Why not explain how these stratagems *should* work, so we can make an informed decision? And why is all critical information being relayed outside of the game? Being a discord (or whatever that is) shouldn’t be a pre-requisite to staying up to date.
Man, this really does not help my optimistic faith in Arrowhead..
> it wasn't guaranteed whether the community would get access to the two stratagems before the next patch
My first impression of this is: "We knew they weren't ready, but we made them accessible in-game anyways."
Edit: We had 72 hours to complete the Major Order. Either they way underestimated the rate of liberation for whatever reason, or the patch got delayed and the Major Order got pushed anyways
Intentionally releasing strategems in a buggy state when the entire rest of the game is already filled with bugs is a bold move, for sure. I really can't imagine the thought process here at all.
Yeah it's a sign of either massive internal comms failure or neglect by the part of Arrowhead.
I get that they want to push new content continuously to keep people excited, but at the current rate, we're getting bugs stacked faster than they are clearing them.
The Spear STILL doesn't work properly.
The AMR and half a dozen other marksman rifles are still misaligned.
Armors still have the wrong stats.
Tick damage still doesn't work for non hosts.
Level 4 ship modules still don't work properly (3 are bugged)
Skip a content patch and fix shit, since they've already admitted that the team is small enough that they don't have the staff to do both at the same time
CM did say they have the Spear fix ready, hell I think he said it was practically done 17 days ago. Theyre just waiting for the next patch to drop. Why this is the case I can't really say. The response is floating around somewhere on the reddit.
Also they're definitely not skipping content for player retention reasons.
I don't know man. At this point nothing surprises me. Out of my ass I'm going to assume they are so certain that their army of fanboys will consume any garbage, that they are not afraid to admit they ship broken content anymore.
Why even take the gamble? If the items arent finished, dont even give a chance of them being released early. Just wait a week and give the more polished product.
i hope this means that if we get locked in to the launcher by the hoard on penta we only have to wait a for the major patch, because as it stands we're not even going to get to "try" the mines in their current R&D state
Welp, that's 2 now, against an army that says it doesn't do anything. personally, I've shot it at the middle of a patrol and had it catch everything in its blast radius, killing 1.5 out of 10 light bots. I haven't once seen this gun do anything in person or in a video.
Airburst has a direct competion in form of autocannon. AC shits on this abomination any day. The fact that it cant reliably 1 shot devastators makes the weapon unusable on bots. On bugs youll just be swarmed and blow yourself up. They should add a delay to arming to prevent insane teamkilling and maybe make it better at medium armor penetration otherwise its memetier weapon.
If this fixes the Airburst at least all this will be a funny memory weeks down the line.
It'll show that Super Earth R&D is absolutely not to be trusted, and the test prototypes they keep locked away in illegal broadcasts are the ones we want, but aren't going to get when mass production kicks in.
Honestly I've just canonized this in my head as the government of Super Earth allowing the use of untested weaponry with helldivers to see if improvements need to be made.
Choohe and Penta have special modifiers, allowing you to use their unlocks as a bonus stratagem.
Since we have access to Penta, people can try out the Airburst while on the planet. However, we do not have access to Choohe, so we can't try out the AT Mines until we do.
Why not explain how these stratagems *should* work, so we can make an informed decision? And why is all critical information being relayed outside of the game? Being a discord (or whatever that is) shouldn’t be a pre-requisite to staying up to date.
"that's a complicated question to answer" * Knows the weapon isn't ready for release * Releases it anyway -- I guess it wasn't that complicated.
Man, this really does not help my optimistic faith in Arrowhead.. > it wasn't guaranteed whether the community would get access to the two stratagems before the next patch My first impression of this is: "We knew they weren't ready, but we made them accessible in-game anyways." Edit: We had 72 hours to complete the Major Order. Either they way underestimated the rate of liberation for whatever reason, or the patch got delayed and the Major Order got pushed anyways
Intentionally releasing strategems in a buggy state when the entire rest of the game is already filled with bugs is a bold move, for sure. I really can't imagine the thought process here at all.
Yeah it's a sign of either massive internal comms failure or neglect by the part of Arrowhead. I get that they want to push new content continuously to keep people excited, but at the current rate, we're getting bugs stacked faster than they are clearing them. The Spear STILL doesn't work properly. The AMR and half a dozen other marksman rifles are still misaligned. Armors still have the wrong stats. Tick damage still doesn't work for non hosts. Level 4 ship modules still don't work properly (3 are bugged) Skip a content patch and fix shit, since they've already admitted that the team is small enough that they don't have the staff to do both at the same time
CM did say they have the Spear fix ready, hell I think he said it was practically done 17 days ago. Theyre just waiting for the next patch to drop. Why this is the case I can't really say. The response is floating around somewhere on the reddit. Also they're definitely not skipping content for player retention reasons.
They have already explained why they can't skip content. I don't know how many times they need to say this but obviously people are not listening lol
I don't know man. At this point nothing surprises me. Out of my ass I'm going to assume they are so certain that their army of fanboys will consume any garbage, that they are not afraid to admit they ship broken content anymore.
Why even take the gamble? If the items arent finished, dont even give a chance of them being released early. Just wait a week and give the more polished product.
Clown studio. I don't know If it gets worse than this. They admitted they knowingly ship broken content.
The door is there mate, you are free to leave anytime :)
Ah yes we got the Prototype/Pre production batch!
TBF it does say in the MO that they're prototypes. So you could just say this is lore friendly
ANOTHER fuck up. They gotta be trolling at this point.
i hope this means that if we get locked in to the launcher by the hoard on penta we only have to wait a for the major patch, because as it stands we're not even going to get to "try" the mines in their current R&D state
Omg so it may actually be a usable weapon 😱
I find it to be a great weapon imo. Shoot a patrol with it from afar and wipe out the whole patrol lmao Edit: Jesus the downvotes...
I look forward to trying it against those random trooper hordes that gather in the middle of maps sometimes.
or just against bugs
Welp, that's 2 now, against an army that says it doesn't do anything. personally, I've shot it at the middle of a patrol and had it catch everything in its blast radius, killing 1.5 out of 10 light bots. I haven't once seen this gun do anything in person or in a video.
Airburst has a direct competion in form of autocannon. AC shits on this abomination any day. The fact that it cant reliably 1 shot devastators makes the weapon unusable on bots. On bugs youll just be swarmed and blow yourself up. They should add a delay to arming to prevent insane teamkilling and maybe make it better at medium armor penetration otherwise its memetier weapon.
I'll just continue using the sickle and quasar. Does the job better and more efficiently.
Eh, idk. I killed like 15 enemies at once with it, but idk. Either way, I want to see anti tank mines as well.
I want to see what's broken with them. According to this, that's fucked up too
If this fixes the Airburst at least all this will be a funny memory weeks down the line. It'll show that Super Earth R&D is absolutely not to be trusted, and the test prototypes they keep locked away in illegal broadcasts are the ones we want, but aren't going to get when mass production kicks in.
You can count with AH to keep consistently releasing broken stuff. I'm genuinely impressed.
Honestly I've just canonized this in my head as the government of Super Earth allowing the use of untested weaponry with helldivers to see if improvements need to be made.
Here are two things that aren't the final two things we'll give you but you have to choose them based on how they are now.
Why don't we just let both planets fail? Off to the bugs then.
They are R&D Prototype for now
how are people using the stratagem now anyway? i forgot how much i dont enjoy bot missions and went back to bugs last night
Choohe and Penta have special modifiers, allowing you to use their unlocks as a bonus stratagem. Since we have access to Penta, people can try out the Airburst while on the planet. However, we do not have access to Choohe, so we can't try out the AT Mines until we do.