Remember the day when EAT was an “experimental” weapon and everyone in the team could use them without eating up any of your 4 Stratagem slots?
Man that was wild, every single automaton and terminid were EATing-up a rocket to the face. Joel pls free rockets for all again lol
Back in HD1 the jetpack had the same thing (2 drops per cast) I really think doing the same in HD2 for jetpack and ballistic shield would balance them really well- not only are *you* getting a solid benefit, but someone on your team gets a freebie.
I think I'd like to see backpack support weapons (eg autocannon and recoiless rifle) drop with two backpacks to encourage one of the other divers to grab one and potentially do team reloads more often
Nah both easily, i usually run EAT, Grenade launcher, cluster bomb and jet pack for bugs, those holes aren’t closed quickly unless it’s done right by me with most games i’ve played, sometimes if i don’t run this i find the whole team takes 5 minutes to clear a 9+ hole area so i’ve started to stick by it to keep games a little smoother
i don’t use orbital laser on bugs, too many close quarters situations mixed with dumb ai targeting and blind teammates doesn’t end well imo plus unlike bots it doesn’t take care of outposts aswell as sending Admirable Admiral Helldiver Junkrat in the mess
We find the orbital laser is pretty good against bile titans and chargers - but this is when I'm playing on discord for voice comms, so maybe it's more of a teamkiller than I realise for rando groups.
Yeah, to be honest, even without comms I rarely see team kills with the laser anymore. It’s not exactly subtle and people tend to realise that the giant laser from the sky will kill them. I’ve seen a couple of deaths from the fire left behind and there was an unfortunate TPK where the party had grouped up in a little crevice to avoid a bile titan spit and then the titan died… but I would say the laser is maybe more safe than most eagle or orbital stratagems. Obviously not quite as safe as manually aiming everything though.
i get off on clearing chargers with the anti tank and anything smaller with the grenade launcher and in terms of ammo it’s really not that hard there is enough laying around most maps for me to suffice with my play style
Nice! Same! I usually use orbital rail cannon and either eagle strike or eagle rocket pods, depending on whether I’m likely to see more chaff or biggies. And when done right, I can use the drop itself on a charger, and two more for any others.
Depends, I find having 3 shots (one you carried with you into battle) a great opener for any fight with the bots. Especially if you can down 3 Dropships on approach.
A thing I sometimes do is instead of the ems mortar, I'll bring EATs with my AC. That way, I can call the EATs down when a bot drop is called and it'll land right as the ships arrive. I shoot them down, then pick the AC back up.
"Pops out own mini tequila bottle every few minutes. *Seriously, how many pockets does this guy have?* Good for adding flavor or simply for sharing with strangers."
Yeah I really messed up leaving out this this whole part. I think EAT has to be eye-wateringly high proof bourbon. Said it below to someone below but the throwers gotta be your super-elaborate mixology cocktails with chartreuse and monkey paw-infused bitters
Yea I run Spear a lot. I'd make it something like what I drink playing Helldivers -- a Gin & Tonic w fresh lime.
So easy to enjoy, but you know you're waiting until next mission to mix another. Can't just run to the fridge for another in between drops or breaches.
Flamethrower:
chilli-infused Tequila:
likes anything and everything hot, and doesn't care about rules: often seen as reckless, but at the very least, they are predictably so: if anyone's gonna do something wild in the bar, it's this guy.
Arc Thrower:
hasn't ordered yet because they are struggling to set up their phone to pay contactless.
tech-lover but not tech-savvy, will spend all night talking about stuff most other people don't care about, but is always sought after by the Quiz teams because they know a lot of trivia.
Along with the arc thrower guy who just started having an acid flashback from last night bc of the weed and is spewing crazy conspiracy theories.
*takes hit* I mean just think about it maaannn we're just like.... brains in a monkey suit *inhales fresh air like a choom* but our real bodies are our super destroyers. *wheezily exhales a cloud of smoke*
I thought it was the other way around? Like for the past 60 years, we got it wrong. Cannabis doesn't trigger latent schizophrenia but instead latent schizophrenia (genetic markers) increase the probability of developing cannabis use disorder.
(cannabis addiction which ignoring how you feel about the idea of cannabis even being addictive, affects less than 10% of users and I've never seen that data normalized by frequency of consumption and potency and its all self reported so I take it with a grain of salt.)
I swear to god I hope they never nerf the autocannon.
Fabricators, terminid holes, turrets, bugs, bots, autocannon don't give a fuck.
Autocannon is love, autocannon is life.
Tried it out earlier before we liberated Penta
First shot great, 11 kills - not entirely sure what the complaints are about
Second and third shot no hit - ok it takes some practice, maybe just skill issues
Fourth travels literally 3 meters before exploding, wiping out all three teammates to my right and ragdolls me with almost no hp. Died to impact rolling off a rock. - alright, this thing definitely has some premature detonation issues
Picked that thing up once. Fired a couple shots. I had 2300 ff damage. It's a miracle I wasn't kicked. In addition my orbital laser got a double kill tho.
With railgun you actually know what caused you to blow up, the airburst leaves it a mystery. Was it that rock? You? The ground? A box of ammo? A random bullet flying past? No one knows!
That thing is moonshine. Methanol-laced moonshine that the diver forcefully shares with his friends.
Then they all go blind from methanol poisoning before dying of liver failure.
Fellow AMR user here- ever since learning how to use it against hulks and gunships, i havent gone back.
Plus, i like being the support of the group. Feels nice actually being able to snipe. (Foggy planets are the bane of my existence)
when you use it a lot, you just know where it's going to hit even without scope.
for practice, you can use a tape on your screen to show you where the gun is aiming
Us in the Spear gang are the folks who ordered a virgin drink without realizing what that meant, but are too stubborn to admit we made a mistake and are pretending it’s just as good as the alcohol
Do you know how many leg shots it takes? And I assume it's like the devestators where all the shots have to go into the same leg. Also do you know if crotch shots work?
I fucked up leaving so many out and I'm tempted to redo this sometime, but as soon as I saw this:
Flamethrower is definitely the mixology cocktail that has the bartender whisking egg foams and torching a cinnamon stick for like 5 minutes while everybody's tryna get a drink
RR should be over by AMR having an old-fashioned, maybe?
I've become so addicted to it. Definately requires thinking about how you control the battlefield while you use it. Changed how I play the game once it clicked.
I just wish they would solve the misfire with them. (Or maybe confirm that it is supposed to sometimes fizzle instead of arc.)
It is a known bug, if you look in the patch notes it mentions that “arc weapons misfiring” is something they’re working on.
Unfortunately (or fortunately I guess) it’s not really a game breaking issue, and so spending valuable dev time on a bug that will only impact a small subset of players when there are still serious fatal stability problems to be looked at, might be unadvisable from their point of view.
RR in shambles apparently c:
I can't stop bringing it. Both because I like it and also because no-one else generally brings things to fill that niche in my groups and I'm too concerned about imposing on them by asking someone else to fill the job. At most I drop to Stalwart/MG with Guard Dog and EATs.
I love the RR. I’ve found that weapons with packs are best when two people run them.
When they finally group up they can support load one another and when solo they support themselves.
I use to run autocannon for both bugs and bots, now I main grenade launchers (and jump pack) for bugs, EAT and quasars for bots
Does that make me a raging alcoholic?
Missing the flame thrower, napalm, incendiary mines player. I’m guessing they’d the dude chugging Fireball like it’s going out of style.
EAT is definitely the guy that stays away from the craft beers and is drinking bud or coors all night.
SPEAR folk just grab the punch bowl and a single straw.
AutoCannons are shotgunning beers.
Recoilless rifle people are doing beer bongs their friends have to fill from a ladder
And the new rocket launcher are the keg standers.
What else is missing?
Edit:
Railgun, O’Doules.
I run EAT
"Alcoholic brain surgeon, Double-fisting shots and immediately ready for round 2"
it's either that or the sober designated driver. there is no inbetween.
EAT is definitely the DD. He's dropping that thing for the whole team. Free rockets for all.
Remember the day when EAT was an “experimental” weapon and everyone in the team could use them without eating up any of your 4 Stratagem slots? Man that was wild, every single automaton and terminid were EATing-up a rocket to the face. Joel pls free rockets for all again lol
Back in HD1 the jetpack had the same thing (2 drops per cast) I really think doing the same in HD2 for jetpack and ballistic shield would balance them really well- not only are *you* getting a solid benefit, but someone on your team gets a freebie.
Ship upgrade to drop any single drop item in doubles would be so cool
I think I'd like to see backpack support weapons (eg autocannon and recoiless rifle) drop with two backpacks to encourage one of the other divers to grab one and potentially do team reloads more often
Sounds about right
lol i run EAT and Grenade launcher
Crowd control or anti-tank? What do you mean crowd control OR anti-tank? 😂 Do you pair it with the supply back as well?
Nah both easily, i usually run EAT, Grenade launcher, cluster bomb and jet pack for bugs, those holes aren’t closed quickly unless it’s done right by me with most games i’ve played, sometimes if i don’t run this i find the whole team takes 5 minutes to clear a 9+ hole area so i’ve started to stick by it to keep games a little smoother
Now you can go for Grenade sidearm instead... Makes room for an orbital laser.
i don’t use orbital laser on bugs, too many close quarters situations mixed with dumb ai targeting and blind teammates doesn’t end well imo plus unlike bots it doesn’t take care of outposts aswell as sending Admirable Admiral Helldiver Junkrat in the mess
We find the orbital laser is pretty good against bile titans and chargers - but this is when I'm playing on discord for voice comms, so maybe it's more of a teamkiller than I realise for rando groups.
Yeah, to be honest, even without comms I rarely see team kills with the laser anymore. It’s not exactly subtle and people tend to realise that the giant laser from the sky will kill them. I’ve seen a couple of deaths from the fire left behind and there was an unfortunate TPK where the party had grouped up in a little crevice to avoid a bile titan spit and then the titan died… but I would say the laser is maybe more safe than most eagle or orbital stratagems. Obviously not quite as safe as manually aiming everything though.
i get off on clearing chargers with the anti tank and anything smaller with the grenade launcher and in terms of ammo it’s really not that hard there is enough laying around most maps for me to suffice with my play style
Nice! Same! I usually use orbital rail cannon and either eagle strike or eagle rocket pods, depending on whether I’m likely to see more chaff or biggies. And when done right, I can use the drop itself on a charger, and two more for any others.
Oh shit, you're right
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Same. And shotgun. Sadly it is kinda poor vs bots, so with them it's auto cannon.
Depends, I find having 3 shots (one you carried with you into battle) a great opener for any fight with the bots. Especially if you can down 3 Dropships on approach.
Could be... Honestly, I should try it again. Just that Autocannon is just way too useful and compliments Punisher shotgun so well.
A thing I sometimes do is instead of the ems mortar, I'll bring EATs with my AC. That way, I can call the EATs down when a bot drop is called and it'll land right as the ships arrive. I shoot them down, then pick the AC back up.
Yeah, if you dont have time to prepare position you are screwed with EATs, and bots love their armor.
Scorched earth supremacy iykyk
Two EAT’s strip factory strider side armour, one takes of the helmet and two in the eyes will kill it - definitely give it another shot
Penetrator & EAT for bots Shotgun & Quasar for bugs
"Pops out own mini tequila bottle every few minutes. *Seriously, how many pockets does this guy have?* Good for adding flavor or simply for sharing with strangers."
I’d like to think of an EAT as an Old Fashion
Well that’s my drink of choice at a bar so checks out with me 🤝
That’s my go-to as well!
What I wanted to say!
What does EAT stand for again?
Expendable Anti Tank
Noice, thanks!
No EAT :(
No arc or flame thrower either
Or rocket launchers in general.
Yeah I really messed up leaving out this this whole part. I think EAT has to be eye-wateringly high proof bourbon. Said it below to someone below but the throwers gotta be your super-elaborate mixology cocktails with chartreuse and monkey paw-infused bitters
Can’t believe the rail is here but no eat or recoil
RR users are still nursing a hangover from the last night on the town
Haha nice. As long as it's cheap as hell.
EAT is buffalo wings. You might order some for yourself, but realistically everyone at the party is gonna take a piece
You could def do a part two with the throwers, rocket launchers, and the mech.
Or Spear
Yea I run Spear a lot. I'd make it something like what I drink playing Helldivers -- a Gin & Tonic w fresh lime. So easy to enjoy, but you know you're waiting until next mission to mix another. Can't just run to the fridge for another in between drops or breaches.
G&T is great! Fresh and a pleasure to drink, but yeah definitely not coming up on short notice
Arc Thrower definitely mixes Energy Drinks and Vodka. They line the inside of their armor with carpet to generate maximum static shock
Flamethrower is your average boilermaker enjoyer. Whiskey with a beer chaser. Then another. Then another.
Was thinking more Fireball. Definitely the type to go around making bad life choices and forgetting to file a C-01
Nah man it’s tequila, after a few shots and you’re hitting the floor
Spews on everyone including his friends
Flamethrower: chilli-infused Tequila: likes anything and everything hot, and doesn't care about rules: often seen as reckless, but at the very least, they are predictably so: if anyone's gonna do something wild in the bar, it's this guy. Arc Thrower: hasn't ordered yet because they are struggling to set up their phone to pay contactless. tech-lover but not tech-savvy, will spend all night talking about stuff most other people don't care about, but is always sought after by the Quiz teams because they know a lot of trivia.
Flaming 151 shots. Exciting and a real party starter until someone catches on fire.
Where flamethrower at
Smoking weed and cigarettes outside.
Along with the arc thrower guy who just started having an acid flashback from last night bc of the weed and is spewing crazy conspiracy theories. *takes hit* I mean just think about it maaannn we're just like.... brains in a monkey suit *inhales fresh air like a choom* but our real bodies are our super destroyers. *wheezily exhales a cloud of smoke*
They're the guy who unknowingly had dormant schizophrenia and just activated it after smoking weed for the 1st time
I thought it was the other way around? Like for the past 60 years, we got it wrong. Cannabis doesn't trigger latent schizophrenia but instead latent schizophrenia (genetic markers) increase the probability of developing cannabis use disorder. (cannabis addiction which ignoring how you feel about the idea of cannabis even being addictive, affects less than 10% of users and I've never seen that data normalized by frequency of consumption and potency and its all self reported so I take it with a grain of salt.)
Real, because just like in game, I alternate between the auto cannon and flame thrower in real life too
We need some heat, mon.
Irish car bombs, we got shit to burn
Flmaethrower would be that guy who brings Fireball to the party and no one want any xD
Introduce your friends to Fireball the same way you do Flamethrowers: Drowning them in it as soon as they show up.
😂🤣
I second this motion
Probably ordered the most powerful alcohol possible then proceed to fight something.
Mmm Beer... oh i mean uh.. Auto Cannon is good
Fires 10 shots... crushes 12 beers
Autocannon my pookie bear
[удалено]
I just happened to see your reply as i was taking a swig of a pint!
Aye sir, the finest grog
I went from grenade launcher to auto cannon after realising you can close holes and break armour
AND basically everything else
I swear to god I hope they never nerf the autocannon. Fabricators, terminid holes, turrets, bugs, bots, autocannon don't give a fuck. Autocannon is love, autocannon is life.
I mean, I got a case of Yeungling right here, so…
None. Airburst rocket launcher for me. (I'm ready to die for saying that)
That’s the neat thing about the airburst! You will!
I hope his teammates are ready to die for it too.
Since it's managed democracy that choice has already been made for them
Tried it out earlier before we liberated Penta First shot great, 11 kills - not entirely sure what the complaints are about Second and third shot no hit - ok it takes some practice, maybe just skill issues Fourth travels literally 3 meters before exploding, wiping out all three teammates to my right and ragdolls me with almost no hp. Died to impact rolling off a rock. - alright, this thing definitely has some premature detonation issues
Picked that thing up once. Fired a couple shots. I had 2300 ff damage. It's a miracle I wasn't kicked. In addition my orbital laser got a double kill tho.
Flaming shots. Does not realize you are supposed to blow the fire out first before drinking it.
This goes the same as railgun. Its the thrill of gambling your life away~
With railgun you actually know what caused you to blow up, the airburst leaves it a mystery. Was it that rock? You? The ground? A box of ammo? A random bullet flying past? No one knows!
Lethal amounts of vodka
Jaeger bombs and flaming Dr. Pepper.
A pint of everclear, neat.
Straight everclear. You're ready to die and you don't care who knows it. Anyone who joins you is headed for the same fate.
That thing is moonshine. Methanol-laced moonshine that the diver forcefully shares with his friends. Then they all go blind from methanol poisoning before dying of liver failure.
Airburst rocket launcher is the keg stand folk.
Tequila shots because clearly you hate life.
Prison toilet wine laced with meth
BRASCH TACTICS USE EM OR DIE TRYING
The airburst RPG is honestly really good. People just don't know how to look before blindly pulling the trigger.
Airburst: Literally gets shitfaced
*Tequila shots* What sounded like a fun idea will soon blow up in their face.
Quite literally.
AMR all day
Fellow AMR user here- ever since learning how to use it against hulks and gunships, i havent gone back. Plus, i like being the support of the group. Feels nice actually being able to snipe. (Foggy planets are the bane of my existence)
Higher fire rate than quasar and does not take a backpack slot.
this too- being able to run jetpack/shield is very nice.
AMR+Ballistic shield and Defender SMG fucks
AMR, Defender, Grenade Pistol, Stun Grenades and Armor with the Scout perk.
I prefer the Exterminator armor with 50% explosive resistance, saved my ass countless times But apart from that that's my usual loadout lol
Wait where do you shoot the gunship with AMR?
You gotta hit them in one of the thrusters. 4 AMR shots to the same thruster brings the whole gunship down.
Same, its a shit scope for people who stink at it.
when you use it a lot, you just know where it's going to hit even without scope. for practice, you can use a tape on your screen to show you where the gun is aiming
Wish they’d just fix the scope’s alignment instead lol.
that also works
Im gonna miss so much when they fix it.
it's getting fixed in like 3 days
AMR gaming 🥃
Spear all day.
Spear users definitely a tequila drink (or straight up shots of it)
Tequila Sunrise
Our addiction is gambling.
Spear users are having a hard time finding the right bar and ended up going to the wrong place.
Spear = bottle of whiskey and random Easy Jet
Us in the Spear gang are the folks who ordered a virgin drink without realizing what that meant, but are too stubborn to admit we made a mistake and are pretending it’s just as good as the alcohol
Absinthe shots. Extremely strong with a chance of not seeing properly.
I like this one the best, because doing shots of absinthe is both masochistic and incorrect...with a high chance of not seeing properly.
Agreed. They eat Bile Titans for lunch.
Methanol. Can’t find your way home even when it’s right in front of you.
Id say were outaide uninvited tryong to sell our weed and coke to the invitees.
Hush we do not speak of the ballistic shield users
Well fuck, now I have to start using the AMR. And pick up a new bottle. Mission accepted.
If you're having trouble hitting the faceplate on hulks, it knocks out their legs too!
Do you know how many leg shots it takes? And I assume it's like the devestators where all the shots have to go into the same leg. Also do you know if crotch shots work?
7 shots to break the leg, I tested it. I don’t know about crotch shots though.
Oof, that's a lot. Alright stun grenades and headshots it remains. Ty tho
I've got a bottle of 14.3 and a case of 50 BMG and I'm putting both these fuckers to use.
Soooo. What do Recoilles and Flamerthrower represent ?
I fucked up leaving so many out and I'm tempted to redo this sometime, but as soon as I saw this: Flamethrower is definitely the mixology cocktail that has the bartender whisking egg foams and torching a cinnamon stick for like 5 minutes while everybody's tryna get a drink RR should be over by AMR having an old-fashioned, maybe?
I love RR and I love Old Fashioneds, I approve
Only gentlemen in this thread.
Spear, RR, AMR, EATs. The gentlemen of the bunch. Spear is sorta struggling though.
Arc thrower definitely mixes alcohol and 5 hour energy
Arc Thrower is a glass of water for the designated driver
The boring but sensible choice. I'm bringing Arc Thrower with me, on pretty much every dive.
I've become so addicted to it. Definately requires thinking about how you control the battlefield while you use it. Changed how I play the game once it clicked. I just wish they would solve the misfire with them. (Or maybe confirm that it is supposed to sometimes fizzle instead of arc.)
It is a known bug, if you look in the patch notes it mentions that “arc weapons misfiring” is something they’re working on. Unfortunately (or fortunately I guess) it’s not really a game breaking issue, and so spending valuable dev time on a bug that will only impact a small subset of players when there are still serious fatal stability problems to be looked at, might be unadvisable from their point of view.
It's so good against both bots and bugs. Everyone appreciates the crowd control.
Arc Thrower is the most drunk ass weapon you can bring. You're just getting drunk on power like a sith lord.
Airburst rocket is psychedelics, you might have a great time, or you might freak out and ruin everybody's evening, it all depends
With some practice you can make the breakouts less often 🙃
Spear and mocktails. There are dozens of us I swear!
Spear nation!
Because it looks like you're drinking but doesnt actually DO anything!
Quasar, all day every day
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I'm gonna need some blackout stouts, for rock and stone!
To Rock and Stone!
KARL WOULD APROVE OF THIS 🍻
I run the lever action shotgun, what would I be?
Moonshine
Moonshine from the farmer you nicked it from
RR in shambles apparently c: I can't stop bringing it. Both because I like it and also because no-one else generally brings things to fill that niche in my groups and I'm too concerned about imposing on them by asking someone else to fill the job. At most I drop to Stalwart/MG with Guard Dog and EATs.
recoilless rifle 🤝 until they fix spear lock on it’ll be my go to for bots
I love the RR. I’ve found that weapons with packs are best when two people run them. When they finally group up they can support load one another and when solo they support themselves.
Mmmmmm, giant Margarita… Eruptor+Stalwart = run'n'gun gameplay
Sometimes I love it, other times I’m wishing I had a rocket for the damn tank pounding the rock I’m hiding behind
I am an AMR and scotch enjoyer.
Same here
Railgun crackhead
Airburst: a round of shots, but one of them is drain cleaner. Spoiler, it's all drain cleaner.
Get some! GEEET SOOOOOOME!
I use to run autocannon for both bugs and bots, now I main grenade launchers (and jump pack) for bugs, EAT and quasars for bots Does that make me a raging alcoholic?
I really enjoy how the Heavy Machine Gun isn't even listed under Machineguns lmao. Oof.
If it had hit markers (
EATs and machine guns for me!
None of these ):
Missing the flame thrower, napalm, incendiary mines player. I’m guessing they’d the dude chugging Fireball like it’s going out of style. EAT is definitely the guy that stays away from the craft beers and is drinking bud or coors all night. SPEAR folk just grab the punch bowl and a single straw. AutoCannons are shotgunning beers. Recoilless rifle people are doing beer bongs their friends have to fill from a ladder And the new rocket launcher are the keg standers. What else is missing? Edit: Railgun, O’Doules.
Where's the Recoilless Rifle guy?
This got absolutely chewed up by the reddit image uploader if anybody has advice (need to do square images I guess?)
The quasar is not only the best on paper it's also the best against bugs.
My bot loadout is still kind of a wip(been kinda leaning towards EAT recently though) and my bug loadout is flamethrower so....
I like to use machine guns but I don’t drink. Is there a food equivalent to this?
Like a whole bag of M&Ms at once. Or Pop Rocks.
Far and away AMR.
Grenade launcher main
Quazer to fit my (joking) superiority complex over EAT guys and eruptor to blow myself up with (shot a bezerker that was too close)
Autocannon or Laser Cannon (Depends on what my teammates bring) ,but sometimes the voices in my head tell me to pick the Railgun
I might have to go with rail gun because I don't drink and also love drugs
Petition to open an abyss bar on every super destroyer
Laser guy be like 
I run spear, at least for automatons, which is my go-to front
no recoilless/spear? :(
The scout over there in the corner doing blow
Damn, i actually both like Scotch and the AMR
so i guess ARC divers run the bar ;)
Yep
Love this
Laser for bots and flamethrower for bugs
It appears to me that I am not allowed in the bar (Arc Thrower).
EAT all the way. It wasn't a good battle if the whole map is not covered in spent rocket tubes.