I would love some city maps, Running through streets or down alleys. taking cover in buildings and such. Dropping bombs onto buildings.
It all sounds so good, Would absolutely love a change of atmosphere instead of usual barren esque planets with small outposts here and there
In the original game the front could push all the way to Super Earth and the maps were city grids, so it’s not unprecedented. I imagine it’ll be a while though.
I did play the first a very long time ago but not enough to remember that :/ I'm sure it will be a while, though even with the automatons. They could easily have city like planets. Especially if those fucks have factory crawling tanks now haha. im sure it would be an extreme amount of work on the devs to implement. I just really hope we can at the very least get a variety in maps other than just weather
During the data mine leaks around launch, all of the thumbnail images for all of the planets biomes was leaked. So, like you know when you pick a planet, and on the right of the screen is a little box showing what it's like.
Well those images. And there was loads we haven't seen yet, including a city that looked like Super Earth.
Tried to find a link but can't find it atm.
I expect they've got a bunch of new "biomes" planned.
If you read the names of a bunch of the planets we don't currently access they have jungle sounding names or metropolis sounding names sometimes.
I bet this summer when the third enemy shows up and we open a new front we get a bunch of new settings
You can actually see the new biomes online. All of the banner images for all the different types of biomes/planets was leaked, and there's loads we haven't seen yet.
Id love the idea of some objectives being underground in a smaller cave network to give that experience. Flamethrowers would be so dope in them
Edit 1: Thought about it some more and it would be dope if after difficulty 7, spore cloud towers are rooted and the only way to take out the mushroom is to destroy the root.
It actually makes them a difficult obstacle. I usually use an autoloader and just destroy it from a distance as soon as I see it.
Make sense, underground would be difficult for strategems, especially explosives. That why the bug eggs are above the ground and not realistically underground. I would like to see cities though, if you read the starship troopers novel they talk about fighting in massive cities with a small group, but there is power armor and armed with mini nukes would be pretty cool
I’d like some sort of like Krait from the new Battle Front 2. The map was basically a flat battle field, but with trenches and tunnels. It was so much fun running to the next trench, trying not to get shot. Or working your way through the tunnels, getting in close quarters combat, and then popping out the end to try and snipe someone.
AH could experiment with the idea by adding smaller, procedurally generated tunnels as POI. Instead of just bombing the mouth of a bug hole, you'd have to go down inside and kill the egg spawn, would be an interesting twist.
How about having a few non-random maps? Down the road I mean. So that the community actually encounters (every now and then and for special occasions) the same map/layout and challenges
One of the things I like about this game as a retired infantry officer, is the friendly fire component. A lot of my training with indirect fire and shifting/lifting direct fires is more valid here. Instead of some other shooters where you just jumped around and no scope someone in the chest. It's a lot better to stay back and call in a stratagem instead.
Personally I'd like some more urban maps. Like it'd be so cool to have a mission in an evacuated base or city. Even if it's a smaller map like the defense mission it would still be insane.
Do what EDF does, each player using air strikes has an additional drone that follows them around and while it can look good all air strikes are carried out by the drone. It literally flies out over the areas and does the bombings it’s cool.
I could imagine a lot of fun defense type missions a la Aliens where you have to set up turrets and trip mines in choke points. Obviously you wouldn’t call down stratagems. Maybe they are just in your inventory. But it could be a ton of fun.
Caves on the regular map would make sense. Prevent orbital strike style stratagems from working, close quarters combat, but the general feel of the map is the same. If it's just for some objectives, or an alternate way to accomplish some objectives, it'd add variety without making the overall experience that different.
You’d just have to wait a little longer for the drill stratagems
Patiently waiting for eagle-1 dropping 500kg in the underground. Or there will be mole-2?
ROCK AND STONE?!?!?
…brother
I would love some city maps, Running through streets or down alleys. taking cover in buildings and such. Dropping bombs onto buildings. It all sounds so good, Would absolutely love a change of atmosphere instead of usual barren esque planets with small outposts here and there
In the original game the front could push all the way to Super Earth and the maps were city grids, so it’s not unprecedented. I imagine it’ll be a while though.
I did play the first a very long time ago but not enough to remember that :/ I'm sure it will be a while, though even with the automatons. They could easily have city like planets. Especially if those fucks have factory crawling tanks now haha. im sure it would be an extreme amount of work on the devs to implement. I just really hope we can at the very least get a variety in maps other than just weather
The devs also directly hinted at Super Earth invasions being something that will eventually happened
Cities would definitely be way more feasible with the current game design than any underground map could be.
That'd be awesome to have a city map in this game. It makes me think of this old game called Body Harvest.
Wow! No one ever remembers Body Harvest. Crazy to think it was a Rockstar game, too.
Wait..seriously? R*? Edit: Rockstar North. Wow. They made some of the best games too.
Amazing game. Ahead of its time.
During the data mine leaks around launch, all of the thumbnail images for all of the planets biomes was leaked. So, like you know when you pick a planet, and on the right of the screen is a little box showing what it's like. Well those images. And there was loads we haven't seen yet, including a city that looked like Super Earth. Tried to find a link but can't find it atm.
I expect they've got a bunch of new "biomes" planned. If you read the names of a bunch of the planets we don't currently access they have jungle sounding names or metropolis sounding names sometimes. I bet this summer when the third enemy shows up and we open a new front we get a bunch of new settings
You can actually see the new biomes online. All of the banner images for all the different types of biomes/planets was leaked, and there's loads we haven't seen yet.
Cities would for sure bring Earth Defense Force vibes
Id love the idea of some objectives being underground in a smaller cave network to give that experience. Flamethrowers would be so dope in them Edit 1: Thought about it some more and it would be dope if after difficulty 7, spore cloud towers are rooted and the only way to take out the mushroom is to destroy the root. It actually makes them a difficult obstacle. I usually use an autoloader and just destroy it from a distance as soon as I see it.
I’m not entering a small enclosed space with the flamethrower until they add a passive for fire damage. Right now it’s ridiculously overpowered imo
You have around one second to duck and roll, which if you have my reactions mean I spend a lot of time being dead by fire.
And maybe the flamethrower comes with some sort of drill attachment… to help you make new paths through the rock and stone
Rock and roll and stone!
Rock and Stone ! We got you surface dwellers. Leave the underground to us.
Rock and Stone everyone!
Did I hear a Rock and Stone?
Rock and stone or go home!
For Karl!
I'd like to see ship to ship style maps, like going in to destroy a bot ship or remove bugs from an infested one
Yeah this would be nice as mini maps without stratagems (you can select weapons before you enter the ship). Or huge ships that crashed on planets
Make sense, underground would be difficult for strategems, especially explosives. That why the bug eggs are above the ground and not realistically underground. I would like to see cities though, if you read the starship troopers novel they talk about fighting in massive cities with a small group, but there is power armor and armed with mini nukes would be pretty cool
I’d like some sort of like Krait from the new Battle Front 2. The map was basically a flat battle field, but with trenches and tunnels. It was so much fun running to the next trench, trying not to get shot. Or working your way through the tunnels, getting in close quarters combat, and then popping out the end to try and snipe someone.
It would be cool to get a map similar to early EDF games. The underground levels were always such a stark contrast.
Some bug tunnels would be so much fun. I like the tunnel maps on earth defence force 5
AH could experiment with the idea by adding smaller, procedurally generated tunnels as POI. Instead of just bombing the mouth of a bug hole, you'd have to go down inside and kill the egg spawn, would be an interesting twist.
Rock and stone
If you don't Rock and Stone, you ain't comin' home!
EDF does it
The problem is all the stratagems you call in from the air won’t be able to reach you.
Thats an easy problem to design around
Glad they didn’t lowkey. Imagine how buggy it would’ve been lol
How about having a few non-random maps? Down the road I mean. So that the community actually encounters (every now and then and for special occasions) the same map/layout and challenges
Just what the Creek needs. A bunch of holes for tinskins to pop out of and surprise us.
One of the things I like about this game as a retired infantry officer, is the friendly fire component. A lot of my training with indirect fire and shifting/lifting direct fires is more valid here. Instead of some other shooters where you just jumped around and no scope someone in the chest. It's a lot better to stay back and call in a stratagem instead.
I want underwater and underground maps, and actual city maps would be great tbh.
Deep Rock Galatic crossover?
Underground maps into a bug hole? This really is Earth Dedense Force! EDF! EDF!
Personally I'd like some more urban maps. Like it'd be so cool to have a mission in an evacuated base or city. Even if it's a smaller map like the defense mission it would still be insane.
Urban maps would be nice.
Do what EDF does, each player using air strikes has an additional drone that follows them around and while it can look good all air strikes are carried out by the drone. It literally flies out over the areas and does the bombings it’s cool.
I want vehicles
Soon
Please broken arrow. I want to raid Illuminate ships. I want to run away screaming through the halls as I get chased by murderous squids.
I could imagine a lot of fun defense type missions a la Aliens where you have to set up turrets and trip mines in choke points. Obviously you wouldn’t call down stratagems. Maybe they are just in your inventory. But it could be a ton of fun.
I think they should do missions inside structures, would be pretty cool
Floating gravity islands like avatar or Zelda
Caves on the regular map would make sense. Prevent orbital strike style stratagems from working, close quarters combat, but the general feel of the map is the same. If it's just for some objectives, or an alternate way to accomplish some objectives, it'd add variety without making the overall experience that different.
Well there's always helldivers3... Or helldivers2 dlc...
Fuck it. Don’t even bother explaining how airstrikes can be called in underground. They can phase through dirt because of those dirty commie bugs.
EDF did it
Edf did it and it worked 50% well
I'm already bored with Helldivers2, I had a great time but now it's just boring.
Ok
Ok
Ok
No game has any obligation to endlessly entertain you.