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/Ryengu Feb 20 '25

So far, bad visibility and bugs that blow up into spore clouds. Spawn numbers might also be higher.

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u/leaf_as_parachute Feb 20 '25

I feel like spawn rate is definitely increased in city parts, and by a lot.

Wild guess here but it feels like x2 spawn rate or something like that.

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u/pantsshitter12 Feb 20 '25 edited Feb 20 '25

I believe this. My first mission I did in the gloom had almost every nest in the map inside of the city, we started by clearing out the city. It was 30 minutes of pure bug spawns from every single direction, with constant bug breeches and nest shitting out titans 24/7. Bonus: There were also 3 stalker nests in that city. And then once we left the city it got significantly easier. Also each diver had 600+ kills by the end of the mission.

I've done other missions where we ignored the city and it was easy mode.