Helldivers 2 - Update Overview, Reviews & Player Numbers Skyrocket!

[@Gildedshadowassasin]

The automatons watching as 90k super destroyers appear out of nowhere 👁️👄👁️

[@rainydayz2447]

Reinforcements approved

[@D-S-G.]

It's the whole damn super earth fleet

[@ninonguyenhermansson3336]

Slip space rupture detected Slip space rupture detected Slip space rupture detected Slip space rupture detected Slip space rupture detected Slip space rupture detected

[@kennedyyu6787]

The bots seeing 70k of them head towards the bug front 😮‍💨

[@iansagat2711]

Sweet liberty

[@thegeekkid1]

Haven’t been on in over a month busy with school and work but this update is definitely gonna bring me back .

[@palps797]

It’s so fun i hope you find time to play it❤

[@elroiy2139]

We have been waiting comrade, see u in hell 07

[@alb.88]

Same bro, life got me busy since EoF but now that it's calmed down, I'm excited to hop back in

[@SweetEndSourr]

I wish they would buff the jump pack, nobody really talks about it but I think it would be so much fun if it had a shorter cool down or maybe multiple charges

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

They actually mentioned today that the next update will look at the jump pack.

[@Rafael96xD]

That would be a good ship upgrade too.

[@tophmeister3]

Seems like the height at which you can jump was nerfed from the OG jump pack. I tried it again the other week and you barely jump...

[@kkangpae346]

I typically use it when fighting bugs and I use AMR and Eruptor w/ shotgun or laser off hand for trash. I go mostly with laser off hand ever since they gave lasers being able to set enemies on fire

[@HighDiver5555]

@@SwanyPlaysGamesyaaaay! I love the Jump Pack and use it a lot. It’s saved myself countless times, but the Dark Fluid Jump Pack ruined the regular Jump Pack

[@aryantaneja3192]

Man, being able to kill bile titans and chargers with the flamethrower is such a GREAT qol update. I'm so fucking happy Helldivers is back :')

[@Gr33nreaper101]

it was never gone 💀

[@monder1060]

I finished one today with a grenade and it felt so satisfying

[@kamiya4700]

We are so back

[@D3vilTube]

Sure until the next warbond. Then it's back to nerfing the old shit to get players to buy the new shit.

[@sirpibble]

The most important part of the update was the sickle buff that wasn't in the patch notes Now it goes pew pew pew instead of pop pop pop

[@dagdamor1]

Also seems to have gotten the zero-recoil buff from the Scythe/Laser Cannon and at least a drastic reduction in bullet spread. You can put a LOT more rounds on an enemy's weak point from range, and that is DEADLY with the Sickle's DPS. TTK on Brood Commanders from a range of 50m+ has massively improved due to consistent headshots.

[@talontedperson1305]

wait, really?

[@rvril]

It got buffed???!?

[@Ultrasonictwo]

@@rvril yes.. the got extra damage due to faster fire damage.. and 0 recoil, making them super accurate now

[@tgs7515]

I noticed that too! Much more meaty sound to it that I really enjoyed hearing. And the Scythe is so much more fun to use as well since they buffed / fixed the fire portion of the damage. Was cutting down shrieker’s left right and center with it, and made short work of impaler tentacles.

[@bigbear7076]

Blowing up a bile titan head with the railgun as its maw opens while dodging and tagging a charger with thermite is top tier badass

[@Jordyio]

Played a solo 5 before patch and had a miserable time. Played solo 5 after patch and had a blast. The most fun I’ve had in HD for a bit now. *Disclaimer: I was playing solo LEVEL 5 which is a good challenge for anyone. I am not a sweaty solo Super Helldiver. I am merely expressing that the guns and strats felt bad pre-patch. Post patch they feel awesome!

[@11Survivor]

This is supposed to be a co-op game with teamwork...

[@redfish6549]

So you play solo in a team based game then complain about its being hard and you're not having fun??

[@Crispy_DAWG]

@@11SurvivorI think they’re going to realize that team work should be a nice bonus, not a core mechanic. Team reloads should happen when someone runs up to you instead of you holding the backpack. If these systems become easier to use, people will use them more. We just have to continue to push for these changes.

[@kooe9554]

I will start playing coop when they fix the disconnect issue, just saying I'm tired of wasting my time when I disconnect almost 30% of the time

[@kegcodex]

Ignore these negative neobots. Solo gameplay can be just as fun/intense as playing with a full squad

[@SoraTheKobold]

you know the update is good when it goes from "aw damn another bug breach" to "yesss another bug breach" ive seen people forget about objectives entirely until like the last 5 reinforcements because killing stuff is just so fun now

[@Perfection-ish]

Thermite grenades are SO nice right now. I absolutely love this update

[@dr.kangaroo3142]

This update brought back my old helldiving squad.

[@Viccerz]

Same, we're so back

[@anantrawat2311]

Yoo lemme join

[@bobcat_mike7619]

Flamethrower my beloved, ITS BACK FROM THE GRAVE! THERES A REASON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY HAS A TORCH!!!

[@malicmarrow4726]

Have you seen the new Acidthrower look sick. Gonna start cooking with some flame and spice

[@HidyoX]

Prebuff, I would bring the Expendable Anti Tank for Chargers and Bile Titans. Now I can use either the Rail Gun or Autocannon or the Thermite Grenade. It’s all about choices now.

[@plzletmebefrank]

You should also try the Recoilless Rifle. That thing has so much damage now, it one-shots hulks to the body. Basically, just try everything. Almost everything is fun now.

[@Zasurein]

I hope the devs ignore the small minority of sweatlords who insist the game only needs to get perpetually harder. They're a tiny amount of people and don't need to be catered to at the expense of everyone else.

[@plzletmebefrank]

Well... I think higher level difficulties existing would be good. Especially if they add more enemy variety. But making the overall game harder? Nah. It's in a good place right now. Especially once more bugs get worked out.

[@mr.berserk8339]

All they need to do is add more enemy’s and higher difficulties to the game and the sweats will be good

[@PederHanson]

Today is a good day for ... the loadout randomizers

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

I hope AH adds an official in-game randomizer in the future

[@karal_the_crazy]

@@thelegendaryklobb2879hell divers 1 had it and it even gave xp boosts when used

[@KillaKel434]

Never stopped playing but AH did a great job.

[@AlAl-b5j]

Im so happy it's fun again. I'm even using weapons i dont normally pick

[@jmiller4080]

I'm the leader of our squad and we're weekend divers. We've lost the drive to dive with the hit of the june update. We are super excited to dive this weekend and wouldn't know about the update without this channel. For super earth

[@plzletmebefrank]

I really hope we hit numbers we haven't seen since spring this weekend. I'll definitely be diving, probably everyday and especially then.

[@mistergreen7260]

you know it's good when i haven't used the same loadout twice since the update

[@Inkinred]

Right?

[@TeaSquiffy2]

This is presicely what I'm feeling. This is the first time (since I started and had to unlock everything) that I've been spoilt for choice and actually felt the desire to create my own loadouts. It's been a lot of fun trying all the different toys in my sandbox.

[@noblewolf8232]

The good thing about this patch is that a lot of players are having fun. For me, can't help myself giggle to check every weapons they buff. It's like I'm a kid in a toy store because of the update. 😊 I just hope that Sony will give up with the psn restriction so that more players can join in.

[@plzletmebefrank]

That would help bump up player numbers and get the word out more that the game is back and better than ever.

[@mrg2155]

After our play session yesterday, we all asked each other, “is this fun? Do we like this?” And we all easily decided YES! We were like, “yeah we’re dying, but it’s not to total bullshit now.”

[@Awoken_Potential]

Last night I was on H2 on PS5. I saw the player count at 96,000. Wouldn’t be surprised if it hit over 100k on console. Loving the update!

[@Awoken_Potential]

Unless they combine pc and console player count when looking at the galactic map

[@brandondrake69]

@@Awoken_PotentialI think they do that

[@Awoken_Potential]

Gotcha

[@plzletmebefrank]

​@@Awoken_PotentialYeah, they combine it. Otherwise the numbers I see would line up with the Steam Charts numbers. And they do not. Didn't see it get up to 96K though, that's awesome. I hope it breaks 100K this weekend. Let's all spread freedom and democracy together!

[@markojagar6658]

People will see space marine 2 is 💩 so they will play this ,im still waiting for my refund on space marines 2,hope i get it the customer suport is trash i hate sony more and more 😂

[@LLCR125]

I feel more fragile and take more injuries from the bugs but it was a good change. I feel more challenged and having more fun.

[@AnaAnaana-f1k]

Yea, I noticed that too. Although the game is easier, I died more than before the patch. They did a good job balancing it.

[@darknight7793]

They released a patch today for God mode shield pack but they added an effect sound when bullets hit the bubble it make cool sound very nice

[@bigbear7076]

That sounds cool, eager to hear the ping ping ping

[@darknight7793]

@@bigbear7076 I love it when games add small details like this to enhance immersion so cool

[@dezmundtv962]

another example of "give the people what they want, and they will come" took awhile but Arrowhead got the memo finally.

[@jermainesabajo7225]

i dont know if they realy got it, i dont trust them... AH gave me a nerf trauma. but im happy with the update.

[@NotAGepard]

September 16th: “There are 3 guns that work.” September 17th: “The best gun is the gun in your hands. The best armor is the armor that keeps you alive. The best stratagems are the ones you throw. The best boosters are the ones that are used.”

[@kenethernandez6246]

AH absolutely cooked with this update. I haven't had this much fun with a game in a long time. It's way better than the original launch state of the game.

[@Odog78]

Considering the Purifier wasn't even touched, I hope that means that they plan to totally rework it as opposed to just changing numbers.

[@thebigenchilada678]

Plasma punisher, purifier and for the love of god, the airburst need some touchups. Plas punisher -> close bug holes and fabs Purifier -> buff to everything And the airburst, I don’t even know how they can fix this absolute mistake for a strategem.

[@hrespin7682]

Yeah I’m hoping that we still have primary buffs coming later! I think that most of the latter half of this 60-day plan might be focusing on revamping Helldiver armor and stagger/stunlock entirely, but Purifier and maybe reverting the Incindiery Breaker would be well appreciated.

[@majorastorm]

They it should be a triple burst imo if it requires a charge, it should be worth the while

[@TheNavigator4552]

Remember, we are only halfway through the 60 day plan

[@plzletmebefrank]

​@@thebigenchilada678Do you mean the airburst launcher or the airburst orbital? The orbital is absolutely useable. The launcher... Is a meme teamkill gun that can be funny... But is bad.

[@sofaking1627]

This pleases me greatly.

[@lizzly25]

As an RR guy, I have been extremely surprised and kinda astonished simply by how much I HAVEN'T needed to fire it. Anything that I used to need it for is already being gunned down by my teammates simply because everyone has something to use against them now. Everyone is eager to fight chargers. Nobody is running around them waiting for strat cooldowns. It's really refreshing.

[@dutchiedonuts]

You're so right with being either deflated when playing and / or just playing with a certain type of loadout. Now, the game is so fun, especially with having a nice variety of weapons loadouts you can play with. Thanks for your great videos guys. 😁👍👍

[@reflex3490]

"The whole point of a game is to have fun" helldivers finally realized that, now we need other games to see that as well, i have move fun in games when there is weird glitches or bugs where you just go flying or a corpse launch like red dead redemption 2. i can understand in a competitive point like valorant or something but not every game needs to be 100 perfect. let people have fun and let them blow shit up

[@UnifiedFilms]

Massive respect to you guys for staying a truthful, balanced and dedicated Helldivers voice. Loving this update, and that we’ve got that buzz going again in the community. I missed it so much.

[@bazoookaguy]

I’m glad you guys kept making videos, even in the bad times I was still watching and waiting for them to fix this game we all love. You guys give the best updates. Keep making videos

[@oscartome16]

Got in to see the updates in action and your right. I did noticed that there was more enemies and aggression, but man the update made it feel balanced. It was just straight carnage for me last night and it dint felt bullshit.

[@AnaAnaana-f1k]

I died a lot but it felt deserved. Awareness of your surroundings is crucial now, the bugs encircle you much more efficiently now and hit like a truck.

[@oscartome16]

@@AnaAnaana-f1k your right lol but at least what we have now gives us an opportunity can't wait for the other half of the 60 day progress

[@AnaAnaana-f1k]

@@oscartome16 For SuperEarth!

[@plzletmebefrank]

I did not think any of the enemies felt more aggressive or that they were in larger numbers... But I played a good bit after Escalation of Freedom. Maybe it was something from that and people didn't play much because the game was in a pretty bad state then? Because they felt as aggressive (more, but that's because of all the ragdolling and being unable to do anything about the massive numbers as you flew through the sky) as they do now.

[@Szabjack]

And all it took was just listening to their community. Shocker, really. Hope this positive trajectory continues.

[@Lightning_Bob]

In the last number of weeks I've felt like there's a specific one or two guns that you can use unless you go on lower difficulties. It seems like what they're doing here is trying to make each weapon viable, which I really appreciate. I know there's a bunch of people who want the game to be the absolute Pinnacle of perfection for their particular play style, but I just want to enjoy playing. I'll never be as good at video game some of these people who are all hot and bothered about the nuances but ultimately I pay money for video games to enjoy my free time with something that's moderately challenging and enjoyable.

[@nickcook4184]

Agree with everything you said. I hadn't played in over a month. I came back and each mission was trying new loadouts and having fun with each one! I honestly had never once used thermite or the countersniper! Oh and the crossbow on the defend mission (new map too!) was awesome! Fantastic update!

[@bigbear7076]

Also... E-mote wheel is a nice touch. Eacher to have more things to burn resources on

[@Jackomack]

Thermite nades are now perfect for chargers and the burrowing tentacle dudes, plus bile titans if you can get it on em

[@bman007fl]

Haven’t played since June. However, seeing the Napalm barrage yesterday for the first time, I felt joy in this game again. Weapons feel great, and I was smiling the whole time.

[@TysoniusRex]

I’m SO incredibly excited to jump back into the HD2 world! I’m sure I’ll die a lot, but as long as I have fun, It’s all good.

[@RedshirtAfficionado]

Helldivers was still fun but the main thing that killed it for me was the constant crashing and disconnecting. Getting DC’d is enough to make me go “forget it I’m going to play something else”. Haven’t had any crashes since the update.

[@sgtroach1510]

I’m pretty sure that’s more of a you problem

[@Bakemer94]

@@sgtroach1510 Nah that's a sever problem

[@Rerollful]

@@Bakemer94 nah that’s a you problem that doesn’t happen as often he’s making it seems like it happens all the time it’s an outlier to crash on this game.

[@Bakemer94]

@@Rerollful Guess I've been an outlier for the entire games life. I get crashes every day on HD2, not every game, but at least 1 crash per play session. Some patches it's better, some it's a lot worse, but yeah, it happens. And just cuz it doesn't happen to you, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

[@RedshirtAfficionado]

@@Rerollful Have you been living under a rock? Half the vids on this channel mention some new major crash or issue

[@jonathanrecasino1140]

There’s a reason this update was so long in the tooth. I would not expect this wave of good news to persist.

[@VodkaLikesMSeven]

This is what happens when devs listens to the community. If they keep this up I’m sure the game will be just fine.

[@majorastorm]

Been on a hiatus from the game since the flame update I'm thinking we're back!

[@konstankastovski4069]

I played a few rounds of bugs last night and I literally couldn’t kill any big guys because my team mates kept killing everything before me. I didn’t expect I’d have fun by NOT killing bugs

[@zeigfrydcat3097]

Thank you for addressing that the enemies aren’t just easier now. Damage you can do just makes sense and the enemies are more dangerous and you are easier to dismember

[@plzletmebefrank]

Yeah, but also less random deaths from a single shot to the head coming out of nowhere and less ragdolling everywhere. Which means deaths feel less unfair and like you can improve rather than having to give up as you watch your character fly through the sky or get insta killed by a hunter coming out of nowhere and swiping your head clean off. So, it's more challenging and less unfairly punishing.

[@xfighter3100]

I want the Purifier to feel like the Predator plasma Caster. Always gave me that feeling. But happy the thermite feels like an ACTUAL Thermite grenade and the Knight is more viable

[@MartinRodriguez-li6xs]

Ran a few missions with my old crew yesterday and we had a blast again after having been burned out from all the nerfs. If all they do going forward is fix bugs and add content I'm happy. I want to blast some space squids!

[@MuchMusicFanAlex]

I think we should of got the bugs fixed first but I guess making everything easy will bring players back

[@Mr.Salad_]

​@@MuchMusicFanAlex You are a very sad person. Most of the most important bugs have been fixed with this update, and is it really such a shock that people want to use powerful weapons? It literally says it on the back of the box.

[@castlesbard1547]

@@Mr.Salad_ Traitors trying to sabotage our Divers munitions and ordinance should be reported immediately for re-education. Good on you for not falling for their propaganda.

[@SO-if3yn]

I played one game last night and the game feels better. LVL 150 so only want to play lvl 10 but before patch (vs bots) it’s sweaty and always moving and shooting. It’s less stressful now, I feel more powerful. Solid update.

[@eddiecoker4808]

Been waiting for this review!!! lol love yall.

[@kotori87gaming89]

The game is GREAT right now. I just wish more people could play the game. Friendly reminder HD2 is still blocked in over a hundred countries because Sony is vindictive.

[@theposhbarbarian6472]

I think also the problem in the previous version before this current patch was with the damage enemies could dish out. Sure there were a lot of bullshit one hit kills (chargers, impalers, rocket devs, etc) but I feel there was also a lot of slow agonising deaths were you just kept getting hit, didn’t take a lot of damage, but you couldn’t stop getting hit (either because of slowing effects, stuns, or ragdolls), and there was no way out of it. This was especially true with enemies like the bot jet troopers, and the hunter bugs.

[@neallyboy1578]

why does nobody ever talk about the cars? two whole leaked vehicles and no word on them for months. i assumed they got put on the backburner in favor of bug fixes but some people seem to think they’ve been scrapped entirely. they would save a ton of time going back for dropped samples lol

[@noodacrunch2126]

Because of Space Marines 2 and nerfed thing, these makes the golden cross. I never leaved. I will stay until the last diver is available. So thanks to Space Marines 2, because of you, almost everything was buffed (except commando wth).

[@yaketytak4427]

The sickle sounds hella bad ass now

[@GabidenZhazylbekov]

Do you do podcasts? I would like to listen podcast about Helldivers recent update, comparison to space marine and discussion about Startrooper game. Idc, you both guys so chill to listen.

[@johnrobinson380]

First time playing in months just due to haven’t had the time and my god it feels like launch day again!! WE ARE BACK AND SPREADING DEMOCRACY DIVERS!!!

[@B-U-T-C-H-E-R]

Make the throwing knife poison tipped, or explosive, maybe easier to aim, and you're good

[@Canesbread]

Just played level 7 and 8 difficulties for the first time today and man It felt so challenging but in a fun way

[@kkangpae346]

I would LOVE to see them add in a feature to our mechs that allows us to eject and turns the mech into a timed bomb as soon as we hit eject or leave the mech. Lower CD would be nice too. The few times ive used it, I still had tons of ammo left but no health so I just set it up and use it to blockade a narrow path that enemies are coming from. Oh another thing, give us a 2 man mech, driver nothing changes, but teammate can sit up top and use a mounted gun of some sort. Something like the bot striders

[@plzletmebefrank]

That sounds like an idea for an entirely new vehicle design, which they have a few in the works that have been leaked multiple times now. Also... I always run out of ammo in the mech or die randomly to something stupid (either me being stupid or the game saying "no"). I guess... I do tend to only deploy it on defense missions or on long objectives or large bases.

[@kkangpae346]

@@plzletmebefrank at least let us be able to maybe "repair" it once and use supplies to refill. i aint saying break em to OP status. of all things i think its durability is prolly one of the biggest issues. had games where i would call in mech, and literally before i could get in. its dead

[@plzletmebefrank]

@@kkangpae346 I suppose some of that is fair, they are fairly powerful though, I feel like the best solution without significantly shifting the balance of the game would be... A new booster buffing vehicles. Probably upping durability and maybe speed or ammo. Which would help freshen up the booster pool. Either that or adding in personal boosters/perks in a future content update and having a driver perk. Though upping durability or changing how some of the mech health mechanics work is also a fair option. Btw, the legs have a mechanic that when they break they redirect all damage to the main health pool, and the legs have weaker armor than the body. Which you also take damage when breaking terrain and objects. So it might help to avoid obstacles more if you weren't aware.

[@theKonfusion]

Yesterday played L10 and while it was much better to kill bugs, it was still quite stressful and challenging, we barely made it out with 1 person out, lost most of our samples, but it felt fair & fun!

[@Un_Named05]

I think that AH could experiment with enemy modifiers that you can turn on or off depending on the experience YOU want to have. Like extra heavies in an operation, bigger swarms, etc. Then people could freely choose to make Helldive even harder or to make lower difficulties feel different

[@plzletmebefrank]

Well... That would kinda ruin a couple of things in the game. It is a community driven online game, being able to change things like that wouldn't fit quite right and would end up being abused somehow. HOWEVER, rumors about different planets having different weights towards different enemy types have been around for a long time. And if they added details on enemy forces on a planet to the war table that would be REALLY cool.

[@NoNo-qt4ov]

Definitely on my radar again. I had to uninstall it for Warhammer Space Marines 2, but once I get tired of that I'm sure I'll jump back in

[@plzletmebefrank]

If you're on PC... It's worth buying an extra (S)SSD to slot in for it.

[@otan1875]

Been loving the update as well and thanks for the video. I want to address your comment, "the weapons that didn't get a buff" are somehow even worse now. That's not entirely true if you think about it. The changes the devs made to armor penetration and how they take damage will inherently affect ALL weapons and make them better, regardless of if they received a direct buff.

[@plzletmebefrank]

True, but the weapons that have been in and are still in a bad state feel awful now because you can use literally anything else and it's really good and fun. That said, I'm sure they'll address them soon.

[@merfs107]

I’m glad yall stuck it out like some of us do for this game. It really does have potential and hope for the players to come back and developers work with us to keeping this game going strong!

[@owieczkacs]

Give players what they want and some more and be surprised how much people love it. Craaaazy, who would have thought?🎉🎉

[@combatcanine4042]

Now they just need to fix the bot dropship glitchs and buff the throwing knife, purifier, and jet pack. We be haven a good day boys!

[@plzletmebefrank]

And some weird terrain bugs, falling through the map, and add more variety in side objectives or enemies or something. But I'm more than happy to give them time to cook on all that for now. The balance is good, the gameplay is fun, and it runs smoother than ever.

[@jayyramirez6347]

Haven’t played the game in 2 months but after this update I’ll be playing again

[@biohazard3554]

Finally dealing with heavy armored enemies doesnt feel like a fuckin chore...

[@DeadByDeath]

The thermite is so good now!

[@jsmusicanddrums]

I used the liberator concussion, it felt great plenty of ammo doesn't suck. Staggering spewers is awesome. I used the warbond flamethrower also awesome. Torching bugs aplenty. The game is fun again. This is the way. Let's keep this forward momentum.

[@cochonkg]

Im really interested to see where the player numbers get to this weekend as more positive news about the update gets out and the new warbond is out.

[@plzletmebefrank]

And also it just being the weekend. I figure we might crack 100K on Steam alone.

[@Ej_Rancor]

The flames feel so guuuuud 😢🔥

[@guardiantko3220]

See, keywords are "in months" "haven't had this much fun in months" "it's fun again" They can, and most likely will. Miss the nail again. We FINALLY have the fun we had from launch months with versatility where for THE LONGEST TIME of the game being online, you're screwed. Entirely. Each "meta nerf" just made new metas. Every "buff" was a 5% buff with 50% to 70% stat nerfs in other areas. Its FINALLY. Back to having fun again. But their ai has been changed, their damage to us has changed. That's fine. That's fun. But they need to stop shadow buffing enemies all the damn time

[@inflatable2]

So what they did in a nutshell is buff a lot of weapons and strategems but also increase the amount of enemies, so you can kill easier but also have more to kill.. = more fun 🎉

[@plzletmebefrank]

I really haven't noticed more enemies. I get the feeling this is a change from before the patch, maybe after Escalation of Freedom. Because that felt more aggressive and like there were bigger swarms of enemies, but it doesn't feel like there's any more than there were then.

[@BufferThunder]

I saw 98k online the other day

[@PennsyPappas]

Ive ben playing consistently through every nerf we got and let me tell you that July Nerf really upset me and many of my friends and a couple just didnt want to play period but a few of us stuck it out and still managed to have fun through it all. But this update made us cheer and have an absolute blast. I started using the Thermite grenade which i Haven't done since its initial release because i found it bad. But now it's working as originally advertised and kills chargers and then some. Bot only that Flame weapons are back and man did it feel exactly like pre nerf and then some. All i wish is that these buffs stay because the game feels like it should and now they just need to work on new mission types and the Illuminate. Because heres the thing many people left because of a lack of new content not necessarily the nerfs so Arrowhead still has their work cut out for them. But this update is a step in the right direction and i am here for them and SYPER EARTH!

[@ICasinI]

The “tOo EaSy” crowd seem to forget that HD1 had 15 (maybe more, I can never remember if they added more) difficulties and that everything past 10 was absolutely gruelling.

[@plzletmebefrank]

It was (and still is) 15. I just picked it up myself. It's on sale for 5 bucks.

[@oxcide2.7]

The fact you can kill a charger with one thermite grenade is just so fucking amazing ! Didnt touch the spear once today and was able to use my Machine Gun

[@Ronkley]

For the first time since release I felt like I could take any weapon, armor or stratagem into a dive

[@Cgibbo84]

I still have a blast playing HD. Glad to see we are going the right direction

[@AMVShooterUnlimited]

I play often on difficulty 7 and was diving yesterday to try out the buffs, I even started changing my weapons more often rather than sticking with just one setup per faction. Whilst finishing up a mission the people I was diving with turned around and said it was too easy, seconds after saying that three Chargers appeared and started dropping us. Dude jinxed us as we also got swarmed at evac

[@Bohdisattva326]

So much fun 🤩

[@tatehenson3611]

One thing that I always hate to see if those hard-core players or streamers, they constantly demand games are not hard enough and it’s kind of one of those situations were not. Everybody has 12 hours a day to devote to gaming so you watch other games and I guess one close to me Would be DayZ it feels like it just keeps going more and more hard-core with every update and fewer and fewer people play the game and or are even willing to buy the game. I think that’s a big thing that is hurting modern games when you see comments on big stream videos, but more often than not. I feel like that is a small percentage of the population that actually wants to play. Don’t get me wrong. I do believe that adding more difficulty would be good for those people, but don’t ruin it for everybody that can’t devote their life to that game, it seems like they did a really good job with this update to me

[@redfish6549]

Then play lower diff like 6-7 if you not that good yet or don't have time to practice.

[@tatehenson3611]

@@redfish6549 some of us are beginning, me for example only level 20 after tonight, but i dont wanna play matches with minuscule amount of objectives, and enemies to shoot. I personally enjoy what the update did, and like current way it feels, just dont get folks that say its to easy, and dont like the buffs after complaining about past nerfs. I dont see issue with better guns that you dont have to use all of your mags during strat cooldown. Its nice to run around in intense moments and challenge yourself, and the ability to use multiple loadouts pending play style. Why not add higher difficulty for those that want that, with more spongey bots, that take more strategic approach? Makes no sense why more difficulty levels seems less reasonable, just to have folks play at slower levels so the can nerf guns. Everyone quits when they nerf, so they buff, and people say its to easy, but dont want more difficulty options…? And issues arise when people just want more and more baseline difficulty, to point nobody new buys/ plays. Thats how you kill a game, make it only playable to top percent players, nobody plays, game dies.

[@redfish6549]

@@tatehenson3611 U just started so of course you wont get why people would think the game is easy. LIke most enemies in the game goes down in a couple of bullets if you know where to shoot. You can only add so much enemies on the screen at once before the game just stop working, so just adding difficulties cant be a solution forever. And with this community, i wouldnt be surprise if when diff 15 comes out, people would complain about that too instead of improving.

[@Gaaaaaame]

Back in my day, we had to kill devastators with a rock and 7 orbital rail strikes. Kids these days have it too easy

[@malicmarrow4726]

LOL 😂

[@kennethmackenzie7527]

I think the devs did something to the enemy AI’s in the update because they feel way smarter and way more aggressive in this update. I played bugs on my first mission and I was getting snuck up on so frequently by regular ass cannon fodder bugs only to be completely torn apart once I realized how many of them there actually were. The bugs feel much smarter and it punishes players who don’t pay attention to their surroundings.

[@SeriouslySinigang]

I love that I don't have to kite the bots/bugs as much anymore. I can't actually stand my ground and take out the enemy with confidence.

[@straightinyourface5120]

I also love the update. Great to see people are coming back

[@nidhoggr8193]

Only gripe I have is the body damage. It feels like any time I get hit with anything below heavy armor I have to stim. I think it would be perfect if they just numb it back a little or give was an armor buff. That being said, I am so happy to be back.

[@ClumsyDrow]

I just hope they don't fall back into old habits. Because if they were to redo nerfs in about a month's time I think it was completely kill the game. People are having fun they need to let us continue having fun.

[@Anxiety_cx]

A lot of the times I get kicked before I even get to play when I join a hell dive 10 difficulty cause I’m level 40 something and everyone else is usually 100 . I have everything unlocked and I’m a better player than most but yet I still get kicked 😂

[@ricardomonsalve7397]

I’ve been so excited to try out all the buffed weapons, can’t stop thinking about this game while I’m at work 😂

[@RickSerenity]

Dude chargers + nerfs had me walk. I’m looking forward to playing again. Love the challenge, hated that my gun options were limited in viability.

[@987321Bobby]

Its amazing again!! Its not crazy frustrating and i get that chaotic experience where we're all accidentaly killing each other! Im trying weapons that i only used once before bacause theyre so much better now and actually viable.

[@SuperMrMarti]

Hey, swanyy. A very random question, but how have you assigned your crouch/prone/dive button on controller? I really need advice on this.

[@gahvno]

Yep. Critters are definitely more aggressive. It's great!

[@vance996]

i totally agree the game feels perfect and just right at this point

[@onewheelnomad240]

I only play on max difficulty, and I'm still loving the game. Definitely seems like more waves of enemies to counter the power spike in weapons/stratagems.

[@peterkingston5129]

One thing i wish they would buff is the quasar cannon. I miss having my halo spartan laser-ish weapon shred the big enemies. Now that the other strategems are buffed, perhaps we can ask for the old pre-nerf quasar 🤞