Helldivers 2

1867 readers

27 users here now

Welcome to the Helldivers 2 Community on the Fediverse.

Links

Galactic War Status

Rules

Be kind to other Citizens of Super Earth
No discussion of cheats or bug exploits.
Posts or comments with leaked / unreleased info must be clearly labelled. Example: Use [Spoiler] in the title or spoiler tag in comments.
No spam or advertising (YouTube, Twitch, etc)

founded 9 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Initial thoughts on the Quasar and heavy machine gun? (self.helldivers2)

submitted 8 months ago by dana to c/[email protected]

14 comments fedilink hide all child comments

What does everyone think of the new weapons? I'm liking the Quasar against bots in particular because it can take out dropships and heavy enemies, though I'm still getting used to the windup time. I haven't tried the heavy machine gun much, but so far it seems fine, if somewhat ammo-hungry.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Just got my ass handed to me trying out the Quasar for the first time. It seems strong, but the long charge up time is brutal on bots that are shooting back at you. Also, it sucks to die in a bunch of enemies and then have to go pick it up. I feel like the EAT is definitely more flexible for most situations.

[–] dana 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The trick I've found with the Quasar is the range - find a target, blast them from 50m away, then sneak around and kill any pursuers before lining up a second shot if necessary.

[–] cdipierr 1 points 8 months ago

Absolutely, I tend to do my best to skirt engagements and pick off targets before getting in close. Being able to hammer hard targets every 10 seconds or so is great; especially when backing up a group, it's great fire support.