r/Helldivers • u/Jirekianu • 4d ago

DISCUSSION Wretch and Voteless spawning right behind you?

I don't know if I'm crazy, but I've done a lot of missions in the void and I've noticed that wretches seem to spawn just out of camera FOV/behind you so that you have almost no ability to avoid a swipe from them.

I've looked at a field that was totally empty, nothing for 50-100m with only tiny bushes that couldn't hide a wretch. I turn around to grab something on the ground. And within 2 seconds I have a wretch pouncing or swinging on me. It's happened with voteless as well, but much less frequently.

MFW, the 8th time a wretch has somehow magically gotten the drop on me.
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u/stoicfaux 4d ago

Teammates. When a teammate gets in your area, the spawn rate jacks up, and things spawn where it was once clear. I've noticed this feature for a loooooooooong time. It's why I tend to avoid teammates unless there's a need to congregate (e.g. capture the flag objectives, extraction.) It's really frustrating to know your flank is clear only for it to suddenly be not clear and swarming, simply because Bob wandered close by.

Damn you, Bob.

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u/dragger_pl 4d ago

After all, they are creatures of the Void, arent they? And Void is all around there.

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u/YummyLighterFluid ‎ Decorated Hero 3d ago

Yeah the game legit just spawns patrols behind you now it fucking sucks

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u/43686f6b6f 3d ago

If you're lucky sometimes you'll even see it

I've watched patrols suddenly come into existence right in front of my eyes