Honestly, i remember the Creek days, i didnt have any of these war bonds, and i was merely a private making due with a breaker and an autocannon. I didn't even have the 500kg bomb, but dammit we made it work!
@@LongShot82 The fear in your heart when you realize the Carpet bomb? One of the strongest things we had? Did fuck and all against those armoured monstrosities.
Some years ago i heard this comment about revolvers and ive been convinced there is no other way to design them. "The power of a shotgun in a single bullet"
@@zemufinman1639 That is a very good way to design them, but I feel like the school of “hipfire hammerfan shenanigans” that the Last Word from D2 attended is also a great way to design a revolver.
Gotta love the machine gun turret. Before it was just a worse gatling turret but now it calls in faster, lasts longer, and is slightly less prone to beheading teammates.
It's also great for covering your back as you advance to avoid being surrounded. I've been throwing them behind me in quiet moments and a little while later I'll see the little killstreak icon pop up as it takes out some random patrol that was following us and unlucky enough to get its attention.
People calling the game too easy now probably don't have much experience with the higher difficulties...3 shotting a Hulk to the face isn't as OP as you think when there's 7-8 Hulks at a time and you've only got 6 shots....not even accounting for Factory Striders breathing down your neck, gunship patrols, etc. Besides, the enemies one shot/maul you just as easily. That's the real balancing act: you get nice shiny tools that reward precision and fast reaction times, because the price you pay for NOT having those things is getting one shot or at least ragdolled to heck.
... Those 7 to 8 rarely get close to me now unless I've royally screwed up or I disconnected amd I'm now going solo...which is finally when one got close.
I'm no angry old vet, about to try and yank the ladder up behind myself so new rooks and experienced freedom fighters alike have to struggle like I did during the old days. Far from it--I'll never complain about Divin' being "too easy" because such a thing just doesn't exist--there's always room for difficulty 11, and even 12, and anyone struggling to find tough times can up their difficulty directly, or pick different loadouts. But for me, the difference isn't quite the difficulty, but it is very clear... it's more fun. Dispensing justices to the enemies of Super Earth has always been an entertaining passtime and a devout calling for every Helldiver chosen by Super God to lay their life down for liberty, but it's never felt so right. Primary weapons serving to do more than just clear basic footsoldiers, turrets working as hard as the engineers who made 'em, the Senator opening up the door for a wider variety of loadouts by giving everyone the ability to take on heavy threats, timed grenades being a battlefield threat worth taking, and best of all the nearly-flawless Autocannon having its one weakness removed, and now being an equal opportunity ammo-efficient Discord Daddy of a gun able to efficiently end all threats to democracy regardless of size or shape. It's just more fun being a Helldiver these days, and I never want to go back.
So, twice now I've seen people complain about game difficulty related to the recent patches, They were also the ones who died the most during the match, one of them saying ''bullshit'' for every 3 deaths or so, I'm starting to see a pattern here.
Probably only run the same loadouts as well. This might be the first time in the game that at least half of the primaries and secondaries are good options for most types of enemies and combat. At launch it was Breaker all day with some occasional Punisher and Scorcher play. When the breaker got nerfed, the Slugger took its place. When the Slugger got nerfed, people started experimenting with the Defender and ballistic shield. But there was never more than 3 weapons tops used consistently against the bots and 3 or 4 against the bugs since the breaker incendiary got buffed around the time the Slugger got nerfed. Game is legit more fun than ever now and, with tougher enemies and more sub faction variety coming, we'll start to see some more specific loadout variety as opposed to the EAT/RR/AC/Quasar spam that existed for the majority of the games life.
I'm now officially a scout sniper. The new jump pack and the Senator are my core with the eruptor or crossbow and the AMR or Railgun. Though I've been trading in the jump pack for a guard dog (now that I can turn it off) against the Jet Brigade.
Outstanding point of view on the patch! The people that say it is to easy now, I respect, but maybe it's time you go find a new game. I'm an old man and am enjoying having equipment that helps me complete missions! I appreciate what AH has done with these last two patches (Except for the Punisher Plasma. Stealth Nerfed) Anyways, keep spreading that liberty folks.
Oh the creek. Scorcher, rail gun, shield pack, 500kg and orbital rai strike. I had the more high end tools back in the day but the dives were still rough. I’m happy to call myself a veteran of the creek
Been following recently I just wanna say your videos are amazing very insightful always to the point and most of all always entertaining, please never stop your the true source of light for democracy
13:04 Autocannon flak is very good for shooting the underbellies of drop ships when all the bots are still attached. Particularly good for demolishing a while squad of those vile jet bridgade bots!
I honestly loved that during the early days. First time me and my friend dived on the Creek we managed to get away from a horde of bots, and he tried throwing a support weapon down and we didn’t realise he threw down a cluster bomb until it was too late
I've been amongst those with disdain for how easy the bugs have been lately (the automatons, however...) But honestly, after that quick rant in the beginning, all I can really say is, touche. Feels like I'm taking a good thing for granted just because I personally want to be challenged more when I should be rising to the occasion and making it rain with capable tools we have at our disposal now. Appreciate the pep talk boss, it's a damn good thing we have you in the fleet
The other thing you need to take into account is just case you find the game easy doesn't mean its easy for everyone else either im sure alot of new players or people with not all the time in the world to memorize and master the games mechanics don't share your sentiment at all just another thing to add to the food for thought. Remember a game designed with the balance in mind for the minority of the playerbase is just backwards thinking for a balancing team cause the hardcore players don't represent the majority of the community...
Enemies one shot you just as easily so I'd say it's fine. This game doesn't need aggressive balancing, it's meant to be pure fun and also lead to funny (and sometimes frustrating) ragdoll moments and stuff. Albeit the ragdolling can be a bit much...
I will just say. If you want more challenge, take a sub-optimal loadout. As this is a mass community game, one must create there own challenge when they get too good at the game.
I do really appreciate challenge on higher difficulties. I was worried the game would get too easy, but the game is still challenging for me, and I think they are planning on adding more difficulties, so even those who are feeling it is too easy will probably soon have more challenges
I take heavy armor on bugs because pretty much the only time I take hits on bugs are when fighting is inevitable and I'd be taking them anyway, regardless of the armor choice. It does mean I have to actually think about how I'm running and using my stamina when we're relocating or backing out of a fight and it is a bit harder, but honestly it's not *that* much harder. I find it lets me stand and fight and survive enough to get out whatever I need to in order to clear the threats more often than not. My entire playstyle is actually to support my team, yes, but minimize my number of deaths, that is my absolute top priority after making sure the team wins, and it is very rare I am not the lowest death count on the team- and usually it's the team that has caused that if not, which I forgive them for. For me taking heavy armor on bugs is really working well with how I play towards that goal. I do think if I was a very standoff-ish player and thought about positioning every second with the right type of support weapon then I'd be able to make other armors work, but I keep getting drawn into positions where I feel compelled to help a teamate that is getting surrounded and thus have to get my hands dirty directly right in the fray so making small mistakes and taking hits is somewhat inevitable but I survive just about all of the time with heavier armor P.S. Have you tried recoiless rifle HE vs Impailers? I need to test it more but I *think* if you angle it just right under them it can one shot them, which it would not do before as a HEAT weapon
If you take the Twigsnapper Viper Commando armour (with peak physique) and the shield generator, you can get pretty aggressive with melee too! It's not gonna win you the mission but it sure is fun to get the fisticuffs going. I really hope for a future patch that makes melee more viable...
0:35 As a commando and admiral I agree with Kai’s statement, those cadets never fought in the creek. Is helldivers along with SEAF colonists we should be happy commander John Helldiver along with distractions blew up the automatons most important factory.
I remember when they pushed me into the service after losing so many on the Creek. First week there, and all I had was a machine gun and an orbital strike. Didn't even deploy with all my ammo in those days!
I think the biggest win so far is the Senator being able to take down a Rocket Strider in two pelvis shots. Rocket Striders were previously the meta-defining threat on what primary you could bring on the bot front on high difficulties, but now that a secondary can easily dispatch them, it opens up the primary slot to other options!
I’ve honestly been rocking the Purifier, LAS-7 Dagger (especially against the Jump Brigade because it makes the jump pack bots explode instantly, and stun grenades. Eagle Strafe, Precision, Rocket Sentry, and Jump Pack. Quick movement, Purifier deals with most enemies, precision takes care of heavies (along with strafe). A really good objective/support class; or reconnaissance if you’re for that.
Fell back in love with the autocannon, especially against bugs. A few flak rounds above a patrol can wipe most of them out, but most importantly, IT WIPES OUT THOSE DAMN HORDES OF SHRIEKERS WITH EASE (Warning: remember to hold your fire if they start diving and get close unless you want to eat your own flak shell, this may or may not have happened to me multiple times). The 60 plan has done one of the things I've wanted for quite a while now, and that's seeing such varied loadouts. The only things I haven't really seen a lot are anything smoke related and most of the Liberators with light pen. I hope they continue with this design philosophy for future additions as well as making small positive tweaks where needed. I'd like them to take this same idea and apply it to armor as well. I think they could get away with adding some additional bonuses to unique armor sets to really make them stand out as more viable picks in certain conditions.
Since Jump pack buff I have been using the normal american Officer loadout of a arc thrower, jump pack and machine gun sentry, allowing me to stun a ton of enimes and then run away before they can fight back. ON BUGS
Hey Kai! R3 here. Super fun playing with y'all. I was hoping you were going to include the clip where I 3 shot the Hulk with the Senator after you asked if I had anything for it, lol. Funny moment showing the buff it received.
Heavy, explosive resistant armor means that I can use autocannon in cqc without blowing my limbs off as easily. There's been times where a teammate shot me instead of the bug and it barely tickled me but mulched the bug. It's now even better than it was
Commissar, sir! While wearing heavy armor against bugs is basically simulating a level 11 turbo-dive difficulty, there is no more rewarding feeling than to be a big man wielding a big machine gun mowing down fields of bugs and sending them back to the E-710 farms ten bullets at a time!
It is definitely ‘easier’, but I’ve found that has simply caused my play style to evolve for the better. No more mandatory running from most engagements or sneaking the entire map. Now, it’s heavy armor and big guns all the way, all the time, bugs or bots.
Same now instead of feeling like I need to run specific loudouts I can just try out new things and what I might enjoy without having to sacrifice the difficulty level
You missed something about the Purifier. It can fire as fast as you can hit the trigger. With a Macro...... you will cleanse enemies at a rapid speed. Just take the Ammo Supply with you.
Takes me back. Belly crawling in the mud to slip past bot patrols that cropped up every minute or so.... Slugger stalwart peacemaker supply backpack and a frag grenade. I miss it.
Surprisingly heavy -explosion damage armor feels really good, especially paired with the new Purifier (explosive damage can tag you pretty nastily if something flies in your face, and the armor can very much save your life), and the new Jump Pack helping your mobility out of mud / -speed effects. But you ABSOLUTELY need to know "how to move" if you don't want to be perpetually angry at the game.
I'm actually start to love concussive liberator. The stun can help you in close range, pair with guard dog you can kill lot of things. You have both defense and offense
Something you missed about the purifier: The charged shot has high stagger(always has), so it can also help your teammates or you by slowing down what it doesn't take out
Now that smoke actually works, I find myself playing smoky stealthy against the bots again. I easily complete objectives that don't auto-spawn bot drops, and I disappear like I was never there at all. It's insanely fun, at least for me. I've been using the Explosive Crossbow because of its ability to distract enemies away from your position, but I hope we get suppressed weapons one day so I can complete my goal of being a true Ghostdiver.
Fun fact about the purifier it has a firerate of 1000 (highest firerate of any primary)so if you meaning you can fire it really fast . Especially if you use a macro
Honestly i think the best change is to the guard dog -liberator. I pretty much never used it before and why would i? It was just a worst version of its laser variant. But now i use it on EVERY single bot mission. It is amazing. And even on bugs it is kinda cool because it kills medium enemies faster than laser variant. Also there is stealth buff to it. The ai on this thing is so smart now. It goes for the weakspots of enemies and so on. Give it a try divers!
Heavy armor does work on bugs, but I suggest taking an energy shield pack with you. It's just... So much less of a head ache when you get swarmed by Hunters. Maybe take the support flamer and wear the Asbestos Tank armor, too. Just be careful where you aim that flamer, 'Diver.
You are forgetting about the Torcher and Crisper which are both AP4 as well. Senator is good against bots because most of their stuff has at least armor 3, AP4 is helpful for dealing full damage, plus the potential kills on Hulks (very difficult to pull off without a stun though, and if your grenade is involved why not just thermite?). Against Bugs, the Verdict is better as you will NEVER want use the Senator against a charger or bile titan for any reason other than memes. GP is still probably the overall best pick against bugs unless you have an explosive primary.
Senator buff is massive. Pair it with the ballistic shield and you can square up and give the heavy devastator a taste of their own bullshit. I personally pair it with the diligenceCS to run as the flanker. I'm roaming sniping fabricators and being a sneaky menace.
I need help confirming this; does purifier uncharged attack have the same properties as Scorcher pre-patch? Explosive damage and all. Bcs there are times I shot enemies point blank and I took no damage, and other times that I did.
I'm hoping your video on the Jump Pack is as informative because I seem to be an absolute hazard to myself using that thing at the moment... The added momentum is great, but hot damn does every piece of terrain and ledge seem to have it out for me...
The shield relay is still not great. The size change honestly hurt it more than anything, especially since any hellpods dropping on it still does heavy dmg (and most likely will kill it right away) so you cant call any sentry/turret/weapon/resupply/reinforcement on it, while it's so much easier for the bots to get in.
@@CommissarKai I’m personally not a fan, but they aren’t AP/Incen mines or Airburst Launcher, so I have no problem with people using them in my lobbies
UPDATE: Just found out that the AB launcher’s submunitions are frag grenades under the hood, which got double damage this patch, so Imma let people use it in my lobbies for a bit.
Man, and here I thought the Thermite got the most insane buff of all weapons. Nope, here comes the Purifier, going from the worst primary by far to the absolute best by a country lightyear. Its like a Plasma Rifle from 40k but it won't kill you if you overcharge it. The Guard and Astartes are all a lil' envious of the Helldivers today, I think.
No love for the Tesla coil? It also got a cool down reduction, and shoots much faster. Great for defense maps for bots and bugs. Throw them by or behind drop/breach and with some practice, you’ve got easy mode. Any closer and you risk team kills and having it destroyed by teammate s.
Honestly, i remember the Creek days, i didnt have any of these war bonds, and i was merely a private making due with a breaker and an autocannon. I didn't even have the 500kg bomb, but dammit we made it work!
These young bucks don't understand the struggles of space Nam
@therazgriz0079 where you swore every tree was speaking binary.
@@LongShot82 The fear in your heart when you realize the Carpet bomb? One of the strongest things we had? Did fuck and all against those armoured monstrosities.
you would be running through the bushes and trees then you would see 500 lasers coming straight towards you and it was absolutely terrifying
You're talking as if the breaker and the autocannon weren't God tier in the early days. You literally had the best weaponry a helldiver could get.
Some years ago i heard this comment about revolvers and ive been convinced there is no other way to design them.
"The power of a shotgun in a single bullet"
thats perfect
It being able to get past charger armor is ridiculous though, with hulks that makes sense
@@timothygooding9544
I dont mind it breaking through a bug's shell especially because its super inefficient
@@zemufinman1639 That is a very good way to design them, but I feel like the school of “hipfire hammerfan shenanigans” that the Last Word from D2 attended is also a great way to design a revolver.
@@Epicmonk117
Never heard of it
@@zemufinman1639 Look up some Last Word PvP gameplay on TH-cam. You’ll see what I mean by “hipfire hammerfan shenanigans.”
Gotta love the machine gun turret. Before it was just a worse gatling turret but now it calls in faster, lasts longer, and is slightly less prone to beheading teammates.
It's also great for covering your back as you advance to avoid being surrounded. I've been throwing them behind me in quiet moments and a little while later I'll see the little killstreak icon pop up as it takes out some random patrol that was following us and unlucky enough to get its attention.
Medium Armor Pen on the MG Turret too. Gatling has Light
People calling the game too easy now probably don't have much experience with the higher difficulties...3 shotting a Hulk to the face isn't as OP as you think when there's 7-8 Hulks at a time and you've only got 6 shots....not even accounting for Factory Striders breathing down your neck, gunship patrols, etc.
Besides, the enemies one shot/maul you just as easily. That's the real balancing act: you get nice shiny tools that reward precision and fast reaction times, because the price you pay for NOT having those things is getting one shot or at least ragdolled to heck.
@@cjwat1118 Just like the quote on the box that ThiccFilA has been quoting: “overpowered weapons; overwhelming odds.”
You didn't need 7 or 8 hulks to cause hell. You needed only 1 or 2 if you did'nt have AT. I play 10
@@MrSggurcs Well yeah. So game is DEFINITELY not too easy.
... Those 7 to 8 rarely get close to me now unless I've royally screwed up or I disconnected amd I'm now going solo...which is finally when one got close.
I'm no angry old vet, about to try and yank the ladder up behind myself so new rooks and experienced freedom fighters alike have to struggle like I did during the old days. Far from it--I'll never complain about Divin' being "too easy" because such a thing just doesn't exist--there's always room for difficulty 11, and even 12, and anyone struggling to find tough times can up their difficulty directly, or pick different loadouts.
But for me, the difference isn't quite the difficulty, but it is very clear... it's more fun. Dispensing justices to the enemies of Super Earth has always been an entertaining passtime and a devout calling for every Helldiver chosen by Super God to lay their life down for liberty, but it's never felt so right. Primary weapons serving to do more than just clear basic footsoldiers, turrets working as hard as the engineers who made 'em, the Senator opening up the door for a wider variety of loadouts by giving everyone the ability to take on heavy threats, timed grenades being a battlefield threat worth taking, and best of all the nearly-flawless Autocannon having its one weakness removed, and now being an equal opportunity ammo-efficient Discord Daddy of a gun able to efficiently end all threats to democracy regardless of size or shape.
It's just more fun being a Helldiver these days, and I never want to go back.
We had sticks! Two sticks, and a rock for the whole platoon - and we had to share the rock! Buck up, boy, you're one very lucky Marine!
So, twice now I've seen people complain about game difficulty related to the recent patches,
They were also the ones who died the most during the match, one of them saying ''bullshit'' for every 3 deaths or so,
I'm starting to see a pattern here.
Probably only run the same loadouts as well. This might be the first time in the game that at least half of the primaries and secondaries are good options for most types of enemies and combat. At launch it was Breaker all day with some occasional Punisher and Scorcher play. When the breaker got nerfed, the Slugger took its place. When the Slugger got nerfed, people started experimenting with the Defender and ballistic shield. But there was never more than 3 weapons tops used consistently against the bots and 3 or 4 against the bugs since the breaker incendiary got buffed around the time the Slugger got nerfed. Game is legit more fun than ever now and, with tougher enemies and more sub faction variety coming, we'll start to see some more specific loadout variety as opposed to the EAT/RR/AC/Quasar spam that existed for the majority of the games life.
If its a death because he bugged out got stuck between a rock and a random object its not. There is no pattern.
12:52 actually the flak rounds absolutely shred shrieker patrols and do very well overall against bugs, you basically have an automatic eruptor.
Senators a primary weapon convince me otherwise
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im still waiting for my cowboy hat to be added
We need a Frontier Rangers warbond with a cowboy hat helmet.
It's like the Wingman Elite from Titanfall 2, a secondary so cracked it got promoted to primary.
@@GameGod77 this and a lever action shotty
I'm now officially a scout sniper. The new jump pack and the Senator are my core with the eruptor or crossbow and the AMR or Railgun. Though I've been trading in the jump pack for a guard dog (now that I can turn it off) against the Jet Brigade.
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE, THOSE KNOCKOFF TEMU JUMP PACKS NEVER STOOD A CHANCE
how do you toggle the guard dogs on keyboard?
@@samuraisharp3 "5", its the same command to use the supply backpack.
@@BouncingTribbles thank you! 🤙
@@samuraisharp3 you're welcome bro, good diving!
1:00 w sgt Johnson reference
this is my favorite channel for helldivers 2 content
I'm so ready for a Cowboy Warbond that lets me Dual wield Senators now.
I want to dual wield recoilless rifles
Outstanding point of view on the patch! The people that say it is to easy now, I respect, but maybe it's time you go find a new game. I'm an old man and am enjoying having equipment that helps me complete missions! I appreciate what AH has done with these last two patches (Except for the Punisher Plasma. Stealth Nerfed)
Anyways, keep spreading that liberty folks.
I'm loving the editing in these recent videos! Keep it up man. 👍
P-4 SENATOR MY BELOVED! YEE-FREEDOM-HAA!
Also, the Guard Dog is FANTASTIC killing the jump pack bots before they get to you!
Oh the creek. Scorcher, rail gun, shield pack, 500kg and orbital rai strike. I had the more high end tools back in the day but the dives were still rough. I’m happy to call myself a veteran of the creek
Been following recently I just wanna say your videos are amazing very insightful always to the point and most of all always entertaining, please never stop your the true source of light for democracy
I would add the weakness for the purifier being that in close range not only do you kill your enemy, but the gun is so good that it also kills you.
Yes! So purifier must be paired with a pistol that has zero splash damage.
13:04 Autocannon flak is very good for shooting the underbellies of drop ships when all the bots are still attached. Particularly good for demolishing a while squad of those vile jet bridgade bots!
I remember the days of theCreek when there was the stratagem scrambler. I tried calling it a machine gun but was met with the 380mm orbital barrage.
I honestly loved that during the early days. First time me and my friend dived on the Creek we managed to get away from a horde of bots, and he tried throwing a support weapon down and we didn’t realise he threw down a cluster bomb until it was too late
the purifier went from a joke to actually pretty sweet
I've been amongst those with disdain for how easy the bugs have been lately (the automatons, however...) But honestly, after that quick rant in the beginning, all I can really say is, touche. Feels like I'm taking a good thing for granted just because I personally want to be challenged more when I should be rising to the occasion and making it rain with capable tools we have at our disposal now.
Appreciate the pep talk boss, it's a damn good thing we have you in the fleet
The other thing you need to take into account is just case you find the game easy doesn't mean its easy for everyone else either im sure alot of new players or people with not all the time in the world to memorize and master the games mechanics don't share your sentiment at all just another thing to add to the food for thought. Remember a game designed with the balance in mind for the minority of the playerbase is just backwards thinking for a balancing team cause the hardcore players don't represent the majority of the community...
i find the bots on level 10 easier than bugs on level 8-9. used to be the other way around for me a few moths ago
Enemies one shot you just as easily so I'd say it's fine. This game doesn't need aggressive balancing, it's meant to be pure fun and also lead to funny (and sometimes frustrating) ragdoll moments and stuff. Albeit the ragdolling can be a bit much...
I will just say. If you want more challenge, take a sub-optimal loadout. As this is a mass community game, one must create there own challenge when they get too good at the game.
I do really appreciate challenge on higher difficulties. I was worried the game would get too easy, but the game is still challenging for me, and I think they are planning on adding more difficulties, so even those who are feeling it is too easy will probably soon have more challenges
Your helldivers videos have become my absolute favorite. You earned my sub that's for sure
Great to see you in sir! I've been a scout-diver that has been loving the jetpack rework! Hope to see you out there!
I take heavy armor on bugs because pretty much the only time I take hits on bugs are when fighting is inevitable and I'd be taking them anyway, regardless of the armor choice. It does mean I have to actually think about how I'm running and using my stamina when we're relocating or backing out of a fight and it is a bit harder, but honestly it's not *that* much harder. I find it lets me stand and fight and survive enough to get out whatever I need to in order to clear the threats more often than not. My entire playstyle is actually to support my team, yes, but minimize my number of deaths, that is my absolute top priority after making sure the team wins, and it is very rare I am not the lowest death count on the team- and usually it's the team that has caused that if not, which I forgive them for. For me taking heavy armor on bugs is really working well with how I play towards that goal. I do think if I was a very standoff-ish player and thought about positioning every second with the right type of support weapon then I'd be able to make other armors work, but I keep getting drawn into positions where I feel compelled to help a teamate that is getting surrounded and thus have to get my hands dirty directly right in the fray so making small mistakes and taking hits is somewhat inevitable but I survive just about all of the time with heavier armor
P.S. Have you tried recoiless rifle HE vs Impailers? I need to test it more but I *think* if you angle it just right under them it can one shot them, which it would not do before as a HEAT weapon
If you take the Twigsnapper Viper Commando armour (with peak physique) and the shield generator, you can get pretty aggressive with melee too! It's not gonna win you the mission but it sure is fun to get the fisticuffs going. I really hope for a future patch that makes melee more viable...
0:35
As a commando and admiral I agree with Kai’s statement, those cadets never fought in the creek. Is helldivers along with SEAF colonists we should be happy commander John Helldiver along with distractions blew up the automatons most important factory.
I remember when they pushed me into the service after losing so many on the Creek. First week there, and all I had was a machine gun and an orbital strike. Didn't even deploy with all my ammo in those days!
I think the biggest win so far is the Senator being able to take down a Rocket Strider in two pelvis shots. Rocket Striders were previously the meta-defining threat on what primary you could bring on the bot front on high difficulties, but now that a secondary can easily dispatch them, it opens up the primary slot to other options!
I’ve honestly been rocking the Purifier, LAS-7 Dagger (especially against the Jump Brigade because it makes the jump pack bots explode instantly, and stun grenades. Eagle Strafe, Precision, Rocket Sentry, and Jump Pack.
Quick movement, Purifier deals with most enemies, precision takes care of heavies (along with strafe). A really good objective/support class; or reconnaissance if you’re for that.
Fell back in love with the autocannon, especially against bugs. A few flak rounds above a patrol can wipe most of them out, but most importantly, IT WIPES OUT THOSE DAMN HORDES OF SHRIEKERS WITH EASE (Warning: remember to hold your fire if they start diving and get close unless you want to eat your own flak shell, this may or may not have happened to me multiple times).
The 60 plan has done one of the things I've wanted for quite a while now, and that's seeing such varied loadouts. The only things I haven't really seen a lot are anything smoke related and most of the Liberators with light pen. I hope they continue with this design philosophy for future additions as well as making small positive tweaks where needed. I'd like them to take this same idea and apply it to armor as well. I think they could get away with adding some additional bonuses to unique armor sets to really make them stand out as more viable picks in certain conditions.
Purifier is once again my new favorite weapon
Since Jump pack buff I have been using the normal american Officer loadout of a arc thrower, jump pack and machine gun sentry, allowing me to stun a ton of enimes and then run away before they can fight back. ON BUGS
S.A.B
Surface to Air Bullets
12:34
Purifier glow up has to be the biggest of them all. And the guard dog with the lib pen is a head shot ace in the hole.
Hey Kai! R3 here. Super fun playing with y'all. I was hoping you were going to include the clip where I 3 shot the Hulk with the Senator after you asked if I had anything for it, lol. Funny moment showing the buff it received.
I like your style, funny timing paired with the in character helpful summaries is *chef’s kiss*
Heavy, explosive resistant armor means that I can use autocannon in cqc without blowing my limbs off as easily. There's been times where a teammate shot me instead of the bug and it barely tickled me but mulched the bug. It's now even better than it was
Commissar, sir! While wearing heavy armor against bugs is basically simulating a level 11 turbo-dive difficulty, there is no more rewarding feeling than to be a big man wielding a big machine gun mowing down fields of bugs and sending them back to the E-710 farms ten bullets at a time!
It is definitely ‘easier’, but I’ve found that has simply caused my play style to evolve for the better. No more mandatory running from most engagements or sneaking the entire map.
Now, it’s heavy armor and big guns all the way, all the time, bugs or bots.
Same now instead of feeling like I need to run specific loudouts I can just try out new things and what I might enjoy without having to sacrifice the difficulty level
7:35 well, 5% better
also video editing has gotten an upgrade hasnt it? it's great!
You missed something about the Purifier. It can fire as fast as you can hit the trigger. With a Macro...... you will cleanse enemies at a rapid speed. Just take the Ammo Supply with you.
10:05 is the type of play that happens all the time and is why I love this game.
very entertaining and informative, will definitely be experimenting a bunch the upcoming days
The Purifier is the Scorcher but better, now. Including the tendency to run out of ammo.
1:35 id recognise the mysterious stranger strum anywhere
Missed opportunity to make a metal gear reference when you talked about using the HE grenades to destroy a tank
Takes me back.
Belly crawling in the mud to slip past bot patrols that cropped up every minute or so....
Slugger stalwart peacemaker supply backpack and a frag grenade.
I miss it.
that intro was an automatic like and sub. I did the youtube thing
Surprisingly heavy -explosion damage armor feels really good, especially paired with the new Purifier (explosive damage can tag you pretty nastily if something flies in your face, and the armor can very much save your life), and the new Jump Pack helping your mobility out of mud / -speed effects. But you ABSOLUTELY need to know "how to move" if you don't want to be perpetually angry at the game.
I'm actually start to love concussive liberator. The stun can help you in close range, pair with guard dog you can kill lot of things. You have both defense and offense
flame pistol was the first heavy pen secondary but the senator legit slaps so hard
Has anyone else noticed that bots will still try and shoot you through walls?
Wearing heavy armor and a jump pack to jump into a bot base to rip and tear with the scorcher and senator has never felt better
I like flying with the new jetpack and arc thrower. Nothing can touch you and you can zap anything with perma cc pretty much
That's me, im the crazy sob :)
Ive been loving heavy armor and jet pack combo on bugs.
Something you missed about the purifier: The charged shot has high stagger(always has), so it can also help your teammates or you by slowing down what it doesn't take out
The senator and MG sentry have been making my day !
Now that smoke actually works, I find myself playing smoky stealthy against the bots again. I easily complete objectives that don't auto-spawn bot drops, and I disappear like I was never there at all. It's insanely fun, at least for me. I've been using the Explosive Crossbow because of its ability to distract enemies away from your position, but I hope we get suppressed weapons one day so I can complete my goal of being a true Ghostdiver.
Fun fact about the purifier it has a firerate of 1000 (highest firerate of any primary)so if you meaning you can fire it really fast . Especially if you use a macro
I’ve been carrying both the Gatling and MG turret on level 9-10 bugs. Having one free for every encounter definitely helps.
Honestly i think the best change is to the guard dog -liberator. I pretty much never used it before and why would i? It was just a worst version of its laser variant. But now i use it on EVERY single bot mission. It is amazing. And even on bugs it is kinda cool because it kills medium enemies faster than laser variant. Also there is stealth buff to it. The ai on this thing is so smart now. It goes for the weakspots of enemies and so on. Give it a try divers!
One orbital precision strike shared between the whole platoon 😂😂😂
Heavy armor does work on bugs, but I suggest taking an energy shield pack with you. It's just... So much less of a head ache when you get swarmed by Hunters.
Maybe take the support flamer and wear the Asbestos Tank armor, too. Just be careful where you aim that flamer, 'Diver.
ive been an avid shield link + HMG emplacement enjoyer since the patch, its so good at mulching bots
I use heavy armor with the jet pack against bugs, and I'm running around like a mandalorian!
May I recommend you revisit the commando type play style you did a vid of a few months back and show what gear currently goes well with it?
Torcher and Crisper also got heavy pen, they wipe a charger out in about 6 seconds to the head, very nice.
Omg a new CommisarKai video :DDD
there is also the Penetrator which now have 45 bullets per mag plus 60 damage per shot making it in my opinion a really good weapon
Check out the airburst. It got a stealth buff. Uses the same explosion as the frag grenade.
Purifier really had a glow-up. It went from "sh*t" to "the sh*t"
My favorite unsung hero for bots is the Liberator Penetrator. 45 rounds and low recoil make it a joy to use even if it's not the best.
Dominator best gun. Untouched, simply perfect.
You are forgetting about the Torcher and Crisper which are both AP4 as well.
Senator is good against bots because most of their stuff has at least armor 3, AP4 is helpful for dealing full damage, plus the potential kills on Hulks (very difficult to pull off without a stun though, and if your grenade is involved why not just thermite?). Against Bugs, the Verdict is better as you will NEVER want use the Senator against a charger or bile titan for any reason other than memes. GP is still probably the overall best pick against bugs unless you have an explosive primary.
Senator buff is massive. Pair it with the ballistic shield and you can square up and give the heavy devastator a taste of their own bullshit.
I personally pair it with the diligenceCS to run as the flanker. I'm roaming sniping fabricators and being a sneaky menace.
ive been using the senator more than my primary, thats how fun and viable it is now
I really liked your in picture still of the big E710 in the sky 😉.
every video, i shed a tear for freedom and liberty
I read the airburst launcher uses the frag nade model for its clusters, so it's got a massive passive stealth buff. Care to try it out?
Commissar i have a perfect stratagem idea and hmg emplacement but with to autocannons instead of machine guns
I need help confirming this; does purifier uncharged attack have the same properties as Scorcher pre-patch? Explosive damage and all. Bcs there are times I shot enemies point blank and I took no damage, and other times that I did.
...The Purifier? The most overpowered weapon in the game?
I need to try this thing immediately holy shit what has the world come to
awsome videos thanks for the info kai
I'm hoping your video on the Jump Pack is as informative because I seem to be an absolute hazard to myself using that thing at the moment... The added momentum is great, but hot damn does every piece of terrain and ledge seem to have it out for me...
Many Brood Commanders have fallen to my Senator. And many more will.
great video!!
The Senator is genuinely the best and most fun gun in the game rn
Didn't they wrote too that the turrets got the lifetime put at same time like the cooldown time? Think i readed that in the dev blogpost on steam.
Great video, love how you just have fun!! Whole point of Democracy..😁
I'm always hesitant to bring a sentry strat on a team dive because I straight up suck at placement.
The shield relay is still not great.
The size change honestly hurt it more than anything, especially since any hellpods dropping on it still does heavy dmg (and most likely will kill it right away) so you cant call any sentry/turret/weapon/resupply/reinforcement on it, while it's so much easier for the bots to get in.
"Its too easy" dude i just got blown clear into the sky and turned into a piece of cheese mid fucking air, IT AIN'T TOO EASY
1:45 The Torcher and Crisper got AP4 in Buffdivers Part 1
Yeah, I'm kickin myself for forgetting to mention those. Great weapons.
@@CommissarKai I’m personally not a fan, but they aren’t AP/Incen mines or Airburst Launcher, so I have no problem with people using them in my lobbies
UPDATE: Just found out that the AB launcher’s submunitions are frag grenades under the hood, which got double damage this patch, so Imma let people use it in my lobbies for a bit.
HMG-E with a shield relay is hilarious.
Man, and here I thought the Thermite got the most insane buff of all weapons. Nope, here comes the Purifier, going from the worst primary by far to the absolute best by a country lightyear. Its like a Plasma Rifle from 40k but it won't kill you if you overcharge it. The Guard and Astartes are all a lil' envious of the Helldivers today, I think.
Really does remind me of the plasma gun from darktide now. It's just a menace of a weapon.
No love for the Tesla coil? It also got a cool down reduction, and shoots much faster. Great for defense maps for bots and bugs. Throw them by or behind drop/breach and with some practice, you’ve got easy mode. Any closer and you risk team kills and having it destroyed by teammate s.
This was the best 60 day review on the internet 🤣😂🤣😂🤣💯
I have proceeded to become Arthur Morgan by using the big iron more than my primary against the bots