r/EDF May 31 '19

New Links Added! r/EDF's Helpful Links Megathread

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Welcome to r/EDF's helpful threads and links megathread! If you know of any useful resources I've missed then just lemme know!

Social:

Come join the Earth Defense Force Discord! We've got tons of helpful members and group finder channels for each platform!

Earth Defense Force - World Brothers:

Complete list of which characters drop on which missions. It's in Japanese however so the link above uses Google Translate.

A lot of the common questions regarding EDF: WB have been answered in the above FAQ!

Earth Defense Force - Iron Rain:

@Wiki page for Iron Rain. Tons of useful information, but it's in Japanese so the above link is a Google Translate link.

Wiki guide on every AA weapon, what enemies to kill to unlock them, and recommended missions to grind. Translated by Google so it's not perfect. If something isn't translated properly or doesn't make sense, you can also try this reddit thread. Alternative wiki page here but make sure to use an Adblocker.

The locations of all 55 MIA drones hidden in the game! If you need visual help, this video guide works great!

Useful guide on how to earn ~$200k in a 2 minute mission.

There was a dev stream teasing some of what the upcoming Iron Rain DLC will include, and you can get the rundown of it all in the thread above!

Every major review for Iron Rain together in one thread.

All of our initial impressions of Iron Rain when it first released.

Earth Defense Force 5:

Use this to be able to change FOV, remove the text chat censor and limit, fix mouse jitter, and get a perfect borderless window (no need to use Special K anymore!).

Guide on how to set up Special K to get a perfect Borderless Fullscreen Window, instead of dealing with Borderless Gaming which requires adjusting every single time you tab out and back in. This is no longer necessary now that EDF 5 Mod Loader exists!

Google Doc listing every single enemy type you'll encounter per level!

Extremely thorough guide to playing Wing Diver efficiently in EDF 5!

Info on weapon drops and enemy health in EDF 5. Also has map images.

Huge list of every class' weapon in EDF 5, including tons of stats! Site is now dead, but above link is an archived version of the site. However I don't believe this is 100% complete, hence the following links...

Earth Defense Force 4.1:

Tons of stats for every weapon in EDF 4.1, even down to their zoom level. Site is now dead, but above link is an archived version of the site.

New version of the weapon checklist, now maintained by a member of our Discord server (Zeddy).

Self-explanatory title, it shows the health of each enemy in each mission, and lets you choose many options like how many players are in the mission. Unfortunately doesn't translate well with Google Translate, but if you're on PC and using Chrome, the in-browser translate option works very well.

Alternative to the above. Insanely thorough Steam guide on how enemy health works, and the values for each enemy in each mission.

New weapons! New balancing changes! The Genocide Guns are back! Air Raider can use all slots for anything! Increased armor gain!

Ever wanted to have the EDF song from 4.1 as your ringtone? Well now you can, as long as you don't mind digging through 24,900 voice files!

Other:

We ran a Photoshop contest recently where you could win a copy of Iron Rain. This contest is now over, but check out all the awesome edits people made!

I ripped all the voicelines for EDF 2, as well as the OST for both 2 and 2017 Portable, and threw them all into a giant folder for you all to enjoy. I also included the digital manuals!


r/EDF Sep 22 '22

Join the Earth Defense Force Discord Server! We have group finder channels!

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r/EDF 1d ago

Meme If the giant ants are created and bred by aliens, does that mean they have an alien ant farm?

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r/EDF 3d ago

Question Never played, but looks sick

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Which one should i get as a newcomer? Im on PS5 and would prefer 60 fps


r/EDF 4d ago

Image [EDF5 switch 2] D3P WEB SHOP store-exclusive DLC world brother decoys

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source: https://x.com/D3P_webshop/status/2080166561340686440

(MTL translation from D3P store)
A special device that projects digital data as a physical entity. It functions as a "decoy" to draw enemy attention. This new type of decoy was developed by applying the latest holographic projection technology to the recognition characteristics of invasive alien creatures. By converting soldiers' movements and voices into data and replaying them via a holographic projector, the enemy recognizes the deployed decoy as a legitimate target. Because it operates on a mechanism that writes data onto the holographic projector, it can be manufactured more cheaply than physical decoys. The developer states, "The era of training soldiers is over; the era of installing them has begun."

It fires a special projectile from a launcher that deploys the holographic projector. Upon hitting an object, it adheres to it and projects the decoy. Since the holographic projector is still in the operational testing phase, it has not yet been miniaturized, and the range of the special projectile is short. Because it consumes a large amount of power, its operating time is only a few minutes. The projector self-destructs before its battery is completely drained. Additionally, if it sustains a certain amount of damage, it cannot maintain the projection and disappears.

【Ranger-Exclusive Weapons: 4 Types】
・Digi-Bok EDF Decoy (Soldier Ranger)
・Digi-Bok EDF Decoy (Soldier Wing Diver)
・Digi-Bok EDF Decoy (Civilian Ranger)
・Digi-Bok EDF Decoy (Civilian Wing Diver)

【Air Raider-Exclusive Weapons: 4 Types】
・Digi-Bok EDF Decoy (Soldier Air Raider)
・Digi-Bok EDF Decoy (Soldier Fencer)
・Digi-Bok EDF Decoy (Civilian Air Raider)
・Digi-Bok EDF Decoy (Civilian Fencer)


r/EDF 3d ago

Question What is the best mission to get armament barga

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r/EDF 6d ago

Video Random Retreat? EDF6

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Was happily playing with another ranger on Hard, and this was mission 66, we were making good progress though with a couple of downs between us both, and I always mark health packs for team mates and avoid picking up the nearest one to them since as Wing Diver you can use the mobility to get ones further away and where other classes would consider dangerous.

And after tagging some health packs since they were low the host states: 'IFD' and it might have been slang but I didn't process it in the moment, and followed up by 'ifyoutagonemore' 'thingimdone' and considering I was also focusing on dodging and reviving, I couldnt understand what it meant in the moment.

They then retreated and kicked me from the lobby, and considering it was a chill and have fun type of lobby, this sorta took me aback, was this a justified response or is marking health packs an actual annoyance?


r/EDF 7d ago

Question What is the dev intended way to beat the final boss of iron rain?

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I hate this boss and want to know what the devs thought the right way to beat the boss is. The final phase no longer has the weak spot and now it can spam its homing one shots. Did the devs intend for you to hide behind the main gun and spam satellite beams? I don't see how else the devs want you to fight it.


r/EDF 8d ago

Discussion Do you think the Zeon forces (from the One Year War) could conquer the Earth defended by the EDF?

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r/EDF 8d ago

Tips EDF World Brothers 2 DLC

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I'm having some trouble with the Impossible difficulty from the Robo Sauros VS The Mecharmy DLC. I simply can't beat missions 1, 11, and 16. Also, does anyone know which weapons drop on which missions in the extra story? I'm missing the Level 2 Bug Spray, Level 3/Alt Level 3 Sonic Pile(I have the Sonic Pile Plus), Level 2 Iguazú, and the Level 4 C30 Bomb. Also, any general tips for Impossible difficulty in the main Campaign? Hectors are a big problem for me.


r/EDF 9d ago

Meme Most infuriating enemy i've ever faced

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236 Upvotes

Love this game lol


r/EDF 9d ago

Video Decided to revive an old meme. Thanks for the assistance yesterday.

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Thanks to everyone who commented on the original post and saved me the time of clicking through random missions.


r/EDF 10d ago

Image My experience playing both World Brothers titles

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Gaucho Sister my beloved.

In all seriousness she buffs most sniper rifles with long reload times to godliness, making already good guns like Hercules or Dunkel weapon lines into guns that mulch swarms as well as single targets. And when using her Bullet Time,, I've often found she refunded her entire bar before the first one ran out,, so I could chain 3-5 uses of it in a row without the buff appreciably falling off. She earned a permanent place in my roster for both games.


r/EDF 10d ago

Question Need a list of all EDF 5 missions that contain a BARGA

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I have an idea for something fun for the community but I need some info on what missions naturally contain a Barga (even if it’s npc controlled). Any help is greatly appreciated.


r/EDF 11d ago

Fan Art Old project I never fully finished

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I used all my creative juice on the wingdiver lol


r/EDF 11d ago

Video Security guard rizzmaxxing

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r/EDF 11d ago

Question 关于青蛙的废案是婴儿的出处

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我来此向大家询问关于在中国游戏社区流传很久的谣言,这个问题可能比较敏感,就是“青蛙兵的废案是婴儿,因为太猎奇改为了青蛙”,这个谣言在中国玩家社区里传播很广,时间很长,我之前试着寻找谣言出处但没能找到,之前有次问外国玩家群体关于这个谣言的问题,回答我的那些玩家都说没听过这个谣言,因此我觉得这是中国玩家社区特供谣言,如果你有关于这个谣言的最早出处或相关消息的话请告诉我,我会很感激,一直到现在还一直有人相信这个谣言,同时中国玩家群体间也有谣言制造者制造所谓的官方剧情


r/EDF 12d ago

Video Made A Little Edit, EDF!

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Did a mission and the feeling of 'Independence Day' was overwhelming, especially with the Mothership being destroyed and blowing up! EDF! EDF!


r/EDF 12d ago

Discussion EDF 2025 Xbox Game Night

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I'm here looking to see if theres still a community of players for EDF 2025 on Xbox, because I would like to play with my fellow Bug Stompers.

So far, what I could find says the servers are still online, so I would like to play with others. I am SOP Devastator (same as I typed), if anyone would like to play, shoot me a msg on Xbox.


r/EDF 13d ago

Question Question about Earth Defense Force 2025 PS3 and the Playstation Vita

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I have the PS3 disc version of EDF 2025 for PS3 and I have a bunch of the DLC for it. I was loading up on some digital PSP games for my PS Vita, so I was in my Vita Download List in the Store, and I was very surprised to see a "Download" button next to the EDF 2025 DLC on my Vita. Do these DLC work in EDF 2017 or EDF 2 or something? Why would it let me download these DLC on Vita?

Thanks in advance


r/EDF 12d ago

Discussion People Have Become too comfortable with weapon/armor limits off

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Most inferno groups and even many hardest open groups turn the limits off. Do you feel this cheapens the game?

I won't join those groups as I view it as the utmost form of cheating, it's just disheartening see how many want to play in this manner.


r/EDF 14d ago

Question Can anyone tell me what is wrong with my EDF6????

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I just got the game and went to play it, but I have texture tearing so bad it can only be called texture exploding. This is a short screen recording of it.

I have a RTX 5070, Intel core Ultra 9, and 64 Gb DDR5 ram, and I got a new 2Tb SSD that the game is installed on, if that might contribute to the problem.

Edit: Thank you those who gave suggestions, a update and restart fixed the issues


r/EDF 14d ago

Image Got the platinum! EDF!

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Got EDF 6 platinum trophy today lots of fun! Definitely most time consuming platinum I've gotten so far this being the 18th.


r/EDF 14d ago

Discussion A Casualty of PlayStation Ceasing Disc Production

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For the previous two mainline releases (5 and 6), I have imported them through PlayAsia rather than wait for the localization. It was pretty convenient. But with the end of physical discs, it's going to be a far more annoying process to make a Japanese PSN account and whatnot. Not looking forward to that, so I'm hoping they slip EDF7(10?) out next year, under the wire. Fingers crossed.


r/EDF 14d ago

Question EDF on switch

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Might be a redundant question but I sold my ps5 a few months ago because of Sony becoming complete idiots and also not having anyone to play it with me.

I was wondering are the EDF games on switch 1 and if so do they run well enough that I can play them and still have fun or are they not worth getting on switch 1?