HELLDIVERS 2 is Becoming Insanely Tough

[@oscartw]

Last time I initiated the extract ship countdown, me and the boys watched 5 bile titans spawned right beside the blue beams. Fantastic game I hate it

[@Aculite]

Lol. I bet the discord comms were good then.

[@VxxktodckOovpfl]

Your profile looks creepy

[@dylancogdill5569]

“Sarge this ain't nothin' like the simulation!” “Keep it together soldier! Remember your training!”

[@NuggetronGames]

Connecting to the servers is becoming insanely tough

[@NiftyDerli]

i gave up after an hour of queue, just gonna wait till they update the servers lol

[@padawanjon6441]

I’m personally stuck behind a black screen of death when launching the game

[@bracicia]

press alt+r twice, should reload so you can enjoy the queue ​@@padawanjon6441

[@officialvipokemon]

@@padawanjon6441 Same here but I heard a patch will be coming tomorrow to hopefully solve some issues!

[@NuggetronGames]

@@padawanjon6441 Server related, unfortunately. Queue is taking 30+ mins. Starts with black screen. Had the same thing today and took about 40 mins to get in.

[@2iqPlays]

8:03 "Super Earth command recommends Helldivers take exactly 2.4 seconds to admire the scenery during missions. A happy Helldiver is a deadly Helldiver."

[@kaplield4565]

Aculite took more than the allotted 2.4 seconds to appreciate the scenery. Arrest this man for treason.

[@Aculite]

I'll get back to defending democracy. /salute

[@inertialframe3424]

The Servers are under Automaton attack.

[@shredd5705]

People give devs shit about this, but they didn't anticipate this kind of player numbers, they don't have capacity. It has happened pretty much in every multiplayer game, which became a surprise hit. Kinda dumb that Steam reviews are "mixed" largely because of this. Punished for making a good game. People should show some restraint before leaving a negative review. Lot of them won't bother to correct their reviews later

[@cptblack9801]

@@shredd5705 100% agree

[@shredd5705]

@ck9801 Hope the review score corrects over time. But there's a huge number of them (122K), it will have permanent effect. Now it went from mixed to mostly positive though, but still. Original Helldivers was a cult classic, it never even reached 7K peak players in Steam, just barely under 7000. (Which is crazy, considering that the gameplay was just as good and largely same, gun audio and music was just as good, graphics pretty nice, only difference the top-down perspective. It even had local 4-player coop). How could have they known that the new game gets almost half a million players. More than GTA5 all-time peak on PC. And then there's also PS5, with crossplay so they try to connect to the same servers. That gotta be way over 1 million players in peak hours

[@dimas3829]

@@shredd5705wouldn't have happened if there was offline campaign for the game. Games should be punished for being always online services.

[@shredd5705]

@@dimas3829 Sorry but that's BS... to make a good multiplayer game, you need to focus on it. Especially as a small indie studio like Arrowhead. Like their slogan says, "if you make a game for everyone, you make game for no one"

[@MXLMNE]

We must not lose to the Automatons solder! All hands on deck on the western front!

[@TheOnlySirC]

get back on the defense missions!

[@forrestallen9354]

Attack and defend the bugs are gaining ground!

[@SgtMrSasquatch]

Malevolon Creek is almost ours soldier!!!!

[@meinsouza]

this is like a michael bay video game adaptation .....its glorious

[@SDpbn8tv]

you gotta put the rail gun on unsafe makes the gun way more powerful than it already is

[@Daeon108]

Plesase put out a longform for these missions as well. Actually like watching these from start to finish. Truly like a mini movie.

[@holo_val]

25:40 a perfect movie drama finish haha

[@TacticallyStoned]

fr lol

[@markoulton3342]

So entertaining watching you, Tomo and the boys over the last week or so playing this game. I'm waiting until the server issues and crashes are dealt with before I dive in. (pun intended) In the meantime, watching you guys has somewhat satisfied my appetite for this game. Just loving the interplay between you guys.

[@natos9295]

10:15 i felt that one in my soul straight through the dome 😂

[@pikyitsgaming2329]

The Railgun on unsafe mode does more damage but you can unalive yourself 😂😂

[@brianappleby5481]

ANOTHER HELLDIVERS VID LETS GOOOO

[@bilboboi]

10:16 what happens when the stormtroopers get aim training

[@Phillz91]

Tell Stod to try the Autocannon with a backpack partner and switch it to full auto. That thing does not mess around provided you got the space

[@kasmoi2203]

That feeling when your doign a solo icbm and 5 bile titans are walking towards you menacingly. ON DIFFICULTY 5!

[@dark_winter8238]

If you're going railgun I would would recommend shield, rover, or supplie backpack. The shield will protect you from getting knocked around and slowed by bugs when it's active.

[@fxtexasgaming9793]

I’m already level 50 but watching helldiver videos never gets old 😂

[@andrewbowman4012]

Extremely difficult to even get in a server.

[@ninja6245-real]

The part I find difficult is getting a team that doesn’t have people trying to rush through the difficulties… Add a level requirement for Difficulty 4 and higher! STOP THE SWARM OF WEAK PLAYERS THROWING DIFFICULTY 4 RUNS!

[@jondoe384]

@@ninja6245-real if you cant get through medium by yourself idk what to tell you

[@tikohaynes2970]

@22:06 buddy warned him so casually 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@paullowe8437]

My team and I just hit difficulty 7 and im telling you it get so wild! had to rethink every little detail of everything we run ! and work together so much more

[@WhoIsOlton]

"so the landing zone WAS CLEAR! HUH?" extraction pilot memes should start popping up soon.

[@FR4M3Sharma]

This game in Warhammer or Halo universe would have been dope.

[@M1cromanag3r]

"Look out for the mines" 💥 👀😂

[@russellpierce3987]

btw autocannon can do more than tunnels like you mentioned, you can shoot the open doors of the automaton fabricators when they put out bots and 3 shots will kill that too with autocannon

[@Zeionn]

Miss you Aculite! Stoked to see you uploading more.

[@Foxtrot451xX]

0:54 THIS GUY GETS IT. HE UNDERSTANDS

[@TheRedRaven_]

Lmao that intro with all the hugging had me dying 😂💀

[@Ginrikuzuma]

I highly recommend grabbing the impact grenades. they do the same damage as the HE grenade you have by default but its immediate don't got to wait on the fuse

[@Aculite]

I love using them but you can't destroy the buildings on the automaton side by throwing a nade in the vent.

[@blamatron]

@@Aculite You can, just gotta wait till the bot opens the door to get out.

[@Ginrikuzuma]

@@blamatron the vents also work but the angle needs to be more precise but yeah the door is a lot more reliable

[@djgamer457]

with the spewers - both orange and green, their "head" is actually much lower, pretty much touching the ground

[@guyknightley3499]

Insanely tough to even play for sure.

[@Bwillev]

Hahaha. That’s my issue as well. Made it into one game today, stayed in for an hour. Closed the game by accident, haven’t been back in since.

[@aizensouske9289]

Popcorn 🍿 Ready... Aculite video

[@clintjackson6613]

I havent even been able to play this game yet. Ive set in the servers full screen each time i try

[@Extra_Depresso]

the hardest difficulty in the game is starting up the game. first you have to make it through the black screen, then after that you have to wait in queue. only then you can load into your ship and pray it doesn’t crash

[@turbo558]

So i just wana point out ive never had the black screen or crashes maybe its connected ?

[@poedeljan]

Hi @Aculite, very happy you guys picked up HD2. The gameplay has been amazing. Glad you guys are enjoying it aswell. WHat shotgun are you using in the first mission?

[@unloyal4847]

The thing with 7+ difficulty is that you shouldn't get too bogged down in a fight, choosing engagement is key.

[@TheAlphaChris]

I haven’t had trouble getting into the game but I can’t find lobbies to join and I can’t get a lot of resources solo

[@TheRedRaven_]

You guys are my favorite Helldivers to watch, Tom introduced me to you all so thank you sir 🫡

[@sataniccereal]

First game on last night and I pass the time by running away from 5 bile titans chasing me exclusively, 3 of them died from friendly fire from the other titans lol

[@kerzonmendoza6023]

that scream from your character on 2:05 was fucking hilarious lmfao

[@JC-Alan]

One can only dream of a Hall game in this style.

[@Vel0cir]

Have you tried railgunning the dropship landing engines? I know the autocannon can take them out

[@deseanlothian]

10:15 looks like he got hit by a red utility pole.

[@highlandro]

Loving this new content

[@nardbagel]

I bought this a week ago, and still have yet to be able to play it. All I can do is vicariously play through YT videos... :(

[@GuiiBrazil]

I wish I could be playing right now, but ONCE AGAIN, the servers are at capacity AND no matchmaking. Super happy for the devs success, but this is getting tired already.

[@Bwillev]

Yep. Haven’t been able to really play in two days lol Nothing worse than hopping on wanting to go and noooope.

[@COMMANDandConquer199]

Yeah man, it's been 2 weeks now, I know they're working on it, but they need to get this resolved. This is really hurting the game in the long run. A lot of people are refunding it and probably won't come back.

[@UFCWWE69]

I’ve been playing all weekend managed to get to from level 1 to 10 cause of the 50% exp boost. On ps5 the queue is like 5-10 mins max in the afternoons and quick play started working again on Saturday.

[@GuiiBrazil]

@@UFCWWE69 tell me if you can find someone in matchmaking right now.

[@walterroux291]

​@@GuiiBrazil I've been able to, very recently too. But, because I was having issues with that, what I've found effective 80% of the time is setting up a mission on the navdeck and then waiting and normally at least one if not three people will join within a minute and start the mission. Then do a couple missions with those people in succession. It worked for me. 😊

[@shredd5705]

Not sure if you know, but in Helldivers 1 it was common practice to drop far from any objectives. That way you have time to call in your stratagems, gear up.... because those areas are not guarded and enemy presence will be low or non-existent. If you drop right next to an objective, you always get swarmed instantly

[@paxvesania2008]

People on twitter been begging Arrowhead for Xbox version cuz the Automatons are proving to be a very formidable foe and they are in need of reinforcement, ODST style. Sometimes, one game can be the bridge to connect players at heart. First they need to beef up the servers.

[@COMMANDandConquer199]

I just really wish they'd get the servers fixed. I can usually get in since I work nights and play in the early morning, but having no match-making means I'm stuck doing level 3 and under quests since any harder isn't really possible for me to do at my low level. I want to play the game more but I can't until they get it fixed. I understand that they're doing what they can but it's been 2 weeks and people have spent $40-$60 on something that isn't working. The steam reviews are now mixed because of it, and it's really going to hurt the game in the long run.

[@edwinpedram]

Server At Capacity 2024 Simulator looks great when you can play it

[@Stovenator5000]

Hi Aculite!!! I just wanted to suggest that you play Kingmakers when it is available. Thanks for the awesome content!!!

[@shawnthecoolest]

I love that I don’t understand this game but it’s fun to watch!

[@Greenstrtjs87]

did our first helldivers mission last night and it was a shit show but one of us was able to extract at least 😂

[@paulpickett4522]

Yeah, that game is so intense I could go for a full mission with no edits =)

[@headers12]

It was nerve wracking, great job! Great game.

[@ardianblakaj]

Helldivers is getting tough Cuts off to the 3 fighting each other 😂😂

[@Aculite]

The hardest part of the game is playing with friends. 😅

[@VictorSantos-zk3xn]

The arc launcher is insane too

[@LukeKimmell]

I can't tell if Stod knows that you can have a buddy reload the auto cannon.

[@jester_24-78]

Lmfao homie was picking 3 different air strikes 😂😂

[@eaglesclaws8]

3 to five sec rush between cover or shooting. You should be planing your path out with 3 to 5 sec between cover. If there is non start shooting...

[@ernstcummings9515]

Server attack is the beginning of the illuminate joining the war over the galaxy.

[@lefunghi6151]

Man I love the game. Got 12 hours in the game, but now stuck on a blackscreen on launch for 2 hours. Tried Re-Installing and every fix listed online. Still not working. I'm frustrated, because I'm having such an incredible time when I did manage to load...

[@MrDaliLeo]

Spitters are vulnerable to explosives. You can easily kill 2-3 of them with 1 impact grenade.

[@DistortedVamp]

Me: *Reads the title* Them in game: "Yeah that was pretty easy"

[@williamyawn2325]

Helldivers 2 looks like a mix of terminator and Starship troopers lol

[@paracelse2983]

Over 400k brave soldiers willing to fight for liberty, that's a massive success

[@JojoJuhbo]

Im fairly new, every time I sprint and try to pull up stratagems my character full stops...how do I sprint at the same time?

[@busterjay64]

Great video! Sick game!

[@EternalGaze8]

Imo the tracking is broken now. Why can’t I sneak at all now? They need to lean more into a stealth with stealth kill/ silenced weapons play style.

[@isaacery]

4:44 😂

[@Ninjachickenfingers]

Tomo level 30… he’s been playing the shit out of this

[@LuisCruz-vx7cv]

What Helmet does Stodeh have on? Looks sick

[@slapshot3]

Played Helldivers for 3 hours earlier today.....then I remembered my monitor was turned off.

[@darthdrynn8057]

My friends and I need to get this. It looks so fun.

[@Badkitty24]

I have a Roccat keyboard with macro buttons and i use it's software to bind macros to those buttons to call all the stratagems so much easier. It's very nice. Got this game today, spent 90mins in queue, then stayed on for 4hours. After that i logged in 4 times a few hours later and got on right away..

[@the_schmoopsie]

So you circumvented one of the most fun/stressful mechanics of the game?

[@adroncampdell8473]

The server has 450,000 slots that tells you how hot this game is.

[@goCAPS26]

Are you using the breaker as your primary?

[@wouterx333]

Playing against bugs on lvl 8: easy, maybe a little sweat, some tense fights, happy thoughts of democracy. Bot defense mission on lvl 8: hell, blood sweat and tears, mostly tears, non stop firefights, might cause actual ptsd.

[@CarlosDiaz-je1bg]

I can't even get in to a sever when I have time to play.

[@j1nftw1n]

How can you still sprint forwards while inputting stratagems? Every time my stratagem menu comes up it halts all forward movement.

[@Aculite]

I rebound my stratagems to arrow keys and press them with my right hand.

[@j1nftw1n]

@@Aculite I understand kbm players are doing that but on controller when the stratagem menu is up I can only in any direction that isn't forward which I find odd.

[@boombalatty2161]

@@j1nftw1nthat’s odd, I play on controller and don’t have that issue

[@kolache2037]

How did you guys get in?? I’ve been stuck loading for like 3 hours

[@iambot5521]

Me and my friends were playing medium and normally we go Soo well but Tuesday they were like or hell nah you dying today

[@chrisbranch86]

what gun is Aculite Using?

[@KiiDbeamO]

Love this just like starship troopers on steroids

[@_P785_]

This games concept would make a sick transformers game.

[@pumpituppowell]

I am playing with some newfound friends, DreamerMoz and Coach and couple of others, and let me tell you nothing makes the game better than playing it with a bunch of cool people.

[@Ste12321]

You can turn the railgun into "safe mode OFF" So you can charge it up even more, does heaps of damage, but charge too long and you explode. Its heaps good. hold 'R' (reload button) to change many settings of any gun Edit: ok you do it later in the video, I'll leave this here for everyone else.

[@iamZelus]

I don’t know which bugs are worst. The bugs in the game, or the bugs in the game.

[@avedis1990]

this is the problem i have with this game, out of all the weapons in the game against the bots, railgun is the most viable from damage to ammo, to recharge time which really sucks , as it doesnt add variety of gameplay to the game ... no one is using rocket launchers anymore on high difficulties against bots... they really need to limit the secondary weapon types you bring in the group... i really dont like this thing called "META Loadout" in a game, it makes all the other gears and weapons utterly useless and the armour thing, the only viable armor is light armor as it gives a lot of stamina and mobility ... no one is using heavy armor

[@daviddobarganes9115]

This is the first game I'm playing at a higher level than Aculite we did it boys

[@simon-gabriellapointe8501]

Babbys first railgun

[@rohanshibu2096]

15:03 - Men are simple creatures fr

[@xwF4T4L1TYwx]

Do you guys use controllers to play on PC or do you stick to mnk?

[@Aculite]

I will very rarely use controller on PC. If it's an FPS game I am always on keyboard and mouse.

[@xwF4T4L1TYwx]

@@Aculite Ya I figured, just wondering because I've heard alot of people say this game was made with a controller in mind for sure

[@lyric9285]

@@xwF4T4L1TYwx it can be made with controller in mind all it wants but for the most part shooting games on PC its just smother to use mnk

[@xwF4T4L1TYwx]

@@lyric9285 I know, I was just asking.

[@lyric9285]

@@xwF4T4L1TYwx oh im sorry if i came off as rude did not mean to. was just saying i feel like all shooting games are better on MNK sorry if i came off like an ass

[@KazooieX1]

Insanely tough to actually get into game you mean. ive got 14 hours played and a good 8 or 9 of them are waiting to log in or being stuck at a black screen.

[@chriswendschlag1856]

It is becoming too chaotic. Its like we hopped on a FFA lobby or some shit.

[@chrisorellana5902]

How is he using stratagems while moving?

[@nightshadeii9248]

..the weapons suffer from the same trait: not being the breaker. Seriously everything needs a buff.

[@mbee1337]

finding teammates to play coop is becoming insanely tough