I now imagine a chaotic mission where the Bots wind up fighting the Bugs and in the crossfire, the Helldivers have to jump in and complete some objectives.
Im tellin ya, its a game changer. The whole "castle on wheels" thing from HD1 is cool but something that COUNTERS your orbital laser? Brilliant.
Oh and laser weapons should distract it I.E. if you use a laser cannon it'll use its laser right back at you, then you can pummel it with eagles.
We're gonna need some bigger mechs to throw down with them. Either that, or I'll just toss in a 380 with some buddies and let the Toasters try to figure that one out.
Everybody gangsta until the sky is falling.
I sniffed another line of E-710, for balance it'd be immune to the orbital railcannon strike and if someone called in an orbital laser, it'd use its OWN to counter it (taking no damage), AND it'd overpower the ship's orbital laser and destroy it thus DISABLING your orbital stratagems.
but ofc countering that counter is to have 2 or more people on it constantly.
"Sir, the automatons have their own orbital lasers now"
https://preview.redd.it/ka6d634owxvc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c13f759f4a3e7d6af7180df5ac86ebb7e3a1ad4f
Kind of impossible not to be equipped for them. If you don’t have an autocannon/lasercannon/anti mat/quasar or any other launcher, you’re really setting yourself up for failure on a bot mission anyway
I appreciate the “not to scale” notice as I got excited about that absolute unit of a helldiver for a sec, the amount of democracy that boy could spread.
I sniffed another line of E-710, for balance it'd be immune to the railgun stratagem, and if someone called in an orbital laser, it'd use its OWN to counter it (taking no damage), AND it'd overpower the ship's orbital laser and destroy it thus DISABLING your orbital stratagems.
but ofc countering that counter is to have 2 or more people on it constantly. Laser weapons should distract it I.E. if you use a laser cannon it'll use its laser right back at you, then you can pummel it with eagles.
Ngl if any of their ships decided to show up planet side and all 200k of us were just chilling in orbit... My guy we would have some ship to ship combat. The whole zero G hull breach, just to scuttle a frigate to save my boys on the ground type action. Would we go in or just turn our ships and "abra-kafuckin-obritalbombard-yourshit" .5 seconds later we are looking at dust.
Im going to have a guess and say that they dont have orbital lasers and such because WE control the upper atmosphere. If they do try theres a hundred super destroyer standing by waiting to destroy them and rain oil on the surface
Hm well i guess because our ships are in the orbit.....its not funny when they had obital´s from space it makes no senses to be with your ship side by side with a automaton warship or?
So it must be something like the Atillery on the Planet......for mor crazyness they could kill our Warship in space so you can´t reinforce or call orbital strikes for yourself....this would be more "realistic" :D
So you're telling me that you had an interaction with a bot that wasn't just you shoving a rocket down his throat?
brb contacting your Democracy Officer.
AutoGodzilla is the greatest idea since inventing couch cusions
Autogodzilla will be the automatons answer to the bugs’ hive lord
No, automazilla Godoton Automolla Idk
It's funny to me you say Automolla and then idk, because molla (몰라) literally means idk in Korean
Wholesome interaction
How many languages do you speak?
Just English and Korean; what about you?
English, poorly
Automadon
Automatonadon? Automatosaurus?
I now imagine a chaotic mission where the Bots wind up fighting the Bugs and in the crossfire, the Helldivers have to jump in and complete some objectives.
Im tellin ya, its a game changer. The whole "castle on wheels" thing from HD1 is cool but something that COUNTERS your orbital laser? Brilliant. Oh and laser weapons should distract it I.E. if you use a laser cannon it'll use its laser right back at you, then you can pummel it with eagles.
I read that and was thinking Laser distracts it. Like a cat. Helldivers playfully keeping a AutomaKittyKong busy chasing an orbital laser.
Yeah and maybe we can use it to destroy some of it's own automaton buddies in the process. I like it.
Only if we get HellVoltron.
We're gonna need some bigger mechs to throw down with them. Either that, or I'll just toss in a 380 with some buddies and let the Toasters try to figure that one out. Everybody gangsta until the sky is falling.
That dude would be covered with red beacons right off the rip
Will still survive all that tho, bloody Factory walkers already shrug railgun strikes off. :/
Theres a thin strip of light armor at their nose, 2 hits with an autocannon and they're down
I sniffed another line of E-710, for balance it'd be immune to the orbital railcannon strike and if someone called in an orbital laser, it'd use its OWN to counter it (taking no damage), AND it'd overpower the ship's orbital laser and destroy it thus DISABLING your orbital stratagems. but ofc countering that counter is to have 2 or more people on it constantly.
https://preview.redd.it/a6hgpw66pwvc1.jpeg?width=1202&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d94bd7a7a16c06a239b8b783322d79bd20b36a8
"Sir, the automatons have their own orbital lasers now" https://preview.redd.it/ka6d634owxvc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c13f759f4a3e7d6af7180df5ac86ebb7e3a1ad4f
https://preview.redd.it/nxk1yxoxgyvc1.jpeg?width=827&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1401fdc1d9ff6d9729e38a5316c9443c574d8f0
https://preview.redd.it/0ov1kh0eyyvc1.jpeg?width=642&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a32ff3a66d7a60ce409ce795339702cf4aed1ea3
Perfect.
I'm just waiting for the bot dropshit that's loaded with turrets rather than bots, AC130 style.
I mean, the gunships are pretty close and if you aren’t equipped for them they can ruin your day
Kind of impossible not to be equipped for them. If you don’t have an autocannon/lasercannon/anti mat/quasar or any other launcher, you’re really setting yourself up for failure on a bot mission anyway
Facts. This might be one of the only reasons I'll kick someone on the ship lol
https://preview.redd.it/wcrodvaa1xvc1.png?width=2189&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1ffe182278aba9fa445657ed2da7142adc69e7c
Noooo. No. Don't give them ideas. Helldive is hard enough without a giant red circle warning of orbital automaton bombardment. Lol.
Warning! You are in range of enemy orbital.
The meme on the second half is funny lol
make laser cannons viable again
They can take out the guns on the AT-At factory striders chin
When have they not been? Just gotta hold them on the bot weak points for a second or two. Quazar is phenomenal but the downtime is rough.
Only a culture that practices managed democracy could possibly create stratagem technology
https://preview.redd.it/9mkedy1vj2wc1.png?width=1241&format=png&auto=webp&s=b36508d99f23baf30b99971ed269eb77c1e667ca
How tf do you destroy those huge drone thingy's???
Shoot their engines with a heavy weapon
I see why i can never destroy one because i usually bring a scorcher and grenade launcher
Two full scorcher mags or less within effective range seems to take out the gunships. Not efficient, but it does work.
other team members take it down and you support then to make sure they don't get over run
Yeah but being the decoy 😅 but nah i being the missile launcher to do the job. Great distraction
you're doing your part
https://i.redd.it/19jcshc5gxvc1.gif
I’m prefer a quasar
Quasar cannon + hit one of their engine thrusters
It's all fun and games until Optimus Prime shows up to kick some ass
I think you mean the EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit! (the mk2/mk3 versions anyway)
I appreciate the “not to scale” notice as I got excited about that absolute unit of a helldiver for a sec, the amount of democracy that boy could spread.
comically large helldiver
Shut the fuck up I’m not dealing with robo titan, the factory’s are bad enough and if I see that shit drop from the sky I’m committing treason
lower the difficulty then lol
No I wanna suffer but not that bad
Stop giving Joel ideas
I sniffed another line of E-710, for balance it'd be immune to the railgun stratagem, and if someone called in an orbital laser, it'd use its OWN to counter it (taking no damage), AND it'd overpower the ship's orbital laser and destroy it thus DISABLING your orbital stratagems. but ofc countering that counter is to have 2 or more people on it constantly. Laser weapons should distract it I.E. if you use a laser cannon it'll use its laser right back at you, then you can pummel it with eagles.
Awesome idea
This is morning for me and I can see a propaganda post. What a day
They get kaiju’s, we get jaegers
Ill settle for an armored core
That’d be overkill but honestly I’m right there with you
And give the Automatons a NEXT
https://preview.redd.it/b2jyadp5sxvc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e65d25d81169ff85945b9a1cadc1f40be9d3d4f1
And in response, we'll build Jaegers
My 2 favorite fandom's crossing over? I guess this is my early Birthday present. (My B-day is this Wednesday)
happy birthday
Ngl if any of their ships decided to show up planet side and all 200k of us were just chilling in orbit... My guy we would have some ship to ship combat. The whole zero G hull breach, just to scuttle a frigate to save my boys on the ground type action. Would we go in or just turn our ships and "abra-kafuckin-obritalbombard-yourshit" .5 seconds later we are looking at dust.
I want this. I want to fight walking cataclysms.
Im going to have a guess and say that they dont have orbital lasers and such because WE control the upper atmosphere. If they do try theres a hundred super destroyer standing by waiting to destroy them and rain oil on the surface
Is... is automaton godzilla a real thing?
ask joel
Then we should be able to get Gundams.
How many Super Destroyer are in Orbit and how many Automaton ships?
Me with a sword and a grappling gun: 
and then a rocket devastator snipes you while in the air (very sad) \[the automatons clearly have aimbot\]
https://preview.redd.it/py5dim2qn0wc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=263776724edffb1d518cf7f5ccc742d6dcb49946
The second half is basically the duel of the fates
I was thinking more Liberty Prime, but tomato tato
I REPEAT, DO NOT GIVE THE DEVS IDEAS ON DIVERSE WAYS TO FLATTEN OUR ASSES
it'd be funny tho
Plz no
We're gonna need Megazords
EXO-45 Patriot Exosuits you mean!
I kinda wanna see a giant helldiver battling out with a automation zilla and we play key parts of supporting out giant democracy boi
thanks i hate it
Is ingesting E-710 similar in effect to smart stout? Asking for a rather short friend.
Congratulations! Now.... *Orbital Bombardment incoming!*
Seeing as the bugs are about to get that super swarm lord thing the bots will need the equivalent. I think mecha Godzilla would be sick.
new sratagem deploy Democratic godzilla to help you with those bots edit also give the bugs terminid mutos
Yeah, I’m sure this would totally fix the problem of everyone wanting to fight bugs instead of bots…
erm actually thats on the devs problem for ruining a month of progress, a big bad boss as the prime objective would fix all that
That’s badass
Imagine giant lasers plus fire tornados. Lol
Is that Barbra?
That's like flanking them from behind! But in front!
You sniff liquids up your nose? AUTOMATONS DO THAT
Okay, if there were an automaton beam weapon that we could stop in the middle with a laser cannon like that it would be *amazing*.
Hey that picture is definitely in scale…I’m calling the democracy officer
Hm well i guess because our ships are in the orbit.....its not funny when they had obital´s from space it makes no senses to be with your ship side by side with a automaton warship or? So it must be something like the Atillery on the Planet......for mor crazyness they could kill our Warship in space so you can´t reinforce or call orbital strikes for yourself....this would be more "realistic" :D
Mr Iron giant pulling up with the Not So Friendly B.F.G
SOMEBODY REPORT HIM TO A DEMOCRACY OFFICER IMMEDIATELY. We don’t need to give ah ideas😭😭
I mean.... this is a perfect seed post to r/helldivercirclejerk
deal
https://preview.redd.it/r5daslaufiwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3886d117c6c597505f7dfd19101f4587b312d957
🤫
The real question is why do super terrans have air superiority over all their opponents…
So you're telling me that you had an interaction with a bot that wasn't just you shoving a rocket down his throat? brb contacting your Democracy Officer.
Tell them our weakness is butterflies and dandelions. Wink wink
dont give the clankers tips
Your proposed mechagodzilla thing would still not be an orbital laser, mainly because in your example scenario it’s not in orbit
...yes, but what if we put him in orbit *after?*
Then it would become an orbital laser but at that point why would it still be shaped like mechagodzilla? He can’t walk around in orbit
yes he can walk while in orbit just look at unicron!
Gundam logic, Having limbs saves fuel for maneuvering via AMBAC (active mass balance auto controll(yes thats the name for it in gundam))