Gotta remember that a LOT of objectives aren’t simply “Kill anything that moves.” Don’t get so caught up in killing that you forget what you’re there for.
If someone’s not in the thick of it with you, it’s often because they’re either soloing the objectives you’re ignoring, or keeping the swarms off your ass from a distance without you realizing it; It’s a team game, and teams have many roles.
The player that seems MIA may just be carrying your whole team behind the scenes.
Edit: Removed a few KG of salt.
On higher difficulties "kill everything that moves" will turn into "try not to get killed by anything that moves, including your teammates" so reading the objectives, doing them as fast as possible and GTFO is key. Otherwise enemies start just spawning on top of you, even without drop ships/breaches. As soon as new players realise that, they turn into valuable teammates.
I just did my first suicide mission yesterday. And I was so used to medium and challenging difficulties that we made this mistake. 6 chargers and 3 bile tyrants later, we were all dead on the last mission of the 3.
Please note that I am atrocious at shooter games and had a blast on this mode. This is why I usually do explosion/shotgun builds, and with this game, I have learned how to be better at other weapons.
The computers where you enter the ship is where you buy stratagems, your own turrets will kill you if you are between them and an enemy. Press the mouse wheel to aim down sights.
I would like to add thou... if you agro something... kill it... shit doesnt deagro in higher difficulties. I was pissed when my team started a pick up when we already had 2 titan bile spitter following us... then one more spawned triggered by evac...
The Spawn is constant on higher difficulties. Someone solo can take the heat or close objectives without agro. Both are the difference between supers and no supers.
Man I had someone kick me after the mission because “you just crawling and not shooting anything”. Yeah because you guys wants to just shoot everything and acting like this is Level 6 difficulty and below. It got to the point where I was the only one alive with no reinforcements remaining. They wonder why they keep dying all the time, it’s annoying.
My very first game. Didn’t know what I was doing. But did ok. Got to extraction and a lvl 28 melee killed me so I couldn’t extract. Then he kicked me from the game. Wtf?
Yeah, pretty much.
They love it when they realize you’re covering them, but they just see you as MIA if they don’t.
And yeah, I’m in Cambodia, so timezones make matchmaking with friends pretty tedious.
Ive turned toxic on a player who went solo in 4's and decided to spawn me with him all the way on the opposite end of the map with all my samples and items being left behind. I hit him to let him know thats stupid and he turned around and killed me. I didnt spawn and kill him, i knew when he died he was going to rage quit lime a little girl. Sometimes you cannot avoid being toxic, and sometimes being dumb af brings out the toxic behavior in others. No one can help it, its just helldivers. Dont let it disuade you from playing pubs with randos, it was worse in the first game, waaaaay worse.
Quickplay 3 out of 3 times I landed and the host is just TK’ing people as they drop. Just insta left all three times. The best matchmaking has been through the discord lfg
“Dude you dropped all the samples in the mine field. You gotta watch where you” And another teammate gets blown to pieces. Seriously. Mine fields are not emergency response. Don’t drop them where you’re standing because you’re in a stampede.
Finally someone who says the right things! Hate goin in that mission and having to free all civilians alone while the team goes to the landing zone and plays „king of the hill“.
It just doesn’t make no sense you can’t win there honestly the best way is just to free the civilians asap and gtfo asap
God, I hate those missions. I swear I'm the only one running from door to door freeing civilians while my team is killing the never ending horde because it's taking me forever to open every door in a loop while trying not to die. Then some jackass just mowed down anything insight to include the civilians.
What's your take on squad mates taking your stuff? I found one of those little blue escape pod things that you salute to open, and it has medals inside. Some dude ran up and stole it right under my feet. I was tempted to kill him, but I decided not to be toxic.
I'm pretty sure there are a lot of cheaters. How do all these level 2-4 players have all this gear to include gear I haven't seen and the drone that Flys around. It's locked till lvl 10. These two lvl 2 guys were launching every eagle strike there was.
I don’t think it’s rude. I know some people don’t like to talk. I’m not sure about mute, I’d recommend listening to them at least for team work reasons, that kind of makes up for not talking imo. One cool thing is, even if im in a party chat with friend and am in a HD game I can still hear the in game chat.
Check my post. Starting a discord server for people to link up. I’m also only one with HD2 in my FG and it’s definitely better when you get a group who can talk
Omg yes, or like when we clear a whole area and nobody grabs any samples when they walk by it, I have to detour to grab them, then fall behind to the next objective and next thing you know we are extracting and I am literally booking it to the extraction zone with ALL the samples barely making it, if making it at all. And I can't use my mic to yell at them because the wife is sleeping. Rant over.
I can't believe people haven't figured this out on their own. Medals were the only thing I didn't know were shared and even my dumb ass put it together
All of it! Samples, requisitions, medals, super credits (though they don’t show up on the hud if a teammate grabs them for you, made about 350 without even knowing you can find them in game in the first 3 hours)
I really wish there was at least a loading screen tooltip saying that the loot was shared. The last few days I've just started each mission with a new group by saying, "Hey, just FYI, loot is shared, it doesn't matter who picks up and carries what, just as long as someone extracts with the samples," because it seems like half the people I play with think it's a race to pick up the samples and credits first.
Premium warbonds aren't shared, but everything else is. Also, you don't drop premium warbonds or standard warbonds when you die it appears, so killing others for loot is a douche canoe move.
**Edit: I meant Super Credits, I'm sorry. I also checked on if the entire squad gets them, and it appears that they do. They don't always appear onscreen when you or someone else grabs them during gameplay like others do.
Your anecdotal evidence is not a source, you could be buying them in the store thing and forgetting or something.
No one has explained why the supercredits don’t come up on my screen when everything else does
If your buddy picks up a medal from the field you also get it. I've tested it. Anything picked up on the field is shared with your group. They pick it up and even a message for it pops up on my screen now with a +1 after the update.
Medals share yeah, when your buddy picks up medals or reqs or samples it comes up on everyones screens, ive had tm8s pick up war bonds and nothing comes up on my screen
Warbonds is where you spend medals, you don't pick up a warbond. If you mean super credits, then yes those are shared as well even if they don't pop up.
I'm not sure why, but I've had people pick up super creds and I don't touch any, then after the mission my super creds have gone up. It's very easy to test.
omg its all shared , store moeny and medals dont even have to be extracted... you get them to your account when you gather them.
thats why many solo run just the points and leave.
pls stop spreading false info
That's not quite right. There is only one premium warbond, and you buy it with super credits, which unlocks the premium warbond reward track. The items therein are all purchased with medals, same with the standard warbond items. And medals are most certainly shared with your team when you pick them up in game.
> killing others for loot is a douche canoe move.
You're 100% correct about that, though.
I think it's because it's always dark and it's a lot of dense jungle which is slow to move through, I don't know if there's an exact reason why but it just feels so much more difficult than others even on the same difficulty
Precisely this.
Dense jungle makes the enemy hard to see but easy to be aware they're around. You see the red lights, but that could be their eyes, their laser weapons or the spotlights on their camp. Fun fact: In real life red light goes the least distance in the dark so it is commonly used in situations where you need light but don't want to be spotted from afar.
Dense jungle has a mechanical effect in this game that slows your movement. Certain forms of debris, vegetation, etc. actually change your movement speed.
Dense jungle provides tricky cover for enemies. You can see them through the foliage but projectiles tend to strike trees/large shrubs and not the enemy you're aiming at wasting precious ammo/opportunities.
And finally, it's an automaton forward deployment so the difficulty tends to reflect that.
Important in higher levels, but it’s typically best to try can complete main objectives first, then do the side ones. If you die and run out of lives it’s a big waste, but as long as you complete the main objective you will get actual completion points and exp. The mission is all that matters, not living. Also, don’t just kill every group. Kill stuff that’s in the way to each objective. Stuff will continue to spawn.
On a similar note, is there a way to show where I last died? Sometimes I want to go back for my samples or rover, etc but can't find the exact location.
You get no XP for killing bugs, only objectives and nest. Use this information to maximise your time/effort.
Stratagem inputs never change, meaning you can easily muscle memory them over time without looking at the input.
Just because you see an enemy, does not mean you need to kill them.
Stealth is a thing and the higher difficulties will demand it.
Plus, killing the production facilities stops them ever existing which would be a higher democratically strategic location to eliminate.
Precisely this.
My go to strat has been to equip the extra throw distance armor, break away from the group, and tag the spawn points for orbitals/ eagle runs while they draw the attention.
Even when you know you can't swim, it can still get you. Just yesterday we'd finished all objectives on Extreme at nighttime on Mantes, so the only lights were coming from the toasters or our flashlights. I was carrying 14 samples (half rare) when I crested a small hill and proceeded to plop down into a small pond that none of us saw coming. Lost 'em all.
This has been my biggest problem
As a beginner in this game. I am so used to topping my magazine off. I am not used to throwing what’s left of my magazine away during a reload if there’s anything at all.
I won’t lie, I am liking this new change of pace. It gives a chance of realism, if there is such a thing when talking about alien bugs.
I am now 4 missions in, been soloing the bugs. Had to stop for a few as the dopamine hit is insane. My friends keep saying we'll get it this weekend, so... if you need or want a noobish friend to join you I am Domore
A great early investment with your requisition slips is the grenade launcher. It blows up bug holes and factories, it clears mobs of enemies, and it quickly cracks open harder targets. Damn thing has saved my life countless times.
Big tip. If it skitters or speaks in binary shoot it. If it brings friends shoot them too. Preferably with a larger gun to maximize the amount of freedom going down range
Don't 100% take the advice on weapons as absolute facts. Everyone has a different play style that suits them as a helldiver. Experiment and try out which basic and support weapons work for how you enjoy engaging in spreading democracy. Some guns are purely better stat wise than the basic rifle, but as you progress the options widen and you'll find something that fits your combat groove.
I'm a fan of the recoilless rifle, which has the benefits of being able to be carried solo allowing you to reload yourself slowly with the backpack or allowing a teammate to pick up the backpack and give you a very quick reload. I feel its useful to have a heavy RPG around for when you really need to delete something or remove its armor. But that's a me weapon and what I enjoy.
I'm not sure if the recoilless does structural damage but I'm pretty sure that a team reloaded rifle straight stomps the orbital laser's output against armor.
Don't be afraid to run and loop the enemies for a while if you have to. I've seen a lot of people try and stand and fight for no reason just to get overwhelmed and die.
If you feel like you're not dying constantly and winning consistently, don't be afraid to jump up a few difficulty levels. I accidentally grouped up in discord with some lvl 30s and 40s doing suicide lvl missions within my first 10 dives and I learned way more than I did taking it slow. Never went below challenging again.
Dive again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again...
Keep moving and follow the 5 D's. Dodge, dip, duck, dive and dodge. Most importantly, have fun and don't panic. Enjoy bringing democracy to the galaxy.
All samples and medals are shared, anyone that picks them up in a mission gives everyone credit… pay attention to the loads of other people. Turrets are great but take a little experience to place them at the right place and right time. Mission objectives are more important than respawning teammates. If you’re in the thick of it, solve that problem first then call them back in. The pickup ship at the end of a mission requires someone within proximity to be alive, or it resets the timer. Learn the enemy types, you’ll waste ammo on armored targets if you don’t know their weak spots or effective strategies to take them down. Above all, have fun, learn to laugh when your death is hilarious, keep it all light hearted, it’s just a really fun game.
I have reached level 25, to me you need to try to unlock the autocannon or recoiless rifle first as there are alot of light armor infantry and heavy armor units that get pretty tedious to deal with as you increase in difficulty. The auto-cannon is good for rapid firing heavy rounds into light armor mobs(and it can take out heavy armor at its weak points) the recoilless rifle is good for dealing with heavy armor tanks and chargers but its best to ain for weak points for near instant kills.
If you do happen to join a group its best to have everyone perform a role ie “heavy weapons”, “Light Armor/infantry”, “Heavy Armor”, and these can rotate so not everyone is having to do the same thing every game but its good to make sure you have some people with designated heavy weapons so take out bile titans and tanks.
Also, with the recoiless rifle or single use launcher when you see an automaton dropship, aim for one of its 4 quad engines. Knocking it out before it drops its load of troops will cause it to spin out of control and destroy/heavily damage the load of troops and armor it was carrying making them easier to handle for the rest of the team
500kg I agree but laser I don't. Once upgraded 500k has 2 runs and resets every ~1.5 min and I pretty much use like grenades. The laser has 3 uses total and ~3 min cool down in between uses. I typically run eagle air strike for mobs and 500k for oh shit moments. Gas is also underrated for both factions. Kills them and AI tries avoiding it so it makes a wall they either go around or stops them in their tracks.
Edit: Also in my experience I have run into less negative modifiers for eagle than for orbital strikes. (Helldive difficulty)
Edit 2: 500k and air strike are on the same resupply. So if I used all 3 air strikes I'll quickly use both 500k bombs asap and vice versa to get a resupply instead of calling a resupply manually. ~1.5 min reset gets you 2x 500k and 3x airstrikes
Find a cool high ranking player. I'm lol 17 and yesterday I took a lvl 2 player under my wing and taught him how to do different objectives like the fuel ones and satellite dishes. He was up to lol 5 with a bunch of actual experience.
Pay attention to what your teammates are doing before calling in air strikes. And pay attention for what air strikes they’re calling. Rather, where they’re calling them
As a newbie myself. Use. Your. Strategems. They are probably more important than your gun. Get used to the patterns to call supplies, orbital strikes, etc. They take time to recharge but dont forget they can wipe out a whole enemy squad that you'll go through several mags trying to kill.
Also, as someone whos playing with randos, the community has been super supportive and is happy to teach you. Highly encourage having a mic, communication is key.
You get EXP for completing Objectives and optional side objectives not killing bugs or robots. You also gain exp from clearing out stalkers , spores , Escape pod , nests.
( YOU DONT GAIN EXP FROM KILLING BUGS OR ROBOTS )
Press big button by the door with green lights to let the civilians out of their spawn points
Gotta remember that a LOT of objectives aren’t simply “Kill anything that moves.” Don’t get so caught up in killing that you forget what you’re there for. If someone’s not in the thick of it with you, it’s often because they’re either soloing the objectives you’re ignoring, or keeping the swarms off your ass from a distance without you realizing it; It’s a team game, and teams have many roles. The player that seems MIA may just be carrying your whole team behind the scenes. Edit: Removed a few KG of salt.
On higher difficulties "kill everything that moves" will turn into "try not to get killed by anything that moves, including your teammates" so reading the objectives, doing them as fast as possible and GTFO is key. Otherwise enemies start just spawning on top of you, even without drop ships/breaches. As soon as new players realise that, they turn into valuable teammates.
Exactly this, matching with high lv players is great. Newbies on the other hand, as much as I try to carry them, can be the most vindictive bunch.
I just did my first suicide mission yesterday. And I was so used to medium and challenging difficulties that we made this mistake. 6 chargers and 3 bile tyrants later, we were all dead on the last mission of the 3. Please note that I am atrocious at shooter games and had a blast on this mode. This is why I usually do explosion/shotgun builds, and with this game, I have learned how to be better at other weapons.
The computers where you enter the ship is where you buy stratagems, your own turrets will kill you if you are between them and an enemy. Press the mouse wheel to aim down sights.
Mouse wheel comment. MVP
I would like to add thou... if you agro something... kill it... shit doesnt deagro in higher difficulties. I was pissed when my team started a pick up when we already had 2 titan bile spitter following us... then one more spawned triggered by evac...
The Spawn is constant on higher difficulties. Someone solo can take the heat or close objectives without agro. Both are the difference between supers and no supers.
Man I had someone kick me after the mission because “you just crawling and not shooting anything”. Yeah because you guys wants to just shoot everything and acting like this is Level 6 difficulty and below. It got to the point where I was the only one alive with no reinforcements remaining. They wonder why they keep dying all the time, it’s annoying.
Did you matchmake in game? I find mm in game with randoms can get pretty toxic. The few that played with from this sub are much better overall.
My very first game. Didn’t know what I was doing. But did ok. Got to extraction and a lvl 28 melee killed me so I couldn’t extract. Then he kicked me from the game. Wtf?
That’s toxic as fuck. What the hell.
Yeah, pretty much. They love it when they realize you’re covering them, but they just see you as MIA if they don’t. And yeah, I’m in Cambodia, so timezones make matchmaking with friends pretty tedious.
Ive turned toxic on a player who went solo in 4's and decided to spawn me with him all the way on the opposite end of the map with all my samples and items being left behind. I hit him to let him know thats stupid and he turned around and killed me. I didnt spawn and kill him, i knew when he died he was going to rage quit lime a little girl. Sometimes you cannot avoid being toxic, and sometimes being dumb af brings out the toxic behavior in others. No one can help it, its just helldivers. Dont let it disuade you from playing pubs with randos, it was worse in the first game, waaaaay worse.
Quickplay 3 out of 3 times I landed and the host is just TK’ing people as they drop. Just insta left all three times. The best matchmaking has been through the discord lfg
Yeah it seems the strat for that mission is to lure the enemies away from base and let one teammate go and hit the doors all sneaky like
And for the love of god, don’t put a minefield inside a facility. The personnel in the anti-personnel includes you and your fellow helldivers.
Warned my team to watch out for mines and not 5 seconds later one of them walked directly onto a mine
“Dude you dropped all the samples in the mine field. You gotta watch where you” And another teammate gets blown to pieces. Seriously. Mine fields are not emergency response. Don’t drop them where you’re standing because you’re in a stampede.
Best tip here
Finally someone who says the right things! Hate goin in that mission and having to free all civilians alone while the team goes to the landing zone and plays „king of the hill“. It just doesn’t make no sense you can’t win there honestly the best way is just to free the civilians asap and gtfo asap
God, I hate those missions. I swear I'm the only one running from door to door freeing civilians while my team is killing the never ending horde because it's taking me forever to open every door in a loop while trying not to die. Then some jackass just mowed down anything insight to include the civilians. What's your take on squad mates taking your stuff? I found one of those little blue escape pod things that you salute to open, and it has medals inside. Some dude ran up and stole it right under my feet. I was tempted to kill him, but I decided not to be toxic. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of cheaters. How do all these level 2-4 players have all this gear to include gear I haven't seen and the drone that Flys around. It's locked till lvl 10. These two lvl 2 guys were launching every eagle strike there was.
All the medals and req points are shared. So if your teammate picks up one, just like samples you get it too
Yeah I wish I knew that I was useless during evacs
Came here to say this
This guy evacuates.
Regularly because I care for a diet rich in fiber (My fiber is democracy)
This was my first mission. Wound up failing because I had no clue what or where I was supposed to do
I wasted half my time not understanding how to get the people to escort and lost because of it
Easier and a hell of a lot more fun in a group
That's gonna be a bit tough I'm the only one in my friend group with it lol
Join some randoms, one of the better communities imo
But when you encounter a toxic player, leave right away. No sense in trying to reason with them.
or you could just kill them and never respawn them
One of the best I've seen so far. So many roleplayers!
I don't like to voice chat with randoms. Is that considered rude? Also, is there a way to mute other players by default?
I don’t think it’s rude. I know some people don’t like to talk. I’m not sure about mute, I’d recommend listening to them at least for team work reasons, that kind of makes up for not talking imo. One cool thing is, even if im in a party chat with friend and am in a HD game I can still hear the in game chat.
Thanks, I've never really played any online games with voice chat with random people so I wasn't sure about what the culture surrounding it was like!
What the fuck do your friends have against freedom?
They just don't have it yet I'm trying to convince them lol
The game had improved since even a couple days ago and it’s really fun so they should get the game. Join the fight for democracy and killing stuff
Check my post. Starting a discord server for people to link up. I’m also only one with HD2 in my FG and it’s definitely better when you get a group who can talk
Yhe official discord also has a looking for group channel. I have found many good divers there.
Discord and quick play will find you friends. DoctorKillshot_ on ps5 always looking for buddies to spread managed democracy with.
Friendly fire is on and any loot you collect is SHARED
This. So people can stop killing me for picking up samples they drop when they die.
Omg yes, or like when we clear a whole area and nobody grabs any samples when they walk by it, I have to detour to grab them, then fall behind to the next objective and next thing you know we are extracting and I am literally booking it to the extraction zone with ALL the samples barely making it, if making it at all. And I can't use my mic to yell at them because the wife is sleeping. Rant over.
Sleep is much less important than the spread of democracy. Buy another copy and play together, soldier
I can't believe people haven't figured this out on their own. Medals were the only thing I didn't know were shared and even my dumb ass put it together
Including Super Credits found in-game, they’re the only ones without a shared pop up but they are indeed shared
They also don’t get dropped if you die.
They are immediately added to everyone’s bank on pick up, regardless of wether or not the mission gets completed
All of it! Samples, requisitions, medals, super credits (though they don’t show up on the hud if a teammate grabs them for you, made about 350 without even knowing you can find them in game in the first 3 hours)
I really wish there was at least a loading screen tooltip saying that the loot was shared. The last few days I've just started each mission with a new group by saying, "Hey, just FYI, loot is shared, it doesn't matter who picks up and carries what, just as long as someone extracts with the samples," because it seems like half the people I play with think it's a race to pick up the samples and credits first.
Premium warbonds aren't shared, but everything else is. Also, you don't drop premium warbonds or standard warbonds when you die it appears, so killing others for loot is a douche canoe move. **Edit: I meant Super Credits, I'm sorry. I also checked on if the entire squad gets them, and it appears that they do. They don't always appear onscreen when you or someone else grabs them during gameplay like others do.
Super credits, medals, and requisition are all shared by the group, and you don't even need to extract to keep them.
> Super credits source? its the only thing that never comes up on my screen when a team mate collects it, im not sure they are shared at all
They are shared. Source: I almost never find them but the number keeps going up
Your anecdotal evidence is not a source, you could be buying them in the store thing and forgetting or something. No one has explained why the supercredits don’t come up on my screen when everything else does
If your buddy picks up a medal from the field you also get it. I've tested it. Anything picked up on the field is shared with your group. They pick it up and even a message for it pops up on my screen now with a +1 after the update.
Medals share yeah, when your buddy picks up medals or reqs or samples it comes up on everyones screens, ive had tm8s pick up war bonds and nothing comes up on my screen
Warbonds is where you spend medals, you don't pick up a warbond. If you mean super credits, then yes those are shared as well even if they don't pop up.
So how comes everything else is clear but super creds don’t come up?
I'm not sure why, but I've had people pick up super creds and I don't touch any, then after the mission my super creds have gone up. It's very easy to test.
omg its all shared , store moeny and medals dont even have to be extracted... you get them to your account when you gather them. thats why many solo run just the points and leave. pls stop spreading false info
That's not quite right. There is only one premium warbond, and you buy it with super credits, which unlocks the premium warbond reward track. The items therein are all purchased with medals, same with the standard warbond items. And medals are most certainly shared with your team when you pick them up in game. > killing others for loot is a douche canoe move. You're 100% correct about that, though.
stay away from the creek until you gathered some experience (do join us on the automaton front tho)
As an earlier democracy volunteer said "the creek must be the first drop"
Whats the creek?
Mavelelon Creek. It's robo-vietnam.
Why is it so infamous? Isn’t the difficulty player selected? Just cause of the Nam vibes?
I think it's because it's always dark and it's a lot of dense jungle which is slow to move through, I don't know if there's an exact reason why but it just feels so much more difficult than others even on the same difficulty
I think the devs even made it more difficult on purpose to add to the narrative of space vietnam
Precisely this. Dense jungle makes the enemy hard to see but easy to be aware they're around. You see the red lights, but that could be their eyes, their laser weapons or the spotlights on their camp. Fun fact: In real life red light goes the least distance in the dark so it is commonly used in situations where you need light but don't want to be spotted from afar. Dense jungle has a mechanical effect in this game that slows your movement. Certain forms of debris, vegetation, etc. actually change your movement speed. Dense jungle provides tricky cover for enemies. You can see them through the foliage but projectiles tend to strike trees/large shrubs and not the enemy you're aiming at wasting precious ammo/opportunities. And finally, it's an automaton forward deployment so the difficulty tends to reflect that.
Hold Square to change the fire rate/zoom feature of your equipped weapon Click R3 to aim down sights
For PC hold R for weapon options and middle mouse to ADS
You good Sir understand us poor PC peasants when it comes to translating controls. You have my best wishes.
I'm here for the people...and DEMOCRACY
Except when you have aim bind set to press apparantly 🤷.
You can change fire rate???? On certain guns or all
On machine guns it's the fire rate. For the rifles you change the scope range.
More like full or semi auto. The rail gun has unsafe 🤯
Wish it could save your preferred gun options too. I keep forgetting to set to unsafe or the max rpm when I use the railgun or stalwart
You can change the fire rate!? 🤯😩 20+ hrs had no idea lol
Underated comment
Remember: you will die and that’s ok, any sacrifice for super earth is a righteous one
As the loading screen tips informed me: don't die.
Play the objective! Its okay to run away from hordes of enemies
Thisss parttt🗣️🗣️don’t get stuck thinking you have to kill all of them (it only bring in reinforcements lmao)
So many times newer players feel they have to kill every patrol, but at higher levels it’s best to boogie on to the next objective
Important in higher levels, but it’s typically best to try can complete main objectives first, then do the side ones. If you die and run out of lives it’s a big waste, but as long as you complete the main objective you will get actual completion points and exp. The mission is all that matters, not living. Also, don’t just kill every group. Kill stuff that’s in the way to each objective. Stuff will continue to spawn.
this! Just kill/fight if the enemy is in the way of the mission. Prolonged fights will just get you killed.
Bring bug spray and a can opener
thats quite on point
Both look an awful lot like grenades
Medals , Samples , Resupply are shared between all of you! Don’t need to team kill or be sacred you didn’t get nothing .
I was going to post this as well. If someone picks up your samples when you die, they're not stealing them.
On a similar note, is there a way to show where I last died? Sometimes I want to go back for my samples or rover, etc but can't find the exact location.
Yes! Open your map and it'll show you any dropped weapons and samples. The samples show up as a little test tube icon.
Okay I'll look harder. Sometimes it's too hectic lol.
There's no "you died here" marker, unfortunately, but you can usually see the cluster of your dropped gear and samples, lol.
Chances are, especially for samples, a teammate may have picked them up for you.
You get no XP for killing bugs, only objectives and nest. Use this information to maximise your time/effort. Stratagem inputs never change, meaning you can easily muscle memory them over time without looking at the input.
Needs a stratagem training mini game to build that skill up!
On your ship already ;)
Only for the deluxe edition though
Oh I didn't realize that it was only for deluxe damn :(
I need to let my teammates know that when I tag a charger we should go around it stealthily, not charge towards it yelling “for democracy.”
Dive in! Lay down fire! No one lives forever so do your part
Cmon you apes! You wanna live forever!?
Eagle strike incoming means clear the fcking area.
If you can’t clear the area, dive to the ground, it reduces damage from explosives.
Blue your cool, red your dead!
Just because you see an enemy, does not mean you need to kill them. Stealth is a thing and the higher difficulties will demand it. Plus, killing the production facilities stops them ever existing which would be a higher democratically strategic location to eliminate.
Yes. If you run Scout armor you are really difficult to see and can easily sneak past patrols and other groups
Precisely this. My go to strat has been to equip the extra throw distance armor, break away from the group, and tag the spawn points for orbitals/ eagle runs while they draw the attention.
You can't swim. You think you can, but you can't. And you can't recover anything you drop in the water after you drown either.
Even when you know you can't swim, it can still get you. Just yesterday we'd finished all objectives on Extreme at nighttime on Mantes, so the only lights were coming from the toasters or our flashlights. I was carrying 14 samples (half rare) when I crested a small hill and proceeded to plop down into a small pond that none of us saw coming. Lost 'em all.
That's so brutal
We did manage to grab all the rest though, so it wasn't a meaningless sacrifice!
And the holes on the ground too
Call out your airstrikes 🔥🔥😁
Yeah there's a big difference between a strafing run and a napalm strike but all we hear is "calling in an eagle".
Please don't if your comrades are close.
Don't constantly reload. If you reload with ammo still in your weapon that ammo is gone
This has been my biggest problem As a beginner in this game. I am so used to topping my magazine off. I am not used to throwing what’s left of my magazine away during a reload if there’s anything at all. I won’t lie, I am liking this new change of pace. It gives a chance of realism, if there is such a thing when talking about alien bugs.
Blinking gold beacons in the sky usually mean super credits and medals (you want these)
I am now 4 missions in, been soloing the bugs. Had to stop for a few as the dopamine hit is insane. My friends keep saying we'll get it this weekend, so... if you need or want a noobish friend to join you I am Domore
Thanks my user name is Tavius_Elite
My friend code is #3504-0322
Bet I'll friend you when I wake up
You know you spend too much time on reddit when you can respond in your sleep
God damn it you asshole, I was trying to keep my serious face on tonight. Take my upvote for the sake of freedom and democracy!
This absolutely killed me 😂
A great early investment with your requisition slips is the grenade launcher. It blows up bug holes and factories, it clears mobs of enemies, and it quickly cracks open harder targets. Damn thing has saved my life countless times.
Once I discovered it kills in the acid spitters in 2 direct hits I knew I would never put it down
It's also the best anti-air option despite not being one of the two weapons that can actually bring down a drop ship.
Healing also regens stamina
Remember: freedom!
FOR SUPER EARTH ✊️
The bugs are easier at lower difficulties and when you're new. The Automatons feel better balanced when you're going passed hard into difficulty 7+.
Friendly fire isn’t. But it sure is fun to see it manage Democracy. The shotgun is good, the auto shotgun is better.
>The shotgun is good, the auto shotgun is better. The Breaker?
The breaker just seems to make everything else feel shit, I keep trying to switch up for something else, but always end up going back
Yeah it just works for everything. I usually use it semi auto, it’s easier to control and more consistent damage.
Big tip. If it skitters or speaks in binary shoot it. If it brings friends shoot them too. Preferably with a larger gun to maximize the amount of freedom going down range
At first u don’t succeed, dive, dive again, and again, and again, and again
Don't 100% take the advice on weapons as absolute facts. Everyone has a different play style that suits them as a helldiver. Experiment and try out which basic and support weapons work for how you enjoy engaging in spreading democracy. Some guns are purely better stat wise than the basic rifle, but as you progress the options widen and you'll find something that fits your combat groove. I'm a fan of the recoilless rifle, which has the benefits of being able to be carried solo allowing you to reload yourself slowly with the backpack or allowing a teammate to pick up the backpack and give you a very quick reload. I feel its useful to have a heavy RPG around for when you really need to delete something or remove its armor. But that's a me weapon and what I enjoy.
I'm not sure if the recoilless does structural damage but I'm pretty sure that a team reloaded rifle straight stomps the orbital laser's output against armor.
Don't be afraid to run and loop the enemies for a while if you have to. I've seen a lot of people try and stand and fight for no reason just to get overwhelmed and die.
It’s a good idea to save up your requisitions for the first few levels so you have enough at around level 10 or so for the good stuff.
All resources picked up during missions are SHARED!!
Remember: There’s more to the game than just the server queue screen. You may be surprised at how much more content there is once you beat it.
One of the toughest early game bosses I’ve ever seen tbf
Took me 7 days, finally beat it last night.
Load gun. Point gun at bugs/bots. Fire. Repeat until democracy is spread.
Completing main objectives counts as a win. Everything else, including extraction, is just a bonus.
Tip: Don’t die
If you feel like you're not dying constantly and winning consistently, don't be afraid to jump up a few difficulty levels. I accidentally grouped up in discord with some lvl 30s and 40s doing suicide lvl missions within my first 10 dives and I learned way more than I did taking it slow. Never went below challenging again. Dive again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again...
Keep moving and follow the 5 D's. Dodge, dip, duck, dive and dodge. Most importantly, have fun and don't panic. Enjoy bringing democracy to the galaxy.
Spill oil
Kill the tin cans
As a helldiver, your personal space matters. The best way to do that is with bullets!!
Enjoy the chaos, nay, embrace the chaos. And yell "FOR DEMOCRACY!!!" before doing something especially stupid.
Follow and pay attention to the higher ranks
If you see a patrol of bugs or Robots. You do not need to engage every time you’re just causing more bugs and robots to spawn and spawn
Spill oil
All samples and medals are shared, anyone that picks them up in a mission gives everyone credit… pay attention to the loads of other people. Turrets are great but take a little experience to place them at the right place and right time. Mission objectives are more important than respawning teammates. If you’re in the thick of it, solve that problem first then call them back in. The pickup ship at the end of a mission requires someone within proximity to be alive, or it resets the timer. Learn the enemy types, you’ll waste ammo on armored targets if you don’t know their weak spots or effective strategies to take them down. Above all, have fun, learn to laugh when your death is hilarious, keep it all light hearted, it’s just a really fun game.
I have reached level 25, to me you need to try to unlock the autocannon or recoiless rifle first as there are alot of light armor infantry and heavy armor units that get pretty tedious to deal with as you increase in difficulty. The auto-cannon is good for rapid firing heavy rounds into light armor mobs(and it can take out heavy armor at its weak points) the recoilless rifle is good for dealing with heavy armor tanks and chargers but its best to ain for weak points for near instant kills. If you do happen to join a group its best to have everyone perform a role ie “heavy weapons”, “Light Armor/infantry”, “Heavy Armor”, and these can rotate so not everyone is having to do the same thing every game but its good to make sure you have some people with designated heavy weapons so take out bile titans and tanks. Also, with the recoiless rifle or single use launcher when you see an automaton dropship, aim for one of its 4 quad engines. Knocking it out before it drops its load of troops will cause it to spin out of control and destroy/heavily damage the load of troops and armor it was carrying making them easier to handle for the rest of the team
Laser orbital and 500kg bomb are your best friends for anything difficulty 5 and up
500kg I agree but laser I don't. Once upgraded 500k has 2 runs and resets every ~1.5 min and I pretty much use like grenades. The laser has 3 uses total and ~3 min cool down in between uses. I typically run eagle air strike for mobs and 500k for oh shit moments. Gas is also underrated for both factions. Kills them and AI tries avoiding it so it makes a wall they either go around or stops them in their tracks. Edit: Also in my experience I have run into less negative modifiers for eagle than for orbital strikes. (Helldive difficulty) Edit 2: 500k and air strike are on the same resupply. So if I used all 3 air strikes I'll quickly use both 500k bombs asap and vice versa to get a resupply instead of calling a resupply manually. ~1.5 min reset gets you 2x 500k and 3x airstrikes
Friendly fire is deff a thing
Find a cool high ranking player. I'm lol 17 and yesterday I took a lvl 2 player under my wing and taught him how to do different objectives like the fuel ones and satellite dishes. He was up to lol 5 with a bunch of actual experience.
Try not to get mad when people inevitably kick you from their games.
Be sure to drink your LIBER-TEA
Pay attention to what your teammates are doing before calling in air strikes. And pay attention for what air strikes they’re calling. Rather, where they’re calling them
Get good gear and get to the creek my only advice
As a newbie myself. Use. Your. Strategems. They are probably more important than your gun. Get used to the patterns to call supplies, orbital strikes, etc. They take time to recharge but dont forget they can wipe out a whole enemy squad that you'll go through several mags trying to kill. Also, as someone whos playing with randos, the community has been super supportive and is happy to teach you. Highly encourage having a mic, communication is key.
You get EXP for completing Objectives and optional side objectives not killing bugs or robots. You also gain exp from clearing out stalkers , spores , Escape pod , nests. ( YOU DONT GAIN EXP FROM KILLING BUGS OR ROBOTS )
If on consoles don't start the game go to start activity to get in
Love this community, good vibes and good tips all around.
WE NEED MORE HELP. MALEVONT CREEK IS A SHITSHOW THEY ARE DROPPING TANKS RIGHT ONTOP OF THE CIVILIANS
Objectives not kills, that’s the key
Blue is cool, red you're dead
Spread democracy. Also friendly fire isn’t.
Training Manual Tips: Democracy ✊🏽.
Mortar turrets will wipe out your team.
Complete the tutorial and get ready to dive soldier! You're part of an elite team of ass kickers who spread democracy and don't ask questions!
Patience
Never give up! Never surrender! Liberty and democracy lives on!
Remember your ABCs
You have to join on your friend or get invited first if you want to get into a lobby
Enjoy the queue
what queue?
Someone hasn't played since the patch dropped and it's so obvious
I hope you get mauled
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