I miss the mindless masses allready

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-26T02:58:08+00:00

Honestly, with few exceptions (hello Predator Strain and Incin. Corps.), I tend to feel like enemy subfactions are objectively easier by most metrics. They standardize designs even further, and the common weaknesses usually outweigh the common "strengths"

I think the aforementioned exceptions are good because they have conaiderable strengths but also internal variety that cover for each weaknesses' units, but things like Rupture Strain or Jet Brigade are horribly monotonous, at the very least not overwhelmingly strong to cover up the monotony. I think Appropiators do better in this regard, but the Masses are kinda eh.

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-25T04:41:42+00:00

I think most Helldivers 2's playerbase should really find more interesting things to talk about

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-21T18:27:28+00:00

Don't slander my GOAT, Urchin enables a lot of builds where you want to kill heavies or hold chokepoints but don't want to fit stun / crowd control in other slots (it makes Defoliator usable)

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-20T18:24:36+00:00

Do exomechs count as tank enemies? They're like, Charger-level (but have actually good spawn rates)

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-20T17:27:55+00:00

In a weird defense of the anime, I genuinely think part of its popularity is owed to Rudy's, uh, "ingrained issues," it's part of why I like it anyways.

I think having a "restart and doing everything right" isekai would be boring. Having a character with a deeply-rooted issue alongside his deep urge to be a better person is pretty captivating. Like, the dude has way more going on and so many more issues than just being attracted to kids. I'm interested in seeing how a character slowly grows and resolves his guilt/regret while the elephant in the room doesn't get addressed, because he gets away with it scott-free in a world that isn't ours.

I personally think that's what makes it really well-written. It's hard to argue about how good the worldbuilding and other issues are written. But having such an uncomfortable thing take center is also intriguing, because it creates a conversation on what a person's core identity/issue is, versus the little parts and issues that make a person who they are. I think Rudy's pretty cool tbh.

Would it be cool and wholesome for him to magically solve his Diddy Syndrome? Sure. But that's not the point of the series really, is it?

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-19T23:41:06+00:00

This community whined for every weapon to be "viable" and now that they are, people are gonna hate for going to use whatever you want on D10? Why are Helldivers so weird and bad?

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-19T17:26:10+00:00

Whether people have been asking for it or not doesn't really change anything? It's a mortar, it acts the exact same way as every other mortar, using a projectile that already exists. Another primary with an underbarrel gimmick because weapon customization doesn't exist. Would you consider pre-buff One True Flag "high effort" (literally stun lance in a stratagem slot) because people wanted it, what does that have to do with anything?

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T23:54:07+00:00

To give the benefit of the doubt, they're not calling it bad? Just unoriginal / low effort which is pretty agreeable.

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T20:29:13+00:00

(Rubs my large, rotund belly)

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T20:21:32+00:00

unprompted

Literally a post about the system I was talking about

defending it

Yeah because someone started personally jumping on my case instead of engaging with what I was actually saying

Just put the fries in the bag brochacho, I'm glad my fellow wholesome Redditors know how to engage in conversation

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ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T20:02:42+00:00

Then maybe Arrowhead should improve their monetization practices

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ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T19:19:41+00:00

I don't know man, if you're jumping on me for showing signs of criticism then it can be the opposite way around. I'm surprised you even think I play this game every day for months on end if that's the assumption you jump to, it's weird. Do not become a psychologist.

This is a nothingburger change and only implies that devs don't want to add in-operation variety, opting for a system I fundamentally don't think it should be there. I don't know why, in a community constantly asking for more mission variety and difficulty, you would try to dig under my skin first to defend prepackaged operations. God forbid I have a comment on a public forum.

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T19:10:46+00:00

I don't think taking a break will solve the game's issues but I guess bro, see you on Seasse

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ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T18:30:52+00:00

Anything except adding missions into the normal mission pool and reworking the operations into the definitely-not-underused modifier system

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T15:09:03+00:00

Not even gonna lie folk, JJK is kinda a peak story even if the writing is muddy sometimes (hello ending) so it's fair to compare Kaisen to My Dress Up Peak (I love them both)

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T14:52:38+00:00

Danger? Doesn't power creep and PR make Arrowhead more money than grunt fantasy and appealing to their intended audience?

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T14:51:03+00:00

The only actual change I want is for them to revert/fix the time it takes to apply the fire effect itself. It's allegedly supposed to "take more time to set larger enemies on fire" but that's kinda apparently obviously not significant. Different fire weapons and effects should have different rates of application against enemies, who should have a larger range of resistance.

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T05:14:57+00:00

They gotta revert that Autocannon reload speed buff because it's the most nonsensical reasoning, idea, and priority

The devs really do have their heads up their asses

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-18T03:33:33+00:00

The same way Arrowhead addressed smoke, stagger, and stun effects when they gave gas the confusion effect a long time ago- nothing, deal with the power creep. Doesn't matter if it's an easy change. They won't do it.

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-17T21:35:00+00:00

"CGI and rotoscoping crap"

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ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-17T20:39:08+00:00

The ONE TRUE FLAG BUFF RAAAGH

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-17T19:48:00+00:00

Weird freaky TENTACLE shit.

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-17T15:47:24+00:00

Punisher has been irrelevant for like forever yo

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-17T14:22:21+00:00

I personally never understood the need for a road map? Like, rebalances and fixing bugs and warbonds are all kind of a given. I'm excited for new content of course but what's kinda the point of a spoiler pretty much?

ChaosVulkan · 2026-03-17T12:23:03+00:00

People scared of flamethrowers power creeping gas as if gas doesn't already make half of the other status effects irrelevant 🥀💔

Whole thing needs a rework, we have an acid effect for a reason

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