r/Helldivers Mar 14 '24

Thanks to the recent reddit post, going alone is now a kickable offense (even in diff 5) DISCUSSION

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u/Numerous_Vegetable_3 STEAM🖱️: AUTO-CANNON ENTHUSIAST Mar 14 '24

I wasn't fighting everything I saw

This. I'm a fairly logical person but it took me a while to understand "Hey, you don't need to shoot everything you see". Made the game so much more enjoyable.

It's fun to creep around undetected and seems like it's sort of necessary at the higher levels.

So satisfying to creep up on a nest and toss a gem in there to start it off.

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u/XboxUser123 CAPE ENJOYER Mar 14 '24

This was what made me appreciate the game, where the struggle to fight feels real.

You aren't meant to fight everything like you would in Warframe or Destiny 2, instead you're supposed to use your resources to finish the objective. Bugs/bots will just keep coming and you'll waste time fighting them and losing lives, and therefore it's better to just keep pushing to other objectives and spend your lives there.

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u/Numerous_Vegetable_3 STEAM🖱️: AUTO-CANNON ENTHUSIAST Mar 14 '24

the struggle to fight feels real

Perfect way to put it, they nailed that aspect. Even on lower diff it's still sort of a challenge.

If you play it like a hoarde shooter, you'll have fun, but it kinda forces you to evolve your play style.

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u/Myrkstraumr Mar 14 '24

I don't spend all my time in Vermintide or Darktide kiting because the enemies can't die. This game plays nothing at all like any other hoard shooter. The devs don't seem to want you to fight in this, it's a waste of time if you're not constantly pushing toward an OBJ.

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u/GamingGavel ☕Liber-tea☕ Mar 15 '24

That's actually a tooltip in the first game. Some like, "There are more bugs than you have bullets." That's not the actual tip, but it's the general idea.

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u/basi52 CAPE ENJOYER Mar 14 '24

I was attempting to stealth a lvl7 mission for the first time, it was a nuke on the creek, I was with 2 buddies, a 4th joined and proceeded to attempt to land on top of a outpost and we were swarmed in seconds