Top Gear need to make that show.

it has a proximity warhead unfortunately, everything is in it's proximity

Remember people, airburst does _not_ strictly mean anti-air. It could be meant to shoot over cover and rain those bomblettes on stuff below. Definitely looks bugged, though.

“4 idiots are introduced to a proximity fuze for the first time” 😂

Its a prroximity detonation and it detonates on everything, including teammates

That thing either needs a safe-arm distance or reduce the range of the proximity fuse; it looks like it's going off early as the rocket passes something on its flight path right after launch

I think that the proximity detonator activates on basically any entity. Turrets, others players, mines, resupplys, ect. Its pretty unforgiving.

"Tonight, on Top Gear: - We try the latest added Eagle 500kg bomb and test out it's capabilities "HAMMOND! You've teamkilled us all!" - James May encounters his first Titan bug "Oh ****" - And I get to bring out the big guns "CLARKSOOOOON, you just obliterated our evac, you absolute BUFFOON!" - "Some say....he's best friends with General Brasch...." "Some say....he can ride the bug Titan like an elephant..." "Some say....he completed a mission on helldive difficulty....without dying..." All we know is, he's called The Stig.

"So guys, we've got this airburst rocket launcher. Let's play with it." *FF's in Helldiver*

So the issue is this: As many have stated this weapon has a proximity fuse. this fuse will trigger on enemies, allies and any random level object that isn't foliage, trees, buildings or water. so if there is a stack of boxes, a random teaspoon, a lawn chair etc. between you and your intended target it will detonate early and of course there is no safety distance.

Friendly fire is crazy with this😂😂

18:45 "looks like team rocket's blasting off again" 🤣

Pyroclastic flows are the heavy gases debris and rock that flow down the mountain murderizing everyone in their path. These are volcanic plumes. Still very kewl

You already know Jack was smiling at 4:15 knowing he's going to team-kill. Up to some devious intentions LOL

Dev confirmed it has a proximity sensor and explodes on first passing an enemy.

Who is Aus Sean? The unspoken legend we didn't deserve

Some people thought this game would flop after a few weeks but it’s only got better😂

From the bots perspective, this rocket launcher is great!

So I tested it and it´s really simple. If something is in your way that´s a bit higher than lets say half a meter, it will detonate. The ideal thing is a flat surface like water or a cliff, where you can shoot it down on enemies. I shot it on water at a group of bots and it killed 25 bots in one shot. When it works, it works extremely good.

This is pretty much like the Mk1 version of a lot of weapons. Inadequate field testing, rushed to service, probably the lowest bidder......quite realistic actually!

When you let the junior intern implement new stratagem

We should of gone after Choohe, for the antitank mines xD

Poor Sean had to carry them on his back. Out here gaming while these guys blow each other up 😂😂💀

The current airburst is the experimental version. Next week they're adding the fixed version of the airburst which will work differently. The patch will also have the fix for the Spear launcher *FINALLY*

man I'm still getting shivers from the thought that they may if the devs are true sadists make the back packs of ammunition have explosive physics. like if you hit the rockets on your back it explodes

Damn, it took a really long time for these blokes to figure out how a proximity fuse works

Love the “you’ve killed us all” at the beginning 😂

Def sticking with the Quasar cannon after watching this 😂

19:02 Bot drop threw out the bots. This video is absolute chaos, and I love it.

The pain in this voice at 23:05 when Tom killed him had me rolling 😅

A team killing monster! What a menance 😂

This thing is more inconsistent than the spear, and more teamkilling than the mines, cluster bomb, 380 and tesla tower combined. DEMOCRACY

YAY you made another Helldivers 2 video! The friendly fire in this is ridiculous

I think the rocket launcher is meant to be used against air targets, so it probably has a sensor that triggers the explosive reaction when near something, that way it explodes even tho it doesn't hit flying target and sends out a burst of explosions to hit it? Source: my tired ass brain

@jackfrags this was the most I laughed all year! I love you three playing together! Thanks for the amazing content!

I see how it works; it's a proximity detonation even with friendlies.

I missed the longer Jack Frags vids I love to see em keep up the great work!

They should have 30m or 40m proximity safety where it will only explode by impact, then it works by proximity lol

"I'm stuck in a flag" "I got just the thing for it" BOOM!! 🤣

really fun to watch, thanks Jack, Sodeh and the boys

this is bringing me back to the corinth in warframe, a shotgun that had a secondary fire airburst. that thing was so fun

it's proximity triggered and the ground and trees trigger them, so aim up so it's trajectory doesn't go near the ground

I have not laughed at one of your vids this hard in... EVER!! :D

This brings a tear to an old hell diver

the most team killing thing possible is so accurate lmao

6:10, jacks intrusive thoughts almost win out :D

For those wondering why the airburst-rocket seems to trigger way to early: It currently gets triggered by just about everything besides regular terrain. In other words, players, samples, ammo packs, mines and even some objects like a stack of tires, will trigger this thing. If you want to fire it *safely*, fire only when none of these things are in close proximity to you.

Funfact: Pryoclastic flow is a mixture of hot rock and ash. They move extremely fast and are very destructive. I recommend staying as far as possible from an erupting volcano to reduce the chances you are caught in the way. (Im a nut when it comes to natural disasters)

A 40 min video from jackfrags? Happy Saturday to us!

I love just hearing you laugh and have fun with your friends, keep it up Jack, Love your content

Hilarious how fired up Tomo gets by the "collateral damage"

Haven't watched it yet, but the title is positive and I like that. So many people have been hating on this thing but when I used it it took 5 mins to learn and it became a great weapon

They really missed the opportunity for an "And on that bombshell..." joke about Top Gear

I used it yesterday, it was the most fun and funny thing ever, when it wasn’t slaughtering your entire team. It’s literally a portable eagle cluster strike

An important tip when using this thing: If there are enemies close by, please PLEASE for the love of god do NOT SHOOT. Since The rockets are designed to detonate as soon as it's in range of enemies, it also means they are not picky about how close the enemies are. You will find the rocket blowing up in your face to kill that one scavenger that is roaming nearby instead of the huge herd of bugs that is 50 meters away. Just make sure there are no enemies nearby when you shoot lest you want to wipe your whole team.

Hell yea more helldivers

When a game known for throwing overwhelming odds against you more firepower, that's when you need to start worrying.

When we messed around with it, it didn't pre-detonate if their we're no friendlies(or anything) within about 15-20 meters. Less than that, even behind you seems to trigger the proximity sometimes. Didn't do extensive testing or anything but it always worked right if the person firing ran out into the open first lol. Really needs a dumb fire zone for the first 15 meters or so.

that takeout at 24:11 was the most brutal thing i've ever seen :O

Hold the trigger, let go to detonate. Also it triggers on any enemy in proximity. It used to Detonate on helldivers, flora, fauna, stratagems in proximity. That was fixed though.

i have not laughed that hard before " where all instantly dead "

Does KZfaq not have the info on the top of the full screen video anymore? For mobile when it's full screen, in the top right corner it shows the video name and the KZfaqr under it. Did KZfaq take that off?

"Disappointing Service" 21:28 sums this cluster frocket up! this thing needs a minimum arming range, so the shooter is always outside of the explosions atleast! my guess would be, that you need high ground for this, so the "trigger bubble" doesnt detonate tooo early!

Im pretty sure what is happening is the rocket is programed to explode if an entity is within a certain distance of the rocket once fired, and because friendly fire is a thing in HD2 teammates count. So if a teammate is standing anywhere near you when you fire the rocket within this range, it will detonate.

Tomo's "what" right at the beginning is delivered with such confusion had me rollin.

Worst thing about this video: Learning that Paris doesn't warm their croissants.

There is a 40mm grenade airburst launcher that is primarily used to take out hard targets behind cover by shooting over the top of said target. I believe it was the XM-2 but tbh I can't remember

This was absolutely hysterical

Can't wait to see all the clips of this thing blowing up on Liveleak.

Airburst rocket can be triggered by samples, other helldivers, etc. it’s bugged. Just make sure whoever shoots it is in front and you should be fine unless some samples are next to you lol

I swear, in the first game I've tried this everything was good. Rocket travelled a good distance before exploding, annihilated groups of enemies, very good. In the next 2 matches, it was unusable. The projectile exploded 5 meters away after being shot, destroyed the team every single time.

The in-game lore is that this weapon is merely the test prototype. Right now the proximity sensor on the Airburst rocket is too sensitive, anything remotely close to the rocket during its travel will trigger the cluster explosion. It can be a rock, a leaf, a blaster bolt passing by the Airburst rocket. Devs say that once the planet is liberated, the real versions will be released.

I absolutely love the chaos of it

Rocks, trees, poles, buildings... anything in it's path will set it off. So good luck on any jungle planets.

Mad Lads on repeat!! So funny!!

The airburst rifle's projectile has a proximity detector and blows up when stuff is too close. Don't angle too low to the ground or it will detect the ground and explode immediately

any moving thing is in its proximity, make sure you are in front of your teammates and there are no robots or bugs in front of you and definetly make sure there are no turrets near you.

It effectively is the orbital airburst stratagem in a war head. Just dont shoot it too close as it will kill all in its radius big time.... Point at target not overhead'.

We dub this the Cluster CHUDK Rocket Launcher! Delivery all the CLUSTER CHUCKS that is the weapons development program while under dearest of the battlefield. Sometimes when in war, the only reasonable expectation in lou of extreme conditions, your operation is going to be an all over inclusion of a real CLUSTER CHUCK...Rocket Launcher! 💥

Aus-Sean the GOAT

0:23 Giving Jack a weapon that's "the most team-killy thing imaginable" is not going to end well LUL

Hey Mr. FRAGGS , What are the chances that you would go to neeb's gaming 10th anniversary party in Raleigh, North Carolina on August 15th ?

Insanely good

It's a proximity weapon, but often times you are the first target within proximity.

Helldivers 2 just gave us WAY too much power... more like: Helldivers 2 just gave us a WIP bugged weapon

The strider to the other strider : "So basically yeah ,see the bipede with the pointy back , you kill it , he explode and kill everything around him , it s even easier now , take a look." "Why would they do that?" "I dunno dude ..."

Yup me and my squad just got done blowing the crap outta ourselfs with that launcher

that was real fun to watch thanks for the laugh guys

The new airburst reminds me a lot of the Deathbringer rocket launcher from Destiny 2. Basically you click and hold to shoot, then you release when you want it to detonate. When you detonate it, it splits into multiple warheads essentially that then arc down until they hit something or the ground. I assume it's proximity based, but I'm also curious if they would consider switching to a click and release mechanism so you have a bit more control over when it detonates... Or maybe proxy for un-scoped and click and release to detonate scoped in.

Airburts shreds. Love it.

You don’t have to aim it up in the air like Jack is doing. It’s not height based. The explosion detonates based on proximity. The problem is that it is bugged right now and it detonates when in close proximity to items like: ammo boxes, hell pods, weapons on the ground, mines and other objects.

and they wonder why they die 💀💀 @ 9:02 they are standing next to a box full of explosive fuel while being shot at by lasers and rockets 💀💀💀

SO MANY classic one-liners

I believe there’s a patch due next week to finesse the Air Burst.

the devs did confirm the version we have now in the game is a old version of the weapon the real version will be released with the next major patch

30:30 this should go well 🤣

Your laugh just made my day 😂😂, i just started laughing alone like an idiot 😂😂

Jack should see some of Spiked's gameplay! It's ridiculous how much he needs it 😅

it blows up after passing something that it believes is cover/in the air. In helldiver terms this means it detonates if it passes anything not immediately next to you so if you shoot it past a rock at smth it will detonate after the rock instead of at the target. If there is a tree in your line of fire near you when you shoot it, it'll detonate at the tree and kill you

They've been killing eachother for the first 4 minutes and still aren't figuring out that its a proximity based explosion lol. 15 minutes later they finally figured it out hahaha.