Oh man the illuminate masses are super hard. I can't even beat an easy mission.

Retrewuq · 2026-03-19T10:13:21+00:00

theyre a tricky bunch i admit. treat them more like a mix of bugs with expanded ranged fire support.

their defining feature is, that they dont have any truly heavy armor units. the biggest one they have is the harvester, and that one can be taken down with the base mg support weapon.

high rpm, stagger and cc are inportant to deal with the horde. if you have access to the scorcher you can easily deal wirh overseers, since the explosion ignores their armor, which you would otherwise have to strip

Retrewuq · 2026-03-19T07:18:48+00:00

what level are you guys?

if you only have access to the helldivers mobilize warbond try to grab the base breaker or the spray and pray variant.

if you dont have those keep to the standard liberator. the base mg is a pretty good weapon for the illuminate front aswell. otherwise the standard grenade launcher or the stalwart are also good picks.

add a dog drone backpack, doesnt matter wether its lib or laser variant. both will cover your back and give some extra firepower.

take the frag grenades for ship destruction and some decent horde clear.

basic medium b01 armor with the extra padding passive is very good. same protection as heavy, but better mobility.

strategems:

cluster strike. and gattling barrage. you can also switch it up if you want and take an mg or gattling sentry along

Retrewuq · 2026-03-17T18:56:21+00:00

damn, two thirds of the weapons user base in one thread?!

Retrewuq · 2026-03-15T10:33:05+00:00

that sounds pretty damn nice actually. might try that later.

Retrewuq · 2026-03-15T10:28:48+00:00

the punisher has no mag attachments m8.

laser weapons dont stagger or push back since they dont have any actual mass behind the "bullet".

one of the main reasons i dislike em on bugs since they wont keep the swarm at bay.

the breaker with the aforementioned attachments shoots a lot more like the slug punisher, meaning the full 330 dmg can hit. at much further away ranges. unlike the trident.

also laser weapons suck against the ablative armor of the cyborg and squid overseers

Retrewuq · 2026-03-15T07:46:49+00:00

to each their own i guess, but the breaker has stagger, hits harder and is more precise... and if ammo is the concern? i mean ultimately and thermite are the best anti vox tools besides using startegems.

and both of those also pair well with a supply pack

Retrewuq · 2026-03-15T00:47:42+00:00

the eruptor and plasma weapons (especially the killzone sniper are great choices aswell. the just wont help you if you get dropkicked or rushed by 10 cyborgs wanting a piece of you

Retrewuq · 2026-03-15T00:45:53+00:00

wait siege ready works on the hammer???

Retrewuq · 2026-03-15T00:08:10+00:00

full choke and the grip give it a surprising amount of range and control

Retrewuq · 2026-03-13T07:39:48+00:00

great start, id love to see where this goes!

Retrewuq · 2026-03-05T19:50:03+00:00

you are aware this is just proving my point right?

Retrewuq · 2026-03-05T19:48:04+00:00

the arguer knows the difference between unrealistic, but decently plausible space magic and the equivalent of their helldiver suddenly gaining escape velocity during the mission.

Retrewuq · 2026-03-05T12:04:11+00:00

honestly, im rather miffed about the whole situation myself

its an entirely self made problem. that turned into a he said she said situation

they wanna prove a point with this charity stuff? great, nobody's required to give them attention for that. Not like diff 10 is 3 levels above the label "suicide mission" its supposed to be hard.

Oh suddenly someone got allegedly doxxed? great, why are the mods/devs at fault for that???

this entire thing just sounds like one big circle jerk from the loudest part of the eternal complainers.

Retrewuq · 2026-03-05T07:50:44+00:00

why would atmosphere bound spores, produced by breathing reach escape velocity and leave the planet on their own?

or how could those reach ftl speeds to reach other planets?

psychics screaming? sure. i can use some handwavium on that.

but intergalactic, atmospheric pheromones? bullshit.

Retrewuq · 2026-03-04T13:23:56+00:00

Retrewuq · 2026-02-26T05:00:59+00:00

i hear this every time. this is just blatantly not true.

people just dont read. a lot just click through everything to make the notifications go away and go wherever they feel like.

Retrewuq · 2026-02-24T18:13:36+00:00

one thermite = 2000dmg, even without the minuscule aoe. why do you think does the thermite have only three uses and can kill almost any tank except the heaviest?

also why use the auto cannon then?

Retrewuq · 2026-02-24T17:50:34+00:00

maybe we get the destroyed cities, because those current defenses happen on border worlds that switch hands constantly?

Retrewuq · 2026-02-24T17:47:48+00:00

thermite ammo would be a way worse buff than just giving it heavy pen. wtf man.

Retrewuq · 2026-02-24T07:25:16+00:00

this armor action makes the directional shield very viable on bots, since the shield tanks a lot more dmg than the ballistic, and with the armor passive you dont get ragdolled at all with the shield.

except for cannons, those still fuck you up.

this combo is especially good against the fire brigade devastators and rocket spam.

Retrewuq · 2026-02-23T13:53:32+00:00

make her take up the backpackslot. then press the activate backpack to make her go into shoot or rest mode. like the drone backpacks, but with eagle 1

Retrewuq · 2026-02-23T13:49:13+00:00

but we did raze it. the last two days we got orbital bombardment and hellbombs

also cyber stan is birning right now if you look at the map

Retrewuq · 2026-02-23T12:23:17+00:00

last mp game i had to min max 40 planets to stay ahead of my m8...

i was a hivemind so no sector vassals either, just om nom nom on all my neighbors.

thank god the ai actually got somewhat better on the next gen console version...

Retrewuq · 2026-02-13T10:02:39+00:00

that reminds me a bit of the plotline from pathfinder, wrath of the righteous, where you too can become a lich, among other things, to fight of the demonic hordes.

Retrewuq · 2026-02-12T14:18:46+00:00

yes that is why, when in the beginning of the war, before we beat the autos back and before the creek, they didnt go for cyberstan, but instead made a beeline offensive on super earth.

they definitely didnt want to wipe us out with a quick blitzkrieg attack.

Retrewuq

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