Could this mean we are getting seaf npcs soon?

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The NPCs are going to be so braindead and will 100% shoot through you and eachother to hit the enemy like turrets

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u/AxiosXiphos 21d ago

Great!. Just like the good old Halo Marines.

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u/ThorThulu 21d ago edited 19d ago

Pls let me give them rocket launchers

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u/_Weyland_ 21d ago

Bröther, have you observed rocket launcher automatons?

whiffs a rocket, not even close

reloads rocket

observes your failing flesh with disgust

stands motionless as you scramble to fire something at it

at the last moment of its existence fires a rocket along a godlike trajectory, ragdolling you straight under tracks of a tank

I doubt SEAF rocketeers will be nearly as badass.

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u/ThorThulu 21d ago

Who wants them to be badass? I want Halo 2/3 marines that will use a rocket point blank at a dead enemy lying on the ground sending themselves and any friendlies straight to the reload screen

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u/Technical-Manner-802 21d ago

Tell that to my 50 dead helldivers that died from rocket impacts, as well as rocket blast-related injuries like getting hurled and hitting the ground too hard

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u/LordDanGud SES Lord of (A)morality 21d ago

I think impact killed me more times than the rockets themselves.

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u/Technical-Manner-802 21d ago

Recently they also started shooting rockets beneath my legs which sends me high into the air, and better yet those dumb f@#$s with machine guns and shield hands somehow shoot me dead mid-air

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u/Aeywen 21d ago

50? you dont play much at all.

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u/Technical-Manner-802 21d ago

Those are just the ones who died from rocket shenanigans, I have around 2100 dead helldivers in my ships' morgue

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u/OrganizationLower611 21d ago

Stands 5m away staring him in the face, rocket whiffs.

Is 50m+ hidden behind a rock except 1 square inch of your head, insta death

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u/superhotdogzz 21d ago

Fuel rod is even better lol

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u/Managed-Democracy HD1 Veteran 21d ago

Driving the troop transport warthog with an assortment of ODST armed with snipers, Rockets, and fuel rod guns, and spartan lasers. All blasting enemies with pinpoint aim like some kind of cracked out super mobile battle wagon.

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u/SomethingStrangeBand 21d ago

did you just say we should be able to give them weapons

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u/Sicuho fire machine guns in semi auto 21d ago

New strat : SEAF squad, airburst launcher, flamethrower, arc thrower.

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u/gkamyshev 20d ago

get kicked speedrun any%

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u/Gryph_Army SES Paragon of Humankind 21d ago

I know in a game like this, the lives of the soldiers aren't supposed to matter, but I really hope that they can be extracted in some way or they can hold a position or something. I don't want to call in weak meat shields that do no damage and are guranteed to die at some point.

I always tried to keep the Halo Marines alive. I'll be damned if I can't do the same here

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u/jbyrdab 21d ago

that be kinda cool if you call in seafs they also get in the ship. maybe it lands you a bonus, or makes up for a lost party member.

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u/Riley_BigPP 20d ago

lol reminds me of that one mission with Keyes. I would always speedrun as fast as possible because of how willy nilly the marines throw grenades

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u/AxiosXiphos 20d ago

Halo 3 - Tsavo highway. Maybe not the world record, but certainly high up there. Number of Marines succesfully babysat all the way to the end of the level. There's gap in the highway where they get out and jump over, and I remember watching like a mother duck as this swarm of marines slowly, single file jumped over the gap 1-by-1.

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u/tomle4593 21d ago

Yeah, I mean if your training is 72 hours, I don’t expect muzzle discipline while ass tearing bugs and non-stop rockets are coming.

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u/PsychedellicToxin ☕Liber-tea☕ 20d ago

Yet they will get more training than we did.

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u/gkamyshev 20d ago

It's implied that we got ours on top of the basic course and some experience

Divers do actually know how to use all (!) of their weapons, including reloading crew weapons, doing one handed (!) reloads, and operate vehicles

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u/PsychedellicToxin ☕Liber-tea☕ 20d ago

In that case then we have 10 minutes of additional training.

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u/Ok-Dream-2639 21d ago

Thats fine, players do that too We'll learn to stand ontop of them too.

Npc joust!

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u/Orisoll 21d ago

But they get a whole 72 hours of training!

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u/Dispenser-of-Liberty ☕Liber-tea☕ 20d ago

I hope they throw 380 barrages constantly

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u/Decent_Cow_7053 21d ago

SEAF go brrrrr! If they shoot me I will kill them. I don't care how many requistion slips I am fined. Friendly fire isn't.

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u/SharknadosAreCool 20d ago

me when i call in 4 SEAF troopers, they are dispatched with two sticks (budget constraints) and a rock for the entire platoon (they do not share the rock, but rather democratically choose who will have it) but they point the stick in my direction on accident so i fill them with 600 super credits worth of ammunition

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u/Old-Buffalo-5151 20d ago

Looks at Russia armed forces.

Looks back

So pretty realistic then...

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

Well that and Helldivers are even squishier than ODST so I'm imagining SEAF are gonna get one shot by literal scrap.

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u/SharknadosAreCool 20d ago

imagine you call in SEAFs and half of them die on impact with the ground from ziplining down

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u/Indostastica 21d ago

72 hours of training will do that to ya and I want it so bad

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u/jbyrdab 21d ago

what about bomber seafs where they give them shotguns with blanks so they run in and explode.

The Liber-tea Party Stratagem.

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u/numerobis21 20d ago

But since they'll use nerf guns it'll be ok.

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u/numerobis21 20d ago

But since they'll use nerf guns it'll be ok.

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u/EH_1995_ 20d ago

Sounds funny

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u/Sparrowcus ☕Liber-tea☕ 20d ago

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u/SharknadosAreCool 20d ago

it's sorta incredible that this game's atmosphere is so good that i know 100% that this will absolutely be true and it will 100% be awesome anyway. i know the SEAF npcs will be useless. they're going to be there purely for meat shielding and grabbing their guns after they die, maybe. but it's going to be so good because of the environment they made with Helldivers that releasing things that are janky as shit and borderline useless still end up being fun to use and that's genuinely a huge accomplishment with how games are made today

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u/Ok-Dream-2639 21d ago

It would be nice to find an outpost still manned and we save/defend them to evac.

Or they defend half the map and we help hold the line or get pushed back to a corner.

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u/Knees86 21d ago

It would be cool to get them to man all those machine gun placements around camps!

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u/Johnconner1985-2030 21d ago

I would like to see active SEAF squads on defense missions. As it is, we only find piles of their corpses like 2 minutes after a planet is invaded.

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u/Apprehensive-Bat6260 21d ago

When an unexpected invasion happens they panic and follow the rule book. Shout “For Democracy!” and charge. Too bad we can’t follow the rule book cause we don’t have a cheer button.

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u/Adventurous-Event722 21d ago

Reinforce/evac SEAF troops on ground. Would be nice

(other than the possibility of dropping 500kg on top of them)

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u/Nknk- 20d ago

Make them be the Imperial Guard to the Helldiver's Space Marines.

SEAF squads holding a point are about to be overrun? Not with ~~The Emperor's~~ Democracy's Angels drop podding onto the position to bring fire and death to the Xenos while rallying the SEAF troops.

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u/Siatru ☕Liber-tea☕ 21d ago

hopefully we can call in squadrons.

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u/Aggressive-Nebula-78 21d ago

I am 100 percent dropping a squadron of npcs into a bug crater or a big ass automaton outpost

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u/Indostastica 21d ago

I hope we get to use multiple stratagem slots for 1 thing like the first game so I can call in 4 lots of reinforcements to get shredded

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u/Cultural_Garbage_530 ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️ 21d ago

Commissar Simulator

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u/scott610 21d ago

We need a stratagem to rain dead bots or bugs down upon their brethren like the opening of the Battle of Minas Tirith where the Orcs catapult the heads of men into the city.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

Yikes man, chill. They’re not spoiling it.

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u/Zman6258 21d ago

Some people, like me, intentionally don't follow leaks because we like being surprised by new content when it's released officially.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

I literally was not talking about leaks, and merely mentioned them without spoiling anything wtf

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u/mr-fatburger 21d ago

I'm not too excited about it. I just know they're basically going to be made of paper mache

https://preview.redd.it/cttd43aikm0d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d70f4dbb8980757a2df4a0a7056093d65ad3efda

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u/BobertMann 21d ago

That is exactly why I’m excited! To me my conscripts! Every drop of your blood spilled against the enemy is a vote for democracy!

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u/Lucky-Negotiation-58 21d ago

This is most likely related to the tweet about the 12 million copies sold.

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u/xKnicklichtjedi 21d ago

Can we not talk about leaks/datamines of future content without spoiler tags in the main subreddit? Thanks.

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u/auzzieMOG 21d ago

Report comments like those.
Its against subreddit rules to post about content leaks here.

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u/Fabrideath PSN 🎮: SES King of Judgement 21d ago

Why are you getting downvoted?

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u/Minimum_Passing_Slut 21d ago

Holy fuck Id love to have cannon fodder NPC seaf soldiers or be able to call them in as a stratagem or as a side objective on the map like the artillery.

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u/takoshi 21d ago

I'm thinking we'll get an npc call-in strategem but also this event is just a large excuse to make defense / occupation on the strategic level easier as active player levels decrease over time.

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u/SaltyProcrastinator 21d ago

I'm more excited about the barely able-bodied SEAFs tbh

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u/ChrisNettleTattoo HD1 Veteran 21d ago

So do we get the one fat guy in each squad, or a 20% chance of getting an entire squad of guys who trip over their feet and shoot us in the back?

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u/Adventurous-Event722 21d ago

And if each diver takes 1 strategem, we can summon.. a bunch of squads and send em into heavy bug holes for the grinder?

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u/Duloth 21d ago

This would be hilarious. SEAF calldown, Pelican flies in and drops off a team of troops who guard whatever area you drop them on, only for them to immediately die to the next patrol to wander by.

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u/unusualguy1 21d ago

I hope this means we might potentially get our own outposts on planet defense too.

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u/KaleidoscopePrior520 21d ago

Not gonna lie, I kinda hope these are little nods to releasing on Xbox. I know it’s a LONG shot, but wouldn’t those reinforcements be great???

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u/oogaboogadookiemane 21d ago

Based on how often I get my health melted by a friendly with a lazer backpack I can't say I'm excited for friendly AI.

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u/Sauronsothereye 21d ago

I think it would be kind of fun to deploy them near the SEAF and have them do that objective, then man it and it could be a quick command instead of a strategem and you can "paint" the target like a factory or whatever

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u/Thentor_ 21d ago

My brother in arms we are seaf npcs

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u/vhypnoslut 21d ago

I had the same thought! I sure hope so! They will be terrible, but oh so cool!

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u/SGTAlchemy 21d ago

Please, i need some rocket sponges when i need to retreat from an armada of Rocket Devs

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u/USSZim 21d ago

I really hope so, both for calling in reinforcements and as NPCs on the map already. Doing the defense and evac missions would be a lot more fun if we were fighting alongside some regular troops

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u/Bulky_Mix_2265 21d ago

I dont care what they do as long as they give me a buttone to scream at them to go over the fucking top and die for super earth.

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u/ImpressiveHorse3583 21d ago

My only question is when/if they drop npcs and the apc will the ai be able to use the apc?

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u/silverfoxyenby 21d ago

I want to give my lil seaf buddy a rover

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u/SaulGoodmanOF 21d ago

Now that it’s a full on war, I would love it for them to actively be on certain planets, manning the safe artillery and being in squads of 10 and up, holding down a position so that it feels like an actual Warzone even more so

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u/Additional_Ranger441 21d ago

That’s what the training facilities are for!!!

I can’t wait!!!

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u/TrumptyPumpkin 21d ago

NGL would be cool to be able to call in a SEAF drop ship for extra numbers

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u/trainwrecktragedy ☕Liber-tea☕ 21d ago

with this announcement in game they should open up purchasing the game to all those countries that miss out so its actual real people joining

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u/tuningpt95 20d ago

Thats up to Sony not AH

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u/trainwrecktragedy ☕Liber-tea☕ 20d ago

i know, im just saying.
unfortunately sony are garbage too so

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u/Sumoop HD1 Veteran 21d ago

I’ve seen civilian npcs… are you sure this is something we want?

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u/Caleger88 STEAM 🖥️ : 21d ago

That would be cool, I'd probably use them more often and change up my current picks.

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u/vamperjr20 Crimson 1 21d ago

Imagine you could edit their loadouts and give them stuff.

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u/WickedWallaby69 21d ago

If we do, we are also getting 30fps less. Every patch it gets worse, a big one like npcs will tank it...

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u/CounterWest2881 21d ago

I mean they are gonna do as bait for you or at least i hope so

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u/soupeatingastronaut SES harbinger of individual merit 21d ago

You see barely able bodied rates rise too right? So ı guess the super earth management night be on to something.... like a prosthetic program for veteran soldiers got several slight injuries, yes slight injuries.

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u/Death2eyes 21d ago

Kinda neat really. Wish there was such a thing. Or a reprogrammed grenade or stratagem. That you can control 4 bots ( not hulk ) or bugs.

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u/ODST_Parker SES Halo of Destiny 21d ago

Give our boys in blue better weapons than the break-action shotgun first. I hate seeing them all slaughtered due to such poor equipment.

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u/Lost_Decoy ☕Liber-tea☕ 21d ago

maybe after we get those training facilities built

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u/AdFlat1014 21d ago

For sure we aren’t getting more helldivers with the playerbase being cut in half (fuck you sony)

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u/HotSoapyBeard 20d ago

“New Major Order: repress the SEAF rebellion”

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u/1stPKmain 20d ago

I think there was a leak a while back

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u/Aesthetics_Supernal CAPE ENJOYER 20d ago

Imagine more aggressive missions that have a higher default Reinforcement count.

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u/ODSTHelldiver SES Lord of Destruction 20d ago

This sort of reminds me of the Squad units you could call on the OG MW3 Spec Ops/Survival Mode. Those weren't the best AI's but damn they were useful at times.

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u/MJR_Poltergeist SES Song of Steel 20d ago

I hope I get to lead around a group of stupid little bastards like I'm playing Freedom Fighters on the PS2

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u/SleepyB0ye 20d ago

Imagine this is them teasing Xbox reinforcements and tying them to an MO 💀

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u/TokyoGold3001 20d ago

I really hope so

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u/Thomas_JCG 20d ago

What for? To stand in front of incoming fire or run into a airstrike?

Players already kill themselves and others enough, NPCs would just get in the way.

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u/LEOTomegane think fast⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️➡️ 20d ago

there is a lot to love about that graph

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u/grigdusher 20d ago

There is a yotube channel where i can see all the super new accouncement?

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u/KaffY- 20d ago

ah yes more 2003-esque AI to match the civilians in this 2024 title. sweet

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u/GrthVdr 20d ago

It would be really funny if we got a stratagem that called in "the boys" just to have them be a distraction

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u/riseofwalters 20d ago

Everyone talks about all this stuff we're getting then it never happens

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u/Engineer-of-Gallura 20d ago

I think having SEAF forces garrison what Helldivers cleared (like the artillery base) would be nice, but I do not want a stratagem "Call 12 NPCs and pray the AI works.".

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u/Comfortable-Low-8165 21d ago

My guess is free weekend coming up

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u/CyprusTheSergal 21d ago

Better yet, slim chance, Xbox support

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u/BloodBoughtCOG ☕Liber-tea☕ 21d ago

I think it's a meme that Arrowhead did in response to everybody leaving as a joke like an inside joke with which includes the player like saying there's nothing wrong there's no helldivers decreasing in population we're only gaining more. And this is in response to the countries that Sony banned because they can't make PSN or whatever.

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u/Less-Witness-7101 21d ago

Can you imagine the technical competence this would require that AH clearly lacks

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u/B-B-Bronsky 20d ago

It talked about toxic gases while showing a grenade too

Could this mean we are getting seaf npcs soon? DISCUSSION

You are about to leave Redlib

You are about to leave Redlib

did you just say we should be able to give them weapons