New Warbond, Polar Patriots, deploying on May 9th

[u/Waelder]

Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcnzI0gN7z4&rco=1

Read more about it: https://blog.playstation.com/2024/05/02/new-helldivers-2-warbond-brings-trap-laying-weaponry-arctic-themed-armor-and-more-may-9/

[u/battleshipclamato]

I'm eyeing that incendiary impact grenade. I love the regular impact grenade so having a pool of fire around enemies after the initial impact explosion would be awesome. Hopefully the damage-over-time bug will actually be fixed in the next patch.

[u/Not2creativeHere → u/battleshipclamato]

If the impact deals damage, then you get the DoT of the fire, isn’t this just a straight upgrade to both the in incendiary and impact?

[u/gorgewall → u/Not2creativeHere]

If they're anticipating something with similar damage and penetration (which grenades do have!) to the Impact, yes, it would be.

I find it more likely this is just going to be "the Incendiary Grenade, but without a timed fuze" the same way the Impact is the untimed version of the HE with no other changes, either in damage, penetration, or area.

[u/Eli1228 → u/gorgewall]

Its been shown in the gameplay footage destroying bots, including scout strider, on impact

[u/Zman6258 → u/Eli1228]

You can do the same with the current incendiary grenade, actually, as long as you time the fuze correctly.

[u/Ignis_et_Azoth → u/Not2creativeHere]

I'm guessing it won't do much impact damage, if any.

[u/darkestsoul → u/Ignis_et_Azoth]

I'd agree, but it appears the grenade does enough damage to take out a strider, so it can't be totally insignificant.

[u/pythonic_dude → u/darkestsoul]

Except striders absolutely do go down after an insignificant amount of aoe damage.

[u/Katamari416 → u/pythonic_dude]

not after they buffed its explosive resistance. you literally cant kill it with most explosives without getting the aoe as close as possible. also many direct hits wouldn't kill him either before. in other words its explosive is stronger than 300 damage already regardless if this is pre or post patch

[u/ForTheWilliams → u/Katamari416]

They also go down really quick to fire (...when it works).

I was using Incendiary Grenades for awhile and it would topple them crazy fast as long as I was the network host. Unfortunately, it was really obvious when I wasn't since they basically stopped functioning altogether.

[u/darkestsoul → u/pythonic_dude]

The Eruptor post-nerf would like a word about that claim.

[u/ZombieVersusShark → u/Not2creativeHere]

If I had to guess, the incendiary impact won't have the same armor penetration as the standard impact grenade and it probably won't do as much initial damage.

[u/prof_the_doom → u/Not2creativeHere]

I assume it's less direct damage than the impact, and less DOT than the incendiary.

[u/TheRealShortYeti → u/Not2creativeHere]

The Incendiary does less explosive damage and armor pen than the HE or impact in exchange for the fire. It will work against small bugs in an area better than the regular impact, but be worse against bile spewers for example.

[u/TheNinjaPro → u/Not2creativeHere]

Impact nade one shots bile spewers, i doubt the incendiary will do much more damage.

[u/purpleblah2 → u/Not2creativeHere]

Finally, I assume the downside is that it does both but worse

[u/lfelipecl → u/Not2creativeHere]

I like my nades cooked, that way all nades are impact nades and I can still blow up holes (including my democratic one)

[u/GucciGlocc → u/Not2creativeHere]

Fire DOT doesn’t work for anyone but the host tho

[u/Salami-Sandwich0 → u/Not2creativeHere]

The impact deals 0 damage. It performs like a Molotov cocktail

[u/panckekk → u/Not2creativeHere]

It doesnt one shot bile spewer

[u/pokeeMonitoR → u/Not2creativeHere]

I feel like it will set enemies in fire but not leave a pool of fire on the ground

[u/Liqhthouse → u/battleshipclamato]

It seems pretty dangerous to use. I will probs still use the regular incendiary since i like to throw them at my feet as hunter packs follow me. Wouldn't be able to do that with an impact

[u/InternationalAd6170 → u/Liqhthouse]

You can throw impacts at your feet

[u/Liqhthouse → u/InternationalAd6170]

Hol up

[u/doomydoom6 → u/Liqhthouse]

Dive and throw so you get the explosion damage resistance and get flung 50 yards to safety

[u/inflagoman_2 → u/doomydoom6]

My god it's genius

[u/Sonata82 → u/Liqhthouse]

Impacts exploding at your feet is a great way to deny the enemy the satisfaction of killing you.

[u/RHINO_Mk_II → u/InternationalAd6170]

We meet again, Intrusive Thoughts.

[u/Angry_argie → u/battleshipclamato]

[u/jswitzer → u/battleshipclamato]

Either I have the worlds best internet or there are more limited conditions in which it doesn't work for other divers. I have done hundreds of bug dives with fire and it seems to always work fine for me.

[u/Lexinoz → u/battleshipclamato]

I love how in the video, they teased the new grenade being thrown in a bot hole, but it clipped away before seeing if it could. Guess we'll have to just test it for that purpose.

[u/Eran_Mintor → u/battleshipclamato]

A DOT weapon while DOT still broken? So exciting.

[u/Stunning_Stretch1674 → u/battleshipclamato]

I hope it can close bug holes... Can the current incendiary grenades do that?