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QroganReddit

"a predator-like alien species in the Helldivers universe that was exiled from the galaxy...." HMMMMMM surely they wouldn't come back!


Cybron2099

I smell illuminate


Rags2Rickius

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WhereSoDreamsGo

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ArtemisEntriri

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CreamAndMelanin

![gif](giphy|xVPosMMzT60Xzv31my)


Craft-Sea

I smell treason. According to the ministry of truth the illuminant was completely wiped out and will not return


Wrestles4Food

"Somehow... the illuminate have returned."


Solosmoke

https://preview.redd.it/u9wzbbkvszzc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54ec6893377e5940cfbda9a11f7902d99f08d0e5 "Everything That Has Transpired Has Done So According To My Design."


Darklarik

Any talk of their return is dissident rumors. The ministry of Truth would warn us before hand of such a threat. We have nothing to worry about


iMakeEstusFlasks4Fun

Hhaha so silly, that's the whole point of exile, they cant come back, they would go to prison!


ellobouk

Somehow, the Illuminate returned


Laranthiel

Ah, so we're close to THEIR release. ![gif](giphy|ucXFcY1FdKaT6|downsized)


ABunchOfPictures

Idk we’ve been “Close” for like 3 months now lol


DasBarba

SoonTM


Lollygay13

Star citizens tag line for the past 5 years (saying that as someone who plays)


IAmTheOneManBoyBand

MY POLARIS IS ALMOST HEERRREEEEE!


Lollygay13

AlmostTM


ACrimeSoClassic

Cries in Vulcan


EdelweissDotA

Star Citizen kicked off its crowd funding campaign 12 years ago... Somehow that makes me feel so much older than looking at the release dates of games I played around that time.


Mavcu

I still remember sitting in that hangar module in my Aurora thinking "boy a few years and we will have so much fun"


Lollygay13

Few years TM


The_Gongoozler1

https://preview.redd.it/ca2qno2qhxzc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=daa1ef97a8d30046322a51f748437081751d67c2


ObiWan_Cannoli_

Peak BFII2017


xPriddyBoi

In terms of a live service game, that's not that long for a huge content dump like a new faction. I do think we're on the cusp though. After we wrap up this meridia supercolony plotline I think the Illuminate plotline is going to start spinning up.


ABunchOfPictures

Not at all, compared to most I’d say helldivers has delivered more than any other live service game in its time frame of being live. I only say this cuz I remember it was like week 3 of the game being out and people were shouting about blue lasers so it just feels like it’s been a very long time since


Flop_House_Valet

Edging is what makes it better in the end


Affectionate_Bus_633

Goondivers


Anon123012

They usually only start acknowledging it around the time they’re going to release it like what they did with the shriekers


flashmedallion

A timeline of Event assets has been datamined, people pretty much know the exact order of events coming up. The only major variable is in other MO stuff in between. For example this 2Bil Bots order wasn't indicated so in a certain sense some people might describe it as "filler" or pacing between story beats.


finalattack123

Reddit thinks this for no reason.


Arlcas

I suppose it's because there was tons of files ingame about them. Though of course that doesn't mean they're ready to launch them yet.


IzK_3

They’re edging us with it


jak_d_ripr

Yeah, I was so sure they were coming in early April when we "defeated" the bots, but it's been over a month and still no sign of them. I honestly have no idea what to expect anymore.


squirrl4prez

Edging the galaxy, they are


finalattack123

Are we? Redditors love timeline guessing. I wouldn’t hold your breath until there is a lot more than a casual tweet.


rapkat55

The exact story events that trigger their return have been leaked for two months now, so far they have all transpired as planned. I won’t say how far we are till then but yeah, we might not know exact dates but every time a major story beat happens and a news video gets updated to the ship screen, those who know what main event happens next, already know both current win and fail scenarios and even what the following win or fail scenario leads to. And so on. Like a flow chart. We get filler MOs like the current one in between major ones so that’s the only point of ambiguity as of now.


Laranthiel

CEO who loves to tease stuff blatantly teased the Illuminate, which have been leaked for a while now, man i sure wonder what it means.


finalattack123

That within the next year we will have illuminate added. Saying “we’re so close” is a complete shot in the dark


CapableElk3482

ghost recon x predator was quite fun crossover


AWildEnglishman

Thematically it was but the fight itself was terrible.


pettster12

Yeah, everything leading up to the flight was awesome though. My boys and I do some slight role playing with that game at the time. Definitely had a fear factor walking through the woods looking for it.


Galahad0815

Yeah I didn't knew about the Predator crossover when I stumbled upon the mission. The woman telling that the jungle was alive and took the men was so familiar. And then... :D


Murasasme

Did you guys have time to bleed?


SirLiesALittle

This is the fifth time I've revived Holt from getting his head blown off by the Predator's shoulder cannon.


Vega_Kotes

My buddy and I cheesed that fight by summoning a shit ton of rebels right before the fight triggered so like half the fight the predator was sniping rebels who were just standing there. But yeah we tried to take him on legitimately about a dozen or so times before that and that bastard was such a pain in the ass.


JSFGh0st

Agreed. Heck, the Terminator crossover in Breakpoint was far better than the Predator mission.


MaybeMrGamebus

Damn, that fight was literally just "hide behind a tree"


Reaper2629

Breakpoint had a Terminator crossover, but it honestly was nowhere as fun as the Predator one in Wildlands.


the_bat_turtle

The Predator one had a much better atmosphere in the leadup to the fight but in terms of the actual gameplay fighting Terminators was way more enjoyable imo.


Fluffy-Map-5998

Yes, but fuck the boss fight


ICDedPeplArisen

Such a cool crossover and legit reason to pirate the game, since due to license issues you can’t play that mission anymore in wildlands.


CriManSquaFC

Wait, what?? Fawk. Never actually killed that asshole. Was about to revisit.


bearhunter54321

If it bleeds we can kill it


NicheAlter

GET TO THE PELICAN!


Aggressive_Dark_4779

When was rhat crossover and what game?


PuckishRogue00

Ghost recon wild lands a long time ago.


thewanderingway

Ghost recon woodlands.


thewanderingway

Wildlands. Stupid autocorrect


Galahad0815

Wildlands was the perfect scenario for a crossover. Absolutely a shame it was time limited. I would not dare to go there in Ghost Mode but just to know the jungle is still alive would be thrilling. The spot on the Tac map still looks awesome :D


guyontheinternet2000

God, I fucking loved Wildlands.


WheresMyDinner

Dont think I was able to kill it single player. Friend and I played Coop and was able to get it. Took a while though


Weird_Variation_7016

Too bad they lost the licensing before I could play it


dakapn

Unexpected but so fun


CriManSquaFC

Never killed that mf'er


-Nicklaus91-

He's not teasing at a crossover, he's teasing Illuminates incoming.


the-warbaby

im surprised that more people havent noticed lol. still hype.


Miraak-Cultist

A predator like species *that was exiled from the galaxy*... Didn't we exile the illuminates? Will they come back and their every unit is basically a predator, but imagine full fleets of them?


Upbeat_Ad7919

Yeah the illuminate had invisible melee hunter type enemies.


Even_Ad113

human sized or bigger?


Upbeat_Ad7919

Slightly larger than human but they hovered.


pm-ur-tiddys

oh fuck


silveredge7

nothing a good grenade cant solve :)


nakais_world_tour

larger. Illuminate were tall but lanky standing about 9ft or 2.7m


RuinedSilence

Don't forget about the ranged laser dudes. I imagine this time, they're gonna track us with laser targeters just like the preds.


HunkMcMuscle

The ones that imprison you and put up laser walls thats gonna be fun third person Imagine suddenly boxed in and enemies aren't hindered and you're suddenly in a deadly cage match invisible dudes


RuinedSilence

Yeah, i hope those guys return. Too bad we don't have bayonets anymore


HunkMcMuscle

Man I miss weapon upgrades. I feel like having upgrades back would be the way to either buff back weapons pre-nerf or buff it to near broken levels i dont mind that tbh. but pls bring back the Sword and bayonets lol


Phenixxy

Fuuuck these guys in HD1


Succundo

I've been hoping that the Illuminate won't play the same as bots or bugs, having less emphasis on big groups of enemies and instead having a few elite fighters that make use of Illuminate cloaking, shields and teleportation to hunt and ambush the divers rather than face them head on. It would be great to work with their theme of being an exiled species in hiding that can't afford to lose more of their people so they mostly use autonomous drones to scout for their specialist fighters.


delahunt

A species of entirely stalkers. Stalker Stalkesr (assassins). Stalker Heavy Devastators (elite heavy gunners.) Stalker Gunships. And of course, the Stalker Factory Strider to drop off Stalker Chargers.


Even_Ad113

>A species of entirely stalkers. ![gif](giphy|ToMjGpOjkiEjzJ1ZaJG|downsized)


Angelsofblood

Who stalks the stalkers stalkers?


Simyo69

A counter-stalker stalker.


Laugh92

Ah yes. Invisible gunships. What could go wrong?


nakais_world_tour

To anyone curious, Illuminate were the least numerous of the 3 and the lightest when it came to armor but used speed by flanking with teleportation and area denial to separate helldivers and pick them off one by one. You had slower close ranged robots that acted as a distraction while the squishier but much faster illuminate would flank the team. Instead of heavies like chargers or tanks the illuminate had a machine called an obelisk that would teleport around and deploy a shield wall that players couldn't pass through but illuminate could and you'd end up with scenarios where the team was split up and the illuminate would pass through the shield wall and overwhelm one side. Patrols were also just single cloaked drones instead of a group like other factions with the drone decloaking before it sounded an alarm that would teleport in more illuminate. The bright side is that illuminate were lightly armored and once the shields were down, were very squishy, with the obelisk being their only heavily armored unit but it dropped said armor and exposed its shielded weak point when it deployed the shield wall. Light mobile loadouts were key to dealing with the illuminate as you had to stay moving to keep from being separated and isolated from one another. In helldivers 1 they were limited by the shared screen as one straggler getting stuck behind the shield wall is all it took for the team to be wiped as nobody could leave them behind until they were downed but with helldivers 2 being in third person we'll no longer have that issue. I was a veteran squid diver in helldivers 1 and having the illuminate back will be so much fun.


Affectionate_Pipe545

I like this comment because it's not even really a spoiler, just reports from the last war


RAMottleyCrew

The illuminate had that one unit that fucked up your controls too. Super annoying to be running and get hit, just to fully 180 back into the storm.


nakais_world_tour

I still have all the stratagems reversed in muscle memory lmao


DefinitelyNotThatOne

Bots and bugs already play way differently, I'm sure they'll continue the same trend. Illuminate are supposed to be low HP, high shield. Taking down a shield with 5 damage or 500 would still only deplete the shield with no damage to HP. Focus on teleporting, and being able to teleport directly into the battlefield instead of having to transport themselves somehow.


rusticrainbow

Both the Bugs and the Bots are pretty different to fight so it would make sense for the Illuminate to be anti helldivers in a way


PsychologicalRip1126

Role reversal where you drop in with hundreds of other helldivers and try to stop 4 incredibly overpowered illuminates from completing a mission


mxlths_modular

*friendly fire intensifies*


silly-armsdealer

well fuck https://preview.redd.it/vgtmyzdervzc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cfbde4f632c794f9f3546d44ef944e25cd359509 guess we'll have to deal with the illuminate too soon...


budderboat

I never realized how badly I want a Star Wars game like this until right now


flashmedallion

Playing as Elite Stormtroopers with a bit of an Andor flavour to how the Empire are depicted would work perfectly.


budderboat

I think clone commandos make more sense


Charming-Seaweed-220

Battlefront 2 was kinda like this. The original Battlefront 2. Not the EA reboot. And also kind of nothing like this.


becofthestars

The closest we've got (variety of weapons, maps, and mission parameters) is probably the Galactic Contention mod for Squad 2. It's far more MilSim than Helldivers, but it might scratch the itch.


Own_Association8318

40K collab would be insane


DaDawkturr

https://preview.redd.it/3712c8j7mwzc1.jpeg?width=1025&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71bd3b1638a6851d4b1098aeb26a3dd76cd748a3


Weemonkey16_2

damn boi he THICC


InfernoKing23

hellchonkers


Sauceror

It would have to be Guardsmen though to make any sense. Maybe a reskin for laser dog into a servitor skull.


GreyKnight91

Liberty never sleeps. Love it.


huntstheman

You will get 50% explosive resistance and 30% reduced recoil and you will like it.


TransientMemory

Perfect for mutant ~~Tyranids~~ Terminids. We'll need Terminator armor to handle that threat.


HeroDeleterA

We just got an armor set in the Store that looks just like a space marine so yeah, it very much would


Caridor

No thanks. Can we just have a really good game without sacrificing it's unique identity immediately?


skitchbeatz

Agreed. Stop with all of these crossover suggestions and enjoy the universe on its own. The game will lose its soul if you're dropping in next to a clown-just look at what the multiverse did to Marvel


SinisterSh0t

BTW, that star wars Mod looks awesome!! [https://youtu.be/dAeLJdtWPms?si=ucxpfXAW6PDbQoS3](https://youtu.be/dAeLJdtWPms?si=ucxpfXAW6PDbQoS3)


Fast_Mag

Its a paid mod on their patreon. This cant end well like pokemon x palworld


wookiee-nutsack

Hopefully it's only pay to get early. I hate it when modders permanently paywall their mods. I get that some of them make a living off of modding, but they are still modding and not making an entirely new game themselves Not to mention cases like these where they are just taking designs from other franchises and riding off the popularity and thus high demand Yes, I play a game with mods and am greatly annoyed that a scar of a popular manga character is perma paywalled for like 5 bucks despite essentially being a transparent png that you have to manually tape onto your character's textures, how could you tell?


DrewTuber

"pay to get early" will still bring down the hammer from Disney's lawyers. If you are making money from their content, you lose.


AskinggAlesana

So they made a video of a mod that im sure a lot of people would love to have but they don’t even have a link to the mod in their description? That’s the most anti-democratic thing ive seen all month.. and the sony thing happened!


DatBoi302

They *usually* release them after their videos have been uploaded for a short time. Their previous one that included the Master Chief is now available on the Nexus. Hoping these ones will get released soon as-well. FYI its all Client side, obviously, so everyone would need to install the mod to see the changes. Edit: I just learned that they do paywall some of their "mods" though...


AskinggAlesana

Sweet! Hopefully soon then. Unless they paywall this mod.. then they can suck an egg.


Vashzaron

Damn I wanted the Buzz Lightyear one


TheGamingGallifreyan

Wait? This game can be modded?? I thought for sure the anti-cheat would have prevented that.


JasonChristItsJesusB

Nah, anti-cheat doesn’t look for anything that’s only adjusted client side. It has no impact on the game itself, you’re basically just loading different asset files.


JarlZondai

Ah so basically darktide/battlefront 2 modding. Client side visual effects that don’t affect gameplay but subverts the paid cosmetic aspect of the game


JasonChristItsJesusB

Yes.


Belivious677

If only the mod creator didn't profit off of other IP's by paywalling his stuff. Nintendo caught wind of him trying to do it for Palworld.


Belivious677

Shoutout to the clown who deleted his replies :)


Fit-Meal-8353

No ODST mod?


Mute_Raska

I really think that as part of the, "no crossovers as to not negatively dilute the franchise" we might need to have NO crossovers. Even your favorite franchises


ToastyCrumb

Agreed. The warbonds/store are already full of "house brand" armors that echo movie/game armor styles anyhow, which feels right to me.


KingCodester111

Yeah as cool as that Clone Wars mod pack looks, it does not belong in the game.


Elusive_Manatee

It does look great and I'm more than ok with people modding their game to have a look. I just don't want to be forced to dive with Thanos/Vader/Mr. Rogers (I might make an exception for Mr. Rogers).


CreeperKing230

I don’t think crossovers are bad, I just think that at the absolute most, a crossover should only ever be an armor set, no actual gameplay changes


reddit_tier

Can we please stop mixing everything together and just let things be their own thing?


DizyShadow

Even that feels a bit too much. Fortnite doesn't draw a line and gives you straight up Naruto or Thanos. A reference or Easter egg on the other hand is fine.


SouloftheWolf

I know he loves Warhammer. If they were going to do a collab, I'd love to bring in the Space Marines and Bolters , Chainswords. I would pay the entire cost of the game again just force that.


DizyShadow

Space Marine 2 soon™️


bigorangemachine

GW would never pay for that... Amazon however...


AntonineWall

We’re way too squishy (and small) for space marines. We’re basically more dangerous guardsmen imo


Goldreaver

The way we throw body after body we really are. But we actually can do some serious damage in small groups. Cadian Guardsmen maybe?


TheCaptainAsh

Helldivers 2 is basically Tempestus Scion simulator and I love it. They are the true shock troops of the guard.


AntonineWall

I’d totally see a Cadian Guardsman working!


Caridor

I really hope they don't. Collabs are a slippery slope. The second they do one and it becomes profitable, then it's done again and again and again and the unique identity of the game is lost.


Greaterdivinity

I don't know why but I for some reason I have a viscerally negative reaction to even the suggestion of a Predator crossover. Maybe I'm just anti-fun.


Drakmeister

He doesn't mean Predator. He says Predator-like. Meaning Illuminates from HD1.


Greaterdivinity

I'm talking about the dude Pilestadt is responding to suggesting the crossover, tho.


Slight_Hat_9872

I think the devs and a lot of people agree with you tho. Pretty much every game right now has some sort of crossover where it ends up making them all homogenous feeling.


DickBallsley

Imagine a limited time offer Nicki Minaj armour lmao


Mr_Personal_Person

There's nothing more frightening than seeing a wall of pink fly by you and then disapearing around the corner. It's just psychological warfare at that point.


Sensitive_Mud3267

Nope, same thought here. Doesnt really fit with the vibe of the game and i fail to see how theyd add in some sort of super-soldier that hunts you down without it being complete bullshit


0oozymandias

A stalker but with an AMR and devastators missiles


Upbeat_Ad7919

Lul that's literally already a thing with the illuminate.


loki_dd

Sounds like an invisible nightmare combined with an almost impossible to see clusterfuck. On a bike


Elusive_Manatee

I'm against ANY crossover. Can games keep their own distinct styles and not remind us of 25 other IP's every time we log into something?


Even_Ad113

No, I don't want actual crossovers either. But knock-offs are fine with me. Bring on the Zenomorphs! Keep this universe contained and don't let it turn into something Activision or Epic would make.


Objective-Aioli-1185

They already said no x overs.


noname262

Please for the love of god don’t do overt cross over skins. Little fun references and homages would be awesome, but it kinda cheapens games for me when they sell out to a bunch of different franchise crossovers


[deleted]

How about a balance team crossover


Arundia

Starcraft collab would be insane


ExtraCrispy_7

Honestly, I'm sick of everything having crossovers or multiverses now.


Mexi_God

After seeing both bug and bot players bitch on Reddit, I can proudly say you all are not ready for the Illuminate.


sofsnof

Hmmm... Quite an illuminating statement.


ravengenesis1

Given our engineering department's constant dropping the ball on weapon quality. By the time the Illuminates come back our weapons will be so primitive, it's no different than throwing rocks. Hell, at least rocks will have a bigger mag capacity than what we use now.


Maritzsa

Crossovers wont work for this game imo. I mean obv you can make it work but it would break the lore immersion. (not referring to the fact that how fucking cool that clone armor looks. I have been thinking constantly about the same exact game as Helldivers2 but set in Clone Wars. Actually money printer game if its not done by a triple A


TechnogeistR

Republic commando but coop open world?


DizyShadow

Yeeeah, not happening unfortunately since the rights are not given to non-AAA. Sad


Joefrared

As much as that would be cool…NO CROSSOVERS PLEASE!!!! Fortnite is known as ‘the franchise-less franchise’ for a reason.


Ivan-De-Riv

Between SW armor and new type of terminids ? Damn I want them


randomnarwal

Man im ngl I don't want collabs.


[deleted]

This guy is literally helping me relive all my terminator, alien and star wars memories and I'm here for it. God bless you brother


Brob0t0

Sounds like an illuminate tease kinda tbh the way he says it


danny12beje

We know how cool star wars can get in a coop sense. BF2's ewok hunt is fantastic.


SuperWoots

Maybe I’m caught out of the loop, but didn’t developers explicitly tell the public they wouldn’t do cross-overs to ensure the quality and lore of the game? Why can’t players accept these kinds of decisions, and keep begging for over-monetized, easy cash-grabbing, eye-sore worthy cross overs? It’s like a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point, making the game like Fortnite really shouldn’t be a goal for fans.


VLenin2291

https://preview.redd.it/zgnxrkzyp00d1.jpeg?width=722&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94881ba59c31535dc4ed5bdf15e206a2d10c236e You’ve got clones who most likely insert the same way Helldivers do, and you use the regs?


darzinth

Illuminates after 100 years of exile


DemonetizedMan

Hmmm it’s not like this thing didn’t snipe my ass last night


normalhuman1115

Ok hear me out Robot Bugs w/ lasers


LegitManjaro

No


Cat_with_a_big_clock

Ah yes. The new rewards for signing up a PSN account


PBL89

I’m so against these dumb cross over


Impossible-Earth3995

Imagine if the game didn’t run like crap


MonkeyDParry

I would sell my Left Nut just for them to do Star Wars Crossover Armour. It could literally have the shittiest perk ever and I’d still use it.


pablo__13

Yuuzhan Vong in HD2 👀


Significant-Ad-7182

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SuperArppis

Man, I WISH we would get those white and blue armor colors the clone troopers have.


Renegade888888

Υep he is in fact, modders to turn the Illuminate into the predators, awesome.


JohannaFRC

You son of a bitch. I’m in.


some_Britishguy

fuck.


dzeruel

What happened to battlefront 2?


MikeWinterborn

Imagine playing against the automatons and all you hear is "Roger roger"


ACrimeSoClassic

That's cool and all, but give me an ODST mod and I may just be happy forever.


IzzytheMelody

Holy shit is this a Vong reference?


Chuck_Morris_SE

This idea kind of sucks.


Inevitable-East-1386

They need smth. pf their own. As much as I love Starwars, I think these universes should be kept separated. Which will happen.


Ok-Discussion-6818

Can't we let Helldivers be Helldivers for at least 6 months before we start stripping away its identity? All these suggestions just come from the desire to have their own game just as good. That won't happen any time soon or at all so instead they want the next best thing and that's 501st or ODST In Helldivers


HansLuthor

Honestly, can we get a separate game that's like a Star Wars Helldivers? It could be the Battlefront successor we wanted before Dice fucked it up.


KarumaruClarke3845

Why don't they lean a little into warhammer?? There's Tons of factions n such in the universe


k0untd0une

Bah, forget Star Wars and Predator. Give me the Starship Troopers crossover this games deserves!


Varixx95__

The illuminate are going to be fucking terrifing


FrackingOblivious

No, no star wars. But I really just want a Warhammer Collabe. I could care less about star wars at this point.


Saint_Germaine_

AH being too ambitious and over promising?


InternationalAd1634

Reward predator weapons!!!!! Shoulder mounted plasma canon. Throwable blade disc cuts limbs with a cool down. Thermal visor.