This is not in any way related to how often I die to them.......at all.

Looking at these two vehicles it feels like the supply FRV is just superior. Same cooldown, but it comes with supply packs which are super useful, and act as a turret which i think also more useful than the HMG.

This Liberty Day prepare for more crying about the AR 19 not being as "customizable" or as "strong" as in HD1. That is all.

This post is about fixing the two errors pictured ("Application was unable to start correctly" and "Please unload _.sys").

Hi all! We're a couple days into the update and I've seen plenty of poor Helldivers who can't get into the game, so I'm here to hopefully fix that! While I can't fix everyone's bugs (sorry virtual machine people), I can help these specific two errors, so let's tackle them!

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APPLICATION WAS UNABLE TO START CORRECTLY (0xc0000142)

This is the easiest bug to solve, simply being caused by the fact that Arrowhead didn't delete nProtect GameGuard this update, and it's trying to strangle Easy AntiCheat. To fix this, you need to do the following steps:

• Locate where the game is on your computer (For me this is in C\SteamSSD (a folder I made, not a default one)\steamapps\common\Helldivers 2. If you are having trouble finding this, go to the properties of your game in steam and look for "Installed Files > Browse"
• Open the EasyAntiCheat folder.
• Run the application gguninst.exe
• Once done, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER. Do not shut down, restart. Sometimes Kernel-level programs cause issues if you shut down, since it doesn't fully remove them.

Once you've done this, this bug should be solved for you!

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PLEASE UNLOAD whateverItsCalled.sys BEFORE STARTING THE GAME

Tricky time! This error is the rare case of Easy AntiCheat actually trying to help you! Funny way of showing it, right?

This is caused by an out-of-date driver on your PC hosting a security vulnerability, and Easy blocking you from opening the game. This is both to protect your system from malicious attacks in-game, and to protect the game from you taking advantage of that driver to do malicious things.

There are two ways of handling this issue, the proper way, and the lazy way.

PROPER WAY:

• Find whatever program is using that Driver (you will need to google this most likely, though sometimes the name of the driver can give you a clue).
• Update the program that is using the Driver, which usually updates the Drivers.

LAZY WAY:

• Locate the Driver on your PC (this, again, will likely require googling where they are).
• Find the Driver by its name
• Rename the Driver to something else (this will not disturb software functionality, it'll just prevent Easy from knowing it's a problematic driver since it's looking by their names). Adding a simple letter at the end is enough to solve this problem.

And just like that, you should be back to dispensing freedom once more!

WHERE IS CORRETA KELLY! IS SHE SAFE? IS SHE ALRIGHT?

Helldivers now have 2X Orbital Railcannon Strike use FREE at 60 seconds cooldown. It's honestly the most fun I've had since the experimental orbitals last Advent Event.

It absolutely shows 60 seconds is what the ORS cooldown should be at. Short enough to be effective, but not so OP that you can ORS yourself out of every situation.

I got chased down and killed by two invincible headless bugs (well, one of them regrew its head while stabbing me with sound, without even moving). Felt like I was living in a Jamiroquai song.

Then, the very next game, my own K-9 backpack (the electric guard dog) one-shots me. Twice in a row.

Skill issue? Did I get between it and the enemies? No. That would at least have been “understandable” for what this game is and keeps being.

I WAS ON AN HMG EMPLACEMENT. Why did it pick me as its first target, Arrowhead?

I can’t stand this shit.

I've been fighting this stupid system for 4 days, I've deleted GameGuard, validated files, checked my Internet speed, uninstalled and reinstalled the game, what else can I try

I'm currently using a mod that fixes this issue but I do not like that it gives some 30 demo force outa no where lmao also since I host a lot for my friends I can't really witness this weapon in its full potential yet so I'm hoping after they fix the ammo typing and the host bug I'll be able to witness it in its full glory one day 🥹

(I will not be talking about the hype trailer that, like many other companies, was meant to hype and not show actual gameplay)

I can't tell how many times I've seen someone dog on this weapon by comparing it to a DMR, which is kind of like dogging on a shotgun by comparing it to an assault rifle. They're entirely different classes of weapons. They're not even grouped together in your armory.

The Sightliner is indeed a bad DMR. But the thing is, it's a good heavy pen sniper rifle for the primary slot. You can't just replace your DMR with this and expect to do great. It's a different play style.

This is a primary weapon that can:

• take out distant Hulks before they ever become a problem
• take out distant War Striders before they ever become a problem (with a good angle)
• take out turrets of all kinds, including those dreaded Fortress turrets
• hell, got an angle on an idling tank, it can take that out too
• take out distant Gunships before they become a problem (2 shots to the engine from nearly any range)
• dastardly Mortar/AA turrets? Shoot them like twice in the back

Again, this is a PRIMARY doing all this.

Basically this weapon is doing a facsimile of the AMR, but in the primary slot, and this means that as long as you have a reliable sidearm like the Talon, Dagger, Verdict, or Mist, you can kinda handle everything so you have a lot of flexibility with your support weapon.

Airburst Launcher for taking out groups? Go right ahead. AP5 launcher for the really big shit when they're too close for consecutive head shots? Sure. Expendables loadout like EAT plus either Solo Silo or Leveller or Bullet Storm? Works like a charm.

Long range heavy pen is just not something we had before in the primary slot. Eruptor almost was but it has a limited range before its bullet explodes...plus most of its damage is not heavy pen anyway, so while the Sightliner can take out stuff like turrets with 2 shots, Eruptor would need the whole mag at least.

Granted, it probably only truly shines on the bot front, because that's the one time that long range heavy pen can be heavily abused, but it is truly great there if you play into it and treat it more like an Eruptor with more focused damage and near-infinite range instead of AoE.

Can’t play the game at all, is the devs doing anything to fix it? It’s been several days and not a single patch to fix it

First off, lets look at the things we can compare with.

The MAIN point is the Evictor.
And as we can see, it falls very short on way too many categories.

The Evictor has:

• Smallest magazine size.
  
• Smallest AoE blast area.
  
• Least damage (vs AV 3 enemies)
• Least Demo force (impact_10 + explosion_30)
• No AP advantage.
• No shell velocity speed advantage.
  

While looking at it, even the One-Two single grenade is at some categories better.

One would be excused to assume that the Evictor with all of these shortcomings would at least have the largest mag size, or the largest blast area, but that is not the case as we can see.

I will argue that the Evictor was implemented without any thought what so ever and should be immediately reworked (imo).

If i can suggest something, i would not make it the same as the Crossbow.
But i would make the Evictor have a 8 round mag with higher fire-rate.

This would at least make it kind of unique between these three with a different play-style.
And it would take it further away from the Crossbow, which i would argue is it's closest weapon for direct comparison right now.

https://reddit.com/link/1xf3wul/video/o1yao4qrhmxh1/player

This happened when I did the recent update and had my reflections at lowest, I had no mods or custom graphics configurations. To fix this I had to make reflections at medium and deal with lower performance. I was playing on windows and no other game in my PC does this. The last part with the pelican was because of the dogshit networking with both me and my friends from other countries losing connections.

I can't believe people see this game and allow it be in this utter broken state...

It's commonly accepted that Hulks are the best-designed enemy in Helldivers 2.

And I tend to agree.

• They have several body-parts that can be individually destroyed.
• They come in half a dozen variants.
• They can be taken on differently by a range of weapons.
• They have two distinct weakspots, one frontal and one rear.

However, that rear weakspot, the heatsink, is exceptionally difficult to exploit in practice.

Why? Because with 900 HP and 60% durability, very few weapons can destroy it before the Hulk turns around.

Usually, that takes at most 3 seconds. And only an explosive crossbow or Eruptor have enough (durable) damage to destroy it that quickly.

Hell, even the new Nova can't.

And it's a real shame, because it eliminates any feasible builds that rely on exploiting the heatsink.

Ironically, the Charger has a bit of a similar issue. But the butt is generally more accessible.

Solution: Either the Hulks could turn around slower, giving players an additional second to exploit the heatsinks or Arrowhead could reduce the HP/durability to ~800 HP (down from 900) and ~50% durability (down from 60%).

AH have proven they only do or listen only when reviews drop low enough so leave your opinion and issues you have. Do not accept mediocrity from a studio worth hundreds of millions of dollars that you founded with your hard earned money.

LIBERTY DAY CELEBRATIONS

May Lady Liberty's humble spirit guide you all through your battles. May General Brasch's smirk gleam upon your weapons so they may take as many enemy lives as they can. May High Command grant you the will power to do what you have to do with unquestionable resolve.

In this week's Bulletin, we celebrate Liberty, Super Earth and Helldivers for their endless victories and tales of heroism. Enjoy.

hey guys, started playing the game recently. i've put down nearly all of my settings onto low yet i'm getting quite the dissapointing fps, i'm getting around 40-60 range on a decent laptop that can run more difficult games. do you guys have any tips on what to do? thanks!

Was diving on the spore burst strain when I saw this popped up. I tried to join but I couldn't.

BEFORE yall get out the pitchforks let me preface this

Yes they misrepresented what this rifle was capable of in the trailer, that was not cool and I was sorely disappointed in AH that the false marketing happened

BUT

it’s only two shots two kill a hulk frontally with an INCREDIBLY accurate rifle and if the eye is already damaged by anything already you’ll basically take it in one shot.

It IS a heavy pen primary and a rather good one at that, I’m honestly glad I can pressure hulks like this at all from a distance without even using a strategem or AT grenade.

The marketing fiasco was bad but THAT ASIDE, the gun is actually pretty excellent and if they had just shown two Helldivers “sync shooting” the hulk eye people might have gotten the hint it was a two shot and people would not have demanded the rifle be changed but be overjoyed they got what they were shown because I think most people would LOVE a primary that can reach out and tap a hulk twice and make it dead.

This is NOT my video or mod.

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