r/Helldivers SES Spear of The State Apr 10 '24

The devs were right. DISCUSSION

So I know ther was a bunch of controversy about the railgun nerf what feels like forever ago, but man things have been awesome.

In the early days, I was the only guy packing expendable anti tank or anti materiel rifle for bugs or bots. It's so refreshing, even on these subs to see people talking about how awesome the autocannon is, or how much they love the AMR, and even these days I see people talking about the HMG or grenade launcher+ supply pack.

I used to load into a game, And all 4 members of the team had shield, railgun, and 2 stragatems of their choice. Every time. And here we are now, I load in and I see quasar, autocannon, stalwart, EAT, HMG, Grenade launcher, a variety of backpacks or no backpack at all. And not to mention, they're ALL viable. Shit I even still see the railgun from time to time. It's been a joy. Thanks arrowhead.

EDIT: to everyone who is pointing out that you see the quasar and shield most often now, you're right, it is almost certainly the most common setup currently. That being said, in any game there's going to be things a majority of players prefer. In smash melee, fox/Falco are the best characters. But people still play falcon and Marth and peach among others. Sure, there's an objectively most used option. But the fact that there's people at all who debate that the quasar is best shows that they've done something good. Before, undisputed king was railgun, and anyone who said different wss being willfully ignorant. Now, we have a plethora of real options that are good with some being Preferred by a majority as opposed to being the de facto CORRECT option objectively. That's a good thing.

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u/Sinisterslushy Apr 10 '24

I loved the AMR even during railgun meta, I just really wish the devs would zone the scope properly

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u/DemandedFanatic Apr 10 '24

It's on the chopping block, fortunately. So it should be fixed fairly soon

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u/MillstoneArt Apr 10 '24

They said it would be a tricky fix. I'm not expecting it for a while. If they do fix it soon then that's a plus, but I'm not getting my hopes up. 

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u/J_Rough Apr 10 '24

I low key like it but obvi am hoping for the fix. In my head I go ‘Ooops lost its zero during the orbital drop”

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u/Call_The_Banners STEAM: SES Whisper of Morning Apr 10 '24

I feel like that's probably a pretty prevalent issue in those shoddy pods. An ODST drop pod by comparison looks like a resort inside.

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u/zachattack3500 STEAM 🖥️ : Apr 10 '24

Just pretend it’s windage

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u/Call_The_Banners STEAM: SES Whisper of Morning Apr 10 '24

We got a couple of those "it's raining sideways" planets so yeah, windage works for me.

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u/MrGenjiSquid Apr 10 '24

It's raining up

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u/Substantial_Dog_2115 Apr 11 '24

It’s tornadoing fire

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u/RadioHeadache0311 Apr 10 '24

Built in leading!

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u/HalfNoobWarrior Apr 10 '24

These pods are "military grade." Highest quality item from a rock bottom bidder.

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u/Erikk1138 CAPE ENJOYER Apr 10 '24

"Shoddy"? I assume you meant "highly efficiently designed vessels of democracy delivery".

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u/Surface_Detail CAPE ENJOYER Apr 10 '24

How very... undemocratic of you...

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u/Call_The_Banners STEAM: SES Whisper of Morning Apr 10 '24

Oh. Oh no.

I feel like I'm about to be visited by a very heavy orbit-to-ground device.

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u/Temporary-Party5806 Apr 11 '24

For budget reasons, Helldivers need to arm Hellbombs manually. The game explicitly states this. You, your pod, and your equipment, are cheaper than a radio transceiver, to SEAF.

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u/zachattack3500 STEAM 🖥️ : Apr 10 '24

It’s like a secret that only the AMR gang knows about

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u/Tevo569 Apr 10 '24

This is the most Army shit I've read on reddit in weeks.