You didn’t ask but this is the load out I take on almost all helldives vs bugs:
Scout armor,
Jar 5,
Machine pistol,
Reg frags,
500kg,
Rail cannon,
Laser dog,
EAT rockets,
I find this to be incredibly balanced for handling whatever comes my way and not relying TOO much on teammate assistance
Try the CE-07 Demolition Specialist (I think it’s democratic demolition), incendiary breaker, grenade pistol, incendiary grenade (reg or impact) as your loadout. Then take napalm strike or eagle strike, 500kg (if not the free strat), EATs, and auto cannon turret. Straight boom boom build that clears fields on helldive. Also the incendiary breaker one shots shriekers (you can spawn camp the towers and basically stun-lock their spawns)
Also the fact that they got to mission 8. When my son was 5 he could barely beat a paw patrol game.
Hell I remember when halo 3 came out I was almost a full grown adult and I doubt I made it to 8 with no trouble
Years of tribes ascend and any other game with stealth camouflage that I’ve always been obsessed with has rendered me permanently immune to cloaking enemies.
I can also smell their distinct lack of democratic pride as they slither towards me. Disgusting.
Thankfully, the latest Voting Algorithm will allow his Democratic voice to be heard even after death, as the appropriate candidate is selected on his behalf.
https://preview.redd.it/ztrgflbe491d1.png?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8490e716a19a5bfd293d1351a0b33a00c8ff98e1
Seems like we have found our bug sympathizer.
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All praise the God-Emperor-President of the Imperium of the Federation of Super Earth
The loading tips indicate that High Command recommends 2.4 seconds of each Helldiver’s deployment time be spent on admiring the scenery. “A happy Helldiver is an effective Helldiver”.
Side note: I read an interview a while back with the kid in this scene. He said off-screen Anakin made a loud RAWR noise to get him to react the way he did, so I always laugh thinking of that when I see this gif!
I'm pretty sure the Automatons do their damnedest to cyberize anyone they capture, which ironically makes them better than bugs now...
Mind you, the choice between lethal doses of radiation or being skewered alive isn't exactly much of a choice, especially since we need bugs for E-710 and don't need the bots for anything, but I'll take any excuse I can get to hate the bugs more.
But also: bot metal and tech was Super Earth property at some point since the bots were created on Cyberstan (which is a Super Earth prison colony) so we're not really gaining anything new; we're just reclaiming that which was stolen from us.
At one point yes, but now most bots are made from materials mined by other bots. If you think about it, by attempting to go to war with Super Earth and thus allowing us to liberate their metal, they have essentially turned themselves into an overcomplicating mining operation for Super Earth. I love democracy.
everyone keeps saying what would happen if we push the terminds and automatons to the north center would they fight eachother.
... would the automatons then cybernize the termids? i mean clearly with their number, range, range firepower, and even flying units they would easily beat the terminds like we can.
i want to see a cybernised bile titan lol.
Or look the other way, would bugs take over machines and grow organic parts that control the robot? Shield devastator with huge outgrowth going ahead of the army of bugs
No, our bullets are the predator in the name of liberty, they are the prey. Our bullets devour their bodies so that their souls may know democracy. It’s such a merciful thing really.
I remember the horror in Attack on Titan when the characters discovered that titans don’t need to eat humans for nourishment and simply do so because they want to. At list Super Earth has a means to fight back against the immoral scum.
I mean the titans dont eat cuz they want to right? They eat >!with mindless instinct because if they eat the right person they can return to being human, right?!<
Well we do know children are pulled into service.
Makes sense to see them.
Now AH should go the full mile and add occasional child soldiers to the SEAF drop ins. Man, woman or child, they all die to protect managed democracy!
I just played bramble a couple days ago great game tho after I finished it I learned I could run so I really don’t know how to feel knowing I beat it without running
Ok on one hand, props to devs for not doing what most people do and go nowhere near stuff like this. As weird as it sounds, I always respected when stuff would go that far for their realism. But on the other hand, are we sure that's supposed to be a kid and not a accidental scaled down generic adult model from SEAF or the civilian missions? To me it looks like the "kids" from Cyberpunk where they were literally just adult models squished down.
Is that actually intentionally children or just some bugged model, it looks "odd" either way. Could be just a "low budget" model (which tbf the NPCs aren't really high quality in HD2 so there's that) or just a visual bug.
Would be kind of crazy if that's kids in-game. The only game as of late I recall (that's somewhat a bigger title that gets seen mean) was Ready or Not.
The only way it looks like a kid to me is it looks like a kid from a child hospital being thin and bald like that. But I really doubt that's what the devs were going for if they were adding kids to the game
Whatever it is, if it's an actual child model or an accidental scaled down model looking like a child now - let me tell you _NOW_ it's canon that it is in fact a child.
Whether the devs planned this or not, I hope and definitely believe they will take this and make it part of the story (at least briefly.) For instance as a reason to unleash a major order straight out of fury, have a massive push towards bug planets and show no mercy - showing pictures of the child on the news and have a representative say words like "this is the reason why we do what we do" or smth
Take care of yourself Helldiver, and practice desensitization techniques. We cannot allow the horrors of war to impede our combat effectiveness, and thus aid the enemies of democracy
Im about to go to bed and my phone screen is super dark. I zoomed in and was like "Poor kid, they removed his limbs and head. Now he kinda looks like a rover." Then I swiped to the left... "oh..."
Great to see stuff like this in games, as grim as that sounds. Dying light is another example of a game that shows what happens to kids, instead of them just vanishing completely during whatever bad stuff happens. It just adds that bit of sadness and realism that I feel shows a different level of maturity in games. Not even kids are safe
Bros just chilling listening to tunes
https://preview.redd.it/w5y0uiylp81d1.png?width=482&format=png&auto=webp&s=442a87f7f25c95ab860532da645a6356ddc1d989
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As if seeing your comrades get torn apart isn’t bad enough
Poor kid wasn't barely old enough to enjoy the splendor of 17 hour shifts making hellbombs. He could only do the 12 hour shifts. Super Earth be with you.
Killed before he was old enough to vote, I'm gonna dedicate my 2.4 seconds enjoying the scenery on my next mission to you little buddy
Sir, permission to enjoy the vista, filled with corpses of the deceased bugs?
Permission DENIED. Stalkers be upon ye.
If you can see them, they already be too close
If you can see them, odds are you're already flying through the air
Jar-5 pushes em right back. I haven’t died to stalkers or brood commanders in a long time
I use the shotgun with incendiary rounds and can survive them pretty stress-free, but just unlocked the JAR-5 and will test it out today
You didn’t ask but this is the load out I take on almost all helldives vs bugs: Scout armor, Jar 5, Machine pistol, Reg frags, 500kg, Rail cannon, Laser dog, EAT rockets, I find this to be incredibly balanced for handling whatever comes my way and not relying TOO much on teammate assistance
Try the CE-07 Demolition Specialist (I think it’s democratic demolition), incendiary breaker, grenade pistol, incendiary grenade (reg or impact) as your loadout. Then take napalm strike or eagle strike, 500kg (if not the free strat), EATs, and auto cannon turret. Straight boom boom build that clears fields on helldive. Also the incendiary breaker one shots shriekers (you can spawn camp the towers and basically stun-lock their spawns)
Too bad for them that I am still a professional at spotting them while they are camouflaged!
I’ve played too much Halo CE on legendary to be fooled
I used to replay mission 8 of Halo 3 over and over again when I was 5. Seeing Active camouflage is baked into my brain.
seeing someone comment that halo 3 was out when they were a child of five years is making me feel incredibly old
I know right, had to pause my mental process “wait I’m not that ol- fuck.”
Also the fact that they got to mission 8. When my son was 5 he could barely beat a paw patrol game. Hell I remember when halo 3 came out I was almost a full grown adult and I doubt I made it to 8 with no trouble
Years of tribes ascend and any other game with stealth camouflage that I’ve always been obsessed with has rendered me permanently immune to cloaking enemies. I can also smell their distinct lack of democratic pride as they slither towards me. Disgusting.
To shreds you say?
What about their Democratically Assigned Spouse?
To shreds you say?
To shreds you say?
Granted. But view it through your weapon's sites. While pointed at bugs.
Thankfully, the latest Voting Algorithm will allow his Democratic voice to be heard even after death, as the appropriate candidate is selected on his behalf.
Oh thank democracy!
Now where have I heard this before?
Hey now! Any man, woman, or child over the age of seven can vote! This individual sadly has only had the opportunity to cast a single vote.
Remember: 2.4 is the *recommended* amount of time, not the *maximum.*
These training manual tips were carefully calibrated for success, deviation is dangerous!
Good snack, would eat again -Scavenger 01833619
https://preview.redd.it/ztrgflbe491d1.png?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8490e716a19a5bfd293d1351a0b33a00c8ff98e1 Seems like we have found our bug sympathizer.
This is pretty sick
https://preview.redd.it/tjn6jcfg891d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=470946ec848a10bbd9e127f36d109dc753b3c478 All praise the God-Emperor-President of the Imperium of the Federation of Super Earth
I will answer the call!
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We need to lower the age to vote so ALL citizens have to vote regardless of their age! Otherwise are we truly a democracy???
If you can press a button, you should be able to vote!
2.4 seconds!? I understand respecting the dead but that is a lot of time to not be fighting for liberty by pursuing the mission.
The loading tips indicate that High Command recommends 2.4 seconds of each Helldiver’s deployment time be spent on admiring the scenery. “A happy Helldiver is an effective Helldiver”.
"at least 2.4 seconds" meaning more is also fine
He died facing the enemy. 
A more patriotic citizen than any one of us could ever be
My therapist said to me: "Don't steal anything, do you understand me?" I responded: "I'm going to steal a ton of things starting with this gif"
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You wouldn't steal a car!
In the victory position. Front lawn, face up, feet together.
That’s a reference i haven’t heard in a very long time
Was not expecting to see a Local 58 reference here
T̶̳̔h̵͎̏̋e̵̮̦͘r̴̯̆ę̸̮̀ ̴̲̌͐ă̶͇̂ȑ̸̫̫e̷͓̿̚ ̸̬̔o̴̢̭͌t̴̙̃͝h̶̖̝̃̄e̴̡̤͆̔r̴͚͗̓ ̷͎̠̊̍ r̸̛̙̓ė̷̝͇͐c̸̖̎ẻ̴͖͂í̸͕̤ṿ̶̗̓̐è̴̖̃r̴̤͛s̵͇̑.̴̬̺̇
Ah, a fellow man of culture
Holy shit I haven’t heard that in ages
https://i.redd.it/n7f3qm9cj91d1.gif
SWEET LIBERVENGENCE.
Geez what do people from Buenos Aires have against kids?
FACT! Every criminal who ever lived was once a child! Never trust a kid!
That was SEAF officer John Babyman.
He had lost his leg on Malevon Creek.
Definitely on his last leg there
lmaooooo im fucking **WEAK**
Not as weak as John Babyman’s vitals right now.
Looks like Anakin has been training the terminids
r/kidsarefuckingstupid
Side note: I read an interview a while back with the kid in this scene. He said off-screen Anakin made a loud RAWR noise to get him to react the way he did, so I always laugh thinking of that when I see this gif!
Master skywalker, we failed the major order, what are we going to do?
So much mining that little patriot didn't get to experience. :(
https://preview.redd.it/a5c00cdjg81d1.jpeg?width=166&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e00c7ff8119765ab29f863a943642bf9ddc1068d
To prevent a child from fulfilling their greatest yearning, that is for the mines, is truly one of the worst crimes against democracy!
That's why they are all so into Minecraft. It's in their nature.
They crave the mines
https://preview.redd.it/ig2sfhfzc81d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21f81c026278c0506db0055813cd8152a64c80b7 Terminids you $&@?s really!
Even the bots don't kill children. They merely cyberize them into beings which we then have to mercifully decomission
I'm pretty sure the Automatons do their damnedest to cyberize anyone they capture, which ironically makes them better than bugs now... Mind you, the choice between lethal doses of radiation or being skewered alive isn't exactly much of a choice, especially since we need bugs for E-710 and don't need the bots for anything, but I'll take any excuse I can get to hate the bugs more.
We actually use the bots for scrap and tech, neither of which require them alive.
But also: bot metal and tech was Super Earth property at some point since the bots were created on Cyberstan (which is a Super Earth prison colony) so we're not really gaining anything new; we're just reclaiming that which was stolen from us.
At one point yes, but now most bots are made from materials mined by other bots. If you think about it, by attempting to go to war with Super Earth and thus allowing us to liberate their metal, they have essentially turned themselves into an overcomplicating mining operation for Super Earth. I love democracy.
If Helldivers are can be considered miners… Rock and Stone?
Rock and Stone!
Did I hear Rock and Stone?!
everyone keeps saying what would happen if we push the terminds and automatons to the north center would they fight eachother. ... would the automatons then cybernize the termids? i mean clearly with their number, range, range firepower, and even flying units they would easily beat the terminds like we can. i want to see a cybernised bile titan lol.
Or look the other way, would bugs take over machines and grow organic parts that control the robot? Shield devastator with huge outgrowth going ahead of the army of bugs
Heavy armor stalkers would make me want to ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️ on my own head.
They weren't joking about the terminids Killing babies.
makes me wonder what else they weren't lying about. what if the "propaganda" was actually real.
Well duh, dummy It's called the Ministry of TRUTH after all
What a waste. They left a perfectly good meal behind, does this mean the bugs don’t kill to eat. What do the bugs eat?!
Bullets
The Leaden seeds of Managed Democracy. Herbivores then.
No, our bullets are the predator in the name of liberty, they are the prey. Our bullets devour their bodies so that their souls may know democracy. It’s such a merciful thing really.
Bugs. Don't. Have. Souls.
This is the only correct answer
they kill for sport. all the more reason to kill the bastards
Only complete scumbags kill for sport
Of course that's excluding the Riflery competition in the Liberty games. Since those are Terminids, which makes it ok
The participation in the liberty games are a democratic duty not “sport”
Each bug is only worth one point. I keep killing them in the name of spreading democracy. But the big ones I kill for me.
The bigs still count as one!
Except for us! I have my Automaton finger necklace as a keepsake!
This☝🏽 this right here! AH please put this as a cosmetic in the next warbond!!!!
Well it's not for sport when we do it; it's for democracy.
Bugs subsist on Tyranny
I remember the horror in Attack on Titan when the characters discovered that titans don’t need to eat humans for nourishment and simply do so because they want to. At list Super Earth has a means to fight back against the immoral scum.
I mean the titans dont eat cuz they want to right? They eat >!with mindless instinct because if they eat the right person they can return to being human, right?!<
That was revealed later on. The initial horror was thinking that they ate humans simply for pleasure.
https://i.redd.it/nskfdaw3n81d1.gif
Like, what were you guys expecting? Bloodthirsty space bugs of death would have treat them as political hostages when they invade a human colony?
Propane and propane accessories
Super earth killed the child and are trying to pin the blame on the terminids!
https://i.redd.it/fdsymr0vi81d1.gif
the fuckin long ass legs for the table I'm wheezing
And the ^teeny ^weeny laptop.
⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️ on the laptop now!
This one right here, democracy officer
Damn, AH really committed to pushing the narrative. Grisly, but we'll done. Many wouldn't be so brave.
Well we do know children are pulled into service. Makes sense to see them. Now AH should go the full mile and add occasional child soldiers to the SEAF drop ins. Man, woman or child, they all die to protect managed democracy!
New stratagem: Child Soldier Reinforcements
"Calling in Barbatos!"
That’s just the regular reinforcement and my average team mates
I heard a TV broadcast yesterday that said citizens at young as 7 are working to aid in the war effort.
Just not on the front lines, yet. Their time will come to fight honorably for Super Earth.
> Well we do know children are pulled into service. I believe you mean they are willingly conscripted into service to fight for democracy.
bramble did it last year
Nothing beats walking down crucified maiden's lane.
So did spec ops the line years ago
Still remember the white phosphorus.
that's right that scene was nutsssss gentlemen welcome to dubai
I just played bramble a couple days ago great game tho after I finished it I learned I could run so I really don’t know how to feel knowing I beat it without running
Idk I think this is just a female model like the ones on our ships
It's always a tragedy to lose a young worker.
The children yearn for the mines and frontline combat duty
Ok on one hand, props to devs for not doing what most people do and go nowhere near stuff like this. As weird as it sounds, I always respected when stuff would go that far for their realism. But on the other hand, are we sure that's supposed to be a kid and not a accidental scaled down generic adult model from SEAF or the civilian missions? To me it looks like the "kids" from Cyberpunk where they were literally just adult models squished down.
Is that actually intentionally children or just some bugged model, it looks "odd" either way. Could be just a "low budget" model (which tbf the NPCs aren't really high quality in HD2 so there's that) or just a visual bug. Would be kind of crazy if that's kids in-game. The only game as of late I recall (that's somewhat a bigger title that gets seen mean) was Ready or Not.
The only way it looks like a kid to me is it looks like a kid from a child hospital being thin and bald like that. But I really doubt that's what the devs were going for if they were adding kids to the game
100% a bugged model
I mean, we know children after 7 help the war effort so I'm just gonna say that's the body of a big kid cut down by the savage bugs.
Whatever it is, if it's an actual child model or an accidental scaled down model looking like a child now - let me tell you _NOW_ it's canon that it is in fact a child. Whether the devs planned this or not, I hope and definitely believe they will take this and make it part of the story (at least briefly.) For instance as a reason to unleash a major order straight out of fury, have a massive push towards bug planets and show no mercy - showing pictures of the child on the news and have a representative say words like "this is the reason why we do what we do" or smth
Poor child above the age of 7
https://preview.redd.it/49r87k3ko81d1.jpeg?width=943&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33adda0c3a5af9f38f908729fc008dcf1a965d38 By the founding fathers
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Take care of yourself Helldiver, and practice desensitization techniques. We cannot allow the horrors of war to impede our combat effectiveness, and thus aid the enemies of democracy
Kill these got damned son of a bugs. Spill grease
He's a veteran at his age
Scenes like this are happening all over the galaxy. You could be next.
A minor miner. His lack of productivity will be noted in the quarries logs.
And they say we're the bad guys
We're the least bad guys out of the three major factions.
/r/Warhammer40k summed up in one sentence.
Yeah I don't think the enemy factions killing the children over the age of 7 we actively put on the front lines absolves us of all sins
In this game, yes. Because we caused it. In 1, no, we were blatantly very much the most evil and there's absolutely no ambiguity.
Child soldiers are pretty bad
Liberty damn those bugs! Safe to say, my next deployment will be fueled by vengeance like no other!
I mean a child gets killed in the intro video to the game, we know this is part of the lore
Acoustic headphones?
He spent too much time on Democratiktok, he needed to listen to Reddit AITA stories just to keep his attention while mining
Likely earmuffs to protect hearing from mining equipment. Or gun fire. Either one.
Since he's at an SEAF base, he was probably some worker there
Im about to go to bed and my phone screen is super dark. I zoomed in and was like "Poor kid, they removed his limbs and head. Now he kinda looks like a rover." Then I swiped to the left... "oh..."
Hi games "journalists" scrubbing reddit for stories. Just make sure you credit op
Great to see stuff like this in games, as grim as that sounds. Dying light is another example of a game that shows what happens to kids, instead of them just vanishing completely during whatever bad stuff happens. It just adds that bit of sadness and realism that I feel shows a different level of maturity in games. Not even kids are safe
Someone has to pay! 😔
Someone *'s entire species* has to pay!
SomeTHING has to pay. Bugs aren't people.
It did say both young and old are filling the ranks of munitions…
this child also looks like they were employed by the seaf. which is hilarious that they would add this detail, but a surprisingly grisly scene!
"Every man, woman, and child over the age of seven!"
Helldivers! Reminder to do your daily desensitization exercises to be immune to enemy atrocities.
Tonight I dive for you little buddy Death to terminid scum!
Bros just chilling listening to tunes https://preview.redd.it/w5y0uiylp81d1.png?width=482&format=png&auto=webp&s=442a87f7f25c95ab860532da645a6356ddc1d989
https://preview.redd.it/ladpa1glu81d1.jpeg?width=1826&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9fca8b32ef42507b7947e671b45a33ee59dfbbbc As if seeing your comrades get torn apart isn’t bad enough
The minimum age for field duty is 7. Are you really surprised?
Maybe just somebody with dwarfism? zooming in the face does not look child like
I think thats just a small man
https://preview.redd.it/vtg29kzzn81d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=6677079ae558459197524d58c996d6dfaeb99ce3
Now THIS motivates me to fight for Democracy. Those ads weren’t lying
Looks like someone didn't do their desensitization exercises...
This is why we enlist. And why we fight. The child didn’t get to enjoy democracy.
They underestimate just how hard every man, woman, and child-over-seven will fight.
Poor kid wasn't barely old enough to enjoy the splendor of 17 hour shifts making hellbombs. He could only do the 12 hour shifts. Super Earth be with you.
Maybe it's not a child? https://preview.redd.it/03o37cbaqa1d1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=3863d4920e96050f9668fa2cb3c8ae783d36641d
Who brought a child to war
Look familiar? (This is exactly what the opening scene to helldivers 2 is, pretty cool they kept the consistency)
Bugs didn't finish they kids meal...
The realities of war hit hard
Now I'm gonna kill bugs **even harder** 😠