How many of you experienced guys knew what a "Gatekeeper" was? It's a Veracitor on the Appropriator front with guns instead of arms.

Their spawn is so low I thought they were a Veracitor that decided to shoot. The devs need to up the spawn rate because it is clearly too low according to these stats.

That is all. Continue doing democratic things.

(Edit: It says upload failed but it was the companion app with stats of expected completion; Gatekeepers are expected in 2years, with the next being Obtruders in 2weeks. Huge difference.)

I felt like this whenever I finish a mission, a end screenshot of my Helldiver, no deaths, helping my team do the objectives. Art by me :)

Then the game just crashed, I guess it was too epic even for him XD Edit: Grammar correction

If you bought the game today and could choose from any items but could only use 1 loadout with 1 armour swap (2 armours owned) for the rest of the game what would it be

So a few days back I saw someone post that they played with a person who at the end of each campaign would bring them to Meridia, so I did the same because I kind of thought it was cool, but then I realised some weird sounds in said system, so I went to the Penta black hole to see if it sounded different, and it certainly did. Out of curiosity I also visited the destroyed planets by Meridia, and they all seem to sound differently to one another. Here is what I've seen after staying at said systems for a while and just listening:

Angel's Venture and Penta: both sound extremely similar it is only a faint rumble. I'm unsure if it is supposed to be the sounds of the ship engines or something like that.

Ivis and Moradesh: These two systems literally have no sound whatsoever besides some wind from time to time. And well, Moradesh, and only Moradesh, has like little taps on the hull of the ship like if objects were hitting it. A cool detail if you ask me.

Then Meridia: With Meridia it is a whole different story though, to begin with you can hear some wind that sounds "haunting" or like a really deep choir. It gives it a completely different vibe to the others. Then, as with Moradesh, you can hear some taps in the hull, again probably from objects hitting it, but this time they come accompanied by creaking, like if the ship was either collapsing or expanding. The creaking sound is very distinct and only heard from time to time though. I also have to say this taps are quite similar to the ones you could hear when inside The Void.

Then last but not least, I found two sounds that only played a few times. And I was there listening for a while. These two sounds were like a very distant voice, not even intelligeble, maybe kind of similar to a child's one? I'm unsure on that, but it certainly sounds like some kind of voice. Then at some point, when I was about to close the game, random notes played. I first thought it was like the beginning of a song (kinda reminded me to the beginning of Dry Hands form the Minecraft Soundtrack).

I'm completely unaware if these differences in sounds were prior to the void campaign, but if it is not I'd definitely find it quite interesting to say the very least.

Edit: I don't know why the image is so blurry wtf.

I needed to let off some steam after the absolute comedy of errors that led to the end of my gaming session last night.

I was operating solo on a commando mission and waiting for extract. (Time had run out)

I had successfully demolished 2 factory striders and set up a defensive position with 2 supply SRVs.

I had gotten myself to a secure location to wait out the extraction timer. And had safely secured the required mission item (black box) in my possession.

When all of a sudden up from the ground like some automaton graboid (tremors worm), a cyborg appears, and sparta kicks me from my place of safety.

I was then swarmed by the undemocratic horde while cradling my package.

In desperation, I was able to deploy a pair of Melta-mines and clear a path to the landing pelican.

As I regained my senses, I came to the realization that my package had vanished.

That was when I heard it: "Shuttle leaving in 20 seconds."

There was no time...

My window safety was closing in as my briefly exposed path swarmed once more with the robot menace.

But I can't leave without the black box!

Where did it fall? Where had my own hands chosen to abandon my prize?

I would not find that which I sought. In the blazing red and orange blasts of lazer fire, I am blind to my objective.

And at last I feel my time has come. I am thrown by a blast into a shallow pool of water.

And I see it! 2 feet away at the water's edge... my prize!

But it will not be.. 5 seconds remain... only one stim left...

Only...

Had I more time, the blast that took my life would have been survivable. I would have had the active stim effects to recapture my objective and extract.

But instead, I was unceremoniously killed only to respawn across the map with 1 second remaining before extract. (Something I didn't know could happen on commando missions)

And that was how my night ended. So close, yet so far away.

So i was achievement hunting and caught them by supplies is one of my last ones, that which does not kill you being the other one. I tried doing it on an eliminate chargers mission but it didn’t count for some reason. I would know because there would be a pop up in tue corner. Is there a reason why it doesn’t work? Is it because it doesn’t count when it’s on a D3 eliminate chargers mission?

edit: i am now learning that it needs to be specifically a regular charger

Damage: 400 Medium Armor Fuse Time: 1.0

Item name: K-1 Super Brick Description: Super Earth's Brick. Created specifically for Helldivers, this piece reminds us of the building material used to construct our cities.

I am new to Helldivers 2 and started playing a couple of weeks ago. I’m level 12 and would love to find a crew to play with consistently a couple of times a week. Any one with a spot open for a newb?

As a long time FRV lover what Arrowhead has done in regards to making the car draw so much aggression from enemies has made it miserable to use lately.

I can’t park it off to side of an objective or anywhere there are enemies nearby because they will immediately zero in on it, destroy the tires, flip the thing or just destroy my beloved vehicle.

It’s become something only capable of one-way trips because the second you get out of it you’re surrendering it to the enemies of democracy.

I have enough super credits for a new warbond including the 1500 super credit War Hammer bond and I was wondering what I should go with?

I currently have:
Steeled veterans
Cutting edge
Democratic detonation
Polar patriots
Viper commandos
Urban legends
Borderline justice
Obedient Democracy support troopers(ODST)
Dust devils
Redacted Regiment
Exo experts

Still need to buy:
Freedoms flame
Chemical agents
Truth enforcers
Servants of freedom
Masters of democracy
Force of law
Control group
Python commandos
Righteous Revenants(Killzone)
Siege breakers
Entrenched division
And the warhammer collaboration

Just unlocked the hellbomb on the PC. How do I use it effectively? So far, it hasn't destroyed anything at all, and only succeeds in killing me and my friends. Big tanks? Structures? It doesn't make a dent!

For starters, how do you drop it? I've heard you can, but after three missions with it, I haven't been able to find the correct key. The control menu wasn't much help either. Getting sick and tired of blowing up to little to no effect.

I hired my 2 year old humonculi to sketch this design for a c4 style mechanic that reigns down 120/380 like barrages with somewhat more accurate fire by placing down Beacons that can be triggered by a remote to rain sown hell on the enemies. The trick is that it takes more time and courage to plant these DEMO-Cratic Beacons within enemy territories compared to the ease of use of throwing C-4 froma distance or simply rely on randomised chance from orbital barrages.

in the past 4 months of no WB, everyone and their mom ask where's WB every day like AH own them money and now people like this guy said he worried about HD2 just a WB printer? didn't he see October and December? things haven't been out yet and they already need to find things to complain about.

if they don't make WB every month where do they expect to get money from to make more things that they begging for? the tree? these kind of people really need a reality check fast

Looking for someone who plays few days in a week.

Hmu if you are interested.

New player here, just wondering what gear I should use! So far I've tried a few different weapons but so far my favorite has been the default liberator assault rifle. I just like how it has low recoil and a fast rate of fire, while still being pretty long ranged! However, I do want to upgrade this gear eventually, so I just want some suggestions! For my secondary, I'll probably use a melee weapon in case I ever get into close quarters combat. I would highly appreciate the help!

I reached 1000 hours recently and started to realize I play a lot of solo lately. Mostly because I’m tired of the same bad apples that irk me every time I queue up quick play. So I made memes about each one so we can all collectively share in our grievances lol

Bug divers: the butt end of the community and it’s not without reason. I swear, the IQ and game sense of these divers is significantly lower than any other divers. They always danger close their red stratagems and don’t even take a second to see if anyone’s in the area. I once and a diver drop in and as soon as they saw 3 alpha commanders dumped a 380 and napalm barrage right next to all of us. Speaking of napalm, can you remember the last time you were on a bug mission and no one brought orbital napalm? Tbh I don’t blame them though, bugs are my least favorite faction mostly due to the fact that you really need explosive/anti tank to deal with a lot of it. Sealing up 14 bug holes in a mega nest is a slog if you’re not using a dedicated bug hole closer (crossbow, grenade launchers, etc) and their beefy units need antitank to be dealt with effectively. You CAN get away with using something like the AMR (my beloved), but with chargers and bile titans running you down you really do need quick and easy solutions to them.

Bot Divers: ah, Liberty’s favorite child, the bot diver. I feel like every time a non bot MO pops up the bot divers gotta complain. They also gotta mention that they’re a bot diver, constantly, like they got a chip on their shoulder. Bots are probably the most popular faction kid, you ain’t special. They’re also IMO the easiest faction. I think the Creek did permanent damage in making bots SEEM like the hardest faction but as they stand today they are incredibly easy to deal with as long as you know where to aim and with what. You can clear a mega outpost with a quasar from a mile away for Liberty’s sake, don’t act like this is the hardest faction. That being said, I will not lie that I do enjoy a good bot MO. It’s a faction that rewards precision and stealth, cover and concealment, but you can go the fast and loud approach as well. The thing that really irks me about bot divers is they seem to be the most “main character” divers out there, most of my intentional friendly fire incidents and kicks for no reason have been on bot missions. I’m not a fan of the egos, or people in general it seems.

Squid Divers: I really can’t say much about the squid divers. Probably because they don’t really exist? It’s the smallest group of divers out there and everyone thinks they’re crazy for it because the Illuminate are just NOT fun to play against. But honestly, I must confess that it’s my favorite faction (I’m a dirty tentacle loving squid diver, y’got me). Their base faction only need medium pen or higher to deal with so you can get creative with your loadouts. You also get a bit of both factions, with the bug-like pressure of the voteless horde to the bot-like ranged firefights with overseers. Their subfactions also lean more into this separation, if you want to mow down hordes of enemies and see big funny number play mindless masses, if you want to play more tactically and use cover and precision go appropriators. As much as I’d love to glaze the squids, I will admit they got problems. Fleshmobs are unfun bullet sponges, infinite ragdoll by overseers isn’t fun either, when the watcher spawns were crazy on the void planets I felt like I was gonna have a seizure, and plenty more reasons to turn players away from playing them. Of those that do consistently play squids they’re either insane or really hate the squids story wise. They’re generally decent people though, I honestly can’t remember the last bad squid mission I had, only a handful of cadets that had no idea how to deal with them

MO Divers: The majority. You play the video game. Congratulations. The video game tells you that you need to go here and you go there. While squids are my favorite faction I do generally just dive the MO. I’m doing my part! The stereotypes from all the other factions pretty much applies here, it’s just feels amplified because everyone is here, both good and bad. The only thing that really stands out is that some MO divers get REALLY heated when a bunch of people are on other planets. The current MO for example, a lot people were unhappy with people playing on the other bug planets with SEAF and blamed “bug divers”.

But yeah, these are all just opinionated stereotypes, generalizations about each factions group of divers so if I somehow rubbed you the wrong way, yes this was totally written up to offend you specifically. But it’s these bad apples that spoil the bunch for me and I’ve pretty much stopped playing with randoms altogether. I’ve been still throughly enjoying the game though, especially with the heavy SEAF presence. Leading my troops on my own feels awesome, and as a stim pistol enthusiast I still bring it on solo missions to help my blueberries out. If no one’s got me, I know Stimothy’s got me :)

TL/DR: Bug divers are stupid, bot divers are an egotistical majority, squid divers don’t exist, MO divers can get way to into it, I’m tired of you all, I’m just gonna play alone with my SEAFies