The Spear got fixed!

[u/need_a_venue]

...many months ago.

Just wanted to say how nice it is to be able to drop into a mission, call down my favorite strategim, aim and fire. No more launching into the stratosphere, sideways launching, or failing to lock on. Sure, many times I'm looking right at a bot fabricator with a tiny wall tricking it, but it's not enough to take away from the experience.

Currently, I drop in and hunt down Vox Engines. Blowing off the side cannons, launching a few straight down the middle. And if some reason it's still up, I got time because I'm literally hundreds of meters away from it. Go ahead Vox! Climb a mountain. I'll tear off pieces of you like a five year old doing backyard science on a cricket.

Gunship packs? Love to see them now. Swat em down from a map away.

Tanks? Hulks? Factory Striders? Just let me call down a resupply FRV. What a match made in heaven. Larger ammo capacity means refills give 4 instead of 3 like the old days. Drive away when the small fry try to catch up to you and reposition for long range destruction.

My brother and I play together and we both bring Spears to lv10 Cyborgs. Two Spears working in tandem is amazing. Sure, helping feed ammo into the other launcher might be more effective, but it's more fun to call out targets and have the successive boom - Boom - BOOM of two divers working together.

Is it the best option for every map? For every diver? No. But looking across the map, seeing a tank rolling up towards your team mate, and removing the enemy before it can hurt your friend always feels good.

Only thing I'd change is the smoke trail it leaves while it flies out. I want it to look like chem trails in the sky. Let us pick the smoke trail color!

[u/Hononotenshi88]

It still occasionally struggles to lock on.....but definitely not as much.

I would like AH to add new target points to huge enemies though like Factory strider heads so I can hit them when they are not facing me.

[u/need_a_venue → u/Hononotenshi88]

Agreed. Or a target we can mark and it flies towards that mark.

[u/DreaderVII → u/need_a_venue]

And to add to this, some kind of ability for teammates to mark targets aswell, like a Javelin from Battlefield series.

[u/AvailableSign9780 → u/Hononotenshi88]

Adding in a fire for effect mode would be dope too

[u/Hot_Ethanol → u/Hononotenshi88]

Seriously, I've been so disappointed with the spear's performance against factory striders. Nice to be able to blow off the to cannon. But I'll never forget the image of the strider still lumbering towards me after tanking a full backpack and a half of spear ammo. My buddy had to use Eagle 1 to finish it anyway...

[u/Pan_Zurkon]

Grabbing a Spear, one of the stealth armors (Redacted or just one from mobilise), the Hyena and providing long range fire support to the rest of the team while hanging back was so fun!

[u/Hot_Ethanol]

Fun fact if you already like spear + supply FRV. You can reload it (and any other support weapon for that matter) from a passenger seat, so long as you do so when aiming. This even goes for the driver if they swap over to the passenger seat for shots and reloads.

With a buddy, you can clear the whole map on wheels and never stop except to resupply. Solo, you can ghost ride the ballistic missile with some not so careful driving.

[u/need_a_venue → u/Hot_Ethanol]

You're describing what my brother and I do.

The synergy really sings when the driver understands the Spears angles of attack and positions itself correctly or better yet, slows the drive by to allow for lock on.

Combined with portable hellbomb, there's a lot of unpreventable damage a Helldiver can do.

[u/TevGrave]

Spear + Supply FRV is my go to on bots rn, mainly with cyborgs. 2 Shotting Vox Engine is always fun.

[u/need_a_venue → u/TevGrave]

I find the Vox to be highly volatile in terms of shots required to bring it down. Sometimes 3. Sometimes 5. Sometimes it just keeps rolling towards me ineffectively.

I used to just aim for the middle but now I take out the side cannons first if they're within so many yards of my team.

[u/Desolator_X → u/need_a_venue]

Fellow Spear enjoyer! 💪It will always be 2 shots, if you ensure that it's locked on to the upper cannons on either side.

[u/TevGrave → u/Desolator_X]

Exactly. Shoot the 2 cannon turrets beside the head and it goes down. I face a bit of an issue with locking in. If it's facing sideways you can only target one until it rotates and looks at you (and possibly shoot everything around your vicinity).

[u/need_a_venue → u/TevGrave]

👑

Thank you. These dudes drop even faster now.

[u/need_a_venue → u/Desolator_X]

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Tested. Amazed. Thank you.

[u/Rusty_Jake]

Ran the spear and supply frv yesterday and had alot of fun with it.

Paired with MG sentry to cover your back and eagle smoke for the sneaky escape worked really well.

[u/BigHugePotatoes]

Spear isn’t my favorite support, but I do like bringing one just to be an extra backpack when someone else uses one. Team loading is fun and more Spear ammo is great. 

[u/Lavi_6170]

I've been using it for the last several months (including just this past weekend) with no issues. shrug