This is my rifle . There are many like it , but this one shoots explosives .
The meta in Helldivers 2 is dusty , and it ’s a shame . It ’s a lot of Quasar Cannons , Sickles , and Redeemers out there , and for a long time , I was mightily there with everyone else . I ’d bring up up , grit my teeth , and stand through another Helldive difficulty run on whatever satellite we were currently charge to release or fight down , and I felt my love and stake easy go down . The same gun for hire and the same stratagems : plunge in , dive out .
And then one day I sat back , and I thought for a while , and then , in a newsbreak , I remember something I had sadly block …
I Have an Explosive Assault Rifle
An volatile ravishment rifle . In what world does that not absolutely , completely , biblically rock ? It was a minute of near - childish glee , me consumed by the thought of using such a weapon ; the sort of weapon I would imagine my Lego figures wielding when I would sit on my bedroom level and construct grand narratives of treachery and victory .
The ' AR-23C Liberator Concussive ' assault rifle was useable aright back from the launch of the game , along with the first exchange premium Warbond . And even back then , I do n’t particularly retrieve seeing it get much function . It seemed to be overshadow by its ever - true basic twin ( the ' AR-23 Liberator ' ) or any of the other weapons from the base unlock itinerary . And it authentically is a hollo shame , because this arm is just sort of exceedingly sang-froid .
Sporting … ever so slightly higher scathe than the regular liberator , the exact same level of armor penetration , substantially in high spirits repercussion , and a thin out magazine size of it . Once you break it down like that , it ’s easy to see why it did n’t take the top spot from the get - go , so why do I love it so much ?
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It ’s because it goes chug , chug , chug , chug . It soundsreallycool , and yes , that ’s about it . ( Oh , and I imagine it also does extra damage to enemy weakly spots , and do additional stagger … but I do n’t really care . ) There is the added benefit of it ' ragdolling ' enemies more or less further on a putting to death , and that ’s also majuscule , it ’s all just the pace of fire and sound it makes for me .
The Big Iron
The ' P-4 Senator ' is another solely without merit but solely sweet weapon you may use . It ’s a revolver . Now sure , you’re able to use the ' Redeemer ' all the livelong day , and you ’d be better off for it . After all , it ’s a high capacity , high rate of fervidness , automatonlike shooting iron that can really come in ready to hand in a pinch , but it ’s not arevolver .
This weapon is an absoluteblast . Drawbacks admit some gnarly recoil , low overall ammunition , and as a revolver tends to , only six rounds in the cylinder . But , it packs acrazypunch , and as with the Liberator Concussive , it ’s exceptionally fun to handle . And here ’s a fun fact a lot of hoi polloi do n’t recognize , this weapon has a hidden mechanic - if you hold down your artillery modification button , eventually you ’ll start spinning the revolver , Greco-Roman gunslinger style . And on top of that , the next shot you fire after spinning the six-gun is a guaranteed critical hit . Yeah it film ages , yeah it’sonecritical dead reckoning … but you get to whirl a revolving door .
finally , there is a peachy case to be made foreveryweapon in the Helldivers 2 armoury . An explosive crossbow ? Sign me up . A shooting iron that fires populate grenade ? You betcha . All of them , even the meta artillery like the ' LAS-16 Sickle ' canreallyshine if you just take the time to appreciate all the dearest and care that the developer clear stream into them . But for now , let ’s move on to something a little bigger in scale , and by big , I mean …
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High Yield Explosive Ordinance & Other Assorted Orbital Bombardments
Stratagems are what make Helldivers 2 really stand out in my opinion , and for in effect reason , because you could set up a 500KG bombneedlessly at diffuse objective . I mean of path , youshoulduse them for Hulks , or Chargers … but youcoulduse it on a singular Automaton alone in a field somewhere . And you know what ? It ’s reallyfunny to do that . Using exceptionally overkill stratagem on small radical of foe let you really appreciate the after outcome , and I like doing it .
Of course , I ’d start by suggesting the ever - elegant 500KG Bomb . It ’s an Eagle Stratagem , so the deployment time is exceptionally riotous , and if you ’ve raise your Super Carrier enough , you’re able to bedevil them out multiple back - to - back . And yes , I ’m well aware that the 500KG Bomb could be considered meta , specially against germ … but there is NEVER locomote to be a situation where it is n’t absolutely wizardly . Another stratagem you should utterly consider bringing just for the sheer beauty of it is of course …
The Big Laser
The Orbital Laserstratagem . The hard power of the Sunday located handily on the bow of your Super Carrier , ready to be directed by your careful helping hand .
Yes , this one isalsotechnically considered meta ( this time for the Automatons ) , but much like the 500KG Bomb , it really shines when you use it needlessly on a lone Marauder . And this one has the added welfare of having a younger pal that you’re able to comport on your shoulder .
And you know what ? It absolutely suck up . It ’s a incubus to control , and it only really has any effect if you ’re capable to hold it entirely on a targets weak spot for the intact duration of its circumscribed heating system sink . But as it ’s advert here , it should be clear that this thing also perfectly rules . you may find yourself a nice berth , and sweep in expectant , very passably spark to do massive damage to declamatory groups of softer targets - which yes a grenade could make out , but not with quite so much style .
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The Big Robot
The ' Exo-45 Patriot ' mech causa is one of the higher level unlocks , and even after some devotee , still not great overall . It absolutely has its uses , but mostly against the Terminids . Against Automatons , it simply can not cope with the nigh never-ending barrage of incoming fire on the high difficulty levels . But , itisa mech with a minigun and a berm mount missile shelling , so who can kvetch really ?
Above the minigun and the shoulder mounted projectile battery … what I love most about the Exo-45 Patriot is my memory of unlocking it for the first sentence . My ally and I partied up , working our way through the major order to defend the factories bring on them , and before we knew it , we ’d done it — we’d made a tangible wallop on the wandflower , and we were honor with a monumental automaton . THAT is how you do live military service .
And finally , above all the artillery and the stratagem that I can volunteer to change the way you have merriment in Helldivers 2 , there is one final piece of advice that I can impart .
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Take it easy!
Anyone who might ’ve looked a little harder at any of the images might ’ve noticed something , and you ’ll hump what ’s coming . And if you did , I ’m indisputable you ’re think ' What in the gaming news media is this guy doing on the Easydifficulty ? ' .
Well , do you haveanyidea how severely it is to get screenshots even tight resemble consensus realism in this plot ? Trying to get a decent screenshot at anything above Level 6 is like try out to get Devolver Digital to break making fun of me for wanting Hotline Miami 3 . It just is n’t survive to happen .
Something respectable came of it , though . During the process of getting material for this clause , I bumped the difficulty down all the way to Level 2 , and played a few games on my own … and I had an absolutelygreattime . I was n’t always looking over my shoulder for the next triplicate of Hulks , or urgently trying to recharge my Machine Gun funding weapon for the next Charger . Instead I was running around , testing out my new found favourite weapons , all my favourite dodge , and enjoy it . In the appendage , I also discover grasp for something I cerebrate a batch of mass block …
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Helldivers 2 is a genuinely stunning game
I was utterly shocked when I noticed just how incredible Helldivers 2 can look , with some of the nicest scene I ’ve ever find out . With the procedural contemporaries in playing period , you’re able to play on the same satellite metre and time again , and never get the same view double .
But without all the Terminid fog and never - end blood-red streaks of Automaton lasers , you canreallysee just how much care went into the blueprint for each of the planets ; the dynamic background of your allied ships lease in combat with background targets do n’t smart either . It has been far too easy for me to push aside just how moderately this game can be , and play on a lower difficulty gave me that chance .
This is n’t a piece that is intend to say ' you have to use the AR-23C to have fun ' , but merely nudge you towards maybe dropping the difficultness down a few notch , pick up a weapon from a Warbond you ’ve perhaps never even give a 2nd glance , and steer out there to spill some oil . It ’d be a shame not to enjoy an inviolable meter of a weapon simply because it got a chanceful nerf or is n’t democratic .
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Perhaps you could render taking the ' CB-9 Exploding Crossbow ' out for a spin along with a ' LIFT-850 Jump Pack ' , or maybe the much hated ' LAS-5 Scythe ' along with the ' axe / LAS-5 " Guard Dog " Rover ' for doubled lasering against some Automatons . finally , the choice is yours , but my only promise is that you get out there and have some fun !
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