Running a Helldive Difficulty solo game here with the new exploding crossbow. Do you guys think this weapon needs a buff? Enjoy! Timestamps: #helldivers #helldivers2 #helldiver
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Crossbow is not too bad against the bots but you gotta aim at the ground around them for the splash damage. The problem is, along with a lot of the guns in the game, the ammo economy is just way too low so the balance is off. I feel like AH really overestimate how strong some of these weapons are, so they're adjusting way too hard on limiting them in certain ways (less ammo size, too much recoil, etc.). Whoever is balancing the weapons in the game, they're just not doing enough right now.
@baconx6476Ай бұрын
Between weapon issues like you said and mission issues (the impossible 15 minute evac mission) it really feels like they don't play test this stuff.
@stephengrant4841Ай бұрын
Nah its bad against the bots as well, not really any reason to use the crossbow over the Eruptor if you want a Primary-Boom weapon. More damage and much more velocity. You really do not want to have the crossbow when you are pinned down by like 5 Rocket Devastators and 3 Heavies 100m away. Tbh I would probably like the crossbow more if it were not a explosive bolt but instead a more high powered medium armor pen bolt that did high single target damage, kind of a smaller package Slugger/Dominator with the benefit of being a very silent weapon... At least it would have a decent niche then. Or if I could have the devs put a bit more effort into the weapon, make it possible to swap the type of bolts in the weapon customization menu mid mission and keep the explosives but also add the higher damage bolt with a single target Arc/EMS effect for a bit of a lingering stun or slow on the target as well as a Incendiary bolt because why not.
@TheHuffurАй бұрын
@@TheHuffur The leak does suggest that we're getting weapon customization some time in the future, so I'm wondering if that's why the balance of the weapons are so cautious atm. Also yes, I agree, the Eruptor is the better choice for bots due to not having to arc the shots and more utility, while providing the same splash damage of the crossbow.
@baconx6476Ай бұрын
You can pretty much solo clear a whole bot drop on lvl9 helldives mode with Autocannon, Eager Cluster bomb and a Shield Relay setup. I did it every game. The problem here is that the bots "raider/marauder" is too much of a pushover. They need to improve those guy aim, agility to perform action like throwing grenade faster and spawn more of them. Since Raider/Marauder have way smaller hitbox for AC to aims, It would be more diverse in term of team loadout having someone bring starwart with them.
@AgentYellowWangАй бұрын
Makes me think about that "rumor" of how AH developers only test the new weapons on medium difficulty true lol.
@genericname1622Ай бұрын
Random tips. Don't fire your last shot. Use the shots as a distraction for patrols. Fire on bug holes as enemies spawn, they are generally grouped up more. 2 shots destroys the bile Titan sacs, render them useless. The explosion deals more damage than direct hit damage. It deals less total damage than the erupter in 99% of situations because it DOESN'T have shrapnel, but the explosion itself is bigger. It could potentially kill a charger from the front with shots underneath it. Haven't tested but if the punisher plasma is anything to go by, this should work better because higher damage, and yet less bullet drop. And last of all, the stagger is pretty strong For anyone wondering with the erupters shrapnel and well placed shots I've killed a charger in 2 shots by bleedout with well placed shots between it's back legs, the 3rd outright kills it. BUT, a low angle has a chance to ricochet off the ground instead of exploding and I've seen it happen quite a lot so far. Edit: just to add, erupter one shots gunships. Don't aim for the engines, aim between the main body and engines. As for devastators, aim for the nuts, and in the case of heavy devastator, right leg
@taxa1569Ай бұрын
its little fun facts that you drop that keeps me watching these 40+ minute videos. I've learned a lot through watching you man. Keep up the good work!
@soraiko5304Ай бұрын
We tend to bring more solutions to the same problem as a group. There's always a chance you get split up so we don't tend to rely on one person to deal with one specific thing. There are loadouts that can deal with every situation, much like what you're using so we all try to cover stuff like that and I personally prefer it that way. Keep the videos coming, I absolutely love watching you play ❤
@khalsjibberjabber3481Ай бұрын
Love the videos man! Daily uploads have become part of my routine, keep up the good work
@samr4281Ай бұрын
A melee secondary or even primary / support weapon would be really nice, itd be kinda niche but maybe also be very useful in certain situations when the enemy is right up in front of you. Also a melee weapon with the balistic shield sounds potentially fun!
@themelon_1785Ай бұрын
Could be a good way to kill those annoying af jetpack bots that kill you when you shoot them up close.
@stephengrant4841Ай бұрын
The ceo has said he wants melee weapons in the game but not everyone on the dev team agrees. We’ll have to see.
@NoNo-xh7ruАй бұрын
Haha, chainsaw like in DOOM!
@edmundfungАй бұрын
@@NoNo-xh7ru I WANT ENERGY SWORD
@KlaypersonАй бұрын
Bayonet for most guns is what I have been asking for. For bugs that jump on you, logically you want to raise the bayonet and let them impale themselves.
@play005517Ай бұрын
....did the devs test this on medium difficulty only? I feel like the eruptor is better than this in every way.
@mack-attack-420Ай бұрын
....did the devs test this?* It seems like their play testing is horrible because of the horrible balance of most weapons and game breaking bugs that come with each patch. I miss when the game was less buggy and the only issues was logging into the servers
@cakes1831Ай бұрын
I personally don't believe they test their game before releasing new stuff lol. The new mission had an entire map near extract not work, which is something that would be picked up instantly by any testing. I do not believe they were playing level 9 when they nerfed the railgun. I do not believe they use the railgun in general with how bad it is right now. They definitely did not test out the new upgrade to fully refill ammo in support weapons either, as that straight up doesn't work. Honestly kudos to the devs for being able to do their jobs with the testers being so bad.
@AkshayPrasadrocksАй бұрын
It's keeping the trend of 1/2 out of the 5 weapons being added in the warbond being decent which is kinda impressive to of managed that now.
@personguy8485Ай бұрын
Well they definitely didn’t test the thermite grenades lol
@IAmNumber4000Ай бұрын
They do not test. The weapon balancing sucks. It's either too good, or trash.
@leeham6230Ай бұрын
When I join into random lobbies, I try to make sure that whatever I bring compliments what everyone else has, or else covers a severe hole in the loadouts that they have. Join a group that has plenty of add removal, but nothing for Heavies? Guess I'm going in loaded for Bile Titans, Hulks, Chargers, and more. Join a group that is ready for heavies, but has nothing for adds? Stalwart/Machine Gun, or maybe 'Nade Launcher, depending on the mission type. And I might swap the bubble for the supply pack. I don't usually do stealth play... I do Heavy Stealth (No one can see you, if no one survives!) Which means I generally go for the light stim armor, both for mobility, but also for surviability. (I legit see people with no one else in the lobby, half dead, and heavily damaged, with no stims, and a resupply just sitting, doing nothing for them. Land, and a quick stim before we resupply. USE the dang resupply, it's wasted if you aren't.)
@ethanholmes6306Ай бұрын
Hey do you know you can throw the SEAF atrillery shells? Walk ahead of the shell and pick it up and as soon as you see it traveling to your hand swap to your weapon. The shell will fly to whatever direction you were facing. It goes pretty far if you do it right the momentum carries from how far ahead of the shell you are. I hope you see this its way better than spamming E on the shell and animation cancelling that way
@kaijiuiloop5872Ай бұрын
Is t this exactly what he was… ooo no it isn’t I haven’t even tried the drop spam I’ll be sure to try lobbing them next time too
@MrHaveawordАй бұрын
@@MrHaveaword its very fun to pull off you can send them flying lol
@kaijiuiloop5872Ай бұрын
It seems like everyone is judging this weapon on what it can't do, instead of what it's intended to do, which is aoe chaff clearing at a distance; and at this, it excels. As Takibo himself says early in the video, it deals with hunters/pouncers very well as long as they aren't hugging you; a single bolt in the midst of a group can kill all at once. Also, it can 1 shot a Scout Strider through its front plate, which is huge in my book, and 3 shot a Hive Guard through its front armor, which is fine (better than the Scorcher's 5). It's also surprisingly decent at dealing with Berserkers, as they deliver their head right to you. For a support, pair it with the Autocannon for dealing with stuff like Devastators and Brood Commanders, as well as general objective clearing; then use red stratagems like the Orbital Railcannon to delete heavies. The Crossbow is no Eruptor Rifle, but the handling is amazing, its fun to shoot, and it does the job it's supposed to do.
@ClassicMagicManАй бұрын
yeah except hunters and pouncers exist to hug you so like :)
@jpfr624Ай бұрын
@@jpfr624 thats why you play with a diverse team! one person with a sickle and you can decimate both ends of the battlefield together
@musicarain4702Ай бұрын
You can kill one hive guard per clip with this gun. You can kill 3 hive guards per mag with the scorcher. Only being able to clear out chaff makes your support weapon virtually useless. Anyone with a cluster bomb can do that job significantly better. On any level beyond 4 or 5 it’s not going to be worth bringing. Everyone on your squad should be able to deal with hive guards easily.
@colin7231Ай бұрын
@@colin7231also the scorcher can put its shots down range much faster.
@Eagle-eye-pieАй бұрын
i mean if run the auto cannon i could also just use it to clear stuff... it has enough ammo that you don't even have to really worry about that...
@BoumhaarАй бұрын
My favorite Helldiver. Thanks so much for all of the videos, advice, and hard work you put out. I spread democracy much more effectively thanks to you O7
@GrimmToastАй бұрын
I think the crossbow is good situationally. I find its nearly impossible to use in a large 40 minute mission where you may have to deal with swarms/drops solo. However I used it in the new defense mission against bugs last night and it was great. My team was obviously laying down fire, so all I needed the crossbow to do was put out solid DPS and clear smaller enemies (quasar/EAT for chargers and biles) and it did a great job. Multiple times I'd shoot once or twice into a crowd and end up with 30+ kills from it. It definitely does its job it's just not suited for solos or really any engagement where you arent stuck to your teammates like glue
@H2XBDАй бұрын
This. When you are playing with squad crossbow is insane
@gorgeousgeorge7104Ай бұрын
Whooo! New video, love your content!!
@davidyostrum604Ай бұрын
Your double bile titan 500kg reminded me of the 2 bile titans and one charger I killed with an orbital rail cannon strike last night. So awesome when that kind of stuff happens! :D
@HeadCracker789Ай бұрын
What would be cool for the crossbow is that when you hold square to change the sights or flashlight, instead you can change between different bolts. You can choose a gas bolt, explosive, static bolt etc.
@jaimececena8928Ай бұрын
At this point it feels like they’re just releasing stuff to release stuff. There’s maybe one good gun in each of the premium war ones. The rest are virtually worthless..
@mike3667Ай бұрын
Im with you there but it’s hard to release stuff and not break the game. Remember the game is not free so therefore adding a “battle pass” to an already not free game, makes stuff hard to not be pay to win. However I did find those guns useful when you go with support guns like the matching gun etc. I think these main guns are not main gun they are more stratagems that you can carry everywhere 😂
@melvinvasquezbonifacio6313Ай бұрын
@@melvinvasquezbonifacio6313 It's never been p2w since the time you bought the main game because you can get in 1-2 weeks of gameplay those 1000 super creds
@kennethsalmeronrodriguez978Ай бұрын
@@melvinvasquezbonifacio6313What are you talking about man? Game being free/not free has nothing to do with stuff from the battlepass being good or not. You wanna squeeze money out of it no matter what and people wont be incentivized to buy the pass if the gear is bad. They simply don't play test the game enough to be able to properly balance it, apparent in the plethora of bugs and the myriad of either op or useless weapons the game has.
@Krosis_Ай бұрын
@@melvinvasquezbonifacio6313I think their goal here is to add variety without making it pay to win or just as importantly, making the players too powerful. It doesn’t really matter if the new content is free or not. Ideally each gun should be equally good overall, with different strengths for different situations. That is their design philosophy. Even if they run out of ideas, the new guns should be about as useful as the others.
@darkstar4494Ай бұрын
@@Krosis_ in a way it does. They even say they don’t want to make the game pay to win. When you think about it, every gun in a certain degree are balanced
@melvinvasquezbonifacio6313Ай бұрын
Funnily enough, I've never met a shrieker up close. Every single time there was a nest on the map we managed to spot and take it out from afar. I am tempted to wander close one day just for the experience. I think everyone in the group should be able to handle swarms. But some of us usually packing more crowd control-y stratagems in a squad. Against bugs that is. Swarm sweeping and something to never run dry against a titan or charger.
@lebitelexie9350Ай бұрын
25:24 You can dive across that gap if you dive right at the edge while near the wall, has saved my life a few times because the bugs have to go around, even the jumpy ones. Works on heavy armor too, just less leeway.
@godslayer9000Ай бұрын
Hey takibo, donˋt know if you got this as a comment, but if you want to use the eruptor here‘s some tips: 1st use it against automatons, it can oneshot every enemy below a hulk; 2nd you can hotswap it with the senator or autocannon, so no pullback animation and 3rd reload the eruptor when you mag symbol turns red(so one bullet left) because the bullet will be in the chamber and after you reloaded you‘ll have six shots and the reload is shorter. (Commented under this vid, because I don‘t know if you‘ll see this if I wrote it under the eruptor vid ;D)
@atomicbombey6014Ай бұрын
Once you get the range down its great for killing squads of bots and striders. You can easily wipe a squad of bots in one or two bolts. I find its most effective at medium and close range just don't let them too close or the explosion will kill you as well. Each bolt can also stagger Devastators and I think one bolt to the head is one shot kill. This gun feels like a soft grenade launcher as primary which is quite neat but I wish it could close factories and bug holds.
@michaels2569Ай бұрын
I've found the grenade pistol compliments the incendiary breaker's weaknesses vs bugs in that it can take out bile spewers and brood commanders fairly well.
@NotRyan9035Ай бұрын
i fell in love with this thing the moment i realized it didnt fire only a single bolt per mag
@BlubrryjonesАй бұрын
I like the Eruptore more than the crossbow
@PSW8409Ай бұрын
I can't get used to either on 7 or above. These weapons are too slow
@SafMan89Ай бұрын
@@SafMan89 I thought the eruptor wasnt good at first but after some practice, its been amazing for me on 7 and 8.
@musicarain4702Ай бұрын
i realy love the C-bow against either bugs and bots, its fun , especialy for dealing with walkers before they reach you. pairs great with the quasar and 500kg with a 380.
@svenvleminckx5590Ай бұрын
It's the poi cleaner. 2 shots on the ground and everything that can call a quick breach/drop unnoticed is dead.
@Robertkopp84Ай бұрын
Animation cancelling the erupter makes the crossbow completely obsolete, and it’s super fun doing it too
@huevote9474Ай бұрын
It's pretty fun against automatons. Can't say the same about the new marksman rifle though
@MiserableLunacyАй бұрын
The crossbow pairs up really well with the guard dog
@ShatsfiredАй бұрын
The cross bow + a jet pack can make it god tier depending on the map
@JayRondonАй бұрын
i really like the rover dog as a replacement for the shield, could you try a run with that and see if you can solo a lvl 9 mission?
@yaBoyDreamerАй бұрын
Yeah. This is like the eruptor. You can switch to different builds, but works terrible for solo play. If you have a second helldiver with a balanced loadout, it is fun and effective. Just a small grenade launcher with horrible drop-off, but clears groups at mid range quite good
@TheChiefrebelangelАй бұрын
I actually like the crossbow, but I will admit it’s not the greatest when paired with some of the heavier stratagems like the Quasar-Cannon or the ETA, I usually pair it with something like the laser cannon which can do lots of damage to singular units while I use the Crossbow to help me with larger groups
@Endless207_Ай бұрын
The Eruptor one-shots brood commanders when you shoot at its legs. Compared to the crossbow, it's better at dealing with larger targets. Even one-shots Stalkers. It's okay at clearing groups of smaller bugs but it's slow and you need to be far away to kill them all. Crossbow fires faster so it's better at ad clear. I haven't used it but I assume it'll kill broods with one or two shots to the leg, too.
@brightenblack207Ай бұрын
I feel like this crossbow could benefit from a faster fire rate being able to choose between like a burst fire or single fire like the Nagantaka from Warframe
@crowgod4833Ай бұрын
9:36 With the new Bolt-Action sniper, I was ragdolling myself and the shot wasn't hitting anywhere near me. I was shooting at targets 100+ meters away, and it still launched me forwards. I was dumbfounded. Dropped that gun like a bad habit LOL
@ShAd0w0100Ай бұрын
I like the exploding crossbow as a primary weapon. The Erupter is great but it’s more of a support weapon, and doesn’t do so well on its own on bugs. The crossbow isn’t bad
@ProgramerGeekАй бұрын
light armour + throw distance enhancement is choice for terminids, if youre looking for something else other than scout
@kymuu2931Ай бұрын
You should run guard dog rover and the dagger, then you can run away from bugs hip firing one laser whilst your rover is killing them too.
@VALLANCEGAMINGАй бұрын
Whats up legend.
@patrickhuffman9632Ай бұрын
Seems like some of the guns are really well set up, where every person I talk to has a different fav weapon, which is cool, but so many of them just under-perform so hard to the point of uselessness. Even the peoples fav's usually just don't have the performance you want. I think everything should have been pushed up to the point of the old breaker.
@101deathcoreАй бұрын
I used the cross bow on one bot mission and one bug mission and that was enough for me 😂 there are so many weapons that do the job better, grenade launcher, grenade pistol, auto cannon, eruptor, even to lure away patrols I can just throw a grenade, it was fun to Try but that's about it
@abcdefgcdefg5178Ай бұрын
ive tried the eruptor and tbh, personnal review, its too good to be fun, so instead when i get the crossbow and hand-grenade launcher i'll do a lil silly riot build :)
@gaetandutoure5273Ай бұрын
to answer your question , bots hear the shot of a C-bow so no stealthy option , unless you fire it from far away and hidden.
@svenvleminckx5590Ай бұрын
The spear targeting system works slightly better than before. If in front of the titan you can 1 shot it
@fokaiwarri0r12Ай бұрын
I love my shield backpack too much tho 🤣
@fokaiwarri0r12Ай бұрын
Unlucky i bought the crossbow Yesterday, i should have watched your Video before 🤣
@PlauziАй бұрын
I typically play support when going against bugs either running a stalwart or arc but this does not look like a gun id trade my shotguns for
@bigpoppa9737Ай бұрын
I can't see myself ever using this over something like the incendiary breaker against bugs. Maybe bots, but I'll probably just be using something else against them
@ghosttiger38Ай бұрын
You know the 500 works on the rogue station if you drop it right next to it. Works way better than the hellbomb
@awhisperofrosesАй бұрын
Never seen the game but I feel like they could implement piercing to some of the weapons it would be nice to have some crowd control not based on aoe
@MarcinMgtaАй бұрын
i like the crossbow, i have a great time with it in difficulty 8/9 I'm fine with peoples finding it bad, if it ends up getting buffed, more power to me.
@mgiacmierhns8755Ай бұрын
Which armour did you use in this round?
@HMPandaHDАй бұрын
When you do seaf you can type in the chat na na he smoke ems so you can always check again if you forget
@PygexАй бұрын
Haven’t bought this one yet. Not sure about. That stagger looks impressive though.
@daywalkerdwАй бұрын
9:53 it's also terrible against Bots with the amount of Berserkers running at you, they will cut you to pieces if you ever get pulled toward them Edit: I've actually warmed up to it a little, I use stun nades now to help with the Berserkers
@thegrunch6448Ай бұрын
I tried it on the bots and was pretty underwhelmed. It was good for the scout striders, but it tickles the devastators, which are one of the more annoying enemies when they build up. I don't know if it's the damage fall off from center or what, but it felt like the explosion did way less damage then the Eruptor.
@o0OMysticO0oАй бұрын
I know you hate the dominator but can you do a test on it? XD
@petergriffinson1907Ай бұрын
Give the crossbow like 25% more damage or change the explosion into napalm and we have a really good primary weapon
@OXhulsАй бұрын
I'd love to see a stat of how much dmg the shield actually absorbs throughout a mission. It's insane.
@sinappanisАй бұрын
Does the crossbow destroy dropships?
@KorbanDallas1914Ай бұрын
i dont understand why you dont seal the bug holes you just run past them? great videos tho love the content
@NarbleezyАй бұрын
@takibo How do you run and use stratagems together??
@aryaanshenoy139Ай бұрын
Idk about PS5, but on PC, change your bindings to use arrow keys.
@awhisperofrosesАй бұрын
Bro literally never use anything else as a support backpack other than the shield gen 💀
@kinggdxАй бұрын
maaaan i was just about to buy this weapon..it cant be this bad...dammet
@spoofyvibes2025Ай бұрын
welp at least one weapon they added (grenade pistol) is useful. One shots hive guards and a great combo to complete objectives while saving your high powered impact nades for threats. It's really lame that most people simply wont use any of the new weapons because they're useless at high difficulty.;
@dstedyАй бұрын
I'm still relatively new so haven't unlocked it yet but maybe this could be the first primary suited for a stealth load out. That's usually what crossbows do in other games.
@mistakendawg8885Ай бұрын
Oh you mention the same idea later in the video, don't know why you didn't test it out then. Would be useful to know.
@mistakendawg8885Ай бұрын
there's 0 reason to play solo + stealthy unless you intentionally want to progress slower in this game and idk.. have less fun and endure more frustration. I'm not gonna recite every cringe and godawful incident I've had while playing solo with this game but yeah.. just don't play solo. like someone else said, the game is called ''Helldivers'' not ''Helldiver''
@DaminionzАй бұрын
@@Daminionzhopefully the leaked robot assistance helps out with those who play solo. I saw a video the other day mentioning them coming. Reminds me of deep rock galactics solo mode drone companion.
@kevinuribe318Ай бұрын
@@Daminionz Believe me, I also almost exclusively play with my squad of 3 mates but you can't deny its a viable playstyle with mechanics that enable such a playstyle. There's a community of people that play in such a way and to ignore that is stupid. Also nowhere did I say solo+stealth did I, stealth can be done in a squad game as well and is can be a useful role for drawing away bot drops/tunnels from the main group while dealing with outposts. Another thing, saying its less fun is bs. Who are you to suddenly decide what people find fun, some people, me included love the different type of challenge stealth can bring to the game, if you find it frustrating, maybe just get good.
@mistakendawg8885Ай бұрын
@@mistakendawg8885 yhea I don't think your playstyle will work in a sqad my friend... stealth is not for group play xd only solo. if you want to roleplay with your friends then sure ig... I can tell you rn tho high difficulty lvls is all about sticking together like glue and rushing thru objectives. Best stealth you can do in this game is going double rifle with antimaterial as supp weapon and being a ranged sniper. you come into my helldive difficulty doing all this mumbo jumbo roleplay solo proning.. yeeaah think it might be a kick my friendo... by the time you rotate to do whatever you're saying you wanna do someone else just bumrushes in clears everything, flings in 500kg and we're onto the next obj alrdy before reinforcements are here. I assumed you meant solo because I've never seen anyone play this lame in my groups xd game just aint built for that in coops, unless yea yall 4 roleplaying some stuff premade then do w/e.
@DaminionzАй бұрын
1:19 That must hurt…
@altercazeАй бұрын
Maybe you can pair this weapon with rover to deal with small bugs so you dont get overwhelmed too often
@limyeeshinАй бұрын
You have to try the orbital gas strike. Imo works better than napalm and has a 75 second cool down. The bugbreaches dont make it out 😂 the only ones left would be a brood commander and anything bigger. Other than that the rest of troops die almost instantly. Give it a try it's really slept on
@cesarurbano7858Ай бұрын
There's no way Gas works better than Napalm and it actually doesn't.
@gorgeousgeorge7104Ай бұрын
@@gorgeousgeorge7104 it does tho. I solo on level 8 and it's the easiest thing for bug breaches. Plus if you have it upgraded the recharge time is only 75 seconds. You haven't even tried it bruh 😭 open ur brain a little bit. It's an opinion and plus it gives him something to test out since he's always doing helldive
@cesarurbano7858Ай бұрын
@@cesarurbano7858 I did. Even before all crazy buffs to fire damage Napalm strike was a clear winner
@gorgeousgeorge7104Ай бұрын
@@gorgeousgeorge7104 then you'd understand that gas strike has its use. It's just to test drive and the only reason I say it's better is bc of the 75 second recharge. Instead of waiting for the 2 minutes when the eagle needs to rearm
@cesarurbano7858Ай бұрын
@@cesarurbano7858 before Eagle goes to rearm I can drop it three times, you know. And I can rearm it without even fighting or picking fights where I won't need it anyway :)
@gorgeousgeorge7104Ай бұрын
You could try another light armor for bug since you want to be fast anyways, I think the normal one gives 70 armor instead of 50 that the scout one gives... idk, it could be better for your gameplay
@bryx309dАй бұрын
This game would be a 10/10 if they implemented a Ratchet and Clank style weapon level up system. Levels mostly just give extra ammo capacity, better stabilization, a little more damage, etc., but then eventually you get a major upgrade (2nd barrel, exploding shots, elemental augment). Exp to level a weapon is based on damage/kills with that weapon, so people are incentivized to use different weapons to level them all. Hire me.
@fesaaj1479Ай бұрын
If I could get more mags for it, I'd main the Redeemer every time
@billiondollardanАй бұрын
Yes the explosion ragdoll is dumb it should knock you back not forward but also you should use the rover it lasers all the shreakers and other smaller bugs
@scottmiller4587Ай бұрын
There weren't any in this mission, but what is the crossbow like against spewers?
@AlthemorАй бұрын
2 shot to the head of spewers
@DreamydubstepАй бұрын
It seems more effective with splash damage then direct damage.
@spectre312Ай бұрын
I agree. It does kinda feel like the explosion doesn't hit right when you have a direct hit.
@SchilaniАй бұрын
I’ve been having an issue with the quasar cannon and the shield pack lately. Sometimes, if I aim slightly upwards and try to shoot the cannon, it shoots the shield pack and almost kills me. Anyone else having this issue?
@mariuspedersen887Ай бұрын
The crosbow take too long to get rid of hordes, that why you end up getting loop non-stop. dont have it unlock yet, but not sure i want it.
@mortiss6Ай бұрын
Yes new Video
@PSW8409Ай бұрын
Devs would definitely buff these weapons, but before that, just get the steeled veteran warbond if you haven't.
@jasonshen7600Ай бұрын
making it one-handed and a little stronger would make a good buff
@TinyT0nyАй бұрын
You are exactly right on the firing sound thingy. Automatons will not hear you shooting this weapon. They will only investigate the explosion, which can sometimes actually be helpful for bunching them up. This is not a must-have for every stealthy automaton mission, but it definitely has its niche. I am certain that the weapon was designed around that, since it is strictly worse than the Eruptor in almost every way except for this. It is also pretty alright for taking down all the automaton units except hulks and above if you get used to the arrow drop (which is a big "if"). I think the weapon is in a perfect spot since it is completely viable, has its niche and most importantly it's really fun to use.
@Caparzo27Ай бұрын
I've found that if you're using the redeemer a lot then the primary you chose is probably bad.
@timothyadams4477Ай бұрын
crossbow best gun
@sbeve-Ай бұрын
They should have made it have different ammunition types, e.g. napalm shot, ems shot and anti armor
@Egoth666Ай бұрын
full archer on these facist is diobolical lmao
@RemedyNeverDisappointsАй бұрын
do a full grenade build with the grenade pistol see if its viable XD
@gamalieltorres7842Ай бұрын
setup? max fps?
@darioZ86Ай бұрын
The crossbow is good at clearing out the patrols and that’s kinda it. I don’t think it’s a very flexible weapon.
@ghostburgers4284Ай бұрын
They remoced the Shriekers ability to call breaches????
@mardigrxs6980Ай бұрын
pistol only challenge when
@annihilator_ron7691Ай бұрын
When your secondary is better than your primary…
@balmung002Ай бұрын
How are you only lv54? I imagined you would have played a lot more.
@hkl4dplayerАй бұрын
tbh this should have been secondary or support weapon (with big buffs), only way it gets use is if they make AOE huge and big damage. Eruptor is just better and you dont have to arc the proj lol.
@MoogleАй бұрын
Honestly my biggest disappointment so far was buying the Blitzer, that thing sounded so cool and looks so cool but has the range of a flyspray bottle with 1ml left.
@MoogleАй бұрын
With each new video i watch regarding the new battlepass the more im convinced that its not worth getting
@paulopbgaАй бұрын
Yeah it definitely seems better with solo "stealth" than a one man army playstyle
@skylarehrlich98Ай бұрын
They want to force teams to coordinate their builds and stay together. That’s now how the majority of people play. They need a redesign of the weapons to account for this. I mean when is the last time you had a “team reload” right?
@vik1837Ай бұрын
Crossbow is so mid, a larger ammo pool would make it more balanced + a 8 arrow mag size would make fair i think. Mainly hoping for the grenade to get buffed it's really fun. A shorter fuse, higher DOT damage, higher explosion damage would make it serve it's intended purpose imo.
@scarletgore1975Ай бұрын
I havent used the crossbow but i would only use it against bots, using explosions against swarms of bugs being 2 meters away from you doesnt seem like a fun time
@itriyumАй бұрын
I don't understand how the crossbow with 420 damage takes so many shots to kill things like brood commanders while the Eruptor, which does 380 damage, can vaporize them in 1 hit (not every time, but at least 35% of the time). Edit: it has the same problem against devastators. 4+ hits to kill unless maybe you get a perfect shot, but that's hard to do with the crossbow because of the drop and low velocity.
@comet_fodderytАй бұрын
I hear that crossbow do better if you aim on ground instead directly on enemy
Crossbow is not too bad against the bots but you gotta aim at the ground around them for the splash damage. The problem is, along with a lot of the guns in the game, the ammo economy is just way too low so the balance is off. I feel like AH really overestimate how strong some of these weapons are, so they're adjusting way too hard on limiting them in certain ways (less ammo size, too much recoil, etc.). Whoever is balancing the weapons in the game, they're just not doing enough right now.
Between weapon issues like you said and mission issues (the impossible 15 minute evac mission) it really feels like they don't play test this stuff.
Nah its bad against the bots as well, not really any reason to use the crossbow over the Eruptor if you want a Primary-Boom weapon. More damage and much more velocity. You really do not want to have the crossbow when you are pinned down by like 5 Rocket Devastators and 3 Heavies 100m away. Tbh I would probably like the crossbow more if it were not a explosive bolt but instead a more high powered medium armor pen bolt that did high single target damage, kind of a smaller package Slugger/Dominator with the benefit of being a very silent weapon... At least it would have a decent niche then. Or if I could have the devs put a bit more effort into the weapon, make it possible to swap the type of bolts in the weapon customization menu mid mission and keep the explosives but also add the higher damage bolt with a single target Arc/EMS effect for a bit of a lingering stun or slow on the target as well as a Incendiary bolt because why not.
@@TheHuffur The leak does suggest that we're getting weapon customization some time in the future, so I'm wondering if that's why the balance of the weapons are so cautious atm. Also yes, I agree, the Eruptor is the better choice for bots due to not having to arc the shots and more utility, while providing the same splash damage of the crossbow.
You can pretty much solo clear a whole bot drop on lvl9 helldives mode with Autocannon, Eager Cluster bomb and a Shield Relay setup. I did it every game. The problem here is that the bots "raider/marauder" is too much of a pushover. They need to improve those guy aim, agility to perform action like throwing grenade faster and spawn more of them. Since Raider/Marauder have way smaller hitbox for AC to aims, It would be more diverse in term of team loadout having someone bring starwart with them.
Makes me think about that "rumor" of how AH developers only test the new weapons on medium difficulty true lol.
Random tips. Don't fire your last shot. Use the shots as a distraction for patrols. Fire on bug holes as enemies spawn, they are generally grouped up more. 2 shots destroys the bile Titan sacs, render them useless. The explosion deals more damage than direct hit damage. It deals less total damage than the erupter in 99% of situations because it DOESN'T have shrapnel, but the explosion itself is bigger. It could potentially kill a charger from the front with shots underneath it. Haven't tested but if the punisher plasma is anything to go by, this should work better because higher damage, and yet less bullet drop. And last of all, the stagger is pretty strong For anyone wondering with the erupters shrapnel and well placed shots I've killed a charger in 2 shots by bleedout with well placed shots between it's back legs, the 3rd outright kills it. BUT, a low angle has a chance to ricochet off the ground instead of exploding and I've seen it happen quite a lot so far. Edit: just to add, erupter one shots gunships. Don't aim for the engines, aim between the main body and engines. As for devastators, aim for the nuts, and in the case of heavy devastator, right leg
its little fun facts that you drop that keeps me watching these 40+ minute videos. I've learned a lot through watching you man. Keep up the good work!
We tend to bring more solutions to the same problem as a group. There's always a chance you get split up so we don't tend to rely on one person to deal with one specific thing. There are loadouts that can deal with every situation, much like what you're using so we all try to cover stuff like that and I personally prefer it that way. Keep the videos coming, I absolutely love watching you play ❤
Love the videos man! Daily uploads have become part of my routine, keep up the good work
A melee secondary or even primary / support weapon would be really nice, itd be kinda niche but maybe also be very useful in certain situations when the enemy is right up in front of you. Also a melee weapon with the balistic shield sounds potentially fun!
Could be a good way to kill those annoying af jetpack bots that kill you when you shoot them up close.
The ceo has said he wants melee weapons in the game but not everyone on the dev team agrees. We’ll have to see.
Haha, chainsaw like in DOOM!
@@NoNo-xh7ru I WANT ENERGY SWORD
Bayonet for most guns is what I have been asking for. For bugs that jump on you, logically you want to raise the bayonet and let them impale themselves.
....did the devs test this on medium difficulty only? I feel like the eruptor is better than this in every way.
....did the devs test this?* It seems like their play testing is horrible because of the horrible balance of most weapons and game breaking bugs that come with each patch. I miss when the game was less buggy and the only issues was logging into the servers
I personally don't believe they test their game before releasing new stuff lol. The new mission had an entire map near extract not work, which is something that would be picked up instantly by any testing. I do not believe they were playing level 9 when they nerfed the railgun. I do not believe they use the railgun in general with how bad it is right now. They definitely did not test out the new upgrade to fully refill ammo in support weapons either, as that straight up doesn't work. Honestly kudos to the devs for being able to do their jobs with the testers being so bad.
It's keeping the trend of 1/2 out of the 5 weapons being added in the warbond being decent which is kinda impressive to of managed that now.
Well they definitely didn’t test the thermite grenades lol
They do not test. The weapon balancing sucks. It's either too good, or trash.
When I join into random lobbies, I try to make sure that whatever I bring compliments what everyone else has, or else covers a severe hole in the loadouts that they have. Join a group that has plenty of add removal, but nothing for Heavies? Guess I'm going in loaded for Bile Titans, Hulks, Chargers, and more. Join a group that is ready for heavies, but has nothing for adds? Stalwart/Machine Gun, or maybe 'Nade Launcher, depending on the mission type. And I might swap the bubble for the supply pack. I don't usually do stealth play... I do Heavy Stealth (No one can see you, if no one survives!) Which means I generally go for the light stim armor, both for mobility, but also for surviability. (I legit see people with no one else in the lobby, half dead, and heavily damaged, with no stims, and a resupply just sitting, doing nothing for them. Land, and a quick stim before we resupply. USE the dang resupply, it's wasted if you aren't.)
Hey do you know you can throw the SEAF atrillery shells? Walk ahead of the shell and pick it up and as soon as you see it traveling to your hand swap to your weapon. The shell will fly to whatever direction you were facing. It goes pretty far if you do it right the momentum carries from how far ahead of the shell you are. I hope you see this its way better than spamming E on the shell and animation cancelling that way
Is t this exactly what he was… ooo no it isn’t I haven’t even tried the drop spam I’ll be sure to try lobbing them next time too
@@MrHaveaword its very fun to pull off you can send them flying lol
It seems like everyone is judging this weapon on what it can't do, instead of what it's intended to do, which is aoe chaff clearing at a distance; and at this, it excels. As Takibo himself says early in the video, it deals with hunters/pouncers very well as long as they aren't hugging you; a single bolt in the midst of a group can kill all at once. Also, it can 1 shot a Scout Strider through its front plate, which is huge in my book, and 3 shot a Hive Guard through its front armor, which is fine (better than the Scorcher's 5). It's also surprisingly decent at dealing with Berserkers, as they deliver their head right to you. For a support, pair it with the Autocannon for dealing with stuff like Devastators and Brood Commanders, as well as general objective clearing; then use red stratagems like the Orbital Railcannon to delete heavies. The Crossbow is no Eruptor Rifle, but the handling is amazing, its fun to shoot, and it does the job it's supposed to do.
yeah except hunters and pouncers exist to hug you so like :)
@@jpfr624 thats why you play with a diverse team! one person with a sickle and you can decimate both ends of the battlefield together
You can kill one hive guard per clip with this gun. You can kill 3 hive guards per mag with the scorcher. Only being able to clear out chaff makes your support weapon virtually useless. Anyone with a cluster bomb can do that job significantly better. On any level beyond 4 or 5 it’s not going to be worth bringing. Everyone on your squad should be able to deal with hive guards easily.
@@colin7231also the scorcher can put its shots down range much faster.
i mean if run the auto cannon i could also just use it to clear stuff... it has enough ammo that you don't even have to really worry about that...
My favorite Helldiver. Thanks so much for all of the videos, advice, and hard work you put out. I spread democracy much more effectively thanks to you O7
I think the crossbow is good situationally. I find its nearly impossible to use in a large 40 minute mission where you may have to deal with swarms/drops solo. However I used it in the new defense mission against bugs last night and it was great. My team was obviously laying down fire, so all I needed the crossbow to do was put out solid DPS and clear smaller enemies (quasar/EAT for chargers and biles) and it did a great job. Multiple times I'd shoot once or twice into a crowd and end up with 30+ kills from it. It definitely does its job it's just not suited for solos or really any engagement where you arent stuck to your teammates like glue
This. When you are playing with squad crossbow is insane
Whooo! New video, love your content!!
Your double bile titan 500kg reminded me of the 2 bile titans and one charger I killed with an orbital rail cannon strike last night. So awesome when that kind of stuff happens! :D
What would be cool for the crossbow is that when you hold square to change the sights or flashlight, instead you can change between different bolts. You can choose a gas bolt, explosive, static bolt etc.
At this point it feels like they’re just releasing stuff to release stuff. There’s maybe one good gun in each of the premium war ones. The rest are virtually worthless..
Im with you there but it’s hard to release stuff and not break the game. Remember the game is not free so therefore adding a “battle pass” to an already not free game, makes stuff hard to not be pay to win. However I did find those guns useful when you go with support guns like the matching gun etc. I think these main guns are not main gun they are more stratagems that you can carry everywhere 😂
@@melvinvasquezbonifacio6313 It's never been p2w since the time you bought the main game because you can get in 1-2 weeks of gameplay those 1000 super creds
@@melvinvasquezbonifacio6313What are you talking about man? Game being free/not free has nothing to do with stuff from the battlepass being good or not. You wanna squeeze money out of it no matter what and people wont be incentivized to buy the pass if the gear is bad. They simply don't play test the game enough to be able to properly balance it, apparent in the plethora of bugs and the myriad of either op or useless weapons the game has.
@@melvinvasquezbonifacio6313I think their goal here is to add variety without making it pay to win or just as importantly, making the players too powerful. It doesn’t really matter if the new content is free or not. Ideally each gun should be equally good overall, with different strengths for different situations. That is their design philosophy. Even if they run out of ideas, the new guns should be about as useful as the others.
@@Krosis_ in a way it does. They even say they don’t want to make the game pay to win. When you think about it, every gun in a certain degree are balanced
Funnily enough, I've never met a shrieker up close. Every single time there was a nest on the map we managed to spot and take it out from afar. I am tempted to wander close one day just for the experience. I think everyone in the group should be able to handle swarms. But some of us usually packing more crowd control-y stratagems in a squad. Against bugs that is. Swarm sweeping and something to never run dry against a titan or charger.
25:24 You can dive across that gap if you dive right at the edge while near the wall, has saved my life a few times because the bugs have to go around, even the jumpy ones. Works on heavy armor too, just less leeway.
Hey takibo, donˋt know if you got this as a comment, but if you want to use the eruptor here‘s some tips: 1st use it against automatons, it can oneshot every enemy below a hulk; 2nd you can hotswap it with the senator or autocannon, so no pullback animation and 3rd reload the eruptor when you mag symbol turns red(so one bullet left) because the bullet will be in the chamber and after you reloaded you‘ll have six shots and the reload is shorter. (Commented under this vid, because I don‘t know if you‘ll see this if I wrote it under the eruptor vid ;D)
Once you get the range down its great for killing squads of bots and striders. You can easily wipe a squad of bots in one or two bolts. I find its most effective at medium and close range just don't let them too close or the explosion will kill you as well. Each bolt can also stagger Devastators and I think one bolt to the head is one shot kill. This gun feels like a soft grenade launcher as primary which is quite neat but I wish it could close factories and bug holds.
I've found the grenade pistol compliments the incendiary breaker's weaknesses vs bugs in that it can take out bile spewers and brood commanders fairly well.
i fell in love with this thing the moment i realized it didnt fire only a single bolt per mag
I like the Eruptore more than the crossbow
I can't get used to either on 7 or above. These weapons are too slow
@@SafMan89 I thought the eruptor wasnt good at first but after some practice, its been amazing for me on 7 and 8.
i realy love the C-bow against either bugs and bots, its fun , especialy for dealing with walkers before they reach you. pairs great with the quasar and 500kg with a 380.
It's the poi cleaner. 2 shots on the ground and everything that can call a quick breach/drop unnoticed is dead.
Animation cancelling the erupter makes the crossbow completely obsolete, and it’s super fun doing it too
It's pretty fun against automatons. Can't say the same about the new marksman rifle though
The crossbow pairs up really well with the guard dog
The cross bow + a jet pack can make it god tier depending on the map
i really like the rover dog as a replacement for the shield, could you try a run with that and see if you can solo a lvl 9 mission?
Yeah. This is like the eruptor. You can switch to different builds, but works terrible for solo play. If you have a second helldiver with a balanced loadout, it is fun and effective. Just a small grenade launcher with horrible drop-off, but clears groups at mid range quite good
I actually like the crossbow, but I will admit it’s not the greatest when paired with some of the heavier stratagems like the Quasar-Cannon or the ETA, I usually pair it with something like the laser cannon which can do lots of damage to singular units while I use the Crossbow to help me with larger groups
The Eruptor one-shots brood commanders when you shoot at its legs. Compared to the crossbow, it's better at dealing with larger targets. Even one-shots Stalkers. It's okay at clearing groups of smaller bugs but it's slow and you need to be far away to kill them all. Crossbow fires faster so it's better at ad clear. I haven't used it but I assume it'll kill broods with one or two shots to the leg, too.
I feel like this crossbow could benefit from a faster fire rate being able to choose between like a burst fire or single fire like the Nagantaka from Warframe
9:36 With the new Bolt-Action sniper, I was ragdolling myself and the shot wasn't hitting anywhere near me. I was shooting at targets 100+ meters away, and it still launched me forwards. I was dumbfounded. Dropped that gun like a bad habit LOL
I like the exploding crossbow as a primary weapon. The Erupter is great but it’s more of a support weapon, and doesn’t do so well on its own on bugs. The crossbow isn’t bad
light armour + throw distance enhancement is choice for terminids, if youre looking for something else other than scout
You should run guard dog rover and the dagger, then you can run away from bugs hip firing one laser whilst your rover is killing them too.
Whats up legend.
Seems like some of the guns are really well set up, where every person I talk to has a different fav weapon, which is cool, but so many of them just under-perform so hard to the point of uselessness. Even the peoples fav's usually just don't have the performance you want. I think everything should have been pushed up to the point of the old breaker.
I used the cross bow on one bot mission and one bug mission and that was enough for me 😂 there are so many weapons that do the job better, grenade launcher, grenade pistol, auto cannon, eruptor, even to lure away patrols I can just throw a grenade, it was fun to Try but that's about it
ive tried the eruptor and tbh, personnal review, its too good to be fun, so instead when i get the crossbow and hand-grenade launcher i'll do a lil silly riot build :)
to answer your question , bots hear the shot of a C-bow so no stealthy option , unless you fire it from far away and hidden.
The spear targeting system works slightly better than before. If in front of the titan you can 1 shot it
I love my shield backpack too much tho 🤣
Unlucky i bought the crossbow Yesterday, i should have watched your Video before 🤣
I typically play support when going against bugs either running a stalwart or arc but this does not look like a gun id trade my shotguns for
I can't see myself ever using this over something like the incendiary breaker against bugs. Maybe bots, but I'll probably just be using something else against them
You know the 500 works on the rogue station if you drop it right next to it. Works way better than the hellbomb
Never seen the game but I feel like they could implement piercing to some of the weapons it would be nice to have some crowd control not based on aoe
i like the crossbow, i have a great time with it in difficulty 8/9 I'm fine with peoples finding it bad, if it ends up getting buffed, more power to me.
Which armour did you use in this round?
When you do seaf you can type in the chat na na he smoke ems so you can always check again if you forget
Haven’t bought this one yet. Not sure about. That stagger looks impressive though.
9:53 it's also terrible against Bots with the amount of Berserkers running at you, they will cut you to pieces if you ever get pulled toward them Edit: I've actually warmed up to it a little, I use stun nades now to help with the Berserkers
I tried it on the bots and was pretty underwhelmed. It was good for the scout striders, but it tickles the devastators, which are one of the more annoying enemies when they build up. I don't know if it's the damage fall off from center or what, but it felt like the explosion did way less damage then the Eruptor.
I know you hate the dominator but can you do a test on it? XD
Give the crossbow like 25% more damage or change the explosion into napalm and we have a really good primary weapon
I'd love to see a stat of how much dmg the shield actually absorbs throughout a mission. It's insane.
Does the crossbow destroy dropships?
i dont understand why you dont seal the bug holes you just run past them? great videos tho love the content
@takibo How do you run and use stratagems together??
Idk about PS5, but on PC, change your bindings to use arrow keys.
Bro literally never use anything else as a support backpack other than the shield gen 💀
maaaan i was just about to buy this weapon..it cant be this bad...dammet
welp at least one weapon they added (grenade pistol) is useful. One shots hive guards and a great combo to complete objectives while saving your high powered impact nades for threats. It's really lame that most people simply wont use any of the new weapons because they're useless at high difficulty.;
I'm still relatively new so haven't unlocked it yet but maybe this could be the first primary suited for a stealth load out. That's usually what crossbows do in other games.
Oh you mention the same idea later in the video, don't know why you didn't test it out then. Would be useful to know.
there's 0 reason to play solo + stealthy unless you intentionally want to progress slower in this game and idk.. have less fun and endure more frustration. I'm not gonna recite every cringe and godawful incident I've had while playing solo with this game but yeah.. just don't play solo. like someone else said, the game is called ''Helldivers'' not ''Helldiver''
@@Daminionzhopefully the leaked robot assistance helps out with those who play solo. I saw a video the other day mentioning them coming. Reminds me of deep rock galactics solo mode drone companion.
@@Daminionz Believe me, I also almost exclusively play with my squad of 3 mates but you can't deny its a viable playstyle with mechanics that enable such a playstyle. There's a community of people that play in such a way and to ignore that is stupid. Also nowhere did I say solo+stealth did I, stealth can be done in a squad game as well and is can be a useful role for drawing away bot drops/tunnels from the main group while dealing with outposts. Another thing, saying its less fun is bs. Who are you to suddenly decide what people find fun, some people, me included love the different type of challenge stealth can bring to the game, if you find it frustrating, maybe just get good.
@@mistakendawg8885 yhea I don't think your playstyle will work in a sqad my friend... stealth is not for group play xd only solo. if you want to roleplay with your friends then sure ig... I can tell you rn tho high difficulty lvls is all about sticking together like glue and rushing thru objectives. Best stealth you can do in this game is going double rifle with antimaterial as supp weapon and being a ranged sniper. you come into my helldive difficulty doing all this mumbo jumbo roleplay solo proning.. yeeaah think it might be a kick my friendo... by the time you rotate to do whatever you're saying you wanna do someone else just bumrushes in clears everything, flings in 500kg and we're onto the next obj alrdy before reinforcements are here. I assumed you meant solo because I've never seen anyone play this lame in my groups xd game just aint built for that in coops, unless yea yall 4 roleplaying some stuff premade then do w/e.
1:19 That must hurt…
Maybe you can pair this weapon with rover to deal with small bugs so you dont get overwhelmed too often
You have to try the orbital gas strike. Imo works better than napalm and has a 75 second cool down. The bugbreaches dont make it out 😂 the only ones left would be a brood commander and anything bigger. Other than that the rest of troops die almost instantly. Give it a try it's really slept on
There's no way Gas works better than Napalm and it actually doesn't.
@@gorgeousgeorge7104 it does tho. I solo on level 8 and it's the easiest thing for bug breaches. Plus if you have it upgraded the recharge time is only 75 seconds. You haven't even tried it bruh 😭 open ur brain a little bit. It's an opinion and plus it gives him something to test out since he's always doing helldive
@@cesarurbano7858 I did. Even before all crazy buffs to fire damage Napalm strike was a clear winner
@@gorgeousgeorge7104 then you'd understand that gas strike has its use. It's just to test drive and the only reason I say it's better is bc of the 75 second recharge. Instead of waiting for the 2 minutes when the eagle needs to rearm
@@cesarurbano7858 before Eagle goes to rearm I can drop it three times, you know. And I can rearm it without even fighting or picking fights where I won't need it anyway :)
You could try another light armor for bug since you want to be fast anyways, I think the normal one gives 70 armor instead of 50 that the scout one gives... idk, it could be better for your gameplay
This game would be a 10/10 if they implemented a Ratchet and Clank style weapon level up system. Levels mostly just give extra ammo capacity, better stabilization, a little more damage, etc., but then eventually you get a major upgrade (2nd barrel, exploding shots, elemental augment). Exp to level a weapon is based on damage/kills with that weapon, so people are incentivized to use different weapons to level them all. Hire me.
If I could get more mags for it, I'd main the Redeemer every time
Yes the explosion ragdoll is dumb it should knock you back not forward but also you should use the rover it lasers all the shreakers and other smaller bugs
There weren't any in this mission, but what is the crossbow like against spewers?
2 shot to the head of spewers
It seems more effective with splash damage then direct damage.
I agree. It does kinda feel like the explosion doesn't hit right when you have a direct hit.
I’ve been having an issue with the quasar cannon and the shield pack lately. Sometimes, if I aim slightly upwards and try to shoot the cannon, it shoots the shield pack and almost kills me. Anyone else having this issue?
The crosbow take too long to get rid of hordes, that why you end up getting loop non-stop. dont have it unlock yet, but not sure i want it.
Yes new Video
Devs would definitely buff these weapons, but before that, just get the steeled veteran warbond if you haven't.
making it one-handed and a little stronger would make a good buff
You are exactly right on the firing sound thingy. Automatons will not hear you shooting this weapon. They will only investigate the explosion, which can sometimes actually be helpful for bunching them up. This is not a must-have for every stealthy automaton mission, but it definitely has its niche. I am certain that the weapon was designed around that, since it is strictly worse than the Eruptor in almost every way except for this. It is also pretty alright for taking down all the automaton units except hulks and above if you get used to the arrow drop (which is a big "if"). I think the weapon is in a perfect spot since it is completely viable, has its niche and most importantly it's really fun to use.
I've found that if you're using the redeemer a lot then the primary you chose is probably bad.
crossbow best gun
They should have made it have different ammunition types, e.g. napalm shot, ems shot and anti armor
full archer on these facist is diobolical lmao
do a full grenade build with the grenade pistol see if its viable XD
setup? max fps?
The crossbow is good at clearing out the patrols and that’s kinda it. I don’t think it’s a very flexible weapon.
They remoced the Shriekers ability to call breaches????
pistol only challenge when
When your secondary is better than your primary…
How are you only lv54? I imagined you would have played a lot more.
tbh this should have been secondary or support weapon (with big buffs), only way it gets use is if they make AOE huge and big damage. Eruptor is just better and you dont have to arc the proj lol.
Honestly my biggest disappointment so far was buying the Blitzer, that thing sounded so cool and looks so cool but has the range of a flyspray bottle with 1ml left.
With each new video i watch regarding the new battlepass the more im convinced that its not worth getting
Yeah it definitely seems better with solo "stealth" than a one man army playstyle
They want to force teams to coordinate their builds and stay together. That’s now how the majority of people play. They need a redesign of the weapons to account for this. I mean when is the last time you had a “team reload” right?
Crossbow is so mid, a larger ammo pool would make it more balanced + a 8 arrow mag size would make fair i think. Mainly hoping for the grenade to get buffed it's really fun. A shorter fuse, higher DOT damage, higher explosion damage would make it serve it's intended purpose imo.
I havent used the crossbow but i would only use it against bots, using explosions against swarms of bugs being 2 meters away from you doesnt seem like a fun time
I don't understand how the crossbow with 420 damage takes so many shots to kill things like brood commanders while the Eruptor, which does 380 damage, can vaporize them in 1 hit (not every time, but at least 35% of the time). Edit: it has the same problem against devastators. 4+ hits to kill unless maybe you get a perfect shot, but that's hard to do with the crossbow because of the drop and low velocity.
I hear that crossbow do better if you aim on ground instead directly on enemy