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Helldivers |OT| Everybody Fights, Nobody Quits.

I wish there was more incentive to complete all objectives as well. Not really a fan of failing stuff on purpose, but seems to be what everyone wants to do on harder missions.
 
Evolved1 said:
How do you know which missions are optional on the map?
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As long as you complete 1 objective, even if you fail the rest, you can still extract. Killing X number of enemies is the only mandatory one I've seen. I wish you'd get a lot more bonus XP or maybe some samples for completing all objectives, to encourage more people to not sandbag on purpose.
 
super-famicom said:
As long as you complete 1 objective, even if you fail the rest, you can still extract. Killing X number of enemies is the only mandatory one I've seen. I wish you'd get a lot more bonus XP or maybe some samples for completing all objectives, to encourage more people to not sandbag on purpose.
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How do you "fail" a carry the black box, or a capture the area, or a destroy the bug nests / beacons / etc, or a activate the SAM missile sites?

I know how to fail escorts by just letting the stuff die, but the ones where you have to drop off the box or capture an area, there's no way to complete it except for successfully as far as I've seen.
 
cpp_is_king said:
How do you "fail" a carry the black box, or a capture the area, or a destroy the bug nests / beacons / etc?

I know how to fail escorts by just letting the stuff die, but the ones where you have to drop off the box or capture an area, there's no way to complete it except for successfully as far as I've seen.
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For the black box, if you are carrying it and fall down a cliff in the desert planets, it's a fail. Yeah, I think you have to capture the point and blow up the bug nest, no way to fail those.
 
cpp_is_king said:
How do you "fail" a carry the black box, or a capture the area, or a destroy the bug nests / beacons / etc?
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Can't fail destroy objectives, anything with a sequence input, or capture objectives. You can fail carry objectives by dropping them into a bottomless pit. Any defend objective can be failed by....well, not defending.
 
super-famicom said:
Nice! That's how I am when I play.

Edit- Messiek and Lyze (EuroGAFfers) do this as well. As does CarbonFires. If you want to play with good GAFfers who use their mics and map as much as I do, play with these guys!
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Sweet, I'll add you guys. I have a couple EU GAF people, but can't connect to them yet because of the patch.
 
fedexpeon said:
If you need help, I can do it with you.
I soloed both those missions.
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Ehh I'm in no rush. I'll wait for the bugs to be fixed. Meanwhile I'll have to farm samples for the distractor beacon and shotgun upgrades I need for the danmaku, stealth and not dying cheevos

Also, on single player, dropping a nuke at extraction can be a thing. Enemies are attracted to it and that gives you some breathing room, and you can always detonate it to clear out tanks if they spawn.
 
I just played some games with Liquid before getting to work, i'm having so much fun with this game.

I had to get out mid mission, so i left my mech suit and jumped of a cliff, i hope the guys made it.
 
What is going on with this game? Just bought it.

Whenever I go into someone's game, I get host migration, then disconnect.

Is it just me?
 
Well multiplayer appears to be basically unplayable, either get boot failed or host migration on every single game. Sucks, really wanted to play a bunch more before hotline miami 2.
 
lemon__fresh said:
Well multiplayer appears to be basically unplayable, either get boot failed or host migration on every single game. Sucks, really wanted to play a bunch more before hotline miami 2.
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Go to filter options, tick hide games in mission, hide games on hard (since you're just starting), and try not to join ships with only 1 player. You'll need some tries if you're unlucky, but you'll be fine.

Or just start your own mission and throw down an SOS beacon.

As for regions, I've played with some Eurobros before the patch, muricans, asiagaf, russians and even koreans.

I should investigate my NAT. What does it mean if I'm a type 2?
 
Frustrated!
Patch still isnt out in Au, not a lot of MP games, and I keep missing these events, because they happen while I'm asleep =\
 
M1nion said:
YEAH!!!!! I've had this issue since day one. I guess playing on Vita means no friends for me huh?
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I'm not even playing on my vita is the crazy thing. I seemingly only have a 1 in 10 chance of it partially loading and if I leave the friends page to access it later the results vanish.
 
Been having a ton of fun with this. Mostly playing with randoms and some couch co op. Added myself to the spreadsheet if anyone is looking for more people.
 
Foxix Von said:
I'm not even playing on my vita is the crazy thing. I seemingly only have a 1 in 10 chance of it partially loading and if I leave the friends page to access it later the results vanish.
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I'm just trying to figure out why I can play with other Gaffers :(. I hope this is fixed in the future, because the game is stupid fun once you have a good team to play with!
 
I read something about a bug that only affects people with >200 people on their psn friends. Does anyone know if this is true? Or is there official confirmation of this?
 
cpp_is_king said:
I read something about a bug that only affects people with >200 people on their psn friends. Does anyone know if this is true? Or is there official confirmation of this?
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I heard talk of it in this thread, but haven't seen any official confirmation.

If anyone wants to join me, I could use some more GAFdivers in my squad!
 
cpp_is_king said:
I read something about a bug that only affects people with >200 people on their psn friends. Does anyone know if this is true? Or is there official confirmation of this?
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There's people in this thread reporting that problem and reducing the friend list seems to work as a workaround.
 
Hey Everyone,

Having a blast playing this game (when it works) online. Any updates on cross-play issues being resolved?

I got a couple of my friends to also play this online, but I've been having issues with them being able to connect to me. I'm currently on my PS Vita and one of them was on his PS3.

I haven't had any issues connecting as a Vita user to PS4 players online, but for some reason, PS3 players seem to be having issues connecting to me and vice versa.

Anyone else with this problem?
 
_hekk05 said:
Go to filter options, tick hide games in mission, hide games on hard (since you're just starting), and try not to join ships with only 1 player. You'll need some tries if you're unlucky, but you'll be fine.

Or just start your own mission and throw down an SOS beacon.

As for regions, I've played with some Eurobros before the patch, muricans, asiagaf, russians and even koreans.

I should investigate my NAT. What does it mean if I'm a type 2?
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Thanks, it started working right after i made that post. Ha, figures.
 
Played with randoms for the first time tonight. I was very impressed that I didn't have any bad groups given the hectic nature and friendly fire.

This game is just fantastic.
 
I hope Sony realizes what a fucking gem they are sitting on with Helldivers. They need to throw all the money, resources, and servers at this game they can. It is a perfect platform for solid DLC. If they sort out all the networking stuff, this game unifies all the active Playstation platforms. They should have thrown their money behind Helldivers, not Destiny. I am having a ton of fun, but I would love to see this game continue to grow.
 
Keihart said:
I just played some games with Liquid before getting to work, i'm having so much fun with this game.

I had to get out mid mission, so i left my mech suit and jumped of a cliff, i hope the guys made it.
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Haha we made it! Thanks for the mech. It was funny when you jumped off the cliff.
 
This amazing game is testament to the fact that you don't need AAA budget, hollywood actors, 4k graphics and all the rest of the endless BS to deliver what gamers truly need.
Anyway thanks to Sony and PS4 for delivering this gem.
 
Match making is getting better, but still needs work.

the community for this game seems to be pretty hardcore, the randoms I've encountered so far knows how to play the game. loving it.
 
Donthizz# said:
Match making is getting better, but still needs work.

the community for this game seems to be pretty hardcore, the randoms I've encountered so far knows how to play the game. loving it.
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I *just* bought it, did like 4 missions online. I saw so many people get squished by beacons or extract ships.
 
Art1mus said:
This amazing game is testament to the fact that you don't need AAA budget, hollywood actors, 4k graphics and all the rest of the endless BS to deliver what gamers truly need.
Anyway thanks to Sony and PS4 for delivering this gem.
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agree with you, but we can see this game as a testament that we still need beta testing.

it's a shame that we still have to deal with broken features, even after something like that on the game FAQ:

Will there be a Beta before release?
No. But we’ll be happy to deliver you a full experience from the start instead, playing a polished game with everyone else. No risk of growing tired of the game before it’s even done. Much better than a beta!
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Ferrio said:
I *just* bought it, did like 4 missions online. I saw so many people get squished by beacons or extract ships.
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lol. it gets better. trust me. but you still can't avoid silly deaths. Yesterday I panicked and threw a grenade at my teammates killing them all, being a helldiver is serious business.
 
Art1mus said:
This amazing game is testament to the fact that you don't need AAA budget, hollywood actors, 4k graphics and all the rest of the endless BS to deliver what gamers truly need.
Anyway thanks to Sony and PS4 for delivering this gem.
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Thanks to arrowhead, primarily.

Brutuspedia said:
agree with you, but we can see this game as a testament that we still need beta testing.

it's a shame that we still have to deal with broken features, even after something like that on the game FAQ:
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I feel like these guys will have it straightened out by the end of the month, just because the game is so polished otherwise and they came from a well-supported series like Magicka on Steam. The problems are still negligent compared to last fall/winter's deluge of almost completely broken AAA releases. imo anyway. This is stuff they can definitely fix instead of being a hopeless mess like LBP3.
 
gutterboy44 said:
I hope Sony realizes what a fucking gem they are sitting on with Helldivers. They need to throw all the money, resources, and servers at this game they can. It is a perfect platform for solid DLC. If they sort out all the networking stuff, this game unifies all the active Playstation platforms. They should have thrown their money behind Helldivers, not Destiny. I am having a ton of fun, but I would love to see this game continue to grow.
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QFT
 
NinjamicWZ said:
Thanks to arrowhead, primarily.



I feel like these guys will have it straightened out by the end of the month, just because the game is so polished otherwise and they came from a well-supported series like Magicka on Steam. The problems are still negligent compared to last fall/winter's deluge of almost completely broken AAA releases. imo anyway. This is stuff they can definitely fix instead of being a hopeless mess like LBP3.
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agree
it's understandable to have some launch problems with an ambitious game like Helldivers, with cross-play and cross-chat working with 3 platforms. but it do not change the fact that skip the beta testing was their call.

these messed broken games could have been released in a better form after a good beta testing, but devs rather fix it along the way, and I see a lot of people losing their interest during this post-launch fixing period.
 
I just unlocked the rail gun last night. Tried to use it and wow...only 4 clips. Damn bloody limited ammo I'd say. I love the stun and the punch through ability though. Not sure if I want to replace my favourite Camper rifle for it.

Maybe I should upgrade my sidearm and use that for scouts instead. Then use the main weapon, rail gun, when the going gets tough.

How does the fully upgraded sidearm perform? Feedback from GAF?
 
Boogalogist said:
I just unlocked the rail gun last night. Tried to use it and wow...only 4 clips. Damn bloody limited ammo I'd say. I love the stun and the punch through ability though. Not sure if I want to replace my favourite Camper rifle for it.

Maybe I should upgrade my sidearm and use that for scouts instead. Then use the main weapon, rail gun, when the going gets tough.

How does the fully upgraded sidearm perform? Feedback from GAF?
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Pretty good. It has AP so it'll even do some damage to med and high-armoured units down the line, infinitismal as it may be.

If you're running the pistol as a dedicated patrol killing weapon, there are things you must remember:

Pistol has limited range (approx half the map horizontally), so you must be half the map away from patrols to fire.

It one shot kills bug scouts, 2? for watchers (I haven't tested it yet, more for shields too), and a lot for cyborg commanders. Not recommended for cyborgs for this reason. Not recommended for illuminate either unless you have beastly aim.

Fire rate is quite good. Reload speed also great, so you're not as likely to be caught reloading. You can also use it to scare off assassin bugs in the middle of the team instead of using the railgun and potentially teamkilling a teammate.

The railgun being so good is why you should always run the railgun with laser and resupply. Laser for accuracy, and resupply for ammo and the improvised stun+orbital strike using the resupply pod.
 
Boarding the ship for extraction on the final mission on a Level 10 Cyborg planet, we all got fucking disconnected and Helldivers quits with an error. Fuck man.
 
Been away a bit since release and have only played sporadically until yesterday. Damn this is fun! Length of mission is perfect. 10-15 minutes often and maybe some a bit longer but just perfect.

Only heard one guy use headset. No idea which language. German and French I get you can talk and there is a big chance in EU that you randomly meet someone who speak it. But come on. English. Do you speak it?
Especially when the other two I played with both had _DK in their name.
He was also pretty bad and stole my machinegun when I died once and another guys flamethrower when he died.
 
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