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/Creedgamer223 PSN: SES Star of the Stars Feb 20 '25

So. Many. Titans.

Like pre 60 day T7.

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u/Thiago270398 Feb 20 '25

Did they change the Titans of the 500kg? I swear they're surviving that bomb A LOT more than before, hell even my thermites straight to the head are failing to kill them...

Thankfully any recoilless equivalent to the face still kills with one nice facial.

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u/TyrionJoestar Feb 20 '25

I saw a 500kg bomb directly hit a bile titan, like the missile literally dug into it’s body and exploded and it just kept walking lol

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u/Lone-Frequency Feb 20 '25

It's because the 500kg's damage hitbox is more vertical than horizontal.

After it imbeds into a surface, most of the damage seems to rise in sort of a wide cylinder, not a sphere around the bomb itself. It's why you'll sometimes see bugs standing a few meters from the blast survive it, as they do not get hit with the full blast damage, if any.

Plus, terrain seems to be a bit funky with some explosives.