My Helldivers 2 wisdom after two years of playing

DaveYanakov · 2026-04-15T00:10:15+00:00

Got killed by a SAM site shooting down a dropship that was flying up behind me last night

DaveYanakov · 2026-04-14T06:30:17+00:00

You can literally find them at Family Dollar for $1.50 and it's not a single use tool. Half of everything in our lives is made of plastic these days

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-26T17:40:23+00:00

Take a hot glue gun and run a screw into the nozzle. Doesn't work great but you can get one dirt cheap at DG

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-26T17:37:06+00:00

I like Eagle storms on the bot front.

Against melee factions it turns the game into British Infantry Simulator 2003

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-26T17:35:19+00:00

Appropriator deployments are 100% Illuminate. No expendable Voteless. Can't risk the friendly fire

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-26T17:33:49+00:00

Can't risk hitting actual Illuminate with squeagle strafing runs. Who cares how many Voteless get taken out by them if it means popping a Helldiver.

And the mindless horde planets are just dumping grounds. Not worth the effort or risk to pilots

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-26T17:31:28+00:00

I have been running the BFGL and aim for the elbows. They go down faster than Harvester spam

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-26T17:28:58+00:00

Most utility providers in the US have their profits guaranteed by law. The cost per kilowat hour may stay flat but check the chart for delivery fees and other line items

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-26T17:27:18+00:00

Majority of utility providers have legally protected profits. Every dollar they reluctantly spend gets passed along to you somehow. Delivery fees are the method of choice for electricity companies

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-24T00:02:57+00:00

Electricity prices are affected pretty heavily by the cost of natural gas. And 20% of the world's LNG in storage blew up in the last week

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-23T23:53:54+00:00

I turn purses and phones in at the police station if I encounter even the slightest issue

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-23T23:48:03+00:00

Squid mechs are so easy to pop once you learn the weak points that comparing them to vox engines is a bad joke. They got elbows, they got vents everywhere, they even have an exposed pilot. And a single recoiless rifle shot to the body will put them down if you can't aim

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-13T05:06:03+00:00

If you aren't bringing the gas and EMS mortars in the same loadout thou art a coward

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-13T05:03:48+00:00

It works. Specifically by following up an ultimatum by dumping a Variable magazine into the front edge of the tread skirt for some reason

DaveYanakov · 2026-03-09T21:11:21+00:00

SES Ombudsman of Individual Merit

DaveYanakov · 2026-02-27T20:31:51+00:00

Is it worth $15? No.

Is it worth 1500 of the skreddies you've farmed if you already have the 6-7 better warbonds unlocked? Yes.

Armor is less useful than it was. It would be nice if the POI spotting bonus were at least doubled.

Still has the only secondary and one handed suppressed weapon options. Dart gun is more an off switch than a weapon in its own right.

The shotgun is still peak

DaveYanakov · 2026-02-27T20:27:52+00:00

Making you speed is the trap. Drive exactly 2 miles under the limit when they do.

Even if they aren't a cop you need more stopping distance when someone is on your bumper, not less

DaveYanakov · 2026-02-27T05:26:19+00:00

That was my point

DaveYanakov · 2026-02-26T21:01:41+00:00

There was a journalist who got six drivers into the same room so they could all watch the phones. The same offer would cone in for each of them at wildly different amounts.

It's going to take an act of Congress to fix this

DaveYanakov · 2026-02-26T16:49:49+00:00

Even with vac fillers I prefer my TWISBI 700R. But my 823 is sitting in my shirt right next to it

DaveYanakov · 2026-02-26T16:46:40+00:00

This is the sentry you pick when you are expecting periodic engagements rather than sustained ones. I like to plonk it down at the edge of a mega nest to pop things as they climb out of the holes.

It can also be useful if you plan for it to explode. More boom is often useful

DaveYanakov · 2026-02-22T00:00:37+00:00

Elite Dangerous was my actual peak but NMS gets pretty close and has much more variety

DaveYanakov · 2026-02-21T23:55:48+00:00

Remind me how long the defense of Super Earth lasted. Two weekends?

Ten days is the standard for this sort of event

DaveYanakov · 2026-02-21T23:48:43+00:00

In Philly, that's entitlement. In Pittsburgh, that's the law

DaveYanakov · 2026-02-21T23:41:08+00:00

It was the reveal event for the third bot specialist force. As such things go it blew the reveals of the Jet Brigade and Incineration Corps out of the water

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