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Helldivers |OT| Everybody Fights, Nobody Quits.

Arghhhh...about 2k xp away from level 14....and the rail gun unlock. Can't wait to put my hands around that baby.


I haven't really played with GAFfers due to my odd login timings. But I'm still having a blast with randoms.
 
The thing that's so funny about the matchmaking debacle is that of all the different ways to play co-op, with friends should be the only one that is absolutely guaranteed to work flawlessly right out of the box. I mean it's the #1 reason people want to play co-op, so getting that right should have been priority #1 above all else. It really makes you wonder what was going on when they designed it so that not only did playing with friends not work quite right, it almost doesn't work at all. All the other stuff I can forgive, like full parties showing up on the list, version mismatch, empty search results even though there's 7,000 people online.

but your friend showing as offline when they're online? Or not letting friends play together because of region differences? Or teleport boot failed when joining a friends game? I'm pretty surprised that doesn't work.
 
I thought I was lucky but yes the erase unlocks bug got me. I had unlocked 2 rifles after the laser one and I'm seeing them locked. Thankfully I think those were the only two things reset

Edit: I really don't mind the other Bullshit going on with the game but bugs that erase your progress sucks and must be fixed
 
Man I just suck, but this game gets hard playing alone even on the easy difficultly.

I need some friends playing, add me please: Ellite25
 
Nothing like the game freezing/dropping out on the reward screen after three lvl 10 missions. :/


edit: well at least I got the reward on reboot, so, okay not the end of the world. lol.
 
PSA: People, your turrets are annoying as fuck. Please stop using them. Unless you know what you're doing.

Tanks.
 
Evolved1 said:
PSA: People, your turrets are annoying as fuck. Please stop using them. Unless you know what you're doing.

Tanks.
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Turrets are double-edged swords. Very handy when you're being overrun y enemies but it can easily decimate your entire team at the same time. The main problem I noticed about the turrets is that a lot of players don't deploy them on the right spots. I see a lot of turrets placed in the middle of the map where it can really spell catastrophe for your team. It's best to put them on the edges of your screen so it'll take care of those spawning on your blind spot. And of course, just make sure everybody is aware of the turret so they don't stand on its way.

Anyway, I made significant progress yesterday with some new PSN friends and reached Level 17. Man, the game is really intense on the higher difficulties but remains a lot of fun.
 
^The fully upgraded rail turret being destroyed by someone's regular turret as soon as it's deployed is so annoying.

Earlier today, I watched a teammate shoot and destroy the rail turret that doesn't shoot friendlies, as revenge against the regular turret that killed him, not knowing that there's a difference.
 
Crimson_Gold said:
Just wait til you try out the higher levels. Mechs lose their utility as you get higher. They are slow, take up a lot of space, and tanks can destroy them easily. Anytime you take the mechs into the lower levels, you'll be damn near untouchable. That's fine. You need more than mechs to do the more difficult missions.
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Yeah, I am getting further in the "campaign" and definitely appreciating the difficulty bump, worries alleviated.

For those on the fence looking for good couch or online coop, fear not, this is quite the deal. Spent the majority of this weekend playing with my cousin next to me, my friend from back home, and almost any willing random. Very hectic, very satisfying!
 
_hekk05 said:
There really wasn't a need to use the recoiless rifle there. You guys could have simply... run away.

Running away is something more randoms need to learn to do, especially against cyborgs, since the cyborg tanks can't travel that fast.
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Static Field/Distractor Beacon + GTFO is a valid strategy in this game.
 
_hekk05 said:
There really wasn't a need to use the recoiless rifle there. You guys could have simply... run away.

Running away is something more randoms need to learn to do, especially against cyborgs, since the cyborg tanks can't travel that fast.
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Movement as a whole is what people really need to learn. Will probably get better as time goes on, hopefully at least. Teams just end up wanting to set up shop somewhere.
 
I'm a little puzzled with the resupply pack stratagem. It seems like it would be helpful when rolling solo since you can instantly self restore x6 magazines as soon as you hit zero by just pressing X, but is it possible to give ammo to other players? It also sucks that you can't self reload the recoiless rifle with the resupply pack on.
 
gutterboy44 said:
I'm a little puzzled with the resupply pack stratagem. It seems like it would be helpful when rolling solo since you can instantly self restore x6 magazines as soon as you hit zero by just pressing X, but is it possible to give ammo to other players? It also sucks that you can't self reload the recoiless rifle with the resupply pack on.
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Players can just run up behind the one carrying the pack and resupply with X.
 
FUUUUUUUUUCK. Just did all 3 missions on a level 11 planet for the HVAC or whatever. Got the achievement, clicked the PS button to look at it, and then the game was frozen at the stats screen. Didn't get the strategem ;_;
 
This game dude, so good, so adictive and so hard.

Moving fast and killing stuff as soon as you see it it's so important in this, that when you are in a group that doesn't move fast enough , you just get swarmed.

Also, despite i have so much fun playing the game , it really makes my eyes tired, it's pretty intense.

If you enjoy challenge, and more then once did a dungeon alone in a MMORPG you'll enjoy doing solo missions, i've done some hard missions alone, last one was level 8, it's pretty fun.
 
_hekk05 said:
There really wasn't a need to use the recoiless rifle there. You guys could have simply... run away.

Running away is something more randoms need to learn to do, especially against cyborgs, since the cyborg tanks can't travel that fast.
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I know, it was still hilarious when it happened.
 
Just took advantage of the PS plus discount for this, pretty keen to play it but I've been super LTTP with Ground Zeroes and I'm determined to get through all the side ops in that before I play anything else.
Added myself to the PSN list though!
 
Couple of games in tonight with Liquid, King Clown, and Jackiiscool! We did a cyborg level 10 planet to get the HAV. I'm proud to say I usually had the most deaths on the team. Also may or may not have wiped 3 of us while in the HAV for firing the turret at an enemy too close.
 
Yeah I think right now this is my leading contender for GOTY. I mean it's super early in the year but man, such a genuinely awesome game.
 
Phionoxx said:
Couple of games in tonight with Liquid, King Clown, and Jackiiscool! We did a cyborg level 10 planet to get the HAV. I'm proud to say I usually had the most deaths on the team. Also may or may not have wiped 3 of us while in the HAV for firing the turret at an enemy too close.
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Haha it was good fun! :P
 
More things people need to learn: stratagem beacons attract patrols, so at the beginning of the mission, once you call in your rep 80s or your recoilesses or whatever, prepare to kill patrols that approach from the edges of the maps. Especially at higher difficulties.

So many times people just watch the beacons and forget everything else, only for patrols to sound the alarm and tanks to start arriving.

Also I found a use for the eat-17s. You can throw down statis fields and use the eat-17 as an orbital strike on a tank. Best part is 2 players get to grab a one-use rocket that they can use to kill more tanks!

The eat-17 is also a multi-use stratagem so running it with the stratagem perk allows you to have stashes of eat-17s everywhere, just waiting to be picked up and used when the going gets tough!
 
Lots of fun, bought the game with friends and it has lead to some really intense missions, though getting Walker stratagems early on really helped to make the under 7 rank missions lot easier.
Has anyone taken part in the City Defense events, is there any way to know when those will happen?
 
I really hope the Euro patch goes live ASAP. I'm dying to get more multi in on Vita and the current state of getting a game on has even my NA version unable to either see friends in-game or join ransoms.

This is the best multi I've played in years and it all ground to a halt after Saturday. Democratic sad face.
 
Man this game is super easy with distress signal even on lvl 12 missions.
Even with 100 kills objective, you just bait them in and run around the map.
I soloed the HAV and Shredder Missile missions, and it was 10x easier than grouping up with people.
 
Still get this Teleport Boot Failed from time to time, especially when trying to join friends, but finding a proper lobby is not a problem. Level 9 so far, eager to play with some EuroGAFers to target specific unlocks. PSN id : Kqhos
 
Only have shredder and tesla tower left to unlock, as well as some weapons. Might try solo-ing them. Can shotguns kill watchers with shields fast enough?
 
hillsighed said:
After my 150-200 hours in Destiny came to a close I realized I had over 250 friends on my list.

I cleaned it out long ago and now have something like 25. Has to be done.
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I hated that about destiny. Needing to rely on friend list to basically do matchmaking with randoms. Terrible.
 
fedexpeon said:
Man this game is super easy with distress signal even on lvl 12 missions.
Even with 100 kills objective, you just bait them in and run around the map.
I soloed the HAV and Shredder Missile missions, and it was 10x easier than grouping up with people.
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Yeah I've been able to solo missions up to level 8 just with the distraction beacons. But you are also at the mercy of whatever objectives are generated for each planet, some are very tough to do alone that can't be skipped (ie. Black box, truth towers, destroy AA guns, etc).

It is very satisfying to solo all the missions for a high level planet though once you can pull it off.
 
I have added myself to the OT friends list.

The hard missions are a nightmare with randoms.

I like to run a really supportive style:

Repair Gun
Supply Pack
Drone
APC (I need that armored version in my life though)

I run the rail gun and the perk to make me run faster.
 
k1t4j said:
I have added myself to the OT friends list.

The hard missions are a nightmare with randoms.

I like to run a really supportive style:

Repair Gun
Supply Pack
Drone
APC (I need that armored version in my life though)

I run the rail gun and the perk to make me run faster.
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But why would you run the railgun without the laser? You want to hit every shot with it, especially since you spawn in with only 25 rounds.

I run the railgun+laser with 2 orbital strikes, thunderer barrage and resupply as a dedicated tank destroyer with my stun and my airsupport. When retreating, I shoot behind us to stun and kill things with my unstoppable rounds.

You aren't supposed to see that many tanks anyway if your teammates don't screw up too much.
 
Anyone else sharing my complete lack of success in joining any multiplayer on Vita since the patch dropped? NA version, to be specific.

Just looking for shared woe.
 
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