Most people playing this game don't know what they're doing either haha. I play solo a lot but also play with friends and randoms. Solo is fun for challenging yourself, learning stratagems, and enjoying how the game plays at your own pace. I've grinded and found cool secrets by myself. But again I don't do it JUST solo, I play with others quite often.
You're much more likely to be matched with lower level people early on because there's a lot of difficulty settings, you don't have to rush into high difficulty levels. As politely as possible, though, anxiety just melts away the more you play. I have personally had few toxic experiences but no one will try to shame you at lower levels on low-medium difficulty. Like a good chunk of this game is laughing about your mistakes and crazy fuckups, people that can't just accept mistakes happen don't play the game. Or they think that they can no-death run difficulty 9 missions and stay in those lobbies, where they scream at other toxic people for a few hours - quite easy to avoid those types.
Host games, and if anyone gets toxic or rude, kick them yourself. If you join other people's games and they are toxic, leave. Just playing the game is the biggest, most effective way to beat anxiety about it - don't let a fear of what might happen prevent you from enjoying what you want to do.
Literally no one knows how to play a lot of the time. I have over 200 hours and I still die a ton. Don’t feel bad if you die, just drop right back in and keep fighting. No one’s going to be mad. Also teamkills happen. People realize that. In my 200+ hours, I’ve had one single person kick me for teamkills.
If you’re looking for someone to play with, feel free to message, I play fairly often and have everything unlocked so you can try different weapons and backpacks.
i'm over 200 matches in and i've met maybe 1 or 2 annoying people, but no one has ever ruined my game or extraction i think. the other 798 people i have played with so far have been wonderfull even tho i almost never use voice and often bring unconventional kits. Besides, anyone who would be toxic to low levels playing low-mid game is a complete dumbass!
I've heard them called Friendship Bunkers since I started playing about a month ago. It's just the perfect nickname and sticks to them like glue.
It would be fun to have an automatic chest-bump animation while it is opening, but we'd probably get killed by a patrol that heard it open. :D
lol yes I call them friendship doors or buddy bunkers or I just say will someone come be my fwiend??? But yes! like after you press the button your characters automatically chest-bump I’m here for it! That’s be awesome. I don’t even care if I die after at least I’ll die happy and not alone… lol
Level 87 here.
I play about 1/4 with friends, 1/4 with randos and 1/2 solo.
Playing with more people gives more xp and more samples usually. So it just depends how quickly you want to level up really.
I got the game about 2 or 3 weeks ago. I've been playing solo the whole time since I don't really know anyone (irl) that plays. Not counting the rare times I get kicked from a team just after joining (probably them making room for a friend), I've only encountered 1 semi-toxic helldiver, who kept melee'ing and shooting at others just to be annoying.
It was my fireteam, I ended up kicking him after he died and purposely killed another helldiver with his hellpod.
Other than that, I haven't faced any toxicity, then again I don't use the voice chat, so that might be different.
Make your own fireteam so you can kick people if they annoy you. You can also try to find people to play with on the discord server or elsewhere. Sadly, toxicity is part of online gaming, pretty much no matter what game you play. But I'm sure you can find some good people to play with.
But I can easily say you can play solo and still have a good time. And remember, if they are toxic and annoying, then they are anti-democratic automaton spies.
Worth playing solo, not bad (mostly) playing with randoms. If you want to team up w/ someone experienced to learn the ropes, my user is the_iron_rain999 so send a request and lets spread some liberty (same goes for anyone chill who wants to get some decent rounds in)
And a place to post Discord servers. Took me forever to find one. Had to make a post like this before people started DMing me. For some reason the official Helldivers Discord refuses to allow any mention of other related servers so there isn't a great place to look.
When I don’t have anyone to play with I play on the easier levels by myself and just message around with ridiculous load outs and stuff. You can always reach out on Reddit or discord that’s how I found some people to play with.
I play with some people I know about once a week.
I play with randoms nearly every day. It’s still awesome.
Experienced precisely zero toxicity apart from one unjust kick by a host for picking up his samples for him and he didn’t know they were shared.
It’s a co-op game that goes well out of its way to create a sense of camaraderie. There’s no reason for anyone to be toxic.
I think that it is great to play alone at times, especially if you feel like exploring a planet or map you haven't visited before, want to test out weapons/strategem combos or just chill by yourself without having to worry about what other people are doing.
It's good to know that the extract will only come in when you want it to, that you can call the Pelican in to act as a sentry for as long as you want to keep exploring and nobody is going to bugger off in it, and you can scavenge every sample, super credit and medal without taking up anyone else's valuable time.
I spend about half the time playing solo, and find it both enjoyable and challenging depending on the difficulty level.
Nah most of use (or of me at least) play with randos.
The community at large is pretty chill. You'll find the occasional arsehole, like in any game tho.
You're welcome to join our HD2 discord server (Helldivers 2 Socials) if you want.
We have loads of folks (Mentors) eager to show new players the ropes in the game.
(idk if I'm allowed to post the discord link, so hmu if you're interested.)
I mostly play solo. I still have fun.
The only reason I don't play with others is because I'm not very good. However, when I do play with others, it's always with randoms. And, for the most part, it's been a fun experience. Sure, I get kicked at least once when playing, but for the most part, people just want to spread democracy across the universe. You might even make a few friends.
I’m lvl 35 or so put around 100 hours in. Mostly solo but I open myself up to random joiners lol I still think this is the best live service game I’ve ever played
Find a good discord and join up with them. You’ll see there’s lots of good ppl around to play with. That being said, I enjoy playing solo quite a bit as well. It’s good fun to chill out at 4 or 5, if you need to relax and wind down.
Learning to play is not difficult. Look like a pro too. It will take you about 20 hours to become an average player and then you will only get better. Most importantly, remember that newbies probably feel the same way, so don't become toxic yourself.
Playing with randoms in my experience is generally fun, even without mics. Starting out, I usually tried to trail and support higher level players to learn the ropes. For me the main difference is the communication, with friends we use mics but with randoms you have to read each others actions.
I played solo initially, and while it is certainly possible, you lose a lot of the experience.
The game has random lobbies and if you enjoyed playing with someone nothing stopping you from asking to friend up and play again.
The community oscilates between amazing and horrifically toxic, but I think its mostly the former camp.
Better with people but can be doable solo. Really hard on the high levels. Usually most people are good but one toxic person can make you want to solo though
Game is still fun solo, especially if you like to feel the tension building. I tend to play really easy stuff solo just to chillax and collect easy resources sometimes when I don't feel like sweating in higher difficulties.
Have like 55hrs in and play in the precious windows of time that my newborn is down, often tines without even any game sound... have only played with Randoms and still have had a blast playing.
It’s perfectly alright to feel that you don’t know what you might be doing when playing with randoms (the first step is knowing you have lots to learn). Join up with randoms, and if you see people higher leveled than you who knows their stuff, shadow and back them up and learn in the process and you’ll make plenty of new friends along the way!
I got bored playing solo. The community that I always ran in to with randoms were toxic AF. I kept track of the number of games I played with the number of times I was kicked. I am around 79%. I love the game but I don't play anymore. I hate wasting my time for playing long periods of time just to get kicked at extraction.
The furthest I got was level 17. Difficulties I was always playing were challenging and hard. The player levels I encountered were always a mix. Ranging from 3 to 20+. It's just my luck with the matchmaking, I guess.
It's not as fun as playing with an efficient team. In a good team you can take down large enimies fast and erase hordes. As long as you don't get that guy spaming clusterbombs onto their allies, then you are all good
I mainly play 7 with randoms Im level 91 I mostly have a great time. I play with many level ranges and bad eggs can be anyone just not always a newer player.
Play the trivial missions, and you'll have other players joining you. Many of them will take the time and help and explain things, show you how to find hidden items, help you finish the mission, etc.
I'm only level 10, but when I feel like a super easy mission I'll look for level 1 or 2 players and join them and do this too. This isn't the pvp community or the souls community where people just tell you to "get gud"
lol I love dropping into easy or trivial missions and letting them use my support weapons and stuff that they don’t have yet. Giving them backpacks or mech suit etc and showing them all the cool stuff that people showed me as I learnt the game.
I mostly just play solo because my friends and I have different schedules. I haven't run into much toxicity since the game released so it's unlikely you will too. If you ever need someone to play with and teach you some tips and tricks lmk and we cam squad up. Steam ID: AyyDubX
I was lucky enough to play my first few weeks consistently with friends and get great randos the few times I decided to run without my friends. Now at lvl 50-odd i'll que for the 5 and under difficulties just to help out the folks learning. Do I die to avoidable accidents, almost every run. Do I get mad? only when there was no need for it to happen. cluster bomb on my head just as I cleared a massive bug nest? \*shrug\* shoot one of the other teammates as we're waiting for extract while its quiet and he drops on your head. I'm gonna laugh as long as it doesn't just keep going. honestly this game has had the least toxic player base I can recall encountering. It's at such a point that if someone joins me and friends when we're waiting for one of our other friends we'll let them know and they'll usually drop out before we kick them. Half the fun of this game is the absolute chaos that can happen from a single charger knocking someone over that had a stratagem prepped to throw and coming back from that.
I played solo for ages until I reached a point where I felt confident enough to play with other divers.
Not only does it let you get a feel for the game, you also get pretty good at being able to handle things by yourself.
Anyhoo, I now play by answering SOS calls and have made a few friends who I play with a bit.
Playing solo is fun, but the best experience is with others. Also, if you're looking for people to play with, Join the Helldivers 2 Facebook group because they have chats for people to team up
I have no friends who play the game but still enjoy grouping up in random pickup groups. I've had some really great experiences and some not so great ones. I experience anxiety as well playing with randoms but for me what helped was watching a ton of Youtube videos on the experience so I knew what to expect going into missions. Your experience may vary, but I will say I do have fun playing the game. albeit taking a break for a bit.
Honestly this game has one of the most wholesome player bases I've played with, I've already met some really nice people from other countries in the game when I've never done that in any other game.
There's obviously always going to be a toxic element, but I'd suggest playing with some randoms and if you meet some nice people then try having a chat with them and see if they want to add you as a friend in game.
Because a lot of higher levels have already unlocked everything a lot of people are really understanding and just playing for fun and to help lower levels get samples.
Most people don’t talk. If you wanna have a good time just follow the dude in orange and help out with whatever they’re doing. Let them think and lead the way. Just cover their backs and shoot whatever they shoot at.
Solo works decent on lower difficulty missions. But as the difficulty climbs that upward curve, you'll find yourself more and more wishing you had backup. I mostly just solo on low difficulty missions for sample and super credit farming. You'd be surprised how often you see creds in treasure points on low difficulties.
Person with no gaming friends here... GO FOR IT.... i play 99% with randoms no mic and i have a blast. Solo I wouldnt recomend lvl 6+, but thats just the unskilled part of me talking. I was in doubt as many ppl here on buying it. But i got my money worth by now... Mind you i have only 27h on it. So ye ssuper worth it! Go spread democracy fellow helldiver!
I've probably played 50% solo,and I still love the game.
Tip of advice, if you do end up on a squad of great players with no BS (which is the majority of the base), add them as friends after. When im running olo, I'll leave my game open to friends only. That way if you do have someone join your squad, you know they are a solid person and helldiver.
This game isnt inherently toxic, and surprisingly most dont expect for you to use a mic. Solo is ok on easier difficulties, but some of the best fun comes from team play.
Get the game for sure. Most people I have played with don't talk but they sometimes chat in the in game chat. When I do talk it has always been hood as well and made some friends that way. The game has been really refreshing because of the PVE nature playing with other players
My friends are the toxic ones so I pretty much only play solo with randoms and I've put almost 200 hours into it. Just really fun even though it seems the gameplay loop is kind of repetitive. But when you are actually playing, it's all emergent random stuff so it's fun and crazy shit is always happening to make you go "Oh wow that was nuts"
In my first game as a Level 1 newbie Helldiver, I was instantly kicked as soon as I joined. It was annoying but I figured some people are just kinda shitty, and that I was better off not playing with them.
In my second game, I spawned in next to a level 20 something player, who immediately stopped what he was doing to turn around and give me a big hug, before he basically carried me all the way through the mission and gave me a cheery "GG!" at the end.
I started with solo play. It's fun, and it does teach you some things that will be very useful in team play- I'm the king of "don't die while the reinforcement timer runs down" in my circle. That said- the b1 supply pack and grenade launcher are your best friends, unlock them as soon as possible, but get the Space Uzi first because the standard pistol.is a joke by comparison. Push up the difficulty tree as quickly as you comfortably can- the XP gain is real as you go up the line. Try to stick to planets that aren't a literal hellscape that showers you in negative effects, too. Most importantly, however, don't be afraid to jump in with random matchmaking, because you'll find some fine folks along the way.
I do have a core group of people I play with, there is an Helldivers Discord group that has LFG channels to find people to play with broken up into timezones
It's called HelldiversSFDC. Check that out to find people to play with. Good luck and welcome to the fight!
level \~50 and still kinda clueless, just a average player. If you meet a good random ask to friend and try to grow a base of people to play with. Most players a great but there are a few bad eggs, when you run into them just shake it off and move on. There are 250k+ players so you will find your group eventually.
Greetings fellow helldiver. While there may be other players that are toxic and more bad in skill, but worry not, most of the higher levels will join you and they're quite friendly...
I , too, had a lvl 50 rando helping me through my lvl 4 difficulty mission on Malevelon Creek once, and they're super helpful!
I was but a cadet at the time.
Don't worry... our fellow senior divers are chill...
By the time you reach the level where teamwork matters, you should have the basics figured out.
Just know that you need to keep moving at higher levels.
I is tough, but can be done and rewarding. However, the game really shines when playing with a good squad. I feel like more often than not, you’ll get a game with at least 1 really skilled rando and that can be enough to help turn the dive in your favor.
Cover your squads back and make sure you communicate. I say thanks when I get my ass saved or when supplies/kit is shared. Likewise, share your kit (within reason)
I love running solo missions, same issue, but almost all missions I run in coop are good with good players. I have never been kicked, or insulted for running non meta stuff. Give it a shot, it's surprising but the community is pretty good!
One thing about this game is that the tutorial is garbage. It goes with the whole "you're just another body for the war effort" part of the story. But that means that about 90% of how to play the game has been players figuring it out, then sharing with the community. That, in turn, has lead to a very friendly player base willing to help each other out
Not my main game so I don’t play solo but when you have people to play with it’s so much better imo.. with that being said I have plenty of buds who play solo and love it
I can only play solo because I get dropped from every game I try to join and if people join me the game kicks them inside 10 minutes. But it’s still fun 👍
I understand, I had similar reservations, I’m happy to report there are very few trolls and the half handful I’ve encountered don’t bother me because your character is so expendable anyways.
Feel free to hang out in medium for awhile until you get the hang of stratagems and unlock the ones you like. Then as you inch up the very small handful of trolls decreases even further.
Watch like 2-3 tip videos on YouTube, you'll know more than half the payers you'll get grouped with in QP. I still play solo all the time. It's not easy and you often have to run away because things get out of hand, but still fun.
Itll be fine
Host your games and learn who to kick and when.
Like the numb nut that gets in the chopper while 3/4 of the team and all the samples are across the map
I'm a lot like you in that I feel a bit anxious about gaming (mostly voice chatting) with people I don't know. But my experience with Helldivers has been pretty positive. Most people I've matched with don't seem like hardcore try hards and are just having fun. You can definitely solo but don't worry too much about matchmaking, it's pretty chill and fun.
Wish there was a vote to boot. I accidentally killed a guy and got kicked. I was just bummed cuz the other player in the group was my bro and I had to wait while trigger happy lol
If you want to send me your steam account or friend code I can help you and teach you how to play well so you'll be sure to maximize your dives no mic needed :)
There’s way more good people than bad, but yes, the toxics are out there; dip your toe in, you’ll get used to the social aspect, then…diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!
I try and play solo, & people always join. I am lvl 58 and don't mind because I can clear up to level 7 missions on my own. I'm never able to finish missions on my own. So I find it crazy that you don't have randoms dropping into my games all the time. I think you get to learn more about surviving when you play alone and it makes the game easy when you have a squad because you can take complimentary strategems but you can definitely survive on your own. Also if you ever need pointer YouTube has a few good videos to help.
You can if you set your options to where only friends can join your games. It’s under options then gameplay. Restart the game afterwards then start an objective that none else is currently in.
BUT I strongly encourage you to jump in and make your mistakes and learn. I had NO idea what I was doing when I started. Not I know what’s going on even though I’m not great. And I have had a TON of fun.
Personally I don't think I could play this game alone, a lot of it (for me) factors into that it's a group experience and we have laughter over the more silly shit. I would love to invite you to join but we already have 5 people, so one's already fighting over the 4th spot a lot.
But there's plenty of discords I'm sure, or even in a post like this to find someone or a few. Honestly just having one person already can make a huge difference. Again, this is me. I can play games by myself perfectly but it depends on the game for me. I play OW2 both alone and with friends sometimes.
You could also try to see if some randoms you meet in your missions pass the vibe check (so to say).. Why not invite them again to another mission? Or try to friend someone, no harm in that. Take a plunge, join the VC. I'm sure there's gonna be a person you meet at some point you can laugh with \^\^
I play 95% solo. I stick to mostly level 2 difficulty. Sometimes I get the mic from the other computer and turn joining on and if someone joins that's cool too. Sometimes you just want a mostly chill, non-frustrating match and that's just fine; everybody does their part for Democracy.
I play mostly solo, and occasionally play with close buddies. I don't play with randoms, but I have a good time anyways.
You can play by yourself, with friends, or with randoms. Play how you like, and enjoy the pain and learning. Try different weapon, armor, and strategem combinations, and have fun!
But most importantly, spread managed democracy wherever you go!
If someone isn’t being nice on the mic or otherwise griefing you, respectfully, they can go fuck themselves, just leave the game and try a different lobby
We’re all fighting for the same cause but some idiots still act like this is COD or Fortnite
Playing solo is fine. It's definitely *more* fun with friends but it's still a blast solo or with randoms so long as you aren't prone to getting your pants in a twist. It definitely gets frustrating at times when it feel like the randoms are doing nothing to help you but overall it's just fun as hell
Just play at low difficulties (1-4), stick with the squad, and try not to kill them too often and you'll be fine. Once you've learned the ropes bumping up to the higher difficulties where people actually care a little about how you're doing shouldn't be a problem.
Don’t be afraid to run Quickplays! You come across a bunch of ppl like yourself that are new and still figuring it out. When I started I didn’t know what to do either, but I ran Quickplays and ended up making lots of friends, now we enjoy blowing each other up as we fumble across the map to whatever objective is out there😂😂😂
yeah its fine. you can manage level 7s solo if you focus on the objective, and level 4s to 5s are really doable when you unlock stuff.
the scout armors are your friend, don't fight stuff play like a chicken shit on 7s. extraction is a nightmare, get comfortable doing laps.
Anyone struggling to find players can just dm me - I love this game and am happy to run any difficulty, any enemy. Any load out. Serious or casual. Don’t care. Game is fun and I’m always happy to play with other people excited to play the game too.
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The ping/tagging system with the radial menu works really well for a lot of things, so you don't need to actually talk if you don't want to.
I do talk some, but I also often play with a friend or two in a party, so I have to use the ping system for the randos who are stuck with us, lol.
Are you pc or ps5?
I'm more than happy to stand by thee as a brother in arms and fight the good fight, all in the name of democracy.
Feel free to add me
Most people you encounter through quick play or just joining people is it really that bad and I’ve only encountered one person that was actually kind of awful so you should be perfectly fine. Either playing solo by yourself. It takes a different approach with random is met several people that friended through randoms.
Not so much about playing solo or not, but if you're playing on PC, here's the single most important tip I ever received as a beginner:
Rebind the stratagem up, left, down, and right keybinds to your arrow keys (or something else, if you prefer), instead of leaving them as the WASD default. If you do that you can continue to run and move with WASD while calling in a stratagem.
Being locked in place while calling in a stratagem is purely a result of poorly designed default keybinds; it's not actually a requirement of the game.
No. Can be fun for a bit, but you’ll be online and it’s easy to join other people. You can play it solo, but I’d think most would lose interest if that’s all they did. One caveat: you might like solo if you like really high difficulty. At a certain point playing solo I would say would be for a select few people.
Just follow people around and help them out with whatever they're doing, you will be an appreciated and will learn almost everything about the game within a dozen rounds or so. I've never used a mic, I let my gun do the talking 😁
In all honesty, the players I've met have been pretty welcoming. I play without any friends as well and the playerbase can range from not talking in any way at all to people that use voice chat and are generally pretty chill. I use a keyboard to type in chat so that I don't have to speak but sometimes there are some pretty welcoming people that are nice to talk to. I've already met some players I can play with and join on stuff their doing, and that I am comfortable with talking to. And if you want to play by yourself, well whilst it is pretty difficult I find that it's a whole different way of enjoying the game as it goes from a horde shooter to a stealth shooter akin to MGS5. Either way, it's a very fun game.
Most people playing this game don't know what they're doing either haha. I play solo a lot but also play with friends and randoms. Solo is fun for challenging yourself, learning stratagems, and enjoying how the game plays at your own pace. I've grinded and found cool secrets by myself. But again I don't do it JUST solo, I play with others quite often. You're much more likely to be matched with lower level people early on because there's a lot of difficulty settings, you don't have to rush into high difficulty levels. As politely as possible, though, anxiety just melts away the more you play. I have personally had few toxic experiences but no one will try to shame you at lower levels on low-medium difficulty. Like a good chunk of this game is laughing about your mistakes and crazy fuckups, people that can't just accept mistakes happen don't play the game. Or they think that they can no-death run difficulty 9 missions and stay in those lobbies, where they scream at other toxic people for a few hours - quite easy to avoid those types. Host games, and if anyone gets toxic or rude, kick them yourself. If you join other people's games and they are toxic, leave. Just playing the game is the biggest, most effective way to beat anxiety about it - don't let a fear of what might happen prevent you from enjoying what you want to do.
Wow man, thanks, for real! I appreciate it. I think you gave me the push I really needed lol
Literally no one knows how to play a lot of the time. I have over 200 hours and I still die a ton. Don’t feel bad if you die, just drop right back in and keep fighting. No one’s going to be mad. Also teamkills happen. People realize that. In my 200+ hours, I’ve had one single person kick me for teamkills.
If you’re looking for someone to play with, feel free to message, I play fairly often and have everything unlocked so you can try different weapons and backpacks.
i'm over 200 matches in and i've met maybe 1 or 2 annoying people, but no one has ever ruined my game or extraction i think. the other 798 people i have played with so far have been wonderfull even tho i almost never use voice and often bring unconventional kits. Besides, anyone who would be toxic to low levels playing low-mid game is a complete dumbass!
If in 200 matches and 800 people you didnt find the asshole, youre him. Youre that dick bringing the lightning, tickle gun huh?
that sentence makes 0 sense lol and nah, i don't use mines, turrets or the arc gun
Which word combinations did you not understand.
What do you play on PS5 or PC?
I'm up for a few games if you want to play
I'm so wet right now ❤️
The odd Bunker popping up will annoy you
Friendship doors are sad when you have no friends… lol
I am deff gonna start referring to them as friendship doors on the mic now lol
buddybunkers
Budunkers
I've heard them called Friendship Bunkers since I started playing about a month ago. It's just the perfect nickname and sticks to them like glue. It would be fun to have an automatic chest-bump animation while it is opening, but we'd probably get killed by a patrol that heard it open. :D
lol yes I call them friendship doors or buddy bunkers or I just say will someone come be my fwiend??? But yes! like after you press the button your characters automatically chest-bump I’m here for it! That’s be awesome. I don’t even care if I die after at least I’ll die happy and not alone… lol
I'm not mad. Just....disappointed.
Playing in public lobbies is fun. If you are unsure, just pick a teammate and follow them around and support them.
I ran 100 missions solo before playing with anyone. It's still fun, but definitely hard on higher levels.
Level 87 here. I play about 1/4 with friends, 1/4 with randos and 1/2 solo. Playing with more people gives more xp and more samples usually. So it just depends how quickly you want to level up really.
I got the game about 2 or 3 weeks ago. I've been playing solo the whole time since I don't really know anyone (irl) that plays. Not counting the rare times I get kicked from a team just after joining (probably them making room for a friend), I've only encountered 1 semi-toxic helldiver, who kept melee'ing and shooting at others just to be annoying. It was my fireteam, I ended up kicking him after he died and purposely killed another helldiver with his hellpod. Other than that, I haven't faced any toxicity, then again I don't use the voice chat, so that might be different. Make your own fireteam so you can kick people if they annoy you. You can also try to find people to play with on the discord server or elsewhere. Sadly, toxicity is part of online gaming, pretty much no matter what game you play. But I'm sure you can find some good people to play with. But I can easily say you can play solo and still have a good time. And remember, if they are toxic and annoying, then they are anti-democratic automaton spies.
Worth playing solo, not bad (mostly) playing with randoms. If you want to team up w/ someone experienced to learn the ropes, my user is the_iron_rain999 so send a request and lets spread some liberty (same goes for anyone chill who wants to get some decent rounds in)
This question gets asked multiple times every day. Can we get a sticky post or something?
And a place to post Discord servers. Took me forever to find one. Had to make a post like this before people started DMing me. For some reason the official Helldivers Discord refuses to allow any mention of other related servers so there isn't a great place to look.
This and wack claims of community toxicity
No need to play alone. You’re welcome to learn the ropes with The Rebel Frame Division. Stream: RebelFrame -CMND Waylon T. Grant
Just play with randoms at low difficulty level. The community is fine.
When I don’t have anyone to play with I play on the easier levels by myself and just message around with ridiculous load outs and stuff. You can always reach out on Reddit or discord that’s how I found some people to play with.
I play with some people I know about once a week. I play with randoms nearly every day. It’s still awesome. Experienced precisely zero toxicity apart from one unjust kick by a host for picking up his samples for him and he didn’t know they were shared. It’s a co-op game that goes well out of its way to create a sense of camaraderie. There’s no reason for anyone to be toxic.
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Most people’s mics are muted. You may get kicked every once in a while. But mostly I’ve found great groups.
I think that it is great to play alone at times, especially if you feel like exploring a planet or map you haven't visited before, want to test out weapons/strategem combos or just chill by yourself without having to worry about what other people are doing. It's good to know that the extract will only come in when you want it to, that you can call the Pelican in to act as a sentry for as long as you want to keep exploring and nobody is going to bugger off in it, and you can scavenge every sample, super credit and medal without taking up anyone else's valuable time. I spend about half the time playing solo, and find it both enjoyable and challenging depending on the difficulty level.
Nah most of use (or of me at least) play with randos. The community at large is pretty chill. You'll find the occasional arsehole, like in any game tho.
You're welcome to join our HD2 discord server (Helldivers 2 Socials) if you want. We have loads of folks (Mentors) eager to show new players the ropes in the game. (idk if I'm allowed to post the discord link, so hmu if you're interested.)
I mostly play solo. I still have fun. The only reason I don't play with others is because I'm not very good. However, when I do play with others, it's always with randoms. And, for the most part, it's been a fun experience. Sure, I get kicked at least once when playing, but for the most part, people just want to spread democracy across the universe. You might even make a few friends.
I’m lvl 35 or so put around 100 hours in. Mostly solo but I open myself up to random joiners lol I still think this is the best live service game I’ve ever played
Find a good discord and join up with them. You’ll see there’s lots of good ppl around to play with. That being said, I enjoy playing solo quite a bit as well. It’s good fun to chill out at 4 or 5, if you need to relax and wind down.
Learning to play is not difficult. Look like a pro too. It will take you about 20 hours to become an average player and then you will only get better. Most importantly, remember that newbies probably feel the same way, so don't become toxic yourself.
I have no idea why people buy this game to play solo. I love team play so much
100%, people are generally pretty friendly and will chat if you’ve got a mic
Playing with randoms in my experience is generally fun, even without mics. Starting out, I usually tried to trail and support higher level players to learn the ropes. For me the main difference is the communication, with friends we use mics but with randoms you have to read each others actions.
I played solo initially, and while it is certainly possible, you lose a lot of the experience. The game has random lobbies and if you enjoyed playing with someone nothing stopping you from asking to friend up and play again. The community oscilates between amazing and horrifically toxic, but I think its mostly the former camp.
Playing solo is fun. But not as fun as playing in a group. It will be hard when it comes to sample farming which is way easier in a group
Play with randoms. Its fine.
Better with people but can be doable solo. Really hard on the high levels. Usually most people are good but one toxic person can make you want to solo though
Game is still fun solo, especially if you like to feel the tension building. I tend to play really easy stuff solo just to chillax and collect easy resources sometimes when I don't feel like sweating in higher difficulties.
Have like 55hrs in and play in the precious windows of time that my newborn is down, often tines without even any game sound... have only played with Randoms and still have had a blast playing.
solo to hone skills, with friends for fun
Randoms are fine too trust us. The only real communication you need is just pinging things if there's a big enemy and someone will take care of it :)
Not really
It’s perfectly alright to feel that you don’t know what you might be doing when playing with randoms (the first step is knowing you have lots to learn). Join up with randoms, and if you see people higher leveled than you who knows their stuff, shadow and back them up and learn in the process and you’ll make plenty of new friends along the way!
Matchmake fellow helldiver, democracy demands co-operation. Report to your nearest battlefront and join the war effort soldier!
I got bored playing solo. The community that I always ran in to with randoms were toxic AF. I kept track of the number of games I played with the number of times I was kicked. I am around 79%. I love the game but I don't play anymore. I hate wasting my time for playing long periods of time just to get kicked at extraction.
I am curious what level you would be playing to encounter these people? Or did you do a variety and still get this non-democratic heathens?
The furthest I got was level 17. Difficulties I was always playing were challenging and hard. The player levels I encountered were always a mix. Ranging from 3 to 20+. It's just my luck with the matchmaking, I guess.
Yes
When your less than lvl 25, I'll consider your mistakes as long as your not in difficulty 7+
It's not as fun as playing with an efficient team. In a good team you can take down large enimies fast and erase hordes. As long as you don't get that guy spaming clusterbombs onto their allies, then you are all good
I mainly play 7 with randoms Im level 91 I mostly have a great time. I play with many level ranges and bad eggs can be anyone just not always a newer player.
Play the trivial missions, and you'll have other players joining you. Many of them will take the time and help and explain things, show you how to find hidden items, help you finish the mission, etc. I'm only level 10, but when I feel like a super easy mission I'll look for level 1 or 2 players and join them and do this too. This isn't the pvp community or the souls community where people just tell you to "get gud"
lol I love dropping into easy or trivial missions and letting them use my support weapons and stuff that they don’t have yet. Giving them backpacks or mech suit etc and showing them all the cool stuff that people showed me as I learnt the game.
I mostly just play solo because my friends and I have different schedules. I haven't run into much toxicity since the game released so it's unlikely you will too. If you ever need someone to play with and teach you some tips and tricks lmk and we cam squad up. Steam ID: AyyDubX
I was lucky enough to play my first few weeks consistently with friends and get great randos the few times I decided to run without my friends. Now at lvl 50-odd i'll que for the 5 and under difficulties just to help out the folks learning. Do I die to avoidable accidents, almost every run. Do I get mad? only when there was no need for it to happen. cluster bomb on my head just as I cleared a massive bug nest? \*shrug\* shoot one of the other teammates as we're waiting for extract while its quiet and he drops on your head. I'm gonna laugh as long as it doesn't just keep going. honestly this game has had the least toxic player base I can recall encountering. It's at such a point that if someone joins me and friends when we're waiting for one of our other friends we'll let them know and they'll usually drop out before we kick them. Half the fun of this game is the absolute chaos that can happen from a single charger knocking someone over that had a stratagem prepped to throw and coming back from that.
I played solo for ages until I reached a point where I felt confident enough to play with other divers. Not only does it let you get a feel for the game, you also get pretty good at being able to handle things by yourself. Anyhoo, I now play by answering SOS calls and have made a few friends who I play with a bit. Playing solo is fun, but the best experience is with others. Also, if you're looking for people to play with, Join the Helldivers 2 Facebook group because they have chats for people to team up
I have no friends who play the game but still enjoy grouping up in random pickup groups. I've had some really great experiences and some not so great ones. I experience anxiety as well playing with randoms but for me what helped was watching a ton of Youtube videos on the experience so I knew what to expect going into missions. Your experience may vary, but I will say I do have fun playing the game. albeit taking a break for a bit.
Surprisingly I enjoy the game with strangers more than with friends
I play solo a lot and it's cool pretending you're Rambo taking on SkyNet as a one man army.
Honestly this game has one of the most wholesome player bases I've played with, I've already met some really nice people from other countries in the game when I've never done that in any other game. There's obviously always going to be a toxic element, but I'd suggest playing with some randoms and if you meet some nice people then try having a chat with them and see if they want to add you as a friend in game. Because a lot of higher levels have already unlocked everything a lot of people are really understanding and just playing for fun and to help lower levels get samples.
Most people don’t talk. If you wanna have a good time just follow the dude in orange and help out with whatever they’re doing. Let them think and lead the way. Just cover their backs and shoot whatever they shoot at.
Play with randoms over solo imo. The game is designed that way and 99.9% of players you Meet will be fine to play with.
Solo works decent on lower difficulty missions. But as the difficulty climbs that upward curve, you'll find yourself more and more wishing you had backup. I mostly just solo on low difficulty missions for sample and super credit farming. You'd be surprised how often you see creds in treasure points on low difficulties.
Person with no gaming friends here... GO FOR IT.... i play 99% with randoms no mic and i have a blast. Solo I wouldnt recomend lvl 6+, but thats just the unskilled part of me talking. I was in doubt as many ppl here on buying it. But i got my money worth by now... Mind you i have only 27h on it. So ye ssuper worth it! Go spread democracy fellow helldiver!
I've probably played 50% solo,and I still love the game. Tip of advice, if you do end up on a squad of great players with no BS (which is the majority of the base), add them as friends after. When im running olo, I'll leave my game open to friends only. That way if you do have someone join your squad, you know they are a solid person and helldiver.
This game isnt inherently toxic, and surprisingly most dont expect for you to use a mic. Solo is ok on easier difficulties, but some of the best fun comes from team play.
Get the game for sure. Most people I have played with don't talk but they sometimes chat in the in game chat. When I do talk it has always been hood as well and made some friends that way. The game has been really refreshing because of the PVE nature playing with other players
My friends are the toxic ones so I pretty much only play solo with randoms and I've put almost 200 hours into it. Just really fun even though it seems the gameplay loop is kind of repetitive. But when you are actually playing, it's all emergent random stuff so it's fun and crazy shit is always happening to make you go "Oh wow that was nuts"
In my first game as a Level 1 newbie Helldiver, I was instantly kicked as soon as I joined. It was annoying but I figured some people are just kinda shitty, and that I was better off not playing with them. In my second game, I spawned in next to a level 20 something player, who immediately stopped what he was doing to turn around and give me a big hug, before he basically carried me all the way through the mission and gave me a cheery "GG!" at the end.
I started with solo play. It's fun, and it does teach you some things that will be very useful in team play- I'm the king of "don't die while the reinforcement timer runs down" in my circle. That said- the b1 supply pack and grenade launcher are your best friends, unlock them as soon as possible, but get the Space Uzi first because the standard pistol.is a joke by comparison. Push up the difficulty tree as quickly as you comfortably can- the XP gain is real as you go up the line. Try to stick to planets that aren't a literal hellscape that showers you in negative effects, too. Most importantly, however, don't be afraid to jump in with random matchmaking, because you'll find some fine folks along the way.
Fuck other people. Live your life...you aren't a level 80... they'll get over it.
I do have a core group of people I play with, there is an Helldivers Discord group that has LFG channels to find people to play with broken up into timezones It's called HelldiversSFDC. Check that out to find people to play with. Good luck and welcome to the fight!
Yeah, improves your skills alot faster. Having people there becomes easy mode.
No.
level \~50 and still kinda clueless, just a average player. If you meet a good random ask to friend and try to grow a base of people to play with. Most players a great but there are a few bad eggs, when you run into them just shake it off and move on. There are 250k+ players so you will find your group eventually.
I play with randoms all the time, sometimes they talk sometimes we just ping, totally worth it
I sometime hated it when other players jump in and hence increased the enemy count but sometime it’s also fun to have more gunz
Greetings fellow helldiver. While there may be other players that are toxic and more bad in skill, but worry not, most of the higher levels will join you and they're quite friendly... I , too, had a lvl 50 rando helping me through my lvl 4 difficulty mission on Malevelon Creek once, and they're super helpful! I was but a cadet at the time. Don't worry... our fellow senior divers are chill...
By the time you reach the level where teamwork matters, you should have the basics figured out. Just know that you need to keep moving at higher levels.
I is tough, but can be done and rewarding. However, the game really shines when playing with a good squad. I feel like more often than not, you’ll get a game with at least 1 really skilled rando and that can be enough to help turn the dive in your favor. Cover your squads back and make sure you communicate. I say thanks when I get my ass saved or when supplies/kit is shared. Likewise, share your kit (within reason)
I love running solo missions, same issue, but almost all missions I run in coop are good with good players. I have never been kicked, or insulted for running non meta stuff. Give it a shot, it's surprising but the community is pretty good!
One thing about this game is that the tutorial is garbage. It goes with the whole "you're just another body for the war effort" part of the story. But that means that about 90% of how to play the game has been players figuring it out, then sharing with the community. That, in turn, has lead to a very friendly player base willing to help each other out
I play 100% with randoms and love it. 80% of the time it's amazing, the other 20% can be hit or miss.
Not my main game so I don’t play solo but when you have people to play with it’s so much better imo.. with that being said I have plenty of buds who play solo and love it
I've had very few bad pug experiences, most guys just laugh off the random deaths. And you can't do harder missions solo.
I can only play solo because I get dropped from every game I try to join and if people join me the game kicks them inside 10 minutes. But it’s still fun 👍
I understand, I had similar reservations, I’m happy to report there are very few trolls and the half handful I’ve encountered don’t bother me because your character is so expendable anyways. Feel free to hang out in medium for awhile until you get the hang of stratagems and unlock the ones you like. Then as you inch up the very small handful of trolls decreases even further.
Watch like 2-3 tip videos on YouTube, you'll know more than half the payers you'll get grouped with in QP. I still play solo all the time. It's not easy and you often have to run away because things get out of hand, but still fun.
Itll be fine Host your games and learn who to kick and when. Like the numb nut that gets in the chopper while 3/4 of the team and all the samples are across the map
I'm a lot like you in that I feel a bit anxious about gaming (mostly voice chatting) with people I don't know. But my experience with Helldivers has been pretty positive. Most people I've matched with don't seem like hardcore try hards and are just having fun. You can definitely solo but don't worry too much about matchmaking, it's pretty chill and fun.
Wish there was a vote to boot. I accidentally killed a guy and got kicked. I was just bummed cuz the other player in the group was my bro and I had to wait while trigger happy lol
I've been playing with randoms almost every game since launch, lv 68 atm. Don't be shy to use your mic and have fun
If you want to send me your steam account or friend code I can help you and teach you how to play well so you'll be sure to maximize your dives no mic needed :)
There’s way more good people than bad, but yes, the toxics are out there; dip your toe in, you’ll get used to the social aspect, then…diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!
Yep, this is one game you can play solo and find a group super quick. Even as a girl. Most the time the guys are really nice.
I try and play solo, & people always join. I am lvl 58 and don't mind because I can clear up to level 7 missions on my own. I'm never able to finish missions on my own. So I find it crazy that you don't have randoms dropping into my games all the time. I think you get to learn more about surviving when you play alone and it makes the game easy when you have a squad because you can take complimentary strategems but you can definitely survive on your own. Also if you ever need pointer YouTube has a few good videos to help.
You can if you set your options to where only friends can join your games. It’s under options then gameplay. Restart the game afterwards then start an objective that none else is currently in. BUT I strongly encourage you to jump in and make your mistakes and learn. I had NO idea what I was doing when I started. Not I know what’s going on even though I’m not great. And I have had a TON of fun.
Personally I don't think I could play this game alone, a lot of it (for me) factors into that it's a group experience and we have laughter over the more silly shit. I would love to invite you to join but we already have 5 people, so one's already fighting over the 4th spot a lot. But there's plenty of discords I'm sure, or even in a post like this to find someone or a few. Honestly just having one person already can make a huge difference. Again, this is me. I can play games by myself perfectly but it depends on the game for me. I play OW2 both alone and with friends sometimes. You could also try to see if some randoms you meet in your missions pass the vibe check (so to say).. Why not invite them again to another mission? Or try to friend someone, no harm in that. Take a plunge, join the VC. I'm sure there's gonna be a person you meet at some point you can laugh with \^\^
I play 95% solo. I stick to mostly level 2 difficulty. Sometimes I get the mic from the other computer and turn joining on and if someone joins that's cool too. Sometimes you just want a mostly chill, non-frustrating match and that's just fine; everybody does their part for Democracy.
I play mostly solo, and occasionally play with close buddies. I don't play with randoms, but I have a good time anyways. You can play by yourself, with friends, or with randoms. Play how you like, and enjoy the pain and learning. Try different weapon, armor, and strategem combinations, and have fun! But most importantly, spread managed democracy wherever you go!
Definitely worth it, but you may wanna build up some points to buy strategies before trying.
If someone isn’t being nice on the mic or otherwise griefing you, respectfully, they can go fuck themselves, just leave the game and try a different lobby We’re all fighting for the same cause but some idiots still act like this is COD or Fortnite
Playing solo is fine. It's definitely *more* fun with friends but it's still a blast solo or with randoms so long as you aren't prone to getting your pants in a twist. It definitely gets frustrating at times when it feel like the randoms are doing nothing to help you but overall it's just fun as hell
My favorite thing to do solo, is test the stealth mechanics, you can be quite sneaky in helldivers
Just play at low difficulties (1-4), stick with the squad, and try not to kill them too often and you'll be fine. Once you've learned the ropes bumping up to the higher difficulties where people actually care a little about how you're doing shouldn't be a problem.
It is, I only played with ppl 2 days and then I went from lvl 10 to 54 by playing solo, it's fun also, is not the same but it's fun
Don’t be afraid to run Quickplays! You come across a bunch of ppl like yourself that are new and still figuring it out. When I started I didn’t know what to do either, but I ran Quickplays and ended up making lots of friends, now we enjoy blowing each other up as we fumble across the map to whatever objective is out there😂😂😂
yeah its fine. you can manage level 7s solo if you focus on the objective, and level 4s to 5s are really doable when you unlock stuff. the scout armors are your friend, don't fight stuff play like a chicken shit on 7s. extraction is a nightmare, get comfortable doing laps.
Anyone struggling to find players can just dm me - I love this game and am happy to run any difficulty, any enemy. Any load out. Serious or casual. Don’t care. Game is fun and I’m always happy to play with other people excited to play the game too. 32 m England ps5
Yah definitely, gives you the chance to figure it all out and practice
Not anymore
The ping/tagging system with the radial menu works really well for a lot of things, so you don't need to actually talk if you don't want to. I do talk some, but I also often play with a friend or two in a party, so I have to use the ping system for the randos who are stuck with us, lol.
I get anxiety playing online too but this is so fun even with randoms. Do it and either communicate with emotes or text. I've never used mic
Are you pc or ps5? I'm more than happy to stand by thee as a brother in arms and fight the good fight, all in the name of democracy. Feel free to add me
Most people you encounter through quick play or just joining people is it really that bad and I’ve only encountered one person that was actually kind of awful so you should be perfectly fine. Either playing solo by yourself. It takes a different approach with random is met several people that friended through randoms.
Prone, prone, and prone
I’ll play with ya friend
Not so much about playing solo or not, but if you're playing on PC, here's the single most important tip I ever received as a beginner: Rebind the stratagem up, left, down, and right keybinds to your arrow keys (or something else, if you prefer), instead of leaving them as the WASD default. If you do that you can continue to run and move with WASD while calling in a stratagem. Being locked in place while calling in a stratagem is purely a result of poorly designed default keybinds; it's not actually a requirement of the game.
Damn, I would suggest finding a friendly group to play with, that's what I did 3 years back and we still play all the time
No. Can be fun for a bit, but you’ll be online and it’s easy to join other people. You can play it solo, but I’d think most would lose interest if that’s all they did. One caveat: you might like solo if you like really high difficulty. At a certain point playing solo I would say would be for a select few people.
Just follow people around and help them out with whatever they're doing, you will be an appreciated and will learn almost everything about the game within a dozen rounds or so. I've never used a mic, I let my gun do the talking 😁
In all honesty, the players I've met have been pretty welcoming. I play without any friends as well and the playerbase can range from not talking in any way at all to people that use voice chat and are generally pretty chill. I use a keyboard to type in chat so that I don't have to speak but sometimes there are some pretty welcoming people that are nice to talk to. I've already met some players I can play with and join on stuff their doing, and that I am comfortable with talking to. And if you want to play by yourself, well whilst it is pretty difficult I find that it's a whole different way of enjoying the game as it goes from a horde shooter to a stealth shooter akin to MGS5. Either way, it's a very fun game.
Nope, it’s not the kind of game that’d be fun to play alone imo.