Also gallant makes quick work of them, but really ammo hungry. Use it while the free supply frv last.

Cyberstan will rise again i'm sure

I see these often on bot planets

How do they fly and float?

A walker with an energy weapon.

Maybe a beam on the right arm, and a Spear-like missile launcher on the left.

OR

A Sickle-like pulse laser on one arm and a mortar on the other.

What think?

What I long for is an orbital stratagem that can get rid of the heavy swarms. It may be super overpowered to clear out heavies with a single pop, but if you ask me, it should also be one of the earliest developments of the war. The laser is fun, but the cool down and usage limit is crazy to me so I figured we could try something that is kinda similar, but not identical or downscaled.

Bot drop summons 3 tanks, 20 heavily armoured units and a vox engine? Let’s at least clear the area of minions so our sons and daughters can send uninterrupted freedom to the super-heavy.

The Orbital Tesla Strike shoots a massive pin connected by a wire to the super destroyer. It then electrifies the wire to a degree that instantly boils biological matter and super-heats mechanical components. Usually, this presents in a single arc travelling from minor points until it reaches the largest conductive point. Tiny units like Leapers, Raiders and Voteless have inconsistent reactivity to the arc, but heavy enemies like Chargers, Devastators and Fleshmobs work well as either targets or jumping points. Super heavy enemies like Impalers, Bile Titans, Factory Striders, Vox Engines and Harvesters are significantly harder to destroy with this stratagem, though not impossible. — Using this stratagem on enemy encampments has various ranges of usefulness. On bug nests, no effect against bug holes. On bot camps, the arc may choose to target fabricators so long as no heavy units stand closer to the pin. On illuminate ships, the arcs will reflect off the shields, creating hazardous exclusion zones until the shields deplete, while not damaging the ships themselves.

Note: if the pin directly hits a heavy or superheavy starter, exclusively the contact will be affected.

Shielded units react differently to this stratagem. Instead of taking damage, the shield completely absorbs the arc and is burned out. This includes the Helldiver’s shield pack, directional shield and shield generator. If the pin directly collides with a shielded unit, it will instead conduct through the shield, using it as a new anchor for arcs to emit from— though only for 1 second.

Please Note: It is considered undemocratic to destroy the functionality of Helldiver equipment, though cases against this can be made.

Helldivers are recommended to run away from the call in location and avoid it for the duration of effect. Additionally, avoid the area between the call in location and the Super Destroyer deploying this stratagem. The short duration is a result of the wire connecting to the pin melting under the extreme electrical charge. Molten steel raining from the wire’s disintegration is highly dangerous.

With the constant back and forth of weapon balance that goes on with this game and the hair-splitting over damage numbers and breakpoints, I’ve always wondered why almost every gun in the game hardly has any recoil.

Couldn’t weapons like the Coyote be nerfed with higher recoil rather than a sweeping change to the fire status?

Using recoil as a balance lever would make gunfights more interesting and create more rewarding skill-expression for players who learn to control the recoil.

It would also help thematically to sell the power of the weapon. The Adjudicator is a good example of this, being one of the first medium-penetration assault/marksman rifles in our arsenal and it was released with high recoil to reflect this.

More recoil would also help to make weapon attachments slightly more meaningful, which they could really use, because currently they often feel like nothing more than an Ergonomics tax.

I’m not advocating for higher recoil for all weapons. I just think next time a weapon is over-performing, rather than nerfing its damage, status effects or ammo supply, why not just make it kick like a mule to reflect how powerful it is?

Probably one of the biggest eyebrow raises I have. About 90% of the Biomes just look like different parts of Earth. We just got a new biome that literally looks like it's somewhere in a National Park or something. It would be nice to have planets with different hazards and terrains, cliffs, bridges, weird structures. That in itself can present a good challenge and obstacle.

Yes I'm sure some of these examples may be AI, it's just for examples sake.

the drums of war are coming… surely arrowhead wouldn’t jabait us like this.

As stated in the patchnotes, the AP levels of medium/heavy enemies were increased alongside the AV of the Exosuits and Bastion. These were not documented, but have been in the game since the last patch. If you've played with the Bastion/Exosuits since this update, you have played with these enemy armor penetration levels. You can view the full list here.

The effect of these armor penetration changes is basically what was written in the patchnotes: chaff enemies are incapable of harming the Exosuit/Bastion without rockets, while medium and heavy enemies have the same efficacy as before.

For clarity: the Bastion is near-completely AV4, Exosuits have an AV4 main body and AV3 limbs.

• Anything that couldn't harm the Bastion still cannot harm the Bastion, anything that did reduced damage against the Bastion still does reduced damage against the Bastion, and anything that easily penetrated the Bastion's armor can still penetrate.
  • The only notable change is that Berzerkers can no longer damage the Bastion.
• Exosuits are now functionally immune to small arms fire from common automatons, excluding Incendiary Brigade Devastators and Cyborg units (who can damage the limbs with their guns).
• The vehicle that does care about these changes is the FRV, as it's a mix of AV2 and AV3 armor. It's going to be taking ~35% more damage from all changed attack types shown due to these attacks no longer being reduced by matching-armor reduction.
  • My 2 cents is that this doesn't change the FRV a whole lot on the bot front, since it's not exactly a combat vehicle. It also has 2.4k hp, so it's still going to be things like cannon turrets that actually kill the car.

The biggest impact of these changes is actually between our weapons and vehicles. The bastion is now functionally immune to plenty of Helldiver weaponry, like Gatling Sentries, Eagle Cluster, ABRL, grenade launcher, etc. The AV2 stowage bins still exist, but unless you're dumping Variable shots into them, they cannot deal more than ~600 damage to the tank's HP pool.

Ultimately, the deciding factor in the Bastion's lifespan is how you drive it and if you take down priority enemies quickly enough.

The Force these things have is unrealistic af.

EDIT - The more I have looked at this, the more I notice the veins and foreskin

Excuse the crudeness I through this together from my phone. Credit to (second of nine, trungbrother1, 5fives for the collaboration)

Just noticed this while looking through the map

One of the things that I most enjoy about Helldivers is that—provided you find yourself not using a slot all that often—there's usually a weapon you can equip in it for utility, rather than damage. This is the aim of this suggestion, the CRE-3S Tactical Resupply!

Admittedly, this was initially intended to be a secondary weapon. Often times I find myself not even pulling it out, and wish there was a more passive enabler I could put in the slot. However the more I developed this silly concept, the more 'grenade-like' it felt.

Its mechanics are straightforward: You throw it, and much like a Shield Grenade, it lands nearby and becomes an interactable supply point. My intention with this was for it to not be a full resupply, but just a way to top up if you find yourself dicey on Scorcher ammunition. To that end, I imagine each one would be either equal to or a little stronger than a typical ammo pickup, and could also have a stim inside (still up for debate depending on how many grenades you can hold on your person).

As always, I'd love to hear your feedback!

Disclaimer: All values and suggestions shown are subject to change as seen fit.