Don't be afraid of light pen my helldivers.

Devoid of Content update cycle

So we've only gotten 3 warbonds, 2 rewards, seaf forces, new enemies, and Liberty day across 3 patches making this one of if not the least content filled update cycles in Helldivers 2.

Marked in red is content we have lost acces to or haven't/won't get according to the Roadmap.

I personally think the Devoid of Liberty update cycle has been a major undeniable let down as this has imo been the worst patch cycle in terms of new stuff added to the game.

(OC) happy liberty day gents, I hope yall are doin well.
had to make a quick one of Lucy for Liberty day.
this was actually a redraw of the one I did from last year.

in other news, I am still workin on a seaf comic spinoff so do look forward to that🫃

I mostly stealth solo dive squids, so Stationary Shroud's benefits were completely apparent through the Stingray.

Common myth is that the Stingray always knows where you are and makes stealth irrelevant, but truth is that the Stingray has 360 degree 500 meter vision. Might make a stealth guide about them since no one knows anything about them but idk I hate reddit.

Armed with the theory that Stationary Shroud is a 75 percent vision reduction (via wiki) when crouched or prone, I took a hover pack on Valmox and climbed to the highest peak and crouched. Multiple times a stingray came in at 100 meters and no aggro was generated, meaning that the supposedly 75 percent reduction to vision was wrong.

I played a dozens of missions with Stationary Shroud and realized that every time I was still, things with extreme vision, like Harvesters, Stingrays, and even getting within 38 meters of Leviathans with their massive 3000(!) meter vision, wouldn't notice me. Mind you that Reduced Signature would fail me in these scenarios. I remember the days of studying the elusive Stingray early on in the release with stealth but ultimately become detected. Now with Stationary Shroud, there is a consistent way to avoid them and control their engagements.

My current working theory is that it reduces the vision radius of ALL enemies to about 12-15 meters. But wait. This sound very familiar to smoke grenades. Because it is. Stationary Shroud is an unlimited use, albeit situational, personal smoke grenade. Such vision limiters already exist in game. Just queue up a planet with fog and watch the Stingrays do nothing but fly in circles. So, Stationary Shroud acts like bushes, smoke, and somewhat like fog.

So, awesome. What does this mean combat wise? Mainly control. Enemies have an issue with shooting back if they can't see you so they have to close the distance, which is hard to do when the helldiver is posted high up (and hidden from Stingrays/Leviathans!). Another combat use, which more people are aware of, is disengagement. Once line of sight is broken, it's is incredibly easy to hide from Watchers and even Stingrays. Any stationary objective can easily be stealthed like flag raises, terminals, and extractions.

I'm sure with this knowledge that other divers can find use cases across the other fronts, but for now, this is what I've found out about the Stationary Shroud. It's highly situational but keeps you hidden from enemies with high vision, which also gets multiplied by 2 when alerted.

Forgive me

Have an idea for an armor passive that's been on my mind for a bit. A thematic passive that improves performance for laser weapons. And that could stay on a theme of refrigeration. Especially now since they have been consistently adding so many laser weapons into the game, something like this would be awesome! What do y'all think?! Arrowhead, if you're reading this, please steal this idea and make it happen! Lol

im sorry blueberries 😔

This is just not fun

So, when is Sony calling?

Y'all remember the Factory Strider? That thing became a menace & nobody saw it coming.

kinda wish they did it more, what do you guys think?

I mean other than it's appearance, it's kinda just the regular Liberator

I both love and hate having the SEAF on missions. I love having a bunch of friends around, listening to their silly dialogue, and are more helpful than you’d realize. But I also hate having to babysit them since they’re so damn fragile. And as if that wasn’t enough, those dummies are always shooting each other! I feel like I lose more SEAF buddies to friendly fire than the enemy! I can’t be the only one who thinks this right? To say nothing of how they’re kinda outmatched against certain sub-factions and melt in seconds.

Has anyone noticed that the Savior of the Free lean body model was changed? It used to have a slimmer, feminine shape to it but has changed to be more masculine. I don’t like playing as a bulky guy so the shape of it was a big reason why I bought it. Has anyone else noticed the change?
First photo is the change, second is original.

Traitor!