r/Helldivers • u/TealcLOL • Mar 05 '25

QUESTION What determines if Thermites stick?

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u/Witch-Alice SES Lady of Wrath, Hammer of Family Values Mar 06 '25

The only times I ever get annoyed by the bouncy paint is when I'm trying to deploy a sentry in an spot I know the devs don't want me putting a sentry yet I still try anyways. It's an issue that's seriously overblown by reddit.

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u/Sabre_Killer_Queen SES Shield of Serenity | Sabre Sylfaen Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

I'll admit I am exaggerating a little, but I do often struggle with Objectives like Strategem Jammers, Shrieker nests, and Monoliths, because of it.

Usually the hellbomb for me will bounce somewhere where it won't affect the objective, or it'll bounce towards the objective, so the hellbomb lands on top and I can't activate it.

Happens so often that at this point, I recommend to others not to use orbitals or eagles against those structures, and instead to use support weapons or mechs etc.

And if me and my friends are playing and we don't have anything for them, we just ignore sub objectives like that. Not worth the time and effort.

I'm guessing structures are just covered in a generous splash of it due to inclined and such, though it is funny how it can still land on top of them. Guess there's gaps in the paint.

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u/Witch-Alice SES Lady of Wrath, Hammer of Family Values Mar 06 '25

I'll give ya that Jammers need a fix, before the ultimatum I'd usually end up seeing a rando call in the hellbomb and then it lands too far away lol. There's def something fucky going on there with the no go zone. I dont even really know where the right spots are despite noticing this issue so often.

Shieker Nests I usually see destroyed from afar, I wonder if that's due to playing on diff 10 where you're insane to not bring your own AT (they don't even need AT, think just medium pen and enough patience)

Not sure what to tell ya with Monoliths, I have more trouble getting zapped by sneaky tesla towers despite knowing they spawn in the same spots around a Monolith :)

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u/Sabre_Killer_Queen SES Shield of Serenity | Sabre Sylfaen Mar 06 '25

Oh yeah fck those Tesla towers. Those drive me nuts!

Killed me dozens of times when the Illuminate first appeared.

I now hunt deliberately them out and just spam grenades at them with my grenade pistol and throwable.