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Helldivers 2 |OT| Another bug infested game
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tommib
Gold Member
What’s your set up these days for the 2 last extreme difficulties?
Blitzmangoman
Member
Usually playing with 2 friends and we don't care who plays what loadout.
We had a random (lvl20?) join our difficulty 7 missions and after completion I switched to Helldive and he wrote woohoo Helldive? He never played it he said.
I asked if he was sure and started.
First nest 5 Bile Titans, lol, not going to lie he called in a 500kg and hit/killed 2 of them at once, that was awesome.
We finished all 3 missions, hope he was happy.
Had a great name, proudpapa something lol, I thought this guy doesn't have that much time to play between his job and kid(s) so we were "trying" more than usual so we didn't fail him and got all super rare samples etc every mission.
Love this game.
We had a random (lvl20?) join our difficulty 7 missions and after completion I switched to Helldive and he wrote woohoo Helldive? He never played it he said.
I asked if he was sure and started.
First nest 5 Bile Titans, lol, not going to lie he called in a 500kg and hit/killed 2 of them at once, that was awesome.
We finished all 3 missions, hope he was happy.
Had a great name, proudpapa something lol, I thought this guy doesn't have that much time to play between his job and kid(s) so we were "trying" more than usual so we didn't fail him and got all super rare samples etc every mission.
Love this game.
Long Far Gone
Member
Urgh. Don't remind me. Destiny when it first came was such a special experience, even if it was thread bare at times. Dungeon crawling in that game, squeezing through crevices with the boys, crazy firefights, the feeling of awe and discovery...
Now every time I see it, it's like looking at divorce photos.
GymWolf
Gold Member
The standard breaker-bubble shield-railgun.
Laser and the eagle missiles barrage for stratagems.
Mortar sentry instead of the missile barrage for when you have to defend a place and kill a certain number of enemies.
Markio128
Gold Member
It has blown my mind how this game has taken off. Did anybody in their right minds expect anything like this?
Anyway, I’m going to try and manage some democracy using the Portal later to see how it copes with an online game. I’m still a level 8 dweeb, so I’ve got some serious catching up to do.
Anyway, I’m going to try and manage some democracy using the Portal later to see how it copes with an online game. I’m still a level 8 dweeb, so I’ve got some serious catching up to do.
Killjoy-NL
Member
I play HD2 almost exclusively on Portal. It's working perfectly fine, depending on your wifi-connection.
Even extreme difficulties are easily done on Portal.
Varteras
Member
No one saw this coming. Even Sony fanboys largely wrote this game off as DoA. But it had just the right ingredients to get viral exposure through Tiktok and YouTube Shorts. Once that happened, and people discovered the game was legit with good hooks and plenty of hilarious moments to experience themselves, it blew up.
The only question now is; can the devs keep up a good enough content pace to give this game the kind of legs that will secure it as a staple live service game in the industry?
Killjoy-NL
Member
Curious to see their roadmap. Aren't they going to share it soon?
I hope they add a lot of customisation, as well as a 3rd faction pretty soon.
And they should definitely do cross-over collabs, like a possible Killzone-DLC the Arrowhead CEO responded to on X.
I think there's a lot of potential to support this game long-term.
PectacularOz
Member
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TheBomb
Member
Oh no! I get it. It’s popular. I just wonder how they make money when there are that many on there.
rhodesianshepard
Banned
There were not press previews until a week before launch. The trailers only showed gameplay a few seconds at a time. The developers were mum whether it would be 60fps on PS5. I thought it would be a fun game that was poorly optimized. It turned out to be extremely well polished
BuddyLaDouche
Neo Member
I haven't seen ANYONE using the JAR-5 and I really want to know about it. I'm almost ready to unlock it and it seems like it should theoretically be one of the best weapons in game. I think it's the only one that says it penetrates Medium Armor?
Bumblebeetuna
Member
day whatever of waiting on the devs to get off their asses and fix the difficulty progression glitch
cebri.one
Member
I’m pretty sure they have worked more in the last week than you work in a month.
GymWolf
Gold Member
It is very good against medium armoured enemies but the rate of fire is kinda trash, the recoil is pretty high and doesn't have a large number of mags\bullets.
The slugger does the same but in shotgun form.
Still, the breaker smack both in the ass.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
that's cute, but they should probably work more
GymWolf
Gold Member
If sony is smart, it's gonna buy the team and give them all the budget and manpower they need.
The sky is the limit when it comes to how much stuff they can put in the game to keep it fresh.
Varteras
Member
I think it has a lot of transmedia potential. I could see them expanding the IP to shows or movies. Maybe animated. Making sure to keep the humor and ridiculous nature of it. I would watch the fuck out of a Helldivers series.
ResilientBanana
Member
Just bought this game. It's pretty fun, I just wish it didn't have a premium store.
GymWolf
Gold Member
Or not.
Maybe let's just focus on the game content without making shows and cartoons for every damn sony project
Varteras
Member
Or not.
Maybe let's just focus on the game content without making shows and cartoons for every damn sony project
Nah. I want more propaganda!
Killjoy-NL
Member
Is it just me, or does the game sometimes deploy a completely different strategem than the one you called in?
clarky
Gold Member
sodstall
Member
that is an operation modifier, those kick in at difficulty 5 and higher
DelireMan7
Member
Yes this one caught me off guard the first time.
Trying to call my support weapon at my feet but saw the glowing red beam. Succeed to avoid it "What the fuck ?! Must have do the wrong code".
Try again, another orbital strikes instead killing me and some teams mate. "WTF ?!"
Then my mate tell me this is one of the bots side objective that randomize the stratagem xD.
GymWolf
Gold Member
Premium stuff is inferior to regular stuff and you can find currency by just playing the game or in the normal warbound.
I already unlocked the premium and have like 700 super credits for the next one.
ResilientBanana
Member
That's good at least.
GymWolf
Gold Member
You can check what you are throwing, just look at the granade color before you throw, if it is red then abort and try again.
I killed my entire squad before realizing that.
Killjoy-NL
Member
Wasn't aware of that. Thought the game was bugged. Lol
Where can you check the modifiers? Played 75+ hours, but I have no idea.
sodstall
Member
When you're at the galactic war table while selecting an operation. It is in the bottom right of the screen. Usually shows up once you've zoomed in on a planet entirely.
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DeaDPo0L84
Member
Almost level 40, been trying my ems mortar and mortar sentry on difficulties 7-9 and I'd like to report back it is working great. Of course things happen and the mortar will TK someone depending on if we are getting rushed but overall it has been great crowd control.
Mobilemofo
Member
Sometimes, I have no idea what the fuck is going on..so I just follow my team mates, clean up the scum, and go to the extraction point. 
ShadowkillXNA
Member
What makes you think the number of servers was the issue?
It never was.
DaleinCalgary
Member
Played for about 4 hours yesterday, much fun. Decided to go support and got the backpack first to keep my boys topped up on ammo and stims, and grenades. Now to decide on the next thing to get that would help the squad.
clarky
Gold Member
COD was the first game I looked at to show you that double tops like you claim are "server crashes" are perfectly normal.
The server limit was 450,00 all last week as per updates from the dev's so going off your logic then we would see dips as the servers "crash" as it hits those numbers, roughly at 250k Steam users. That didn't happen. at all. in fact the CCU kept growing regardless. Unless you're suggesting there was nobody playing on playstation.
Like another user pointed out, you see this sometimes as one time zone is off to bed and another is hitting peak times. Like the example I gave you with COD.
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Johnny Concrete
Member
“Reinforcement budget depleted”.
Yea, no shit, when you give every Helldiver his own big ass spaceship..
Yea, no shit, when you give every Helldiver his own big ass spaceship..
a multicultural team of v
Member
Who do you even play as lore wise? Are you just a clone of the same person every time you die? Are they sending down random people to replace the one that was killed, and you are technically a different person each life?
If the latter it would be cool if they each had a name or something, and if you could go back and see the stats of each individual person. Would crush the servers even more probably lol
If the latter it would be cool if they each had a name or something, and if you could go back and see the stats of each individual person. Would crush the servers even more probably lol
Ballistic
Member
scramble modifier level 7+....check left side of screen before you throw, cancel, try another until you get right code
Ballistic
Member
when you're in pods you can L1 back to orders screen then R2 to pull up modifiers...sucks with randos because they usually start mission the moment you're added
Killjoy-NL
Member
Yeah, figured as much. L1 is not possible when you enter mid-game and I never start a match myself.
But good to know it's a modifier.
Mobilemofo
Member
Just played three games with randoms. Two were superb, and the third, some guy shot one of my team mates at extraction so I kicked him, and respawned the guy in time for the bus home to democracy city! Hurrah!
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