Helldivers 2 Dev Tracker

Originally posted by driellma

I've seen in the leaks what kind of new weapons we can hope for. Right now, all the weapons in the steeled veterans straight up feel like ass to use, one way or another. Dominator COULD probably be good but it handles like dogshit.

The shotguns got a nice buff with the ammo, thats good. Pray'n'spray is still not good, not totally useless, but not good. The base liberator feels just ok i guess. Weird that the defender has better stats, but it handles worse and is tricky to use at distance, but i guess it's balanced, not complaining about this one.

Liberator penetrator straight up feels like ass to use, you got pen but the damage and ammo pool really isn't there to make up for it. The default handgun is useless because there's a straight upgrade right after. The senator COULD be good but the sight/handling is turbo crap and the reload takes 6 years. Johan said it himself, it's not very good.

Diligence is alright i guess ? The counter sniper model is somehow a ...

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Originally posted by driellma

Makes sense. Hope you'll answer my other answer about the state of weapons.

Originally posted by itsmehonest

Or you could have brought the weaker stuff up to the strong stuff end of. Helldive isn't super easy when you're relying on random lmao.

Originally posted by throwaway2048675309

yeah, they definitely need to take your reddit credentials away. jfc.

Originally posted by 8888888888888889

I like my games as hard as possible, but you guys are definitely going at it the wrong way if this patch is any indication of what the future holds.

Nobody worth listening to is saying the game should be easier. This isn't what people are, or should be, upset about. Your design is just flawed.

Originally posted by lipov27

Well, there's only so much one can do shifting numbers around, when it comes to difficulty. Especially since, in my experience, higher difficulties are decided by stealth and evasion much more than combat power. Still, I'll be glad to see the railgun meta go.

Originally posted by driellma

Can you tell me why a Senior Animator is trying to give Ls to people on a balance patch?

Originally posted by Cursix-

And if in the process of making the game perfectly match your vision over however many months, you completely suck the fun out of it by making everything feel unsatisfying and basically slapping people with "no you're not actually meant to be doing this difficulty", then what's the point?

Originally posted by soundwafflez

As you might know, there was a lot of misinformation about titans having some secret weakspot or other weakness that allowed 1-2 shot kills. This is obviously not true.

There's also been various posts not gaining much traction over the past few weeks regarding this bug, that is, until a few days ago with this post.

I've also tested this myself, finally enabling crossplay, and found that I could easily and extremely consistently one shot bile titans across the map on extermination missions if the host was on PS5.

Edit: The same streamer in the post linked just tested the PS5 bug again, and was able to kill a titan in 3 headshots after the patch. It takes roughly 15-18 now with a PC host.

Originally posted by 8888888888888889

"We like what we see with the other weapons"

You like seeing all of your primaries unable to kill a single medium enemy in one clip?

Originally posted by soundwafflez

Hi Fredrik, after seeing the patch notes I was pretty puzzled about the changes, but after testing in-game, being able to still 3-4 shot headshot a charger seems fine to me. The leg shot was mostly to save ammo with the railgun. For bile titans, the railgun was always the backup option, so it doesn't change too much.

The elephant in the room right now is the PS5 hosting bug, where one could one shot a titan with an unsafe headshot as a client if the host was on PS5. This seems to have given a lot of people the wrong impression about the railgun, which took roughly 10 unsafe shots to kill with a PC host. This bug wasn't mentioned at all on the patch notes known/fixed issues, and there seems to be a LOT of misconceptions about bile titan TTK stemming from this bug, driving sentiment against the railgun, and making it seem better than it is to a very large portion of the playerbase(anyone playing with crossplay enabled on pc, and all ps5 players). It seems to...

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Originally posted by Zeresec

I'm just gonna put this appeal out there:

If you guys really want to have a certain difficulty for the game, please consider tying that vision to some kind of unique and separate difficulty/mode/modifier where it's clearly advertised. Maybe look at other games like Darktide and its Special Operations, for ideas on how that could work.

"A game for everyone is a game for no-one" is a wonderful mentality, but making things feel so meek to use risks the game becoming basically for no-one anyway, you've got a really good audience here who are all loving the game, making things feel more fun in general won't kill your vision of the game, there are always creative workarounds in situations like this to keep most people happy. Many of us aren't asking for a power trip, we're just asking for weapons and stratagems to feel useful, after all that is how the game was advertised, "you're a squishy guy with a very powerful and advanced arsenal".

Originally posted by driellma

So they're all gonna feel like garbage. Thanks i guess.

Originally posted by Immediate_Exit_524

Are you guys gonna add more difficulties? I would love to see that haha

Originally posted by Aggravating-Media818

I hope this is sarcasm and not you guys seriously considering nerfs for the defender....

Originally posted by Aggravating-Media818

It's not about leaning on primaries. It's about having choices that I WANT to pick. I should be considering the pros of each weapon and struggling to choose between them because of the strengths. Or because of their impact.

But right now it's having to choose between the least shitty option. Which is just an icky feeling. Especially in a game like this. Saddens me to see snipers/dmrs left out of the buffs as well as the anti material rifle. Because the pros for those guns are far outshined by pretty much every other weapon. Low damage output, low armor pen, low ammo, weapon sway. There's no reason to use them other than for the scopes. Which are so cluttered with useless UI info. The slugger, auto cannon, and railgun all do their jobs but far more efficiently. Like I WANT a reason to use some of the other gear.

Originally posted by Ionie88

YES! THANK YOU! THIS IS THE f**kING THING, RIGHT HERE!

A LOT of people are crying and whining here, especially one comment I read about how "the railgun was how the other weapons SHOULD have been"... Motherf**ker, maybe it's the other way around? Maybe the railgun was a lot more powerful BY MISTAKE, and it's SUPPOSED to be an insane meat grinder at higher difficulty?

Sorry, you guys are doing amazing, and I love the game! Keep it up!

Originally posted by driellma

... If the primaries aren't really that much of a variable, whats wrong with buffing them a little bit to make them feel better, instead of nerfing the breaker ?

Originally posted by Blessed_Tits

I'm gonna take a guess that the good stuff is gonna be in future premium warbonds...

Originally posted by porkybrah

How are coordinated groups suppose to do anything if the guns feel like a wet noodle on like Helldive difficulty?

A lot of the stratagems are straight up ass on higher difficulty and have absurdly long cooldowns.Whats the point of even having any weapons at that stage like.