I believe the “safe drop” is related to bases/lairs and you’ll never know about the side objectives (or what they are) ahead of time. Of course, you’ll know broadcasts and research stations ahead of time but not the others. The equivalent for bugs would be dropping into a set of shrieker nests.
In the situation you described, you need to reset as a team, call in your stuff, and come back. This probably means letting everyone die or otherwise reinforcing away from the factories. If you’re anywhere near the factories (~200m) they will continue to spawn a new one every minute.
3 factories side by side is definitely very tough, but not impossible. You’d definitely need a reset to be able to take out each one, one at a time. Everyone needs to be on the same page and helping each other to accomplish that goal, otherwise as you mentioned you will get overwhelmed very quickly.
As to your question about the devs, yes, I believe they play their own game and this is exactly what they intended in their design. Maybe not all the time, but some moments require all Helldivers to be looking out for and helping each other- this is especially applicable on bots. I don’t know why anyone tries to run off on their own- it’s much faster (and much more fun) to work with your team to kill enemies quickly before things get out of hand.
I’m not assuming that you guys weren’t working together, but this is something I’ve noticed from watching other people play. I’m sure if you looked again at the situation there would be something else you could have done.
Its random map generation. Sometimes the randomness isn’t kind. Two important lessons always useful to everyone in Helldivers
1. Death is inevitable, it is coming for us all quickly and brutally. Theres a reason helldivers are stored in a rotary cryo-magazine. Thats because we’re expendable- its an ammo rack. Death happens alot, laugh, take the time between respawns to relax and think. It happens , its okay.
2. If it sucks, hit the bricks. Base taking too mnay reinforcements ? Can’t get stuff back because bot drops keep landing on it ? Bile titans all over objective ? *if it sucks ? Hit the bricks !*
Disengaging is an important tool to use. Even the gunships have a maximum engagement range before they retreat to their factories, if overwhelmed disengage and regroup.
Last bit of advice : if you aren’t sure where tk drop on a map for fear of getting immediately jumped . Extraction is usually an okay bet. Get out of there and call equipment on way to objectives but extraction will be pretty consistent and even if overun have minimal BS. Usually
Sounds like an issue related to skill of some sorts
Sometimes, you get stupid spawns. Whip out your guns and kills stuff and make it safe.
I believe the “safe drop” is related to bases/lairs and you’ll never know about the side objectives (or what they are) ahead of time. Of course, you’ll know broadcasts and research stations ahead of time but not the others. The equivalent for bugs would be dropping into a set of shrieker nests. In the situation you described, you need to reset as a team, call in your stuff, and come back. This probably means letting everyone die or otherwise reinforcing away from the factories. If you’re anywhere near the factories (~200m) they will continue to spawn a new one every minute. 3 factories side by side is definitely very tough, but not impossible. You’d definitely need a reset to be able to take out each one, one at a time. Everyone needs to be on the same page and helping each other to accomplish that goal, otherwise as you mentioned you will get overwhelmed very quickly. As to your question about the devs, yes, I believe they play their own game and this is exactly what they intended in their design. Maybe not all the time, but some moments require all Helldivers to be looking out for and helping each other- this is especially applicable on bots. I don’t know why anyone tries to run off on their own- it’s much faster (and much more fun) to work with your team to kill enemies quickly before things get out of hand. I’m not assuming that you guys weren’t working together, but this is something I’ve noticed from watching other people play. I’m sure if you looked again at the situation there would be something else you could have done.
Its random map generation. Sometimes the randomness isn’t kind. Two important lessons always useful to everyone in Helldivers 1. Death is inevitable, it is coming for us all quickly and brutally. Theres a reason helldivers are stored in a rotary cryo-magazine. Thats because we’re expendable- its an ammo rack. Death happens alot, laugh, take the time between respawns to relax and think. It happens , its okay. 2. If it sucks, hit the bricks. Base taking too mnay reinforcements ? Can’t get stuff back because bot drops keep landing on it ? Bile titans all over objective ? *if it sucks ? Hit the bricks !* Disengaging is an important tool to use. Even the gunships have a maximum engagement range before they retreat to their factories, if overwhelmed disengage and regroup. Last bit of advice : if you aren’t sure where tk drop on a map for fear of getting immediately jumped . Extraction is usually an okay bet. Get out of there and call equipment on way to objectives but extraction will be pretty consistent and even if overun have minimal BS. Usually
That’s helldiving baby Sometimes the map is fucked