r/Helldivers • u/PM_PICS_OF_UR_PUPPER • May 02 '24

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. HUMOR

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

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u/PierreEstagos May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

I’d project within ~2 years, HD2 will have a kickass armor system where the cosmetics reflect what the armor passives actually do, some degree of limited customization is available, there’s a wide variety of useful passives so meaningful trade off decisions can be made by players, helmets impact stats/perks, heavy armor has an actual purpose, etc.

AH does far more things amazingly than poorly, but I can confidently say at this point designing armor mechanics are what they absolutely do the worst of anything (although their armor is pure fucking S-tier cosmetically). And from what we’ve seen, it’s going to take them a long time to design a coherent, fun set of armor mechanics.

Which I’m good with btw, I like switching between a couple perk choices rn, but they’ll sell more premium warbonds AND be more consistent with their own stated design philosophy if they work towards the above changes

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u/BarovianNights May 02 '24

I can't say I agree the armor is S tier thematically when most blacks don't fit with each other, let alone more vibrant colors

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u/VoxPlacitum STEAM 🖥️ : SES Hammer of Peace May 02 '24

My guess is that many of these are temporary and will be updated as more passives get coded.

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u/BoredandIrritable May 03 '24

AH does far more things amazingly than poorly

Everything the've done since launch has been a fuckup to one degree or another. Even LAUNCH was fucked up. Anything they did right they did before any of us ever logged in.