Helldivers 2 - I tested both of the NEW FREE Killzone Weapons against all 3 factions!

[@IAmNumber4000]

This weapon is definitely best versus the bots because of the long range engagement distances

[@ARSENALGeared]

My every time using it pulls massive aggro. DCS is better.

[@cnyle1803]

100% agree with the Accelerator needing 15 round clip so we can get 5 bursts in b4 reload 👌

[@ryanvacation7319]

Or keep the low ammo economy but double the damage so it can one shot most medium enemies

[@iFYMxDRKNSFALLS]

the new warbond increase ammo to weapons so maybe pair it with that?

[@FazeParticles]

@@iFYMxDRKNSFALLS spare ammo not magazine size is what the new armor increases.

[@scottquibodeaux6549]

​@ryanvacation7319 all medium enemies should get 1 shot since it has lowest mag size and lowest ammo pool of all primaries. Should also make it heavy pen to give it more uniqueness.

[@JAy-dx1xb]

​@scottquibodeaux6549 nah AMR has heavy pen you gotta make sure everything has balanced we have 3 snipes this one one that shoots shrapnel and one that has heavy pen

[@PurposefullyIneloquent]

At least the new SMG has a high rate of fire. That's how SMGs are supposed to work and the other three all had lower rpms.

[@sunakokirishiki3572]

Knight is even faster.

[@supremecaffeine2633]

A SMG is classified due to its ammo, not fire rate.

[@gabusdeux]

@@supremecaffeine2633 well, 🤓, thats gay

[@Grebogoborp]

A ton of real world SMGs have really low cyclic rates in fact I feel like a slow chugging rate of fire is more indicative of an SMG than anything else

[@ryanvacation7319]

Yep it’s basically a slightly slower Knight. Would have been cool if it had a built in nade launcher. The graphics looks like it has one hehe

[@dreadtroopeer8884]

A one-handed SMG slightly less damage than the Defender but with RPM comparable to the Knight. That is already a great boost in DPS and a solid choice in close and mid-range engagements. It's an SMG that goes BRRRRRT and you don't gotta pay premium for, what's not to love? I feel there is this bias against ballistic automatic weapons in sci-fi games because they're simple, ordinary guns. We know these types of weapons already, seen them before, and that's why people like me favor them. In a futuristic setting full of explosive bolts, laser beams, and plasma blasters, why would you want to take a boring gun that shoots normal bullets? But I like the charm of that. I like ballistic weapons and how grounded they look and feel in comparison to other crazy gun designs, how meaty they sound compared to the "pew pew" of energy weapons. It feels mechanical, practical, and solid. It isn't flashy, it doesn't have to be. As long as it shoots bullets and does its role well, the DAKKA brain in me is satisfied.

[@jhenke83]

The new smg shreds. I don’t know what he’s talking about. Similar dmg to other smgs but almost twice the fire rate. Paired with the siege ready armor for extra mags and faster reloads, it was shredding the illuminates. Even overseers

[@pyroplays599]

Absolute W take

[@Colonel-Sigma]

Ballistics slap, I approve this message!

[@Definitely4lex]

Yeah i’m a big fan of the new KILLZONE additions. The SMG is a slightly lower dps Knight, but with more manageable recoil so it winds up being better (1,000 rpm is still plenty). The StA52 AR is the reverse, it’s a Liberator with a bigger mag and higher dps with still very manageable recoil (800 ish rpm hits the sweetspot for an AR for me at least) so ends up being far more capable of handling targets like alphas before they kill you.

[@Oilupimtherein5]

W take

[@LazerWolf21]

For the accelerator, I recommend bringing the dagger laser pistol as it has almost limitless ammo. Also using it with the jump pack is great

[@guyman8742]

I bring the revolver because it’s a great backup, especially when getting charged

[@scottquibodeaux6549]

I do the same thing also laz rover for extra support

[@pablocuixeres830]

Against the illuminates, I would pair the accelerator with the MG-43 Machine Gun rather than the Stalwart; its less effective in ammo economy and ergonomics against the voteless but it still does a good job, and the big advantage is that you can take Harversters down pretty effectively by shooting it's leg joints.

[@iansagat2711]

Literally wat i run

[@iansagat2711]

@pablocuixeres830 literally wat i run

[@Thunderfro]

We need a bow weapon with different arrow types.

[@NoName......]

Technically they do have the explosive crossbow

[@Thunderfro]

@ I know, but a compound bow with different arrows. Explosive, EMS, napalm, gas, etc.

[@raptoroverlord4581]

Sounds awesome. Something like from Crysis 3 would be dope

[@ValcryeTheSecond]

Predator bow from crysis 3 would go well. Magazine fed with multiple programmable arrowhead types

[@GhostFu]

Do we though?

[@phoenixbaker4591]

Something important to remember is that these are collab weapons, which in my opinion would be unfair if they were better than the regular game weapons since if some people for whatever reason didn’t playing during the collab then they wouldn’t really be missing much, it’s kinda hard to explain but if you know what I’m trying to say then you would agree

[@TheVenerablBloodWulf]

with how they were given, you could probably miss the event and youd still be given them, same as medals.

[@zornstein_-9472]

Pretty much fomo but its for really good weapons

[@saftaisland3427]

Arrowhead have stated that the collab gear is in the super shop rotation so they’ll always come back. I picked up the weapon this time but I’ll be saving my super credits for when the armours next return.

[@alexc4609]

I think they should be on par with every other weapon in the game. Shouldn’t outshine or be overshadowed by the other weapons. If not there’s not much point to use it. I like new sniper but needs more ammo. Having more good options to choose from gives us more gameplay choices.

[@HuskyNoKokyuu]

They're literally given for free dude, wtf are you talking about

[@bluewolf5582]

We need more medium pen weapons. Light pens are just a joke atm

[@Ghxstvz]

That's what support weapons are for

[@hurtboychulo7371]

Especially on SHD

[@Colonel-Sigma]

Can you aim?

[@mrziggyzaggy113]

light pen is actyally pretty good for terminids and alot of the illuminate. taking light pen on bots is straight up suicide tho

[@Alleykatsks]

You dont get much time to aim precisely on SHD most of the time. Maybe if you play solo.​@@Colonel-Sigma

[@sneedler5993]

The sta-11 is deadly accurate. I was running solo ops against the bots and was hitting weakpoints from miles away, pairing it with the directional shield is an amazing combo since they can be used together.

[@thecrimsonfucker6999]

PSA: The Sta-11 SMG has a glitch with reloading currently. Look at the weapons mag count from 6:27 to 6:33. You will notice that interrupting the reload will make you lose an extra mag.

[@pyroplays599]

No, that was him putting a new mag in the gun but not charging the bolt(?) of the gun. All ballistic rifles do that.

[@thecrimsonfucker6999]

@@pyroplays599 No, if you look, he had six spare mags. He then reloads and has 5 mags. However, he interrupts the reload, but then continues reloading and suddenly only has 4 mags left. Did you even look at what I pointed out?

[@DustedTaint]

I wondered if something was up. Yesterday we set down into a cluster fck and I was mashing buttons while reloading and I went from 6 to 4.

[@ShadwRavn]

The sniper is like the eruptor, it s like a support weapon weapon and you then use a support weapon as a primary. Finally a new weapon for that play style

[@mturker100]

As a guy who runs Eruptor as a backup and Stalwart for the chaff enemies... I see you.

[@ShadwRavn]

@@mturker100 best combo

[@big_gucci_scorpio328]

The plasma sniper is god tier against the bots like holy shit

[@stormhought]

I want a proper Sniper Primary at some point

[@pyroplays599]

A proper bolt action with a low level heavy arm pen. I'd dig that

[@RuTube981]

@@pyroplays599they had a chance with the Constitution but the iron sights are as bad as its dps

[@monder1060]

​@RuTube981 I wouldn't have a problem with the sights, but give me heavy pen, 10 round and 5-strip reload for it. That weapon could've been a proper low rate heavy punch primary with not easy to use optics. "But it is supposed to be bad" argument for it always boils my blood

[@IamCoalfoot]

"One shot, one kill". Unfortunately, about the only thing we have right now that's anything like it is the RR. Which is just... lame.

[@NateDoge1016]

When I used the accelerator on a tripod earlier it wasn't too bad. I could destroy the shield and arc fin easily (3-4 bursts for both). Afterwards it only took two burst to finish it off. Something I did notice though is that if you shoot the joint farther out away from the body it seems to deal no damage. Shooting the joint closer to the body did a ton of damage though. Will have to test some more

[@connieatwell]

See as much as I like it the eruptor one taps shields at 100 meters or more and can stun lock tripods

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

Interesting. I'll have to do more testing with it then because I got different results. I tested it on about 4 of them, and struggled to kill them each time to the leg joint. I think the quickest I killed one in was about 5 leg shots but the shield kept coming back by the time I reloaded.

[@virgil7272]

@@SwanyPlaysGames if you hit the shield generator (the little fin on its head, the shield won't come back. You can pretty reliably kill the harvester in 6 ish bursts (2.5 mags) Decent for a primary weapon.

[@ericgrumbles447]

@@connieatwell The Purifier stun locks them also and interrupts the beam weapon animation.

[@VeXu666]

Crossbow is still far better than this thing. If it had more explosive power or more ammunition per clip, then it'd have a chance.

[@FazeParticles]

crossbow is good but it sucks in horde clearing at close range. it is good at horde clearing for medium range tho.

[@Thunderfro]

Me always bringing the supply pack lol.

[@zacharyjohnston58]

Put this skin on the scorcher and I’d be elated

[@CMDR_Remus]

Same.. Its pretty much my SOP for loadouts. Loving the new Siege Ready Armor too.

[@SAUCEGODTORTOISE]

A solo build for automatons if y’all wanna try it Weapons: - PLAS-39 accelerator rifle (medium enemies, as well as gunships) - CQC-19 stun lance (when they get to close) - G-4 gas grenade (supplementary chaff clear, recommended use for patrols, big groups, heavy enemies, or fabricators) Armor: - Body:PH-202 twig snapper (the handling makes the primary very powerful, and allows good melee combat) - Helmet: PH-202 twig snapper - Cape: martyris rex (the white/green matches pimrary/armor) Stratagems: - Quasar cannon: (anti tank) - Eagle air strike: (anti tank, chaff clear, fabricator boom boom) - Eagle cluster bomb: (BIG chaff, very important) - Ballistic shield: (allows melee combat without having to worry about getting shot. can help you clear bases, and provides excellent partial coverage for retreating or moving position) Booster: - stamina enhancement: (It’s very important to stay moving to avoid big cannons/rockets. Also vital for good meme combat to avoid hits, and re engage) This is a solo build I found is pretty fun, and effective for my style of play

[@moai4110]

You should try accelerator supply backpack and grenade launcher

[@MickDeaks]

2:21 I got to say the harvester setting that car on fire and the explosion was cinematic AF. Absolutely amazing

[@RoryV7]

In part one of the killzone crossover update, we received Helghast uniform, helghast assault rifle etc. I was really hoping that in part 2, we would receive gear from the opposing faction, e.g; an ISA uniform or the ISA's assault rifle which came with an underslung.Grenade launcher. I think that would have been better to do, then to solely focus on only one faction from Killzone. I used to play Killzone way back in the day with my friends, we have played all of them, fantastic games, and when we saw this cross over come out, we were pretty hyped.

[@JacketedSoftPoint]

As a killzone mercenary vet, the VC39 was already a beast of a weapon with its 9 round mag cap. Secondaries in mercenary were limited to shotguns, pistols, and launchers. Having a proper team makes the difference. In Helldivers 2, the VC39 only works solo if you're mobile and very accurate with your shots. In Mercenary, you were in a 4 man team and if you were playing with your buddies instead of randoms, you always called out if you were pulling a VC39, that way at least one of your friends can cover you with the STA-52 or M82. For me, my secondary ALWAYS was either the LS18 or STA12 shotguns. You know, for CQC. Eventually, you get tired of swiping to melee people. Run a good team on HD2, have only 1 or 2 VC39s in the squad and everyone else dedicates to the role of supporting them against horde enemies or larger boss foes. If you bring a big stick, make sure to bring friends with big sticks.

[@lylefoley1779]

I feel like if they just made it four bursts per mag it would feel way better

[@sqwady12]

I hope they give it the purifier treatment and let it fire semi auto without charging

[@roxxiechan]

i do like how the game is moving forward, but if i should complain about one thing more? smg and assault rifles needs to go 60-80-100 mag capacity, i dont want it right now but i would love to see it in 2025

[@hungcuong606]

Wouldn’t that mean they have to double the amount for the machine gun family ?

[@roxxiechan]

@@hungcuong606 ofc, be it anything from 100-200 mag capacity, is not really that crazy to be fair, we helldivers should feel powerful with the tools specially if they keep adding more new type of enemies and like this is allready suffering on mag capacity alot whenever you face hordes and just wanna shoot thru and not wasting stratagems for it like usual

[@hungcuong606]

@@roxxiechan we probably get that once attachments for weapons drop As we already have model for the dual drum mag model from the armed resupply pod

[@roxxiechan]

@@hungcuong606 i hope so, same thing with things in game files like apc and who knows what else

[@muscularclassrepresentativ5663]

@@hungcuong606would they really need to? If the machine guns are defined by just having more bullets than yes, but as an HMG main on the bot front it still wouldn’t make the light armor AR worth using if it had unlimited ammo, at least not with explosive, medium pen primaries like the plasma punisher and the many heavy pen support weapons are probably always gonna be better, although I understand the hype against voteless

[@harryevans4994]

i would love to see a fire-mode change for the new sniper. the burst is definitely great but id love the option for just single shot semi auto as well, other than that i think its pretty much perfect, exceptional against devastators and striders

[@yonashyankowsky]

I was really disappointed that it didn't have a fire selector, when I heard it shoots in 3 bullet bursts I knew it would be the hot garbage Also it can't kill Hulks

[@badwrongbadong]

Its a sniper rifle class, not a DMR. So semi auto doesnt make sense. It does however need to do more dmg or have bigger mag for it to be useful

[@beskarbaron6503]

@@yonashyankowsky two bursts to the vents pops them, and you can get two bursts off before it turns around.

[@alexalmond6862]

The accelerator just doesn’t feel good to use. Feels like a purifier but worse

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

Yeah I agree. Now that you say that, I don't see much reason to choose the accelerator over the purifier.

[@RuTube981]

@@SwanyPlaysGamesremember when we said that about the purifier against the plasma punisher? Yeah they’ll buff it. Especially now that literally everyone has it. My guess is they’ll give it 18 shots because the magazine has 3 cylinders that light up and then turn off when you shoot. They’ll make it two shots per cylinder in order to not mess with the weapon model.

[@little_lord_tam]

It could have been a Mini rail gut with a 3 round mag.

[@JeancarlosRPerez]

If there's one thing I'd like to add it's this. Being a brand new cadet to Helldivers is now better than ever. You get the constitution, a pretty chunky SMG, and an Elite Unit Killer Sniper Rifle right off the bat. (Armor too!) It's a solid line up arsenal to get your bearings with (especially if you just started) 😊and begin your path against democracy's enemies. It really does feel like our fighting force is getting stronger 💪

[@Professionapestpugilist]

Accelerator really feels like an alternative to the erupter

[@Sadcatblake]

I love that it only takes one shot to the head of a devastator of the plas 39 to kill it, and your firing 3 every-time so its pretty easy to hit

[@mrsauceman6825]

Not a fan of the sniper being not only burst fire but also a charge up, unfortunate

[@mindsight9732]

charge up is short, and makes the weapon firing noises only alert nearby enemies within 10 meters. burst part is practically none exostamt when you consider it 3 shots per reload instead of 9.

[@mrsauceman6825]

@ ok cool, didn’t change my mind that I don’t like it being burst and charging though

[@lucakoselj7123]

The plas39 works great with the stalwart or arc thrower, jump pack and the new light armor set. Its very fun to basically play a sniper/recon role with it. And with the jump pack you can easily escape any bigger groups.

[@guyman8742]

Sniper is pure heat imo, deals with all big enemies pretty nice and accurate, just run a flamethrower/stalwart, death laser, and last two of your choosing, I’m partial to the rocket, Gatling, and auto cannon turrets for bots, no laser needed, and then everything else I run Gatling, Auto-cannon, and flamethrower turret, I cannot emphasize how nice the flamethrower turret and gun itself feels and deals with both squids and bugs, genuinely euphoric to burn em to the ground. Also I recommend impact nades on illuminant with thermite for bots and a mix between thermite or impact for bugs, i personally enjoy sticking a thermite to the head of a bile Titan and running the hell away.

[@novagasser9337]

I absolutely love the new guns they gave out. The smg is super fun, and the sniper is an odd but satisfying weapon to use. I really like that they are super solid choices in game but they don't out preform everything else.

[@Professionapestpugilist]

Love railgun with baton

[@soulgamer612]

Honestly I really like the new SMG, it's the best one in it's category as far as one-handed weapons go imo. It's basically an improved version of the Knight with more ammo and more controllable recoil. Does pretty well against the illuminate when paired with the ballistic shield as well

[@ВячеславФролов-д7я]

The new smg is my go-to ballistic shield pick for the bots. Its dps and damage per mag is simply the best in class, and, when you can just stand in front of a heavy devastator (or any number of them), light pen suddenly becomes less of a problem

[@svengatzke2127]

Plasma or Laser Minigun? With a slow firerate like the Concusiv but with high pen and plash damage and maybe about 100 per mag (plasma). The other one with light or medium pen, high firerate and about infinite ammo (laser)?

[@Schproemftell]

I would like to know :What are the Pros and cons of the forward shield compared to the ballistic shield i mean i see one glaring disadvantage ... the power capacity ...or rather that it has to rely on that to begin with the Balistic shield is awesome against Bots because it makes you more or less immune against 60% of their BS and i haven't tried it out against the squids yet but unless the energy weapons outright ignore the shield i dont see a real reason to take the new one over it (I am also fully aware that melee ignores these shields)

[@hungcuong606]

The forward shield can cover your teams as well as yourself but unlike the ballistic shield the shield can only block certain amount Both can’t handle explosive rocket Another pros that the forward shield has is that it not cancer to aim in first person Though to be honest with you there is no reason why you can’t used two handed weapon with the forward shield

[@jordansmith9547]

The BS has a trackable health bar, can be permanently destroyed, and has a shorter cool down than other backpack stratagems I believe. The DS has an (I think) smaller non-trackable health bar with a recharge time and can't be permanently destroyed. Go prone on some high ground with the DS and an explosive crossbow to become a fully protected mortar, it's a lot of fun. I run a setup with a friend where he takes point with the DS, any SMG, and the Crisper secondary while I stick to his shoulder using the Eruptor and AMR to snipe through mobile cover. I think the biggest pro for the DS is potential synergy for squad shenanigans and the convenience of recharging health.. but the BS has more max health and covers more of the helldiver without crouching which makes it the better option to protect your helldiver in tougher situations. The jump pack is best though.

[@ShinobiNeon]

I feel like light armor pen guns are just becoming more and more useless. You really kinda need at LEAST a medium pen weapon, especially against the terminids, with how much armor plating they have. Giving us two light pen guns that are very much the same is just a little underwhelming. The Accelerator I can see having some use at least, when paired up with a secondary or support gun that can serve as chaff clearing.

[@lightningrose1345]

Logged in several times over the past hours, still haven't gotten anything. Feels bad

[@SorcererVtuber]

STA SMG + Verdict medium pistol + Anti Mat + Jetpack is my current go to loadout with a team

[@TheRecraftMan]

Out of my 500 hours ive probably played the dilegence counter sniper against the bot front 50% of my playtime. I was dying to see another hard hitting precision rifle. While i wish that you could change the burst to be one shot, doing the same amount of damage as the three shots, i gave the accellerator a try and absolutely love it

[@joegarcia4550]

The smg shreds bots and bugs but that light pen holds it back you would think since no attachments or rate of fire change youd at least have medium pen but i guess not rip

[@Chernab0.g]

Way off topic but I wanna say it somewhere but what if we had a major order of collecting like bile spewer body parts and extract with them and we have to get enough to unlock special ammo like acid round or smoke for the grenade launcher and incendiary

[@user-hu6ut9gx8j]

completely disagree on harvesters, you can kill with 4 bursts to the joint

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

That's what I've seen people say, but there's no way. It takes at least a few bursts to take out the shield then another few to take out the leg. Maybe if you broke the shield with a different weapon first and then shot it, I could see it maybe only taking 4.

[@jeremiah_3oh2]

@@SwanyPlaysGamesthis is in fact how you do it, so a MG is ideal in a load out like this.

[@barbobska9730]

Issue with Accelerator is, for me, its gonna be compared to my CS Diligence which can deal with chaff when necessary, can still hunt big game, and also has the long range to snipe to deliver the full damage whereas the Accelerator can potentially lose out with a missed round (especially with its stagger when going for headshots on overseers even if it can potentially one-burst). From my experience however, I think its best to pair it with the redeemer or full auto version as your “chaff” gun, the Accelerator as your larger game hunter, and the backpack as whatever (Supply/Jet + Support or just backpack support weapon)

[@barbobska9730]

Oh yea, i say this but I love the Stal assault rifle to death. Kinetic guns for life!

[@alexparker440]

If there one thing I don’t like about the new weapons it’s that the sniper is a triple burst which kills the weapon since just about any medium armoured enemy will flinch and make the rest of the burst miss

[@LordRazer3]

There cross over weapons there mean to be closer to what you get from killzone so there not going to really change them much. Like the sniper rifle. That's going to keep the 3 round mag because that's what the original one had. If anything they would just give us more overall ammo

[@alvisceratortheultimate1660]

If they decided to add a playable MAWLR in it's actual size, we could spread democracy to thousand of galaxies.

[@c0mmanderKeen]

The accelerator feels okay vs illuminate until you remember that the diligence CS exists

[@ben10mama]

I was hoping the SMG might go like I've seen it in cod have a big magazine like 90-100 rounds and a moderate fire rate so it feels closer to a primary lmg of sorts where you can really just keep on shooting

[@MrTLSfan]

I think it is worth to mentiom that the Accelerator kills the automaton gunships in 4-5 shots hitting anywhere on the thing. 4 if you hit the weak spots.

[@BloodDraco122]

If we got anymore crossover factions, I could see Colonial Marines being added and Starship Troopers

[@loshitoshi1555]

Ok but when are they going to add the deployable stratagem for the dam vehicle we just got?

[@Myoho_Ronin]

We're working on that now. You'd know that if u played the game instead of complaining 😊

[@wolfgang_h3t]

​@@Myoho_Ronin Where is that information in game, precisely? Hm?

[@Myoho_Ronin]

@@wolfgang_h3t precisely in the precious M.O. ,Genius .

[@VADER06]

Plas 39 on illuminate melts the actual aliens. I already knew playing killzone that it was going to be like that and the best thing to use as a main is the dagger secondary cause infinite ammo and its limb damage is good against the voteless plus they catch on fire. The Plas itself is ment to take out heavy hitting units.

[@DonjuanDelanuche-gg4no]

2:16 why are you close range with a sniper rifle? Find a hill peak near the city, put down some sentries and you now are the support/cover fire for the whole city.

[@gamerguy4209]

I think its fine to have guns that fit the same job since you might prefer one design over another. However i would like them to still had guns that are good at diffrent jobs.

[@GlockMonster29]

Where can I find the weapons? Did they leave already?

[@ericgrumbles447]

If the Purifier and the Loyalist didn't exist, the Accelerator would be great. There's nothing that the Accelerator does that the Purifier doesn't do better.

[@DaminionC]

where do i get these weapons? i dont see them anywhere

[@DarthSentinel0811]

Can't you pair the stun baton with the sniper on the voteless

[@Colonel-Sigma]

I love that smg feels just like it did in Killzone, shreds at close range. Wish they gave it a damn flashlight though. Pair that with a ballistic shield and it is excellent against bots and illuminate. My Breacher build is significantly better with its addition.

[@theprocrastinator12]

Ive been using the sniper a ton lately, Im in love with it, nukes med targets. Ammo is a prob but Im gonna be using it still.

[@madhudson1]

Nice breakdown

[@ELTWINKY-_-PR]

Id give the sniper the ability to shoot 6 times and maybe give it a slightly bigger explosion to make decent a5 taking out small groups of weak enemies. For the submachine gun Id just give the weapon 65 bullets per mag or an extra mag or 2

[@stephenhill5986]

I feel like the new sniper is going to be good paired with the new warbond armor for more ammo and then a supply pack for constant reloads. Just me thinking about it tho as I have yet to try it

[@robertc8425]

I love the plasma rifle, is so cool if you take a suport weap

[@carlkitchen]

Well the Plas-39 ~is~ a sniper rifle right? So I wouldn't ever expect to use that for clearing crowds. Probably better when in a team and the enemy's focus is elsewhere so you can just peg things off from some distance.

[@GuardOfDead57]

sniper/precision rifle - lack of ammunition... what a surprise) but at least the presence of a single shooting mode would not be bad

[@Spectacular_Insanity]

The Accelerator against the Overseers is a huge trap. It's really bad in terms of ammo economy. It takes 4 direct hits to kill an Overseer with the Accelerator, but since it fires in bursts of three, it's always going to be ammo inefficient. There's no real reason to use the Accelerator over the Purifier considering the Purifier has more ammo, has a better AOE radius, does more damage for the same charging time, isn't locked to burst-fire only, and can be spammed if you really need it. The only thing going for the Accelerator is a better scope/potential range, but against the Illuminate 90% of the time you're going to be fighting at less than 50m inside city biomes.

[@ptmccann1]

I don't understand the 3 round burst on the sniper rifle. Seems like that should have alternate firing modes considering it's also a charge weapon.

[@shadowteam9943]

PnV-06 and StA-59B. Those are the helghast guns the game needs.

[@urbanapache2]

I'd like some more space weapons tbh....I want a Mr Freeze style gun that absolutely wrecks and freezes the smaller gimps, but takes more to take on the bigger baddies. Also be cool if it didn't work on hot planets so well, but was brutal on colder planets. Also just happy the studio is still releasing stuff :)

[@pyroplays599]

Oh, or maybe a heat based weapon that benefits from higher temperatures!

[@lastcrustacean2154]

Do I have to do something to get them? I logged in but didn't get the free killzone drops

[@sonicnyoom7283]

Watching this at 1.2 speed is perfect for homies voice

[@chitin122]

The new smg is basically the poor man's Knight, with like 2 less rounds in the magazine and slower fire rate aka better handling.

[@ChizAndStuff]

Tbh I want a super earth flag to carry in my offhand like in the opening trailer while i use this new SMG. Bonus points if i can melee with it and/or it gives me and my teammates some kind of bonus lol

[@nened_master60]

Just wanted to point out something… when shooting the tentacle monster shoot the bright orange part on his neck I hear you complaining about it but I kill them in 1-2 bursts on the orange part of their neck.

[@comeup0902]

AH did a good job on this update

[@basicallytrash1343]

i would love a medium pen compound bow primary for stealth

[@greatwhite3512]

11:57 because they look cool

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

If they would have made these weapons crazy strong, people would have complained it was pay to win or some BS

[@David-g3e1r]

Kinda curious what they would of priced the sniper it being med pen, Since they priced a skinned lib for 7$.

[@guysome7469]

If accelerator has a single-shot mode it would be perfect.

[@themightyironoak]

The new smg is god tier against the bugs

[@LazyEyePolitics]

I said stalwart before you did. On point.

[@Awoken_Potential]

The SMG being used with the supply pack on bugs is the way

[@kellenjereb]

We need a deployable helicopter with a mini gun, some new flying enemies

[@teeheeteeheeish]

They’re blatantly teasing us with the under barrel mounted grenade launcher and not letting us use it

[@Joseph-mw2rl]

The weapon hits so hard you need 2 burst to kill a overseer.....and it has 3 burst in a mag

[@macandcheeseofficial]

The new smg needs burst fire & a flashlight ngl.

[@gothicpando]

Can't wait for weapon customization.

[@RedshirtAfficionado]

Okay, so if the second batch is free what happens to the first batch?

[@kcub07]

Man had to say voteless like 12 times in 30 seconds lmao

[@gregcotroneo3194]

6:29 Eating an extra mag mid reload when the grenade is thrown

[@Zephyx]

A "High ammo count" SMG should have 100 rounds. It's laughable how little ammo Helldivers guns have.

[@huntcringedown2721]

I really like them both but they are very niche. Sniper is only useful vs bots really, and SMG vs Illuminate.

[@broadwater5218]

Do you need to be playing the game to get these? My computer just shat itself so I’m out the fight for a while

[@tengu451]

Naw, they're free to have

[@butterboi795]

It's 1800 super credits in the super store, so it's definitely not worth it at all

[@hungcuong606]

@@butterboi795the plas rifle and the smg are free by just logging in

[@Ariana321]

SMG looks like somebody took an Uzi and mixed it with a Bizon.

[@Happiest_Potato]

The accelerator should be stronger but a support weapon and not a gun gun, or at least give more ammo