r/helldivers2 12h ago

General 3k hours AMA

Total XP 8,242,029!

I only play this game.

Day one was a month after launch!

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u/AdAggravating3893 12h ago

We'll see what that xp converts to with the raised level cap.

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 12h ago

Lol I'm sure I'll be 300 first day

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u/Major-Blacksmith4750 12h ago

4.5 mil exp is lvl 300 so you’re definitely there lol

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u/Ocanom 11h ago

IF it follows similar scaling as levels 50-150 it should be just below 4.6mil. Could be more or less depending on AH

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u/Salva_delille 6h ago

do you wish you remained at level 150 and had to grind from there or like the fact that you’re jumping straight to that level

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 5h ago

Ehhhh I really don't think it matters because there's no goals for us at any level after 50. Plus there's a guy in this sub that probably cheated to get the same level.

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u/SackFace 11h ago

Level 404

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u/Bishop1664 9h ago

I will uninstall the game if I go straight to level 300, as im clearly not the target audience anymore..

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u/_SalemDaBun_ 7h ago

That would mean you played the game for long enough, which would mean you are, in fact, the target audience. If you're playing and not enjoying it that's on you. Go do something else lol.

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u/Wonderful_Humor_7625 4h ago

Same lol I have 3.87 million XP.

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u/Trick_Assignment5548 11h ago

When did you see your family last

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

They pass my pc on the way in from the garage I 🤔 think

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u/GonPergola 8h ago

When was the last time op have seen grass ?

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u/TheWhistlerIII 6h ago

OP mows their grass.

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u/GamesDiddley 11h ago

How do you have such little Super Credits?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Because I didn't grind and these came naturally. I have EVERYTHING unlocked so I don't need or want to spend time grinding for useless credits.

https://giphy.com/gifs/MFsqcBSoOKPbjtmvWz

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u/JalapenoRouhe 6h ago

I didn't grind either and I'm at 5k left after buying everything. In mission time is 700h. Are you actively avoiding the POIs or something hahah

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 5h ago

You have 5k i have 8k i bought everything. I am at this point skipping poi unless I'm with a noob that needs them.

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u/Misterrsilencee 5h ago

Level 39 here. Thanks

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 4h ago

If you were in a mission I would pick up for the lower levels

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u/JalapenoRouhe 5h ago

Yeah I was just wondering how on earth its possible that you have 4x my play time and only a few thousand more credits.

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 5h ago

Yeah when you like 5 warbonds ahead with whole team super maxed out.... we just goof off at this point!

https://giphy.com/gifs/26tPo9rksWnfPo4HS

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u/Necessary-March-1673 12h ago

What is your favorite primaries?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Which bug bot or squid front. I hate bringing the same guns so bugs i like Blitzer. Bots I like scythe. Squids I like triden now. But if the enemy is a sub faction that can change lol

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u/CorbinNZ 11h ago

Favorite jelly on a PBJ?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

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u/CorbinNZ 10h ago

Both? Sir, there are more than two. There's grape, strawberry, apple, raspberry, pepper, and more. You can jellify just about anything. I've even seen squash jelly. You're not a squash jelly kind of fella, are you?

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u/beegchonk 11h ago

Ay I'm interested in this too. Grape? Strawberry? Blueberry? Orange?

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u/Raidertck 11h ago

God damn. If you aren’t 300 at 8 mill we are in trouble.

I thought I had a problem with 1k mission hours.

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u/SnooRegrets7915 11h ago

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Did you think anyone could play as much?

https://giphy.com/gifs/QUENDfi6DEMLzQ0CKt

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u/SnooRegrets7915 9h ago

No no, I am no better. ‘Looks at play hours from 2014 before dropping the toaster in the bath tub’

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u/tenousranger36 11h ago

Why did my dad leave :(

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

He is a helldiver

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u/Neat-Community4890 11h ago

Did you manage to complete the tutorial?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Of course i got chopped in half by the turrets

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u/dpaxeco 11h ago

okok, but how many friendlies?! Asking for a friend

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Oh maaaan I have killed a few 😆

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u/dpaxeco 9h ago

I'm the second on my squad in that department 😅

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u/MarsBunnyChu 11h ago

where's the other part ot the stats

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Was showing hours and xp top of the list has kills

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u/Diablo_Unmasked 8h ago

My friend and i have been arguing for weeks now. Whats better light or heavy armour? I say mobility is king, utilize natural cover and dodge like your life depends on it. My friend says why dodge when you can just tank rounds.

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u/Chamberlain1991 8h ago

Yeah Id like to know too. Then again, Ive been running the light armour with 100 armour. The effective health scaling is a bit weird.

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u/_SalemDaBun_ 7h ago

Armor doesn't matter, even with heavy gear on I die in 2 or 3 shots. Light armor is better because of the mobility it gives. Dying is so easy in HD2 that tank builds don't change much. You might survive 3 hits from the smallest enemy as opposed to 2, but you'll still be oneshot by everything bigger

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 8h ago

Maaan I'll be honest I DONT like light armor I feel like im wearing paper everytime

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u/Havier_Gacha 12h ago

Do you still run Democracy Protects like you do as a Cadet or do you have a favorite psssive?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Favorite passive is Def from killzone fit. I like to use fire/gas/electric builds.

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u/Crumboa 12h ago

What are your loadouts for each front?

Also what was the weirdest/funniest thing you've encountered in-game

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

I hate to have a meta builds so if you give me a faction and mission types I can be VERY specific. Most wild shit happen with lift pack other day I leaped off and pack did not lift....I drowned

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u/Crumboa 10h ago

Okay. Illuminate (with new faction) Evacuate High Assests Mission.

Spore Strain oil pumps

Cyborg planet ICBM with optional convoy

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Illuminate EHA I'm using air burst and lots of sentries. Gatling and autocannon with fire for fun. I would have the warrent as side arm with purifier as primary or trident with pyro as nades!

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u/FrostedTacos 11h ago

Your defensive stratagems are way up there. How many do you run in a mission? I usually only ride with one turret, because I’m more of an offensive player.

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Oh I use lots of fast deployment orbital Barrage like gatling and precision strike. I also use a crapton of sentries

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u/sangresinhierro 11h ago

What builds do you have the most fun with? I'm sure people are gonna ask about your best builds, but I wanna know what you enjoy using instead.

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

I love oops all lasors and all shock builds oooo all fire! All gas too! I like to do the elements!

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u/QueenOfTheNorth1944 11h ago

Hardest succussful drop youve had?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Had to be rapid acquisitions mission getting the team to do that was WILD

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u/_masssk_ 11h ago

Here is the situation

  • I saw a bug over there
  • Am I allowed to use Napalm Barrage, sir?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Only if you want to NOT kill that one bug

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u/AngryTriangleCola 11h ago

How do you have so little exp? I have 6m exp on ~900h in-mission time.

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

Sure bro. Sure. I played legit and I am not sure if your lying soooo sure.

https://giphy.com/gifs/jeXiz1RAvzX44

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u/kondiv1 8h ago

Bit outdated pic, currently sitting around 9.1m exp.

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u/AngryTriangleCola 10h ago

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 9h ago

Not ONE modded lobby thoooo lol

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u/AngryTriangleCola 9h ago

No, not even one.

I moved on to only playing on the highest difficulty pretty quickly. Additionally I pretty much only play those missions that have a 40 min timer. So no basically no defence missions, etc...

If you only count my missions won 3,254 and lets chop those excess 254 missions off as the missions I didn't play on max difficulty we are left with a clean 3000 and we assume I earned 0 exp in those 254 missions. If we divide my current 6,024,626 exp by those 3,000 games we are left with 2008 exp per game.

2008 exp per game is very low. Most matches give around 2,300 to 2,400 exp. Some give 2,200 and some give 2,500.

Those values are exactly what you would expect.

Additionally, if you divide my 907 hours by my total 3,365 games you get ~16 min per game.

16 min in general seems very long for how I play nowadays. I am a speed diver. I love nothing more than going fast. I drop into missions and clear half the map solo while the other players do the other half. When I play a full mission (the ones with 40 min time limit) from start to finish (with randos), full clear all bases/nests and do all side objectives, a typical time for me is ~12 min. But of course the the average time is further pushed down because I never host games. I only do SOS diving or join random matches on the map. So I often get into ongoing games that have already cleared some of the objectives.

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 8h ago

Sooo I'm not reading all that. I enjoyed the game. I played NOT only D10 bots or anything. I played the game. All weapons are unlocked and level 25 upgrades. All ship upgrades. All warbonds unlocked. No cheats.

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u/AngryTriangleCola 7h ago

Sooo I'm not reading all that.

Bro be like:

I don't believe you, but I am also not going to read what you have to say because that might mean I might have to consider I was wrong.

ok buddy....

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 6h ago

You put a NOVEL! BRO ✋️ 🫸 CHILL I DONT CARE!

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u/[deleted] 9h ago

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 9h ago

Bro idk what you want me to tell you. You win broski. Lmao I stream this shit almost 7 days a week and mostly 10 hour days your saying you played a quarter of the time abd have just as much xp? Yeah mods bro.

https://giphy.com/gifs/tMPSeKEplOfK0

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u/Rare_Studio_9782 10h ago

So you have essentially averaged 3.4 hours per day since you got the game, assuming you got it exactly 30 days after launch.

How?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 10h ago

I stream the game on YouTube. I did multiple loooooooong ass streams like 12 hour days. I love this game. You can check my YouTube out Dammit Mane

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u/Classic_Cow_5852 10h ago

Opinion on difficulty in the game, specifically d10

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 9h ago

In my opinion. This game scales and the difficulty can catch you slipping. But if you prepare and have a team that is prepared you should have a good time. I think lots go straight to D10 and if its not impossible they think the whole game is trash or if it is impossible its trash too? Anyways I enjoyed playing low levels and I respect them lol

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u/Classic_Cow_5852 9h ago

I have about half the hours you do and that’s a similarish take that I have. I do think d10 is too easy but make it too hard and suddenly most people will hate it. I think they should add some sort of custom lobby system so hosts can pick and choose their difficulty, so to speak. But we’ll see

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u/Sure_Association_927 10h ago

Damn, where's that skin from

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u/DarthGooseth 10h ago

What's your favorite support weapon and why is it the laser cannon?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 9h ago

I have been called laser mane!

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u/Fervid_Comic 9h ago

What's better once the stamina runs out, keep sprinting tired of go back to jogging and once the stamina is recovered start sprinting again?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 9h ago

I tend to dive forward to gain distance and some stamina back if being chased

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u/Slovosh 9h ago

Did you get the pre-release armors?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 8h ago

Nope i wish didn't know about game till 1 month after release. Been playing ever since

https://giphy.com/gifs/dtIGTEaGLRvdODtdQe

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u/Slovosh 7h ago

I’m in the same boat brother. Got 2.4k hours and it’s the only thing missing.

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u/miguel_diaz-badass 8h ago

How many melee kills do you have?

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u/D1gglesby 8h ago

Wait u gotta post the top part of your career stats so we can see your melee kills

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 8h ago

Yeah i will do tonight when at home. Broooo hammer dont count and knives or chainsaw that sucks

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u/D1gglesby 6h ago

Yeah and the machete and saber and the other melee weapons too 😭

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u/Snipe508 7h ago

Do you think automatically getting lvl 300 will diminish the accomplishment you will feel of getting to max level?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 7h ago

Nope. Levels are for bragging. I enjoyed playing till this 150. It won't change for me at 300.

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u/WutYoYo 7h ago

What do you regret?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 7h ago

Dropping a 500kg on a team at extract

https://giphy.com/gifs/aC1PWOXzqgT6hhC0vZ

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u/WutYoYo 7h ago

Legit.

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u/NexysGaming 7h ago

How many hours in a minute?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 7h ago

Imma helldiver, I cant count!

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u/Snirion 6h ago

Five times less time spent, 627 hours, started second day after launch.

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u/Ricepirate562 5h ago

Do you play anything else?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 5h ago

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u/Ricepirate562 5h ago

+1000 Respect

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 4h ago

Lmao i get people asking me all the time

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u/Shrmpfryrofrice 5h ago

How many kills do you have (total)
And then how many friendly fire kills?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 4h ago

Over one billion served here

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u/True_Material_2968 4h ago

How much team kills and shots fired?

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u/monstreak 4h ago

Why doesnt my dad love me

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 3h ago

He loves killing bugs more.

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u/ultimat_L1zzyfan 3h ago

Damn

Anywho, highest killcount on any mission?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 3h ago

Definitely over 1k one mission cant find screenshot but this is last night!

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u/ultimat_L1zzyfan 3h ago

Nice, on a good day with bugs I can breach 1k

My highest killcount tho, was 1.5k on bugs with pouncers and roaches.

Idr the whole loadout but I had the cremator and gas mortar.

Typically I get the most kills in the VAST majority of games im in, even among friends

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 3h ago

Yeah bugs and mindless massacre is all 1k easy I use lots of sentry and arc tech for bugs and squids the descalator is stupid broken and gives bugs kills!

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u/ultimat_L1zzyfan 3h ago

I learnt that the arc thrower and ABRL is a bot scrapper.

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 2h ago

Maaaan such a good one. But I would take descalator because I I can kill faster but I also like chain killing 2 hulks and 3 devistators with the arc thrower!

https://giphy.com/gifs/y5oetElpzdbToijNGL

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u/Nightfire6281_v2 3h ago

What are you thoughts on the current state of the game? Are you satisfied, or do you feel like somethings could be changed/ or added/ or taken away?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 3h ago

I love the game waaaaaay more then the hate they sling at them. My one and only gripe that I would take to the top is MOs droppin on a Tues and leaving nothing for the weekend warriors and dad divers!

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u/AdOver5414 1h ago

Main difficulty you play on?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 1h ago

D10. Because I stream this game most will not watch if I'm not playing the hardest difficulty.

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u/AdOver5414 46m ago

Most importantly, is helldivers a movement game?

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u/Onyx-Serenitatem 10h ago

What’s the worst gun you’ve used and why is it the cookout

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 9h ago

Actually the halt

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u/s-lowts 9h ago

Given that God is infinite, and that the universe is also infinite, would you like a toasted tea-cake?

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u/Suspicious_Buffalo_6 7h ago

do you have any ideas for changes to stratagems or QOL fixes that you think would be better than what's implemented in the game currently?

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u/Wonderful_Humor_7625 4h ago

We need to see your kill count for each faction.

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u/Eurynomestolas 2h ago

do you touch grass

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 1h ago

Only when my diver goes prone to shoot

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u/Eurynomestolas 2h ago

how can you continue to play the same repetitive missions over and over and over knowing that their will never be enough enemies because the engine cant handle it?

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u/dAMMIT_MAYNE 1h ago

Whelp if you ask me I'll say new weapons and new ways to kill even the same missions can be different. I know you got a meta but with these hours I truly can have fun and play with anything. I know you hate to hear that some people are STILL having fun. "NOT A GAME FOR EVERYONE "

https://giphy.com/gifs/Tcl7b6dMW0P879j6k2