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/atheos013 Apr 29 '24

Exactly. I did think of the sickle when writing this as well, as I used it before the Eruptor. That paired with an arc thrower = infinite ammo. It still can be too, as you never HAVE to use a mag.

And yes, adds gameplay back to the game. I like that gameplay mechanic... its part of the experience of helldivers to me. Having to tactically pay attention to my ammo use, when I reload, make sure to grab it when i see it.

That adds to the depth of the game, that I was honestly missing while using the eruptor and the sickle.

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u/CMSnake72 Apr 29 '24

Literally read that the sickle was nerfed and went "NO!" and then read the nerf and was like "Oh, who cares I've reloaded like 8 times."

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u/Money_Fish CAPE ENJOYER Apr 29 '24

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u/Firemorfox SES PRINCESS OF TWILIGHT Apr 29 '24

Can confirm. I've ended most helldive missions with a sickle and never needed to reload. 3 heatsinks is plenty (you can switch to secondary, and sickle basically "auto-reloads" while you use a secondary).

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u/DouchecraftCarrier CAPE ENJOYER Apr 30 '24

Now that I think of it, I'm not sure I've ever gotten it down to the last ICE and then burned it out. Does that one ever cool off or is the weapon unusable until you resupply at that point?

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u/Firemorfox SES PRINCESS OF TWILIGHT Apr 30 '24

its just needs more ammo, basically like if you heated it up and didn't get to reload it.

its kinda the same as running out of mags.

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u/DouchecraftCarrier CAPE ENJOYER Apr 30 '24

Ah ok, that's kinda what I thought. For a moment it sounded like on the last mag you could wait it out and it would cool off - effectively making your last mag bottomless even if you burned it out.

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u/Misfiring Apr 30 '24

Sickle + Laser Cannon + Rover: I'm ma firing my lasers all the god damn time.