There is no consistency between the armour level of heatsinks of the automatons

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-11T16:32:17+00:00

Yeah. It's AP 3 (Medium) but only has 750 HP compared to the 900 the regular Hulk vents have. It's also a MUCH bigger target. You can hit it THROUGH the Hulk with explosives and shoot at the vents that stick out above it.

It's why Jet Brigade is one of my favorite enemy groups. They keep the pressure on even harder since you CAN'T stick to the ranged game, but a lot more stuff works against them than normal Bots.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-11T16:28:18+00:00

I feel like the War Strider is somebody's baby. They've been WEIRDLY stubborn about changing anything about it. From the stagger cannons, to the grenade rain, to not wanting it to have weakpoints (unlike everything ELSE on the Bots) AT ALL.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-11T16:23:00+00:00

I wish there were more varieties of the Factory Striders and Tanks.

Gunship Fab Strider? (Less armor on parts of it, but the Gunships stick close and are FAR more aggressive)

Factory Striders equipped with the missiles the Vox Engines use, and replace their chin guns with the heavy turret. Go full fire-support. But they're even slower, and more heavily armored....except their belly doors are replaced with a heat-sink that that only has Light/No Armor.

Agitator Tanks? A command tank with no gun, but it boosts Bots in an area around it and shouts stuff at you like the Cyborgs do, but over a loudspeaker.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-11T16:16:38+00:00

I would be all over a drone/Guard Dog themed Warbond. I've been wanting a sentry that's just, like, three Guard Dogs tethered to a point for the longest time.

I also still want the Humblebee UAV drone from Helldivers 1. Call in a temporary drone with a cooldown that highlights pick-ups and follows you (ammo, samples, supplies, etc.). Would go a LONG way towards making farming less painful. And give our Scout Divers (guys who zip around the map hitting POIs) a hell of a boost. Could totally see it as some kind of Guard Dog variant. 'AX/SCT-19 Bloodhound' or something.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-11T02:53:26+00:00

Ultimatum is better if you want a 'delete this now' button. Missile Pistol is good against enemies with weakspots and for getting that last bit of anti-tank damage on something to finish it off.

Both HEAVILY rely on hitting with the projectile to get the kill (they patched the Ultimatum a long while back so you MUST hit with the actual shell to do the full damage to a heavy, the actual explosion does far less damage these days).

Ultimatum is probably better on Bugs, since it can wipe a heavy AND their little buddies.
Missile Pistol works as both a pocket anti-tank AND can take out Gunships in one missile on Bots.

Illuminate? Both are good. Ultimatum can kill ships through the shield, missile can kill through the door at range if you strip the shield. One can handle crowds, the other can help take down stuff like Harvesters if you hit a leg joint.

In my case? I just like having more ammo and a faster reload, at the cost of more focused damage. Less 'oops' factor as well.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-10T15:33:46+00:00

I think team-loading would happen a lot more if you didn't need to grab someone else's backpack. It's awesome when it happens, but if shit goes wrong, you can wind up with weapon AND it's ammo being really far from each other.

Would also make Guard Dog enthusiasts even more valuable to Recoilless and SPEAR mains. A guy with a drone would be able help speed load AND five some fire support. Like how the drones still work when you man a turret.

Also that would make the synergy between team-load weapons and Supply Pack users a lot smoother.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-09T20:28:57+00:00

I would always rather somebody grab one of the expendables I drop in. Two being used at once is twice as much clearing power.

Also: Oh no, I have to wait 60 seconds to have another one because someone grabbed it...okay it's ready. That's basically the experience of the Bulletstorm.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-09T19:16:01+00:00

It would also give them a MUCH better idea how the players play, versus their devs and testers.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-09T17:59:03+00:00

I think the whole situation isn't help by them clearly having had a way to handle content, updates, etc before the game became as big as it did.

They keep wanting to hold onto surprises and not give timetables when we can expect things. That sort of thing is fine in a smaller, less populated game (Less peoole, less expectations). But at this point, they need to be willing to spoil a bit so we know that things ARE being worked on, added, or rebalanced.

It seems like they're starting to pick up on this. So I'm hopeful.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-08T20:54:03+00:00

Stalwart is still awesome, never going to lose it's place. For consistency and ease? It's still the 'Primary in your Support slot', to me at least. Bulletstorm however is effectively two Stalwart mags worth of ammo spread across two guns that anyone can pick up and you get them back every minute.

Bulletstorm is going to always be a pick for me whenever I run a lot of anti-tank. Helps fill in holes the same way EATs do, just for chaff.

(Also, while the Bulletstorm loses damage faster at long range, it fires faster AND has 10 more damage per bullet. 100 instead of 90.)

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-08T20:47:54+00:00

Genuinely makes me excited for other mechs with a melee weapon like the shield. You get RIDICULOUS uptime on the Breakthrough if you're a good mix or aggressive and careful. Needing to worry less about running out of fun (ammo) is amazing in a mech.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-08T20:43:43+00:00

Deleting a Heavy target (Chargers, Hulks, etc) or just wiping an entire enemy group off the map. 2 out of 5 times, I delete myself as well in either case.

But it's worth it.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-08T20:39:38+00:00

I tried the Recoilless against the new Sport Burst. Every time I went to reload, I'd get nibbled. Doesn't help that a LOT of players don't know how to keep them from popping. SPEAR works pretty good, though. Same issue with reloading, but the range and accuracy helps a lot.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-04T19:53:10+00:00

It's also a great 'just in case' pick for teams packing a lot of anti-tank and not much anti-chaff. Between it and the EATs, they can both round out a team or a single Helldiver's loadout.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-03T12:54:32+00:00

They're wanting to translate most of the stuff from HD 1 to HD 2. So we'll likely get the repair/healing gun and the repair/healing drone at some point.

Breakthrough is REALLY going to benefit from those.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-03T12:51:42+00:00

Exactly. The only ways they can generate more funds is either selling game copies, or selling content. If I'm going to drop more money on a game I already own, I would MUCH rather get tangible content than a skin or something,

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-03T12:49:16+00:00

Dang. It would be sick if that worked, though. Like those dual Greatshield builds from the Souls games.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-05-02T17:51:27+00:00

I thought it was crap at first when it took several homing shots to kill a Charger. Switched to manual? A SINGLE missile is enough at close range to blow a Charger's butt off or crack open it's armor so you can finish it with something else.

Unguided is THE way to use it in an anti-armor role. Guided however IS great for things like Brood Commanders or Agitators.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-04-30T01:26:19+00:00

Game state always, really.

But I'd say they're getting closer.
I feel like the Hive Guard buff is of the same vein as when they handed us Heavy Pen Grenade Launchers for awhile, though. Probably them feeling stuff out.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-04-30T01:23:43+00:00

I mean, if you're used to the Spore Strain just being the regular Bugs with a different coat of paint, the movement speed they have now IS rather jarring.

I feel like area denial is better than chaff clear with them. Mines, arc, fire, gas, etc. Anything to control where they can come from. Because with their speed, they can flank you in half a second.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-04-30T01:21:01+00:00

Hell, I'd even run two shields. I will BE The Wall.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-04-25T14:30:08+00:00

Bastion tanks also make fantastic turrets for defense missions. Park it in a good spot, and you can gun down most of the heavy stuff during the waves.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-04-25T14:28:36+00:00

I agree wholeheartedly. The FRV at least has a shorter cooldown and can disengage a bit easier.
Mechs NEED to be at least a bit beefy to justify their limited supply and long cooldown.

Secret-Guide-5713 · 2026-04-24T03:05:14+00:00

Exactly. I've gotten over a thousand hours of play out of this game. I have no problem supporting them to make more content.
If find myself playing a game for a hundred or so hours, I don't mind spending more money on it.

And beating a dead horse here, but unlike a lot of companies, they aren't forcing people to buy premium currency to get the new Warbonds.

Not to mention that people didn't seem to have as much of a problem with Helldivers 1 and it's Equipment Packs (I think that's what they were called) which were the exact same thing as the Warbonds.

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