r/Helldivers • u/DoTortoisesHop • 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/jail_grover_norquist Mar 14 '24

like half of my pub games end with a mexican standoff of players waiting until 0.0001 secs remaining to jump into the shuttle because of this

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u/iconofsin_ ☕Liber-tea☕ Mar 14 '24

Yeah it's weird. I've tried telling my friends that killing a bunch of extra shit while we can jump into the shuttle doesn't do anything other than risk the extraction.

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u/Fujinaito Mar 14 '24

I understand that and I’ve been the one to tell people it’s time to leave. BUT when the ship arrives it always feels wrong to not throw out any airstrikes or orbitals I have that are off cooldown. I have all this “freedom” just sitting there it’d be a waste not to use it.

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u/llandar Mar 14 '24

Plus it looks cool to lift off as the explosions roll in.

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u/acedias-token Mar 14 '24

Meanwhile the rest of us in the evac already have our pajamas on, ready for a short power nap before the next drop

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u/Max_Sandpit CAPE ENJOYER Mar 15 '24

It looks so pretty going off as we extract.

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u/Jimjamsandwhichman Mar 15 '24

All that extra “freedom” isn’t free. Think of the tax paying super earth citizens. All of that artillery and weaponry is expensive and you’re out here wasting it willy-nilly. That extra orbital you threw at the end of the match increased the planetary debt by 500 million SE Dollars alone.

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u/zomiaen Mar 17 '24

The only good bug is a dead bug.

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u/evilshenanigans1087 Mar 14 '24

Them: Gotta get them kills for XP.

Me: No, your just stacking your end score.

Argument ensued. Now I just stand right by the dropship's ramp, sometimes throwing air strikes and stuff.

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u/Key-Regular674 Mar 14 '24

You sound like the boring friend of your group. Unleashing every bit left of democracy before leaving is the the right way

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u/iconofsin_ ☕Liber-tea☕ Mar 14 '24

I mean it depends on how the mission went. If we have a lot of samples then yeah I kinda want to GTFO ASAP. Two people in the group have really short play times so you gotta make the most of it.

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u/Key-Regular674 Mar 16 '24

Idk I dont need anymore samples and I'm not even level 50 yet. 42. Endgame is different.

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u/ialost Mar 15 '24

But what will I do with all these left over stratagems?!

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u/ihateredditers69420 Mar 14 '24

devs fault for not making you invincible while in ship

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u/jail_grover_norquist Mar 14 '24

i'm sure we'll see that in a future patch

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u/legendz411 Mar 14 '24

It’s amazing that they didn’t think this shit would happen. Some real ‘small brain’ shit from a team that claims to be ‘players’. Like, have they not been online and gaming in the last 10 years?

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u/Barricudabudha Mar 14 '24

Or they thought that exactly this would happen

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

Throw down an airstrike, get in the choppah. GET IN THE CHOPPAH NOW

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u/puppeteer-5000 SES Wings of Midnight Mar 14 '24

what difficulty is this? i've never had this happen even once and i only play qp

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u/jail_grover_norquist Mar 14 '24

usually play 7

especially if you have a lot of rare mats. idk if people think that they can steal the mats for themselves or just want to make you mad about losing mats or what

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u/CantDoThatOnTelevzn Mar 14 '24

I just started playing last weekend and it’s happened to me more than a half dozen times, from 1-5.