Helldivers 2 - I tested the NEW MD-8 Gas Mines so you don't have to

[@shadowwolf3419]

Mines are decent but not worth a stratagem slot. As a free stratagem, it's certainly useful for those defense or retreat situations. The DSS should include a stratagem we can vote to use for a free slot that rotates every 24 hours. Many stratagems can be useful with that free slot and make the DSS more involved in the Galactic war

[@azakatura]

pretty much. they're ok, but i'm not going to be taking them over my normal loadout unless i feel like just screwing around. better launch than the airburst launcher tho lmao

[@nurgle333]

I want to roll a team of everyone has 1 or 2 mines, and the exploding hellpod perk. Use mines offensively instead of securing an area

[@KlyosXA]

Honestly, there should be a Mine option in the Grenade slot. I want it to just be a Mine Strategem that only has 25% of the strategem version.

[@bingbong8464]

Gotta be big brain to use mines

[@gcdallas4172]

Yes bro why can’t the devs just make the dss give u new exclusive stratagems instead of all this other bs that took 4 months to develop and does nothing

[@bigbear7076]

I really like the mines. Not overly punishing to own team but does what you want, damage and slow

[@r-saint]

Same.

[@ryanlink8699]

Sucks ass. Rather any say bring any other strategem

[@blockedjuser1272]

@@ryanlink8699 Orbital smoke back on the menu bois.

[@tarziq]

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[@tarziq]

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[@lordcola-3324]

Just to prevent any miscommunication. 7:12: The gas effect does not stack. There can always only be at most one instance of the gas effect active on an enemy. If you continue to attack an enemy with any gas source they will still take the inherent damage from that attack, but they will not accumulate further stacks of the gas damage-over-time. And since gas weapons have very very low inherent damage you always wanna switch to a different, non-gas gun once the enemy is gased to finish them off. So diving with too many gas sources in your loadout is very ineffective.

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

I guess I worded it incorrectly. I meant that with all the extra gas it essentially stacks the damage over time timer. If you hit something with gas (with the sterilizer for example) it will tick away at the enemy then fade away after a few seconds. If you hit them with multiple sources of gas and keep the gas cloud active then everything will just keep acting crazy for as long as the gas is active.

[@MentalMittens]

100% true about the damage, but if you have lots of different gas sources you can keep an area gassed for a long time by staggering when you use them, or just gas a huge area at once, either way you can still get value from bringing multiple gas strats/equipment

[@elliotnemeth]

@@SwanyPlaysGames Accurate, IMO that's exactly why the sterilizer and dog breath need to be able to actually create gas clouds

[@emorynox5395]

Gas also weakens enemies. Divers have really been sleeping on gas. It was never meant to be a main thing, but play a support role. It both confuses and weakens enimes. I was just talking to a friend a week ago about how I'd like an orbial gas barrage, as covering the whole field in gas would make things so much easier. This is a happy substitute. You throw them down and you don't really have to worry about anything from that direction for awhile. Its double plus amazing if you pair it with fire. A friend has taken to throwing down both gas and incenerary mines. That combo is LETHAL

[@nurgle333]

Orbital gas barrage is probably coming it's an easy thing for them to add

[@elliotnemeth]

I didn't even think about pairing it with incendiary mines, that'd be perfect because the confusion would likely increase their chances of stepping on additional mines

[@Sh1ranu1]

@@nurgle333 eagle gas would be really funny as a crop duster animation

[@iistonton]

Honestly this, lowering armor is massive. Gas + Primary is all you need. Tho mines are poopoo the dog breath and orbital strike (barrage when) are extremely supportive. Been having fun using them but I need MORE

[@emorynox5395]

@@elliotnemeth you can also use them with the shock towers to some amazing effects

[@arrowhawk6324]

Now we just need EMP mines to complete the lineup

[@jaywerner8415]

Yeah I was wondering why they gave us Gas mines before Stun Mines.

[@ryanlink8699]

Let’s not waste our life on more mines for the love of Helldivers. Give us stuff that’s actually useful

[@northernhand9781]

Smoke mines

[@roguerex292]

What we need is a arc storm barrage

[@pehenry]

I'll never take mines in my loadout. But I didn't mind these. You cab survive with a stim and no need to dive to put you out.

[@brandonwilcox5438]

Like most of these i LOVE the gas mines when they are free. When they will actually take up a strategem slot thats a HARD no

[@nurgle333]

We need something to make a 5th strat more often

[@brandonwilcox5438]

@@nurgle333 something like a space based super weapon that we spent months constructing?

[@shizumeru_]

It's a great disengagement tool as well. There were a few situations where I was being chased by about 50 light bugs, but there wasn't a reason to remain in the area and fight them. I threw the mines towards the next objective and ran past the stratagem beam, so it fell behind me and deployed all the mines a second or two after I ran past. Those enemies got caught up in the gas and lost track of me.

[@SirPream]

One of my main beefs is the cooldown vs impact of any stratagem mine. They take forever to cooldown compared to other more flexible strats, and though they may cover an area like a chokepoint or lay waste to enemy bases/platoons, other stuff can do that and does it better. I'd rather AH make it so there is only one mine stratagem, and the mine switches its type based on the grenade carried by the player throwing the strat (gas/stun/impact/therm/smoke/etc). It'd make for some crazy loadouts, and it effectively reduces the amount of strats in terms of bloat by just having one mine strat.

[@bingbong8464]

Mines would be B-A tier if they would just reduce the cooldown to slightly more than the MG sentry

[@AzureIV]

The update to gas to give a smaller damage dot and added confusion made all the gas stuff one of the best crowd-control capabilities without instantly killing your allies.

[@joshy3302]

I tried it, it was alright, i probably won't see anyone using mines too often

[@JK.Montague]

I've been playing gas loadouts for a few weeks now. Gas is really great. These mines have been fun too. I'll definitely be using them once they're permanent.

[@trentonhoyal9329]

running four mine strategems with four helldivers is some of the most chaotic fun I've had in this game

[@doccholo905]

Some Helldivers just want to watch Worlds Burn XD

[@King_Ekolin]

After 450 hours i finally decided on my "main" build, gasdiver. Obviously i change my loadout to suit the situation but gas is extremely underrated. For example, bot jammers where you have to go in (no factory next to it). I just run in flinging gas grenades. Even if there's hulks they just either lockup or start shooting blind while i disable it easily

[@AlterRequiem]

I've been using gas nades + orbital and honestly you can just ignore half of the enemies in some of the objectives. It trivializes mega hives, just walk through your gas blowing up holes. This will easily replace the orbital in my loadout because you can use it preemptively. Wish we were getting it during this major order.

[@iamkablam8096]

I bring gas nades and the orbital gas strike almost every mission. These mines are gonna be a welcome addition to my load out. I do think they should shorten the cooldown for mines in general though. At the very least by 30 seconds.

[@jakebeaty8556]

I don't think I'd take these over any other offensive stratagem normally but honestly they're not bad. They're great for stopping enemies in their tracks while you are retreating or holding the line in a defense mission. A-Tier in my opinion

[@jonothanrennert3098]

They are pretty good at what they do, it’s just what they do is a little more niche then what most players want

[@floatedcloth9217]

Honestly if they buff the mines, something ill like to see is more specialized mines, like the fire mines being the fastest cooldown and being able to spread fire from enemies contacting each other (obviously dot would be low but should still be helpful), the gas being centralized but having higher dot than the fire, the base mines being just a stat increase (something like slightly faster cooldown or bigger expension radius) and the heavy mines should be something to help with tankier enemies

[@floatedcloth9217]

I just had a great idea, what if instead of the mines blowing their load all at once, they instead have them to go off in bursts, this would make mines be more valuable by letting their dps be longer and a one in done thing

[@matthewdemers7600]

I found them effective when deployed ahead of my intended direction while being pursued. The mines would halt any pursuing patrols fairly well allowing me to continue running without being chased or shot at

[@bebopsynthguy6629]

It’s cool to watch you play with them. That’s good enough for me.

[@psycho6199]

For me the whole thing with the gas was that it was so small of an area to be effective to get for a stratagem, but now some like the gas mines are som that i would at least consider for crowd control.

[@YoungBison]

Mines are actually not bad. The reason i don't use them is because in every defense style mission in which they would be useful, the map gets blasted by mortars. The mines don't survive teammates well. But i can't exactly complain about my randoms being effective

[@northernhand9781]

Someone in the comments suggested making an arc storm barrage, now that is a cool idea. Like an Eagle deployed version of this would fly by and drop capsule looking things on nearby large units (and fabricators/warp ships? Wouldn’t work bugholes), which would then flower open and deal main hp pool damage on the large enemy it lands on/near and arc to smaller enemy units nearby. Since you say “barrage” this could be an orbital stratagem.

[@greypoint000]

Always nice to see a fellow gassy bald king o7

[@kristatum6688]

Gas and fire damage is insane Gas and fire mines completely lock down a breach or drop My team was annihilating diff 10 no deaths on bots and bugs with 2 people dropping fire and gas mines on enemies The only problem was it crashed the game with the mines and bodies stacking But my loadout was 500kg Fire and gas mines Machine gun Supply pack Cookout Gas grenades I stopped the enemies with gas there confused so they step on fire mines big damage to everything Cookout made them stay in the gas plus fire damage 500 kg got anything big like a titain And gas grenades help with patrols so i can shoot my cookout through the gas Machine gun helps keep up with pressure during cooldowns

[@Kintsugi9914]

The gas mines are the best for sure, but don't sleep on the AT mines. Whenever I use them on bugs they obliterate bile titans and behemoths that seem to come out of nowhere or when basically using them as a second grenade type. Last time I used them they destroyed two behemoths and a titan all at once doing the latter.

[@Kizaru3314]

Again, arrowhead are really bad at balancing. They simply don't understand the relationship between a stratagem that is strong but takes a long time to recover, versus a stratagem that is weak but can come back quickly. The mines have way too long a cool down time for how good they actually are. It's the kind of stratagem that is more fun to use the more often you get to use it. The cool down needs to be closer to 2 minutes, something akin to the commando, rather than 3 minutes. On the bright side, I am happy that with the gas mines, we are now able to go in with a full mines Loadout.

[@Tamachii12]

TBH i'm glad they don't in this case, imagine if this stratagem had a lower cd, people spamming this everywhere annd you're suddenly in the middle of a minefield, you're reinforced in the middle of one.

[@ilovedemocracyy]

Mines are too mediorcre with long CD and it would be fair to give them 90s reload time. @Tamachii12 Even with current system people go mad toxic for somebody bringing up mines. Mine spots aren’t visible enough for the team and there have been annoying bugs which prevented you for ever even seeing them. Funny how they have been always better at killing divers than the enemy.

[@racmanov]

Main problem in the game: 90% of the planets are low visibility, constant post processing fog shit holes.

[@jewels3846]

They should make a booster called lightfooted or something that makes walking on thw mines not detonate. Yes they are survivable but at least while free teammates keep throwing them in the worst places and has made for some frustrating albeit funny moments. I feel for those annoyed by the self detonation a booster for it is a good balance of you use your booster slot for it but doesnt remove the mechanic othwrwise

[@betweentwogrunts2442]

Gas mines saved my life on defense missions, completely decimated Automitons and would basically cut off a line of approach. Plus with the mortar, it would just trigger more mines to get rid of them faster

[@25xxfrostxx]

Content basically stopped and a bunch of games released. I don't get why they do these orders with a higher than possible requirement that doesn't take population into account.

[@therandomcommenter6629]

Because that's not how liberation works there could be as little as 100 people playing the game and they would still be able to get major orders done why WHY? Because planet liberation is based on how much percent of the current player base is on that planet not raw numbers

[@checkmate058]

We need 6 stratagem slots. 2 of each color. 2 blue equipment, 2 defensive green types, 2 offensive red types. most people pick 2 blues and two reds, allowing 2 more for greens would only increase pick rate of things

[@therandomcommenter6629]

It's Because of gamer culture run and gun ain't got no time for defensive things like mine's mortars and Shields that's literally the only reason they don't take them because big boom booms and gun go pew pew

[@ericcook8254]

Honestly with the amount of bots on helldiver difficulty being dropped off constantly ive found the free gas stratagem to be quite helpful.

[@alexknight2871]

Gas mines are the best of both gas and mines. Similar it EMS it sets up a time frame to help deal with large enemies. I've seen impalers attacking, from distance, all other enemies which is helpful.

[@buckchickens]

already forgot by now that the illuminates came out yesterday… I was waiting for you to talk about the mine effectiveness for them 😂

[@bluestar3144]

I like them, great at enemy disruption, kills smaller targets. However mines are not a great option still. I have a few changes that could make mines better. 1. Mines are immune to explosions. Only stepping on them or direct gunfire will set them off. 2. Slightly reduced cooldowns. 3. Larger explosion radius for anti personnel.

[@elliotnemeth]

9:50 gas mines on a defense mission gives a whole new meaning to "choke point"

[@peridrawland5955]

Regardless of efficiency, I'm looking forward to run an "Minefield Specialist" loadout

[@danielbob2628]

I like them. Might be useful when bots are chasing you across large open areas

[@superspecky4eyes]

Gas is underrated in general, I think. Granted it's not meta by any means but it's not as useless as people make out. Plus it's fun. Personally I like to run Gas 'nades, gas backpack and pair that with Breaker Incendiary to stack DoT damage.

[@kylethering1773]

Love gas. Blinds, confuses, and stops enemies

[@AndrewOnYoutube]

I ran 4 mines one mission. It was pretty fun to fight until they rushed me, throw down a mine stratagem and jetpack away.

[@ZandorJhayme]

I really want these mines ❤ definitely up my alley in terms of play style and having a thematic gas build

[@TophTheMelonLord1]

I really wish they'd give us the option to detonate all of the mines ourselves manually too

[@DreamD-n5n]

If the mo not complete, I hope they’re like the anti-tank mines that will get another opportunity to get them.

[@PRINCEofNONE]

I thought they patched the heavy armor negating gas damage?

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

nope, still works as of me using it yesterday

[@itsthekweebeeway4814]

All i'm waiting for is the SEAF trooper squad, even if they get mowed down in 30 seconds, I feel the chaos of it would be plenty enough reason.

[@Bringingmoneyback]

Good man doing gods work

[@zachgrim7416]

Imagine an upgrade to the ship that allows 3 extra stratagem slots

[@Zertemis]

They need to make them stronger and deployed like helldivers 1. You had 10 times you could use them and 3 separate clusters before they got replaced.

[@jagwam]

Now I wanna try out gas mines+tesla tower.

[@guardiantko3220]

I miss old gas. Basically acid and always cleared everything while providing visual cover. Current gas sucks just use smoke at that point

[@lillyraisin]

I really hope that we get these

[@darkjedi4z]

never knew the heavy version of the gas armor nullifies all gas damage, that's awesome

[@borntodostuf]

It doesnt. You can clearly even see it in the video. Its very small tick damage but it does not block all gas damage. There is both the red damage indicator on the sides of the screen and the healthbar is ticking downwards. Its just very minor, so it does make it viable to run through the gas.

[@bingbong8464]

​@@borntodostufinsignificant amount of dmg tho

[@Exshooter101]

@@borntodostuf it does, he takes 0 damage for the whole sequence at 6:15 and he's sitting in the middle of the gas cloud

[@nelsonsham2368]

Heavy gas armor + vitality makes you immune to gas

[@borntodostuf]

@@nelsonsham2368 That was a bug, it was fixed, you take damage now, its just very small :)

[@Fluffymascot1234]

Stuff like this is a lot more useful if you have a squad of dedicated roles. For a support type player these are great but that’s just not how most people play the game

[@MTW5587]

what squishy teal thingy are you squishing at the start of the video? 😂🎉🎉🎉

[@danhill99]

I think all the mines desperately need a cooldown reduction or something- turrets are objectively a LOT stronger so far

[@Simbobwayson]

honestly going to be sad to see them go. i really am enjoying using them.

[@fauxnoob4157]

If we compare mines to other area denial stratagems: orbit gas, napalm, Gatling etc. mines get less effective the more guys they hit where other area denials do not. Gas mines have enough of a lingering effect I would use it to hold a position on certain objectives. I would bring it on a spread democracy or geo survey mission.

[@BIGmlems]

took a break so i could finish beating monster hunter worlds in preparation for monster hunter wilds, plus some of my friends picked up chivalry 2 for like 10$ so we've been jamming to that mess like a casual walking through the London streets at night.

[@frank-b6169]

Good to know. God bless y’all

[@collectiveleak]

Whoopee. More mines.

[@bathin7941]

Havent played this game in a long time. seems i have to get back in again.

[@SirAwesome5auce]

I just want a 5th strat slot all the time feels so much better

[@Chezzwinks]

I have been pairing it with the machine gun and getting 350+ games on bots.

[@AWARHERO]

Divers need to realize, Liberation is achieved faster by doing Trivial level mission then Hell Dive.

[@bingbong8464]

Thought it was lvl 2's?

[@aduckwithgrapes9572]

Yeah but I generally like to play games with the goal of having fun

[@gcdallas4172]

Yeah I would rather play 9 or 10 and actually have fun…why would I grind trivial mission just to complete another pointless MO with no reward

[@bingbong8464]

@gcdallas4172 no reward said the blind man

[@quirinaled2752]

People know that bit your not going to get me to waste an hour or two every day playing the game at difficulty levels I've never even looked at before just to advance a MO. Happy to play through my 8-9s and contribute but yeah I'm not going to play 2s to farm liberation points.

[@Fukemaru]

I think another point not made about why these are the best mines When yourself or a teammate detonates one by mistake, the friendly fire will only cost you 1 Stim, (if not wearing gas resistant armour) you have plenty of time to Stim yourself & continue on with the fight.

[@DawgAC]

Mines still need a hard rework IMO. They just simply aren't as effective as any of the other sentries that they are listed next to. I really think they either need to not explode when we walk over them so that we can more easily be the bait that gets mobs to move towards them and die. Or they need the ability to aggro like sentries do. Maybe the cardboard coat out from training tutorial pops up and makes noise drawing them in or something like that. I'm open to other suggestions as well I really hope they do something to make em worth taking cause i would not be supprised if they have the lowest pick rate out of any of the other strategems.

[@therandomcommenter6629]

Maybe Try actually positioning them properly like in choke points or how about in a direction you want complete area denial over if people would start using them like actual minefields and Less like orbital cannons they would work perfectly fine heck maybe there's literally no enemies around you and you plop down a minefield minutes beforehand because you know they're going to show up there defensive strategems use them for defence and the walking over them and exploding problem is literally a skill issue more specifically the skill that people are having issue with is called situational awareness or perhaps the maybe the skill issue is actually not being able to communicate tell and or hear the words "I'm placing down a minefield at x location"

[@DawgAC]

@@therandomcommenter6629 I think your interpreting my comment incorrectly. I didn't say that mines are ineffective. I said mines aren't as effective as turrets by a wide margin. You say use it to lock down a path way on a defensive mission. Rocket sentry will always be the best thing to bring on one of those missions and net you more kills then the mines. I'm not suggesting we can walk over them because skill issue I'm asking for that cause we need a way to lure them to the mines once a large path way in them has opened up and now a good portion of them are now just sitting there doing nothing. Proper positioning and planning is very important I do agree with you there. However as things are now tesla tower does a better job then mines on bots. That's with the Tesla Tower getting out ranged in many instances too.

[@therandomcommenter6629]

@@DawgAC you know what I'll unironically take the L I genuinely thought you were just taking the piss and you proved me dead wrong though I will say more kills are meaningless it's about what makes the mission get completed easiest that's why the gas mechanics were interesting as for getting a way to become immune to the mines I could see either an armour passive or perhaps a ship upgrade allowing the mine to 'detect' a helldiver and temporarily deactivate but the reality is not only is helldivers a staple in friendly fire but literally the entirety of arrowhead is it's kind of one of their gimmicks so it will be there in some form

[@jaywerner8415]

SITREP: Esker 69.4% Mintoria 17.5% Blistica is still 0%. Mines are always a decent choice to consider bringing, particularly vs Terminids since they just press W toward you. Less so vs the Bots since they tend to move slowly and tend to keep their distance. (AT mines for killing Hulks and stuff not a bad idea) That said, Helldivers 2 is alot more "open" then Helldivers 1 was so, at times it feels like you wasted the mine drops or you accidently cut off your own escape route. That being said, I feel like they could change the pattern of the AP mines and Fire Mines "spread" so they don't CHAIN DETONATE each other. Its always annoying when 1 mine sets off like 5 mines at once. And sure they could give them a shorter cooldown, but that just means MORE MINES, which leads to more "accidental deaths" from all the helldivers who don't pay attention to where they are walking!

[@HMKfilms360]

I love the gas mines on high difficulty

[@Multistan85]

DSS should provide one free slot for certain stratagems.

[@estreet83]

Nice NeeDoh Nice Cube you have there.

[@greenbeetless]

I like the mines, but you have to be equipped for the mines. I did so much collateral damage to my team with them.

[@Aviator-Chicken]

Maybe I’m being dramatic but this period of the game feels like it’s in the worst state it’s ever been. Sure weapons feel good, sure glitches aren’t game breaking but everything is so boring and stale. There’s no customization, no new maps or missions, no new weapons, and the storyline in general is so filler right now. I’m not saying we need the Illumainte tomorrow but I want them to have an event, colors for armor, or just something.. Anything…

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

Yeah. I love this game but them not doing anything for a couple months really feels dull. I hope they've been cooking.

[@TheLastMando08]

They must be preparing for something big, probably the illuminate, feel like it’s time now.

[@guusvandenmunckhof3137]

patience my child, they are cooking something.

[@GoldFus1on]

Maybe at the game awards they will drop a trailer

[@nicbarrax76]

I love the color they make. That's my take on them. 😂

[@hotpenguin607]

Im actually rather displeased with the gas mines as a bot main. The gas mines are functional and they do exactly wut I expect them to do, I dont think AH under-delivered on this strategem itself I'd rate this strategem 4/10 for bots because it does serve as alternatives to some strategems in specific scenarios, and the area it can cover is actually quite big Honestly, I think the problem isn't with the gas mines itself, but how overtuned the bots are in certain aspects, so anything that is just functional simply wont cut it unless u are a knowledgeable veteran Some points I'd like to note: -One thing I dont like is that bots are constantly firing from behind the detonated gas mines, and the gas cloud is extremely thick it obscures whatever is shooting from behind the mine field. This is quite troublesome on open maps. -I can combo it with other strategems while the enemies are CCed, but orbital gas strike has a lower CD if im using it that way. -I thought of protecting sentries with gas mines by placing it in front of the sentries, but it doesnt do anything if the enemies are shooting from way behind the gas mines, and sentries dont need protection if u know place them correctly. -I like the fact it doesnt kill teammates instantly. It is better than anti personnel and incendiary mines in that regard. However, teammates who get ragdolled into the gas mines are still very likely to die.

[@tommygun4752]

I really enjoy using the gas mines

[@A3MServices]

Gas minrs still glitching, is having the same bug whrere you step on them where there is no mine, test it, you will see.

[@taitcarrillo8926]

Gas builds are great in this game. This game is a kiting simulator and the gas helps so much with that. If you think gas sucks play super helldive solo.

[@StarLordX448]

Just use the 120mm barrage and/or eagle gas strike.

[@enviousdisaster3280]

If people don't like mines then it's definitely a skill issue! Gas and lasers! are super effective.Because you get the burn damage on them too!

[@ryanlink8699]

As someone who has 400 in game hours in. They fucking suck. I’d never take those over any other strategem ever.

[@empitreee]

They def need to lower the cooldown imo. If that happens I would run a full mine loadout lol

[@TruePrinceagl]

My last match I literally kept getting by the mines

[@zerthios]

Mines really need a lower cool down

[@Smurffies]

I would love some POE2 beginner guides. I never really played one other than a handful of hours. And I'm trying to figure out POE 2. Currently I have the fun glitch where I can't identify anything So yeah..

[@qwertyq2884]

I don't understand why anyone would take these over standard Gas Strike. The problem with Gas Mines is a problem a lot of stratagems have in this game, why take a worse version of something that already exists? It has no identity

[@therandomcommenter6629]

Bro when you throw down gas strike it immediately explodes making a gas cloud that does it's thing and then it's done when you throw down gas mines the mines get set up but they don't immediately explode you can place them down and you know use them like a actual minefield it's called area denial heck you could even do it beforehand and lead the enemy into a trap or block off a choke point not to mention the gas mines specifically end up delaying the enemy way longer because of how many times they can set off explosions one after the other making new gas clouds mine's suck because nobody uses their brain and actually uses mine's like Mine's

[@matthewsteele99]

different playstyle, gas strike is to shut down an immediate attack and gas mines to create a barrier that can be used to defend a path since mines are permanent until they explode

[@TerrorBeast96]

I will just say this: Gas mines + bayonet charge

[@majorastorm]

It'd be cool if we had more stratagems per match.

[@Antonio-yp3tj]

I love them. Team mates get mad at me for using it in a perfect spot infront of patrols in chokepoints. Team mates run through minefield and die because thet want to lose their advantage and formation (cant think of any other reason)? Get gassed and mad. Like uhhh cry abt it. 1. Dont get close to minefields. 2. Dont step on the bright neon green circle.

[@pumaluna4065]

Iluminados. Ahora.

[@tobiasrex8052]

Yeah, in my opinion, im not exactly excited for the gas mines. Idc how good they are, i want some new support weapons to use, similar to how we got both the quasar cannon & HMG together. Things are stale out here now.

[@miguelfigueroa5659]

Ive been throwing the gass mines folowed by ether a sentry or a 500k

[@stormy9196]

i like them but the cd is to long for what they do, needs like 60 or 80 sec cd

[@warp00009]

Hate it when anyone on my team starts throwing mine fields around willy-nilly, cause they are more likely to kill me and the rest of the team than they are to do anything much to the enemies. Because Helldivers2 doesn't have a color-blind mode (pretty stupid in 2024, when 15% of the male population is color-blind), and you can't distinguish the gas in the air from smoke - they're a bad idea except for the very limited and specific situations that you described.

[@MegaEssj408]

These mines however, wont kill you instantly if you trigger them, so i actually throw them around close quarters or choke points

[@fiesesalien]

Can't play it anymore. Started with 40 fps, down to 30 and nowadays i am on 20 - 30. Yeah. I like mines. All of them. Stay crunchy.

[@Otavio968]

I fucking love gas and I didn’t got this shit…

[@danielbuehner4273]

Mines are a terrible addition as the gameplay for the most part pushes you to be mobile and mine fields are the opposite of being mobile. We have 1 mission (Walls) type that calls for long term defense that makes sense for mines. Otherwise we have 3 mission (Evacuation, Flag Raising, Geology) types with limited defense, which more frequently than not artillery or sentries are just as effective for holding off enemies for those. The Gas mines are likely best paired with the Fire Mines as the confused enemies will then walk into the fire mine and burn to death - but that causes you to eat up two stratagem slots for a very situational combo. I'm still not sure that's really worth it. Dead state is a much better state to put enemies in than any other. AH needs to stop wasting our time.

[@hbfd819]

Love this game but it's sooooo tired. Need new missions and not the variations of the same.

[@Szabjack]

This looks like an actual solid implementation finally.