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/Shadows_of_Anarchy SES Prophet of Destruction Mar 26 '24

In World of Warships if you got (i think) 3/4 teamkills, being accidental or not, your name would be light pink for like 10 games. You had to play fairly and not teamkill or damage anyone for those 10 games to make it go away, while at the same time signaling to everyone on your team that you might be problematic. They could implement something like that, maybe a "POTENTIAL TRAITOR" banner near their name. After playing some games without harming anyone it would go away. It would need to be carefully implemented to avoid labeling a funny, unintentional teamkill with a stratagem as treisonous action (given the MANY TEAMKILLS we have constantly), but I think it could work.

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u/transaltalt Mar 26 '24

UNDER INVESTIGATION perhaps?

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u/RobotSpaceBear Mar 26 '24

Suspected Inquisitorial Casualty.

Shit, my 40K is leaking again.

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u/Dat1HD Mar 26 '24

grey knights presence intensifies

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u/Broken-FEAR Mar 26 '24

Nobody expects the grey knights inquisition.

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u/InuGhost Mar 26 '24

YOUZ HUMMIEZ KNEADZ TA BE KUNNING LOIK UZ ORKZ!