I think weapons like te HMG and Anti-Materiel need a "deploy bipod" option. To really give into the "digging in" feeling. It would basically force an extra animation to play when standing up making you more vulnerable but significantly increases handling when deployed.
I bought this game when the psn ting happen with all the negative reviews coming in. The heavy machine gun was bad at that time. The armor penetration was still medium and the damage was the same as the mg43. Now it can chip away at charger armor, penetrate bot stalkers, one shot hulks in the eye, and can destroy medium turrets. Thing is literally badass now.
Isn’t it three shot to eye for hulks? But yea it just feels great to shoot at hulks and the shots all go around the eye like a circle lol. I love using hmg with engineering passive. Use stun and shoot at hulks
I personally use it to kill Berserkers, Devastators, Scout Striders and sometimes snipe lone Hulks, using the Liberator to deal with basic infantry and EAT agaisnt heavier enemies (although I plan to use the Commando when I unlock it).
You might not want to use commando for drop and shot. Because of the higher ammo capacity and lower damage. While yes it does deal with big heavies easily if you are just planning on having something quick to shoot out heavies the EAT is better for it. (The commando kinda acts more like a primary support weapon due to its higher ammo capacity)
i modded my HMG to have a bigger scope reticle and now it's perfect. I always dislike HMG's scope with the SUPER small dot which is completely obscured when shooting by the muzzle flash and hitmarker.
I know the devs said they're planning to implement weapon customization, but I wonder if that could extend to support weapons. Modding out different scopes on machinguns/AMRS would be rad
Engineering kit, and it’s honestly really good with the HMG, at least on the bot front (I main bots and squids), because if you pair the gun with thermite, you can counter the bigger threats like tanks, as well as the recoil control, though you’re better off swapping thermite for Incendiary or impact grenades, since thermite isn’t really well suited to the squids
Also struggles with bile titans, factory striders, and tripods... The thing needs a second firemode like the commando and make its other fire mode be real top attack.
I'm probably the only diver who doesn't like it... took me 4 shots to kill a harvester, like what kind of shit is that? My beloved Recoiless and Commando never fail to kill em in 1 shot
@@BigBoyz33 Yeah, it does need some love, especially since the Recoilless has sort of encroached on it’s capabilities (since it is more versatile, AND, just as powerful) so, giving it more power or some wiggle room would be helpful.
Siege ready with HMG is better than sex. I think it plays really nice with the Halt too, since you can hotswap to it after peppering your targets with stun rounds. I pray that they never "fix" siege ready, it's perfect how it is imo
I think I'd like a review on the AoE weapons and stratagems. Really, by that I just mean the Fire and Napalm as well as chemical/gas/super-bug-spray/whatever else you wanna call it weapons.
"Oooooh the heavy MG is so slow and has so much kick uooooohh" just get used to it. A seasoned hardheaded MG user in every game has no issue standing with it and if you do, then, like, crouch, or take one of the 3 perks that help with it lol
as someone who used the HMG religiously at one point i would defiantly describe it as the sledgehammer of the machineguns. big, slow, destroying everything in front of you
Right now, armors with the "seige ready" passive give the HMG and other backpack-less support weapons an extra mag or 2. No clue if this interaction will be fixed
This is my favorite MG. That said, there was a lot of, now gone, strats to using it effectively on the bugs amd bots. The 60 day fix changing the armor pen for all enemies and the durable damage nerf for HMG really lowered its skill/effectiveness somewhat.
You can consistently one-shot hulks in the eye if you go prone, ADS, and have good trigger discipline. You've got to wait for about two seconds for the shot to line up perfectly.
Next should be the airburst with the same general tips etc however all the clips are when the airburst team wipes out the squad with maybe 1 out of 7 showing it actually working.
I think the HMG could use one extra magazine (without having to rely on the current Siege Ready). The damage output is good, but the ammo economy is not. I'd rate is as a less-than-sidegrade to the medium MG because sustaining it is much harder without taking the supply pack or fighting in cities that have ammo boxes everywhere.
i been trying grenade launcher and HMG with shield bubble and rocket sentry on super helldive. Id run with GL to clear striders, and everything besides hulks and tanks, i throw a thermite. when its defending evac or an objective, i can make a foxhole with the Gl and use the HMG to clear and swap between the two
I wanna test out against the bots: Heavy machine gun, Peak physique heavy armor, ballistic shield, stun lance, the high stagger SMG, and firenade (I like fire). I think I should have the ammo to spare. The hardest thing is to hold back the urge to bring a recoiless and ghostdive.
Sure, recoil may be a pain in the ass with the HMG, but at least you can control it. The reload speed and low ammo are the main downsides of the HMG, and siege-ready counters it almost perfectly (at time of writing this comment, Arrowhead, please don’t fix siege-ready to match its description! Just make it so that the description matches what it does now!)
"just just remember guys"*Video ends*. Remember what? REMEMBER WHAT? Tell us what we missed!
Wake Up! You have to remember!
Remember Jeremy
Do you remember the 21st night of september?
I think weapons like te HMG and Anti-Materiel need a "deploy bipod" option. To really give into the "digging in" feeling. It would basically force an extra animation to play when standing up making you more vulnerable but significantly increases handling when deployed.
I bought this game when the psn ting happen with all the negative reviews coming in. The heavy machine gun was bad at that time. The armor penetration was still medium and the damage was the same as the mg43. Now it can chip away at charger armor, penetrate bot stalkers, one shot hulks in the eye, and can destroy medium turrets. Thing is literally badass now.
Wear the jungle uniform that increases handling and it's an A+ tier for any front
Isn’t it three shot to eye for hulks? But yea it just feels great to shoot at hulks and the shots all go around the eye like a circle lol. I love using hmg with engineering passive. Use stun and shoot at hulks
Hang on, what? Its armor pen was never medium.
Did you see they’re finally working on reversing that for the people in those countries? Maybe we’ll have more divers soon!
1:16 Alright, keep Your secrets then.
HAHA FINALLY some said it xD
Any chance you could make a video on the Expendable Anti Tank next? It’s my favourite support weapon. Love the video thanks!
HEY will do! I am working on the FRV video and then I WILL GET RIGHT TO THAT ONE! THank you and you have a GREAT day diver!
I personally use it to kill Berserkers, Devastators, Scout Striders and sometimes snipe lone Hulks, using the Liberator to deal with basic infantry and EAT agaisnt heavier enemies (although I plan to use the Commando when I unlock it).
You might not want to use commando for drop and shot. Because of the higher ammo capacity and lower damage. While yes it does deal with big heavies easily if you are just planning on having something quick to shoot out heavies the EAT is better for it. (The commando kinda acts more like a primary support weapon due to its higher ammo capacity)
Someone said the commando is bugged right now, the third rocket doesn't do damage
i modded my HMG to have a bigger scope reticle and now it's perfect. I always dislike HMG's scope with the SUPER small dot which is completely obscured when shooting by the muzzle flash and hitmarker.
What mod? Sounds useful.
@@l.e.a.d.761 "Custom Scope compendium" mod, the "Reticle Addons" file, you're gonna need HD2ModManager 1.2.1+ tho.
I know the devs said they're planning to implement weapon customization, but I wonder if that could extend to support weapons. Modding out different scopes on machinguns/AMRS would be rad
@ Custom Scope Compendums, the Reticle Addons one. You probably know this but u gotta use the latest version of HD2 mod manager.
Sounds like something that bypasses intentional limitations. Has AH ever commented on modding the game?
The extra grenades armor perk (I forget what it’s called) also reduces recoil when crunching and prone by the same amount as fortified.
Engineering kit, and it’s honestly really good with the HMG, at least on the bot front (I main bots and squids), because if you pair the gun with thermite, you can counter the bigger threats like tanks, as well as the recoil control, though you’re better off swapping thermite for Incendiary or impact grenades, since thermite isn’t really well suited to the squids
Might I suggest the Spear?
(A personal favourite of mine, since it obliterates everything… that it can can see of course)
I love the spear too. The only problem is that every once in a while, your shots will do no damage at all for no reason.
Unless you're too close. Used it for the first time trying to solo illu, yeesh that was rough.
Also struggles with bile titans, factory striders, and tripods... The thing needs a second firemode like the commando and make its other fire mode be real top attack.
I'm probably the only diver who doesn't like it... took me 4 shots to kill a harvester, like what kind of shit is that? My beloved Recoiless and Commando never fail to kill em in 1 shot
@@BigBoyz33 Yeah, it does need some love, especially since the Recoilless has sort of encroached on it’s capabilities (since it is more versatile, AND, just as powerful) so, giving it more power or some wiggle room would be helpful.
Personally I like running the HMG with Siege-Ready armor for the extra Ammo, and for pairing it with ammo hungry primaries like Breakers or Tendie
Siege ready with HMG is better than sex. I think it plays really nice with the Halt too, since you can hotswap to it after peppering your targets with stun rounds.
I pray that they never "fix" siege ready, it's perfect how it is imo
5:42
“the emancipator exosuit is not alive and cannot feel contempt for you”
Emancipator exosuit:
I think I'd like a review on the AoE weapons and stratagems. Really, by that I just mean the Fire and Napalm as well as chemical/gas/super-bug-spray/whatever else you wanna call it weapons.
I really want a laser HMG. Give me giant sickle with a cooling backpack, Arrowhead!
Or just a belt-fed backpack HMG.
putting a red dot and no bipod on a turbo killer 50.bmg machine gun at 750 RPM is insane, i wish the bipods did work in game
The Stalwart LMG. Paired with one of the two explosive primaries that can make a fun but effective role in a team.
Wants belt fed HMG
Looks at HMG
Belt fed with belt just having a cover.
I remember when this thing came out it was wack. No hipfire reticle for some reason, had even higher fire rates. But I’m glad it’s found its niche.
You can't escape the break action shotgun forever
Remember uding this on the bot front with heavy armour and feeling like a juggernaut. I was the 500kg of the team
Guard dog is what you need to protect you while reloading against the Squids. It headshots voteless like a boss.
Crossbow + HMG + eagle 500KG/strafing and disposable launcher is my favourite loadout right now
"Oooooh the heavy MG is so slow and has so much kick uooooohh" just get used to it. A seasoned hardheaded MG user in every game has no issue standing with it and if you do, then, like, crouch, or take one of the 3 perks that help with it lol
I like pairing HMG with armor that gives recoil reduction and wear the supply pack.
as someone who used the HMG religiously at one point i would defiantly describe it as the sledgehammer of the machineguns. big, slow, destroying everything in front of you
When i use the hmg, i put it on max rpm and fire it a bursts. Its good for killing targets faster and conserve ammo.
Right now, armors with the "seige ready" passive give the HMG and other backpack-less support weapons an extra mag or 2. No clue if this interaction will be fixed
anyone gonna mod the "HEAVY MACHINE GUN" audio from metal slug on HMG pickup?
I like it with the patriot and ammo pack on the illuminate
3:37 ohhhh noooooooooo not that…
This is my favorite MG. That said, there was a lot of, now gone, strats to using it effectively on the bugs amd bots. The 60 day fix changing the armor pen for all enemies and the durable damage nerf for HMG really lowered its skill/effectiveness somewhat.
You can consistently one-shot hulks in the eye if you go prone, ADS, and have good trigger discipline. You've got to wait for about two seconds for the shot to line up perfectly.
Make a vid on the JAR-5 Dominator!
I like pairing HMG with HMG Emplacement and Machine Gun Sentry, because boolet
Next should be the airburst with the same general tips etc however all the clips are when the airburst team wipes out the squad with maybe 1 out of 7 showing it actually working.
With squids your better off using peak armor to catch the elevated
At the end of the video, you would review the wasp!!!
I think the HMG could use one extra magazine (without having to rely on the current Siege Ready). The damage output is good, but the ammo economy is not.
I'd rate is as a less-than-sidegrade to the medium MG because sustaining it is much harder without taking the supply pack or fighting in cities that have ammo boxes everywhere.
i been trying grenade launcher and HMG with shield bubble and rocket sentry on super helldive. Id run with GL to clear striders, and everything besides hulks and tanks, i throw a thermite. when its defending evac or an objective, i can make a foxhole with the Gl and use the HMG to clear and swap between the two
The most sane Helldiver talking about hunters 3:00
We need you to review the Helldiver's crown jewel, the AUTOCANNON
I feel like it's really not that good, a bit overhyped I might say
It's not bad, but, it is outshined by many things
@@SP00KYM4NH3R3 The point of it is that it can do any job well, it just isn't the best at any particular job
The HMG is a lot like the liberator. Its okay at a lot of things but it lacks good ammo economy and there are better options out there.
I wanna test out against the bots: Heavy machine gun, Peak physique heavy armor, ballistic shield, stun lance, the high stagger SMG, and firenade (I like fire).
I think I should have the ammo to spare. The hardest thing is to hold back the urge to bring a recoiless and ghostdive.
I miss the ridiculous fire rate it had at launch, one of my favorites nonetheless.
HMG episode, hell hyeah!
"Hey guys, the video was chosen by this guy"
You forgot to add the comment lol
This gun is simply a divers swiss army knife, i think thers nothing you cant kill with it
I wonder why a 20mm autocannon has less pen than the .50 cal which is about 14mm.
It doesn't, also 14mm isn't 50cal
@slavcow Yeah my mistake. Its not 14mm its 12.7 which is EVEN SMALLER. Autocannon has medium 2 pen and hmg has heavy 1 armor pen.
@@npc_citizen9276 it's the flak mode of the autocannon that has medium ap, the APHET mode has heavy same as the HMG
Best gun in the game
Day 4 of asking for a Arc-thrower tutorial! (Started since the quasar video)
Sure, recoil may be a pain in the ass with the HMG, but at least you can control it. The reload speed and low ammo are the main downsides of the HMG, and siege-ready counters it almost perfectly (at time of writing this comment, Arrowhead, please don’t fix siege-ready to match its description! Just make it so that the description matches what it does now!)
anyone know what the song is that plays at the montage?
1:14 By which guy? The screen is blank.
Yay yippee
Hello mustard man
MUSTARD MAN better hide your hotdogs
Cover the patty wagon mustard man 🍔🚗
ketchup skin when?
Cheesy cheese boi
it IS a belt fed HMG my guy
hey the discord link is expired
Spear
i missed my 1200 RPM
Punisher shotgun please?
you might wanna turn the music down a bit
hey looka that
Day 3 of asking for a rover video.
First!
As the first what would you like to see?
@TheGundamBoi a video about all the vehicles in the game would be cool
I only do HMG at emplacements, for liberty of course
pls grenade lawn chair
Its too much gun for most helldivers