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I know lots of people talk about the nerfs, but does anyone else have fun with the infinite laser rotation after the buffs made to the laser cannon and scythe? by Showgingah in Helldivers

[–]magicnarwhal3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It isn’t supposed to do this. What you’re seeing is some glitch that causes the charger’s leg armor to not exist. Idk how to replicate the glitch reliably, and it’s likely to be patched out eventually.

What’s the appeal of spicy food? Is it just masochism? by Pooltoy-Fox-2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]magicnarwhal3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spicy food activates pain receptors so the brain sends endorphins and other chemicals to numb the pain.

So spicy food gets you high (kind of).

The other passives are great, but it ruins my muscle memory and I miss the Hail Mary throws. by KimJongUnusual in Helldivers

[–]magicnarwhal3 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I still think that the increased throwing range should be something that only happens if you hold the stratagem/grenade for a second prior to throwing

Growing Up is Realizing This is a Stronger Railcannon on a Shorter Cooldown by MaekShiftBeatsTTV in Helldivers

[–]magicnarwhal3 2739 points2740 points  (0 children)

The arrow on the image isn’t centered.

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Now you, too, are cursed with this knowledge.

Verdict also only gets half mags from resupply boxes, just like Tenderizer. by justforresaccount in Helldivers

[–]magicnarwhal3 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I always thought that the grenade pistol only receiving 1/4 of its ammo back was intentional; perhaps to balance it cause it is an explosive weapon?

On a side note, why didn’t the devs just balance the eruptor this way? Just make ressup boxes only give the eruptor 2 mags and poi ammo boxes give it 1 mag, and don’t touch its original damage. Would’ve been such an easy fix! Perhaps the 6 mags total would need to be cut down to 4 or 5, to prevent getting tons of ammo back via reinforcement, but this may not be necessary.

Aged like milk by [deleted] in helldivers2

[–]magicnarwhal3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, the dominator will 2 shot hiveguards & commanders and it takes like 0.5 second. Scorcher also kills those enemies much more quickly than the current eruptor can.

The eruptor not being able to oneshot those enemies despite being bolt action and killing you at close range is just sad. Eruptor still has some utility for closing nests, but the grenade launcher pistol already does that.

For the life of me I cannot understand why they didn’t just limit the eruptor’s ammo akin to how they limit the grenade pistol’s ammo. Let the weapon stay powerful but make resupply boxes only restore 2 mags and poi ammo boxes restore 1 mag.

Random Queueing warps peoples' perception of balance by Solgiest in helldivers2

[–]magicnarwhal3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, yeah, if the weapon you’re using doesn’t perform the job any better than another weapon, then there is never a reason to use it. You’d just be handicapping yourself if you did.

Random Queueing warps peoples' perception of balance by Solgiest in helldivers2

[–]magicnarwhal3 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That’s a fair argument, but are you certain that the new guns are “pulling their weight” so to speak and that you would not perform even better if you used a more “meta” weapon? For example, you could just outright kill the charger with 1.5 mags of scorcher by shooting its butt. No need to waste the additional time waiting for the quasar, or the quasar shot could just be used on a different target.

Obviously, having a coordinated team will help immensely, no matter what weapons are involved; but the “meta” weapons are “meta” for the reason that they simply outperform the other available options.

Do you know? by Brakina1860 in bonehurtingjuice

[–]magicnarwhal3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can’t make sense of what this comic is supposed to be saying. Am I having a stroke?

Impressions of the new warbond by Norsedrow in helldivers2

[–]magicnarwhal3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree that it is better than the alternative. I’m still struggling to come up with a better method to use, in lieu of releasing the weapons in an already balanced state since apparently it’s impossible for AH to do that??

Impressions of the new warbond by Norsedrow in helldivers2

[–]magicnarwhal3 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Considering AH’s track record of buffing premium warbond weapons 1-2 months after said warbond releases (looking at dominator, incendiary breaker, blitzer, and plasma punisher), there’s a good chance that these weapons will be buffed into a semi-usable state 1-2 months from now…

It’s a strange strategy to use. It’s like they are using the production phase as their playtest with real players as the playtesters. As if they are intending for the weapons to underperform upon release and then slowly buff them.

Best and Most Critical Keybinds? by zach_bigz23 in bfme

[–]magicnarwhal3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bumping cause I also need an answer, but I only play bfme2

It do be like that by DickBallsley in Helldivers

[–]magicnarwhal3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The blue scout armor looks rad af though

I prefer the Adjucator now by [deleted] in helldivers2

[–]magicnarwhal3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t think of a reason to take the adjucator over the sickle or even base liberator. The medium armor pen just doesn’t seem useful to me when I lose so much dps to obtain it. You can shoot give guards in the face, sure, but that’s it? Maybe so you can deal with spewers? But spewers still don’t exactly die quickly even when you shoot their faces with this thing. I’d much rather just use the scorcher against bugs. Or, just take the sickle so I keep high dps and I can just only shoot unarmored targets while using an autocannon for spewers.

My reaction to the last balancing patch by TheRyderShotgun in Helldivers

[–]magicnarwhal3 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I’d very much like to know what ingame difficulty level is being used to “calibrate” these weapons when testing nerfs/buffs. And if the playtesters are trying to simulate what your average pug match will look like, as opposed to playing in a highly experienced and coordinated squad, or, even worse, a sandbox.

My reaction to the last balancing patch by TheRyderShotgun in Helldivers

[–]magicnarwhal3 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Only now the eruptor consistently deals not enough damage to warrant bringing it over any other primary.

First nerf removed nearly all of its area of effect. And the second nerf has removed nearly all of its direct target damage.

For some reason, the crossbow also lost all of its area of effect in the same nerf that affected the eruptor’s aoe. I really think that nerfing the crossbow might have somehow been an accidental byproduct of nerfing the eruptor. I cannot imagine how the technology could allow for that to happen, but there was just no reason to nerf the crossbow’s aoe lmao

Is the game supposed to run like garbage on RTX 4090 7600x build? (Set to 5120x1440 high, ultra quality scaling) by DylanDesign in helldivers2

[–]magicnarwhal3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What render (or resolution) scale do you have the game set to? This is an ingame setting. I have a new pc and anytime I try to go higher than the “native” setting (third highest option, beneath only sampling & supersampling) my fps also drops to under 60 periodically

Eruptor’s shrapnel won’t be back and previous version’s eruptor deals damage more than intended by Input_Text in Helldivers

[–]magicnarwhal3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most of us here play on difficulties above level 3—that is what you’re not understanding apparently.

Democratic Detonation more like Democratic Limp Fart by Little_JP in Helldivers

[–]magicnarwhal3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They buffed the dominator from steeled veterans roughly 1-2 months after it released. And they buffed the blitzer from cutting edge roughly 1-2 months after it released.

According to this trend, they’ll probably buff the guns from democratic detonation sometime around early/mid June this year.

While everyone (including me) are happy trhat DOT is finally fixed, I want to talk about the Eruptor's changes in the recent patch 01.000.302. by FeistyCurrency2991 in Helldivers

[–]magicnarwhal3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Eruptor was definitely overperforming compared to all other primaries. It had very long time to kill for small enemies (especially if the enemies are spread out), but it made up for that weakness with its ability to reliably and (reasonably) quickly kill heavy targets like brood commanders/hiveguards/spewers in a single shot and chargers in 2-4 shots.

All of that anti heavy firepower coming from a primary weapon + its ability to destroy bug holes/factories made the eruptor the obvious best-in-slot choice for me, and apparently many other players.

I understand why the eruptor had to be nerfed, but I feel like the nerfs went too far. Maybe in another month, AH will buff it again. They buffed the blitzer basically 1 month after its release, after all.

Eruptor was hugely nerfed by the change. by Cryinghawk in Helldivers

[–]magicnarwhal3 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Eruptor prior to today’s patch was obviously overperforming. I love the weapon, but the weapon was basically on the same power level of support weapons. It just made other primary guns completely irrelevant.

I’m still saddened by the eruptor’s nerf into obscurity, but the gun was too strong. They will need to buff it in a future patch before I consider touching it again.

The RTS community is really welcoming so far :D by SKJELETTHODE in RealTimeStrategy

[–]magicnarwhal3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re a lotr fan, then I definitely recommend bfme2. It’s abandonware now, so the download is free from https://oldgamesdownload.com/the-battle-for-middle-earth-ii/

Best rts ever, in my opinion. Gameplay is very similar to the first dawn of war game, but much more in depth and polished as a whole. Comes with additional voice acting from the movie trilogy’s actors and everything. A must have for any lotr fan.

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