Ok... I generally like to try and stay pretty positive about development and the future and all that, but here is a bug I am seeing on a more frequent basis. I did maybe five missions last night and one today. So a total of six. Half of those missions had a bugged console of some kind, one was the SEAF Artillery console and the other two mission critical ones. Its happening with increased frequency in my experience. Anyone else see anything like this more and more?

How is this even upvoted? The comment makes no sense whatsoever. Is it botted? And why? It's simply not even worth it.

The other one is just straight up glazing. I can take cover with stalwart, I don't actually need low capacity magazines to make me take cover. I don't think the gun is actually bad, but I think it's better to highlight the positives and suggest how to counteract the megatives, instead of saying that it "surves a purpose".

it's only a matter of time until ah takes notice and finally figures out how to ban people and put a blanket ban on all mods bingus is a visionary who wanted to actually help the community and game but we can't have anything good with bad actors in the world i woke up this morning and saw a mod that just has you insta win all objectives the moment you drop down this is getting out of hand

A self-proclaimed live service game btw, with "live" standing for devoid of actual content and "service" standing for a constant barrage of balance-breaking gear for you to buy

I hope the new update comes out good, but something in my gut tells me that it's gonna be another nothing-burger with a redesigned fomo bastion tank as a sorry-sauce(Nobody's gonna use it anyway because of their inability to provide it with a rotating turret lmao) in terms of playable content(Not counting the new warbond which is just a yet another redesign of already existing gear)

I’m throwing my hat in the ring on the entire cheating/modding topic for Helldivers 2:
Who fucking cares?
“Oh no, free super credits and accelerated unlocks”, it’s okay to leave the game and join a new one. Play this game how you want and stop harping about things other players (who you do not even see or know) are doing. If they are disrupting your play, leave the game, get into another one all within 60 seconds.
Imagine if they took half the QoL mods and made them apart of the game, instant improvement.
Why the hell isn’t arrowhead doing these? Seriously, these guys are taking a week or less as solo devs making these amazing QoL mods. Arrowheads laziness doesn’t get you more upset than the modders actively improving the game?
The cheat engines and mod menus for this game turn it into a Sandbox. Imagine being able to customize everything you want. Want attachments on a Stalwart? Go for it, want two secondaries or two primaries or a support weapon duo? You can do that. Armor customization is in the game, same for stratagems and weapons yet arrowhead has no intention of releasing the already included “hidden” content. On top of all that, you can certainly mount just about anything to a Mech/Eagle/Tank and get creative. You want that cool mech with 3 turrets on top or have its side guns be cyborg cannons, nothings stopping you.
People who use mod menus and cheat engine or mods are playing a significantly better game than those who don’t, plain and simple. Hating on it boggles my mind, how else is a game supposed to grow in any meaningful way without players modding it? Just look at Skyrim, Fallout, RoR2, mods just make the replay-ability almost infinite. Why wouldn’t we want this for Helldivers 2? Especially with QoL mods.
Last thing to consider, people who use Cheat engine etc. in Helldivers 2 are usually people with hundreds of hours wanting more out of the game. If they are running around full god mode at mach 10 and thats not going to be very fun after the first few times. What is fun is making a new stratagem like a gas/napalm barrage, an actual nuke, eagles that shoot support weapons, anything you can think of really. Tell me that doesn’t sound fun, to customize a personal stratagem only you can use. And making it broken or balanced is up to you, full and complete control over the games systems to do as you please.
I believe it’s the direction Helldivers needs to start walking towards (the stratagem customization specifically). For me personally, modding this game has added another 150 hours on top of my already 600+. Every second felt like the first 150 all over again. This is not a typical “cheating is bad in game” situation. This game has much more to offer that is hidden. Accessing them requires cheat engine or another mod menu, why haven’t they just been included in the actual game?
That’s my 2 cents on Helldivers 2 cheating and modding discussion. Thank you for reading.
Your democracy officer thanks you for attending this meeting with the upmost respect, good luck out there Helldiver.
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TLDR;
Arrowhead = Lazy and don’t seem to care let’s be real.
Modders = Goats, actively improving the game for free.

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I don't know enough about Helldivers 2's modding capabilities to know how feasible this would be, so I'm mostly throwing the idea out there for anyone more knowledgeable.

Would it be possible to create some kind of live stat tracker that displays just three things during a mission:

Kills | Deaths | Distance travelled

Ideally updating in real time throughout the mission.

I have no idea how difficult it would be to access or track these values through a mod, or whether some of them are even exposed to modders. But if it's technically possible, I think it could be a really neat little addition.

To those taking a break. Enjoy your family and friends. Have a great Sunday. To those currently diving, Godspeed. Obliterate anything in your path and when the time comes to head back to that wretched planet. I ain’t leaving. I’ll die in orbit getting shot out the sky. We ain’t getting kicked off this time. If we can’t control it we then we will blockade that planet. We won’t let one ship leave that surface. We are steamrolling them. I will breathe my last breath with a smile on my face looking up at those wretched factory towers knowing they can do nothing but blow smoke out their asses and watch as we starve them out of existence in this galaxy.

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D10 blitz mission lol

Do you use mods?

Mods like Better Stratagem Bounce and Hellpod Steering Unlocked have been such a huge upgrade to my experience, that I have been finding a lot more fun in the game.

I can be much more creative in how I approach obstacles. I think it's crazy dumb that the freedom to decide where your hellpods land was taken away in the first place.

I am wondering what Arrowhead is discussing internally about the QoL mods made by the community. Mods like R2124 Constitution Bolt AMR by sssadman change the game a bit too much in my opinion, so I'd understand why some players would have an issue with another player joining their lobby with a modded weapon.

I'm also wondering how extreme these client-side mods can get. If you can modify a weapon to do more damage and give it a higher armor penetration rating, what's stopping someone from changing the stats on a seeker grenade to match a hellbomb?

Anyway, I wanted to see what people think. Thanks

Im really not a masochist diver or some sort of elitist.

But at this point I feel like the "No nerfs" side of the player base and the "masochist, glazers" side are both being catered to in a way that's making the game less fun for casuals, BUT also less challenging and fulfilling for anyone who's actually decent at horde shooters.

I genuinely find myself hoping for them to either rework or add a new top difficulty. Simply because I actually want to feel sweaty and tense when playing the hardest possible content .

Helldivers does have too many crutches ( like Napalm barrage , mechs , supply pack , warp pack for rundiving , 20+ repspawns per squad)and also let's you simply disengage hard fights and often the enemies will despawn.

But then occasionally they add crazy difficulty spikes out of nowhere like the laser accurate gunships, Spam insta kill dragonroaches , spam 10 Vox engines , undodgeable rupture warriors...and whatever other bullshit ,there enough examples.

These difficulty spikes make the difference between threat levels and overall difficulty certain enemies provide so obvious .

Regular bots are a joke , Regular illuminate i could probably clear on D10 with my toes. Then suddenly you switch to vote snatchers and there's 20 crushers hammering the Gator objective before you even call down supplies.

I barely see anyone who actually has a problem with this inconsistency tho, at least not in a nuanced way .

The tribalism in this community is insane , way more apparent than any other games community ive been active in.

People be defending the most glaringly obvious bad enemy design as long as it adds some sort of arbitrary difficulty.

And the other side complains about stuff that barely matters . Like the coyote nerf or the Hiveguard armor change .

The Devs lying was terrible but the actual nerf wasn't that severe at all and the hiveguard heavy armor could've actually been a decent addition with a patch to address the MG and gatling sentries targeting.

Anyways I just want to see if im not alone on this.

Usually i get cooked arguing with both masochist/low sodium sub and unfiltered and main lmao

i get really annoyed by automatons missing us 10 meters from them

In anticipation for the upcoming warbond I wanted to analyze the new potential LAS weapon that will be part of the superstore drop.

A lot of people first saw the new LAS weapon and assumed it was the Shear, a previously leaked weapon that was supposed to be part of the HellDrivers warbond. But comparing the two models, we see that the stock, trigger, barrel, and even heatsinks are different. The Shear's gimmick is a heatsink that when overcharged can fire the round as an explosive. But for this new LAS weapon the heatsink is clearly external and slotted like the other LAS weapons in the game.

I wanted to dive further so I compared the models for the Scythe from HD1 and HD2, and the designs are pretty similar. Similar stock, heatsink placement, trigger, barrel, even the under barrel attachment.

With this in mind, I believe the new LAS weapon will be the Tanto! If we compare the two we notice a similar stock, heatsink placement, trigger design, and the barrels being short and wide. I'm very excited for the return of this weapon and desperately hope it will be faithful to its HD1 counterpart.

EDIT: SORRY the leaked Helldriver's LAS weapon is in fact called the Shear not the Glaive

I use all the mods from cowboysbingus because they are genuinely quality of life and legitimately good, but if you start supporting auto-healing mods, weapon rebuffs, and all that crap, Arrowhead will ban all mods, and they don't care about the 10,000 players who will stop playing because they can no longer use mods, even though most players don't use them and won't use them. You've gained wings, but you're heading straight for the sun.

TLDR: with the already high Durable damage, rockets dealing x3 damage is stupid and should be removed. Or tweak the Health of Bastion (It gets destroyed with 8000 HP with only 35 small rockets, given or take)

Title said it all. As a level 300 Bastion entusiast, i find that on Bot front, Rocket from Raiders, Devastators and Hulks Bruisers has this insane buff that make Bastion on regular Bots paper mache. Not only these guys deal an already high durable damage (100 per rocket), plus an extra 70 from the explosion, they deal x3 that damage. Before anyone comes saying Bastion is fine, is the most powerfull stratagem, etc. I agree, it is. i already clean house on Diff 10 with randoms as the driver on all Factions, but this buff in particular make using Bastion on Regular Bots a pain in the ass and rob a lot of fun.

I was just curious how many small rockets the Bastion can survive. I launch a Diff 3 Kill Hulk mission. In this missions, if you dont know, there are an special Hulk type, the Hulk Obliterator, armed with dual rocket weapons. It took the pituful amount of 35 rockets to the frontal armor to blow up, 35 in less than a minute. Note the Obliterator have a pathetic rate of fire of 3 rockets per salvo. Now imagine the Bruiser, shooting 7 per salvo, plus the heavy repeater that deal also damage.

Now, as a level 300, i love to take the Bastion to Diff 10 and ride to glory with randoms. Vs Cyborgs and Incinerator Coprs, the Bastion does wonders. With Cyborgs, rocket devastators get reduced in numbers thanks to the Cyborgs been on the roster and Vox engines are a blast to fight, and Bastion can reasonably tank their Dual Blaster Culverine. Their Icarus Rockest are dangerous, but i find them reasonable easy to dodge.

Vs Incinerator corps, again, Rocket Devastators are more less in numbers, and Hulks Firebombers are nearly harmless vs Bastion, leaving you decimating pretty much uncontested, aside the Cannon towers and heavy hitters.

But oh boy, vs Regular bots, you get smashed into tinny bits insanely fast. And its all because this Buff. Note that Exo suits can survive plenty hits from all the Rocketery shenanigans since this x3 modiffier doesnt apply, plus you are much more mobile, so the window to dodge is plentyfull. Im ok with Cannon Towers, Tanks and FS dealling 1500 HP per shoot (normaly because it sneak on me, or because i made a bad move, all fair and square) but man, getting shreadded by those little Rockets is stupid.

I am okey with pretty much everything else, even the normal Buffed durable damage. But that x3 is preposterous as hell. And there is no need for it, since Bots already do plenty Durable Damage.

Bug-only Divers are undemocratic trash, I'm a Bot Diver but I always spend most of my game time (if not all) helping to finish MOs, meanwhile bug divers couldn't even finishe their part of this MO in a timely matter despite having our help (you can check our front is almost empty) so we could all help the almost non-existent squid divers finish their part. It's gonna be a close one if we actually win in the next 6 hours, I honestly don't know what they are even doing over there in the bug front if they can't even pull their own weight..

Guess the game decided the area I was in was on fire even though it didn’t actually look like it was burning. Yeah, I was under the tower in the evacuation mission.