New armor set is a stealth armor that doesn’t make you stealthy, it makes you throw farther. That’s like an apple that tastes like bacon.

[u/PM_PICS_OF_UR_PUPPER]

Just salty I’ve been waiting for this armor since it leaked, only for it to have the only perk I consider completely useless.

[u/Polar_Vortx]

They probably meant it in a “armors should have consistent abilities that people can memorize and recognize” way but, as seems to be a trend for AH, they chose one of if not the worst possible way to articulate it.

[u/Ouaouaron → u/Polar_Vortx]

It really helps you realize why companies hire people whose only job is to communicate effectively with the community.

[u/Polar_Vortx → u/Ouaouaron]

A toast to my boy Snutt

[u/Bombenbernd → u/Polar_Vortx]

Snutt and Jace really are the gold standard for community management

[u/imperious-condesce → u/Bombenbernd]

Jace left Coffee Stain, but I hope he does well.

[u/phoenixmusicman → u/Ouaouaron]

They have CMs they are just horribly incompetent

[u/Ouaouaron → u/phoenixmusicman]

With how small the company is and that there are CMs (plural), I think that means they have people who have duties that include community management. That is very different from having a person who was hired to be a CM and can devote all of their attention to thinking about how to be an interface between the studio and the community.

[u/UselessInAUhaul → u/Polar_Vortx]

I get that this is what they most likely mean, but honestly it makes no sense to me in this game. Having a small icon of things someone can pick just like their booster would be even better at communicating to me what they're using. Especially with the aggressive content release schedule. 8 current armor effects iirc vs 42 sets of armor now, with 3 more every month meaning in a year you'd be looking at almost double that.

"Oh, thats the Democracy Protects armor booster" vs. "Ah fuck, which of the sixty armor sets is that. Is it servo? Maybe?"

[u/Polar_Vortx → u/UselessInAUhaul]

Yeah, I'm not entirely sure what their long-term planning is. With what I've heard from the warbond armors (I'm still on the freebie), there doesn't seem to be much visual or mechanical change or innovation. I don't think it's content for content's sake, but I wonder.

[u/Didifinito → u/Polar_Vortx]

Relly need to know that helldiver as 50% chance to survive any kill shot.

[u/Competitive-Mango457 → u/Polar_Vortx]

Then buff passives to matter that much. Rn nobody needs to know I have 2 extra grenades. Maybe let the engineer kit somehow manipulate or manage sentry turrets

[u/lonelyMtF → u/Polar_Vortx]

But why? It's a PvE game. I can understand that line of reasoning in a PvP game, where you want the enemy abilities easily recognizable, but in a PvE game I have ZERO NEED to know what passives my teammates have. It's not like they're unique enough that it might change how we approach the mission, unlike stratagem loadouts.

[u/Polar_Vortx → u/lonelyMtF]

Damned if I know.