Helldivers 2 - CEO Confirms This! The Most Underrated Stratagem For Bugs + MO Update

[@thiccfila]

www.youtube.com/@EravinVT Socials discord.gg/yN4AkD4TSx twitter.com/thiccfila_ Become a member and you will instantly give me 5 dollars

[@Bangcat]

Been doing good work you have. Finally subscribed, but been seeing what you've been up too and getting at news wise. Good work out there.

[@sirpibble]

Tell them to put a blue laser on the stim pistol so theres an obvious visual cue to other players when someone is trying to stim them

[@aarepelaa1142]

Or make it a stim minigun to compensate for bad aim. Also some other guns have lasers so it might not be the best.

[@lancemckenzie1074]

Stay put, I'll get you with the commando.

[@mattiasxxxx7096]

„YOU ARE CURRENTLY BEING HEAL‘D PLS DO NOT RESIST“

[@morganbrown392]

The best I’ve heard is to have it become a gas you’d run into

[@Yukikaze.Arknights]

This, or give it Spear's Lock On Machanic!!

[@SuperJBgaming]

You know Helldivers is back when 2-3 times a week uploads turns into nearly daily uploads, i'm excited

[@adv2147]

That double strafe run to the bile titan's face early on in the vid went so hard.

[@thiccfila]

thats what im saying

[@faessle4067]

x marks the spot

[@BouncingTribbles]

Strafing run is definitely underrated. It's my favorite "oh shit" button.

[@Kylav1996]

@@BouncingTribbles Meh it's not that great, awful? nah however either they make deal more damage so it can actually kill mediums or they 2X the distance traveled same with width as it's far too short OR they make it a infinite use eagle that doesn't fuck up the reload with others if used.

[@BouncingTribbles]

@@Kylav1996 it's a 3 button strat that takes 2 seconds to arrive. Tell me a better "oh shit" button. You can't because they all take more buttons and an extra couple of seconds to hit. The initial impact is also double damage (and its all AP5), so you can one shot bigger stuff then you might think if you land it right.

[@gabrielmckenna5055]

Yeah, Eravin and your community posts on what planets to take have been great. It’s nice and immersive too General Thicc!

[@_dekr0306]

A10 mod author here: The BRRR SFX won't come out if there are way too many sound overlapping or playing together, and the default flyby SFX will take over it. The strafing run shares the same round impact sound with the Gatling barrage. The original round impact sound .wav file last for less than a 1ms. This means round impact sound plays on a per projectile based. However, from the game where I grab the sample (Squad and Insurgency: Sandstorm), they play this sound in a single .wav file, and its duration matches the entire impact area. I had to make some weird work around with this for few iteration to ensure everything sound right (tbh, it still doesn't sound quiet right imo). The primary reason I spent a decent of amount time making this mod was that I used it a lot with Gatling barrage and AP4 support weapons when AH gave it AP5 penetration back at between May and June. It becomes more viable after they bring the AP level for most heavy units. To make it work wonder, it need a little bit of lucks, and it also needs you to drag the enemy units into a relative long straight line, or maybe "pepper" them a little bit with other weapons before using it. I can pretty consistently get 16x kills in a single run on the bug side. It's lot harder to do on the bot side because you want to line them up pretty much perfectly.

[@_dekr0306]

Since you're using the vanilla Gatling barrage, sometimes it will sound weird because the low bass round impact sound from the Gatling barrage overlap with the med ~ high pitch sound A10 round impact sound.

[@dnakatomiuk]

It does have a sound issue I don't like it right now

[@thiccfila]

The mod is amazing and I'm not taking strafing run off anytime soon

[@Commando______3377]

Hey man I got the mod and ever since I installed it my in game voice chat doesn't work, any idea why?

[@_dekr0306]

@@Commando______3377 I wouldn't know the answer. That's extremely bizarre but I wouldn't surprised issue like this happen. This is mainly because the current way of patching new SFXs is not great if you look at it from an "engineering" standpoint. Not to mention that audio assets structure for this game is very difficult navigate by pure reverse engineering, and without AH releasing a SDK. Also AH seems to be undergoing a continuous migration with their audio assets. Up to this point, there are still a lot of audio assets are shared across weapons, stratagems, and bot weapons. That mean it's fairly easy to accidentally patch some other audio assets without noticing.

[@xYuumei11]

I LOVE how this game works because and I have never seen anything like this in any other game before. Im talking about the community influence impact. Everybody is working together to defend and liberate planets. Every single mission and every single player counts towards our one goal. And I love how the whole community is encouraging each other to keep pushing and keep fighting together its truly beautifull

[@Stnkynuggz1252]

Makes you really feel like a part of sonething. It's amazing

[@skylerspurlock4755]

Helldivers is the Big Boss Hawg Outlaw of all live service coop games!!!!!! I can’t see another game even coming close to it! Wait, Helldivers 3 could!!! 👀😂

[@bodkin7841]

strafing run also reliably 1 taps impalers, and destroys bile spewers which are usually in a line like that....very underrated stratagem!

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Agreed! I just it and cluster bombs for bugs because the strafing run goes vertically from you and the clusters go horizontal (perfect to counter hunters trying to flank you). 😊

[@JohnDoe-bf7hb]

Also can 1 tap chargers if it hits solidly as well. the strafing run hits suprisingly hard and I'm all for it.

[@mcwolves71]

Thank you for directing to Darius. Gar Haren is a distraction

[@thiccfila]

we dive into the weakened acid covered chargers

[@mcwolves71]

@@thiccfila AC go brrrrrrr in the Acid Rain.

[@Fish-os5yu]

do yall take Darius pay

[@everfreesnarrations35]

Both of those planets sounds like the league of legends characters Garren and Darius lol

[@anthrax2413]

We actually defended it by 2 minutes left. Someone caught the exact moment on video.

[@thiccfila]

it was either 2 minutes or 7, either in game lags a bit or the companion app does

[@Raiju.]

4:10 Taking out a gunship with the Lib. Penetrator is diabolical

[@puthenveetilnoel]

The guns stocks just went way up...

[@JohnBrown-vs1bj]

Is that what that was?! That was the closest I could see, but the muzzle attachment didn't look big enough

[@Deltarious]

Fun fact about how strafing runs sound- they have that very disctinctive 3 step sound (Crackling of the bullets hitting the target, BRRRRRRT from the aircraft, and whoooosh of the jets) because of the range/distance real life gun runs are made from. It's pretty common for the slant range to your target, so a straight line nose to target, to be in the region of 1-2 miles with closer range runs being maybe .5-.7 of a mile. Eagle 1 gets so close to the target before firing I'm not sure there'd be any sound seperation at all so it'd be a cacophony. Though this is one area where rule of cool definitely wins I think, I'd love to hear a BRRRRT

[@mindsight9732]

We have mods plural for that.

[@cam_p_bells]

8:00 says AC130, Shows A10

[@thiccfila]

shhhhh

[@ItBuildsCharacters]

@@thiccfila man you cant disrespect the hog like that...

[@DEMON2slayerr]

I know I had to not be only one to catch that..even had to scan 10s back to make sure my eyes heard correctly what my ears seen

[@Great.808]

I havent fought this hard since malevelon creek

[@thiccfila]

the DSS is hype

[@seannyandme]

It was so epic to be in the last squadrons on Achird III and liberate it within such a short margin. I was playing our third mission and thought we'd lost already but realized we just made it in time!!

[@WisdomThumbs]

🫡

[@CaymenEditz]

6:13 it also says "thrust vector has been tweaked"

[@RyAnthony1776]

Jumping between 3 planets was actually really exhausting but also extremely fun

[@Great.808]

We need to take Phact Bay before losing Gar Harven. If we take that planet we will automatically take Gar Harven and Darius II because of the supply lines.

[@thiccfila]

yeah I was thinking the same thing but 0 people are on phact bay. so sometimes you have to make a better plan for where everyone is.

[@Great.808]

​@thiccfila Yeah I agree, gotta plan to what we're given.

[@Tonisaka]

Straffing Run always been my favorite! it travels 50 meters out, so i can throw it at a patrol without them being alerted, it also makes unaware enemies chase after the eagle. so you can shoot the survivors while they have their backs to you.

[@mindsight9732]

can kill stuff, often only deals 90% of my targets hp when straffing devastators or rocket striders.

[@mittermatter3184]

@@mindsight9732certainly better against bugs but is still great against bots, especially if a tank is facing you

[@DisgaeMi]

Actually Achird III is next to a MO objective point

[@DMazz441]

im in love with the strafing run now. That sound mod is insane!

[@lukezuccaro5441]

I want to have a detail where our armour can get damaged over time. For example if a charger rams us against a wall out visor will break revealing our eyes under the helmet.

[@GameFuMaster]

I wouldn't mind mechs costing req every time you called them in, but also not being part of your 4 strategem limitation. Would actually make usable. They could also introduce longer missions (bigger maps) to offset our increased strategems

[@nightwang3820]

That hopping to the dss ship to check it out made my day. Thanks thicc

[@ace_does_internet_stuff1817]

This has been a great MO for player cooperation. Bot heavy phases had more than enough people which is cool to see since its been a while since we could consistently beat bot MOs. It feels like nature is healing. I'm glad that staying by them payed off. Johan has shown a ton of class, enough that you can take his word more or less than at face value. This is back to being the game we all bought. I look forward to the coming content, but also seeing what this community can do in the future. And remember, they have put in the work to earn our trust back and show they listen. We have to show them they are moving in the right direction so please remember to sing their praises, but keep it realistic. They're people like you and I. Safe Diving all.

[@mintytrash7240]

Just saw you using A-10 mod on yesterday's stream. Later that day i got that mod, and oh boy is slaps so hard. Hearing this beautiful "BRRRRRRRRT......WROOOOOOOOOU" when you shred another titan or impaler is music to my ears

[@thiccfila]

the after sound is honestly the best part

[@kokoloko672]

I was fighting on achard III, the terminid swarm was insane but me and my squad pushed on. It was looking hopeles but we got reinforcements and finally repelled the swarm.

[@tomatoasted]

YESS STRAFING RUN RECOGNITION!!!

[@thiccfila]

brrrrrrrrrrat

[@JimmyVader]

Your vids are very informative and I have been digging your Expendables build!!

[@funniestshtiveeverseen7361]

nice one you and eravin are the only hd2 youtubers i can tolerate so keep up the work

[@jerky119]

What a coincidence! I downloaded the a-10 mod just a couple days before this vid came out and shared the same opinions on it

[@NUToriouslyOnline]

I've been TELLING folks that ever since the Buffdivers patch and adjustments to enemy armor the Strafing Run is actually pretty damn fun on bugs Initially I only brought it into bugs as part of a silly loadout of mine I call "Oops! All Bullets!", but after seeing it able to 1-2 shot chargers/impalers and 2-3 shot titans _plus_ clearing whatever chaff might be in front or behind said heavy targets I brought it into 9 and 10 diff missions and the Strafing Run actually holds up pretty well. It's not a wide-sweeping AoE clear like airstrikes or the 500 kg, but with some right angling it can deal some *SERIOUS* damage and having 5 charges on it (technically 4 sometimes if you rearm early and have the "faster-Eagle-rearm-if-recalled-early" ship upgrade) means having some form of horde control or heavy armor penetration near-constantly available which is super handy with how quickly bugs can stack up

[@ricoone5017]

You can take out 1 shrieker or even 2 in 1 use depending of your angles with the eagle strafing run

[@Gransterman]

I love the strafing run for taking out lines of hiveguards and alpha commanders, ill usually get between 10 and 15 kills per use if I kite them properly, but it really shines on spewer missons.

[@Kenmanhl]

Talking about mods, is there a cosmetic mod to make samples glow brightly so we can see it from far away?

[@nicholasmeza2729]

Would be nice

[@komakozeee]

"put it into chat gpt" ... great good for you

[@red11rus85]

Oh man, achird 3 was WILD. Planet itself is nothing special, but i was playing with a group for 3 hours straight. Insane saves, near death scenarious, and my favorite, AC Duo on "Evacuate priority assets". I was switching BETWEEN AC AMMO PACKS, WHILE CALLING DOWN EATS AND COMMANDO, IN THE SPARE TIME for out HMG Emplacement gunner. AC Gunner REFUSED to stop shooting, and we ate 90% of the supply pods XD. That was some OSU level shit, ngl.

[@EvaandJavier]

Strafing run is ALWAYS in my bug loadout

[@PaulKing-x8p]

Finally made level 100 last night defending said planet 🌎 yes I am finally in the exclusive 3 fidget crew and loving it 😂 really hope they bring in something soon to spend samples and rec on as maxed out on everything for along time now so purely play for fun and to help other divers as still go out of my way to collect samples that I don’t need but do this for managed Democracy!!!!!!!

[@exci6198]

About missed inputs: the first thing I noticed coming back from Space Marine is the amount of times per hour I wonder "why didn't my gun reload?". My muscle memory had forgotten to press reload approximately 12-15 times - I'm not even talking about the times my guy stops reloading because he stepped on a 5 inch stone.

[@JROTCBALL]

I also switched between planets but I was getting so sleepy with 6 hrs left to defend so I was also glad we pulled through!

[@fishercyza5366]

I feel like vehicles will definitely be a support option enabled by the DSS. Because their large size cannot be supported by super destroyer quantity although we can fit mechs in there already, so maybe not.

[@imsweetthanks7677]

I dont think they should add the sound effect to the normal strafing run, think they should add it to the heavy strafing run if it gets added.

[@KrimsonStorm]

I've been running eagle strafe since the patch before escalation of nerfs. The linear strafe going forward is perfect for starting an assault and clearing the way forward or any engagement in a chokepoint. But yes, absolutely needs a BRRRRRRRRRRRRT. Maybe even with a 2 second delay just like in real life.

[@loco4halo1]

As someone who almost always runs the jump pack. I'm excited for it to be a lot more powerful. Cutting the recharge in half is crazy.

[@Mr_Potat]

I've been using strafe run for a while now on bugs. It deals really well with spore spewers and shrieker nests. It also has a very easy stratagem input and is very safe for you and your teammates which makes it a great stratagem during chaotic combat.

[@skele_hd5628]

Nobody talks about the orbital airburst strike at all, its really good at clearing small, and also delaying heavier chaff enemies quite well.

[@Tejbegriz411]

I would love to see a target priority system update of the dog and the laser dog stratagems. Lots of time it targets a higher tier enemy (hive guard) out of its range, and ignores the hunter chewing on my leg

[@jerlstif]

it'd be nice to know what sorta enemies you'll face before you land. like is it going to be bile spewer heavy? hunter heavy? charger heavy? it'd be nice to be able to know so you can make the approriate load out adjustments.

[@znail4675]

The mitigation input bias line might refer to reducing the difficulty aim while jumping.

[@MrPieguyDaBoss]

aaahhh yes I love the AC-130 Straffing Run sound mod its funny though I literally just installed the mod yesterday what a coincidence you mention it

[@darkwhipthelasher9178]

" Any day now" As if a very specific special day was nearly here, huh. I WONDER.

[@jonnoda]

The Blurry Patch notes seems to have been a error initially, but then Arrowhead must have noticed how much interest it drives. so they leave it out there every time now as bait to keep us occupied pre patches.

[@dpeacekeepr4225]

Tell me one thing. Hows this 1080p ? Feels like 480p. Prob recorded in lower bitrate.

[@goreobsessed2308]

Yes i was pushing this hard before work im glad the community finished it out Woot jump packs my favorite any buff would be appreciated

[@TehSquiddleDiddle]

i want a stratagem gun as a support weapon, i think it could actually be a good option to stick a stratagem ball into a tube and launch it hundreds of meters toward and unknowing patrol.

[@pilotkaboom2974]

The Risk of Rain 2 background music goin hard

[@diogorocha9837]

Man, this Warthog sound is INSANE!!!

[@SirSiou]

Wish more ppl looked at the companion page. Gar Harren has a 5% requirement to start getting ahead and we are faaaar off. At least in 15 mins when the defence stop ppl will go to Darius. Awesome sauce on the vids Thicc, much love! For anyone liking heavy metal, any MG support and Sabaton radio in the background is peak cinema.

[@salaciousdaz8316]

Strafing Run has been awesome for a while now, only issue was it was a bit of a narrow run, but they buffed that today!!

[@Hydra10130]

On the topic of the grenades launcher we will be getting multiple types that were leaked a few months ago, if I remember right there was a incendiary and ems version

[@Cheezdealer]

What's the background song from? I feel like I've listened to it many times before...

[@thiccfila]

risk of rain 2

[@Cheezdealer]

@@thiccfila Right!! thanks!

[@janthony21]

Strafing run is great for impalers. The unmodded sound is incredibly different when all of the rounds hit the big fat impaler.

[@Ghillie714]

I know this would be weird. Since the stim pistol I've been rolling basically medic only. I'd love to see the medic backpack, and something similar to the Shield array but it has a healing aura. That would be great for lvl 10 raising a Super earth flag. These could be cool. But id love to see gas mines or a 120mm gas barrage.

[@M3rrimack]

Been using the strafing run since I bought the game because I LOVE close air support. To this day I have only had one friendly fire incident with the strafing run and it takes out lines of bugs and bots coming at me

[@sherazade82]

Strafing round looks very interesting now. Gonna check it out

[@xipheros]

Blurry patch notes give the community something to do while they wait, which is just another way to add hype, intrigue, and anticipation.

[@Hopeing4hope]

Another use for requisitions I would like to see. Is something of a randomizer where some miscellaneous stats get changed to be whacky like idk.... Random enemies havening hats... Chargers ragdoll crazily after death. Just random modifiers to change things up from mission to mission. Would also let the dev team have a project where they can be a bit more silly. Good for morale.

[@LyricalSteeler]

The strafe is epic indeed, barely used it since I tried it at launch. last two days though it's been a constant in my loadouts:)

[@hitandruncommentor]

Yes please, i want to be able to change out my load out mid mission. So many times i take a blitzer but needs a cook out, or a scyth and i need a scorcher. Or just the few times i make a mistake and take the wronf weapon all together.

[@PondWaterEnjoyer]

i hope one day they update the damage models to show something got crushed by a hellpod. just obliterate smaller enemies and put a big hole through bigger ones. like i want to see a hulk get split in two by a fellow helldiver

[@La1den1]

Got a tip for you fellas boutta pull out the strafing run on bugs: bring something to crack the titan armour as well, such as expendable anti tanks. This would provide great synergy since titans drop like flies once the armour is off, so you might only need one strafing run to kill. (Also if you didn't know, strafing run oneshots impalers when they're exposed)

[@l3gend999]

the extendable anti tank one shots the titans/chargers to the head so its better to just use that the strafing run tho is extremely good on both factions in my opinion.

[@corazonop8898]

immy try the strafing run tomorrow with a frien thx for the suggestion

[@HarunaKaiNi]

i've been using the strafe run since i started playing and i love it

[@ffx95]

I don’t remember the jetpack being a 20 second cooldown. I’m pretty sure it’s 10 seconds. I’m guessing maybe they’re giving it 2 uses instead of 1?

[@EnterTheFenix]

I found the strafing run to be too inconsistent when it came to smaller tougher targets (chargers, alphas, and sometimes stalkers) .. felt it needs a duration increase so the impacts track a bit slower, and a few more rounds get on target

[@dotmadhack]

I started using strafing run for bots, but I think I'll stick to airstrike for bugs because of how many holes it can fill. Sometimes I get the 4 hole crater filled with just one strike. Also, Eravin has been recruiting for his platoon, might be time to come up with a name and do a little word of mouth yourself.

[@thiccfila]

I'll get my platoon filled dont worry :)

[@JuiceJive]

Maybe I'm missing something, but couldn't we have focused down Darius and gambit-killed the Achird invasion while also moving along the MO?

[@afielsch]

U and ppl who thought like this realize of course that acamar IV was at that point and still is also bug controlled... so this seems irrelevant as the danger was and is still present. That is why ppl were on Pandipn XXIV to do MO.

[@Jackal19x]

W music choice sir, a man of class I see.

[@jalontf2]

I've been having fun just running all eagles. Strafing run really stuck out to me for sure, especially with some spewers lined up

[@1d20onMayhem]

What people don't realize is that by taking Darius, the defence campaign would have immediately been won, because it would completely surround the taken planet and the bugs would lose their "supply line"

[@collectiveleak]

Oh hell yeah, Chris Christodoulou in the background!

[@julianfeo1995]

I can't travel to where the dss is to have a look for some reason just cancels me out of the galactic map

[@The_Shaft]

RoR 2 OST in the Background? hell yea.

[@heyyou9472]

could they remove the whole "blood spurting out of people" thing with the stim pistol cause understandably when i stim someone (low levels that just got the game) with something that looks like a tracer that causes blood spurting, their immediate thought is "oh shit, i'm being team-killed" and i get mag-dumped

[@B-Chill76]

I was on Achrid III SMASHING EVERY BUG IN SIGHT. GOOD JOB, Helldivers, this game is all the way back being fun to play.

[@Blanket420]

is that risk of rain ost I hear in the background

[@skyfire_swe8520]

I think there are a good variety of weapons in the game and lots of them. For me what needs to happen is more ways to play the game than it's current format. New kinds of missions and some game modes that are different. Also of course, we need more progression systems.

[@leonsixt2744]

I want helmet passives that compliment their armor set, and maybe some armor passive changes, with more variations.

[@nubmonster3680]

I have been using the strafing run for awhile now for bile spewers.

[@Wabbaaajack]

strafing run was my go to for bugs in the first game. with upgrades, it was available every 3 seconds. and in that game it had unlimited uses

[@Thrify4285]

Good info keep going! Can someone link the webpage wich was used to see the galactic map?

[@thiccfila]

helldiverscompanion.com

[@Thrify4285]

@@thiccfila awesome thank you :)

[@sbcavo4332]

that sound mod should be the default sound for the strafing run

[@ItIsInFactMe]

ROR2 music in the background is still unfathomably based

[@Shade______dumbnamerestriction]

I really REALLY hope we get stim pistol, sanitizer, smoke, mines & throwing knife buffs in the next patch

[@cliffmaster5]

I would like to inform everyone here that the eagle strafing run can 1-tap impalers when he plants his face down

[@nocovanco6179]

I'm going full hipster here. I've been using the strafing run since before it was cool. And that sounds more like the gau8 avenger in a Fairchild republic thunderbolt

[@3.6Roentgenn]

Is that Risk of Rain 2 music in the background I hear?

[@3.6Roentgenn]

It’s definitely “once in a a lullaby” respect

[@SlinkyConsumption]

for stim pistol it should have some deep rock galactic engineer targeting bullets to always hit your shots.