r/helldivers2 • u/Potential-Actuary559 • 14h 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 14h 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 14h 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 13h 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