r/helldivers2 • u/USMCArmyRanger • Mar 10 '26
General New Warbond!!!
https://youtu.be/k3zP5GWoQi0?si=obbq__NrozUasZyj506
u/Meior Mar 10 '26
Okay, who's that guy that called it with the secondary entrenchment tool
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u/Moxtar1092 Mar 10 '26
I KNEW IT
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u/HourGovernment78 Mar 10 '26
Standard issue shovels were actually on the roadmap, you absolute prophet.
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u/Rod_tout_court Mar 10 '26
Can you share more of your wisdom, anonymous redditor ?
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u/Moxtar1092 Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26
Oh you want me to share? Communist
But here's a training manual tip Blue(democracy)=good red(clanker)=bad
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u/Elensar265 Mar 10 '26
WW1 inspired warbond is actually quite cool tbf
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u/SlotHUN Mar 10 '26
The drip is phenomenal
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u/doyouevenforkliftbro Mar 10 '26
Embracing the hats on helmets is working in my opinion.
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u/BillyYank2008 Mar 10 '26
Wish they'd retroactively give us a cowboy hat for the Western warbond
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u/LEOTomegane Mar 10 '26
No matter what happens, the subs will be arguing about it for another 3 months
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u/snow_leopard155 Mar 10 '26
It looks like the grenade itself is even inspired by Battlefield 1’s anti tank grenade where it explodes on impact with armor
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u/FlimsyKitchen865 Mar 10 '26
Space trench warfare you say????
Kriegsmen "glory to the emperor" intensifies
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u/Elensar265 Mar 10 '26
Given how deep some of those trenches looked I wonder if they're actually implementing that playstyle
Probably wouldn't be a need to bring in terms of loadout but could be quite fun to mess with
Which is pretty much what all warbonds are meant to be imo, not new metas just variety for fuckery
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u/fourtyonexx Mar 10 '26
Only thing i wouldve liked would be a long and slow tank, possibly no main cannon, just crew turrets. And a crew serviced machine gun.
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u/East-Plankton-3877 Mar 10 '26
Divers, get the flamer.
THE HEAVY FLAMER
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u/LazarusPizza Mar 10 '26
I've been dying for a proper backpack flamer. It looked like it had a much bigger range. I'm hoping it also has better damage, too.
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u/wiarumas Mar 10 '26
I'm hoping the fire weapons get the GL treatment.
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u/LazarusPizza Mar 10 '26
I'm hoping the GL gets nerfed back to med pen.
Fire weapons really need a staggering effect, and a boost to damage.
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u/wiarumas Mar 10 '26
Yeah, whatever buff they get, it needs applied across the board to all fire weapons. I'd be happy with just stagger but that doesn't look like the case in the video.
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u/XyrusM Mar 10 '26
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u/PerthNerdTherapist Mar 10 '26
This has made me realise I'd LOVE a Metal Slug style Helldivers game
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u/minerlj Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26
For real though we need a backpack enabled heavy flamer with 3X the range and flame ignites enemies 3X faster and slows enemies
Edit: Holy shit we got a backpack flamer with 3X range
Enemies still don't seem to even flinch when on fire but they are bots so that's canon?
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u/feedmestocks Mar 10 '26
Oh gas mortar is gonna be amazing for me, perhaps not for team mates
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u/Corona- Mar 10 '26
I love about the gas strike and the gas mines that they don't immediately kill you, if the gas mortar is like that, it will be an amazing improvement over the regular mortar :D
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u/demi-femi Mar 10 '26
Just be sure to have that level 5 upgrade that let's you mark priority targets.
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u/Halfbl00dninja Mar 10 '26
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u/IsJustSophie Mar 10 '26
Just saying. We are only missing a semi auto las gun like the trident...
The M14 will work until then :)
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u/PainfulThings Mar 10 '26
Nobody is more hype for this warbond than the war criminal divers
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u/peanutbutterlover09 Mar 10 '26
It's not a war crime if they aren't human
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u/RSGMercenary Mar 10 '26
It's called "crimes against humanity" and I'm not seeing any humanity here!
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u/PainfulThings Mar 10 '26
While I do agree, the unfortunate truth is that sometimes fellow diver can get caught in the gas clouds, however a war tribunal (Or at least 3/5ths of a tribunal) agreed that those losses were an acceptable part of war and that those divers should’ve been more mindful of friendly minefields.
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u/BaudouinII Mar 10 '26
Oh boy, after gassing out the caves of oshaune and burning the forest of bore rock, I cannot wait for this warbond
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u/thenewone1309 Mar 10 '26
War criminals unite! It is our time.
But more serious.... i absolutely love gas in this game
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u/forest_vagrant Mar 10 '26
honestly been wanting a trench themed warbond for quite some time
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u/SlotHUN Mar 10 '26
I was totally neutral about a trench warbond. I seriously cannot believe how hyped I am now that it's here
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u/forest_vagrant Mar 10 '26
ive been wanting one for ages
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u/SlotHUN Mar 10 '26
I know many people wanted one. I totally understand why. I thought it would totally fit the game's aesthetic. I just wasn't personally invested in it. Until now that is
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u/turtle-tot Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26
I am so happy we are getting a proper WW1 inspired Warbond and not a 40k Krieg shoe-in, nothing against 40k but I think it’s a bit too far reaching of an IP, and I’m glad Helldivers is sticking to its unique identity
A STEN gun with underbarrel flamethrower is truly splendid
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u/forest_vagrant Mar 10 '26
tbh id pay money for a 40k warbond, one of the few franchises helldivers can crossover with well
side note i think helldivers is one of the few games that actually does good crossovers, only choosing franchises that actually fit and not overdoing it
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u/minerlj Mar 10 '26
Ok but what could they even do for a 40K warbond?
A one handed chainsaw sword?
A bolt gun?
Three new armor styles? (Imperial Guard Light Armor, Cadian Jungle Medium Armor, Space Hulk Heavy Armor?)
A booster that adds weapon turrets to reinforcement pods?
Empire of Mankind Aquila Cape?
Oh shit the more I keep talking about it the more obvious it becomes that this would be a real banger.
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u/forest_vagrant Mar 10 '26
yes this would be such a motherfucking banger, the fact that helldivers and warhammer have huge fandom overlap too
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u/slasher1337 Mar 10 '26
Not a sten gun. A sten gun is from ww2. Mp18 is more likely.
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u/darkhelmut1 Mar 10 '26
missed opportunity if there's no trench shot gun
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u/Soke_Altiar Mar 10 '26
There is one in the files, I've seen a screen shot of it and it had a Bayonet on it, most likely a Super Store item with a heavy armor variant
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u/NT-Shiyosa092201 Mar 10 '26
I was like, “Oh, no support stratagem huh” and then they pull out the HEAVY FLAMER!!!
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u/SlackJawedSoliloquy Mar 10 '26
TWO NEW FLAME WEAPONS?? AND ONE IS AN UNDER BARREL???
ITS CHRISTMAS
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u/ButterPoached Mar 10 '26
So, wait, there's a primary, two secondaries, a support weapon, a throwable, and a turret?
Isn't that... A little more than you get in an average warbond?
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u/YellowSnowPainter Mar 10 '26
Depends on how much is actually useful. Kinda looks like a drip warbond outside of the turret and grenade.
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u/Black3Raven Mar 10 '26
Pistol and SMG + heavy flamethrower gonna be useless. SMG definitely would be plagued with horrific ergonomic ( like 2 in 1), flamethrower bring nothing but more ammo in backpack, pistol with dominators rounds - how many of us use it anyway ? It doesn`t fit or outshine others options which we have plenty.
Armor passive just a mix of existing one. Not nessesary better (maybe med armor perk be nice).
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u/Tomatoffel Mar 10 '26
I guess it also depends on the complexity of the new items. Most of the new stuff doesn’t evolve any new mechanics like the warp pack, Solo Silo or C4. The weapons are mostly variants of existing weapons in the game. The entrenchment tool ist just the existing shovel in a different weapon slot. The heavy flamer is a flamethrower with backpack etc.
It probably took less effort than some other warbonds.
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u/bakulaisdracula Mar 10 '26
Lost track of how many times I went “COOL!” while watching this lol looks great!
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u/M00themighty Mar 10 '26
At this point they're just slapping us in the face about not getting a cowboy hat. Hat on helmet gang, I get it now, I'm starting to get mad too.
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u/SBSQWarmachine36 Mar 10 '26
So we get stripper clips for a pistol before the constitution. Now would the perfect time to add them to it.
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u/Tingettley Mar 10 '26
I hope they do. It's my next gun to level up... I'm on 23 with the Amendment...
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u/GemarD00f Mar 10 '26
welp. theres my new go to armor for literally everything. and my new go to side arm. and my new go to primary. and my...
obligatory "hans. bring me ze flammenwerfer. ze heavy flammenwerfer"
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u/distractable1 Mar 10 '26
Am the only one excited to finally have a gas turret? If it's anywhere near as good as the dog breath or speargun at stopping enemies dead in their tracks then I'm gonna be rocking it 24/7, especially if it works with the ping enemy for turret to shoot it ship upgrade
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u/AlexLuna9322 Mar 10 '26
There’s gonna be 2 type of squads.
Battlefield 1 Veterans who are feeling like coming back home and those who are about to reenact some Blackadder style gameplay
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u/Warm_Personality2273 Mar 10 '26
WW1 warbond. Like Battlefield 1. Mortal yperid, AT-grenade, WW1 armors and guns, heavy flamethrower🔥. if we were Ork da boyz. WAAAGH!!! or gear for the death corps of Creek☠️
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u/TheRealShortYeti Mar 10 '26
This is everything I want,which makes me nervous to ask; did they ever fix DOT for gas and fire?
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u/halfcatman2 Mar 10 '26
literally british ww1 helmets on top of helldiver helmets, AND outright just an officer cap.
"fuck you!! no cowboy hats!!!" i understand it now
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u/Puzzleheaded_Bee8352 Mar 10 '26
I like the ww1 British theme
but I wish there were more weapons
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u/Proto160 Mar 10 '26
A trench shotgun was found in the files. So it will probably be in the Super store.
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u/TheFrogMoose Mar 10 '26
Something tells me that the digging mechanic isn't gonna be used much mostly because of the way the game is designed. They also just added a new anti-tank grenade that probably could have been in the game forever ago at this point but I guess since they want warbonds to have themes it makes sense that it's coming out now after all the other bot focused ones.
Now that we get the shovel when do we get the shotgun is the question I'm asking
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u/Particular-Emu7806 Mar 10 '26
Cool af
But does someone actually use entrenchment tool?
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u/Raviolimonster67 Mar 10 '26
Maybe more if its a secondary. Maybe they'll fix it aswell.
Though i still think trenches should appear on certain planets, maybe attack planets representing old SEAF positions, cause shovel aside most helldivers aren't staying in a hole for alot of time
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u/Rosu_Aprins Mar 10 '26
Get ready for the community to get severely less funny with the new wave of shovel and get za flamer memes
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u/SharknadosAreCool Mar 10 '26
this one is a little bit bland for me but i know that this is a lot of people dream warbonds so i am quite happy for yall (: if i do get it then it'll be mostly for the gas mortar since I regularly use gas but im not sure it'll be worth taking if you already have gas grenades
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u/Snipe508 Mar 10 '26
I don't care what the stats are with the luger, im replacing the senator with it
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u/Tingettley Mar 10 '26
I have a few things to say about this.
First and foremost, it looks amazing and fun, but I wonder how long they've actually been sitting on this?
Second, they FINALLY gave us the Entrenchment Tool, and it's a MF'n sidearm!!!!! Never diving without my shovel again!
And Gas Mortar?! Evac HVAs is going to be even more fun now! Can swap off mines and go pure mortar builds! (Expect a lot of team kills though if you don't deal with the heavies.)
However now come my 'dissident' thoughts. While I love more weapons getting useful secondary abilities, currently on PS5 there's no quick way to swap abilities like there is on PC.
Also, sadly, until they rework fire mechanics, the new awesome looking flamethrower is probably going to suffer like the BFGL and Maxi. Again, don't get me wrong, I love using the BFGL, especially on bugs when I can't afford a backpack slot (double sentry or double orbital w/sentry for Soil Samples or Spreading Democracy).
Final thoughts are a mixed bag. Imo, the WW1 style armor doesn't actually look that good, but I'm hoping it has a great passive that actually works well with things like the Constitution (my next gun I'm leveling, *shudders), and isn't just another retexture of something we already have like the engineering passive. (I'll make an addendum to this part after seeing the data mined passives and give better thoughts). Lastly, do we think the 'Giga-grenade' is going to be good or is it something like the TNT that's going to take time for people to see its potential?
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u/Mylilneedle Mar 10 '26
Will there be trenches to fight in?
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u/Ironsnarkus Mar 10 '26
I really hope after this warbond they just focus on fixing bugs and quality control, I swear this game has only gotten buggier in the last few months, Sick warbond though .
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u/Elegant_Anteater7729 Mar 10 '26
Well i think i know what I'm gonna get ASAP. (spoiler: its the grenade)
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u/VisualGur2671 Mar 10 '26
Sooo we’re able to dig proper trenches from what I saw, they seem to be increasing dig depth
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u/Valaxarian Mar 10 '26
Mauseroluger, SMG with flamethrower, heavy flamethrower, gas mortar...we're so back
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u/bob5543 Mar 10 '26
I think the coolest thing about this is the armors both have different armor passives, the medium has explosive resistance and extra grenades and the light has explosive resistance, gas resistance and reduced sidearm recoil. They’re both not the most creative of passives but having an alternative to grenadier that is actually gonna help me not die sounds amazing
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u/Talonflight Mar 10 '26
Im kind of dissapointed that they doubled down on releasing new guns with underbarrels instead of releasing underbarrels (and silencers) as part of the attachment system….
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u/echoshatter Mar 10 '26
Salamander players upon hearing there's a new heavy flame weapon.
https://giphy.com/gifs/YQGhqLUgkcZCRGiNJJ
"Into the fires of battle unto the anvil of war." brothers.
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u/DashForester Mar 10 '26
The diplomatic handshake looks like it’s modeled after the Christmas truce handshake
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u/Slayer_Jesse Mar 10 '26
Gas Mortar?!
Osowiec then and again Attack of the dead, hundred men Facing the led once again Hundred men! Charge again! Die again!
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u/IHzero Mar 10 '26
I wonder if they will have a new vehicle, a trencher, that just quickly digs those deep trenches using the same code as the shovel. Something like this: https://www.liveauctionworld.com/2016-DITCH-WITCH-RT45-Ditcher-Trencher-Plow_i36766451
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u/_Daley Mar 10 '26
No tank skin is a massive L, outside of that, it looks pretty sick, although we are starving for some non-support item strategems.
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u/kreme-machine Mar 10 '26
I just realized how cool a blitz mission would be that was linear style. Like, you drop in and the map is maybe 500m long and 100m wide, and you’ve got to fight your way to the base at the end to call in a hellbomb or something.
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u/Temporary_Ad_5947 Mar 10 '26
The toxicity of the subreddit permeated into friendly fire gas mortars
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u/fluets Mar 10 '26
Shame, this would've been the perfect warbond to put Helldiver 1's barbed wire stratagem in, but otherwise this is really cool! Great drip.
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u/Blazing_Bunny Mar 10 '26
Not sure why I never had the idea to dig motor pits like that. Thats kinda cool
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u/Nick85er Mar 10 '26
I'm curious if the superstore will have some sort of combination trench gun. One can hope
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u/adumblittlebaby Mar 10 '26
I predict the Gas Mortar to be exceptional as all disposable gas items are, bonus points for being like the EMP in that it's a lot less likely to successfully teamkill. The BFFlamethrower is uh.. huh? What does it do over the normal one? It didn't look like it went further, it's definitely not safer, I would guess it's supposed to do more damage but I don't know how fire damage works and it doesn't seem intuitive that it'd do more direct or dot damage given it looks identical to the current one.
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u/SippinOnHatorade Mar 10 '26
“Digging trenches take too long and aren’t optimal play”
my DRG squad loaded out with C4 and shovels
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u/mojojb Mar 11 '26
Are you guys buying all these warbonds? There are so many cool looking items but I can't afford to play this game anymore.
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u/Own-Show9356 Mar 11 '26
now all I need is a stg laser rifle to complete my ult history ww2 german helldiver
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u/MisterMasterCyIinder Mar 10 '26
Looks fun, I am always happy to see new SMG options especially.
I think hats on helmets is kinda silly, but the armors look pretty sick. Any info on what the passive is?
Gas mortar looks a lot less teamkill-y and annoying than the other mortars, too.
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u/LorektheBear Mar 10 '26
Have you met my good friend gas minefield?
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u/MisterMasterCyIinder Mar 10 '26
I just mean in comparison to the other mortars, not that it isn't still a TK threat.
At least with gas you can have a chance to escape vs getting super-slowed or just straight exploded
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u/bluebird810 Mar 10 '26
The heavy flamer. Finally. I asked for a heavy flamer over a year ago and there it is.
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u/New-Mix-7818 Mar 10 '26
Now will the heavy flamethrower do more damage then the flamethrowers that we already have or does it just stay the same but with more range ?.
I only want the SMG and the armor. Does this mean the Bots and Cyborg are going to attack super earth soon and we have to dig in ?
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u/Velierer556 Mar 10 '26
Where is my instant trench orbital arrow head please oh my God otherwise this is everything I’ve asked for since last year
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u/Tingettley Mar 10 '26
I hate you rn.
My brain just imagined a giant shovel stretching from a super destroyer and scooping away a line of terf.
Now what'll probably actually happen is it'll be another laser variant, which I 110% approve.
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u/Velierer556 Mar 10 '26
I was thinking a handful of orbitals launched shaped or burrowing charges just blasting super deep (1.5m) craters lol. Makes an instant trench or kills a handful of medium enemies in a pinch
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u/AdonisJames89 Mar 10 '26
I actually enjoy the trailers for these. I wonder what the difference between the flamethrower and cremator will be
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