Helldivers 2 - Shrieker Nest Destruction Testing & Tips

Helldivers 2 - Shrieker Nest Destruction Testing & Tips
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[@gibster9624]

All planets would be fully liberated by now if the spear would lock on like it is supposed to.

[@0bserver00]

Why is it have to be Auto lock on at all? Let us lock on manually damnit

[@michaelbowman6684]

@@0bserver00 I'll do you one better, let me dummy fire it. So long as it has a consistent travel trajectory when fired without a lock, that trajectory can be memorized and accounted for.

[@karlodelrosario5286]

​@@0bserver00 it was supposedly be the mimic of the real anti tank weapon javelin thats why you need to lock on to targets and good with positioning

[@GreyMaria]

I assure you, the rocket is NOT smarter than the operator. Wherever I point, that's where the rocket goes. Got it? Good.

[@SuperCatacata]

@@karlodelrosario5286 Obviously, doesn't make it any less shit if a slight amount of fog in this game ruins the lock.

[@BigDBrian]

shrieker's actual attack: like 1/5th of your hp shrieker's corpse: literal 1 shot through shield you can't make this shit up

[@92bagder]

Like that scene in starship troopers

[@ExInfamous]

I don’t mind enemy bodies having actual weight so that just touching you even if dead can hurt. I do think its fucking janky as hell and a little over tuned when you shoot a flying bug, that’s assumedly pretty lightweight to support their ability to fly, and their bodies pearl harbor the fuck out of you.

[@unknownbenefactor8029]

I once killed three teammates with a single shrieker corpse. They're so pissed off they nuke the nest even though it's already destroyed for four times before logging off.

[@t900HAWK]

ive been getting one shot by there actual attack could just be a collision bug tho

[@geronimogazzo909]

what would hurt more? a tiny claw going fast or its entire weight + speed hitting you full force in the chest

[@Chief--Legend]

"If you lie down, the shrieker can't hit you" Random charger: "what's happening here?"

[@aasherahmed4389]

"what are we hiding from?"

[@chloekaftan]

Funfact: shriekers actually do very little damage, but the reason they can somehow take us out is because of their velocity, if their bodies collide with us then we get taken out just like when a bile titan lands on top of us when it goes down. One solution is to simply duck and dive, making it impossible for them to body us. Another way to simply run away from them while firing back, if you do this then you'll start to group them up in single file and make them much easier to deal with. Running towards them all but guarantees that you will get bodied by them, running away from them makes them miss you when they dive.

[@manboy4720]

flying chargers can't hurt you. they're not real.

[@Pixelbendr]

Burst out laughing reading this

[@Malphorus]

@@manboy4720 report to your nearest democracy officer for inspiring dissident misinformation.

[@Gaelic-Spirit]

I find the idea of a bug that lives in a bug house in a bug neighbourhood offensive

[@Gquain]

We humans can barely afford our own houses in modern society

[@thewyvernripper]

Would you like to know more?

[@SoFCeO]

This is hilarious lmao

[@Eli-uo7nj]

it's social housing, the polar opposite of democracy

[@Lv1Jolteon]

You also didn’t see the hotels they live in 😂

[@user-rv8yv4yh9n]

It's the funniest thing that the _corpse_ of a shrieker hurtling towards you is more dangerous than the same bug alive

[@Gquain]

Once it happened to me that one shrieker body killed three players at once who happen to be walking in a line

[@AdamEdn]

My granddad described the Japanese pilots of WW2 the same way 😂

[@fahqkiddz2052]

There’s a difference between someone running by and slapping you with their hand and someone slamming their body into you from 20ft in the air. Crazy idea to try to wrap your head around I know

[@simon_lifer]

That made me altf4, game went ham and these birds were the last straw

[@kratosdertoten4035]

The fliers also insta kill bile titans if their corpse goes within 20 feet of them. Your point? Just admit that there is an issue with the corpse physics and call it a day. You're running around comments being sarcastic for no reason@@fahqkiddz2052

[@spartanlemon9397]

I lost it when it locked onto the Shrieker over the nest. SPEAR OP 😂

[@Akantorz]

I laughed so hard at the spear targeting the shriekers but not their nest. How do they make a real-life weapon so utter dogshit.

[@MixMeister5000]

Better off just using the hellbomb when at the nest.

[@SuddenFool]

Yeah i really like to use the Spear. But the amount of times that lock-on goes to shite and i can't hit the broad side of a barn at point blank range is insane.

[@FlankinspanK]

The developers continue to shit in our mouth without offering a napkin…

[@IRMentat]

TBH i'm more amazed that the spear locked on at all, the number of times i'm on a mountain, aiming down at a bot-factory or charger and the lock on simply refuses to appear or goes yellow, shrinks ALMOST to green, then expands never-to-reappear is uncountable. At this point i'd rather just have a proper wire-guided TOW missile system system.

[@MEGABUMSTENCH]

@@MixMeister5000 except when it messes up and lands on top of the mushroom so you cant arm or shoot it lol

[@devonmcmanus7744]

The way he says shrieker really churns my gourd

[@monsterbash9758]

he accidentally pronounced it correctly once. D;

[@Boxxcutter]

Man.. I'm screamin "SHREE-KER" at the screen like an idiot..

[@Trevgaff]

Noticed alot of streamers doing it lately so that people leave a comment to correct them 😂 it's all for the algorithm guys

[@HeyItsMrE]

I lost it at "Nokia flip phone."

[@KimchiKommander]

One big thing I think people are often missing with Shrieker nests, distance. This may need more testing, but everytime we've done an EAT or Recoiless from far away, you can kill the nests before any spawn. There's a range before they start blocking the skies full of wings and hell. So, if you spawn in, you see it in the distance, kill em from afar. No point in running up risking strikes if you have Anti-tank stuff that can snipe em from miles away.

[@OhDough]

~127 meters is when they start spawning

[@ostarakonrad9907]

LASER CANNON

[@taylorgarrett793]

@@ostarakonrad9907 or maybe autocannon lol

[@paths7969]

biggest problem with that is how tanky the nest structures are, that combined with the range (higher chance of missing) means you are expending a lot of resurces to take them down

[@KimchiKommander]

@@paths7969It's show in the video it only takes 2 EAT's or recoiless. It's really not as difficult as it seems, you get a lot of leeway with where you can hit the towers.

[@HK-417-]

Hey. Thanks for actually testing stuff and showing clear evidence/data. The amount of misinformation the community likes to throw out in this game is insane.

[@aziouss2863]

Dissidents against freedom and [managed] democracy...

[@sarbe6625]

The 380 and 120 would be a lot nicer if they came with a single guaranteed hit on the exact location of the beacon somewhere in the barrage. That way if you want to use it you can all but guarantee a hit against atleast one target and everything after is a nice bonus.

[@NinjaMonte1990]

This 100%

[@EndSchneider]

Or at least target the big ass objects we are trying to hit. Like, does the destroyer crew not have a zoom function on their optics? Artilleryman "Hey I see the red light" Artilleryman Commander "Yeah, just fire at it and hope for the best"

[@aasherahmed4389]

​@@EndSchneidermybe the ship was too cheap to get rifling for the 120/380mm and the rounds just tumble down 😂

[@zotaninoron3548]

Or have the radius of the barrage decrease with each successive strike as they make targeting adjustments after each round.

[@SuperCatacata]

@@EndSchneider The destroyer crew were probably those unfit to be Helldivers... So it makes sense

[@TheTechDweller]

"Why can the autocannon do it but not the grenade launcher" Unless I'm wrong I thought the autocannon had some penetration ability. The armour on these nests just proves that armour penetration is on a scale rather than simply light-med-heavy. The MG support weapon doesn't penetrate but the HMG emplacement does. So it's in between charger armour and hive guard armour.

[@GameFuMaster]

Did grenade launcher actaully ever penetrate armor? I thought all they did was do explosive damage which bypasses armor

[@IRMentat]

the AC is med-pen, the GL is light/no-PEN but if you land them under or next to something armoured their explosion can do some damage, the GL projectiles will BOUNCE off pretty much everything including the floor . it needs a little love like an unsafe mode (no minimum range fuse) or to at least detonate when within 10-15 degrees of the perpendicular to a surface (tho an extra reload wouldn't go amiss either).

[@Suomiwimbula]

Comparing HMG emplacement with MG is a bit of an apples vs oranges case. HMG emplacement stats are actually pretty close to anti-material rifle. Two shots hulks in the face for example.

[@Thenlar]

A lot like how the autocannon turret is quite a bit more powerful than the support weapon autocannon. The turret will just blast chargers to dust.

[@kawatika]

Always love how comedic these test vids sometimes. The Spear part is peak.

[@rinshotin2521]

I like your username and pfp, they're really cute!

[@silence433]

My first experience with shriekers was shooting one while 2 teammates were waiting for a resupply and watching its corpse drop on them for a double kill. Love that something light enough to fly is somehow also heavy enough to one shot you via gravity

[@gogeta667]

What's the gravity on the planet you were on? Have you calculated HOW heavy one is and how fast it's moving via gravitational pull? Smh

[@SkellyHertz]

The gravity is the same on all planets. You dive the same distance when in boot camp on Super Earth as you do on any mission planet.

[@temtempo13]

Out of curiosity, I threw "largest flying animal ever" into Google and got Quetzalcoatlus northropi, an extinct pterosaur that was estimated to weigh up to 200kg. That's basically an upright piano, and while Helldivers IS very Looney Tunes at times, I'm still pretty sure a falling piano can kill you.

[@KailoVT]

@@gogeta667gravity is literally the same, u dive the same distance on any planet, what are you on about. and if a charger charging at me full tilt doesn’t kill me, a flying bug will? make it make sense

[@michaelbowman6684]

@@temtempo13 Also getting clipped by a toenail will kill you. I'd prefer them to be hollow paper kites, but I'd also settle for them just not one-shotting you though a full-health bubble shield.

[@SO-if3yn]

Thanks for the testing. At work for 11 hours today, breaking necks and writing checks. But you’re giving me needed intel for tonight’s operations. SP time 2000 for me boys.

[@ShadowofProvidence]

that HMG emplacement was actually pretty effective

[@Mister5597]

I assume the devs modeled the Autocannon ammo as a High Explosive Dual Purpose where the grenades have less explosive mass but has some armor penetration capabilities, where as the Grenade Launcher has pure High Explosive grenades where they have larger explosive radius but cannot penetrate armor at all.

[@Ashen_Night116]

That is exactly it, the grenade launcher has next nothing for AP.

[@user-it3xy2cw1t]

Either APHE or SAPHE or MPHE

[@cattysplat]

Grenade launchers traditionally bounce off walls and structures in video games.

[@IRMentat]

Worse the GL projectiles BOUNCE off ANY enemy armour so even a hit directly perpendicular to the armour is likely to end up back at your own feet. The GL really needs a little love in terms of its ricochet characteristics, damned thing is a menace to the user more than the enemy.

[@SuperCatacata]

It's dumb. Anything that works on bug holes should work on this too. Also the flamethrower realistically should work on it.

[@uex6317]

The gist basically They start spawning from when you reach within 127m from them Robot: 2 rockets Recoiless: 2 rockets EAT: 2 rockets Impact grenades: 5 grenades Combos: Recoiless & 4 Autocannon shots 2 Gas strikes & 2 grenades 1 EAT & 6 full charge rail gun shots 1 EAT & 3 grenades Hellbomb: Clears all but must be deployed at center HMG Emplacement: Around 7 seconds of continuous shooting Laser cannon: around 8 seconds of sustained fire (or an entire charge) Anti-material: 3 mag rounds (as shown in video, tho inconclusive) Spear: Goodluck 😂 Eagle and orbital, yes if it hits (only for ones that destroy buildings) Dropping supplies/reinforcements: Results may vary from 1-3 pods

[@Blakobness]

I think the nests are a bit too tanky, when you can kill the Spore launcher with just one EAT or two grenades. You're having to deal with at least 3 nests at a time, with all the shriekers which can all rapidly converge on your position and one-shot you. I think swapping the Spore launcher's durability with the Shrieker's would be fair, as if anything one solitary objective should be a little sturdier. And these things could be devastating if they're already covered by spores, I don't even know if they can spawn together.

[@IRMentat]

TBH i'd happily see the spore next a tad tankier, it's easier to kill than the broadcast tower RN as it's big n super fragile. As to the shrieker nests they take a little too much ordinance given they start spamming waved of 1-shot kill fliers (dead mores so than alive) from 2-3 times the range most orbitals can be thrown from. that would be like not allowing people to hurt the stalker until it decides to make itself visible.

[@ipatchymakouli415]

Same, I'd want the spore tankier. A single missile from any distance shouldn't clear a subobjective like that. There's already the fascist tower you can destroy with a single grenade (or by baiting a charger into it), we don't need more toddler objectives. People don't realize that struggling creates more engaging/fun situations than stuff you can clear in one click.

[@commanderkris93]

​@@ipatchymakouli415 if you want to struggle, go on automatons, at least expert diff and try getting any sample.

[@Freelocybin]

I've encountered both spore spewers and shrieker nests on the same map, but pretty far away from each other.

[@beakwooda.k.aadregallus8788]

​@@ipatchymakouli415 Oh yeah, because we don't have enough things to shoot at.

[@WELLbethere]

Shriekers feel like the developers' not-so-subtle way of telling us, "you should be diving/going prone more"

[@polskipolak9073]

Yeah, those 20 hunters, 3 stalkers, 2 chargers and a bile titan 2m behind me would agree

[@daveash9146]

A hunter wrote this comment

[@TomboySnow]

live hunter reaction

[@Breakingfasst88]

3:10 Sums up the SPEAR god damn I can't traget that stationary building but I can target flying mobs?

[@JoeleyMoley98]

Person: Is it pronounced shree-ker or shry-ker? Dough: Yes.

[@Caliburnz]

They really gotta fix the collision damage, the dead bodies are more of a threat than the actual enemy

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

On a bile titan or a charger it makes sense, on a flying bugs not so much

[@Tom199904100]

@@nicolaspeigne1429 i mean the bug could weight 150kg, there were once flying animals above the 200kg threshold, so when falling it could certainly kill you, while they are alive they won't try to collide with you directly so they deal less damage

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

@@Tom199904100 it should deal damage, but you should survive at least some of the time

[@daveash9146]

​@@Tom199904100and yet a charger hitting you full speed won't kill you, the problem here is consistency

[@Tom199904100]

@@daveash9146 I don't think so, the charger goes maybe 1/3 of the speed of a fully thrown Shrieker, so it is logical that it only does half HP Let's not forget that it is only a game, and that even if it is not following the IRL physics exactly it is something along those lines but with the need of making things balanced The pigeon can be killed in 2 shots with almost any weapon, you can crawl so they will always miss you, or destroy their colonies from very far away with any rocket launcher type of weapon or the laser beam one, that I find pretty effective

[@michelchaman6495]

OhDough i was in d9 helldive, and omg 9 shrieker hotels all right next to each other, we got slaughtered we couldn't get to them since none of us were kitted to take em on, ended up w/ 40+ shriekers in the air, ~30ish hunters (they came in droves it was so weird), basically 50+ enemies on the ground, the sky was covered in shriekers each of us had at least 4-5 diving on us at any given moment and the sky was still covered with em

[@AdornByFire]

Yeah my opinion the game is fucking ruined

[@Freelocybin]

@@AdornByFire why does that ruin the game for you? I think this is way better than just getting 10 bile titans spawned on you in every bug breach. Now, Helldive difficulty feels like you're actually getting swarmed by bugs and it makes the gameplay way more rewarding IMO. It feels epic when the whole screen is filled with bugs of all sizes and you just mow' em down with the democracy-spreading implement of your choice. You need people with anti-armour and anti-infantry support weapons now, it's all good. They just need to fix some balancing and stability issues, otherwise this game is damn near perfect.

[@duongtieuta223]

Sounds just like a tyranids invasion in 40k. Gosh I love this game xD

[@stephenm8107]

@@AdornByFire Why? Because charging into them with no plan ends up screwing you over? Dealt with a bunch the last few days... a couple people dropping with EATs or one guy with Recoilless and you are fine. Hell, drop a resupply next to the Recoilless guy, wear his backpack for a second, and you can take out 2 full nests (6 homes) in about 30 seconds with no spawns at the cost of one resupply drop.

[@michelchaman6495]

@@AdornByFire No its quite fun, and more so w/ the new challenges. Solo shriekers are priority 1 over stalkers (for me). anti tank, recoilless are good options take 2 shots to bring em down. Don't get within 130m of shrieker nest and u should be fine, snipe em at range. My squad and I engaged shrieker nests last night at 500m and pushed closer to them completing objectives last one we took out was around 280m ez to deal w/ but a time waster unless ur making ur way to other targets and sparing any extra shots on the nests. The cure is prevention not engagement.

[@enem1]

These testing videos are great! The included deaths and other funny moments are a great addition 😂

[@Alex-DML]

One thing that's been working pretty well for me is the walking barrage, don't need to get too close, just line up your throw with the nest and let the arty do the rest. It's far more accurate than the 380mm

[@Rat_Dessert]

love your testing vids makes it really easy to see a bunch of interactions

[@Slanderbot]

the corpses being insta kill rockets is a serious blunder, I could hardly believe it when I first encountered it.

[@Deadsnake989]

I thought it was super funny the first time it happened. It quickly became annoying when it lead to 7 deaths through out the mission.

[@gtf234]

It's excessive the ragdolls are functioning like a physics object that does a crush death at even the slightest brush, given the quantity of them it spits out. Imagine if Hunter ragdolls instantly killed you for shooting them out of the air midjump when they want to spawn 20 of them on us each enemy wave. It's funny the first time, frustrating when it happens 4 more times after that from teammates 'saving you' by killing ones trying to go at your blind spots- this game gets you into unrecoverable death cascades so easily. I'd be fine with it being the same damage as a normal attack mind you, it's still you getting hit by a flung physics object after all but it also just doesn't feel fair or fun when the thing is slowly rolling on the ground and the tiniest tip of a wing grazes your foot so you just explode instantly from it.

[@zhaochongzheng3875]

One of the most enjoyable testing videos for any game I've seen. Really could use a table comparing all of the options and how they equate though.

[@siradg_history]

Something eerie about seeing those nest in the distance

[@ipatchymakouli415]

Yeah... Not very natural to have aerial oil factories...

[@roxasiii9320]

okay im so glad i found your other content. I got some time over spring break to look through it. You are so funny editing is hilarous

[@bee-zi8ed]

stopped caring about how many hmg shots it would take to kill a nest and kept watching cuz this dudes a damn comedian , take my sub

[@mohamedaanish]

So what i’ve effectively learned from this video is, apart from the obvious ofcourse, you can just prone and the shriekers cant get you. Doesnt matter on top of their nests or on the flat ground 😅

[@duongtieuta223]

They can still hit you but less frequent + less dmg. I stayed flat on top of a rock next to extract throwing down airstrikes and grenades for straight up 3 minutes while 10+ of them constantly swoop down and attack me. I figure if I ran out of stims then that will be it. Would still be alive if my mates had not nuked my position though 😂

[@mohamedaanish]

@@duongtieuta223 its baffling how many nukes it takes to take the shrieker’s nest down

[@slimslimonstar8454]

Can confirm hitting all 3 with an airstrike, can also confirm hitting none of them with an airstrike. Also Orbital Laser can take atleast 2 but i havent tested 3, and the Walking has the same problem as the 380 but if it hits it works.

[@XcrazyjapaX]

Amazing video, clean and clear. Thanks you lots for your efforts making this video and recording!

[@bigchil1in224]

Another banger of a vid dude! The shriekers are terrifying lolol

[@mrmeaty5619]

It's not that they are terrifying. It's that they have shitty mechanics and bad design along with dog shit mechanics of player headshots

[@noxiebobo]

​@@mrmeaty5619 real

[@dubbmoon]

I like that you're saying it 2 different ways just in case 😂 gave me a good chuckle, soooo. Liked and subbed.

[@LordRazer3]

I think the nests have vehicle armor. It's like the riot shield which is also classed as vehicle armor. It's pretty much the same armor value as heavy but certain weapons can't hurt it. Tanks turret's have vehicle armor so the auto cannon doesn't bounce but the JAR will. Even though they both will bounce off a charger's armor. All energy weapon's minus the ARK shotgun will damage this as well. They might take forever but they will still be able to damage shreaker nests

[@onetruescottie]

This is the most important Helldivers video right now. Thank you for your service!

[@metakitkat]

Honestly, the effort for this video; thank you for your patience and your service!

[@MrCandy422]

Condensed video, proper testing, made me giggle. Subscribed. Super Earth thanks you.

[@mizark3]

Thank you so much for this in-depth weapons test. I've also found that the Autocannon can ricochet if you hit the sides of the hotels, so wait for the aim to cycle back to the dead center when sniping.

[@jkm242]

awesome video thanks for testing everything out, entertaining to watch

[@Sayon1337]

The autocannon stonks keeps going up. 😂 Making it the most versatile weapon in the game.

[@yeffaros8419]

That, but also lascannon best in class for something? Holy crap!

[@zarasrage5667]

i love the edition of the video, specially the cuts mid scream

[@Malphorus]

Good man, been looking for some lstuff like this.

[@TheReykjavik]

I think the autocannon wins, it has the range to hit from outside their spawn radius, and the ammo to take down the whole lair. Sure that is quite some time reloading, so it isn't going to be a great plan if you aren't in control of your immediate area, but since you can do it from range, you can get away from all threats, kill any bugs that follow you, and then take the minute to get it done. If you get close, any air strikes that are good for killing buildings will do, air strikes, 500kg, precision strikes etc. will do.

[@icekirito]

With a buddy help reloading..

[@AdvayBasavaraju]

daang, this is some quality content my guy, keep it up.

[@TimbavatiLion]

The shrieker nests take way too much ammo to destroy, considering they are clumped in 3s all the time. A rocket each would still require 2 people or an additional EAT drop to clear, and that's just if you have the luck to be on a map where you can see them from beyond 127m where they start spawning mobs that onehit-kill you THROUGH SHIELD with their dead bodies.

[@casualnerd4615]

Each nest I think takes a full mag, or close to with auto-canon. So about 30ish rounds

[@samuelju2]

I do not understand the design logic behind shieder nest. 5 grenade? 2 rockets? grenade launcher does no damage? What the fuck is this bullshit.

[@Exil3done]

I ddnt know these were added untill i did a solo dive and saw a mushroom thinking it was a cloud shroom so i aimed my pod for it. Best welcome suprice ever!😂

[@jaredlalal]

Thank you ao much for your sacrifice for these studies ❤️

[@jomaripalado1825]

One thing when using the mech missles to or EAT or recoiless make sure you don't have a shrieker diving at you from behind for whatever cursed reason they trigger sometimes early such explosive weapons died twice crouched with an EAT once on a mech and once as one of the flying pests dove right at me from the side with a recoiless.

[@dlo2909]

This video was hilarious 😂

[@BrunoBarata78]

This video is great, not only for the research but the entertainment also. 😂

[@YeetMachinen]

I like that the safest place to stand during the 380 is right under it

[@BleedForTheWorld]

Been rocking the autocannon for a lot of missions. When I saw that you can eliminate the nests with that, that's exactly what I did the next day from a very long distance.

[@KingKamor2]

I jumped into a SSSD transfer run and another guy and myself took EATs. We both saw and pinged the Shrieker nests in the distance and called down our EATs at the same time. Since we both already had one on our backs, we were able to kill all 3 towers with a total of 6 EATs from half a km away. We EATin' good.

[@tortol4847]

The spear can lock onto them but I think it has to be a specific angle. I picked up a dead teammates spear yesterday and it easily locked onto one of them. Killed it in one shot.

[@fashionbeard9731]

I haven't subbed to anyone in like a year, but ur info is actually baller.

[@drunkbunny94]

I could have sworn i got a lock the other day with the spear but now i cant replicate it. Its weird with the spore spewer as well. Might be a charger outside of render distance who knows. Honestly the biggest threat is that the Shreikers can call in breaches on you, so they auto-detect you from 125m away and then when they get close instant breach with no pheramones so you are just instantly in hot water. But yeah every stratagem i've used that can kill armoured targets can kill them - but because theres 3 nests you normally need multiple stratagems and if you are getting that close you might as well just hellbomb.

[@itsbuttercupy]

So the Spear can lock on to the nest but the issue is it needs to have a clear LoS to the base of the tower. Obviously this isn't always possible but there are some cases where that part shows.

[@yoxhi5044]

Thank you for experimenting

[@ishamtactical]

Nice thanks for the intel fellow helldiver!

[@ZeraSeraphim]

Yeah, that's something unique about Fori Prime. Atmospheric interference is going to make your orbital strikes land in a different fucking zip code from where the beacon lands.

[@mrosck1]

This was funny and good!

[@MoonNooodles]

The 380 barrage is really consistent in taking down all three nests it makes it easy

[@razorctz]

Thank you for this! I gave up shooting it with the autocannon after 5 shots! 😂

[@CedreekyKun]

9:03 Charger: Looks like a pre-occupied human laying down right next to those inflataballs... Just gonna send it!

[@--.--.--.--.--.--]

Maybe the reason the Spear locks onto them is the same reason they kill you with their corpses. Maybe they're "heavy" enemies, according to the game.

[@LiminalSpaceGhost]

“Is that a Bile Titan?” And we know what comes next . 😂

[@aguspuig6615]

* single second of silence * *AEUGHHHH*

[@akirachisaka9997]

I does take a lot of ammo, but yeah, Recoilless and Autocannon are both pretty great at clearing those out. You do prefer having someone helping you reload tho.

[@dremodicus7392]

It's so hard to pick a favorite clip out of this but I think I have to go with where you were laying down and the charger tossed you into the air 😂

[@twentieth_r]

recoilless rifle hitting the stalk kills it in one, 2 if hitting the top blooms.

[@Six6Sicks]

If you get called in and land on top of the nest, you can stay standing on the pod even after the nest is destroyed and you will be standing/floating in mid-air until you die or fall to your death. It's a helluva vantage point though. Well at least you could yesterday. Not sure if they fixed that yet.

[@soManyDetails]

Did you try shooting at the thinnest part of the stalk of the nest? That actually seems to be a weak spot

[@tarandfeatherem]

velocity gives the autocannon the edge over GL for structures i bet theyre made like a beehive out of thorax muccuses so penetration is needed over fragmentation

[@IRMentat]

i mean EVERYTHING (except the pack) gives the AC an edge over the GL. the GL feels great until you have access to literally any other support weapon available, as it's reload on the move is the primary benefit over the default MG.

[@BackwardsPancake]

@@IRMentat The way I see it, the GL is pretty much just a bad Autocannon, but in return it doesn't require a backpack and can reload on the move. (And deals slightly better splash for clearing out light-medium waves of enemies, but that's generally not the first-order problem that you need a support weapon for)

[@Chaoskye]

Does shooting the 'stalk' of the tree have any better effect? Logically that should be the weak point

[@camoga9817]

Sweet Liberty! Thank you for your sacrifice to make this video. You've just assisted a fellow Helldive Team. We'll make them pay! FOR DEMOCRACY!

[@TheDennyBros]

My entire squad got single hit wiped by a single shreiker. IT just somehow lined us all up and got us in 1 swoop. was actually nuts.

[@novitrix9671]

Can tell this must've taken many many hours*days of testing, really well done!

[@ScrawnyClownSnatch]

I can confirm being on the ground is safest. Just today I ran what felt like miles just diving constantly with 1 health to survive like 20 of them and it worked.

[@Adeon55]

0:49 Missed you by like a foot lol, the hitboxes are crazy

[@strf90105]

Spear wants to see the whole nest top to base if you want it to lock. Devs currently have it so that if it doesn't get a full picture, even if you know what it is from the top half of it, Spear doesn't recognize it. Of course you might hate it for making you work to find a good angle, but it still clears it from halfway across the map.

[@QuestioningLogic]

I ran two OPs today, had shrieker nests in at least 3 missions. They were always somewhat near the edge of the map

[@nicold89]

The machine gun sentries seem to do an alright job at clearing them out of the sky

[@reeddragon5250]

for some reason, their nest looks beautiful up close

[@GingerNinja__]

I've gotten the impression there are more tiers to enemy armour than only light, medium, and heavy. Some in between stuff going on. Do you know if the slugger can take out a hulk with headshots? And what about Scorcher and Dominator? And MG-43? Slugger has a listed light armour pen but can pen most medium stuff we know of. Maybe there's a reason it has that label. Same with the senator too. I have no idea tbh. This is a very good video. Very extensive testing. And your editing is great. Love the style.

[@gtf234]

Because the devs bragged there's a lot more stats and values they're hiding from us so "we should just use whatever".

[@Narsty_Boy]

shriek /SHrēk/ verb utter a high-pitched piercing sound or words, especially as an expression of terror, pain, or excitement. How to pronounce Shrieker: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWa4o2Vpd7iWb5Y

[@MarcSy]

I enjoyed this hahahahaha! We have the same first reaction on the armor and grenade launcher. Now, I'm really sure they don't test their stuff enough before releasing to the wild.

[@gorgeousgeorge7104]

Grenade launcher never could do shit to armor, it has zero penetration. You can't destroy tank or laser cannon with it either

[@MarcSy]

@@gorgeousgeorge7104 I agree! There is just a bunch of counterintuitive stuff here on HD2

[@sushimuncher282]

Cost-effective wise, EAT-17s are the way to go. Fast cooldown means you just gotta find a good elevated position and fire away. Also, only takes up Support Weapon slot, giving you space for Backpack Shield or Rover to keep the mob off of ya. Alternatively, like shown here, Autocannon is doable if you are engaging it at longer range.

[@rhett3185]

the HMG is an example of the differences between weapons that are technically the same but functionally different. I imagine the new Mech when it comes out with the two auto-cannons will have even better dmg than the standard AC, just as the Sentry version can kill chargers and even Titans.

[@DtWolfwood]

Good to know the laser cannon can do the job.

[@QAnswer]

Orbital Laser Strikes works too, and it will move to next to tower previous one destoryed.

[@rdq2588]

The best way to deal with them is staying far away and using EAT or Recoiless, the hellbomb is way to risky. Usually 2 people per team take these so it took a minute twenty. The main thing is getting a clear line of sight and that's sometimes difficult

[@TooFewSecrets]

Nests seem to have armor value of 4, identical to Hulk eye or AT-ST front plating. Game calls it "light vehicle armor" in stratagem descriptions. 5 is for Chargers and the rest. Strange that the AMR takes three times as many shots as the autocannon when both need two hits to kill a Hulk.

[@eeveeman5659]

My friends and I were trying out the new update and were excited when we encountered shriekers for the first time (bats was the callout I dubbed them) You can imagine our surprise and disbelief when we were getting one shot through our shield backpacks...which honestly I feel is a bug with the games physics. They're spawn numbers are similar to hunters and hunters aren't able to oneshot you, let alone with a shield. Even bile titans and spewers need to get through the shield before they can "one-shot" you. Hopefully their damage gets fixed soon if it is a bug, or they get a nerf to either their damage or their nests aggro range if it isn't

[@kathrynck]

Pretty sure it's a bug. Dead shriekers hit harder than live ones. That can't be intentional.

[@jasper9762]

best i'd say auto cannon, crouch down and dump 1 and a half mag (reload before it completely runs out to lessen reload time) and move on to the next one. You can do this from range as well

[@beomcheolkim8543]

The Mortar sentry is going to go nuts trying to hit all those air targets.

[@Blundabus1337]

Two questions, first, what difficulty does the shriekers spawn on? Second, dumb question, what difficulty does a bile titan spawn on?