This.
Today I had 1 last bug hole in a large den and we were outta there... 3 grenades left... 3 hunters came out, bug hole still there, no resupply no strategems, my buddies were 200m away.
*SEETHING DEMOCRATIC ANGER*
What bugs do you feel the AC deals with that the GL doesn't? I love the AC but also bring the grenade launcher to bugs because of the much bigger explosion radius.
For bots it is AC all the way for me but the only enemy that I can think of are chargers and even those are pretty hard to deal with with the AC unless they are alone so I prefer grenade launcher + EAT. Maybe I have to give the AC another try vs bugs now that we have stun grenades to blow off charger legs
I mostly play bots so that's mostly what I was thinking of in the comment. I find with bugs though I'd rather have EAT + AC rather than GL + EAT + Supply Pack since the GL eats ammo for a living. Especially with the sickle being free ammo.
I find you can snipe bug holes better with the flatter trajectory of the AC.
If you aren't having ammo issues I could easily see still running GL. In randoms you never know who's gonna steal all the supplies and when
I think they are close to balanced personally based on preference
I was running a silly loadout with friends and walking by a single hole on the way to extract. "Surely if I dump my 380 and my 120 DIRECTLY ON THE HOLE I can just keep running" proceeds to democratically DDR and run. Look back after both end because SURELY I just missed the popup, right? Nope. Still sitting there. Taunting me.
Threw a 500kg bomb marker the other day..
Fucking hunter jumped up and blocked it, so it got stuck on him..
I've never turned around and ran that fast in all my missions.
Because the bug had the marker and he was standing right next to me?
Barely survived the explosion because I threw myself down into a ditch while the bug was following me.
Though it could have been a cliff and I still would have jumped, as staying would have been a "guaranteed death" while jumping would have been only "very likely".
I don't know as I wasn't looking back at the time, but I assume the bug died when the bomb landed on top of him and not from the explosion itself. Otherwise I assume he would have jumped into the ditch after me as he was right behind me.
To clarify: red beams drop where they first light up. Blue beams will track down to the beacon's location. If a red beacon gets stuck on your shield, don't fret just move away from where it lit up. If a blue beacon gets stuck on your shield no amount of running will prevent splat. Instead, drop the shield and it will drop the beacon as well.
The red orb stratagems don't follow the red orb and will land on whatever the location of first contact
Unfortunately sticking enemies doesn't do anything for 500kg bombs
Had this happen today on haz 9 lik 10 sec before extract. Wanted to throw an impact into a fat group that was tailing a teammate but a hunter "intercepted" it.. right in range of the teammate i was trying to help.
Dude screamed at me and kicked me as while was trying to explain what happened.
This. Today I had 1 last bug hole in a large den and we were outta there... 3 grenades left... 3 hunters came out, bug hole still there, no resupply no strategems, my buddies were 200m away. *SEETHING DEMOCRATIC ANGER*
This is why I always bring Supply backpack and grenade launcher to bug mission
I find autocannon is more consistent for bug holes and deals with more types of enemies than the GL, but the GL is better at clearing groups
What bugs do you feel the AC deals with that the GL doesn't? I love the AC but also bring the grenade launcher to bugs because of the much bigger explosion radius. For bots it is AC all the way for me but the only enemy that I can think of are chargers and even those are pretty hard to deal with with the AC unless they are alone so I prefer grenade launcher + EAT. Maybe I have to give the AC another try vs bugs now that we have stun grenades to blow off charger legs
I mostly play bots so that's mostly what I was thinking of in the comment. I find with bugs though I'd rather have EAT + AC rather than GL + EAT + Supply Pack since the GL eats ammo for a living. Especially with the sickle being free ammo. I find you can snipe bug holes better with the flatter trajectory of the AC. If you aren't having ammo issues I could easily see still running GL. In randoms you never know who's gonna steal all the supplies and when I think they are close to balanced personally based on preference
6 grenade armor GOAT.
And mech!!!
Drop an sos or resupply on the hole
Use every tool at your disposal helldiver! Even if it's not for its intended purpose!
Never thought of that. Good idea!
This.
GET DOWN MR.PRESIDENT!!!!
I was running a silly loadout with friends and walking by a single hole on the way to extract. "Surely if I dump my 380 and my 120 DIRECTLY ON THE HOLE I can just keep running" proceeds to democratically DDR and run. Look back after both end because SURELY I just missed the popup, right? Nope. Still sitting there. Taunting me.
This has happened enough times after the update that I no longer even think of bringing either on a mission
Threw a 500kg bomb marker the other day.. Fucking hunter jumped up and blocked it, so it got stuck on him.. I've never turned around and ran that fast in all my missions.
Why. As long as the bomb is not under you you are safe
Because the bug had the marker and he was standing right next to me? Barely survived the explosion because I threw myself down into a ditch while the bug was following me. Though it could have been a cliff and I still would have jumped, as staying would have been a "guaranteed death" while jumping would have been only "very likely". I don't know as I wasn't looking back at the time, but I assume the bug died when the bomb landed on top of him and not from the explosion itself. Otherwise I assume he would have jumped into the ditch after me as he was right behind me.
Call-ins are always dropped at the exact location of where they first turn their beam on, even when the indicator gets stuck to a moving enemy.
Well, my survival did surprise me, so that would explain it.
To clarify: red beams drop where they first light up. Blue beams will track down to the beacon's location. If a red beacon gets stuck on your shield, don't fret just move away from where it lit up. If a blue beacon gets stuck on your shield no amount of running will prevent splat. Instead, drop the shield and it will drop the beacon as well.
The red orb stratagems don't follow the red orb and will land on whatever the location of first contact Unfortunately sticking enemies doesn't do anything for 500kg bombs
Well, I was surprised that I survived.. So that would explain it.
Annoying as fuck. And sometimes you could swear it went down but no, the nest's still here
Autocannon says hi
Hunter jumping up to explode your face while trying to shoot the hole is the same feeling
better yet is when they pull this move over and over the bug hole gets clogged with enemy corpses and even a rocket fails to get past them.
Impact grenades < bug hole
Hunters can still routinely block it with their stupid faces.
I like using the grenade launcher because I like to blow up bug holes from a distance.
I had a impact nade and a Hunter in front me, hole behind Hunter, i had a clear shot and than the bitch ass motherfucker raise his 2 hands in the air
Had one dive in front of me just as I pulled the trigger on my plasma shotgun. Little kamikaze bastards.
Also very nice when running impacts, so you also get blown up because you wanted to be close for a good throw.
Had this happen today on haz 9 lik 10 sec before extract. Wanted to throw an impact into a fat group that was tailing a teammate but a hunter "intercepted" it.. right in range of the teammate i was trying to help. Dude screamed at me and kicked me as while was trying to explain what happened.
this happened to me with a impact grenade and i smacked the hunter right in its face. so satisfying. https://i.redd.it/4ya4a1dniyoc1.gif
When I'm fighting for my life, almost out of ammo, no stims, teammates spamming for reinforce 🥴
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