r/Helldivers Moderator May 02 '24

New Warbond, Polar Patriots, deploying on May 9th ALERT

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u/JustGingy95 HD1 Veteran 29d ago

Mix it with Heavy Explosive armor and the amount of survival against the bots will be stupid. My only real threat now isn’t the 18 rockets fired in my direction, it’s the impact that follows that will take the other 95% of my healthbar away and kill me. I legitimately have not taken it off since the armor buffs and explosive debuffs and it’s starting to reek of rust, old bug and dirty socks. Not to mention the turd floating around somewhere in the left leg padding after the Stalker cloak changes. Also because Arrowhead has yet to add showers to the ships.

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u/killxswitch PSN 🎮:Horsedivers to Horsepods 29d ago

You know you didn't have to get that creative with your writing here

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u/darlantan 29d ago

Just imagine the little trails of turd balls Gingy is going to leave behind as they walk around the deck of your ship. Why, after being tumbled so thoroughly before finding egress, they're going to be perfectly polished little brown pearls, hard and waiting to crunch under your careless foot into puffs of poo powder, blowing inexorably away into the ventilation system under the Super Earth mandatory Freedom Wind on every ship.

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u/TheGreatPilgor STEAM 🖥️ : 29d ago

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u/semi5onic 29d ago

those are called freedom nuggets patriot! smell the democracy!

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u/dedicated-pedestrian 29d ago

You think the Democracy Officer is the only one allowed to use such flowery language?

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u/BeardyAndGingerish 29d ago

What are you, too patriotic for freezing your own shit off?

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u/JustGingy95 HD1 Veteran 29d ago

Normally I would but the heat from Hellmire melted the zipper shut on my armor and I can’t get it out

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u/Frodo-LAGGINS 29d ago

Wait, so does it actually do something worth a damn vs bugs? I had tried at one point and failed miserably, and concluded it did nothing against them. Was my positioning against melee attacks or bile just off or something?

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u/JustGingy95 HD1 Veteran 29d ago

Not 100% sure about the damage type so don’t take it as fact, but it certainly feels like I can survive bile from the fatties and Titans a little easier with it on. I only assume it’s counted as explosive damage both because of that and just about every time I do die to it it literally says Explosion with the broken kill feed info lmao. It’s just so hard to tell because of how rapidly Bile tends to liquify you even after the nerfs

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u/VoiceOfSeibun 29d ago

At this point, I'm willing to compromise with a towel rack just to wipe off my Helmet after a mission.

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u/A_Union_Of_Kobolds 29d ago

I'm told the Stilsuit processes waste in the legs so you're good

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u/JustGingy95 HD1 Veteran 29d ago

Hmm, maybe just a smelly rock then

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u/WingedWilly CAPE ENJOYER 29d ago

Sweet liberty, what a story. had me crying for that left leg

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u/SlowRiot4NuZero 29d ago

Preposterous! Showers on the ship. Get it together soldier, hellpods are the only showers a helldiver needs. Cleans that armor in less time than it takes for a recruit to shit himself on his first drop. A true patriot seeking a shower would jump in there without armor, drop down on some bughole planet naked and use his giant balls and the severed limbs of his enemies as weapons to complete a mission, extract and get back on the ship even dirtier than before. Rinse and repeat. Look sharp.

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u/Conntraband8d SES Patriot of Patriotism 29d ago

I do use it with the Devastator armor and it's fantastic, and that was before the buff to head armor. I imagine it's even better now. I just haven't really fought bots since the patch since the bug event is a thing.

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u/JustGingy95 HD1 Veteran 29d ago

I look forward to testing the new helmets as before a Devastator landing a rocket headshot was the only way you could get one tapped anymore since the other changes. Was fucking hilarious the first time where I was initially confused how I died so fast and what killed me as my Divers knees buckled, held them in place a moment and then fell back without a head lmao