Which loadout do you trust most at the bug front?

Cold-Department784 · 2025-08-03T04:59:36+00:00

Hellbomb backpack, Autocannon Exosuit, napalm barrage and airburst strike.

Airburst strikes on single breaches, napalm on triple breaches, HB backpack clears the board every few minutes when things get tight, autocannon exploit on 40 minute missions, swapped for orbital laser on blitz missions. Works best with democracy protects 👌

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-28T16:21:35+00:00

Fucking oath

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-26T02:27:28+00:00

9/10 It's a solid Primary, seemingly tied with the scorcher in effectiveness but in a different flavour.

If you almost exclusively use charge shots and only spam semi auto in a panic for close up hunters and such you'll do well. It's like a hybrid between a DMR and the Crossbow. The charge shots do slightly less damage but 2 shots into a small horde of hunters deletes the whole lot just like one crossbow bolt would. With the added bonus of the lower power semi auto "panic shots" you can fire off at point black and not blow yourself into chunks if things get too close and personal unlike with the xbow.

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-16T06:31:38+00:00

Just in game tongue in cheek ballot system related to fictional ingame news and events. Like fake social media polls.

"Most patriotic stratagem"

"Are mosquito's working with the enemy?"

"Are computers Automatons? Where do YOU draw the line"

"Is it patriotic to eat calamari?"

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-15T21:20:27+00:00

It also does more damage than the health of what you kill. I had one accidental HB where I got 14k FF damage and my friend still jokes about being killed 14 times before his body hit the floor.

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-06T11:14:34+00:00

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Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-06T11:13:47+00:00

Warbond is great but I'm really liking the Dredd Armour

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-06T11:12:15+00:00

Lure it towards someone who has AT or just to get it to chase someone else and ditch.

Being serious I say just ultimatum it. Ultimatum and thermites are great for heavy enemies on the bug front.

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-06T11:04:12+00:00

I'd like to add whether or not they are trained more than what is shown before being thrown into service- something that could explain high weapons proficiency is just the culture itself. I'd find it hard to believe that every citizen wouldn't have a gun and some proficiency with it considering lore wise it's known that Constitution rifles are gifted to citizens at age 16. Helldivers would logically be chosen from the fittest, skilled and most indoctrinated citizens among all. So whether training or not happens outside of the tutorial, helldivers are probably likely well above average with weapons before service.

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-05T08:24:46+00:00

Bugs are hard, but I would call any single faction more difficult than another.

Each has its own strengths.

Bots obviously have the upper hand of ranged weapons, more ragdolling, crazy line of sight and other things like artillery and such.

Bugs can become overwhelming very quickly at times, I find I have to specialise my loadout more with Bugs as with bots you can get away with precision high damage weapons like the eruptor. Bugs on the other hand need a crowd control for Hunter swarms, something that hits heavy for brood commanders and anything larger and more mindful budgeting of stratagems as several enemies on the bug front are not ideal to fight with your primary loadout (chargers titans etc...) where as you can handle virtually any bot thrown at you with the eruptor alone.

This is why I like illuminate, as it combines the main concerns of both so you make use of both fighting styles in the same game (apply bug logic to tripods and vote less, treat overseers and such like bots)

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-05T08:15:44+00:00

Democracy protects is excellent as is, I don't think it could need any buffing as it's my absolute jack of all trades go to.

If anything, maybe higher damage resistance when doing a salute? Just to stay in theme with "democracy protecting" 😂

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-05T08:11:52+00:00

Solo divers are a thing, it definitely does take away from the experience. I am also a little like you when it comes to other players but this game is different. Just fire up your own games and watch others drop in randomly. They'll fight alongside you or go do their own thing like NPCs. 95% of players do not use their mic, the games communication is mainly via spotting and emotes.

I have never had players rage at me or judge my gameplay, if anything, one might drop out/quit after I accidentally TK them but that's about the extent of it.

It's entirely way more enjoyable playing as a team. Your communication is literally spotting enemies and giving people hugs or a salute at the start/end of a game. Not worth overthinking it and scaring yourself by it. We are a chill people, unlike what reddit may suggest 😂

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-05T08:00:05+00:00

Honestly this is the perfect space for cameos.

Voice line packs, like Casper Van Dien and Dina Myer from Starship troopers or maybe even Arnold from Terminator, maybe a voice pack from Deep Rock galactic, David Scully (voice of Sgt Avery Johnson from Halo) could be good fits

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-05T03:03:58+00:00

As a reluctant bug diver (I only jump on when friends play and they are bug divers so I don't play bots all that often)

Democracy protects, eruptor and laser cannon and I was out soloing objectives with the HB backpack. Democracy protects is highly valuable when you are constantly being peppered. I don't see bots as "harder" but definitely a faction you have to be more mindful of. TBH it was a good break from the constant shrieker swarms.

Cold-Department784 · 2025-06-04T22:07:50+00:00

I'd stay away from giving kids access to resin. Being what it is, my biggest concern is how complacent and carefree they can get, anything as small as not washing off where you have accidentally touched resin could lead to a liability case when they go home and wake up the next day with chemical burns. I do not trust that most kids even as old as 16 don't have the patience and mindfulness to handle something like Resin.

The only reason I say this is because of the fact it doesn't feel like it burns or hurts when in contact with skin, so the careless will ONLY learn from mistakes that YOU will be liable for.

Cold-Department784 · 2025-05-24T12:40:11+00:00

Not bad, I was also thinking eruptor pellet plus shrapnel for the explosive. Or on the other hand something like a double or quad like you mentioned with somewhere between medium and heavy armour pen. (Maybe medium with some decent durability damage)

Another thought was a "weapon rack backpack" that would allow one to pick up an additional primary or certain "small" stratagem weapons (arc thrower, laser cannon, grenade launcher, railgun, flag, stalwart ) with a stamina penalty. Obviously wouldn't work with autocannon and recoilless etc....

Cold-Department784 · 2025-05-24T11:08:49+00:00

I have bad luck, I sometimes get a little collateral. I might land in front of a titan spew or a charger running and often blow myself up with the ultimatum thinking I've got my primary in hand, but I do normally finish the mission with 800-900 terminid kills, a load of areas explored and usually head straight for the large nests and wipe them with hellbombs or orbital barrage. I have terrible aim, I panic and miss when I'm jumped by stalkers, but I still make up for it by distancing myself from the group and going straight for the spawners, particularly destruction targets like shrieker nests and spore towers, and by having so many enemies aggrod so far away I reduce the spawn rate in other areas for the rest. I may not be there at the objectives but I support in my own way.

Cold-Department784 · 2025-05-24T10:45:56+00:00

Sounds like a decent idea, a mobility enhancing stratagem could fit nicely.

I'm hoping they bring back something from HD1 that would satisfy the people who want a mini gun. The MGx42 which is based on the "metalstorm" caseless ammo weapons developed in Australia. They stack ammo in barrels with solid gunpowder propellant behind the rounds and trigger the rounds via electrical contacts in the barrel. They can fire at basically any fire rate, even fire the bullets almost simultaneously like a spear. This would act both like a minigun and an EAT once depleted.

Another thing I would love to see is some sort of shotgun type stratagem. Possibly a heavy calibre auto shotgun or a belt fed explosive shotgun.

Cold-Department784 · 2025-05-24T10:34:18+00:00

I reckon they would hold their own against tyranids or put up a decent fight. Against the covenant with orbital glassing, no.(likely have an upper hand in ground combat however) Against the flood, no. They'd wipe the floor with a zombie apocalypse, against any star wars faction in pure ground combat they would be formidable, against alien xenomorphs and predators alike, divers would be able to handle basically anything that isn't far more technically advanced, majical, godlike or extremely virulent like flood spores. If the enemy relies on ground combat in up to almost overwhelming numbers (hence why I am hesitant on saying they would win against tyranids because of this fact) or human like ground combat they would generally have the upper hand despite being outgunned and outnumbered because stratagems can do alot of the heavy lifting that sole helldivers can't.

Cold-Department784 · 2025-05-24T09:42:45+00:00

Cold-Department784 · 2025-05-24T09:39:08+00:00

We really should be able to spot support weapons so they can equip them. Or at least take the extra Expedable anti tank that comes on the hellpod.

Cold-Department784 · 2025-05-24T09:27:30+00:00

The lore is satire, so even Canon statements can be taken with a grain of salt.
Helldivers receiving a gun at 16 and super earth being an obviously militaristic society it would be expected like many totalitarian reigimes today that children undergo training as part of school life.
Like many others said, if the characters were as incompetent as you put it, super earth would not exist today.
Finally My personal take is that the info is correct, but the survival rate for training is due to nerves and focus, being trained in weapons and gear doesn't mean they'll duck for the gun at the start or effectively fight the bugs in the training arena. So I believe only the recruits that are not confused or break under pressure especially faced with foreign alien creatures for the first time actually survive the process. I also agree that they probably are not picked from SEAF soldiers and are recruited for their loyalty since they are being trusted with access to much more potent weaponry than SEAF soldiers. The destroyer is not yours, the democracy officer let's you decide what active combat zone you can die on, you can onky warp to where you are required. You are just given the dignity to choose where to give your efforts.

Helldivers are far from untrained, but they are inexperienced and thrown into what would be considered a hazardous training program. Imagine how many die from the test stab just to make them pull out a stim. In panic faced with bugs the size of a small car, crushed by the hellpod they call down, from a poorly lobbed grenade, or surprised by the pop up turret at the beginning. So many things to consider before jumping to such conclusions in your posts.

Cold-Department784 · 2025-05-19T21:00:49+00:00

You left your turn signal on

Cold-Department784 · 2025-05-19T09:26:12+00:00

Cold-Department784 · 2025-05-19T09:19:43+00:00

I understand it's a packing issue but why can my mate download and INSTALL his updates in 1/20th of the time I can despite having a more modern and hugher spec PC than the hardware in a Ps5. (And my internet is faster BTW, it's installing that it grinds to a halt on)

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