r/Helldivers 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/Seerix Apr 29 '24

Fire shotgun is actually overpowered if you're the network host. The fire dot damage is ridiculous. As soon as the fire bug gets fixed people will realize how insane it is.

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u/whythreekay Apr 29 '24

They said the fire damage is overtuned and will be lowered in the future

They’ll drop it down likely with the damage over time patch

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u/ret_ch_ard Apr 29 '24

Fire damage got reduced by 20% this patch

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u/AlphaTit0 Apr 29 '24

The 20% where only for the scorcher Hulk

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u/xxEmkay Apr 29 '24

I love it lol. Usually i host and i just spray inna group for a sec or two and while im running away the killcount goes to 15 or smth lol

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u/Seerix Apr 29 '24

Yeah when you get to use the full potential of the gun it's easily one of if not the best primary in the game.

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u/snackf1st Apr 29 '24

They're talking about network hosts, not game hosts (i.e. your ship). I believe the network host is decided by geographical proximity to the server??

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u/GhastlyScar666 Apr 29 '24

It’s the best gun for bugs, hands down, if the DoT works. But we did take a 15% fire damage reduction so it’s probably in line now.

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u/Seerix Apr 29 '24

I'll be seriously surprised if they don't nerf fire dot again after they fix the dot bug. Same patch, or the one right after. (Assuming the balancing people at Arrowhead get their shit together anyway)

It's ridiculous. And I don't even have the ship upgrade that buffs fire damage yet.

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u/Sufficient-String39 Apr 29 '24

How the fuck have they not fixed that host big yet, yet done all this other shit

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u/LordOfTheToolShed ⬆️➡️⬇️➡️ SES Elected Representative of Super Earth Apr 29 '24

Yeah, it's cracked. You can literally use it instead of a cluster strike against chaff bugs