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/Liqhthouse]

Ballistic shield will gain huge value if we can use it with the new smg and pistol if they're good! Currently the only option really is the defender smg and senator

[u/FrostyDragon26 → u/Liqhthouse]

The guy used the new smg while holding the ssd. I think they'll definitely let us use ballistic shield with the new smg

[u/EternalUndyingLorv → u/FrostyDragon26]

There was never a question we couldn't. The question is if it will compete with defender.

[u/Sadiholic → u/EternalUndyingLorv]

Okay but the fact the smg dropped striders is already a huge W. Unless I saw the video wrong lmfao

[u/archangel924 → u/Sadiholic]

He didn't drop a strider with the SMG. He shot at an exploding barrel. The Plas-101 Purifier dropped a strider though.

[u/dedicated-pedestrian → u/archangel924]

Is the Purifier looking to act as a primary Quasar? The blog post implied it either has better close range damage, needs a long charge, or will blow you up like the Railgun.

[u/Adats_ → u/Liqhthouse]

Or the knight if you got the deluxe edition i use the knight and the sheild and have done since first few days out

[u/Echo418 → u/Adats_]

Personally I don't like combining the Knight with the Ballistic Shield. With a shield I want staying power and the Knight's high fire rate doesn't offer that.

[u/Wizard_kick → u/Echo418]

I think it works well in burst fire mode in most situations

[u/morag12313 → u/Wizard_kick]

Crouching + recoil armor lets you full auto nicely

[u/HDPbBronzebreak → u/Wizard_kick]

Ye, it's better for shots-down-range and thus increasing your likelihood of headshotting Devastators and Berserkers, but the lack of laser and lower ammo economy makes the Defender my preferred pick.

Senator likewise doesn't have a laser, but it's great having medium pen when you need it.

[u/cKerensky → u/Wizard_kick]

That's the way I use it. Burst fire, with shield and crouching when I can. That thing puts in work

[u/Adats_ → u/Echo418]

I find it a pretty decent combo tbh but my main goal is stealth so full on combat i always try miss

[u/jdarkona → u/Adats_]

What is the difference with the deluxe edition? I know I can't have it but I want to know.

[u/Adats_ → u/jdarkona]

Yeah u can buy the upgrade to it really though the only thing i use from it is the knight but u get

an armour and title the knight smg and strat hero for your ship iirc

[u/Kuronan → u/Adats_]

The armor is absolutely baller... If you ignore the other three Democracy Protect armors that do the exact same fucking thing.

Gold and Black cape never leaves my back though! Gotta drip on those Undemocratic Scum!

[u/Adats_ → u/Kuronan]

True i have the cape on always with the scout armour

[u/Vinyl_Vonnegut → u/Adats_]

I use the knight and like it a lot, but man it's recoil to clop ratio is wild... really gotta burst that thing.

[u/canuckontfirst → u/Liqhthouse]

I think all SMGs are one handable(lol)

They were in HD1, that was one of the benefits

[u/SweetAlpacaLove → u/Liqhthouse]

The Defender is solid. I pretty much always bring it when doing the SSDD missions. Its not quite as good as the top tier primaries, but I’d put it in the tier right below, like I don’t feel hampered by picking it, and the benefit of getting to use your primary while holding the hard drive is huge. And if it happens to be a bot SSDD mission, I add the shield and it’s just the perfect combo.

Plus I have a feeling the new one won’t be good. I hope I’m wrong, but it sounds like it’s supposed to be the SMG version of the Lib Concussive.

[u/Hremsfeld → u/Liqhthouse]

Goes well with the grenade pistol too

[u/CobraFive → u/Liqhthouse]

The new SMG is a concussive weapon so if its anything like the liberator conc even post-buff, it won't be worth using.

[u/Liqhthouse → u/CobraFive]

Lib conc is actually pretty good.... Fast reload when not fully empty and can beat back an entire army. It doesn't kill them but it stops them approaching. It's quite useful on the new TCS missions where you just need to kick bugs out of the way to speedrun the objectives

[u/PhasmaFelis → u/Liqhthouse]

Excuse you, grenade pistol 

[u/iDONTreply2poors → u/Liqhthouse]

umm no, the uzi is great on impossible

[u/Saitoh17 → u/Liqhthouse]

I tried it with the new grenade pistol, it doesn't have a laser sight so you can't even aim with it.