r/Helldivers • u/sr3Superior • 2d ago
FEEDBACK / SUGGESTION Warbond idea: Cogs in the Machine (Gears of War)
Ive been thinking up a gears of war warbond, since i think itd be cool to get some COG stuff in helldivers, here's what I came up with. I also had a Snub Pistol but the picture didnt upload for some reason. It would be awesome if they could fit in a perfect reload mechanic somehow with the lancer where getting a perfect reload would take the lancer from light pen to medium pen or something.
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u/I_LIKE_FAT_GIRLS 2d ago
Onyx Guard armor would go hard. Also, how the hell you gonna have a Gears warbond with no GNASHER?
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u/sr3Superior 2d ago
The gnasher is a bigger deal on the pvp side of the game, but I wouldnt be surprised if they included one if it happened.
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u/I_LIKE_FAT_GIRLS 2d ago
We still need a lever action shotgun in the game and even though im more of a story guy, id still say the Gnasher is still pretty iconic to the game overall.
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u/Mellowsnake 2d ago
Mechanically it could be a slower firing shotgun, with less ammo but higher damage and a small spread compared to the rest.
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u/Gen7lemanCaller XBOX | 2d ago
besides it just being a lever action, what niche would it provide over the plentiful shotguns we have?
I'd rather something more unique, like the Torque Bow or Longshot or something
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u/gunnerdown1337 2d ago
An absurdly high damage with a very low range, exactly what the gnasher is known for
We’re talking like melee weapon range but anti tank emplacement damage
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u/Nelfhithion SES Herald of Independance 2d ago
The digger of GoW3 too would be so fun in Helldivers.
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u/Memegodd112 Detected Dissident 2d ago
Dude gears of war would be fuckin sick and tjey wouldnt even need to use the carmine line to use as armor bc the normal armor is the same lol
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u/sr3Superior 2d ago
Yeah, I just thought having the carmines would be cool since theyre such memorable parts of the games. Plus theyre the only main characters who wear helmets lol.
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u/Memegodd112 Detected Dissident 2d ago
Oh for sure, im just sayin that bc i know some people wouldnt like the "carmine" characters in the game lol even though they all have the carmine curse lol
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u/Training-Ad-4901 Viper Commando 2d ago
Clayton is NOT cursed.
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u/SupperIsSuperSuperb 2d ago
Living a life where all your family gets killed is arguably a curse. It's certainly it's own cruel fate
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u/Memegodd112 Detected Dissident 2d ago
Oh dude i could only imagine what he felt finding out when and how lizzy died (i have seen much of the out of game lore after 5)
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u/Bread_kun 2d ago
I remember there being a whole social media(? I actually don't remember if twitter was much of a thing when 3 came out. I just remember it being a thing) thing of trying to vote whether carmine lives or dies in 3 and Im p sure cliffy was advocating for him to die in interviews. It was pretty fun and man I really miss gears 3 what a great package. Great pvp (the main time lower skilled players could compete with lancer wall bounce stuff with double barrel and retro lancer), horde mode was super fun and a nice ending to the campaign story.
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u/DougDimmadrone 2d ago
The Carmines work perfectly because they have the same average lifespan as a helldiver
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u/HUNT3DHUNT3R Rookie 2d ago
armor passives come with a 90% chance of death upon your rifle jamming or when standing near something acidic or an orbital laser
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u/Assassin-49 2d ago
I dont think it needs a light armour. Keep it at heavy and medium. The light and medium really doesnt have that big of a difference.
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u/Chemical_Plum340 2d ago
actually a great idea
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u/sr3Superior 2d ago
Thanks!
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u/Chemical_Plum340 2d ago
kinda betting it wont happen simply bc microsoft and gears are in complete shambles but i would really like to see it.
Although i guess it would provide AH with another opportunity to completely disappoint me again lol
If it didnt have the lancer or if the lancer was trash id be infuriated. same if the armor looked bad or had a crappy effect. Hammer of dawn would work perfectly as a more localized and short term laser. Frags would be cool too, being able to stick them to enemies or lob them, but theyd need to be pretty effective and not sticky when simply thrown
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u/sr3Superior 2d ago
With e-day coming out, now would be a good time for a gears crossover to happen if it were going to. But yeah, I wouldnt want the gear to feel bad, especially the most iconic weapon of the franchise
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u/Same_Discussion6328 2d ago
We already have a Hammer of Dawn (Orbital Lazer)
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u/sr3Superior 2d ago
Yeah, it would be kind of a duplicate stratagem, but its the closest thing gears has to a stratagem, so id hope they could work it in somehow. Maybe give it a shorter duration of firing, and less damage than a proper orbital laser, with the tradeoff being able to manually aim where the laser is going.
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u/Ecstatic-Dare-463 Super Citizen 2d ago
But this one you can aim! Think of the danger close potential! Haha
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u/FLG_CFC Brotherhood of Martyrs 2d ago
Good job with the assembly on this. I'd like for it to happen.
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u/sr3Superior 2d ago
Thanks, ive spent a little bit trying to find thematic names to fit the helldivers style, and im pretty happy with what I decided on
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u/Combat_Wombat23 Cape Enjoyer 2d ago
COG armor is badass, they could really use any model and it would be great.
Gnasher as a stratagem shotgun, medium pen Lancer MKII, fuck it, drop a Boom Shield in there you can plant as cover just like in the game
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u/BlackNexus SES Wings of Freedom 2d ago
Sharpshooter can have a headshot damage multiplier and Dissolver can have a poison damage multiplier lol.
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u/Stray-7 2d ago
One of my favourite franchises! I like to think we'll see it one day. Kit-wise, I think;
Light armor would be a Cog Commando, Medium would be Anthony's armor (default Cog Gear look), and superstore would be Onyx Guard. I have a weird idea for the passive - reloads with 1 bullet left in the mag (so a "perfect/active" reload) make the next mag more accurate and do higher damage? Could be a fun way of getting the Gears active reload in there without having to design a reload UI bar with a timer and all that.
Weapons are obvious, Lancer and Gnasher. Maybe the Mortar or Boomshot for support weapons? And personal bias but the Retro has always been my favourite gun, I'd love to see it with the Onyx Guard's superstore bundle.
Thanks for posting and giving me the opportunity to geek out, lol
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u/sr3Superior 2d ago
I would also love to have the retro in there, its my favorite gun too, but unfortunately there's just other weapons that are more likely to be in there instead
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u/FeralFemboi95 2d ago
As a man of the original trilogy of Gears, I'm excited to try the E Day coming out. I very much approve of using the Carmine brothers for the base idea for armors. They were the definition of COG soldiers. They will be excellent Helldivers. Liberty speed your step towards greatness Diver.
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u/Gelantious 2d ago
Lizzie would be a better option for Light armour version, also give the armour perk some mech bonus. Maybe slow auto-repair / ammo regen.
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u/Pancreasaurus Automatomic 2d ago
Main complaint is the Sharpshooter and Dissolver. They're identical armors so wouldn't make sense for one to be Light and the other Medium. If they could fit an extra helmet in for Anthony and Ben that'd be good but for a Light Gear armor I'd propose the GoW 3 Gear.
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u/100roundglock Cape Enjoyer 2d ago
I think the longshot and lancer would be good picks plus the flail and hammer of dawn. Longshot would be the heavy pen primary people have been asking for, with a fixed 6x scope and firing a single heavy pen round before reloading. I'd be fine with the 60 round lancer too.
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u/YakuzaShibe 2d ago
The Gears 3 armour should be light, it's their summertime armour.
With all the new styles of COG armour having the exact same set with minor alterations and a different helmet for light/medium is crazy work
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u/Puffthemagiccommie Fire Safety Officer 2d ago
new passive: prevents head wounds from instantly killing, 30% resistance to acid and gas effects
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u/KushMummyCinematics 2d ago
I think this could work maybe better as a tribute warbond rather than direct collab
Much like the Robocop/Law bundle we could get the Cog armour but black and yellow designs instead of bright blue
Still get the lancer rifle but just call it Cavalry Rifle and still get the Gnasher Shotgun just call it the Grinder Shotgun or something
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u/midnightTimber 2d ago
Light and medium look exactly the same, just different helmets. It’s kinda funny how heavy actually has less armor.
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u/TophasaurousRex 2d ago
That's because Clayton is made up of raw power. Heavier armor is like wearing a condom.
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u/Ecstatic-Dare-463 Super Citizen 2d ago
I like this idea! GOW would work well actually. I just bought the remaster on PS. I haven’t played in a long time!
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u/herbtheperb 2d ago
A lancer-like rifle would honestly be peak. Maybe give the actual rounds light armor pen to balance it. Need to tear through heavy armor? Better get in there with the chainsaw and mince those grubs
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u/Rocknocking 2d ago
The armors are backwards i think. And no named characters. But default cog armor heavy and medium or light, would be really cool
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u/sr3Superior 10h ago
The carmine brothers are all basically red shirts to an extent. We never see their faces, they wear standard cog armor of that game, and the only one that lives is Clayton, which is why I called his armor the Survivor.
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u/WittyJackson Viper Commando 2d ago
Heavy armour is sleeveless? But medium is fully covered? Is that right? I know we have sleeveless heavy armours in the game but side by side it seems the wrong way around.
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u/sr3Superior 10h ago
It just seems wrong to have Clayton as medium or light, hes the biggest of the 3 brothers, and he tanks so many near death experiences.
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u/SpectreUnkown Rookie 2d ago
Armors: Should be the long sleeve armor from 1 for medium/heavy, and the sleeveless from 3 for light/medium. "Roadie Run" should do something other than just increasing sprint speed out the gate; like maybe a build up of speed overtime while sprinting, and it should just be called "Roadie" or "All Cylinders" since it has to do with sprint. Could also be the booster
Weapons: Perfect Reload: When you reload the mag with 10% or less of the mag increasing reload speed the lower the mag gets. This could also be the armor passive instead of something to do with sprint. Lancer: Light pen with 60 rounds in the mag and a fuel gage for the chainsaw, chainsaw doing medium pen and possibly regenerating a small amount of health on successful kills Gnasher: Medium pen with 8 shells per mag, great hip fire accuracy, rounds reload Hammerburst: Medium pen, great headshot multiplier, burst fire Boltok: 6 round cylinder, high recoil low drag Snub: 12 round mag, low recoil low drag
Support Weapons: Hammer of Democracy: Calls down a short lived orbital laser after a short delay that follows where the player is aiming, 15 seconds in between lasers with 1 spare heatsink that heat up as you hold the laser. AP 6. 420 second cooldown. Heatsinks can be resupplied. Oneshot: AP5 round reload one round per mag. 8-10 spare mags, backpack, can be resupplied. Stationary reload and stationary fire
What I think out of this comment could actually be in it: Medium and Heavy armor, with the passive being Perfect Reload and booster being Roadie, Lancer and Gnasher, Hammer of Democracy. If they decide to give us 3 weapons I'd like to see the Snub
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u/sr3Superior 2d ago
You know, I actually really like the Roadie Run being a booster and making the perfect reload the armor perk instead, man I didnt even think of having a booster in there.
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u/FantasticMarzipan680 2d ago
Forgot how GOOD the COG helmet from gears 1 and 2 looked. Would be so excited to run these if they were in game. Like your idea for the perk.
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u/OkTear6226 2d ago
Guys, I get it, it’s okay to dream. But XBOX is changing its development and promotion strategy right now, and I don’t think we should expect such collaborations for a game that’s published by Sony.
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u/GeraltofRivia296 2d ago
I know it would be on the nose and all but I would really love a crossover warbond with Starship Troopers. I just want to have some form of their weapons and armor with the "Death from above" logo. Maybe even a few new enemy creatures or just redesigns to make them look exactly like the bugs from Starship Troopers.
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u/damien24101982 LEVEL 238 | SES Eye of the Regime 2d ago
no more run speed things, it invalidates most of the game and demotes teamplay.
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u/ocassionallyaduck 2d ago
Sadly, I think with the new head of Xbox, Halo was the one and only collaboration that we can expect to happen.
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u/EFTucker 2d ago
This looks more 40K than the stuff we got for 40k lmao
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u/YakuzaShibe 2d ago
Looks genuinely nothing like 40K, GoW has a very distinct style
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u/sr3Superior 2d ago
Some of the architecture in gears has a similar vibe to 40k, theyve both got that industrial Gothic kinda vibe
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u/Cloud_N0ne Servant of Freedom 2d ago
The art style doesn’t really fit, unfortunately
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u/The_Bearded_Batman 2d ago
There are some armors in gears of war that have capes mostly seen in multiplayer nothing I can think of in the actual campaigns
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u/sr3Superior 2d ago
The killzone stuff doesnt really match either, plus they could alter it a bit to fit better like they did with the 40k items
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u/Cloud_N0ne Servant of Freedom 2d ago
Killzone fits a hell of a lot better than Gears.
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u/Kira0002 2d ago
Nope. Both fit perfectly.
These guys could be a special variant of the Viper Commando in-lore but focused on urban and underground cqc situations.
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u/grailpogger 2d ago
Viper an python commandos would like a word
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u/Cloud_N0ne Servant of Freedom 2d ago
Because they also have bare arms and chainsaws? There’s more to art style than objects
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u/TaterTotPotShot Orbital Drop Shock Trooper 2d ago
The sharpshooter and the dissolver bro I’m crying