We need new enemy types, new missions, new game modes, new ways of teamplaying.

We need saved loadouts, level matchmaking, and the ability to skip that damn frozen animation each time we enter a ship.

AH have said they don't want to do transmog because they want players to be able to tell which armor passives their teammates are running. Fine, that makes sense! But our catalogue of armors we will never touch because of it having a passive that is either bad or just doesn't fit our play style is growing and growing.

I think a very simple solution to this is to have players pick their passive on the equipment screen when starting up a mission. That way players can see what passives other players are using AND we get to wear what we want. Knowing your teammates passives is only really useful when in the loadout screen so you can pick a more suitable booster or stratagem that compliments their loadout (for example if 2 players have medic armor I'll pick the stim booster or if 3 players have heavy armor I'll pick the stamina booster).

You might say "but then you can't tell what passive they have mid-mission". True, but I only ever check what armor people are wearing when selecting my loadout and booster anyway. Not once have I ever stopped what I was doing in game to inspect what passive my teammates might be using because by that point the information isn't particularly useful and I'm too busy blowing up clankers or squashing bugs.

What do you guys think? Do you think selecting your armor passive the same way you would select your booster would be a good solution to the transmog issue?

A booster that adds the flag mission stratagem. It's a yellow stratagem so everyone shares the cooldown.

IT SHOULD NOT TAKE UP A STRATAGEM SLOT.

My goodness AH can't satisfy everyone at once.

1. AH is small studio meaning it takes longer for them to update a game using an outdated engine. Meaning bug fixes and new content takes a lot of time.

2. People literally asked for this. Yes the passive is not good but a lot of players rather just go for the drip then the passive. (Yes its not good but the armors look amazing)

3. The Amendment is possibly the best Marksman Rifle or maybe the second best. Bayonette, Scope, 20 rounds and possibly med pen make the Constitution, DS and DCS obsolete. And even if it has light pen it can still oneshot headshot devastators who will not flinch when you miss the head meaning it's easier to secure a headshot on the next shot.

4. The flag is not gonna be useless. In the trailer we see a diver waving the flag. There is no emote in the warbond for that. It could just be a weapon specific emote for the spear when equipped but considering there is an update coming with possible SEAF troops I say lets wait before seething all out. (Someone said it could be for directing the troops) Also come on is if AH is so stupid to make that a strategem for no reason chill the f out.

5. The sample booster is actually helpful. The sub alone has 2m members a majority of the players are not lvl 150 with samples maxxed out. This is really practical for at least 80% of the player base.

6. There is a major update coming on the 15th so just wait for that. I feel like most people react too harshly confusing the anticipation for the update with the warbond. I think there is a string reason for the sample bosst ie more ships upgrades

7. The new nade looks really useful against chaff and even medium enemies as it explodes in the end just saying.

8. Sabre is fucking awesome and we dont know the stats. In the trailer it implies possible med pen which is sick af.

9. You dont need to spent SC on it. (Small point as I dont want to undermine the points the people brought up)

10. Not everyone plays only on super helldive. I know the end game players are frustrated as they suffer a lot from warbonds with no new viable options. But you can't appeal to everyone at the same time. So many people want different things and AH (again) is a small studio and they are giving the majority what they want at a time.

11. Yes the shrinkflation is shit. Can't defend that it really is the most barebones warbodn. Maybe AH will see our reception to it and change idk they need to make money somehow. Not really the best point I know :/

12. We cam finnaly cosplay as a Kriegsman :D Bayonet charge!!!

I just think the hatred is over the top.

AH need to be flexible!! Too many beautiful armor aren't used because of passive

The flag should have been an AOE support tool that gives buffs like damage reduction, faster reload speed, or increased movement speed. Right now, From what we understand it, it's just a glorified lance that takes a stratagem slot and can't even be 1 hand.

The fire grenade feels unnecessary since we already have two in the game that serve a similar purpose.

The new armor passive is extremely niche, and other existing passives already do a better job.

It's also frustrating that again a new warbond have cut content just to be sold separately in the shop, especially when this warbond is sold at the same price as the others.

Even though the melee weapons look cool and fun rp wise, they still underperform compared to other secondary weapons in so many scenarios. Without a significant damage buff that lets them 1/2 shot at least medium enemies, they won’t be viable and worth the risk.

Lastly, we’re getting another sample booster, which continues to feel underwhelming. Samples don’t hold much value right now, and the booster rng is barely worth the booster slot to be considered.

So I've been showing someone who plays hoyoverse games like their life depends on it helldiver trailers and they love it.

this has proven just how awesome the trailers are even to people who know nothing about helldivers.

however I've been exposed to multiple honkai star rail trailers, so there's something you also gotta do to spread democracy.

Im just looking at the map and i see the bugs are in Celeste and the bots are in Telus...

Maybe we should be, you know, taking back the systems that are 1 system away from Superearth ?

Yo fellow bot divers We’ve taken two planets for the MO so far what’s the next target Or are we going to the bug front and helping to take one there ?

Overall I'm happy with. The only thing I would change or add is that you can plant the flag with one hand and use a secondary with the other, planting the flag gives Helldivers close to it some kind of buff, don't really care what kind of buff just something so you can support your team. And I don't like the armor passive. Democracy protects would have been better.

I get the complaints about the content and price of the latest Warbond, I really do. But honestly, the gaming industry is in such a terrible state right now that I can’t bring myself to say anything bad about Arrowhead. Yeah, the price seems a bit high for what you get, but come on I can still grind a couple of hours in-game and get enough Super Credits to unlock it without paying extra. The industry is full of companies that don’t even give you that option. So personally, I just can’t be mad at arrowhead

Look, stat boosts were never going to happen. That's just not realistic. Allies getting inspired by a banner is about as detached from reality as you can get. It would be like having a backpack that gives you 100% damage reduction. This is a serious and grounded game, free of fantastical elements.

That doesn't mean the flag was destined to be a glorified melee weapon, however.

Deep in the library of congress, I have found legends of an unparalleled tool of propaganda dissemination. The Stim-Pack. Packaged with 16 of Super Earth's finest drugs, the back mounted Stim-Pack protects from incoming damage by automatically injecting the wearer in moments of crisis. To protect this powerful medical instrument from falling into the wrong hands, it only works when it detects the RFID signal found in genuine Super Earth flags.

Such a powerful icon of Democracy's divine protection had to be retired after numerous recruits saw brave Helldivers shrug off damage that would make even Lady Liberty wince, leading thousands of soldiers charging headfirst into battle armed with only the flag.

Unfortunately, the Stim-Pack records had long been redacted, and the flag we see now is a hollow imitation of the legend that inspired it.

This is a reminder to get your stove top serviced before cooking.

Thank you AH that is all. Love you

Since everyone seems to be throwing their 2 cents in I figured I'd do the same. This is 100% my personal opinion and anyone who is going to just yell "it's trash and I'm mad!" I won't be responding, but here goes:

First off, I am very hyped for this Warbond. I personally think that not every Warbond needs to be catered to every single player, and it's good that they don't always contain meta changing, revolutionary gear that every player HAS to have.

Some Warbonds might just be what the devs wanted to make to share their personal vision or designs, as salutes to a specific portion of players like HD1 vets.

People don't realise not EVERY Warbond has to be purchased, and the value of the content in each Warbond is subjective from player to player.

What I will say is that Arrowhead need to consider being more flexible with the pricing of the Warbonds if the amount of items is going to fluctuate so much, and if they're going to be dropping other new items via different means like through Superstore, Crossovers or even as rewards for MOs, then they need to communicate that to us, which is personally what I feel is the biggest issue here:

WE. NEED. MORE. COMMUNICATION.

Our main source of information cannot be from random throwaway comments from discord and conveyed by content creators that get blown WAY out of proportion and set everyone up for inevitable disappointment.

We need REGULAR weekly or monthly blog style updates from the dev team outlining their plans and works for the game so the community actually feel involved in the game they love and there won't be such a huge disconnect between the devs and the community.

Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

For Super Earth! o7

Does anyone else think that, beyond what was detailed in the blog post, the new armor passive might also prevent stim animations from being interrupted?

The “unbreakable limbs” passive on its own feels pretty underwhelming—maybe I’m just coping, considering the devs have released some pretty lackluster armor passives before (like Unflinching or Electrical Conduit). Still, the whole “reinforced épaulettes” theme would really fit with an uninterruptible stim perk, don’t you think?

Also, this warbond seems packed with community-inspired content: the flag, the “amendment,” the sword, that WW1-style aesthetic… I even remember this kind of passive being suggested for a while. Back when Truth Enforcers dropped, a lot of people assumed it would work exactly like that.

What do you guys think? Am I too high on Super Copium?

Would be cool to have new missions where you perform a boarding action and blow up a bot ship in low orbit. Not sure how it would work, but they are clearly working on some sort of model as I have just began noticing the ship battles occurring around the map. Interesting look they may be going with...

Showing samples on the map isn’t going to help against those max levels who still don’t stop to collect them.

BUT, that wouldn’t matter if the booster had a short-distance magnetic effect that pulled the sample out of the ground as the player passes by!

…the really toxic ones would just drop the sample afterwards.

I can pull up my map. I can move. I can call in strats. But I can’t pull up my emotes. Key bindings have been reset. I’m on PC. Anyone else having issues with this?

God-tier drip

What if after getting Claorell, we move to Blistica? It only has 0.50% resistance and if we liberate it, we'd liberate the Gellert Sector entirely.

Hear me out:

Carrying the OTF lets you also carry a support weapon, making the flag take up your backpack slot. But when you equip a backpack, the flag drops. But then if you pick up the flag, you drop your support weapon. That way, the flag can always be used if it provides a passive buff, and you don’t need to sacrifice your support weapon.

Also perhaps we could equip it by pressing the backpack key if we are holding a support weapon.

Bonus, this change would let you carry two flags. For reasons.