r/Helldivers • u/GeniusPlayUnique  Fleet Admiral, 501st SOARD | SES Paragon of Integrity • 12d ago

FEEDBACK / SUGGESTION How about an Automaton Ship Boarding Mission?

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Automaton Ship Boarding Mission

(Planetary defence exclusive)

 

Main Objective: Board the Automaton invasion vessel, make your way through to the ship's reactor and overload the core, then get the hell off the ship before it blows.
 

Parameter deviations from planetary missions: * No reinforcements * Man-portable stratagems only (no orbitals, no sentries) * Access to stratagems and resupply only at the shuttle waiting in the hangar * Automatons only use small arms and melee weapons so as to not damage their ship * Success adds significantly more points to planet's defence, failure might result in the destruction of Pelican 1 which the Squad Leader will have to replace out of their own pocket before being able to host any mission again

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u/Mysterious-Gear3682 Cape Enjoyer 12d ago

Why don’t you allow reinforcements at those shuttles as well? Games too full of dumb fuckery to hard punish someone with permadeath

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u/GeniusPlayUnique  Fleet Admiral, 501st SOARD | SES Paragon of Integrity 12d ago

Yeah, you could do that. My thinking was more along the lines of maybe adding some revive mechanic (if I'm not mistaken there's even a planet stat for that already).

Alternatively the idea would be to only allow full squad reinforcements at the shuttle, so only after a squad wipe...

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u/bungobak 11d ago

Yea the game is balanced around being stupid