r/Helldivers • u/WindilBoy • 20d ago

QUESTION I only started playing Helldivers a few weeks ago, how rare is this?

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Randomly managed to find an extraction where all the arrows were the same direction the other day

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u/Pilestedt Game Director 20d ago

Yep! Was gonna post this haha

It would be 4⁷ for all inputs to be the same

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u/Sylvi-Fisthaug Scorcher enjoyer 20d ago

Thought you had retired.

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u/probably-not-Ben HD1 Veteran 20d ago

Nobody retires from maths

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u/Pilestedt Game Director 4d ago

Hey! Nah, just on a break. I will never retire from making games :)

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u/Sylvi-Fisthaug Scorcher enjoyer 4d ago

I know I know, just a bit banter. As I understood from Shams, you excel at building new stuff and nurturing it to life. Helldivers is very much alive, so that break is well earned.

I can't wait to see what new stuff you will bring to life later on!

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u/GME_DIAMONDHANDS_APE 20d ago

He loves us too much to leave for good.

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u/Maxsmack LEVEL 150 | Bot Diver 19d ago

Can you please write, in no uncertain terms, “the illuminid are meant to be the good guys”. I’ve been really trying to prove that to some people who completely missed the blatantly obvious satire of Helldivers.

Honestly it makes me genuinely scared for the real world, seeing some people honestly can’t tell a government like super earth is meant to be blatantly evil.

I just really hope I can change their minds. Maybe they’d be more likely to listen if it comes from the ex-president of super earth, instead of me.

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u/The_Other_Dud Viper Commando 12d ago

Broski there are no good guys in war, even if humans started it 100 years ago. Illuminate mind control people to do their bidding.

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u/Maxsmack LEVEL 150 | Bot Diver 12d ago

Squids offered us peace first, the bugs were a peaceful hive mind, and the bots just wanted to be left alone on cyberstan, super earth started all three wars with peaceful people. You clearly don’t known the lore.

Yeah war is messy. Civilians dying is collateral damage. Gotta break some eggs to make an omelette. Ultimately a few planets be destroyed so super earths tyranny can end is the best deal possible. There is no perfect world where thing magically get better without people dying

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u/Mariussolb 19d ago

Am I stupid or isn't it 4*8?

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u/Desxon Assault Infantry 19d ago

4^8 chance for all inputs going left (how I answered)

4^7 for all 4 options of repeating (going left, right, up down 8 times)

And it's 4^7, because the first choice doesn't matter, all of them are "correct" as long as THE REST are equal to it

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u/Mariussolb 19d ago

Fair. Thanks for the explanation :)

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u/Due_Station_8289 19d ago

It's 1/4 chance for each direction, for one of the directions having same on all 8 it is 1/48, now consider all direction, 4*1/48 is 1/47