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Best bang for your buck war bond? (piefed.social)

submitted 6 days ago by leoj@piefed.social to c/helldivers2@lemmy.ca

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Hello

I have been playing helldivers 2 since shortly after launch, but have not really bought many war bonds due to a lack of funding.

I have almost saved up enough super earth credits to buy one, and I was going to buy one with cash as well.

Which 2 would you guys recommend?

I play a lot of solo, but have been grouping with randos recently to play the higher difficulties and to get the pink samples.

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[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have some recs. Keep in mind, I play on Helldive and Superhelldive, and my playstyle avoids gung-ho stuff. On lower diffs you will find more use out of unoptimized loadouts.

Redacted regiment is pretty good. The Censor is good up to superhelldive on bots (though you will need either a Commando or AMR for the heavier armor bots), okay to mediocre against squids and nearly useless against bugs. Medium stealth armor is a godsend. C4 pack and alarm trip mines have usability but I wouldn't plan around them. The other weapons are lackluster.
Democratic detonation is pretty goated. Thermites are good against all factions, crossbow is usable against all factions (when paired with a decent secondary like the Warrant or Talon), grenade pistol has some uses but is lackluster.
Dust devils is okay. The Coyote is probably the single most usable AR in the game. Medium pen and chance to set on fire is good against everything. The rest of the pack has some useful things but nothing amazing.
Frontier (I forget the name, the cowboy pack) is overall kinda shit. The only two good things in there are the Talon (which is great, medium pen laser which can have infinite ammo if you pace yourself) and the hoverpack (if the jump pack isn't enough).

The latest warbond, as much as I dig the aesthetic, doesn't fit my playstyle. The shotgun on the Super Store (Sweeper, like a trenchgun) is amazing however. It replaced the coyote against squids for me.

[–] leoj@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Talon sounds RIGHT up my alley, thanks for the write up.

Amazing how the same game can have so many different strats, despite all the tumult I am really excited about what the devs cook up for us.

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh I forgot. Dust devils has the solo silo which might be one of the best third slot weapons. It's like a mini nuke with a laser designator. You paint a target with the lase and it's gone, no matter the distance (with some few exceptions). I haven't unlocked it yet, but a buddy of mine takes it against every faction no matter the difficulty.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Dust devil's also has the good all around armor, I would love for the Harpoon to tether the target to a spot, like if you could use several shots to anchor a factory strider, etc. would be pretty dope.

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah. I tried it the other day to see if it was a good alternative to other heavies, and it's kind of useless against squids. It would be cool if it could pen the walker's shield at diminished damage.