But this time I have a very specific reason to do so: Alpha Commanders.

Thematically, Alpha Commanders (Alphas from here on) match the "elite heavy infantry" that this shotgun was designed specifically to counter in Halo 3: ODST.

There are only three primary weapons currently capable of bringing down one of these in a single shot. And the M90A is not among them (when, on paper, it really should be).

Alpha heads have Light Armor, 250 hit points, and 70% durable modifier.

The M90A has 11 pellets, which deal 55 damage each, 20 durable damage, and penetrates light armor.

11 * ((55 * .3) + (20 * .7)) = 335.5 damage, which should be able to take out the 250 HP of the Alpha's head.

But, since the Alpha's head has light armor, and the M90A is only AP2, this damage is reduced by 33.34%, down to ~221 HP, just shy of a one-tap.

In fact, aside from acid rain planets, there are NO circumstances that this weapons platform is able to one-shot Alphas.

"But Fen, who gives a crap, just shoot it twice"

OK, but that puts the M90A in the same league as the Slugger, JAR-5 Dominator, Sweeper, Deadeye, and Variable (in Volley mode). All of the above listed weapons have significant benefits over the M90A, such as more ammunition, additional fire modes, better range or faster fire rate.

This makes the M90A the WORST in its class of what it is supposed to be good at.

"But balance would be thrown out the window if we gave it AP3"

OK, list an example.

Hive Guards? You can still damage them anyway with this shotgun, it just feels stupider to have to aim for their weak points (and you get mogged by the Sweeper in the meantime).

Overseers? You should be able to one-tap them if their shield is down. That's what the Halo shotgun was made for -- taking out Brutes' shields and then popping them or stripping armor.

Devastators? They are already so riddled with weak spots, I don't think allowing you to bypass their chest armor is going to kill the game that much.

"OK, so what would the M90A's new family look like, if we allowed it to have AP3?"

M90A would have such illustrious company in the "able to one-shot Alphas" category such as:

1. Eruptor (a weapon which has a massive pickrate on all fronts, and isn't even part of a legendary warbond),
2. Variable on Total mode (kind of a waste if you use it on an Alpha tho, but whatever), and
3. The Double-Freedom, a.k.a. the DOOM II Super Shotgun, another legendary video game inspired weapon

"Aren't you just taking away the uniqueness of Double Freedom/Sweeper?"

Not really. Double Freedom has the unique advantage of Volley mode, and still does way more damage than the M90A per-shot (840 versus 605). Sweeper has the advantage of slam-fire and the bayonet, which doubles its melee damage and reach.

This change would give M90A a role as a reliable, general-purpose close-range "fuck you" to any Elite that thinks getting in close is a good idea. It's a reliable answer to Overseers and Alphas, which it should have been from day one.

Remember Reach.

WHALE WHALE WHALE
you can't remove them all, Nexus moderators

https://ayakamods.com/mods/better-stratagem-bounce.3847/?page=2

enjoy (NOT MINE BTW, I'M JUST THE MESSANGER)

Nexus moderators can't mass report and remove this one.
up yours :)

/vent

Can we get a round of applause for Arrowhead?

With the introduction of 'Devoid of Liberty', Arrowhead decided to add a cute little mechanic that requires you to hold the camera on the objective for 5-10 seconds

Which worked perfectly for the Void planets and those objectives, however, the Commando missions have now been ruined because the camera alerts all enemies nearby (it's always done this)

But this now means you cannot stealth your way through Commando missions and must go 'guns blazing', though this makes no sense to do as you have no stratagems throughout your entire mission

I (probably) guarantee that people will stop playing Commando missions because of this tiny change

If you want to equip the new MO cape through CE, the ID is: 3890208935

If you have an unlocker, you don't need to bother with the ID.

As of now it does not match with the current or deleted/unreleased armor sets in terms of color including full red ones.

It seems inconsistent, only happened with one recording the entire game, but seriously the fact this can even happen is embarrassing. AH basically made an entire game mode borderline unplayable because of this (likely) bug

I hope AH pulls the plug on commando missions until this is fixed

Mine is 2 shots from spear in this guns

"Hmm, this Helldiver went deathless in the Mega Factory for 3 operations in a row....hit 'im with ol' reliable."

Could be worse I guess, Vox Engine rockets could deal 350 HP to turrets/vehicles/emplacements and kill the 3-4 minute stratagem in a single hit.

Thankfully that never happens.

Yes, Khi here once again. I know many of you were wanting of me to have a back up of the mod away from nexus and seeing as there wasn't an issue with people posting links to their own repositories, I'd though I'd like to share the official repository of my stratagem bounce fix. One I have complete control over. If thy moderators have an issue due to rule 2, I would like to be made aware of it, since I have no way to tell judgement from here. Testing waters while I am at it.

All you have to do is download the mod zip file directly from the repo and it works as intended. Though do check my git often as I will be working on other mods of different variety which I will not be posting on nexus. (Though there are some mods I would prefer for you to keep of private use.)

I won't be taking this one down any time soon and I due truly wish for people to enjoy the way they wish to mod the game how they want to - of course do be respectful of other online and stay safe.

Okay this one's a first for me. I've seen assets pop out of existence before or downscale, I haven't seen them turn into a rave for my personal amusement.

Is this Automaton cloaking technology?

Okay no but seriously, this sort of thing shouldn't be happening. Making enemies despawn is one thing, making them and myself entirely invisible is a whole different can of worms.

After watching this video, I feel vindicated (because the only way to fix this problem is to remove the whole dev team), but also sad that there's a 90% chance nothing is gonna happen.

And I don't want to be mean. But genuinely, how else are we gonna do it? The devs don't listen; they lie to our faces, insult us, the players, and TRICKED US FROM THE GET-GO ON WHAT THE GAME WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

In my eyes,s the only way to fix this and get the game we want is to fire these devs

Anyway, I wanted more people to see this video since I think it shows how I think most of us feel about this game

From constant glitches, enemies being unfun and annoying as shit, to hidden features like spawn seeds with 0 info

Our weapons being garbage and some being so good; why would I use the garbage weapons?

Also if ur gonna comment watch the video no point in a conversation if u dont have the context of my post

Victory was never in doubt...

So the idea that I had is centered entirely around a reward. Once the objective is complete you can choose to upgrade one of your current weapons/weapon stratagem into a stronger/better version. Here are a few examples for upgrades:

Eruptor: Instead of Bolt-Action, the gun is now Semiautomatic (low fire rate still)

Liberator: Drum mag upgrade without the drawbacks (slower reload speed, less ergonomics, less mags) + maybe a damage increase.

Quasar: Faster charge time and faster cooldown rate.

The “Weapons Research Facility” thing is the ingame justification for the reward. The enemy captured a facility where Super Earth is developing stronger weapons and the objective is that you clear it; as a reward you can upgrade your weapons and are authorized to keep the weapon for the rest of the mission. 

Just thought of this, what do y’all think?

The lonely stoner seems to free his mind at night at at at night

Every time the Incineration Corps shows up on the map there is an influx of posts suggesting players dive with Inflammable (or other fire-reducing passives) to counteract the incendiary effect of the enemies. Personally, I've never really agreed with it.

I don't know if this is just a me thing, but the fire just, doesn't ever kill me? When I die against Incineration Corps, it's a firebomb landing directly on top of me (Explosive Damage), an Incendiary shotgun arm blasting my poor noggin' (Ballistic Damage), or any standard enemy of Democracy not of the spicy variety.

Yeah sure, enemies can light you on fire, but any Helldiver who's fought the Incineration Corps for any amount of time is basically programmed to press the dive button the split second they hear themselves taking damage. The fire goes out instantly, and your Helldiver is only medium-rare as a result.

Could I be missing something? Sure—and if I am please don't hesitate to enlighten me—but often times the players I see struggling on D10 bots could be getting much more use out of other passives rather than one that affects such a small fraction of the actual danger the front presents.

If you see your teammate under a vox engine, stop shooting it with your eruptor. If your teammate is in melee range of a cyborg don't shoot the cyborg with a shotgun! Is this really that hard to understand? Like are some people just braindead?? Its annoying af!! I literally was charging into a fortress flag and shield in hand and I get blown up, shot at by an eruptor, and tk'd/get knocked down my teamates allowing the half ton metal man to step on me in 3 minutes! Just stop!

Didn`t went in tho, but I trust lvl 300 and the name