14:24 charger shaking ass and hive guard crawling out of the pump is peak hd2

AH didn't just create planets but also planetary systems with orbital mechanics. So the reason it gets dark all of a sudden in the middle of the day is because you're experiencing an eclipse. Sometimes you can see The eclipse shadows on other planets, crazy detail!

Pelican 1 Pilot: "This effing guy!"

7 definitely has fewer Bile Titans, and I feel like the difficulty doesn't swing as hard with randomized spawn compositions. I swear that in 9s every time I bring the flamethrower, the game decides that the map is going to be 80% Bile Spewers everywhere, and when I don't bring EATs, that's when we get 2-3 Bile Titans per bug breach. I think the game somehow knows how to aim for my build's weaknesses whenever I spawn in.

"Night terrors, idk whats up with that" Sweet liber-TEA! SO MANY Hunters!

When I'm looking for Helldivers videos to scratch that itch, I always look for yours first. Great content, good commentary, solid takes, and you aren't cringy. Keep up the good work!

Were you getting complaints in the comments about pointing out completely valid issues with the game? I don't feel like a single thing you've ever brought up about helldivers two has been unfounded or wrong. I appreciate you calling out some of the issues because there have been a few times where I was just left wondering if I was crazy about certain issues.

I think a cool series if you're a little dry on content would be responding to SoS Beacons exclusively in missions 30-40 minutes deep and just seeing the absolute chaos those poor bastards are in and seeing if you can drag them out of there kicking and screaming.

You can stack fire from the same source just not the ground fire, once the ground area is on fire it's on fire, setting it on fire again just refreshes the timer

44:03 saddest moment in life xD

takibo ahh video

Patrol spawn increase happens the moment when you're near Extract, not when you call in Extract.

Well, first you have to complete the side objectives too, then it gets crazier as breaches reach sub 30 seconds. IMO, what I saw in your game was fairly mild. There were no ninja bile spewers in your game. And when I said 7 I mean bots, not bugs, with devastators and hulks everywhere. And we're talking about how it is now on 7 compared to how it was before on 9. When people say 7 is crazy, they are comparing pre patch to post patch. Especially if they are comparing it to pre patch hell dive. And you're just super good at the game, so there's that too. Most of us are not soloing hell dive for fun. Most of us would be happy with pre patch hell dive where you want a harder mode with modifiers. Which is cool, but it's not for everyone.

"If you want to sleep better, get off your phone," me trying to fall asleep watching this video

Honestly, I love your content where you play the game really well and still talk. The no-commentary gameplay felt really boring for me for some reason. I think it has to do with the fact that even though you have (very legitimate) gripes with the game that you feel detracts from it, you still play the game well and find enjoyment from it. Watching you just yap through good gameplay feels very organic

Dude, your banter is top notch. "Their lunge tech is not dialed" lmao

Imagine how many taxpayers money was spent on fuel for that false pelican call outs

How's your day been, man? Haven't played in few days from burn out and everyday stress stuff, watching your vids is very fun

TBH I thought you at LEAST had 1600 there for how crazy that felt. Can't believe the Hunter pile you survived there, crazy stuff!

19:03 I find that tossing the 500kg just past spore spewers and shrieker nests usually results in a direct hit. The 500kg strike always flys in the same direction you threw it unlike other eagle strikes.

Anyone seen the burrowing warrior bugs and "dead" chargers that play dead sunk into the ground and then popping out when you get close?

Great video and game play. Hope you try another lvl 7 with full clear and collecting samples. Only 4 bile titans?.. You got an easy map ;-)

6:36 me watching this at midnight

The ending had me rolling dude! 🤣 Good fighting though!

12:15 if you dive when the 500 KG drops you can be much closer to it. Its around 13m death radius when prone/diving and 23m when running/standing.

13:30 The direct damage stacks, the duration of DoT stacks, the DoT damage only applies the highest source. So Napalm + Incendiary Grenade + Flamethrower would take the DoT DPS of the Flamethrower, but stack all of the times together and continually add it to the creature. Able to cook Titans with it when applied right (Takes about 8 seconds)

G.O.A.T. much love Dough great vid as always

22:38, welcome to solo lvl 7. We don't need bile titans, we have beyond screwed up patrols and spawns.

It feels like level 7 got way harder for me the last few days. The bots dont stop coming the whole match i can only imagine 9.

Hunter heavy missions also have a ton of chargers. I was doing one yesterday solo on Helldive and there were 3 chargers just chilling on the main obj and 4 more spawn from the bug breach. It wasn't fun dealing with 7 of them and a million hunters at the same time lol

I think what makes Eagle stratagems so damn strong compared to others is the upgrade that gives +1 use to each one you take.

Hey Dough, one thing that helped with night terrors was sleeping with warmer blankets. Apparently your body being cold at night increases the occurrence of them.

29:41 I hope they fix that "phasing through solid objects" bug of Hunters & Pouncers(Mini-Hunters). If they want to make Hunters a dangerous enemy that can end your existence from miles away, at least let them obey the laws of physics. There is nothing more frustrating, than having your favourite boy warp through a wall and kill you with a doubleslice+tongue rotation.

I know this isn't the case, but it honestly feels like your recovery animations are SO MUCH quicker. if I dive, it's like an age to get back up and move.

Hmm... very good test. Sometimes level 7 is harder than 9. I used to just play 7 a lot before unlocking 9, now I almost exclusively play 9. Most of the time it is "challenging" for me, but sometimes 7 can be an absolute nightmare for bots, while 9 is a walk in a park.

Sick thumbnail I actually like it a lot! lol

Yes, the game already lets you pick enemy modifiers. It is called a guessing game. The mission objective is to keep cycling through planets until your desired modifier lands. Mission time: 30 Mims or more. Lol

This whole time I thought you were just saying Seppuku wrong by calling it Sudoku. I understand now. 🌈The More You Know⭐

Surprised to see no guard dog rover, great for racking up kills

I had a feeling getting rid of the bug holes before completing the main objective would not reduce the bug numbers in patrols and on the map, although I specifically recall when I first start playing that one of the Manual Training Tips said that it would. But the same cannot be said on the bots said, it definitely it's noticeable the lack of bot numbers on the map after all the fabricators are destroyed before the main objective is done, and extracts become more manageable. On the other in other way around, complete the main objective before destroying the fabricators is hell. And on the side note, on the mission to destroying the command bunkers, destroying the fabricators before the last bunker, all my extractions on that mission type got NOT a single bot heading to the extract.

I think people that find level 7 harder are the people that have played one level 9 where the rng gods were on their side

The theme of the video and that takibo inspired thumbnail... This is a crossover!

13:42 from my experience no, or atleast nothing noticeable so I use the grenades to create additional patches of fire in the paths of bugs that are not navigating the current one from the flamethrower, or the napalm strike, I've also had great success just aiming at the legs of bugs to kill them quickly compared to the head especially where brood commanders are concerned.

I'm wondering if they should leave the patrol changes as an overcharge toggle or something that the host cant set.

Love this!

Level 7 is what I main. It's fun, challenges me, get good resources, I don't get frustrated.

This just further highlights the point that Bile Titan spam doesn't make the game more challenging, just more boring by limiting viable options

omg, that desktop hell in the end...

The way I see the radius of KG bomb is like an inverted cone. The higher the altitude during the explosion, the larger the radius, up to a certain max radius. On ground zero, it is probably the same as the precision strike.

I think it's a case of way more smaller mobs at 7 and less Bile Titans, which ironically, is looking to be way harder! it feels like you get stuck in a "oh shit, RUN!" state and forget to actually fire and kill stuff.

Keep in mind that there are no HDR and or settings for it in Helldivers 2. You can override it with either your monitor settings or ps5. But I wouldn't recommend because it would wash everything out. So the best solution is to change brightness in game multiple times in a single mission. Graphics rendering team, you are making it hard on the eyes.

I suppose an argument for 500kg being 'balanced' compared to the P-strike is the cost of actually upgrading to the 2nd bomb. People who play this game maybe a couple times a week probably won't unlock that upgrade for a while. Certified Gamers™on the other hand will be sending it to grab the most beneficial upgrades first and from then you're probably only using P-strike if you feel like mixing it up or want both. Although I'm not gonna pretend to understand the balance philosophy of this game in regards to ship modules and weapon unlocks because it is very random.

I usually play solo on level 7 and I think the reason people were saying it's so hard is because of the patrol changes when you are playing solo. I.E. level 7 DID get a lot harder for solo or duo players, BUT it also got harder on the other difficulty levels. So I think it was the perception that "Solo lvl 7 is harder than Helldive" because people had an idea on their head of how difficult helldive was with a group and then compared that to lvl 7 solo with the changes. Maybe not, but that is my theory 🙂

This seems strangely familiar! and respect to everyone for decommissioning 1.1/2 billion Bots!

As someone who ran incendiary breaker, normal incendiary nades, and napalm for as long as they’ve been out, I’ve never noticed fire damage stacking other than direct flamer, but walking through napalm + fire nade is the same as just napalm

Holy that desktop at the end. My man, you gotta practice some digital Hygene.

I only play on level 7 and the reason I don't go higher is because it already feels more stressful than fun. I just assumed 8 and 9 were worse. I think a lot of it is that I play with mostly rando's and they tend to like to split, which is known to increase patrol spawns. However, I swear after the patch where they said they reduced the spawn rate of big bugs and added more chaff I was doing bunch of Exterminate missions and every time we'd get 4 Bile Titans spawning from the first 1-2 bug holes of the mission. I'd also see this where on some missions we'd get 4-5 Bile Titans spawning one right after another from one hole. Then other missions none at all. So yeah, sometimes it just feels like something goes bonkers and the spawning mechanics go to 'f*** you' momentarily. At any rate I'm going to point out the 8:01 marker with four chargers and a fifth (8:26) one coming in from a patrol; along with the extraction action seems on par with most of my experience on difficulty 7. It feels like a Charger rodeo out there at times and you're just the clown.

I regularly run 7s, because my group wants the super samples, but is afraid of going higher. This is the fewest Bile Titans I think I've ever seen. Chargers seem about average though. Typically get a Bile titan per bug breach, sometimes as many as 3. This video had like 1 Titan per 8 bug breaches, which is insane luck.

He essentially pulled off a fire build I'm still waiting for a set of armor in the game that reduces the damage of fire

Geeze, i would not have survived that. That is intense for a 7

Night terrors are the worst. Moreso if they make involuntarily move while you're asleep. Had two where I've launched myself from my bed because I "saw" something and it wasn't actually there, broke my door and nearly busted out a window because of it 🙃

I've run in to the sudden darkness bullshit too and I think it's a bug in their volumetric lighting. If you've ever noticed how they have this clumsy way fog pops in and out of existence (it's _really_ noticeable, very ugly, and breaks the immersion they otherwise build), the sudden darkness seems to follow a similar pattern. I think it's some dev's fuck up with the volumetric lighting system that inserts a negative value rather than positive. At least it seems that way.

Night terrors? u mean insane fear before going to bed? i got a couple items to defend myself with and that went away for me. Maybe a home security system would be nice ngl. Maybe its diffirent for you but shit was no joke for me so i hope this helps ^^

I played a level 7 game and it was damn hard, Bile Spewers everywhere. I will call it a solo because I had Helldivers jumping in and out of my game like I was working the streets on a busy night. If I got payed for this, I'd be rich.

Howdy and Hello 👋

at times in this run - that one meme:"i'm a genius!... oh no!"

New strategy idea: hang out by a heavy nest, kill all bugs without closing bug holes. Maximum insectum.

Dough, do you know if allies leaving a game takes away the bonus lives? You could set it up as a 4 man for the near 30 lives, and just have them leave right away.

Ah yes, a tru gamer's desktop

ATM lvl 7 Terminids is ok, you spend much more time running and it doesn't change the core gameplay fighting the bugs. Against the bots, OH boï, grab your meta loadout, toss a coin to the RNG gods and dive!

Did anyone else get the bug on defense mission? Where everything stops spawning after 4th missile.

4 chargers at a time is pretty normal for difficulty 7

Dough please make your title commander or galactic commander love the content g 🙏

This would be an awesome challenge on bots

We know its the same build, but what build would you make if you had no warbonds?

Because it takes an emotional event like having 2 anti air next to evac on helldive and a team that doesnt speak english to make you consider balancing your strategem loadout with orbitals.

Please continue the yapping in your gameplay videos sir, it is much appreciated.

Honestly i had 6 that felt like 9 and 9 that felt like 6 in terms of difficulty, but then again i always play in squad, so maybe it was good team mates or maybe it was jusr me doing bad.

I actually can't fall asleep unless I'm on my phone until I'm dozing off. If i put the phone down too early, and I'm not like passing out, my mind starts going and i cant sleep :/

did you know you can sway your camera side to side like in rainbow6? No ya i forgot about it too

20 minute pelican edging video 😩

Imagine all those chargers, but your fighting automatons and their all hulks.

Nightmares usually happen because you are hot while you sleep.

My problem is my fps is low, and so going up to helldive is completely unplayable while challenging is actually 40-60, or was, I should say. I can't really play the game with other players without losing fps too so now I have just been playing TTW while I wait for the game to be playable again

Can also alt-f4 once you find where the objective is on a spore map, then come back with pregained knowledge. AFAIK they didn't fix that.

April Fool's modifier "Oops All Chargers"

I think fire doesn't stack multiple times. I mean I didn't test that thoroughly, but from my 450h playtime it doesn't seem to stack

6:32 uhh nah ima watch yt

Im trying to replace my fans so I can play more V rising too brother my pc shit itself lol

There should be night vision in the helmet

❤️ like it a lot ❤

How do you know what enemies spawn on a certain mission/map? It would be very helpful to learn and practice. Also when you were running away from exraction for the first time me just internally screaming dude u have to wait till the timer hits 00:00 to get the secret 5th peli stratagem

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Games feels a little flat at them moment. Hopefully we get a revitalizing patch and content soon.

Level seven only has one modifier? Then how did I have three on one map?

Hey guys. Can anyone tell what all their KEYBINDS are? I need some help optimizing mine.

man fell off, cant even solo helldive anymore. JK. Kill chasing seems pretty fun! Curious to see the highest you can get if you continue testing and shooting for as many kills as you can

I'd love to see the person who implemented this change do the same thing.

I think you were over throwing your incendiary grenades so they were hitting the back of a mob and they were having more time to walk out of the fire. Need to throw at the front of the pack.

Honestly no way a Titan should survive a 500...but, D E M O C R A C Y