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Has anyone tested my poor baby the slugger against devastators yet?
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Artillery rounds have changed colours/shapes again, hooray.
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Apr 2, 2024 11:41
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in a game with a lvl 66, he says "they bumped the level cap" seems suss
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Apr 2, 2024 11:43
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Section Z posted:Somebody on the dev team must be seriously in love with Bile Titans holy poo poo. Railgun praise was for how it can handle titans as much as chargers, A feat basically only worth it with PS5 hosts because otherwise it still took 10 or so railgun shots to ice one.
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Apr 2, 2024 11:44
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Oh poo poo the huge bot quads are in the game now https://old.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1btuqm5/the_bots_have_atats_now/ It's like both tanks stuck together
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Apr 2, 2024 11:51
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Still feels like there's no consistently good way of dealing with Berserkers, like even Impact Grenades are at best a 50/50 shot at taking them out in a single hit Mind you I don't think Berserkers are actually all that much of a threat in and of themselves, indeed if they didn't have such massive health pools they'd honestly be probably the easiest Bot enemy in the game to deal with since they're the only one without a ranged attack, it's mostly a matter of how tedious it is dealing with more than one or two of them at a time
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Apr 2, 2024 11:52
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Sindai posted:Oh poo poo the huge bot quads are in the game now Yeah, I was wondering if the AMR buff come along with "And now you have even less incentive to bring the AMR instead of an autocanon" I really, really hope they keep the trend of "Nah unlike bugs, an AMR can actually double tap giant monsters okay."  drrockso20 posted:Still feels like there's no consistently good way of dealing with Berserkers, like even Impact Grenades are at best a 50/50 shot at taking them out in a single hit Even the autocannon needs to spam hits against them, it is really bonkers how healthy they are for something a defender SMG can take out two of per mag with good grouping on their guts or face.
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Apr 2, 2024 11:56
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bot defend/rescue civilians missions now have a larger arena and get dropped in from the outside so now you have a few more minutes before things snowball. might be able to deal with dropships better before things get unmanageable. be aware patrols will 'spawn' in from the big area just like in normal missions . hilariously.
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Apr 2, 2024 11:58
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Sindai posted:Oh poo poo the huge bot quads are in the game now Whoa
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Apr 2, 2024 11:58
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Spookydonut posted:in a game with a lvl 66, he says "they bumped the level cap" seems suss i just had a game with a level 115.
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Apr 2, 2024 11:59
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Grenade launcher massacres berserker packs fyi. Of course whenever I bring one I'm stuck trying to snipe a million rocket devastators at long range or running from hulks. Tradeoffs!
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Apr 2, 2024 12:00
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Sindai posted:Oh poo poo the huge bot quads are in the game now that dying growl is wicked.
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Apr 2, 2024 12:01
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the bot gunships are like the shriekers where they come from a gunship factory
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Apr 2, 2024 12:01
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Patch notes don't mention the most crucial Dominator buff: they got rid of the stupid white smoke cloud when you fire
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Apr 2, 2024 12:05
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Hwurmp posted:Patch notes don't mention the most crucial Dominator buff: they got rid of the stupid white smoke cloud when you fire 
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Apr 2, 2024 12:06
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Holy poo poo there are 100K players on and total progress is like 17-20% an hour. Are defense missions not affected by efficiency or something? 1/3rd of players are on track to handily beat malevelon in 6-8 hours, and will still have time to easily crush Ubanea. e: gently caress one of the new titles is Admirable Admiral, but I'm not levelled enough 
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Apr 2, 2024 12:10
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Nerfing the slugger is dumb; it was a good defense weapon when you're focusing on fighting bots and doing objectives, being able to at the very least slow down all but the biggest threats, but it never allowed you to rack up kills like the sickle and you could still very much get swarmed.
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Apr 2, 2024 12:12
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I kinda hate when patch notes are mostly nerfs with some attempts at buffing some underpowered things but a vast majority of weapons still remain almost useless while adding in even more ways to get hosed up by the bots.
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Apr 2, 2024 12:17
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Diligence counter sniper is still a piece of poo poo and I still have no idea why you'd bring it over a dominator / slugger / scorcher
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Apr 2, 2024 12:20
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Oh drat it, I just got the Slugger and was really feeling I'd found my primary of choice. Oneshot small stuff, stunlock midsize enemies, shoots off Spewer heads in a couple shots, reasonable midrange accuracy, reloads by round so I could keep it topped off. The price was quite low DPS but it felt safe and easy to use for someone with poor aim like me. I'm terrible with anything rapid-fire/high recoil, the visual noise of the bullets prevents me from being able to tell when the thing I'm aiming at has actually died and I can move onto the next thing that needs to die. It looks like they nerfed the things I used it for and lowered its DPS even further... Primary suggestions? Haven't spent my accumulated SCs on either premium warbond yet since I'm still filling out the free one.
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Apr 2, 2024 12:22
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Some quick observations from a single round against the bots: The Slugger can't stagger devastators anymore, but the damage nerf seems largely inconsequential, it can still one shot devastators to the head and take out smaller bots with ease. Didn't face a single Berserker though, so unsure how it fares against them. The AMR can take out Striders with two shots to the upper plate, and tanks explode in six shots to the radiator. Rocket Devastators deal way less damage now. I usually run with light explosive resist armor and vitality booster just to make explosives more manageable, but I feel like that might be overkill now. They fixed the area around the Detector Tower that disallowed calling in stratagems. I was able to call down a Hellbomb close to its base without issue.  The T-posing animation bug that happened when for example picking up samples while carrying the SSSD has been fixed! Hopefully the other carrying animation bugs are gone too. Edit: Slugger doesn't stagger Berserkers either, but still one taps them to the head. It also can't break open the Point of Interest container doors anymore. Sockerbagarn fucked around with this message at 12:34 on Apr 2, 2024 |
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Apr 2, 2024 12:23
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Slugger might still be all right, I haven't had a chance to mess with it. Does it still one-shot devastator heads? Does it still stagger them?
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Apr 2, 2024 12:24
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Grayshift posted:Oh drat it, I just got the Slugger and was really feeling I'd found my primary of choice. Oneshot small stuff, stunlock midsize enemies, shoots off Spewer heads in a couple shots, reasonable midrange accuracy, reloads by round so I could keep it topped off. The price was quite low DPS but it felt safe and easy to use for someone with poor aim like me. I'm terrible with anything rapid-fire/high recoil, the visual noise of the bullets prevents me from being able to tell when the thing I'm aiming at has actually died and I can move onto the next thing that needs to die. It looks like they nerfed the things I used it for and lowered its DPS even further... Punisher against bugs, with grenade launcher or impact grenades to deal with spewers, commanders, and hive guards Diligence or Dominator against bots (Dominator's on the last page of Steeled Veterans though) Hwurmp fucked around with this message at 12:29 on Apr 2, 2024 |
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Apr 2, 2024 12:24
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Seems like the idea was to rebalance slugger and dominator against eachother. Dominator gets the stagger and punch the slugger used to have but it has comparatively poor handling so it can feel more like a support weapon to wield. I think that's OK, tbh, the heavier-feeling weapon hitting harder makes sense although I wouldn't take the slugger over the dominator now, I don't think. First impression is they hit the slugger a bit too hard, but it's still just a better version of the snipers. Scorcher remains my choice for bots overall I think. Being able to quickly clear crowds, shredder tanks and walkers is nice, and it's perfectly decent against mid-sized enemies.
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Apr 2, 2024 12:31
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Was the Quasar nerfed? I mean, I get it, but I distinctly remember one-shotting bile titans and popping their heads like balloons when I first got it, now I have to get I think 4-5 headshots before I can do anything, which is... not great. I can still one-shot chargers reliably but it seems like they're not too difficult to manage when poo poo hits the fan with the mobs so it doesn't seem as much of a boon
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Apr 2, 2024 12:37
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Yeah, the upside of the Slugger was the stagger - it was slow to fire and didn't have great range, but it'd keep you safe from a Heavy Devastator through stunlock. Losing that makes it feel like it doesn't have a niche.
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Sockerbagarn posted:Edit: Slugger...also can't break open the Point of Interest container doors anymore. loving unplayable
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Sindai posted:Did they fix the AMR sights? https://i.imgur.com/Aj9kOUN.mp4 TescoBag posted:Has anyone tested my poor baby the slugger against devastators yet? https://i.imgur.com/Ih2ba6J.mp4 Hwurmp posted:Patch notes don't mention the most crucial Dominator buff: they got rid of the stupid white smoke cloud when you fire https://i.imgur.com/TjVg8pm.mp4
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Apr 2, 2024 12:45
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Armor stat buff does not seem to be helping much with getting shot. But now Medium FORTIFIED exterminator armor from the cash shop can survive an oopsie dive onto robo landmines. Confirmed with testing. Grenades are stronger than bot landmines. Also confirmed with testing 
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Apr 2, 2024 12:47
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With the level cap increased, has the game been tracking XP beyond the level 50 cap? I'm hearing people are diving with people who are already several levels above 50. Even heard of someone apparently seeing a level 104, which seems functionally impossible.
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Apr 2, 2024 12:47
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Turn off your flashlight, and the smoke is much less noticable.
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Apr 2, 2024 12:48
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Durzel posted:With the level cap increased, has the game been tracking XP beyond the level 50 cap? I'm hearing people are diving with people who are already several levels above 50. Even heard of someone apparently seeing a level 104, which seems functionally impossible.
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Grayshift posted:Oh drat it, I just got the Slugger and was really feeling I'd found my primary of choice. Oneshot small stuff, stunlock midsize enemies, shoots off Spewer heads in a couple shots, reasonable midrange accuracy, reloads by round so I could keep it topped off. The price was quite low DPS but it felt safe and easy to use for someone with poor aim like me. I'm terrible with anything rapid-fire/high recoil, the visual noise of the bullets prevents me from being able to tell when the thing I'm aiming at has actually died and I can move onto the next thing that needs to die. It looks like they nerfed the things I used it for and lowered its DPS even further... Defender SMG hits like a runaway train and is 1handed so you can shoot on the run when the game decides to send 6 Berserkers at you to help with cardio.
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Apr 2, 2024 12:49
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Horace Kinch posted:Defender SMG hits like a runaway train and is 1handed so you can shoot on the run when the game decides to send 6 Berserkers at you to help with cardio. If you seriously want to mulch a crowd of berserkers, you want the breaker with its 1,650 raw dps up close. That means you need to cover for shooting raiders farther away with other weapons, but you can do that in a few different ways.
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Apr 2, 2024 12:57
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I'm a level 74 Admirable Admiral 
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My first car was a stick
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SMG handles berserkers better in my experience but that may be because it doesnt limit movement much
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Apr 2, 2024 13:05
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bandaid.friend posted:I'm a level 74 Admirable Admiral Level 11 space cadet reporting in!
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Apr 2, 2024 13:10
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Admirable Admiral aside why anyone uses anything other than Space Cadet is beyond me
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Apr 2, 2024 13:12
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Ballbot5000 posted:Admirable Admiral aside why anyone uses anything other than Space Cadet is beyond me Some people are just too young for pinball.
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Death captain both sounds cool and accurately describes what happens to me most frequently
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