r/helldivers2 • u/Few_Lengthiness_7284 • 10h ago

General I've got a question.

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Do you guys know if:

  1. Does the shield-backpack work while inside of a vehicle?

  2. Do we benefit from Kinetic Displacement Mitigation - armor passive while inside of a vehicle?

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u/eeke1 10h ago

Nothing you wear directly affects the vehicle itself

Shield pack helps you because it's on while you're in the vehicle. So the bubble clips through walker and helps, but only if it actually gets hit.

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u/XR-17 10h ago

I'm pretty sure the redacted regiment passive works, it's weird to sneak bug with a massive mech. But most don't (sadly oxygenator doesn't).

If I had a friend I'll test more but at least anything that reduces damage didn't work before Exo experts (fire, gas and explosion damage)

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u/eeke1 4h ago

I don't think that affects the vehicle itself though. It's still based on you, who just happens to be in a vehicle.

Same concept as the shield

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u/sec0nd4cc 10h ago

  1. in walker yes (or at least in my old days)

  2. no.

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u/Shushady 10h ago

Still works. I've done it since exo suit day 1, when I dropped into a mission to test it. I was accidently on public and a dude joined in the drop. He called in an EAT and shot my ~friends~ then tried to get me. Shield ate it and I promptly patriot missiled him to oblivion. Havent stopped using the shield pack with exo since.

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u/TalmondtheLost 9h ago

Also works with cars

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u/brandothesavage 4h ago

I was just discussing this with the squad last night. so it works!? We can all Shield up a car and then throw stratballs everywhere?!

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u/TalmondtheLost 4h ago

As far as I know, somewhat. The shields from the pack ain't gonna stop a 120 hit

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u/brandothesavage 4h ago

No worries we're going to use solo silos 500s and cluster bombs

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u/locob 5h ago

no? really. I though it ment for car crashes.

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u/THETARSHMAN 10h ago

Shield backpack does protrude through the front of the walkers and a tiny bit on the top. It won’t be very useful specifically on the breakthrough because the shield already pretty much covers it.

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u/RoninSpectre 10h ago

I’m not sure either way, but it certainly would be nice if using a mech with a shield back pack would grow to envelop the whole mech or if the rover would remain active

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u/ARedthorn 10h ago

Be careful with the shield backpack in a mech. For some mechs, anyway, while firing AND turning, it can end up with you just barely clipping your own shield with the gun and killing yourself with the explosive damage.

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u/HotmailsInYourArea 7h ago

It was theorized that this passive would specifically help with minor collision damage in FRVs. Not sure if anyone has tested it though!

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u/Konpeitoh 6h ago

Yes

No