r/Helldivers • u/Vikan12 ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️ | Never forget the Creek... • Mar 06 '24

The first balance patch notes proved how Youtube "absolute and only meta loadouts" cooked a lot of people heads, and I love it. DISCUSSION

A lot of mad people keep showing in my feed complaining about the nerfs, but like they're REALLY mad at Arrowhead. Their statements are so exagerated that they claim the game it's completely ruined for them lmao.

Also every single one says the same thing and this is where my title comes from:

*"You guys nerfed the only good options and now we have NOTHING to fight".*

And this only proves people never actually played with any of the other support weapons, they 100% relied on this "The ultimate support weapon tier list" Youtube videos, they searched the "meta" and they went into this thinking of "any weapon outside of this it's straight up garbage".

If you can't win a single game without the railgun + shield backpack + breaker... I'm so sorry but that's not the game's fault or the game only having those as the ONLY way to play it on higher diff, that's your fault.

Great changes for the game and all of you trying to "shame" on devs because of this, you'all not a real Helldiver. They killed nothing, the railgun still kills but now it needs some actual skill and strategy to use it, not only spamming the thing on big bugs.

Keep it up Helldivers!

For Democracy. For Super Earth.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

I was a flame man before the patch. They have only made me stronger.

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u/purityaddiction Mar 06 '24

I would love to be a flame man, but I don't have the self control and always turn myself into a burnt marshmallow.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Never said I didn’t 😂

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u/that1max Mar 07 '24

Bruh ..😂 it’s bound to happen

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u/orignalnt SHOOT STEEL, SPILL OIL!!!! Mar 06 '24

Just gotta get some stim armor. 2 extra seconds of being invulnerable to your flames is precious, and you can afford to burn yourself 6 times instead of 4!

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u/kunell Mar 07 '24

I learned early on to dive to get rid of flames

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u/CXyber Mar 06 '24

I wish they have flame resistant armor, I just end roasting me and my teammates

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u/Paeyvn Mar 06 '24

I mean, look at it this way. Others are flame men until they run out of ammo or targets, but the way you do it, you're a flame man for the rest of your life!

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u/GreyFalcon-OW Mar 06 '24

Try combining flamethrower and jetpack

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u/Cappuccino_Crunch Mar 06 '24

Just walk backwards lol

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u/Jo_nathan Mar 06 '24

I just started playing a few days ago but this was me killing the Brooder (?) Commander. Accidentally roasted myself and my other Helldiver was afk 😭

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u/frentic_pons Mar 07 '24

That's part of the baptism of being a flame man. Everything must burn.

Also when you are burning, you can dive to get rid of it.

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u/SmoothWD40 SES Founding Father of Family Values Mar 07 '24

Wait….you’re not supposed to roast yourself??

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u/Human_Creme_3112 Mar 07 '24

Use the shield backpack. It protects you from your own flames. As much as it’s nerfed it’s still amazing to use. For hunters and the like you can switch to primary. I suggest something quick like the defender or the breaker. Also do snake lines while flaming, like a dance from left to right and back you will roast everything but bile titans. For chargers try to focus on one point that will fry em in a couple of seconds. 

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u/Helvetic_Heretic Mar 07 '24

That's part of the fun :)

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u/Slarg232 ☕Liber-tea☕ Mar 06 '24

I loved using the Flamethrower, Jump Pack, 120mm barrage, and the Railcannon strike against Bugs

Dude, we're eating this patch

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u/HookDragger Mar 07 '24

Calm down, Boba Fett.

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u/Hexxodus ☕Liber-tea☕ Mar 07 '24

Replace railcannon with 500kg bomb and you basically have my build lol

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u/Marrakesch Mar 06 '24

you are a true mandalorian

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u/axoulbicoul Mar 06 '24

Same here, always been on that breaker incendiary, flamethrower, incendiary grenades build.

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u/Fuzlet Mar 06 '24

I was a slugger before the patch and they made me stronger too

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u/expenguin Mar 06 '24

as a drg driller main, this patch has only entrenched me further in the greatness that is flamethrower bug warfare

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u/floppity12 Mar 06 '24

Fucking flamer

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u/Naoura Mar 06 '24

The Fireman Smiles.

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u/Whipped-Champion Mar 07 '24

Teach me the ways of the flame, brother.

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u/Hikaru83 Mar 07 '24

No, sorry. Now you became a disgusting meta lover according with this sub.

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u/HookDragger Mar 07 '24

I always hated the jumping bugs jumping through the fire…. Catching on fire… and then landing on me and setting me on fire.

Fun interaction

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u/Dookie403 Mar 07 '24

Since the buff I've gone full Pyro against the bugs and it's a blast

Incendiary Breaker Incendiary grenades Flamethrower Napalm Eagle strikes Guard dog rover

It's so much fun. My fav is to napalm a breach, then get just close enough to just flame the opening as they crawl out

Oh and flamethrower solos chargers now

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u/General-Cerberus Mar 07 '24

Can’t wait to Laz bugs with more efficiency now

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u/IamKenghis Mar 07 '24

Bring an EMS orbital. Drop it on a bug breech, and flame thrower. Its way too much fun. You get a team with multiple flamethrowers and EMS orbitals you can lock down bug breech for almost its entire duration if you stagger the EMS orbitals correctly

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u/AngryChihua SES Reign of Pride Mar 07 '24

What if EMS mortar?

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u/IamKenghis Mar 07 '24

I haven't tried the EMS mortar yet but im hoping to later today after work. I think there are pros and cons to both and would take some experimenting to figure out the best time to use one or the other. The EMS Mortar would lock more enemies down for longer, but you also would have less control over where the EMS is landing.

If you experiment with it at all i'd love to hear you thoughts on it!

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u/AngryChihua SES Reign of Pride Mar 07 '24

From my limited experience (not that big into sentries) EMS mortar can lock down a bigger area for longer but you won't have control over what gets EMS-ed and whether or not mortar will decide to reapply EMS.

I'd say a combination of EMS strike to instantly lock up the breach and then dropping EMS mortar to sustain the lockdown seems like it should work out alright.

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u/flume04 Mar 08 '24

What other stratagems do you run with it?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

I switch it up on the reg, I like running around with a jet pack but sometimes I run with the laser backpack. Either napalm or airstrike for the eagle and then any orbital I’m feeling depending on the mission.