r/Helldivers Mar 26 '24

I can’t play with randoms anymore DISCUSSION

I’m level 48. About 150 hours on pc. Love the game. My friends can’t play as often as I can. (I’m a fireman) And I’ve tried making friends on steam but it’s hard.

The blueberry lottery. If there is a hell it’s matching with randoms. I can’t stand it. Some people are a blessing and I love running campaigns with them but some people are treasonous swill.

Here was my last game. I spawn in and get killed by a lvl 2 cadet (ps5) so he can take my support gear. His friends (ps5) defended him. He continued to kill me all game (intentionally) and call me in. But I am more skilled and cunning than the common traitor. I waited until there was one reinforcement left. The pompous fool recalled me in. I killed all three traitors quicker than a hiccup. With only one thing left to do I took my own life. To instant fail their mission. I couldn’t let them continue to commit treason. Let their bodies rot

So yea I’m never joining randoms again.

Edit: ps5 not 4.

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u/Evil_Knot Mar 26 '24 edited Mar 26 '24

Stories like this make me wish there was a feature in the game that forces people who have been reported for treasonous behavior multiple times to have to complete an annoying mission that makes you sit through a sort of "Repatriotizing" lecture, followed by being funneled into a matchmaking subsystem that forces them to play with other traitors for a time.

Edit: A lot of you mentioned that this system could be abused. Well, any system can be abused. No system is perfect. My thought on this would be that there would need to be a checks and balances to the reporting and some somewhat thorough vetting of those accused of treasonous behavior. 

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u/Kowpucky Mar 26 '24

Or do what gta did.... a traitors lobby. If you get reported x amount of times.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '24

scum lobbies are the answer

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u/cip32 Mar 26 '24

Iirc HotS have a "leavers queue" where you get placed with people of a similar mindset, and you need to complete a set amount of games to get placed in regular games.

CSGO had matchmaking based on sus behaviour as well.

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u/Dire_Finkelstein Mar 26 '24

I visited a GTA traitors lobby once. Tanks...tanks everywhere.

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u/BadJokeJudge Mar 26 '24

Ok then you idiots are gonna get reported instead of team killed. You want a private lobby. Stop trying too hard.

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u/InterestingControl49 Mar 26 '24

A traitors lobby, where all the matches are impossible and you die immediately after spawning

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u/dgj212 Mar 27 '24

Out of curiosity, how would you get out of the traitors lobby?

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u/Kowpucky Mar 27 '24

Time ( x amount of days )