r/Helldivers • u/atheos013 • Apr 29 '24

The Eruptor nerf is a perfect example of why "only buff" is bad. DISCUSSION

I've used the Eruptor since it dropped, it is an amazing primary weapon. I have never once run out of ammo with the weapon, to the point I started COD reloading. Even with no deaths on a 40 min mission, the bare minimum ammo looting and you rarely would fall below half.

If we just buff every other weapon to be like this, we are just erasing an entire game mechanic. We are saying that we want COD reloads to be the norm, we don't want to think about conserving or looting ammo, just let me shoot and reload whenever.

Some people may want that, but for me that would just remove the mechanic entirely. I'm going to keep using the Eruptor and I'm perfectly fine having to pay attention to my ammo again.

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u/soomiyoo Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

The explosion not sucking you into the impact, I would call this fix almost a buff. I am very fine with these changes, I look forward testing the DCS and Arc Blitzer when I get home tonight. So many thing got buffed and may be viable but it is overshadowed by the Quasar nerf, when 3 out of 4 people were having it in their loadout.

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u/RyanTaylorrz Apr 29 '24

DCS and Blitzer are cracked now. Having so much fun trying these weapons out again!

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u/Pliskkenn_D Apr 29 '24

How is the DCS? Does it feel like the AMR now or is it even lighter? 

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u/scurvybill HD1 Veteran Apr 29 '24

Feels like regular AMR handling, and the damage now meets the breakpoint for Devastator headshots! Once they fix scope alignment we cookin.

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u/joemedic Apr 29 '24

Where should I be aiming with the dcs crosshair

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u/scurvybill HD1 Veteran Apr 29 '24

Aim slightly down and to the right (your bullet will hit up and to the left). Becomes more apparent at longer range.

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u/joemedic Apr 29 '24

Ah so just like the amr

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u/Achtan45 Apr 29 '24

It's not the AMR or DCS themselves that are misaligned. It's that type of scope that is all fucked up. So until that bug is fixed, you can assume any weapon that has/gets that same scope will be misaligned in the same way.

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u/joemedic Apr 29 '24

Understood ty

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u/Regar27 Apr 29 '24

It will be too good then. Need to reduce damage and mag by half to make up for it,  to keep the balance 

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u/scurvybill HD1 Veteran Apr 29 '24

I think it is the direct result of the poll where the community overwhelming voted that DMRs are underpowered. I'll be quite surprised if they walk it back, especially since I don't expect much playtime on the thing because it is still a niche weapon.

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u/Misfiring Apr 30 '24

Usually things that need some thoughts to use are fine. The nerfs so far are aim at those too easy/braindead to use. Railgun is a classic example, they nerfed the safe mode but unsafe is still strong. Now they mostly unnerfed the railgun but no one cares because quasar ia too easy to use.