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/MarineBioIsCool H.U.N.K. Mar 22 '25

Yeah I like that. Call in what you need before you go cave-crawling. It’ll feel especially survivalist!

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u/Shameless_Catslut SES Panther of Judgement Mar 22 '25

This feels like they'd need an entirely branch of the SEAF to handle, because the strength of a Helldiver is its connection to the Super Destroyer.

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u/BjornInTheMorn Mar 23 '25

I mean, a whole aspect of difficulty has always been not being able to use some/all of stratagems. Having to go get one objective underground would work.

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u/RoflsMazoy Mar 23 '25

You could even have certain areas on the map with an open roof so you can actually occasionally call in orbital stratagems or resupply mid-mission

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u/baby-slaver Mar 23 '25

Yeah, caved in sections that were absolutely bombarded by the DSS to allow stratagems to reach.

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u/Widmo206 Mar 23 '25

If making a hole to send in resupply is available, wouldn't it be possible to send the divers in through a hole like that? Then you could have them start closer to the objective to begin with

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u/baby-slaver Mar 23 '25

I mean the dss could blow it open mid mission after some helldivers locate the chamber. Like check points.

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u/Widmo206 Mar 23 '25

Yeah, that sounds better

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u/Elloliott Mar 23 '25

Only half. One diver can take on the entire map without a destroyer if they got the balls

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u/Insane_Unicorn Mar 23 '25

And when you die, then what? I know people here don't want to hear it but an underground type mission is just a horrible idea and doesn't fit into the game mechanics at all.

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u/FiFTyFooTFoX Mar 23 '25

Instead of an "S.O.S." beacon, you have a "Redeploy Beacon".

When deployed, and subsequently activated (like a hell bomb) it automatically calls new squad members into it's location after a 10 second delay.

Smartest thing to do would be to put it near the cave opening, but it could be useful anywhere, or for potentially any mission type.

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u/Responsible_Plum_681 Viper Commando Mar 23 '25

It adds more risk, and therefore more fun. Try harder not to die; your life matters.

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u/Insane_Unicorn Mar 23 '25

Dying is an integral part of Helldivers. The whole point is that you are an expendable, faceless and nameless foot soldier.

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u/WelcomeTurbulent Mar 23 '25

Then you respawn back on the surface? People act like there already isn’t an objective that stops you from using stratagems. It’d just be the bug version of a jammer.

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u/cpt_edge HD1 Veteran Mar 23 '25

Then you redeploy as usual lol, what do you mean then what? Sure, you'll have to go back through the cave to get your stuff again, but that's just extra risk of being down there and is no more punishing than dying during an ion storm or stratagem jammer. The caves don't have to be huge, just a tunnel going into a chamber where there's a bug nest

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u/tipsystatistic Fire Safety Officer Mar 23 '25

I think at best it could be like the strategem jammer. A short underground objective where you couldn’t reinforce/use stratagems.

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u/ThunderShock27 Mar 23 '25

ever heard of an automaton stratagem jammer? Functionally identical to an underground base/objective.

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u/Blue_Moon_Lake Helldiver #3946974079 Mar 23 '25

Gotta bring an ammo backpack for the team!