Helldivers 2

Matmulder · 28 Aug 2025 at 22:29

theukmoog said:
Any thoughts on the Halo DLC from anyone who has actually bought and tried it out?

I bought it - I needed to top up slightly, as I'd only farmed about 1200SC so bought a few more to top up.

Is it worth it? I guess it depends. If you're a Halo fan, or just love the idea of more guns to play with, absolutely. But otherwise, it's just more alternative shotguns and assault rifles to add. For me, that's whats great about this game, I never feel like I'm missing out by not buying any of this content, it's just additional toppings that you can take or leave.

Plus, I own about 50% of the warbonds they've released and not spent anything just by finding SC, so kudos to Arrowhead for even making that an option....I don't begrudge giving them £3.50 considering the 300+ hours I've spent so far!

Mark1989 · 29 Aug 2025 at 07:19

Started playing this again on pc only level 15, picked it up to do cross play with few Xbox friends

Levelling up seems slow, managed an extreme mission that’s as high as got to. Any fun recommendations or warbond to focus on?

Also unless am unlucky pc still seems to have disconnection issues

theukmoog · 29 Aug 2025 at 10:17

Matmulder said:
Is it worth it? I guess it depends. If you're a Halo fan, or just love the idea of more guns to play with, absolutely.

Thanks.

I guess I was really wondering if the 'stealth' armour made a difference (if solo or all players use it) and if the stealth weapons (SMG and pistol) are worth using?

My usual play style is Eruptor main, Talon pistol, Stalwart support, with Orbital Laser, Patriot Mech and a backpack (a Dog or Warp Pack).
So I'm definitely not stealthy at the moment.
Wondered if it was worth investing in the DLC to try out a more stealthy play style.

Angst · 2 Sep 2025 at 09:17

Mark1989 said:
Started playing this again on pc only level 15, picked it up to do cross play with few Xbox friends

Levelling up seems slow, managed an extreme mission that’s as high as got to. Any fun recommendations or warbond to focus on?

Also unless am unlucky pc still seems to have disconnection issues

Servants of freedom is a good one, the portable hellbomb and the nuke pistol add a lot of diversity to gameplay.

ED209 · 2 Sep 2025 at 11:30

Helldivers 2 Update out today.

3.4GB download

Glanza · 2 Sep 2025 at 13:30

Mark1989 · 2 Sep 2025 at 19:50

Angst said:
Servants of freedom is a good one, the portable hellbomb and the nuke pistol add a lot of diversity to gameplay.

Ta I shall have a looksie

almostgfx · 3 Sep 2025 at 15:02

ED209 said:
Helldivers 2 Update out today.

3.4GB download

looking forward to jumping back in and meeting the dune worms

Yaayuh! · 3 Sep 2025 at 15:03

Angst said:
Servants of freedom is a good one, the portable hellbomb and the nuke pistol add a lot of diversity to gameplay.

I carry the nuke pistol, always.

Most of the kills are of myself by accident

Angst · 3 Sep 2025 at 15:06

Yaayuh! said:
I carry the nuke pistol, always.

Most of the kills are of myself by accident

Same

bigmike20vt · 3 Sep 2025 at 15:21

i did one of the new mission templates yesterday, the escorting the mobile oil drilling platform and then went underground to a termanid lair.

it was awesome.... I probably think it is in my top 5 all time favourite games now and it keeps getting better.

its a bit buggy (and not in the best sense) but i can forgive it. to me it seems to be a title where the developers genuinely love the game they are making - of course i could just be telling myself that.

bigmike20vt · 3 Sep 2025 at 15:23

Yaayuh! said:
I carry the nuke pistol, always.

Most of the kills are of myself by accident

the nuke pistol... is that the explosive one that you get one shot per reload and can close bug holes with etc.

or is there an even more powerful one which i am even more likely to kill myself with? (if so i needs it!.

)

i am close to max levelling the explosive assault rifle (i forget the name) - that is good for committing suicide with too!... however now its almost max levels i am starting on the incendry shotgun. A pistol for killing bugholes will therefore be even more important now,

holy cow! i was wrong..... this is what you guys are talking about

GP-20 Ultimatum

Last updated: 1.003.000 Current patch: 1.004.000 The Ultimatum is a powerful single-shot Secondary Weapon that fires extremely destructive explosive rounds.

helldivers.wiki.gg

i may need to reevaluate my next warbond!.

it makes my democratic detonation pistol look like a pellet gun!

GP-31 Grenade Pistol

Last updated: 1.002.003 Current patch: 1.004.000 The GP-31 Grenade Pistol or GP is a single shot Secondary Weapon that fires powerful grenades at a medium range.

helldivers.wiki.gg

Yaayuh! · 3 Sep 2025 at 15:31

bigmike20vt said:
the nuke pistol... is that the explosive one that you get one shot per reload and can close bug holes with etc.

or is there an even more powerful one which i am even more likely to kill myself with? (if so i needs it!. )

i am close to max levelling the explosive assault rifle (i forget the name) - that is good for committing suicide with too!... however now its almost max levels i am starting on the incendry shotgun. A pistol for killing bugholes will therefore be even more important now,

holy cow! i was wrong..... this is what you guys are talking about

GP-20 Ultimatum

Last updated: 1.003.000 Current patch: 1.004.000 The Ultimatum is a powerful single-shot Secondary Weapon that fires extremely destructive explosive rounds.

helldivers.wiki.gg

i may need to reevaluate my next warbond!.

it makes my democratic detonation pistol look like a pellet gun!

GP-31 Grenade Pistol

Last updated: 1.002.003 Current patch: 1.004.000 The GP-31 Grenade Pistol or GP is a single shot Secondary Weapon that fires powerful grenades at a medium range.

helldivers.wiki.gg

Yep, the Ultimatum

Don't forget to aim upwards...

Angst · 3 Sep 2025 at 18:09

bigmike20vt said:
the nuke pistol... is that the explosive one that you get one shot per reload and can close bug holes with etc.

or is there an even more powerful one which i am even more likely to kill myself with? (if so i needs it!. )

i am close to max levelling the explosive assault rifle (i forget the name) - that is good for committing suicide with too!... however now its almost max levels i am starting on the incendry shotgun. A pistol for killing bugholes will therefore be even more important now,

holy cow! i was wrong..... this is what you guys are talking about

GP-20 Ultimatum

Last updated: 1.003.000 Current patch: 1.004.000 The Ultimatum is a powerful single-shot Secondary Weapon that fires extremely destructive explosive rounds.

helldivers.wiki.gg

i may need to reevaluate my next warbond!.

it makes my democratic detonation pistol look like a pellet gun!

GP-31 Grenade Pistol

Last updated: 1.002.003 Current patch: 1.004.000 The GP-31 Grenade Pistol or GP is a single shot Secondary Weapon that fires powerful grenades at a medium range.

helldivers.wiki.gg

Just be careful with it.

"Be extremely careful of the weapon's damage radius of 12 meters, as this is only marginally greater than its standard firing range. It is very easy for players to accidentally kill themselves from firing this weapon."

bigmike20vt · 4 Sep 2025 at 07:43

I have been reading online that apparently loads are raging about the performance since the new patch as well as loads of new bugs.

Now I won't lie. the game has always had bugs... enemies (or players)!getting trapped inside scenery, rag doll failures, the landing craft getting stuck in the ground, and the odd crash

but I haven't noticed it getting any worse. Also, performance wise.... maybe it's on one of the consoles or on close to min spec hardware but other than the frame rate drop when it is loading the level when dropping from your carrier I am not seeing any drop in performance either.

I am not totally discounting the complaints but they do seem a little OTT at least IME.

theukmoog · 4 Sep 2025 at 19:27

I've noticed lots more 'shuttle diving into the ground and then bouncing around all over the place' this week

ED209 · 5 Sep 2025 at 21:59

theukmoog said:
I've noticed lots more 'shuttle diving into the ground and then bouncing around all over the place' this week

All the xbox players are getting to difficulty 10 and will be so far behind on the warbonds and ship upgrades etc.

Disable cross play in the settings and see what you get as it should just be PC players then

almostgfx · 6 Sep 2025 at 09:19

Performance seems solid for me no issues. I can see how though that worm with all the enemies is def gonna put a strain on. Its hectic

bigmike20vt · 6 Sep 2025 at 12:44

I have noticed the new mission templates on the alien homeworld are difficult. Not saying it's a bad thing but I won't be doing one on level 10 any time soon!
I am enjoying the new warbond so far the armour with it's resistances seems to help and the coyote is a capable weapon.

looking forward to the expendable napalm but not unlocked that yet.

SonicSW20 · 6 Sep 2025 at 12:52

bigmike20vt said:
I have noticed the new mission templates on the alien homeworld are difficult. Not saying it's a bad thing but I won't be doing one on level 10 any time soon!
I am enjoying the new warbond so far the armour with it's resistances seems to help and the coyote is a capable weapon.

looking forward to the expendable napalm but not unlocked that yet.

Its definitely good that they're challenging. Super Helldive on most other planets just isn't a challenge with a reasonably competent squad. Our main squad pretty much never fails a mission, and more often than not 100% completes them. We're always ******* around as well, no one runs "meta" because its usually boring. Try everyone running 3x mines and 1x portable hellbomb on an eradicate mission, its hilarious :cry: