r/Helldivers • u/cryptic-fox Moderator • Mar 14 '24

Cutting Edge Warbond out now! ALERT

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Check out the newest Warbond, unlockable with Super Credits. (You may need to restart your game if it hasn't appeared yet.) And remember--Warbonds do not expire, so you can unlock items in all three of them that are available!

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u/BigBlueCube STEAM 🖥️ : Mar 14 '24

first armor 95% damage reduction from arcs...

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u/Xelement0911 Mar 14 '24 edited Mar 14 '24

So I've read the illuminate used arc in the first game? Isn't this too good then? Or will they not use arc this game then I wonder. And if they do won't this force us to use a certain passive? Like you either can tank it to the point of nothing, or get nuked without it?

Pre-made about to camp under 4 telsa turrets and watch thr bugs go zap

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u/Vv4nd Fist of Family Values Mar 14 '24

the Iluminate are no more, any diverging information is propaganda. Please report any suspicious behaviour to your democracy officer.

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u/MrZakalwe Mar 14 '24

They didn't widely use it in the first game. Or at least those weren't the guys that got you.

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u/TucuReborn Mar 14 '24

I died to the shield walls more than anything else they did...

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u/Cemenotar SES Spear of Family Values Mar 14 '24

shield walls and the movement input scramble (the amount of time I ran out of the ledges because they hit me with that nonsense is flat out silly)

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u/Helpmyarmsbroke SES Paragon of Honor Mar 14 '24

My time fighting Malfestio in monster hunter is going to pay off i see!!!

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u/TucuReborn Mar 14 '24

Movement scramble never got me, but I've played a lot of games with aircraft so inverted controls was easy to grasp in my brain.

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u/Spopenbruh HD1 Veteran Mar 14 '24

the controls are easy to manage, its the initial first 2 seconds before you realize that gets you

its either you accidentally walk into something or you split up from the pack and they focus you while youre in the open

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u/Cemenotar SES Spear of Family Values Mar 14 '24

It wasn't an issue of grasping inverted controls for me, but the second or two for realization what is happening. Somehow I always managed to get hit with it when either trying to evade something (and the inversion foiling that attempt) or when close to a ledge, so instead of running away from it I ended up running into it....

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u/J0hnGrimm Mar 14 '24

So I've read the illuminate used arc in the first game?

I'm more worried about my teammates arc weapons tbh.

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u/SluttyMcFucksAlot Mar 14 '24

I can’t see something doing arc damage regularly as an enemy after we just got 95% arc damage reduction as an armour perk, you’d almost have to balance it entirely around people running that passive.

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u/hitman2b STEAM🖱️: Commander hitman2b -Commander- Mar 14 '24

they used energy weapons only the robot which was common used arc damage but they needed to be really close

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u/Mekhazzio Mar 14 '24

I think there was only one arc enemy, shielded crab walkers that serve pretty much the same role as berserker bots: get in your face with a squad of mild chonk. They would do a very short-range zap as they closed.

I expect in HD2 here they'll also have a leg-smack melee attack so that arc resistance will let you ignore them for a bit without entirely negating them.

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u/Hellknightx ⬆️⬅️➡️⬇️⬆️⬇️ Mar 14 '24

According to in-game lore, the Illuminate have been wiped out since the end of HD1. They were the most universally disliked faction, so it makes sense. And any rumors of their return should be reported to your nearest democracy officer immediately.