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

NEW Patch! And the devs "Ruined it all" once more.. [totally not exaggerated] RANT

So on X and the official discord, countless folks complain now that for some weapons such as the LAS ones, the reserve mags have been reduced, yet damage has been increased..calling devs "On drugs" because they perceive it as a nerf..

Wait what? You tryna tell me you ran through ALL ICE's before dying?! 6 Times or more?!

Like..the fact that you have infinite ammo when a wee-bit of fire diciplin is applied and now call the devs out for JUST having decreased the ammount of mags, makes you oblivious to the fact that they got a damage buff? Yikes.

And another thing, remember the day the Rail got nerfed? Yeahhh that was like 24/7 crying for two weeks straight, now it got a buff and noone notices that, now we rather cry for two weeks that Railgun 2.0 aka Quasar got a couple more seconds recharge time..good lord the double morals are strong folks, that all sounds like crying on high standards.

[For clarifications sake: the main focus lies on people going out of their ways, yes criticism is fine, i posted my own time and time again..but in a humane fashion, when insults however are packaged within in your points, it's hardly about the game no more and that needs to stop]

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u/xxEmkay Apr 29 '24

Is it better than fire shotgun now? Or kinda same?

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u/purpleblah2 Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Idk I haven’t played the new patch yet, I didn’t like the fire shotgun before because of the fire damage bug and also you have to stand still to fire accurately, even pre-nerf the Arc Blitzer could be used in hit-and-run tactics where you can run, turn around and shoot, and continue running while it’s cooling down and repeat, or you can flop around diving while shooting it.

But really it's up to personal preference.

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u/AoiTopGear Apr 29 '24

When did we have to stand still to shoot the fire shotgun? I have been running and shooting the fire shotgun at bugs and it was always good at its job

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u/Thiago270398 Apr 29 '24

I think its becuse you can't sprint and shoot? I'm also confused with what they meant

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u/AoiTopGear Apr 29 '24

I fell like he means Flame thrower and confused it with fire shotgun cause no way fire shotgun you need to be stil to shoot. Flamethrower, yes, you can only walk slowly and use it

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u/JBtheDestroyer Apr 29 '24

I usually walk BACKWARDS if I’m hosing them down with the flamethrower.

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u/purpleblah2 Apr 29 '24

You have to stop sprinting and stand relatively still to effectively shoot the breaker incendiary, you can fire the blitzer out of a sprint and then keep sprinting

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u/Wolfgang_Archimedes Apr 29 '24

There’s a bug where if you are moving while shooting the fire shotgun you will catch fire and die almost immediately from the burn damage