HELLDIVERS 2 - are you doing your part?

Made the jump up to suicide mission over the last couple of nights and it's really reinvigorated it. Been lucky I think to get some excellent randoms. Spears, railguns and orbital lasers make light work of hordes of even big bugs.

I've felt that playing solo in this feels like MGSV* but hadn't done a close comparison, I think Arrowhead are clear fans.



*I've also long wished that MGSV had co-op, I wasn't much of a fan of MGS Online but a 4 player co-op mode would have been awesome. Survive's co-op was pretty half-arsed but still quite fun.

I can say with confidence that if I play with randoms I will never unlock difficulty 7. It's like splatoon salmon run, people get dumber the higher the difficulty goes.

I feel I'm ready for a harder difficulty now, maybe not Helldive though. Hopefully be on later tonight for a few games.

www.eurogamer.net/helldivers-2-footage-shows-someone-using-a-playable-mech

Yes please. Hope they start adding some new stuff in soon. Saving up a big wad of req slips and medals.

Alright, Dad.

Had my first "friendly" equipment stratagem stuck to my personal shield generator and unlike a lot of footage on the internet I didn't run around screaming in a panic, I just dropped my backpack and stood to one side. Simple!

Now if it was an Eagle strafing run then you've probably not got time to get out of the way so be careful with those and people's shields!

I watched a couple of vids suggesting strategies to level up solo.
Basically look for the Disable Propaganda Broadcast mission. Run in, shut it down and get the hell out in order to get the bonus xp based on time remaining.
I've done this a few times and found out works quite nicely.
One time I was paired with randoms who were searching for side quests. I was called a cunt on the voice chat when they realised I was taking the shuttle without them... Possibly a bit cunty, but I was doing them a favour!!

This video also recommended getting the grenade launcher and using it lots!

Whizzo ,

I'm not saying you are wrong in your questioning but what I really love about Helldivers 2 is the fun part of it. Worrying about min-maxing every drop brings in the fucking goons that will start moaning about teamkills etc. Not every drop has to be perfect, sometimes, time is limited due to playtime, dinner is on the table.

When every helldiver is expecting to rinse the whole map, is when this game starts dying and the rage increases.

The video I watched suggested that the bonus from the extraction timer outweighs the side quests, so get out ASAP.
Seems I got it wrong.

Indeed once you hit 20 level means nothing while reqs still do but then you'll end up buying everything and reqs will now mean nothing (and you'll hit the 50K limit, something to buy your exosuit with at least when they come out) but samples still will do (even commons as you'll burn through them even when you're hunting supers), then eventually they'll also become something you'll not have anything to use them on but that'll probably change.

As for the timer score it's 1XP and 4 Req per percent of timer left, it doesn't change through difficulty, optional objectives are 50/200 and each Helldiver extracted is 20/50 so you'd really have to go quick to make it worthwhile.

It's quite funny when you jump into a game and get a 98% timer bonus if they're just about to extract.

Bought the game late last night. The default WASD layout is a pain in the arse.

Switched to controller, much better experience. Played two missions, one just me against some Automatons, another paired with 3 randos against Bugs. Enjoyed both.