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Post by Decks on Feb 15, 2024 10:35:42 GMT
How's the Co-op Side of things with randoms? Do they actually play it properly? Been spot on so far. Haven't encountered a single arsehole yet. And running off on your own is just going to get you killed so it kind of forces people to play it properly. Another update has just hit there actually. |
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Post by gibroon on Feb 15, 2024 10:35:49 GMT
Its kind caught me off guard how good it actually is. When it really starts kicking off and the orbital strikes are raining down it's up there with any shooter I've played. The only game I can think of with such bombastic explosions was Mercenaries. It wasn't the greatest game but flying in jeeps, tanks and airstrikes was fantastic at the time. |
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Post by Whizzo on Feb 15, 2024 10:47:30 GMT
Really loved the Mercenaries games, they certainly weren't the best games around but the ridiculous explosions you could cause were fantastic. Helldivers 2 does have some similarity with its big bangs too, you'll never forget your first ICBM launch or your second or third... Current daily order is 50 kills with the 120mm orbital strike, good luck with that, I was in a full squad where everyone was using it and even after a few missions we'd only got 25. It's a fucking terrible waste of requisition slips, I think the description of it being a precision weapon is nonsense, I managed to stick a big bile thingy with it while doing a comms upload mission and it never moved, it didn't get hit.
If anyone is concerned about the microtransactions, I unlocked the premium warbond last night only using supercredits from the free warbond and pick ups from the missions, it can be done and as the bonds never expire you don't have to hurry.
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Post by Mark1412 on Feb 15, 2024 10:53:08 GMT
I don't think any of the orbitals are worth it, not the ones I've unlocked by level 14 anyway. Too slow and imprecise. Guard dog, anti tank disposable, Eagle cluster bomb and mortar are my go tos but will change mortar once I hit level 15.
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Post by clemfandango on Feb 15, 2024 10:54:53 GMT
Just bought it. Will be on later to see what all the fuss is about 😊
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Post by Whizzo on Feb 15, 2024 10:59:29 GMT
Orbitals can't be taken offline by Automaton anti-air bases so they're not completely useless and orbital laser and railcannon are extremely useful too. Doing an extreme mission last night we dropped into a place close to a stratagem blocker without realising, once we'd finally shut that down we wondered why our eagles still wouldn't work and discovered an anti-air emplacement about 150 metres away. To say this was an extremely rough start to the mission is an understatement.
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Post by technoish on Feb 15, 2024 10:59:53 GMT
Spare a thought for xboxers...
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Post by gibroon on Feb 15, 2024 11:40:15 GMT
My current daily order is killing 20 striders, are these robot thingies?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2024 11:57:38 GMT
Think I've made my mind up on getting it, but how quick are the sessions? Go on for hours or quick 20min things?
Looking to replace Fifa as my dip in and out game in between single player games.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Feb 15, 2024 12:01:47 GMT
My current daily order is killing 20 striders, are these robot thingies? Yeah, I think they are the AT-ST looking things? |
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Post by Whizzo on Feb 15, 2024 12:03:10 GMT
Striders are two legged Automaton walkers, like an AT-ST but the cockpit is open at the side and back, grenades and shooting the pilot (very easy from height) are my go to strategy to save stratagems for more dangerous stuff.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Feb 15, 2024 12:03:50 GMT
Think I've made my mind up on getting it, but how quick are the sessions? Go on for hours or quick 20min things? Looking to replace Fifa as my dip in and out game in between single player games. They are about 15-30 minutes depending on how much you want to rinse the level - there's a 35-minute or so time limit for each mission, but they can be completed more quickly unless you want to achieve all optional objectives. |
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Post by pierrepressure on Feb 15, 2024 12:04:35 GMT
This sounds fantastic, I'm usually a single player person but I'm very tempted to give this a try...
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Post by Whizzo on Feb 15, 2024 12:08:15 GMT
Think I've made my mind up on getting it, but how quick are the sessions? Go on for hours or quick 20min things? Looking to replace Fifa as my dip in and out game in between single player games. Defence missions are 10 minutes, blitzes are 12, regular missions are 40 minutes. If you've done the primary objectives you'll then be able to extract no matter how long is on the timer.
They're the maximum time before your Super Destroyer leaves low orbit, at that point you really need to get the emergency evacuation transport out, you can no longer use any stratagems including reinforcements so you will wipe if you don't get out.
One thing to remember is as long as you complete all primary objectives the mission is considered a success, you'll get your medals and req slips (cash to buy stratagems) and any medals/super credits/reqs you've picked up during it will be yours. Any samples (used to upgrade your ship) have to be extracted from the planet though.
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Post by stixxuk on Feb 15, 2024 12:11:53 GMT
Looks really fun, might grab a copy. What's everyone playing on, PS or PC? Is there crossplay?
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Post by Decks on Feb 15, 2024 12:13:15 GMT
Yeah it's cross play.
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Post by Vortex on Feb 15, 2024 12:18:55 GMT
So this game is pretty shit, right? Sounds like there's no need to worry about buying it and I can just focus on my backlog. Remembering how good the first one was and reading this thread is making me want to buy a PS5 ffs. Get it bought and backlog be damned!  |
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Post by privatefloyd on Feb 15, 2024 12:18:59 GMT
Il be on tonight if anyone fancies some mic’d up co op? Will be about 9pm.
PSN ID PrivateFloyd
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Post by Whizzo on Feb 15, 2024 15:04:10 GMT
Even when something happens that shouldn't it can be rather funny.
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Post by SpiralScratch on Feb 15, 2024 15:17:20 GMT
Crazy how much better the graphics are if you turn depth of field off and turn the sharpness up to full. Anti aliasing seems to have no impact on performance either so it's odd that it's turned off by default. Good shout, much prefer it this way on PS5. I was struggling a bit with how blurry everything looked at default, |
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Post by Whizzo on Feb 15, 2024 15:21:36 GMT
I'd change the UI size zoom to 1.00 as well, the default of 1.20 moves it further away from the edge of the screen than it really needs to be.
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Post by alastair on Feb 15, 2024 15:30:18 GMT
How easy to get into it for a beginner?
I'm tempted. Not playing anything specific right now - grinding Monster Hunter for trophies so this is sounding appealing.
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Post by Whizzo on Feb 15, 2024 15:41:53 GMT
It starts slowly and you can only open up the higher difficulties as you complete a mission on the level you've unlocked already so it relatively gently increases the difficulty as certain units will not appear until you've got into the swing of things then trickier missions and targets get added. You're never forced to go more difficult than you're happy with though.
Obviously if you join someone mid-mission and they're on the much higher level missions and you've not unlocked much it will be very taxing.
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Post by grey_matters on Feb 15, 2024 16:22:18 GMT
Are there bots to fill out squads if there are just 2/3 of you?
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Post by 😎 on Feb 15, 2024 16:24:25 GMT
Are there bots to fill out squads if there are just 2/3 of you? No, which is kind of lame. My first random matchmaking was with a total douche who did nothing and burnt through all the supplies then fucked off across the map the wrong way without a word. |
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Post by Whizzo on Feb 15, 2024 16:26:52 GMT
Given how prone to friendly fire the Guard Dogs are, hopefully just light tingles from the laser one is all mine ever does *cough*, having "friendly" bots would be a nightmare.
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Post by alastair on Feb 15, 2024 16:37:01 GMT
Are there bots to fill out squads if there are just 2/3 of you? No, which is kind of lame. My first random matchmaking was with a total douche who did nothing and burnt through all the supplies then fucked off across the map the wrong way without a word. I can see myself doing that without realising... Have purchased - it's downloading. |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Feb 15, 2024 16:52:58 GMT
I just had a massively frustrating match with two others. I tried to talk to them - nothing. Fair enough, no one is obliged to engage in chat, and is a bit presumptuous to think everyone on XYZ server speaks English. But they both fannied about to the extent I didn't think they knew what to do either - except in the end (after 30 minutes) they seemed to, but by then we were out of time and lives and - yep - I was the one who didn't get brought back at the end as the extraction shuttle got ready to leave.
I still had to sit through their victory screen, while being told I was getting nothing. Fuck that.
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Post by Decks on Feb 15, 2024 17:17:11 GMT
Bots would be a fucking nightmare on this.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2024 18:03:50 GMT
Majorly gutted you guys get this and we get f*cking Redfall on Xbox.
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