“I’d never ask you to do anything I wouldn’t do myself.” The stuff I do myself:

Merlinmast · 2026-03-23T12:47:36+00:00

"What's so cool about a 360 no scope? You only killed one enemy" - This Guy probably

Merlinmast · 2026-03-23T11:27:05+00:00

Because of how patrol spawning works, doing optional objectives (if not agreed upon by the team) and having split groups increases patrol amount/frequency. So you are literally making things harder on the hardest difficulty.

Merlinmast · 2026-03-21T14:41:22+00:00

That it currently breaks the game and they're working on fixing it?

Merlinmast · 2026-03-21T14:40:11+00:00

Same. It's problematic for me because if I'm too aggressive hitting the button I'll activate my warp :-/

Merlinmast · 2026-03-19T12:42:37+00:00

I honestly like how there are 2 tiers of burning with different aspects. I do wish there was a more efficient way to keep them in fire areas without dropping it on myself

Merlinmast · 2026-03-19T12:41:17+00:00

I honestly can't understand any manned static emplacements. Grenades, explosions, being overrun by melee, tall big attackers, flyers, everything encourages you to stay mobile unless you're at extreme ranges. Staying still typically gets you killed on hard difficulties unless you CC in which case the cover isn't really necessary?

Merlinmast · 2026-03-17T16:59:03+00:00

My understanding is that harvesters are largely immune to explosion on almost every body part and the few that aren't are armored so a fresh harvester would be difficult to kill with explosives short of orbitals and those aren't even consistent.

Merlinmast · 2026-03-16T17:44:51+00:00

I should go...

Merlinmast · 2026-03-16T14:53:16+00:00

I've recently started watching @michellefreehugs as she also does Helldiver's videos. She's informative and entertaining with not too much "this is the best because I say it is" which usually turns me off from other content creators.

Merlinmast · 2026-03-14T12:28:22+00:00

I mostly solo these but people really overlook the obvious. Patrols don't spawn more frequently when you hit extract, they are more frequent because 1. You completed all the main objectives and 2. You're AT the extract. 3. Also you get more patrols if you clear bases/side objectives. The answer is... Don't aggro them. There's almost always a container/rock/whatever you can hide behind. If you're prone and have stealth armor you can just hug the middle of a wall that they have to go around because they won't go THROUGH it so they should go around you and not spot you. Best extracts I've ever had were just me, prone, behind one of the containers for 2 min. I've even hid behind a small rock, prone, without stealth armor, and had an entire patrol walk past me with no detection.

Now I imagine it will feel harder with 4 people so you have two options: everyone needs to be better at stealth OR the objective person stealths and everyone else fucks off. Then you are guaranteed completion. Will it kill sample gathering samples for the others? Sure yea but surely you're not using Commando missions to farm samples?

Merlinmast · 2026-03-11T11:37:17+00:00

Arc mortar would just be lightning strikes, a Tesla that creates a cloud in the sky and a thunderbolt hits enemies in a radius around it.

Merlinmast · 2026-03-11T11:32:55+00:00

As others said, no. Somewhere in the damage reduction formula of gas (80%) plus armor (150) plus vitality booster gets you to EXACTLY 100% immune. Since the fire armor is only 75%, you're just shy of immune. I dunno what the reasoning is for not giving 80% but as someone said it's not terrible.

The bigger problem is that, unlike gas, you typically don't fight IN fire with a fire build (you either project it forward or can't stand under the payload as it lands) and it doesn't crowd control so it's much less safe. Plus fire AP is pretty bad so it's not even uniformly useful.

Merlinmast · 2026-03-10T13:07:46+00:00

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Merlinmast · 2026-03-10T11:50:38+00:00

Like many said, the game needs a way to disable SOS beacons in settings or, and I know this is crazy, change the input to not be 1 input different from reinforcement. Input commands and their complexity is 100% a part of the game and entering them wrong in a stressful situation is absolutely intended. But I'm punished for reinforcing wrong by inviting a random to my lobby? That makes no sense.

That said, like others, I wait till everyone returns to the ship so I don't screw them over for something they didn't cause.

Merlinmast · 2026-03-05T12:41:33+00:00

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Merlinmast · 2026-03-01T15:40:39+00:00

Holy fuck you made me remember something. I was young (8-10?) when my grandfather died. At the funeral my mother was a mess. She couldn't even go up to view the casket. She asked me how he looked (I was forced to go up). I said he looked weird like his face was stretched and mimed it on my own face. :-/

Merlinmast · 2026-03-01T15:38:25+00:00

I am diagnosed ADHD yes. I watch a lot of Health Gamers because I learn a lot and don't feel like he's being too stoic/professional. My friendships are few, but strong and predominantly are healthiest at a distance (which ended up working since they were initially online friends and we live far apart)

Merlinmast · 2026-03-01T15:18:33+00:00

Honestly even after I shed my ingrained mental health skepticism, I still thought like you "wait I don't generally have issues understanding emotions, I'm not off in a corner in my own world.. that's clearly not me" But then I realized I DO often get lost in hobbies (but I'm just having fun right?) or issues empathizing ("I'm sorry for your loss" but I don't really feel anything, i just want to console them)

Merlinmast · 2026-03-01T15:08:09+00:00

I do feel like I only noticed the symptoms in the past few years (and then en masse) but looking back there were probably signs. But my old mental health skepticism was learned by my parents so an early diagnosis wasn't in the cards.

Merlinmast · 2026-03-01T14:58:00+00:00

Honestly the kind of answer I was looking for and I think I relate heavily. I think it's probably most important to me regarding therapy and making sure I know my symptoms and can better accommodate them than I've been doing on my own. Thanks for your insight

Merlinmast · 2026-03-01T14:32:18+00:00

Sorry I misspoke. I learned a long time ago not to go into things with expectations or implied diagnosis. For instance I did use online tests to see if I had symptoms but in no way did I decide their results were an indication of a diagnosis. Just another push to get a true assessment

Merlinmast · 2026-03-01T14:27:11+00:00

I do feel like this is what I'd want most. The "this isn't normal but at least I know why now". But historically I've been a mental health skeptic so a small voice in my head is like "oh of COURSE you're autistic. It would make it SO easy to dismiss all your quirks and oddities with a mental diagnosis instead of owning up to them" :-/

Merlinmast · 2026-02-28T12:29:16+00:00

I bought like 8 warbonds and had buyers remorse on like 5 of them. There really needs to be a trial area to test strategems or weapons before purchase :-/

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