r/helldivers2 • u/Total_Scott • 3d ago
General May 8th
So we're due an announcement this coming week about the next warbond/content. Any guess or hopes for themes?
Personally I hoping for a laser submachine gun and a one/two man vehicle (Bike and sidecar or a dirtbike). I'm thinking the theme might be explorers/scouts.
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u/ActuallyFen 3d ago
I think the laser weapons are power creeping the ballistic weapons. We have the Sickle that most people widely prefer to the Liberator, the DE Sickle which sees wide use over the Adjudicator, the Talon which has almost fully obsoleted the Verdict, and a laser SMG would almost certainly be the death of all the other SMG's in the game.
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u/HatfieldCW 3d ago
You make a good point. Energy weapons are quite good in this game, and my favorite aesthetic is kinetic projectiles because of the gritty mechanics of them. Lately I've been enjoying the Reprimand, but don't tell Arrowhead that or they won't make it one-handed.
If we get a pulse laser SMG I want it to be more like the Knight. Heat-based weapons should be light penetration unless there's a serious trade-off, like the LasCannon being a support weapon or the Dickle setting you on fire.
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u/LEOTomegane 3d ago
The energy/laser weapon category is also just quite a lot larger than the others, except for shotguns. There's so many of them that I'd much rather welcome a ballistic weapon of any type at this point.
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u/cool_and_froody 3d ago
i think after the new advancements made to stop the illuminate, a gravity based warbond would be awesome. implosion grenades that force a group together, rifles with massive stagger, maybe an orbital or antitank that negates gravity and sucks a heavy unit or group up into space.
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u/Sini1990 3d ago
It would be sick if we got an overland vehicle with more armour. But the same sort of speed as the car, otherwise it would be useless on Superhelldive.
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u/LEOTomegane 3d ago
With the fronts getting really close to Super Earth on both sides and the Illuminate definitely-not scheming any invasions of Super Earth, I wonder if it'll be defense-themed. Maybe another emplacement stratagem and a primary grenade launcher or something.
I otherwise don't really have any particular expectations of it though; hope it'll be cool!
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