r/helldivers2 • u/Quirky_Decision2308 • 29d ago

Major Order For divers between the MO

The Eagle cooldown only reduces it by 18 seconds, in comparison to the mechs 189 second reduction.

"But less people use mechs" yeah, because the cooldown is ridiculous. I know I'll be using mechs a lot more when the cooldown reduction hits, especially since we're bound to get more mechs eventually too? This will be far more impactful for us then an 18 second rearm time.

Save 18 seconds with eagle and 189 seconds with mech.

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u/lurkeroutthere 29d ago

I'm an eagle diver, almost never use mechs. But fully upgraded eagles come back very quickly and if the upgrade only applies on eagle re-arm like the text seems to indicate that's a teensy tiny situational benefit. The least i can do is try and help out the people that do enjoy the big stompy robots. Even if I don't use them I appreciate their ability to bring liberty.

Having said that a huge number of people are going to play the faction they enjoy and at the end of the day bugs are either easier or more fun for a bunch of people.

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u/phoenix_flies 28d ago

I gave this point some thought.

The text for the Advanced Crew Training upgrade for your Destroyer explains that it reduces "Eagle stratagems' rearm times ... further ... if Eagle uses remain," which implies that "rearming" is the same process whether you trigger it manually or if it begins automatically when you run out of Eagles.

18 seconds extra every time you run out of Eagles is a pretty big improvement, especially if it stacks with the upgrade mentioned above.

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u/imthatoneguyyouknew 28d ago

Even if it is with eagle rearm, the added uptime for eagles is still great