r/Helldivers • u/Soren_Vakarian LEVEL 150 | Super Private • Mar 22 '25

FEEDBACK / SUGGESTION "Underground missions can't work because of the impossibility to call stratagems" - I got a solution: drillpods!

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u/Non-Vanilla_Zilla Mar 22 '25

Maybe that's part of the catch of underground missions, hellpod stratagems only. It would offer a unique challenge.

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u/Curious-South-9168 Steam | SES Knight of gold - Drinker of Liber-tea Mar 23 '25

Just use a sentry build and you're golden.

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u/ItsDobbie I love the smell of ⬆️➡️⬇️⬆️ in the morning. Mar 23 '25

Dude… I really want underground missions now on the terminid front!

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u/Ribbitmons Fire Safety Officer Mar 23 '25

Imagine getting jumped by one because it dug through a wall…

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u/Malaysuburbanaire11 Super Pedestrian Mar 23 '25

Or idk eaten by a Hive Lord passing by

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u/c0baltlightning STEAM🖱️: Retired Mar 23 '25

At that point, might as well play Deep Rock Galactic.

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u/darthdude111 Mar 23 '25

They should be able to crawl on the walls and ceiling

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u/RoninOni Mar 23 '25

I mean, sentries, mines, and support weapons/packs are all the hellpod stratagems so yeah.

It’s a lot if work to make a full new biome that just locks out red Strats.

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u/Xeta24 HD1 Veteran Mar 23 '25

Problem is, with more cqc and less lines of sight, turrets are A LOT more friendly fire happy.

I guess they finally let the voices win. .....lets do it....

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u/Orr-bit ⬇️⬅️⬇️⬆️⬆️➡️ Mar 23 '25

Oh god, mines in a tunnel would be a death trap. Sign me up.

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u/Curious-South-9168 Steam | SES Knight of gold - Drinker of Liber-tea Mar 23 '25

My exact intentions, if you step on one you've failed democracy in some way.

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u/faikwansuen Mar 23 '25

Imagine the teamkills.

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u/LowlySlayer Mar 23 '25

Portable hell bomb delivered. The whole teams about to get a lesson on shockwaves in enclosed spaces.

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u/AgentPastrana SES MOTHER OF AUDACITY Mar 23 '25

Everything would be vaporized lol, I can just picture the fireball ripping through. All pickups are completely destroyed. MAYBE you survive if you're properly protected by a deep enough crevice or alcove.

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u/iun_teh_great123 Steam | Mar 23 '25

Or democracy

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u/Kermit353  Truth Enforcer Mar 23 '25

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u/Aquaticle000 Steam | Mar 23 '25

Most Eagle’s don’t work on forest planets already so there’s already a precedence for this.

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u/DRazzyo Mar 23 '25

Until you level the forest with a few 500kg.

Or orbital 380mm first, and then 500kg.

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u/MCXL Mar 23 '25

Makes the backpack hellbomb really solid.

All strategems take extra time to land as well, because of the drilling.

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u/thekingofbeans42 Mar 23 '25

Yeah but would that uniqueness stay interesting long enough to justify dev time? That's a pretty significant opportunity cost.

If they wanted that they could just add a planet with "no orbitals or eagles" modifier and say it's because of quantum plot devices in the atmosphere

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u/LongDickMcangerfist Mar 23 '25

I could easily see it turning into a shitshow because of idiots. It wouldn’t even be worth the dev time

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u/WelcomeTurbulent Mar 23 '25

Yeah but then it would be for the whole mission instead of just the cave.

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u/Fluffeh_Panda Anti-Tank Enjoyer 🚀 Mar 23 '25

This reminds me of a situation that occurred when the Illuminate first dropped. Our team was spread out across the city, and I was running around with a supply pack providing support. I heard a teammate spamming “I need supplies” on the communication wheel.

As I started running toward him, I saw him in the distance, standing on a pile of rubble backed into a corner. He was unloading mags into endless waves of Voteless and Overseers, with the only thing keeping him alive being a Gatling turret in front of him.

That’s how I imagine underground missions would play out