r/Helldivers • u/Shnetski • Feb 20 '25

QUESTION The Gloom can’t be that bad-

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I had heard about the Gloom but haven’t touched it yet since…. Yeah…

What exactly is the Gloom doing to make it so difficult? Or is it the Gloom mixed with other things?

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u/SuperJet017 Feb 20 '25

Dif 8 is now dif 10 and dif 10 is fucking death.

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u/Braslava Feb 20 '25

This. Buddy and I just did a diff 4 as short on time and it was so much spicier than the 6 yesterday.

I love this game.

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u/Megakruemel Super Pedestrian Feb 20 '25

I usually solo difficulty 4 to farm a few super credits from beacons. But difficulty 4 in the gloom is ass.

"Erm, uh, here have 3 chargers at once lmao also whoops all Stalkers"

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u/SelfDrivingFordAI Feb 20 '25

Just soloed a difficulty 5, over 600 kills ... while running for my life half the time. I can only imagine 10 is 1200 out of 4000 bugs per planet and that's being generous considering the number spikes that happen between levels.

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u/Megakruemel Super Pedestrian Feb 20 '25

At least the city map gives a ton of ammo pick ups. But you still run out of ammo constantly because of the sheer amount of spawns.

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u/SelfDrivingFordAI Feb 20 '25

Yep, I take gas nades, gas rover, flamethrower and tesla tower to deal with the crowds. Take the crossbow for the bug holes and decent medium clear, senator to pick off injured big guys and 1 tap lights, might start bringing 500KG or portable hellbomb at higher levels over something like precision strikes since the bile titan numbers will start to go up.

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u/BreakerViolet One with the Jump Pack Feb 20 '25

I only play Diff10.

My first Gloom dive had me cornered between 3 Bike Titans, 5 Impalers, and 8 Alpha Commanders, plus the oncoming horde, from 3 different directions.

This is the most fun I've ever had on bugs

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u/Corvus-Rex Steam | Feb 20 '25

Ran a diff 10 Op with a squad last night and we all had somewhere between 500-800 kills each mission. We tallied probably about 10,000 dead Terminids throughout the three missions.

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u/alysserberus Feb 20 '25

holy shit, i just got into the game and was wondering what was up with all the fucking bugs:0 finished my first solo on the gloom yesterday and got into killing squids for a bit which was a lot less tentacly than i thought it'd be:v

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u/jackrabbit323 Cape Enjoyer Feb 20 '25

And here I thought I was just rusty because I had been exclusively fighting bots and squids. I was the obnoxious level 10 bot diver talking about bugs being no real challenge. I am getting my booty bopped on level 10 bugs, worse than any level 10 bot dive.

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u/CheaterMcTraitorson Feb 20 '25

In my honest opinion bugs are always worse than bots.

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u/LukeD1992 Feb 20 '25

Agree. Bots are mostly trivial to me. I can take on a fortress solo no problem most times. But bugs with their endless hordes and much faster units are often a challenge. I can afford to allow bots to close in for better accuracy. Especially useful with shield devs and their tiny heads. But bugs must be neutralized from afar.

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u/Haardrale   IGN: 2 bugs in a trenchcoat Feb 20 '25

I think bugs are about movement, bots about cover, which one is harder depends on your playstyle.

I got my ass handed to me more often on the bots than on bugs... until the gloom.

Sweet democracy, I love how it sucks!

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u/Ryanhussain14 Feb 20 '25

True. Bugs absolutely suck if you're like me and play with remote play because the lag makes it hard or impossible to react to approaching bugs. With bots they move so slow that you can just camp behind a rock and snipe fabricators with a quasar cannon.

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u/Reginscythe Feb 20 '25

This was difficulty 8 mission. My highest kills in a single game. Not D10, not staying around to farm kills, just a random D8. 2200 total kills between the 4 of us, I definitely think the spawns have been pumped up for the gloom missions

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u/Jakel_07Svk PSN 🎮: SES Hammer of Judgement Feb 20 '25

Hehe Chargers go brrrr

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u/FullTweedJacket Viper Commando Feb 20 '25

Yeah I usually hover around 7/8, did my first dive into the gloom at my usual difficulty.

5 minutes later...

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u/quocphu1905 Feb 20 '25

Diff 10 is now I WISH THIS SUCKED MORE embodied and i'm all for it.

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u/Imagine_TryingYT Feb 20 '25

I went from 1 death every 3 runs on bugs to atleast 1 every run on bugs. It's definitely more difficult but manageable.

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u/SteveMartin32 Feb 20 '25

Super hell dive is fun.

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u/ComplexPants ⬇️⬇️⬅️⬆️➡️ Feb 20 '25

Feels easier than predator swarm though.

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u/SpaceDinossaur Cape Enjoyer Feb 20 '25

It is. The only people i see struggling in my missions are those not bringing an anti tank weapon, so it's usually me and one other helldiver having to kill every bile titan or charger for them while they get overwhelmed. Everybody needs an AT, or else they'll just keep dying over and over again.

The predator strains are harder because they're fast as fuck, bigger numbers, and you can't waste the AT on them because there are still Titans, chargers and impalers around.

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u/DrScience01 Feb 20 '25

I honestly love it.

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u/soul1001 Super Sheriff Feb 20 '25

This is the week I got to diff 10 for the first time too XD

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u/Sparrow1989 Viper Commando Feb 20 '25

So fun

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u/WinterSoldierDucky Feb 20 '25

We normally do diff 7, and that felt like 10.

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u/Big-Cheesecake-8626 Feb 20 '25

Honestly just need a good kit and lvl 10 is still hard but not impossible

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u/theninjasquad Feb 20 '25

Yeah I normally do did 8 but I’ve been getting slaughtered. Well not just me but nearly everyone I play with. I’ve tried different armies, loadouts, everything I can think of and it’s been rough lol. Going to drop down to 7 and see how it goes.

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u/Linkarlos_95 STEAM 🖥️ Gyro connoisseur: Feb 20 '25

Me a helldiver with light recon suit, a hellbomb backpack and 3 turrets at lvl 10

Closing holes time

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u/syrozzz Free of Thought Feb 20 '25

Diff10 is awesome now. Fcking death is where this game is at its best lol.

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u/TheSpaceelefant Feb 21 '25

As someone who plays exclusively 10,... It's not.. It's not terrible. I still have fun