Helldivers 2 (PS5/PC)

[Tobal]

It's just about working as intended, a couple of lobby closed now rather than minutes and i can log in!!! For some reason the stats for the planet not working still. Had 3 games ina row and one exciting one where 2 players left mid way, and we had only 10/25 holes blown with 10 mins left on the clock up with chargers and those invisible guys all over us... managed to get a grenade in the final bug hole with 10 seconds left... phew, then it was 2 mins run to the drop ship with no ammo and a horde of bugs on us.

For those that played Helldiver 1 endgame, where to do you see this going in terms being able to create a playstyle beyond just picking the strongest weapons, (basically picking breaker, auto cannon, personal shield and then your choice of highly damaging strike)

[fishbowlhead]

Oh spoke too soon, all matchmaking down again the second I went to play this afternoon, awesome.

[BaronSqwelch]

Got the platinum today.
once the servers/matchmaking got sorted it was a fun little grind!

[Neon Ignition]

Managed to get a few decent games in over the weekend, seems to be working better now with most effort finding a game coming from hosts dropping out etc. Curious to see what they add over time, I find that an hour to and hour and a half at a time is a good amount for this as it can get a bit repetitive due to the way most missions are essentially the same thing, hopefully now that server issues are calming they can look at their roadmap

[hudson]

[Tobal]

Hopefully they and soon turn their eyes to QoL improvements, even though i have turned off the all types of feedback in the system menu because the game doesn't have the option, it will still use haptics on shotgun, arc and railgun, the railgun is absolutely ridiculous to use and nothing i want from playing 2 back to back 30 minute missions on challenging. And they certainly need to fix being able to see the mission briefing when picking your load out on joining an SOS mid mission, you just have no clue what you are up against and have bring in am allrounder load out.

Hit level 16 in just over 24 hours play time (includes missions played where it has crashed/server timed out and i got sod all exp/medals/sc), have 860sc, probably looking at 30 hours to open the premium bond, the medal ramp up on the standard warbond has really slowed down on page 5.

I've also picked up a really dislike for players bringing in mortar sentry on standard exploring missions.

[fishbowlhead]

Hahaha I’ve just started using the mortar sentry again for the robots, it’s just too useful for getting over their walls and compounds, and over yours when defending.

[Neon Ignition]

I imagine the Infinite Strategem exploit will be the first thing on the to do list. I've still been sticking around the mid-difficulties so thankfully haven't come across a lot of the community griefing I hear about online, worst I've had is getting kicked out in a lobby because my team decided to go off on a ramble and I called in Extraction so they had to peg it back. Thing is, if all key objectives are done and the team is down to its last life then yeah it's not worth chancing

[Neon Ignition]

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

[hudson]

MECH IT SO!!!

Wow, looking forward to the future of this game.

[QualityChimp]

[fishbowlhead]

Year that pretty much sums it up, you sure do see some crazy things happen.

[Tobal]

Reached level 20, having easy access to the railgun has made level 4 easy that i'll try level 5 out when i next go online. Being able to just strip charger armour in 2 hits and then finish them off a single breaker mag is game changer for harder difficulties, anti-tank 1 shots and flamethrower can't compete.

[fishbowlhead]

I one shotted a bile titan (railgun) on hard today with no reinforcements left and my teammate just about to turned into chowder, a pure luck shot, but hot dam did I feel like a hero clutching the mission.

[fishbowlhead]

I know people are enjoying this game but turning round and saying this game lacks content because you personally have clocked 300hrs and maxed everything already is a YOU problem, not everyone else’s, go play something else and come back when/if there’s new content.

Rant over.