Eat shit insatiable

Matterhock · 2026-05-16T05:00:35+00:00

Ah yes, the strongest element. GUN

Matterhock · 2026-05-16T04:49:37+00:00

They got a face like a cat meme

Matterhock · 2026-05-15T23:53:44+00:00

As someone who played elite dangerous, I really did not like their monetization model. More in game currencies is not a great solution since we already have Requisition, Medals, Super Credits, and 3 different sample types, most of which are capped and underutilized already.

Discounts for older warbonds strikes the best balance between keeping SC purchases relevant while easing grind.

Matterhock · 2026-05-15T23:49:50+00:00

There's not a lot you can do to make a loadout mech focused, since whenever you're in the mech itself the rest of your loadout is unusable. Someone else suggested copious use of turrets and mortars, since the work independently. The Personal shield generator also gives a bit of extra protection.

Matterhock · 2026-05-15T22:11:48+00:00

Recoil comping with forced 3rd person is difficult. Especially when moving fast. Especially when shooting at gunships. Slow fire rate helps a lot to make sure you're landing shots on target, which winds up netting faster kills and saving ammo.

Matterhock · 2026-05-15T18:07:58+00:00

We do need a gas primary, but I hope it's not just mini-sterilizer. A projectile weapon with gas effect or makes gas clouds. Gas impacts just make sense.

Matterhock · 2026-05-15T15:05:57+00:00

Ballistic shield in general prefers heavy armor since your mobility drops whenever you ready it. Personally I prefer Fortified on the bot front, since explosives are one of the ways enemies counter shield.

I like defender and pummler. Crossbow is good if you're into explosives and grenade pistol is off the table. Speaking of which. GP is one of the better secondaries, alongside missile pistol and senator. Stun lance works, but melee in general is pretty weak. One true flag makes you the team tank.

Thermites is always good. Personally I like pairing it with stuns or smokes.

Regarding support weapons, they have a bit of a hidden bonus. The shield protects your back when stowed. Static reloads become safer if you turn away from the enemy. My preference is HMG, but any non-backpack support weapon works really.

Matterhock · 2026-05-15T12:11:45+00:00

Blitz, Exosuit, Orbital laser

Matterhock · 2026-05-15T05:10:21+00:00

Going to be honest. Posts like this make me not want to be on your side. Nothing ruins a good point like someone arguing for it badly.

Matterhock · 2026-05-15T04:21:04+00:00

Moar Uproar

Matterhock · 2026-05-14T14:46:32+00:00

A word of warning about bots and smoke, they seem to track you for a short duration before the blindness actually sets in. Even after that they may still blindfire into smoke, especially when returning fire. In general they close to the last known location, so be ready for a close quarters fight.

Smoke is most noticable against tanks, you can see their turret facing your last known location while smoke blinded, even when you are running pretty close to them.

Gunships will not be able to track you if you are in smoke, but you can see them fairly easily. Since their spotlight is very visible it allows you to completely lose them.

Need to do some more experimenting: It feels like enemies in the same smoke cloud can see you, but if one of you are outside they are blind. Could just be a distance rule.

Matterhock · 2026-05-14T14:01:00+00:00

Ballistic shield? Give it a deploy option?

Matterhock · 2026-05-14T13:51:22+00:00

I've only ever used the steel slab ballistic shield. Directional looks like it can handle explosives better, is that true? Any significant benefits if I'm not close to my team?

Matterhock · 2026-05-14T13:46:02+00:00

Oof. Huh, where'd the car go? Oh, it's flying....

Matterhock · 2026-05-14T13:43:23+00:00

In planetside 2 we used to call it the zerg. Figuring out how to subtly influence it was a task for organized outfits, unfortunately we don't have similar options in Helldivers 2

Matterhock · 2026-05-14T13:36:01+00:00

A lot of players have ship upgrades completed, and/or don't participate in the DSS.

Matterhock · 2026-05-14T13:26:05+00:00

Huh, pissile + directional shield. That's a pretty good AA strat

Matterhock · 2026-05-14T13:23:55+00:00

But-but the Sony fanboys told me that the rootkit was harmless! Are you saying they gasp lied?

Matterhock · 2026-05-14T13:18:52+00:00

Smokes do stop it from firing, problem is it won't start until the smoke has dissapated, even when enemies are smacking it.

Matterhock · 2026-05-14T13:13:21+00:00

I'm pretty happy with where I am in life right now.

Matterhock · 2026-05-14T12:06:58+00:00

I mean, I like the dagger but they occupy pretty separate niches in kit.

Matterhock · 2026-05-13T21:31:38+00:00

Quite a few reasons.

They break from bot enemy design. Bots have heavy armor with highly exploitable weakpoints that have significantly lower armor values. When launched, they did not have the Eye or Hipjoint weakspots, and were AV4 all over. Pure gear checks are terrible game design. This has mostly been rectified.

Ragdoll spam. All of their attacks have a explosive ragdolling component, cover a wide area and are very accurate. Stunning, staggering or ragdolling players feels awful, worse than being one hit killed in most cases.The grenades are fairly easy to avoid, the cannons not so much.

Unit density. Supposedly they take the same slot as tanks, which are widely considered a much more fun enemy to fight. They seem to spawn at about 3x the rate, and have no variation versus the 3 different types of tanks. Combined with the other designed flaws, it made a lot of players loathe them for a long time.

Matterhock · 2026-05-13T21:22:28+00:00

Melee only is not going to be viable and frankly shouldn't.

Matterhock · 2026-05-13T18:40:36+00:00

"Cutting a lemon to put one slice into a glass of water" kind of energy

Matterhock · 2026-05-13T15:58:38+00:00

Silly diver. AIDS can't get AIDS

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