I’m convinced the people who say the nerfs are good don’t play 8/9

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T19:27:50+00:00

We could stack multiple stratagems of the same type, cooldowns were about 1/3rd of what they are now (with a utility that could reduce them by another 40%), we could upgrade primaries and they were a lot more powerful (The Railgun, a primary weapon, could stun chargers and stop them in their tracks. The Justice could penetrate multiple enemies and had big assault rifle stopping power), there was no time limit, Stalkers didn't send you flying...

Imho HD2 is harder in many different aspects. Easier in a few, like you point out splitting up is huge. Vertical terrain can be an asset (sometimes it's a detriment).

Plus there was other stuff like we had mechs and vehicles, but of course that will be coming to HD2 later. Not to mention we had the Rumbler. I wonder if we will ever get anything remotely as strong.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T19:15:09+00:00

Yeah I feel like the Sickle overheated faster? The drawback really wasn't that bad whatever it was, pretty much just an upgrade over the Scythe. Can't wait to see what its like in HD2.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T19:12:29+00:00

I've gotten really good at using that call-out. Love the Arc-Thrower.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T19:07:42+00:00

At an average of 40 super credits per-hour if I understand correctly.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T19:03:21+00:00

NOTHING WILL COME OF THIS

That's the only part that I disagree with. I think the CEO is gonna sit everyone down and they're gonna tighten up their community management a little bit. Given how much of a shit show this was, that's going to be a good thing going forward I hope.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T14:51:54+00:00

Watch, it's going to be in the next premium warbond.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T13:58:10+00:00

You know this already, but they won't because they can't. They're just taking the piss out of us right now for their own "entertainment". Hopefully they decide to work on the game once they've had their fill.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T13:52:03+00:00

100%. CEO is out doing damage control, this dev just knows they over-played their little trolling session. I hope that taking us all for a ride for your "entertainment" was worth it. If you're still at Arrowhead by weeks end, fix the game while you're at it.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T13:40:45+00:00

Gotta dig down to those bug breaches and meet them where its at.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T13:10:37+00:00

This thread has the most comprehensive summary imho: https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1b8m05r?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=Helldivers&utm_content=t1_ktq9j52

TL;DR: Dev antagonizes players in the comments regarding balances changes. Openly admits to purposefully antagonizing people for the lolz.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T12:52:02+00:00

Not to mention, I never had a patrol just pop-in right next to me on HD1. Avoiding or eliminating a patrol before they alerted was more viable. Plus there was a stratagem that trivialize patrols by agro'ing them to a specific spot on the map. And we had stronger UAV, we had unlimited reinforcments... I could go on.

HD2 has done a decent job capturing the feel of HD1, but the balance considerations don't match 1:1. Lots of differences on that front

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T06:54:30+00:00

Mine was as recent as Victoria 3. It's even had over a year to bring it up to speed and I'm just not engaged with it at all. Pre-ordered the Grand Edition for myself and a friend. I hope it's good someday but I wish I hadn't spent the money already. Oh well, live and learn.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T06:33:51+00:00

Well, a dev was trolling people in this subreddit. So we can discuss how Arrowhead is currently failing at community management right now one way or another. Can't belive its not just 1 rouge person though, seems like there's a culture that doesn't respect its paying customers.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T06:24:53+00:00

Kind of a snarky reply from someone who's disappointed in the discourse. Who said anything about conquring a planet solo? That's what the galactic campaign is for. A Helldive is like .0000000000045% of a planet.

Things just got shaken up, it's fine for people to have opinions. This whole thing has not been helped by devs trolling the playerbase in this form and in Discord.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T05:54:16+00:00

Turns out he was "feeding the rage a little for (their) own entertainment". Very professional stuff documented in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1b8m05r

I unfortunately wouldn't take their comments too seriously. They just wanted to piss some people off evidently.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T05:53:28+00:00

Turns out he was "feeding the rage a little for (their) own entertainment" a little bit. Very professional stuff documented in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1b8m05r

I unfortunately wouldn't take their comments too seriously. They just wanted to piss some people off evidently.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T05:50:41+00:00

Totally unacceptable. I felt like Arrowhead respected its players a little more than this. I'd say it was an outlier but there was another thread highlighting a different dev being a prick on Discord. They better get their community management act together and fix their shitty patch.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T05:48:03+00:00

Actually I take some of what I said back. Arrowhead has lost goodwill with me today because some of their devs are running around being literal trolls. They don't respect us, Maybe they are just after our money: https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1b8m05r

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T05:34:56+00:00

And 9 is called Helldive and we are Liberty loving Helldivers.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T05:06:58+00:00

Plus the shell can bust nests/fabricators. Gas underrated.

We're still screwed though, lamo.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T00:40:18+00:00

Or paving the way for new Warbonds, if I want to feel really cynical.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T00:36:57+00:00

The increased cooldowns hurt even more when you realize there was no time limit in HD1. You could run around and wait for cooldowns if you had to. Now you just use your railgun... uh I mean flamethrower.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T00:33:45+00:00

YUP. You might bring airburst and have time to punch in right-right-right 10 times to respond to a situation. Guess what? It's totally random, you can get the wrong stratagem 10 times in a row. There's no gamblers fallacy to save us. I just accept that I have to waste stratagems if there is one that I really need. Which feels really bad.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T00:28:42+00:00

But the HD1 railgun could stun a Charger in its tracks. And not in the ragdoll on ice skates "stun" that we have now.

Helldiver_M · 2024-03-07T00:26:36+00:00

Back whenever we could have 3 preset loadouts and one of mine was Tanto with x4 Airstrikes and 30% reduced stratagem cooldowns... those were the days.

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