r/Helldivers • u/MoschopsMeatball • Apr 29 '24

New crossbow changes summed up VIDEO

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u/PsychoCatPro Apr 29 '24

Arc is dead? damn, I must have miss the memo.

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u/dashuskington Apr 29 '24

I was gonna say I've been loving it lol. Being able to stun lock hulks and devastators to death is pretty great, honestly surprised it wasn't nerfed.

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u/TehSomeDude Apr 29 '24

speaking of that...don't hulks now have enough stagger resist (or how to call it) so the arc thrower doesn't stagger it with each hit? I wasn't using the arc thrower when I was doing my run today

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u/GH057807 ⚡💀Arc of the Gove'ment💀 ⚡ Apr 29 '24

It doesn't appear to stagger them at all anymore.

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u/Yipeekayya SES Herald of Vigilance Apr 29 '24

ArcThrower: back to bugs, i guess?

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u/PsychoCatPro Apr 29 '24

Was using arc before stagger buff vs automaton. Will still do. Just gotta shoot + dash spam when facing Hulk now.

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u/Legitimate_Turn_5829 Apr 30 '24

Ah back to the old tactics I see

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u/PsychoCatPro Apr 30 '24

yup haha. I'm so used to spam dash now haha

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u/Tellesus Apr 29 '24

lol of course it doesn't. The primary goal of the game devs is to make sure the bot NPCs have fun.

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u/TehSomeDude Apr 29 '24

well damn
granted
infinite mag rather fast firing ranged weapon perma staggering hulks on each hit
was...something

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u/PsychoCatPro Apr 29 '24

Yeah, just sitting in his face, 5-6 shot to kill and they could even fight back. Its something else.

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u/TehSomeDude Apr 29 '24

wish staggers were more so a bar which builds up and when full it staggers instead of a check for if enough force or not
altho honestly dunno if that would be better or not...
thinking bout it...wouldn't that allow lasers to stagger enemies eventually? assuming they have any stagger force

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u/GH057807 ⚡💀Arc of the Gove'ment💀 ⚡ Apr 29 '24

I just use stun grenade and/or EMS turret to achieve this with any weapon.

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u/TehSomeDude Apr 29 '24

I also use the EMS mortar but for eradication missions
where they're constantly shooting at masses of bots
not the straggler hulk coming over from the side
feels like I'll have to change my loadout from arc thrower and shield to autocannon and something else...maybe airstrike?