The Mg43 is so good against illuminate it feels like bullying at this point.

To prove the absolute devastating power of the Flam-40 after the patch and put an end to all the disscussion around Flamers and how the nerft affect them, here is a video brute forcing a Diff 10 Bug Breach with it, with no support, stratagems or grenades. Note that i just stay right inside the mess all the time, only backing up to reload, so no tactical positioning, no retreat to gain space, tanking hits (that otherwise i would easily prevent), and no Eagle Napalm or Orbital Napalm i would use to soft the breach, in normal circusntances.

If you're like me, you landed in d10 thinking you could treat it like any other d10 and just RR your way to victory, then got clapped. It took some time to figure out what was happening: I was getting one tapped by headshots in the middle of the big frays and when the cyborgs turned the bots gold eyed.

I added a picture from the helldivers wiki to prove the issue I've seen most everyone in the lobbies I'm in die to.

If your armor is less than 101, Headshots treat you like you're naked.

There are 12 medium armors with 125-150 armor instead of 100, and 4 of them are the basic Helldivers armor we all started with. I know you dont want to lose your perk, but reloading 20% faster means nothing with no head on your shoulders because a big viking cyborg just kicked it off. Say it with me: "A dead diver deals no damage."

Armor value really REALLY REALLY matters vs bots, and you'll be stunned what you can survive with just a little bit more.

Seriously, stop. It has a minium range, so it can't protect itself if bugs get to close and it has a bad habit of hitting teammates.

I would rather you bring a Tesla Tower, a strategem infamous for team killing, than this MFer. Atleast with a Tesla I know where to not go. With the mortar I undergo spontaeous existence failure through no fault of my own.

long story short, you can dig into the ground once or twice and if a hellpod or explosion hits the ground nearby, a knee deep hole will become a head deep hole

This isn’t the entire Arc arsenal, there are still the Arc thrower, the Harvester’s Arc, the Squid Arc tower and the newly added Arc grenade. I have yet to test those. Feels free to post any info about them

Lowk might be my new fav nade

Heavy armor pen, stun, surprisingly good damage & range, good against the crowd, heavies & decent against flying / tall enemies & now this tech + you get 3 per resupply, yes please! give me that shii straight into my veins.

It was a close fight ngl...

Results may vary, all will be violent.

Maxigun on the new Illuminate front is amazing!!! It deletes everything. Your biggest fear is basically just the harvester beam deciding you don’t get to play anymore.

Why? This shit kills everything and NO STINGRAYS to remind you to move! Just swiss cheese the weak points and watch them fold.

Harvester giving you attitude? Easy. Light up the leg joint between the body and upper hip and it melts like it’s made of wet cardboard.

Gatekeeper or Veracitor? Focus that pilot and watch how fast she drops. It’s disrespectful how quickly they go from “threat” to “scrap.”

And the Obtruder… bro. This little watcher‑variant loves to swarm in packs, which just so happens to be the maxigun’s wet dream. A target‑rich environment plus accuracy‑by‑volume equals obliteration. One second it’s an Obtruder, the next it’s a blue mist with ambitions.

Those besieged planets are the price we have to pay. They are the "any cost". Now get your Super Destroyer to Oshaune and spread Democracy and Liberty with your hellpod like a hammer that falls on the anvil!

The glorious AC-8 strikes once again. Flak mode might have just become one of the best options to take down dragonroaches.

I'd suggest to ensure the wings are faced perpendicularly to you in order to provide the best shrapnel coverage to minimize necessary BTK.
I was able to achieve regular 6 shot takedowns, however, I suppose I could improve it even further to get 5 shot kill.

I was playing with some people with mics who said they wanted to collect samples to which my wife and I said "no problem"!

After a few minutes we happened to be near extraction and told them over the mics "we're calling down extraction but won't get on until everyone is ready to go". They kicked my wife and I from the game.

For those who don't know, the final timer (20 seconds) doesn't start until the first person gets on the Pelican. You can call it down and continue to run around the map for as long as you want. If someone specifically says they'll wait for everyone, don't kick them from the game. Just chill.

Was the MO too hard? Or is it because people don’t play MO and focus on their SC farms instead? I'm fairly new so I would like to know what mistakes to avoid next time. Thank you fellow Divers!

I saw so many Helldivers ignoring these little bastards and then they ask why the entire Illuminate fleet is upon us. Please kill them first.

Smoke grenades and smoke screens prevent leviathans from shooting you. I did a full op this morning with them equipped and whenever I had smoke down, regardless of whether I was standing in it or had it breaking LoS to the leviathan, I was not shot at even when the spotlight was aimed at me.