Arrowhead chasing simulation autism for Helldivers 2 was a monumental mistake, and it's biting them in the ass more and more as the game ages. The armor system didn't need to be 7 tiers, it could have easily been condensed down to 4 -- light, medium, heavy and super heavy (buildings, factory striders). Durability damage is a fucking meme that AH constantly forget to account for, and then buff the weapons affected to the point you get MiB neuralyzed and forget it exists. Penetration and angle of attack were reduced to borderline irrelevancy, but then it occasionally rears its head because Alexus mentally plants himself back into early 2024. Drag factor is an utterly inconsequential stat for 99% of guns, and the only reason most people even know its exists is because of how badly it fucked the Plasma Accelerator.

If I worked at AH, I'd be going at this game like the fucking team from Armageddon scrapping the drill platform NASA built because it's an over-designed piece of shit.

>>535959789
Balance is not content, you simpleton. Polar Patriots is the last ever Warbond to release with 4 weapons, 1 throwable and 3 armor sets. Viper Commandos released with 2 armors, 2 weapons and 1 throwable, and that's been the near-exact standard for over a year. Except now they throw in a stratagem or two to try and pad out the bonds.

Previous: >>531676614

>WHAT IS HELLDIVERS 2?
HELLDIVERS 2 is a 2024 crossplay, co-op, squad-based, PvE 3rd person shooter for PC, PS5 and XBox Series X/S where players fight against hordes of alien insects, robots and squids to Spread Democracy™. Players wage war on a number of contested planets, each with a different environment, completing as many objectives as possible in a procedurally generated level while constrained by a time limit. With enough successful operations, a planet can be defended or liberated, and the player base must cooperate to try to liberate the entire galaxy by focusing and combining their efforts as much as possible.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/553850/HELLDIVERS_2/
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/helldivers-2/
https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/helldivers-2/9mx9wn9dfpgt

>WHAT ABOUT THE FIRST HELLDIVERS GAME?
Released in 2015 for PC, PS3/4 and PS Vita, the original HELLDIVERS is a shared screen top-down shooter in the same setting. Its mechanics were based primarily on Arrowhead's first game, Magicka.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/394510/HELLDIVERS_Dive_Harder_Edition/
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/helldivers/


>LOBBY HOSTING
https://files.catbox.moe/83ixkr.png
>MODDING
https://files.catbox.moe/c81ogo.png

>INFORMATION RESOURCES
https://helldivers.wiki.gg/
https://helldiverscompanion.com/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1xA_wuSuV6NORqUCt1aZ203raG4HuUJ85btqmn0ld56U/htmlview

>MAJOR NEWS
Jul 02 Warbond Token https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/516339785321679794
Jul 03 XBox release Aug 26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTs9VDm4KAU
Jul 17 Control Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8FKZG2lPBw

>LATEST PATCHES
Jul 15 1.003.200 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/601909716088521243
Jul 16 1.003.201 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/516341688493408284

acid hellhole bots
steam://joinlobby/553850/109775241883902697/76561198036215897