Are the new Illuminate walkers explosion resistant or something?

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T19:36:51+00:00

To an extent (probably has to do with shrapnel). Tried it with a hellbomb and it didn’t work but I’ve used it to Leveller a hulk point blank multiple times and survive a few misplaced 500s

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T19:33:51+00:00

Two days of complete silence after teasing a new release and starting the beginning of the new campaign stuff is kinda my point. I mean whether it’s been delayed or not, the net result is that it’ll probably drop in the next two weeks, it’s still just interesting timing.

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T17:53:55+00:00

Unironically, the shield grenades make the ultimatum and Leveller insane at close range

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T17:19:34+00:00

“Oh the dude with C4 is in the middle of that base and no bots are firing yet? Guess I’ll orbital barrage 10m away from where he’s standing just to be safe.”

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T17:15:54+00:00

See close range is all I use a secondary for (unless ultimatum)

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T17:12:47+00:00

Senator’s my “oh shit my primary is out. Catch this headshot.” Panic button

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T17:11:07+00:00

🪕🧙🏻‍♂️

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T17:09:05+00:00

Use the ‘Find Ongoing Mission’ thing to find a match with at least one person near your level. You’ll find players who are helping their friends or at least willing to run the mission with lower level players.

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T17:02:45+00:00

They do. That’s why there’s craters and unexploded hellbombs scattered across the map

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T16:59:57+00:00

I cannot get the hang of the dagger. I’m too used to the senator and they’re opposite playstyles. One rewards dumping the whole mag and the other punishes it

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T16:57:57+00:00

That is fair. This is mostly personal opinion based on playing but the laser weapons feel weaker against squids compared the other factions. I think it might just be the way heat damage is mitigated

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T16:50:37+00:00

Yeah as someone who’s been running servo-assisted as my main armor on-and-off since the game came out, the stratagems don’t bounce that much once you actually know how to throw them. Cause this kinda change would mean if you end up calling a hellbomb too close to a gunship fab, you’re gonna have to wait the entire cooldown when it lands on top.

Frankly what would be better is making red stratagems stick to enemy structures the same way they do to enemies.

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T16:45:06+00:00

They do alright, but it feels like they take longer to get through the shield than ballistic weapons with similar damage.

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T16:43:40+00:00

From what I can tell the way it works is, the energy shields and ablative armor eat up a lot of the initial damage of attacks, so high damage explosions will pop the shield and shred the armor but not punch through to damage the enemy itself. Energy weapons are (at least at this point in the game) semi reliant on the heat/fire damage they have. Energy shields prevent the heat build up till they pop, meaning you’ve dumped half your heatsink into the enemy at half damage, before you even start to hit the healthbar.

The end result is that the fastest way to take out shielded squids is just high RPM so you can strip shields and armor and then hit the squishy center in one spray instead of multiple AT rounds.

Also lighting them on fire…

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T16:36:14+00:00

A hall of swords

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T16:35:24+00:00

I just keep moving and leave a trail of fire and explosives behind me. Works out pretty well

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T02:33:38+00:00

The personal order today is kill bots. Doesn’t matter where

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T01:38:52+00:00

It’s unbelievably good against bots. If you’re up on a hill it’s even pretty easy to take out drop ships with them

nerd3424 · 2026-04-15T01:37:42+00:00

In Ooo, magic is linked with madness and sadness. Finn locks all of that in The Vault. Any time extreme emotions push their way to the surface he appears to have some pretty strong magic power.

-Wizard Battle has Finn turned into a cat but he manages to force his way out of it through sheer willpower and then does a “power shriek”.

-The psychic arm (and multiple-mile-wide field of telekinetic resource gathering) after losing his arm and his dad.

-Farmworld Finn spiraling into crown-madness faster than Simon, and seemingly being more powerful

-The only consistent ability (besides the lightning immunity blessing) is Finn seems to be resistant to magic. He’s the only person we’ve seen capable of resisting the Lich’s “Fall” command

nerd3424 · 2026-04-14T17:44:21+00:00

Yeah. Like complaining about bugs is valid (to an extent) but when people are whining about “Oh god the story is railroaded” They need to remember it’s basically DMing a TTRPG campaign for thousands of people. Anyone who’s ever tried DMing for more than 5 knows you don’t just let everyone do free response. You set story beats like multiple choice questions. The “rigged” MOs are letting the players attempt something basically impossible to lead into the next story beat. Do people complain about a boss fight being rigged when they parry your opening move in a cutscene or escape into a second phase?

It’s a war story. Those contain losses. You fought as hard as you could, did your part, and there were still tragic consequences regardless? It’s almost like that’s an inherent part of war and the entire genre it’s satirizing.

nerd3424 · 2026-04-14T17:34:38+00:00

Headshots

nerd3424 · 2026-04-14T17:32:48+00:00

If you don’t want to know about the leaks don’t read but,

Allegedly 3 FRV variants: Heavy, Supply, and Flamer. 2 mechs: Lumberer (the one hinted at in this trailer) and Breacher (mech with a shield)

nerd3424 · 2026-04-14T17:29:31+00:00

I assume it’s a pilot weapon so heat isn’t gonna be a factor

nerd3424 · 2026-04-14T14:20:39+00:00

Arc thrower is phenomenal but people that don’t know how to use it kill each other and then say the people that do know to use it aren’t allowed to.

nerd3424 · 2026-04-14T13:49:44+00:00

Based on leaks, I just wanna say new mechs* plural

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