As gamers had been anticipating given how arduous it was teased all through final week, the primary anniversary of Helldivers 2’s launch has seen Arrowhead unleash an enormous Illuminate marketing campaign that is taking loads of work to try to maintain off.
It is okay, although. There is a new impromptu weapon of types the divers may be capable to use to assist them do exactly that.
“The Heart of Science on Fenrir III can verify: Meridia is in movement,” this newest squid-battling order reads, “The Darkish Vitality that the Illuminate muster by their many invasions seems to be key. The Helldivers [are] now known as upon to restrict the Illuminate accumulation of this Darkish Vitality.”
So, as of writing, gamers are halfway by that process, having held off 5 of the 11 Illuminate assaults they should by the point the mission concludes in simply over three days’ time. The baddies are actually going all out too – their presence has been cheekily disappearing from the sport’s galactic map, as if to try to lull Tremendous Earth right into a false sense of safety whereas the assault squads stealthily prep and unleash assaults.
Don’t be concerned although, of their efforts to repel these invasions and customarily muck about, gamers have found a approach to flip one of many newest warbond’s additions into one thing much more terrifying. As demonstrated by Reddit consumer Truthful-Albatross8520 within the clip above, should you time issues up completely, it is potential to fling a conveyable Hellbomb catapult-style by popping it down on the bottom after which calling in an anti-tank emplacement.
The emplacement lands, and in the middle of unfurling itself, its barrel flicks the Hellbomb a good distance. If there’s an enemy in the way in which – kaboom. It is from straightforward to drag off although – Truthful-Albatross8520 writes that in about three to 4 hours of testing and “a minimum of 50 to 70 tries”, they “solely succeeded in truly launching ahead 3 occasions”, with solely the launch they’ve clipped having “near-perfect trajectory”.
So, possibly not the factor to whip out in each battle, however hey, should you’re your staff’s solely hope left in one in every of these Illuminate battles and are in all probability gonna die anyway, why not?
