how useless both of the shotguns are. I'm particularly disappointed in the Blitzer (even though it's better than the plasma shotty) because the description says it arcs to all enemies in range. It doesn't. It hits maybe 3 targets and often doesn't kill. Slugger/breaker are still the best. Considering the cool laser is reminding me "Not overpowered when constantly dealing with 2-3 stalkers at the same time!", I can only imagine how much of a shitshow the lighting shotgun I don't have yet is against them. Had the literal best smooth sailing silo mission yet! Followed by god apparently taking offense to that on just 7.
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Fresh Shesh Besh posted:The Sickle is lightyears ahead of anything else in the Warbond. It's almost insulting how useless both of the shotguns are. I'm particularly disappointed in the Blitzer (even though it's better than the plasma shotty) because the description says it arcs to all enemies in range. It doesn't. It hits maybe 3 targets and often doesn't kill. Slugger/breaker are still the best.
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Who else keeps crashing to desktop today? I can't finish a single mission.
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Huh. Heeth's been hit with a 24 hour defense mission and there's a bunch of free rocket pods? Weird.
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I have come to the conclusion that the AX/AR-23 Guard Dog drone sucks rear end and should not be purchased.
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LazyMaybe posted:Depending on how it affects patrol spawnrates, the Localization Confusion booster might be the sleeper best thing in the warbond. quote:What is the impact of the "Localization Confusion" Booster?
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Insert name here posted:From that one reddit post about patrols, looks like this section got added:
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sushibandit posted:That isn't saying much coming from the CEO whose studio apparently never expected most players to default to a simple railgun + normal weapon interaction for chargers, given their crazy spawn rate. lmao how are people still hung up about this move on
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Fellow Helldiver bros, the new EAT instant kill on Chargers is loving AMAZING. It's so so good. You can kill two chargers every minute or so. Also I apologize to whoever I told to aim for the mouth for the instant kill, that is false. You actually want to aim much higher, at the forehead area. Basically hit right where there brain should be. Insert name here posted:It was a superstore option yeah: ew its ugly i dont like it. what good is owning democracy's enemies if I can't look good doing it? Hats Wouldnt Fly posted:I will never use the sickle because it looks really loving dumb bouncing around on my hip. Needs a major aesthetics buff. Yeah I think the guns are getting too goddamn big, which is magnified when they are colorful. The Slugger also looks extremely dumb due to size
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LazyMaybe posted:That seems extremely good.
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apostateCourier posted:This has been directly shot down by the CEO as a stupid idea. It's part of the reason I've seen people still suggest the shield for Bot content over just about any other backpack - ignoring flinch and surviving random rockets is huge. If we can't get better telegraphing for those attacks, maybe the poo poo-tier enemies with these absurdly dangerous weapons could have ammunition constraints, where the Rocket Raider gets one shot and has to swap to a laser weapon, and the devastator gets a handful of salvos before the pods on their back are empty.
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"I'll just run in and grab that sample real quick," I say, putting on my clown makeup and wig https://i.imgur.com/lUj9c62.mp4
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Sestze posted:If we can't get better telegraphing for those attacks, maybe the poo poo-tier enemies with these absurdly dangerous weapons could have ammunition constraints, where the Rocket Raider gets one shot and has to swap to a laser weapon, and the devastator gets a handful of salvos before the pods on their back are empty. ijyt posted:lmao how are people still hung up about this move on
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How's the new premium warbond thing? I've managed to get up to 985 super credits from playing for free which seems pretty bananas from how relatively little I've played. I decided not to get the one that was in the game at launch cause it seems relatively meh, maybe sometime if I play the game long term but not for now but was curious how the new one seems?
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I dont think its stupid to have overlooked the railgun thing. Stuff like that happens all the time. Edit: thebardyspoon posted:How's the new premium warbond thing? I've managed to get up to 985 super credits from playing for free which seems pretty bananas from how relatively little I've played. I decided not to get the one that was in the game at launch cause it seems relatively meh, maybe sometime if I play the game long term but not for now but was curious how the new one seems? I want it if only so i can run tesla tower more.
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sushibandit posted:Say stupid things, it's fair game for other stupid things to come up in reply. It's not stupid given they were balancing things so that the upper 2 difficulties were meant to be extremely difficult and not something most players could clear regularly. They were genuinely surprised at how often people were clearing them. Also the greater the population of people the more likely people will find edge poo poo like that.
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Triarii posted:"I'll just run in and grab that sample real quick," I say, putting on my clown makeup and wig My best accidental mounting was mounting a mortar turret that immediately blasted me to smithereens
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Cimber posted:I have come to the conclusion that the AX/AR-23 Guard Dog drone sucks rear end and should not be purchased. There are no bad Guard Dogs, just bad Helldivers. Both Guard Dogs are good bois.
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thebardyspoon posted:How's the new premium warbond thing? I've managed to get up to 985 super credits from playing for free which seems pretty bananas from how relatively little I've played. I decided not to get the one that was in the game at launch cause it seems relatively meh, maybe sometime if I play the game long term but not for now but was curious how the new one seems? The Sickle (laser rifle) is definitely in the top tier of primaries (but isn't OP), stun grenades are great, the other weapons have mixed reviews at best. New booster is unknown how good it is yet, and the armor is good if your friends like the Arc Thrower or Tesla Towers. Personally I didn't like anything in the launch premium warbond, so if you're deciding on which to get I'd definitely say the new one
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Honestly it's extremely to the dev's credit that none of the premium weapons have been clearly superior to the free ones.
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Horace Kinch posted:Who else keeps crashing to desktop today? I can't finish a single mission. are you using the sickle and/or confusion booster?
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Sindai posted:Honestly it's extremely to the dev's credit that none of the premium weapons have been clearly superior to the free ones. It really is. The Liberator is a Top... 3? 4? primary weapon and it's the one you start with.
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I think the lightning shotgun should be better and use ammo, as is it's just kinda ehhh...
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LazyMaybe posted:That seems extremely good. Yeah no matter how much it affects it unless it's like 1% it's totally worth it imo. Top tiers would probably be the two first ones (injury resistance and fully stocked out of pods), plus stamina enhancement and this one. Radar is pretty good too but I'd say less crucial, some may disagree. TracerBullet posted:My best accidental mounting was mounting a mortar turret that immediately blasted me to smithereens When the game first launched you wouldn't mount anything without pressing A. Is there a way to make it like that again? Horace Kinch posted:Who else keeps crashing to desktop today? I can't finish a single mission. I had one crash in a very specific situation when I stuck myself in a bush then a pod landed right next to me as I dove back, crashed me and another guy. Rest of the missions have been fine for me on PC.
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Play posted:When the game first launched you wouldn't mount anything without pressing A. Is there a way to make it like that again? If you are sprinting, you will auto-mantle. If you are not sprinting you will have to long press X/Cross or whatever the button is on keyboard.
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Baggot posted:If you are sprinting, you will auto-mantle. If you are not sprinting you will have to long press X/Cross or whatever the button is on keyboard. I am always sprinting tho
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