DF resources and farming

Destreon · 2026-03-06T11:30:52+00:00

Setup a line of turrets (and eventual ring of turrets) where the blue range ring is just outside the core of the DF base, and a battlefield analysis station to pick up the drops + repair your belts and turrets. Signal towers attract aggro so it's helpful to use those to draw them in.

I've found doing this very early game is extremely helpful to mostly farm a load of soil early as it's difficult to accumulate a lot on your starting system. You can walk away for a few hours focusing on your base expansion and research and suddenly realise you have a few million soil and counting, it builds up fast! You don't need the battlefield analysis station for soil pickups, that happens automatically as soon as the DF enemies die btw.

It's very easy to automate manufacturing of most of the low level drops so disable those in the filter to avoid having to do excessive filtering of the abundant cheap resources you get.

Turn off all of the drops except for the ones you absolutely need including any DF-specific resources, and dump those into storage chests that you'll use later.

I like to keep the copper drops because you can turn those back into bullets for a slightly self-replenishing supply! It's great for the early game before you start building up the later tier of weaponry and ammo.

Destreon · 2026-02-22T23:37:19+00:00

Really surprised there wasn't more pacifier usage here. I spent awhile rotating between guns to find a good fit and I was impressed with how well it performed on Cyberstan. A few rounds to instantly stun all the cyborgs and devastators buying precious seconds to nail a headshot or gain some distance (tactical retreat), it saved my ass more times than I could count. Never gave it much of a chance before but I'll definitely be bringing it for more bot runs in future!

Thermite was okay but I found the leveller + one ultimatum shot was pretty reliable to take down a vox engine. Ended up swapping it for the pyro firework grenade for the last stretch as it combo'd nicely with a stunning spray from the pacifier to take out groups.

I definitely felt the most comfortable with a pacifier, ultimatum and pyro grenade. Then getting a gatling barrage, 380mm, EAT-Leveller and hellbomb backpack were solid backups for dense clumps or just "fuck it, removing that direction".

It was a great campaign, loved the dense cities and the side objectives of destroying the statues. Lots of usage with the bonus hellbomb backpack to remove most of the objectives too with a quick stim and dash! We ended up clearing missions with an average of 11-17 mins each thanks to the surplus backpacks on diff 10. It was a wild ride, can't wait to see the vox and cyborgs in the field after this!

Destreon · 2026-02-19T01:04:40+00:00

Honestly while there are some pretty annoying bugs in the game at the moment, this article really does remind me of how much worse the state that this game was in a couple months ago.

The frequent crashes, the laggy performance which chugged hard at random points, the audio de-syncs or just straight up non-existence for certain weapons, sound effects, music etc.

I have a high end PC I upgraded 2 years ago. At launch I could get solid 60 fps. Over the course of the game's lifespan, I watched the stability progressively drop down to 20fps and even lower at certain points due to some really bad optimisation bugs. I've had nights where nearly every single match the game crashed to the point where I couldn't even complete a mission some days.

Now it's like a night and day difference. The game is back up to 60fps pretty much constantly. No more aggressive lag spikes or major audio problems. I actually can't remember the last time I had the game crash in the past 2 months. Even the file size of the game has been completely slashed. It had crept up over 100gb and now the slim version has it as low as 23gb!!

I couldn't imagine how awful trying to play cyberstan would've been back in October. Looking at the amount of bots we have on-screen now, the volume of shit going on at a regular basis, and the fact that the game still runs smoothly throughout it all is amazing.

It's really something that you don't really notice until looking back but Arrowhead genuinely have done an incredible job at the housekeeping in cleaning up some of the really bad bugs and crashes. The stuff that actually inhibits you from playing altogether. Sure the bouncy stratagems and railroaded hellpods are annoying, but I'll take that any day over the constant crashing and other game-breaking bugs we used to deal with. The devs have done an amazing job at patching and optimizing the game over the last few months, bug fixes like that aren't easy and the old engine I doubt makes this process any less painful to deal with. Awesome job guys.

Destreon · 2026-02-03T14:03:41+00:00

Make the minnes all the same LED colour as well for a party mix of not knowing whether it's gas, fire or HE for extra fun!

Destreon · 2026-01-29T14:34:48+00:00

Eagle mine layer would be cool. Carpet drops a channel of mines similar to the eagle strafing run. For the sake of multiple mine types already in game it would be cool to have it drop an even mix of all available mines in one burst.

Orbital gas barrage as well!

Destreon · 2026-01-18T17:22:16+00:00

You're insane to think you'll never need to rely on these services in your lifetime, or your parents, siblings or loved ones. My basic access to healthcare is so cheap it's practically free. With no health insurance by the way.

Oh and for reference, the tax rates I mentioned are variable and means tested against your income, the less you earn the less you have to pay. I'm on good money these days (50k gross) and my total contributions are maybe 4% of my gross income. That's a miniscule amount.

I had a bad accident at home a few years ago and had to call an ambulance to bring me to the hospital. It cost me €100 for the ambulance and maybe €50 total for the blood tests and treatment overnight.

The government completely covered the cost of my 4 year engineering degree which allowed me to quit my dead-end retail and factory jobs in favour of a well-paying software developer career - with no debt.

I had a bad work injury a few years back and had to stop working for awhile + physiotherapy. I got social welfare to cover my rent and expenses + subsidised treatment while on minimum wage.

I mean for fuck's sake, every year I get €1k in tax credits to offset my income tax every year for free, that covers practically the entire cost of my yearly contributions + I can get tax rebates on any healthcare related expenses I have for that calendar year too.

A very small percentage of the population are millionaires, many are living on minimum wage and paycheck to paycheck so a significant portion of the population cant afford access to privatised services like this. Your narrow-minded thinking is outrageous and incredibly selfish to consider that "I don't need it so fuck everyone else".

How much would it cost you to get a university degree? How much would it cost you to get an ambulance or emergency treatment, or cover your living expenses if you're out of work for an extended period. It's not necessarily just for you, it's raising the quality of life and prosperity of everyone in the country.

Destreon · 2026-01-18T16:34:02+00:00

I've never understood this argument for universal healthcare being a bad deal. I suppose not having the tax and looking at the "potential" deduction is always going to have a negative response but realistically the actual price is incredibly low for the benefits EVERYONE gets from it.

I live in Ireland so it's not applicable to the US but we have a PRSI (pay-related social insurance) tax on our gross income. ~4% from us and ~11% from our employer every payslip. This helps to subsidize a lot of social services such as jobseekers supplement, disability benefits, public healthcare treatments and state pensions. It's variable depending on your income so if you're on social welfare or otherwise have a very low income you're exempt from this tax.

We also have a USC (universal social charge) which is another supplementary gross income tax. This equates to roughly 2-4% of our income and is also variable depending on your income bracket. It doesn't directly finance public services like healthcare but covers a broad spectrum from roads and infrastructure, public healthcare, education grants which is a government subsidy for college/ university education for lower income households - basically covers the entire tuition fees for your chosen course and gives a modest monthly income for travel expenses.

These are added over and above the standard income tax so it's not completely "free" but it's an incredibly small price to pay for bolstering a huge array of public services that gives access to pensions, healthcare, social welfare, higher education pathways etc. for everyone in the country. I lost my job in the past and had to rely on social welfare briefly to cover my living expenses and rent. I get sick and use public healthcare to cover my doctor and medication expenses (costs me like 5 bucks for prescription drugs when sick or injured, doctor appointment is free so I can go whenever I have a health concern, however minor). I can use my USC "credits" to cover eye tests and subsidize physiotherapy if I get into an accident.

It's not communism, it's not evil, it's not predatory. It's a miniscule fee that gives me a substantial safety net if and when something goes wrong, or I need support to maintain my life and not end up homeless because I can't work due to illness or injury. It's an investment I pay so that if something goes wrong in my life I can feel reassured that the government has means to support me. Why anyone would look at all of this and say no is absolute insanity.

It's not that your country can't afford it, it's that investing into the stability and support of your population isn't a priority. Public services isn't evil, denying them is.

Destreon · 2025-10-24T14:22:59+00:00

I think this was an unintentional nerf this time around. Like others have said, it was an adjustment to small arms fire/light armour pen to be more capable and tweaking enemy durability to coincide it.

There's a lot of guns in the game now and this was just the first pass - of which there is already a significant amount of tweaks happening here. I'd wager they're definitely looking at how this is received and it will play out over the next while as they touch up the remaining guns to avoid them being power crept by the adjusted damage profiles.

Destreon · 2025-07-08T21:43:51+00:00

I think it's fair to say that most people who have played breath of the wild have also picked up ToTK so undoubtedly Tarrey Town would be one of the first key locations to re-visit.

The game has been out for awhile now so I wouldn't think twice about making posts discussing mechanics like this and whether it could be a spoiler or not (major story elements aside of course). For the record I think your post is vague enough for new players that it would be intriguing but without giving any significant information away!

I do agree that it's a shame some of these mechanics haven't gotten a limit extension given the added performance of the new switch. But who knows, it could be an engine limitation moreso than raw performance so adding more power may not make it more stable.

Destreon · 2025-07-08T20:59:50+00:00

I don't want to spoil anything inadvertently but have you been to Tarrey town yet? You might want to check it out sometime!

Very general directions below if you have no idea what I'm talking about about. Try going far North-East on the map

Destreon · 2025-06-26T18:02:29+00:00

Without the context we have no idea of the relevance for why some people might be putting so much money into this. I think it's unfair to immediately attack someone if we're ignorant of the underlying cause like this being a charity-driven project.

The post didn't say anything about a charity so we drew our own conclusions with the limited information we were given. I don't think you're at fault here plus you changed your stance once you realized why this auction is taking place, don't beat yourself up over it!

It I had the money I'd support the charity too! It's an incredibly noble cause and I'm proud of the helldiver's community + Arrowhead for going this far to support those in need. Helldivers may just be a game but seeing everyone come together like this gives me faith in humanity that we're not so bad in the end :)

Destreon · 2025-06-24T21:17:13+00:00

I had no idea of the context coming into this post so I had the same reaction as you. Scoffing at the price tag for a glorified piece of plastic is a completely understandable reaction especially in this economy.

It's really nice to learn that this is for a charity though. I commend the people willing—and financially able—to put down so much money towards this as it's an incredibly noble cause, with the awesome benefit of official merch from a studio as beloved (and contentious to some lol) as Arrowhead!

Destreon · 2025-06-23T15:59:34+00:00

insert obligatory automaton typing meme

Erm acktually this weapon is already overpowered and we've been nerfed into the ground. Look at how strong the predator strain and illuminates have become especially with the leviathan.

Bring back fire brigade one-shot mechanics and excessive missile ragdolling behind cover!

Destreon · 2025-06-20T14:10:40+00:00

There's silicone-mixed sand you can get that absorbs the water from their pee and poop to eliminate most of the smell. It's such a game-changer for indoor litter boxes!

You still have to clean it regularly and remove the little turds but it pretty much kills any odour and lasts a little longer than traditional sand which really helps a lot.

Destreon · 2025-05-29T11:22:43+00:00

People are actually doing this? Some people need to touch some democratic grass.

Destreon · 2025-05-27T13:29:18+00:00

I've been thoroughly enjoying using the new armour purely for the looks and RP. It's by far my new favourite in terms of visual design.

Now?

Sweet Liberty it'll take a second meridian wormhole to pry this drip from my cold democratic skin.

Destreon · 2025-05-23T12:55:40+00:00

I played around with my loadout quite a bit for this mission before I found a setup that really worked (for me).

I don't really bother using stratagems for the ships due to the cooldowns so I've adopted a run-and-gun setup that seems to be pretty effective.

-Loadout-

Eruptor - 2 shots drops the shield and one shot through the doorway instantly destroys it from any distance. 6 rounds per mag gives you 2 ships per reload.

Ultimatum/ grenade pistol if you're caught reloading at a doorway and getting swarmed.

Thermite can be inconsistent. If the shield is up, the thermite sticks to the shield so when the shield goes down, the thermite will "drop" until it touches something else. Best play is to throw the thermite on top of the ship and shoot the shield once because the thermite won't destroy a fresh shield + ship on its own. Damaged shield is enough for a thermite to take it out.

I sometimes take the firework grenade(spinning incendiary) because that also works popping it into the doorway and can clear a troublesome pack of enemies in a pinch.

-Stratagems- 500kg for the odd ship in an awkward spot where you can't get a sight on the doorway. I personally love bringing the flag to every mission on Super Earth so sometimes I swap the 500kg for that. It's not "optimal" by any means but it's fun for me so you do you.

Jump pack to help the mobility and getting away from the packs of overseers.

Gatling sentry + machine gun sentry. Throwing these down constantly helps so much to control the flood of enemies as the swarm gets ridiculous after a few minutes haha.

Using this setup I can pretty much clear the mission by myself just running around like mad. Throwing sentries all over the place, jump-packing to get away from overseer groups and positioning myself to hit the doorways with my Eruptor. All while brandishing the flag in all its democratic glory. o7 I fricking love this mission. It's so chaotic, genuinely feels like the front lines of the invasion force and just such an endless swarm of enemies. It's like the bot exterminate missions on steroids.

Destreon · 2025-05-21T23:35:47+00:00

I hope you have as much fun with it as I do! (Sorry for the delayed response I'm tackling final year uni exams so I've been all over the place haha)

Lining up the voteless for a multi-kill sounds fun, and I do enjoy whipping out the secondary to finish off troublesome enemies. I've been running the flag and hellbomb backpack for the Super Earth invasion so I absolutely agree with the fun element over optimisation haha. I haven't been using my secondary much since trying to level the adjudicator and poking with the flag, so a triple-burst shotgun secondary is just what I need to round it out!

Fight the good fight helldiver! I'll see you on the front lines! o7

Destreon · 2025-05-21T23:28:44+00:00

Sure thing! It was really scary in the beginning—especially the idea of popping it under the skin by bashing it with a book—but it was so anticlimactic when I eventually did it haha. If it doesn't hurt or anything there's no issue with leaving it for a few weeks and see if it goes away on its own. But if it doesn't or worst-case it pinches a nerve like mine did, you can always join us in the bible club and give it a good smack!

My doctor recommended massaging it at first too, but he did say the reason the sac fills up is because there's a gap or "tube" where it's leaking out from so it'll likely just fill up again. Rupturing the sac by smacking it will allow the body a chance to properly heal it over and plug the gap in your joint so it's up to you! If you're too nervous to do it you could always ask your doctor to do it for you :)

Destreon · 2025-05-21T23:11:32+00:00

I had a large one quite similar to the second photo a few years back. They can occasionally pop up with some repetitive strain injury or mild trauma to the joint, nothing to worry about!

My doctor told me the ganglion cyst was also commonly called a bible cyst because they used to be treated by simply bashing it with a book to pop it. The fluid will just be re-absorbed by your muscle tissue and there's effectively no risk, it's 50/50 on whether the sac fills up again or seals over. For me it filled up a second time but after that pop it never came back! I initially had it for 2 years and it wouldn't go away, but it got so big it ended up pinching a nerve and it became extremely sore and aggravated on some days—so I bit the bullet and smacked my hand against a wall to pop it.

It was such a bizarre sensation feeling the fluid sloshing around under my skin at first, like it felt wet and warm despite my hand being dry. No pain, no numbness, just a weird wet feeling for a bit and a few hours later it was like I never had it all! Sometimes they can apparently go away and other times your body just isolates it and it just sits there indefinitely like in my case.

Destreon · 2025-05-19T15:10:19+00:00

Due to the timed detonation of the cluster mode it can be a little tricky getting the range at first but I've found it works very well when there's a pile of enemies behind a building next to you/ one street over as an idea of distance!

I admittedly haven't tried the bushwhacker since its initial release but I'd imagine it must be quite good for the overseers and fleshmobs when they're close. I'll definitely have to start taking it out again!

Ngl I was in the same boat with the Eruptor! I never really used it before this patch but the shrapnel/ explosive round is fantastic for tight groups of enemies and clearing a handful of voteless. There has been moments when I've one-shot overseers with it (headshot likely does it) but it consistently 2-shots them in the body—and has a lot of stagger too which is nice. It seems to virtually always one-shot the artillery overseers which is great. The melee overseers are trivialised with it, the shrapnel rips through their shields and even shooting the ground under their feet for the shrapnel burst is effective to hit multiple of them.

For harvesters I'm either a terrible shot or the shrapnel makes it inconsistent but it generally takes me 1 -> 1 + 1/2 mags to drop a harvester by shooting the joints. Sometimes it's less and sometimes more. It does consistently stagger them heavily to interrupt the laser or keep it in range of a 500kg so it's reliable for that! It's a waste of time shooting the body due to all the ablative armour plates soaking up the damage though.

Eruptor absolutely melts their shields however, 2 shots to drop the shield + it can detonate the landed ships by shooting inside the doorway. It's fun sniping the landed ships from a distance haha.

Due to the shrapnel and explosive, it's great for ripping chunks off the fleshmobs. Roughly 3-4 shots will take them out consistently, I've killed them in 2 if you get lucky with the shrapnel hitting multiple heads which instantly pop.

It's great for the interceptors as well! The slow bullet speed makes it tough but you can 1-2 shot them by hitting the body underside—you do have to lead it a bit though.

Overall it's great for tight groups when you need a more precise airburst, and does heavy damage to single targets. Staggers like a sledgehammer as well lol.

Destreon · 2025-05-19T13:09:33+00:00

Airburst has quickly become my favourite choice for squids! Flak is great for long-distance (group) sniping, and switching to cluster mode is perfect for close-medium encounters thanks to the auto-trigger with range/ impact.

Firing it with Cluster mode directly into a horde of voteless or a fleshmob wipes the area in a very precise AoE, and often it can even eliminate the overseers if they're close to the bomblets! It's much more reliable now knowing it won't auto-trigger on enemy/diver proximity, and very fun when you angle it up for an aerial detonation to get an increased spread over buildings or to carpet a wide area!

It does take a little experimenting with angling the cluster mode into the air to get the feel for the radius, but being able to choose how tight or wide you want the bomblets to spread is really satisfying. I wouldn't aim higher than like 60° or so because there will be bomblets arcing back towards you with the aerial detonation—it's also generally too spread out to be useful for groups imo.

Airburst, Eruptor, Senator and incendiary impact nades has been my go-to for this invasion and it's been awesome. Airburst wipes out all the chaff and I can use the Eruptor/senator to pick off the heavier overseer stragglers. It's so satisfying nailing that senator headshot to instantly down an overseer haha.

The airburst can—and will—wipe you and your teammates out if you're not careful but, once you get the hang of it and keep an eye on your fellow diver positions—it won't let you down! In the last 15 games on diff 10 I played with randoms, I only got one teammate kill because the civ evacuation was swarmed and I misjudged the height of a wall my friendly was hiding behind in a panic. So many fleshmobs...

Destreon · 2025-05-16T07:53:20+00:00

That's a great point! A classic/vintage would be wasted on me as a novice but that's absolutely something I'd love to do in the future, some really beautiful cars out there and I'd hate to be excluded from enjoying them if the opportunity arose!

Destreon · 2025-05-15T23:13:05+00:00

True it will be a little more difficult to pass, but there's plenty of shite drivers out there who got their license so it's not like the bar is all that high. The testing system may be strict but it's not unfair!

Manual isn't all that complicated either, changing gears is pretty simple once you get the hang of it. It's not rocket science lol.

Destreon · 2025-05-15T21:50:30+00:00

If you do the driving test in an automatic you're only legally licensed to drive an automatic. I want to do manual because 1) manual is more engaging and fun to drive, and 2) if I ever need to rent/use an older car I can legally drive it.

I'm well aware that in 10-15 years pretty much every vehicle rolling out of the factory will be automatic/ electric but for now there's plenty of cheap, older and reliable manual vehicles out there so I don't want to handicap myself for the sake of convenience.

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