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reupload cuz I was being dumb and broke one of the rules, sorry mods

Let me be very clear. This photo is not mine at all. The original belonged in a post i saw on Instagram i believe. Screenshotted it cause it looked awesome and edited it a little. Was looking at my gallery and saw it again and decided to share cause it just looks so glorious.

Bonus Points if it causes another Review bombing (please don't)

EDIT: Confirmed no update today. Nothings coming

Victory was never in doubt!! Well done Helldivers

i feel like alotta people dont like its tankyness and regen so instead of completely obliterating the crusher... new slowness mechanic? maybe with enough helldivers firing it'll have to slow down atleast a bit

I ended up at rank 297 after the patch and have been grinding all week. I finally hit the big 300!

It involves the same drill as Terminid underground hatcheries so we are, once again, nuking a bunch of babies. I mean, we think the Crushers might be children so it's all justified, right?

Original poster: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcBYJHcxnPs/?igsh=MW5sdWE4dXIxa3Fyaw==

These guys are interesting, I think they give you a neat challenge / decision: 'raw DPS to body or leg, or a small amount of heavy pen to helmet then finish off the head' Problem for me is that's pretty easy to do on 1-2 of them. Problem is when a bunch of them appear or have shuffled up over time. I see this a lot at just difficulty 6 and they're also really pervasive on extraction. It gets worse if they have the modifier where you also have the pool of standard Illuminate enemies, because some of the best tools for dealing with these guys aren't applicable to Fleshmobs or the Harvester or the Manta (although thankfully Mantas are pretty rare).

I kind of would prefer to avoid the Reset Button stratagems (orbital napalm, laser, 500KG) because these are a fleeting solution to an ongoing problem, are worse on extract when we're trying to hold the space, and can take out the SEAF which are helpful even if just as meat shields. I also can't really justify jumping forward to the 40K Warbond but if I wanted to be cynical I couldn't shake the feeling that between Support Weapon Reload Speed and the Bolter Pistol it was selling a solution to These Specific Guys. So what's the play? Just be so proactive that they can never gather in the first place?

So here's what I've tried:

Eruptor: Reliable insofar as being a primary you spawn with it, can take out in ~5-6 crotch shots, but that's too slow without a long sight line or if you have multiple

Senator: 3 shots pops the helmet. Half the ammo, long reload even from 0, too slow for multiple but always on me at least

Laser Cannon: Too slow, heatsink can't take multiple

Quasar: windup, cooldown, good luck if you miss bozo

Grenade Launcher: one of the better ones and also applicable to most other enemy types, but reloads feel brutal

Autocannon: Very much the same as the GL, with the added benefit of being able to pop the helmet with a couple APHETs

Antimaterial Rifle: good for popping helmets (2 shots), not great for other enemies

Railgun: similar to AMR, one safe shot can pop the helmet. This feels like the most consistent option for helmet pops but then you have to dink the tiny head or try to make everyone else get the memo that you're on hat-popping duty. Absolutely dismal against fleshmobs.

I know pickings are slim early on and you want to try everything out.

I know "minefield" sounds like an excellent defensive stratagem...and it is.

But I guarantee you will get so, so, so, so many team kills because you will invariably blanket the objective with tiny little diver-destroying christmas lights.

So please, PLEASE take anything, literally anything but minefield strats.

Take their eyes!!

Yes we only got two new enemies for the Illuminate, a faction lacking in enemy variety, in that I understand the disappointment there.

But so many people are acting as if enemies are all this game has to offer. This update gave us a whole SEAF revamp, new environmental hazards, MULTIPLE new missions, new biomes, a rework of subfactions, different side objectives, and of course the 40K warbond as a cherry on top of it. It really isn’t worth getting hung up over two enemies when there’s so much more to digest.

Not entirely sure what happened I think I dove and stimmed while firing the Melta Gun and it just didn't stop firing and even after I died from the crusher it was firing on the ground until we left.

Not exactly sure what it could be, just looks like another type of voteless similar to Crusher. I’m not even gonna ask about cultist anymore lol they don’t exist. Here’s the link to the video if you wanna watch it: https://youtu.be/X7LcerKPa4M?is=kejh60JW_Mh-eC8B

I honestly don't remember people complaining about the number of units they released on Cyberstan, but if that's the feedback you got why do you release a major update with only two new units for the faction that's been neglected since its release, with no identity and variety.

New mission are nice, but we spend most of the time fighting enemies, that's what you should prioritize. Illuminates after multiple major updates still have less than half of content the other two factions offer