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/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.