Helldivers 2 - Hell is more diverse than ever as PlayStation's demographics continue to grow and change.

[Gorion]

I have come back to this game after a 6+ month hiatus. This game is unplayable now. I have a GTX 1060 and used to get by on low settings, nothing impressive but I managed atleast 45 fps on missions if i remember correctly. Yesterday I reinstalled it, had to wait for all of the 140 gigabytes of game to download (when did it get so big?). When I finally got into a game the performance was so bad that I could not move. I remember it used to be better than this, I am just going to uninstall and wait for some optimisation patches.

 

[harbringer883]

I have come back to this game after a 6+ month hiatus. This game is unplayable now. I have a GTX 1060 and used to get by on low settings, nothing impressive but I managed atleast 45 fps on missions if i remember correctly. Yesterday I reinstalled it, had to wait for all of the 140 gigabytes of game to download (when did it get so big?). When I finally got into a game the performance was so bad that I could not move. I remember it used to be better than this, I am just going to uninstall and wait for some optimisation patches.

Uh, I think you might need an upgrade, sadly a 1060 is really going to struggle nowdays.. If your in the states, a new 3050 is like $180 and a 3060 is like $299.

 

[Sneedfully and Peacefully]

Reminds me of that retarded ugly mixed race bald bitch with the crooked nose (not that one, the other one) that was just flat out removed from the game because her voice actress is on a strike because of AI. Bye lmao.

Was that the service technician? I completely forgot she existed. I remember she was your "every man" character who commented on the situation in a much less serious tone, or about how exhilarating it is to push that button in the voting booth and get your vote calculated for you.

Edit: looked her up and apparently based on the democracy officer referring to her she was a they/them lol. Sent off for some democracy education courses about gender identity I guess.

 

[Dr. Jaime Reyes]

When you get lucky with the Spear missile it can take a bile dragon down in one hit. Usually only when they're hovering though. You can also hit them pretty consistently with sub-lethal damage when they're circling, the missile's tracking is good enough that it only misses when the dragon does an incidental evasive maneuver. Quasars are also okay at hitting them while hovering and are much better as an oh shit button if you run into a charger down in the caves. I've been running spear and patriot exosuit to provide anti air cover on the surface and the patriot is good for pushing nests underground. The autocannon exosuit is probably better for AA but I haven't tried that yet.

Gas grenades are great but I have become reliant on thermite grenades as a solution to heavies.

Crossbow, sword and board, quasar and exosuit is what I bring when I want to have fun against the bugs. Nothing quite like holding a tunnel like a true dwarf by holding up your shield and chopping the hordes into bug sushi.

I ran the spear a few times last night. It's a coin flip if you try to take them out at a distance, but if you've got supplies handy it's worth it. The autocannon walker can kill 3+ if you don't blow your ammo on trash. I ran the walker on almost every hive world mission, though generally only got to call it once.

Definitely with you on the thermite. Chargers are trivial if you have room to maneuver. Stick them, dive sideways, and wait a few seconds.

 

[Martys_not_smarty]

Finally got around to unlocking the silo and gotta say that thing is filthy AF on the bots, almost makes up for the pissbaby reddit faggots crying about secondaries being to easy to destroy so they took away the ultimatums ability to blow up hammers and the saurons eyes.

 

[Neko GF]

That's clearly a possum.

Rat, possum, it doesn't really matter. Both are vermin. Which in all fairness, is an accurate representation of troons.

 

[Gorion]

Uh, I think you might need an upgrade, sadly a 1060 is really going to struggle nowdays.. If your in the states, a new 3050 is like $180 and a 3060 is like $299.

Most of the games I want to play more than helldivers don't have that high GPU requirements. The games that demand me to upgrade my system more often than not are unoptimised and have ignorant devs. Unless you are making a massive simulation game or remasters where the graphical overhaul is the main selling point I don't see the justification for it. Other horde games like vermintide and DRG I can put on medium graphics and still get decent FPS during hordes. I am hoping that arrowhead will stop releasing content for a little while and just focus on what they have currently.

 

[MechanicusAdmin]

I have come back to this game after a 6+ month hiatus. This game is unplayable now. I have a GTX 1060 and used to get by on low settings, nothing impressive but I managed atleast 45 fps on missions if i remember correctly. Yesterday I reinstalled it, had to wait for all of the 140 gigabytes of game to download (when did it get so big?). When I finally got into a game the performance was so bad that I could not move. I remember it used to be better than this, I am just going to uninstall and wait for some optimisation patches.

Weird, there might possibly be something else bottlenecking you here. I only say this because my son plays on a 1060, albeit at all the lowest settings without a hitch, bar the frequent server lag/freeze issues that seem to haunt everyone.
It's sitting at 140 gig now because there's duplicate/triplicate files after every update and Arrowhead haven't worked out how to trash old files yet, part of their 'optimization' patch I hear. The console versions are like a third of the size.

 

[Jaimas]

Gas grenades are the best nades in the game and nobody can convince me otherwise.

I've always been partial to Arcs, mostly because they can wipe out entire squads of enemies:

.....But I keep running into Randos who don't understand maybe you shouldn't be running towards the multi-lightning explosion thing that's killing 10-20 bugs each time it detonates.

Admittedly, ever since they gave Gas grenades the ability to seal holes and take out fabricators they're an extremely close second place for me.

Finally got around to unlocking the silo and gotta say that thing is filthy AF on the bots, almost makes up for the pissbaby reddit faggots crying about secondaries being to easy to destroy so they took away the ultimatums ability to blow up hammers and the saurons eyes.

So long as the portable Hellbomb enables the WITNESS ME maneuver against those, I have no complaints.

 

[Sneedfully and Peacefully]

I've always been partial to Arcs, mostly because they can wipe out entire squads of enemies:

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.....But I keep running into Randos who don't understand maybe you shouldn't be running towards the multi-lightning explosion thing that's killing 10-20 bugs each time it detonates.

Admittedly, ever since they gave Gas grenades the ability to seal holes and take out fabricators they're an extremely close second place for me.


So long as the portable Hellbomb enables the WITNESS ME maneuver against those, I have no complaints.

A fellow hover enjoyer. I've seen nobody use this thing against bugs when for the most part it makes them just stand there and gawk at you. I've seen hunters occasionally pounce and hit me but I think it depends on how high they are, like on a hill. Spewers can also try and hit you but it's easy enough to dodge or shoot them. I guess we have to accept that 90% of the players are as retarded as the lore suggests they are.

 

[Counterfeit Obol]

Rat, possum, it doesn't really matter. Both are vermin. Which in all fairness, is an accurate representation of troons.

Hey, rats and possums have important ecological niches to occupy. Troons don't.

 

[not william stenchever]

A fellow hover enjoyer. I've seen nobody use this thing against bugs when for the most part it makes them just stand there and gawk at you. I've seen hunters occasionally pounce and hit me but I think it depends on how high they are, like on a hill. Spewers can also try and hit you but it's easy enough to dodge or shoot them. I guess we have to accept that 90% of the players are as retarded as the lore suggests they are.

As a habitual bot diver my lizard brain rejects the hover pack because it is less mobile than than the warp or jet pack and you're just up there with your ass hanging out. I have seen people use it to get up on good vantage points though. Someone on Crimsica last night had the extract covered very well by doing that.

 

[quaawaa]

I have come back to this game after a 6+ month hiatus. This game is unplayable now. I have a GTX 1060 and used to get by on low settings, nothing impressive but I managed atleast 45 fps on missions if i remember correctly. Yesterday I reinstalled it, had to wait for all of the 140 gigabytes of game to download (when did it get so big?). When I finally got into a game the performance was so bad that I could not move. I remember it used to be better than this, I am just going to uninstall and wait for some optimisation patches.

I have a 5090 and whenever someone drops a gas strike on a bug hole, my FPS drops to the mid-teens. It gets even worse if there is also napalm.

The game is horribly optimized now.

I ran the spear a few times last night. It's a coin flip if you try to take them out at a distance, but if you've got supplies handy it's worth it. The autocannon walker can kill 3+ if you don't blow your ammo on trash. I ran the walker on almost every hive world mission, though generally only got to call it once.

Problem is that one fire breath can destroy both arms, making the mech useless. It's very inconsistent.

Definitely with you on the thermite. Chargers are trivial if you have room to maneuver. Stick them, dive sideways, and wait a few seconds.

This is fine and should not be nerfed unless they also drastically reduce the spawn rate or health of the chargers to make other AT more viable against them.

 

[Jaimas]

A fellow hover enjoyer. I've seen nobody use this thing against bugs when for the most part it makes them just stand there and gawk at you. I've seen hunters occasionally pounce and hit me but I think it depends on how high they are, like on a hill. Spewers can also try and hit you but it's easy enough to dodge or shoot them. I guess we have to accept that 90% of the players are as retarded as the lore suggests they are.

It's a meme for a reason.

 

[Evil Peter Griffin]

Sorry guys but the Spokesman for Super Earth is actually a huge faggot

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Start the timer on when he come crawling back. I give it two weeks.

 

[Inco G. Nito]

I have a 5090 and whenever someone drops a gas strike on a bug hole, my FPS drops to the mid-teens. It gets even worse if there is also napalm.

Weird, I don't really get frame drops on my 3060 on all medium settings but I have noticed poorer performance all around since the recent update. Try using the --use-d3d11 startup argument and see how it affects your performance. It runs the game in DirectX11 which seems to be better optimized for Helldivers 2.

 

[quaawaa]

Weird, I don't really get frame drops on my 3060 on all medium settings but I have noticed poorer performance all around since the recent update. Try using the --use-d3d11 startup argument and see how it affects your performance. It runs the game in DirectX11 which seems to be better optimized for Helldivers 2.

Obviously, I’m all on max settings. I didn’t buy a $2000 graphics card to play games on medium.

 

[POWER IN MISERY]

That's clearly a possum.

this faggot does not represent possums do not fall for his lies

 

[Disdainer of the Plebs]

I have a 5090 and whenever someone drops a gas strike on a bug hole, my FPS drops to the mid-teens. It gets even worse if there is also napalm.

The game is horribly optimized now.

Problem is that one fire breath can destroy both arms, making the mech useless. It's very inconsistent.

This is fine and should not be nerfed unless they also drastically reduce the spawn rate or health of the chargers to make other AT more viable against them.

It used to be worse. When it first came out, it made my 4070 so hot i had to take the side panel of my tower to keep it cool. It then made my game room so hot, I had to open the window in February.

But yeah, the optimization is ass.

 

[Gay Sex Enjoyer]

A fellow hover enjoyer. I've seen nobody use this thing against bugs when for the most part it makes them just stand there and gawk at you. I've seen hunters occasionally pounce and hit me but I think it depends on how high they are, like on a hill. Spewers can also try and hit you but it's easy enough to dodge or shoot them. I guess we have to accept that 90% of the players are as retarded as the lore suggests they are.

I've tried using them but usually when I feel the need to boost up I'm already being swarmed by more chaff than I can actually take out during the hover, so I daintily float back down and get Mortal Kombat combo-d anyway.

The Jump pack/warp pack just seems to work better for more situations, at least in my experience.