Comment on Helldivers 2 gets its first rebalance patch

• Rolder@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  For the railgun specifically, it was about the only actually effective way to deal with the multiple chargers the game likes to throw at you constantly. Now you’re pretty much fucked.

  Should have brought other options up. Shifted the curve right rather then left.

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  • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah I just made a similar comment. At the higher levels, you have more tank enemies than are practical to deal with using orbitals and airstrikes alone. The railgun was the only thing feasible to deal with wave after wave of tanks. Taking that away without giving alternatives is a major blow to level 7 and above.

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  • all-knight-party@kbin.run ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The railgun is still effective, you just have to use the overcharge mode and be precise, they specifically left the overcharge mode at the same damage potential.

    They also buffed other weapons, including the flamethrower and the laser Cannon's wieldiness and armor penetration. This is also the very first balance patch, it's not gonna be perfect, it already wasn't perfect, try out some other options and strategies and see how they seesaw the balance. I think if they keep it up they'll get it right.

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    • Rolder@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not the same potential, though. It takes about 4 unsafe shots to strip chargers leg armor for example. Before it was 2 safe shots. That’s over twice as long and twice as much ammo.

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      • all-knight-party@kbin.run ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They specify that to retain the damage output you have to target headshots and "other specific weakpoint shots to maintain maximum damage efficiency". That's a bit vague, but it's not quite a full range damage debuff

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