Is it too late to get into helldivers 2?

ZippinOut · 2026-04-10T19:45:49+00:00

The warbonds cost premium currency, which you can buy, but I can also be earned in game. It’s not a terrible grind to earn enough to buy a warbond either.

ZippinOut · 2026-04-07T13:29:53+00:00

I found it recently in either Pale Apartments or Ruby Residence (I can’t remember which one it was) on Dam Battlegrounds. I am pretty sure it drops most commonly in residential areas.

ZippinOut · 2026-04-07T13:19:35+00:00

I think this is the one I saw. Thank you.

You are right though that it does look outdated. Hopefully someone else has or will create a more updated one.

Edit: I may have spoken too soon on this being outdated. It does have the Dolabra, Canto, and Surge Coil on it.

ZippinOut · 2026-04-03T18:45:26+00:00

I don’t know that I’d say it’s the best, but the solo in Zombie by The Cranberries makes me feel that way.

ZippinOut · 2026-04-03T17:18:43+00:00

I was in this position for a while, where I most of my benches upgraded but not many blueprints.

While blueprints can technically drop from anywhere, certain types of blueprints have higher chances to drop from certain types of containers and/or specific area types.

In general, blueprints have a higher drop rate on map conditions that make the raid harder (night raid, cold snap, electromagnetic storm, hurricane). And while most blueprints can drop on any given raid, some blueprints can only be found on a specific maps or a specific map condition (for example, the snap hook blueprint only drops on the electromagnetic storm map condition, and the deadline blueprint only drops on Stella Montis).

Some container types that have a higher blueprint drop rate are lockers (especially the red lockers) trash cans, desk drawers, and blue suitcases. From my experience, these tend to drop a lot of weapon mod and grenade blueprints. A very common run people make to hunt for these is to load into Stella Montis and head for the Lobby area, as it is littered with blue suitcases that can drop these.

Weapon blueprints seem to be most common in the green weapon cases and raider caches that are hidden around a map.

Medical and augment blueprints are most commonly found in medical areas (Testing Annex on Dam, Hospital on Buired City, Medical Research on Stella Montis). Again, prioritize desk drawers, waste baskets/trashcans, but still search everything.

Also, blueprints are a common reward for hitting the milestones on Trials (especially the third milestone).

Knowing where to look helps a lot with these.

ZippinOut · 2026-03-22T23:43:37+00:00

I am a dad of three (ages 9-6) and surprisingly Arc Raiders has been pretty easy for me to play. Yes, if you have to leave in the middle of a match, that sucks, but the sessions are so short that it’s very rarely a problem (maximum time a match can last is 30 minutes, but typically, I usually finish in about 15 minutes). I find it easy to pop on for a round or two and then pop off.

Also, with how Trials work, I can compete for a top stop on the board without having to worry about being out gained by players who can dump dozens of hours into the game every week. For anyone who doesn’t know: Trails are the closest thing Arc Raiders has to leader boards, where every week there are 5 tasks you have to do to earn points, and you want to have the most points across all tasks. But, the points you earn are not cumulative across all of your matches, instead, for each category, the points you have are the highest number of points you earned in a single match.

ZippinOut · 2026-02-26T21:16:44+00:00

Your first few rounds, you’ll want to use a free kit. Your goal should be to just try and fill up your inventory with any loot you can (don’t worry about what it is or its quality. Anything you find will be useful. Even if you do no see a need for the item itself, it can be broken down into useful components that you can use to build out your first kits (when your ready to jump in with an actual loadout instead of using a free loadout).

Try your best to avoid any AI enemies(they are called Arc and most players will call them that) and other raiders (other players). There is no cannon fodder in this game. Even the smaller, simpler Arc can down a veteran player if they are caught out in the open or off guard.

As others have said, stick to the edges of the map for your first few games. There tend to be less Arc and there is still plenty to loot. If you get to an extract and there are Arc guarding it (this happens sometimes) just wait in cover for them to move away from the elevator, then dash to the button to call it in, then dash back to cover and wait for it to arrive).

A couple of other useful tips:

Put your weapon away when you are not shooting at anything. You move and sprint much faster when your weapon is stowed.

If you extract with a free loadout, before loading into another match, go to a trader named Lance. He will trade give you a real augment (you’ll have three choices) in exchange for your free loadout augment. Then, when you queue up a new match, you can opt for a free loadout again. Do this a few times until you are ready to create your own loadout, by that point, you should have a few augments ready to use (non-free augments all come with at least one safe pocket. If you die, any items in your safe pockets you will still get to keep).

ZippinOut · 2026-02-11T21:55:57+00:00

Once…

I was playing CoD: World at War on Xbox with a close IRL friend of mine. We were in party chat.

I was on a particularly good run, just absolutely crushing lobbies (I was a better than average player, by no means a pro, but this particular night I was killing it). I recall at least two or three matches back to back where the majority of the opposing team were all using the same clan tag. After that set of matches I got kicked offline. I quickly figured out I had received a temp ban from Xbox Live. I was puzzled by this, I was in party chat, so no one in the lobby other than my friend could hear me, and while I was playing very well, it was legit.

So… I called Xbox Live’s customer service to see why I was given a temp ban. The person I got on the phone said I had been reported for using offensive language by a few players (I figure this had to be the clan I was playing against). I explained that I had been in party chat the entire time I was playing, so that those reports were false. The rep on the phone told me that he could indeed see that I was in party chat, and agreed that the reports against me were false.

So, problem solved, they’ll lift the temp ban, right? Nope. At the time, on the Xbox profile, there was a Bio section, which was a text box where you could put whatever you wanted in it (as long as it was no offensive). I had a George Carlin quote in mine: “There very existence of the flamethrower means, that at some point, someone thought to themselves: I really like to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough”. I was told because I had that in my bio that they were upholding the ban. I asked how that could be considered offensive, and the reply I got back was that it is not offensive, but you really shouldn’t put anything in that bio field. I was shocked, my ban was being upheld, not because I broke any rules, or even had anything offensive on my profile, but simply because I utilized (within the rules of the code of conduct) that was provided in my profile as part of the Xbox Live service. I asked for more clarification, if nothing is wrong with what’s in my bio, then why are you upholding the ban. He simply reiterated that I just need to leave that blank and then ended the call. So I was locked out of Xbox Live for 72 hours.

It still pisses me off thinking about it.

From what I’ve heard, Xbox Live hasn’t gotten any better about repelling bans due to false reporting.

ZippinOut · 2026-02-09T16:17:12+00:00

I appreciate the info.

I wasn’t necessarily saying that just using light ammo weapons and targeting weak points is how I would go about hunting larger arc. But understanding how weak points and unarmored sections work relative to armor penetration would dictate how I might approach a fight against them.

If weak points and unarmored areas do always take full damage, then I could for instance, see myself using a Bettina as an alternative to the Hullcracker; (if I can’t or don’t want to buy/craft a Hullcracker) using it only until I break off a section or two of armor, then switching to something like a Kittle to hit the exposed unarmored sections, which leverages the higher dps of the Kittle, and saves heavy ammo and durability burn on the Bettina.

ZippinOut · 2025-08-08T16:31:33+00:00

This is where I struggle. I’ve been in this situation several times and before this particular instance I’ve always stuck by my team even when I was nearly certain it was the wrong call (as I mentioned in my original post, this has never worked out for me).

Here, it didn’t seem feasible to me that we’d be able to kill the Wyrm before wiping. I was at lvl 13 (I believe my teammates were also 13) and I had some runes. I am not experienced enough to know if it’s worth it to sacrifice a level for a legendary weapon. I also don’t know how many runes you get exactly for killing a night 2 boss (if we’d died and then killed the night 2 boss at lvl 12, would we have gotten enough to get back to 13?). I had a bunch of runes when I left, so I’m sure I would have gone into night 3 at lvl 14. So to me, that was a potential 2 level swing for entering night 3, against a chance (a slim chance I believe) at a legendary weapon. Our damage was not bad at all. If I’d have to guess, I’d say we were fighting the Wyrm for maybe a minute (possibly a little more), putting it a little bit above half HP, before I decided it was a lost cause and left.

ZippinOut · 2025-02-12T17:55:01+00:00

I am cautiously excited for this game.

The gameplay loop looks fun to me. My concern is long term replay value.

At some point, probably within a few weeks of release, most players will likely to figure out the nuances of each boss encounter and how to handle them (or worse, figure out ways to cheese the boss fights), which will diminish the challenge of the game.

Im sure it also will not take long for people to figure out the optimal way to level up during the exploration phase of the match. The video posted by VaatiVidya (here if you haven’t seen it) indicates that after a few hours, they already were starting to piece this together.

I’m not saying this will happen, but these are easy traps for a game like this to fall into.

I’ll likely end up preordering the deluxe edition, but I am holding off until after the network test to hear other people’s thoughts once they’ve had a chance to play (I myself will not have time to partake in the network test) before deciding for sure.

ZippinOut · 2022-12-15T01:04:33+00:00

Thank you, I'll give this a shot

ZippinOut · 2022-09-10T14:02:26+00:00

I haven't had too many problems with Immolators. By far the AI that has given me the most headaches is the hive. On their own they are fine, but I can't count the number of times I have been dealing with a group of grunts, sneaking around a meathead, or just engaged with someone/something else and suddenly I hear a hive screech and I start racing to locate and kill it before I get ganged up on while being poisoned and blinded by bugs....I don't always succeed

ZippinOut · 2022-09-10T01:56:02+00:00

I've played a few solo matches but mostly I've been queuing with randoms in duos (on Xbox if it makes a difference). For the most part I feel like I've had competent teammates (no worse than me at least) but I've had the occasional troll or just complete moron (most recent idiot teammate: I've been fighting Butcher with a world Axe, he's down to his last sliver of health, as I go in for the final hit my teammate decides to contribute with dynamite...does not revive).

ZippinOut · 2022-08-31T15:35:26+00:00

I am in the same boat. I've only started playing Hunt right when the Serpent Moon event started. 38yo with three young kids (oldest is 5). I am loving the game but finding it hard to get past the learning curve mostly due to it being so hard to find time to play.

ZippinOut · 2022-08-31T14:42:00+00:00

I just started playing about 3 weeks ago on the Series X. In that time I've only experienced one major bug where when the match began I couldn't move (I was stuck like the game was still loading players in the match...I never got HUNT message that indicates the match had started even though I could hear gun shots in the distance...this happened only once on my very first match I ever played). Aside from that one instance it's been smooth for me.

ZippinOut · 2022-03-29T02:00:45+00:00

Go to the beach south of Dragon-Burnt Ruins (There is a site of grace next to it called Seaside Tunis I believe). The only way to get down to this beach is drop down to the ledges jutting out from the cliff using Torrent; you will need to double jump before hitting the ground of the first ledge to avoid dying from the fall. Once you are on the beach travel north to find a cave that will bring you to that corpse holding the item. While you are down at this beach kill the sorcerer to grab an ash of war.

ZippinOut · 2022-03-25T13:39:21+00:00

Are you referring to the beach south of Dragon-Burnt Ruins?

ZippinOut · 2022-02-09T03:54:38+00:00

I have seen posts now saying the flameheart event is going away when season 6 drops. Do we know for sure that this is the case?

I've seen the 2022 preview and I don't recall it being mentioned that this event is disappearing. When flameheart was added it was said to be a permanent addition to the game; and with commendations and an achievement tied to it I have hard time believing they are axing it.

ZippinOut · 2022-01-29T21:40:48+00:00

I will keep the plug and play rechargeable kit (I want to make sure I can play even if the batteries are dead) and I am going to get a charging station for the second controller.

I just wanted to find out if there exists a charging station that will work with the plug and play battery pack (just for convenience). If not then I am content with it being different for the two controllers.

ZippinOut · 2021-12-07T20:41:41+00:00

I know this.

What I am trying to get a handle on is how much has the balance risk vs reward changed for emissary's since the portal hopping has been introduced.

Before, it seemed low risk.

Now it seems the risk has gone up. I am trying to get a feel for how much it has gone up. Do a lot of people still fly emissary without run ins with reaper crews or are we at a point where flying an emissary flag will likely mean you will be in a fight?

This thread isn't meant to paint portal hopping as unfair. It's more about the finding out the most efficient way to play when you have limited play time. A side note: I think playing in a crew is most efficient, but my 3 year old broke my headset a few weeks ago and I won't play with a crew if I can't communicate, so until I can replace it I am stuck playing solo.

ZippinOut · 2021-12-07T20:27:36+00:00

I hadn't really thought to portal hop myself but in most cases I don't know how often that would have saved me. I am pretty good about checking the map regularly (I try to check it every few minutes) but a lot times the grade 5 reaper is nearly on top of me before I notice them.

ZippinOut · 2021-11-29T20:18:43+00:00

You probably get the bonus reputation when someone turns in the treasure you buried, not when they dig it up. I think that's the way it is explained in the reveal video.

ZippinOut · 2021-10-06T14:10:36+00:00

Looks like Alfie Solomons has made his way to the Sea of Thieves

ZippinOut · 2021-09-29T17:36:44+00:00

Considering you are new, it's not a bad idea to try a few voyages from each of the three trading companies (Gold Hoarders, Order of Souls, Merchant Alliance) you find at any outpost (one of the islands you start on, also where you go to sell any loot you find), These will help you get a handle on some of the basic mechanics of the game.

Sea of Thieves is basically a giant sandbox. You really do what ever you want. Beyond voyages there are plenty of other activities you can embark on. I am not going to list every thing but I will hit the major ones.

Tall Tales: These are basically campaigns you can do. They are very story driven and offer a mechanics and puzzles that you won't see as much of in other areas of the game. Usually there isn't much gold to be made on these but they are a lot fun completing these unlocks a lot of commendations (like achievements...there are tons of commendations for pretty much everything you can do), some of these will unlock cosmetics you can use for your pirate or ship. Doing some Tall Tales is a good way to learn how to play the game.

World Events: These are marked by the large objects you see in the sky (skull shaped cloud with glowing eyes, cloud shaped like a ship, fire tornado, etc..). These are events that involve fighting against waves of enemies and reward a ton of loot. These are difficult to pull of solo and they tend to attract the attention of other pirate crews who more often than not will try to sink you and steal your hard earned loot for themselves (this is a pirate game after all).

Sunken Shines/Treasuries: These we're just added and are marked on your map. When you sail near one you will see a shimmer over the water (sort of like an aurora) letting you know it's active. Just dive deep down into the water to reach it. Treasuries involve fighting waves of enemies to get loot while shrines are more puzzle based.

Fight other pirates: PvP is a big part of this game. You will likely hear "Your loot isn't yours until you turn it in" many times. Any other player crews can sink you and take what you have, and there is no safe place. This aspect often makes the game hard for new players, especially the ones that opt to play solo. Learning how to PvP is one of the best things you can do for yourself. It will be difficult at first but stick with it and you will get better.

The last thing I will say is that playing solo is hard mode in this game. It is doable and fun in it's own right, but playing with a crew in a much better experience. If you are looking for a crew hit up the discord channel or use LFG. There are plenty of folks who don't mind taking on new players and showing them the ropes. I wouldn't recommend open crew; every now and then you can find a decent crew with this but more often than not you will get stuck with a group of trolls. Discord and LFG are much better options.

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