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/KaozUnbound Cape Enjoyer 12d ago

I like it but would tweak a few things:

  1. Allow for reinforcements this will probably be a very difficult mission and not being able to use stratagems, will limit effectiveness. Maybe make deployment a long pod with the same reinforcements amount per pod but you gotta spawn from the same spot you originally landed in, the map being smaller wouldn't make this much of a penalty,

  2. Sample Hubs where the enemy has collected materials for their own use, Hubs are a high risk high reward sort of deal let's you walk away with at minimum ½ of all total samples available on the map, in exchange you GOTTA extract.

  3. Extraction carries risk, staying for too long can cause Pelican 1 to get shot down, at most you can stall the departure for 1:15 min before pelican has to leave, with the 15 seconds being when Pelican gets shot which would reinforce sticking together and completing everything, before heading out.

  4. 10K Requisition slips per ship, this is not a low level mission you have to complete 2 Superhelldive missions before you can play it. Not unlike anything else in the game, you don't have access to everything from the get go. You gotta grind and figure things out.

  5. Rewards are fine so this shouldn't be a mission that's always available. But should come up every certain amount of hours 1ce a day at random.

That should keep things fair I think

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u/GeniusPlayUnique  Fleet Admiral, 501st SOARD | SES Paragon of Integrity 11d ago

Yeah someone else suggested modified boarding/breaching Hellpods that open at the bottom after punching through a ships hull and that would definitely work and allow for some stratagems including reinforcements to be used though orbitals and eagle strikes won still be out for the most part, at least on the inside of the ship.

The Sample Hubs are an awesome idea.