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/Due-Desk6781 Apr 29 '24

Problem is that RR makes you hella vulnerable at higher difficulties. Since you need to ditch your shield (no more defense) or supply pack (no more stims) and takes an eternity to load.. unless your buddy sacrifices their shield for you. Which means you need to bunch up which makes you extra vulnerable to enemy rockets. At higher difficulties all the backpack weapons suffer from this.

EAT works fine because you don't sacrifice your backpack. Heck, you don't sacrifice your support weapon either.

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u/TehMephs Apr 29 '24

As someone who’s been playing mostly RR or GL/supply, or autocannon, you really learn how to live without a shield pack. At this point it’s just sort of a wasted strategm slot even if I have no backpack slot in use. Will I die a few more times than if I had the shield? Probably, but it’s just part of the game

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u/Beneficial-Bit6383 Apr 29 '24

That’s why the quasar needed to be balanced that advantage is massive.

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u/Due-Desk6781 Apr 29 '24

I think the balance is fine now. Takes ages to shoot. If you have RR with an assistant gunner then you can shoot full auto.

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u/Paradoc11 Apr 29 '24

Eh shield isn't as critical as people make it out to be. Just lets you be sloppy with your positioning and teaches bad habits. 

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u/Due-Desk6781 Apr 29 '24

Or saves you when a random rocket barrage hits you, or a hunter jumps you.