I have more than 300 hours in the game, I've unlocked literally everything in the game including the super store armors. I usually don't take both a backpack stratagem and a support weapon stratagem and ask the other players for theirs when it's off cooldown. The majority of the time people are really nice and receptive and throw the stratagem I need my way. I've had a really great time using this strategy since release. I also have to mention that most of the time I've used the VoIP and even people without a mic gave me their backpack or support stuff.

4 spear eats for the time for 2 eats hmm

Totally agree with your meta discussion at the end. I think a lot of it comes from the gamer pressure that unless you're playing Level 9 difficulty, you're not valid. If people were to diversify and say drop down to level 4, you can have a ton of fun with goofy loadouts and find something new you might like to git gud at for later, higher diff gameplay.

Its definately not balanced, the fab destroying is simply too much.

The fabricator destruction, as I have heard from people who spend a lot more time reading dev posts than I, is an unintended glitch which is something they(devs) plan on fixing/nerfing. Which sucks. Because I'd rather have the EA-Ts anyway due to cooldown timers.

I always try to actively offer my stuff to people when they don't have it (or died and lost theirs) and most often than everything else they just ignore it. No matter how many times I ping the backpack and type on chat, seems most randoms are allergic to picking up anything that's not their own.

i play with the bois only one of us goes a shield pack. we share it. why waste precious slots for a silly backpack youll probably die and lose anyway. the three of us is usually at least a sentry, 3 offensive or 2 with a support weapon. we do this all the weapons. oh i got EAT ok give me your second quasar cause im out rn. i always have a quasar. eats are everywhere. its a beautiful thing. sharing is caring. just like voting.

I always go with supply pack and i always share ammo with needed all the time and all the time strangers :)

I always call in extra items regardless if I need it. Never know when someone might need it.

Whenever I bring my shield backpack, I always give it away when it's on cooldown and at evac. It's especially rewarding when you are able to give it to a new player who hasn't unlocked it yet!

I usually don't even wait till someone askes. I just call it in when we waiting on a supply or some OBJ. And mark it. Either take it or don't.

I got kicked at the last minute of a game for 'stealing' a quasar cannon (the host killed me once but I didn't know), never took other helldiver's equipment unless they specified since then

I always drop my shield gens or rovers for the team, that way not everyone has to have a stratagem slot reserved for their backpack, way more efficient

if someone asked me for a weapon I would probably give it. thing is, no one asks. I also get the impression that it's considered bad mannered to steal another persons weapons when they die

I play without the info window on, so I'm sure they probably didn't even see your request.

Most people are decent, but a lot just dont think of it. As soon as they see me give a backpack or get a backpack from a friend, they ask almost right away if theres anyone they can give an item to. I think most people that play want to be him, and once they see someone helping their squad, they like it and copy it.

I've never seen someone ask to borrow someone else's weapons but I did when I was on cooldown and in need but I happen to notice rarely that someone doesn't have a backpack or weapon so I just drop mine if I have an extra

In my case and experience, I say 70% do share and 30% not.

I like to bring the high powered stratagems or mechs or whatever, when I drop in with low level randoms for them to play with.

Always give my stuff out, I love the team mates who you go to help and they tell you Im a pro go help someone else who needs it, and as i'm on my way to help someone else the expert is dying lol hmmm and if the same guy kills me 3 times I'm out you don't need my help

I actively look what my teammates have and drop my off cooldown stuff if they have empty back or 3rd slot, On the other side, most randoms jjst ignorecme a charge into an enemy base without my spare shield backpack 😂😂😂

A lot of people don't see chat, since it is easy to miss. I kind of liked it before where you could have text to voice on and hear everything people typed in chat. Which you can still do, but before you could set it chat only and now you have to set it to everything and it is spamming nonstop any text you happen to see in anywhere on the map or in menus.

Yes Sir Always, i love Dropping Exo Suits for the New guys (Lvl 10 n Less), n shield backpacks as well

people not reading chat will never stop being common. imho if you want even better results, ask in voice chat too, and ask the team in general, if you're not gonna be picky anything is better than nothing.

This was how my friends used to play, at least back when my friends did play. 2 of take backpacks, other 2 take support weapons, so we get 3 slots for other strategems. Works really well

With crossplay, I find console players don't check chat often because it's too difficult for them to type

Giving everyone a backpack if they can take it makes your whole team better, I like to keep an eye on what the other team have and drop what they might need. If the donator dies and can't get it back, give them your bonus pack!

The group of regular players i play with have no issues with this. We all give gear out regularly to support for objectives or when somone dies etc. And just regularly litter objectives like seaf stations or exfils sites with extra gear so there's always option's when shit hits the fan. And at level 150 I prerty much never take a support(enless its a particular levle 9 bot missions) I prerfer taking and extra orbital /utility stratagem and useing what i find the field or given by a team mate. Spices it up so i dont run safe bet loadouts to often. Forces me to keep cycling thru and making use of other things in game.

I've always been doing this with my friends. Only half of us bring backpacks or support weapons. The extra strategems are both fun to have and improve our combat effectiveness.

I miss chats alot when in combat

I take a backpack and bum a gun from a poi or a friend all the time if I'm not running recoilless, autocannon or spear because 2 reds 1 green is such an insane combo post patch. Or I take eats and bum a backpack later

When people are actively dropping support weapons for you, you know you're playing with someone who is Helldive-certified. They KNOW what's valuable to a team comp.

Please clarify this is on PC because we all know console brainlets would never

I saw the host kill a guy for taking his hmg. He responded by reinforcing that guy back in and kicking me 😂😂😂😂😂 gaystation players are morons

You know its funny I see this video, cause yesterday on Vandalon I offered a guy my spear, just outta nowhere so they could try it.

i had a guy a few days ago ask me if he could get my flamethrower and i gave it to him no issue, no clue if it was you or someone else, but yeah, if you have something that you dont need atm and they ask, just give it to them, its beneficial to everyone and its fun

This was wholesome. I'm on ps5 and the chat is awful on controller. I just bought a chat pad and hoping that will allow me to communicate better in game.

I premptively tell people in the lobby that I'll drop them my spare backpack or support weapon if they choose to go without one. I've thrown a laser cannon or hmg at my teammates who only bring a shield gen pack (for some reason) and 90% of the time, they are super appreciative. Most of these games were super cooperative and went smoothly, because those extra strikes my squadmate packed are helping wipe out the problem enemies on the field 😊

I think having a fellow diver have the same weapon same as me would be great especially if you are being overwhelmed. You can both assist each other.

Iv never had anyone ask for one but I have offered it to people that weren't carrying one

I do this all the time, when sorting loadouts I check to see if anyone is bringing the things I want; a jetpack and support weapon (flamethrower for bugs, quasar for bots) and if they do I'll drop them and bring something else. I'll even ask during loadout phase that I'm doing that. Most people will drop them, I suspect most of the few that don't could well be language barrier based. I even had one guy recently give me his first drop as soon as we landed :)

I was in a game last night and some guy asked to try someone exo an they spawned in for him.

I play this exact way. Sharing is the way to succes. Also sometimes ppl all have 500kg, eagles and its just a tad over kill. Ive been playing with full sentry build lately and it is so good :) Then asking ppl politly for their extra support items when they are up again. Im thinking 2 ppl bring support items that they then share with the other 2 who doest have with them. Makes room for other good stuff to bring.

about a couple of months ago, i was on the bug planet via random sos signal, but i had the dominator as a weapon, and i against bugs it's kinda hard to play, one diver saw that, called me out, blow himself up with a granite and told me to use his fire shotgun. edit, i randomly just call down my equipment down even though i still have it, and ping it for someone to pick up the community is nice to us, i think we should always pay it forward

If you’re a decent person and you know what youre doing, you always pay attention to what the others have. And if you see they are lacking utility and you have it off cooldown, you drop it for them unprompted. That’s the only way to play the game.

Many matches I've brought no weapons and just grabbed the leftovers on the ground. I have ran a mission with both a recoiless and a spear though and never had to worry about ammo. 1 point of advice if you leave any weapons, break the pod so you can see it on the map. Also useful if you want to set up a HMG emplacement I might break a expendable anti tank rifle right next ro it so I can find it on the map later if I need to fall back to that position.

Didn't watch the video yet but someone in chat asked for me to call down an HMG but I hadn't even noticed until his support weapon refreshed and he had called down his own already. Whoops. I don't mind unless I need the weapon myself but sometimes I'll just forget to read chat in the heat of battle.

Nice video bro. Liked and subscribed! I always try to share my Equipment with other divers. Sometimes my Mates die far away and when i call reinforcements at my position, ill also drop my gear so they can have something to fight with when they jump out of the Hellpod.

IMO, for something that only has a single charge, it really should be a 30s CD. It's effect radius is small, so it wouldn't be OP either. Otherwise, they should give it several charges that each recharge at its current rate.

I did like the 110mm before the recent patch, and the changes have made it even more consistently useful! Strafing run and the Gatling barrage are both really good too.