I don't think Illuminates have an answer to the exo suit.
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Helldivers |OT| Everybody Fights, Nobody Quits.
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I don't think Illuminates have an answer to the exo suit.
They litter power cores all over the place. That's their answer.
My answer is to throw them off a cliff along with myself.
Pristine_Condition
Member
You are going to die. A lot. Often in hilarious ways.
Can confirm, my first death was by a drop ship landing on me.
Also, upgrade your UAV ASAP. It will help you find all of the samples which is super useful in the easier worlds.
NullPointer
Member
The mind control fuckers suck.
I wish there was some way to fight it. You could be nearly a screen away and they can still snag you, and then, welp, you get to watch yourself die in one of a thousand ways. Drained my will to fight entirely because they just kept on appearing and *bloop* taking me over.
I wish there was some way to fight it. You could be nearly a screen away and they can still snag you, and then, welp, you get to watch yourself die in one of a thousand ways. Drained my will to fight entirely because they just kept on appearing and *bloop* taking me over.
Nah its like 3/4 of the screen. I can dodge it unless its a snow planet, in which case I run the opposite way and hope a teammate in a mech kills him.
I did helldive with a team though. We agreed on a 3 mech protect 1 strategy.
Basically, we'll do the black box/power cores first. 3 mechs will shoot the shit out of everything while the lone person will carry the blackbox/power cores, either to the bottom of a ravine or the nearest bunker.
Survivors? "They died of hypothermia by the time we got to them Admiral!"
Once the black boxes/power cores/survivors are "done", we just ride along and shoot everything in sight, hohoho-ing all the way.
Like Batman, use prep-time.
Bring exos, vehicles and personal shields. All of them prevent the mind control.
cleveridea
Member
What a great game
Has this been selling well?
Has this been selling well?
NullPointer
Member
I wasn't using my mech so that I could deliver the package with my SMG. I'd run from them when I could, and either get mind-controlled anyway - or they'd teleport in front of me and mind control me then - or else they'd mind control me, kill me, I'd get dropped back in and they'd mind control me once I was out of the pod and kill me again. There was enough of a loop of death, mind control, death, mind control, death, mind control that I said fuck it and quit out. Just not a fan of those kind of mechanics.
Can you get in an APC while holding the package?
Crimson_Gold
Member
Just got all of the stratagem. 
I just need the rest of the weapons and to level everything up fully.
I love this game
If it makes you feel any better, I watched someone attempt to melee a tank. He died...
I just need the rest of the weapons and to level everything up fully.
I love this game
If it makes you feel any better, I watched someone attempt to melee a tank. He died...
Players really need to learn to instinctively prep a respawn beacon as soon as someone dies, without even looking at the prompts. Last night on a hell dive mission, with 5 seconds left to shuttle landing, three of us die and the last dude decides to kite the enemies without calling a respawn beacon. The idiot walks right into a thunder barrage.
RustyNails
Member
Nope.
No.
Facing them on foot alone is not worth it, never mind while carrying a case and a SMG. Best bet is to drop the case, run and lure them away with a beacon. Or like many have said drop the case in a hole.
A mech escort makes short work of the mind control unit. Burst of machine gun and one rocket is enough with a mk3 exo.
CarbonFire
Member
I...did not know that. BRB, equipping personal shield for every Illuminate mission ever.
I honestly can't remember. It must be one of the early planet rewards. Just browse the galaxy map until you find the correct planet, then do all the missions on it.
super-famicom
Member
Holy crap! Aren't the UAV and the camper part of the ranger pack and exclusive to first 2 week purchases or something?
Woah the game really changes for you if you don't have the UAV.
super-famicom
Member
I don't really remember but I think I started with the UAV. I know the Camper was part of the Ranger pack but was the UAV part of it as well?
I think it was. I saw them together on a graphic in the PS store.
Shit, it is! I didn't know that.
The PS blog http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/03/03/helldivers-launches-today-for-ps4-ps3-ps-vita/comment-page-2/ says the ranger pack is included until 4/27.
If someone doesn't have it, maybe then can try restoring licenses on ps4?
AusRoachman
Member
Is PS+ required for the online ? I assume so.
super-famicom
Member
Playing on PS4? Then yes.
workingclassmeng
Neo Member
So my girlfriend bought helldivers when it came out as she is the one with the ps-plus membership, I've been able to play online due to the console being her primary ps4. It seems that the two 'day one' items (The scout drone and the sniper rifle) can only be accessed through her account and not mine.
According to the dev forums it's locked to her account server-side which is a bit annoying does anyone know if there is a way around this or if they've heard of a fix in an upcoming patch?
According to the dev forums it's locked to her account server-side which is a bit annoying does anyone know if there is a way around this or if they've heard of a fix in an upcoming patch?
super-famicom
Member
It might be locked to the account that purchased the game. Does the Camper still show up in the armory? If so, you might be able to unlock it once you reach a certain rank.
Leveling up really slows down around level 15 or so, so it just depends how much you play / if you're doing high difficulties
workingclassmeng
Neo Member
They both show up in the armory but have a blue padlock icon over them. I should get her to play it more maybe if she unlocks them on her character other accounts can use them.
super-famicom
Member
They should already be unlocked on her account. I was able to equip that gear right from the start. If you're seeing blue padlocks, you may just have to rank up. I don't know what rank they require.
workingclassmeng
Neo Member
Yeah fair enough I'm only rank 11 so I'll just keep ranking up and see how I go
hillsighed
Member
Level 17 and it's a drag trying to level just playing with randoms.
Every once in awhile I'll get a room of good ones but still boring when they don't have mics.
Every once in awhile I'll get a room of good ones but still boring when they don't have mics.
Liquid_015
Gold Member
workingclassmeng
Neo Member
Geez sounds like I have a long road ahead then
cpp_is_king
Member
I'm a bit sad that FF Type 0 is coming out tomorrow. I really wanted to reach level 25 and take part in recapturing a homeworlds, but alas level 21 and tomorrow may be the end of the line. Maybe I'll be able to come back to this in a few months after I'm done with Bloodborne, but it seems unlikely given the onslaught of good games coming out this year.
I really wanted to platinum it too, especially after getting the Danmaku trophy basically for free, which I thought was going to be the hardest one. In case you're wondering, I joined an in progress game on Hell Dive which was at the extraction point. I didn't get hit during that 1 minute because they had previously thrown up distraction beacons
I really wanted to platinum it too, especially after getting the Danmaku trophy basically for free, which I thought was going to be the hardest one. In case you're wondering, I joined an in progress game on Hell Dive which was at the extraction point. I didn't get hit during that 1 minute because they had previously thrown up distraction beacons
Chaos2Frozen
Member
lol that's my plan now yeah.
3 titans and 1 anti-tank stratagem, probably railcannon or artillery.
CarbonFire
Member
PS4 online.
First we only see eachother as 'online' but are unable to join. And when it says 1/4 Helldivers, the teleport boot fails.
Liberty4all
Banned
I think I'm in love with the Knight sub machine gun.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
CarbonFire
Member
Yeah, its a pretty common bug. Best advice is still to both back completely out, close the program (dashboard >> option key >> close application), then start up fresh. I'm assuming you both have the latest patch.
Barring that, no clue. Since the latest patch, other than the occasional drop during a mission, the MP networking has seemed pretty solid.
Edit: ^^ Waiting a minute or two after closing might also be helpful
BAD IDEA.
One person should agree to host. He stays on the bridge as soon as he logs in and doesn't do anything. Not even change the orbit. Also recommended to temporarily set it to friends only.
Everyone else just refresh until you see him on your friends list and try to join from there. If it fails try restarting the game. The host should NEVER restart as that introduces different instances of log ins into the system and causes the no connection error message.
Also i think illusionists need 2 railcannons. Possibly more if the shield completely blocks the railcannon. My previous testing might have struck the damn thing after it had already taken damage and had its shield taken off.
For illuminates, I recommend one guy who carries the shield or jump pack (snow planet) and the cardio (to outrun the illusionist orbs, replaced with displacement if in snow planet), using the double freedom and has 2 mechs that is the designated carrier, or maybe a wep. Everyone else should bring 2 mechs and a shield. One guy should carry a distractor. Another guy carries the UAV. Last guy carries the shredder.
Drop a distractor first thing and run the fuck away. Drop shields and mechs after a while, taking care not to destroy each other's shit. Then have fun shooting the shit out of things as you carry stuff to the bunker. See beacons? Shredder that shit.
Keihart
Member
When i'm doing a solo missions y just empty my shotgun on them if possible, if not, i try to bring the personal shield.
I always use resupply pack and shotgun on solo, such a good combo. Personal shield also works with the static field conductors.
bobawesome
Member
Played a little bit of it the other night with some friends. It was fun enough but HOLY COW, there was clearly some baggage that persisted between play sessions.
