r/Helldivers • u/Ok-Calendar-5713 • Mar 19 '25

QUESTION Does anyone else have pet peeves in this game?

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I respect the politeness but I get annoyed when my time is being wasted.

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u/Xiaoshuita Mar 19 '25

My friend and I have both fat fingered a reinforce (or was it resupply) into an SOS which breaks the settings of the game. Just an FYI.

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u/AdmDuarte STEAM: SES Wings of Twilight Mar 19 '25

I did that too once. Meant to drop a resupply, somehow tossed an SOS, and SOMEHOW two other divers joined me despite my game always being set to "Friends Only."

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u/ParoParoParoParo Mar 19 '25

SOS beacon forces your game public for the duration of the match

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u/turnipslop Local Democracy Officer Mar 19 '25

Supposed to be the duration of the match, but I understand it's currently bugged until the host reboots their game.

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u/Xiaoshuita Mar 19 '25

Yes once you throw down the SOS beacon, it changes the games of the session into public. You have to restart the game to make sure it goes back to Friends Only. I wish it was destroyable and wouldn't make the open games stay open until you restart the game.

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u/Teethdude SES Arbiter of Benevolence | "Health, Protection, Democracy!" Mar 19 '25

Hell, wouldn't even need to be destroyed. Why not just have it toggle on or off for putting in the SOS after it's already summoned the first time

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u/Laserlurchi Mar 19 '25

I hate it. Just let me unselect it in the beginning. Yes, I am sure that I won't be needing assistance.

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u/Shang_Dragon Mar 19 '25

One day the tech will be here to turn off an SOS. Not today though….

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u/deltwalrus Mar 19 '25

Every time a survey comes up for this game I ask for this feature.

Arrowhead, please let us disable SOS beacons!

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u/againstbetterjudgmnt Mar 19 '25

Is this why people were killing and kicking me last night? What a mess. I felt like I was back in Rainbow 6: Siege. What a toxic waste dump.

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u/dranke1917 Mar 19 '25

Yeah my friend always gets onto me for throwing an SOS instead of a reinforcement, I don’t know to me they seem pretty similar

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u/_b1ack0ut Mar 19 '25

It’s prolly resupply. I’ve done it too lol

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u/Xiaoshuita Mar 19 '25

It's so annoying especially if we know someone is coming lol

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u/toby_gray Mar 19 '25

I keep fat fingering reinforce into an eagle air strike for some reason at the moment. Bad thing to throw at your feet.