Heavy Machine Gun is Literally Broken - Helldivers 2

Heavy Machine Gun is Literally Broken - Helldivers 2
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[@Tracker947]

The Berserkers feel like they take fixed damage. No matter if I'm using secondary, primary, or support weapons, the TTK never changed much

[@emufarm29]

Yeah they're the only thing I use secondary weapon for cause the redeemer can hit it so many times faster than anything else.

[@FluffyIronGolems]

Slugger, aim for the head

[@Tracker947]

@@FluffyIronGolems the Slugger is my religion, but the TTK is not substantially different. The flinch that it causes is a lifesaver tho.

[@happyjohn354]

They can tank a torso shot from a mech rocket.

[@N00BSYBORG]

Probably the least fun mob the bots spawn. They're already tanky enough, but the way slide forward as you shoot them and sway as they run towards you makes headshotting them obnoxious.

[@12SickOne34]

Just make it belt fed from a back pack and it'd be awesome. Only refillable once the back pack is fully empty as a draw back if you like. Edit: Gentlemen, those of you saying "just take the Supply Pack", are missing the point. It's the low magazine size and loooong, stationary reload time that bugs me about this otherwise very potent gun.

[@coliax8754]

I want a Belt fed Minigun with Backpack!

[@gdreyer]

OR you could have a back pack with 3 or 4 drums. Let's reserve que belt fed backpack for the minigun.

[@twistsnakeanklesvids261]

I saw another suggestion like this, and I really like it. It would be awesome if it came with a backpack for large capacity belts, but if you didn't want to sacrifice your backpack slot you could dump it and reload using the standard 75 rd box mags.

[@revenantchild]

I like the idea and it is more than feasible since the Ironman ammunition backpack is in fact a thing developed for use by the U.S. Military to work in tandem with the MK46/M249 SAW, allowing a single continuous belt of 500 rounds.

[@jasonreed1631]

It should be a team reload weapon with a backpack like the autocannon, increase capacity to ~100 rounds.

[@TeHPHoBoS999]

Don't really understand why the MG support weapons are so undertuned in terms of ammo and reload. Like, I love the MG. The medium armor pen is so dang comfy.

[@SunnyJCR]

I think it has a lot to do with role that they fill. It's effectively the same role as the games current primary weapons. The support weapon slot is often used for its utility. If it can't close bug holes, kill chargers/striders from any angle, blow up shrieker nests, destroy radio towers or demolish fabricators then it's largely ignored. Once we get some utility options added to the other weapon slots, I imagine more people will lean on the MG's (at least the stalwart) for their general horde clear. Edit: Oh! I misread "undertuned" as "underrated"... That makes a lot more sense now.

[@Leo40214]

If you want stronger ammo/reloads use the stalwart. If you want med armor pen use the machine guns, that's how balance works lol.

[@xana3961]

@@Leo40214 If you want both, use the arc thrower. It does the job better. Need Anti-tank stuff? Bring an EAT unless you're the dedicated quasar guy.

[@mornemauvais5873]

Considering how some weapons can do everything like the arc thrower It does feel like some weapons are undertuned It doesn't take much either, give this HMG armor pen and leave the ammo count as it is so the three machineguns go from low dmg high ammo to high dmg low amo with a middle step in between

[@Quan-gotta_go]

⁠@@xana3961ima a quasar guy

[@LynnLynnCosplay]

The term you are looking for when talking about the shot placement versus the dot is height over bore. Which is pretty realistic if the optic is considerably higher then the barrel of the firearm. Arrowhead seems to enjoy inputting real world things into their guns so it would make sense that the machine gun is sighted in for a much longer distance than point blank.

[@LynnLynnCosplay]

Mind you I'm just saying this as a gun enthusiast I haven't checked this thing out in game yet.

[@Visual217]

I think you might actually be on the money. I think the starting assault rifle has a zero adjustment you can pick.

[@Ashen_Night116]

@@LynnLynnCosplay Doesn't really change that the AMR shoots up and to the left, so even though height over bore is a thing, it's not accurate.

[@codyschmidt510]

​@Ashen_Night116 well, I mean, you're already shooting a high powered round and the weight distribution on the HMG looks like a nightmare so yeah the poorly weighted heavy gun firing massive rounds in rapid succession is not accurate, especially when standing straight up 😅

[@LynnLynnCosplay]

@Ashen_Night116 yes that's correct. Windage I can't explain

[@rightinthefriggineye]

I wish ALL support weapons came with an optional backpack on the other side of the drop pod like the autocannon. For lasers, a cooling pack, for bullet weapons a large ammo pack, for mg's a belt fed backpack, the arc thrower a stronger battery for + 1 Arc etc. You can either carry it for a better support weapon or leave it to run a shield or rover.

[@drodi7320]

this is a cool idea!

[@meodrac]

that's a bit overtuned as a base option it should be an upgrade or a different support weapon altogether

[@rightinthefriggineye]

@meodrac I'd have no issues with that to balance it. could be either bought as a credit upgrade per weapon or as some form destroyer upgrade.

[@LungDrago]

It's either that or the supply pack needs to somehow be much better. Like allowing you to throw supplies at long range instead of needing to come over?

[@Mike-de2yt]

the flamethrower a big gas tank on your back

[@Lordbobomb]

I also personally dislike the lack of the 3rd person crosshair / gun circle. I just do not like the 1st person ADS in Helldivers.

[@Pago88]

It really kills the weapon without the crosshair in 3rd person. Just tried it and will never use again, if it stays the same

[@noahreiniger4955]

The main reason I dislike the first person is how hard it is to see. Some weapons have a lot of muzzle flash and smoke that spews out of your gun and it can be pretty tough to stay on target

[@ClonedGamer001]

I'm reasonably sure the game was originally intended to be played entirely in third person, with weapons like the AMR doing the old-school "black out everything outside the scope" style of aiming.

[@Nitecookie]

to be honest, i wouldn't be surprised if it was a bug. after all, the devs somehow didn't notice the spear didn't pick up ammo from the yellow ammo boxes around the map for OVER A MONTH.

[@ClonedGamer001]

@@Nitecookie To be fair, basically no one uses the Spear, so it's not like there were many people who could have reported that one

[@treetrunk159]

Okay, I just did some testing on the weapon sight to see if this really is height over bore. It isn't. The cross hair is improperly offset to be higher than it should be. I have a monitor that lets you place a dot in the very center of your screen. HMG shoots on that center dot regardless of whether you're at 10m, 25m, 75m, 150m, or 300m from the target.

[@NotSionnix]

You should post a video/clip about this it would be cool to see

[@ASaucyFinger]

That is what I was wondering as well, good that someone else thought the same. I figured it would mimic a real world situation, as in the red dot being "sighted" at a certain range, but from my testing also, this isn't the case.

[@DisIngRaM]

I remember that the director mentioned that they have staffs that are experienced in shooting guns (Something about their country's military, probably mandatory training?) Do someone have any idea, if perhaps HMG in real life have that offset from the aiming reticle and the bullet impact point.

[@Urbansquealer]

What monitor is this?

[@hawk9mm]

​@@DisIngRaMthe optics are off, period, kinetic weapons in this game have almost no drop. Either because of the relatively short distance that we can engage or see targets or there is not enough drop to make use of a BDC.

[@ZeraSeraphim]

Sweet fucking Liberty, it pierces TANK and Hulk armor?! no wonder we only get 75 shots. The bullets coming out of this thing have got to be fucking MASSIVE. Edit: For it to be able to pierce bot tank armor but not organic bug armor is the biggest pile of shit I've ever seen in my life.

[@0giwan]

Yeah, I'd like to point out that .50 BMG can penetrate about an inch of steel at 100 or 200 meters, if memory serves. Soooooo....the penetration makes sense, as does the low ammo count, in order to make it man portable.

[@Titus.70bce]

Bots have flat armor which is not very effective against pentrating munitions. Bugs have armor plates at sloped angles which deflect point force loads away from their bodies. It is all actually pretty well designed, and it makes sense if you pay attention. This pursuit of MeTa is becoming kind of obnoxious at this point. None of you guys think about these things realistically. Just want every gun to be railgun before nerf, and never want to die or fail a mission. Take your shield crutches off and have some fun.

[@SpeCifiC0507]

I think people need to realize that no singular stratagem or weapon needs to be, or is designed to be, a one application fits all scenario. If you aren't changing up your loadout between switching from bugs to bots, then there is an issue. Your loadout and subsequently the game infrastructure should definitely have benefits and weaknesses based on the faction you're going against. I don't expect my flamethrower to be able to do much against the bots, not effectively at least. However against the bugs? It's pretty damn good. Don't get me wrong, there is *SOME* things that are the exception that should be beneficial all around, such as the Shield backpack.

[@Titus.70bce]

@SpeCifiC0507 Shield needs to be removed. It's a crutch at this point and makes the game laughably easy. It's effectively impossible to die if you have the Shield equipped.

[@JessicaCarroll-is9zc]

​@@Titus.70bceno it's not, the shield barely does anything some times.

[@void.society]

100 Round Mag, 3 Reloads would have been nice.

[@angerskarin9222]

2 is fine, the ammo backpack give you 2 back, and if you use any lmg without that backpack your fucking up lol.

[@FellixNoAmatsu]

Stawart is 150/3 mags, the Machinge Gun is 150/2 mags if they gave the HMG 100/3 mags with how fast it can fire and dealing nearly double the dmg of the standard Machine gun. The other Machine guns would be render 100% useless as a support weapon if they buffed the HMG having extra mag and ammo capacity. It's in a good spot, maybe even a bit too strong honestly rn.

[@theFORZA66]

​@@FellixNoAmatsuthe other mgs need a buff, and this hmg needs to come with its own backpack that directly feeds it ammo

[@loganvelasco1889]

⁠@@FellixNoAmatsustalwart is 250/3+1

[@Duck1en]

Stalwart is very good as crowd control. And cover fire because you can run, reload and move at the same time however heavy mg doesn't achieve anything that the mg or stalwart does ​@@theFORZA66

[@SpynalToad]

The more i ADS with this gun, the more i realize the actual problem: The sight is in fact centered. the red dot, on the other hand, is NOT centered. it sits above the middle of the circle for some odd reason. put the dot just above your enemy and you can land shots fairly reliably. ...still should be addressed though.

[@korcommander]

That just sounds like height over bore. You probably won't have that problem hitting an enemy 50 meters or further.

[@averagemobileplayergfs7383]

I agree! Thats unacceptable! 🫠

[@Foxador]

@@korcommander This gun is too inaccurate to waste at shooting a target at over 50 meters with too much recoil and too little ammo

[@korcommander]

@@Foxador then don't shoot it like you're stupid and be in the prone

[@SeudXe]

@@korcommanderWhich makes 0 sense because its not a fkin sniper rifle. Should have been zeroed in for close range...

[@Yorvast]

>New toys >hmg that you gotta use 1st person to fire accurately >Misaligned sight Come on dev man

[@gtf234]

It's likely more that there's some big height over bore on the sight, since this crooked sight feeling is prevalent on other guns too. Basically just another property of the weapons they want to hide from us

[@alphawolf6708]

@@gtf234 Height over bore makes sense, but the problem is that there is never a distance where the bullet never ever hits intended zeroed distance. Like you'd expect it to hit in the middle of the red dot crosshair after like 50-100m, but the bullets will just keep on hitting below the dot, it seems to be a problem on every weapon that uses the red dot.

[@gtf234]

@@alphawolf6708 On a surface glance, it seems a lot of this is rooted in their insistence on hiding most of the weapon parameters from us, especially on support weapons. If the thing has some absurdly long zero distance, I feel we should be told in some in-game reference what that distance is. It feels more and more they want us to run around like headless chickens wasting hours just trying to brute force guess the properties of the weapons, which I don't perceive as respecting my time.

[@Iluvantir]

Height. Over. Bore. It's not meant to be fired point blank.

[@SpeCifiC0507]

Sight isn't misaligned, all of the weapons with the exception of the ones that are able to have a selectable range have a height over bore characteristic. You're not meant to sit literally in the face of an enemy with something as *beefy* as this thing. It's supposed to sort of act like a bridge between itself and the stationary HMG, both having the same drawback being that you are probably not in for a good time if the thing you're shooting at reaches you.

[@Kinbako]

4:27 the slugger also does this, and it hit's dead center at longer distances. i think it's related to the distance between the sight/scope and the barrel. the bullets do not come out of your sight/scope like they do in many other games, they come out your barrel.

[@cheeseninja1115]

height over bore is the term, and this is a real thing that happens with guns. Basically you zero it in at a long distance, as it is a gun, but it means you're zero at point blank will be off as the optic isn't meant for those close distance engagements

[@ElizaberthUndEugen]

@@cheeseninja1115 Yes, but the impact is off by like 50 cm on a 5 m distance. That is not realistic either. Something seems off there.

[@Kinbako]

@@ElizaberthUndEugen it doesn't hit the center of the sight until about 50 meters

[@TooFewSecrets]

@@KinbakoThe maximum possible height over bore effect is the distance between the red dot and the barrel. For this gun that's like three inches at most. It shouldn't be so exaggerated that you feel like you're a foot off.

[@DoomFlavored]

Something I think would help balance the bots a bit better is reducing their turning speed more as the unit gets larger. Hulks being able to waddle 180 degrees in like 2 seconds is whack.

[@EspyMelly]

I feel like Arrowhead has some big problems with their QA system. Every time they add something it has a bunch of problems that need to be fixed. The exosuit still one-shots itself randomly to this day and the HMG genuinely looks unfinished. I don't know why it doesn't have a 3rd-person crosshair when even the autocannon does.

[@shadows_star]

Arrowhead spends more time creating content than testing or fixing basically anything. Its a pretty big flaw with the game.

[@SirKickz]

@@shadows_star Eh I'm willing to give them a lot of grace after they stated they weren't going to over-hire extra staff to handle the unexpectedly high player counts on launch specifically because they didn't want to have to lay those workers off again after the buzz died down. There are still more bugs than I'd like to see in a game months after release but I don't think it's greed or carelessness I think the Arrowhead staff are genuinely doing the best they can. They're probably overworked as hell. Here's hoping everyone on the team gets a fat bonus check for making it through the rocky launch.

[@Barl3000]

@@SirKickzAgreed, but I really really hope they plan for a long peroid of bug fixing and balancing after they are done with the content they had planned for the lunch period or better yet, postpone some of that content.

[@buttermanaws4693]

Tried it out myself and when it hits it can shred but it's really REALLY hard to do on the fly, but it's a decent defend weapon when you can sit prone not having to move much

[@euphoricstamen9562]

Absolutely trashes crowds of medium enemies, handles heavies too. Although it definitely lends well to a defensive playstyle. Being crouched/prone helps the recoil a lot.

[@nothingclever7582]

I really feel helldivers could benifit from utility packs. For example pressure canisters boosting range on the flame thrower and a ammo feed backback that works for both machine guns. Youd switch to backpack feed with thr same button you self supply with.

[@unscbug12-52]

That would be a cool addition and make for interesting play. Choose the Feeder backpack and you don't have to reload, but give up the utility of either rovers or a supply pack.

[@Starshina200]

It's a really good idea, I like it.

[@basedsneedclave175]

Also we need a flame armour We got an armour that reduces arc damage We need one that prevents burning and reduces fire damage taken Because the flamethrower is very prone to setting the user on fire

[@qwertyram4598]

​@@basedsneedclave175 Same.for explosives... Except the effect isn't as strong. 50% doesn't let you survive atuff you couldn't before

[@SpeCifiC0507]

I want a flamethrower backpack that is similar to its real life counterpart. The drawback being that if a bug punctures the backpack, or a bot manages to land a shot, you go up in literal flames. The upside is that you get a lot more "ammo," longer range, and if you have a backpack-buddy, a quicker reload.

[@AllyionSol]

To be fair, unlike the other MGs. The HMG when you pick up ammo or supplies gets both belts back. Not only one. Works like the scorcher that way, less ammo but easier to resupply.

[@notseth3500]

For what it's worth, the Stalwart recovers 2 magazines as well.

[@NinjaNeoN]

Berserkers should be high damage, low HP enemies. It breaks my immersion when a bot with exposed guts and no armour is tankier than a devastator.

[@Winasaurus]

I swear they take a set amount of damage per hit. I can spray them down in half a second with a machine pistol with no armor pen, but 10 slugger shots to the head and they're still standing. Meanwhile, 1 slug to a devastator blows it's head off for an instant kill. Berserkers feel like the Bile Spewers on the bug side. Distinctly annoying in that they attack with a different method than most enemies which prompts risky movement (Biles force you to reposition immediately or die, Berserkers push you out of cover against mostly ranged enemies) and they're both arbitrarily stupidly tanky. Whoever give bile spewers medium armor head plates needs to go to jail.

[@fuhduh2544]

@@Winasaurus against berserkers or most medium bots, avoid going for headshots and shoot their belly, it's easier to hit and they fall down way quicker

[@seangardner2450]

​@@Winasaurus I don't think so, I'm definitely not an expert but I've found they drop like flies with the scorcher, I think they are super weak at the hip, but I do agree that it seems certain weapons do nothing but the the scorcher and machine pistol will rickity wreak their blessed cotton socks holes.

[@Alyrael]

@@fuhduh2544 You just have shitty aim. Most guns will put down Devastators and Berserkers pretty fast if you can hit the head. Sluggers can one-tap both if you nail their forehead compared to the usual 3-4 shells to break the torso.

[@AThousandD]

@@fuhduh2544 That's what I used to do (with a JAR-5), but they still take a good number of hits. A well-placed JAR shot drops them in one. I prefer this approach now.

[@SilverionX]

For me, something is wrong with the ADS in this game. Instead of focusing on the enemy, it focuses the sights and blurs the enemy, making it essentially useless.

[@Mister5597]

If that is a big issue for you, you can turn off Depth of Field on the Graphics settings

[@ijustbevibin0425]

Take your recticle off in his settings I had the same problem till I turned off recticle

[@hawk9mm]

I have that issue whenever I use the gpmg because Arrowhead made the muzzle flash happen above the actual muzzle. I swear that I turned depth of field off... Yup depth of field is off so this isn't the fix I think folks were talking about honestly, the dot gets instantly lost in the giant fireball, that's why I tend to use 3rd person aiming because at least I'm not blinded AND I retain my FOV, unlike, for some ridiculous reason, first person view where your FOV is like 20, it's like I'm back on my old 360 playing BF:BC1!

[@b.a.1591]

Thats how aiming down sights literaly works in real life and the devs have real-life firearms experience.

[@williepeater]

I prefer focusing on my target and aligning the sights based on light rather than definition. @@b.a.1591

[@TheHeroNut]

Speaking of the off-sight problem, it’s became more problematic when you try to shoot the rockets from mech. I spend like 2-3 rounds before I could correct the trajectory to even close a single goddarn bug hole lol

[@Starshina200]

This is a parallax, an extremely unpleasant thing, especially when shooting from a third person. But as an avid player in various tank projects, I'm used to it.

[@qwertyram4598]

The reason for that I believe is how they implemented the fix to the "mechs blowing themselves up" issue. The rocket goes a lot more straight now, less towards your crosshair. Maybe before it would actually change the firing angle a little depending on where you aimed, dunno for sure. I use the left spread reticle as my guide now, and it's... Decent-ish

[@JessicaCarroll-is9zc]

I got pretty good at those janky rockets vs bug holes. The rocket hits pretty far to the left of the cross hair, one time I was able to to very quickly hit a bug hole and move on in the middle of machine gunning the bugs which after all the trajectory headaches felt greay

[@Winasaurus]

@@qwertyram4598 As an avid mech user even when it was busted, it did have some level of auto-aim that tried to track the missile onto the exact point of your reticle. Caused some goofy aiming when you were spamming rockets and something walked past, because your reticle snapping would also snap the rocket trajectory, so one rocket would be wildly off-target. Since the rockets are fired from the left side of the mech, you have to aim to the right of whatever you're aiming at, more extreme the closer you are. If you get good at aiming, the mech is absurdly efficient, as with the recent charger health changes, a single rocket can kill a bile titan or a charger, assuming it's a well-placed headshot. So 1 mech can handle a ton of large threats. Plus 1000 rounds of med armor piercing is nothing to shrug at. But, 10 minute cooldown and a penchant of getting randomly 1-tapped by silly things like charger drifting and unfortunate friendly grenades make it a hard sell

[@TheHeroNut]

tbh I wish it would be more consistent with the crosshair to where I aim but it is what it is, guess I have to work around it. Maybe in the future, hopefully they will address this problem.

[@The1stApothecary]

4:41 the shots are landing low because you are close to target, and the HMG has obscene height over bore, the distance between the weapons optic and the barrel will cause your shots to land super low here

[@Rosa_0000]

is that why we don't have a 3rd person crosshair? Because it would not be accurate?

[@nickkyg]

this guy gets it

[@hm9715]

​@@Rosa_0000 No imo they did it on purpose, like with the sniper

[@Titus.70bce]

Finally. Someone who understands range zero on optics. Hold reload and some guns will let you change your range.

[@ALucienLachance]

Thank you

[@sirjazz5776]

The math are simple... 75 bullets / 3 Firerate mods : 420 rpm - 12 sec. of constent fire > 750 rpm - 7 sec. of constent fire > 1200 rpm - 5 sec. of constent fire For aproximatively 8 seconds of stun releoad _( meaning you can't move or you cancel it all )_ The gun is strong. Crazy strong. But utterly flawed by its lack of crossair, the missaligned targetting/shooting, and a poor ammo capacity... if those are fixed ( cause I refuse to believe they are features ) and the magazine extended to a 100 rounds, we'll have a very potent weapon to manage the varmint and hteir heavy armors.

[@DisProveMeWrong]

Thats a 200 round drum mag if Ive ever seen one.

[@thebluehat6814]

probably loaded with some obscene caliber since it can punch through literal tank armor

[@2MeterLP]

Not with this kind of calibre. With the armor pen it has, thats gotta be .50BMG. Those things are HUGE.

[@MildyHistorical]

It seems to me that the slugger has the same aim offset problem, although it’s a little milder imo

[@MrPawsPause]

I’ve hit more shots with the slugger not zoomed in. It’s like the red dot makes the slug even smaller, or just not appear idk

[@noobatron2663]

Slugger is a primary weapon though, and it's extremely solid in that regard.

[@SepticFuddy]

absolutely

[@Akrilloth]

Slugger also has serious bullet drop though, due to the slug nature.

[@SepticFuddy]

@@Akrilloth You'd think, but it's really not that bad. The zeroing is the problem

[@johnmacklin8238]

Brother, I was in the Army in the infantry. We had 50 cals and we used to take them on patrol and set them up in machine gun positions, the ammunition that we carried I would kill for the ammo reload time and ammo Count that the chainsaw has in a Browning M2.

[@SeudXe]

Except theres a lot in this game that isnt realistic so cant really bring that into this

[@zee9709]

@@SeudXe Duh

[@JunkyardGod]

Army guy here too 😂

[@TheBalloonBob]

@@SeudXe You talking about the robots? Bro it seems like the guns are as close as they can get to "realistic".

[@daSEGAfanatic]

I wish everyone would think about this for a moment these dudes are carrying M249's with 250 round boxes M240B/M60's with 150 round boxes and now a man portable M2 Browning .50 cal with 75 round drums Our Helldivers are friggn super soldiers in their own right

[@anonimus370]

Muzzle flash isn't even that immersive, modern guns don't muzzle hiders often by default unless you swap them out for muzzle breaks or suppressors. This is particularly egregious with the stalwart which for some reason shoots out more smoke than a black powder muzzleloader. It's unshootable in first person.

[@Dweller.]

??? def shootable in first person lol

[@anonimus370]

@@Dweller. HMG is better but still way too much flash. Stalwart is atrocious with how much smoke there.

[@anonimus370]

@@Dweller. Especially considering it has to reticle in third person, which must mean it's meant to be used in first person, so why not make it COMFORTABLE. Doesn't it have enough MASSIVE downsides already. I'm sure they'll find a way to nerf it anyway.

[@hawk9mm]

​@anonimus370 I wasn't able to use the hmg for more than a burst beforei took a rocket, but to me the worst out of the original 2 has to be the MG. The muzzle flash has zero transparency and seems to appear above the muzzle. It's a huge barrel way more than any modern gpmg yet somehow it doesn't burn off any of the powder?!

[@azap1378]

My guess is that a lot of sacrifices had to be made to make the engine as dynamic as it is (with its physics, capes, ragdolls, different weapon weights, etc.) and the result is a lot of jank with crosshairs and bullet spread. I’ve been noticing a similar thing with the exosuits where my bullets are going more to the left or right of my crosshair depending on which arm it’s fired from.

[@giovaniconte1860]

Yep..every physics based games have that same issue. But It makes for the most satisfying gameplay ane learning curve!

[@MEGABUMSTENCH]

they used to be pin point on the mech. since the patch that fixed the rockets blowing up the mech when you fire at an angle, the rockets/minigun no longer track the crosshair

[@cobalt4161]

​@@MEGABUMSTENCHthis matches my experience

[@a_person5660]

@@MEGABUMSTENCH thats likely because before the rockets would go wherever you were aiming but now they go wherever the rocket launcher is pointing which is sometimes misaligned from the place you are aiming as its a physical object with rotation restrictions.

[@qwertyram4598]

​A rather cool fix to that would be having a separate crosshair for each. I think I saw it in a different game before, but imagine having two reticles, one for each gun

[@Atharun18999]

A lot of the weapon sights are off center. It's a very well known issue but one the devs haven't commented on yet. Love the game but way too many issues with it

[@MEGABUMSTENCH]

probably waaay down on the list of bugs they need to fix

[@chamberlane2899]

Is it off as in the bullets aren’t originating from the sight, or off as in the sight sits a bit high on the gun? Cause from my perspective, it looks like the sight being physically offset.

[@Grayfox354]

I have to shoot higher to hit my slugs, I know they fall but for things right in front of me the shot comes from lower than my iron. I think maybe projectiles are created out of our chests instead of guns?

[@2ndToLast501]

Recoil is a thing, so is range sighting the optics. If you're that bad just use the reduced recoil armor

[@chamberlane2899]

@@Grayfox354 your scope’s higher than the barrel. I haven’t sat down and tested the offset yet, but it’s possible you’re used to bullets coming from your eyes (a trick most games employ)

[@LimitlessANDUnstoppable]

Why did I hear the sound "Heavy Machine Gun" with the Metal Slug Narrator when I read this video's title? 🤣🤣🤣

[@steeljawX]

The lower capacity for the larger and larger machine guns makes sense IRL, but it doesn't for their in game performance. Usually when you're going from light machine gun to heavy machine gun IRL, it's referring to the caliber of the round. So it's quite literally a heavier gun because it's shooting a heavier bullet. Again IRL, that makes sense that less rounds of a heavier bullet would weight the same as more rounds of a lighter bullet, so you can therefore carry more lighter bullets. Why it doesn't make sense in game is that heavier bullets usually are built with a lot more power and therefore can and will pierce more armor. The HMG not being able to pierce chargers is insulting. If you're carrying that fewer rounds, then those rounds have to be really hefty and pack a larger punch. Apparently since it's not an explosive or railgun, it's a moot point. All I'm saying is that heavier gun usually means heavier rounds, meaning fewer rounds, but equivocal to greater destruction to smaller models. The fact this has marginally more destructive power (about a fart's waft away) than the MG-43 is pathetic. It's really not a heavy machine gun if all it is is heavier. Theoretically speaking, by that measure the US Military's CWIS gatling guns are some of the heaviest machine guns out there because they're strapped to ships, which obviously weigh a lot, putting them solidly in a heavy category. That's absolutely wrong because, again, the reality is that it's more or less the size of the round fired that determines the classification of the weapon.

[@lolman345_8]

I mean, IRL pretty much every western HMG feeds from a standard 100 round ammo can, or in the case of vehicle mounts, 100 to 200 to 500 on the likes of the CROWS. In the end, the .50 BMG out of the likes of the legendary M2HB should be blowing chunks off of functionally everything in game thats not a automaton tank. There is even a version of the M2, the M3M / M3P which has the same exceptionally high rate of fire that our HMG can sport but is usually used on aircraft with massive belt feeds. In the end, this thing needs a flat 100 round belt and it needs a slower ROF in exchange for far FAR more power, it should be chugging along like a ma duce, ripping apart everything infront of it, but only if you can get it set up, otherwise ma duce will win and take you for a ride, and you are not hitting anything when that happens, bar the sky.

[@leroyjenkins9035]

for the longest time i thought the aim bug was just the way the game was, i used the slugger against automatons and assumed the headshot hitbox is just really stubborn and inconsistent, but yeah its just off a lot of the time.

[@Akrilloth]

The slugger has mad bullet drop compared to other projectile weapons.

[@SpaceDwarf45]

The lack of over the shoulder reticle must be a bug. That is not normal from all weapons.

[@willw1980]

The anti material rifle does the same thing. The devs probably want you to be looking at the tracers when in 3rd person, but it's kinda hard to do that when the tracers are difficult to see.

[@jakeogroton]

I just personally want a flash suppressor/hider i would love to able to see what im shooting at and not risk having a seizure every time I fire it

[@nilsmuller9542]

The AMR sight is actually worse with the misalignment of the scope. If you have a gaming monitor, with a Virtual reticle and you go prone, you can see how badly both weapons are misaligned in 1st person. The AMR is basically alligned to the southeast and the HMG is alligned to the south, instead of the middle of the screen, as it should be. Its actually crazy that this hasn't been adressed yet for the AMR, since its been out since day 1. They need to fix both!

[@sea-drake]

Getting gaslit by the AMR scope annoyed me so much. It is bizarre that there's been no comment on it, despite many folks reporting it.

[@michaelbowman6684]

The Supply Backpack fixes any ammo issues this weapon might have on top of giving you tons of grenades and stims to use ad nauseum. Perfect synergy between these two, they work well together.

[@danbeucler3029]

Can you self supply off the pack if you're solo?

[@jaywerner8415]

​@@danbeucler3029 yes. Hit 5 on PC. Not sure what it is on console.

[@AdamantPetra]

Supply pack in general is god tier

[@deshawnfernander3004]

Down on the D pad for console

[@brilobox2]

@@AdamantPetra Supply Pack + Grenade Launcher = ez bugs, never worry about hunter swarms or bile spewer spam ever again.

[@MrJeffreyrichards]

keep the 75 rounds increase the damage and armour pen keep the reload time make sure the damage and armour pen is worth it.

[@Rashed1255]

HMGs usually use the same ammo as AMRs so kinda makes sense for it to be strong, have low capacity (especially if handheld), & reload slow, tho I wasn’t expecting such a high fire rate. We still don’t have handheld HMGs IRL.

[@necro4258]

We still don't have stims that instantly heal all injuries in 0.2 seconds IRL. What's the point of even bringing it up?

[@Rashed1255]

@@necro4258 Stims are magic, HMGs are not. The reason I bring it up is because most people don’t seem to know what an HMG is and how heavy they are when they say “give it more ammo, faster reload, and less recoil”, idk if a person can even carry one with a 75 round box. I like how some of the weaponry and usage is based on what it’s like irl, I think it’s pretty cool cuz most games don’t do that, and I know this game is far from realistic.

[@defenstrator4660]

This is another weapon that really needs the third person targeting reticle.

[@chrisp5864]

1:06, rocket flew RIGHT past your face, clearly enough to make out the tail-fins. :o

[@TheHuffur]

Oh that sight being well above where it shoots explains the quick test I did against the bugs where it felt like it wasnt doing much against the Spewers, 80% of my shots must have gone into the ground below the head or something since when I was closer and aimed less and sprayed they went down real quick so it felt really really inconsistent. Fog + rain = terrible visibility so couldnt even really see my bullets, I kinda assumed they would hit closer to where I aimed than they apparently do.

[@actionsonobj]

The only thing I want from the HMG is a bipod when prone. It’s more of a squad weapon than a solo weapon

[@chandlermccoy1813]

I personally am loving the HMG, specifically against the bots! Works so well with suppressive fire and VERY quickly taking out devastators and heavies. It just actually totally shreds them to peices. I also find zero issues with the anount of ammo, just remember to use your primary and secondary weapons. Slugger pairs so well with this, taking out chaff in a single shot from 300 feet away. I definitely noticed the aiming being a bit off, but this clearly wasnt meant to be a long ranged weapon, and at close-mid range is where this weapon was meant to be used. Definitely need to fix the ADS ofc, and needs a reticle idrk why there isn't

[@Akrilloth]

I always bring the supply pack with me when i use the MGs to begin with, so ammo is never an issue. If people need their shield-crutch that's on them, use a laser weapon in that case.

[@LethalOwl]

Agree on at least giving it more magazines. I also highly recommend turning down the rate of fire unless you ONLY shoot high value targets with it. You really don’t want to overspend bullets with just 75 in the mag

[@Mr_Soleo]

I've recently been aiming at the waist on the berserkers and it (subjectively) seems to be going better than face shots.

[@ashero2092]

Idk, why if AC is just better at everything and also works as an utility tool to blow up nests/fabricators and containers. Seems like a sidegrade to an already underwhelming MG.

[@rongyangyi4500]

And AC doesnt suffer from the lack of a 3rd person crosshair and *feels* like it has better ergonomics too...Not to mention the aoe and ammo efficiency, as well as a more manageable recoil on full-auto, somehow.

[@Starshina200]

HMG does not occupy a backpack slot, which for some people is a critical parameter when choosing a weapon. They love their energy shield very much.

[@gtf234]

@@Starshina200 Yet what seems to be the most common want for the HMG I'm seeing is a belt-fed ammo backpack to let this gun really rip rather than feel like it's instantly out of ammo with a long immobile reload time; that is to say they're more than happy to spend the backpack slot for this gun's improvement

[@Winasaurus]

HMG feels very clearly designed to be a bot-mobbing weapon. You keep your shield pack, but can actually kill things without being a slugger sniper. You lose all utility, but the game is designed with 4 players in mind, and I've seen more than enough arc-thrower users to know utility isn't something many people seem to care about with their support weapons.

[@rz3264]

Yeah AC even give better suppresive fire by stunning the heavy devastator&rocket devastator.

[@Abeleko]

Accuracy suffers when not prone or crouching. You were told a million times lol

[@chaosXP3RT]

I feel like the Heavy Machine they should add a backpack with the Heavy Machine Gun, to make it potentially a crew-served weapon, just how HMG's are like IRL. This way your buddy can take the back pack and help you reload faster. It would be really great against hordes during extraction or while defending objectives. Some Cons they could add is that its heavy, so it slows you down and its really unwieldy to fire when not crouched or prone. It could be a strategm you save for late game or only for defending early on against bug breaches or something. Then you throw it away when running around the map. If anything, I think they could better balance strategems by tailoring them to certain playstyles or moments. Because right now, there is no reason not to take something like the Quasar Cannon or Autocannon over any of the machineguns, especially if you're playing solo or with randoms. I also think that they could add a booster in the futre that gives you an extra booster or something, if you play solo. This way you could use, for example, the Autocannon and its backpack to take on some Chargers and Bile Titans. Then you drop it and call in a Grenade Launcher and Shield Generator to take on some bug holes. Idk, just some thoughts on ways to make all the Strategems more viable and balanced.

[@truecross4090]

Someone during the stream gave the perfect fix. Make it belt fed if tou are using the supply pack. Then it will just auto consume the packs and not need the reload.

[@BOTmaster15]

Sidenote try switching to 1200 shots per minute and burst fire. It will get more shots on target before recoil does its thing. If something is too close just keep pulling the trigger.

[@light819]

using hmg with bugs is just like using the regular machine gun, bring the jump pack and start the reload midair to remain mobile for part of the reload

[@MaliciousMedic]

I'm extremely disappointed that the HMG that's been talked about has even less ammo than the MG. Like man I want a machine gun that does halfway decent damage and has tons of ammo so I can actually use it like you should, not this burst fire crap. It could have 1 spare mag and twice the reload time for all I care, just give me an equivalent to the base MG with like a 300+ round magazine. The only machine gun it feels like you can properly spray with is the stalwart, which doesn't kill fast enough unless it's on the highest fire rate and even then it chews through ammo like the rest.

[@SuperGiga64]

The issue I always have with LMG spraying is less the ammo and more the corpses that absorb the shots(atleast against bugs). If you could move bodies with gunfire, I feel like you can comfortably hold down the trigger against groups of mid-sized squads.

[@joshfritz5345]

Adjust your rate of fire then. You have something like a 150 round magazine on the basic LMG, at 600 rounds per minute, that's 15 full seconds of uninterrupted fire. You can get a good 15 kills before you need to reload it.

[@pancakeanati2590]

My only complaint is not having a 3rd person aiming reticle

[@shahs1221]

Even on the weak spot of the charger it seems to be wildly inconsistent. Someone else tested it and showcased killing it via weakspot VERY quickly (in a few seconds). Don't know if it has to do with trajectory/entry point direction or something but yeah... Very weird.

[@meatsaulce]

think it needs a bit more power per shot for the current drawbacks. maybe give it the explosive effect like the concussion liberator.

[@baval5]

I dont know why theyve given us 3 machine guns that all feel like they do the same job in slightly different ways. This should have had some serious pen. The original MG should have had some pen.

[@albertanmotorcyclist6419]

we must be playing different games, these machine guns are nothing alike and have completely different uses. The stalwart is a run and gun machine gun that acts as a beefed up primary. Its for taking out tons of fodder enemies fast, but can't penetrate above light armor. The machine gun is more stationary, but can still run and gun somewhat and is decent for fodder as well as slightly more armored enemies like hive guards and brood commanders. The heavy machine gun is not at all for movement and solo play. Its designed to be used in cooperation with your team from a stationary position, and is good for taking out medium targets like striders and devastators, which the other machine guns cannot.

[@Akrilloth]

The stalwart is a complete SAW in that it uses liberator ammo, which has no real armor pen whatsoever, the MG-43 has medium pen to deal with Devastators and Guard bugs, the HMG has the same penetration profile as the Autocannon, without the risk of mulching yourself if something jumps at you.

[@doremiancleff1508]

I think if they'd make HMG pen charagers, it would quite literally kill in in 6-10 shots, because charger legs are considered a weakspot, which is why they die so quickly when shot there. There has to be some things that still don't get penetrated by HMG, otherwise we get another railgun situation, which i think we already going to have with Quasar.

[@h4xorzist]

You don't kill the charger because of weakspot dmg but because you kill the leg. (weakspots have their own hp pool)

[@cattysplat]

Quasar cooldown will always be a crutch at higher difficulties.

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

The AC doesn't pen chargers so it would be weird for the HMG to do it. They just need to bump mag size to 100, and up the mag count to 3.

[@Xeonzs]

mag size 100 and 3 mags, so still same ammo capacity as mg, but have to reload it more often and keep reload being longer as well. Plus fix the scope and add basic reticle for when ADS aiming.

[@Akantorz]

They just need to reduce the armor on the legs of the charger to light vehicle armor. Not only would that buff the HMG it would be a HUGE buff to the AMR.

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

here's a thought i had for the hmg: make it crew served, like the recoiless. give it 100-150 in the belt, and a backpack with 4 boxes of ammo for it. increase reload time a bit, make it about on par with solo recoiless, but much faster with team reload. would actually be epic on static mission types, like geo survey or wait for extraction, laying down with your buddy next to you, cranking the rpm up to max, and laying down mass quantities of daka xD

[@shooshooshooshooshooter]

4:17 do you have Bloom enabled in your gameplay settings? Turn that off and it might help with the recoil.

[@Andyisgodcky]

"Git gud" is a terrible argument against "Hey this isn't working properly" Edit: Its not a "skill" to work around a visually misleading weapon sight.

[@loganvelasco1889]

In this game any criticism, no matter how constructive, is met with “skill issue”

[@slacksviii9824]

This is an accurate gun sight, the sight is so far above the barrel it's accurate only a certain distance from you otherwise you shoot low. It is a skill issue because it doesn't take long to get used to aiming a bit high when close

[@Andyisgodcky]

@@slacksviii9824 At NO point is the bullet accurate to the sight, go in the game and shoot a building from any distance its ALWAYS low, you're full of crap.

[@slacksviii9824]

@@Andyisgodcky at 20 meters it's dead accurate for me idk what you're talking about

[@Andyisgodcky]

@@loganvelasco1889 The CoD kids don't know what to do with themselves when they get clowned by devastators

[@anikapt8728]

He got a new strong toy and wants it to become even stronger

[@OhDough]

It's not strong tho. I'd use railgun and auto cannon over this every single time

[@Nat-ri3ip]

I wonder if they made the off-centered reticle as a way to counter the recoil for high fire rate. Still kinda bad it doesn't adapt to the rate of fire.

[@arvo_septus]

I have a feeling that there will be future perks either for customizing the gun or some sort of class perk to decrease reload times. That might mean you have to spec into some of these weapons being more worth it.

[@Thedeafnerd]

This gun is indeed broken as hell but sadly, we gonna hear some BS coming from the same people who called "Meta slaves" or said "skull issue" gonna whine and complain about how Op this was a weapon like they did with railgun before, smh 🙄

[@type.]

most of the game is broken in some way or another.

[@loboseesthings6269]

Using a machine gun for heavily armored targets and calling it broken 😂

[@AncestralTsu]

It is called a “heavy” machine gun, i would at least expect it to be somewhat better than what it is. But maybe chargers are currently broken.

[@loboseesthings6269]

@@AncestralTsu setting aside unintended bugs/glitches/errors, nothing is broke everything has a purpose and a role. You just need to remember that you have to play that role and know it's limitations. If you're going to specialize in a role you can't expect to fulfill others. It's literally skill and tactics that makes it "easy" not "I got the meta damage kit" or "this is trash because it doesn't do what I WANT it to do" it's literally that simple. On top of all that EACH mission objective has a different tactic and execution. And you also have to plan for objectives you can't predict such as stalker nests, mortar/AA POSTS, JAMMING stations, even environmental effects and hazards need to be taken in to consideration. We literally have every tool we need. Dome work better than other for specific needs and tactics. Learn them all.

[@corax1996]

When it comes to the machinegun red dot, I think slugger suffers from the same exact issue. When I figured out that you can one tap all devastators and berserkers by just aiming 1/2 heads higher then their actual head is this weapon became a monster at any distance. At first I thought it was a bullet drop, but then I realized that no matter the range I always have to aim about one head higher to hit the dome, no matter if it's point blank or 200m.

[@Aegikush]

Using the gun and saying every time, "heavy machine gun" with the voice of metal slug. 10/10

[@FellixNoAmatsu]

The Heavy Machine Gun does not need more ammo or clips, this thing is an absolute beast. Literally deletes everything in seconds. I like the limitations on it as it makes building around it important. Supply Pack+ Fortified/Engineering Kit. Covers both it's weaknesses somewhat, also crouching or going prone helps reduce recoil as well. 30%/60% respectively or with the said above armor set perks while standing it's 30% reduction and an extra 30% for every other standing position. 30%/60%/90%. The only thing the HMG can't do is destroy dropships and Bile titans.

[@ShadowMaster885]

"please just make the gun even stronger with no downsides thanks"

[@absoluteandrew398]

You goober he wants at least the scope alignment fixed and for the weapon to carry a realistic amount of ammo per mag at least 100. It’s an HMG do you see how big the drum appears to be on this thing? 75 rounds is pretty hilarious considering you get to shoot for 3-5 seconds’ worth if you don’t use the slowest rpms.

[@DekArosaro]

@@absoluteandrew398 but it resupplies both reloads, instead of 1 like the other hmg

[@SpeCifiC0507]

@@absoluteandrew398 The scope isn't misaligned, it's height over bore thing that guns have, especially something like the HMG. All of the guns have it.

[@Titus.70bce]

Right, this MeTa stuff is obnoxious at this point. Can i have infinite ammo and a permanent shield please devs? Why doesn't this gun kill everything in 2 shots? This content went from testing and experimenting and quickly became whining and nit-picking.

[@absoluteandrew398]

@@SpeCifiC0507 Sci-fi guns do not need it. You’re going to tell me that, for example, with the Anti Material Rifle, having to aim at the top left of the reticle is a legit design choice by the devs?

[@kristianhawk]

Any weapon equipped with a bipod is meant to be used from prone (or a position from which you can rest the weapon on the bipod on a secure surface irl) - they are not meant to be fired from standing using only your body to absorb the recoil

[@ShAd0w0100]

1:25 That was immediately the problem I noticed with the HMG. I love it - I just need more ammo in the clip, PLEASE. Like, DOUBLE the amount - Gimme 150.

[@MrPawsPause]

I think they should revert the Railgun back to its original state, lower the level to unlock, or add more magazines or charges to it. The quasar makes it very underwhelming now, IMO. I welcome a counter argument.

[@pkkiller_apathy4568]

Counter argument just use the new cannon...

[@MEGABUMSTENCH]

with the rail gun you can rapidly kill many heavily armored things in very quick succession (hulks) with the quasar you have to have a little cool down between the killing

[@gorgeousgeorge7104]

Counter argument: Quasar and Railgun serve DIFFERENT purpose

[@XShadowzVarcolac]

counter argument, quasar sucks at dealing hordes of devastators, railgun can easily do it with 70% charge with the heavy devastators needing 90% just in case you hit the shield.

[@angerskarin9222]

I say keep it like it is now and make the damn unlock lvl 50 fuck the railgun and every one meta noobs who were using it.

[@jacobbaumgardner3406]

It should absolutely NOT kill chargers. The whole point of them is that they’re literal bug tanks. Machine guns shouldn’t be killing tanks. That’s the milsim aspect of this game, specific weapons for specific roles, and despite some weapons really needing rebalancing, the way armour plays in this game is very, very well done. The developers of this game actually served in the military, and most of the weapons are very well done representations of real life weapons. We shouldn’t shit on that.

[@OhDough]

bile spewers are the tanks of the bug enemies. hulks and chargers are both heavy units

[@jacobbaumgardner3406]

@@OhDough when I mean tanks, I mean the role a real like main battle tank plays, not a mob category. A heavily armoured thing that needs specialized weaponry to fend against. It’s probably the biggest challenge to those that play solo, because you need a dedicated anti tank guy to clear the armour out. It’s very milsim like, and very much by design by the Devs, they’ve talked about it before.

[@Starshina200]

I completely agree with you

[@Maarxman]

how much do you know about tanks? Machineguns have been used IRL to kill a wide variety of tanks, ifv, apcs, etc. Light tanks of many different makes can be penetrated by a 50 cal, hell even some modern armor can depending on the angle of attack. Serving in the military doesnt mean jack when it comes to weapon knowledge.

[@jacobbaumgardner3406]

@@Maarxman it depends on what you’re referring to as a tank. A main battle tank? Hells no! Maybe some APCs but a lot of modern ones are designed to take up to 20mm from all angles, and 30mm from the front.

[@CalzaTheFox]

The stalwart is smart enough to know what lane its in and dominates that lane very well. The HMG got drunk on the way back from a party and is swerving across multiple lanes.

[@beems4031]

4:29 that's just the game having a Height-over-bore implementation, Basically, your scope range is sighted or actually specified to hit targets at 25-75 meters, causing the so-called misalignment because the barrel is actually lower than the elevated optic. You can notice it alot more on the weapons with lasers on them, ADS and play with the zoom, notice how the laser shows where the barrel is actually lined-up. Edit : I see what you mean tho, regardless of the distance, the optic is actually just misaligned.

[@lieutax]

It’s sad cause the only reason I use it is cause I can’t get over how cool the 1200rpm mode is It’s literally like an assault cannon from 40k Except has 1/10th the ammo, doesn’t cause things to explode from how hard it’s hitting, can’t penetrate armor and has more recoil then a sawn of shotgun

[@JarlCorvusCorax]

On that note of when you can even unlock the HMG it's at level 12 with anything above it in the Patriotic Administration Center section of the stratagems purchasing menu being accessible before it such a things like the E.A.T, the Recoiless, the Flamethrower, and then autocannon. And in case anyone forgot it costs 6000 Requisitions which i guess isn't bad since the Recoiless costs the same but there are just better stratagems you could be buying. And on a personal note I'm pretty sure that everything the HMG is capable of the regular MG can handle either just as well or with a bit more effort on the users part.

[@livingalife8879]

If your familiar with helldivers 1 you may have seen the weapon upgrade system. Im guessing they’ll add that at somepoint (like the first did updates)

[@HuntShowdownLab]

One gun that can handle all bots with high rate of fire is a lot of power in one option. I haven't had much time with it, but conceptually, having all those downsides sounds like it makes sense. Looking forward to giving this one a try.

[@sircuffington]

I am a machine gun lover. The Stalwart is amazing for crowd control and for low difficulty run&guns, the MG is amazing with it's medium armor pen, okay range, and solid ammo management. The HMG tries to be the machine gun variant for heavy takedowns, but just doesn't accomplish that as well as even the laser cannon, flame thrower, or arc thrower. Every alternative has either better damage, or much easier ammo management. The biggest buff it could see is making it have a backpack (for faster reloads when you have people to help, along with more reserve), give it more armor pen for chargers, and you wouldn't even have to change the capacity that way. This will make it a viable weapon for low and high levels as a high risk weapon akin to the recoilless, but with the potential added crowd control in desperate situations.

[@telapoopy]

I noticed the JAR Dominator also fires a bit below the dot. But at least that has a green laser that actually does indicate where it fires. Who knows if it's intentional or not since technically the barrel is positioned below the scope, but you'd think all weapons would work like that if that were the case. I like using machine guns in shooters, but the underperformance of both mg and hmg is so painful that I cannot bear to use them. They have bipods, it should at the very least have an extra extra stability boost from proning

[@TheOneAndOnlyLOCO]

It would go well with this support wep if they introduced a fast reload armor perk. Would synergize with, and indirectly buff, the recoilless/spear as well.

[@squeezyjibbs6643]

Or if they introduced an upgrade system for weapons, like in the 1st one.

[@hawk9mm]

My problem is, it's fixing a problem that shouldn't need a 2nd slot sacrificed just to unscrew up some poor design choice on Arrowhead's part.

[@Spencer-it1ue]

I think it has its places where it is really strong and in a team setting (which they have designed everything for) it can fit perfectly in the right mission

[@guardian0740]

JAR-5 Dominator has the same exact sighting issue. The reticle is a good amount above where the round actually impacts.

[@Winasaurus]

It feels weird that so many weapons can't break open the containers, I could have sworn it was anything medium-penetrating.

[@dakkanoms3284]

its explosive that breaks it, plus the slugger for some reason

[@shamshieldd214]

the recoil is fine, its a heavy machine gun. have you tried shoulder firing a machine gun? and aiming for a machine gun is a cone of fire, put the enemies into your beaten zone. basically where your rounds land in a cone shaped pattern. the drum size sure, or 1 more. the time, machine guns like that usually run crew served, with a guy reloading. some of the developers are swedish vets. this american infantry vet loves their weapon development. crouch, go prone. engage at a distance. thanks for coming to my ted talk

[@shamshieldd214]

3-9 rd bursts, 7-15ish rd bursts, let bertha eat. depends on what you need at the time, its not a sniper

[@am2350]

Lemme put you on bro the option to always show your aiming reticle is a goated feature you can run and gun with secondary weps or smgs accurately

[@Chris11J23]

The term you were looking for was height over bore but you’re right that the scope should be zeroed in. It probably got bounced around in the hellpod on the way in.

[@Arxeon.]

The problem with the charger vs most weapons in general is it has practically no angle that doesn't cause shots to ricochet. If they made the angle a little bit wider before it begins to cause ricochet it would be more enjoyable. That said it doesn't mean you can kill a charger on any spot in a couple of shots, Should still take a decent half a clip or more depending on the weapon of focused fire so that it is doable.

[@LordEmpyreal]

Arrowhead was cracked releasing the Quasar Cannon. It's just a straight up Infinite ammo recoilless, except you can "reload" it in your pocket, and it doesn't deal with any projectile drop at long range. It's definitely the new meta.

[@mrhappytroll]

the amount and reload are to balance it out, otherwise its just a direct replacement of the medium machine gun obv

[@pr0faker]

the slugger has this too, sometimes I aim deadon within 20m, and you literally see the slug hit like 2 red dots lower.

[@loganhartsel5513]

The impact not lining up with optic could be intentional. Height over bore is a literal thing, that most people don’t know if they don’t know guns well. If you sight a gun in at 50 yards then the bullet will impact where you’re aiming at 50 yards. But if you shoot at something at 10 yards then yeah the bullet will definitely impact lower than your optic because the optic itself is 2-5 inches above the center of your barrel. Then at something like 70 yards the bullet may impact above where you aimed because when you sight the optic, you basically lower the sight plane. Which forces the gun to technically aim upward with its barrel, while the optic aims down. Imagine a line coming straight out of both the optic and the barrel, they’re not parallel now, they are almost like an x; Where the point of bullet impact is where the two lines intersect.

[@louiswinterhoff334]

I actually don't mind not having a reticle in third person. I still play BF 2 2005 on steam and one of my fav things to do is play as a marksman class. Their rifles don't get reticles when you aren't scoped in, so I got used to knowing where my shot would land in close to medium range. Long range I would obviously use the scope. But it has definitely helped me when using things like the AMR, bc it is essentially the same. The gun is aimed at the centre of your screen, and once you get a feel for where exactly that is, it no longer becomes an issue. Of course not everyone can do that and I do know that it can be frustrating, as I once had to learn it myself.

[@thegrunch6448]

Btw you can turn on a permanent small reticle at the center of the screen in the accessibility settings

[@ShAd0w0100]

0:55 Slugger to the face - 1 shots every time. (If it doesn't die, you missed)

[@rolanalcantara5430]

Okay, so the HMG being able to kill hulks is kinda impressive. If only there was backpack that lets you carry more bullets...

[@PeazyWeazy]

I used this gun yesterday for the first time it’s definitely become one of my new favorite strategems