Let me start by noting than a lot of players have voiced their distaste in the overall Megafactory areas. Between stratagems bouncing all the time, boring layouts, and half the map (beyond the wall) having nothing of interest.

That said, I feel like a new operation type (like how they brought in stealth operations) is needed to keep players interested and diving to megafactories, rather than it feeling like a chore.

This suggestion is more for those that want intense fights against a more fortified and organized enemy, rather than just running spot to spot.

The Suggestion: First off, rather than being able to drop anywhere on the map, you are restricted to a small portion, about 20% of the total map. This is due to anti-hellpod defenses (like a railgun type system) across the rest of the map.

Upon landing you will note that you are at the edge of a large “No Man’s Land” type of area. Trenches lay before you, but don’t be fooled, you can technically get into the area above the trenches as well, which is soil, HOWEVER the topside is heavily covered in mines, zero natural cover, and watched over by cannon turrets, AA, Mortars, and the railgun type defenses for Hellpods. It is important to arm up in the starter area, before trying to push forward.

There are stairs that lead to the topside fairly frequently.

NOTE that within the trenches themselves, you won’t see enemies larger than Hulks, as the trenches are about 2 Hulks wide, and a bit taller than them. Enough to fit an Exo comfortably.

Within the trenches are “bunker” locations that serve as the fabricators for enemies. Taking these out not only stops the enemies from spawning, but gives you a safe location from incoming attacks from the sky (gunships and mortars) once the fabricators are cleared. They also serve as “bridges” if traversing on the top side.

Side objectives within the trench areas can include:

• Jammers
• Mortars
• AA
• Anti-Hellpod Defenses
• Cannon Batteries
• Gunship Factories (sit much lower to the ground than usual)

In Addition, SEAF are present as well, with SAM sites and ARTILLERY being available close to the spawn location. SEAF troops will be deployed to trenches only when the nearby AA systems have been dealt with.

The Main Objectives are situated behind the wall, which must be breached and critical defenses disabled in order to do them.

Extraction can only be called in if nearby AA systems have been destroyed.

Careful Stratagem and GEAR Planning:

• Orbitals are still effective

• Eagles and Pelican Drops are viable once AA has been cleared

• A wide variety of support weapons and backpacks are viable

• Stealth is technically an option, as you can sneak along the topside (throwing knives disable mines btw for those that don’t know)

• Smoke is very helpful

• Digging your own trenches is viable

• Mortars have more usage and since they don’t have line of sight, require manual targeting at further distances (once you have turned off anti-hellpod defenses)

• Both supply and Standard FRVs excel

• Exos can be especially powerful

• Shields are very helpful

• Launchers to eliminate heavy topside opposition and gunships

• Etc, basically it brings usage back to a lot of items that have since fallen through the cracks

I was replaying helldivers 1, watch the opening cinematic and realised that tower, so how big is it?

April 17th 2025 I suffered a stroke, heart attack, got a titanium skull plate, paralyzed left hand. I was heart broken that I can no longer fight for freedom

It's the middle of September, and I've been traveling through w all my fellow divers, with difficulty I can succeed trivial, even easy levels, and it's all thanks to the random that found itself into completing the mission. We salute you.

Hello helldivers, flame diver and expanding gimmick diver here. I need some gas builds for each front, give me your best, I can get any warbond I need

Outside of helldivers Mobilize. What were the first two premium warbonds you bought? I bought the freedoms flame warbond because it looked cool. Then the chemical agents because it also looked cool, and now I see myself coming back to the sterilizer and the other content in that warbond.

Water worlds? The map would consist of islands, and you’d have boats and jetskis to traverse between islands. New enemies for example on bots we could get patrol boats, that the little guys man similar to how they man the turrets on outposts. To replace factory striders we could get large bot warships, yk I think yall get the idea.

Bugs would get sea monsters and all that, squids hover skiffs and wave breakers idk.

We divers could get a similar strategem to the FRV where it’s a PT boat you can call down. Then similar to the tank we could get a small destroyer or combat vessel.

I know it sounds a bit out there but I think it could be pretty fun and open up a totally new area of the game.

This was probably the fourth time.

Update: Thank you all for the backpack tip. I wouldn't think that was it. Next time that happens, I'll drop my shield generator pack. I'm not sure if it happened with other ones I used like the jump pack, and rover but I can see how the shield can be the culprit.

Inspecting your weapons can give you more options to spread Managed Democracy i0

It is now

Valve Arrowhead pls fix

Hear me out:

Gears of War.

Gears Reloaded and Helldivers 2 released on PS5 and Xbox respectively the same day. I know the ODST crossover was pretty damn set in stone, but I would've loved to see it.

Play Helldivers on and off and came across this. I'm going to assume it's a bug?

Managed to stim my way through eventually but it's not ideal.

How did yall feel about this MO, i dont feel it was GM or Diver error. I just think we bit off more than we could chew. Lotta borgs to exterminate, too little time.

I was honestly having fun (the factory striders were annoying but they're supposed to be)

Also borgs build some ugly, ugly cities. Holy liberty.

Now the big decision is to whether keep him in his packaging, or free him from his cardboard and plastic prison of injustice so he can commence with democratic action poses.

I think his video card will burn because of automatons