The evening of last Friday, March 29, 2024, was especially frustrating in Helldivers 2. I had already been angry for days because Arrowhead Game Studios It can’t find the key to solve the problem of crashes, something that has bothered me in more than a dozen games and six-seven super rare samples. Yes, the roses.
There were a couple of crashes and some games with people who were definitely playing another video game: they did not recover the Samples or do secondary objectives, they did not pay attention to the marks or the chat, and up to three times I was expelled from the game for asking for help to open bunkers. In case you don’t know, you have to press two buttons at the same time to open the hatch.
I was disappointed with the game and frustrated by the helldivers I was getting in matchmaking. I had a video about Star Wars: The Bad Batch in the background that had 10-15 minutes left, so I decided to try my luck one more time while it was finishing and before disconnecting from the world in Dragon’s Dogma 2. I died three times from friendly fire in five minutes of departure. I decided to try again.
- Use: I usually accompany these posts with my own screenshots, but Helldivers 2 crashed after the mission, while I was saying goodbye to my companions, so I couldn’t record the game with the Share function. I will add other similar ones, but they do not correspond to the game I am narrating. I will submit to a democratic court-martial if you want it.
The hero who gave me hope in the Helldivers 2 community
I matchmade in Malevelon Creek or Ubanea (Automaton Front) to contribute to the Supreme Order. I chose difficulty 5, the perfect middle ground that allows me to run around alone and have exhilarating battles against the Automata.
The objective of the mission was to obtain the launch codes and hit a nuclear bomb on the planet. Something routine for any helldiver. My colleagues went straight to the main objective, so I wrote in the chat (in English): “I’ll take care of the secondary objectives.” Reading “Roger, roger” in response was wonderful.
I was carrying my selection of classic survival Stratagems: Orbital Precision Strike, Orbital Laser, Shield Generating Backpack, and Quasar Cannon (formerly the Grenade Launcher). The weapons: LAS-16 Sickle and LAS-7 Dagger, and finally the TR-177 Alpha Commander armor, specialized in increasing the capacity and effect of the Stim. It is infallible against Automata and Terminids. I was confident.
I was lucky and found the communications station within a few minutes, so we had the entire map revealed from the first game. I had no problems activating it. My three companions went west, clearing the map down to the launch codes. I headed east, destroying small camps and collecting as many samples as possible. I figured we would eventually find ourselves northeast, where the missile was located.
I advanced easily towards the north. I used the Quasar Cannon to shoot down transport ships, and the almost infinite ammunition of the LAS-16 Hoz allowed me to take out groups of enemies relatively quickly. So much so, that I arrived at the launch zone minutes after my companions collected the code. I wrote in the chat (in English): “I activate the missile. Clean and extract.” They didn’t answer, but they did just that.
I admit that launching the nuclear cucumber was not an easy task. I used up all my Stims and grenades, all the magazines for the LAS-7 Dagger, and almost all of the LAS-16 Sickle. I would always have Quasar. Finally, I launched my second Orbital Laser to cover myself while I entered the code and arrow sequence.
I opened the map. My companions were taking out a secondary red dot to the northwest of the map when the shock wave of the missile shook the map. And that’s when I realized that they left a base to the southwest, 100-200 meters south of the extraction. I marked the area and told them to request the extraction as soon as they could. I had almost all the Samples we had on me.
The last Orbital Laser was enough (maybe too much) to clear the last camp, but I made a rookie mistake: looking for samples before eliminating all the enemies. Some bastard called for reinforcements, which produced a chain reaction that overwhelmed me: two transport ships arrived and attracted a nearby patrol. Everything to kill me.
The last survivor
I eliminated the enemies as I retreated south, but I was left without a map. I used the nearest stone as cover and unleashed everything I had left on the remaining enemies. I eliminated all of them except one brute with a machine gun and shield. He was slowly approaching while shooting.
And misfortune occurred: a Ion Storm He deactivated the stratagems. The Quasar didn’t hurt him, no matter where it hit, I didn’t have any Stim left and I only had one LAS-16 magazine. It is an infinite charger, but just one mistake with overheating is enough to not be able to fire.
I panicked. My companions were at the extraction point. The only thing I could think of was to mark the brute with the sighting ping so that someone would come and help me. Nothing. I held out as long as possible until I recovered the Orbital Precision Attack (I had no lasers left), but it’s a 100 second cooldown.
I turned the ping on and off again and again to get someone’s attention and typed “Hwlp” in the chat. I didn’t want to die. He hadn’t died until now. It was something personal. I had the brute on me, so I ran towards another rock to the northeast. I fired the Quasar again, but only managed to stun it. There were 40 seconds of cooldown left. The brute kept shooting with the machine gun, which melts the shield and kills you with one burst. I started to think he wasn’t going to make it out alive.
I opened the map and saw a blue dot very close to my position. I looked north and saw a comrade running towards my position. He called for a Disposable Anti-Tank while he fired his gun and his Watchdog Rover locked the laser on the Brute. I took the opportunity to approach the robot, hit it with my rifle butt and attract its attention, leaving the rear part exposed to the anti-tank, which made it jump into the air.
“Thx [Thanks o Gracias]”, I quickly wrote in the chat. More reinforcements arrived as we escaped, but by then I had my Orbital Precision Attack to eliminate them and reach the extraction. The rest of the mission was a breeze. We took 95% of the samples and all the objectives completed. I wanted to say goodbye back on the ship, but the game crashed again. I don’t know who you are, but thank you for coming to my aid. You made my evening happy.
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