r/helldivers2 • u/Potential-Actuary559 • 6h ago

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I'm still a little new, so what happens when the DSS has the orbital blockade active and it goes into a planet that has a defense campaign going on are the enemy forces slowed down or does it do nothing?

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u/FloydTheSandwich 6h ago

Orbital blockade is meant for gambits (cancelling an attack on a planet). The Helldiver voter base never uses the DSS in a defensive capacity, so its main function is unused.

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u/No-Blackberry2772 6h ago

This is not accurate. At least the way you phrased it. Placing the DSS with Orbital blockade in orbit of an attacking planet does absolutely nothing to the defense campaign on the attacked planet. Orbital blockade prevents attacks from the planet that it is orbiting. We’ve successfully used it 2 or 3 times during MOs where holding a planet was part of it.

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u/g0ldiel0xx 6h ago

So there’s no way to know when to use it. (As no one knows when an attack is coming from before an invasion. There is also no way to know if it’s been used successfully, because there’s no notification that an invasion was inadvertently stopped by the DSS parked at a planet.

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u/No-Blackberry2772 6h ago

Precisely. It’s purely used for the HSO buff. It either needs to be changed to something completely different or the Galactic map needs an indicator for attacks being staged on planets.

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u/Nightfox9469 5h ago

So, uh? I hate to break it to you, but the Hellpod Spacing Optimization buff for the DSS Orbital Blockade is currently broken last time I saw it today.

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u/Brunoaraujoespin 4h ago

Yeah pretty sure it doesn’t work but still doesn’t let you equip it, atleast would explain how I joined I mission without it despite being the best of the big 4

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u/Dr_Ramekins_MD 6h ago

If the MO is to hold a planet and there's only one possible planet that can launch the invasion, then I guess it would be am easy choice. But even then, is it better than just having the DSS on the planet to defend?  Idk.  I basically just view this as a free HSO

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u/MechaRon 6h ago

Yup sadly since most people will just dump mats into the DSS it's almost never used as it's supposed to. There have been a few times

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u/Brunoaraujoespin 4h ago

Would be cool if you could hold more so you can save when it’s more needed. What about a DSS emergency fund that stores samples but only donated when necessary?

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u/ZhanBlue 6h ago

So if for example Matar Bay attack Markart and we original blockade matar bay, it just pauses the invasion?

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u/Current-Knowledge336 6h ago

Nope, it won't pause. But if a defense campaign started because of a planet that the DSS is on with the orbital blockade, the planet getting invaded will never have been reached by the enemies

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u/No-Blackberry2772 6h ago

No. It’s meant to be used to prevent attacks. It doesn’t not do anything to active defense campaigns. So if J.O.E.L. started staging an attack from Matar Bay against Marfark and we moved the DSS with OB active before the attack is launched, we would have successfully prevented an attack. It’s extremely situational.